Quentin MORAL

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abt. 1622 , Dauphiné, France

Died

9 May 1686 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1622 in Dauphiné, France

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Quentin was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1655.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Quentin married Marie-Marguerite MARGUERIE abt. 1651 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marie-Marguerite MARGUERIE was born 12 September 1620 in Rouen, France. Marie-Marguerite died 26 November 1700 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Marguerite was the child of Francois MARGUERIE and Marthe ROMAIN.

Quentin MORAL died 9 May 1686 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
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Recorded occupation: seigneur de St. Quentin

Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
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 Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
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

Quentin MORAL was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

A Glimpse into 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

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Quentin MORAL married

Marie-Marguerite MARGUERIE
Marriage date: abt. 1651
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

Marie-Marguerite MARGUERIE was the child of Francois MARGUERIE and Marthe ROMAIN

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PRDH has records of the baptisms of several of their children, the first one in Trois-Rivieres in 1655

Children of Quentin MORAL and Marie-Marguerite MARGUERIE

Marie-Jeanne MORAL

Born: abt. 1653, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 20 January 1714, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques MAUGRAS 1668 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Married: Gilles COUTURIER dit LABONTÉ 9 December 1692 Place: Saint-François-du-Lac, Québec, Canada

Marie MORAL

Born: 31 October 1655, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 7 April 1734, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Married: Étienne VERON 30 May 1677 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Gertrude MORAL

Born: 22 March 1658, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 28 August 1736, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques-Louis JOYAL dit BERGERAT (JOUIEL) 10 November 1676 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie-Marthe MORAL

Born: 1 January 1661, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 18 January 1712, Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine DUBOIS 23 November 1682 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

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MORAL, Quentin... who, during his lifetime, was a judge and a civil and criminal lieutenant for the king in Trois-Rivières. His exact arrival date in Canada is unknown but it could have been around 1645. He was born in a village called St. Quentin in Lorraine, France about 1620. In approximately 1652, he married the widow of Jacques Hertel. The woman was Marie Marguerie, sister of the well-respected interpreter and fur trader, François Marguerie. Marie Marguerie inherited land on the island called l'Île de la Trinité from her brother, François when he died in 1648. After the Moral-Marguerie marriage, the island was renamed l'Île Saint-Quentin. Besides land, Marie Marguerie brought three young children to the marriage, aged 10 to 3.

On 17 November 1663, Quentin Moral was appointed royal notary but does not seem to have taken up the office, which was entrusted a year later to Séverin Ameau.

In 1669, Quentin Moral made a concession of 3 arpents of land to Antoine...Read full story

1655 Birth of Child
Marie MORAL was born 31 October 1655, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1656
Cape Magdalen (two acres by 20 within the jurisdiction of this place) Volume I, 1st part, page 34, 1668. Quentin Moral de St. Quentin had obtained the grant in 1656.

Title Report
Author Public Archives Canada
Published 1885
Page 31

1658 Birth of Child
Marie-Gertrude MORAL was born 22 March 1658, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1661 Birth of Child
Marie-Marthe MORAL was born 1 January 1661, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Quentin Moral Sr de st quentin - 44 habitant

Marie Marguerise (Marguerie) - 40 sa femme

Jeanne Moral - 13 fille

Marie Moral - 10 fille

jertrude moral - 8 fille

Marthe Moral - 5 fille

Robert henry - 20 domestique

Nicolas dupuis - 24 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1668
Saint Jacques De Hertelet. (The half of the Fief) Vol. I, 2nd part, p. 599 - 1668 - Quentin Moral de Saint-Quentin, held it from his wife the widow, by the first marriage, of Jacques Hertel who had obtained the grant of the whole of the fief in 1644 from Messire Jacques de la Ferte, Abbe of Sainte-Marie Madeleine du Chateau d'Eu, 'one of the partners of the old Company.'

Title Report
Author Public Archives Canada
Published 1885
Pages 47-48

1676 Marriage of Child
Marie-Gertrude MORAL married 10 November 1676, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Jacques-Louis JOYAL dit BERGERAT (JOUIEL)

1677 Marriage of Child
Marie MORAL married 30 May 1677, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Étienne VERON

1681 Canadian Census Ville des Trois-Rivieres
Quentin Moral, 60
Marie Marguerie, sa femme, 58
Marie, leur fille, 20

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1682 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marthe MORAL married 23 November 1682, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Antoine DUBOIS