Rene Mezeray dit Nopces

1611 - 1695  (~ 84 years)

• Name	Rene Mezeray dit Nopces  [1]
  Born	1611	Thury, Caen, Normandy, France   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1636  [3]
  Census	1639-1640  [4]
  	List of habitants in Canada
  	"La liste que sui donne le nom des habitants connus du Canada annees 1639-1640 Normandie: Rene Mezeray (non encore marie) Homme: Mezeray Province: Normandie Arrive: 1636 Maries: 1641 Province: Femme: Chastel
  Census	1666	Comte de Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [5]
  	Rene Mezere Nosse, habitant, 50 years Nicole Madeleine Garment, 35 years Jean Mezere, 16 years Thomas Mezere, 14 years Rene Mezere, 12 years Marie Mezere, 8 years Catherine Mezere, 6 years Marie Catherine Mezere, 2 years
  Census	1667	Ste. Foy, Quebec, Canada   [6]
  	Rene Mesere, habitant, 55 years Nicole Garmand, 36 years Jean Mesere, 15 years Thomas Mesere, 14 years Rene Mesere, 12 years Marie Mesere, 10 years Marie Madeleine Mesere, 9 years Marie Catherine Mesere, 4 years Aubin Moudou, domestique, 23 years Francois Apvril, domestique, 24 years
  Residence	Jul 1673	Gaudarville (St. Michel), Sillery, Quebec, Canada   [7]
  Census	1681	L'Ancienne Lorette, Quebec, Canada   [8]
  	Rene Meseray, habitant, 71 years Nicole Garman, 51 years Medard Meseray, 15 years Charles Meseray, 11 years
  Land	22 Jun 1693  [9]
  	He leased land (inherited by his wife Violette-Francoise Millot) to Nicolas Langlois. Rene permitted Nicolas to farm a piece of land joining his and Leonard Faucher de Saint-Maurice for the annual payment of the cens and rents, ten minots of "good seed wheat", fifteen minots of mesteil and three minots of white peas which Nicolas promised to provide to Rene. Langlois was also allowed to clear an arpent of wood during each of the seven years and to dispose of it as he desired. Rene placed his initials at the bottom of the contract. Witnesses were Simon Soumande and Toussaint LeFranc. Notary was Louis Chambalon.
  Hospital	4 Apr 1694	Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [10]
  	He was 77 years old.
  Name	Rene Mezeray  [11]
  Name	Rene Mezere  [12]
  Name	Rene Mezeres dit Nopces  [13]
  Name	Rene Mezeres dit Norces  [14]
  Reference Number	1038
  _UID	72315E268B0949CBAC5F913EB7197EBCB369
  Buried	16 Mar 1694/95	Neuville, Quebec, Canada   [15]
  	75 years old at time of death.
  Person ID	I11881	Lirette Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Jean Mezeray,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Anne Olivier,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Nicole Gareman,   b. 1631, Picardie, France ,   d. Bef May 1688  (Age 57 years)
  Married	Sep 1645	Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  Marriage Contract	14 Sep 1645	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [16]
  	Guillaum Tronquet, notary.
  Children	1. Mezere,   b. 11 Oct 1646, Sillery, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Genevieve Mezeray,   c. 5 Jul 1648, Sillery, Quebec, Canada ,   bur. 10 Jan 1717/18, Cap Sante, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 69 years)   3. Jean Mezeray,   c. 17 Aug 1650, Sillery, Quebec, Canada ,   bur. 5 Feb 1702/03, Neuville, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 52 years)   4. Thomas Mezeray,   c. 4 Dec 1652, Sillery, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Bef 18 Jun 1691  (Age ~ 38 years)   5. Rene Mezeray,   b. 20 Mar 1653/54, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Mezeray,   b. 30 Mar 1655, Sillery, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Bef 1666  (Age 10 years)   7. Marie Mezeray dit Nopces,   b. 21 Oct 1657, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 22 Nov 1714, Beaumont, Quebec, Canada  (Age 57 years)   8. Marie Madeleine Mezeray,   b. Abt 1658,   d. 24 Jul 1740, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 82 years)   9. Marie Catherine Mezeray,   b. 20 Apr 1664, Quebec (Notre Dame), Quebec, Canada ,   d. 2 Feb 1720/21, Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada  (Age 56 years)   10. Medard Mezeray,   b. 3 Mar 1667/68, Sillery, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Charles Mezeray,   b. 16 Apr 1672, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	6 May 2014
  Family ID	F4914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Helene Chastel,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	25 Sep 1641	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [17]
  Last Modified	6 May 2014
  Family ID	F713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Francoise Millot,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	26 May 1688	Neuville, Quebec, Canada   [18]
  	Rene 70 years old and Francoise 40 years old at time of marriage.
  Last Modified	6 May 2014
  Family ID	F2254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  possible children Pierre Mezeray born about 1651 and married Jeanne Quenneville Marie (Louise) married Jean Adam (Research):Historie de Canadiens-Francais - Benjamin Sulte; Vol. 3, page 62 3/31/1984 De 1652 a 1656, une quizaine de colons francais s'etaient etablis dans l'ile d'orleans. 1653. Rene mezeray, abandonmant sa terre du Cap-Rouge, se fixa a la Sainte-Famille, ainsi qu'un autre francais du nom de Jacques Leurier, et Pierre LePetit avec sa femme, Catherine Desnoyers. Il faut mentionner aussi Claude Charon, sieur de La barre, marchand, et sa femme, Claudine Camus; le 29 Avril (1653), sur sa terre de la paroisse Sainte-Jean, deux de ses serviteurs tenterent de l'assassiner; en 1660, il fit un voyage en france; au recensement de 1666, il habitant Quebec. "Le 2 Avril 1656, dit M. L. P. Turcotte, M. Charles de Lauzon conceda, dans sa seigneurie de Lirect, des terres aux personnes suivantes: --Rene Mezeray dit Nos, de Thury, en Normandie." -------- Vol. 2, page 77 Rene Mezeray, ne 1611, a Thury pres Caen, Normandie. Il se marie a Quebec (1641) avec Helene Chastel et n'en eut point d'enfant. Sa seconde femme, Nicole Gareman, lui en donna douze, dont plusieurs furent les nombreuses familles etablies autour de Quebec. --------- Vol. 2, page 142 Rene Mezeray dit Nopce, ou plutot Noce, avait epouse a Quebec, en 1641, Helene Chastel. Au mois d'October 1645, il etait veuf en demeurait chex M. de Chavigny (fief Chavigny ci-dessus), l'orsque le pere le Jeune le marie ave Nicole, fille de Pierre Garemand dit le Picard. Mezeray all ensuite resider sur le fief de M. Leneuf de la Poterie, a Portneuf. Vers 1650, il alla s'etalier au Cap-Rouge, ou il etait encore en 1658. ---------- 1681 Census - Seigneurie de Godarville - Benjamin Sulte, Vol. 5, page 58 Rene Meseray, 71 years Nicole Garemman, sa femme, 51 years Medard, 15 years Charles, 11 years 3 betes a cornes; 30 arpents en valeur

  
  

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