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Mochan Family History

This interesting and long-established surname is of Anglo-Norman French origin, introduced into England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The surname derives from the Anglo-Norman French "machun", Old French "macon, masson", mason, and would have been an occupational name for a stonemason. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. Roger le Mason is listed in the Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, Oxfordshire (1200); Adam le Machon is listed in the 1279 Assize Court Rolls of Northumberland; and Richard Machen is listed in the 1284 Assize Court Rolls of Staffordshire.