I have Catherine le MERCHANT marrying William John ARABIN c1800. Have you come across le Merchant at all ? Shirley Arabin from Mount Maunganui "It is so easy to condemn ... when the critic has to be responsible for nothing" Mr. Arabin in 'Barchester Towers' by Anthony Trollope. ----- Original Message ----- From: "jacqui cock" <bartholomewj@optusnet.com.au> To: <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2001 09:13 Subject: Marchant > This time I don't have a brick wall, but I would like to know if the name MARCHANT is a Huguenot name, I hope, hope so. > Jacqui >

Jacqui & Shirley When I first saw Jacqui's request about the name MARCHANT it rang a bell and so I searched my system, coming up with absolutely nothing. This greatly surprised me. It was only on seeing Shirley's reply that I realised what a fool I had been and searched again, but for LE MARCHANT. I have a listing of this family name on the island of Guernsey from the C14th for about 14 generations. They are mixed in with the CAREY family of Guernsey which I was interested in. If interested please contact me, I will send it off list as it will not be of general interest. Yours aye Andrew Sellon East Anglia The English cleric and satirist Sydney Smith once observed two women quarrelling with each other from their respective attic windows across a narrow street in Edinburgh. "Those two women will never agree," he remarked. "They are arguing from different premises." From: "Shirley Arabin" <arabin@wave.co.nz> > I have Catherine le MERCHANT marrying William John ARABIN c1800. Have you > come across le Merchant at all ? > Shirley Arabin from Mount Maunganui > > From: "jacqui cock" <bartholomewj@optusnet.com.au> > > > This time I don't have a brick wall, but I would like to know if the name > MARCHANT is a Huguenot name, I hope, hope so. > > > Jacqui