Antoine Pépin dit Lachance

     Antoine Pépin dit Lachance was born in 1636 at Normandie, France. He was the son of Andre Pépin dit Lachance and Jeanne Chevalier. Antoine Pépin dit Lachance was baptized on 10 April 1636 at Notre-Dame de Le Havre, Normandie, France. He married Marie Teste, daughter of Jean Teste and Louise Talonneau, on 24 November 1659 at Quebec; Marriage record written as Antoine Pupin and Marie Taiste. Present were Jean Guyon, Jacques Delamotte, and Charles Gaultier. A contract for the marriage of Antoine Pépin dit Lachance and Marie Teste was signed on 11 November 1659; Antoine Pepin LaChance, originally of Ville de Havre-de-Grace, Normandie and Marie Teste, originally of Notre-Dame-de-Cogne, Ville de la Rochelle. Parents listed as Andre Pepin, occupation: marchand, Jeanne Debournelle and Jean Teste and Louise Tallonnier, written before Guillaume Audouart, notary.¹ Antoine Pépin dit Lachance died on 22 January 1701 at Ste-Famille, Isle-de-Orleans, Quebec. He was buried on 23 January 1701 at Ste-Famille, Isle-de-Orleans, Quebec; Antoine was 64 years old, and present were Michel Asselin and Robert Vermet.¹
     He appeared on the census of 1666 at Ste-Famille, Isle-de-Orleans, Quebec; Antoine Pepin, 28, Marie Testu, 28, Ignace, 6, Elisabeth, 4, Jean, 2, and Antoine Drappeau, 24 a domestic.¹