Abraham
MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS
(b.
27 November 1589
,
France
d.
8 September 1664
,
Québec, Canada, New France
)
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MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS Genealogy
Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS was born 27 November 1589 in France. Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS was the child of Jean MARTIN and Isabelle COTE
Abraham was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1621.
Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
He married Marguerite-Geneviève LANGLOIS 24 October 1620 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France . The couple had (at least) 9 children. Marguerite-Geneviève LANGLOIS was born abt. 1602 in France. She died 17 December 1665 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). She was the daughter of Guillaume-Jean LANGLOIS and Jeanne MILLET.
Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS died 8 September 1664 in Québec, Canada, New France .
Son of Jean Galeran Martin (b: 1563 in La Rochelle, Aunis, France) and
Isabelle Élisabeth Côté (b: 1567 in St Xiste, Montpellier, Hérault, Languedoc-Rousillon, France)
One of the first settlers of Quebec
Details of the family tree of Abraham appear below.
Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline MacDonald for providing this information.
Québec Généalogie - Did you know? To occupy their free time, the inhabitants of New France held soirées, when they would gather to...Read MORE...Virtual Museum of New France. For more information visit www.historymuseum.ca/ virtual-museum-of-new-france
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
- Origin of Surname
MARTIN
This name may be derived from the Latin martius, warlike, from Mars, the God of War. In the Gaelic, mor is great, and duin, a man. Morduin, a chief, a warrior.
An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names - By William Arthur - 1857. 
www.uppercanadahistory.ca/ wm/ wm7.html- Misc
Ency. Can. Goelier of Canada 1972. Vol. 6, p. 394. Martin, Abraham, pioneer settler; b. about 1587, in Scotland - hence his nickname of L'Ecossais; d. at Québec, 8 Sep 1664. He came to Canada some time after 1614, probably in 1619 or 1620, and was for many years in the service of the Company of One Hundred Associates. He was one of the few French settlers to remain in Québec after its surrender to the English in 1628. On the heights of Québec he ...Read MORE... 
1589 Birth
27 November 1589
, France
1620 Marriage / Partner
Abraham MARTIN dit L'ESCOSSAIS and Marguerite-Geneviève LANGLOIS 24 October 1620, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France- 1621 Birth of Child
Eustache MARTIN was born 24 October 1621, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) - 1624 Birth of Child
Marguerite MARTIN was born 4 January 1624, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) - 1627 Birth of Child
Helene MARTIN was born 21 June 1627, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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