The ancestral home of the Mollitt family is the French region of Auvergne. Mollitt was a name for someone who lived in the administrative regions of Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme. The place-name survives as Aveyron, an administrative region just to the south of the historical location of the province.
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Early Origins of the Mollitt family
The surname Mollitt was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France.
Early History of the Mollitt family
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Mollitt Spelling Variations
There were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Mollette, Molete, Mollet, Mollite, Molet, de Mollette, la Molete, de la Mollet and many more.
Early Notables of the Mollitt family
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Migration of the Mollitt family
By 1643 there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Since immigration was slow, early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Mollitt has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Mollitt were Elizabeth Mollet, aged 21; settled in Philadelphia in 1774; G. Mollet, aged 50; settled in New Orleans in 1820; Edward Mollett who settled in Virginia in 1738.
