Eustache ROY

(b. 24 January 1741 , Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France d. 14 May 1807 , Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada )

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Eustache ROY was born 24 January 1741 in Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

Eustache ROY was the child of Pierre ROY and Marie-Françoise ALLAIRE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel ROY and Marguerite RABOUIN (maternal) Joseph ALLAIRE and Madeleine BIDET

Eustache had an active role in U.S. Revolutionary War.

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Eustache married Marie-Madeleine CHABOT 19 September 1763 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Madeleine CHABOT was born 11 April 1742 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine died 24 June 1809 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada. Marie-Madeleine was the child of Antoine CHABOT and Madeleine LECLERC.

Eustache ROY died 14 May 1807 in Saint-Vallier, Lower Canada.
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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.

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Eustache ROY married

Marie-Madeleine CHABOT-- Date: 19 September 1763 Place: Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Madeleine CHABOT was the child of Antoine CHABOT and Madeleine LECLERC

Children of Eustache ROY and Marie-Madeleine CHABOT:

Marie-Josephe ROY (b.27 August 1767, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 21 February 1843, Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Canada East )
m. François ROY 16 August 1786 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Michel ROY (b.22 February 1780, Saint-Vallier, Province of Québec, Canada d. 8 February 1860, St-Anselme, Bellechasse, Quebec, Canada)
m. Judith FORTIER 10 April 1815 in Saint-Gervais, Bellechasse, Québec, Canada (Saints-Gervais-et-Protais)

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1741 Birth
24 January 1741
Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Marriage / Partner
Eustache ROY and Marie-Madeleine CHABOT 19 September 1763, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 22 years old.

1767 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephe ROY was born 27 August 1767, Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada

Eustache was 26 years old.

Revolutionary War
ROY, EUSTACHE
Ancestor #: A212785
Service: CANADA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Birth: 1-24-1741 ST VALLIER CANADA
Death: 5-14-1807 ST VALLIER LOWER CANADA CANADA
Service Source: GABRIEL, QUEBEC DURING THE AMERICAN INVASION, 1775-1776, PP 75, 78
Service Description: 1) RENDERED AID

RESIDENCE
1) City: ST VALLIER - District: QUEBEC - State: CANADA

SPOUSE
1) MARIE MAGDALEINE CHABOT
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Revolutionary War
ROY,Eustache. St-Vallier. Provided lead for ammunition to the rebels (BTW).
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1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.