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Anne Seigneur

Female 1649 - 1733  (84 years)


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  • Name Anne Seigneur 
    Born 1 Mar 1649  St-Maclou, V.Et Archev, Rouen, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _UID 48FFA7E1B8D6774F8B76B981323220F8DA42 
    Died 4 Jul 1733  Chambly, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 I2  14B Jean Besset of Quebec
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2013 

    Father Guillaume Seigneur 
    Mother Madeline Sauve 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jean Besset,   b. Abt 1642, Cahors, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1707, Chambly, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married 3 Jul 1668  Chambly, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marie Madeleine Besset,   b. Abt 1668
    +2. Jacqueline dite Marguerite Besset,   b. 15 Feb 1670/1671, St. Joseph, Chambly, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Jean Besset,   b. 27 Dec 1672, Boucherville, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1751, Pointe-Olivier (St. Mathias), Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     4. Simon Besset,   b. 13 Jan 1675/1676, Chambly, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Francois Besset,   b. 26 Jul 1685, Contrecoeur, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jun 1764, Chambly, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    +6. Marie Anne Besset,   b. Abt 1679,   d. 25 Aug 1741, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years)
     7. Pierre Besset,   b. 9 Jul 1682, Chambly, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Nov 1687, Sorel, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
     8. Therese Charlotte Besset,   b. 1 Feb 1689/1690, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1707, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 17 years)
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2017 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart