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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, MAINE 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 QUEBEC 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, AUNIS 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 PERCHE 2113 2114 Ann M. 12 JUNE 1615 . 2114 Sr. JEAN DE MoRTAGNE PERCHE PAGE 187 2338 Ann OF Sr, HILAIRE DE 2339 SENS CHAMPAGNE 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 Normandy 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 Zacharie Cloutier 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 Jean Guyon Noe1 Langlois Jean Levasseur Abraham Martin - father of first wh~te child born ·in Canada 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 Orne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir and Sarthe. 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 middle ages 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 Gaul 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 Lyonnais in the 6th Century.
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    THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES QUEBEC COOPERATIVE STUDY OF FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA Origin of Friedreich's Disease in Quebec A. Barbeau1, M. Sadibelouiz1'2, M. Roy1, B. Lemieux3, J.P. Bouchard4, G. Geoffroy5 ABSTRACT: We have been able to trace 40 cases of classical Friedreich's disease from 14 previously unrelated French Canadian kindreds to one common ancestral couple arriving in New France in 1634: Jean Guyon and Mathurine Robin. One member of this couple presumably introduced one gene for Friedreich's disease into the French Canadian population. This gene has now been traced over 12 generations to both parents of the present cases. We plan to use this knowledge to study the spectrum of clinical manifestations of this gene and to carry out gene chromosomal localization studies, using the techniques of linkage and of molecular biology. Such studies in rare autosomal recessive disorders have previously been judged to be almost impossible. RESUME: Nous avons reussi a retracer le couple ancestral commun a 40 cas de Friedreich classique provenant de 14 families canadiennes-francaises prealablement non reliees. Ces ancetres communs (Jean Guyon et Mathurine Robin) sont arrives en Nouvelle-France en 1634. Un des deux membres du couple a presumement introduit un gene de Friedreich dans la population du Quebec. Ce gene a maintenant £te suivi sur 12 generations jusqu'aux deux parents de chacun des 40 cas presentement sous etude. Nous avons l'intention d'utiliser ces nouvelles connaissances pour etudier I'eventail des manifestations cliniques de ce gene et pour tenter de localiser le site chromosomique du gene a 1 'aide des techniques de linkage et de biologie moleculaire.