François COSTE

Abt 1671 - Abt 1753  (~ 82 years)

• Name	François COSTE  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1671	Martigues, Martigues, Istres, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Carpenter (Charpentier), Navigator (Navigateur), and Coastal Pilot (Pilote Cotier)  [2]
  Residence	Between 1698 and 1714	Port Royal, Acadia   [3]
  Residence	Between 1717 and 1752	Port Toulouse/L'Ardoise, Île Royale   [4, 5]
  Death	Abt 1753	Port Toulouse, Île Royale   [2]
  Person ID	I3045	King Gardner Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family	Madeleine MARTIN,   b. Abt 1674, Port Royal, Acadia d. Abt 1756, Port Toulouse, Île Royale (Age ~ 82 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1695  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Marie-Catherine COSTE,   b. Abt 1696, Port Royal, Acadia d. Bef 12 Jan 1760, Saint-Louis, Rochefort, Rochefort, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France (Age ~ 64 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Madeleine COSTE,   b. Abt 1697, Port Royal, Acadia d. Abt 1754, Port Toulouse, Île Royale (Age ~ 57 years)  [Father: natural]   3. François COSTE,   b. Abt 1700, Port Royal, Acadia d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]   4. Jean COSTE,   b. 23 Jun 1703, Port Royal, Acadia d. Bef 19 Jun 1705, Port Royal, Acadia (Age < 1 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. Jacques dit Jacob COSTE,   b. 9 Nov 1705, Port Royal, Acadia d. Aft 1752 (Age > 48 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Pierre COSTE,   b. 18 Sep 1707, Port Royal, Acadia d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural] + 7. Marguerite COSTE,   b. 4 Jul 1709, Port Royal, Acadia d. Bef 1752 (Age < 42 years)  [Father: natural] + 8. Jean COSTE,   b. 20 May 1713, Port Royal, Acadia d. Bef 1 Oct 1758 (Age < 45 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Mar 2023

  
  

• Notes

  According to the Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes English Supplement Explanatory and Biographical Notes for François Coste and Madeleine Martin (Page 94): Explanatory Notes i. In the parish registers of Ste-Madeleine de l'Île , preserved in the municipal archives of Martigues, there may be seen under the date of March 7, 1673, the baptismal record of François Coste, son of Étienne Coste and Josèphe Vincent (information communicated by Lloyd Boucher and Ralph DeCoste of Tracadie, N.S.). Is this the same man who married Madeleine Martin about 1695? A careful examination of the registers of this parish failed to discover any other François Coste who was born there around the same time (communication from Marcel Barriault). Biographical Notes 19 June 1714: Among the inhabitants of Acadia who came to view land on Île Royale were François Coste and Jacques LeBlanc, with their sailing vessel, a crew of two men, and six passengers. 25 Aug 1714: In a letter from L'Hermite at Louisbourg, François Coste from Les Mines received permission "to settle on Île Royale at the good pleasure of the King”. 1717: A very capable navigator, François Coste managed during a storm to enter a vessel into Port-Toulouse, while Pierre Morpain, the colony's port captain could not do so. 1 Aug 1718: He received the commission of coastal pilot. The 1752 Census of Île Royale in L'Ardoise records Francois Coste age 90 "natif de la paroisse de Marteque eveche de Marseilles" in the colony 30 years, wife Madeleine Martin age 89 native of Port Royal, and grandchildren Joseph Dugas age 21 and Madeleine Dugas age 12. The 1752 Census states the family of Sr Coste took refuge in L'Ardoise during the last war with the English.

  
  

• Sources

  [S575] Stephen A White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes 1636-1714, (Name: Centre d'Études Acadiennes; Location: University of Moncton, New Brunswick;), Page 0418. Does not identify François Coste's parents [S575] Stephen A White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes 1636-1714, (Name: Centre d'Études Acadiennes; Location: University of Moncton, New Brunswick;), Page 0418. [S575] Stephen A White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes 1636-1714, (Name: Centre d'Études Acadiennes; Location: University of Moncton, New Brunswick;), Page 0418-0419. [S1736] Sieur De La Roque, 1752 Census of Île Royale, (Location: MIKAN No. 2319433;), Page/Item 015 of 248. Records Francois Coste age 90 "natif de la paroisse de Marteque eveche de Marseilles" in the colony 30 years, wife Madeleine Martin age 89 native of Port Royal, and grandchildren Joseph Dugas age 21 and Madeleine Dugas age 12; residing L'Ardoise. Source for residence [S575] Stephen A White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes 1636-1714, (Name: Centre d'Études Acadiennes; Location: University of Moncton, New Brunswick;), Page 0419. Records François Coste, Madeleine Martin, and their children in the 1717-1734 Censuses of Port Toulouse. Source for residence