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Pierre ROY

(b. 23 October 1643 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 28 October 1721 , Montréal, Canada, New France )

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Pierre ROY was born 23 October 1643 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Pierre ROY was the child of ? and ?

Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1672.

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Pierre married Catherine DUCHARME 12 January 1672 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 18 children. Catherine DUCHARME was born abt. 1657 in Paris, France. Catherine died 21 February 1719 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).

Pierre ROY died 28 October 1721 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Pierre ROY

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Pierre ROY married

Catherine DUCHARME-- Date: 12 January 1672 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marriage found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

Pierre Le Roy and Catherine Ducharme

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

Children of Pierre ROY and Catherine DUCHARME:

Marie-Anne ROY (b.abt. 1672, , Québec Province, Canada d. 4 July 1744, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. Andre BABEU 14 November 1689 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marguerite ROY (b.4 July 1674, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 13 December 1749, Montréal, Canada, New France )

Pierre ROY (b.3 January 1677, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1743, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite OUABANKÉKOUÉ abt. 1703 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Catherine ROY (b.11 April 1678, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 16 April 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. François-Antoine ROUGIER dit LAFRANCE 24 May 1699 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre ROY (b.17 June 1679, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 26 April 1743, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Angélique FAYE dite LAFAYETTE (LAFAILLE) 20 April 1705 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Marie-Marguerite ROY (b.25 May 1681, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 31 December 1757, La Prairie, Canada, New France )
m. Clément LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dit LAPLANTE 8 September 1700 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean ROY (b.23 February 1683, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 2 March 1689 , La Prairie, Canada, New France )

Marie-Madeleine ROY (b.17 August 1684, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 23 February 1726, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE 25 October 1701 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Gabriel ROY (b.22 September 1686, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 13 October 1688, La Prairie, Canada, New France )

Jacques ROY (b.13 May 1688, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 9 August 1731 , Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Marthe Marguerite FRENCH 24 November 1711 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

François ROY (b.8 January 1691, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 21 August 1778, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Madeleine TRUDEAU 27 August 1731 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada (Saint-Antoine-de-Longueuil)

Étienne ROY (b.8 January 1691, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 3 December 1727, New Orleans, Territory of Orleans)
m. Marie-Catherine NEVEU (NEPVEU) abt. 1725 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Andre ROY (b.14 December 1692, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 9 November 1754, Longueuil, Canada, New France )
m. Suzanne GOURDON dite LACHASSE 7 November 1718 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Louis ROY (b.22 August 1694, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. abt. 1720, )
m. Marguerite-Marie DEMERS (DUMAIS) 24 April 1718 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Antoine ROY (b.30 January 1696, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie-Josephte ROY (b.20 May 1697, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 13 September 1772, Verchères, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Louis TRUDEAU 31 May 1719 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Genevieve ROY (b.abt. 1700, , Québec Province, Canada d. 19 February 1712, Montréal, Canada, New France )

Angellique ROY (b.15 July 1701, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 16 July 1701, Montréal, Canada, New France )

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1643 Birth
23 October 1643
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Census - Montreal, Quebec
Jacques Le Ber 33 Marchand, habitant
Jeanne Le Moyne 30 Epouse
Louis Le Ber 6 Fils
Jeanne Le Ber 4 Fille
Jacques Le Ber 2 Fils
Marie Le Ber 22 Soeur dud sr. Le Ber
Jean Viger 45 Mathellot, domestique, engage
Jacques Duhamel 23 Domestique, engage
Pierre Roy 22 Domestique, engage
Michel Haste 20 Domestique, engage
Francois Blot 24 Boulanger
Jean Mador 25 Tonnelier, domestique, engage
1666 Montreal Census

1672 Marriage / Partner
Pierre ROY and Catherine DUCHARME 12 January 1672, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 28 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Marguerite ROY was born 4 July 1674, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 30 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Pierre ROY was born 3 January 1677, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Catherine ROY was born 11 April 1678, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 34 years old.

1679 Birth of Child
Pierre ROY was born 17 June 1679, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Prairie de la Magdelaine
Pierre Roy, 39
Catherine Ducharme, sa femme, 24
enfants:
Marguerite, 7
Pierre, 6
Catherine, 5
Marie, 4
Etienne, 3
Anne, 1 1/ 2

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

1681 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite ROY was born 25 May 1681, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 37 years old.

1683
July 26, 1683 - Complaint of Pierre Roy, against the wife of one Lalande, for slander.

July 26, 1683 - Petition of Francois Dormet dit Lalande, husband of the aforesaid accused, against the complainant, Pierr Roy, for slander, attempt at seduction, obscene proposals and provocations.

Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 159

An Unpleasant Braggart
'Pierre Roy, husband of Catherine Ducharme since 12 January 1672, the father of seven children and the former servant of Jacques Leber, contracted 'an inflammation of the heart' in 1683. He was living on the Ile Jesus where he met a 23 year old married woman, one Marie-Barbe Theodore dit Masson. She caused his temperature to rise due to his, not her amourous urges. This woman, as virtuous as she was beautiful, resisted without surrendering to his untimely pursuit. The unfortunate husband was desperate, and on 20 June, after the Sunday Mass at Lachenaie, stated before the assembly that he would kill 'the said Plaintiff with a gun...''

'Pierre Roy was dragged before the court. The judge, Migeon de Branssat, questioned the lovesick man for four days. It was then that Roy, wounded in his pride, stated that he had retained favors from Marie-Therese Hunault, wife of Guillaume Leclerc; from Elisabeth and Anne Charbonneau; from Marie-Anne Goguet, wife of Jean Groust; and from Catherine...Read MORE...

1683 Birth of Child
Jean ROY was born 23 February 1683, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 39 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine ROY was born 17 August 1684, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 40 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Gabriel ROY was born 22 September 1686, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 42 years old.

1688 Birth of Child
Jacques ROY was born 13 May 1688, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 44 years old.

1688 Death of Child
Gabriel ROY died 13 October 1688, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 45 years old.

1689 Death of Child
Jean ROY died 2 March 1689 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 45 years old.

1689 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne ROY married 14 November 1689, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Andre BABEU

1691 Birth of Child
Étienne ROY was born 8 January 1691, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 47 years old.

1691 Birth of Child
François ROY was born 8 January 1691, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 47 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Andre ROY was born 14 December 1692, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 49 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Louis ROY was born 22 August 1694, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 50 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Antoine ROY was born 30 January 1696, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 52 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Marie-Josephte ROY was born 20 May 1697, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 53 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1699 Marriage of Child
Catherine ROY married 24 May 1699, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to François-Antoine ROUGIER dit LAFRANCE

1700 Death of Child
Catherine ROY died 16 April 1700, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Pierre was 56 years old.

1700 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite ROY married 8 September 1700, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Clément LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) dit LAPLANTE

1701 Birth of Child
Angellique ROY was born 15 July 1701, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 57 years old.

1701 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine ROY married 25 October 1701 , La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Jean PERRAS dit LAFONTAINE

1705 Marriage of Child
Pierre ROY married 20 April 1705, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marie-Angélique FAYE dite LAFAYETTE (LAFAILLE)

1711 Marriage of Child
Jacques ROY married 24 November 1711, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Marthe Marguerite FRENCH

1712 Death of Child
Genevieve ROY died 19 February 1712, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Pierre was 68 years old.

1718 Marriage of Child
Louis ROY married 24 April 1718, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Marguerite-Marie DEMERS (DUMAIS)

1718 Marriage of Child
Andre ROY married 7 November 1718, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Suzanne GOURDON dite LACHASSE

1719 Death of Spouse/Partner
Catherine DUCHARME died 21 February 1719, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

1719 Marriage of Child
Marie-Josephte ROY married 31 May 1719, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Louis TRUDEAU

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Death
Death recorded at Notre-Dame-de-Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783