Nicolas  PELLETIER

1596 Birth
4 June 1596
St-Pierre-St-Paul, Gallardon, Chartres, Beauce, France

1636-1645
'The family lives in Quebec City from 1636 to 1645. During this time, Nicolas is a 'charpentier menusier' or 'master carpenter', who specializes in the construction of houses. On one occasion, he along with another master carpenter, PierrePelletier, appraised the timber-frames of Louis Hébert's house, the first private home to be built outside the Québec fortification. He also constructed the steeple of Notre Dame du Quebec, and the next year, contructed the roof of Château Saint-Louis, the governor's residence. Over the next 2 decades he contracts himself out to frame and build several other houses and barns in and around Quebec.'

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1637 Birth of Child
Marie PELLETIER was born 3 April 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas was 40 years old.

1640 Birth of Child
Louise PELLETIER was born 10 May 1640, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas was 43 years old.

1642 Birth of Child
Françoise PELLETIER was born 13 April 1642, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas was 45 years old.

1644 Birth of Child
Jeanne PELLETIER was born 19 March 1644, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas was 47 years old.

1645
'On September 12, 1645, Governor Charles Huault de Montmagny gives Nicolas fifty arpents, or acres, in the seigniory of Sillery, adjacent to St-François-Xavier Fort, near Cap Rouge, along the St-Lawrence River, and the family settles there shortly thereafter.'

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1646 Birth of Child
Geneviève PELLETIER was born 6 April 1646, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas was 49 years old.

1649 Birth of Child
Nicolas PELLETIER dit MAROLLES was born 30 April 1649, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)

Nicolas was 52 years old.

1650
'In 1650, his family is attacked by 2 Iroquois indians, but Nicolas successfully defends his family and the homestead against the intruders.'

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1650 Marriage of Child
Marie PELLETIER married 17 October 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Nicolas GOUPIL dit LAVIOLETTE

1653 Marriage of Child
Louise PELLETIER married 17 November 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean HAYOT (AYOTTE)

1654 Marriage of Child
Françoise PELLETIER married 17 August 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean BERIAULT

1655 Marriage of Child
Marie PELLETIER married 30 August 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Denis JEAN dit DENIS

1655 Marriage of Child
Françoise PELLETIER married 11 October 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Sébastien LIÉNARD dit DURBOIS

1659 Marriage of Child
Jeanne PELLETIER married 29 January 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Noel JEREMIE SIEUR DE LA MONTAGNE

1660 Marriage of Child
François PELLETIER dit ANTAYA married April 1660, Tadoussac, La Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec, Canada to Dorothee UNKNOWN

1661 Marriage of Child
François PELLETIER dit ANTAYA married 26 September 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marguerite-Madeleine MORISSEAU

1662 Marriage of Child
Jean PELLETIER married 21 August 1662, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery) to Marie-Geneviève MANOVELY DE RÉVILLE

1663 Marriage of Child
Geneviève PELLETIER married 5 November 1663, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Vincent VERDON

1667 Census - Ste. Foy, Quebec
Nicolas Pelletier, 77 years, married
Jeanne Devourtais, 53 years, married
Nicolas Pelletier, 18 years
Pierre Quartier, domestique, 18 years

1669-1677
'In 1669, Nicolas rents out a large portion of his property to his son Jean for five years , and in 1670, he joins his son François, who now is known as Pelletier-dit-Ontaya (or Anthaïa, later Antaya), and his family in Saurel (Sorel). In 1677, at the latest, Nicolas and his son acquire property across the St-Lawrence River at Dautray (Seignneurie d'Autray), near what is now Berthierville.'

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1669 Marriage of Child
Geneviève PELLETIER married 8 September 1669, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery) to Thomas LEFEBVRE

1674 Death
9 November 1674
Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 78.

2005 - Dedication of Monument
'The Pelletier Association informed me that a Nicolas Pelletier monument will be dedicated Sept 12, 2005, about 2pm, on land that was part Nicolas' farm. Location of the 52' monument: 'La Maison Hamel-Bruneau', a large multi-cultural center belonging to the City of Quebec. Address: 2608, chemin Saint-Louis, Sainte-Foy (corner Côte du verger).'

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