Toussaint MASTA

(b. 29 January 1675 , Montréal, Canada, New France d. 13 September 1755 , Laval, Canada, New France )

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Toussaint MASTA was born 29 January 1675 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Toussaint MASTA was the child of Mathurin MASTA and Antoinette-Catherine ÉLOY

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Toussaint married Marie-Thérèse LECLERC 14 February 1702 in Laval, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 16 children. Marie-Thérèse LECLERC was born 9 March 1684 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie). Marie-Thérèse died 23 April 1760 in Terrebonne, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne). Marie-Thérèse was the child of Guillaume LECLERC and Marie-Thérèse HUNAULT.

Toussaint MASTA died 13 September 1755 in Laval, Canada, New France .
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Family and Children of Toussaint MASTA

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Toussaint MASTA married

Marie-Thérèse LECLERC-- Date: 14 February 1702 Place: Laval, Canada, New France
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Marie-Thérèse LECLERC was the child of Guillaume LECLERC and Marie-Thérèse HUNAULT

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Children of Toussaint MASTA and Marie-Thérèse LECLERC:

Marie-Thérèse MASTA (b.23 June 1704, Laval, Canada, New France d. 27 March 1776, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Nicolas THIBAULT 12 April 1723 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

François MASTA (b.25 August 1705, Laval, Canada, New France d. 4 September 1705, Laval, Canada, New France )

Marie-Marguerite MASTA (b.18 November 1706, Laval, Canada, New France d. abt. 1730, )
m. Jean-Baptiste ROY dit CHOIGNY 22 April 1725 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Angélique MASTA (b.8 May 1708, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 14 May 1762, Repentigny, Canada )
m. Joseph BEAUDOIN 16 October 1730 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Françoise MASTA (b.22 June 1710, Laval, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1791, Mascouche, Lower Canada )
m. Claude BEAUDOIN 30 April 1736 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Pierre MASTA (b.27 October 1711, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 5 October 1729, Laval, Canada, New France )

Joseph MASTA (b.19 August 1713, Laval, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1714, Laval, Canada, New France )

Elisabeth MASTA (b.27 March 1715, Laval, Canada, New France d. 28 April 1749, Laval, Canada, New France )
m. François HÉBERT dit LECOMTE 24 May 1746 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Joseph MASTA (b.16 July 1716, Laval, Canada, New France d. , )

Toussaint MASTA (b.20 June 1717, Laval, Canada, New France d. 22 December 1789, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Angélique-Veronique ROUSSIN 8 January 1742 in Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)
m. Madeleine BISSONNET dite LEFRANCOIS 22 February 1751 in Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes)

Suzanne MASTA (b.22 December 1718, Laval, Canada, New France d. 14 June 1802, Terrebonne, Lower Canada )
m. Louis BEAUDOIN 6 February 1741 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Agnes MASTA (b.6 September 1720, Laval, Canada, New France d. 12 August 1754 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France )
m. Basile BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN) 9 January 1742 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Gertrude MASTA (b.26 May 1722, Laval, Canada, New France d. 20 July 1724, Laval, Canada, New France )

Marie-Anne MASTA (b.24 January 1724, Laval, Canada, New France d. 28 May 1796, Lachenaie, Lower Canada )
m. François VAILLANCOURT 25 January 1745 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Antoine MASTA (b.1 June 1726, Laval, Canada, New France d. 10 May 1806 , Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Lower Canada)
m. Marie-Thérèse PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR 10 October 1746 in Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite)

Marie-Agathe MASTA (b.22 September 1729, Lachenaie, Canada, New France d. 21 November 1784, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE) 30 April 1753 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

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1675 Birth
29 January 1675
Montréal, Canada, New France

1675 Baptism
Baptism found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

29 Jan 1675

Toussaint Matha
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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1681 Canadian Census Ville de Montreal
Mathurin Masta, macon, 37
Antoinette Eloy, 36
enfants:
Gunegonde, 15
Pierre, 10
Toussaint, 7
Marie, 4
Marguerite, 2

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

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

1702 Marriage / Partner
Toussaint MASTA and Marie-Thérèse LECLERC 14 February 1702, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

He was 27 years old.

Toussaint MASTA - 1702 Marriage Saint-Francois-de-Sales de-lIsle-Jesus, Laval, QC, Canada

1702 Marriage Saint-Francois-de-Sales de-l'Isle-Jesus, Laval, QC, Canada
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1704 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse MASTA was born 23 June 1704, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 29 years old.

1705 Birth of Child
François MASTA was born 25 August 1705, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 30 years old.

1706 Birth of Child
Marie-Marguerite MASTA was born 18 November 1706, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 31 years old.

1708 Birth of Child
Marie-Angélique MASTA was born 8 May 1708, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Toussaint was 33 years old.

1710 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise MASTA was born 22 June 1710, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 35 years old.

1711 Birth of Child
Pierre MASTA was born 27 October 1711, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

Toussaint was 36 years old.

1713 Birth of Child
Joseph MASTA was born 19 August 1713, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 38 years old.

1715 Birth of Child
Elisabeth MASTA was born 27 March 1715, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 40 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1716 Birth of Child
Joseph MASTA was born 16 July 1716, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 41 years old.

1717 Birth of Child
Toussaint MASTA was born 20 June 1717, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 42 years old.

1718 Birth of Child
Suzanne MASTA was born 22 December 1718, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 43 years old.

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

1720 Birth of Child
Agnes MASTA was born 6 September 1720, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 45 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Gertrude MASTA was born 26 May 1722, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 47 years old.

1723 Marriage of Child
Marie-Thérèse MASTA married 12 April 1723, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Nicolas THIBAULT

1724 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MASTA was born 24 January 1724, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 49 years old.

1724 Death of Child
Gertrude MASTA died 20 July 1724, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 49 years old.

1725 Marriage of Child
Marie-Marguerite MASTA married 22 April 1725, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Jean-Baptiste ROY dit CHOIGNY

1726 Birth of Child
Antoine MASTA was born 1 June 1726, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 51 years old.

1729 Birth of Child
Marie-Agathe MASTA was born 22 September 1729, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Toussaint was 54 years old.

1729 Death of Child
Pierre MASTA died 5 October 1729, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 54 years old.

1730 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angélique MASTA married 16 October 1730, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Joseph BEAUDOIN

1736 Marriage of Child
Marie-Françoise MASTA married 30 April 1736 , Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Claude BEAUDOIN

1741 Marriage of Child
Suzanne MASTA married 6 February 1741 , Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Louis BEAUDOIN

1742 Marriage of Child
Toussaint MASTA married 8 January 1742, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie) to Angélique-Veronique ROUSSIN

1742 Marriage of Child
Agnes MASTA married 9 January 1742, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Basile BAUDOIN (BEAUDOIN)

1745 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne MASTA married 25 January 1745, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to François VAILLANCOURT

1746 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth MASTA married 24 May 1746, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to François HÉBERT dit LECOMTE

1746 Marriage of Child
Antoine MASTA married 10 October 1746, Repentigny, Québec, Canada (La Purification-de-Repentigny) (St-Paul-l'Hermite) to Marie-Thérèse PAYETTE (PAYET) dite ST-AMOUR

1749 Death of Child
Elisabeth MASTA died 28 April 1749, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Toussaint was 74 years old.

1751 Marriage of Child
Toussaint MASTA married 22 February 1751 , Varennes, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-de-Varennes) to Madeleine BISSONNET dite LEFRANCOIS

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

1753 Marriage of Child
Marie-Agathe MASTA married 30 April 1753, Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus) to Joseph-Paul BISSONNET (BISSONNETTE)

1754 Death of Child
Agnes MASTA died 12 August 1754 , L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

Toussaint was 79 years old.