Our Family History
Francois (Capet) COQUILLET
Abt 1665 - 1735 (~ 70 years)
Abt 1669 - 1701 (~ 32 years)
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Name Francois (Capet) COQUILLET Birth Abt 1665 
Gender Male Death 1735 New Rochelle, Westchester, New York Rockland County [1] Person ID I322356264469 Winnie Paul Scanlan Last Modified 16 Jul 2022
Family Silvia SICARD, b. Abt 1669, Mornac, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France d. Mar 1701, New Rochelle, Westchester, New York, United States (Age ~ 32 years) Marriage Abt 1710 New Rochelle, Westchester, New York [2, 3] Children + 1. Francis Marquis La Fayette COQUILLETTE, b. 1665, La Flochelle, France d. 1735, New City, Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York, United States (Age 70 years)Last Modified 16 Jul 2022 Family ID F254 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - FRANCIS COQUILLETTE,— the first of the Family of
that name to set foot on American soil, was a half-brother to
Louis XIV, King of France. He was a French Hugenot
and resided on his estate at La Rochelle, France, from which
country he fled with his wife and son Daniel during the times
of the Roman Catholic persecution, leaving behind in his hasty
flight their only daughter who was away from home attend-
ing school at the time. He chose rather to give up his home
and friends in the land of his nativity than to remain there
and surrender his religious belief for that of Catholicism.
Immediately upon his departure from France he discarded
the original Family name of Capet, assuming in its stead the
one borne by the Family at the present time— Coquillette.
Arriving in America at New Rochelle, Westchester county,
New York he settled with his family near New City in
Clarkstown township, Rockland county, in the same State.
After the death of his wife he married again, and to him
and this wife were born two daughters: Frances, and Katie.
He spent the remainder of his days on his farm in Rock-
land county, never to the day of his death receiving any tid-
ings whatever of the daughter left behind them in their hur-
ried departure from France. He was buried beside his wives
at New City.
- FRANCIS COQUILLETTE,— the first of the Family of
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Age:
About 69-70 - [S1031825003] Ancestry.com, Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
- [S1031825006] Ancestry.com, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, U.S., Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Cuyahoga County Archive; Cleveland, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810-1973; Volume: Vol 8-9; Page: 69; Year Range: 1856 Jan - 1860 Mar.
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