Vivien Jean

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The Vivien Jean family was from the parish of St-Vivien d'Ecoyeux. More than half-a-score Frenchmen named Jean immigrated to New France and were married there; three more lived in the Saint Lawrence valley without doing so. Among the more important forbears were the four sons of Vivien Jean, of Petit Fétilly, in Aunis. He was a master blacksmith at Ecoyeux, a place not far from Saint-Jean-d'Angély. He married Suzanne Hérault at La Rochelle c.1640. They had eight children, four boys and four girls. Whereas the four latter stayed in France, the four boys immigrated to New France.

Vivien married Suzanne HeraultLa Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. Suzanne was born in cir 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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Vivien was the third of Vivien's sons to marry. In 1669, presumably just before his departure for Canada, his marriage contract with Anne Trollet was annulled. Two years later, on 29 November 1771, he was married in Québec City to Catherine Gateau, a King's girl from the parish of Saint-Médard in Paris. The 20-year-old bride seems to have hesitated in her choice of a husband. On 11 October 1671, she had signed a marriage contract with Abraham Albert; the contract was annulled. On the following 2 November, there was the contract with Vivien Jean. It was also annulled but the parties changed their minds and validated it 17 days later. In his history of the King's girls, Sylvio Dumas wrote that the girl had a marriage portion worth 300 pounds as well as the King's dowry of 50 pounds. The couple had six boys and three girls. The younger ones were born at Champlain.

Vivien married Catherine Gateau on 29 Nov 1671 in Québec, Canada. Catherine was born in cir 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elie, the second child of Vivien Jean and Suzanne Hérault, was married at Québec on 20 January 1676 to Marie Gagné or Gagnesse, whose father was a tavern-keeper in the La Rochelle area. They had five children of whom only two were married: Madeleine, to Pierre Elie and Pierre, to Marie-Catherine Blondeau, widow of Nicolas Sarrazin, to whom she had born ten children. She would have three more. Following her death in early November 1728, Pierre married another widow, Anne-Louise Dubeau, widow of Jean Sigouin. Elie and his son Pierre added a "dit" or cognomen to their name: Godon. Their surname thus became Jean dit Godon.

Elie married Marie Gagné on 20 Jan 1676 in Québec City, Québec, Canada. Marie was born in cir 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Guillaume, the last of Vivien's sons, was about 23 when he signed a first marriage contract with 14 year old Barbe L'Homme. That was annulled and on 28 February 1685, Guillaume was married at Neuville to Marie-Anne Campagna, daughter of Pierre Campagna and Anne-Françoise Richard. Only two children were born to them: a boy who died shortly after birth and a girl who seems not to have married. After Guillaume's death, Marie-Anne Campagna married Jean Bonin in July 1729.

Guillaume married Marie-Anne Campagna on 28 February 1685 in Neuville, Rouen, Normandy, France. Marie-Anne (daughter of Pierre Campagna and Anne-Françoise Richard) was born in cir 1660. [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]

Family/Spouse: Pierre Elie. Pierre was born in cir 1680. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marie-Catherine Blondeau. Marie-Catherine was born in cir 1680; died in Nov 1728. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Anne-Louise Dubeau. Anne-Louise was born in cir 1680. [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]

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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]