Tour Scotland Travel Video Alexander Greig Merchant Gravestone Graveyard Kinglassie Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of the Alexander Greig, Merchant, gravestone in the graveyard on ancestry visit to Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland. The Marchent, Marchand, Marquand, Merchant and Le Marchant surname, derives from the Old French " marcheant ", meaning a merchant or trader, and was originally given as an occupational name to a buyer or seller of goods. The ultimate root of the name lies in the Late Latin " mercis ", commerce, exchange or merchandise. The surname was first recorded at the beginning of the 13th Century, and one Roger Marchaunt and a Herueus Merchant were listed as witnesses in the 1219 Assize Court Rolls of Yorkshire, England. In 1240, Ranulph le Marchand appeared in the Fine Court Rolls of Essex, and a Reginald le Marchant was listed in the 1247 Pipe Rolls of Cambridge.

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