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Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse¹    8th and 9th great grand father
b. 1623, d. 8 May 1695, #14510
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Birth	1623	Pierre may have been born in 1623 in La Rochelle, Aunis in the Charentes-Maritime region of France.2 OR
Birth	1626	Pierre may have born in 1626 at l'ev. Saintes, Saintonge, France.1
Immigration	1647	About 1647 Pierre and his brother Mathurin came to New France (Quebec) from France. Pierre was a " master carpenter" and furniture maker. These two brothers married sisters.3
Marriage #1	1648	Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse married Jeanne de St. Père, daughter of Etienne de St. Père and Madeleine Couteau, 1648 in Trois Rivières, Quebec, Canada. The early marriage records of Trois Rivieres have been lost. The children of this marriage as given by http://epf.planete.qc.ca/base/affiche.asp?ID=I87128#info Raynard Drouin as: Geneviève Guillet-Guyet-Guy Jeanne Guillet Mathurin Guillet Catherine Guillet 8th ggm Marie Guillet Marguerite Guillet Anne Guillet Madeleine Guillet Louis Guillet-St-Mars and two others that are not named. BJBader gives the following list of children: Mathurin GUILLET b: 7 NOV 1649 Madeleine GUILLET b: 9 OCT 1650 Jeanne GUILLET b: 3 NOV 1652 in Trois-Rivieres, PQC Anne GUILLET b: 24 SEP 1654 Marie-Catherine GUILLET b: 8 FEB 1656 Marie GUILLET b: 13 OCT 1658 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, PQC Louis GUILLET b: 4 JUN 1657 Marguerite GUILLET b: 17 AUG 1660 Joseph GUILLET b: 1664 Genevieve GUILLET b: 1665 Joseph b 1664 is one of the two that is not named in the first list. The other child likely died young.1
	1 June 1649	Jacques Buteaux, had the rights to the land that is now Cap de la Madeliene and in 1649, in the name of the Jesuits, he officially conceded the land to his chosen settlers on June 1, 1649 (Greffe Audouart). Among the 14 men picked to settle the Cap-de-la Madeleine region were Pierre Guillet and his brother, Mathurin. On June 6, 1651, a notarized act confirmed these concessions of land (Audouart). Father Buteaux was killed by the Iroquois on May 10, 1652.2
		A copy of this land transaction and translation plus a map of the original lots in Cap de la Madeliene is at available with this link. 2
	1650	An in-depth discussion of the life and times of Pierre Guillet,  can be view with this link.    A map of Trois Rivieres in 1650. 2
	6 June 1650	By June of 1650, Pierre, Mathurin and their wives were living in Trois Rivières. On June 6, 1650, the brothers purchase land here. It was situated on the northwest side of Saint Pierre Street, bordering the property of Jacques Leneuf de la Potherie. A house 30 by 20 feet was on the land. This property would later be exchanged for one belonging to Pierre Boucher, the future governor of Trois Rivieres. The Guillets did not reside there long for early in 1652, they were on their newly acquired land on the Cap.2
	24 November 1652	On 24 Nov 1652 Pierre and his new brother-in-law, Nicolas Rivard dit Lavigne sold Mathurin's land on the Cap to Gilles Trottier. It is quite probable, the death of his brother and the constant threat of the Iroquois gave Pierre Guillet the desire to establish his young family nearer the safety of Quebec City.2
	19 August 1653	August 19th 1653 (Audouart) Pierre sold his lot on the Cap to Marguerite Hayet, widow of Jean Veron de Grandmesnil. On May 31st 1654, he purchased from the Jesuits the deed to land in the Seigneurie of Notre-Dame-des-Anges near Quebec. It was 60 arpents in size and located between the Charles and Beauport rivers.
	September 1656	On September 19th 1656 (Audouart) his land in Quebec city sold to Etiennette Després. Pierre Guillet returned to Cap de la Madeleine in 1657. He settled his family on the land of Claude Houssard, the 3rd husband of Madeleine Cousteau (hence his father-in-law!!). This land of 40 arpents had been deeded to Houssard by the Jesuits in 1651 (another original Cap pioneer). It was located beside the property of Michel Lemay dit Lepoudrier. A notarized act by Claude Herlin, dated August 30th 1659 gave the deed of this land to Guillet. Acording to Marcel Trudel, author of "Le Terrier du St Laurent en 1663", this land can be found today between Celina and Viviers steets and from the bottom of Erables street up to the first park on the street.2
		One gets the impression that with all this moving around, Pierre Guillet was not plying his trade. This is not the case. Many notarized acts from the era show him doing a lot of construction. Some of these are listed here: .2
	1665	Pierre could not write but he could sign his name 4
	1666	The census of 1666 (Trois Rivieres) gives the following information: Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse, 40 ans, habitant Jeanne Saint Pere, 37 ans, sa femme (she was born in 1627 so the age isn't right) enfants: Mathurin,16; Jeanne,12; Anne, 11; Catherine, 10; Louis, 8; Marie, 6; Marguerite, 5; Pierre, 3; Joseph, 2; Genevieve Guillet, 3 mois, fille & Nicholas Chacheu, 19 ans, domestique. The following year, 1667, the census of Cap-de-la-Madeleine states: Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse, 36 ans (he's now younger!) Jeanne St Perre, 40 ans enfants: Mathurin, 18; Jeanne, 16; Monette, 14; Catherine, 12;Louis,10; Marie, 8; Marguerite, 7; Pierre, 5; Joseph,4; Genevieve, 2. Domestique: Nicolas Cachet, 18 ans. 4 beasts & 78 arpents of land. These census records show that both Pierre and Jeanne couldn't sign but their oldest son, Mathurin could. Pierre Guillet later learned to sign his name if not to write.3
	April 1666	In the spring of 1666, the Jesuits, in possession of the Seigneurie of Batiscan, granted the first 30 land concessions there. The contracts were drawn by the notary Jacques de la Touche. It was a family affair!!! Claude Houssard, Pierre Guillet's father-in-law was the first;(husband of Madeleine Couteau) he got his land concession on March 21, 1666. Robert Rivard, the husband of Madeleine Guillet (Pierre's daughter) got his on the 22 of March. His brother, Nicolas Rivard, Pierre's brother-in-law (he's Catherine Saint Père's husband) signed for his land consession on March 23 of the year. Mathieu Rouillard, who married Jeanne Guillet in June 1667 and Jean Moreau who married Pierre's daughter, Anne in 1667 also received land concessions. On August 6, 1666, Pierre obtained his property here making him among the first landowners of this area of Quebec. On November 17, 1667 he sold this land to Jean-Baptiste Crevier. Three days later, on November 20th 1667, he bought 80 arpents of land at Cote Saint-Marc, next to his own property on the Cap. His son, Louis would later be known as Louis Guillet dit St Marc. Even later, Abraham Guillet dit St Marc became St Mars then Cinq Mars. These name changes, (the author of this peice suspects), originated from this land purchase. At the end of 1667, he exchanged land he had on the Cap for property in Batiscan owned by Jean Cusson.2
	8 January 1668	On January 8, 1668, Pierre Guillet moved his family from Cap-de-la-Madeleine to Batiscan. He would ultimately return to the Cap but most of his children would remain here. Many of his descendants still reside today in this quiet community.2
Marriage #2	11 October 1670	Pierre Guillet dit Lajeunesse married Madeliene Dulaunay 11 October 1670, before the notary, Romain Becquet.  It may be that he became engaged to Madeleine Delaunay. According to Silvio Dumas, author of "Les Filles du Roi en Nouvelle France", the wedding could have taken place in the Seigneurie of Lintot (Bécancour) but there are no records to confirm this. Madeliene was a Fille de Roi. 2  Pierre would have been about 47 years old.
	December 1670	Pierre had a soldier in the Carignan-Salière regiment, Vincent de Lengat dit Lavigne arrested for the attempted rape of one of his daughters. On December 10th, 1670 (Cusson) he dropped the charges on condition that a 30 pounds fine was levied.2
	1681	In 1681 he shows on a census in Linctot a Becancour, Quebec, Canada.3
Death	8 May 1695	Pierre died on 8 May 1695 at Cap de la Madeleine, in cté Champlain,  Quebec  Canada.1
		The Monument to the pioneers of Cap de la Madaleine.2

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