| | 1. Pierre Jean, b. 19 Feb 1644/45, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France  d. 1726, Port-Joly, Qu?bec, Canada (Age 80 years) | | | 2. Vivien Jean, b. 1648 | | | 3. Elie Jean, b. cir 1650 | | | 4. Guillaume Jean, b. cir 1660 |
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- Pierre Jean was born on 19 February 1645. On 8 July 1668, at La Rochelle, the 23-year-old married Fran?oise Favreau or Faverel. The following year found the couple in the Qu?bec City area; there, before notary Pierre Duquet, Charles Roger des Colombiers, a Qu?bec City businessman, and his wife Marie Gachet rented to Pierre Jean and his brother Vivien a piece of land on the isle of Orl?ans, 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 Trinit?, la Canardi?re, and l'?le aux Oies. According to a 1705 contract, he lived at Port-Joly, which is where he died between 1724 and 1727. Pierre Jean and Fran?oise 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 Qu?bec 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]
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Genealogy of the Bryan and Martin Families
1645 - 1726 (80 years)
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