Cosson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Cosson family

The surname Cosson was first found in Anjou, a former county, duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. Thee family took its name from Cossé, a village in the department of Mayenne, near Laval.

Early History of the Cosson family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cosson research. Another 151 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1422, 1505, 1506, 1512, 1550, 1552, 1563, 1582, 1600, 1610, 1611, 1615, 1621, 1671, 1673, 1674, 1830, 1833, 1856, 1892 and 1903 are included under the topic Early Cosson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cosson Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Cossé, de Cossé, Cosset, de Cosset, Cossette and many more.

Early Notables of the Cosson family

Notable amongst the name was Jan Cossiers (1600-1671), a Flemish Baroque painter; Charles de Cossé (1506-1563), marshal of Brissac; Charles II de Cossé (1550-1621), the first Duke of Brissac from 1611 until his death; Philippe de Cossé, bishop...
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Cosson Ranking

In France, the name Cosson is the 1,239^th most popular surname with an estimated 4,544 people with that name. 1

Cosson migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Cosson Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Mr. Pierre Cosson, French labourer travelling to Canada to work for Arnaud Peré arriving on 3rd April 1656 2
Mr. Thomas Cosson, French labourer travelling to Canada to work for Arnaud Peré arriving on 3rd April 1656 2

Cosson migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Cosson Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

John Cosson, aged 34, a painter, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Dorette" in 1874 3
Eliza Cosson, aged 28, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Dorette" in 1874 3
John Cosson, aged 7, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Dorette" in 1874 3
Arthur Cosson, aged 6, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Dorette" in 1874 3
Albert Cosson, aged 5, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Dorette" in 1874 3
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Cosson migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 4

Cosson Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

William Cosson, who arrived in Barbados in 1635
William Cosson, aged 20, who landed in Barbados in 1635 5
Win Cosson, aged 20, who arrived in Barbados in 1635 5
Mr. William Cosson, (b. 1615), aged 20, British settler travelling aboard the ship "Expedition" arriving in Barbados in 1636 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Cosson (post 1700) +

Antoine Alexandre de Cosson, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 7
Brigadier-General Jean Cosson (1888-1966), French Commanding Officer during World War II 8

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Debien, Gabriel. Liste Des Engagés Pour Le Canada Au XVIIe Siècle. Vol. 6, Laval University, 1952. (Retreived 24th May 2018). Retrieved from https://lebloguedeguyperron.wordpress.com/2016/06/30/130-liste-des-contrats-dengagement-pour-la-nouvelle-france-releves-a-la-rochelle-entre-1634-et-1679/
New Zealand Yesteryears Passenger Lists 1800 to 1900 (Retrieved 5th November 2010). Retrieved from http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlist.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
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)
Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's retrieved 29th September 2021. Retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 13) Antoine Cosson. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Jean Cosson. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Cosson/Jean-Eug%C3%A8ne-Charles/France.html