Maryorie Scarlet Marchant Solis was born on 21 June 1980, in Santiago, Chile. She died on 28 August 2005, in her hometown, at the age of 25, and was buried in Santiago, Chile.
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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