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.
A family perspective
Four couples in the family were cousins, among them a brother and sister who married a sister and brother. Who they were, why it was ordinary, and what it does to a family tree.
People in this story: Red House Jake Mellott, Squire John Mellott, Dirck Marlatt, Pieternelle MarlattA family perspective
How old were the women of the family when they married and had their first child? The dates on this site, from the 1600s to the 1900s, show a pattern that barely changed in three hundred years.
People in this story: Marie Martijn, Sarah Ann Tracy, Laura Malott, Mildred AdamsA family perspective
This site follows the Malott name, but every marriage joined two families. A tribute to the women who married into the line, and whose own families are only half-told here.
People in this story: Gideon La Plante Merlet, Sarah (surname unknown), Peter Malott, Catherine Malott, Martha J. MalottThe Revolutionary frontier
An ambush on the Ohio River split Peter Malott’s family in two. His wife and children were taken to Detroit, his daughter married the notorious Simon Girty, and her brothers founded the Malott families of Ontario.
People in this story: Peter Malott, Sarah (surname unknown), Catherine Malott, Peter Malott, William Malott, Theodore “Dory” MalottLand records
An 18th-century survey marks “Gideon Marlett’s Claim” beside Schoharie Creek at Fort Hunter, New York. How to read it, and where the land lies today.
People in this story: Gideon Marlett, Gideon MarlettJust for fun
An NHL winger, an NFL quarterback, a Pulitzer Prize cartoonist, a Cornell president and more: well-known people who share one of the family’s spellings.
Just for fun
Gideon Marlet’s point on Staten Island, Mellott’s Mill in Pennsylvania, Marlette, Michigan, Malott, Washington, and more, with how sure we are of each connection.
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 Billeau17th-century immigrants
The Dutch ship that carried Gideon Merlet and his family to New Amsterdam in 1662–63: its name, its voyages to New Netherland, and everyone who sailed with them.
People in this story: Gideon La Plante Merlet, Marie Martijn Martin17th-century immigrants
The printed offers that drew settlers to New Netherland, the Company ledger of what the Merles owed for their passage, the petition of March 1663, and why Staten Island.
People in this story: Gideon La Plante Merlet, Marie Martijn Martin, Abraham Marlett, Christance Billeau17th-century immigrants
Two changes of flag, Gideon as constable and magistrate, the family’s land at Fresh Kill, the next generation, and the move to New Jersey.
People in this story: Gideon La Plante Merlet, Marie Martijn Martin, Joseph (Josias) Merlet, Paulus Marlet, Abraham Marlett, Jean Pierre Mellot, Ann Mellot, Christance Billeau