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![Show Contents]() Picot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Picot family name derives from the Old French personal name Picot, or Pigot. 1 Alternatively, the name could have been derived from the French word "piquet" which was a pointed stake or peg used militarily by the French Army c. 1695. Later the term pikemen was derived by the British Army in the mid 1700s. Early Origins of the Picot familyThe surname Picot was first found in Brittany where they held a family seat at Beauchesne, and as the line was the main stem of this aristocratic family which would emerge as Viscounts d'Vaulogé, it was there that branches were formed in Brittany, Maine and Austria. They were originally from Picot de Saio in Normandy and were recorded there in 1086. 2 Early History of the Picot familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Picot research. Another 79 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1651, 1708, 1720, 1734, 1781, 1791, 1813 and 1862 are included under the topic Early Picot History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Picot Spelling VariationsThe many different spellings of French surnames can be partially explained by the use of local dialects and by the influence of other languages during the early development of the French language. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Picot is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Picot, Picott, Picotte, Pickot, Picout, Picoud, Picque, Picquet, Picquot and many more. Early Notables of the Picot familyNotable amongst this name at this time was - Eustache Picot (died 1651), a French musician and composer, sous-maître of the chapelle royale of Louis XIII. François Picquet (1708-1781) was a French Sulpician priest who emigrated to Montreal, Cana...
Picot RankingIn France, the name Picot is the 375th most popular surname with an estimated 11,159 people with that name. 3
 Picot migration to the United States | + |
Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until the colony fell to the English 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 the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Picot were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Picot were
Picot Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Elias Picot, who arrived in Boston in 1723
- Marguerite Picot, an Acadian exile on record in Massachusetts in 1755
Picot Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Marie Joseph Charles Picot, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1826
- Toussaint Picot, who arrived in New Orleans in 1826
- Manuel Picot, aged 30, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1830 4
- A. Picot who settled in San Francisco, California in 1852
- Carole Picot, aged 20, who landed in New York in 1854 4
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Picot Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century- Jacques Picot, who settled in Montreal in 1652
- Robert Picot, who arrived in Quebec in 1653
Picot Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century- Jean Picot, who settled in Canada in 1731
Picot Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Charles Picot, who settled in Quebec in 1809
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- Fernand Picot (1930-2017), French professional racing cyclist who rode in eight editions of the Tour de France
- Étienne Guillaume Picot de Bazus, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
- Patrick Picot (1951-1980), French gold medalist fencer at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Philippe-Isidore Picot (1744-1818), French naturalist
- Olga Georges Picot (1940-1997), Shanghai-born, French actress who has been featured in movies like The Day of the Jackal (1973), Love and Death (1975) and The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
- Auguste Marie Henri Picot (1756-1793), Marquis de Dampierre, a general of the French Revolution
- François Marie Denis Picot (1870-1951), son of historian Georges Picot
- Hajnalka Kiraly Picot (b. 1971), French gold and bronze medalist fencer
- Georges Picot (1838-1909), French historian and lawyer
- François-Edouard Picot (1786-1868), French historic painter
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- Dionne, N.-E., Les Canadiens-Francais Origine Des Familles. Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 1969. Print
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- 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)
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, August 12) Étienne Picot. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
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