Acte de baptême Nicolas (Rivard) Rivard dit Lavigne (1617-1701)

Catherine St-Père & Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne

Catherine St-Père (1634-1709)

Catherine St-Père was baptized on August 26, 1634, at Saint-Jean-d’Angély (St-Jean-Baptiste) in Saintonge (Charente-Maritime), daughter of Estienne St-Père and Jeanne Coustau.[1][2]

Catherine and her sister Jeanne arrived in the colony either in 1647 or 1648. Their mother had arrived in 1647 and married in October, making a trip to France immediately after her marriage and returning the following year.[3]

First Marriage

Catherine St-Père married Mathurin Guillet around 1649 in Trois-Rivières.[4][3:1] No contract or marriage certificate has survived for this couple.

No known children from this marriage.[4:1][3:2]

The Jesuit journal reports that Mathurin Guillet and La Boujonnier were killed on August 18, 1652, between Trois-Rivières and Cap-de-la-Madeleine, and that surgeon Plassez and Rochereau were taken captive.[4:2][5][3:3][6]

On November 24, 1652, Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne and Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse sold to Gilles Trottier the lands of the late Mathurin Guillet and his widow Catherine St-Père, located at Cap-des-Trois-Rivières. The contract was recorded by notary Séverin Ameau.[7] Catherine St-Père, widow of Mathurin Guillet and now married to Nicolas Rivard, was present and accepted the sale made by her husband and her brother-in-law La Jeunesse.[8]

Second Marriage

Catherine Saint-Père remarried Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne before November 1652; she is mentioned as his wife during the sale made on the 24th of that month.[8:1] Neither contract nor marriage certificate has survived. The marriage may have taken place either at Trois-Rivières or at Cap-de-la-Madeleine.

Ten children were known from this marriage, of whom eight married.[9] (see list below)

Census Records

Census 1666 – TROIS-RIVIÈRES
Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne, 42, habitant; Catherine Saint-Père, 30, his wife; Nicolas, 12; Jeanne, 9; Julien, 7; François, 5; Pierre, 4; Marie-Magdelaine, 3; Michel, 3 months; Jacques, 25, servant.[10]

Census 1667 – TROIS-RIVIÈRES, CAP-DE-LA-MADELEINE AND TOUCHE-CHAMPLAIN
Nicolas Rivard, 40; Catherine Saint-Peire, 27; Nicolas, 13; Jeanne, 11; Julien, 9; François, 8; Pierre, 6; Madeleine, 4; Michel, 2; Jacques, servant, 50; 5 livestock, 25 arpents under cultivation.[10:1]

On April 18, 1669, Nicolas Rivard-Lavigne and Catherine Saint-Père, his wife, sold to Félix Thunay, surgeon of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, a 2-arpent property at Cap-de-la-Madeleine. Notary Jacques de La Tousche (Vol XXVI pg 247 #391)[7:1]

Census 1681 – BATISCAN
Nicolas Rivart, 60; Catherine Ceruper (St-Père), his wife, 45; children: Nicolas, 28; Jeanne, 25; Julien, 24; François, 22; Pierre, 20; Madeleine, 18; Michel, 16; Jean, 13; Catherine, 7; Antoine, 5; 4 firearms; 5 horned animals; 25 arpents under cultivation.[11]

Death

Catherine Saint-Père died on June 27, 1709, and was buried on the 28th at Batiscan (St-François-Xavier). The record states she was about 72 years old.[12][13][14]

Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne (1617-1701)

Son of Pierre Rivard and Jeanne Mullard, and godson of Nicolas Boucher and Jeanne Pichon (daughter of Macé Pichon), Nicolas Rivard was baptized on June 10, 1617, in the church of Saint-Aubin in Tourouvre, located in the diocese of Chartres and the former province of Perche.[15][16][17][18][3:4][19][20]

On March 6, 1648, he appeared before notary Choiseau at his house in Tourouvre to sign a contract with Pierre Juchereau, Sieur des Moulineaux, on behalf of Noël Juchereau du Chastellier, which engaged him as a servant of Noël Juchereau for a period of 3 years in Canada for 66 livres tournois per year, with 15 livres tournois in advance.[16:1][17:1][21] He migrated to Canada in 1648[16:2][22][23] and was first mentioned in Canada that same year.[16:3] His brother Robert migrated to Canada in 1662.[17:2]

In 1656, he was appointed captain of the militia at Cap-de-la-Madeleine.[16:4]

On March 7, 1661, Pierre Boucher, Sieur de Grosbois, judge of the jurisdiction of Quebec, sold a chapel he had built to Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne and Claude Herlin, churchwardens.[24]

He served as churchwarden, militia captain, and syndic for the seigneurie of Batiscan for more than three decades until his death in 1701.[25]

Nicolas Rivard was buried on July 1, 1701, at Batiscan.[16:5][26]

The descendants of Nicolas Rivard are known by the surnames Dufresne, Lacoursière, Laglanderie, Lanouette, Lavigne, and Rivard.[17:3]

He had 244 descendants by 1729.[27]

Marriage to Catherine Saint-Père

Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne married Catherine Saint-Père, daughter of Étienne Saint-Père and Madeleine Cousteau, from Saint-Jean-d’Angély, before November 24, 1652, either at Trois-Rivières or Cap-de-la-Madeleine. Catherine is cited as his wife, widow of Mathurin Guillet, during the sale they made with Pierre Guillet of the land that Mathurin had at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, before notary Séverin Ameau.[15:1][8:2][3:5][28]

Children with Catherine Saint-Père:[29]

  1. Nicolas Rivard (1654-1719)
  2. Jeanne Rivard (1656-1698)
  3. Julien Rivard, Sieur de la Glanderie (1657-1708)
  4. François Rivard, Sieur de Lacoursière (1659-1726)
  5. Pierre Rivard, Sieur de Lanouette (1661-1724)
  6. Madeleine Rivard (1663-1737)
  7. Michel Rivard (1665-1687)
  8. Jean Rivard, Sieur de Préville (1668-?)
  9. Catherine Rivard (1673-1703)
  10. Antoine Rivard (1675-1729)

Origin of the Names

  • Rivard: From old French “riveor,” refers to someone who strolls along rivers. Derived from Latin “riva,” edge of a field or forest, and from Greek “rhuax,” stream.[30]
  • Lanouette: Small sack, small knot, tied linen.[31]
  • Coursière: Covered drawbridge, from the deck of the vessel to the forecastle, to facilitate communications during combat; courier; type of cannon; supplier of foodstuffs.[32]
  • Dufresne: Name taken from the plant kingdom.[33]

Mathurin Guillet dit Laroche (? – 1652)

Estimated date of birth, no record gives his age.

According to Jetté citing Drouin, Mathurin was the son of François Guillet and Perrine Ménard. He was reportedly born in the diocese of La Rochelle, either in Aunis or Saintonge.[34] The names of their parents and their place of origin in France are not known.

Mathurin Guillet and Pierre Guillet were brothers, as demonstrated by a declaration made in 1668 by Jacques Leneuf de la Poterie to the land registry of the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales regarding various concessions. (see notes)

A declaration in December 1646 shows he arrived in the colony by that year at the latest.[35] (see notes)

Mathurin was godfather to Mathurin Guillet, son of Pierre Guillet, on November 7, 1649, at Trois-Rivières.[36][34:1]

Marriage

Mathurin Guillet married Catherine St-Père around 1649 at Trois-Rivières.[34:2][35:1] No contract or marriage certificate has survived for this couple.

No known children from this marriage.[34:3]

Death

The Jesuit journal relates that Mathurin Guillet and La Boujonnier were killed on August 18, 1652, between Trois-Rivières and Cap-de-la-Madeleine, and that surgeon Plassez and Rochereau were taken captive.[34:4][5:1][35:2][6:1]

On November 24, 1652, Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne and Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse sold to Gilles Trottier the lands of the late Mathurin Guillet and his widow Catherine St-Père, located at Cap-des-Trois-Rivières. The contract was recorded by notary Séverin Ameau.[7:2] Catherine St-Père, widow of Mathurin Guillet and now married to Nicolas Rivard, was present and accepted the sale made by her husband and her brother-in-law La Jeunesse.[8:3]

Notes

François Guillet has been removed as husband of Perrine Ménard; there is no evidence for her being married to him. Mathurin Guillet and Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse have also been removed as sons of Perrine Ménard; neither of them has a surviving marriage or marriage contract that names parents for them.

According to a genealogy done by the Drouin Institute, Pierre was supposedly the son of François Guillet and Perinne Ménard, from Saintonge, born around 1626.[37] His first documented presence was before notary Henri Bancheron in 1647. They make the error of giving the name Launay to Jeanne St-Père.

Declaration by Mathurin Guillet, residing in Quebec, alleging that the late Jean Foursereau (Fouchereau) dit Petit Jean (Petitjean), sailor, owes him four livres for a storm cap and a neck handkerchief, in the presence of Léonard Pichon, mason’s companion residing in Quebec, and Jean Baret (Barret), who works for the Reverend Ursuline Mothers, who testified; December 26, 1646[38]

Land grants on Cap-des-Trois-Rivières and below by Jacques Buteux, superior of the Jesuit residence at Trois-Rivières, to Jean Hodan, François Boisvin (Boivin), Claude Houssart (Houssard), Jean Veron, Pierre Guillet, Mathurin Guillet, Étienne de Lafont (Lafond), Mathurin Baillergeon (Baillargeon), Pierre Boucher, Émery Caltiaux (Caltaut), Urbain Baudry (Beaudry), Jacques Aubuchon, Bertrand Faffart (Fafart, Fafard) and Jean Aubuchon; June 1, 1649[39][40]

Declaration made to the land registry of the Compagnie des Indes occidentales by Jacques Leneuf, esquire and Sieur de la Poterie (LaPoterie), which declaration relates to land in the form of plowed fields and pasture left for common rights, to a place containing twenty toises on the plateau of the town of Trois-Rivières, on which there is a mill to be built, to a remainder of land containing about one hundred and twenty toises, to a piece of land of two and a half arpents bordered on one side by the lands of the Jesuit Fathers, to a piece of land of four arpents long by twenty-five deep bordered by the road that runs along the river, and to a piece of land of fifty arpents near the river of Trois-Rivières; July 5, 1668[41]

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