Bacot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Medieval culture once found in the northern region of France known as Normandy, is the soil from which the many generations of the Bacot family have grown. The name Bacot was given to a member of the family who was a pig farmer or pork butcher, as the name Bacot was originally derived from the Old French word "bacun", which meant "pork". 1

Early Origins of the Bacot family

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

The name officially started in Canada with Gilles Bacon, son of Etienne Bacon and Madeleine Féron, who married in Quebec in 1647. 2

Early History of the Bacot family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bacot research. Another 75 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1423, 1586, 1731, 1790 and 1795 are included under the topic Early Bacot History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bacot Spelling Variations

Changes of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Bacot, including Bacon, Bacou, Baconnier, Bacot, Bacquart, Baconet and many more.

Early Notables of the Bacot family

Notable amongst the family in this period was a Bacon who was a Huguenot captain, recorded at his death in 1586. Jean-Jacques Bacon de la Chevalerie, born in 1731, was a brigadier. Luc-Joseph Bacon was...
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Bacot migration to the United States +

France was active as a cultural leader in the early 16th century. One particular area in which they lead was the exploration of the New World. The explorers, like Jacques Cartier in 1534, led the way to North America. Champlain, in 1608, made the first of twenty voyages to France to attract settlers and brought the first migrant in 1617. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec, and the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Bacot has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Bacot were

Bacot Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Pierre Bacot, who landed in Charles Town, South Carolina in 1685 3

Bacot migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Bacot Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Henry Bacot, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Orator" in 1849 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Bacot (post 1700) +

Thomas Wright Bacot, American politician, Postmaster at Charleston, South Carolina, 1791-1834
Robert C. Bacot, American politician, Member of New Jersey State House of Assembly from Hudson County, 1857-58

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
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)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The ORATOR 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Orator.htm