Jean-Baptiste MAGUET

(b. 19 April 1700 , Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* d. 8 June 1784 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MAGUET was born 19 April 1700 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

Jean-Baptiste MAGUET was the child of Pierre MAGUET and Catherine PERTHUIS and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre PERTHUIS dit LALIME and Claude DAMISÉ

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL 29 October 1725 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL was born 9 March 1701 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Marie-Jeanne died 15 August 1766 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Marie-Jeanne was the child of Joseph Abel BARBE (BEARD) and Marguerite DESJARDINS dite CHARBONNIER.

Jean-Baptiste MAGUET died 8 June 1784 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Province of Québec, 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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Jean-Baptiste MAGUET married

Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL-- Date: 29 October 1725 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL was the child of Joseph Abel BARBE (BEARD) and Marguerite DESJARDINS dite CHARBONNIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste MAGUET and Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL:

Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) (b.5 May 1727, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 26 January 1794, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Josephte CHALIFOUX 17 January 1752 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Pierre MAILLET (MAGUET) (b.26 February 1729, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 11 April 1798, Beloeil, Lower Canada )
m. Elisabeth BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS 14 February 1757 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada
m. Angélique LETOURNEAU 26 August 1765 in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jerome MAGUET (MAILLET) (b.7 March 1731, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 30 August 1804, Beloeil, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne-Madeleine VENNE (VOYNE) 20 January 1755 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET (b.26 February 1734, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) 29 January 1753 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT) (b.24 September 1739, Laval, Canada, New France d. 14 December 1813, Lachenaie, Lower Canada )
m. Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY) 22 January 1759 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph-Jean MAILLET (MAGUET) (b.30 August 1742, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 16 June 1811, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephte-Louise GARIEPY 18 June 1764 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)
m. Marie-Louise AUBE 8 January 1798 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Catherine MAGUET (MAILLÉT) (b.25 June 1745, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 23 November 1817, Mascouche, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre-Pascal ROY 23 November 1768 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)
m. Jean-Baptiste CORBEIL 14 November 1785 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

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1700 Birth
19 April 1700
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1725 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MAGUET and Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL 29 October 1725, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 25 years old.

1727 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) was born 5 May 1727, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Pierre MAILLET (MAGUET) was born 26 February 1729, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Jean-Baptiste was 28 years old.

1731 Birth of Child
Jerome MAGUET (MAILLET) was born 7 March 1731, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1734 Birth of Child
Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET was born 26 February 1734, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Jean-Baptiste was 33 years old.

1739 Birth of Child
Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT) was born 24 September 1739, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Joseph-Jean MAILLET (MAGUET) was born 30 August 1742, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Catherine MAGUET (MAILLÉT) was born 25 June 1745, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Jean-Baptiste was 45 years old.

1752 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) married 17 January 1752, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Josephte CHALIFOUX

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Geneviève-Barbe MAGUET married 29 January 1753, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Jean-Baptiste CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR)

1755 Marriage of Child
Jerome MAGUET (MAILLET) married 20 January 1755, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles) to Marie-Anne-Madeleine VENNE (VOYNE)

1757 Marriage of Child
Pierre MAILLET (MAGUET) married 14 February 1757, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Elisabeth BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS

1759 Marriage of Child
Josephte MAGUET (MAILLÉT) married 22 January 1759, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Louis DAUNAIS (DAUNAY)

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.

1764 Marriage of Child
Joseph-Jean MAILLET (MAGUET) married 18 June 1764, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Marie-Josephte-Louise GARIEPY

1765 Marriage of Child
Pierre MAILLET (MAGUET) married 26 August 1765, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada to Angélique LETOURNEAU

1766 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL died 15 August 1766, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

1768 Marriage of Child
Catherine MAGUET (MAILLÉT) married 23 November 1768, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Pierre-Pascal ROY

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.