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Born
26 January 1626 ,  Châtillon-en-Bazois, Nivernais, France
Died
1 January 1686 ,  Longueuil, Canada, New France
Paul  married  Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET 16 September 1658 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET  was born 10 October 1642 in Gonesse au Vexin, Montmorency, Paris, France.  Isabelle-Elisabeth died 2 April 1715 in Longueuil, Canada, New France . 
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Paul was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1658.
Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada


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Paul  married  Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET 16 September 1658 in Montréal, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET  was born 10 October 1642 in Gonesse au Vexin, Montmorency, Paris, France.  Isabelle-Elisabeth died 2 April 1715 in Longueuil, Canada, New France . 




son of Francois Benoit and Marie Dimanche Chatellain (Chapelain)
WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Maitre Charpentier, Habitant

In New France, the occupation of charpentier, or carpenter, covered all trades of wood construction.

Source: tfcq.ca

18th Century Charpentier in New France: Crafting Dreams in Timber
Did You Know? 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

Paul BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS 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)

What is a Habitant? Habitants played an essential role in creating a permanent, settled population along the St. Lawrence River. But it was not an easy life...

Habitants had to clear the land, build a homestead, and plant and harvest a crop. The first task was never-ending, while the last one was annual. Building and repairing the house and barn were continual tasks. So were cutting and hauling firewood. The habitants had to be largely self-reliant in looking after all routine tasks such as cooking, baking, making furniture, and repairing tools. They had to attend to the educational and medical needs of the family. They had to endure the harsh physical climate and rough terrain, largely unaided by government support. The habitants had to pay taxes to the seigneurs and the church.

Canada: The Story of Our Heritage by Elspeth Deir, John Fielding, Nick Brune, Peter Grant, Stephanie Smith Abram; McGraw-Hill Ryerson School, 2000
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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Paul BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS

Paul BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS married immigrant Fille a Marier flag  Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET
Marriage date: 16 September 1658
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
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Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection
Paul Benoit and Elisabeth Gobinet
"...Paul must have been about 32 years old in the summer of 1658. The time to set up a home had sounded a long time ago. He courted a young girl, newly arrived from France, one Elisabeth Gobinet, daughter of the late Nicolas Gobinet and of Marguerite Largeleux, from Gondesse au Vexin, arrondissement of Montmorency, archdiocese of Paris. His fiancee was about 17 years old. Elisabeth and Paul had their marriage contract drawn up on 9 September 1658 by the notary Benigne Basset... According to the custom, the nuptial blessing took place on a Monday..."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 49


So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries

Children of Paul BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET


RESEARCH CONTEXT

Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

Early 1600s–1760
Canada, New France
1760–1763
Canada
1763–1791
Province of Québec
1791–1867
Lower Canada
1867–present
Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)


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Birth
'It was at Chatillon-en-Bazois that Paul Benoit was born about 1626. Le Bazois, a tiny region of France, occupied the easter part of the French province of Nivernais... Paul brought the surname of Nivernois to New France and it was replaced by that of Livernois.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 47
New France
'...He signed a commitment for 5 years in the presence of the notary Lafousse, at Lafleche, on 23 March 1653. Because he was a carpenter, he was promised 100 livres as an annual salary. On 20 June, at the port of Saint-Nazairre, in the presence of the notary Belliote, he obtained a salary advance of 123 livres. That same day he boarded the ship Saint-Nicolas. The son of Francois Benot and of Dimanche Chappelain looked for the last time at the shores of his country...'

'Could the good ship Saint-Nicolas out of Nantes face the ocean squalls? The fact that the ship was not water-tight, was worm-eaten and rotten, might make a difference... After having traveled 350 leagues at sea, it was necessary to turn back... Only on 20 July did the replacement ship Sainte-Marguerite set sail for the New World... Finally, the contingent reached the port of Quebec on Monday, 22 September 1653.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 48
Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)
marriage1658 Marriage / Partner
Paul BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS and Isabelle-Elisabeth GOBINET 16 September 1658, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 32 years old.
1659 Birth of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS was born 13 July 1659, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 33 years old.
1661 Birth of Child
Laurent BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was born 2 January 1661, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 34 years old.
1662 Birth of Child
Étienne BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was born 25 December 1662, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 36 years old.
1665 Birth of Child
Barbe BENOIT was born 9 May 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 39 years old.
1665 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS was born 9 May 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 39 years old.
Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity
1667 Birth of Child
Helene BENOIT was born 17 September 1667, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 41 years old.
1669 Birth of Child
Marguerite BENOIT was born 27 December 1669, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 43 years old.
marriage1672 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS married 22 February 1672, Montréal, Canada, New France to François BLEAU (BLOT)
1672 Birth of Child
Geneviève BENOIT was born 26 May 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 46 years old.
1674 Birth of Child
Jacques BENOIT was born 4 June 1674 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 48 years old.
1676 Birth of Child
François BENOIT dit LIVERNOIS was born 9 August 1676, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Paul was 50 years old.
marriage1679 Marriage of Child
Barbe BENOIT married 07 February 1679, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Thomas HÉBERT
1679 Birth of Child
Yves BENOIT was born 19 July 1679, Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Paul was 53 years old.
marriage1680 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS married 27 February 1680, Boucherville, Canada, New France to Jean BOURBON
1681 Longueuil
Paul Benoist, (4) 60 ans; Elizabeth Gobinet, sa femme, 42 ans; enfants: Laurent, 21 ans; Helene, 14 ans; Marguerite, 12 ans; Genevieve, 10 ans; Etienne, 9 ans; Jacques, 8 ans; Francois, 5 ans; Ives, 2 ans; 5 betes a cornes, 12 arepents en valeur.

Title Histoire de Longueuil et de la famille de Longueuil
Authors Alex Jodoin, J. L. Vincent
Publisher Impr. Gebhardt-Berthiaume, 1889
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Dec 18, 2007
Length 681 pages
Page 65
1685 Death of Child
Elisabeth-Isabelle BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS died 5 November 1685 , Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Paul was 59 years old.
1686 Death
Death found at Saint-Famille-de-Boucherville, Boucherville, QC, Canada in Drouin Collection.

Paul Benoist

'Paul Benoit died on the first of January 1686. The parish of Longueuil was not yet organized, so it was at Boucherville, on Thursday, 3 January, that he was buried in the presence of his eldest son Laurent, Seigneur Charles Lemoyne and Jean-Louis Jadon, Sieur de Saint-Cirque, a captain in the army. The curate Pierre de Caumont presided at the funeral ceremony. Paul was 66 years old, according to the registry.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVI, Page 54
Source / record details
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Death
Name: Paul Benoist
Gender: Male
burial date: 03 Jan 1686
burial Place: St. Antoine De Longueuil, Chambly, Quebec
Death Date: 01 Jan 1686
death Place: St. Antoine De Longueuil
Age: 66
Birth Date: 1620
birthPlace:
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Race: White
Marital Status: Married
spouse's Name: Isabelle Gobinet
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indexing project (batch) number: B03669-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source Film Number: 1031703
reference number: P-31 S-1

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2PP-VJ3 : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Paul Benoist, 01 Jan 1686; citing reference P-31 S-1, FHL microfilm 1031703.
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