The Company of One Hundred Associates (Compagnie des Cent-Associés) was obligated by its charter to transport and establish 4,000 settlers in New France between 1628 and 1643. While the company fell far short of this goal, it did facilitate the immigration of several hundred colonists who formed the core of French settlement in North America. Early Settlement Patterns The First Families Louis Hébert (1575-1627) and Marie Rollet (1580-1649) Though they arrived before the Company of One Hundred Associates was formed, the Hébert family is considered the first permanent French farming family in Quebec. Louis was an apothecary who became a farmer in Quebec, arriving in 1617. After Louis’s death, Marie…