When Joseph Marchant was born on 14 February 1659, in Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Lt. John Marchant IV, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Matilda Price, was 33. He died in 1711, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 52.
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English (southern): occupational name from Middle English marchaunt ‘merchant, trader, shopkeeper’ (Old French marchand, marchëant).
Altered form of French Marchand , a cognate of 1 above.
History: John Marchant (c. 1600–c. 1668) was in Newport, RI, before 1638. In that year he moved to Braintree, MA, then to Watertown, MA (1642), and finally to Yarmouth, MA (1648). His descendants included many sea captains and other prominent people.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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