Show ContentsCourcy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Courcy family

The surname Courcy was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy.

Early History of the Courcy family

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Courcy Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Courcy, de Courcy and others.

Early Notables of the Courcy family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

  • Auguste-Henri Hellouin, marquis de Courcy, who was born in Bayeux in 1717 and was elected lieutenant general in 1780...
  • Frederic de Courcy lived in the nineteenth century and certainly belonged to the ancient Courcy family of Normandy, on which information can be found in Chaix d'Est-Ange...
  • Charles-Augustin viscount de Courcy d'Herville was prominent in France at this time...
  • Philippe-Antoine-Hubert Roussel de Courcy was a painter and sculptor in Marseille in the nineteenth century...


United States Courcy migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Courcy Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jean Courcy, who arrived in Louisiana in 1718-1724 1
  • William de Courcy, a Jacobite was sent to Maryland in 1763
Courcy Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Henry de Courcy was a prominent religious man in the United States during the nineteenth century

Canada Courcy migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Courcy Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Pierre Courcy, who married in Quebec in 1703
  • Nicolas Courcy married in Rivière-Ouelle in 1749


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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