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Mathurin Rivard dit Feuilleverte     7th great grand uncle
b. circa 1667, #15759
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Birth	circa 1667	Mathurin was born circa 1667 at Batiscan, Quebec, Canada.1
	1692	In 1692, Claude Rivard, organized a Voyageur partnership with Francois Mercure dit Villeneuve to go out to the lands of the Ottawas. Claude and Mathurin Rivard, in company with Francois Frigon dit Espagnol, Jacques and Alexis Lemoyne, Jean-Baptiste and Louis Gatineau, all voyageurs, committed to go to Detroit. Reference for the following: French Canadian & Acadian Genealogical Review, vol. 2/ no.1: 1969 / CS1-F745. Publication sponsored by the Centre Canadian Des Recherches Genealogiques, p.203. Bishop de Saint-Vallier of Quebec consented to evangelize native tribes along the Mississippi river, which had never been attempted. The effort was directed at areas where considered proper and, in particular, the Tamarois Tribe. Birch bark canoes were used. The Westerly route from Montreal included the Ottawa River and Lake Nipissing to Fort Michillimackimac on LakeHuron. They started out 16 July 1698 and reached Lake Huron September 8th. Claude and his cousin, Jacques Rouillard son of Mathieu & Jeanne Guillet, had been hired to carry 1,000 pounds of merchandise in their canoe from Montreal to Missillimakinac. The merchandise was furnished by the Abby de Montigny. The contract did not mention wages, but did state that "They will be fed with foodstuffs such as biscuit, pork, peas, and to each one six jugs of eau-de-vie for their use only."1
Marriage #1	1700	He married his first wife, Françoise Trottier, 20 April 1700 in St-Francois, Batiscan, Champlain, PQ. They had at least one child Marie-Françoise, bca Oct 1703. Françoise Trottier died 8 Feb 1705/6 in Batiscan.2 Daughter Marie-Françoise married Pierre Dubois, son of Jean Dubois and Jeanne Rault in 1736.  She died 18 Jan 1755 in Champlain, Canada.
Marriage #2	19 Feb 1709	Mathurin Rivard dit Feuilleverte married Jeanne Frigon, who was 25 years old, 19 February 1709 in Batiscan, Quebec, Canada. They had at least the following children: Anonyme RIVARD b: 23 JAN 1711/12 in Batiscan Joseph RIVARD b: 19 NOV 1712 in Batiscan Francois-Xavier-Marie RIVARD b: ABT. 1 JAN 1714/15 Antoine-Mathurin RIVARD b: 18 JUN 1717 in Batiscan Jean-Baptiste RIVARD b: ABT. 29 OCT 1719 Marie-Josephe RIVARD b: ABT. 17 JUL 1722 Michel RIVARD b: ABT. 28 MAR 1727 Only Marie-Josephte is followed further.2
Burial	6 July 1737	Mathurin was buried on 6 July 1737..2

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