Pierre Jean

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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.

Pierre married Marie Françoise Faverel on 8 Jul 1668 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Marie (daughter of Vivien Faverel and Isabelle Drouet) was born in 1642 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France; died on 6 Aug 1723 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada; was buried on 6 Aug 1723 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louise married Jacques Chouinard on 2 Jun 1692 in Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Jacques (son of Charles Chouinard and Elisabeth Valin) was born in 1663; was christened on 6 Jan 1663. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Marie-Madeleine Prinseau on 12 Jan 1701 in Notre-Dame, Québec City, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine (daughter of Louis Prinseau and Marie-Reine Charpentier) was born on 16 Jan 1680 in Neuville, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Québec, Canada; was christened on 24 Jan 1680 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacques-Eustache married Marie-Madeleine Berube on 8 Jul 1725 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine (daughter of Pierre Bérubé and Genevieve Dancosse) was born in 1708; died in 1765. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Julian Chouinard was recruited by Guillaume Fournier to serve with the American army during the Revolutionary War.

Julien married Marie-Reine Fortin on 16 Jan 1741 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Marie-Reine (daughter of Pierre Fortin and Gertrude Hudon) was born in cir 1720. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Marie-Josette Mignier-Lagace on 6 Feb 1742 in Sainte-Anne-de-La-Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josette (daughter of Michel Mignier-Lagace and Angelique Thibault) was born on 2 Oct 1722 in Sainte-Anne-de-La-Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ursule married Joseph Gaudreau on 15 Jul 1748 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Joseph (son of Charles Gaudreau and Madeleine Thibault) was born in cir 1725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elisabeth married Pierre-Laurent Caron on 18 Jan 1764 in L'Islet, Montmagny, Québec, Canada. Pierre-Laurent (son of Louis Caron and Marie Lemieux) was born in cir 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Marie-Josette Dube on 14 May 1764 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnais, Québec, Canada. Marie-Josette (daughter of Simon Dube and Marguerite Gaudin) was born on 17 Jul 1740 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnais, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Vronique married François Daignault, dit Laprise on 20 Mar 1775 in Montmagny, Québec, Canada. François (son of François Daignault, dit Laprise and Geneviève Morin) was born in cir 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marie-Louise married Augustin Jean on 27 Sep 1796 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada. Augustin (son of Pierre Jean and Marie-Josette Dube) was born in 1771 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1825, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada

Augustin married Marie-Louise Caron on 27 Sep 1796 in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, I'Islet, Québec, Canada. Marie-Louise (daughter of Pierre-Laurent Caron and Elisabeth Chouinard) was born in cir 1775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]