Marguerite-Madeleine  MORISSEAU

'Marguerite-Madeleine Morrisseau was born about 1640 at St. Pierre De Roy, Somme, Picardie, France; the daughter of Julien Morrisseau and Anne Brelancour. She arrived in the colony as a Filles A Marier contracted to marry Francois Pelletier; brother of Jeanne and Marie above. The wedding took place on September 26, 1661 in Sillery.'

'Francois was born on January 01, 1635 at St-Pierre, Galardon, Chartres, Beauce, France. He and Marguerite would have ten children before his death on July 09, 1697. She followed on Decembr 15, 1707.'

'There is a story concerning the marriage of Francois and Marguerite. Seems that she was not his first love, but that he had actually been married before to a Native girl from Tadoussac; Dorothee Antaya, in a ceremony performed by a Jesuit priest. She must have died soon after, but Francois was so heart broken that he adopted her family name of Antaya, adding it to his own. His children with Marguerite were given the surname Pelletier dit Antaya, and