Jean ("Petit Jean")
LAVALLÉE
(b.
26 November 1653
,
Québec, Canada, New France
d.
22 July 1692
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
)
Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois leaving 5 children
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LAVALLÉE Family Genealogy

Jean ("Petit Jean") LAVALLÉE was born 26 November 1653 in Québec, Canada, New France . Jean ("Petit Jean") LAVALLÉE was the child of Geoffroy (Godfroy) GUILLOT dit LAVALLÉE and Marie D'ABANCOURT
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Jean ("Petit Jean") married Marguerite DUSSON abt. 1671 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Marguerite DUSSON was born abt. 1656 in France. Marguerite died 20 July 1731 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre).
Jean ("Petit Jean") LAVALLÉE died 22 July 1692 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
Occupation: Occupation: habitant, menuisier
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.
Thanks to Micheline MacDonald for providing this information.

The Seigneurs of Old Canada: A Chronicle of New-World Feudalism [Vol. 5 of "The Chronicles of Canada"] by William Bennett Munro; Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company, 1922

The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés
Jean ("Petit Jean") LAVALLÉE was a habitant.
Habitants were usually farmers or labourers who were initially brought over from France to live on this land. They had to pay rent and taxes to the seigneur, though they co-owned the land with the seigneur, and even had to work entirely for the benefit of the seigneur a few days each year.
Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)
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