2I. JEAN MIGNAULT dit CHATILLON (NICOLAS 1)
bpt. 20 Apr. 1622 Chatillon sous Bagneux, Paris
m. 23 Sept. 1649 Quebec (contract 10 Nov. 1648), LOUISE CLOUTIER (bpt. 18 Mar. 1632 St. Jean Baptiste, Mortagne, m.1. 26 Oct. 1645 Quebec, Francois Marguerie, Sieur de la Haye (bpt. 22 Oct. 1612 St. Vincent, Rouen, bur. 10 June 1648 Quebec), 3. 3 Feb. 1684 Chateau Richer, Jean Pierre Mateau (bur. 12 Feb. 1706 Chateau Richer), bur. 22 June 1699 Chateau Richer)
d. 1680
Jean was born in the town of Ch�tillon-sous-Bagneux, now know simply as Ch�tillon, is a commune four miles southwest of the center of Paris.
Saint-Philippe et Saint-Jacques- Chatillon
On 1 Apr. 1643, Jean Mignault enlisted as a soldier for 3 years at 60 livres per year in the company of Antoine Cheffault, sieur de Reygnardiere, one of the leaders of the "Compagnie Generale de la Nouvelle-France". Jean was then 16 years old and he received 33 livres and 5 sous in advance. He left 27 Apr. 1643 on either the "La Madeleine d'Olonne" or "La Marie de Dieppe". These ships left La Rochelle and headed to Tadoussac and then Quebec.
He is next mentionned in the "Journal des Jesuites" 4 May 1647 which states that he was the head of a group of Huron warriors (including some French but it is not said how many) . The group left Sillery to fight against the Iroquois located near Montreal. In January 1648, "Louis Coullard, Chastillon, DeLassar and a fourth companion of arms were gone to the lake. Three of them were made prisoners. Only Chastillon could get away. But the day after, the others came back safe and sound." On 11 Jan.1648 he was headed for Trois-Rivieres, with 7 Hurons. He was already preparing his departure for the "Huron's Country" (le pays des Hurons). Before leaving Sillery, he deposited with the Jesuits a buffet with its key. He also sent another box to Denis Duquet, husband of Catherine Gauthier, residents of Quebec since 1637. Jean also left his hat in the safekeeping of the Jesuits and his arquebus to the safekeeping of a man named Lafortune, blacksmith, probably Jean Bonnart dit Lafortune. He (Lafortune) repared Jean's arquebus and asked 7 livres and "10 sols" for his services. Amiot brought back the arquebus to it's owner. April 24, Jean Mignault dit Chatillon left for the Hurons' territory with two catholic Indians. In order to go to Sainte-Marie (In the Huron's country), they had to go through the Outaouais River, French River to arrive in Georgian Bay or Sainte-Marie (now known as Midland, Ontario). It took about a month to get there and as long to come back in hard conditions with many porterages, hot days, cold nights, wind, bugs, etc..
Jean courted an American Indian girl who was living at the Ursuline convent in 1647 in Canada. He became smitten by one girl, with a given name of Barbe (her native name is unknown) who had been with the Ursulines for four years, and begged the mother superior to keep her on until his military unit returned from its duties. As proof of his sincerity, he placed 300 livres in the hand of the Ursulines, one-third of it to be applied directly to the benefit of the girl should he fail to keep his word. According to a convent journal, "The girl did not want him, & preferred a savage and followed the wishes of her parents".
He did sign a marriage contract on 23 Sep 1648 in Ch�teau Richer and married Louise Cloutier on 10 Nov 1648 in Qu�bec. Louise had married Fran�ois Marguerie in 1645, when she was not yet 14. He drowned in the Saint-Laurent in March 1648, and Louise, a childless widow at 16, married Jean about seven months later.
In 1667 he was a farmer on his father-in-law's, Zacharie Cloutier's, land in Beauport and had cleared 16 arpents of land.
In the spring of 1669 their daughter Sainte gave birth to a daughter by Jean Fortin dit Monbre who, evidently, had quite the reputation for seducing women. This didn't seem to bother Jean Grondin who agreed to a marriage contract with Sainte in July of that year and they were married in August.
Jean died between 1679 and 1681. He worked as a tailor as well as a soldier.Issue-
