Antoine Brassard

1609 - 1669  (60 years)

• Name	Antoine Brassard
  Born	1609	Normandy, France   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1636	Normandy, France   [3]
  	Antoine arrived in Canada in 1636. He came from Normandy. He married in 1637 to Francoise Mery.
  Travel	1639  [4]
  	Antoine and Francoise returned to France. Their first two children were born at La Rochelle, France.
  Census	1639-1640  [5]
  	Antoine Brassard (married in Canada) Francoise Mery Antoine (born in Canada)
  Employment	4 Oct 1642	Fort St. Louis, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Antoine and Francoise were hired by Guillaume Couillard as domestique servants. A contract was drawn up by notary Martial Piraube. They were paid 144 livres and given board. Neither spouse could sign the contract but made their marks. Present was Guillaume Tronquet.
  Land	14 Feb 1646/47	Fort St. Louis, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Antoine was given a concession of a few arpents that was located on the border of the road that linked Quebec and Cap-Rouge. The land consisted of two plots situated in the neighborhood of Quebec. The first, three arpents, two perches and nine feet, was located between the Grande-Allee and the river, extending as far as the cliff. The second, three arpents of frontage to a depth of six arpents, was between the seigneurie Saint-Jean and the Upper-Town on the Grande-Allee. This act was signed by notary Henry Bancheron.
  Land	Bef 1648  [4]
  	Antoine obtained a plot in Upper-Town which he must have used to practice his trade of master mason. This plot consisted of nine toises in width (54feet) on Rue Saint-Louis, to a depth of thirty-nine toises (234 feet) running as far as the road from Mont-Carmel, between the lots of Charles Palentin de Lapointe and Jean Lemelin dit Tourangeau.
  Land	19 Oct 1663  [4]
  	Antoine divided his land between his sons-in-law. Jean Lemelin, Jacques Hedouin and Louise Fontaine recieved six arpents each.
  Land	Between 1665 and 1668	Sillery, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Listed in inventory drawn up after Antoine's death were lands he owned in Sillery. The land consisted of thirty arpents, two of them frontage, and was assigned in 1665.
  Census	1666	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [4, 6]
  	Antoine Brassard, 57 years, macon, habitant Francoise Mery, 45 years Guillaume, 18 years Antoine, 16 years Jean Baptiste, 14 years Louis, 12 years Dorthee, 9 years Living in Upper-Town
  Census	1667	Sillery, Quebec, Canada   [4, 7]
  	Antoine Brassard, habitant, 58 years Francoise Mery, 54 years Guillaume Brassard, 20 years Antoine Brassard, 18 years Jean Brassard, 16 years Louis Brassard, 14 years Dorothee Brassard, 12 years They owned three head of cattle and had twenty-seven arpents of land under cultivation.
  Died	Between 5 Feb 1668/69 and 26 May 1669  [4]
  Inventory of assets	9 Jul 1669	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Notary Becquet drew up the official inventory report. The list of property included twelve minots of wheat found in the attic of the house, three oxen, one milk cow, a year-old bull, a plow with its plowshare and chain, a sled and chain, fifteen livres and five sols in silver, ten hens and one rooster, etc.
  Legal Matter	6 Sep 1669  [4]
  	From the property of Antoine, furnishing and animals, notary Becquet declared to have deposited 761 livres, 19 sols and 6 deniers to the estate. Jacques Hedouin, agent for widow Francoise, was given guardianship of the minor children, received monies and all fees were paid.
  Name	Antoine Brassar  [8]
  Name	Antoine Brassart  [9]
  Reference Number	2562
  _UID	FDC8D6CD88144214B041F5815FCD37E70BEB
  Person ID	I983	Lirette Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family	Francoise Mery,   b. 1621,   d. 11 Jul 1671, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 50 years)
  Married	14 Jan 1636/37	Quebec (Notre Dame), Quebec, Canada   [2, 10, 11]
  Marriage	The marriage act reads as follows: "On 14 July 1637, the banns were made as usual and there being found no legitimate impediment, Father Charles Lallemant, Jesuit, acting as curate at Quebec, after having questioned, heard and listened to the mutual consent, solemnly married and joined in bonds of holy matrimony Antoine Brassart, mason, and Francoise Mery in the presence of M. Francois Derre and Nicolas Pivert". This was entered from memory because the original register was destroyed in a fire on 15 June 1640.
  Marriage Ceremony	14 Jan 1636/37	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [12]
  	Present at the ceremony were Francois Dere and Nicolas Pivert.
  Children	1. Antoine Brassard,   b. 1639, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France ,   d. 12 Apr 1642, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 3 years)   2. Jeanne Brassard,   b. Abt 1641, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France ,   d. 20 Dec 1709, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 68 years)   3. Marie Madeleine Brassard,   c. 1 Jun 1642, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 21 Sep 1712, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 70 years)   4. Marguerite Brassard,   c. 23 Jan 1645/46, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 25 Jul 1709, St. Laurent, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 63 years)   5. Guillaume Brassard,   b. 14 Dec 1647, Quebec (Notre Dame), Quebec, Canada ,   d. Bef 1715  (Age 67 years)   6. Antoine Brassard,   b. 13 Oct 1649, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Aft 1683  (Age 34 years)   7. Jean Baptiste Brassard,   b. 18 Sep 1651, Quebec (Notre Dame), Quebec, Canada ,   d. 21 Feb 1714/15, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 63 years)   8. Louis Brassard,   c. 3 Aug 1653, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Abt 1708  (Age ~ 54 years)   9. Dorothee Brassard,   b. 30 Jul 1656, Quebec (Notre Dame), Quebec, Canada ,   bur. 7 Nov 1738, Ste. Anne de la Perade, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Last Modified	6 May 2014
  Family ID	F446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):Histoire des Canadiens-Francais, Benjamin Sulte, Vol. 2, page 76 (3/31/1984) 1636 - 1640 Antoine Brassard, macon, ne 1609, Normandie, epouse a Quebec, 14 Jan 1637, Francoise Mery, nee 1621, demeurant dans a maison de la Grande-Allee, a present rue Saint Louis, leur descendance a ete, pendant plus d'un siecle, tres nombreuse a Quebec, on la retrouve dans les gouvernments des Trois-Rivieres et de Montreal, sous les noms de Brassard et Deschenaux; elle a Fourni plusiers religieuses et six pretres, dont un est le fondateur du seminarie de Nicolet. M. Freland, de qui nous empruntons ces notes, ajoute que Deschenaux, employe Longtemps dans les bureaux des intendants Hocquart et Bigot, etait de cette famille; c'est le meme qui, apres 1760, se trouvant a la tete fortune considerable, acheta plusierus seigneuries. Son fils fut juge aux Trois-Rivieres. Vol. 2, page 91 La liste qui suit donne le nom des habitants connus de Canada, annees 1639-1640. Normandie: Antoine Brassard Francoise Mery Antoine

  
  

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