Hi List, Message exchange copied from another list: Source: GEN-MEDIEVAL@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Picot? / possible different spellings Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:57:29 Hello. I am not related to this line. I have seen this variation of the spelling on my mom's side. One of my great-grandfathers and back came through Daniel Piquette who lived in Md. I believe that one of the earliest Piquette's names was Louis Piquette. Daniel Piquette's daughter was Hanorah 'Nora' Piquette and she is one of my great-grandmothers. Over the years I have seen various versions of the surname -Piquette... Piqot, Pigot, Picot, Piquet, Piquett, Paquette, to name a few. The origin of our Piquette line goes up from MD... up through the East Coast... possibly into Canada since that is where we find most of the distant cousins, then further back into England for a while, and then back further into France. We haven't gone much further back than that yet. Best Regards, Dolores Phifer Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:24:59 It's not one line. There were several different people with the forename of Picot in the 11th century in England and France. Renia Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:34:57 Could not Picot be the same name as Pigott ? The "c" and "g" forms when you speak them seem likely to be interchangeable. Will Johnson Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:59:58 Seems reasonable enough, but I'm just not comfortable with it, myself. Picot, being French, is pronounced _pea-coh_ (as in a baby's bed without the 't' being pronounced. Piggott has the 't' pronounced and the 'g' said hard, as in _pig_. Old spellings of Piggot include Pygott, which removes it further from the French name. It's predominantly a Yorkshire name. I forget its purported meaning. Renia Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:53:38 -0700 Hello. In our line as far back as we got was to France... It was Piquet... which meant 'common wine'. The variations in the spelling mostly occurred while in England. Then a few more after they were here in North America... the last of which is Piquette. Yes, I have seen the Pigott as well in my travels. I have not seen in our line the 'Pickett' yet, nor have I seen the 'Paquett'. Dolores