The stories behind the names and dates: longer articles, research notes, and the family traditions handed down through the generations. Each article links to the people it tells about.
Family names
Why one family ended up with a dozen spellings: from Merle and Merlet in France to Marlatt, Mellott and Malott in America.
People in this story: Gedeon Merlet, Jean Pierre, Theodorus Melot/MalotFamily heritage
Where the crest on this site comes from: the Marlatt arms and Huguenot cross at the French Church du Saint-Esprit in New York, and the 2012 celebration there of 350 years in the New World.
People in this story: Gideon La Plante MerletResearch paper
William P. Marlatt’s study of the Maryland family attacked on the Ohio River around 1780: the captives taken to Detroit, Catherine Malott Girty, the Canadian Malotts, the father who stayed behind, and the eleven children named in Peter Malott’s 1804 will. By William P. Marlatt, posted with permission.
People in this story: Peter Malott, Catherine Malott Girty, Peter Malott of Gosfield, Theodore “Dory” Malott, Thomas, John, Joseph, Hannah, Theodore of Gosfield, DavidTimeline
30 dated records of our immigrant ancestor, from Leiden and Mannheim to Staten Island, with sources. From William P. Marlatt’s DNA project report.
People in this story: Gideon La Plante MerletDNA research
What Y-DNA and autosomal DNA testing by 71 descendants and cousins has revealed about Gedeon Merlet, his sons, and the branches of the Marlatt, Marlett, Malott and Mellott families. By William P. Marlatt, posted with permission.
People in this story: Gedeon Merlet, Josias, Paulus, Abraham and Jean Pierre, Theodorus Melot, George Dewey MalottHuguenot history
Who the Huguenots were, the wars and persecution that drove them out of France, and how the Merle family of Roucy came to be among the refugees.
People in this story: Merle, Josias Marle or Merle, Jeanne Robbe, Gideon La Plante Merlet, Paulus Merle, Marie Martijn Martin17th-century immigrants
How Gideon La Plante Merle, a Huguenot from Roucy in Champagne, sailed with his wife and four sons for New Amsterdam in 1662 and settled on Staten Island.
People in this story: Gideon La Plante Merlet, Marie Martijn Martin, Joseph (Josias) Merlet, Paulus Marlet, Abraham Marlett, Jean Pierre Mellot, Christance Billeau