Pedigree
Thomas Nicolet
Jean Nicolet
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Marguerite Delamer
Nicolet, Madeleine Euphrosine Marie
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Nipissirinienne
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Born: abt.
1628
Quebec, Canada
Died: 30
September 1689
Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Buried: abt. 2 October
1689
Quebec, Canada
Father: Jean Nicolet
Mother: Nipissirinienne (Algonquin Squaw)
Siblings: unknown
Spouse: Jean LeBlanc
Married: 21 November 1643
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Children:
Madeleine
b. 15 July 1652 - d. 28 December 1708
other children unknown
Notes: Madeleine
was the illegitimate daugher of Jean Nicolet and an Algonquin Squaw
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Thomas Nicolet
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Nicolet, Jean
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Marguerite Delamer
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Born: 1598
Normandie, France
Died: 27
October 1642
Sillery, Quebec, Canada
Buried: 29 October 1642
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Father: Thomas Nicolet
Mother: Marguerite Delamer
Siblings: unknown
Spouse: Nipissirinienne
Married: never legally married
Children:
Madeleine
b. abt. 1628 - d. 30 September 1643
Notes: According
to the PRDH Jean was never legally married to the Algonquin Squaw
Nipissirinienne. Their daughter Madeleine listed
as illegitimate.
Jean's occupation upon arrival in Quebec in 1618 was
as an Indian agent. He was
employed by the Company of New France (the chartered "Company
of One
Hundred Associates" which held the rights to French possessions
in North America.
He became proficient in Algonquin and Huron languages
and acted as interpreter
to the tribes and representative of the French interests.
Historically, Jean Nicolet is recognized as the first
European to enter what is now
the state of Wisconsin. In 1634, Jean was comissioned
by the government of New
France to travel to the "people of the sea" to meet with
them and arrange peace
between them and the Hurons. The "people of the
sea" were the Winnebago tribe
who lived on the shores of present day Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Jean drowned in the St. Lawrence River when his boat overturned
in a storm.
Jean and his legal wife, Marguerite Couillard, are listed
on a plaque in "Parc
Montmorency" honoring the first settlers of Quebec City.
There is a statue of Jean northeast of the city of Green
Bay, on a ridge overlooking
the bay. There is also a plaque in the state of
Michigan commemorating Jean's
passage through the Straits of Mackinac in 1634. On
August 9, 1934, President
Franklin Roosevelt spoke in Green Bay at a commemoration
of Jean's achievements.
This information is from an article written by
a University of Wisconsin at Green Bay
history professor. Follow this link if you would
like to read the entire article:
www.uwgb.edu/wisfrench/library/articles/nicolet.htm
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"In 1634 Jean Nicolet,
emmisary of the Governor
Samuel de Champlain
of New France,
landed at Red Banks
on the shore of Green Bay
about a mile west of here."
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Nipissirinienne (Algonquin Squaw)
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Born: abt.
1600
Quebec, Canada
Died: unknown
Quebec, Canada
Buried: unknown
Quebec, Canada
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Siblings: unknown
Spouse: Jean Nicolet
Married: never legally married
Children:
Madeleine
b. 15 July 1652 - d. 28 December 1708
Notes: According
to the PRDH there was never a legal marriage between the Algonquin
Squaw Nipissirinienne and Jean Nicolet. Their daughter
Madeleine listed as
illegitimate.
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Nicolet, Thomas
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Born: abt.
1575
Normandie, France
Died: unknown
France
Buried: unknown
France
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Siblings: unknown
Spouse: Marguerite Delamer
Married: bef. 1598
Children:
Jean
b. 1598 - d. 10 October 1642
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Delamer, Marguerite
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Born: abt.
1575
Normandie, France
Died: unknown
France
Buried: unknown
France
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Siblings: unknown
Spouse: Thomas Nicolet
Married: bef. 1598
Children:
Jean
b. 1598 - d. 10 October 1642
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