Show ContentsRoset History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Roset family

The surname Roset 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 Roset family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Roset research. Another 356 words (25 lines of text) covering the years 1618, 1660 and 1713 are included under the topic Early Roset History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Roset Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Roset family

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Roset Ranking

In France, the name Roset is the 7,128th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1


United States Roset migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Roset Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jacob Roset, who settled in Philadelphia in 1798
Roset Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Buenaventura Roset, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1833 2
  • Peter Roset, who arrived in Mobile, Ala in 1858 2

New Zealand Roset migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Roset Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Roset, Australian settler travelling from Sydney aboard the ship "Earl Durham" arriving in Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand in 1841 3


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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)
  3. New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 17th October 2018). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html


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