Antoine Brassard

• Birth Notes
  • b. Rouen?, Normandy France
    b. Ouanne, Bourgogne, France
    

• General Notes
  • Antoine Brassard was laid to rest sometime around the end of the winter or early spring (before 26 May 1669) in the Mission St Joseph de Sillery. His wife, Francoise Mery, died 2 years later on July 11, 1671 in the house on the Grand Allee. She was buried the next day in the same parish (Nôtre-Dame).
    
    I have a detailed account of his life, Here is a quick summary: Antoine Brassard was born in 1609 in (Rouen?) Normandie. [His birthplace is uncertain because the original registers were destroyed in the file of both the chapel and the rectory of the Notre dame de La Recouvrance in Quebec on June 15, 1640] He arrived in Three Rivers, Quebec on June 11, 1636 in a flotilla consisting of 3 or 4 ships under the command of DuPlessis-Bochart.
    
    The flotilla consisted of a carrier ship of 45 people commanded by Savinien Coupon and two or three other ships. One of the ships was called the “Saint Joseph” and was commanded by Lieutenant Nicholas Trevet of Longuejoue. One of the passengers was a Jesuit priest, Francoise Ragueneau. Among the 100 passengers were 91 immigrants. Detailed descriptions of the immigrants are provided in Marcel Trudel’s “Catalogue of Immigrants”. The following information was given for Antoine Brassard:
    
    Antoine Brassard, Age 27, no signature (illiterate?), from Normandy, first appearance in Quebec, qualified mason; obtained “land of time” (land grant?) from Charles Hault De Montmagny, governor.
    
    Antoine wed Francoise Mery, age 19 (16? Born in 1621?), on January 14, 1637 in the chapel Notre dame de La Recouvrance in Quebec. The marriage was performed by Father Charles Lallement, a Jesuit pastor. Francoise Mery was probably from Tourouvre in Perche, France ( Mortagne-au-Perche, Orne) and was living at her home on Grand-Allee (Great Road) in Quebec at the time of her marriage.
    
    The couple returned to France in 1639. While in France, Francoise gave birth to two children: Antoine in December?, 1639 and Jeanne in March, 1641. Both children were born in LaRochelle, France in the Aunis region. Antoine and Francoise returned to France in 1641.
    
    Antoine, Francoise, and their two children arrived in Three Rivers, Quebec in June, 1641 in a flotilla consisting of 4 ships. One was the Gaston, 100 tons, commanded by Captain G. Joubert. Another, the “Rene”, 120 tons, was commanded by Captain N. Pernet. Among the 100 passengers, 57 were immigrants and 14 were to settle Montreal. Charles Hault De Montmagny, governor of New France, age 50.
    
    Antoine and Francoise began working for Guillaume Coulliart on October 4, 1642. Guillaume was a carpenter/farmer who inherited large landholdings through his marriage, Antoinne qualified as a master mason in 1655. Guillaume hired them for one year, as hired help. He provides the pension and offers them decent wages. The contract was signed at Fort Saint-Louis in the presence of Guillaume Troquet, a future notary. Antoine and Francoise were unable to sign and simply wrote some individual sign at the bottom of the contract.
    
    On February 14, 1647, Antoine is called to the Governor’s residence, in Fort St. Louis, in order to receive in due form, a concession from de Montigny (Montmagny?) himself. The act is signed by Henri Bancheron of the registry office. The amount of farmland attributed was estimated at 40 acres and situated on the border of the Great Road (Grand Allee) joining Quebec and Cap Rouge.
    
    According to Marcel Trudel, the land consisted of two farms situated in the outskirts of Quebec. The first situated between the Grand Allee and the river comprised of 3 acres, 2 rods, and 9 feet extending up to the cliff. The second situated between the Signuery St. Jean and the upper city with 3 acres on the Grand Allee, at a depth of 3 acres extending up to the property of Henri Pinguet and Nicolas Masolet, at the end of the knoll. The two farms must have belonged to Jean Paul Godfroy who relinquished them and them lost them completely as a result of a decision made against him on December 30, 1651.
    
    Antoine lends 4 acres to Louis Houle
    
    Antoine obtains lot in the city (haute ville)
    
    Antoine acquires 30 acres of farmland in de Sillery
    
    Antoine mentioned in 1666 and 1667 census; resides in Sillery
    
    In 1668 Antoine sells hauteville property for 250 pounds, 86 of which were paid to Antoine on Feb 5, 1669
    
    Antoine dies in late winter or early spring
    
    July 9, 1869 inventory of estate: including 3 bulls, a cow, a calf, 10 chickens and a rooster, a plow, 15 pounds in cash, furniture, 12 pounds of wheat
    
    July 21 auction includes above and a pig and some chests. Another auction on the 25th includes tools, guns, and farm equipment, and one on the 20th to sell the grains harvested in Quebec and Sillery. Total receipts are 761 pounds + 184 pounds for the furniture. Other assets bring the total to 1773 pounds.
    
    Like other ancestors, the death of Antoine Brassard was a mystery because we don't know the date or the circumstances. His was laid to rest sometime around the end of the winter or early spring in (before 26 May 1669) in the Mission St Joseph de Sillery. His wife, Francoise Mery, died 2 years later on July 11, 1671 in the house of the Grand Allee. She was buried the next day in the same parish (Nôtre-Dame).

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