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1. JEAN

m. 17 Nov. 1635 Quebec, ANNE MARTIN (bur. 4 Dec. 1684 Quebec). Anne was NOT the daughter of
Abraham Martin, however, she could have been his sister.
bur. 28 Mar. 1661 Notre Dame de Quebec

Jean Côté presumably came from Perche, France. He was recruited by Robert Giffard (the first lord of
Beauport) in 1634 with the fleet "Le St-Jean" of Duplessis-Bouchart and Capt. Pierre de Nesle.

After the Kirke brothers sacked New France in 1632, only six French households remained plus five
interpreters who lived with the Indians. Robert Giffard was in France preparing to return to this new
country where he had already lived for several years. During the winter of 1633-1634, he visited various
regions of Perche, vigorously recruiting settlers for Canada. He knew that he would be a Seigneur and
doubtlessly he envisioned all of these habitants rendering him homage and rents. The first people he
recruited were Jean Guyon, Marin Boucher, Sebastien Dodier, Zacharie Cloutier, Guillaume Isabel and a
few others. For the most part, they came to Canada alone but a few did bring their families. Was Jean Cote
in this first contingent of Percheron colonists in 1634? Certain historians think so, while others, including
Benjamin Sulte, think he arrived a year later.

We know nothing about either the early life of Jean or Jehan, Côté or Coste or his preceding life. It seems
most likely that, he came from Perche but he is one of the rare settlers about whom tireless researchers,
such as Pierre Montagne and his wife, have discovered nothing in the archives of this French province.
Without a doubt, it is for this reason that, they do not mention him in the Percheron Cahiers, nor in
Tourouvre et les Juchereau.

The folks from Perche arrived in Québec after a voyage of approximately two months with about 75 people
among them physician Robert Giffard, architect Pierre Clust, surgeon Simon Baron, master Jean Coste,
Robert LeCorq, Jean Bourdon and Marin Boucher and his family. The payment for the voyage to be paid at
Québec in beaver skins was 9 "livres pesant" or French pounds, 50 "livres pesant" to return to France, and
30 "livres pesant" to return to Canada.

Jean worked for Charles Huault de Montmagny in Québec, who became governor after Champlain's death
in December 1635.

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He was married to Anne Martin on November 11, 1635 at Québec by Father Charles Lelemant, a Jesuit
priest, and witnessed by Guillaume Couillard and Robert Giffard. His was one of the first families to settle
on Île d'Orléans in the present parish of St. Pierre.

He first settled at Québec, where he owned a house on the corner of rue Tresor and rue Baude (where you
can buy a painting from one of the local artists today) on land 150 ft. frontage by 60 ft. in depth next to the
Notre Dame-de Roucouvrance Church. He offered this land as dowry to his daughter Simone when she
married in 1649. The house had a value of 450 livres but the newlyweds paid 300 livres and the balance of
150 livres as their wedding gift. He also owned land between "la Grande-Allee" and the St. Lawrence River
of one acre frontage and depth to the St. Lawrence River — total 6 acres — then on the outskirts of Québec
which he received on August 27, 1636 from Governor Montmagny and ratified on April 5, 1639. This was
sold to Antoine Leboesme dit Lalime on 8-11-1652 for 300 livres with which Jean bought merchandise for
at the store "Compagnie des Habitants".(Ct. Vachon) On 24 Dec. 1652, he confirmed his title deeds along
with Robert Giffard in Beauport. On 3 Feb. 1653 (Ct. Audouard) he settled his debt of 30 livres from son-
in-law-Pierre Soumande and also the same sum to Louis LeSage.

On July 21, 1641 "La Compagnie de Nouvelle France" gave Jean and associate Noel Langlois
compensation for work done at "Seigneurie de Beauport"; the arrangements were made with Robert
Giffard. He sold 500 boots of peasant wheat (16-18 lbs.) valued at 80 pounds, for which he bought a horse
and cows. (This is actually quite unlikely as it is currently thought that horses were not generally
practicable or even perhaps available and so this might mean that he only purchased livestock or other
animals for agricultural purposes.)

In 1642, Jean obtained permission from Robert Giffard to graze his animals on the Beauport prairies for
three years. He worked for Robert Giffard in return for working one day a year per animal not counting the
yearlings. In turn, he would gather hay for lodging of cattle.

On February 5, 1645 he finally received a concession on the banks of fleuve for three acres of frontage
#126 in Beauport on the St. Lawrence River, surveyed lot #342-350 and to the depth of the Seigneury of
Beauport between the lands of Zacharie Cloutier and Noel Langlois, who feared the Iroquois. From the
time of the first settlements, the Iroquois were relentlessly at war with the French and with their Indian
allies. The colonists were never sure of spending a day in peace without being exposed to raids from bands
of Iroquois. It was a matter of not going far from each other in order to meet any eventuality. Nöel Langlois
was a neighbor of Jean Côté and, to ensure mutual protection, he invited Jean to lodge near him. To this
end, he gave him a small portion of land in order to build a habitation on it. During an interlude in
hostilities, Jean Côté returned to the Île d'Orléans where he had moved his family and left the the
homestead next to Langlois on which he had built a cabin. This property was abandoned by the negligence
of those supposed to keep it up. Noel Langlois had given a small portion of his land next door for his
homestead at a rent of five sols per year which was cleared by Noel Langlois on 6-7-1681 for all of Jean's
unpaid rent.

"Having become a widower, Nöel Langlois divided his property on June 10, 1683. After the division, Jean
Langlois, Sieur de Saint-Jean, sold to Jean Baugy three-fourths of an arpent in a contract dated May 15,
1686. It bordered that of the Sieur Traversy, a son of Nöel Langlois also named Nöel, to the northeast. To
the southeast was Jean Pelletier, heir to a fourth of an arpent. After these sales, a quarter in the southwest
remained, adjoining the Côté homestead. On July 12, 1696, the heirs of Jean Côté sold their father's
homestead, as well as the small piece of land which Nöel Langlois had given Jean Côté, to their brother-in-
law, Andre Parent. "Parent encroached on the land of Jean Baugy and opened quarries. Then, he sued
Baugy, who had protested this encroachment. The Provost rendered a decision, on February 26, 1697,
permitting Parent to continue his work. However, this decision was not enforced.

"Nöel Vachon dit Pamerlaux acquired the four parts of Nöel Langlois' land which constituted the remaining
arpent in addition to the three quarters of an arpent bought by Baugy which contained the old cabin of Côté.
Then, he bought the remainder of the old Côté land from Andre Parent. The widow Pamerlaux kept this

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contract a secret and began to work the quarry on Baugy's land. This contract was finally located in the
property inventory of the said widow Pamerlaux.

In 1652 he obtained a parcel of land of five acres, 79 perches x 10 acres depth "au bourg" Du Fargy near
the Beauport River and north of the church. Because of Iroquois hostilities, Jean left Beauport and returned
to Île d'Orléans. Upon Jean's death none of his sons were married. Jean died at his home in 1661 and is
buried in the church of Notre Dame de Québec.

Anne survived Jean by more than 20 years, however, she is not listed in the 1681 census as she was likely
living with one of her children.

Issue-

 I. Louis- bpt. 25 Oct. 1635, m. 6 Nov. 1662 Elizabeth Langlois (m.2. 15 Dec. 1669 Guillaume Lemieux),
d before 15 Dec. 1669
 II. Simone- bpt. 9 Dec. 1637, m. 16 Nov. 1649 Pierre Soumande
 III. Martin- bpt. 12 July 1639, m. 25 July 1667 Chateau Richer, Suzanne Page
 IV. Mathieu- bpt. 6 July 1642, m. 11 Sept. 1666 Beaupre, Elisabeth Gravel
 V. Jean- bpt. 25 Feb. 1644, m.1. 11 Nov. 1669 Quebec, Anne Couture (bur. 27 Nov. 1684 Quebec), 2.
25 Feb. 1686 Quebec, Genevieve Verdon. Anne Couture was a King's Daughter, one of many young
women who was given a dowry by the king and transportation to New France to provide wives for the
many young men who had been recruited to settle there.
 VI. Jean Noel- bpt. 4 May 1646, m. 13 Feb. 1673 Beauport, Helene Graton
 VII. Marie- bpt. 12 Jan., bur. 25 Jan. 1648
 VIII. Louise- bpt. 18 Apr. 1650, m. 4 Nov. 1663, Jean Grignon

Ref:

Our French Canadian Ancestors- Thomas LaForest, Vol. 6, chapter 6 p. 74

Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais 1608-1760- p. 905
Before the King's Daughters: The Filles a Marier, 1634-1662- Peter J. Gagne, pp.218-9
Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes- Vol. I, p. 140

1. JEAN BAPTISTE

b.c.1747
m. 5 May 1773 St. Louis de Kamouraska, MARIE ANNE ROY dite Desjardin (d. 28 Sept. 1817
Kamouraska), d. of Pierre Roy dit DesJardins and Marguerite Boucher of St. Louis de Kamouraska
d. 27 Apr. 1819 Kamouraska, age 72

Tanguay lists Jean Baptiste as being the son of Gabriel and Cecile, however, their son was married in 1791
in Cap St. Ignace to Marie Ursule Guyon dite Dion. This record clearly states that JB's parents were Gabriel
and Cecile. The marriage record for our JB and Marie Anne Roi does not list his parents. With JB and
MarieAnne naming a son Gabriel (which is an unusual name in the Cote family) you would suspect that he
was related to those Cotes, however, the relationship is unknown at this point. So, JB's parentage remains a
mystery.

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Issue-

 I. Marie Catherine- bpt. 29 Apr. 1774 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 19 Nov. 1799 St. Louis de
Kamouraska, Martin Proux
 II. Marie- bpt. 2 Mar. 1775 St. Louis de Kamouraska
 III. Marie Euphroisine- bpt. 10 Jan. 1777 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 10 Feb. 1812 St. Louis de
Kamouraska, Jean LaPlante
 IV. Marie Marguerite- bpt. 27 Dec. 1778 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 4 Oct. 1803 St. Louis de
Kamouraska, Nicolas LeBlanc
 2V. GABRIEL- bpt. 8 Sept. 1781 Kamouraska, m. 23 Jan. 1815 St. Pierre de Sorel, SOPHIE
GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE
 VI. Marianne- bpt. 13 Feb. 1784 St. Louis de Kamouraska
 VII. Marie Magdelaine- bpt. 27 Oct. 1786 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 23 May 1814 St. Louis de
Kamouraska, Pierre Noel Maurin
 VIII. Andre- bpt. 29 Mar. 1789 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 29 May 1816 St. Louis de Kamouraska,
Marie Anne Boucher
 IX. Jean Marie- bpt. 2 Mar. 1792 St. Louis de Kamouraska

2V. GABRIEL (JEAN BAPTISTE 1)

bpt. 8 Sept. 1781 St. Louis de Kamouraska

m. 23 Jan. 1815 St. Pierre de Sorel, SOPHIE GAUTRON dite LAROCHELLE (bpt. 16 Jan. 1794
Yamaska), d. of Michel Gautron dit LaRochelle & Genevieve Vierre, grand-d of Michel Gautron

Gabriel was listed as a farmer in the parish records.

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Issue-

 I. Julie- bpt. 27 Feb. 1816 St. Pierre de Sorel

 3II. MARGUERITE- bpt. 8 May 1818 St. Pierre de Sorel, m. SAUVEUR BOUCHER (bpt. 18 Apr.
1813 St. Pierre de Sorel), d. after 1900 Biddeford, ME
 III. Daniel- bpt. 13 Feb. 1820 St. Pierre de Sorel
 IV. Sophie- bpt. 9 Dec. 1821 St. Pierre de Sorel
 V. Alexandre- b.c.Apr. 1824, bpt. 15 Feb. 1829 St. Pierre de Sorel
 VI. Sarah- b.c. Feb. 1827, bpt. 15 Feb. 1829 St. Pierre de Sorel
 VII. Genevieve- bpt. 19 Feb. 1829 St. Pierre de Sorel, bur. 27 Jan. 1830 St. Pierre de Sorel
 VIII. Olivier- bpt. 28 Feb. 1831 St. Pierre de Sorel

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