Marriage: Jean Cochon - Magdelaine Minville 1652

Magdelaine Miville & Jean Cauchon

Magdelaine Miville & Jean Cauchon – Historical Profile

Magdelaine Miville

Also known as: Madeleine, Marguerite, Minville, Menville

Parents

Daughter of Pierre Miville “dit Le Suisse” and Charlotte Maugis.[1]

Birth

Born on 18 November 1636 in Notre-Dame de Brouage, Saintonge (now Hiers-Brouage, Charente-Maritime), France, and baptized the same day.[2][3]

Arrival in New France

First family mention in Quebec on 28 October 1649, when her father Pierre Miville was granted land.[4]

Jean Cauchon

Also known as: Jean Cochon, Jean Couchon

Parents

Son of Jehan Cochon and Marguerite Cointerel.

Birth

Born circa 1627 in Saint-Jacques, Dieppe, Normandy (Seine-Maritime), France.

Migration

Arrived in New France c. 1636 with his father. First documented presence in 1639.[5]

Marriage

Marriage contract signed on 10 November 1652 before notary Guillaume Audouart de Saint-Germain. Married on 20 November 1652 at Notre-Dame Parish, Quebec:
– Jean Cauchon (age 24)
– Magdelaine Miville (age 16)[6]

Life Events

1664 Donation

Magdelaine donated 1 livre and 6 sols to the Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré parish.

Census Records

  • 1666 (Beaupré): Jean (38), Magdelaine (26), 7 children, and hired servant Noël Viart (38).[7]
  • 1667 (Côte de Beaupré): Jean (42), Magdelaine (29), 9 children, 4 cattle, 6 arpents cultivated.[7]
  • 1681 (Beaupré Seigneury): Jean (60), Magdelaine (46), 8 children, 4 cattle, 20 arpents cultivated.

Deaths

  • Jean Cauchon: Died 2 September 1693 in Château-Richer, buried at La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame Parish.[8]
  • Magdelaine Miville: Died 16 September 1708 in Château-Richer. Estate inventory conducted on 19 October 1716.[9]

Children of Magdelaine Miville & Jean Cauchon

  1. Marie-Madeleine Cauchon (1655–1698)
  2. Élizabeth Cochon (1656–1666)
  3. Jean Cauchon (1657–1694)
  4. François Cauchon (1659–1681)
  5. Jeanne Cochon (1662–1735)
  6. Marie-Charlotte Cauchon (1662–1748)
  7. Louis Cauchon (1663–1688)
  8. Pierre Cauchon (1665–1690)
  9. Marie Cauchon (1667–1721)
  10. Gabriel Cauchon (1668–1692)
  11. Anne Cauchon (1669–1740)
  12. Antoine Cauchon (1672–1749)
  13. Catherine Cochon (1675–1711)
  14. Guillaume Cauchon (1676–1695)
  15. Louise Cochon (1678–1699)

Note: Contrary to Tanguay’s records, Andrée-Angélique Cochon was not their child.[10]

Sources

  1. Tanguay, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, Vol. 1, p. 435. LINK
  2. Fichier Origine: Madeleine Miville. Québec Federation of Genealogical Societies. LINK
  3. 1636 Baptism Record, Archives départementales de Charente-Maritime. LINK
  4. Marcel Trudel, Catalogue des immigrants 1632-1662, p. 76.
  5. Benjamin Sulte, Histoire des Canadiens-français, Vol. 4, Chap. 4. LINK
  6. Marriage Record, FamilySearch. LINK
  7. 1666 & 1667 Censuses, Beaupré. LINK
  8. Burial Record, FamilySearch. LINK
  9. Notarial Act, Barthélémy Verreau (1716).
  10. Tanguay, Dictionnaire généalogique, pp. 133–134.
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