Cotin History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The Cotin name comes from that Medieval landscape of southern France known as Languedoc. The name Cotin was originally derived from the family having lived in Languedoc, where the family was found since the early Middle Ages.

Early Origins of the Cotin family

The surname Cotin was first found in Languedoc, where they are recorded as one of the distinguished ancient families of that region.

The Cot or Côté family were well educated and learned people and there are many instances in the records of this. The Les Cot family of Limoges developed one of the first printing methods, with hot lead type, which they took to Paris in the 1600's. Pierre was an author of a book on the origins of printing in 1707.

Jean Pierre Cote, a noted poet, was born in Briancon in 1810. Jean-Leopold left on his death a "Dictionnaire de la législation des états sardes" in 1841. Jean André de Cot, descended from the Tournon branch of the family and, born in Briancon in 1789, campaigned against the war of the Empire, and his son Alexis was the owner of the "Journal de Tournon".

Jean Côté settled in Quebec in 1634 and married Anne Martin on 17th November 1635. Together they had five sons that carried on the family name of Côté. Jean was buried in Quebec on 28th March 1661. 1

Early History of the Cotin family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cotin research. Another 175 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1472, 1530, 1532, 1539, 1540, 1543, 1549, 1564, 1575, 1589, 1595, 1604, 1613, 1626, 1656, 1681 and 1735 are included under the topic Early Cotin History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cotin Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Cotin some of which are Côté, Cot, Cotte, Cott, Kott, Kote, Cotée, Cotet, Cotin, Coton, Cottet, Cottin, Cotton, Cotard, Cottard, Lacotte, Cotté, Cottu, Cottarel, Cottebrune, Cotner, Cottez and many more.

Early Notables of the Cotin family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

Claude Cot, Treasurer of Dauphiné in 1472; Pierre Coton (1564-1626), a French Jesuit and royal confessor; Charles Cotin or Abbé Cotin (1604-1681), a French abbé, philosopher and poet; and Robert de Co...

Cotin migration to Canada +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Cotin. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Cotin were

Cotin Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Dugal Cotin, son of René and Françoise, who married Etienette Baudon, daughter of Etienne and Marguerite, in Quebec on 10th January 1672 2

Cotin Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Joseph Cotin, son of Joseph and Marie-Charlotte, who married Marie-Louise Brière, daughter of Jean-Baptiste and Françoise, in Saint-Augustin, Quebec on 30th May 1740 2
Charles Cotin, son of Louis and Jeanne, who married Marie-Madeleine Amiot, daughter of Etienne and Jeanne, in Saint-Augustin, Quebec on 19th November 1742 2
Augustin Cotin, son of Joseph and Marie-Charlotte, who married Marie-Laurence-Charlotte Fluet, daughter of Louis and Marguerite-Agnès, in Lorette, Quebec on 5th February 1748 2
Augustin Cotin, son of Mathieu and Marie-Charlotte, who married Louise-Marguerite Chalifour, daughter of Bernard and Marguerite, in Quebec on 21st July 1749 2
Charles Cotin, son of Charles and Thérèse-Angélique, who married Thérèse-Josephte Rocheron, daughter of Jacques and Thérèse, in Quebec on 11th October 1750 2
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.