Molitor History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Molitor family

The surname Molitor was first found in Suffolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Molitor family

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Molitor Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Mollington, Molington, Molinton, Moliton, Mollinton, Molitor, Mollitor, Molintor and many more.

Early Notables of the Molitor family

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Molitor Ranking

In France, the name Molitor is the 9,574^th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1

Molitor migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Molitor Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Jakob Molitor, who arrived in Brazil in 1825 2
George Molitor, who landed in St Clair County, Illinois in 1848 2
Nikolaus Molitor, who landed in North America in 1849 2
Anna Maria Molitor, who landed in Ohio in 1849 2
Franz Karl Molitor, who arrived in South America in 1882 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Molitor (post 1700) +

Brigadier-General Eric Spencer Molitor (1896-1985), American Director of Department of Combined Arms, Artillery School (1948-1950) 3
Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Maréchal de France, French General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2014, March 26) Eric Molitor. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Molitor/Eric_Spencer/USA.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, May 6) Gabriel Molitor. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html