Marchant family: Difference between revisions

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Before M.L. Marchant[edit | edit source]

M.L. Marchant Sr., the first Marchant in the Greer area, came from a long lineage going back to early founding days of the colonies. Eight generations earlier, John Marchant III was born 1600 in Yoeville, Somerset, England. He came to the colonies, possibly via the Barbados, and was admitted as a freeman in Newport, Rhode Island on June 2, 1638. He went to Mt. Wollaston, Braintree, Massachusetts, and is mentioned living there in 1645, and made his way to Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, where he is chosen Constable of Yarmouth on June 7, 1648. The full 8-generation record can be found in the GHM Ancestry.com Marchant family tree.

So where did John Marchant come from? His parents were John Marchant II and Joan Surbridge, who were married in Oxted, Surrey, England July 14, 1566. Beyond that, reports are sketchy and unreliable. Many in the family were engaged in the maritime industry, and John is variously referred to as "Captain" and "Lieutenant." How he relates to the Captain John Marchant who sailed with Sir Francis Drake on his West Indian Voyage, 1586, and stopped over at Roanoke on June 26, 1586, is unknown — but many amateur genealogists are happy to claim the connection, regardless, and many believe John Marchant II to be this Captain. We have not yet seen sources for that claim.

Martin Luther Marchant Sr., 1832-1897: the patriarch[edit | edit source]

In 1890, he was the top cotton producer in the county; he picked and ginned 24 bales from 25 acres with about a bale left to be done, raised with one mule; he also raised corn, wheat, oats, and meat. "He is a great believer in homemade manure and uses it almost exclusively." In 1889, he raised 48 bales on 52 acres.

Dr. Robert Lee Marchant 1866-1933 [Emma Wham]
Martin Luther, Jr. Marchant 1868-1936 [Sallie Leona Few]
William Wesley Marchant 1873-1928 [Julie Agnes Wood]
Nancy “Nannie” Marchant 1875-1919 [Benjamin Few Zimmerman]
Thomas Mood Marchant 1880-1939 [Jessie P. Speed]
Mary Bessie Marchant 1882-1898
Mary Louise Lilyann Marchant 1885-1959 [Arthur Hallam Cottingham, Sr.]
Kate L. Marchant 1886-
Clara Marchant 1878-1927 [Malcolm Clifton “Cliff” Davenport]

Dr. Robert Lee Marchant and Emma Wham[edit | edit source]

Hortense Marchant Stallworth
Mary Lucille Marchant Shelb
John Luther Marchant [Mildred Thompson]
Fitzhugh Lee Marchant [Gertrude Thompson -Mildred and Gertrude were sisters]

Martin Luther, Jr. and Sallie Few Marchant[edit | edit source]

Martin Luther Marchant, III
John Bradley Marchant
Mary Marchant
Francis Morrah Marchant (Sr.)

Benjamin and Nannie Zimmerman[edit | edit source]

Marchant LeGrand Zimmerman
Rosa Few Zimmerman

Arthur and Mary Cottingham[edit | edit source]

Arthur Hallam Cottingham, Jr.
Marchant Colin Cottingham
Walter Lee Cottingham
Mary L. Cottingham

Thomas Mood and Jessie Marchant[edit | edit source]

Thomas Mood Marchant, Jr.
Preston Speed Marchant

Cliff and Clara Davenport[edit | edit source]

Constance Davenport 1901-1982 [Oscar Earle Dooly Jr]
Malcolm Clifton Davenport Jr. 1903-1972 [Maude Givens]
David D Davenport 1904-1906
Luther Marchant "Pete" Davenport Sr. 1907-1987 [Dorothye Romaine Lincoln Barnes]
Thomas West Davenport 1910-1911
Martha Ann Davenport 1912-2003 [Robert S Edmund (Edward) Josephy]
Daniel Denby Davenport 1914-1969 [Ruby Ellen Wiggins]

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-==Martin Luther Marchant: the patriarch==
+==Before M.L. Marchant==
+M.L. Marchant Sr., the first Marchant in the Greer area, came from a long lineage going back to early founding days of the colonies. Eight generations earlier, John Marchant III was born 1600 in Yoeville, Somerset, England. He came to the colonies, possibly via the Barbados, and was admitted as a freeman in Newport, Rhode Island on June 2, 1638. He went to Mt. Wollaston, Braintree, Massachusetts, and is mentioned living there in 1645, and made his way to Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, where he is chosen Constable of Yarmouth on June 7, 1648. The full 8-generation record can be found in the GHM Ancestry.com Marchant family tree.
+So where did John Marchant come from? His parents were John Marchant II and Joan Surbridge, who were married in Oxted, Surrey, England July 14, 1566. Beyond that, reports are sketchy and unreliable. Many in the family were engaged in the maritime industry, and John is variously referred to as "Captain" and "Lieutenant." How he relates to the Captain John Marchant who sailed with Sir Francis Drake on his West Indian Voyage, 1586, and stopped over at Roanoke on June 26, 1586, is unknown — but many amateur genealogists are happy to claim the connection, regardless, and many believe John Marchant II to be this Captain. We have not yet seen sources for that claim.
+==Martin Luther Marchant Sr., 1832-1897: the patriarch==
+In 1890, he was the top cotton producer in the county; he picked and ginned 24 bales from 25 acres with about a bale left to be done, raised with one mule; he also raised corn, wheat, oats, and meat. "He is a great believer in homemade manure and uses it almost exclusively." In 1889, he raised 48 bales on 52 acres.
 * '''Dr. Robert Lee''' Marchant 1866-1933 [Emma '''Wham''']
 * '''Martin Luther, Jr.''' Marchant 1868-1936 [Sallie Leona '''Few''']