Terrien History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

In the 1700s, land incentives were finally given out by France to 2,000 migrants. Early marriage was encouraged in New France, and 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, leaving French names scattered across the continent. The search for the Northwest passage continued. Migration from France to New France or Quebec, as it was now more popularly called, continued until 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, Acadia 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. 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 Terrien were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Terrien were

Terrien Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Stephen Terrien, who landed in Georgia in 1738 4

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Terrien Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

• Mr. Pierre Terrien, (b. 1635), aged 21, French labourer travelling to Canada to work for Jacques Pepin arriving on 5th April 1656 5
• Mr. André Terrien, (b. 1631), aged 25, French labourer travelling to Canada to work for François Peron, arriving on 11th April 1656 5
• Jacques Terrien, son of Jean and Marie, who married Judith Rigault, daughter of Élisée and Marie, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec on 26th January 1667 6
• Pierre Terrien, who married Gabrielle Mignot, daughter of Jean and Jeanne, in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 17th May 1670 6
• Pierre Terrien, son of Pierre and Gabrielle, who married Jeanne Ducheron, daughter of Mathurin and Marguerite, in Quebec on 29th November 1693 6

Terrien Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• Jacques Terrien, son of Jean and Judith, who married Marguerite Laspron, daughter of Jean and Anne, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec on 9th November 1700 6
• Louis Terrien, son of Pierre and Gabrielle, who married Catherine Bidet, daughter of Jacques and Françoise, in Saint-Jean-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 20th April 1700 6
• Guillaume Terrien, son of Pierre and Gabriel, who married Marie-Anne Jahan, daughter of Jacques and Anne, in Quebec on 10th May 1717 6
• Jacques Terrien, son of Pierre and Gabrielle, who married Marie Bareau, daughter of François and Françoise, in Quebec on 21st April 1718 6
• Barthélemi Terrien, son of Pierre and Gabriel, who married Marguerite Fontaine, daughter of Etienne and Marie, in Saint-Jean-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 29th November 1721 6
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• Jay Terrien, American bassist, violist and composer
• Albert Etienne Jean Baptiste Terrien de la Coupierie (d. 1894), French Orientalist, born in Normandy, a descendant of the Cornish family of Terrien, which emigrated to France in the seventeenth century during the civil war, and acquired the property of La Couperie in Normandy