Jeanne Soldé & Jacques Beauvais dit Saint-James

Jeanne Soldé & Jacques Beauvais dit Saint-James

Jeanne Soldé & Jacques Beauvais dit Saint-James

Jeanne Soldé (1630 – after 1697)

She was baptized Anne, daughter of Martin Sauldé and Julienne Potier, on August 24, 1630, in Villaines-sous-Malicorne (St-Germain), Sarthe, France.1

Note: She had a sister of the same name baptized in 1638. Census records list her age inconsistently: 34 in 1666 (≈1632), 40 in 1667 (≈1627), and 47 in 1681 (≈1634). She used only the name “Jeanne” in New France.2

She arrived in Montreal in 1653 as part of La Grande Recrue (The Great Recruitment).3

Jacques Beauvais dit Saint-James (1623–1691)

Born on November 22, 1623, in Igé, Diocese of Séez, France, to Gabriel Beauvais and Marie Crosnier. He migrated to Canada in 1652.4

Occupation: Lime kiln operator, settler, and militiamen in the Sainte-Famille Militia.5

Marriage

Marriage contract signed on December 11, 1653, before notary Lambert Closse.6 They married on January 7, 1654, at Notre-Dame de Montréal, witnessed by Paul de Chomedey (governor), Lambert Closse, Jean du Met, and others. Celebrated by Father Claude Pijart.7

Children

  1. Raphaël Beauvais (1654–1734): Married Isabelle Turpin (1683).
  2. Barbe Beauvais (1656–?): Married François Brunet dit Bourbonnois (1672).
  3. Marguerite Beauvais (1658–?): Married Jacques Tetus (1675).
  4. Jean Beauvais (1660–1667): Died young.
  5. Jean-Baptiste Bauvais (1662–?): Married Madeleine Lemoine (1697).
  6. Jacques Beauvais (1664–1671): Died at age 6.
  7. Charlotte Beauvays (1667–1700): Married Alexandre Turpin (1684).
  8. Étiennette Beauvais (1669–?): Married Jean Baptiste Pottier (1688).
  9. Jeanne Bauvais (1673–1703): Married Guillaume Boucher (1695).8

Census Records

  • 1666 (Montreal): Jacques Beauvais (42), Jeanne Soldé (34), 7 children, and a servant.9
  • 1681 (Montreal): Jacques Bauvais (57), Jeanne Soldé (47), 5 children, 7 livestock, 28 cultivated arpents.10

Notarial Records & Notes

  • April 4, 1691: Memoir on contributions by Raphaël Beauvais to his parents.6
  • April 6, 1691: Inventory of Jacques Beauvais’ estate.6
  • October 11, 1692: Jeanne Soldé’s will.11

Sources

  1. Baptismal record: Fichier Origine.
  2. Jetté, René. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec, p. 70. View.
  3. Boileau, Gilles. La Grande Recrue: 1653. Érudit.
  4. PRDH: Pioneer 12840.
  5. Godbout, Archange. Nos ancêtres au XVII siècle. BAnQ.
  6. BAnQ Notarial Acts Index. Vol. I–IX.
  7. Marriage record (Latin): Drouin Collection.
  8. Drouin, IGD Quebec Vital Records. Access.
  9. Sulte, Benjamin. Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome IV. Wikisource.
  10. Sulte, Benjamin. Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome V. Wikisource.
  11. Adhémar Notarial Records. BAnQ Vol. V.
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