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My ancestors
Update, jun 25, 2002
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Nicolas Bachan dit
Vertefeuille Mathurin
Colin dit Laliberté Pierre Chicoine Jacques Lehoux
Nicolas Bachan dit Vertefeuille, born in St-Clou, archbishop's palace of Paris, towards 1667, formed part of the 131 immigrants come from Ile-de-France between 1680 and 1700. He was the son of Nicolas, carpenter and Marie Pinson. The first document, attesting his presence in New-France, is its marriage contract with Anne Lamoureux signed in front of the notary Michel Moreau on February 13, 1692. Anne Lamoureux, girl of Louis Lamoureux and Francoise Boivin had only thirteen years and half with the signature of the contract, so that the religious ceremony take place ten months later, December 4, 1692 in Boucherville.
According to any probability, Nicolas would have arrived to New-France, as soldier of the companies of the navy which accompanied the new governor, the marquis de Denonville, in 1685. He was then 18 years old, the minimum age for enroler like soldiers. Denonville received the instructions of its departure for New-France directly of king, Louis XIV and of his Minister for the navy, Seignelay , March 17 or 19, 1685, in Versailles. It is extremely probable that the recruitment of the soldiers began in the Paris area.
The contract of service was then 6 years. Nicolas Bachan would thus have been released from the army at the end of 1691. At the time, the sodats spent the winter among inhabitants of the country and took again their military service come spring. It probably at the time of one of these winters passed to Louis Lamoureux whom it made the knowledge of Anne that he married into 1692.
Anne will receive, of her father Louis Lamoureux, a sixth of the Ste-Marguerite Island, forming part of the Percées Islands of the seigniory of the Cape of Varennes, August 7, 1694. It is only in 1707, whereas the family counts 5 children, that Nicolas will rent a ground of Louis Lamoureux, for five years with the help of the taxable quotas and revenues, plus 200 pounds per year.
A sixth child, J. Baptiste will be born on February 28, 1709, one month before the death of Nicolas, who will be buried with the cemetery of the parish of Ste-famille of Boucherville, February 27, 1709 at the 42 years age. Anne Lamoureux will survive to him more than 48 years without remarry, although it is only 31 years old with 6 children of which elder A 15 years; she dies on July 15, 1757 and is buried the 16, in the cemetery of Boucherville.
Anne Lamoureux will be able to manage well since four of its sons state to have several grounds at the time of their marriage. One of son, François will die at the 20 years age, whereas he was already tenant of one ground in the Ste-Marguerite Island. Madeleine, the only girl of the couple, will marry Paul Christin, main shoe-maker.
The elder son, Nicolas, will be established in Lachenaie, Jean B. in Boucherville, Joseph in Verchères. And the last son, J. Baptiste, will found a family in Assumption.
Mathurin Colin was born into 1639 in Riolo, commune of Guilliers, in the canton of the Porhoët Trinity, district of Valves, department of Morbihan in Bretagne located at the west of Rennes. Mathurin is sent in New-France with the regiment of Carignan-Salières like soldier in the company of St-Ours, controlled by the Pierre captain of St-Ours.
The company of St-Ours takes seat on the boat, Justice, transporting the regiment to New-France. Justice takes the sea, May 24 1665, with the St-Sebastien. The crossing will be long and painful since 20 soldiers will find death during the voyage and that 130 will be hospitalized on their arrival in Quebec, September 12 1665, after 110 days at sea.
The shortly after their arrival, a detachment of the regiment is sent to Trois-Rivières in order to accomodate the Viceroy, the Marquis de Tracy who will arrive on June 30, by Brèse, of a military forwarding in the Antilles. The first forwarding of the Cie of St-Ours will lead them to the lake Champlain (Venise), where their boat will be sink and will force them to spend the winter in the area. The fever and the disease will carry several members of forwarding.
Once the demobilized regiment, Mathurin will follow its captain on the territory conceded officially to Pierre of St-Ours by the Intendant Talon into 1672. Mathurin will obtain there a concession which it will increase with the purchase of the close concession belonging to Charles Desmarets.
Mathurin will take for wife Jacqueline Labbé into 1669 in St-Ours; two children will be born during his stay at this place, until 1676. At that time, it will move in Longueuil where it will obtain a concession of Mr. de Longueuil, in 1695. With the census of 1681, the Colin have 3 arpents of ground in value and a cow. Is this because of little interest for the ground or the little income drawn from the ground that Mathurin exerts the trade of mason? When the incomes and the necessary one to nourish the family do not come from the ground, it is frequent to practise another trade to improve its condition.
It will receive a concession of Mr. Le Moyne for his contribution to the opening of the way of Chambly.
Mathurin and Jacqueline will have 12 children of which 8 will survive. Mathurin dies on April 14, 1708 with the Hospital of Montreal and Jacqueline will survive to him until the 1 November 1721; they will be buried in the parish Notre-Dame of Montreal.
Source: Michel Laliberté, Colin dit Laliberté, May 25, 1991.
Chicoine of North America would come from two stocks families. Oldest and most is resulting from Pierre Chicoine and Madeleine Chrestien established in Verchères. The other, from Jean Chicoine married to Marie Baudot established in Barachois, today St-Pierre-de-la-Malbaie in Gaspésie, nearly 100 years later.
Pierre Chicoine, son of Gilles Chicoisne and Perrine Boissaubert, of Channay-on-Lathan, commune of the old province of Touraine, today the Indre-et-Loire, located at a few kilometers in the North-West of Tours, arrives to New-France at 23 years the February 1 1663. It is engaged in the garrison of the Island of Montreal, controlled by major Zacharie Dupuis, in the 15th escouade of the corporal Pierre de Lugérat dit Desmoulins.
At the end of his contract of service, Pierre obviously decides to remain in New-France, since it is listed into 1666 as servant of Mathurin Langevin, a comrade-in-arms, probably, while waiting to obtain a concession such as it is habit at the time for those which remain with the Country. Thus it receives from Gabriel Souart, agent of the lords of Montreal, July 26 1666 at the St-François Coast, today Long-Point, a ground of 2 arpents face on the river.
It will resell this ground on January 15 1668, at Pierre Lorrain to go to be established in Longueuil in the seigniory that Charles Le Moyne has just obtained. Pierre will marry Madeleine Chrestien, October 20 1670, with Our-Lady of Montreal, probably arrived as Girl of King, Madeleine was the girl of Toussaint Chrestien and Francoise Bertaut from St-Eustace, Paris. The first 4 children of the couple were born in Longueuil whereas Pierre emphasizes his concession.
February 26 1678, Pierre Chicoine and his good friend Pierre Boisseau become purchasers of each half of the seigniory of Vitré under the name of Bellevue, located between Contrecoeur and Verchères. This seigniory measuring a place by a place (a place is approximately 40 arpents), had been conceded to Charles Denys de Vitré by Talon intendant. One year later, March 16 1679, Pierre will sell his ground of Longueuil of 80 arpents, including 10 in value, to Charles Moyne.
With the census of 1681, Verchères counts 12 families and 59 residents of which Chicoine has now 5 children . Three others will be born in the seigniory of Bellevue, sometimes call Chicoine seigniory. August 15 1688, the Chicoine ancestor acquires from nunn Hospitalières of the Hospital of Montreal a ground to build two houses there on the street St-Jean-Baptiste, side is, between the street St-Paul and the street Notre-Dame of Montreal.
Pierre Chicoine will die between April 7 and July 23 1692 at the 53 years old. Madeleine will turn over live in one of the houses of Montreal, September 28 1692, whereas the elder son Pierre inherits the seigniory of Verchères, now reduced to a quarter of place on a place, a part having been given in dowry to her sisters, Madeleine married to Louis Guertin and Marguerite, married to Urbain Bouvier.
The widow of Pierre, Madeleine will remariera on June 19, 1702 in Montreal with Louis Odet de Piercot, sior of Bailleul, officer of the troops of the marine. The marriage will last 7 years, until the death of Madeleine on February 25, 1709 when it will be buried in Contrecoeur.
Six generations of Chicoine preserved the seigniory until the abolition of the mode seigneurial in 1854. Two other generations, having inherited part of the old seigneurial field, are remained owners until 1913 by it.
Pierre and Madeleine gave rise to three son. The descent of Pierre, the elder one kept the name of Chicoine, whereas the descent of the second son, Paul, adopted the nickname of Dozois. The junior, François had adopted the nickname of Fresnière without however leaving posterity.
Sources: Chicoine, Andre, Chicoine of North America and Chicoisne de France 1630-1995.
Jacques Le Houx, probably son of the tile maker, Thomas Le Houx, from Ventrouze, commune of the department of the Orne, district of Mortagne, canton of Tourouvre in the old province of the Perche, today Basse-Normandy, would have arrived to New-France towards 1646.
Jacques Lehoux marries, towards 1619, Marie Lemeilleur in Ventrouze. From this union, were born Madeleine and Francoise. A girl of Madeleine, Marie Mésange came to New-France and will link herself to Mathurin Chabot, November 17, 1661. Francoise will sign a contract of service 5 years with Jean Juchereau and will arrive to Quebec, October 13, 1651, three or four years after her father. She will marry Robert Paré Ste-Anne of the Petit-Cape, October 20, 1653.
Jacques will marry, in second weddings Léonarde Chaline, February 9, 1633, in Ventrouze. Two boys will be born from this union, Jean and Noël. Jean, christinen on April 27, 1633 will come to New-France and will ensure the descent of Lehoux by his marriage with a Girl of the King, Elisabeth Drugeon, cousin of Pierre Tremblay, October 7, 1659, in Quebec.
Jacques engages in a third marriage with Jeanne Jehan, into 1643, probably in Perche. This third marriage was without offspring, but it is with the latter that he emigrates in New-France between this last marriage and the end of summer 1647. We do not know the circumstances of its voyage, with which, nor how it arrives in the colony at the 67 years old. He is undoubtedly the senior of all the immigrants of the French regime.
September 9, 1647, we find his signature: a spindle of wire or a pair of wings of butterfly like witness, with his son-in-law Martin Grouvel, husband of his daughter-in-law, Marguerite Aubert, girl of her second wife, on the marriage contract of Mathurin Gagnon and Francoise Goudreau.
When Nicolas Juchereau makes consent and enumeration of his sub-fief, Chesnay, in Robert Giffard, lord of Beauport, April 4, 1659, it declares there Jacques Lehoux like only vassal bench on a ground of 20 arpents with house, barn and cattle shed.
With the census of 1666, Jacques is declared, coalman, old of 86 years and bench with Beauport with his wife Jeanne Jahan and a volunteer, Pierre Lemieux 16 years old. In 1667, it has 2 heads of cattle, 8 arpents of cleared ground and 3 servants with his service, Pierre Lemieux, Louis Leparc and Denis Avis.
In 1677, the Lehoux-Jahan couple lives in Château-Richer. Jacques dies in his daughter Francoise in Ste-Anne of Beaupré, February 16, 1680, it will be buried the following day at 100 years the sizeable age. Jeanne will be buried on December 11, 1682, in Château-Richer.
With the seventh generation, a branch will transform the name for Houle about it for still unknown reasons. We know that two other Lehoux came to New-France before 1700.
Source: Gerard Lebel, C.S.R., Nos Ancêtres, No 9, p.111-116
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The François Abelin's first mention in New-France is the registration of his name on the list of the confirmed of May 20, 1668 by Mgr. de Laval in stronghold Saint-Louis de Chambly. We also find him as committed in the first book of the accounts of the Seminar of Quebec.
On October 3, 1670, he is witness in Julien Plumereau's marriage, baker master to Chambly's stronghold, with Jeanne Barbier. He will also be a godfather of the elder girl of René Dumas and Marie Lelong, Françoise, on February 5, 1673.
On October 16 of the same year he receives a concession of 80 arpents (64 acres) to be developed from Jacques de Chambly. At the beginning of the year 1674, then 28 or 29 years old, on January 21, he promise marriage to Nicole Filiatreault, 12 years only. The arrangementare, do with witness Jean Gervaise and François Bailly, stipulates that the future father-in-law promises to engage him and to supply him a cow, a pig, small two and twelve poultry. Considering the young age of the future wife, the marriage is foreseen later.
Meanwhile François Blain adduces to run wood without licence. Activity highly repressed at the time of sort which itself he meets in the prisons of Montreal. His future father-in-law René Filiatrault stood surety for allowing him the liberation on November 1-st,1674.
On June 20, 1675 he goes buyer of a farm with big buildings in the place says Saint François on the Island of Montreal. Was it to become established with his future wife? On July 2 of the same year, he is condemned to 10 and 17 livres of fine. Pierre de Canchy, sr. of Lerolle went to his defence and avoided being imprisoned.
It is his escapades or the interest for the future young wife that weakens, however the foreseen marriage never took place. The betrothed married Étienne Lalande on November 24, 1676.
Returned to Chambly, on February 5, 1680 he receives a concession of 40 arpents (32 acres) from Pierre de Saint-Ours, commanding of Chambly's stronghold. It is only twenty years later than François put back this document to the notary Adhémar.
In the year 1680, his friend Julien Plumereau died prematurely, leaving his widow Jeanne Barbier with 6 young children. François Blain will unite his intended with Jeanne Barbier on January 7,
1681 in Contrecoeur. François will probably go to become established on the farm of his wife because he sells his land of 80 arpents on September 13, 1682 and that of 40 arpents is rented for 5 years on October 15 of the same year.The married life will be of short duration because Jeanne Barbier died before October 29, 1688, leaving François with her 6 foster children and 4 others arisen from their union, Suzanne, Alexandre, Louis and Pierre.
The life home-body of such an adventurer had probably lasted enough so that he put his children in family of reception to the relationship and the friends. Louis Blain, 3-year-old, will be taken care by Pierre Chantereau, verger, and Marie Cordier. Alexandre died very young, Pierre will be placed
at the notary's Jean Baptiste Pothier and Étiennette Beauvais. Four years later Pierre is taken care by Marguerite Plumereau and Jean Cardinal.François Blain will undertake with the great explorer and coat trading Nicolas Perrot who will lead him until Wisconsin. This trip lasted until 1696 when an edict abolished exchange permit and ordered the closing posts of drafts.
On returning to Montreal, on November 20, 1698, François Blain, 53-year-old, obtains from Seminar of Montreal a concession of 60 arpents in Grande Ance, situated among Lachine and Point - Claire. He will live there on the last 10 years on his life.
His(her) elder daughter will unite in first marital unions with Louis Limousin dit St-Louis and in second marital unions to René Lecuyer dit Lapierre with whom she had 10 children.Pierre married Marie Beaudry, widow, mother of 6 children with whom he had 2 sons among whom the one died in the cradle.
As for Louis, he inherited some spirit of adventure of his father. After 1703, he is indicated to Port-Royal with the widow Marie Daigle with whom he will have a son. Before the grip of Royal-Port in 1710 he is back in New- France, because he takes for wife Marguerite Mineau on April 15, 1709 in Rivière-Ouelle. The couple will have 10 children whose last ones will be christened in Boucherville.
Source: Nos Ancêtres, vol.20 , 1991, Gérard Lebel, C.Sr. R., p. 17-24