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• Name: Jacques Grondin
• Reference Number: 1316
• _UID: AF00B52B1BB1461E87B6040299600E1019B2
• Residence: Bef 1666, Notre Dame, Brouage, France
• First mentioned in Canada: 1666
• Census: 1667, Beauport, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 4 Apr 1678, Beauport, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Berthier en Bas, Quebec, Canada
• Inheritance: 11 Jul 1708, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
• Inheritance: 2 Jan 1710/11, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada
• Inheritance: 26 Jan 1713/14, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Occupation upon arrival:
He was a domestique.

Engagement Contract (indentured servant):
Jean had a commitment for a duration of 36 months in the service of Nicolas Juchereau.

Residence:
He was from Notre-Dame, Brouage (auj. Hiers-Bourage) (Charente-Maritime) INSEE #17189.

Census:
Jean Grondi, 25 years old, is listed under the household of Nicolas Huchereau Destdenis (Nicolas Juchereau, Sieur de Saint-Denis).

Land:
At the home of Toussaint Giroux, Jean with notary Michel Filion, signed a contract to sell his 2 arpents of frontage land. The property included "a small house of stone, wood trimmed, with a stable at the end". Raphael Giroux agreed to pay 500 livres tournois in three installments. The buyer would also provide "four days of hauling with four oxen for the clear sowing and a man to help plow what work will be done on the said land sold by the said sellers, with the consent of the said buyer, and was reserved for them, the use of the said sold concession until the day and feast of saint Martin of this year". Jean still wanted to plant, harvest and "to graze" his animals until the autumn of 1678.

Census:

Jacques Grondin, habitant, 35 years
Sainte Mignault, 30 years
Marie Grondin, 10 years
Agnes Grondin, 8 years
Louise Grondin, 6 years
Sainte Grondin, 4 years
Francois Grondin, 2 years

They owned 1 gun, 3 head of cattle and had one arpent of land under cultivation. (Jean's land would be numbered later as being the 19th beginning at the stream of the Riviere-Ouelle.)


Inheritance:
Jean decided to donate his land of 4 arpents in frontage by 40 deep at the Grande-Anse, located between Rene Ouellet and Charles Miville to his son Francois. The farm had 10 arpents under cultivation, "an old house of upright logs covered with planks sixteen feet long and thirteen feet wide with a clay chimney". Francoise also had possession of 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 steer, 2 calves, 3 pigs, 6 hens, 1 rooster. He paid seigneurial cens and rents of 4 livres, 4 sols and 4 live capons. He paid a debt of 60 livres to Madame de Laforest and 60 livres to Guillaume Gaillard, merchant from Quebec. Witness was Jean's son Jean Baptiste.

Inheritance:
Jean redid the division of his property in a more equitable fashion. Francois and Sebastien promised to support their parents and to support their brother Joseph until the age of 20. Jean and Sainte kept and area of the garden for themselves. Any apples from the apple trees would belong to all the heirs. When Joseph reached the age of majority (25), he would have a right to his par tof the land in the middle of the 4 arpents of his two brothers. Sebastien would inherit the northeast part and Francois the southwest. The sisters renounced their shares.

Inheritance:
The Grondins owned 2 pieces of land: one with 4 arpents in frontage and another with 2 arpents located not far away. Francois and Sebastien remained the heirs. Sebastien recieved 3 arpents in frontage with buildings. Francois would own the remaining arpent, with the old house, and the 2 other non contiguous arpents. Sebastien was to give the parents 8 rools of linen and 50 livres in silver; the two brothers would provide them with food for 3 years. When this period expired, the two brothers would jointly give 14 minots of wheat annually. Francois would then pay 25 livres annually. Sebastien would remain owner of the buildings already built. But he would help Francois build for himself a house 18 "feet square" and a shed 30 by 20 feet.

Died:
84 years old at time of death.

Jean married Sainte Mignault on 4 Aug 1669 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Sainte (daughter of Jean Mignault dit Chatillon and Marie Louise Cloutier) was born on 6 Jan 1652/53 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 12 Jan 1652/53 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 4 Mar 1735/36 in La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
Present at the signing of the contract were: Toussaint Giroux, Pierre Lefebvre, Jean Crete and Guillaume Valade for Jean. For Sainte were the Cloutier grandparents with their sons Zacharie, Jean and Charles, Robert Drouin, Romain Trepanier, Pierre Maheu, and Nicolas Lebel, husband of Therese Mignault. Jean Grondin gave a dowry of 300 livres. Jean Mignault promised to detach 2 arpents of frontage from his farm which had 6 arpents. He also gave his permission to use wood, cut and ready, to build a home, and also some stone.

1. Marie Grondin was born on 4 Feb 1670/71 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 8 Feb 1670/71 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 3 Apr 1741 in La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
2. Marie Agnes Grondin was born on 14 Mar 1672/73 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 19 Mar 1672/73 in Beauport, Quebec, Canada; died on 23 Nov 1752 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 24 Nov 1752 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
3. Marie Louise Grondin was born about 1675; and died.
4. Anne Sainte Grondin was born about 1678; died on 4 Jun 1731 in Berthier en Bas, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 5 Jun 1731 in Berthier en Bas, Quebec, Canada.
5. Francois Grondin was born on 8 Jun 1680 in Neuville, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 14 Jun 1680 in Neuville, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 21 Jul 1719 in La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
6. Jean Baptiste Grondin was born on 18 Sep 1682 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 10 Oct 1682 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 10 Oct 1723 in La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
7. Louise Therese Grondin was born on 17 Oct 1684 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 3 Jan 1684/85 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; and died.
8. Sebastien Grondin was christened on 17 Oct 1687 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 31 Dec 1749 in Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada.
9. Jeanne Marguerite Grondin was born on 20 Jan 1688/89 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 31 Jan 1688/89 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; died on 27 Dec 1705 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 1 Jan 1705/06 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.
10. Antoine Grondin was born on 11 May 1692 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 12 May 1692 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; and died.
11. Joseph Grondin was born on 15 Feb 1695/96 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 19 Mar 1695/96 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; died on 6 Feb 1715/16 in La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 7 Feb 1715/16 in La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada.

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• Occupation: charon or wheelwright
• _UID: 2E25AD7A5906419D94380A0689C1502653DF

Pierre married Catherine Rigoliet on 25 Sep 1631 in Notre Dame, Brouage, France. Catherine and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Marie Rigoulet
• _UID: BD898160BD904E07901E2D0306B2E3D51754

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
Me Gouyn, notary

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• _UID: 4853DC6836884502A92C7FE248F97C05DCB9

Antoine married Marguerite Nouveau. Marguerite and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: C3702225A850469CBC23B2FDFB54DBE0EC75