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• Occupation: 1637; laborer and wine maker
• Residence: Bef 1646, Saint Pierre, Dompierre sur Mer, France
• First mentioned in Canada: 1646, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Occupation: 22 Jul 1647, Repentigny, Quebec, Canada; farmer
• Legal Matter: 2 Oct 1647, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 19 Aug 1649
• Land: 15 Sep 1651, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 18 Nov 1652, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 15 Feb 1653/54, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Property: 23 Nov 1654, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 1655, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; winter
• Land: 13 Feb 1656/57
• Occupation: 11 Oct 1658, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Employment: 8 Jun 1659, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Employment: 16 May 1660, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 15 Dec 1663, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 3 Dec 1675, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 26 Nov 1676, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Legal Matter: 16 Oct 1679, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Occupation:
He as a first a laborer and also probably a wine maker, since he sold three barrels of white wine to Jerome Bonnevie on 15 Aug 1637.

First mentioned in Canada:
The family arrived at Quebec, with Pierre Legardeur de Regpentigny, director of the Compagnie des Habitants; perhaps on 5 Aug 1645 but more probably on 23 Sept 1646.

Legal Matter:
Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny entrusted Jacques with the development of his farm. The 5 year lease provided Jacques with 1 dwelling, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 heifer, pigs, all appraised at a value of 732 livres. Jacques already owed Legardeur 898 livres, 10 sols, upon the return of the ships from France. In addition, "in 2 years" Jacques must pay 500 livres "for half of the land which he will leave him the first year". The tenant could cut or sell all the firewood that he wanted by paying 10 sols a cord. This complicated contract was signed by notary Lecoustre.

Legal Matter:
After the death of Pierre Legardeur in 1648, Jacques and Jean Juchereau, Sieur de Maure, set up thier statement of accounts. Jacques owed his creditor 384 livres, 7 sols.

Land:
Governer Louis d'Ailleboust ceded to Jacques 4 arpents of frontal land "on the river of the great river Saint Laurent in the place called le Cap rouge". This was at Fort Saint Louis in Quebec. His neighbors were Nicolas Pinel and Pierre Gallet. This act was confirmed by Jean de Lauzon, new governor, on 17 nov 1652.

Land:
Monsieur de Maisonneuve, governor, gave Jacques 30 arpents of land joining the city, between son-in-law Urbain Tessier and Lambert Closse, more than an arpent in the city to the north of Rue Saint-Joseph.

Legal Matter:
Jacques committed himself to live at Ville-Marie according to Father Archange Godbout. He would have obtained a bonus of 400 livres.

Property:
Jacques bought from Etienne Dumets a house which Etienne had built on Jacques concession. The price was 71 liivres.

Legal Matter:
Jacques and several residents of Ville-Marie made a deal with master surgeon Etienne Bouchard. Bouchard was hired on 30 March "to dress and give medications for all sorts of things, illnesses both natural and accidental, except for the plague", to the signers and their family for the yearly amount of 100 sols or 5 livres.

Land:
Jacques gave a proxy to Father Jean de Quen, S.J., permitting him to transfer his property in the region of Quebec. The land passed to Gilles d'Anjou before 1662 according to Marcel Trudel.

Occupation:
He was a well digger. Jacques made a transaction with Paul de Chomedey. He dug a well, 5 feet in diameter, inside the for of Ville-Marie, at the Place d'Armes. He guaranteed at least 2 feet of stable water in the bottom of this well. He was promised 300 livres.

Employment:
Father Gabriel de Queylus contracted Jacques to dig a well "in the garden of the hospital of the said place". Jacques guaranteed "two feet of stable water at least...in the presence of a current of water". The clerc provided 8 feet of wood, twenty planks, the stone, the lime, the sand, etc. But Jacques took care of the ropes and received 300 livres and 10 pots of eau-de-vie in exchange for spring water. Jean Aubuchon and Jacques Millot signed as witnesses.

Employment:
Jacques Leber asked Archambault to dig a well for the use of the community. The depth would be 15 to 18 feet. The payment would be 300 livres and 10 pots of eau-de-vie.

Land:
Jacques leased his farm for 3 years to Pierre Dardenne. Jean Gervaise was a witness.

Census:

Jacques Archambaut, habitant, 62 years
Marie Denot, 60 years

Land:
Father Gilles Perot (Sulpicien Fathers) gave Jacques 100 livres for a portion of his land. This piece was 5 perches and 3 feet in length by 12 feet in width, all abutting Rue Saint-Jacques, near Urbain Tessier.

Legal Matter:
Jacques was still owed a portion of money for digging a well on 10 May 1660 for citizens Leber, Le Moyen and Testard. Jacques Testard paid his share of the debt which was 100 livres and 3 1/3 pots of eau-de-vie.

Legal Matter:
Jacques made Pierre Marchand and Francoise Pugnet his proxies so that they would pay the 152 livres owed from 280 livres borrowed from his nephew in La Rochelle, the son of Denys Archambault, his brother.

Census:

Jacques Archambault, 77 years
Marie Desnos, 62 years

Buried:
noted age 84 years

Jacques married Francoise Toureau about 1629 in Dompierre sur Mer, La Rochelle, France. Francoise was born about 1599; was buried on 9 Dec 1663 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
* information from "Our French-Canadian Ancestors" VOL XIX, Chapter 3
Both are natives of Dompierre sur Mer, a village in the canton and arrondissement of La Rochelle, in the Charente Maritime, previously the French provice of Aunis.

1. Denis Archambault was christened on 12 Sep 1630 in Saint Pierre, Dompierre sur Mer, France; died on 26 Jul 1651 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 26 Jul 1651 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2. Anne Archambault was born about 1632 in Dompierre sur Mer, La Rochelle, France; died on 29 Jul 1699 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 30 Jul 1699 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
3. Jacquette Archambault was born about 1634 in Dompierre sur Mer, La Rochelle, France; was buried on 17 Dec 1700 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
4. Marie Archambault was christened on 24 Feb 1635/36 in Saint Pierre, Dompierre sur Mer, France; was buried on 16 Aug 1719 in Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada.
5. Louise Archambault was christened on 18 Mar 1639/40 in Saint Pierre, Dompierre sur Mer, France; died before 1646.
6. Laurent Archambault was christened on 10 Jan 1641/42 in Saint Pierre, Dompierre sur Mer, France; was buried on 19 Apr 1730 in Pointe aux Trembles, Quebec, Canada.
7. Marie Archambault was born about 1642; was buried on 8 Aug 1685 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Jacques married Marie Denot on 26 Jan 1665/66. Marie and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
The marriage contract signed in the presence of Severin Ameau, notary, is lost.

Marriage Contract:
Notary Ameau drew up the contract.

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Antoine married Renee Ouvrard. Renee and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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