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• _UID: 9CE33F3F767D480696C84D5D1501D8578BC4
• Immigration: 1660
• Legal Matter: 21 Oct 1662, Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 19 Sep 1664, Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Champlain, Quebec, Canada
• Residence: 1667, Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
• Property: 18 Feb 1666/67
• Land: 11 Apr 1667
• Land: 23 Mar 1668/69, Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 16 Jul 1669, Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 6 Oct 1669
• Land: 1670
• Land: 8 Feb 1673/74
• Land: 28 Feb 1673/74
• Land: 6 Mar 1678/79
• Census: 1681, Champlain, Quebec, Canada
• Residence: 1681, Champlain, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

(Research):PRDH #94422
Gilles residence: Arbre-a-la-Croix, from: Bourg de Cour, Bretagne.

Birth:
Born about 1636 in Biencourt or Bourcourt, Brittany.

Immigration:
He arrive in Canada in 1660, possibly as the indentured servant of Rene Besnard.

Legal Matter:
He pressed a claim against Rene Besnard dit Bourjoly, who had been summoned to court "to pay off his debts following a judgement against him".

Land:
Notary la Touche drew up papers for Gilles to buy a lot measuring 2 X 40 arpents on the Saint Marc coast at Cap de la Madeleine. The seller was Benjamin Anseau, Sieur du Berri. His neighbors would be Anseau to the southwest and Louis Boudor to the northeast. This sale was ratified on the following first of February by Louise Poisson, wife of the Sieur du Berri.

Census:

Gilles Dupont, 30 years

Property:
Dupont signed a contract with Claude Houssart, in which he agreed to live in Claude's house.

Land:
Benjamin Anseau sold his house and lot on the Saint Marc coast to Gilles.

Land:
Gilles sold a strip of land to Claude David, 3 X 40 arpents, situated on the Cap. Notary Guillaume de Larue.

Land:
He sold a piece to Pierre Juneau, 2 X 40 arpents. Notary Guillaume de Larue.

Land:
He aquired property at Arbre a la Croix from Martin Foisy, but the contract was canceled on the following 12 December.

Land:
He accepted a plot in the fief of Nicolas Marsolet, but he sold an arpent of meadowland to his neighbor Martin Foisy.

Land:
Dupont sold to Claude David, a section of the Arbre measuring 3 X 40 arpents. This land, according to Abbot Prosper Cloutier, was situated between that of Pierre Durand and of Etienne Gelineau. It was acquired on 13 Feb 1668 in a contract recorded by Severin Ameau, but never entered in the official records.

Land:
Gilles acquired a building lot from Michel David, four arpents wide, in the seigneury of Champlain.

Land:
He accepted a grant of three arpents of land from Francois Hertel de Lafresniere, seigneur of Arbre-a-la-Croix. The Hertel fief in 1681 was inhabited by only five familes: Pierre Durand, Gilles Dupont, Pierre Proust, Martin Foisy and Nicolas Millet de Marandais.

Census:

Gilles Dupont, habitant, 45 years
Francoise Michelle, 26 years
Marie Dupont, 10 years
Anne Dupont, 9 years
Barbe Dupont, 5 years
Marie Joseph Dupont, 3 years
Jeanne Dupont, 1 year

They owned a gun, bull, and had four arpents of land under cultivation.

Le redacteur a inscrit Joseph Plutot que Marie Josephe, comme la reconstitution des familles nous l'indique.

Residence:
They lived in the Hertel fief.

Gilles married Francoise Michel in Aug 1670 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Francoise (daughter of Bresil Michel and Marguerite Maistre) was christened on 18 Aug 1649 in Sennevoy-le-Haut, France; died after 17 Nov 1698. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Contract:
Notary Ameau drew up a marriage contract at Cap de la Madeleine, though neither spouse could sign it.

1. Marie Francoise Dupont was born about 1671; and died.
2. Marie Anne Dupont was born about 1672; died on 19 Jun 1756 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 19 Jun 1756 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada.
3. Marie Barbe Dupont was born about 1676; and died.
4. Marie Josephe Dupont was born about 1679; died on 27 Oct 1729 in Nicolet, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 28 Oct 1729 in Nicolet, Quebec, Canada.
5. Jeanne Dupont was born about 1680; died on 8 Feb 1701/02 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 8 Feb 1701/02 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
6. Jean Baptiste Dupont was christened on 26 May 1683 in Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada; died in 1753.

Other Events:

• Residence: Bourcout, Brittany, France
• _UID: 4C893D2B779F4CB78C7A8F8548C90E47D6A3

Notes:

Residence:
They were from Bourcout, in Brittany, France.

Guillaume married Marguerite Ferraut. Marguerite and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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