Fr m Whence We Came A backward glance for one Lavoie family branch with genealogical and historical highlights supplemented by a tabulation of persons and their marriage~ for over three hundred and fifty years

COMPILED. BY JOHN MiiAN LAVOIE 1969

Printed: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

NOTES - CORRECTIONS - ADDITIONS

PAGE 73 - NONEXISTENT - ERROR IN PAGE NUMBERING PAGE 132 LINE 5 TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR, CHANGE NAMES TO NAMED, PAGE 135 LINE 12 TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR, CHANGE HISE TO HIS PAGE 166 46 ADD M, C,A, 1825 47 PAGE 167 92 ADD M. C,A. 1800 93 lSLESBOROUGH, 94 Aon Ma C,A, 1788 95 lsLESBOROUGH, MAINE 134 ADD M, 13 JANUARY 1777 KAMOURASKA PAGE 168 188 Aon M. 9 JANUARY 1764 189 MARSHFIELD, MASS, 190 Aon M, c,A. 1766 191 PAGE 170 376 Ann M, 11 DECEMBER 1724 377 . SCITUATE,. MASS, 380 ADD M. 9 FEBRUARY 1737 381 SCITUATE, MASS, 382 Ann M. 5 Nov.EMBER 1730 383 PEMBROKE, MASS, PAGE 172 570 Aon 1 JUNE 1700

PAGE 173 616 Aon M, 24 NovEMBER 1723 617 STE, ANNE DE LA PocATIERE PAGE 174 752 Ann M, c.A, 1690 753 MARSHFIELD, MASS, 754 Ann 27 JUNE 1683. 755 SCITUATE, MASS, PAGE 174 764 ADD M. 26 APRIL 1698 765 MARSHFIELD, MASS~ PAGE 175 1066 Ann M, 3 JUNE 1698 1067 Sr. PIERRE, I.O. PAGE 176 1094 Ann M, 13 SEPTEMBER 1654 1095 PAGE 181 1504 Ann Ma 2 MAY 1661 1505 1506 Ann M, 24 JANUARY 1664 1507 1508 Ann M. 20 NOVEMBER 1656 1509 1510 ADD M, C,A, 1660 1511 1524 ADD M, C,A, 1640 1525 1528 ADD M, 21 DECEMBER 1648 1529 MARSHFIELD, MASS, 1532 ADD M•· c .·A. 1676 1533 SCITUATE, MASS, 2050 ADD M. 22 MARCH 1639 2051 LA ROCHELLE, PAGE 182 2078 CHANGE TO SEE 2438 2079 SEE 2439. 2084 ADD OF Sr. LouP o'AuxERRE 2085 BoURGOGNE 2085 CHANGE BLAINVILLAIN TO BEAUVILLAIN 2086 ADD OF PARIS ILE-DE-FRANCE 2087 2112 ADD OF TOUROUVRE 2113 2114 Ann M. 12 JUNE 1615 . 2114 Sr. JEAN DE MoRTAGNE PERCHE PAGE 187 2338 Ann OF Sr, HILAIRE DE 2339 SENS PAGE 188 2364 Ann OF Sr. NICOLAS DE 2365 VILLE EN-CAEN BAYEUX NORMANDIE PAGE 191 3008 Ann OF FoRDINGTON 3009 Sr, GEORGE DoRsET ENGLAND 3010 Ann M, 17 MAY 16_ 3011 3022 Ann M 6 FEBRUARY 1635 3023 PLYMOUTH, MASS,

PAGE 193 4344 /ls.JD OF ST. JEAN DE JOIGNY 4345 · DIOCESE OF SENS CHAMPAGNE PAGE 195 4686 ADD OF CAUDEBEC EN-CALIX 4687 DIOCESE OF RoUEN NoRMANDIE 4714 ADD OF RANDONNOI PERCHE 4715 PAGE 198 4974 ADD OF Sr, GERMAIN ARcH. 4975 DE PARIS ILE-DE-FRANCE PAGE 198 Ann 6110 WILLIAM PITTS OF OLD HINGHAM, 6111 ELIZABETH NORFOLK, ENGLAND 6016 Ann OF FORDINGTON DORSET 6017 ENGLAND 6026 Ann M, 14 FEBRUARY 1584 6027 TENTERDEN KENT, ENGLAND PAGE 199 12048 ADD OF TENTERDEN KENT, 12049 ENGLAND 12050 Ann OF BEDDENDEN, KENT, 12051 ENGLAND 12052 Ann M, 17 AuGusr 1546 12053 TENTERDEN, KENT, ENGLAND PAGE 200 12054 Ann OF SELLING KENT, ENGLAND 12055 24096 Ann OF TENTERDEN KENT, ENGLAND 24097 24100 Ann OF BEDDENDEN, KENT, ENGLAND 24101 24108 ADD OF SELLING, KENT, ENGLAND 24109 48192 Ann OF SELLING, KENT, ENGLAND 48193 48200 Ann oF BEDDENnEN, KENT, ENGLAND 48201 48216 Ann OF SELLING, KENT, ENGLAND 48217 96384 Ann OF KENT, KENT, ENGLAND 96385 96400 Ann OF BEDDENDEN, KENT, ENGLAND 96401 96432 Ann OF SELLING, KENT, ENGLAND 96433 192864 Ann OF SELLING, KENT, ENGLAND 192865 INDEX II CHANGE BLAINVrLLIAN TO BEAUVILLIAN XII I PITTS Ann WILLIAM 198 AND PAGE 198 TO ELIZABETH XIV ST. LAURENT ADD SURNAME HUOT

AUTHOR'S NOT:

This book is not intended as 2n origina~ work, but is only a collection of facts and sketches of h~storical or genealogical importance tJ one branch of a twentieth centurj Lavoie family. Its primary_purpose is to leave this informa- tion for the family posterity, supply ~n~ormation to future members or to be used as a starting point to anyo~e w~shing to verify, elaborate or extend the study. Much of the informat~on is taKen verbatum from the sources and references; 00: 1s reworded and· reduced. Many files and notes supporting this re- search have been accumulated whic1 are factual and voluminous. They do not lend themselves to this concise and brief summary of our origin as i~ our attempt here. Our purpose has not necessari1y been to write a genealogy of on2 line of the family, as so ma~y genea1og·ie·; do today, but to show a few of the inter­ esting highlights and relationships of all the many ancesto~s that merge into a present day family and thereby estab1ishing the basis of our title "FROM WHENCE WE CAME,;.

i i TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Ancient France the origin of many progenitors l. Ancient Province of Perche and city of 1 Mortagne, France - A typical ancient area from which many ancestors came 2. Province of and city of Rouen - 1 3 Town of birth of first Lavoie emigrant - Rene de la Voye II. Lavoie Genealogy l. Rene de la Voye and Anne Gaudin 21 2. Jean de la Voye and Madeleine Boucher 3. Joseph de la Voye and Genevieve Miv~l1e 4. Augustin Lavoie and Franco~se Berube 5. Andre Lavoie and Louise Pelletier 6. Pierre Lavoie and Clarisse Paradi~ 7. Pierre Lavoie and Nancie Paren~ 8. Frederic Lavoie and Delina Dure;os 9. Edmund Lavoie and Marjorie Milan

III. Sketches of notable f1rs Carad;ar settlers that 41 have direct lineage tot e pr~se~t day branch of Lavoie family. Claude Auber Baillon and De Marle families Damien Berube Marin Boucher Antoine Casse Jacques Chouinard Nico1as Colson T ho mas Co rm i e r Jean Cote Guillaume Couture Robert Drouin Ju1ien Fortin Guillaume Fournier Robert Gagnon and the family of Marguerite Gagnon Nicolas Gamache Louis Guimont Noe1 Langlois Jean Levasseur Abraham Martin - father of first wh~te child born ·in Pierre Michel (Michaud) Pierre Miville Noel Morin Rene Ouellet Pierre Paradis Pierre Parent i i i dean Pe11etier Nicolas Pinel l\ntoin Roy Pierre St. Pierre Olivier Tardif Le Tavernier family Jean Trudelle IV. Sketches of notable first New England settlers 98 that have direct lineage to the present day branch of Lavoie family.

vJ i 11 i am Ames Barstow Brothers W-; 11 i am Brooks ,John Buck Thomas Chi 11 i ngworth Elder Thomas Eames Capt. Anthony Eames John Gilkey John Hayden Thomas Holbrook l1 oh n O1 d ham James Pitney Elizabeth Pitts Ephraim Pray Wi l l i am Rand a 11 Henry Samson - 1620 Mayflower passenger Robert Sprout Cornet Robert Stetson Elder Nathaniel Tilden John Thomas William Wetherell V. Riviere Ou~lle - An early Canadian town sett~ed 123 almost entirely by direct progenitors of the pre- sent day Lavoie 1 s. VI. Islesboro, Maine - An early Maine coastal town 132 settled by many early Lavoie descendants.

VII. Fami 1 y Ascending Genealogy - A tabulation of 161 names and marriages, dates and places for over ten generations; many showing the place of orig~n in ancient France. VIII. Ten generation family genealogy fan chart [Supple- 201 ment to the tabulation starting back from Edmund Lavoie].

i \/ IX. Appendix

i . Plymouth land deeds proving parents of 202 Thomas Eames

i i . L. FoLlrnier's chart of ancient Mortagne 206 [Mortagne - Place Fort and Town] Bibliography and major references 207

X. Index of names including some of the more common 214 variations in surnames

PERCHE

Perche is an ancient region of France extending over the departments of , , Eure-et- and .

Its boundaries we.re Norrnandie on the north and west; Maine southwest; Vendomois and Dunois, south; Beauce, east; and

Thimerais, northwest. The greater part of the area is within a semicircle of ::teights (600 to 1000 ft.) s·cretching from

Moulins-la-Marche ::o Montrnirail; within this forrtted basin lie the chief towns - ivJ.ortagne, Nogent-le Ro·crou anc. Belleme.

Stock raising and dairy farming flourish i~ 'erche which is famous today for the breed of large horses. In the the Perche constituted a c- 0)uni::.~''1:, ,: cf which Corban,

Mortagne and Nogent-le-Rotrou ·wer2 '.C:-;iccc:ssi vely the capitals.

Under the ancient regime, it formed together with Maine a government of which .Mortagne was the capital.

'I'he opinions on the signif ic.s.nce of t..11e names given this province are many. It was the RoLlans who first invaded the country penetrating into its dense forests of many very high oak trees which were very straight and tall. It was thus named

Perche ( long· rod) because of the many forests the re·.Jion in- stilled with this characteristic. 'rhis name was given to the whole region. This legend continues today.

Approximately 57 years before Christ, this part of held by the Romans, was in revolution. Caesar sent an expedi- tion under the command of Quintus Titirius Sabinus to oppose the Unelles whose chief was Viridorix. Sabinus' •:roops were so terrified by the multitudes that he could not at that time

1 save his camp, but did eventually achieve victory ..

The Perche area was included in thc:~t conquered by Clovis at the end of the 6th Century after the last victory of the

Romans.

Great political changes started in this part of France on the leaving of the Roman occupat.ion. At that time the

Gauls were widely spread in the Roman provinces and were com­ prised in the Lyon:.1aise, then the s,acond in the 6th

Century. It was a..t this time that the Saxons landed on the shores of Normandie, penetrating there for the first time.

'rhis is the Senne period that Christianity appeared and

St. Lathuim was the first bishop. According to Gil le Briz, a n,~~rnber cf the clergy, the province was always in a state for historians, ar.d was also a small part of the Celtique Gaule which was very widespread. The researcher going back in time, notes that the transactions made ty Henry II, King of France in 1525 and the Duke Vendame and the

Marquis of Montferrat in favor of Francois and Anne of Alencon, heirs of Charles, Duke of Alencon and of Perche still separated the regions of Timerais, Senouches, Bressoles, and Champrond.

The attitude and situation of this province as well as the regions of Lisieux, Evreuse and others, in the time of

Caesar's occupation was the same as it was at the time of the house of Belleme which was held :;_n 900 and 1000 by the Lords of Alencon, Seez, Moulin, Domiront and Fallaise.

It was from Roman tir;1es, up to Godfroid,, before quality was brought by the Count of Chateaudun and of Perche. He liveti in 1030 under the rule of Henry I, King of France i:l.nd built the first buildings of piety .:-md ::: ounded b~e churchc;s anc. monasteries.

The :F'rench chronicles make mention of the house of his family as being the houses of Perche and Dunois and they were disunited. as much as they were united.

The said house of Dunois was united with that of De Blois.

Louis, Count of De Blois, son of Guy, had no children and in

1391 sold his Perche holdings to Louis de Fra~ce, Duke of

Orleans, brother of Kh1g Charles VI. ,..i'h;c:c ,-0,2,id Count of De Blois and of Dunois was paid 270 million fr~~~s of gold.

Perche was later formally :~<,c'._.:. t:/ ;::~,e King of E:ti.gland and the Duke of Normandy. Perche ~~s nc~ within the provinces of the crown of France, excepting the divisions of lands made under ChiJdebert, Clotaire, Clodomir and Thierry, ch.ildren of

Clovis and their successors who divided his estate, which included Maine and Normandie which surrounds and joined the region of Perche, and was given by Charles the Simple to

Raoul le Danois. This was made possible by the agreement entered with Theodorj_e, Clotaire, and Theodoret fer their part-of the estate spread up to the Seine and and to the sea and the shore3 of Bre~agne which enclose Perche.

Charles le Chauve, lookinq over hi~3 domain after :having conquered the King of France offered to Raoul the Duchy of

Bourgogne i.n compensation for his help. One of the lords of this family was long-time owner of tne country, Yves de Belleme. s successor j_s the famous

Talvas, who became at tb.e sarne time, Count o:f Alencon, built the ChateaG of Dom.front and founded the o:r: Lonlay in the 11

The French peerage Duchy of Alencon was created in 1415 when tl1e con was raised to that rank.

'I'own of known to have been held as a lordship by t:he riouse Belleme at least from Guillaume I

(1028). th the marriage of Guillaurne~s ddaughter Mabelle

(d. 1082) to Roger de Montgomery, f t ~ook the title of count, Alencon passed to a new: e last heiress sold her rights to Phil II of France ~cc t 1220. Louis IX of

France, in 1268 granted the countsh as an appanage to his

fifth son Pierre, who held it till his ath in 1284q I:t was next ted to Charles of killed battle of Crecy

1346. s grandson, Jean was made Duke of A.lencon on l January

1415, but did not long enjoy his duchy as he was 1led the

October in the Battle of Agincourt. s son and

successor, Jean II, was at f st, disposed of Alencon by the

1449; consp ed fi~st against

France on behalf of the future ~ouis XI, then

f of tho English w

spent many years in prison. The last Duke of this line,

Jean II's son Charles, disgraced himself when Francis I

of France was takE:n prisoner c1c the Bat::.1e of Pavia and died

leavi nc) 1-:te His widow. i'f:argaret of _n,.:.:"'1qou1eme (Fra.ncis I

4 sister) held the duchy until her death in 1549 when it was reunited tc French crown. Catherine de 1v1edic:is, to whom it was granted for her lifetime in 1559, transferred it in

1566 to her youngest son, Francois Hercules, the later Duke of who is- remembered for his persistent wooing of

Elizabeth I of England.

\ihat is amazing in this history of Alenconnais is that it plunged .into an Antiquity of long heritag,2. It was this corner of earth which was originally a self-governing state, organized a:1d f 1ourished by the rule of. '.. >c ::,uchy of Alencon which marked its height, that was des~Lne~ to disappear into the rich and powerful Nor!:101,di:::,

After the change of rule to L•12:rcv:.;1gines, this area then found to be under Charlemagne, separated to the Neustrie having been slowly constructed into part of the Duc:.-1y of

Normandie.

The ~reat Emporer placed under him the Dukes and Counts belonging to group missi dominici and sent them to rule, two by tv,,10, a priest and a lord of the court; L, his narne, the varied zones and his vast estates. Perche, under the jurisdic- t.ion of rr.;_:;s i de Neustr ie, entered into the same qroup as

Maine and the future Duchy of France.

\rJhen the Normans were put in possession of the Neustrie

911, Treaty of St. Clair-sur-Epte, Alenconnais st~ll rested detached. This remained during the slow years while under the doininution of the~ successo:rs of Rollon up +_e, U12 end of the ten th con turv.

5 Richard I, Duke of Normandy, decided to fort:;.fy this reg ion a.g a.inst \:he frontier of the states of the sou th, that is facing Maine.

He confided this plan with his French lord who was

Belleme of Perche, who profitted by setting up a territory of independent domain for the Duke. The Lord Bellerne made the chateau constructed by him at Alencon, his principal residence and four.ded the first House of Alencon, known in history by ':.rae name Bellerr,e (Tal vas was hi.s surname) .

When the Norman prince became King of E,·.c land and the

Normans returned to their fight fer silccession, the Lord of

Bellerne saw it favorable to det ➔,c:r-, h··-,,::::,,Jl.:: t:rom the primitive sovereign and take to the wroL•j s id,:; c,f a very hos tile si tua- tion. The wars that followed ende~ under Philippe Auguste with the annexation of Normandie to France. Being for his pivoting of the House of Alencon, you can say that th,:;

Alenconnais was instrumental in uniting Normandie with France.

Another farni:Ly name which is interr:1.i ttent to the history of the region L, Montmorency, which their chiefs :collo,,:ed the flag of England.

They were not definitely accused under the rule of

Philippe Auguste,wno reunited all cf Normandie to the crcwn

founded in the 13th Century by the Count of Perche, Rotrou II won Palestine with the King o~ England, Richard the L~onhearted,

1 and they also assisted Joan ' •• ; .J.__ Arc in 1191 in France s behalf against the English.

The feudalisr.t of Perche was very strong at this time

and numerous he uses 1.i ved in spite of the to1.'1Ttented era.

Pierre, son of Saint Louis (Louis IX) received Alencon

and it continued to become powerful when transferred to Charles

de Valois. His successor, Pierre III went to constitute himsElf

prisoner of England as hostage in replacement for King Jean.

Jean I, the son of Pierre III was the first Duke of

Alencon in 1414. Jean II, his first son, who was still a

victim of E:-igland, was imprisoned at c~:,.Jt.::::.- .::end under guard

for three years. His duchy fell in the_r hands and it wasn't

.until 1449, helped by the L,~~c--ic:::1.r:.::.s 1 tl:'1at he was able, to

escape.

With his son, Rene, he united with the descendents of

Saint Louis and at the same time brought an end to the Duchy

of AJencon.

The religious wars in Perche were the worst of the region.

Alencon was taken in seige. The period of pacification was

broken when the Huguenots entered in 1568, with Montgo:mery a.t

their head and Argentan to their rear.

After the revocation of the Treaty of Nantes, a great

number of industr:i_es and merchants left the region.

The revolution counted for the victims of the area who

w~re born before Charlotte Co:day.

It is na strange wonder that an area with such a violent history up to 1568 was so susceptable to the departing o: many

settlers for Lhe new world in the early 1600's.

7 MORTAGNE

Mortagne in an immemorial -time, \vas the principal city and capital of the country of Perche in which the Count of

Perche built his chateau and lived. He found that the sons and successors to Geoffroy, Count of Perche had brought the name and quality of Count of Mortagne. One canno~ find who

• -1- built the city or imposed i ... s name. One ::inds well that she was ruined and en~ered many times.

The dispute between the Count of Anj ou c:.t·.d Geoffroy,

Count of ;Yiortagn~2 in 1170, followed by tl--..2 -::ornraand of

Charles V, King of France, for evicting other enterprises and

taking the city from those wh8 ·~ w~b s~ven to by Charles le

Mauvais, King of Navarre, led to a.nc a.idc,d Englar.d in destroying tlE city about 1356. Mortagne was again ta1<.en by the Huguenots

22 March 1562 and still burned by them again in 1568.

In 1589 the wars of the Ligue fired it and did great damag2. in 1590 the Ligueurs left. Following ~ortagne was

taken 22 times in three years. This does not put doubt in

historians minds of Perches' great value.

In 1614 this city was replenished with very beautiful

edifices, all of stone; beautiful and grand streets, five

pretty and grand public places where merchandise was sold.

'l'hc city is divided in the five following parishes: Notre-

Dame, Saint Jean, Saint Malo, Saint Germain de Loise: Saint

Croix and the additional Sa~nc Langis, a college church with three beautiful monasteries.

8 At the time of the Percheronne emi9ration 1 Mortagne was able to have a public administratio:1 and municipal way in this grand village of France. The j0yous inhabitants had rn.m:erous privileges given by tb.e lcrds who administered the affairs of tr--e. country. They becaDe exempt from paying the lords dues and taxes, for all acquisitions made inside the towns jurisdiction and each had the same· riqhts that

1 1 a ~ ... the lords had in inheriting property and titles.

?he inhab~tants of Mortagne were happy also because the ci. ti zens were exempt from pay i;-.; '°~::_ ~ ~: ledges and customs averaging up to the 100 ~cur_~ taxes that they pay the king each year for the 0 Toille fr::-: Sa.L '- l~.emy" named because it waspayabJ.e at: this term (1st October).

The following note is information of importance to the commerce of Mortagne in 1620; "~here were many places which sold the beasts, horses, cows, b'Jlls and pigs, the grains, wines, , othe:r drin:izs, eggs, dai .:-y product:-:,, cloth and t6ols which mate a great traffic to Mortagne. one of the best butcheries that was in this region and one

Saturday the:: market sold 5 cows and 500 sheep, without count­ ing those which were sold in the week."

'l'hese rich foundations made Ivlortagne c. ::i ty of irapor-

tance up to the time of the Revolution. It is strange that with such an attraction that the imigrGi.nts of 1634 leave a

city now rich and prosperous ~or the sa,rage country of Canada so

far from :;;'ranee.

9 Humble unde:r- perfection today this small city held a very large place in the history of France. The Abby Gaulier author of an interesting review of the fa.In.ilies who emigrated to Canada in 1634 said this: "The Perchs left a great number of natural beauties and interesting souvenirs. 11

The No~th A..~erican descendants of Mortagne are generally the happiest in making a pilgrirnrnage to Mortagne. You get an unexpressionable emotion to have seen this old village, look at the high houses covered with tiles an~ the old streets that

their ancestors built some 300 yea~s befor8. .t, good number of the public edifices have withstood tl-1c torment of time.

Notre-Dame, flanq~es on the the most beautiful architecture; the arch is 2h~r0ed with a profusion of sculptures and the interior contains ~he most beautiful

statues that were brought many years ag-o to the monastery of

Val-Dieu.

Cn the facade of the Hotel dE: •ville, there is a- beautiful

terrace of flowers with the beautiful bronze statue: Neptu:i.e

Metamorphose on horse; a subject which is appropriate in the

center of Mortagne where annually is held the fair of the

horses which constitutes the principal commerce of recent years.

The Church of Saint Jean that is side cf the route to

Paris, ctnd where: a good number of the Canadian emigrants were

baptised, disappeared long ago, situated at the foot of the

hill, near the monastery of the Dames Clarisses, some stones

10 still remained on the site in 1927. The Chapel and 0 part

of the Church of the Dames ClarisseE, attendt::;d in 1502 by

the happy Marguerite de Lorraine, duchess of Alencon. It

still exists in very good state.

Jean Guyon of the Parish of Tourouvre and :,1athurine

Robin were rr:a.rried at St. Jean Parish, :-1.ortagne.

Mortagne early recognized the talents of Jean Guyon. He was hirctl 21 July 1625 to fortify its wa~~, many sections still

standing now fo,: the enjoyment of t::1e tourj__sts who stroll the

old areas of this old town.

Taurouvro also did not forget its c~ild Jean Guyon from

whom they ordered on 30 Nov~~ber lSlS, pile of stones for

the steeple of St. Aubin 1 s Church.

On the saine date at Mace P icho,:'.' s home under tl1e sign of

the White Horse, the parishioners of Tourouvie ordered Jean

Guyon to replace a wooden flight of stairs which still exists today.

On 29 September· 1623 Jean Gt::yon comes bc1ck to Tourouvre to

sell the Family house.

His house in Mortagne was nea.r to the one belonging to

Jean Gro,;er a.nd the road from Mortaqne to Paris, and was acquired

from Marin Boucher. It was evali.;;.ated 17 April 1632 for 240 pounds.

IL consJ.stcd of two rooms on the first floor, an upstairs, a

gard0n and a pigsty. On 10 March 1626, he acquired from

Mr. Rodolph de la Mare, priest, a house loca t:ed ir: the parish of

Notre-Dame, comprising two lower chambers, w~i. th a high chamber

and a study room over the J.u.,-,c2r chambers c..:.rv3. an ups tair'.3 ove::: the

high chamber, with a cellar, a wood house, arid a courtyard in

11 front of the house. This house, adjacent on one side to

Mr. Guillaume Catinat and on the other to the Reli9ious oro.er of St. Eloi, was near Barberyer Street (la rue de la Barberye) which extends from Saint-Denis gate to the Collegiate of

Toussaint.

12 NORMANDIE

The French-Canadian family of Lavoie was originally from Normandie, France. The geography cf the ancient

French province compares closely to the actual territory covered by the five fol1owing departments: Seine-Inferieure,

Eure, , Manche and Orne. It is classically divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie: the first running close to the valley of the Bresle to City Dives, and second including the Norman land locatee west of this river.

"rhe people wI10 visit Normandie ;~·i-:o i1i'_,.\T traveled through the Provj_~~1ce of Quebec woul.d {".::_yjd 2 ;rea·t resemblance in the two provinces. forests, its rivers, the mountains, 6.nd the valleys of Quebec are similar to those of Normandie. We see the elegance of our majestic St. Lawrence, the Normans see that of the Seine.

The Normands are no less proud of their Seine which travels through their region, and gets lost in the noisy tides of

Manche. The "hills of Normandie" are cf the Seine, and the

"Laurentidos" arc of the St. Lawrence.

Geograr;hical:y, Normandie is characterized by its border- ing on the sea, whJ.ch encourages ma:ri time life. The Norman climate i~ the neighborhood of the sea is one great mildness and humidity. Normandie is characterized by the general green- ish of the countryside, and the multitude of pasture strewn with trees, especially apple crees; the apple tree being the

13 national tree o:E Nori:1andie, and a characteristic of the more impressive of the scenery. The hills had so much wood they were called "Norman Grove''.

Tte Norman agriculture is very rich; the plateau plaines prod-uce a great variety of s-,1rains; the i:-iorman groves are excellent ~urseries. The industry was also good in ancient Norciandie and was principally groupe6 around Rauen and the depar~rnent of Orne. There also exists the iron mines of souLher~ Caen. Finally, the fishing and shipping was an import~nt resource of Normandie.

'l'he Nc,-::rr,an -~.::opulation offers a vari.E- -:y cf autochthon

' men" who established Norraandie in t.'.r,-s _h:;, and 10th centuries.

The latter being concentrated mostl:· in southern Normandie

(Cole:nt.:i_n). 1'he population was spn;ad in the region of the groves, mostly in groups and opposite to that of the agricul-

tural ulaine~ of Parisian Basin.

We :earn by history the people living in Normandie in

Gallic tirnc:gave it the names: , Veliocesses,

Lexovii, Aulsrci, , Sagii, Viducasses, Bodiocasses,

Unelli, and lilirincatui. They were conquered by the Romans by

Q. Titurus Sabinus, lieutenant of Caesar. The gospel was

preached from the 3rd to 7th centuries by a rn.unber of apostles.

Christianity wa3 introduced in the 4th century by St. Mello

and St. Victricius, benefactors of the abbeys of Fontenelle (Modern Saint Wandrille), Jumieges and Mont-Saint Michel.

The Norman settLement was established by :-.he treaty of

Saint Clair-sur-Epte 1. in 911 between King Charles the

Simple of France and Rollo, Chief of the Northmen, who seized Normandie. The latter received territory comprising the town of Rauen and a few towns, s::.tuated on the coast.

The Normans without losing the spirit of adventure which carried them in the 11th century to the conquest of England u.nd '3out.hen, it2Jy, soon acquired the st:a:.--.da.rds ,Jf the older population of France.

The Northmen 1 s descendants invc,d.ed :Sngla:r..d with

Wi lliarn I the Conqueror {Wi l lLJ..i-n I I t'·<,, Bastard) . Norman die being united with England up to :204. ,. ::. was twice recon­ quered during the Hundred Years 1 W~~- The French finally re- gaining it in 1450. Among its towns are: the old ancient capital city of Rouen; the important ports of Havre, Cherbourg and Dieppe; and the watering places of Trouville, Etretat and

Deauvj lle. It contains also the beautiful old towns of

Lis icux, Caen, Bayeux, ·Falaise and f·,ont - St. Michel.

l:n 1415 the war with Englarid was resumed.. An English army of 60,000 m•..:il Landed on August 14 at the mouth of the Seine.

Du:rin,::r ~.he following years, the whole of Norrr,andie was occu-

pied, though Rauen held cut for six months 29 July 1418 to

13 ~Jc1nuary 1419. Normandic was not recovered by the French

till o.ftcr the sack of Fouqerc:, (1449}. Rauen surrendered on

29 October 1449.

15 After the reconquest by France the history is less eventful, but the province contributed its peculiar share to the life of France. The Normans combine the spirit of enterprise with prudence. From the early 16th Century, their voyages to Newfoundland, Brazil and the Indies, on the initiative of Jean Ango of Dieppe and of the Florentine explorers Giovanni and Gerolamo Ver~azano, i.n the service of Francis I, enriched Rauen and the new port of Le Havre founded in 1517. Jean Colbert recruited many Norman settlers for (Canada); and .i.t was an inl>':-.j_ L',nt of Rouen,

Rene Robert Cave lier, sieur de la Salle, ,.s;i-10 explored the

ROUEN

Rauen was the birthplace in 1633 of Rene de la Voye, the first Lavoie to come to North America.

Laturna or Ratumacos, the Celtic narce of Rauen I was modi- fied by the Romans into Rotonagus and by the writers of mediaeval

Latin into Rodonum, of.which Rouen is a corruption.

Jnder Caesar and the early e:.cnperors, the town was the capital of the , and it did not attain to any eminence till it was made the center of Lugdunensis Secunda at the close of the 3rd century, and later the seat of an archbishop.

Rauen owed much to· its first bishops - from Mello, the apostle of the region, who £lcurished at.out 260 ar~d to

St. Remigius who ~ied in 772.

16 Under Louis le Debonnaire and his successors, the

Normans, several times sacked the city, but after the _treaty of St. Clair-sur-Epte in 912, Rouen became the capital of

Normandie, and the principal residence of the dukes. In

1087, William mortally wounded at Mantes, died at Rauen. The succeeding Norman_kings of England tended to neglect Rouen in favor of Caen and aftenvards of Poitiers, and

Angers; but it :;naintained an i~Tlportance during the 12th century, indicated by the building of churches, notably that of St. Ouen.

In 1203 Rouen vJas the scene of t~,e ·:,urder o:: Authur of

Brittany at the hands of iC.:_r:( · ~ :,;:~·: Ostensibly to avenge the crime, Philip August:..;.• , ic,,: aded Nor:,:1and1e and entered the capital unopposed.

7, convention between the 1,1erchants of Rouen and those of Paris relating to the navigation of the Seine was followed by Treaties with London, with .rlansea.. tic towns anci with ::.-•landers and Champagne.

In 1302 the seat of the exchequer or sovereign court, aften,.,ard the parl.ement, of Normandie wa.s definitely fixec. at

Roueri~ A stubborn resistance was offered to Henvy V of England who, after a long seige occupied the town in 1419. The pros- perity of Rouen continued under the English domination, and during this period the greater ~art of the church of St. Ouen was constructed. In 1431 Joa~ of Arc was tried and burned in the city. From that year the Frencrt began attempts to re­

capture the town which they did in J.449. During the close

of the 15th Century and the first half of the 16th, Rom:-:m was a _metropolii of art and taste. In 1562, the town was

sacked by the Protestants.

The old city lies on the north bank of the river~~ an

amphitheatre formed by the hills which border the Seine valley.

I 'rhe cer; tral point of the old town is the Place de l I Hotel de

Ville, occupied by the church of St. Ouen and. the Hotel de Vi.lie.

The cathedral was built on the site ~fa previous

cathedral burned in 1200 and its construction lasted from

the beginning of the 13th Cen·~1.~ ,, t·-J .~l·ie beginning of the 16th

Century. The western facade belongs a~ a whole, to the

Flamboyant style. But the norther::-1 tower, the Tour St. Romain,

is in the main, of the 12th Century; its upper stage having

been added later. The southern tower, the Tour de Beurre, so

named because funds for its buildinq were given in return for

the permission to eat butter in Lent, is of a type essentially

Norman and consists of a square tower pierced by high mullioned

windows and surmounted by a low, octogonal structure, with a

balustrade and pinnacles. These contrasted towers are the most

striking fe~ture of the wide facade. The portals of the tran­

sept are each flanked by two towers. The most remarkable part

of th12 interior ,is the, Lady Chapel (1302-20) behind the choir

with tombs (1518-2 S) of Cardi,1al Georges d 'P...:mboise and his nephew,

18 t.he.statuary of which is of the finest Renaissance workman-. ship. Behind the cathedral is the archiepiscopal palace, a building of the 14th and 15th Centuries.

St. Ouen was formerly the church of an abbey dating to the Roman period and reorganized by Archbishop St. Ouen in the 7th Century. It was founded in 1318 in place of a

·Romanesque church which previously occupied the site and of which the only relic is the chapel ~-n the s01.:ith transept.

The choir alone was built in the 14th Century. The :1ave o:f

the church belongs to the 15th Century, b~ ~~e end of which

the central tower with its octogona~~ lan'c.Grn and four flanking

turrets had been erected. 'I'hc , ,;~:,t.c:c:, ~s..cade dates from 1846.

The large stained glass windows a.::':o cf t~1.2 14th, 15th and 16th

Centuries.

The church of St. Maclou, behind the cathedral, begun

in 1437 and 'finished early in the 16th Century is the parish of

Rene de la \Joye. It is a rich example of the Flamboyant style

and has a rich portal with five arched openings. It is cele- brated for the carving attributed to Jean Goujan.

The church of St. Vincent, near the Seine, is a building of

the 16th Century ,and contains very fine stained glass windows.

c-t;·,i·t~c,.-1 CT 1 ct-"-'S 1.'n T'hc ..._) '-

and St. Godar (late 15th Century) is inferior only to that of

St. Vincent.

The most importar1t seculctr building in Rauen is thE::: Palais de ,Justice, one· of the seat, of the exchequer and later the

Parlbrnent of Normaridie. It, is in the late Gothic style and con-

19 sists of a main building flanked by two wings. The left wing known ~s the Salle des Procureurs, was built in 1493

and has a lofty barrel-roof of timber. South of the Palais de Justice is the Porte de la Grosse Horloge, an arcade

spanning the street and surmounted by a large clock of the

15th Century with two dials. The Tour de la Grosse Horloge which rises beside the arcade was built in 1389. The Tour

known as the Tour de Jeanne d'Arc was the scene of her trial

and i.s still a.11. that remains of the castle tYJ.ilt by Philip

Augustus early in the 13th Century. Rene de la Voye

Originally from the parish of St. Naclou of Rauen

Norrnandie, Rene de la Voye was the oldest son of Rene de la Voye and ·rsabeau Belanger. He was born in 1633.

In all appearance he belonged to a :family of heretic source (Huguenote). under the date of 3 April 1657,

Father Quen wrote in the journal of the Jesuits that he did abjuration of heresy in the presence of Jobin and Pierre duVal and Father Chastelain, acccrding to the instructions of the Council of Tre~~e for a boy by the name of Rene Voye.

About 40 years after the founda.·c.ion of Quebec, one family of Calvin religion came tc settle. in the lord­ ship of Beaupre, near the picturesque hills where, since arose the church of Saint Anne of the North. Elie

Gaudin and his wife Esther Ramage were soon converted to catholicism, and the Providence, who conducted them on these shores were so many wonders were to explode, wanted

to confirm their faith by distinguished favours.

In the year 1662, Esther Ramage, then 45 years of age, suffered for over 18 months a painful sickness. She was so bent by the severity of the pain that she could not stand straight and was obliged to crawl the best she could with her stick. She had lost all hope of ever re-

21 covering her health by human remedies, when she remem­

bered that her husband had told her in his presence,

•. Louis Guimond was suddenly cured of a painful spine

affliction by p1-1tting, in devotion, th:tee stones in the

foundation of St. Anne church. Therefore, the poor cripple

regained health by praying to make on her a miracle like

the one made on that man. At the same instance, forgetting

her stick which mysteriously disappe:~ared, she found herself

on her feet erect, walking with as much ease as she ever

had. ·:;urprised of such a sudden change, she commenced to

give thanks to St. Anne for kindness she just received, and

since ~emained in perfect health. According to the old

chronicle with ·this touching accour,t i t.~:-d.s miracle very

much served to confirm in the faith, all this family who

had lono lived in the reformed relic:ion. ~ . ~

'l'vvo years after in 166 4, Esther Ramage' s husband r

Elie Gaudin 1 then 50,. having dropsy for which rerne•dies did

not give relief, thought of recoiling to death, called the

missionary. of Saint Anne who was rrhornas Morel to have him

give com:::nunion of the sick. The ~Ttissionary recornrnended

him to have recourse to the Holy Virgin and St. Anne.

After dispensing him, he went to the church, said holy mass

for hi:i intention, when he came back to give corr.munion,

Elie Gaudin, with his face in sweat told him: "Monsieur,

I am cured, permit me to get up. While you were a.t church,

22 as I was saying my rosary, I quietly fell asleep, I saw

in my sleep two venerable ladies who approached me; one held in her hand a box which she opened, where I saw a

long narrow road leading to heaven. At this sight I

found myself consoled and relieved from my pain". After communion Elie Gaudin gave thanks to God, arose, went to

the church, and, before finishing his novena was in condi­

tion to work like before his sickness.

Elie Gaudin lived eight years after this miraculous cure. His body rests in the old cemetery of St. Anne where he was buried 5 January 1672.

Of his marriage with Esther Ramage, Elie Gaudin had

three children. His only son, J~~1~e2 born in 1658, con­

centrated himself to the service of Quebec Seminary, and

died in St. Joachim 22 January 1735. Anne, the older girl

of Elie Gaudin, married Rene de la Voye in the church of

St. A;rne of Beaupre, 19 April 1656. It was Jesuit Father

Pau_l Ragueneau who blessed the union of Rene de la Voye

and Anne Gaudin in the presence of Etienne de Lessart who

gave the land where arose the church of the miracles of

Canada. The act of marriage of Rene de la Voye is in the

Registers of Civil State of Notre Dame of Quebec. "The 19

April 1656 dispensation from publication of bar.ns of marriage

being granted for good and just reasons, the Rev. Father

Paul Rageuneau of the Cornpagnie of Jesus, being able to do,

23 married Rene dE~ la Voye age 25 or thereabout, son of Rene de la Voye and Isu.beau Belanger of Roue:1 of the parish of

St. Maclou, to Anne Gaudin, age about l'.5 years, daughter of Elie Gaudin and Esther Ramage resident of the Hill de

Beaupre, in the presence of Estienne Lessar and Claude

Poulin, residents of the same place, the father and mother of the girl". The dispensation of all other cerer:ionies

for good and just reasons proved that very likely Rene

de la Voye was still in the epoch of the reformed religion.

It is good to note in passing that the .fa.mily of Rene

de la Voye is of good and ancient lineage since Pierre

de la Voye according to Abbot Vertot, "History of the

Knights of Malte" volume VII pagE: 29-i, is nurnbered amongst

the knights of this illustrious order. He gives the list

after that of the Grand Priore of France which was held

authentic in each Priore. He observes that to be recog·nized

Knight it was necessary to prove by incontestable titles, be

born of a legitimate marriage, of parents noble in names and

arms, both paternal and maternal. Those regulations carried

eight quarters of nobility in both lineages. Pierre de la Voye

was received knight in 1685. He carried for arms "Sable of

SlX besans of silver, 3, 2, and

Ren.,,; de la Voye settled in the hiL~ Beaupre ~-m.'1tediately

after his marriage. On 18 August 1656, Louis d'Ailleboust,

knight, Lord of Coullonges and of Argentenay in the name of

24 Marguerite, widow of Pierre Gasnier, gave him a f,.trm title for three years, in hill Beaupre wi t.h a shanty on same.

'_l.'he charge for the same was for him to pay 3½ measures of wheat for the first year, and for the other years, l½ mea­ sures of wheat and one measure of peas.

On 16 Septen~er 1657, Rene de la Voye and his father in law Elie Gaudin, living in the hill of Beaupre admitted to owe Jea.n and Michel Moreau, merchants, 101 pounds for merchandise received. They promised to pay by Easter 1658 in assorted beavers.

His wife, Anne Gaudin died 26 Februa:ry ]_678 a.nd was buried the next day in the cemetery of St. A.nne of Beaupre, by the missionary ,J. Basse,::. As far as Rene de la Voye the Abbey Tanguay said he discovereJ. his burial in the register of Chateau Richer the 11 March 1696. This cannot be ver~fied because the records of this parish mysteriously disappeared.

Our ancestor Rer.e de la Voye possessed a good education judging from his signature which is found on several docurnen-cs.

He did·not always sign it the same way. In effect, we see the

2 3 November 16 61 his witness to the marriage betWfien Jean

Barrette ind Jeanne Bitousette executed in the presence of

Nicola::;; Aubert, Notary Public, he signed: Rene lavoy. See page 34.

On 9 November 1690 he signed: Rene de la Voye in the register of St. Anne de Beaupre when witness to the marriage of Pierre

Allart and Marthe de Lugre.

25 Monsieur R. P. Lamontagne told Joseph A. Lavoie on

6 December 1895 t)1at Rene de la Vay(~ is supposed to have arrived at St. Anne about the same time as Louis Guimond.

He also stated that "at the beginning of 1662 he received

35 pounds for one month of work at the church and in 1663 he gave 2½ bushels of peas for his dues. After the death of his wife 27 February 1678, we do not find his name in the book of church accounts".

He owned in 1666 a few acres of ground northeast of

Louis Guimond.' In 1681 he did not have this property any more. At that ~ime he very probably wsi already at

St. Joachim at the service of the seninary. Lamontagne stated that on 7 October 1657 £•1.d'aiil·c,boust conceded to him a farm of three acres front and six acrews to the north of Louis Guimond's. This concession was renewed the

7 October 1665, by Charles Aubert of the Chenaycc; (ground of the seminary of Quebec). This land was in the hands of

Pierre Allard 1593; Jacques Allard 1774; P. Allard 1737;

J. Marboeuf 1738;'Louis Pare 1741; Francois Giguere 1754;

Francois Giguere 1780; Francois Giguere 1820; Treffle

Giguere 1859; Lazare Giguere 1910. The 24 August 1686,

Rene de la Voye made an act of sale before Etienne Jacob

Notary Royal. By this act he sold to his son in law Pierre

Allard one acre and a half frontage by thirty acres of depth.

This sale of land was just one half of the land concession given him by Charles Aubert Cte la Chesnayne the 7 October 1665.

26 It was by this act that we see our ancestor Rene

de la Voye lived and died at his son in law Pierre Allart who

married Anne, his eldest girl.

At this time he was 53 being relatively young in age

but hard work and hardship made him older in body. With

his courage and his tenacity for development in cultivation

'he was useful and indispensable for his labor and council.

At his death 11 March 1696 at Chateau Richer where he lived

with Pierre Allart, he will be missed.

All his life he was a model man of action and compassion.

Good husband and good family father. Always ready to help

his neighbor ..· To him we never solicited his help in vain.

He did not fear rr,isery of labor tc r'..rovide needs of his

family. Of a constant humor he nev,=::r departed from his

gaiety. His company was always sought. You never were lonely

in his presence.· Being a good fortune teller, good story

teller, and good singer,·he was by same sought, loved and

admired by all those,in his presence who knew him.

What pious pilgrimmage to make some time that of

St. Anne de Beaupre near this old church where the parents

of our great great grandparents, after having been miraculously

cured occurred the grace of conversion ·to catholicism.

St. Anne de Beaupre has, therefore, a double charm for our

family. Let us not forget should we visit those localities

dear by memories_ of.blood and the faith.

27 I

Rene de la Voye and Anne Gaudin

i. Rene b. 1657 m. 4 November 1683 to Marguerite Bouchard widow of Jacques Thiboutot at Chateau Richer d. 8 December 17 31 at Petite Riviere St. Francois Xavier.

ii. Jean b. 1660 m. 22 October 1688 to Madeleine Boucher at Riviere Ouelle d. 1723 at Riviere Ouelle.

iii. Anne b. 1663 m. 22 November 1683 to Pierre Allard at St. Anne de Beaupre d. 10 August 1686 at St. Anne de Beaupre.

iv. Anne b. 19 February 1664 at Chateau Richer d. 5 July 1670 at Chateau Richer.

v. Pierre - b. 17 August 1666 at Chateau Richer m. (l} 2 Ma:y 169f .-- Co:1.stance Duchesne at St. Francois I.O. m. (2) 10 February 1716 to Madele:i.ne 'Tou:cneroche widow of Julien Dumont at. 3t. :,1ichel d. 28 April 1736 at Berthier.

vi. Jacques - b. 30 September 1669 at Chateau Richer m. (1) 15 February 1706 to Angr?lique Garant at Baie St. Paul m. (2) 7 August 1719 to Marie Barbot at Charlesbourg d. 3 January 1752 at Petite Riviere

Vii. Marie Medeleine - b. 12 April l 762 at St.. Anne de Beaupre m. 6 October 1687 to Etienne Godard d. 6 June 1643 at Chateau Richer. viii. 3rigitte - b. 31 .March 1675 at St. Jl.nne de Be&,.upre rr-.. 15 November 1697 Chateau Richer to Charles Routier d. 10 July 1727 Lorette

- b. 17 January 1678 St. Anne de Beaupre m. (1) 21 Novernber 1701 to Marie Frcmcoise Guimond widow of Noel Racine at St. Anne de Beaupre m. (2) 25 November 1726 to Catherine Dalaire at St. Francois I.O. d. 20 April 1727 at St. Joachim.

28 It is Jean de la Voye, second ,son of Rene de la Voye

and Anne Gaudin ,.,;ho continued the l:Lnea9e of my branch.

Before studying his history, we must briefly see what happened to his brothers Rene, Pierre, J·acq1..Es and Joseph.

Of the five boys of ancestor Rene de la Voye, not one

stayed on the fertile farms of St. .Anne or St. Joachim.

Rene de la Voye the oldest son of Rene de la Voye and

Anne Gaudin was employed by the seminary of Quebec. The

census of 1681 shows him working on the farms this insti­

tution owned in St. Joachim. Without a doubt, he obtained

this work through his uncle, Brother J·acquS::s Gaudir1. Rene

de la Voye married ir. St. Anne de Beat:p:::e 4 November 16 8 3

to Marguerite Bouchard, daughter of c:2ude Bouchard, tailor

of St. Come le Verd. In 1684 Rene de la \Toye came with his

young wife and settled on the shores o: the small river

St. Francois Xavier at Petite Riviere and Bay St. Paul. His

brother Jacques followed him.

Pierre went toward Berthier and gave birth to the groups

of the Isle aux Grues and Cap St. Ignace. Of Pierre descends

the doctor Lavoie established at Islet and who was for a few

year::; conuna.nder of the fishing schooner La Canadienne.

,Joseph seemed to have followed Jean to Ri vie:re Oue.lle

area. Many of his descendents are rooted in the Kamouraska

Area. Jean de la Voye

Jean de la Voye baptised in 16(50 second son of Rene de la Voye and Anne Gaudin passed his infancy and youth in St. Anne de Beaupre and St. Joachim. He helped his father in cultivation of the land. He also worked on the Seminary farms in St. Joachim.

About 1684. ,Jean de la Voye wanting a family and es·­ tablishment of his own hastened to a call of lord Jean

Baptiste Deschamps who was searchinq for brave settlers for breaking new ground of his loidship.

'I'he lord Deschamps, Sieur de la Bouteil1erie, lord of the Riviere Ouelle held his ":::> ;,~ b·· ..:>ented letters granted to him by Talon in the name ci his majesty Louis XIV dated 29 October 167 2, a. piece of land two leagues ( 5 miles) long by one and one half league deep on the side of the St. Laurent

River. 'I'his expand was augmented 20 October 1750 to two leagues deep of the farm in favor of Dame Genevieve de Ramesay widow of lord of Boishebert, son of M. de la Bouteillerie.

The lord of Riviere Ouelle by 1674 was actively occupied in de·✓ e loping his property in cultivating the land by himself.

Jean de la Voye obtained from the lord, one concession of five acres of land frontage at the first line of the lordship of the

Boutcillerie at evidence of the Riviere Ouelle, the depth going to tlle St. Laurent River.

JO After four years of constant hard work in clearing his land, Jean de la Voye then age 28, decided to marry and raise a family. He married at Riviere Ouelle 22

October 1688 Madeleine daughter of Jean Galeran Boucher and Marie

Leclerc. He had 13 children of b~is marriage.

Jean de la Voye was very adept to the c;.:i.l ti vat ion of the land; nevertheless, he knew to put aside the plow for the gun. His patriotism was never in default. We see him with 38 of his companions under the order of his parish priest

M. Abbey de Francheville, in 1690 push back the A.'Uerica.ns who invaded Canada. This patriotic and historic feat dese~ves being retained with the names of the new braves who pushed back in a few hotirs from their shore ~nd parish, a few hundred

Bostonians.

Jean de la Voye untiring in work and loving the land passionately, 10 September 1701, obtained of Charles Aubert, lord of the Chesnaye and of Port Joli one concession of land in this last lordship.

In obtaining this concession, it is assumed that Jean de la Voye intended to later establish one of his children, of which the number increased year after year, being already eight.

At his death in 1723 all his living children divided the farm of Riviere Ouelle without making mention of the farm of

Port Joli. What happened to his concession of Port Joli? Did he obtain it to immediately sell it to one of his relatives or friends?

31 On 20 July 1707, Jean de la Voye, head of the branch of Rivi ere Ouelle Lavoies' together· with five residents of the Bouteillerie, Etienne Bouchard, Pierre Soucy, J~cques

Gagnon, Pierre Boucher and Francois Gauvin, established a society for the fishing of porpoise at the point of

Riviere Ouelle.

This society immediately had excellent operations creating prosperity to the parties involved. It lasted to present day and still continues among the heirs of the

first members. There are few companies of industries in

Canada who can claim as long and prosperous existence.

It was without a doubt that after seeing the excellent results of porpoise fishing of Rivier~ Ouelle that the resi­ dents of Petite Riviere on the St. Francois Xavier river, decided to form an association of the same kind. Jean's brother Rene de la Voye was part of this association.

Jean de la Voye after a life of labor and devotion died in Riviere Ouelle at the age of 63. He left to mourn him, one.widow and eight of his 13 children he had with

Madeleine Boucher. The death of this man of wealth caused

an immense emptiness in his family and parish. A father, devo­

ted and sincere friend, he left nothing but regrets. He was

alw;:iys fi.c::;t. in service to be rendered. He who fc,rmed the

famous society 9f fishery of porpoise, brought prosperity to

the families and began the cognizance of Riviere Ouelle which

became prosperous and renowned not only J.n its neiqhborhood, • .. J but in all Canada. 32 Father of a nw'Tu2rous family who established not only at Riviere Ouelle, but also in the pariEhes of .Rimouski,

Matane, Trois Pistoles, Isle Vert, etc. Everywhere the untiring descendents of Jean de la Voye particularly dedicated to cultivation of land, the most noble and indepen·­ dant of professions. Meanwhile the liberal professions draw a great number who enjoy like family, an honorable name, and are in general, brave and prosperous citizens.

At the conquest of the country by the English in 1759 this branch of the de la Voye numbered more th.an J.00 in the region of Kamouraska and Riviere Ouelle .:.lone.

II

Jean de la Voye and Madeleine Boucher

Pierre - b .. 17 March 1690 at Riviere Ouelle d. 4 February 1712 at Riviere Ouelle.

ii. Marie Madeleine b. 18 December 1691 at Riviere Ouelle m. 21 ApriJ. 1710 to Jean Francois Pelletier d. 23 November 1721 at St. Anne de la Pocatiere.

iii. Marguerite - b. 22 October 1693 at Riviere Ouelle m. 22 January 1718 at Riviere Ouelle to Louis Philippe Langlois.

i V. Alexis b. 18 Dece11-1ber 1695 at Riviere Ouelle m. ( 1) 7 January 1715 to Francoise Bouchard Dutertre at Rivi ere Ouel le m. ( 2) Marie Francoise Mignier m. ( 3) 8 July 1735 Marie Anne Lebel widow of Joseph Taillon at Riviere Ouelle.

v. Marie Anne - b. 18 December 1695 at Riviere Ouelle d. 27 December 1695 at Riviere Ouelle.

33 vi. Jean Francois - b. 6 September 1699 at Riviere Ouelle d. 15 May 1722 at Riviere Ouelle. viii. Joseph - b. 2 February 1701 at Riviere Ouelle rn. 18 May 1723 to Genevieve Miville at Riviere Ouelle

ix. Charles - b. 17 February 1704 at Riviere Ouelle d. 24 April 1707 at Riviere Ouelle.

x. Augustin - b. 17 February 1704 at Riviere Ouelle m. (1) 7 January 172 8 to Marie Angelique Mignier at St. Anne de la Pocatiere m. (2) 1729 to Marguerite Michaud d. 16 October 1770 at Karnouraska lived at Bras.

xi. Claude - b. 4 March 1706 at Riviere Ouelle d. 17 April 1723 at Riviere Ouelle. xii. Antoine - b. 2 October 1708 at Riviere Ouelle m. 27 August 1731 to Francoise Pelletier at Kamouraska. xiii. Marie Francoise - b. 20 Oc to;.h',ff 1710 at Riviere Ouelle m. (1) 4 May 1741 to Jean le Moyen at Riviere Ouel.le m. (2) 8 November 1745 to Antoine Joseph Hudon dit Beaulieu at Riviere Ouelle.

Facsimile of the signature of Rene de la Voye, the first

Lavoie emigrant to North America

34 Joseph de la Voye

Joseph, ei9hth child of Jean de. la Voye and Madeleine

Boucher was baptised 2 February 1702 in Riviere Ouelle.

Like his brothers and sisters, he got seven perch (5½ yards) and two feet of the paternal farm. In company with his brother Alexis, he bought the seven perch of his brother

Augustin on the 30 March 1732. After the death of his father, he did not stay long at the old homestead. He married in Riviere Ouelle 18 May 1723 to Genevieve, daughter of

Charles Mi ville and Marie Louise Grondir:_. He bought a farm· not far from the church on which he passed his life and brought up a numerous family.

III

Joseph de la Voye and Genevieve Miville

i. Joseph - b. m. 23 November 1750 ·to Madeleine Michaud at St. Anne de la Pocatiere d. 8 August 1764 at Kamouraska.

** ii. Augustin - b. m. 21 January 1754 to Francoise Judith Berube

iii. - b. 19 April 1733 d .. 27 M.ay 1738.

iv. Maiie Genevieve - b. 13 July 1735 m. 27 February 1775 to Jean Denis widower of Marie Anne Navarre.

v. Jean Baptiste - b. 24 March 1738 m. 27, February 1764 to Marie Josephte Berube.

vi. Jean Francois - b. 3 April 1740 m. 9 January 1769 to Marie Angelique Levesque

vii. Marie Anne - b. 19 January 1742 m. 15 January 1781 to Pierre Gagnon.

35 In tracing the lineage of the present day Lavoie branch, not many facts of significance, other than records, has been found. It is known, however, that they all followed the way of the land and times by being engaged in farming. This continued until Fredf~ric Lavoie who was still active in farming at the time of his death in the

Grand Falls area of New Brunswick, Canada.

His grandf ath1c.;r Pierre ca.me to the Van Buren, Maine area about 1840.' Frederic was born on Cyr Plantation on his father 1 s (Pierre) farm, now the property of Armour and close to where their fertilizer plant ,,;ras located.

Edmund was the first not to take ,:p the occupation of

farming. He was brought up and e.S.\.,;.cacc,·:i in Canada but emi­ grated early to Maine and then New York, where he lived and worked as an insurance agent and salesman.

Augustine de la Voye

. Augustin, :3econd child of Joseph de la Voye and Genevieve

Miville was married 23 November 1754 at Riviere Ouelle to

Francoise Judith Berube, daughter of Pierre Berube and

Madeliene Levesque.

IV

Augustin de la Voye and Francoise Judith Berube

i. Augustin - b. 1755 rn. (1) 19 November 1781 to Madeleine Perrault, (2) 14 February 1803 to Marie Anne Leveque.

ii. Marie Francoise - b. 11 January 1756 d. 13 January 1756

36 iii. Joseph - b. 16 June 1757 m. 22 November 1779 to Charlotte Lizotte.

iv. Ignace - b. 24 November 1758 m. 11 November 1782 to Marie Angelique Plourde

v. Marie Victorire - b. 25 November 1760 m. 20 November 1780 to Pierre Leveque

.vi. Genevieve - b. 6 August 1762 m. 2 September 1788 to Etienne Perrault

vii. Jean Baptiste - b. 2 October 1766

viii. Alexandre - b. 10 April 1769

ix. Francois - b. 15 July 1771

x. Jean Roch - b. 15 August 1772 :n. 20 November 1797 to Julie Pelletier

** xi. Andre - b. 6 Apri~ 1774 m. 22 January 1798 to Marie Louise PelieLier

xii. Marie Louise - b. 4 January 1776

Andre Lavoie

Andre, the eleventh child of Augustin de la Voye and

Francoise Judith Berube was born at Riviere Ouelle on 6 April

1774. He married Marie Louise Pelletier at Riviere Ouelle on

22 January 179 8. ,

V

Andre Lavoie and Marie Louise Pelletier

** Pierre - m. 11 October 1842 to Clarisse Paradis

Pierre Lavoie

Pierre was the son of Andre Lavoie and Marie Louise Pelletie~.

He married (1) Clarisse Paradis 11 October 1B42 at Riviere Ouelle ' -

37 and then removed to Cyr Plantation (Van Buren, Maine). He married (2) Marie Madore, widow of J'?seph Couturier in Van

Buren, Maine.

VI

Pierre Lavoie and Clarisse Paradis

** i. Pierre - m. 17 Februa.ry 1868 to Nancie Parent ii. Francois - b. 22 March 1854 m. Luci Cyr.

iii. Eloi -

iv. Hilaire

Pierre Lavoie

Pierre was the son of Pierre Lavois and Clarisse Paradis.

He was born in·Cyr Plantation, Mair.e; and married (1) Nancie

Parent 17 February 1868, Van Buren, Maine and (2) a widow

Levesque.

VII

Pierre Lavoie and Nancie Parent

i. Joseph b. 1869 ** ii •. Frederic - b. March 1870 m. (1) Julie Levesque (2) Delina Durepos l:i June 1896 and (3) .Agnes Godreau (widow) .

iii. Onezime - b. 13 July 1870 m. 24 October 1898 _to:Elizabeth Decheine d. 27 August 1954

iv. Annie - b. 1875 m. George Fournier d. 2 September :1964.

Frederic La.voie

Frederic the second son of Pierre Lavoie and Nancie Parent was born in Cyr Plantation (Van Buren Maine) in March 1870. He

38 married (1) Julie Levesque 8 January 1894. She died within the year. He married (2) Delina Durepos 15 June 1896 at

Grand Falls, N.- B. She was the mother of al1 his children and died young, 18 May 1906. He married (3)Agnes Godreau 9 September 1919 at St. Andre, N. B. VIII Frederic Lavoie and Delina Durepos

i. Mattie d. as an infant

ii. Hattie d. as an infant

iii. Walter - d. as an infant

** iv. Edmund - b. 5 August 1899 :ci:-t. 9 December 1925 to Marjorie Milan

v. Nellie - b. 17 .;~~ :0~: m. 5 July 1920 to Alex Page

vi. Archille - d. as an :ir:.fant.

Edmund Lavoie

Edmund the fourth child and only son that lived, was born 5 August 1899 in St. Andre, N. B. Canada. He married

Marjorie Milan of Bangor, Maine on 9 December 1925. He lived

in Maine for several.years before removing to New York State

in 1937.

IX

Edmund Lavoie and Marjorie Milan

i. Phyllis May - b. 27 April 1927 d. 11 February 1928

ii. John Milan - b. 5 December 19 30 m. 1 July 19 50 to Rita Philomena Cooney

39 iii. gdward Harold - b. 11 January 1932 m. 27 March 1954 to .Ann Balcum.

lv. Richard Allen - b. 24 November 1932 d. 19 December 1932.

40 CLAUDE AUBER - Notary

Claude Auber was originally of Sainte-Croix of Troarn,

Normandie. He was born in 1614 of the parents of Claude

Auber and Marie Le Boucher.

He came to Canada about 1648 and two years later was named notary of the lordship of Beaupre. In 1664, the sovereign counsel named him notary royal at Quebec.

Claude Auber died at Quebec in March 1694. He exercised his profession of notary for forty-two years, His position· was verified by prosecutor general Vetri~r in 1731 and is conserved in the archives judiciary of Quebec.

Of his marriage with Jacqueline I:;.;.cas, he had one son

Felix and four daughters.

Facsimile of the signature

of Claude Auber

41 DeBAILLON AND DeMARLE Fl\.MILIES

The two families of DeBaillon and DeMarle took root in

Canada with Catherine De Baillon who married Jacque Miville.

She was the daughter of Alphonse de Baillon and Louise deMarle of Montfort l 1 Amaury diocese of Ile-de-France.

The family De Baillon were of very ancient nobility.

Many of their members, occupied in the course: of ages, posts of great importance to the French Monarchy, such a.s kinq 's secretary.

The De Baillon family wore the coat of arms as follows:

Head and jaws of .a leopard with c:rcssed t.ayonets one and two.

Not less honorable was the family of De Marle who, since

1485 could claim to be of noble personage and of noble lineage.

The De Marle coat of arms was silver with blue chevrons and the beaks of:three eaglets.

42 DAMIEN BERUBE

Damien Berube carne to Canada as a qualified mason. In the history of Canada, the king made a concession of 1000 acres of land situated between Three Rivers and Montreal to

Monsieur Bouteillerie, a gentleman of Caux. In hopes oi: establishing himself and make the land of value, M.onsieur

Bouteillerie embarked from Dieppe at the end of June 1671 on the ship Saint Jean Baptist with two carpenters, two masons and four laborers. Damien Berube was one of these masons.

On arrival in Canada, he feared to establish himself on

land so exposed to the enroachment of t!1e indians that he

renounced his concession to sett:,.e ,,,,h,-c-",;:.s the same dangers did not exist. On the 29 October 1672 i-~e obtained from a Monsieur

Talon two leagues (4 kilometers) of ground along the Saint

Laurence river, one league above and one league belo-w the

river Ouelle, this river being 1-1/2 leagues deep. It. is

there he settled.

At the time of census of 1681 Damien Berube still re-

sided at Riviere Ouelle. In addition to practicing his trade was equally interested in cultivating the land. In 1676 the

master Deschamps of the Boutellerie conceded him a farm of

twelve acres situated on the rivier Ouelle which Damien Berube

had been clearing for the previous two years.

'l'he year 168 8 was very hard for the Berube family. In

two days' time Damien and two of his daughters, Marie and

43 'Therese died. He was _only 3 7 years old. His name was carried on by two of his sons, Pierre and Mathurin.

44 .MARIN BOUCHER

'l'he settlers who made up the population of _Canada were s,en­ erally, among the most, contractors. Marin Boucher was one of those.

Originally of the nice city of Mortagne; he came to establish himself in Cana1a in 1634 with his second wife,

Perinne Malet, and his children. Before his departure in

1633 he sold his house at Mortagne to Jean Guyon who himself was to immigrate to Canada.

Marin arrived in Quebec 4 June 1634 with a full quota of . For a while, it was Charr.pl2,in himself who housed them in the fort of Quebec. Bu~-- s:::,cn: ,::,he first settlers got busy and built a house for their lord, Robert Gifford and others more modest for themselves. Clearing of land was rushed and the soil was soon planted.

Marin Boucher played a particular role in the foundation of Beauport:. He was mason by trade and played an important part in all constructions. After a while, Marin Boucher estab­ lished himself with his family at river Saint Charles. Later, at the end of his life, he returned to Beauport and in 1666, the census listed him at age 77, mason and farmer. We know from another source that he owned another farm in Isle of Orleans.

During his lifetime, he divided most of his properties be­ tween his numerous children. He died surrounded by his family

45 after having lived a good christian life as attested on his memorial: Year 1671, 29 March died Marin Boucher after having lived a good christian and received tb.e sacrement.s of penitence and Holy Eucharist and the last rites and was buried in cemetery of Richer by M. Morel accompanied by the reverend father Nouvelle.

Facsimile of the signature of

Marin Boucher

46 ANTOINE CASSE

Contrary to what he pretended, Antoine Casse knew how

to sign his name. Some historians pretended that most of·

our early ancestors were_people without education not know­

ing how to read and write.

An examination exact from the archives will show historians

that in spite of our ancestors attesting on official and marriage contracts that they could not sign, they most always

did and very well too.

For example the case of Antoine Casse - at his contract

of marriage 14 October 1665, he decl2Led he could not sign.

However, the.re is proof that Ant',:;ine Cd.sse could sign, whereas

at the marriage of one of his sons, ~e put a beautiful si~na­

ture at the bottom of the act of marriage.

We should not haste in saying that our ancestors did not

have dny education, but ask ourselves why they denied it. It

must be concluded that education was at that time, as good in

France as in Canada. Many early emigrants knew hew to read,

write or at least sign their names, but were more clever in

handling a plow or tools than the pen. On the other hand, we

know of their great ambition to obtain for their contracts of

mc1rriag0 the most promir.ent persons in Canada such. as the

governor or the steward, being real competitj_on as who would

obtain the most distinguished. Therefbre, at time of signature

our brave ancestors showed an understandable discomfort in

47 affixing their signature after dignitaries and instead of subjecting to painful obligation, they preferred to say they could not sign. Let us assurr.e and conclude that our ancestors were probably humble and timid but not illiterate.

After his marriage with Francoise Piloy 1 Antoine Casse lived on the hill of Beaupre. A few years later he was attracted by the rich land of the Isle of Orleans and from

1669 he lived there. He did not live long on Isle of Orleans.

Charles Couillard, Lord of Beaumont attracted some settlers to his lordship and Antoine Casse was one of them.

He was one of the most prosperous settlers;as shown in

1681 Census, he was the only one in Be~~~ont who owned animals.

An·toine Casse. died in Beat.:u-nont th,2 J.st June 1709.

Facsimile of the signature of

Antoine Casse

48 JACQUES CHOUINARD

Jacque Chouinard was born in Beaumont-la-Rance diocese of

Tours France. He probably came to Quebec during

the summer of 1685 and was employed there as a wagoner in the service of the King~ It is said that he had charge of carrying the royal mails in the region of Quebec. One official paper lists him as 11 Wagoner Royal" i.n 1721.

After his marriage to Louise Jeari he lived for a time

in and in 1695 accepted the post of farm manager

for Paul Dupuy, Commissioner of Canada at L 1 Ile-Aux Grues.

On 24 October 1698 Aubert de la Chesnaye granted 450 acres

to Jacques Chouinard in the M3~~r c~ s~- Jean Port Jolis.

Jacques took definite possession of his farm in 1702 and lived

there to his death.

Research to date has failed to reveal the manner and

date of his deatri~ but family leg-end has it that he was

drowned on a return business trip from France. l',i,cther story

from L'Islet has him deceased and buried there 20 October 1721.

49 ZACHARIE CLOUTIER

Zacharie Cloutier, carpenter came from Mortagne.

During the winter 1633-1634 a doctor of Mortagne,

Robert Giffard became lord of Beauport and recruited some people for his lordship. By contract passed in Mortagne he gave an estate of the Clouterie at Beauport to Zacharie

Cloutier. At the end of March 1634 1 forty-two persons including Zacharie Cloutier, his wife, Xainte Dupont and his five.children, embarked from La Rochelle for Canada.

On the 22 July 1634 Zacharie Cloutie~, carpenter, commenced construction of the residence of tr~e lord of

Beauport. He' also worked on cons~~ucticns of Parish Church of Quebec and of Fort Saint Louis. ~ntil 1670, he lived on his estate of the Clouterie breaking land and arduously culti­ vating when he 'sold his estate to Nicolas de Neuville and went to live with one of his sons at Chateau Richer.

Zacharie Cloutier and his wife celebrated their golden and diamond wedding anniversaries. He died in 1677 and his wife in 1680. They left several children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

lie had an original mark for his signature. It was an ax, embJc:m ot his tru.de.

50 NICOLE COLSON

Colson, although a name of foreign sound, is most probably

French. Only one person of this name is known in :

Nicole Colson whom the aged Jean Gaudet married for the second time about 1652. Was she a widow also'.? It would seem so in vi.ew of her mature age of 45 and probably of a French immigrant.

Mgr.· Tanguay mentions a Nicolas Colson who was a bailiff of the

Council of Quebec in 1649 and again in 1650. It is assuredly this Nicolas Colson, soldier and surgeon's aid, a native of

Paris, who enlisted at La Rochelle for l~ew France (Canada) on

5 April 1644. In Paris, this narn.e is :::-~0t a rare one. Nicolas

Colleson, a master mason, living in tic parish of St. Gervais, and Blanche Ganneron, his wife mutual donation on 7 February 1619; another mutual.donation 1 May 1642 between Nicolas Colson and

Genevieve Petit his wife; on 29 J~ne 1648, a marriage contract between Nicolas Colson, a master mason and bourgeois of Paris, residing at rue du Temple, near the fountain, parish of Saint­

Jean-en-Greve, and Francoise Lepage, widow of Pierre Le Roy, residing at rue de la Pelleterie, parish of Saint Jacques de la

Boucherie. The. descendants of Nicole Colson hence need not depart from France to discover her origin.

51 THOMAS CORMIER

On 8 January 1644, Thomas Cormier, only eight years

old, with his father Robert Cormier, master ship carpenter,

and Marie Peraude, his.mother; all three natives of

. La Rochelle in Aunis, hired out in front of notary 'I"euleron

to come to work for Louis Tuffet, Commander of fort St. Pierre

on Isle of Cap Breton.

It was not unusual to hire out at age 8 when Canada and

Acadie were short of workers to see boys of 12 8 and even 4

hire out as domestics or apprentices.

After a few years at fort St. Pierre, the Cormier's went

to Port Royal in Acadie. Thorr,as C::orm:._2r learned the trade

of carpenter from his father.

In 1669 Thomas married a girl of 14, Madeleine Girouard,

daughter of Francois Girouard and Jeanne Aucoin.

We must believe that he was not afraid of work because

two years after his marriage, he had a farm of six acres with

seven cattle and seven sheep. Shortly thereafter, not lacking

in spirit of enterprise, decided to go to Beaubassin.

In 1686 he owned the richest farm of that region. The

census of that _·ear was eloquent: "Thomas Cormier, carpenter,

age 55, Xadeleine Girouard, age 37. Children Madeleine 18,

Francois 16, Alexis 14, Marie 12, Gerrnain and Jeanne, twins 1,

4 rifles, 30 head of cattle, 10 sheep, 15 pigs, 40 acres in

value".

52 Thomas Corrnier died in 1693. His descendants lived in ueaubassin until the terrible deportation of 1755 which uprooted them from that soil.

53 . JEAL"\J CO TE

It was in the spring of 1634 that Jean Cote crossed

the ocean in company of a group of settlers of Perche, re­

cruited by Robert Gifford, the lord of Beauport. Like most

of his companions, he never guessed of coming to Canada to

establish himself on a farm. He, therefore, hired out to

an older. settler in the country,

.A few years later, Jean Cote hired out to explore the

lands of Lord Gifford. This employment had nothing in common with that of farming a farm. It was rather .:t setup which

gave him advantageous privileges sucn as tl1e right to use

the hay as he pleased. Evidc~ ~. ~2 di~ not miss this oppor­

tunity to make a profit. A notarized contract proved that

he sold 500_ bundles of hay to Canada for $80. 00.

'. The obligation was minor. It consisted of giving one

day of labor for each year for each head of cattle, except

the caives. After a few years in the service of the Lord, he

looked to establish his own farm.

In February 1645 he acquired a farrn on which he undertook

to clear·for cultivation.

He led a life simple and calm. He married Anne Martin

at Quebec· in 1635.

54 GUILLAUME COUTURE

Guillaume Couture came from Rouen to Canada about 1.640.

His trade was a:; Joiner and he entered in the service of the

Jesuit missionaries to whom he was devoted in body and soul.

Instead of exploiting the indians for personal interests and turn them against the authorities of the colony, like many others did, he was one of those men who were guides and interpreters. It is the role he played during his youth be- fore his marriage. It was the role the missionaries and authorities often asked him to do. As ~arly as 1641 he knew a considerable amount of indian lanc:uaq2.

Guillaume Couture was a. c,:.r-c,;t.:cn hero in the fullest extent. Seven years before his :rn.2.:r-r:.ag2 to Anne Aymard, he was already settled to the country of Father Bressani, making I us realize what our fathers were, which sentiments animated their acts and what grandeur of soul they were capable.

On 2 August 1642 the Hurons ~n twelve canoes took over the road of their country bringing with them Father Jacques, Guillaume

Couture, interpreter, and Rene Goupel. The travelers had left three RiViere two days before and were probably at lake St. Pierre when they were surrounded by a group of 80 , which forced the canoes to land.

Proud of their victory the Iroquois began tormenting their prisoners and Couture, who had killed one of their chiefs, was the subject of their rage; they pulled out his finger nails,

55 bit his fingers and drove a sword th.rough his hand. Regard­ less of the pain he calmly endured ~t.

Guillaume Couture, his hand bruised had not yet lost any fing~rs. One indian pulled out half of his index finger and unable to cut the nerve, he pulled harder to extract it. He did so much damage that his arm swelled up to 'the elbow.

During seven days the prisoners were dragged from village to village to find fresh tormentors to continue their blood massacre.

A high counsel was summoned and resolv2c. to grant life to the French and most of the Hurons, t:t-1:c<::s .'.)f whom condemned to death:

Guillaume Couture was given '~:o a:-: indian family who adopted him and took him to a distant village. After a few years, he was :E reed.. He was af tenrard frequently employed in negotiations with the indians; he distinguished himself on occasion, by his intelligence and courage.

He established at Point Levis and in 1649 married Anne

Aymard. He became an officer of the court, judge and captain of the hill.

You cannot but· admire Guillaume Couture whof,e life was crowned with tortures endured with grandeur of soul and patience of a martyr of the first centuries of the church.

Facsimile of the signature of Guillaume Couture 56 ROBERT DROUIN

Robert Drouin was born in 1607 in.the town of Pin, of

Perche France and arrived in Canada. in 1635. He ,established at Beauport at the homestead of La Clouterie.

One year after his arrival, he made his contract of marriage. It was the first contract of marriage drawn up in

Canada. His spouse was the daughter of the proprietor of homestead LaClouterie. Robert Drouin acquired a farm, the second west of the river Chiens in the parish of Chateau

Richer.

In France the family Drouin has always been regarded honorabiy. A noble branch was clevelcped in Britagne.

Facsimile of the mark of

Robert Drouin

57 JULIEN FORTIN

Julien Fortin was master of Bellefontaine and co-lord of the hill of Beaupre. It was in 1657 that Charles de Lauzon, lord of Chamblay, governor and lieutenant general of the King in Canada sold to Julien Fortin said Bellefontaine, the portion which he owned in the lordship of Beaupre and also in the Isle of Orleans with dependence and obligations contracted about the formation of the company 23 August 1657.

Julien Fortin master of Bellefontaine was therefore, partly lord of the hill of Beaupre and of Isle of Orleans.

The lord contracted by his act of concession or purchase the obligation to develop his lo~dshi?- General rule, the lord was the first and leader in breaking new land and him­ self cultivate a large farm.

For his part, Julien Fortin reserved for himself two nice farms on the hill of Beaupre, near Cape Tourmente., and it is there we find him at the tine of census of 1666, 1667 and 1681.

Interesting to note that beside trade of farming, lord

Fortin also exercised the trade of butcher.

Julien Fortin died in 1687 and was buried at Saint Joachim.

58 GUILLAUME FOURNIER

The legend often agrees about the saying that it becomes beau­ tiful at the expense or exposure of the truth. Also having read and heard that the first settlers of Canada show proof of quality of courage, heroism, which is true, we have at times thought that our ancestors were some sort of supermen; they were very human with their qualities and their faults.

The case of Guillaume Fournier is proof. Pioneer and founder of the parish St. Thomas of Montmagny, Guillaume Fournier was not less a man of few scruples, lik::.. :-:g 11 t0 walk on the ground of the neighbor". If he had his qualities, he certainly did not lack ·faults.

Native of Coulmer in Normandie, ~e came to Canada around

1650. The 20 November 1651 he married Francoise Hebert in

Quebec, daughter of first settler Hebert. By this marriage, he equally came into the family of Guillaume Couillard, uncle and guardian of Francoise Hebert left orphan at an early age with her older brother Joseph.

The first ten years of the young Fournier were without history. In 1661, Francoise Hebert lost her brother, there- fore, with her husband, she hastily granted herself the inheritance.

But in their greed the Fournier couple forgot that guardian

Guillaume also had right to this inheritance. A drama necessarily exploded.

59 •rwo years later, in 1663, Guillaume Couillard died. His widow who decided not to be robbed by her nephew, wanted to render an account of administration of the two orphans

(Francoise et Joseph) for whom her deceased husband was guardian. Fournier and his wife did not accept and entered a lawsuit against Mrs. Couillard. Let us recognize that

Guillaume 'Fournier was not very honest under the circumstances.

The case dragged for six years, then both parties wishing to put an end to the litigation, decided to call in two impartial arbitrators: Mrs. Pierre Garr ibon and Louis :i.~c uer de Villeray.

It was understood that their decisio:c. :oe final and a fine of f ivt~ hundred pounds be paid b" whc;:; \-vould not conform.

The two arbitrators studied t-;.e lit..:i.gation and said

Fournier was wrong for illegally claiming the inheritance of his brother-in~law. Guillaume Fournier was charged with illegal claim to his brother-in-law's estate and ordered to pay the costs.

Guillaume in direct violation of his agreement, refused to accept the decision and appealed to commissioner Talon on his behalf.

Hardly a man of his word, however, he was obliged to pay five hundred pounds process fee and Mrs. Couillard was already the victor.

At her husband's death, Mrs. Couillard had been given tenure of land along the St. Charles River. Guillaume, but a nephew in law to Mrs. Couillard wanted to exact payment and clainted no less than two-thirds of this estate. He filed a claim to this effect with the Sovereign Council, but again lost

60 his case. A judgment rendered 4 April 1670 found cause once more in Mrs. Couillard 1 s favor. However, an order was given that the land be measured and equally divided between the two parties.

Guillaume was ordered to pay all expenses. He had now become co-lord of St. Charles parish. and was further given a piece of land in 1672 on the south bank actually in the parish of St. Thomas Montma9ny. By 1861 his holdings were that of 10 acres.

He seemed to have worked hard toward the development of his domain and was donated three acres of land for the building of a church in the young parish with the one condition that a pew be permanently reserved in t 1,£, c:~,;.1:: ~-'., for him and his des­ cendants. He seemed to have mellovved 'itli th age.

Guillaume Fournier died in October 1699.

The first baptism recorded in thE::: registry of St. Thomas

Parish is that of a daughter of Guillaume Fournier.

61 ROBERT GAGNON

Robert Gagnon was a native of the Ventrouse in the French province of Perche. He was son of ,Jean Gagnon and Marie Gestray.

On 2 April 1656 after being in Canada for one year, he re­ ceived a concession of four acres of land in the Isle of

Orleans in the Lordship of Lauzon, on one side of Jacque

Perrot and the other side of Guillaume Landry.

One year later 3 October 1657 Robert Gagnon married Marie

Parenteau in Quebec. The young newlyweds es-,.. ciblished on the farm which was conceded to Robert.

The census in 1666, 1667 ~~ 1~8i found the Gagnon on their farm of the Isle of Orleans. The following is the 1667 report. It gives us in detail the exact status of the Gagnon family for that year.

Robert Gagnon, 35, his wife Marie Parentelle 25; Jean 8,

Isabelle 6, Jacque 1, Seven cattle and 15 acres cleared.

In 1681, the farm of Robert Gagnon was of twenty acres.·

Robert Gagnon was buried 2 September 1703. He left six children of which three boys, who married.

In 1909 a commemorative cross was erected on the farm he occupied in tribute to this brave and courageous pioneer. * * * * * 'There was also another Ga-::inon branch that came early to

Canada. They were Mathurin, Jean Pierre and Marguerite. They emigrated from their native Tourouvre Perche in France to Canada in 1635. 62 They first lived in a house of their own construction on land ceded them in Lower Quebec by Governor d'Aill.eboust.

This did not suit them, apparently, and they moved on to Chateau Richer on the Beaupre Coast.

The three brothers were married within a seven-year interval, Jean married 1640, Pierre in 1642 and Mathurin in

1647.

Mathurin who was a merchant, made several voyages to

France bringing with him, on a return, his mother Renee Roger.

Twenty year2 lat.er, the brothers al():,g v;i th 2, cousin

Robert ( from Ventrouse near Tourcuvn-:::) :::-ctade ;3 till another move

- to the Isle of Orleans, in tJ-,e )D.ri_,_:;l1 oi: Holy Family.

These four are looked upon as fcunders of the country and in 1909 the memorial cross was erected in their memory.

Marguerite, their sister and my ancestor, married Eloi

Le'ravernie.r at La Ventrouse 3 February 1625 and came to

New France (Canada) circa 1642. Their daughter Marie married

Giles Bacon in Quebec in 1647. When Marie became a widow, she became a nun at the Hotel-Dieu in Quebec.

63 NICOLAS GAMACHE

Nicolas Gamache was the first Lord of L 1 Isle. This person, one of the most interesting of the colony during the time of the Talon and the Frontenac, was native of Saint­

Illiers-la-ville, diocese of Chartres, Isle-of-France.

Born in 1636 from marriage of Jacque Gamache and Jacqueline

Cadot, was in Canada since 1652 with his brother, Jacque and his sister, Genevieve.

During 15 years, he seemed engaged in t~e fur business in the regions of Haut, since at the time of census of 1666 and 1667 his name was missing. Whatcvc-:r it is in 1670 he received his first concession of lane from Julien Fortin, his brother-in-law, sire of BellefoL.tai.ne, co-sire of the hill of Beaupre and of the Isle of Orleans. Two years later,

Jean Talon conceded him a lordship at the Isle between that of widow Amyot and that of Guillaume Fournier. Little by little he increased this lordship by new concessions or by transactions with his neighbors.

Nicolas Gamache was active in populating his lordship so we il that Francois de Montmorency-Laval, bishop of Quebec, set him up in parish under the name of Cap-Saint-Ignace. Later, his s ucccssor Jean·-Baptiste of the Cross of Chevrieres of

Saint-Vallier, in turn, founded the parish of Saint-Thomas-de­

Montrnagny.

64 Interestingly, it was Nicolas Gamache who gave the land on which was bu:i_l t the first church of Cap-Sa.int-

Ignace. This bhurch did not last long because a few years later, another one, of stone, was built side of it. This one lasted until 1744, when it collapsed with the hill into the river. You can see the remains on the beach at low tide.

The generosity of Nicolas Gamache merited him the honor of being buried in the church of which he was benefactor.

Nicolas Garnache carried the surname of Lamarre which was not p~rpetuated.

Facsimile of the signature of

Nicolas Gamache

65 LOUIS GUIMONT

Louis Guimont has two extraordinary claims to fame.

His cure was the first miracle performed at Ste. _n,nne de

Beaupre and he was tortured to death by the Iroquois.

The historian Faillon on page 296 Volwne l of his book,

"The History of the F~cench Colony in Canada" makes his

account of the miracle from the Church's archives. "In the

Spring of 1658 when construction of Ste. &'1ne's chapel was

begun, a farmer named Louis Guimont from Beaupre Coast

placed three stones in the foundation as an act of faith and was suddenly cured of a disease of -i:.hs kidney". The Abbe

Faillon writes of othe:r- miracles ,:.he:-: ;oes on to say, "these

are followed by many others no less rerao.rkabJ.e and the miracles performed so soon in the new church was the beginning

of an unending procession of pilgrims tc the shri~e. Devotion

to Ste. Anne was established and her fame spread throughout all

Canada."

Ironically enough, Louis Guimont lived but a short three

years after his cure. He died a martyr at the hands of the Iroquois,

one of several Frenchmen taken prisoner by the Iroquois in the

spring of 1661. One of his companions gave Father Le Mayne a letter

destined for Three Rivers in which he points a pathetic picture

of the tortures suffered by them all at the hands of the indians.

'The letter, copied from "Relation des Jesuits" also reveals

the courage and strong faith he told his friends "so don't bf~

66 surprised if I write poorly. I've suffered a gre~t deal since my capture but have also prayed to God. We three

Frenchmen have been tortured togethPr and agreed that while one was being tortured, the others would pray for him and the victim would chant the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, and the Ave Maria Stella or the Pange Linqua. The Iroquois had us dance around the fire until we fell in - some 40 of them surrounding us - and kept booting us into each ot.11.er. When we wer~ thoroughly scorched, they put us out in the rain and cold. I've never before suffered suet aso~y and all they did was laugh. We pray to God for courage ar,.d if you. ask yourself whether

I become impatient or wish th<:" :::.r•:,c;:,-'c1s harm, I will tell you that on the contrary, I pray for them. De: _yc)U know Louis Gu.imont who was captured this sum.mer? He was beaten un.TD.ercifully with sticks of wood and iron rods until he died. He prayed throughout and this so enraged the Iroquois that they cut out his lips. Still he prayed. This drove them into a frenzy and though he was still alive, they tore his heart from his body and hurled it into his face."

Without a doubt, Louis Guimont died a true ma.rt.yr.

Facsimile of the signature of

Louis Gu.imont

67 JEAN GUYON

'I'he first group of colonists recruited by Robert Gifford landed in Canada 4 June 1634. Ai."twng them was Squire Jean Guyon of Buisson (a title conferred upon him by the Lord of the

Manor).

A mason by trade, Jean also formed and served as notary.

It was a~ notary that he was instrumental in drawing up the contract for the first marriage perforrned in Canada (Robert

Drouin) .

He was a vigorous, talented, rna,1 anc. the name of Jean Guyon appears with great frequency in the ann2ls of the church ~nd government records.

An exarn.ple of his participation in church affairs appears on the pages of the Jesuits' journal of 1646 - - - Someone remembered that a system of priority according to profession should be followed when considering the guard of honor. (Feast of Christ the King).

Mr. Leigeois said that wasn't at all necessary. As for the others, some suggested that each father march wi tb. his children with priority being given to the elders -- such ae. Zacharie

Cloutier and Jean Guyon---.

The records note that on 30 July 1646 Jean Guyon paid homage

Squire Robert Guifford at Beauport. This wa~3 an ~mcient fuedal custom in appreciation of the freehold grant of which one had been ma(l(! proprietor.

68 On 13 October 1653 Jean Guyon donated a house and garden to the parish of St. Jean de Mortagne at Perche with the condition that he and his wife be listed as ben~factors.

Facsimile of the signature of

Jean Guyon

69 NOEL LANGLOIS

It is at St. Leonard-des-Pares in ,Normandie that

Noel Langlois was born. It appears that he came to the country with Champlain in 1633 when they returned to take possession of Q1.iebec after the voyage cf St. Germain­ en-Laye.

Noel Langlois established near Beauport where in 1637 the l~rd Giffard gave him a concession. Noel Lansrlois and

Francoise Grenier, his wife raised a numerou'.3 family.

Their three sons each changed their n2.rn.2. J.::an took the name of Boisverdun and established on the Island of Orleans.

Another Jean kept the nane c:F. :.ar,g:.c:.::_::, and after having left

Beauport, went to live at Cap-St. Ign.'.,ce. Finally the third

son Noel established at Beauport and took the surname of rrraversy.

In 1667 Noel Langlois had 60 acres of cleared land which was a truly re:markable extent for the age. After a life of labor, Noel Langlois died on the 14 July 1684 and was buried at Beauport the next day.

To this date one can read the following in the registers

of the parish: "Noel Langlois age of approximately 80 years

and the oldest inhabitant of the area died the day before in

small christian piety after having received the sacrarnents o:f

the church and lead an exempl2.ry life with the approval of

70 the whole parish." A most f i ttin~; eulogy.

Facsimile of the mark of

Noel Langlois

71 JBAi.""J LEVASSEUR

Jean Levasseur was born in Normandie at Bois-Guillaume and married in Paris on 23 April 1646. Marguerite Richard was his bride and their marriage contract was witnessed by the notary Lecart and Lesernelier.

On the 23 July 1652 the young couple are found in

Quebec. The date con1i.,tem::irates the christening of a daughter

Anne.

Good carpenters did not lack for work during those early years and Levasseur fell to wi~h enthusiasm. The quality of his work coupled wi-;:;h ::.-2a:::;):-:able fees earned him such a favorable reputation tha:t w;-ier, the assembly of ?as tors and churchwardens met 13 August 1654, Jean was awarded the position of head carpenter of the Basilica. More, he was given a fishing berth at the Warp.

Further honors were to come his way when he was named first Bailiff of the Sovereign Council in Canada. The council's records list some of his duties. He had charge of delivering summons, arresting drunken savages, settling minor

conflicts and issuing search warrants. He was once granted

the singular privilege of having the council meet for some

length of time at his home.

Jean Levasseur died in 1686. He had eleven children.

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Facsimile of the signature of Jea_n Levasseur

72 NOTES - CORRECTIONS - ADDITIONS

PAGE 73 - NONEXISTENT - ERROR IN PAGE NUMBERING ABRAHAM MA.."R..TIN

Abraham Martin is remembered for having: been with Louis

Hebert, one of the first colonists of Canad.ct and givinq his name to the celebrated "Plains of Abraham." The first bap­ tism entered on the register of Notre Dame of Quebec in the month of October 1620 is that of Eustache Martin, son of

Marguerite Langlois and Abraham Martin, guide of St. Lawrance

River. Abraha.-n Martin left for his sons a numerous posterity.

In the archives of Darmes Ursulihes are the titles of two lands he owned. These two lands together were sold by the heirs of Maitre Abraham.

'The wide spread plateau lands of Abraham Martin received the name of "Plaines of Abraham". On the neighboring plateau was fought the celebrated battle between Wolfe and Montcalm.

Charles-Amador his only son was the second Canadian to enter the priesthood; he was a member of the seminary of the foreign missions of Quebec and Cannon of the Cathedrale.

It is fitting that the famous historic plaines of Quebf:;C were baptised with the name of this illustrative colonist.

As guide of the St. Lawrance River, he went to the source of the national waters and it was he who then drew the rudiments of the first map of the river.

One easily ima9ines that this was a dangerous enterprise.

It was generally by the coming aground that one arrives at

74 locating the channel and now many buoys mark the reefs

,which caused many disasters.

It is interesting to note that the fir:3t small boat that was used in service of the guides of the Point-au-Pere, near Rimouski, carried the name of the first guide "Abraham

Martin." This boat equally made service with the boat "Jalobert" named aft.er the first guide that came with Cartier.

A first land clearer and first river guide, Ji...brahai.--n

Martin, by his courage and his acquaintances made an imperish­ able reputation which our sketch keeps in memory .. The Historic Society of Quebec gave a monu.c--nent corarciemorating him in June

1623 at Quebec.

Facsimile of the mark

of Abraharr: Martin

75 PIERRE MICHEL {MICHAUD)

The family of Pierre Michaud was for a long time known by the name Michel and it was not until the end .:if his life

that the name became Michaud. This man came from

Notre Dame Foutenay-le-Cornte in 1662 estab1ishin.-; at first

at Beaupce in the parish of L I Ange.-Gardien.

He married in 1667 and appears that he l.tved for some

time at the house of his father-in-law Rene Ancelin. ·To- wards 1670 Pierre Michel went to establish on the Ile Grues

facing Cap Saint-Ignace. Four years later, he was conceded

the land that he cleared by the Lord Pierre Becort of

Grandville.

During this time the fami:i.y greatly increased. It was

necessary that he find land for ius sons. Pierre Michel

wrote to Genevieve Couillard and obtained a. concession in

the lordship of l'Islet. Much later in 1695 he sold a farm

on the Isle of Grues and then went to settle in the lordship

of Karmouraska with his family. There he •,vas conceded the

land of Charles Aubert of the Chenaie lordship of Ka.i'Tlaouraska.

Finally in 1697 he sold his land at l'Islet. It is at

Kamouraska that he died. In 1750 his descendants formulated

over half the population of this place.

76 PIERRE MIVILLE

There were others who came to Canada, other than the

French. Pierre Miville was living, 1602, at Fribourg in

Switzerland. He was married there in 1629, and traveled to Canada with his wife and six children. They were given a concession of land when they arrived on the coast of

Lauzon facing the Plaines of P...braham today situated near the Patton road in the parish of St. David de 1 1 Auberviviere.

In 1669 many colonists came from Fribourg obtaining concessions at Grande-Ar1se which is today Sainte-Anne-de-la-·

Pocatiere. Pierre Miville directed them in the clearing of their land which gave him t.~·,~: ti_-_. -'-6 cf "Canton des Suisses

Fribourgeois". This attempt to coJ.:J:nization did not succeed and most of the Swiss returned to their country without Pierre

Miville who stayed to establish near the coast of Lauzon where he soon became captain of the militia ..

This colonist, who was known by the surname of "Le Suisse" because of his origin, left many descendants.

Facsimile of the signature

of Pierre Miville

77 NOEL MORIN

Several colonists with the name of Moriri. migrated to

Canada during the early days. The ;:nost renowned vrns Noel

Morin from Brie.-Comte-Robert Ile-de-France.

Noel Morin arrived in Quebec in 1632 and was there during Champlain's lifetime. (Founder of Quebec). Noel lived in the old Capital City until 1663 when he was appointed Lord of St. Luc Manor, a freehold in the Parish of Montmagny.

Noel left four sons; the eldest Germain, was the first priest ordained in Canada. The r,~rn.air.ing three married and took for surnames Rc2hells and Valcour. There is a rocky promontory so named tos.ay in the vicinity of

Montmagny.

The province of Brie from whence he came is linked with the ancient family of Morine.

Facsimile of the signature of

Noel Morin

78 RENE OUELLET

Rene Ouellet founder of the Ouellet family in Canada was born in Paris in 1635 in the Parish St. Jacques -du-Haut-pas on the Ile-de-France. His parents were Francois Ouellet and

Elisabeth Bare.

He was married in Quebec on 8 ~arch 1666 to Imrie Rivet

a young widow from St. Gervais-de-Sees, Normandy.

0n'6 February 1673 they moved to the Isle of Orleans and

settled on a farm granted them by the Squire of Orleans,

Monsignor de Laval. His wife Anne died there in April 1675

and on 6 April 1679 Rene remarried ir (f,1ebec to the widow of

Nicolas Lebel (Therese Mignot).

It is as a parishoner of Riviere Ouelle that he, along with four sons of his first marriage, distin1;-uished themselves

in the historic military event. (Refer to chapter on Riviere

Ouelle).

Rene reached the advanced age of 87 and as such was able

to know and enjoy many of his grandchildren.

His.' land grant in the county of Kamouraska was handed

down from generation to generation of Oueletts. Four of his

sons, three from the first marriage, one from his second, reached

adulthood and married. They separated, Mathurin; the eldest

settling' in Killnouraska while the remaining three moved to

Ste. i-\nne de la Pocatiere. All four produced large families and

their progeny was spread through the entire region eventually

79 joining with the families of all southern part of the

River Ouclle from Montmagny to Remouski.

80 PIERRE PARADIS

Pierre Paradis was born at Tourouvre in Perche in

1611; married Barbe Guyon in 1633 at Mortagne. He chose cutlary as his trade.

In 1650 one finds he was established in Beauport on the fief of his father-in-law Jean Guyon dt:. Buisson. He worked hard to clear his land and farm so well that in 1667 he had 12 acres and 8 animals in his stable. He must have lived eight more years since he was buried cm the 20 January

1675 at Ste. Famille Isle of Orleans. Five years earlier, he had made his will which conta.:..nea. a portion which was very interesting.

Two other parties came to est.c:J:::ilish in Canada. Their progeniture was multiplied in the region of. Montreal and in the Valley of Richelieu.

As for the descendants of Pierre Paradis, they were found especially on the Isle of Orleans, on the coast of

Beaupre and at Charlesbourg, in the lower part of the river and on the Isle of Jesus.

81 PIERRE PAR.ANT

Pierre Parant was originally from Mortagne in Perche and arrived in Canada after the yea.r 1650.

After a stay of some years at Chateau-Richer and after having married at Quebec 9 February 1654 to Jeanne Badeau, he removed to Beauport. He lived there for the rest of his life and raised his seventeen children there.

An active man and not embarassed by his ten fingers, he acquired the occupation of farmer, butcher and merchant.

As a merchant we see him in 1670, selli~g at Quebec the limes and stones.

As a farmer, he cleared four~een years, 45 acres of his land at Beauport that was supposed to ne.ed fierce work.

In 1667 he possessed a possession well :modest of five acres; we find him established in 1681 at the head of a farm of

100 acres with 18 beasts and 48 sheep.

But Pierre Parant did not stop there with his activities.

He was also butcher and was this, it seems, was his principal

occupation since in official acts, it is stated a.s always mentioned as butchet. This profession was lucrative because

as butcher, he had the commerce of the meat 1, and he also sold

for good prices to tanners and shoemakers, the skins of the

beef and cattle.

Pierre Parant died 5 August 1698 and was buried the next

day in the cemetary of Beauport.

82 Amusing detail: Pierre Parant who did not know how to write his name adopted the personal mark of a meat cleaver, "a chopper". This mark reminds us that he was never lacking originality.

Facsimile of the mark of

Pierre Parant

83 JEAN PELLETIER

In 1647 ,Jean Pelletier wished to marry Ann Langlois, daughter of Noel Langlois and Francoise Grenier.

·· The third banns were publicized by three days of feasting in June and July in 1647; but when the time of the ceremony arrived, someone had discovered a cannonical obstacle serious enough. In effect, Ann Langlois was not yet ten years old since she was born on the 2nd of

September 1637. The discovered obstacle made it necessary for the marriage to be postponed until the prescribed age of 12 was reached. The marriage was rescheduled to the 9

November 1649.

In addition, Jean.Pelletier joined the brave men, who in 1690 under the direction of the priest Pierre

Francheville, resisted the landing of Bostonians under

Admiral Phipps on the shores of Riviere Ouelle.

facsimile of the ~ignature of

,Jean Pelletier

84 NICOLAS PINEL

During the ~ra when Acadia was short of able-bodied men, it was not unusual for noblemen and wealthy merchants to come to France seeking troops, farmers and laborers.

Nicolas Pinel was one of those who signed up under such a plan organized by Emmanuel Leborgne in 1645. He agreed to work for three years at Port Royal and was hired as a sawyer and carpenter. His wife Madeleine Marault remain~d in

France with their children.

When the contract expired, Nicolas decided not to return to France but chose to seek a new wav of life in Canada.

Though an experienced ca:rpsnter, N.icolas cho.se farming.

He obtained a grant to a tract of land :near the Cap-Rouge river and with the help of a son; newly arrived from France, began clearing his acreage. An incid.ent occurred that was to

change all of his plans. Hard at work on the morning of 27

April 1651, Nicolas and his son Giles, were attacked by two

Iroquois braves. A neighbor, Monseur Boisevendun, fired upon

the indians, missed them, but his intervention allowed two badly frightened men to make good their escape. This is a good

illustration of the hardships endured by the first settlers.

The experience left Nicolas badly shaken and he decided

to move to a safer area. He asked for and was given a new

grant in the vicinity of Sellery. Here he was joined by his wife and two other children. Cap Rouge beckoned and after a

85 time when conditions seemed improved, moved his f,:unily back to the original farm.

Soon after their return, an organization was formed among the settlers and plans made to ensure future safety.

It was decided that all would work together, thus never exposing any one man to surprise attack.

The fruits of their labor were to be shared by all.

It was a good plan and early results were encouraging. Poor

Nicolas, however, was ill fated and, despite constant vigilance, fell victim to a shot from a gun. He died of his wounds.

This was in 1653.

86 ANTOINE ROY-DESJARDINS

Born in St. Jean de Joigny in the diocese of Sens

Champagne, he was the son of a succes~ful Master cooper

Olivier Roy and Catherine Boderge.

Laziness and lack of initiative made him a poor

businessman from the start. Well taught by his father,

·he nevertheless, failed as a cooper. The next ventur~

was an attempt at cultivating a tract of land in Bariscon.

This, too, proved a failure. Nothing daunted, he decided

to marry and on l September 1668, was wed to Marie Major

at Quebec. (This was notarized five days previously by

Jean Levasseur-Lavigne).

·Marr:Lage did nothing to improve his lot, and pursuing

the same slovenly ways, sank deeper and deeper into debt,

borrowing where he could. Finally pursued by his creditors,

he decided to go to Montreal to seek his fortune.

This decision proved to be fatal.

No more ; successful here than in Quebec, he resorted to borrowing again, not only money, but a creditor's wife as well.

Surprised in a compromising position by the irate husband,

Antoine was shot to death.

,Jean Talus di t Vendamont was arrested for murder a.nd

sentenced to hang by the neck. The execution was postponed

time and again till finally Mo:n.sieur Vendamont wa:-3 deported to

Prance.

87 As for the unfortunate Marie Major, the remainder of her life was spent in shame and misery.

88 PIERRE ST. PIERRE

Pierre de St. Pierre, a pioneer of St. Rock des Aulnais, was born in St. Martin-du-pont Rouen Normandie. He was of a family of Norman Nobility, the Le Boulanger de St. Pierre.

He seems to have dropped "Le Boulanger" upon his arrival in Canada. This was only the first of many transformations.

Actually, some of his children called themselves Desaint, and later De Saint, dit St. Pierre. Then followed an amazing number of variations.

It seems almost impossible, but there are. For nearly two centuries, pasters and notaries have involuntarily dis­ figured and transformed this ::: ,(.:·::::-;le name.

Facsimile of the signature of Pierre

le Boulanger de St. Pierre.

89 OLIVIER TARDIF

Olivier Le Tardif (changed to Tardif), whose origin was in , arrived in Canada a little after Louis

Hebert the first Canadian colonist between 1618 and 1621.

This colonist frlayed a very considerable role in. the first years of the colony; he was at first an interpreter of the savage languages (1623); under clerk of the countries treaty (1626); under clerk to the keeper of the keys of

Quebec, Brother Kerth (1629); was Clerk of the store of

Messieurs of the New-France; Clerk general 0£ the Compagnie of Cent-Assocites (1641); a valuable aid of the Jesuits fathers in the opening of the c~u~tr1 to evangelizatio~; prosecurer general of the special of the lords of Beaupre, of which he was co-lord; magistrate judge of the same lords between 1650 and 1659.

Olivier Tardif was first married in 1637 to Louise

Couillard, daughter of Guillaume Couillard and was raised to the peerage by the King of France, Louis XIV, in 1654 by reason of his many services that he gave to the new colony.

Olivier Tardif made three voyages to France; in 1629 after the seige of Quebec; in 1645 to obtain use of the country of Beaupre and in 1648 to La Rochelle, where he married a second wife. Returning to Canada, he lived at Chateau

Richer where he always put himself to good use.

90 Let us repeat what historian Benjamin Sulte said showing the value of Olivier Tardif, "A humble interpreter living in the memory of actual generations next to the governors and distinguished persons in our history. 11

In the ancient age of France were developed t.1--ie family of,Le Tardif belonging to nobility. The first of these families is the family Tardif of Hamonville, that was developed in Touraine, in Ile-de-France and in Lorraine.

The second family was the family Tardy of Montravel that rose up from the noble Jean Tardy oi Montravel, Lord of Bois, captain of 50 men of war and ;:,rdinary commissioner of the artillery of France.

Facsimile of the signature

of Olivier Tardif

91 LE TAVERNIER F.AM1LY

Eloi Le Tavernier, a Canadian ancestor, was from the parish of Saint Malo de Randonnai, province of Perche,

France. His future wife, Marguerite Gagnon, daughter of

Pierre Gagnon, and sister of Mathurin, Jean and Pierre

Gagnon, Canadian ancestors, was from Sainte Madeleine de la Ventrouze, a neighboring parish, where their marriage was celebrated the third day of February 1624. We quote from a note taken locally by the late Abbe Gaulier, before the disappearance of the registries of La Ventrouze, and which is preserved in the Quebec archJ.ves: (From the la.tin)

"The third of February 1624; thC; ::-r.a1:r:.a.ge was solemnly celebrated in the church of Sainte Marie-Madeleine de

Ventrouze, by the undersigned pastor, between Eloi Tavernier of the parish of Randonnay, and Marguerite Gagnon, daughter of Pierre, of Ventrouze." Then follow the withnesses' names:

Nicolas Roger, of Autheuil, and Olivier Gagnon, of Tourouvre.

It was at Tourouvre that Marguerite Gagnon was b~ptized, as we may recall, "Marguerite Gagnon daughter of Pierre and of Francoise Roger was baptized at Tourouvre, October 5, 1598, and had as godmother Antoinette Febvrieri wife of Olivier

Gagnon, and as godfather, Nicolas Roger."

The young couple settled at Randonnai; they were said to be living there Sunday, October 13, 1624, where Eloi Le Tavernier was godfather at St.Firmin de Normandel of the little Eloi

Martoau. He could neither sign nor make his mark.

92 As in the case with the baptism of Pierre Gagnon, that of their daughter Marguerite is not preserved. 'I'he Canadian censuses place her birth as being in 1627. The Randonnai register, as of May 27, 1631, mentions the baptism of a daughter of Eloi Le Tavernier and of Marguerite Gagnon; is it Marie?

When Robert Giffard and Noel Juchereau departed in 1634 for New France, they did not bring the Le Tavernier family with them, inasmuch as it was still at Randonnai two years afterwards, as the following document proves:

"On April 6, 1636, in the forenoc:-,_, at the village of

Randonnay, in the presence of Me LulLL,-::·r, notary, residing at the locality of La Griseterie a~ Bresollette, was person­ ally present Eloue (sic) Le Tavernier, ploughman, living in the parish of Randonnay at the locality of La Congnete:rie, who Vo~untarily sold, relinquished, ceded and transferred, i I as promises to secure against all diffi.cul ties and disabili·ties whatsoever, to the gentleman Francouas (sic) Marguerite, a blast furnace foundryman, living in the parish of La Poterie, a piece of land containing thirty-eight perches at the locality of Des Longchamps in the parish of Randonnay, in the seizure of V0upasteau, adjoining Catherine Thibault, the Marin Le

Tavernier heirs, and the Claude Tremblay heirs, for the sum of thirteen livres, forty sous, WITNESSES Rene Dupont, ploughman, living at Randonnay, and Jehan Mahe, charcoal dealer, living at Bresolettes. (Signatures) Dupont and Lullier."

93 However, their departure for New France is not far removed, and on May 1, 1644, at Quebec, they married their eldest daughter to Mace ,Joseph Gravel, whose name is en­ graved on a fine stone house at Chateau-Richer; for the delectation of the tourist and pilgrims.

Before leaving France, Eloi Le Tavernier sold other properties besides the Des Longschan1ps piece, -- their act recorded October 7, 1650, in the presence of Me Choiseau, notary at Tourouvre, informs us that Anne Leclerc's dowery is composed of houses and legacies, -- "c,cquired by Marin

Leclerc and Jeanne Marais, her father and mothei from Eloy

Le Tavernier, in the presenc2 cf Me L~omer Loche, tabellion in the castellany of La Tour Gri:.:.'.;::: de Verneuil." Unfortunately, no date is assigned to this acquisition.

Meanwhile, we know that Mathurin Gagnon, brother-in-law of Eloi Le Tavernier, present.in Perche in 1642 and 1643,

is going, or rather is returning to Canada in the spring of

1643 where Jean Juchereau, Sieur de More, is going to settle, with his entire family. It is possible, indeed probable,

that Le Tavernier's departure can be placed in that spring of

1642.

Marguerite Gagnon, wife of Eloi Le Tavernier, is the

daughter of Pierre Gagnon and the eldest sister of the three

Canadian brothers: Mathurin, Jean and Pierre.

They were dyed-in-the-wood natives of 'I'ourou.vre. The

village where they lived, and to which their ancestors had

94 given their name, La Gagnonniere, is situated near the crossroads Carrefour Sainte Anne at about two kilometers and a half before arriving at the village of Tourouvre when coming from Paris. It is right near that other village which is called le Bas Sainte Anne. A few old houses which were contemporary with our heros, if they had not built them; an old shallow road which was a route when this countryside was first inhabited still stands to­ day and impart to these localities an aura of enchantment, as though it were given to us to journey back into the past.

There lived here, in the middle of the XVIth century,

Barnabe Gagnon and Francoise ~res·::,:::, j;_is wife, and thE::ir children were born there, of whom t'w"O sons survived, Olivier and Pierre.

The eldest Olivier, born about 1557, was married before

1581 to Antoinette Febvrier, daughter of Jehan Febvrier, farmc~r of the des Touches farm and sister of Jehan Raoullin,

Marie and Barbe Febvrier.

Olivier Gagnon, married as we have just said, died after M.ay 9, 1630. His estate was settled December 30 of the same year between his three children: Olivier, Francoise, who received the given name of her paternal grandmother,

February 28, 1589, and who in 1610 married Nicolas Charron; finally, Jeanne, baptized December 10, 1594 and married on

January 17, 1622 to Mathry Dene, son of Jean Dene and

Francoi:::-;c 'l'essier. This young couple lived at La Gagnonniere with their parents. 95 Pierre Gagnon, father of Marguerite, and an~estor of so many Canadians, was said to be a minor in 1581; he is appreciably younger than Olivier, married at that date,, but he will not long survive him. Marguerite's mother is said to be Francoise Roger. Was this an error of the curate who transcribed the act and who gave her, for a second godmother, another Francoise Roger? Many others before us have commented and speculated on the given name or names of the wife or wives of Pierre Gagnon. The family name, alone, is in any case the same.

Marguerite was born at La Gagnonniere where her parents lived, not far from her unc:e Oliv~er, on October 5, 1598, her brothers followed her: Noel, on Aiigust 31, 1601, Lays,

January 15, 1604, Mathurin, October 22~ 1606, Jean, August 13,

1610.

96 JEAN TRUDELLE

One of the pioneers of the parish of L'Ange-Gardien, on the coast of Beaupre, near Quebec was Jean Trudelle, a

Percheron who came to live there in 1655. His land was situated about a half mile from the falls of Montmorency.

In 1911 a monument was erected there commemorating his memory by his descendants. This monument occupies the site exactly where the old house of Strong foundation, which can still be seen.

In the first years of the colony, tilJ. the chaJ;)els were constructed, it was in houses that the colonists attended mass. At L'Ange-Gardien, it ,ca:'c e-~<:: house of Jean Trudell that one contacted the missionary, a.nd in this proved the act passed in 1664 on the subject of election of church wardens.

It is interesting to note when the census of 1666 was taken, Jean Trudelle was qualified as a weaver of cloth.

During the long generations and up to these last years, Jean

Trudelle was the one who contributed to the development of this trade in Canada.

97 WILLIAM AMES

William Ames was born in Bruton Somersetshire

England on 6 October 1605.

He came to Duxbury before 1640 and later removed to Braintree. He was made a freeman in 1647. He married his Wife Hannah in 1639/40.

98 BARSTOW BROTHERS

Four brothers of the name Barstow came to New England ahd settled at Cambridge, Watertown and Dedh,:.un. These were

G~orge, Michael, John and William. On the 20 of September

1635 Willi.am Barstow ca. 23, and George ca. 21 errtbarked for

New England in the ship Truelove, John Gibbs, master. The place they came from is not known for sure, but it is be­ lieved they were the son of Mathew and from Shelf near

Halifax, County York (Yorkshire) England.

Michael, the eldest brother with wife Marcia (Grace) joined the church 5 December 1635 in Charlestown and was made a freeman the following March 3rd. He removed to Water­ town before 1642. Bond states that he was baptised 17

November 1600 and he married 16 February 1625, Grace Halstead.

Bond states p. 677 that Grace is the same as Marcia. He brought with him his wife's sister Susanna who dir.';d unmarried.

Michael was for many years selectman, juror, etc., many times between 1644 and 1667.· He was one of the Commissioners of Watertown for settling small causes and served many years.

His wife Grace died 20 July 1671 and he died in 1676, not as sometimes stated, the day of his will. He wrote his name Bairstow. In his will dated 23 June 1674, he gave his "farm to his dear Pastor, John Sherman," to his church 16 pounds; and the rest of his estate was distributed among the families of his three deceased brothers. He gave 5 pounds to Elizabeth,

99 wife of William Randall, Scituate. Inventory 13 May 1676 was 27 3 pounds 18 shillings and 5 pence. (Susannah Halestead made a will, 11 January 1667/8 and proved 9 October 1669 made bequests to her sister Grace Barstow; to Sarah, wife of

Joseph Child; and Deborah and Sarah. Barstow) .

John, the youngest of the four brothers, settled in

Cambridge. He drowned 13 February 1658 near Mr. Parker's farm by falling through the ice of the Charles River while traveling from Dedham in the night. Ee was 33 at the time.

He left three sons and a widow who, afte~wards, married.

George was favored with a grant of land in Dedham in

1636. He did not leave Bo~tcn be~or~ 1642. There is no men­ tion of a wife or children in Dedham before he removed to

Scituate. At Scituate he had, beside some children which died early, Margaret, baptised 24 February 1650, and George, born

March 1652 and baptised 12 June 1653, after his death which was 18 March 1653. His widow was Susanna, daughter of Thomas

Marrett of Cambridge and died 17 April 1654.

William settled first in Dedham in 1636 and signed_ the petition for incorporation of that town under name of Contentment.

Soon afte!:"INards in Scituate, he was admitted freeman in 1649 and

the first settler of whom there is record of in the present

territory of Hanover. He died at 56 years on 1 January 1668,

leaving wife Anna Hubbard and eight children. He left no will

and his wife administered his estate.

100 It can be assumed that Elizabeth Barstow, wife of

William Randall of Scituate was either the daughter of

Michael or his sister. Savage Vol. 7 page 3~4 notes

Elizabe~h died after 1674, ~as daughter of Mathew of

Yorkshire. She came to Massachusetts aoout 1635 and settled at Watertown. This bears out the fact that she was a sister to Michael.

Facsimile of the signature of

Michael Barstow

101 WILLIAM BROOKS

William Brooks, aged 20, and his brother Gilbert,

·aged 14, came to New England in the ship Blessing in 1635.

William was a householder in Scituate in 16 44. Hi:~ married

·a young widow, Susanna Dunham of Plymouth and niece of

Mr. Timothy Hatherly. His children were Hannah, born 1645,

Nathaniel born 1646, Mary born 1647, Sarah born 16-50,

Meriam born 1652, Deborah born 1654 (who married Robert

Stetson Jr.) Thomas born 1657, and Joanna born 1659. (Joanna

may have also married Robert Stetson Jr.) * * *

JOHN BUCK

John Buck probably came with his brother James in the

ship Diligent in 1638 with a servant John Morfield. They came

from old Hingham in England. He removed in 1650 to Scituate

and married Elizabeth the daughter of Samuel Holbrook of

Weymouth. He was the first proprietor of Walnut Tree hill,

at least the West part of it, in 1651, and his house was on

the West side of that hill. He succeeded the veteran Cornet

Robert Stetson as "Cornet of the Troopers 1 " before Philips war

in which he was constantly in service. His children were

Elizabeth born 1653, Mary born i655, Joseph born 1657, John

born 1659, Hannah born 1661, Susanna born 1664, Benjamin born

1665, Deborah born 1670, Robert born 1672 and Rachel born 1674.

He married the second time, the widow of Edward Dotey v•1ho was

probably Sarah, sister of famous Elder Faunce. He died or rather

his will is dated in 1697. 102 THOMAS CHILLINGWORTH

Thomas Chillingworth was of Lynn in 1637, subsequently of Sandwich and permanently settled at Marshfield nea:t the time of its incorporation. He was quite a prominent man in public matters, but physically infirm and died in 1652, probably in the meridian of his years. He was a large

land holder.

·· He had four children, Sarah, Mary, Mehetabel, who married

Justus Eames,and Elizabeth. Joane, his widow, remarried

Thomas Dagget in 1654 and died in 1684.

103 CAPTAIN ANTHONY EA.J.V.iES

Anthony Eames came to Charlestown in 1634 from

Fordington, St. George, Dorset England. He was ma.de freeman 9 March 1637 and a representative 1637, 1638 and 1643. He was lieutenant and due to the choice of him as captain, grew a fierce controversy. He removed to Marshfield and was representative in Plymouth Colony most of the time between 1651 and 1653.

He was the great great grandfather of the Thomas Eames who removed from Marshfield to Islesboro Maine in late

1 700 's. His wife was ·Margery Pierce and was married. about

1615. All his children were borr~ bet'.Jeen 1614 and 1630 in

England. He died in 1686.

104 ELDER THOMAS EAMES

One of the best known of the early settlers of Islesborough was 'I~homas Ames from Marshfield, Mass. , where he was born. In a

petition to the General Court, 1787, he and his son Jabez both

sigh their names as Eames. About 1784 he settled on the south west side of the island at what is now Gilkey's Harbor. Samuel

Turner was a prior settler, and July 13; 1784, he quit claims to

Thomas Ames for $4 20 (Hancock Reg. vol. 2, page 119) . 1'One

certain tract or parcel of land, being on Long Island, containing

350 acres, more or less, being lots 12, 13 and 14, on a.plan taken

by Joseph Chadwick from the south end of said Island." Subse­

quently he sold a part of this purc~ase to Joseph Jones, his

son-in-law, March 26, 1793, and to his son Jabez Ames another part

the same day. It is presumed that Mr. }\mes quieted the claim of

Gen. Knox for the Waldo Heirs, as August 23, 1815, he sells his

homestead, containing 85 acres more or less, for $850, to Joseph

Woodward, (Hancock Records, vol. 36, folio 114.) Woodward was

probably from Hingham, Mass. He moved up the island and was

later drowned in West Penobscot Bay. Many years after this

property come into the hands of Capt. John Pendleton Farrow.

The house thereon, built by Elder Jl...mes, is said to be the oldest

framed house built on the island. The house built by Capt. William

Pendleton was the first framed house, but has lon1J since been

torn down. For situation it is unsurpassed on the coast of

Maine, and by those qualified to know, it has been said that

the view of the Bay from this point is not surpassed by any view

of the Bay of Naples. 105 Thomas Ames was moderator of the first town meeting in

Islesborough, 1789. Prior to 1800 he began to preach as an itinerant Baptist preacher. He was ordained minister of the church in Islesborough in 1804, and continued as such until

1809. He was never afterward settled, but preferred the i tineracy. He was a most worthy and acceptable preacher. He sold his homestead to Joseph Woodward in 1815, and probably soon after moved on the main land. He died in Appleton,

February 10, 1826. His posterity are numerous and highly respectable, many first-class master rr.a.r::..t12:rs being among them. He married first, Rebecca Harnie in Marshfield,

January 9, 176 4. She was the F.c,:::1-:.::r c,f all his children and died in Islesborough, June 28, 1807, aged 66. He married second Mrs. Mary Comstock, published in Islesboro, August 13,

1808. He married third Mrs. Lucy Jordan, of Thomaston,

August 28, 1812.

106 JOHN GILKEY

John Gilkey settled at Islesborough Maine prior to

1775 at Long Island Harbor, now Gilkey's Harbor. He was born in Scituate 16 June 1745 and the son of James Gilkey, originally of Braintree and Grace Randall. He married about 1766 Sylvina Thomas, daughter of Benjamin Thomas and

Jean Stetson. John Gilkey had all his children at Islesboro.

John Gilkey was a staunch patriot during the Revolution­ ary War when the majority on the Island were otherwise neutral. While he was away, a "plundering party" from the

British camp visited John Gilkey's place on Long Island.

They drove his cows to the shore and shot them; his wife begged for one for her childre~, which they gave her, dead.

He removed to Cape Cod for a while, but returned before the war was over. He was then seized and his house plundered of its contents by the crew of a boat called the Shaving Mill and his family was left in a wretched condition. In 1780, he was held prisoner by the British and confined three years at Fort

George, Castine, Maine. He was at last released and landed on White Head, an island on the coast of Maine in the Mussel

Ridge channel where he started on foot and walking home,hiding in daytime and walking nights. At Lincolnville, he found an indian canoe in which he crossed the bay and got home. He re­ ceived a pension from the United States Government towards the last part of his life.

He was many years a selectman and a prominent citizen of the town. He died September 4, 1814, aged 74.

107 JOHN HAYDEN

John Hayuen came from England in the ship Mary & John

to Boston in 1630 and was originally of Dorchester. He was made freeman 14 May 1634 at Braintree where he finally

settled. He had seven children, John born about J.636,

Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, born 19 M,:'ly 1640, Hannah born 7

April 1642, Ebenezer born 12 September 1645 and Nehemiah

born 14 February 1648. His will was of 31 October 1678

and probated 26 July 1684.

His widow Susannah was living in 1695. John, his

eldest son married 6 April 1660, Hannah daughter of William

Ames.

* * *

THOMAS HOLBROOK

Thomas Holbrook, his wife Jane, their sons John, aged 11,

Thomas aged 10 and daughters Anne, aged 5 and Elizabeth, aged 1,

sailed from Weymouth on or near 20 March 1634/5 with Rev. Joseph

Hull's Company. He came from Bro ad.way, Somersetshire, England.

Thomas Holbrook, aged 77 years or thereabouts, deposed

that he came to New England with Mr.Hull's Company in 1635

and that they went to Dorchester and the Company went to a

place now called Weymouth; and that after remaining at Dorchester

about a fortnight, he went with his family to the now Weymouth,

and built a house there, etc., sworn to in court 2 November 1666

108 (Suffolk Court Files 815). It is apparent he was born near

1589 and he married Jane Kingman about 1617. He died at

Weymouth shortly before 10 March 1677. There is a state­ ment that his wife Jane Kingman was born nea:c 1600.

He was made a freeman in May 1645; was a selectman

1645, 1646, 1651, 1652 and 1654. Ten acres were granted to him in the First Division and thirty acres in the Second

Division 14 December, 1663. (Weymouth Land Grants 283, 284).

"Being sick and weak" he made his will 31 December 1668.

It was confirmed 31 December 1673, proved 24 April 1677 and in­ ventory made 10 March 1677.

His son William, who was bt:,,-~n in £:·~gland about 1627 died at Scituate 3 July 1699. He married (1st) Elizabeth, daughter of widow Elizabeth Pitts who died at Sc:i. tuate in 1696.

109 JOHN OLDHAM

John Oldham organized a group to come not as partners

in settlement, but "on their perticular". They came tc

Plymouth on the ship Ann in 1623. In the division of lands

a year later, he was reckon with 10 heads.

The members of this group were not ordinary settlers. They made no contributions to the common store and had no rights

in·the joint stock, enjoying an independent economic status on

the lands assigned to them. They were forbidden to engage

in the indian trade and were "subject to ye general Government" with their only specific obligations 11ere military service and

payment of a nominal tax of a bushe.l of corn a year.

Conceived by merchant adventurers, this group was an

ill-advised and ill-defined ~rrangement, and sparks were soon

flying from the friction that resulted.

In less than two years, John Oldham gave offense by

siding with Rev. Mr. Lyford and was expelled with him for trying

to establish Anglican rite and incite insurrections. In 1624 he retired to Nantasket (Hull) and thence with Roger Conant to Cape Ann. Oldham became a prosperous trader and soon made peace with the

Pilgrims. In 1628 he was so well reconciled that was trusted to

take Plymouth prisoner Thomas Morton of Merry Mount to England.

He settled in Watertown in 1634. On April 1, 1634, the

110 General Court granted him a farm of 500 acres. This was long known as- the Oldham farm and afterward as the Dummer

Farm. Sometime after the decease of Oldham; the General

Court ordered,on June 2, 1641 said land to be laid out for

Ma thew Craddock of London to whom Oldham was indebted.

This farm passed successively to Simon Bradstreet of Ipswich,

Thomas Mayhew of Watertown, and Richard Dummer of Newtown.

The town attempted to invalidate Mr. Lurcuner's title, but by a vote passed by the town October 24, 1659, which was accepted by the Court, Dummer's title was confirmed and all controversy settled. This farm was between Waltham P la.in and Stoney Brooke, and was bounded on the south east by the Charles River and contained within its boundaries ti;c: h:i.l.:. called Mt. Peake.

Tt is a fact that John Oldham was in Watertown in 1630 and was given a tract of land on February 12, 1630 and was made

Freeman in 1631, on May 18. In 1632 he and Mr. John Masters were chosen by Watertown to advise with the Governor and the

Assistants about the raising of public stock (Winthrop p. 89 and Hinman p. 58). In August of 1632 his house, which was near the "weare" in Watertown was burned.

He was representative in Massachusetts General Court,

1632, 1634; overseer of shot and power for colony 1633, and one of the committee to consider problems raised when Assistant

Governor John Endecott cut red cross of St. George out of the

English flag. In 1634 he was chosen Deputy to the General Court

from Watertown. It is thought that he went to England in this

111 year and returned the following year with his two younger

sons and his wife, on the Elizabeth and Ann. John was a boy of twelve and Thomas was ten.

In all the records Oldharn's name appears with the prefix 11 Mr., 11 a title which at that time denoted respect.

It was given only to educated men and men of great ability.

He served on several committees and was much engaged with

trade, especially with the indians. It is stated that he had grants from the indians of islands in Narragansett Bay.

Most of his trading was done by water and .it v.,as on one of

these trading trips that he lost his life. He was slain by

the indians in the waters off Blc,ck -:,:_;:.;}and near the mouth of Narragansett Bay on July 20, 1636. Winthrop states that

Oldham was in his shallop trading with the Pequod India.ns when he was slain, and that this murder was the immedia.te

cause of the Pequod War and the extermination of the whole

Pequod tribe. Administration was held on his estate in

Massachusetts ~nd it was also reported in the Connecticut

Records, perhaps because Connecticut claimed the Long Island

waters as her own and felt that the mouth of Narragansett Bay

was a part of the Sound.

~12 ELIZABETH PITTS

Elizabeth Pitts of Dorchester signed a receipt 21

November 1639 (Records and Files of Quarterly Courts of

Essex County 1:12). She was admitted to the First Church of Charlestown 13 April 1643.

Administration on the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Pitts, deceased at Weymouth, was granted to William Holbrook and

Elizabeth, his wife 1 August 1655. The inventory was taken by John Whitmarsh, Thomas Bayley,. Samual Parker, and James

Nash, total of 16 pounds 6 shillings 6 p~nce.

The account reads: "My mother Mrs. Pitts oweth to me for attendance in her sickness of 26 weeks, 10 pounds"

(Suffolk Probate 3:26). Therefore, che wife of William

Holbrook of Weymouth was a daughter of Elizabeth Pitts.

The daughter may or may not have been born a Pitts.

* * *

EPHRAIM PRAY

John Pray of Braintree married 7 May 1657 Joanna

Dowman. Their eldest son, Ephraim, was born 14 June 1681 and married Elizabeth, daughter John Hayden.

113 WILLIAM RANDALL

William Randall came into Scituate before 1640. He had perhaps lived in Rhode Is land a.s early as 16 36 and was for certain in Marshfield in 1637 before and after his marriage.

His farm in Scituate was on the brook that falls -into

Till's or Dwelley's creek: his house was in the valley, twenty rods north of the brook on the west side of the way, where stood the mansion of Elisha Foster. There i~ no record of his marriage in Scituate and we must assume he was married at Rhode Island or Marshfield.

He was an enterprising a~d ~seful man in many respects but unfortunately for himself, appears to have been litigious.

There are several disputes on the Colony records which he prosecuted with his neighbors about bounds of lands, and when the causes were decided against him, he seems not to have submitted very quietly. He was fined in 1660 "for striking Edward Wanton", in one of these disputes: and in

1664, "for breaking the king 1 s peace by peaking Jeremiah

Hatch with a ho-pole, was fined 3 shillings 4 pence."

Colony Records. He, with his wife, were of the party that gained much strength from 1650 to 1670, which held it unlaw­ ful to pay religious teachers. His goods were occasionally taken by the constable. On one of these occasions in 1654,

114 "William Randall's wife fined for abusing the constable,

Walter Hatch." Colony Records. After these troubles, they both settled down to quiet rnert,.bers of Mr. Witherell' s church.

His son Isaac had a house a few rods east of his fathers. Isaac lived to the age of 102 and had 2 wives,

Susanna Barstow 16 84 and Deborah Buck in 169 2.

115 HENRY SAMSON

Henry Samson came in the Mayflower with Edward Tilley and his wife. He was too young to sign the Compact, but he was included in the assignment of lands in 1623 and in the division of cattle in 1627.

In 1650 Bradford wrote: "Edward Tillie and his wife both dyed soon after their arivall; and the girle Humility

Cooper, cousen was sent for into England, and dyed ther.

But the youth Henery Samson is still living and is married, and hath 7 children."

Henry Samson removed to Duxbury early and was also one of the original grantees of :3:.. (;·ewat-.::::z, 1645, although he never moved there. He was consta.bl,:; in Duxbury in 1661, an office of high responsibility and trust in those days.

Henry Samson married 6 February 1635 to Anne Plummer at Plymouth. She was born before 1620 and died before 1684.

He died 24 December 1684 at Duxbury. His will and inventory is printed in "The Mayflower Descendant" Vol. 2 page 142.

116 ROBER'!' SPROUT

Robert was in "the Two Mile" section of Scituate in

1660, and his lands adjoined "the old Barker p.lace," so called at that time, or "John Barker place." His children

Mercy born 1662, Elizabeth born 1664, Mary born 1666,

Robert born 1669, Anna born 1671, James born 1673, Ebenezer born 1676 and Hannah born 1680.

Robert Sprout died at Middleboro in 1712. His will gives "To daughter Mercy Oldham, and daughter Ann Richmond, each i lot in "South purchase" -- to daughter Hannah Cane, and daughters Elizabeth and Mary Sprout, lots at Edyis pond to James and Ebenezer the farm at Scib.1::i.te, and undivided lands in Middleboro."

117 CORNET ROBERT STETSON

Robert Stetson came probably in 1633 at aged 20, and as reasonable tradition says from County Kent, England.

He received a 9rant of a considerable tract of land in

1634, from the Colony Court, on the North River which constituted his farm.

His house was on a beautiful plain near the river.

An unfailing and valuable spring, out of which eight genera­ tions of the family have been supplied, marks the spot.

"Cornets Rocks", in the river east of his farm, are well known to those who navigate the river. He was possessed of considerable weal th; an enterp ..::isi:;.g· and valuable ma.n in the plantation, a deputy to Court, a Cornet of the first light horse corps raised in the Colony, a member of the

Council of War, a Colony Commissioner for selling the patent line - in short, he lived long and left a good name to last.

He died, 1 February 1702, aged 90.

Robert junior, his son may have married twice, 1st

Joanna Brooks and 2nd Deborah Brooks. On the Pembrook records we find "Peleg, son of Robert and Deborah Stetson died 29

June 1713." Deane in 1831 says "Robert married Deborah

Brooks born 1654, daughter of William and Susanna.", but 16 years later Barry, who was familiar with Deane's History, says he married her sister Jo&nna. He may have married both.

118 JOHN THOMAS

John Thomas was born about 1629. He came to

New England about 1635 on the ship Hopewell. He married 21 December 1648 Sarah Pitney; daughter of

James Pitney and Sara Smyth.

John Thomas died 1676.

119 ELDER NATHANIEL TILDEN

Nathaniel Tilden came from Tenterden in Kent with his family before 1628. He was one of three brothers and they were called "Men of Kent" from England. He came ·co that portion of Scituate called "Two Mile" tract later becoming

North Marshfield. His farm extended on both sides of North

River part of it being on "Gravelly beach."

He was chosen Ruling Elder of the first church in

Scituate in 1634. His house lot was on Kent Street, the

3rd south of Greenfield lane. He had also lands at Long marsh: and in 1640 his lands on the east side of North River and Gravelly beach. His wife was Lydia Huckstep. His children were born in England and were Joseph, Thomas, Mary,

Sarah, Judith, Lydia, and Stephen, all born between 1615 to

1627. His son Thomas was of those that bore arms in Scituate in 1643 and later removed to Marshfield.

Nathaniel Tilden died in 1641. His will was dated 25

May 1641 and his inventory made 31 July 1641. His will named wife Lydia and all seven of his children.

120 REV. MR. WILLIAM WETHERELL

William Wetherell came to New Engl.and with h:Ls wife

Mary,and three children, and one servant in the ship

Hercules from Sandwich in 1635. He had a certificate of

14 March 1635 from the Mayor of Maidstone County Kent where he was school-master. He was educated at Bennet

(now Corpus Christi) College Cambridge and took his AB

1622 and A.M 1626. He was born in the year 1600. Cotton

Mather places him on the list of ministers who had been in that office in England. There is a tradition which has been handed down for truth that his mother was the daughter of John Rogers, the Smithfield wcirty~.

The first notice which we find of him in New England is that he was employed in a grammar school at Charlestown in 1635 and also in Cambridge the following two years. In

1638 he removed to Duxbury where he purchased the house and land of Edward Hall; it is described ih the deed as lying

"between the farms of Mr. Ralph Partridge and Nicholas Robinson."

As Duxbury had a pastor (Mr. Partridge) it is probable that

Mr. Wetherell was employed in agriculture and perhaps school teaching: he, however, was but poorly provided for, as we presume, in the latter calling at that day. In 1640 he (with

Thomas Weyborne) received a grant from the Colony Court, of a considerable tract of land in Duxbury, "on the north-west side

North hill."

121 In 1644 affairs at Scituate had become ripened for the second Church and Mr. Wetherell being of the moderate party, as it regarded the refusal to commune with members of the Church of England, and also an advocate of infant sprinkling, and withal an education and a worthy man was invited to preach making himself so acceptable to Mr. Vassall and the rest of

Mr. Chauncy 1 s opponents, that he was ordained pastor 2 September

1645.

Mr. Wetherell probably built or purchased a house on his removing to Scituate. It stood a fe~ rods south east of the second Society's Meeting house at that time at what is called in modern times Wilson hill; where L.c continued to reside du.ring his life. A record of baptisms in the second church commences

7 September 1645 and is kept in Mr. Wetherell's hand until

1674 when it appears that some paralytic affection compelled him to borrow the assistance of another hand. In 1680 Mr. Mighill was procured to assj_st Mr. Wetherell but thEi baptisms were administered by Mr. Wetherell until 16 March 1684. He died

9 April 1684. His sons were Samuel, John, Theophilus and

Daniel; his daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah and Hannah, the latter being all that were born in Scituate. Sarah was baptized in 1645 and Hannah in 1646. Most of these children though some had deceased, are mentioned in his will in 1684.

122 RIVIERE OUELLE

Riviere Ouelle is a town on the southern shore of the

Saint Lawrence River. It is situated approximately 60 miles north of Quebec and is halfway between Three Pistoles and

Quebec. It became a town in 1685.

In the Canadian census of 1681 there were a group of settlers living along the St. Lawrence in the vicinity of

Riviere Ouelle. There were 62 adult persons making up 11 families of 36 men, 26 women, 26 boys and 15 girls. Nine of these original families are direct decendants of the present day Lavoie family.

CENSUS OF 1681 - AREA OF RIViERE ODELLE

NAME AGE OCCUPATION GUNS .Ai.'JIMALS LAND

Jean B'te Deschamp 37 3 12 15 acres

Catherine Macard 24

Claude 7

Jean 5

Louis- 3

Francois 15 Domestic

Robert Levesque 40 Carpenter l 11 10 acres

Jeanne Le Chevalier 36

Nicolas 9

Charles 7

Francois 2

123 NAME AGE OCCUPATION GUNS ANIMALS LAND

Damien Berube 30 Mason l 6 10 acres

Jeanne Sauvenier 34

Anne 10

Pierre 9

Marie 7

Guillaume 6

Jeanne 1

Pierre Hudon 32 Mason 2 2 10 acres

Marie Gobeil 23

Marie 4

Pierre 2

Marguerite 1

Jacques Miville 46 Mason 2 7 8 acres

Catherine Baillon 36

Catherine 12

Charles 11

LJean 9

Charles 5

Jean Galleran Boucher 39 Wheelwright 2 15 6 acres

Marie Leclerc 40

Pierre 17

Philippe 15

Madeleine 12

Gertrude 9

Marie 7

Francois 5

124 NAME AGE OCCUPATION GUNS ANIMJ:,LS LAND

Michel Bouchard 41 2 14 9 acres

Marie Trottier 40

Etienne 18

Charles 14

Francois 12

Pierre 10

Marguerite 8

Gabriel 5

Pierre 3

Pierre Dancosse 40 8 7 acres

Madeleine Bouchard 16

Marie 1

Jacques Thiboutot 29 Baker 1 10 7 acres

Marie Boucher 20

Adrien 3

Marie 1

Marie Cloutier 45 3 2 acres

Louis 19

Marie 11

Charlotte 9

Joseph Renault 34 14 16 50 acres

Marie Lehoux 19

Guillaume Foguenet 40 Domestic

Francois Jouinean 19 Domestic

Madeleine Lehoux 12 Servant

125 There were 15 additional families that arriVf;d between

1681 and 1690. They were:

Guillaume Lissot Anne Pelletier

Rene Ouellet Anne Rivet

Jean Pelletier Marie-Anne Huot

Jean Lebel Anne Soucy

Pierre Emond Agnes Grondin

Mathurin Dube Anne Miville

Jean Mignot Marie Xaintes a0~2her

Noel Pelletier Madeleine Mignot

Jean de la Voye Madeleine Boucher

Jean Grondin Xaintes Mignot

Jean Gauvin Marie Madeleine Trotier

Pierre St. Pierre Marie Gerbert

Nicolas Durand Marie Renouard

Francois Autin Marie Boucher

Sebastien Bonin Marie Grondin

Of these 15 families, 12 are in direct lineage to the present day Lavoie family.

126 Of the 16 families arriving between 1690 and 1703, twelve are also direct lineage ancestors of the present day Lavoie.

Jean Gagnon Jeanne Loignon

Rene Plourde Jeanne Berube

Ruette d'Auteuil

Pierre Michel Marie Ancelin

Pierre Michel Madeleine Thibaudeau

Jean Michel Marie Vaillancourt

Pierre Roy Marie A.~ne Martin

Jean Dionne Anne Charlotte Mignot

Robert Morin Francoise Meigne

Pierre Soucy Elisabeth Fouquereau

Guillaume Paradis Jeanne Hudon

Guillaume Paradis Marguerite Hudon

Jean Raby Marie Dancosse

Francois Pinel Louise Contancineau

Rene Ancelin Marie Juin

Jean Boiry Marie Galbruin

127 Riviere Ouelle was famous for the society for .fishing of porpoise at the Point of Riviere Ouelle. This society was formed 20 July 1707 by Jean de la Voye with five resi­ dents of the town, Etienne Bouchard, Pierre Soucy, Jacques

Gagnon, Pierre Boucher, and Francois Gauvin.

This society immediately had mwellent operations creating prosperity to the parties involved, lasting to our days.

RIVIERE OUELLES' PART IN KING WILLIAMS WAR (1669-1697)

The defeat of Sir William Phipps at Quebec in 1690, and the proud promise of Frontenac at that occasion, "It is by the mouth of my canons that I answer your chief", that was familiar to all the . It L3 a. historic episode, im­ pressive to the young imagination cf students in school, and we will never forget. But it is a preliminary of: the ,~vents that brings to the enhancement of Riviere Ouelle and our ancestors, the heroes.

The Bostonians attempted to invade Canada by land. The priest of Riviere Ouelle, who learned that a larg-e group of

American ships were sailing up the St. Lawrence River with the plan to take possession of the colony, assembled the towns­ people and urged them to oppose the forces of the Bostonians who were attempting to get to Riviere Ouelle.

128 Monsieur de la Bouteillerie, lord of Riviere Ouelle, was then at Quebec, and the people asked the priest to

lead them in combat on the present occasion. Monsieur de

Francheville accepted without prayer.

Soon the invaders anchored in front of the point. You could see the proud force of soldiers leave the ships and row towar.d the shore. It was then the men of Riviere Ouelle under the leadership of the priest, ambushed them on the

forest edge. They waited in silence until the arrival of soldiers who were rapidly approaching. As t'.~e tide was high the landing soldiers had to clirr~ to shore with their guns.

The order to leap to shore was given and t~e landing

started without one suspecting Riviere Ouelle was alerted.

In this moment of confusion which accompanies a landing-, when the soldiers took their arms and entered t~e water, the

soldiers were surprised by Abbe Francheville' s cry of '1 Fire".

At this instant many screams and rounds of fire we.re upon

the unhappy Bostonians. The panic was qeneral. 'rhose that were not stopped by the rounds of shot returned to their ships

without listening to the voice of the officers who tried to

regroup the fighting. This defeat was the prelude of disaster

that was waiting for Phipps at Quebec.

'The names of the brave patriots who were lead by the Abbe

Francheville in 1690 were: Francois and Joseph Deschamps, sons

129 of Monsieur de la Bouteillerie; Robert Levesque; Pierre Hudon;

Charles Miville; Jean Miville; Galleran Boucher; and his two sons Pierre and Philippe; Michel Bouchard and his three sons

Etienne, Francois, and Pierre; Pierre Dancosse; Joseph Renault and his son Joseph; Guillaume Lissot and his son Claude; Rene

Ouellet and his four sons Abraham, :Mathurin, Gregoire and

Joseph; Jean Pelletier; Jean Lebel and his son Jean B'te;

Pierre Emond; Mathurin Dube; Jean Mignot; Noel Pelletier;

Jean Gauvin and his son Jean; Pierre de St. Piern=; Nicolas

Durant and his son Nicolas; Francois Autin: '.3ebastien Bowin and Jean de Lavoye.

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The town of Islesborough is beautifully situated on

Penobscot Bay. Its extreme length is nr.-~arly thirteen miles, and it varies in width from three rods to two miles, with­ out any high hills or deep valleys. Its area is six thou­ sand acres. It was formerly names Long Island, being so marked on the map of Eman Bowen, geographer to King William

III of England in 1747.

Capt. Benjamin Church made his third expedition to

Maine in 1692, and arrived in Penobscot Bay in August. I-ie landed on Seven-Hundred-Acre Island, where he found a few

French and Indians. They flE:c. tc :.ci-;_(;'' Island in fair sight of Church, and got away from him, as he had no boats suitable

for the chase. He followed over to Long Island, where he

found more French and Indians who also fled. His boats were no match for their canoes. He seized considerable plunder there, mostly beaver and moose skins. He soon after sailed

away westward.

THE WALDO PATENT

As this patent is the foundation for all the land titles

in Islesborough, a brief description of it is here given.

In 1620 King James I of England granted about all of the

continent of North America to forty noblemen, knights and

gentlemen who were styled "The Council of Plymouth, in Devon,

132 England." This Countil surrendered its charter in 1635,

(having been out-generaled by the Massachusetts settlers).

Before surrendering it they made several grants of land within the State of Maine, which held good. One of these

grants was known as the Muscongus Patent, later known as

the Waldo Patent, which had in it, by estimation, nearly

one thousand square miles. It included the whole of Knox

County except the Fox Islands, and Waldo County except some

towns in the western part, Long Island, which being within

three miles of the mainland, was claimed &.:...-.d held as in the

grant, and a part of Penobscot county. In the course of

time the grant came into the hcS.:-:,.ds o::: G~r;.eral Samuel Waldo,

who died near Bangor, on the east side of the Penobscot River,

23 May 1759 at aged 63. From General Waldo the grant descended

to his heirs.

In the year 1789, George Washington, President of the

United States, appointed Henry Knox, Secretary for the Depart­

ment of War, which office he filled for over five years. He

then obtained the reluctant consent of Washington to retire.

In consequence of his marriage with Lucy Plucker, she having

her inheritance of a part of the Waldo Patent, Brigadier Waldo's

estate being divided in five portions; and his son Ralph having

previously deceased without issue, it was shared as follows:

Col. Samu_el Waldo, by right of primogeniture, two shares;

Francis Waldo, Mrs. Hannah Plucker, and Lucy Winslow, one share

each. Thomas Plucker, the husband of Hannah Waldo, purchased

133 of her brother Samuel his two shares of said estate, and

having since in consequence of his having joined the British,

been declared an outlaw, and his estate confiscated,

Mrs. Kriox, the only legal member of his family became

seized in the right of her mother of one-fifth part of the

Waldo Patent; ahd the two other fifths belonging to her

father remained to be disposed of by an agent or administra­

tor appointed by the Judge of Probate for the County of

Suffolk, the late residence of said Plucker. Joseph Pierce,

the agent first appointed, seems to have confined his doihgs

to the property in Boston, or other parts of Massachusetts

proper, and having resigned his oifi~~. was succeeded by

General Knox, in accordance with a resolve of the General

Court of 28 June 1784. His bond was given to Oliver Wendell,

judge of Probate for Suffolk county, for 20,000 pounds, with.

Benjamin Hitchborn and Henry Jackson as sureties; at which

time Plucker was styled an absentee, lately deceased. In

October 1790 Knox obtained license of the Supreme Judicial

Court to sell all the real estate of Thomas Flucker, and 27

May· 1791, gave bonds faithfully to account for the sa.i."1le to the

State Treasurer. Having been dully sworn before Judge Iredell

of Philadelphia, and having caused advertisements, dated 21

March 1791 to be posted up in Boston, Charlestown and Roxbury

as also at Pownalborough, Newcastle, Nobleborough, Waldoborough,

Waren, Cushing, Mequnticook, Thomastown, Camden, Meduncook,

Ducktrap, Frankfort, Belfast, Penobscot, Union and Hope, he

134 made sale at the Bunch of Grapes tavern, on State Street,

Boston, of the two fifths of the Wa.ldo :i?ateht belonging to said Flucker 1 s estate, estimated al sixty-five to seventy thousand acres, with the exception of what had been sold prior to 19 April 1775 and subject to the condi­ tions of resolves of 1785 and 1788. This purchase Smith conveyed to Henry Jackson of Boston, who l October 1792 transferred it to General Knox still of Philadelphia, for the sum of $5,200 •. In the following year 1793, Knox pur­ chased of Samuel Waldo III and others, the two remaining fifths; and thus, in his own right and that inherited by hise wife, became the sole prcprL~tc.:c c.: the Waldo estate, with the exception of what had bee~ previously alienated.

Knox now having become the owner of the extensive domain, lost no time in taking possession, occupying, and improving the same. As the quiteclaim deed from the heirs of Francis Waldo and Lucy Winslow could legally transfer only such estate as they were in actual possession of, and as large portions of it had been taken up and were in the

actual possession of those who had settled upon it during and

since the war of the Revolution, it. was necessary to put the

grantee in possession by actual entry on these lots, and by

"livery and seizing made by sod and twig." This legal cere­

mony was gone through with Ebenezer Vesey, attorney to the

said heirs, and John S. Tyler, attorney to General Knox, in the

autumn of 1793, upon the lots of eighty-seven settlers in

135 Thomaston, eighteen of 'rhomaston Marsh, sixty-one in Warren, seventy-five in Cushing, twelve in CamdE:·n, five in Canaan, seventy-two in Ducktrap, ten in Meduncook, one hundred and one in Waldoborough, one on Brigadier Island, eighteen in

Islesborough, eight on the pond back of Ducktrap, and forty-seven in Frankfort.

STATEMENT FROM THE KNOX PAPERS

An estimate of Islesborough land within the Waldo Patent belonging to the Winslow family, which they derive title-to from a deed of division made by Brigadier Waldo's heirs, 19

March 1768, and from a deed of Belcher Noyes:

First pr. divisional deed is assignee. to I. Winslow,

Esq., and Lucy his wife in he:::: right, four islands.

Contents: Long Island, No. 92, 5,883 acres; No. 80,

655 acres, No. 81, 77 acres; No. 42, 6,657 acres.

GENERAL KNOX Al~D THE SETTLERS

In 1788 the inhabitants sent a petition to the General

Court asking for examination of the claim of General Knox to the ownership of the island, and for incorporation as a town.

For some reason action on the petition relating to the claim was deferred for several years. In the meantime, many settlers took deeds from General Knox, while others, the most of whom lived above the narrows, declined to do so. After further petitions the General Court 9 March 1797 appointed a commission to "settle and declare their rights."

136 On the 24th of May 1800, the commission came to the decision that the settlers' claims be quitted in the pos­ session of the settlers by payment on or before 1 October

1801 the sum of $81.00.

THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN

The petition sent to the General Court in 1788 asked for incorporation as a town by the name of Winchester. On

28 January 1789 an act was passed for incorporating Long

Island Plantation, with islands adjacent, in the county of

Lincoln, into a town by the name of Islesborough. The first town meeting was held 6 April 1789. Thomas Ames was voted moderator and John Gilkey one of the first constables.

Agreement between Henry Knox and. Long Island Settlers

3 August 1799

A memorandum of an agreement was made at the house of

Major Philip Ulmer, in Ducktrap the 3rd day of Au·gust 1799, between Henry Knox and the eighteen settlers on Long Island.

It stated that surveyors would be appointed to make a survey, so as to ascertain the distance from the nearest part of the main land to the center of Long Island. It was further agreed that if the center was within three miles that surveying shall proceed to the running out of lots. The agreements which were made were at two hundred twenty-five cents per acre in

the year 1797, with interest from that date.

Long Island was then described as an island in Penobscot

Bay, a superb island of about six thousand acres of exc:ellent

137 excellent land. Said island is about twelve miles in length, possessing excellent harbours, and about two miles

from the western shore of the bay. Excellent fisheries of

cod, halibut and salmon are in its waters. It is all high

land, has upwards of sixty families thereon, all without

title excepting agreements for about two thousand acres.

This island is an incorporated township by the name of

Islesborough.

DESCRIPTIONS.OF LOCALITIES

The points of interest on the island of Islesborough are numerous and varied. A great diversity of scenery would greet a stranger when d::·iving f:corn Turtle H·ead to

the southern end of the island. The scenery along the east

and west bays is especially striking. ,Jutting promontories

and headlands, stern ledges and boulders, beautiful beaches

covered with sand and pebbles, and numerous coves, are ob­

servable on either side and along the entire length of the

island. The east and west bays, in years gone by, were dotted with sails of every description; schooners, yachts and steam­

boats lending to the enchantment of the view. The roads were

fringed on either side with evergreens and the houses 'v'.rere

neat and modest. The landscape was one of fields and pastures.

Away in the west are seen the mountains of Camden and Northport,

and in the east Cape Rosier, Blue Hill, and Isle au Haut. No

scenery could be superior to that of the grand Penobscot Bay

from some of the points overlooking its eastern and western

branches. 138 Being surrounded by water, the thermometer does not rise so high or fall so low by several degrees as on the main land. There is a difference in very cold weather be­ tween the east and the west side of two to three degrees; the north west winds sweeping the westerly shore, and driving the snow in heaps, while the east side remains comparatively level. The southerly and easterly winds are mild in comparison with the northerly and westerly winds in winter. Violent north west winds are frequent in the winter months, lasting two or three days with changes in temperature. The temperature often going below zero.

The town landing, at th2 s;:.·..:thcrr. end of the island in Gilkey's Harbor. Near this landi~g was the first cemetery and here is the oldest gravestone in Islesborough.

Dark Harbor on the east side~ near tb.e Islesborough. Inn.

The proprietors, when the land was first taken, were Oliver and John Pendleton.

Boardman 1 s Bluff, on the east side, above Dark Harbor.

The cove that makes in from the bluff, at present, tradition says, was a straight shore when the Boardmans first settled there. This shore was used for baptisms for more than a century.

Capt. Joe's Rock, on the east side, on the shore of the late Capt. Joseph Pendleton estate. There was a salmon berth there, which was used for many years.

The Bonnet, on the east side, on the la.nd of Joshua

Dodge; owned later by his son. William S. Dodge.

139 Little Island, on the east side, off the land of Mark

Pendleton, below Hewes' Point in Pendleton Cover.

Abram's Mountain, near Hewes' Point on the east side.

Elevation one hundred and thirty feet.

Hewes' Point below the Narrows, on the east side, an oldtime summer resort, with steamboat wharf, hotel, and summer cottages.

Ice-House Hill, near the Narrows. The town road ori­ ginally went over this hill. Mrs. Lucy Pendleton was thrown out of a carriage on this hill, breaking her arm. She claimed damages of the towrt, and entered into litigation, and the case was finally settled in her iavor. After a time the road was shifted around the hill.

The Narrows, or Carrying Place. At extreme high tide, and heavy wind, the water flows across ·from west to east

Penobscot Bay.

Bounty Cove, on the east side, near and above the

Narrows. Here the first settler built his log cabin, and the place was known as Williams' Cove, County Cove being a modern name.

Sabbath-Day Harbor (or Ryder's Cove), on the east side, about a third of the way from the Narrows to Turtle Head.

Sabbath-Day Harbor derives its name from the fishermen .. In early days the fishermen in east Penobscot Bay would come in here and remain over the Sabbath day.

The Bluff, on the north-eastern side of Sabbath-Day Harbor.

140 The elevation is one hundred and forty feet.

Coombs' Cove and Parker's Cove, on the east side,

above the Bluff.

Hutchins' Island, a small island of about fifteen

acres, with a sand bar to the main land. Off this island,

in east Penobscot Bay, is a ledge called by the inhabitants

Old Frank Ledge. Its name is derived from Capt. rfJ. Franklin.

Dodge, who got his vessel ashore on this ledge more than

once.

Phillip Coombs' Point and Beach. The first steamboat wharf was built off this beach for the I'. F. Secor, which

commenced running in 1846. The wha:.·r: was about half-way

from Turtle Head to Sabbath-Day Harbor.

Lime Kiln. There was a lime kiln here that was used by

the first settlers.

Turtle Head, the northern extremity of Islesborough.

Lasell Beach, on the west shore, in Turtle Head Cove;

the sea wall made the town road.

Kidder's Hill. The high land rising from Turtle Head

Cove on the west side, so called, probably, from a family

that lived there when the island was first settled.

Dailey's Cove, on the west shore, to the northward of

Sprague 1 s Cove. It is thus designated by a man of that name

who once lived there.

The Meadow Pond contains about ten acres when there is

no freshet, or heavy fall of rain. Its outlet is in Sprague's

Cove. The pond furnishes the supply of ice for the town. 141 Sprague's Cove, on the west side. At the head of the cove there was a shingle mill. The power was obtained from the Meadow Pond. Mr. Noah Dodge had a tannery here and the old holes or vats can still be seen. The ledges that lay off the cove are called Sprague's Ledges. One of these ledges

is designated the Barley Ledge. A vessel loaded with barley

ran onto the ledge and filled with water. The inhabitants got more or less of the damaged barley for their hogs.

Seal Harbor, on the west side was used for a winter harbor to haul up coasting vessels. At the head of the harbor

there was a lime quarry, where lime was burnt for a nu~her of years.

The Burying Point, on the sou th side of Seal Harbc;r, an.d

the north side of Crow Cove. The elevation is sixty feet. It was used as a burying ground by the first settlers.

Crow Cove, on the west side. The head of the cove makes

the Narrows.

Stone's Hill, south of Crow Cove, and on the west side.

Elevation one hundred and twenty feet. It took the name from

Stone, who lived there about 1810. Gooseberry Nubble. The point which makes out into the

bay, on the west shore, about Grindle's Point.

Grindle's Point. The entrance to Gilkey's Harbor, west

of Penobscot Bay.

Sherman's Point, in Gilkey's Harbor on the east side.

142 Warren Mountain, on the east side of Gilkey's Harbor.

Elevation one hundred and forty feet.

Richmond's wharf, in Gilkey's Harbor, near Warren

Mountain.

Shipyard in Gilkey's Harbor, to the southward of Warren

Mountain.

Eames' Cove, in Gilkey' s Harbor, opposite bark Harbor.

Turtle Head derives its name from Governor Pownal. At the same time Owl's Head, at the entrance of the Mussel Ridge channel, was named by him. He says: "Abo·~t opposite the ridge called Megunticoog begins the south poin·t of an island, which lies lengthwise in the middle. of Per:0.c.scot Bay. It is about twelve miles long, and is called Leng I,3 land. The north point, from the shape which it makes from sea, exactly resembling a turtle, we called Turtle Head."

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1-1urca1 - l. LOT ASSIGNMENTS OF FIRST SETTLERS

AS ORIGINALLY SURVEYED BY WARREN.

1. William Pendleton

2. Jonathan Pendleton

3. Oliver Pendleton

4-5. John Pendleton

6. Thomas Pendleton. Stephen Pendleton

7. William Elwell

8. Joseph Pendleton

9. Joshua Pendleton

10. Joseph Jones

11. Thomas Ames

12. Jabez Ames

13. Elisha Nash William Boa+dman

14. Thomas Gilkey

15. Charles Thomas

16. John Gilkey

17. Josiah Farrow

18. Jeremiah Hatch

19. Robert Sherman

20. Joseph Boardman

21. Robert Coombs

22. Simon Dodge

23. Amos Williams

24. Samuel Pendleton

25. Thomas Boardman 145 26. Elisha Hewes

27. Sylvester Cottrell

28. John Warren

29-30. Shubael Williams

31. Williams, William Grinnell

32. Joseph Williams

33. Anthony Coombs

34. John Sprague Lydia Sprague, Joseph Ferrin

35. Peter Coombs, Joseph w·oodward, Peter Woodward, Anthony Coombs, Fields Coombs Hancock Rose, John Ames, Samuel Veazie

36. Noah Dodge

37. Benjamin Coombs

38. Godfrey Trim Samuel Pendleton

39. Robert Marshall, Zachariah Marshall

40. Solomon Sprague, Rathburn Dodge

41. Samuel Marshall, Samuel Williams, Simon Sprague

4 2. Jonathan Parker, James Trim, Prince Holbrook

43. Jesse Holbrook

44. Josiah Farrow, Sr. E. Lassell

45. Ellerson Lassell 146 THE FIRST SETTLERS

Mighill Parker, Esq., of Islesborough, wrote Governor

Williamson in 1821 that Benjamin Thomas, from Cape Eliza­ beth was the first settler, in 1768 bringing his fa.i-nily here in 1769. But from the most thorough investigation,

it seems that Shubael Williams was the first settler. He

came in 1764 and cleared land on the east side, at what is

now known as Bounty Cove, near the center of the island.

Here he built a log house. With him were his sons Samuel,

Amos, Joseph and Benjamin. His lot sxtended from the east to

the west bay, and contained about three hundred acres. In

17 86 he conveyed his honie tc lus ';on :::,,~:c1j arnin {unmarried) ,

from whom it descended to the othe~ members of the family.

These facts were well authenticated in 1890 by the descen­

dants of Shubael, then living on the island, being handed

down from father to son, and are fully substantiated by an

old gentleman over seventy years of age. Without doubt,

Samuel Pendleton came with Shubael and settled on the east

side, on what is known as Little Island in the month of

September, 1764. When Shubael Williams came to Long Island, his son Amos was ten years old.

William Pendleton, from Stonington, Connecticut, came

in September 1769, with his sons, John, Job, Harry, Jonathan

and Oliver. All settled at the extreme southern part of

Islesborough, except Job, who settled on an island adjacent,

which now bears his name. All this property was eventually

147 owned by Mr. Jeffrey R. Brackett. It includes the extreme end of Is lesborough, formerly the 'I·homas Boardman lot, and contains a total of five hundred acres. On the main island

Mr. Brackett had built a sum.~er residence, the outlook from which is not surpassed on the coast of New England. The property of John and Oliver became owned by the I.slesborough

Land and Improvement Company of Philadelphia. On Oliver's lot was situated the splendid hotel known as the 11 Islesborough

Inn". This company has improved the land, and what was formerly Oliver's lot was sold at great prices to wealthy people, who in 1892, were erecting costly cottages.

Thomas Pendleton, from Stonington, Connecticut, ca.me in 1775, with his sons Thomasr ~:;amue1.r Gideon, Joshua,

Nathaniel and Stephen. He settled on the east side, below what is now known as Hewes' Point. Thomas Pendleton, senior, was a cousin to William Pendleton, senior. It is said that

Hon. George H. Pendleton, late United States Minister to

Berlin was a grand~on of Thomas Pendleton, senior.

Elder Thomas Ames came from Marshfield in 1770, with his sane Jabez. They settled on a beautiful point of land on the east side of what is now known as Gilkey's Harbor, to the west of Ames' Cove. Elder Ames was the first settled minister. When he moved off the island, Mr. Ames conveyed his land to Joseph Woodard. Joseph Woodard conveyed to

James Sherman, who lived here and raised a large family. At his death Sherman's heirs conveyed to John Pendleton Farrow, who

sold to J. D. Winsor, of Philadelphia, President of the Isles­ borough Land and Improvement Company. 148 Captain John Gilkey came in 1772, probably from Cape

Cod. He settled on the west side of Gilkey's Harbor, and it is from him that this harbor derived its name.

Valentine Sherman and his son Robert came about 1791, probably from Connecticut. Both settled at Gilkey's Harbor near Elder Thomas Ames. Valentine sold his land to his son on August 1, 1792.

Captain Anthony Coombs senior came about 1782, from

New Meadows, with his sons Anthony, Jesse, Robert and Ephraim.

He settled on the lot next north of Shubael Williams. His sons settled on the northeast side of the island, above

Sabbath-Day Harbor where they built a saw and grist mill.

Captain Peter Coombs, senior, crone in 1784 or 1785 from

Brunswick. He settled at Sabbath-Day Harbor, on the lot later occupied by "The Islesborough" hotel and other buildings, summer cottages, steamboat wharves, stores, etc. He sold his land to Mighill Parker in 1791, August 1, and returned to

Brunswick. Mr. Parker sold to Joseph Ryder. Mr. Ryder, senior, had a grist mill on his land and a tide mill, where the early settlers carried their grist to be ground.

Hosea and Fields Coombs, brothers, came about 1782.

Hosea settled northerly of Capt. Anthony Coombs, on the lot known as that of the late Capt. Solomon P. Coombs, a grandson of Hosea. On this lot were the cottages of Hon. Joseph W. Porter, Sanborn, Bragg, Garland, Burr, Spratt and Milliken.

Fields Coombs settled at the head of Sabbatb.-Day Harbor.

149 Philip Coombs, a grandson of Anthony Coombs, said that there is no relation between his family and the descendants of

Hosea and Fields.

Joseph and Peter Woodard came in 1784 from Hingham, Mass., and first settled on the north-easterly side of the island.

Joseph afterwards bought Elder Ames' lot at Gilkey I s Ha.rbor, and also the lot now owned by John P. Farrow, which had been sold to Derby Academy, of Hingham, Mass., by Joseph Woodard. Joseph was drowned in Belfast Bay. Peter moved away.

Sylvester Cottrell came about 1786 and settled on or near Hewes' Point. He sold his lot July 1, 1790 to Samuel

Jackson of Boston. This deed was ~~e !irst recorded in

Hancock County Records. Mr. Cottrel2.. is said to have died in Miramichi.

Elisha Hewes came about the same time, and settled on the Cottrell lot on Hewes' Point, which was named for him.

Joseph Boardman came in 177 4 from Boston. m= married here the same year, and settled on the extreme southerly point of the island. His descendants say he was one of the innumerable number who threw the tea overboard in Boston Harbor.

Benjamin Marshall was here early. The town records say,

"Old Mr. Ben. Marshall came to town meeting July 5, 1793. He was probably the father of Thomas Marshall who settied on the northerly end of the island."

Simon Dodge, senior, came about 1784, from Block Island,

R. I., with sons Simon, Noah, Rathburn, Mark, Israel, Solomon

150 and Joshua. He settled on the east side, below Mr. Thomas

Pendleton, on what is now known as the Bonnet. His sons settled ori various parts of the island, some at the north-west side. Joshua lived and died on the home esta.te. Walter F.

Dodge, son of Joshua, was a man of note in Islesborough, and was buried on the home lot.

William Burns came before 1794, from Bristol, Maine.

Joseph Pendleton, son of Peleg, ca.IP.e about 1790 from

Stonington. He settled on the southern part of the island, above Dark Harbor. The estate extended fro,;1 the east bay to

Gilkey Harbor on the west. It rema:Lned ix1 the family more than ninety years. Then it was s:::,ld -:.c t.b.e Islesborough Land and Improvement Company of Philadelp1-,.i.-.';;.. They improved the land by building roads.

Samu<':l Warren came before 17 90, probably from Bristol.

His oldest son John was a Quaker preacher, and at one time visited England.

Charles Newell was here in 1789.

Samuel Veazie came from Harpswell or Brunswick, about 1790.

He was the son of Rev. Samuel Veazie of Harpswell, and also of Hull and Duxbury, Massachusetts, and who graduated from

Harvard College 1757. Samuel, Jr., settled on the northerly part of the island, east side.

Ellison Lasselle first settled on Lasselle Island, and

afterwards on the extreme northern end of the island. His lot

included Turtle Head. In all over one hundred acres. This

151 property went into the hands of a relation, the founder of

Lasell Female Seminary, who at his death willed it to three

nephews, William, Edward and Zenas Laury, who sold the pro­

perty to J.P. Farrow, who sold it to James Dodge. Dodge in

turn, sold it to Dr. A. S. Davis, of Chelsea, Mass.; who built

a cottage on the head, and was the pioneer to build sum.mer

cottages in Islesborough.

Rev. Charles Turner Thomas was here in 1788, and married

Mary Gilkey. He may have been a son of Benjamin Thomas, senior.

William Grinnell came before 1791, fros Block Island, R.I.

He was selectman that year. He settled on the west side

below Sprague' s Cove. He sol•::'!. ::.:.t ·'..:o :,-:)shua Moody, and moved

to Belfast, where he died December S, 1842. Moody's grandson,

John Moody, eighty-seven years old lived there in 1893.

Josiah Farrow came about 1790 from Bristol. He was a

Revolutionary soldier.

John Farrow came in 1785 from Bristol. He was a nephew

of Josiah Farrow, and he purchased the land of Benjamin Thomas.

He built the schooners Rebecca, Mayflower, Specia, Rialto, and

Mary Jane.

Jonathan Parker came before 1795 from Groton, Mass. He

settled on the northerly end, east side, next north of Samuel

Veazie.

Godfrey Trim came about 1792, or before, with his sons

Godfrey, James and Robert. He settled on the north end and

east side.

152 Simon Parker was here 1791. He bought the lots of

Benjamin Coombs and John Sprague.

Mighill Parker came about 1790. He bought out Capt.

Peter Coombs at Sabbath-Day Harbor. The lot was afterwards owned by Joseph Ryder.

Prince Holbrook, from Brunswick, came here about 1790.

Joseph Jones here in 1791. He married Betsey Ames, daughter of Elder Thomas Ames. They had no children.

William Elwell came in 1789, from Burton 1 s Island,

St. George. He removed to Northport.

David Thomas came before 1786. He settled o:n the north end of Acre Island. The ~am2s o: the children have an "Old Colony flavor."

Adam Turner was one of the early settlers.

John Sprague came before 1794. His lot was near Sprague's

Cove, west side. Lydia Sprague, widow of Jonathan, brother of

John, came about 1800, with her sons, Simon, Solomon and

Rathburn, and settled on the west side near Sprague's Cove.

Elisha Nash, from Weymouth, Mass., came in 1791, and bought a lot August 1st.

Jeremiah Hatch, Jr., came here about 1780, fromMa.rshfield,

Massachusetts, settled on the south-west side.

Benjamin Thomas, Jr. came in 1790, from Marshfield, Mass.

He settled on the north end of Seven-Hundred-Acre Island. This property remained in the family one hundred years. Then was sold to Islesborough Land and Improvement Company. 153 OLD HOUSES OF ISLESBOROUGH

The old house of Rev. Thomas A.mes was still standing in 196 8. It has been a feature of the town for more than a century and a half, with its huge frame of hewn ash timbers. The house was covered with pine shingles split out by hand, which were perfectly sound on the walls, nailed on with wrought nails. The roof was covered with these shingles, and was re-shingled in 1890. Th~ architecture was cosmopolitan, at the time it was built, and all the old houses were run in very much the same mold. It was one story and only eight feet posts. It is the eldest dwelling house remaining in Islesborough. It wa2. mocified somewhat in 1890 in its exterior, by addition of an ell on the south end., and dormer windows set in the roof, by the IslesboroU(Jh Land and

Development Company, who then owned the property and made use of the land for raising vegetables to supply their hotel at

Dark Harbor.

The chimney still remains in the center of the house with the three fireplaces somewhat modified. It is covered with plank tree-nailed to the sill and plate. It stands as firm as when built, and with proper care could last another 150 years.

The house now is part of the property owned by the Dark Harbor

Golf Club.

rrhe first framed house was built on the lower end by

Capt. William Pendleton and later becoming known as the Boardman

House. It was torn down several years prior to 1893. It was owned by Jeffrey R. Brackett at tha.t time.

154 In 1893 Captain J. Francis Grindle's house had passed

its centennial. It had always been kept in repair and

hardly showed its age except for the architecture. It was built by John Gilkey a man of prominence among the

first settlers. It was situated near the entrance of

Gilkey's Harbor and was a landmark for mariners for over 100 years.

EFFECT OF THE WAR OF' 1812

During the War of 1812 the Penobscot Bay was infested

with vessels of the enemy and particularly privateers, cutting

off the principal support of the inhabitants who followed the

sea in their coasting vessels. They vere often under the

necessity of risking their lives :,ye t:ne necessaries of life.

In the year 1813, Capt. Hosea Bates was takency a British privateer

and he and his crew were set on shore near Camden. The vessel

was put in charge of a prize master. A few of the island

people manned their boats, went off and recaptured her; and

in about four hours from the time she was first captured, they

sailed her to Camden. A short time after this, the schooner Fly,

a British privateer, was in the roadstead of Owl's Head flying

the American ensign, and by this means succeeded in capturing

one of Islesborough's island vessels and at the same time a vessel

from Thomaston.

When the English ships were in Castine, there was a neutrality

· established between the settlers on the island on account of its situation. The inhabitants found a ready market for their produce.

155 Everything they had to sell brought good prices and to a certain extent they reaped a harvest. They had but little land under cultivation and their supply was limited. Their money being scarce they would get together all that was possible to obtain and carry it to Castine, selling· it to the

English ships. The neighboring towns hearing of this, would bring their produce over to the island so the island people could carry it to Castine with their own produce; the English

thinking Islesborough being the Garden of Eden. Their action on this occasion was not patriotic, but co~sidering the hard

times, they had to get along, they were 2xcusable in a manner;

and in those days as in the prs:>.:mt, t:-iey sacrificed principle

for money. The neutrality was net carried out to the letter,

in the case of Mr. Henry Boardman. He had a yoke of oxen which the English wished to purchase for beef. On his refusing

to sell the oxen, they told him they would take them without

paying for them. Discretion being better than valor, the oxen

were sold.

Upwards of seventy families were in Islesborough in 1812

and 1813. Great hardships were endured in consequence of the

high cost of the necessaries of life. Some without a doubt,

would have entered the military or naval service, but on account

of their insular situation, they were not permitted to join

either side. The inhabitants were not hostile to the United.

States government. The harsh and frigid realities of war

were sensibly felt. Commerce was at an end and hardly a coaster

156 dared venture out of the harbors. The price for provi­ sions were fabulous; flour twenty dollars per barrel; molasses one dollar and a half per gallon; tea from two to three dollars a pound; and coffee forty cents a pound.

NOTABLE INCIDENTS AND FACTS OF INTEREST

For the first fifty years, the inhabitanti would care­ fully rake up the ashes over the coals in their fireplaces when retiring for the night, as they had no means of lighting their fires excepting by a flint and steel which was kept in a tinder box. The process of getting fire was obtained with considerable trouble so if their fir~ went out, they would often go to their nearest neighi:.,::,r and Jet a. fire-brand or some live coals (in a box with a h2.rdle \1hich was made for

that purpose). The first matches were of lucifer or sulphur

ignited by drawing through sandpaper. They were introduced in

Islesborough in 1839. Afterwards a match, called iocofoco became universal. In those days, when a person went to a neighbor's house very early, he would often be greeted with

"Did you come after fire?"

The first inhabitants after clearing a part of their

land and building their log cabin next provided themselves with a boat which was indispensable to them. It was used

for fishing, going to mill, to cross to the mainland, to sell

their produce and get their stores and was used to go to meeting.

Some of the more wealthy about 1815, purchased horses. The

first six were owned by Rathburn Dodge, Jonathan Parker,

157 Mighill Parker, William Pendleton, John Pendleton and Joseph

Boardman. They would ride on horseback, tb.eir wives sitting on a pillion when going to meeting or visiting some of the neighbors.

When the first settlers came, the island was cove.red mostly with spruce with a scattering of beech, birch, a.nd maple.

All that had ever been there to stop, was the Tarratine Indians who would visit the island in the summer. The waters abounded with.fish and the shores in cla.rns. The wild ducks were plenty in the coves and on the shores hatched the:.r young. The wild fox dug his hole unscared. The mink were plenty on the rocky shores, with none to molest ths··.-1 ;-~u+: c.c,,2 Indian who paddled his birch bark canoe along the shores s;; few weeks in the summer.

Tradition has it that the salmon were so plentiful that the

first settlers protested against having it served more than

twice a week.

The island was taken up mostly in lots of 100 acres. After

felling trees, not more than one-third of the land was fit to

cultivate, the rest being ledgy and swampy. The land that they

could cultivate produced bountifully. One of their principal

crops was potatoes, which they would ship to Boston where they would get nine pence (12-1/2 cents) per bushel. The average

price paid for their land to the proprietors was about one hun­ dred and twenty five dollars for each farm. They built their

houses one story with three rooms, bedroom and buttery on the

ground floor. They had one chimney in the center of the house

158 which would take 10,000 bricks to build. The fireplace in the kitchen would burn cord wood six feet long. The kitchen was ornamented with a pole hung from the ceiling used for. drying pumpkins, herbs, clothes, etc. , with a gun hung up on the partition. They use,d sand on the floors and cedar boughs for a broom.

The people were united and would often club together and build a coaster which their sons would often take charge of a·t the age of twenty. There were over twenty-five such ships built in Islesborough between 1792 and 1837. A few of these are as follows:

Schooner Godfrey & Mary bu:~lt ::..n 1801, David

Dunbar master, Tonnage, 131 60-95; owners Godfrey

Trim, Robert Trim, James Trim, Israel Dodge, and

Thomas Marshall, Islesborough.

Schooner Good Intent, built in 1801, Josiah Berry

master; Tonnage 80; owne~s Ebenezer Whitney, Prospect,

John Farrow, Hosea Coombs, Thomas Eames, Elisha Nash

and others, Islesborough.

Schooner Rebekah, built in 1806, Andrew Phillips master;

Tonnage 117 13-95; owners John Farrow, Thomas Ames,

Andrew Phillips, John Warren and others, Islesborough.

Schooner Ranger, built in 1803, Josiah Farrow, Jr. master;

Tonnage: 85 18-95; owners, Josiah Farrow, John Farrow,

Thomas Eames, Nathaniel Palmer and others, Islesborough. 159 Schooner Specie, built in 1811, John Farrow master;

'fonna.ge, 93 68-95; owners John Farrow, Samuel Farrow,

Mighill Parker, John Gilkey, Philip Gilkey, Islesborough.

Schooner Pamelia,built in 1829, James Trim master; Ton­ nage: 22 28-95; owners James Trim and Godfrey Trim,

Islesborough.

160 ASCENDING GENEALOGY TABULATION Author's NotE

We wish to state that this genealogical tabulation will revolve around the Stradonitz method, considered as one of the best, and applied almost exclusively in Europe: The advantages of this method are numerous. The men always carry an even number, and the women, an uneven number; a person designated by a number is always the son of persons bearing, in one case, double this number

(the father); in the other case, the ~cl 1 owing number (the mother). Example: 16 is the son of 32 and 33; 3 is the daughter of 6 and 7. We wi~l th~5 be able to certainly number any ancestor whatsoever in nis ancestry, even the most remote, following this principle. At the tenth generation (512 ancestors), if we know the names of ancestor 600's parents, for example, we will be able to number 1200 the father, and 1201 the mother, even if all of the ancestry is not filled in, even if ancestors 512 to 599 and 602 to 1023 are missing; the numbers 1200 and 1201 actually, are comprised between the numbers 1024 and 2047, (eleventh generation). The first degree being made up of the man or woman whose ancestry is sought, which for this book wil1 be my children, will have the following progression:

161 The 2nd Degree produces two: father and mother 2 The 3rd Degree, four: father and mother of the father father and mother of the mother 4 The 4th Degree, eight: Paternal and rnaternal great- grandparents 8 The 5th Degree, sixteen: Paternal and maternal great- great-grandparents 16 The 6th Degree: Thirty-two 32

The 7th Degree, of generation 64 The 8th Degree 128 The 9th Degree 256 The 10th Degree 512

The 11th Degree 1 024 The 12th Degree 2048 The 13th Degree 4096 The 14th Degree 8192 The 15th Degree 16384 The 16th Degree 32768 The 17th Degree 65536 The 18th Degree 131072 The 19th Degree 262144 The 20th Degree 5242$8 The 21st Degree 1048576 We estimate about three degrees of generations to a century, in the male line; that is, counting the degrees from male to male. As has been often remarked, these astronomical figures do not at all correspond to reality. These figures carried out to the Middle Ages, would exceed the population of all

162 Europe. Hence we descend hundreds of times from the same persons. In consideration of the geometrical progression, one might think that the graph of the ancestry charts is a triangle which widens to infinity. This is not at all so. A marriage between two cousins immediately causes the sides of the triangle to contract. A large number of marriages between related persons causes the sides to further shrink. This fact is very apparent even in this work. Scientific genealogy here eventually rejoins the idea of the sole ·couple of Scripture - Adam and Eve. Where there is duplication in one or more direct lines only one entry is made in the tabulation. We have shown 11 SEE

NUMBER 11 referencing the same person previously listE:d. · In continuing .the lineage for that person, one should continue with the referenced lineage. Example: The parents of number 265 are numbers 530 and 531. Number 530 references number 522. Therefore, the parents of 261 and 265 are the same. To continue tracing the lineage of 265 one would then follow 522, 523 and 1044 through 1047 etc., and NOT 530, 531 and 1060 through 1063, etc. Another advantage: the figure placed at the head of the series, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 120 (male parental line) indicates the number of ancestors which each of the genera­ tions represents. Research on ascendants and descendants is very convenient here. Let us consider the person bearing number 16; it will

163 be easy to find his father by referring to number 32 (double 16) and his son, referring to number 8 (half of 16). The great advantage of these simplified charts is that they occupy very little space. A genealogy of 4~000 ancestors can be printed in minimal space.

164 2 John Milan LAVOIE m. 1 July 1950 3 Rita Philomena COONEY Whitesboro, New York

4 Edmund Edward LAVOIE m. 9 December 1925 5 Marjorie Terese MILAN Bangor, Maine

6 Andrew Carl COONEY m. 18 September 1923 7 Geraidine Mary BUSH Mohawk Hi 11, New York 8 Frederic LAVOIE m. 15 ,July 1896 9 Delina DUREPOS Grand Falls, N. B.

1 0 John Michael MILAN m. 14 June 1893 11 Maude Bertha PORTER Bangor, Maine l 2 Andrew John COONEY m. c.a. 1891 1 3 Mary Ann KIESER Turin, New York

.l 4 Herman BUSH m. 20 October 1903 1 5 Philomena LOUIS Croghan, New York 1 6 Pierre LAVOIE m. 17 February 1868 1 7 Nancy PARENT Van Buren, Maine

1 8 Larie DUREPOS r1·1 • 5 May 1 8 7 9 1 9 Judith LEVESQUE Van Buren, Maine

20 Patrick MILAN m. 19 November 1858 21 Catherine CALLINAN Bangor, Maine

22 George W. PORTER m. 24 September 1853 23 Eliza Amanda TURNER Bangor, Maine

24 John Andrew COONEY m.. c. a. l 846 25 Ann KELAHAR County Longford, Ireland 26 William KIESER m. 27 Susie MILLES 28 John BUSH m. 29 Mary SCHARBACH 30 Nicholas LOUIS m. 31 Margaret THISSE

32 Pierre LAVOIE m. 11 October 1842 33 Clarisse PARADIS Riviere Ouelle,

34 Joseph PARENT m. 28 October 1839 35 Nancie PARENT Van Buren, Maine

165 36 Bruno DUREPOS m. 3 May 1851 37 Modeste DUBE Van Buren, Maine

38 Xavier LEVESQUE m. i 8 November 1844 39 Basilice MICHAUD Van Buren, Maine 40 Thomas MILAN m. County Galway, Ireland 41 Bridget 42 Michael CALLINAN m. 43 Mary MURPHY 44 45

46 Levi TURNER rn • 47 AMES 48 Andrew John COONEY rn. 49

50 Patrick KELAHAR rn . 51

'!',-'· 52 John KIESER ,,, Ii 53 Margaret 54 55

56 57

58 George SCHARBACH rn • 59 Therese HELDT Baden, Germany

60 61

62 Michael THISSE m. 63 Ann MOTT 64 Andre LAVOIE m. 22 January 1798 65 Louise PELLETIER Riviere Ouelle, 66 Henri PA RAD IS m. 67 Louise LACROIX (CORBIN) 68 Jean PARENT m. 24 July 1804 69 Catherine DROUIN St. Marie de Beauce

l 66 70 Gabriel PARENT m. 3 October 1803 71 Charlotte THIBOUTOT St. Roch 72 Jeremie DUREPOS m. i1 June 1811 73 Genevieve BOUCHARD St. Thomas Montmagny

74 Isidore DUBE m 11 November 1828 75 Madeleine SYRE St. Basile

76 Andre LEVESQUE m. 12 October 1818 77 Angelique OUELLET Ri vi ere Ou e 11 e

78 Beloni MICHAUD m. 22 August 1803 79 Judith LEBEL St. Andret Kamouraska 92 Isaac TURNER 93 Desire TRIM

94 Jabez AMES 95 Jane GILKEY

118 Symon HELDT 11 9

128 Augustin LAVOIE ,., , 2 i January 1754 l 2 9 Francoise BERUBE Riviere Oue1le

130 Augustin PELLETIER m. l l January 1779 1 31 Louise BERUBE Riviere Ouel1e l 3 2 Jacques PARADIS m. 5 February 1776 l 3 3 Josephte SOUCY Kamouraska 134 Louis LACROIX 135 Marguerite OUELLET

136 Nicolas PARENT m. 19 August 1766 137 Genevieve SAMSON Levis

1 38 Amable DROUIN m. 4 February 1771 139 Marie PERROT Ste. Famille, I.O.

140 Gabriel PARENT m. 19 October 1778 1 4 1 Judith HUDON Katnouraska

142 ,Jean THIBOUTOT m. 19 July 1773 143 Josephte PELLETIER St. Thomas 144 Jean B'te DUREPOS m. 9 May 17 80 145 Marie Louise GAGNON St. Thomas Montmagny

167 146 Charles BOUCHARD m. 1 August 1774 147 Angelique CLOUTIER St. Pierre . 148 Germain DUBE m. 149 Marguerite DENIS 150 Hi1arion SYRE m. 6 July 1795 l 5 i Charlotte TARDIF Kamouraska

152 Benoit LEVESQUE m• 1 5 lJ a n u a r_y 1 7 7 6 153 Marie LE BRUN Riv·iere Oue1le 1 54 Antoine OUELLET m. 19 January 1780 1 5 5 Marie Josephte SOUCY Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere

l 5 6 Jeari MiCHAUD m. 18 February 1764 157 Veronique BOUCHER Kamouraska

158 Benjamin LEBEL m. 19 January 1768 159 Marguerite PHOCAS Kamouraska 184 Samuel TURNER l 85 186 Godfrey TRIM 187 Mary ROSE 188 Thomas EAMES 189 Rebecca HARNIE 190 John GTLKEY 191 Sylvinia THOMAS

256 Joseph LAVOIE m. 18 May 1723 257 Genevieve MIVILLE Riviere Ouelle 258 Pierre BERUBE m. 25 November 1733 259 Madeliene LEVESQUE Riviere Ouelle 260 Joseph PELLETIER ~- 3 February 1721 261 Marie Anne BOUCHER Riviere Ouelle

262 Francois BERUBE m. 10 November 1732 263 Madeliene LEVESQUE Riviere Ouelle 264 Jacques PARADIS m. 30 Jl,pril 1729 265 Rosalie BOUCHER Contract Janneau 266 Charles SOUCY m. 9 August 1756 267 Marie Louise PARADIS Kamouraska

168 268 Louis LACROIX (CORBIN) m. 7 January 1754 269 Catherine MARTIN Cap .. St. Ignace

270 Jean OUELLET m. 24 July 1747 271 Marie_ Josephte TARDIF Kamouraska 272 Etienne PARENT m. 28 August 1730 273 Marie LEFEBVRE Beauport

274 Eustache SAMSON m. 6 Nover:"1ber 1730 275 Louise LEMIEUX Lev ·is 27 6 Pierre DROUIN m. 11 February 1734 277 Madeleine DE BLOIS Ste. Famille, I.0.

278 Joseph PERROT m. 30 June 1748 279 Charlotte BLOUIN Contract Fortier 280 Gabriel PARENT m. 10 June 1754· 281 Marguerite BOUCHER Kamouraska

282 Jean HUDON rn. 8 ,January 1742 283 Francoise DE LA BOURLIERE Ka r·; o u r a s k a

284 Francois THIBOUTOT ~ 18 November 1743 285 Marg u er i t e J EAr! St. Roch

286 Jean PELLETIER m. 24 January 1752 287 Marie Anne MIGNIER St. Thomas

288 Gabriel DUREPOS m. 28 November 1753 289 Marguerite COTE St. Thomas

290 Antione GAGNON m. 1 May 1752 2 91 Made1eine EMOND Riviere Ouelle 292 Pierre BOUCHARD m. 3 November 1739 293 Marguerite CARON l 1 Islet 2 94 Gabriel CLOUTIER m. 19 January 1738 295 Francoise TOUPIN Contract Jacob 296 Jean DUBE m. 10 January 1752 297 Marie Anne HAY-OT Ka.mouraska 298 Marguerite DENIS was an ORPHAN BROUGHT UP BY STEP 299 PARENTS Charles ROY and Helene MARTIN

169 300 Joseph SYRE m. c.a. 1760 301 Marguerite THIBODEAU

302 Etienne TARDIF m. 6 February 1764 303 Catherine NADEAU Kamouraska

304 Joseph LEVESQUE m. 19 November 1733 305 Marie COTE Rimouski

306 Ambroise LEBRUN m. 30 October 1726 307 Marie BERGERON Port Royal 308 Joseph OUELLET m. 22 November 1756 309 Marie Anne MIVILLE Contract Du1aurent 31 0 Jean Francois SOUCY m. 4 March 1753 311 Brigitte ST. PIERRE St. Roch 312 Joseph MICHAUD m. 7 April 1739 31 3 Marguerite CORDEAU Kamouraska

31 4 Michel BOUCHER m. 14 November 1735 31 5 Marguerite CHORET Kamouraska 316 Joseph LEBEL m. 17 January 1736 31 7 Hellen PARADIS Kamouraska

3i 8 Gabri e1 PHOCAS m. 24 July 1747 31 9 Josette DUBE Rivi ere Que 11 e 376 Anthony EAMES 377 Grace OLDHAM 380 James GILKEY 381 Grace RANDALL 382 Benjamin THOMAS 383 Jean STETSON 512 Jean DE LA VOYE m. 22 October 1668 513 Madeleine BOUCHER Riviere Ouelle 514 Charles MIVILLE m. 13 February 1697 515 Louise Catherine GRONDIN Riviefe Ouelle 516 Pierre BERUBE m. 8 January 1706 517 Genevieve DANCOSSE Riviere Ouelle 518 Francois Robert EVESQUE m. 7 November 1701 519 Marie Charlotte AUBER Riviere Ouelle

170 520 Jean PELLETIER m. 8 January 1689 521 Marie Anne ST. LAURENT Riviere Ouelle 522 Pierre BOUCHER m. 4 February 1697 523 Marie Madeliene DANCOSSE Riviere Ouelle

524 See 516 525 See 517

526 Joseph LEVESQUE m. 26 November 1704 527 Marie Angelique MENEUX Riviere Oue1le-

528 Guillaume PARADIS m. 28 October 1668 529 Genevieve MILLOUER Quebec 530 See 522 531 See 523

532 Pierre SOUCY m. 20 lluly 1723 533 Jeanne MICHAUD Riviere Ouelle

534 Gabriel PARADIS -m. c,a. 1715 535 Marie Anne COTE

536 Francois LACROIX (CCRBIN) of Tanu d·iocese de 537 Catherine VIVAL Coutances Normandie

538 Charles Francois MARTIN m. 9 January 1734 539 Marie Angelique PELLETIER Kamouraska 540 Augusten OUELLET m. 7 February 1719 541 Marie Anne AUTIN Contract Jonna 542 Charles TARDIF m. 17 February 1716 543 Genevieve LE ROY Ange Gardien

544 Etienne PARENT m. February 1696 54 5 Therese CHEVALIER Beauport

546 Jean B 1 te LEFEBVRE m. 22 October 1685 547 Marie CRETE Beauport

548 Gabriel SAMSON m. 29 November 1669 549 Francoise DURAND Quebec

550 Michel LEMIEUX m. 8 November 1700 551 Marguerite SAMSON Levis S52 Pierre DROUIN m. 7 Apri1 1704 553 Louise LETOURNEAU Ste . Fam i l 1 e , I . 0.

171 554 Germain DE BLOIS m. 20 February 1696 555 Madeleine DUPONT Ste. Famille I.O. 556 Bertrand PERROT m. l August 1717 557 Angelique SIMON Chateau Richer

558 Gabri el BLOUIN m. 27 November· 1713 559 Catherine JAHAN St. Jean) I.O. 560 Jean PARENT of Dumenizilbert diocese 561 Jeanne JARDIN d'Avranches Normandie

562 Pierre BOUCHER rn. 19 lJuly 1695 563 Marie Anne MICHAUD Riviere Oue11e 564 Pierre HUDON m. August 170 7 565 Claire PARADIS St. Pierre, I.O. 566 Jean DE LA BOURLIERE m. 11 February 1697 567 Catherine MARTIN St. Pierre, I.O.

568 Adrien THIBOUTOT m • 1 2 November l 71 0 569 Elisabeth ST. PIERRE Riviere Oue1le 570 Pierre JEAN m. June 1700 571 Made1iene PRINS~AU Quebec 572 Joseph PELLETIER m. 3 February 1721 573 Marie Anne BOUCHER Riviere Ouelle

574 Andre MIGNIER rn. 31 May 1701 575 Francoise OUELLET Riviere Ouel1e 576 Nicolas DUREPOS of Geneset diocese 57 7 Marie BOISSEL d 1 Avranches Normandie 578 Louis COTE m. 20 October 1727 579 Angelique THIBIERGE St. Jean

580 Jean GAGNON rn. 5 September 1713 581 Genevieve GAMACHE 1 1 Is1et 582 Pierre Augusten EMOND m. 5 February 1714 583 Marie Ursule MIGNOT Riviere Ouelle

584 Pierre BOUCHARD m. 27 May 1709 585 Catherine FOURNIER St. Thomas 586 Joseph CARON m. June 1711 587 Marie Anne FORTIN 1 1 Islet

588 Zacharie CLOUTIER m. 23 May 1708 589 Jeanne BACON Chateau Richer

172 590 Antoine TOUPIN m. 3 November 1711 5 91 Francoise LEFEBVRE Chateau Richer 592 Augusten DUBE rn. 4 January 1721 593 Marie Anne SOUCY Ste. Anne de 1a Pocatiere 594 Zacharie HAYOT rn. 17 ·November 1727 595 Josephte LEVASSEUR Kamouraska 600 Jean B'te SYRE m. 28 January 1734 6 01 Marguerite CORMIER Beau bass ·in 602 Jean B'te THIBODEAU m. 14 January 1729 603 Marie LEBLANC Grand Pre 604 See 542 605 See 543

606 Alexis NADEAU m. 15 February 1729 607 Marie Claire ALBERT Kar:1ouraska 608 See 518 609 See 519

610 Jean B 1 te COTE ";. 24 Octob·ar 1695 61 l Francoise CHORET St. Pierre, I.O. 612 Claude LE BRUN m. 27 November 1709 613 Cecile DUGAS Port Royal

614 Michel BERGERON m. c.a. 1750 615 Jeanne HEBERT Riviere St. Jean Acadia 616 Joseph OUELLET m. 617 Catherine MIVILLE 618 Pierre Rene MIVILLE m. 28 October 1726 619 Marie Anne LEROY Contract Janea.u 620 Joseph SOUCY m. 7 January 1727 621 Madeliene MIGNIER Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere 622 Alexandre ST. PIERRE m. 15 November 1728 623 Marie CHOUINARD l'Islet 624 Joseph MICHAUD m. 30 May 1702 625 Catherine DIONNE Ste. Famille, I.O. 626 Jacques CORDEAU m. 22 August 1702 627 Marguerite TOUPIN Chateau Richer

173 628 See 562 629 See 563

630 Jean B 1 te CHORET m. c.a. 1709 631 Marie Anne OUELLET 632 Nicolas LEBEL m. 23 August 1707 633 Marie Madeliene MICHAUD Riviere Ouel1e 634 Guilluame PARADIS m. 6 June 1701 635 Marguerite Catherine HUDON Riviere Ouelle 636 Romain PHOCAS rn. 21 January 1709 637 Therese ST. PIERRE Riviere Ouelle 638 See 592 639 See 593 752 Anthony EAMES 753 Elizabeth TILDEN 754 Thomas OLDHAM 755 Mercy SPROUT 762 Isaac RANDALL 763 Deborah BUCK 764 Daniel THOMAS 765 Experience TILDEN 766 Isaac STETSON 767 Elizabeth PRAY 1 024 Rene DE LA VOYE m. 19 April 1656 l 025 Anne GODIN Quebec 1026 Jean Ga1 1 n BOUCHER m. 10 October 1661 l 02 7 Marie LECLERC Chateau Richer 1028 Jacques MIVILLE m. 12 November 1669 l 02 9 Catherine BAILLON Quebec 1030 Jean GRONDIN m. 14 August 1669 l 031 Xainte MIGNOT Quebec l 03 2 Damien BERUBE m. 22 August 1679 1 033 Jeanne SAUVENIER 1 1 Islet l 034 Pierre DANCOSSE m. c.a. 1679 1035 Made1iene BOUCHARD

1 036 Robert LEVESQUE m. 22 Apri 1 1679 1 037 Jeanne CHEVALIER Ange Gardien

174 1038 Fe"iix AUBER m. 15 April 1670 1039 Claire TIBAULT Chateau Richer

l 040 Jean PELLETIER m. 9 November 1649 l 04 l Anne LANGLOIS Quebec

1042 Nicolas ST. LAURENT rn. 24 July 1662 1 043 Marie FAYETTE Quebec

l 044 Pierre BOUCHARD m, 4 April 1663 1 045 Marie ST. DENIS Chateau Richer 1046 See 1034 1047 See 1035

1050 See 1034 1051 See 1 035

1052 See 1036 1 053 See l 037

1 054 Jacques MENEUX m. 23 October 1663 l 055 Marguerite LA PREUVIER Chateau Richer

l 056 Pierre PARADIS ,;i. 11 February 1632 1 057 Barbe GUYON France 1 058 Jean MILLOUER m. 28 November 1651 l 05 9 Jeanne LEROY Quebec

1 062 See 1 034 1063 See 1035

1 064 Pierre SOUCY m. 13 January 1699 1 065 Elisabeth FOUGEREAU Riviere 0ue11e

1066 Jean B 1 te MICHAUD 1067 Marie VAILLANCOUR

l 068 See 528 1069 See 529

1070 See 610 1071 See 611

l 07 6 Francois MARTIN m. 25 November 1710 1 077 Marie Francoise AUTIN Riviere Ouelle

l O7 8 Guillaume PELLETIER m. 13 February 1706 l 07 9 Marie Louise PINEL Riviere Ouelle

1 080 Mathurin OUELLET m. 8 c"lanuary 1691 l 08 l Angelique LEBEL Riviere Ouelle

175 l 08 2 Francois AUTIN m. 21 June 1 688 1 083 Marie BOUCHER Riviere Oue11e 1084 Guillaume TARDIF m. 28 Apri 1 1687 1085 Marguerite GAUDIN Ange Gardien 1086 Pierre LE ROY m. 1 2 February 1691 1087 Marie Anne MARTIN St. Pierre, I.O. l 088 Pier re PARENT m. 9 February 1654 1 089 Jeanne BADEAU Quebec l 090 Rene CHEVALIER m. 9 January 1656 l 091 Jeanne LANGLOIS Quebec l 092 Pierre LEFEBVRE m. 1 7 August 1656. 1 093 Marie CHASTEIGNY Quebec 1 094 Jean CRETE m. 1 095 Marguerite GAULIN 1096 Toussaint SAMSON of St. Gatien des Bois diocese 1097 Catherine CHEVALIER de Lisieux Normandie

1 098 Martin DU RAND cf Quimper diocese de 1099 Francoise BRUNETTE Cornouailles Bretagne

11 00 Gabriel LEMIEUX ITl. 26 November 167 i 11 01 Marthe BEAUREGARD Quebec 1102 Jacque SAMSON m. 26 November l 6 71 1103 Marie Anne METRU Quebec 1104 Nicolas DROUIN m. 6 November 1674 11 05 Marie LOIGNON Quebec 1106 David LETOURNEAU m. 6 June 1664 11 07 Francoise CHAPELAIN Chateau Richer

1108 Gregoire DE BLOIS m. 11 September 1662 11 09 Francoise VIGER Chateau Richer 111 0 Francois DUPONT m. 7 June 1663 1111 Suzanne JARELLE Chateau Richer 1112 Joseph PE RR01 m. 21 April 1688 1113 Marie GAGNE la prairie 1114 Gui 11 au me SIMON m. 17 November 1688 111 5 Catherine DROUIN Chateau Richer

176 111 6 Mederic BLOUIN m. 30 November 1669 1117 Marie CARRE AU Chateau Richer

111 8 Jacques JAHAN rn. 5 November 1686 1119 Anne DE TREPAGNY Chateau Richer 1124 See 1026 1125 See 1027

11 26 Pierre MICHAUD rn. 2 October 1667 1127 Marie ANCEL!N Contract Aubert

1128 Pierre HUDON m. 13 July 1676 1129 Marie GOBEIL Quebec 1130 Pierre PARADIS m. 11 31 Jeanne LE ROY France 1132 Jacques DE LA BOURLIERE of St. Andre de Niort 1133 Francoise FERRAND Poitou 1134 Joachim MARTIN m. 16 June 1669 1135 Anne PETIT Quebec

1136 Jacques THIBOUTOT H •• 14 September 1675 1137 Marie BOUCHER Contract Filion l 138 Pierre ST. PIERRE m. 24 April 1679 l l 3 9 Marie GERBERT Ste. Famille, I.O. 1140 Pierre JEAN m. c.a. 1671 11 41 Francoise FAVEREAU 1142 Louis PRINSEAU m. 28 July 1672 114 3 Reine CHARPENTIER Que bee 11 44 See 5 2 0 1145 See 521 1146 See 522 1147 See 523 11 48 Andre MIGNIER m. 23 October 1668 11 49 Jacquette MICHEL Quebec 1l 50 Rene OUELLET m. 6 February 1679 1151 Therese MIGNOT Quebec 11 56 Louis COTE m. 8 January 1691 11 5 7 Genevieve BERNIER Cap St. Ignace

17 7 l 1 58 Gabriel THIBIERGE m. 2 August 1688 11 5 9 Madeleine LEPAGE St. Francois, I.O.

1160 Jean GAGNON m. 28 October 1686 1161 Jeanne LOIGNON Quebec 1162 Nicolas GAMACHE m. 9 November 1676 1163 Elisabeth CLOUTIER Chateau Richer

11 64 Pierre EMOND m. 31 January 1690 1165 Agnes GRONDIN Riviere Ouelle 11 66 Jean MIGNOT m. 7 November l6E9 1167 Marie Xaintes BOUCHER Chateau Richer 11 68 Nicolas BOUCHARD m. 30 September 1670 1169 Anne LE ROY Ste. Anne 1170 Simon FOURNIER m. 12 November 1691 1171 Catherine ROUSSEAU St . P i er re , I . 0 •

1 l 7 2 Joseph CARON m. 23 November 1683 1 1 7 3 Elisabeth BERNIER Cap. St. Ignace

11 74 Charles FORTIN m. 11 November 1681 11 75 Xainte CLOUTIER Chateau Richer

11 76 Charles CLOUT! ER m. 20 April 1659 11 77 Louise MORIN Quebec 1178 Eustache BACON m. 7 June 1674 1179 Louise GUIMOND Contract Vachon

1180 Antoine TOUPIN m. 24 October 1679 11 81 Louise CLOUTIER Chateau Richer

1182 Pierre LEFEBVRE m. 11 October 1674 11 83 Madeleine TRUDELLE Contract Vachon

1 l 84 Mathurin DUBE m. 3 September 1670 11 85 Anne MIVILLE Ste. Famille, I.O.

1186 See 1064 1187 See 1065

1188 Jean B'te HAYOT m. 17 February 1695 1189 Anne GRONDIN Riviere Ouelle

1190 Pierre LEVASSEUR m. 8 May 1703 1191 Marie Elisabeth MICHAUD Riviere Ouelle

178 1200 Jean SYRE m. c.a. 1698 1 201 Francoise MELANCON Acadia

1202 Pierre CORMIER m~ c.a.. 1703 1203 Catherine LEBLANC Grand Pre 1204 Jean B'te THI~ODEAU m. 7 February 1703 1205 Marguerite HEBERT Port Royal 1206 Francois LEBLANC m. 1207 Jeanne HEBERT Acadia

1 21 0 See 1086 1 211 See 1087 l 21 2 Denis NADEAU m. 9 November 1695 1213 Charolette GASSE St. Etienne Beaumont 1 il 4 Pierre ALBERT m. 27 November 1702 l 21 5 Louise GRONDIN Riviere Ouel1e 1216 See 1036 1217 See 1037 1218 See 1038 1219 See 1039

1220 Jean COTE m. 11 November 1669 l 221 Anne COUTURE Quebec 122 2 Joseph CHORET m. 29 October 1676 1223 Anne LOIGNON Ste. Famille, I.O. l 224 Sebastien LE BRUN m. c.a. 1678 122 5 Huguette BOURG Port Royal

1226 Claude DUGAS m. c~a. 1673 l 2 27 Francoise BOURGEOIS Port Royal 1232 Joseph OUELLET rn. 12 February 1691 1233 Francoise LIZOT Riviere Ouelle 1234 Charles MIVILLE rn. 28 August 1702 l 2 3 5 Marthe LAVALLEE Riviere Oue1le

1236 Jean MIVILLE m • 1 3 May 1 6 91 1237 Madeleine DUBE Riviere Oue11e 1238 See 1086 1239 See 1087 1240 See 1064 1241 See 1065

179 1242 Michel MIGNIER m. 28 July 1705 1243 Angelique THIBAUT Cap. St. Ignace

1244 See 1138 1245 See 1139

1246 Jacques CHOUINARD rn. 2 June 1692 1247 Louise JEAN Quebec 1248 See 1126 1249 See 1127

1250 Antoine DIONNE m. c.a. 1660 1251 Catherine YVORY l 2 52 Jean CORDEAU m. 17 November 1659 1253 Catherine LATOUR Quebec 1254 See 1180 1255 See 1181 1258 See 1126 1259 See .1127

1260 Jean CHORET •d, 30 October 1684 1261 Claire BAUCHE Ste. Famil1e, I.O. 1262 Gregorie OUELLET m. 5 March 1696 1 263 Anne LIZOT Riviere Ouelle l 2 64 Nicolas LEBEL m. 2 April '1665 l 2 65 See 1151 Chateau Richer 1266 See 1126 1267 See 1127 1268 See 528 1269 See 529 1270 See 1128 1271 See 1129 l 2 7 2 Renauld PHOCASSE of St. Pierre de Langon 1273 Catherine DEGUSPART diocese de Bazas 1274 See 1138 1275 See 1139

1278 See 1064 1279 See 1065

180 1504 Justus EAMES 1505 Mehitable CHILLINGWORTH 1506 Thomas TILDEN 1507 Mary HOLMES 1508 Thomas OLDHAM 1509 Mary WETHERELL 1510 Robe~t SPROUT 1511 Elizabeth SAMSON 1524 Wi11iam RANDALL 1525 Elizabeth BARSTOW 1526 John BUCK 1527 Elizabeth HOLBROOK 1528 John THOMAS 1529 Sarah PITNEY 1530 See 1506 1531 See 1507 1532 Robert STETSON 1533 Deborah BROOKS 1534 Ephraim PRAY 1535 Elizabeth HAYDEN 2048 Rene DE LA VOYE of St. Maclou de 2 049 Isabeau BELARGER Rauen Normandie 2050 Elie GODIN 2051 Ester RAMAGE 2052 Marin BOUCHER of St. Jean de Mortagne 2053 Perinne MALET Perche

2056 MIVILLE of Montfort l I Am au r y 2057 diocese de Chartres Ile-de-Fran~

2058 Alphonse BAILLON of Montfort l 1Amaury diocese 2059 Louise DE MARLE de Chartres Ile-de-France 2060 Pierre GRONDIN of Brouage diocese de Saintes 2 061 Ma r i e RI GOU LE T 2062 Jean MIGNOT m. 10 November 1648 2063 Marie Louise CLOUTIER Quebec

181 2064 Robert BERUBE of Rocquefort diocese de 2065 Catherine POGNOT Rauen Normandie 2 066 Jacques SAUVENIER of Paris, Ile-de-France 2067 Antoinette BABILOTTE

2070 Michel BOUCHARD m. 2 December 1662 2 071 Marie TROTI NNE Chateau Richer 2072 Pierre LEVESQUE of Hautot St. Sulpice diocese 2073 Marie CAUMONT de Rauen Normandie 2 074 Jacques CHEVALIER of St. Jacques de Dieppe 2 075 Marguerite SCORMON diocese de Rouen Normandie 2076 Claude AUBER m. c.a. 1640 2077 Jacquette LUCAS France 2078 Francois TIBAULT 2079 Madeliene FRANCOIS 1 2080 Guillaume PELLETIER m. 12 February 1619 2 081 Michelle MABILLE St. Aubin de Tourouvre 2082 Noel LANGLOIS m. 25 July 1634 2083 Francoise GRENIER Quebec 2084 Laurent ST. LAURENT 2085 Aymee BLAINVILLAIN 2086 Etienne FAYETTE 2087 Anne LE ROCHE 2088 See 2052 2089 See 2053 2090 Pierre ST. DENIS of St. Jacques de Dieppe 20 91 Vivienne BRUNELLE diocese de Rauen Normandie 2096 See 2064 2097 See 2065 2108 Jean MENEUX of Chateaugiron diocese de 2109 Jeanne TROCHON Rennes Bretagne 21 l O Nicolas LA PREUVIER of St. Severin de Paris 21 1 l Marguerite BOURGEOIS Ile-de-France 2112 Jacques PARADIS 2113 Michelle PESLE 2114 Jean GUYON 2115 Matherine ROBIN

182 21 l 6 Pierre MILLOUER of St. Leger en Charnie Pres 211 7 Francoise NAOULET Laval Main~ France

2118 Pierre LE ROY of la Ville Angers Anjou 2119 Francoise GODFROY 2120 See 2052 21 21 See 2053 2122 See 2090 2123 See 2091

2128 Jean SOUCY m. c.a. 1670 2129 Jeanne SAUVENIER 2130 Urbain FOUGEREAU m. 28 December 1676 21 31 Jeanne ROSSIGNOL Quebec 2132 See 1126 21 33 See 1127

2134 Robert VAILLANCOUR m. 30 September 1668 2135 Francoise GOBEIL Contract Aubert 2152 See 1134 2153 See 1135

2154 Francois AUTIN m. 21 June 1688 2155 Marie BOUCHER Riviere Ouelle

2156 Noel PELLETIER m. 2i October 1674 2157 Madeleine MIGNOT Contract Fill ion

2158 Francois PINEL m. 24 Novemt)er 1687 2159 Louise COUTANCINEAU Pte. Aux. Trembles

2160 Rene OUELLET m. 8 March 1666 21 61 Anne RIVET Quebec 2162 See 1264 2163 See 1265 2166 See 1026 2167 See 1027 2168 Olivier TARDIF of Etables diocese de St. 2169 Barbe AYMARD Brienc Bretogne 2170 Charles GAUDIN m. 6 November 1656 21 71 Marie BOUCHER Quebec

183 2172 Antoine LE ROY m. i1 September 1668 2173 Marie MAJOR Quebec 2174 See 1134 2175 See 1135

2176 Andre PARENT of Mortagne Perche 2177 Marie COUDRAY

2178 Jacques BADEAU of La Rochelle Aunis 2179 Anne ARDOUIN 2180 Rene CHEVALIER of Channay sur Lathan 2181 Marie LUCRE Anjou 2182 See 2082 2183 See 2083 2184 Nicolas LEFEBVRE of Villers Sur Mer diocese 2185 Marie VAUVARIN de Lisieux Normandie 2186 Nicolas CHASTEIGNY of Bourneye3u diocese 2187 Catherine LEONELLE de Lucoh Poitou 2188 Antoine CRETE 2189 Jeanne LEGRAND 21 90 Vincent GAULIN of St. Martin du Vieux 21 91 Marie BONNEMER Belleme Perche 2200 Pierre LEMIEUX of St. Mich e 1 de Ro u en 2 201 Ma r i e LUG UEN Normandie 2202 Jean BEAUREGARD of St. Patrice de Rauen 2203 Marie DESMARAIS Normandie 2204 See 1096 2205 See 1097 2206 Claude METRU of St. Martin de Paris 2207 Jeanne GRISSET Ile-de-France 2208 Robert DROUIN m. 29 November 1649 2209 Marie CHAPELIER Quebec

2210 Pierre LOIGNON m. 8 October 1652 2211 Francoise ROUSSIN Quebec 2 21 2 David LETOURNEAU of Muran diocese de Saintes 2213 Sabastienne GUERY en Saintonge

184 2214 Louis CHAPELAIN of St. Andre de Niort diocese 2215 Francoise DE CHAUX de Poitiers Poitou 2216 Francois OE BLOIS of Champagne Mouton diocese 2217 Marguerite PAPALONQUE de Poitiers Marche 2218 Robert VIGER of Derce diocese de 2219 Perinne REMILLARD Poitiers Anjou 2220 Nicolas DUPONT of St. Pierre de Noyon 2221 Nicole LEMERE Ile-de-France 2224 Jacques PERROT m. 31 August 1654 222 5_ Michelle LE FLOT Quebec 2226 Pierre GAGNE m. 19 November 1670 2227 Catherine DAUBIGEON Laprairie 2228 Hubert SIMON rn. 27 November 1659 2229 Marie VIEZ· Quebec 2230 See 2208 2231 See 2209

2232 Andre BLOUIN fr:. 30 April 1654 2233 Francoise BONIN Quebec

2234 Louis CARREAU m. 30 April 1654 2235 Marie Jeanne LE ROUGE Quebec 2236 Jacques JAHAN m. 24 September ·1658 2237 Marie FERRA Quebec

2238 Romain DE TREPAGNY m. 24 April 1656 2239 Genevieve DROUIN Quebec 2248 See 2052 2249 See 2053

2250 Joas LECLERC of St. de Dieppe 2 2 51 Marie PARMENTIER No rm and i e 2252 Antione MICHEL of Fontenay le Comte 2253 Marie TRAIN Poitou 2254 Rene AN CE LIN of Notre Dame de Cogne 2255 Claire ROUSSELOT Ville de 1a Rochelle Aunis 2256 Jean HUDON of Notre Dame de Chemille 2257 Francoise DURAND diocese d'Angers Anjou

185 2258 Jean GOBEIL Of St. Andre de Niort diocese 2259 Jeanne GUIET de Poitiers Poitou 2260 See 1056 2261 See 1057 2262 Mathurin LE ROY 2263 Maruerite BIRE 2268 Jacques MARTIN of Estree evenche_de la 2269 Luce CHALUT Rochelle Aunis

2270 Pierre PETIT o f S t . Ge rm a i n 11 Au x e r r o i s 2271 Catherine DESNOYERS Paris Ile-de-France 2272 Jacque THIBOUTOT of Cliponville Arch de 2273 Marie CARREL Rauen Normandie 2274 See 1026 2275 See 1027 2276 Michel ST. PIERRE of St. Martin du Pont de Rauen 2277 Francoise ENGRANO Normandie

2278 Mathurin GERBERT m. 4 August 1659 2279 Isabe11e TARGE Quebec 2280 Vivien JEAN of St. Nicolas de la 2281 Susanne HERAULT Rochelle Aunis 2284 Jean PRINSEAU of Bourg d'Aytre diocese de la 2285 Marie GRIFFOT Roche11e Aunis 2286 Bonaventure CHARPENTIER of Sulpice de Paris 2287 Isabelle DE SENS 11e-de-France 2288 See 1040 2289 See 1041 2290 See 1042 2291 See 1043 2292 See 1044 2293 See 1045 2294 See 1034 2295 See 1035 2296 Michel MIGNIER of St. Martin de Re Diocese de 2297 Catherine MASSON la Rochelle Aunis

186 2300 Francois OUELLET of St. Jacques du Haut pas 23 01 Elisabeth BARE Paris Ile-de-France 2302 See 2062 2303 See 2063

2312 Louis COTE m. 6 November 1662 2313 Elisabeth LANGLOIS Quebec

2314 Jacques BERNIER m. 23 July 1656 2315 Antoinette GRENIER Quebec

2 31 6 Hypolite THIBIERGE of St. Soienne de Blois diocese 2317 Renee HERVE de Chartres Orleanais 2318 Louis LE PAGE m. 24 August 1667 231 9 Sebastienne LOIGNON Contract Duquet 2320 Robert GAGNON m. 3 October 1657 2321 Marie PARENTEAU Quebec 2322 See 2210 2323 See 2211 2324 Nicolas GAMACHE cf St. Il1iers la Ville diocese 2325 Jacquette CADOT ce Chartres Ile-de-France 2326 See 1176 2327 See 1177 2328 Isaac EMOND of St. Louis de Rochefort 2329 Marie GARINEAU diocese de Saintes Saintonage 2330 See 1030 2331 See 1031 2332 Louis MIGNOT o f S t . Ge rm a i n de l a Ci n e en 2333 Jeanne CHARON Brie evenche de Sens en Bourgogr.e 2334 See 1044 2335 See 1045 2336 Clement BOUCHARD of Bourgneuf diocese de la 2 33 7 Louise BRESSARD Rochelle Aunis 2338 Pierre LE ROY 2339 Ann FLEURY

2340 Gum aume FOURNIER m. 20 November 1651 2 3 41 Francoise HEBERT Quebec

187 2342 Thomas ROUSSEAU m. 5 October i 667 2343 Madeleine OLIVIER Quebec 2344 Robert CARON m. 25 October 1637 2345 Marie CRENEL Quebec 2346 See 2314 2347 See 2315

2348 Julien FORTIN m. 11 November 1652 2349 Genevieve GAMACHE Quebec

2350 Jean CLOUTIER m. 21 January 1648 2 3 51 Marie MARTIN Quebec 2352 Zacharie CLOUTIER of St. Jean de Mortagne 2353 Xainte DUPONT Perche

2354 Noel MORIN m. 9 January 1649 2355 Helen DESPORTES Quebec 2356 Gilles BACON m. 2 May 1647 2357 Marie TAVERNIER Quebec

2358 Louis GUIMOND ::i. 11 February 1653 2359 Jeanne BITOUSET Quebec 2360 Toussaint TOUPIN rn. 25 December 1645 2361 Marguerite BOUCHER Contract Audouard 2362 See 2350 2363 See 2351 2364 Olivier LEFEBVRE 2365 Michelle PENOU

2366 Jean TRUDELLE m. 19 November 1655 2367 Marguerite THOMAS Quebec

2368 Mathurin DUBE m. 3 September 1670 2369 Marie CAMPION Ste. Famille, I.O.

2370 Francois MIVILLE m. 10 August 1660 2371 Marie LANGLOIS Que be·c 2376 Jean HAYOT rn. 17 November 1653 2377 Louise PELLETIER Que bet

2380 Laurent LEVASSEUR m. 30 April 1670 2 381 Marie MARCHAND Quebec 2382 See 1126 2383 See 1127

188 2400 Pierre SYRE m. c.a.1670 2401 Marie BOURGEOIS Port Royal

2402 Char1es MELANCON Venu d 1 Ecose 2403 Marie DUGAS

2404 Thomas CORMIER m. C • a . 1669 2405 Madeleine GIROUARD Po rt Royal

2406 Jacques LE BLANC rn. C • a . 1673 2407 Catherine HEBERT Port Roya 1

2408 Pierre THIBODEAU m. C . a . 1670 2409 Jeanne TERRIOT Port Royal

2410 Emmanuel HEBERT m. C. a. 1675. 2411 Andree BRUN Port Roy a 1

2412 Rene LE BLANC rn. C. a. 167 9 2413 Anne BOURGEOIS Po rt Roya 1 241 6 See 2168 241 7 See 2169 2418 See 217 0 241 9 See 21 71

2424 Joseph 0 1 Sonny NADEAU m • 6 September i665 2425 Marguerite ABRAHAM Contract Ouquet 2426 Antoine GASSE m. 14 October l 665 2427 Francoise PILOY Chateau Richer

2428 Rene ALBERT of diocese de Lucan Poitou 2429 Marie CLERANCEAU 2430 See 1030 2431 See 1031 2436 See 2076 2437 See 2077

2438 Guillaume TI BAULT m. 11 January 1665 2439 Marie Madeleine FRANCOIS Quebec 2440 Jean COTE m. 1 7 November 1635 2441 Anne MARTIN Quebec

2442 Gui 11 u ame COUTURE m • 16 November 1649 2443 Anne AYMARD Quebec.

189 2444 Mathieu CHORET m. 4 March 1647 2445 Sebastienne VEILLON St. Marguerite Ville de la Rochel le Auni s See 2520 2446 See 2210 2447 See 2211

2448 Vincent LEBRUN rn. c.a. 1650 2449 Rene BRODE Acadia

2450 An t o i n e BOU RG rn. c.a. 1643 24 51 Antoinette LANDRY Port Royal

2452 Abraham DUGAS m. c.a. 1645 2453 Marguerite DOUCET Port Royal 24 54 Jacques BOURGEOIS m. c.a. 1643 2455 Jeanne TRAHAN Port Royal 2464 See 2160 2465 See 2161

24 66 Guillaume LiZOT m. 19 January 1670 2467 Anne PELLETIER Quebec 2468 See 1028 2469 See 1029

2470 P i e r r e LAV ALL EE m. 12 January 1665 2471 Marie Therese LE BLANC Quebec 2472 See 1028 2473 See 1029

2474 See 1184 2475 See 1185 2484 See 1148 2485 See 1149 2486 Francois THIBAUT m. 14 October 1670 2487 Elisabeth LEFEBVRE Ste. Anne 24 92 Charles CHOUINARD of Beaumont la Rance diocese 2493 Elisabeth VALIN de Tours Touraine 2494 See 1140 2495 See 1141 2 504 Bastien CORDEAU of Ban~ea~ Orleanais 2505 Lubine CHAPELIER 2506 Francois LATOUR of St. Eustache de Paris 2507 Catherine CHARLAND Ile-de-France

19 0 2520 See 2444 CHORET of Notre Dame de Cogne Ville de la Rochelle Aunis 2 5 21 See 2445 VEILLON of Verdi11e diocese de Saintes 2522 Guillaume BAUCHE rn. 16 October 1656 2523 Marie PARADIS Quebec 2524 See 2160 2525 See 2161 2526 See 2466 2527 See 2467 2528 Clement LEBEL of Il1evi1le sur Montfort 2529 Francoise LAGNEL Norrnandie 2552 See 1184 2553 See 1185 2554 See 2370 2555 See 2371 3008 Anthony EAMES 3009 Margery PIERCE 3010 Thomas CHILLINGWORTH 3011 Jane JOANE

3012 Nathaniel TILDEN 3013 Lydia HUCKSTEP

3016 John OLDHAM 3017 Mary 3018 William WETHERELL 3019 Isabell 3020 James SPROUT 3 021 3022 Henry SAMSON 3023 Ann PLUMER 3050 Mathew BARSTOW 3051 3052 James BUCK 3053 3054 William HOLBROOK 3055 Elizabeth PITTS

191 3058 James PITNEY 3059 Sarah SMITH 3064 Robert STETSON 3065 Honour

3066 l~i 11 i am BROOKS 3067 Susanna DUNHAM 3068 John PRAY 3069 Joanna DOWMAN 3070 John HAYDEN 3071 Hannah AMES 4106 Pierre MALET of Courgeon diocese de Sees 4107 Jacqueline LEGER Perche · 4124 Nicolas MIGNOT of Diocese de Bayeux 4125 Madeleine DEBRIE

4140 Clement BOUCHARD of Ar.dilly les Marais 4141 Clemence BRESSARD ciocese de la Roche11e Aunis 4142 Jean TROTINNE of 1a Roche1le Aunis 4143 Madeleine BLANCHARD 4152 Jacques AUBER of Ste. Croix de Troarn 4153 Normandie 4160 El oi PELLETIER of Bresolettes Perche 4161 Francoise MATTE of St. Aubin de Tourouvre Perche 4164 Guillaume LANGLOIS of St. Leona.rd des Pares 4165 Jeanne MILLET Normand i e 4228 Jacques GUYON of Toufouvre ~erche 4229 Marie HUET

4256 C1 aude SOUCY 4257 Francoise VAINE 4258 See 2066 4259 See 2067 4260 Jean FOUGEREAU of Continvois diocese 4261 Renee BATAILLE d 1 Angers Anjou 42 62 Martin ROSSIGNOL of St. Pierre de Montfort 4263 Renee DESJARDINS diAmaury diocese of Chartres n e-de-France 4268 Robert VAILLANCOUR of St. Nicolas d 1 Aiermont 4269 Jacquette PEPIN Diocese de Rauen Normandie 4270 See 2258 42 71 See 2259 192 4310 See 1026 431 l See lC:27 4312 See 1040 4313 See 1041

4316 Gilles PINEL m. 2 September 1657 4317 Anne LEODET Quebec 4318 Julien COUTANCINEAU of St. Martin Ile-de-Re 4 31 9 Marie LANGLOIS diocese of la Rochelle Aunis 4320 See 2300 4321 See 2301 4322 of St. Gerv~is Ville de Sees 4323 Normandie 4336 Jean TERRIOT m. c.a. 1633 433 7 Perinne BEAU 4340 Jacques GAUDIN of St. Laurent de Beaumenil 4341 Marg u er i t e NI ARD Com~une de St. Gervais de Perron (orne) Normandie 4342 See 2052 4343 See 2053 4344 Olivier LEROY 4345 Catherine BODERGE 4346 Jean MAJOR of St. Thomas de Thougues 4347 Marguerite LEPLETE diocese de Lisieux Normandie 4416 Robert DROUIN of Pin la Garenne 441 7 Marie DUBOIS Perche 4418 Jean CHAPELIER of St. Etienne du Brie Comte 4419 Marguerite DODIER Robert Ile-de-France 4420 Denis LOIGNON of Moussonvi1liers diocese 4421 Francoise CHAPELIER de Chartr~s Perche 4422 Jean ROUSSIN of Tourouvre (Orne) Perche 4423 Madeleine GIGUERE 4448 Jean PERROT of Vi11edaigne diocese of 4449 Matherine BIGOT Nerbonne 4450 Antoine LEFLOT 4451 Marguerite LAMERE

4452 Pierre GAGNE rn. c.a. 1639 4453 Ma r g u e r i te ROS EE France 4454 Julien DAUBIGEON of Glisson diocese de 4455 Perinne LE MEUNIER Nantes Bretogne

193 4456 Gu~llaume SIMON of Taverny Pres de Paris 4457 Sebastienne DOUBLEZ I1e-de-France 4458 Robert VIEZ of La Methe de France 4459 Xa·inte PAULIN

4464 BLOUIN of St. Pierre d 1 Etusson 4465 diocese de Poitiers Poitou 4468 And re CARR EAU of Bordeaux Guyenne 4469 Jacquette CAUSSEDE 4470 Pierre LE ROUGE of Joinville Champa 4471 Marguerite JOLY 4472 Sebastien JAHAN of laVille de Blois paroisse Ste. 4473 Jeanne OUDINOT Solenne diocese de Chartres Orleanais 4474 Jean FERRA of Crevecoeur le Grand 4475 Joinette HUBERT Picardie 4476 Charles DE TREPAGNY of St. Pierre de ·Muchedent 4477 Marie MAILLET ?r~s Dieppe Normandie

4478 See 2208 12 July 1637 4479 Anne CLOUTIER Quebec 4556 Jean GERBERT of St. Pierre de Nantes 4557 Perinne PELE Bretagne 4624 Jean COTE m. 17 November 1635 4625 Anne MARTIN Quebec 4626 See 2082 4627 See 2083 4628 Yves BERNIER of St. Germain 1 'Auxerois 4629 Michelle TREVILLET de Paris Ile-de-France

4630 Claude GRENIER of St. Laurent de Paris 4631 Catherine GRENIER Ile-de-France 4636 Etienne LEPAGE of Notre Dame d'Ouanne 4637 Nicole BERTHELOT diocese d'Auxerre

4638 See 2210 4639 See 2211

4640 Jean GAGNON of LaVentrousse au Perche 4641 Marie GESTRAY

4642 Antoine PARENTEAU of St .. Nicolas de la Roche1le 4643 Anne POISSON Aunis

194 4680 Gi1les FOURNIER of Coulmer Norrnandie 4681 Noelle GAGNON

4682 Guillaume HERBERT m. October 1634 4683 Helene DES PORTES Quebec 4684 Honore ROUSSEAU of Oroux diocese de 4685 Marie BOILEROT Poitiers Poitou 4686 Jean OLIVIER 4687 Louise PREVOST

4688 CARON of 1 'ev de ·1a Rochel le Aunis 4689 4690 Pierre CRENEL of Benouville diocese de 46 91 Marie LEMERCIER Bayeux Normandie 4696 Julien FORTIN of Notre Dame de Voir Commune 4697 Marie LAVI E de St. Cosme de. Vair diocese dee Mans Ma1ne 4698 See 2324 4699 See 2325 4700 See 2352 4701 See 2353 4702 Abraham MARTIN 4703 Marguerite LANGLOIS 4708 Claude MORIN of St. Etienne de Brie Comte 4709 Jeanne MOREAU Robert Ile-de-France 4710 Pierre DES PORTES of Diocese de Lisieax Normandie 4 711 Francoise LANGLOIS 4712 Etienne BACON. of St. Gilles de Coen en 4 713 Madeleine FERON Normand i e 4714 Eloi Jean TAVERNIER 4715 Marguerite GAGNON 4 716 Franco i s - GU I MON D of la Paroisse de Champs 4717 Jeanne DE LAUNAY diocese de Sees an Perche 4718 Antoine BITOUSET of St. Etienne du Mont de 4 71 9 Nicole DUPONT Paris Ile-de-France 4722 Gaspond BOUCHER of Notre Dame Mortagne Perche 4723 Nicole LEMERE

195 4732 Jean TRUDELLE of Parfondeva1 Pres de 4733 Marguerite NOYER Mortagne Perche 4734 Jean THOMAS of Stavelot de Liege 4735 Marguerite FREDREY Belgique 4736 Jean DUBE of la Chape11e-Themer 4737 Renee SUZANNE diocese de Lucan Poitou 4738 Pierre CAMPION of St. Nicaise de Rouen 4739 Marguerite HENAUT Normandie

4740 Pierre MIVILLE of Fribourg Suisse 4 7 41 Charlotte MAUGIS 4742 See 2082 4743 See 2083 4752 Thomas HAYOT of St. Jean de Mortagne Perche 4753 Jeanne BOUCHER 4754 Nicolas PELLETIER of St. Pierre de Gallardon 4755 Jeanne DE VOISSY BeaL:ce Or1eanais

4760 Jean LEVASSEUR rr, . 2 3 Ap r i 1 1 6 4 6 4 7 61 Marguerite RICHARD Contract Lecot 4762 Louis MARCHAND cf St. Martin de Re diocese de 4 7 63 Francoise MORINEAU la Rochelle Aunis 4802 See 2454 4803 See 2455 4806 See 2452 4807 See 2453 4808 Robert CORNIER of la Rochelle Aunis 4809 Marie PERAUDE 4 81 0 Francois GIROUARD of Louis Chaussee region 4811 Jeanne AUCOIN Loudun dept. de la Vienne

4812 Daniel LEBLANC m. c.a. 1650 4813 Francoise GAUDET France 4814 Antoine HEBERT 4815 Genevieve LEFRANC 4818 See 4336 4819 See 4337

196 4820 Etienne HEBERT 4821 Marie GAUDET 4822 See 2448 m, c.a. 1650 4823 See 2449 Acadia 4824 See 4812 4825 See 4813 4826 See 2454 4827 See 2455 4848 Marc NADEAU of Genoullac ev d'Angouleme 4849 Jeanne DESPRES Angoumois 4850 Godfray ABRAHAM of St. Eustache de Paris 4851 Denise FLEURY Ile-de-France 4852 Noel GASSE of St. Pierre de Ooue la 4853 Madeleine DURAND Fontaine en Anjou 4854 Francois PILOY of St. Nicolas des Champs 4855 Claudette POULET de Paris Ile-de-France 4876 Nicolas THIBAUT tf Rauen Norma~die 4877 ·Elisabeth ANTHIAUM~ 4878 Isaac FRANCOIS of Metz Lorraine 4879 Ester PASQUIER 4882 See 4702 4883 See 4703

4884 Guillaume COUTURE of St. Godard de Rauen 4885 Madeleine MALET Normandie 4886 Jean AYMARD of St. Andre de Niort Poitou 4887 Marie BINEAU 4888 CHORET of Notre Dame de Cogne Ville 4889 de la Rochelle Aunis 4890 VEILLON of Verdilie diocese de 4891 Saintes Angoumois

4904 DUGAS of Ste. Anne d'Auray 4905 Bretagne 4906 Germain DOUCET 4 907

4908 Jacques BOURGEOIS Military Officer of Ccupvray 4909 en Brie Champagne

197 491 0 Gui 11 aurne TRAHAN of Bourquei 1 Anjou 4911 Jacquette BENOIT 4932 Robert LIZOT of St. Pierre de la Gravelle 4933 Catherine JOANNE Commune de Montviette diocese de Lisieux Normandie 4934 See 1040 4935 See l 041

4940 Pierre LAVALLEE of Ste. Jean de Rauen 4941 Madeleine DUMESNIL Normandie 4942 Leonard LEBLANC m. 23 August 1650 4943 Marie RITON Quebec 4972 Louis THIBAUT of St. Catherine de la Flotte 4973 Renee GAUTIER Ile-de-Re Aunis 4974 Guillaume LEFEBVRE 4975 Barbe VIOT

5044 Antoine BAUCHE of Montmorency Ile-de-France 5 045 Marguerite GUILLEBERi

5046 See 1056 5047 See 1057 6016 Thomas EAMES 6017 Millicent BREWSTER 6024 Thomas TILDEN 6025 A1ice BIGGS 6026 Stephen HUCSTEPPE 6027 Winifred HATCH

6142 William AMES 6143 Hannah 8632 Nico"las PINEL of la Rochelle Aunis 8633 Madeleine MARAUT 8634 Nicolas LE0DET of Angoul1ns diocese de 1a 8635 Isabelle PENEAU Rochelle Aunis

B844 Pierre ROUSSIN m. 4 June 1591 8845 Jehanne NYEULLE Tourouvre (Orne) 8846 Jean GIGUERE of Tourouvre (Orne) 884 7 Mc1deleine VIETTE Province of Perche

198 8904 Louis GAGNE of St. Cosme de Vair Maine 8905 Marie Ll~UNAY 8906 Jean ROSEE of Jareze diocese de Maus 8907 Catherine BARBIER Maine 8958 See 2352 8959 See 2353 9250 See 4702 92 51 See 4703 9364 Louis HEBERT of Paris Ile-de-France S365 Marie ROLLET

9366 SP-e 4710 9367 See 4711 9422 Pierre LANGLOIS 9423 9428 lhomas LE TAVERNIER 9429 Ju ·1 i enne JOU CY 9430 Pierre GAGNON of Tourouvre au Perche 9431 Renee ROGER

9464 Jacques TRUDEL af Parfondeva1 province 9465 Francoise RE\IEL o·:= Perche 9520 Noe1 LAVASSEUR of St. Leu et St. Gil1es 9521 Genevieve GAMACHE de Paris Ile-de-France 9~,22 .. Nicolas RICH1\RD of Paris Ile-de-France 9 ~-. 23 Jeanne BONNET 9626 Jean GAUDET 9627

9642 Jean GAUDET m. c.a. 1650 9(.43 Nicole COLFSON Port Roya1 9884 Leonard LEBLANC of Blessat La Marche 9885 Jeanne FAYANDE diocese of Limoges 9886 Robert RITON of Bourg Sur la Roche Poitou 9887 Marguerite GUYGN 12048 Richard TILDEN 12049 Elizabeth GLOVER 12050 Robert BIGGS l 20 51 Elizabeth 12.052 Lawrence HUCSTEPE 12053 Jane POPE

199 12054 Thomas HATCH l 2 055 Joanne 17688 Marin NYEULLE of Tourouvre (Orne) 17689 Adrianne JACQUET province of Perche 18856 Marin LE TAVERNIER l 885 7 Jacquette CHEVALIER 18858 Jehan JOUCY 1885 9 Marion HOUDARD

18860 B a r n ab e GAG NO I~ l 8861 Francoise CRESTE

24096 Ry ch a r ci TYL DEN 24097 24100 Edward BIGGE 241 01 Al ·l ce 24108 John HATCH 24109

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• • • APPEND1X PROOF OF PARENTAGE FOR THOMAS EAMES Plymouth County Record Vol. 63 p. 151 item l

Know all men by these present, that I Thomas Eames of Marshfield in the County of Plymouth in New England, yeoman, for the consideration of two hundred pounds in lawfull silver money to me in hand paid by Elisha Sherman of the same town and county aforesaid yeoman, I the said Thomas Eames do hereby give grant bargain, sell convey and confirm unto him the said Elisha Sherman his heirs and assigns forever all my real estate lying in Marshfield dwelling house, barn, salt meadow, which real estate contains about fourty acres by the same more or less, and the homestead is bounded on the north side bounded with the land of Joseph Phillips, easterly with the land of Caleb Carver, John Joyce and Nathaniel Joyce, southerly side partly with the high N way and partly with the lands of Hannah Eames, Adam Rodgers, 0 N John Tilden and William Macomber, easterly with Josiah Tilden's and Job Winslow land. The wood lot is bounded as followeth, beginning at a stake and stones standing on the west corner of the land of Ebenezer Sherman, thence south thirty one degrees westerly by the land of Levi Ford forty one rods to a stake an(I stones on the northeast side of Roger's Highway, and then with said viay south twenty one degrees easterly twenty one rods to a stake and stones, thence runeth north thirty two degrees easterly fifty one rods to a stake and stones by the highway, then twenty rods to the bounds first named. The salt meadow is bounded easterly side with the South river, northerly side with the meadow of Amos Eames, westerly side with the meadow of Eli·sha Ford, southerly with the meadow of Samuel Taylor. To have and to hold the aforesaid house, barn and land with all the privileges and appertainees their unto belonging, unto him the said Elisha Sherman his heirs and assigns forever and I the said Thomas Eames do hereby convenant for myself and heirs with the said Elisha Sherman and heirs, that I am the lawfull owner of the premises, and that I have a lawfull right to sell the same as aforesaid, and that I will warrant secure and defend the same unto him the said Elisha Sherman the heirs and assigns forever from the Jawfull claims and demands of all persons unto ever, and Grace Eames the Mother of the within named Thomas Eames doth hereby give up her right of dower or thirds therein; likewise Rebeckah Eames the wife of the said Thomas Eames gives up her right of dower or thirds therein in witness whereof we have here unto set our hands and seals her this twenty first day of May A. D. 1784 Thomas Eames (Seal) Gracem ~k Eames (Seal Signed Sealed & Delivered Plymouth May 21st 1784 - (Rebe~kahhe~ Eam:s (Seal) In Presence Of mark Caleb Carver ' all personally appeared and acknowledged the fore Samuel Oakma~ going written instrument to ~e their act & deed. Before me Samuel Oakman Just1ce Peace. Received April 22nd 1785 & Recorded John Cotton Reg.r

Plymouth County Record Vol. 63 p. 151 item 2 N 0 w Know all men by these Present, that I Anthony Eames of Marshfield in the County of Plymo,1th in New England Taylor, for and in consideration of love and good will that I bear unto my wel I beloved Son Thomas Eames of Marshfield in the county afore Said Labourer together with the sum of forty shillings to me in hand Paid by my Son Thomas Eames, I the Said Anthony Eames Do give and freely give unto my Son Thomas, all 1Dy Homestead with all my Buildings upon it containing by Estimation about fifteen Acres be it more or less, to him and his heirs Executors & Adm. forever together with four Acres of Salt marsh lying in the South River the westerly Side of i·t, which was given me by my Father Anthony Eames, and I also give unto my Son Thomas Eames his heirs and assigns about three Acres of land be it more or less, that I bought of Josiah Eames. And I also give unto my Son Tho~as Eames Seven Acres of ·land that I bought of Caleb Tilden and three Quarters of a Acre of land that I bought of Elisha Kent.-To have and to hold all the above granted and given land, with all ~nd Singular the profits ahd Privileges belonging, unto him the Said Thomas Eames his heirs and assigns forever, to belong and appertain to his and their only Proper use benefit and behoof forever, and that at the time of the Signing Sealing & Delivery here of that I am the true Sole Proper and lawfull owner of all the above granted Premises and have in my self good right full Power to give and Dispose of the Same in manner and form as is above Expressed In Witness whereof the Said Anthony Eames have here unto Set my hand and seal the seventh day of February in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred and Seventy four. 1774.-Anthony Eames. (Seal) Signed Sealed & Dated.-Plymouth March 23rd. 1774.-The above named in the presence of us, Anthony Eames Personally appeared & acknowledged the Waterman above written Instrument to be his act and Deed. Sylvanus White Before me Alizah White Justice Peace

Received April 22nd 1785 & Recorded John Cotton Reft

N 0 Plymouth County Record Vol. 63 p. 151 item 3 & continued on p. 152

Know all men by these present, that I ,Josiah Eames of Marshfield in the County of Plymouth yeoman in consideration of the sum of five pounds thirteen shillings r. f•iur pence lawfull money paid me by Thomas Eames of Marshfield aforesa1rl yeoman, the receipt whereof I do hereby for myself & my heirs fully and ab~olute1y release and for ever quit my claim unto him the said Thomas Ei:\::Jes his heirs & assigns forever, of in & unto my part of a 1ot of land in Marshfield aforesaid in the second division in number the twenty eighth lot~ it being assigned to me in the division of my Father's estate reference being had to said division for the particular bounds thereof. To have and to hold the above granted & bargained. Premises, with the appertainees thereunto belonging unto him the said Thomas Eames, his heirs and assigns forever with full and ample warrantee against the claim of all persons claiming from by or under me In witness hereof the said Josiah Eames and here unto set my hand and seal this tenth day of September A. D. 1774. Josiah Eames (Seal) Sign, Seal & Delivered Plymouth May 17, 1784 The Subscribed Josiah Eames In Presence of Personally appeared and acknowledged the above writter J oh n S he rm a n , instrument to be his free act and deed - before me. Seth Bryant Barmuleas Howard Justice of Peace

. r Received April 22nd 1785 & Recorded John Cotton Reg.

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INDEX

INDEX A ABRAHAM BADEAU Godfroy 197; Marguerite Jacques 184, 201; Jeanne 189, 201 82, 176, 201 ALBERT BAILLON, De Baillon Marie Claire 173, 201; Alphonse 42, 181, 201; Pierre 179, 201; Rene 189 Catherine 42, 123, 174, 201 ALLARD, Allart BARBIER Jacque 26; Pierre 25, 26, Catherine 199 2 7, 2 8 BARBOT ALOIGNON, Loignon Marie 28 ~ Pierre Denis 184, 201 BARE AMES Elisabeth 187, 201 See also EAMES BARSTOW, Berstow, Bairstow Hannah 98, 108, 192, 198; Deborah 100; Elizabeth 99, William 98, 108, 198 100, 101, 181; George 99, ANCELIN, Asselin, Hancelin 100; Grace 99, 100; John Marie, 127, 177, 201; Rene 1 0 0; Math evJ 9 9, 1 01 , . l 91 ; 76. 127, 185, 201 Michael 99 ~ l 01; Sarah 1 00; ANTHIAUME Susanna 115; William 99, Elisabeth 197 100 ARDOUIN, Arguin BARRETTE Anne 184, 201 Jean 25 AUBl:RT, Auber BASSET Charles 26, 31, 76; Claude J. 25 41, 182, 201, Felix 175, BATAILLE 201; Jacques 192; Marie Renee 192 Charlotte 170, 201 BATES AUCOIN . Hosea 155 Jeanne 52, 196 BAUCHE, Bauchet, Boche, Bosche AUTIN, Hottin Antoine i98; Claire 180, Francois 126, 130, 176, 201; Guil1aume 191, 201 183, 201; Marie Anne 171, BAYLEY 201; Marie Francoise 175, Thomas 113 2 01 BEAU AYMARD, Aymart Perinne 193, 196 Anne 55, 189, Barbe 183, BEAUREGARD 201; Jean 197 Jean 184, 201; Marthe 176, AV OTTE, Ayot 2 01 See HAYDT BECART Pierre 76 BELANGER, Boulanger BAB I LOTTE Isabeau 2L 181 Antoinette 182, 201 BENOIT BACON Jacquette ·198 Etienne 195; Eustache 178, BERGERON 201; Gilles 63, 188, 201; Marie 170, 201; Michel 173 Jeanne 172, 201 BERNIER BALCUM Elisabeth 178, 201; Gene­ Ann 40, 201 vieve 177, 201; Jacques 187~ 201; Yves ·194

i BERRY BONNET Josiah 159 Jeanne 199 BERTHELOT BOUCHARD Nico1e 194 Charles 124, 168, 201; BERUBE Claude 29; Clement 187, Anne 123; Damien 43, 124, 192, 201; Etienne 32~ 124, 174,201; Francois 168, 128, 130; Francois 124, 201; Francoise 167, 201; 130; Francoise 32; Gabriel Fra~coise Judith 35, 37; 124; Genevieve 167, 201; Guillaume 123; Jeanne 123, Madeleine 124, 174, 201; 127; Louise 167, 201; Marguerite 28, 29, 124, Marie 43, 123; Marie 126; Michel 130, 182, 201; Josephte 35; Mathurin 44; Nicolas 178, 201; Pierre Pierre 36, 44, 124, 168, 124, 130, 169, 172, 201 170, 201; Robert 182, 201; BOUCHER Therese 44 · Francois 124; Gaspond 195; BIGGS. Bigge, Bygge Gertrude 124; Jean Galeran Agnes 200; Alice 198, 200; 31, 124, 130,174,201; Edward 200; Elizabeth 199; Jeanne 196, Madeleine 28, Robert 199; Robert 200; 31, 32, 35~ 124, 170, 201; Rychard 200 Marguerite 169, 188, 201; BIGOT Marie 124,126,183,201; Mathurine 193 Marie Anne 168, 172, 201; BINEAU Marie-Xainte 126, 178, 201; Marie 197 Marin 11, l~5, 46, 181, 201; BI RE >:ichel 170,201; Phillippe Marguerite 186, 201 124, 130; Pierre 32, 124, BITOUSET, Bitousette ·128, 130, ·171, 172, 175, Antoine 195; Jeanne 25, 201; Rosalie 168, 201; 188, 201 Veronique 168, 201 BLAINVILLAIN BOURG Ay me e l 8 2 , 2 0 1 Antoine 190, 201; Huguette BLANCHARD 179, 201 Madeleine 192 BOURGEOIS . BLOUIN An n e l 8 9 , 2 0 l ; F ra n co i s e Andre 185, 201; Charlotte 179, 201; Jacques 190, 197, 169, 201; Gabriel 172, 201; 201; Marguerite 182, 201; Mederi c 177, 201 Marie 189, 201 BOARDMAN BOU1EILLERIE, Deschamps Thomas 145, 148; Joseph 30, 43, 129, 130 145, 150, 158; William 145 BOWEN BODERGE Eman 132 Catherine 87, 193 BOWIN BOILEROT Sebastien 126, 130 Marie 195 BRACKETT BOIRY Jeffrey 148, 154 Jean 127 BRESSANI BOISEVENTION 55 85 BRESSARD. BOISSEL Clemence 192; Louise 187, Marie 172, 201 2 01 BONIN BREWSTER Francoise 185, 201 Millicent 198 BONNEMER BRODE Marie 184, 201 Renee 190, 197, 201

i i BRODSTREET CAUSSEDE Simon 111 Jacquette 194 BROOKS CAVE LIER Deborah 102, 118, 181; Rene Robert 16 Hannah 102; Joanna 102, 118; CHADWICK Mary 102; Meriam 102; Joseph 105 Nathaniel 102; Sarah 102; CHALUT Susanna 118; Thomas 102; Luce ·186, 201 William 102, 118, 192 CHAMPLAIN BRUN 45, 78 Andree 189, 201; Vincent CHAPELAIN 1 97 Francoise 176,201; Louis BRUNELLE 185, 201 · Vivienne 182, 20·1 BRUNETTE CHAPELIER- Francoi se 193; Jean 193; Francoise 176, 201 Lubine 190, 201; Marie 184, BRYANT 201 Seth 205 CHARLAND BUCK Catherine 190, 201 Benjamine 102; Deborah 102, CHARON Hannah 115, 174; 102; Jeanne 187, 201 James 1 91 ; John 102, 181 ; CHARPENTIER Joseph 102; Mary 102; Bonaventure 186, 201, Rachel 102; Robert 102; Marie .Reine 177, 201 Susanna 102 CHARRON BURNS Ni col as 95 wi 11 i am 1 51 CHJl.STEI GNY BUSH Marie 176, 201; Nicolas Geraldine Mary 165; Herman 'i 84, 201 165; John 165 CH AUN CY 122 C CHEVALIER CADOT Catherine 176,201; Jacques Jacquette 64, 187, 201 ·is2, 201; Jacquette 200; CALLINAN Jeanne 174, 201; Rene 176, Catherine 165; Michael 166 ·, 84, 201; Therese 171, 201 CAMPION CHILD Marie 188, 201; Pierre 196 Sarah 100 CANE CHILLINGWORTH, Chillingsworth Hannah 117 Elizabeth 103; Joane 103; CARON Mary 103; Mehitable 103, Joseph 172, 178, 201; ·rn1; Sarah 103; Thomas 103, Marguerite 169, 201; Robert ·1 91 188, 195, 201 CHORET CARREAU Francoise ·r73, 201; Jean Andre 194; Louis 185, 201; 180, 201; ;Jean Baptise 174, Marie 177, 201 201; Joseph 179, 201; CARREL Marguerite 170, 201; Marie 186, 201 Mathieu 190, 201; Mathurin CARVER 191, 201 Caleb 202, 203 CHOUINARD CASSE Charles 190, 201; Jacques Antoine 47, 48, 189; 49, 180, 201; Marie 173, Charlotte 179, 201; Noel 201 l 97 CHURCH GAUMONT Benjamin 132 Marie 182, 201

i i i CLERANCEAU . COTT ON Marie 189, 201 John 203, 204, 205 CLOUTIER COUDRAY Angelique 168, 201; Anne Marie 184, 201 194; Charles 178, 201; COUILLARD Charlotte 125; Elisabeth Charles 48~ Genevieve 76; Ursule 178; Gabriel 169, Guillaume 50, 60, 9-0;Louise 90 201; Jean 188, 201; Louis COUTANCINEAU 125; Louise 178, 201; Julien 193; Louise 183, 201 Marie 125; Marie Louise 181, COUTURE 201 ; Xa i nte 1 7 8, 201 ; Anne 179, 201; Guillaume Zacharie 50, 172, 188, 201 55, 56, 189, 197, 201 COLBERT COUTURIER Jean 16 Joseph- 38 COLLESON, Coleson COTTRELL Nicole 51, 199; Nicolas 51 Sylvester 146, 150 COMSTOCK CRADDOCK Mary 106 Mathew 111 CONANT CRENEL Roger 110 Marie 188, 201; Pierre 195 CONTANCINEAU CRESTE Louise 127 Francoise 95, 200 COOMBS CRETE Anthony 146, 149; Benjamin Antoine 184, 201; Jean 176, 146, 153; Ephraim 149; 201; Marie 171, 201 Fields 146, 149; Hosea 149, CYR 159; Jesse 149; Philip 150; See SYRE Peter 146, 149; Robert 145, CRlSSET 149; Solomon 149 Jeanne 184, 201 COONEY Andrew Carl 164; Andrew b John 166; John Andrew 166; DAGGET, Dogget Rita 39, 165 Thomas l 03 CORBIN, Lacroix D1 AILLEBOUST Francois 171, 201; Louis Louis 24, 63 167, 169, 20l;Louise 166, DALAIRE 201 Catherine 28 CORDEAU DANCOSSE Bastien 190, 201; Jacques Genevieve, 170, 201; Marie 173,201; Jean 180, 201; 127; Marie Madeleine 124, Marguerite 170, 201 171,201; Pierre 124,130, CORMIER 174, 201 Alexis 52; Francois 52; DAUBIGEON Germain 52; Jeanne 52; Catherine 185,201; Julien Madeleine 52; Marquerite l 93 173, 201; Marie 5 ; Pierre D1 AUTEUIT l 7 2 , 201 ; Robe rt 1 9 6 ; Ruette 127 Thomas 52, 53, 189, 201 DE BLOIS COTE Fr a n co i s l 8 5 , 2 0 1 ; Ge rm a i n Jean 54, 179, 189, 194, 201; 172, 201; Gregoire 176, 201; Jean Baptise 173, 201; Madeleine 169, 201 Louis 172, 177, 187, 201; DEBRIE Marquerite 169, 201; Marie Madeleine 192 170, 201; Marie Anne 171, DE CHAUX Francoise 185, 201

i V DEGUSPART DENIS Catherine 180, 201 Jean 35; Marguerite 168, DE LA BOURLIERE 169, 201 Jacques 177, 201; Jean DE RAMESAY Baptise 172, 201; Francoise Genevieve 30 169, 201 DE ROY DE LASSART See ROY Etienne 23, 24 DESCHAMPS DE LAUNAY Claude 123; Francois ·123, Jeanne 195 129; Jean 123; Jean B'te DE LAUZON 30, 123; Joseph 129; Charles 58 Louis 123 DE LAVOYE, Lavoie DE SENS Alexandre 37; Alexis 33, 35; Isabelle 186, 201 Andre 37, 166, 201; Anne 27, DESJARDINS 28; Annie 38, 39; Antoine Renee 192 34; Archil1e 39; Augustin DESMARAIS 34, 35, 36, 37, 167, 201; Marie 184, 201 Brigitte 28; Charles 34; DESNOYERS Claude 34; Edward 40; Catherine 186, 201 Edmund 3 6 , 3 9, 1 6 5 , 201 ; DES PORTES Eloi 38; Francois 37, 38; Helene 195; Pierre 195 Francois 37, 38; Frederic DESPRES 36, 39, 165, 201; Genevieve Jeanne 197 37; Hattie 39, Hilaire 38; DE TREPAGNY Ignace 37; Jacques 28, 29; Anne 177, 201; Charles 194; Jean 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33~ Romain 185, 201 35, 130, 170, 201; Jean B1 te DE \'OISSY 35, 37; Jean Francois 34, Jeanne 196 35; Jean Roche 37; John 39, DIONNE 165,201; Joseph 29, 34, 35, Antoine 180, 201; Catherine 37, 38, 168, 201; Joseph A. 173, 201; Jean 127 26; Marguerite 33; Marie DODGE Anne 33, 35; Marie Francoise Israel 150, 159; James 152; 34, 36; Marie Genevieve 35; Joshua 139, 151; Mark 150; Marie Louise 37; Marie Noah 142, 146, 150; Madeleine 28, 33; Marie Rathburn 146, 150, 158; Victorire 37; Mattie 39; Simon 145, 150; Solomon 150; Nellie 39; Onezime 39; Wi 11 i am 13 9 Pierre 28, 29, 33, 36, 37, DODIER 38, 165, 201; Rene 16, 21, Marguerite 193 23, 24, 25. 2a, 29, 30, 32, DOTEY 1 2 6, l 7 4, l 81 , 201 ; Ri ch a rd Edward l 02 40 DOUBLEZ DE LUGRE Se b as t i e n n €~ 1 94 Marthe 25 DOUCET DE MARLE Germain 197; Marguerite 190: Louise 42, 181, 201 201 DE MONTMORENCY DOWMAN Francois 64 Joanna 192 DENE DROUIN Jean 95; Mathry 95 Am a b 1 e 1 6 7 ~ 2 0 1 ; Ca t h e r i n e OE NEUVIL.LE 166,176,201; Genevieve Nicolas 50 ·185, 201; Nicolas 176, 201; Pierr(~ 169, 171, 201; Robert 57, 68, 184, 193~201

V DUBE EMOND Augustin 173, 201; Germain Isaac 187, 201; Madeleine 168, 201; Isidore 167,201; 169, 201; Pierre 126, 130, Jean 169, 196, 201 ;Josette 172, 178, 201 170, 201; Made1eine 179, ENDECOTT 201; Modeste 166, 201; John 111 Mathurin 126, 130, 178, 188, ENGRAN·O 201 Francoise 187, 201 DUBOIS Marie l 93 F DUCHESNE FAILLON Constance 28 Abbe 66 DUGAS FARROW , Abraham 190, 197; Cecile John 105, 148, 150, 152, 173, 201; Claude 179, 201; 159, 160; Josiah 145, 146, Marie 189, 201 152, 159; Samuel 160 DUMESIL FAVEREAU Madeleine 198 Francoise 177, 201 DUMMER FAUNCE Richard 111 Sarah 102 DUMONT FAY ANOE Julien 28 Jeanne 199 DUNBAR FAYETTE David 159 Etienne 182, 201; Marie DUNHAM 175, 201 Susanna 102, 192 rEBURIER DUPONT Antoinette 95 Francois 176, 201; Madeleine FERRA 172, 201; Nicolas 185, 201; Jean 194; Marie 185~ 201 Nicole 195; Rene 93; FERON Xainte 50, 188, 201 Madeleine 195 DURAND, Durant FERRAND Francoise 171, 195, 201; Francoise 177, 201 Madeleine 197; Martin 176, FERRIN 201; Nicolas 126, 130 Joseph 146 DU REP OS . FLEURY Bruno 166, 201; Delina 39, Anne 187, 201; Denise 197 165, 201; Gabriel 169, 201; FLUCKER Jean Baptise 167, 201; Lucy 13'3; Hannah 133; Jeremie 167, 201; Larie 165, Th oirn1 s l 3 3 , l 3 4 201; Nicolas 172, 201 FOGU~NET DU VAL Guillaume 125 Pier re 21 FORD Elisha 202 E FORT IN EAMES, Ames Charles 178, 201; Julien Anthony 104, 170, 174, 191, 58, 64, 188, 195, 201; 203, 204; Betsey 153; Grace Marie Anne 172, 201 203; Jabez 105, 145, 149, FOSTER 167; John 145; Josiah 204) Elisha 114 205; Justus 103, 181; FOUQEREAU Louisiana 166; Rebecca 203; Elisabeth 127, 175, 201; Thomas 105, 137, 145, 149, Jean 192; Urbain 183, 201 153, 154, 160, 168, 198) 202, 203, 204, 205 ELWELL William 145, 153 vi FOURNIER GAUDIN, Godin (Cont'd.) Catherine 172, 201; George Jacques 23, 29, 193; 38; Gilles 195; Guillaume Marguerite 176, 201 59, 60, 61, 64, 187, 201; GAULIN Joseph 59, 60; Simon 178, Marguerite 176, 201; Vincent 201 184,201 FRAN CHEV ILLE GAUTIER Pierre 31, 84, 129 Renne 198 FRANCOIS GAUVIN Isaac 197; Marie Madeleine Francois 32, 128; Jean 126, 182, 189, 201 13 0 ~ FREDREY GERBERT Marguerite 196 Jean 194; Marie l 77, 201 ; FRONTENAC Mathurin 186, 201 64, 128 GEST RAY Marie 62, 194 G GIBBS GAGNE John 101 Louis 199; Marie 176, 201 ;' GIFFARD Pierre 185, 193, 201 Robert 45, 50; 54, 68, 70, 93 GAGNNERON GIGUERE Blanche 51 Francois 26; Freffle 26; GAGNON Jean 198; Lazare 26; Antoine 169, 201; Barnabe Madeleine 193 95, 200; Francoise 95; GI d~EY Isabelle 62; Jacques 32, 62, James 107, 170; Jane 167; 128; Jean 62, 63, 94, 96, John 107, 137, 145, 149, 127, 172, 178, 194, 201; 155, 160, 168; Mary 152; Jeanne 95; Lays 96; Mar­ Philip 160; Thomas ·145 guerite 63, 93, 94, 95, 96, GIROUER, Girou~rd 195; Marie 63; Marie Louise Francois 52, 196; Madeleine 167,201; Mathurin 63, 94, 52, 189, 201 96; Noel 96; Noella 195; GLOVER Olivier 95, 96; Pierre 35, Elizabeth 199 62, 93, 94, 95, 96, 199; GOBEIL Robert 62, 187, 201 Francoise 183, 201; Jean GALBRUIN 186, 201; Marie 123, 177, Marie 12.:7 2 01 GAMACHE, Lamarre GODARD Genevieve 64, 172, 188, 199, Etienne 28 201; Jacques 64; Nicolas 64, GODFROY 65, 178, 187, 201 Francoise 182, 201 GARANT GODR~AU Angelique 28 Agnes 39 GARINEAU GOUPEL Marie 187, 201 Rene 55 GARRISON GRAVEL Mrs. Pierre 60 Mace Joseph 94 GASNIER GRENIER Marguerite 25; Pierre 25 Antoinette 187, 201; Catherine GAUDET 194; Claude 194; Francoise Francoise 196; Marie 197; 70, 84, 182, 201 Jean 51, 199 GRIFFOT GAUDIN, Godin Marie 186, 201 Anne 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, GRINDLES 174; Charles 183, 201; Elie ,J. Francis 155 21, 22, 23, 25. 181; GRINNELL \fli1liam 146, 152 GRONDIN HENAUT Agnes 126, 178, 201; Anne Marguerite 196 Xai nte 178, 201; Jean 126, HE RAUL T 174, 201; Louise Catherine Susanne 186, 201 170,201; Marie 126; Marie HERVE Louise 35, 179, 201; Pierre Renee 187, 201 181, 201 HEWES GUERY Elisha 145, 150 Sebastienne 184, 201 HITCHBORN GUIET Benjamin 134 Jeanne 186, 201 HOLBROOK GUILLEBERT Anne 10 ; Elizabeth 102, Marguerite 198 103., 181; Jesse ·145; John GUIMOND, Guimont 108; Prince 145, 153; Francois 195; Louis 22, 26, Samuel 102; Thomas 108; 66, 67, 188, 201; Louise William 109, 113, 191 178, 201; Marte Francoise 28 HOLMES GUYON, Guion Mary 181 Barbe 81, 175, 201; Jacques HOUDEART 192; Jean 11, 45, 68, 69, Marion 200 81, 182, 201; Marguerite HOWARD 199 Barmu1eas 205 HUBBARD H Anh a 1 00 HALSTEAD HUBERT Grace 99; Susanna 99, 100 Joinette 194 HARN IE HUCKSTEP Rebecca 106, 168 . Lawrence 199; Lydia 120, HATCH 191; StephfJn 198 J er em i ah l l 4 , 1 4 5, l 5 3; HUDON Joanne 200; John 200; Thomas Antoine 34; Jean 127; 169, 200; Winifred 198 185, 201; lJudith 167, 201; HATHERLY Marguerite 124, 127; Timothy 102 Marguerite Catherine 174, HAYDEN 201; Marie 123; Pierre 123, Ebenezer 108; Elizabeth 113, 130, 172, 177, 201 181; Hannah 108; John 108, HUET 113, 192; Jonathan 107; Marie 192 Joseph l 08; Nehemiah 108; HULL Samuel 108; Susannah 108 Joseph 1 08 HAYOT HUOT Jean 188, 201; Jean Baptise Marie Anne 126 178, 201; Marie Anne 169, 201; Thomas 196; Zacharie J 17 3, 2 01 JACKSON HEBERT Henry 134, 135; Samuel 150 Antoine 196; Catherine 189, JACOB 201; Emmanuel 189, 201; Etienne 26 Etienne 197; Francoise 59, JACQUET 60,187,201; Guillaume 195; Adrianne 200 Jeanne 173, 179, 201; Louis JAHAN 74, 90, 199; Marguerite 179, Catherine 172; 201; Jacques 201 177, 185,201; Sebastien HELDT, Helt 1 94 Syman 167; Therese 166 JARDIN Jeanne 172, 201

Vii i JARREL, Jaron LANGLOIS Susanne 176~ 201 Anne 84, 175, 201; Elisa­ JEAN beth 187, 201; Francoise Louise 49, 180, 201; 195; Guillaume 192; Jeanne Marguerite 169,201; Pierre 176, 201; Louis 33; 172, 177, 201; Vivien 186, Marguerite 74, 195; Marie 201 • 188, 193, 201; Noel 70, 71, JOANE 84, 182, 201; Pierre 199 Jane 191 LA PREUVIER JOANNE Marguerite 175,201; N·icolas Catherine 198 182,201 JOLY LASSELLE Marguerite 194 ElJison 146,, 151 JONES LATOUR Joseph 105, 145, 153 Catherine l 80, 201; JORDAN Francois 190, 201 Lucy l 06 LAUNAY JOU CY Marie 199 Julienne 199; Jehan 200 LAURY JOUINEAN William 152; Edward 152; Francois 125 Zenas 152 JOYCE LAVALLEE John 202; Nathaniel 202 Marthe 179, 201; Pierre 190, JUCHEREAU 198, 201 Jean 94 LAVI E JUIN Marie 195 Marie 127 LAVOIE See DE LAVOYE K LEBEL KELAHAR Angelique 175, 201; Benjamin _ Ann 165; Patrick 166 168, 201; Clement 191, 201; KIESER, Kiser, Keiser Jean 126, 130; Jean B1 te John 166; Mary Ann 165; 130; Joseph 170,201; Judith Margaret 166; William 165 167, 201; Marie Anne 33 KINGMAN Nico1as 79~ 174, 180, 201 Jane 109 LEBLANC KNOX Catherine 179, 201; Daniel Henry 133, 134, 136, 137 196; Francois 179, 201; Jacques 189, 201; Leonard L 198, 199; Marie 173, 201; LACROIX Marie Therese 190, 201~ See CORBIN Rene 189, 201 LAGNEL LE BORGNE Francoise 191, 201 Emmanuel 85 LAME RE, Lemere LE BOUCHER Marguerite 193; Nicole 185, Marie 4 1 , 19 2 201 LE BRUN, Brun LAMONTAGNE Arn b r o s e l 7 0 , 2 0 l ; C1 a u d e 1 7 3 , R.P. 26 201; Marie 168, 201; Sebas­ LANDRY tian 179, 201; Vincent 190, Antoinette 190, 201; 2 01 Guillaume 62 LE CART 72

ix LECLERC LETOURNEAU Anne 94; Joas 185, 201 ; David 176, 184, 201; Louise Marie 31, 124, 174, 201 l 71 , 201 LEFEBVRE LEVASSEUR Elisabeth 190, 201; Jean 72, 87, 196,201; Francoise 173, 201; Josephte 173, 201; Laurent Guillaume 198; Jean 188, 201; Noel 199; Pierre Baptise 171, 201; Marie 178, 201 169, 201; Nicolas 184, 201; LEVESQUE~ Leveque Olivier 188; Pierre 176, Andre 167,201; Benoit 168, 178, 201 201; Charles 123; Francois LEFLOT 123,170, 201; Joseph 170, Antoine 193; Michelle 185, 17J, 2.01; Judith 165, 201; 201 Julie 39; Madeliene 36; LEFRANC Marie Angelique 35, Marie Genevieve 196 Anne 37; Marie Madeleine 168, LEGER 201; Nicolas 123; Pierre 37, Jacquette 192 182, 201; Robert 123, 130, LE GRAND 174, 201; Xavier 166,201 Jeanne 184, 201 LIZOT, Lissot LEHOUX Anne 180, 201; Claude 130; Madeleine 125; Marie 125 Francoise 179, 201; LEMERCIER Gui-!laume 126, 130, 190, Marie 195 201; Robert 198 LEMERE LIZOTTE Nicole 195 Cha r1 ot te 37 LE MEUNIER LOIGNON Peri nne 193 Anne 179, 201; Denis 193; LEMIEUX aeanne 127:, 178, 201; Marie Gabriel 176, 201; Louise ·116, 201; Pierre 184, 201; Francoise 169, 201; Michel Sebastienne 187, 201 171, 201; Pierre 184, 201 LOUIS LE MOYEN Nicolas 165; Philomena 165 Jean 34 LUCAS LEMOYNE Jacqueline 41, 182, 201 Father 66 LUCRE LEODET Marie 184, 201 Anne 193; Nicolas 198 LUGUEN LEONELLE Marie 184, 201 Catherine ·1a4, 201 LYFORD LEPAGE 110 Etienne 194; Francoise 51; Louis 187, 201; Marie M Madeleine 178, 201 MABILLE LEPETE Michelle 182, 201 Marguerite 193 MACARD LE ROCHE Catherine 123 Anne 182, 201 MACOMBER LE ROUGE William 202 Marie Jeanne 185, 201; MADORE Pierre l 9 4 Marie 38 LE ROY MAHE See ROY Jean 93 LESEMELIER MAILLET 72 Marie 194

X MAJOR MICHAUD, Michel (Cont'd) Jean 193; Marie 87, 88, 184, Marguerite 34; Marie Anne 201 172,201; Marie Elisabeth MALET 178, 201; Marie Madeleine Madeleine 197; Perinne 45, 174,201; Pierre 76, 127, 181, 201; Pierre 192 )77, 201 MARAULT MIGHILL Madeleine 85, 198 1 22 MARBOEUF MIGNIER J. 26 An.dre 172,177,201; MARCHAND Madeleine 173, 201; Marie Louis 196; Marie 188, 201 Angelique 34; Marie Anne MARRETT 169, 201; Marie Francoise Susanna 100; Thomas 100 33; Michel 18 □~ 186, 201 MARSHALL MIGNOT Benjamin 150; Robert 146; Anne Charlotte 127; Jean Samuel 146; Thomas 159; 126,130, -178, 181, 201; Zachariah 146 Louis 187,201; Madeleine MARTEAU 126,183, 201; Marie Ursule Eloi 92 172, 201; Nicolas 192; MARTIN The res e 7 9, 1 7 7 , 201 ; Xa i n t e Abraham 74, 75, 195; Anne "i26, 174,201 189, 194, 201; Catherine ~ILAN, Mylan, Molan 169, 172, 201; Charles aridget 166; John Michael Francois 171, 201; Francois 165; Marjorie 39, 165; 175, 201; Jacques 186, 201; Patrick 165; Thomas 166 Joachim 177, 201; Marie 188, MILLES 201; Marie Anne 127, 176, 201; Susie 165 Charles Amodor 74; Eustache 74 MILLET MASSON Jeanne 192 Catherine 186, 201 MILLOUER MASTERS Genevieve 171, 201; Jean John 111 175,201; Pierre 183, 201 MATTE MIVILLE Francoise 192 Anne 126, 178, 201; MAUGIS Catherine 124, 173,201; Charlotte 196 Charles 35, 124~ 130, 170, MEIGNE 179, 201; Francois 188, 201; Francoise 179, 201 Genevieve 34, 35, 36, 168, MENEUX 201 ;Jacques 174, 181 t 201; Jacques 175,201; Jean 182, Jean 124, 130, 179, 201; 201; Marie Angelique 171, Marie Anne 170, 201; Pierre 201 77, 196; Pierre Rene 173, METRU 201 Claude 184, 201; Marie MOODY Anne 176, 201 Joshua 152; Jahn 152 MICHAUD, Michel MOREAU Antoine 185, 201; Basil ice Jean 25; Jeanne 195; 166, 201; Belani 167, 201; Michel 25 Jacquette 177, 201; Jean 127, MOREL 168, 201; Jean Baptise 175, 46; Thomas 22 · 201; Jeanne 171, 201; Joseph MORFIELD 170, 173, 201; Madeleine 35; John 102

xi MORIN, Rochelle, Va1cour p Claude 195; Germain 78; PALMER Louise 178, 201; Noel 78, Nathaniel 159 188, 201; Robert 127 PAPALONQUE MORINEAU Marguerite 185, 201 Francoise i 96 PARADIS MORTON Claire 172, 201; Clarisse Thomas 110 37, 38, 165, 201; Gabriel MOTT i71, 201; Guillaume 127, Ann 166 171, 174, 201; Helene 170, MURPHY 201; Henry 166, 201; Mary 166 Jacques 167, 168, 182~ 201; Mar.ie Louise 168, 201; Marie N 191,201; Pierre 81, 175, NADEAU 177, 201 Alexis 173, 201; Catherine PARE 170, 201; Denis 179, 201; Louis 26 Joseph Osanny 189, 201; PARKER Marc 197 Jonathan 146, 152, 157; NAOLET Mighi11 147, 149, 153, 157, Francoise 183, 201 160; Samue1 113; Simon 153 NASH PARMENTIER James 113; Elisha 145, 153, Marie 185, 201 1 59 PARANT, Parent NAVARRE An d r e 1 8 4 , 2 0 1 ; E t i e i1 n e l 6 g· , Marie Anne 35 171, 201; Gabriel 167, 169, NEWELL 201; Jean 166, 172, 201; Charles 151 ~oseph 165~ 201; Nancie 38, NIARD ~:65, 201; Nicolas 167, 201; Marguerite 193 Pierre 82, 83, 176, 201 NOYER PARENTEAU Marguerite 196 Antoine 194; Marie 62, 187, NYEULLE 201 Jehanne 198; Marin 200 PARTRIDGE Ra 1 ph 121 0 PASQUIER OAKMAN Ester 197 Samuel 203 PAULIN OLDHAM Xainte 194 Grace 170; John 110, 111, PELE 112,191; Mercy 117,191; Perinne 194 Thomas 112, 174, 181 PELLETIER OLIVIER Anne 126, 190,201; Augustin Jean 195; Madeleine 188, 167, 201; Eloi 192, 201; 201 Francoise 34; Guillaume 175, OUDINOT 182, 201; Jean 84, 126, 130, Jeanne 194 169, 171, 175, 201; Jean OUELLET Francois 33; Joseph 168, Abraham 130; Ang~lique 167, 172, 201; Josephte 167, 201; 201; Antoine 168, 201; Julie 37; Louise 166,201, Augustin 171i. 201; Francois 188; Marie Angelique 171, 187, 201; Francoise 172, 201; Marie Louise 37; Nicolas 201; Gregoire 130, 180, 201; 196; Noel 126, 130, 183, 201 Jean 169, 201; Joseph 130, 170, 173, 179, 201; Mar­ guerite 167, 201; Marie Anne 174,201; Mathurin 130, 175, 201; Rene 79, 126, 130, 177, 183, 201 Xi i PENDLETON PLUMER, Plummer Gedean 148; Harry 147; Job Ann 116, 191 147; John 139, 145, 147, POGNOT 148; Jonathan 145; 147; Catherine 182, 201 Joseph 139, 145, 151; POISSON Joshua 145, 148; Oliver 139, Anne 194 145, 147, 148; Peleg 151; POPE Samuel 145, 147, 148; Jane 199 Stephen 145, 148; Thomas PORTER 145, 148; William 105, 145, George 165; Maude Bertha 147, 148, 154, 158 165 PENEAU . POUL &T Isabelle 198 Claudette 197 PENOU POULIN Michelle 188, 201 Claude 24 PEPIN PRAY Jacquette 192 Elizabeth 174; Ephraim 113, PERAUDE 181; John 192 Marie 51, 196 PREVOST PERROT, Perrault Louise 1 95 Bertrand 172, 201; Etienne PRINSEAU 37; Jacques 185, 201; Jean Jean '186, 201; Louis 177, 193; Joseph 169, 176, 201; 201; Madeleine 172, 201 Madeleine 36; Marie 167, 201 R PESLE RABY Michelle 182, 201 Jean 127 PETIT RACINE Anne 177,201; Genevieve 51; Noel 28 Pierre 186, 201 RAGEUNEAU PHILLIPS Paul 23 · Andrew 159; Joseph 202 RAMAGE PHOCASSE, Phocas, Raymond Esther 21, 22, 24, 181 Gabri el 170, 201; Marguerite RANDALL 168, 201;.Renauld 180, 201; Elizabeth 99,100,101; Romain l 7 4, 2 0 l Grace 109, 170; Isaac 115, PIERCE 1 7 4; Wi11 i am l OO, 101 , 11 4 ~ Joseph 134; Margery 104, 115, 181 191 REMILLARD PI LOY Perinne 185, 201 Francois 197; Francoise 48, RENAULT 189, 201 Joseph.125, 130 PINEL RENOUARD Francois 127, 183, 201; Marie 1 2 6 Gilles 85, 193; Marie Louise REVEL 175, 201; Nicolas 85, 198 Francoise 199 PITNEY RICHARD James 119, 192; Sarah 119, Marguerite 72, 196; Nicolas 181 199 PITTS RICHMOND Elizabeth 109, 113, 191 Ann l l 7 PLOURDE RI GOULET Marie Angelique 37; Rene 127 Marie 181,201 RI TON Marie 198; Robert 199

Xi ii RIVET SIMON Anne 79, 126, 183, 201 Angeligue 172, 201; ROBIN Guillaume 176, 194, 201; . Mathuri ne 182, 201 Hubert 185; 201 ROBINSON SMITH, Smyth Nicholas 121 Sarah 119, 192 ROGER soucv Francoise 96; Nicolas 92; Anne 126; Charles 168, 201; Renee 63, 199 C1aude 192, 201; Jean 183, ROLLET 201; Jean Franco•is 170, Marie 199 201; Joseph 173,201; ROSE Josephte 167, 201; Marie Hancock 145; Mary 168 17&, 177, 201; Marie Anne ROSEE 173, 201; Marie Josephte Jean 199; Marguerite 193 168, 201; Pierre 32, 127, ROSSE LOT 128, 171, 175, 201; . Claire 185, 201 SPRAGUE ROSSIGNOL John 146, 153; Jonathan 153; Jeanne 183, 201; Martin 192 Lydia 146, 153; Rathburn ROUER 153; Simon 146, 153; Louis 60 Solomon 146, 153 ROUSSEAU SPROUT Catherine 178, 201; Honore Anna 117; Ebenezer 117; 195; Thomas 188, 201 Elizabeth 117; Hannah 117; ROUSSIN James 117, 191; Mary 117; Francoise 184, 201; Jean­ Robert 117, 181 Isaac 193; Pierre 198 STETSON ROY, De Roy, Le Roy, Desjardins Honour 192; Isaac 174; Anne 178, 201; Antoine 87, jean 107, 170; Peleg 118; 184, 201; Genevieve 171, Robert 102, 117, 118, 181; 201; Jeanne 175, 177, 201 · (Cornet) Robert 192 Marie Anne 173, 201; ' ST. DENIS Mathurin 186, 201; Olivier Marie 175, 201; Pierre 182, 193; Pierre 51, 127, 176, 201 183, 187, 201 ST. LAURENT RYDER Laurent 182, 201; Marie Joseph 149, 153 Anne 171, 201; Nicolas 175, 201 s ST. PIERRE SAMSON, Sampson Alexandre "!73, 201; Elizabeth 181; Eustache Brigette 170, 201; Elizabeth 169,201; Gabriel 171, 201; 172, 201; Michel 186, 201; Genevieve 167, 201; Henry Pierre 89, 126, 130, 177, 116, 19~; Jacques 176, 201; 201; Therese 174, 201 Marguerite 171, 201; SUZANNE To u s s a i n t 1 76 , 2 O1 Renee 196 SAUVENIER · SYRE, Cyr Jacques 182, 201; Jeanne Hillarion 168,201; Jean 123, 174, 182, 201 179, 201; ,Jean Baptise 173, SCHARBACH 2 0 1 ; J o s e p h 1 70 , 2 0 1 ; Lu c i George 166; Mary 165 38; Madeleine 167, 201; SCORMON Pierre 189, 201 Marguerite 182, 201 SHERMAN T Elisha 202; James 148; TAILLON John 205; Robert 145, 149; Joseph 33 Valentine 149 TALON 43, 64 xiv TALUS dit Vendomont TILDEN (Cont 1 d.) Jean 87 Joseph 120. 202; Judith TARDIF 1 2 0; Ly di a l 2 0 ; Mary 1 2 0 ; Charles 171,201; Charlotte Nathaniel 120, 191; 168, 201; Etienne 170, 201; Richard 199; Rychard 200; Guillaume 176, 201; Marie Sarah 120; Stephen 120; Josephte 169, 201; 01 i vi er Thomas 120,181,198,200 90, 91, 183, 201 TILLIE TARGE Edward 116 Isabelle 186, 201 TOUPIN TAVERNIER, LeTavernier Antoine 173, 178, 201; Eloi Jean 63", 92, 93, 94, Francoise 169, 201; Mar­ 195; Jean 200; Marie 92, gu~rite 173, 201; Toussaint 188, 201; Marin 200; Thomas 188, 201 199 TOURNEROCHE TAYLOR Madeleine 28 Samuel 202 TRAHAN TESSIER Guillaume 198; Jeanne 190, Francoise 95 201 TERR10T, Theriault TRAIN Jean 193, 196; Jeanne 189, Marie 185, 201 201 TREVILLET THIBADEAU, Thibodeau Michelle 194 Blanche Marguerite 170, 201; TRIM Jean Baptise 173, 179, 201; Desire 167; Godfrey 145, 152, Madeleine 127; Pierre 189, 159, 160, 168; James 145, 201 152, 160; Robert 152, 160 THIBAUT, Thibault, Tibault, TROCHON Tibaut Jeanne 182, 201 Angel:ique 180,201; Claire TROTIER 175,182,201; Francois Marie Madeleine 126 182, 190, ,~01; Guillaume TROTINNE 189, 201; Louis 198; Nicolas Jean 192; Marie 125, 182, 197 201 THIBIERGE TRUDELLE, Trudel . Angelique 172, 201; Gabriel Jacques 199; Jean 97, 188, 178, 201; Hypolite 187 196, 201; Madeleine 178, 201 THIBOUTOT TUFFET Adrien l 2 4, . 1 7 2 , 201 ; Louis 52 Charlotte 167, 201; Francois TURNER . 169, 201; Jacques 28, 124, Adam 153; Eliza Amanda 165; 177, 186,201; Jean 167, 201; Isaac 167; Levi 166; Samuel Marie 124 168 THISSE TYLER Margaret 165; Michael 166 John 135 THOMAS Benjamin 107, 152, 154, 170; V Charles 145, 152; Daniel VAILLANCOUR, Vai1lancourt 174; David 153; Jean 196; Marie 127, 175, 201; Robert John 119, 181; Marguerite 183, 192, 201 188, 201; Sylvina 107, 168 VAINE TILDEN Francoise 192 Elizabeth 174, 200; Experience VALIN 174; Jane 200; Johanna 200; Elisabeth 190, 201 John 200, 202; Josiah 202;

xv VASSAL WARREN 1 22 John 146, 151, 159; Samuel VAUVARIN 1 51 Marie l 84, 201 WATERMAN VEAZIE 204 Samuel 146, 151 WENDELL VILLON 01iver 134 Sebastienne 190, 201 WETHERELL, Witherell VESEY Daniel 122; Elizabeth 122; Ebenezer 135 Hannah 122; Isabell 191; VIGER John 122; Mary 122, 181; Francoise 176, 201; Robert Samue·i 122; Sarah 122; 185, 201 Th~ophilus 1~2; William VIETTE 115, 121, 122, 191 Madeleine 198 WEYBORNE VIEZ Thomas 121 Marie 185, 201; Robert WHITE l 94 Alizah 204; Sylvanus 204 VIOT ~JH ITMARSH Barbe 198 John ·113 VIVAL WHITNEY Catherine 171, 201 Ebenezer 159 WILLIAMS w Amos 145, 147; Benjam·in 147; WALDO Joseph 146, 147; Samuel Francis 133; Samuel 133, 146, 147; Shubael 146, 147 134, 135 t-JINSLOW WANTON Job 202; Lucy 133 Edward 114 WOODWARD Joseph 105, 106, 146, 148, 150; Peter 146, 150 y YVORY Catherine 180, 201

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