A Name Change: Millot to Mylott

When Robert Millot emigrated from Québec to Whitehall in the late 1840s he was a very young man.  He was born on June 2, 1832 and baptized the same day in Saint Francois Xavier de Verchères, Québec.

Robert Millot’s baptism in Vercheres, Quebec 1832
The translation is close to this…
The second day of June one thousand eight hundred thirty two, we the undersigned baptized Robert Millot born the same day of the legitimate marriage of Jean Millot, shoemaker, of this parish and of Adéle Robert. The godfather was Bruno Robert and the godmother Pelágie Robert who was declared unable to sign…..
?.?. Bruneau (Priest) and Bruno Robert.
Robert Millot was the son of Jean Millot and Adélaid Robert who were married in the same church, St Francois Xavier,  on September 25. 1830.  Jean was a “cordonnier” – a shoemaker.  Jean Millot was the son of Joseph Marie Millot and Catherine Wilcott.
Marriage of Robert Mylott’s parents in Vercheres on May 25, 1830

The first record of Robert Millot in Whitehall, New York was the 1850 United States Federal Census of Washington County, New York. His name was recorded as Robert Maloy and he was working and living on the Anthony Rathbone’s farm probably as a day worker. In the 1855 New York State census , his name is spelled Robert Melott. In the 1860 US census, his name is spelled Robert Malott. The 1865 New York State census again records his spelling as Robert Melott.  In the 1870, his name is spelled Robert Mylott. In the 1875 New York Census, he is Robert Malotte. In the 1880 US Census, the spelling is back to Robert Mylott.

The spelling Robert Mylott seems to have remained. His headstone in the North Granville Cemetery, New York spells Mylott very clearly.

Gravestone of Robert Mylott and his wifr Ann KIngsley