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Pierre Jean

Male 1645 - 1726  (80 years)


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  • Name Pierre Jean 
    Birth 19 Feb 1644/45  La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1726  Port-Joly, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 3 brothers 
    Notes 
    • Pierre Jean was born on 19 February 1645. On 8 July 1668, at La Rochelle, the 23-year-old married Françoise Favreau or Faverel. The following year found the couple in the Québec City area; there, before notary Pierre Duquet, Charles Roger des Colombiers, a Québec City businessman, and his wife Marie Gachet rented to Pierre Jean and his brother Vivien a piece of land on the isle of Orléans, consisting of "[four arpents in width of arable land, meadows and woods, houses, barns and stable.]" Pierre Jean would appear regularly before notaries about contracts concerning land concessions. In 1671, he lived at Beauport; two years later, he was mentioned in a contract as living at Charlebourg. He would reside at La Trinité, la Canardière, and l'île aux Oies. According to a 1705 contract, he lived at Port-Joly, which is where he died between 1724 and 1727. Pierre Jean and Françoise Favreau had four children, three boys and a girl. Only one of the boys and the girl were married. Pierre "junior" married Marie-Madeleine Prinseau in 1700; she bore eleven children. Five months before his marriage, this Pierre, the son, had become the father of a child born out of wedlock, a girl whose mother was Marie-Anne Faye. As for Louise, she had been married eight years earlier to Jacques Chouinard, a Québec City carter; they had sixteen children.

      From relatives: He settled and lived in Canada. His godparents were Pierre Jousmier (a wagon and coach builder) and Magdeleine Fresneau [Frigneau]. Pierre arrived in Quebec around the age of 16. He arrived first in Canada in 1663 and then he returned to France and returned with two of his brothers [Helie and Vivien] and came back to New France in 1669. A fourth brother, Guillaume, came to the new world in 1682 He helped to establish in Charlesbourg. He lived for nearly 30 years at L'Ille Aux-Oies facing L'Islet, then he established St. Jean Port-Joli and with his three sons, he became one of the largest land holders and land leasers. He became a Siegneur at Notre-Dame-des-Anges at Charlesbourg, which is a squire with more than 50 notarizations to his credit, of which thirt or more were either sold as farms or leased as land to build homes. Pierre and Francoise bought a 40 acre farm, situated on Charlesbourg, after the birth of their son, Vivien Jean. The northern shores of Toussaint at St. Jean Port-Joli still bear the name of Pierre Jean, making him a legendary figure for all times. Pierre and Francoise lived in St. Jean Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada. Our (Note: Duane Normant's) ancestor, Pierre Jean, according to the bulletin of (Historical Research) was a man endowed with enormous expertise and stamina displayed by his many extraordinary activities, thereby leaving his descendants a proud heritage to emulate in life. He married a second time at age 81 and died at the ripe old age of 83 in 1726. [1]
    Person ID I9910  Private
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2008 

    Father Vivien Jean,   b. cir 1625 
    Mother Suzanne Herault,   b. cir 1625 
    Marriage La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3948  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Françoise Faverel,   b. 1642, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1723, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jul 1668  La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Louise Jean,   b. cir 1670
     2. Pierre Jean,   b. 11 Mar 1675/76, Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1724/25, L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years)
    Family ID F3931  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Feb 1644/45 - La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Jul 1668 - La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1726 - Port-Joly, Québec, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Jacques Lacoursière, Jacques Lacoursière.