Moret History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Moret family

The surname Moret was first found in Ile-de-France, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Moret family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Moret research. Another 119 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1602, 1607, 1630, 1632, 1667, 1682 and 1738 are included under the topic Early Moret History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Moret Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Moret, Morez, Moré, Morais, Morey, Moraie, Moraies, Mauret, Maurez, Maurais, Maurey, Mauraie, Mauraies, Morret, Maurret, Morrez, Morré, Morrais, Maurrais, Morrey, Maurrey, Morraie, Maurraie, Morraies, Maurraies, Mouré, Mouret, Mourez, Mourière, de Moret and many more.

Early Notables of the Moret family

Notable amongst the family was

Antoine de Bourbon, Count of Moret; and Théodore Moret, also known as Moretus (1602-1667), a Belgian mathematician and Jesuit

Moret Ranking

In France, the name Moret is the 892^nd most popular surname with an estimated 5,745 people with that name. 1

Moret migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Moret Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Jacob Moret, aged 45, who settled in America with his wife and three daughters in 1709
Jean Diedier and Mathieu Moret both settled in Philadelphia in 1751
Jean Diedier Moret, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1751 2
Matthieu Moret, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1751 2
Etienne Moret, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1773 2
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Moret Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Simon Moret, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1816 2
Leendert Moret, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1847 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Moret (post 1700) +

Jim Moret, American chief correspondent for television's "Inside Edition"
Denis Jacques de Moret seigneur du Jalet, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Rogelio "Roger" Moret Torres (1949-2020), Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player

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 Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, May 6) Denis Moret. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html