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Marie Armand & Guillaume David

Personal Information

Marie Armand

  • Origin: Unknown
  • Confirmation: August 10, 1659, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) by the Bishop of Petrea, at which time she was said to be 21 years old.[1]
  • Place of residence: Canada, New France
  • Death: Date and place unknown

Guillaume David

  • Origin: According to the marriage contract of his daughter Madeleine with Jean Poussart in 1711, his origin was the city and diocese of La Rochelle.[2] Note: It’s possible that he didn’t come from La Rochelle but rather returned from America and went to live in La Rochelle. The contract could be interpreted as his residence at the time of the contract.
  • Family relations: Brother of Claude David who married Suzanne de Noyon.[3] His relationship was confirmed by his presence in 1671 at the signing of the marriage contract of his nephew Michel.[4][5]
  • Confirmation: August 10, 1659, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) by the Bishop of Petrea, at which time he was said to be 23 years old.[6] (Note: This was the beginning of confirmations; the Bishop of Petrea only arrived in Canada in 1659, there was no bishop before then.)

Marriage and Family Life

Marriage: Around 1656, Marie Armand married Guillaume David. Jetté places their marriage around 1656 in Trois-Rivières.[3:1]

Land and Settlement:

  • A document from 1683 before Séverin Ameau informs us that Guillaume David once had a concession (land grant) around Trois-Rivières. It was awarded to someone else at that time.
  • In April 1663, Guillaume received a concession from the Jesuits at Sillery, on St-Ignace road. According to their children’s baptisms, they had been in the Quebec region since at least November 1659.
  • They cannot be found on the censuses of 1666 and 1667.
  • A census conducted in 1668 reveals that Guillaume was then in the seigneury of Autray, which is across from Sorel.[7]
  • According to the attached PDF (on profile), Guillaume was resident of Dombourg (modern-day Neuville) in August 1668, as mentioned in the “Settlement of accounts between Guillaume David and Sieur d’Auteuil (August 5, 1668),” followed by the “Sale by Guillaume David and Marie Herment to Denis Joseph Ruette d’Auteuil (September 22, 1668).”[8]
  • Some sources say that Guillaume obtained a concession in Sorel around 1674 from Pierre de Saurel, but no concession document has been found to date.
  • Jetté tells us that around 1677, Guillaume David and his family migrated to New Holland (New York).[3:2] This would have been after March 1678, the date of Marie Angélique’s baptism.
  • There is a letter that states Guillaume and his son-in-law Pierre Montross were in New York in 1676 visiting the relatives of their wives.[9]

Children of Marie Armand & Guillaume David:

  1. Jacques David

    • Baptized: October 23, 1657, in Trois-Rivières
    • Marriage: At age 30 to Catherine Lhuyssier on October 11, 1690, in Boucherville

  2. Anne David

    • Born: November 29, 1659
    • Baptized: November 30, 1659, in Quebec (Notre-Dame)
    • Buried: December 21, 1659, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) at 8 days old (sic)

  3. Marguerite David

    • Born: April 12, 1661
    • Baptized: April 13, 1661, in Quebec (Notre-Dame)
    • Marriage contract: With Pierre Montarras in 1674 (Adhémar contract), appears to have been canceled
    • Religious life: Congregation of Notre-Dame in Montreal (Sister Saint-Pierre) in 1698 according to Jetté
    • Note: This information is uncertain, see Pierre Montarras, Froment company of the Carignan-Salières regiment

  4. Marie Anne David

    • Born: December 15, 1663
    • Baptized: December 16, 1663, in Quebec (Notre-Dame)
    • Marriage contract: With Pierre Girardeau dated December 8, 1674, before Antoine Adhémar, canceled January 14, 1675

  5. Madeleine David

    • Born and baptized: February 15, 1666, in Quebec (Notre-Dame)
    • First marriage: Around 1683 to Jacques Lepage in New England[10]
    • Second marriage: November 8, 1711, in Montreal (Notre-Dame) to Jean Poussard dit Bonapétit
    • Buried: February 3, 1715, in Montreal (Notre-Dame) at approximately 50 years old

  6. Marie Angélique David

    • Born: March 8, 1678
    • Baptized: May 1, 1678, in Sorel[11][3:3]

Note: Some websites attribute two other children to them, boys born around 1672 and 1675, who married in New England.

Additional Notes and Clarifications

  • The PDF further states that Jacques David was also resident of Dombourg. This is an error, as Jacques David was resident of Château-Richer on the Beaupré coast, not particularly close to Dombourg.

  • The only location where Guillaume and Jacques are said to be neighbors is in the enumeration of the seigneurie d’Autray in October 1668.[12][13] There is considerable doubt as to whether this is the same Jacques, as he is having children on the Beaupré coast in 1667 (Marguerite) and 1669 (Jeanne).

  • It is plausible that Guillaume arrived at the same time as his two brothers Claude and Jacques, and that they were also accompanied by his brother-in-law Laurent Armand. However, there is no proof that he was the brother of Jacques. There is proof that he was the brother of Claude. There is also no proof that Marie was related to Laurent Armand; Guillaume and Marie Armand are in Sillery and Quebec according to various concession documents and baptisms, in no case is Laurent the godfather of their children, nor is his wife. Nothing links these families.

  • Migrations: Filles à Marier database gives them 2 additional sons.

  • Robert Bérubé’s blog, “Sleepy Hollow” contains several sources and hypotheses about the family.

  • The website “Généalogie, ma passion/Obsessed with my past” attributes a birth date and parents to Marie Armand, without proof that it is indeed her. Her marriage record has not been found. (Note: several links from the site to sources are dead/hacked)

Notarial Acts and Legal Documents

Notary Romain Becquet (Quebec)[14]

  • Sale by Guillaume David and Marie Herment to Denis Joseph Ruette d’Auteuil (September 22, 1668). Vol III pg 9
  • Settlement of accounts between Guillaume David and Sieur d’Auteuil (August 5, 1668). Vol III pg 28
  • Memorandum of debts of Guillaume David, Jean de la Lande, and Jacob Lheureux to Anne Gasnier, widow of Jean Bourdon (October 19, 1668). Vol III pg 29
  • Protest by Anne Gasnier, widow of Jean Bourdon, for Jacques Bourdon, to Guillaume David, Jean Lalonde, and Jacob Lheureux (January 15, 1671). Vol III pg 62

Notary Gilles Rageot (Quebec)[14:1]

  • Beef agreement between René Branche and Guillaume David (July 2, 1667). (No. 114.) Vol III pg 205

Notary Séverin Ameau (Trois-Rivières)[14:2]

  • Concession by LeNeuf de la Vallière to Louis Poupart of 3 to 4 arpents by 30, in the seigneury of Savanes, which is the clearing formerly belonging to Guillaume David (August 30, 1683). (No. 354.) Vol XI pg 121

Antoine Adhémar (Trois-Rivières then Montreal)[14:3]

  • Marriage contract of Pierre Montarras and Marguerite David (December 8, 1674).
  • Marriage contract of Pierre Girardeau and Marie David (December 8, 1674).

BAnQ (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec) Documents

  • Petition by Pierre Couc dit la Fleur (Lafleur) from Cognac, against Barthélemy Bertaut (Bertault), gunsmith, as well as Claude and Guillaume David, inhabitants of Trois-Rivières, complaining of several outrages committed against him by the defendants. Ordered that said la Fleur will prove by witnesses what he advances; December 29, 1657[15]

  • Petition by Mathurine Poisson against Guillaume David, said Poisson requesting a minot of Indian corn (maize), said David alleging damages caused by a pig. Ordered that said David will return said minot of Indian corn within a week plus costs; January 11, 1658[16]

  • Concession granted by the Jesuits to Guillaume David. Signed H. Lalemant. : April 3, 1663[17] Description: Deed of concession of land located in the seigneury of the Savages (Sillery), to Guillaume David, by Hierosme (Jérôme) Lalemant, superior of the Jesuit Fathers. General notes: The title on the back of the document indicates that it is a concession on the Saint-Ignace road.

  • Decree condemning Pierre Nolland in favor of Pierre Levasseur dit Lespérance, provided that he be discharged toward the late sieur Bissonnière and his heirs; October 19, 1663[18] Description: This document mentions Guillaume David and Jean Bourdon Romainville who confirmed that the sum was owed to Levasseur by the deceased la Bissonnière for the sale of beads.

  • Decree declaring executable a certain obligation of sieur Guillaume David in favor of Nicolas Juchereau sieur de Saint-Denis; January 12, 1664[19] Description: The Council declared the obligation enforceable against the defendant’s property, thereby condemning the defendant to pay the plaintiff the content of said obligation in four years and four equal payments, either in money or in work, beginning the first payment immediately, or to provide security to pay it upon the arrival of ships this year, under penalty of all expenses, damages, and interest.

  • Acknowledgment and enumeration for the seigneury of Dautré (Dautray) by Anne Gasnier, widow of Jean Bourdon, attorney general to the sovereign council of this country, and guardian of her son Jean Bourdon, and of Jean Lesueur, curate of Saint-Sauveur; October 31, 1668[20] Description: The landowners are: François-Madeleine Ruette, sieur de Monceaux; Jean Chicart; Tugal Cottin (Cotin); Jean de Lalonde; Guillaume David; Jacques David; Nicolas Langart (Langard); Jacob LHeureux; Jacques Forget and Vincent Morisseau Note: Guillaume David and Jacques David are neighbors in this enumeration. No mention of kinship is made.[21]

Sources

  1. Register of confirmations in Quebec, August 10, 1659, IGD image ↩︎

  2. FamilySearch: Michel Le Pallieur dit Laferté, Acts, Boxes 6-11 June 5, 1711 – August 30, 1714, Family History Library, United States & Canada 2nd Floor Film #1556980, Image Group Number (DGS) 8274271, pgs 189-191/2407 marriage contract Jean poussart – Madeleine David, original, see pg 190 ↩︎

  3. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730, René Jetté, with the collaboration of PRDH, 1983, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, pg 312 (IGD membership) ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. PDF imaged on profile / sur profil ↩︎

  5. Marriage contract for Michel, image ↩︎

  6. Register of confirmations in Quebec, August 10, 1659, IGD image ↩︎

  7. Map of/Carte des seigneuries #8, 9, 9c ↩︎

  8. BAnQ: Romain Becquet, Acts (6059 pages), 1665 – February 9, 1670 (1081 files), pg 804/1081 sale by Guillaume and his wife to Denis Joseph Ruette d’Auteuil ↩︎

  9. Posted to FamilySearch profile for Marie Harmans (LZ69-8GP) by Wayne J Dome on 31 Oct 2021. The volume exists and is available on-line but is on a pay site. “According to a 6 June 1678 letter from the English Deputy Governor Anthony Brockholles in New York to Governor Frontenac of New France, Guillaume David and his son-in-law Pierre Montross were then in New York visiting “their wives’ relatives,” surely Dutch relatives of Marie’s. (See NYGBS “Record” Volume 122, Issue 4 (October 1991), page 195.)]” ↩︎

  10. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730, René Jetté, with the collaboration of PRDH, 1983, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, pg 715 (IGD membership) ↩︎

  11. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 – Drouin IGD ↩︎

  12. October 31, 1668 Cote : ZE25,P29 Collection Charles Chadenat collection of manuscripts on French Canada (MS Can 1) – National Archives in Quebec Id 419130 ↩︎

  13. Acknowledgment and enumeration for the seigneury of Dautré (Dautray) by Anne Gasnier, widow of Jean Bourdon, attorney general to the sovereign council of this country, and guardian of her son Jean Bourdon, and of Jean Lesueur, curate of Saint-Sauveur (03Q,ZE25,P29) pg 3 ↩︎

  14. BAnQ Notarial acts index Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français, by Pierre Georges Roy and Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8 ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  15. petition 1657 Cote : TL3,S11,P91 Fonds Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières – BAnQ Trois-Rivières Id 433778 ↩︎

  16. petition 1658 Cote : TL3,S11,P94 Fonds Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières – BAnQ Trois-Rivières Id 433781 ↩︎

  17. concession 1663 Cote: E21,S64,SS5,SSS7,D110 Fonds Ministère des Terres et Forêts – BAnQ Québec Id 262606 ↩︎

  18. witness 1663 Cote : TP1,S28,P1405 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ Québec Id 401494 ↩︎

  19. decree 1664 Cote : TP1,S28,P1501 Fonds Conseil souverain – BAnQ Québec Id 401590 ↩︎

  20. enumeration 1668 Cote : ZE25,P29 Collection Charles Chadenat collection of manuscripts on French Canada (MS Can 1) – BAnQ Québec Id 419130 ↩︎

  21. Acknowledgment and enumeration for the seigneury of Dautré (Dautray) by Anne Gasnier, widow of Jean Bourdon, attorney general to the sovereign council of this country, and guardian of her son Jean Bourdon, and of Jean Lesueur, curate of Saint-Sauveur (03Q,ZE25,P29) original enumeration document pg 3 ↩︎

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