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Jim Couzzourt (View posts)
Posted: 22 Feb 2001 10:01PM GMT
I believe you mean Huguenots. Jacques Cossart Jr and his father Jacques Sr were Huguenots. Jacques Sr left France because of (alleged) religious persecution and went to Belgium. Jacques Jr was born in Belgium (Liege?) but he and his wife Lydia moved to Bavaria for a time, then to Holland, and finally emigrated to Nieuw Amsterdam (New York City) in 1662, along with a shipload of other Huguenots. I believe Mennonites are of German ethnicity. Don't EVER let a Frenchman hear you confuse or associate the French with the Germans. That's far worse than telling a KKK member he's black. Cheers. Jim

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Jim Couzzourt (View posts)
Posted: 22 Feb 2001 10:15PM GMT
I like your style, cousin. Nice way to quickly summarize the Huguenots without pointing a finger. I'm not sure which bunch Jacques Cossart Jr came from, but I don't think he was of the violent school. He seems to have been a politician of sorts, a bureaucrat (that means he was educated, or at least was literate), and a pretty good farmer. Most of his children and grandchildren were baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church in the New York/New Jersey area. The family served in the colonial militia BEFORE the Revolutionary War, and several fought during the War on the side of the good guys, and none served the British, so they can justifiably be called patriots. Why, heck, one family member even gave his life here in Texas at the Battle of Goliad during the Texican war for freedom from Mexico. He is as much a Texas hero as any of those poor souls who died at the Alamo.
I do not believe Cozort is truly a French spelling of the name, which more than likely was Cousseau in France before the family began to wander and got it changed to Cossart in either Belgium or Holland. Cossart is SUPPOSED to be the "Dutch" manner of spelling the name, whatever it was. I have also seen "Courseau" in European studies, and I believe that the name originated linguistically from the Middle French words "coursier" and/or "courser," both of which are occupation names dealing with horses. In the Middle Ages, a "coursier" was one who supplied horses to the king, with the strong implication that it didn't matter to the king where or how the coursier obtained the horses (wink, wink). The term "coursier" and its somewhat later version "courser" became the word "corsair," which means pirate, freebooter, etc. Same idea. I have no proof that my suspicion is correct, but I would not at all be surprised that a thorough search would prove me right. Carry on the good search, cousin. Best wishes, Jim (just call me Blackbeard)

Re: Cuzzort Family,FL,GA,AL,KY

Posted: 1 Nov 2006 7:19PM GMT
Classification: Query
my mother was willie pearl cuzzort,daughter of hade cuzzort,grand daughter ofwilliam cuzzort,ggranddaughter benjamine cuzzort. , ggreat granddaughter of david, in trenton ga. riley in trenton was her cousin, how are you related.? earleene

Re: Cuzzort Family,FL,GA,AL,KY

Marcia Tisdel (View posts)
Posted: 14 Nov 2006 3:08PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Cuzzort
Just as a side note, my middle name is Earlene.

I am the granddaughter of Charles Cuzzort who married Ophia Carrothers. My father is Earl George Cuzzort and my mother is Geraldine Cuzzort. If you go on the Mormon family history website you will find all of my information and how we are related. My computer crashed with all of my history on it (like a dummy, I did not back it up), Hope this helps, sorry I did not get to this sooner.
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