François Peltier - Marguerite Madeleine Moriseau, Mariage

Marguerite Morisseau

Marguerite Madeleine Morisseau

Name variations: Maurisseau, Moriseau, Mauriceau, Morrisseau, Moriceau

Origins and Early Life

Daughter of Julien Morisseau and Anne Brelancour, from the parish of St-Pierre in the town of Roye in Picardy (Montdidier district, Amiens diocese, Somme)[1], she was born around 1643 (aged 24 in 1667, 37 in 1681 according to census records).[2]

It is unknown by what means or on which ship she arrived in New France, as her first appearance in the colony’s records was at her marriage. She is counted among the “filles à marier” (marriageable girls).

Marguerite Morisseau lived in Canada, New France.

Marriage

On September 26, 1661, in the church of Sillery, François Peltier, son of Nicolas Peltier and Jeanne de Voisy, married Marguerite Madeleine Moriseau, daughter of Julien Moriseau and Anne Brelancour from the parish of St-Pierre in the town of Roye in Picardy. The ceremony was witnessed by Nicolas Peltier (father of the groom), Jean Peltier (his brother), Jean Denys and Jean Hayot (brothers-in-law), and was performed by Jesuit Father Pierre Bailloquet (registered at Notre-Dame de Québec).[3]

Children:

  • Marie Angélique Peltier, baptized October 14, 1662, in Sillery;[4] married François Banliac dit Lamontagne around 1680 (likely in Sorel); remarried to Antoine Gerlaise dit St-Amant on May 25, 1709, in Trois-Rivières

  • François Xavier Pelletier, baptized December 2, 1663, in Sillery;[5] married Madeleine Tunay on May 2, 1690, in Champlain

  • Joseph Pelletier, baptized March 22, 1665, in Sillery; present at Geneviève’s wedding in 1690

  • Marguerite Pelletier, baptized August 30, 1666, in Sillery; Marguerite Agnès married Charles Boucher on May 7, 1685, in Sorel

  • Geneviève Pelletier, born & baptized March 16, 1668, in Sillery; married Jacques Desganiers on May 14, 1690, in Montreal (Notre-Dame)

  • Catherine, born around 1672 (9 years old in 1681); married Denis Fouceault on November 12, 1697, in Trois-Rivières

  • Michel, born around 1674 (7 years old in 1681); married at age 23 to Françoise Meneux on July 9, 1697, in Ste-Famille, Île d’Orléans

  • Jean Baptiste Mauriceau, born July 16, 1676, baptized on the 20th in Sorel, son of Marguerite Mauriceau, with godfather François Pelletier and godmother Marie Pelletier

  • Pierre, 6 years old in 1681; Pierre Peltier married at age 26 to Marguerite Rousseau on August 13, 1703, in Ste-Famille, Île d’Orléans

  • Élisabeth Peletier, born September 16, 1677, baptized on the 18th in Sorel; died before the 1681 census

  • Louise Pelletier, baptized September 22, 1678, in Sorel; married Jean Baptiste Deblois on August 13, 1703, in Ste-Famille, Île d’Orléans[6] [7][2:1]

Census and Land Holdings

1667 Census: QUEBEC CITY
François Pelletier, 32; Marguerite Morisseau, 24, his wife; Marie, 5; François Xavier, 4; Joseph, 2; Marguerite Agnès, 15 months.[8][9]

In 1672, Philippe Gaultier de Comporté received a seigneury from Intendant Jean Talon, which he named d’Orvilliers.[10] He sold it to François Pelletier and his wife Marguerite Morisseau on October 22, 1675, before notary Romain Becquet.[11] The seigneury would also be known as Antaya.[12][13]

This seigneury was located between those of Autray and Berthier (en-Haut). The 1681 census does not distinguish it from its neighboring Autray. The seigneury would later be subject to seizure and litigation by François Chorel de Saint-Romain and his heirs due to a debt owed by François Pelletier. This conflict was only resolved in 1724 (see notes), and the heirs of François and Marguerite would sell it to Louis Balthazar Marie de Koberio (or Kerberio), priest of Berthier-en-Haut, in 1754 or 1756.[14][12:1]

1681 Census: SEIGNEURY OF AUTRAY
François Pelletier 48; Marguerite Maurisseau, his wife, 37; children: François 16, Joseph 14, Marguerite 13, Geneviève 11, Catherine 9, Michel 7, Pierre 6, Louise 3; 3 firearms; 10 horned cattle; 16 arpents under cultivation.[15]

Jetté describes Marguerite as an “engageuse Ouest” (western contractor) as of August 1, 1688.[2:2] There is a contract of engagement before notary Antoine Adhémar on this date, for Jean Beaugrand dit Champagne.[11:1] This is the only documented occasion where she sent someone to the Outaouais for a trading voyage.

Godmotherhood and Presence at Events

Marguerite was godmother to several children during her lifetime: François Xavier Pinel on January 15, 1664, in Sillery; a Native American woman baptized Marguerite on March 2, 1664, and another also baptized Marguerite on October 26, 1664, in Sillery; and Pierre Peltier, her grandson, on May 22, 1704, in Ste-Famille, Île d’Orléans. She was present with her husband at the marriage of Michel Robert to Marie Madeleine Ayot on July 22, 1681, in Sorel.[6:1]

Death

Marguerite was hospitalized at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec on December 5, 1707, where she died on the 15th of the same month. The register erroneously named her Brisson, from Noyon or Nogent, parish of St-Pierre, bishopric of Picardy, wife of François Pelletié, giving her age as 70 years in this record.[16] She was buried the same day in the hospital cemetery.[17]

Notes

Notarial Acts

Notary Romain Becquet[11:2]

  • Obligation of Marg. Morisseau, wife of Frs. Pelletier dit Antaya, to M. de Tracy (August 22, 1667) (Amendments of May 6 and 11, 1668). Vol II pg 271
  • Sale by François Peltier and Marguerite Morisseau, his wife, to Denis-Joseph Ruette D’Auteuil and de Monceaux (January 17, 1671). Vol III pg 62
  • Sale by Philippe Gaultier de Comporté to François Pelletier, and Marguerite Moriseau, his wife (October 22, 1675). Vol III pg 137

Notary Gilles Rageot[11:3]

  • Concession by Marguerite Morrisseau, wife of François Pelletier dit Antaya, to Antoine Caddé (November 5, 1675). (No. 1370.) Vol IV pg 5

Notary Antoine Adhémar[11:4]

  • Obligation of M.-M. Mauriceau (Morisseau), widow of François Pelletier-Antayat, to sieur de Couagne (May 30, 1688). Vol V pg 88
  • Act between sieur de Couagne and M.-M. Mauriceau, widow of F. Pelletier Antayat, by which said sieur de Couagne agrees to pay to Mre de Lavaltrie a certain sum said widow (May 30, 1688). Vol V pg 89
  • Engagement of Jean Bougrand (Bougueran) to Marguerite Mauriceau, widow of Jean Pelletier-Antayat (August 1, 1688). Vol V pg 95 (sic François)

Notary Hilaire Bourgine[11:5]

  • Obligation of François Pelletier and Marguerite Morrisseau his wife to Charles de Couagne for 339 livres one sol for merchandise sold (May 14, 1685). Vol XI pg 12

Legal Proceedings and Succession

Request by Louis Fafard de Longval (June 1, 1693) Request by Louis Fafard de Longval, residing in Trois-Rivières, in the name and as having written power of François Chorel de Saint-Romain, plaintiff, against Marguerite Morisseau, widow of François Pellettier (Pelletier) Antaya, residing in Sorel, both in her own name and as natural mother and guardian of the minor children born of their marriage, defendant. The plaintiff claims the sum of 740 livres, 6 sols and 6 deniers, with interest, for the causes carried by an obligation passed to his profit by the late Antaya and said Morisseau, in addition to having summoned Jacques Desgagniers (Desgagnés, Degagné), sergeant of a company of the Marine detachment, as having married Geneviève Pellettier (Pelletier), residing in Sorel, François Banliac (Banhiac) dit La Montagne (Lamontagne), as having married Marie Pellettier (Pelletier), also residing in Sorel, and Madeleine Thunay (Tune), widow of the late François Pellettier (Pelletier), residing in Champlain, children heirs of the said late Antaya, their father, to see declared enforceable against them the said obligation, together to pay the profit and interest of the sum. The said defendant, in default, is condemned to pay the sum of 740 livres, 6 sols and 6 deniers, with interest, to the plaintiff. – June 1, 1693. General notes: The obligation was passed before Adhémar, notary, on April 30, 1679.[18]

Land Seizure Proceedings (July 13, 1693) Appearance of François Chorel de Saint-Romain, who has proceeded by way of real seizure on the land and seigneury called Dorvilliers from Marguerite Morisseau, widow of the late François Pelletier Antaya, for an obligation passed to his profit by the late Antaya and said Morisseau for the sum of 740 livres and 6 sols, with interest. By virtue of the sentence rendered on June 1 last where said Morisseau was in default, the real seizure of sieur de Saint-Romain is declared good and valid. It is therefore ordered, for lack of payment on the part of the widow Antaya, that the land and seigneury of Dorvilliers be cried and auctioned; July 13, 1693[19]

Appointment of Curator (July 13, 1693) Request of François Chorel de Saint-Romain, given the validity of the proceedings and the cries to be made of the land and seigneury of Dorvilliers, actually seized from Marguerite Morisseau, widow of the late François Pellettier (Pelletier) Antaya, for a curator to be created for the vacant succession of the said deceased. It is ordered that Guy Vacher dit Laserte (Lacerte), carpenter residing in Trois-Rivières, be appointed curator to the succession of the late Antaya; July 13, 1693[20]

Default Awarded (October 2, 1702) Default awarded to Marguerite-Madeleine Morisseau, widow François Pelletier dit Antaya, against François Chorel, sieur de Saint-Romain, merchant of Champlain; October 2, 1702. Description: Transcription of the text with modernized spelling: “Default to Marguerite Morisseaux (Morisseau) widow Antaya, against François Chaurel (Chorel) de Saint-Romain merchant of Champlain for failure to appear at the summons given to him on July 11 last expiring this day, and be notified.”[21]

Order for Documentation (November 6, 1702) Order ordering François Chorel, sieur de Saint-Romain, merchant of Champlain, to give communication within a month to Marguerite-Madeleine Morisseau, widow of François Pelletier dit Antaya, of the documents by virtue of which he claims what is due to him by the succession of the late Pelletier, as well as the decree that he claims to have had in the Jurisdiction of Trois-Rivières, of the land and fief of the said deceased; November 6, 1702. Description: Transcription of the text with modernized spelling: “Between the widow ANTAYA present plaintiff assisted by the bailiff LaCetière on the one hand, and François CHAUREL (Chorel) Saint-Romain merchant of Champlain present on the other hand. Parties heard, the Council before doing right has ordered and orders that the said Saint-Romain will give communication within a month to the said widow Antaya of the documents by virtue of which he claims that he is owed by the succession of the said deceased, and of those of the decree that he says he had made of the land and fief of the said deceased in the jurisdiction of Trois-Rivières, for this done and these documents seen to be ordered what is reasonable. BEAUHARNOIS.”[22]

Continuation of Legal Proceedings (1717-1724) Multiple legal proceedings continued after Marguerite’s death, including:

  • Default awarded to François Pelletier dit Antaya on February 15, 1717[23]
  • Appointment of parties to write and produce their documents on June 28, 1717[24]
  • Order to communicate to François Chorel Dorvilliers on November 27, 1719[25]
  • Act of faith and homage by Pierre Pelletier dit Antaya on February 17, 1723[26]
  • Avowal and enumeration by Pierre Pelletier on March 1, 1723[27]
  • Final judgment awarding 404 livres, 12 sols, 5 deniers to François Chorel Dorvilliers on July 24, 1724[28]

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  18. June 1, 1693 Code: TL3,S11,P2380 Fonds Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières – BAnQ Trois-Rivières Id 436047 ↩︎

  19. July 13, 1693 Code: TL3,S11,P2384 Fonds Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières – BAnQ Trois-Rivières Id 436051 ↩︎

  20. July 13, 1693 Code: TL3,S11,P2385 Fonds Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières – BAnQ Trois-Rivières Id 436052 ↩︎

  21. October 2, 1702 Code: TP1,S28,P7394 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ Québec Id 407483 ↩︎

  22. November 6, 1702 Code: TP1,S28,P7433 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ Québec Id 407522 ↩︎

  23. February 15, 1717 Code: TP1,S28,P15007 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ Québec Id 409932 ↩︎

  24. June 28, 1717 Code: TP1,S28,P15068 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ Québec Id 409993 ↩︎

  25. November 27, 1719 Code: TP1,S28,P15348 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ Québec Id 410273 ↩︎

  26. February 17, 1723 Code: E1,S4,SS2,P308 Fonds Intendants – BAnQ Québec Id 92101 ↩︎

  27. March 1, 1723 Code: E1,S4,SS3,P17 Fonds Intendants – BAnQ Québec Id 90672 ↩︎

  28. July 24, 1724 Code: TP1,S28,P16047 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ Québec Id 410972 ↩︎

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