Noel Morin, Sieur de Saint-Luc
Abt 1609 - 1680 (71 years)-
Name Noel Morin [1, 2] Suffix Sieur de Saint-Luc Born Abt 1609 St. Etienne, Brie Comte Robert, France [2] Gender Male Residence Bef 1639 St. Etienne, Brie Comte Robert, France [2] - Noel was from the town of Brie-Comte-Robert, arrondissement of Melum, department of Seine-et-Marne, France.
Residence 1640 Quebec, Quebec, Canada [2] - Noel and Helene resided in the house that Helene owned at the time of their marriage. The house measured 24 by 18 feet and was located near the church of Notre-Dame.
Occupation 9 Jan 1639/40 [3] charron or cartwright Land 4 Sep 1640 Quebec, Quebec, Canada [2] - Noel and Helene were offically ceded the garden area of 40 perches near the house, which were north of the storehouse of the One-Hundred-Associates, in the Upper Town of Quebec.
Land 26 Apr 1645 Ste. Genevieve, Quebec, Canada [2] - Noel purchased 50 arpents of land on the Sainte-Genevieve coast from Governor Montmagny for price of 90 livres.
Noel hired Antoine Rouillard and Thomas Touchet on 6 February 1650 to build the framework of a house on this property "which will be thirty feet long and twenty feet wide...six feet under beams". The cost was 250 livres and 20 minots of peas.
Over a twenty year period, Noel built "three frame dwellings, two of which had a heated room each, cellar and attic, the third serving as a shop and attic above, with a barn and two and a half arpents enclosed with stakes and serving as yard".
Land 15 Nov 1653 [2] - Governor Jean de Lauzon ceded a quarter-league of frontal land by a league deep to Noel. The property began an arpent below the La Caille River and went up to the Saint-Lawrence towards the south side. Included in this concession was the Ile-aux-Oies. Noel became a partial owner of the seigneury of la Riviere-du-Sud.
Noel named this fief Saint-Luc and he bore the title of Sieur de Saint-Luc.
Additional information 17 May 1655 Quebec, Quebec, Canada [2] - Noel and Helene were granted a pew, located by the north side of the nave, by the Fabrique of Quebec. The Morins gave two arpents of land, appraised at 180 livres, to the Fabrique. This included the tuition of 100 livres for their son Germain at the Seminary.
Census 1666 Comte de Quebec, Quebec, Canada [4]
Noel Morin, charron, habitant, 57 years
Helene Desportes, 46 years
Nicolas Morin, 22 years
Jean Baptiste Morin, 21 years
Charles Morin, 11 years
Alphonse Morin, 16 years
Marie Madeleine Morin, 9 years
Marie Charlotte Depoyctiers, 25 years, widow of Joseph Hebert
Jean Ballie, domestique, engage 26 years
Census 1667 Comte de Quebec, Quebec, Canada [2, 5]
Noel Morin, Habitant, charron, 58 years
Helene Desportes, 48 years
Alphonse Morin, 17 years
Charles Morin, 13 years
Marie Madeleine, 10 years
Zacharie Jolly, apprenti, 17 years
Jean Ballier, domestique, 28 years
They had 12 head of cattle and 40 arpents of land under cultivation.
Education - Noel was able to sign his name, count and make wheels and carriages. It is not known how he learned his trade.
Legal Matter 25 Feb 1667/68 [2] - Noel named his son, Jean Baptiste, his administrator.
Legal Matter 4 Jan 1670/71 [2] - Noel and Helene formalized their intentions for after their deaths. All their furniture and real estate would be divided between their sons Charles and Alphonse. The condition was that these two sons would support their parents until their deaths. They were also to give their younger sister, Marie-Madeleine, 300 livres when she married.
Legal Matter 30 Oct 1675 [2] - Noel's son, Jean-Baptiste, agreed to support his father until his death. Noel was to pay Jean-Baptiste 1,500 livres and half the income from the fief of Saint-Luc. On 31 October 1675, all members of the Noel's family agreed to sell all the property at Saint-Genevieve to Charles Bazire for 3,000 livres.
_UID C93C3FD81CB94862B077B7DE0C4142492F24 Died 10 Feb 1679/80 Quebec, Quebec, Canada [2, 6] - noted age 74 years
He died at Montmagny, probably during a visit to his son Alphonse.
Buried 15 Feb 1679/80 Quebec, Quebec, Canada [2, 6] Person ID I1880 Gauthier Family Tree Last Modified 18 Sep 2009
Father Claude Morin, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Jeanne Moreau, d. Bef 1639 Family ID F1648 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Helene Desportes, c. 16 Jul 1620, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 24 Jun 1675 (Age ~ 54 years) Marriage Contract 27 Dec 1639 [2, 7] - Notary Martial Piraube drew up the contract. Noel gave Helene a dowry of 200 livres guaranteed by "a house located at Brie-Comte-Robert where hangs a sign with the blue horse in the parish of St-Etienne on rue des fontaines near the gate of the town which the said groom received from the succession of his mother". Helene, widowed, brought the this union a house located near the church of Notre-Dame, with 2 arpents of land near Mont-Carmel and a garden measuring 40 perches belonging the the said house.
Married 9 Jan 1639/40 Quebec, Quebec, Canada [3] Children 1. Agnes Morin, b. 21 Jan 1640/41, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 30 Aug 1687, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age 46 years) 2. Germain Morin, c. 15 Jan 1641/42, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 20 Aug 1702, Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 60 years) 3. Louise Morin, c. 27 Apr 1643, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 28 Apr 1713, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 70 years) 4. Nicolas Morin, c. 26 Apr 1644, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. Abt 1667 (Age ~ 22 years) 5. Jean Baptiste Morin dit Derochebelle, Sieur de Rochebelle, c. 25 May 1645, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown 6. Marguerite Morin, c. 29 Sep 1646, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , bur. 17 Oct 1646, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 0 years) 7. Helene Morin, c. 30 Sep 1647, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 9 May 1661, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 13 years) 8. Marie Morin, b. 19 Mar 1648/49, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 8 Apr 1730, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Age 81 years) 9. Alphonse Morin dit Valcourt, b. 12 Dec 1650, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 29 Aug 1711, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada (Age 60 years) 10. Noel Morin, c. 12 Oct 1652, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. Bef 1666 (Age ~ 13 years) 11. Charles Morin, b. 29 Aug 1654, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 4 Oct 1671, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age 17 years) 12. Marie Madeleine Morin, b. 28 Dec 1656, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , d. 21 Jul 1720, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age 63 years) Last Modified 18 Sep 2009 Family ID F1638 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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