The tradition holds that the Cottier family of Lezayre accompanied the Christians to Virginia around 1655, and that two Cottier daughters married the two Christian brothers before departure. The primary evidence rests on two entries in Nugent’s Cavaliers and Pioneers: a “Jno. Codier” appearing as a headright alongside Anne Christian in a 1658 Potomac patent, and a “Jno. Cotier” in a 1662 Lancaster County patent. Both names are traditionally read as Cottier — a distinctively Manx surname. The 1658 pairing of a Christian and a Cottier in the same patent is the closest the primary record comes to the tradition. However, the Pearlman genealogical research demonstrated that the Cottier-Christian marriages occurred in a later generation in Virginia, not before departure from Mann. No independent evidence places a Cottier family in Lezayre at the right date, and no ship record or departure record has been found for either family.