Rochet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

Early Origins of the Rochet family

The surname Rochet was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has held a family seat since very early times.

Early History of the Rochet family

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Rochet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rochette, Rochete, Rocchette, Rochès, Rauchete, Rocette, Rocet, Rosette and many more.

Early Notables of the Rochet family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Nicolas Gargot de La Rochette, French Governor of Plaisance, Newfoundland (1660)

Rochet Ranking

In France, the name Rochet is the 2,540^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,500 - 3,000 people with that name. 1

Rochet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Rochet Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Suzanna Rochet, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1702 2

Rochet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

C. Rochet, aged 35, settled in New York in 1821
Simon Rochet, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1868 2

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)