When John Marchant was born in 1810, in Withycombe Raleigh with Exmouth All Saints, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Marchant, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Doble, was 37. He married Elizabeth Leaman East on 25 June 1835, in Whimple, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Whimple, Devon, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died about 1871, in Bovey Tracey, Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 62, and was buried in Bovey Tracey, Devon, England, United Kingdom.
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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.
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