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01. - Anselin, Pierre 02. Audru, Jacques 03. * Auger dit Baron, Jehan 04. * Averty dit Leger, Maurice 05. - Avisse, Francois 06. - Balue, Jacques 07. - Barbousson, Valerie de 08. - Bardet 09. Bareau dit Lagogue, Pierre 10. Bastard, Yves 11. * BAUDREAU dit Graveline, Urbain 12. * Baudry dit L'Epinette, Antoine 13. Beaudoin 14. - Beauvais, Pierre 15. - Bellenger, Rene 16. Beliot, Charles-Jean 17. * Benoit dit Nivernois, Paul 18. * Besnard dit Bourjoli, Rene 19. Biards, Gilles 20. Biteau dit St-Laurent, Louis 21. Blanchard dit Belleville, Francois 22. * Boivin dit Panse, Jacques 23. - Bondu, Rene 24. Bondy, Rene 25. - Bonneau, Jean 26. * Bouchard, Estienne 27. Boullay, Augustin 28. Boutelou, Jacques 29. * Bouvier, Michel 30. Bouze (et Bruze), Pierre 31. Brassier, Jacques 32. * Brossard, Urbain 33. Cadet, Rene 34. * Cadieu, Jean 35. * Chartier dit Robert, Guillaume 36. Chartier, Louis 37. Chaudronnier, Jean 38. * Chauvin dit le Grand Pierre, Pierre 39. Chesneau, Jean 40. Chevalier, Louis 41. Chevasset, Antoine 42. Cornier, Nicolas 43. Coubart, Rene 44. Coudret, Mathurin 45. Coudreux, Francois 46. Crusson dit Pilote, Francois 47. * Danny dit Tourangeau, Honore 48. Darondeau, Pierre 49. * Daubigeon, Julien 50. Davoust, Jean 51. * Deniau (et Druzeau), Jean 52. * Deniau dit Destaillis, Marin 53. * Desautels dit Lapointe, Pierre 54. Desorson, Zacharie 55. Despres dit Berri, Simon 56. Dessommes. Jesse. 57. Doguet (et Danguet), Louis 58. Dolbeau, Jehan 59. Doussin, Rene 60. * Ducharme dit Lafontaine, Fiacre 61. Duval, Nicolas 62. Fleury, Jacques 63. Fontaine dit le petit Louis, Louis 64. Foucault, Etienne 65. Foucault, Francois 66. Fresnot, Jean 67. Fricquet, Gilles 68. Frogeau, Pierre 69. Fruitier, Jean 70. Gaillard dit le Prieur, Christophe 71. * Galbrun (et Galbout) Simon 72. Gallois, Francois 73. * Gasteau, Jean 74. * Gendron dit la Rolandiere, Guillaume 75. * Gervaise, Jehan 76. Gillet (et Gilles), Noel 77. *Godin, dit Chatillon, Pierre 78. Gregoire, Louis 79. * Guertin dit le Sabotier, Louis 80. Guesery (Guesary et Dezery), Pierre 81. Guyet (et Guyot) Jean 82. Hardy, Pierre 83. Hardy, Pierre 84. Herisse, Francois 85. * Houray dit Grandmont, Rene 86. Hubay, le nomme, 87. Hudin, Francois 88. * Hunault dit Deschamps, Toussaint 89. Hurtebise, Andre 90. * Hurtebise, Marin 91 * Jannot dit Lachapelle, Marin 92. * Jette, Urbain 93. Jouanneau, Mathurin 94. Jousselin, Nicolas 95. * |
On the LEFT is the ORIGINAL list of the "RECRUE DE 1653". | |||||||||||||||||||
In 1651 there was a need for Men to defend the perimeter of the newly created Ville-Marie (Montreal). The Iroquois were attacking French settlers, especially in Hochelaga (Ville-Marie / Montréal), but at times they were venturing even further than Trois-Rivières, endangering the whole French colony. At the behest of Jeanne Mance, M. Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve went to France to bring back one hundred men, and some women and a few children. It took two years. Gathering people from Picardie, Champagne, Ile-de-France, Normandie, Anjou and Maine, especially in LaFlèche where M. De La Deauversière is well known, the 100 complement (with many retired soldiers and their families) is finally reached by the spring of 1653, everyone signing agreements and contracts, some abjuring their protestant faith, as Caen, Rouen, LaRochelle and many other coastal cities have Huguenots or Calvinists residents who are now forbidden to practice their faith, but who have to become Catholics before being allowed in New-France. The ship starts from Nantes, under the command of Captain Pierre le Besson. A few years later, in 1659, another large complement of people arrive in Montreal on the St-André ship, (Click here for passenger list of St-André in 1659) and bring more women to New-France. At the death of Samuel de Champlain on December 25th 1635, there were few women in Quebec since his own wife , Helene Boule (Boulay) returned to France after an unpleasant experience, and he thereafter did not encourage the feminine element in la Nouvelle-France. Click here for the list of French women living in Quebec city in 1636.
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The St-Nicolas de Nantes was also the boat bringing Marguerite Bourgeois, which left us her account of the trip in her Diary. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Though about 120 were supposed to be on board, either 103 or 105 made it safely into Villemarie. 103 received money for their services, paid on board, at the Saint-Nazaire quay, before the Ship sailed away, by the Notaire Belliotte. When there is an * it means that there were known descendants which remained in Canada. However if there is a minus sign - , the person did not make it, either to the boat or across the ocean. |
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