Pierre Roy dit DesJardin of St. Louis de Kamouraska

ROY

1. JEAN

m. MARIE BOUCQUENIER (d. after 1629)

Joigny, Yonne & Église Saint-Jean

Église Saint-André de Joigny

Marie was the godmother to her grand-daughter Marie Roy on 13 Feb. 1629 at St. Jean, Joigny.

Issue-

  • 2I. OLIVIER- bpt. 2 Oct. 1604 St. Andre, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne, m.1. c.1626, CATHERINE BAUDARD (bur. 10 Dec. 1659 St. Jean, Joigny, Yonne), 2. c.1660, Marie Pruneau (d. after 1686), bur. 6 Dec. 1661 St. Jean, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne

    Ref:

    Notice Tres Complete Sur La Famille Roy- Pierre Le Clercq, "Société Génélogique de l'Yonne", Place Corot, Auxerre at: http://www.sgyonne.org/canroydg.php
    Antoine Roy et ses Descendants en France et au Canada- Pierre Le Clercq, Les Souches Association des Familles Roy d'Amerique- Vol. 4, No. 2 (Mar. 1999), pp. 14-7


    2I. OLIVIER (JEAN 1)

    bpt. 2 Oct. 1604 St. Andre, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne
    m.1. c.1626, CATHERINE BAUDARD (bur. 10 Dec. 1659 St. Jean, Joigny, Yonne), d. of Antoine Baudard and Marie Champion
    2. c.1660, Marie Pruneau (d. after 1686)
    bur. 6 Dec. 1661 St. Jean, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne

    Le Porche de l'Église Saint-Jean

    Issue- all bpt. at St. Jean, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne. First 10 children by Catherine, last child by Marie.

  • I. Catherine- bpt. 11 July 1627, probably d.s.p.
  • II. Marie- bpt. 13 Feb. 1629, m.c.1653, Etienne Milon (b.c.1621, bur. 19 Feb. 1681 St. Jean, Joigny), d. after 1694
  • III. Charlotte- bpt. 19 Aug. 1630
  • IV. Edmee- bpt. 19 Mar. 1632
  • V. Genevieve- bpt. 8 July 1633
  • 3VI. ANTOINE- bpt. 23 Mar. 1635, m.1. c.1657 Catherine Byot, 2. 11 Sept. 1668 Notre Dame, Quebec, MARIE MAJOR (b. 26 Feb. 1637 St. Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, d. 8 Dec. 1689 Hotel Dieu, Quebec), d. 10 July 1684 Lachine, Montreal
  • VII. Elie- bpt. 13 July 1636,
  • VIII. Suzanne- bpt. 31 July 1638
  • IX. Jean- bpt. 30 Aug. 1640
  • X. Catherine- bpt. 19 Sept. 1643, m.1. 24 Sept. 1675 St. Thibault, Joigny, Jude Guillerat (bur. 26 Aug. 1680 St. Thibault, Joigny), 2. 25 June 1686 St. Thibault, Joigny, Edme Girard, bur. 15 Oct. 1694 St. Thibault, Joigny
  • XI. Zacharie- bpt. 1 Feb. 1661, m.1. 23 Feb. 1686 St. Jean, Joigny, Anne Maure (bur. 17 Jan. 1691 St. Jean, Joigny), 2. 12 Feb. 1691 Claude LaLande

    Ref:

    Notice Tres Complete Sur La Famille Roy- Pierre Le Clercq, "Société Génélogique de l'Yonne", Place Corot, Auxerre at: http://www.sgyonne.org/canroydg.php
    Antoine Roy et ses Descendants en France et au Canada- Pierre Le Clercq, Les Souches Association des Familles Roy d'Amerique- Vol. 4, No. 2 (Mar. 1999), pp.14-7


    3IV. ANTOINE (JEAN 1, OLIVIER 2)

    bpt. 23 Mar. 1635 St. Jean, Joigny, Yonne, Bourgogne
    m.1. c.1657, Catherine Byot
    2. 11 Sept. 1668 Notre Dame, Quebec, MARIE MAJOR (b. 26 Feb. 1637 St. Thomas, Touques, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, d. 8 Dec. 1689 Hotel Dieu, Quebec), d. of Jean Major and Marguerite Lepele of Calvados, Basse-Normandie
    d. 10 July 1684 Lachine, Montreal

    Antoine was a master cooper like his father. After the death of his parents, and probably of his wife and both children, Antoine moved to New France to pursue a new life. Antoine enlisted in the company of Capt. Froment in the regiment commanded by Col. Carignan-Salières. The regiment was chartered by King Louis XIV to defeat the Iroquois and attempt to contain the English. Antoine Roy dit DesJardins, left La Rochelle on 19 Apr. 1665 on Le Vieux Siméon. On 19 June they landed in Quebec. He was part of the advance party that included the companies under Froment, Chambly, La Tour and Petit and left on 23 July for the rapids on the Richelieu River near Montreal. They build a wooden fort and named it Fort Saint Louis as well as Fort Richelieu and Fort Sainte Thérèse. Capt. Fromont's company was then ordered to Trois Rivières where they remained on duty until the summer of 1667. After the peace treaty between the French and Iroquois on 8 July 1667 the Regiment Carignan-Salières was recalled to France, however, only 550 of the 1,200 soldiers returned to France, the rest either stayed (about 400) or had died during the wars (about 250).

    On 20 Oct. 1667 Antoine received a grant from the Jesuits of Cap de la Madeleine in Batiscan. The grant was signed before Notary Guillaume de la Rue of Trois Rivières.

    After obtained his grant of land, Antoine married Marie Major, a "Fille du Roi" on 11 Sept. 1668. Antoine and Marie lived in Batiscan where he worked as a cooper. Unfortunately, Antoine didn't manage his money well and accumulated increasing debt that led his creditors to take him to court in Trois Rivières in 1682. Antoine fled Batiscan in June 1683, unable to repay his debts, and lived alone at Julien Talua's home in Lachine on the Isle de Montreal and continued to work as a cooper. His major creditor, Michel Lecourt, found him in Lachine and dragged him back to court in Montreal in May 1684 and he was thrown in debtor's prison until 15 June. He was again in jail on 30 June. On 1 July he accepted Michel Lecourt's terms to settle his accounts. On 10 July at about 6 AM, Julien Talua, surprised Antoine who was in bed with Julien's wife, Anne Godeby. Julien killed Antoine then and there.(1)

    Issue- first two children by Catherine, last by Marie.

  • I. Jacques- bpt. 5 Nov. 1658 St. Jean, Joigny, Yonne, ?d.s.p.
  • II. Edme- bpt. 13 Mar. 1660 St. Jean, Joigny, Yonne, ?d.s.p.
  • 4III. PIERRE- b.c.1669, m.1. 12 Feb. 1691 St. Pierre, IO, MARIE ANNE MARTIN (bpt. 14 Apr. 1673 St. Pierre, IO, bur. 9 Feb. 1709 Riviere Ouelle), 2. 25 Nov. 1710 Riviere Ouelle, Angelique Hautin (b. 9 Aug. 1691 Riviere Ouelle, d. June 1721 Kamouraska), 3. 30 Oct. 1727 Repentigny, Marie Delugre (bpt. 13 Oct. 1695 Ste. Famille, IO), bur. 30 Apr. 1734 Purification de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, Repentigny

    Ref:

    (1) Antoine Roy et ses Descendants en France et au Canada- Pierre Le Clercq in "Les Souches" journal of L'Association des Familles Roy d'Amérique- Vol. 4, No. 1 (Dec. 1998), pp. 16-7

    Notice Tres Complete Sur La Famille Roy- Pierre Le Clercq, Societe Genealogique de l'Yonne
    Antoine Roy et ses Descendants en France et au Canada- Pierre Le Clercq, Les Souches Association des Familles Roy d'Amerique- Vol. 4, No. 2 (Mar. 1999), pp. 14-7


    4III. PIERRE (JEAN 1, OLIVIER 2, ANTOINE 3)

    b.c.1669
    m.1. 12 Feb. 1691 St. Pierre, IO, MARIE ANNE MARTIN (bpt. 14 Apr. 1673 St. Pierre, IO, bur. 9 Feb. 1709 Riviere Ouelle)
    2. 25 Nov. 1710 Riviere Ouelle (page 2), Angelique Hautin (b. 9 Aug. 1691 Riviere Ouelle, d. June 1721 Kamouraska)
    3. 30 Oct. 1727 Repentigny, Marie Delugre (bpt. 13 Oct. 1695 Ste. Famille, IO)
    bur. 30 Apr. 1734 Purification de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie, Repentigny

    After his father's murder Pierre and his mother moved to Quebec City were he worked as a cooper. Pierre married Marie-Anne Martin in 1691 and they moved to her home parish of Saint-Pierre, Ile d'Orléans where he continued to work as a cooper.

    On 24 Jan. 1695 Pierre and Marie received a gift (of land probably) from Antoine Juchereau. At the time they were living on the Isle of St. Laurent (now I'Ile d'Orleans) at St. Pierre. On 7 Oct. 1696 Pierre received a land grant in Kamouraska from Charles Aubert de la Chenaye. The family left Saint-Pierre in 1697 and settled on their new land in Kamouraska where he spent the next thirty years working as a farmer. The second church of Kamouraska was built on land that the Roy family gave to the church. The location of the second church is marked by a cross about a mile northeast of the intersection of Rte. 51 and 2 in St. Andre.

    After Marie's death in 1709, Pierre married Angelique Hautin who died c.1720 and he married Marie Delugré who was 25 years his junior. By these three woman, Pierre fathered 19 children!

    Issue- First 10 children by Marie, next 6 by Angelique, last 3 by Marie Delugre

  • 5I. PIERRE- bpt. 11 Nov. 1691 St. Pierre, IO, m. 7 June 1717 Riviere Ouelle, MARIE ANNE BOUCHARD de SERRE (bpt. 18 June 1700 Notre Dame de Liesse, Riviere Ouelle, bur. 24 Jan. 1774 St. Louis de Kamouraska), bur. 13 Sept. 1771 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • II. Alexandre- bpt. 12 June 1693 St. Pierre, IO, bur. 30 Jan. 1709 Riviere Ouelle
  • III. Marie Francoise- bpt. 29 Sept. 1695 St. Pierre, IO, m.1. contract 5 June 1721 Francois Sirois (b.c.1683 St. Germain Laye, France, bur. 15 Nov. 1737 Riviere Ouelle), 2. 10 May 1745 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Pierre Mignau, bur. 13 July 1763 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • IV. Marie Geneviève- bpt. 7 Dec. 1697 Riviere Ouelle, m.1. 17 Feb. 1716 L'ange Gardien, Charles Tardif (b. 4 June 1688 L'ange Gardien, d. 6 May 1740 St. Louis de Kamouraska), 2. 29 July 1743 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Pierre Haubois (m.1. Elisabeth Dugas), 3. 27 Jan. 1755 Riviere Ouelle, Guillaume Hayot (bpt. 13 Apr. 1698 Riviere Ouelle, m.1. Marie Anne Levasseur), bur. 10 Jan. 1771 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • V. Jean Baptiste- bpt. 26 Aug. 1699 St. Laurent, IO, m. contract 5 Sept. 1722, Marie Madeleine Michaud (b. 11 Feb. 1692 Rivere des Trois Saumons, m.1. Nicolas Lebel, bur. 1 May 1775 Kamouraska), bur. 30 Aug. 1781 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • VI. Augustin Roy dit Lauzier- bpt. 2 July 1701 Riviere Ouelle, m. 22 Oct. 1725 Boucherville, Jeanne Boucher de Montbrun (b. 10 Sept. 1693 Pointe de Levis, d. 1 July 1749 Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere), bur. 12 Apr. 1790 Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere
  • VII. Louis- bpt. 5 May 1703 Riviere Ouelle, m.1. 22 Apr. 1732 Berthier, Marie Louise Hervieux dite Lesperance (d. 16 Aug. 1770 Lanoraie), 2. 26 Oct. 1770 St. Suplice, Marie Angelique Jannot dite Belhumeur (bpt. 9 Jan. 1719 Repentigny, m.1. Prisque Fagnan, d. before 1780 Lanoraie), bur. 4 July 1780 Lanoraie
  • VIII. Guillaume- b.c.1705, m. 8 Mar. 1734 Lanoraie, Marie Josephte Ethier (b. 11 July 1712 St. Francois Sale, d. after 1756), bur. 17 Apr. 1756 L'Assomption
  • IX. Marie Anne Roy dite DesJardins- bpt. 14 Nov. 1706 Riviere Ouelle, m. contract 28 Oct. 1726 Kamouraska, Pierre Miville dit Deschesnes (b. 22 Feb. 1699 Riviere Ouelle, d. 20 Jan. 1787 Ste. Anne de la Pocatière), bur. 25 Apr. 1781 Ste. Anne de la Pocatière
  • X. Marie Josèphte dit Josette- bpt. 10 June 1708 Riviere Ouelle, m.1. 4 May 1727 Repentigny, Francois Gauthier dit Landreville (d. 17 Apr. 1729 Repentigny), 2. 11 Feb. 1732 Repentigny (page 2), Joseph Maguet (bpt. 12 July 1710 Riviere des Prairies, Montreal)
  • XI. Charles Alexandre- b.c.1711, m.1. 2 June 1747 St. Pierre, Les Becquets, Nocolet, Marie Josephte Adam (d. 22 Aug. 1753 Lanoraie), 2. 4 Feb. 1754 Chambly, Marie Catherine Renaud (bpt. 10 June 1726 Varennes), d. after 1764
  • XII. Anne- b.c.1713, m. 26 Oct. 1735 Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, Jacques Miville dit Deschenes (b. 6 Apr. 1709 (bpt. 12 May) Riviere Ouelle, d. after 23 Nov. 1772), d. 4 Apr. 1799
  • XIII. Agathe- b.c.1715, m. 3 Feb. 1739 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Pierre Migneau (bur. 8 Feb. 1770 St. Louis de Kamouraska), bur. 20 Feb. 1758 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • XIV. Madeleine- b. before 1720, m. 28 Feb. 1734 Repentigny, Etienne Ethier, bur. 12 July 1754 Repentigny
  • XV. Angelique- b. before 1720, m. 26 Feb. 1734 Repentigny, Nicolas Brousseau (bpt. 26 June 1705 Beauport, Quebec), bur. 27 June 1764 L'Assomption
  • XVI. Marie Louise- b.c.1721, m. contract 13 Aug. 1742 St. Jean Port Joli, Jacques Sebastien Soulard (b. 23 July 1709 (bpt. 15 Aug.) Riviere Ouelle, d. 24 Oct. 1782 L'Islet, Quebec), bur. 1 June 1763 St. Roch des Aulnaies, I'Islet
  • XVII. Marie Catherine- bpt. 23 July 1728 Repentigny, m. 7 Aug. 1752 Ste. Genevieve, Berthier en Haut, Vincent Nestier dit La Chausee (b.c. 1709 St. Geneste, Lencloitre, Vienne, bur. 20 Sept. 1775 Montreal), bur. 20 June 1777 Nicolet
  • XVIII. Jean Baptiste- bpt. 26 Dec. 1731, bur. 4 May 1733 Repentigny
  • XIX. Jean Baptiste- bpt. 10 Sept. 1734 St. Francois de Sale, Ile Jesus, m. 12 Aug. 1765 Ste. Anne, Varennes, Francoise Charbonneau (d. 30 July 1819 La Presentation), bur. 29 Apr. 1808 La Presentation

    Ref:

    Notice Tres Complete Sur La Famille Roy- Pierre Le Clercq, "Société Génélogique de l'Yonne", Place Corot, Auxerre at: http://www.sgyonne.org/canroydg.php
    Antoine Roy et ses Descendants en France et au Canada- Pierre Le Clercq, Les Souches Association des Familles Roy d'Amerique- Vol. 4, No. 2 (Mar. 1999), pp.14-7


    5I. PIERRE (JEAN 1, OLIVIER 2, ANTOINE 3, PIERRE 4)-

    bpt. 11 Nov. 1691 St. Pierre, IO
    m. 7 June 1717 Riviere Ouelle, MARIE ANNE BOUCHARD de SERRE (bpt. 18 June 1700 Notre Dame de Liesse, Riviere Ouelle, bur. 24 Jan. 1774 St. Louis de Kamouraska), d. of Francois de Serre and Marie Madeleine Bouchard
    bur. 13 Sept. 1771 St. Louis de Kamouraska

    Pierre was a lieutenant in the militia in 1755 under Capt. Pierre Michaud. He then became a captain of the militia and was listed as such in the 1760 census.

    Map of Kamouraska showing the lots c.1726.

    Issue-

  • I. Marie Anne- b.c.1718, m.1. 20 Nov. 1736 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Jean Bernard Paradis (d.before 1752), m.2. 10 July 1752 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Gabriel Anselin (m.2. 23 Aug. 1756 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Marie Anne Pelletier), bur. 12 Feb. 1756 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • II. Jean Baptiste- b.c.1720, d.s.p. bur. 28 Feb. 1756 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • 6III. PIERRE- b.c.1722, m. 4 Nov. 1748 St. Louis de Kamouraska, MARGUERITE BOUCHER (m.2. 10 June 1754 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Gabriel Parent), bur. 4 Sept. 1753 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • IV. Joseph- b.c.1724, d.s.p. bur. 9 July 1746 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • V. Jean Baptiste- bpt. 24 Dec. 1727 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • VI. Marie Louise- bpt. 26 Aug. 1729, bur. 20 Sept. 1730 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • VII. Joseph Antoine- bpt. 3 Sept. 1731 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m.1. 19 Nov. 1753 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Marie Madeleine Plante, 2. 22 Feb. 1762 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Ursule Michaud (bpt. 24 May 1745 St. Louis de Kamouraska, bur. 22 Sept. 1825 St. Louis de Kamouraska), bur. 6 Dec. 1780 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • VIII. Marie Catherine- bpt. 11 Oct. 1733 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m.1. c.1751 Louis Menart dit St. Louis, 2. 22 Feb. 1762 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Jean Baptiste Curieux dit St. Germain, d. 1793 Kamouraska
  • IX. Jean Baptiste- bpt. 31 Aug. 1735 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 28 Sept. 1761 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Catherine Cordeau des Lausiers, d. 18 Oct. 1802 Kamouraska
  • X. Alexander- bpt. 14 Jan. 1738 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 24 Jan. 1763 Riviere Ouelle (page 2), Marie Josephte Plourde (d. 22 Sept. 1817 Kamouraska), bur. 30 Oct. 1813 St. Louis de Kamouraska
  • XI. Ignace- bpt. 23 Feb. 1740 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 17 Jan. 1763 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Marie Rose Lebel (b. 18 Nov. 1742 Kamouraska, bur. 8 Aug. 1820 Kamouraska)
  • XII. Marie Josephte- bpt. 3 Feb. 1742 St. Louis de Kamouraska, m. 20 Feb. 1759 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Jean Baptiste Boucher, bur. 1826 St. Andre, Kamouraska

    Ref:

    Antoine Roy dit DesJardins (1635-1684) et ses Descendants- George DesJardina, Editions du Bien Public, 1971


    6III. PIERRE (JEAN 1, OLIVIER 2, ANTOINE 3, PIERRE 4, PIERRE 5)

    b.c.1722
    m. 4 Nov. 1748 St. Louis de Kamouraska, MARGUERITE BOUCHER, (m.2. 10 June 1754 St. Louis de Kamouraska, Gabriel Parent), d. Pierre Boucher and Marie Anne Michaud
    bur. 4 Sept. 1753 St. Louis de Kamouraska

    The notarial records for 30 Aug. 1751 shows the sale of land located on Riviere des Caps by Pierre Roy, habitant, and Marguerite Boucher, his spouse of Kamouraska to Michel Boucher, of Rivieres des Caps, their brother.(1)

    Issue- Marie Anne was most likely born in Kamouraska c.1750 as the parish records for 1749 and 1750 are missing.

  • 7I. MARIE ANNE- b.c.1750, m. 5 May 1773 St. Louis de Kamouraska, JEAN BAPTISTE COTE
  • II. Marie Catherine- bpt. 29 May 1753 St. Louis de Kamouraska

    Ref:

    (1) Notarial records of J. Dionne- Archives National de Quebec, Doc. No. 17510830PA009179

    Parish records for the above churches.


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