Cottu de la Valtrie--Coutu Genealogy

Fracois Cottu de Lavaltrie (1649-1729) was born in France and immigrated to Canada, ca. 1675, settling on a farm in Lavaltrie, Quebec. He married Jeanne Verdon in 1682 at Quebec City. They had two children, 1684-1687. He married 2) Marie Louise Lesiege in 1691 at Montreal, Quebec. They had sixteen children, 1692-1718. He was buried at St. Sulpice, Quebec. Descendants of his sons, Daniel Louis Cottu (1696-1790) and Etienne Cottu (1712-1786), following the male line only, lived in Quebec, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Ontario, and elsewhere.