Jean Besset

Abt 1642 - 1707  (~ 65 years)

• Name	Jean Besset
  Born	Abt 1642	Cahors, France
  Gender	Male
  _UID	70E39245C09E1B46BA94B5B549037DC42EA6
  Died	5 Jan 1707	Chambly, Quebec, Canada
  Buried	7 Jan 1707	Parish of St. Joseph, Chambly, Quebec, Canada
  Notes	Jean Besset was born about 1642 in Cahors, France. He died 5 Jan 1707 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada. He married Anne Seigneur, daughter of Guillaume and Madeleine (Sauve) Seigneur, on 3 Jul 1668 (MDJB) in Chambly, Quebec, Canada. She was born 1 Mar 1649 in St-Maclou, V.Et Archev, Rouen, Normandie, France. She died 4 Jul 1733 in Chambly, Quebec, Canada. Jean Besset came to New France with the Carignan Regiment in 1665. The first official mention of Jean Besset in Canadian history was in the spring of 1688. On May 20, Msgr de Laval appeared at Fort Chambly to meet the soldiers and to speak to them. He administered the sacrament of confirmation to 66 people, all men, including Jean Besset. Jean Besset spent the winter of 1668 and 1669 guarding army property at Fort Saint-Louis. Fort Saint-Louis was used primarily was a warehouse for supplies and munitions. After the breakup of the Carignan Regiment, Jean Besset took to farming land, and on October 14, 1673, received the title to his land, in Chambly, undoubtedly already under cultivation. On 29 Jul 1674, Jean bought a concession from Francois Prudhomme, consisting of 80 arpents of land in Sault St-Louis. The land bordered on one side by Pierre Godin dit Chatillon, and on the other side by Jean Roy dit LaPensee, all of it in the district of the island of Montreal. He bought this at the price of 80 silver livres. By 1681 the Besset's were living in Chambly again, between Etienne Raimbault and Luois Bariteau. They owned: a gun, 3 head of cattle and had 6 arpents under cultivation. Jean Besset was buried at Chambly, in the paris of St-Joseph on 7 Jan 1707, in the presence of the Recollet missionary Pierre Dublaron. Anne died 26 years on 4 Jul 1733 at the age of 84 years.
  Person ID	I1	14B Jean Besset of Quebec
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2013

  
  

  Family	Anne Seigneur,   b. 1 Mar 1649, St-Maclou, V.Et Archev, Rouen, Normandie, France ,   d. 4 Jul 1733, Chambly, Quebec, Canada  (Age 84 years)
  Married	3 Jul 1668	Chambly, Quebec, Canada
  Children	1. Marie Madeleine Besset,   b. Abt 1668 + 2. Jacqueline dite Marguerite Besset,   b. 15 Feb 1670/1671, St. Joseph, Chambly, Quebec, Canada + 3. Jean Besset,   b. 27 Dec 1672, Boucherville, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 8 May 1751, Pointe-Olivier (St. Mathias), Quebec, Canada  (Age 78 years)   4. Simon Besset,   b. 13 Jan 1675/1676, Chambly, Quebec, Canada + 5. Francois Besset,   b. 26 Jul 1685, Contrecoeur, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 3 Jun 1764, Chambly, Quebec, Canada  (Age 78 years) + 6. Marie Anne Besset,   b. Abt 1679,   d. 25 Aug 1741, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 62 years)   7. Pierre Besset,   b. 9 Jul 1682, Chambly, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 16 Nov 1687, Sorel, Quebec, Canada  (Age 5 years)   8. Therese Charlotte Besset,   b. 1 Feb 1689/1690, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 3 Apr 1707, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age 17 years)
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart