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| Name |
Jean Cote' |
| Born |
Abt 1603 |
Mortagne, Perche, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
Abt 1603 |
| Died |
27 Mar 1661 |
Quebec, Canada |
| Buried |
28 Mar 1661 |
Notre Dame de Quebec, Canada |
| Person ID |
I10034 |
Tombeau Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
24 Feb 2007 |
| Father |
Abraham Cote', b. Abt 1577, Mortagne, Perche, Orne, France |
| Mother |
Francoise-Genevieve Loisel, b. Abt 1581, Mortagne, Perche, Orne, France |
| Married |
Abt 1610 |
| Family ID |
F3772 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Anne Martin, b. Abt 1603, France , d. 4 Dec 1684, Quebec City, Quebec, France (Age 81 years) |
| Married |
17 Nov 1635 |
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Children |
| + | 1. Martin Cote', b. 12 Jul 1639, Chateau-Richer, Quebec , d. 30 Aug 1710, Chateau-Richer, Quebec (Age 71 years) |
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| Family ID |
F3773 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- For a biography of Jean Cote', see Thomas J. LaForest "Our French Canadian Ancestors", Vol. 6, Chap. 6, pp.74-83.
Jean Cote was a farmer. He immigrated in 1634 to Rimouski, Quebec.
For information below consult the following website: http://www.delmars.com/family/perrault/1636.htm
Jean Côté
Born: 1603, Mortagne, Perche (Orne), France 2
Marriage: Anne Martin 17 Nov 1635, Québec City, Québec, Canada 1 2
Died: 27 Mar 1661, Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada at age 58 2
Buried: 28 Mar 1661, Nôtre-Dame de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada 2 3
General Notes:
IMMIGRATION: 1634
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SOURCE: Tom Thievin, "Our Côté Genealogy", http://www.thievin.net/CoteHistory.html Appendix#1 (by Linda Cote Dube)
Our first Côté ancestor was Jean Jehan Côté whose roots in North America go back over three centuries.
Jean Côté presumably came from Mortagne, Perche, France. He was recruited by Robert Giffard (the first lord of Beauport) in 1634 with the fleet "Le St-Jean" of Duplessis-Bouchart and Capt. Pierre de Nesle.
He arrived in Québec after a voyage of approximately two months of around 75 persons; among them Robert Giffard - medicine man, architect Pierre Clust, surgeon Simon Baron, master Jean Coste, Robert LeCorq, Jean Bourdon and Marin Boucher and his family. Payment of voyage to be paid at Québec in beaver skins was 9 "livres pesant" or French pound, 50 "livres pesant" to return to France, and 30 "livres pesant" to return to Canada.
Jean worked for Charles Huault de Montmagny in Québec, who became governor after Champlain's death in December 1635.
He married Anne Martin on November 11, 1635 at Québec by Father Charles Lelemant, a Jesuit priest, and witnessed by Guillaume Couillard and Robert Giffard. His was one of the first families to settle on Île d'Orléans of present St. Pierre parish.
He first settled at Québec, where he owned a house on the corner of rue Tresor and rue Baude on land 150 ft. frontage by 60 ft. in depth next to the Notre Dame-de Roucouvrance Church. He offered this land as dowry to daughter Simone when she married in 1649. The house had a value of 450 livres but the newlyweds paid 300 livres and the balance of 150 livres as their wedding gift. He also owned land between "la Grande-Allee" and the St. Lawrence River of one acre frontage and depth to the St. Lawrence River — total 6 acres — then on the outskirts of Québec which he received on August 27, 1636 from Governor Montmagny and ratified on April 5, 1639. This was sold to Antoine Leboesme dit Lalime on 8-11-1652 for 300 livres which Jean bought merchandise for at the store "Compagnie des Habitants".(Ct. Vachon) 12-24-1652, he confirmed his title deeds along with Robert Giffard in Beauport. On 2-3-1653 (Ct. Audouard) settled his debt of 30 livres from son-in-law-Pierre Soumande and also the same sum to Louis LeSage.
They had eight children, and all his sons settled at Île d'Orléans:
1. Louis Côté m. Elizabeth Langlois
2. Martin Côté m. Suzanne Page
3. Jean-Bapt. Côté m. Anne Couture (Anne Couture was a king's daughter, one of the many young French ladies who was given a dowry by the king and transportation to the New World to provide wives for the many young men who had been recruited here to settle the new lands.) and Genevieve Verdon
4. Mathieu Côté m. Elizabeth Gravel
5. Noel Côté m. Helene Gratton
6. Simone Côté m. Pierre Soumande
7. Louise Côté m. Jean Grignon
8. Marie Côté b & d 1648
On July 21, 1641 "La Compagnie de Nouvelle France" gave Jean and associate Noel Langlois compensation for work done at "Seigneurie de Beauport"; the arrangements with Robert Giffard. He sold 500 boots of peasant wheat (16-18 lbs.) valued at 80 pounds, for which he bought a horse and cows. (This is actually quite unlikely as it is currently thought that horses were not generally practicable or even perhaps available and so this might mean that he only purchased livestock or other animals for agricultural purposes. -author)
In 1642, Jean obtained permission from Robert Giffard to graze his animals on the Beauport prairies for three years. He worked for Robert Giffard in return for working one day a year per animal not counting the yearlings. In turn, he would gather hay for lodging of cattle.
On February 5, 1645 he finally received a concession on the banks of fleuve for three acres of frontage #126 in Beauport on the St. Lawrence River, surveyed lot #342-350 and to the depth of the Seigneury of Beauport between the lands of Zacharie Cloutier and Noel Langlois, who feared the Iroquois. Noel Langlois donated a small portion of his land next door to his homestead for Jean to build his home there. Rent of five sols per year due was cleared by Noel Langlois on 6-7-1681 for all of Jean's unpaid rent.
In 1652 he obtained a parcel of land of five acres, 79 perches x 10 acres depth "au bourg" Du Fargy near Beauport River and north of the church. Because of Iroquois hostilities, Jean left Beauport and returned to Île d'Orléans. Upon Jean's death none of his sons were married. Jean died at his home in 1661 and is buried in the church of Notre Damede Québec.
— Linda Cote Dube
SOURCE: Tom Thievin, "Our Côté Genealogy", http://www.thievin.net/CoteHistory.html Appendix#2 (by Jean-Guy Cote)
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NAME VARIATIONS
The name Côté was also Coste in Our Ancestors time. Additional variations over the years have been recorded as; Caudy, Cauta, Caute, Cete, Cole, Costey, Costez, Cota, Cotta, Cotte, Cottez, Coty, Gaudy, Lefrise, Side and Sides.
Other Information:
Immigration, 1635, Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada.
Jean married Anne Martin on 17 Nov 1635 in Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada.1 2 (Anne Martin was born about 1603 in unknown location, France, died on 4 Dec 1684 and was buried on 5 Dec 1684 in Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada 2.)
Marriage Notes:
Jean and Anne had 381 descendants as of 31 Dec 1729.
Jean Côté
Born: 1603, Mortagne, Perche (Orne), France 2
Marriage: Anne Martin 17 Nov 1635, Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada 1 2
Died: 27 Mar 1661, Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada at age 58 2
Buried: 28 Mar 1661, Nôtre-Dame de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada 2 3
General Notes:
IMMIGRATION: 1634
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SOURCE: Tom Thievin, "Our Côté Genealogy", http://www.thievin.net/CoteHistory.html Appendix#1 (by Linda Cote Dube)
Our first Côté ancestor was Jean Jehan Côté whose roots in North America go back over three centuries.
Jean Côté presumably came from Mortagne, Perche, France. He was recruited by Robert Giffard (the first lord of Beauport) in 1634 with the fleet "Le St-Jean" of Duplessis-Bouchart and Capt. Pierre de Nesle.
He arrived in Québec after a voyage of approximately two months of around 75 persons; among them Robert Giffard - medicine man, architect Pierre Clust, surgeon Simon Baron, master Jean Coste, Robert LeCorq, Jean Bourdon and Marin Boucher and his family. Payment of voyage to be paid at Québec in beaver skins was 9 "livres pesant" or French pound, 50 "livres pesant" to return to France, and 30 "livres pesant" to return to Canada.
Jean worked for Charles Huault de Montmagny in Québec, who became governor after Champlain's death in December 1635.
He married Anne Martin on November 11, 1635 at Québec by Father Charles Lelemant, a Jesuit priest, and witnessed by Guillaume Couillard and Robert Giffard. His was one of the first families to settle on Île d'Orléans of present St. Pierre parish.
He first settled at Québec, where he owned a house on the corner of rue Tresor and rue Baude on land 150 ft. frontage by 60 ft. in depth next to the Notre Dame-de Roucouvrance Church. He offered this land as dowry to daughter Simone when she married in 1649. The house had a value of 450 livres but the newlyweds paid 300 livres and the balance of 150 livres as their wedding gift. He also owned land between "la Grande-Allee" and the St. Lawrence River of one acre frontage and depth to the St. Lawrence River — total 6 acres — then on the outskirts of Québec which he received on August 27, 1636 from Governor Montmagny and ratified on April 5, 1639. This was sold to Antoine Leboesme dit Lalime on 8-11-1652 for 300 livres which Jean bought merchandise for at the store "Compagnie des Habitants".(Ct. Vachon) 12-24-1652, he confirmed his title deeds along with Robert Giffard in Beauport. On 2-3-1653 (Ct. Audouard) settled his debt of 30 livres from son-in-law-Pierre Soumande and also the same sum to Louis LeSage.
They had eight children, and all his sons settled at Île d'Orléans:
1. Louis Côté m. Elizabeth Langlois
2. Martin Côté m. Suzanne Page
3. Jean-Bapt. Côté m. Anne Couture (Anne Couture was a king's daughter, one of the many young French ladies who was given a dowry by the king and transportation to the New World to provide wives for the many young men who had been recruited here to settle the new lands.) and Genevieve Verdon
4. Mathieu Côté m. Elizabeth Gravel
5. Noel Côté m. Helene Gratton
6. Simone Côté m. Pierre Soumande
7. Louise Côté m. Jean Grignon
8. Marie Côté b & d 1648
On July 21, 1641 "La Compagnie de Nouvelle France" gave Jean and associate Noel Langlois compensation for work done at "Seigneurie de Beauport"; the arrangements with Robert Giffard. He sold 500 boots of peasant wheat (16-18 lbs.) valued at 80 pounds, for which he bought a horse and cows. (This is actually quite unlikely as it is currently thought that horses were not generally practicable or even perhaps available and so this might mean that he only purchased livestock or other animals for agricultural purposes. -author)
In 1642, Jean obtained permission from Robert Giffard to graze his animals on the Beauport prairies for three years. He worked for Robert Giffard in return for working one day a year per animal not counting the yearlings. In turn, he would gather hay for lodging of cattle.
On February 5, 1645 he finally received a concession on the banks of fleuve for three acres of frontage #126 in Beauport on the St. Lawrence River, surveyed lot #342-350 and to the depth of the Seigneury of Beauport between the lands of Zacharie Cloutier and Noel Langlois, who feared the Iroquois. Noel Langlois donated a small portion of his land next door to his homestead for Jean to build his home there. Rent of five sols per year due was cleared by Noel Langlois on 6-7-1681 for all of Jean's unpaid rent.
In 1652 he obtained a parcel of land of five acres, 79 perches x 10 acres depth "au bourg" Du Fargy near Beauport River and north of the church. Because of Iroquois hostilities, Jean left Beauport and returned to Île d'Orléans. Upon Jean's death none of his sons were married. Jean died at his home in 1661 and is buried in the church of Notre Damede Québec.
— Linda Cote Dube
SOURCE: Tom Thievin, "Our Côté Genealogy", http://www.thievin.net/CoteHistory.html Appendix#2 (by Jean-Guy Cote)
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JEAN COTE from "Our French-Canadian Ancestors" by Thomas J. Laforest
ONE OF THE FIRST COLONISTS FROM PERCHE
After the Kirke brothers sacked New France in 1632, only six French households remained plus five interpreters who lived with the Indians. Robert Giffard was in France preparing to return to this new country where he had already lived for several years. During the winter of 1633-1634, he visited various regions of Perche, vigorously recruiting settlers for Canada. He knew that he would be a Seigneur and doubtlessly he envisioned all of these habitants rendering him homage and rents. The first people he recruited were Jean Guyon, Marin Boucher, Sebastien Dodier, Zacharie Cloutier, Guillaume Isabel and a few others. For the most part, they came to Canada alone but a few did bring their families. Was Jean Cote in this first contingent of Percheron colonists in 1634? Certain historians think so, while others, including Benjamin Sulte, reckon his arrival as a year later.
We know nothing about either the early life of Jean or Jehan, Côté or Coste or his preceding life. It seems most likely that, he came from Perche but he is one of the rare settlers about whom tireless researchers, such as Pierre Montagne and his wife, have discovered nothing in the archives of this French province. Without a doubt, it is for this reason that, they do not mention him in the Percheron Cahiers, nor in Tourouvre et les Juchereau.
ANCESTOR OF NEARLY ALL FRENCH CANADIANS
For his part in his Histoire des Canadiens français, Sulte wrote these lines about Our Ancestor: "Jean Côté was married, on November 17, 1635, at Québec, to Anne, daughter of Abraham Martin and settled on the Île d'Orléans from where his descendants have spread to all the places where the Canadiens have penetrated, which is to say, in all of North America."
We know now that Anne Martin was not the daughter of Abraham, the same who gave his name to the famous plains, but rather his sister. Father Charles Lallemant, Jesuit, acting as curate at Quebec, blessed the union of Jean and Anne in the presence of Guillaume Couillard and Robert Giffard. This couple had eight children, seven of whom married and became the ancestors of nearly all the French Canadians.
FROM THE ILE d'ORLEANS TO THE REST OF AMERICA
All the sons of Jean and Anne settled on the Île d'Orléans: Louis, Martin, Mathieu, Jean and Nöel. According to genealogist Roland Auger, it was only in the third generation that the Côtés emigrated in large numbers. The children of Louis followed their mother, Elisabeth Langlois, to the Île-aux-Coudres. She married for a second time to Guillaume Lemieux, the son of Pierre and Marie Benard and settled in Berthier-en-Bas then, in Saint-Thomas de Montmagny. Martin's sons spent their lives on the Île d'Orléans and at Beauport while grandson Gabriel settled at Rimouski. The children of Mathieu went in two directions: Beaumont and Baie-du-Febvre. Jean, who had the largest family ( twelve sons and eight daughters ), had descendants who founded families everywhere: Jean-Baptiste was the first seigneur of the Île-Verte; Guillaume went to Québec; the children of Joseph III were found at Lachenaye, Laprerie, Saint-Constant, Montreal and even Detroit; the children of Ignace III were at the Grondines and Trois-Rivières; Finally, the children of Thomas III went to Baie-Saint-Paul and Saguenay.
A GOOD SERVICE WITH UNFORTUNATE CONSEQUENCES
Genealogist Alfred Cambray emphasizes that on February 5, 1645 Robert Giffard granted a homestead to Jean Côté. It measured three arpents in frontage on the river to the depth of the seigneury and was located between the holdings of Zacharie Cloutier and Nöel Langlois.
"From the time of the first settlements," writes Cambray, " the Iroquois were relentlessly at war with the French and with their Indian allies. The colonists were never sure of spending a day in peace without being exposed to raids from bands of Iroquois. It was a matter of not going far from each other in order to meet any eventuality." Nöel Langlois was a neighbor of Jean Côté and, to ensure mutual protection, he invited Jean to lodge near him. To this end, he gave him a small portion of land in order to build a habitation on it. During an interlude in hostilities, Jean Côté returned to the Île d'Orléans where he had moved his family and left the the homestead next to Langlois on which he had built a cabin. This property was abandoned by the negligence of those supposed to keep it up.
"Having become a widower, Nöel Langlois divided his property on June 10, 1683. After the division, Jean Langlois, Sieur de Saint-Jean, sold to Jean Baugy three-fourths of an arpent in a contract dated May 15, 1686. It bordered that of the Sieur Traversy, a son of Nöel Langlois also named Nöel, to the northeast. To the southeast was Jean Pelletier, heir to a fourth of an arpent. After these sales, a quarter in the southwest remained, adjoining the Côté homestead. On July 12, 1696, the heirs of Jean Côté sold their father's homestead, as well as the small piece of land which Nöel Langlois had given Jean Côté, to their brother-in-law, Andre Parent. "Parent encroached on the land of Jean Baugy and opened quarries. Then, he sued Baugy, who had protested this encroachment. The Provost rendered a decision, on February 26, 1697, permitting Parent to continue his work. However, this decision was not enforced.
"Nöel Vachon dit Pamerlaux acquired the four parts of Nöel Langlois' land which constituted the remaining arpent in addition to the three quarters of an arpent bought by Baugy which contained the old cabin of Côté. Then, he bought the remainder of the old Côté land from Andre Parent. The widow Pamerlaux kept this contract a secret and began to work the quarry on Baugy's land. This contract was finally located in the property inventory of the said widow Pamerlaux.
Cambray concludes by noting: "This favor granted by Nöel Langlois to his neighbor, Jean Côté, was done out of gratitude and good intentions but what confusion resulted."
A BRIEF SOJOURN IN OLD QUEBEC
Jean Côté was the owner of a house situated near the present corner of the Rue Tresor and the Rue Baude. Today, this is the alley where artists display their creations for the tourists. The house was on a plot of land with 150 feet of frontage by 60 in depth. On November 15, 1649, Côté offered it as dowry for his daughter Simone when she married Pierre Soumande. On November 7, 1655, Soumande sold this house to Jacques Boessel for 350 livres. Côté also owned a piece of land between la Grande-Allee and the river in what was then the outskirts of Québec. Governor Montmagny had given it to him on August 27, 1636; this act was ratified on April 5, 1639. Our Ancestor Jean Côté passed away on March 27, 1661. The burial act, entered in the records of the parish of Québec, states as follows: "Year 1661, the 28th March, was interred in the church, Jean Côté, early habitant of this country, died the day preceding, in his house."
As for Anne Martin, she survived him by more than twenty years. The census of 1681 does not mention her but it is likely that she was living with one of her sons. Anne too, was buried at Québec, on December 4, 1684, at about the age of 70 years old. A week earlier, son Jean lost his wife, Anne Couture, the mother of his first eight children.
A WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED FAMILY
During the second half of the XVII century, the family of Our Ancestor was very well known and respected. They were one of the first families to settle on the Île d'Orléans, within the present boundaries of the parish of Saint-Pierre.
SEVEN OF THE EIGHT CHILDREN HAD OFFSPRING
1) Louis was baptized on October 25, 1635. He married Élisabeth Langlois, the daughter of Nöel and Françoise Garnier, on November 6, 1662, at Québec. They had three children, a girl and two boys. Louis died before December 15, 1669. Élisabeth married for a second time to Guillaume Lemieux, the son of Pierre and Marie Benard, on December 15, 1669 at Québec. They had ten children, six boys and four girls.
2) Simone was baptized on December 9, 1637, at Quebec. She married Pierre Soumande, the son of Louis and Guillemette Savoureau, on November 16, 1649 at Québec. They had thirteen children, five girls and eight boys.
3) Martin was baptized July 12, 1639, at Québec. He married Suzanne Page, the daughter of Raymond and Madeleine Bergeron, on July 25, 1667 at Château-Richer. They had nine children, five boys and four girls.
4) Mathieu was baptized on July 6, 1642, at Québec. He married Élisabeth Gravel, the daughter of Massé and Marguerite Tavernier, on September 11, 1667 at Beaupré or Île d'Orléans. They had nine children, four girls and five boys.
5) Jean was baptized on February 25, 1644, at Québec. He married Anne Couture, the daughter of Guillaume and Anne Émard, on November 11, 1669, at Québec. They had seven children, four boys and three girls. Anne died, on November 26, 1684 and was buried the next day, at Québec. Jean then married Geneviève Verdon, the daughter of Vincent and Geneviève Pelletier, on February 25, 1686 at Québec. They had eleven children, eight boys and three girls.
6) Jean-Nöel was baptized on May 4, 1646, at Québec. He married Helene Graton, the daughter of Claude and Marguerite Moncion, on February 13, 1673 at Beauport. They had ten children, six boys and four girls.
7) Marie was born on January 12th and died on the 25th, 1648, at Québec.
8) Louise was born on April 10, 1650 and baptized the 18th, at Québec. She married Jean Grignon, the son of Antoine and Suzanne Supet, on November 4, 1663 at Québec. They had sixteen children, five girls, eight boys and three that died at birth.
NAME VARIATIONS
The name Côté was also Coste in Our Ancestors time. Additional variations over the years have been recorded as; Caudy, Cauta, Caute, Cete, Cole, Costey, Costez, Cota, Cotta, Cotte, Cottez, Coty, Gaudy, Lefrise, Side and Sides.
This biography was taken from Our French-Canadian Ancestors by Thomas J. Laforest; Volume 6-Chapter 6- Page 74 [3-23-98 by James Gagne, www.jamesgagne.net]
Other Information:
• Immigration, 1635, Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada. 4
Jean married Anne Martin on 17 Nov 1635 in Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada.1 2 (Anne Martin was born about 1603 in unknown location, France,4 died on 4 Dec 1684 and was buried on 5 Dec 1684 in Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada 2.)
Marriage Notes:
Jean and Anne had 381 descendants as of 31 Dec 1729.
Jean Côté
Born: 1603, Mortagne, Perche (Orne), France 2
Marriage: Anne Martin 17 Nov 1635, Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada 1 2
Died: 27 Mar 1661, Québec City, Québec, Québec, Canada at age 58 2
Buried: 28 Mar 1661, Nôtre-Dame de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada 2 3
Jean Côté - our forefather
See wife's entry for anothr biogrpahy of Jean Cote.
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