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Surnames: Cashatt, Cochet
Classification: Query
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We have very little solid information on this ancestor, and would be very grateful to
anyone who can help us. He was born (in France?) "abt 1675" and died in 1728 in
Perquimans Co., NC according to the information we have. He was a French Huguenot who
immigrated to James City, Virginia in 1700 if our information is correct. He supposedly
fathered one son named John Cashatt (abt 1710-48), and he reportedly changed the family
surname from Cochet to Cashatt supposedly to make it more palatable to his
English-speaking neighbors. Any help with information on Andre or any of his family would
be very much appreciated.