Although there are many Leclerc ancestors in my database, there is precious little information about them. Hopefully the sparse content of this page will prompt me to do some more research!
My 7th great-grandparents were Philippe NOEL and Genevieve LECLERC. Both were native of St. Pierre, on the Île d'Orleans, Quebec.Jean Charles LECLERC - Marguerite Morency BAUCHER My 8th great-grandparents
Jean Charles Leclerc was baptized 15 May 1668 at Château-Richer, Quebec, born to parents Jean Baptiste LECLERC dit Bouteleau and Marie Madeleine BLANQUET dit Langlois. His marriage to Marguerite Morency Baucher, 10 years his junior, took place 5 March 1696 at Ste. Famille on the Île d'Orleans.
Marguerite Morency Baucher (her last name is also written as Bauche in some records) was the daughter of Guillaume BAUCHER and Marie Anne PARADIS. She was baptized on 31 August 1678 at Ste. Famille.
The couple had the following children:Jean-Baptiste- Baptized on the 23rd and buried on the 27th of January 1697 in Ste. Famille.
Jean Baptiste LECLERC dit Bouteleau - Marie Madeleine BLANQUET dit Langlois
Guillaume BAUCHER - Marie Anne PARADISMy 9th great-grandparents
Jean Baptiste Leclerc dit Bouteleau was from Dieppe, Normandy, France; born there about 1639. I do not know who his parents are.
Jean Baptiste married Marie Madeleine Blanquet dit Langlois about 1657 in Dieppe. She was the daughter of Adrien BLANQUET and an unknown mother.
In 1658, this couple, along with Marie-Madeleine's father, Adrien, immigrated to Canada.
Jean Baptiste and Marie Madeleine had 9 children:
Jean Baptiste was the first of the couple to die; he was buried at St. Michel, Quebec on 13 April 1708. Marie Madeleine was buried on 10 September 1709 at St. Pierre.
Guillaume Baucher or Bauche was from the Montmorency area of Paris, France; born there about 1630 to Antoine BAUCHER and Marguerite GUILLEBERT. It is not known when he came to Canada.
Marie Anne Paradis was born about 1642 in Mortagne, Chartres, Perche, France to parents Pierre PARADIS and Barbe GUYON. She came to Canada with her parents; the time period of that event is unknown.
Guillaume and Marie Anne were wed in Quebec City on 16 October 1656 and had the following children:
When his youngest child was a mere 6 years old, Guillaume Baucher died on 25 October 1687. He was buried the next day at Ste. Famille. Twenty-one years later, Marie Anne was buried at Ste. Famille--the page on the calendar that day read 15 December 1708.
Adrien BLANQUET dit La Fougère
Antoine BAUCHER - Marguerite GUILLEBERT
Pierre PARADIS - Barbe GUYONMy 10th great-grandparents
Adrien Blanquet dit La Fougère, a harness maker, was born about 1605 in Bacqueville-en-Caux, Dieppe, Rouen, Normandy, France. His parents were Andre BLANQUET and Perette CAPERON.
Andre was married to an unknown woman with whom he had daughter Marie Madeleine. Apparently widowed, he immigrated to Canada with daughter Marie-Madeleine and her new husband in 1658.
On 7 November 1663, Adrien married fille du roi Anne Lemaître, who had been widowed in France and came to Canada with her daughter-in-law and two grandsons. They lived at Ste. Famille. They had no children together; Anne had a grown son from her first marriage.
On 25 August 1668, Adrien was declared the "guardian" of the fruit produced by the estate of the late Thomas Douaire, Sieur de Bondy. The sale of said fruit was a source of income for the widow of Douaire and their children.
Sometime between the 1681 census and 6 August 1684, Adrien Blanquet dit La Fougère died. Anne Lemaître was buried 1 October 1718 at St. Pierre.
Other than the fact that they are from the Montmorency area of Paris, France and their son is Guillaume BAUCHER, nothing else is known about Antoine Baucher and Marguerite Guillebert.
Barbe Guyon was born about 1617 in France; most likely the Perche region, which is where her parents are from.
Pierre Paradis was born about 1605. His parents, origins in France, and year of immigration to Canada have not been found by this researcher. However, we can use the following information to piece the puzzle together:1. Pierre Paradis married Barbe Guyon in 1633 in an unknown place.
2. Barbe's parents, Jean GUYON and Mathurine ROBIN immigrated to Canada in 1634.
3. Pierre and Barbe's daughter Marie Anne PARADIS was born in 1642 in Mortagne, Perche, France.
This tells me that Pierre was also from the Perche area of France; and that he and his wife Barbe immigrated sometime after 1642. We still don't know who his parents are--yet.
The couple had 4 known children; it is reasonable to believe that there are more, as there is 9 years between the marriage and the birth of the first known child. These are the known children:
Pierre Paradis was buried 25 January 1675 at Ste. Famille; a sad day, no doubt, for his family. However, it would pale in comparison to what would happen 25 years later.
The winter of 1700 must have brought some type of epidemic to the colony--or at least to the Île d'Orleans. At any rate, Barbe Guyon ws buried at St. Pierre on 29 November 1700. A week later, death had taken her son. His funeral took place 5 December 1700 at St. Pierre. No sooner had the fractured family caught their breath, the mysterious malady had claimed another--this time it was Pierre's wife, Jeanne Françoise Roy, who was buried 10 December 1700 in St. Pierre.Andre BLANQUET - Perrette CAPERON
Jean GUYON - Mathurine ROBINMy 11th great-grandparents
Other than their names, nothing more is known about Andre Blanquet and Perrette Caperon except the name of their son-Adrien BLANQUET dit La Fougère.
This couple is my 11th great-grandparents twice over, through their daughter Barbe GUYON and their son Claude GUYON. Their information can be found on the HINS page.Sources for this page:
Tanguay's Dictionary
The U.S. & International Marriage Records Collection at Ancestry
"Before the King's Daughters: The Filles à Marier" by Peter J. Gagne
"Kings Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi" by Peter J. Gagne
Isle of Orleans Catholic Church Marriages 1666-1963, ISBN 1-58211-241-X
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