the spelling as "houymet" is the one written by the notary claude aubert, when he signed the marriage contract of jean houymet and renée gagnon, daughter of jean and marguerite cauchon, october 3, 1660 in the seignory of beaupré. on the same document, jean houymet indicated his mark at the bottom of the marriage contract with the letter "w", which seems to suggest that the family name may have originally been "wuillemet," as was noted in the archives of the marne department in france[citation needed].