Marie-Thérèse HUNAULT

Born

12 February 1663 , Montréal, Canada, New France

Died

17 August 1689 , Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois

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Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS Marie LORGUEIL-ARCOUET

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Born: 12 February 1663 in Montréal, Canada, New France

Father: Toussaint HUNAULT (HUNEAULT) dit DESCHAMPS

Mother: Marie LORGUEIL-ARCOUET

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Marie-Thérèse married Guillaume LECLERC 24 November 1676 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Guillaume LECLERC was born 12 March 1645 in Rouen, France. Guillaume died 2 November 1723 in Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus).

Marie-Thérèse HUNAULT died 17 August 1689 in Lachenaie, Canada, New France .

Killed by the Iroquois in the barn on August 17th, 1689, she was only 26 years old.
Source: Author: Raynald Drouin Title: "Geneology for Everyone" personal database Publication: epf.planete.qc.ca

Killed in Lachine Massacre
"She was found in a barn brutally killed."

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Marie-Thérèse HUNAULT married

Guillaume LECLERC
Marriage date: 24 November 1676
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France

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

Guillaume Leclerc and Marie Therese Hunault

Children of Guillaume LECLERC and Marie-Thérèse HUNAULT

Marie-Madeleine LECLERC

Born: 13 March 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 21 April 1708, Contrecœur, Canada, New France

Married: Louis EMERY dit CODERRE 2 May 1697 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Married: Jean MATHIEU 6 February 1705 Place: Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

François LECLERC

Born: abt. 1679, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 19 May 1703, Laval, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste LECLERC

Born: 28 March 1681, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 16 April 1775, Lachenaie, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Marguerite BEAUCHAMP 23 November 1705 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Angélique-Françoise LECLERC

Born: 11 October 1682, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 14 August 1747, Lachenaie, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre BEAUCHAMP 29 June 1699 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Marie-Thérèse LECLERC

Born: 9 March 1684, Lachenaie, Canada, New France
Died: 23 April 1760, Terrebonne, Canada

Married: Toussaint MASTA 14 February 1702 Place: Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Anne LECLERC

Born: abt. 1685, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 25 March 1730, Laval, Canada, New France

Married: Jacques LABELLE 21 November 1712 Place: Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Catherine LECLERC

Born: 14 June 1689 , Laval, Canada, New France
Died: 25 April 1769, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Michel LAGUE dit SANSCARTIER 2 December 1710 Place: Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

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Birth — 1663
12 February 1663
Montréal, Canada, New France

1663 Baptism
Baptism found at Notre-Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec in Drouin Collection

12 Feb 1663

M. Therese Hunault

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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Montreal
Toussaint henault - 38 habitant

Marie lorgueil - 28 sa femme

therese henault - 11 fille

André henault - 8 fils

Jeanne henault - 7 fille

pierre henault - 5 fils

Marie henault - 3 fille

Et Mathurin henault - 1 fils
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Census - Montreal, Quebec
Toussaint Hunault, habitant, 42 years
Marie Lorgueuil, 28 years
Thecle Hunault, 11 years
Andre Hunault, 10 years
Jeanne Hunault, 8 years
Pierre Hunault, 5 years
Marie Therese Hunault, 3 years
Mathurin Hunault, 2 years

1676 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Thérèse HUNAULT and Guillaume LECLERC 24 November 1676, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

She was 13 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine LECLERC was born 13 March 1678, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

Marie-Thérèse was 15 years old.

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de La Chenaye
Guillaume Leclerc, 36
Therese Hunault, sa femme, 18
enfants:
Marie, 3
Francois, 2
Jean, 4 mois

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

1681 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was born 28 March 1681, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Marie-Thérèse was 18 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Angélique-Françoise LECLERC was born 11 October 1682, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Marie-Thérèse was 19 years old.

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 full story

1684 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse LECLERC was born 9 March 1684, Lachenaie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie)

Marie-Thérèse was 21 years old.

1689
Therese Huneault dit Deschamps, married to Guillaume Leclerc, and mother of infants, according to her record of burial, was 'killed cruelly in her barn by Iroquois, at La Chenaye, on August 7, 1689,' three days after the terrible massacre at Lachine.

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1689 Death - Saint-Charles-de-Lachenaie

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Death — 1689
17 August 1689
Lachenaie, Canada, New France
She died at the age of 26.

1689 Birth of Child
Catherine LECLERC was born 14 June 1689 , Laval, Québec, Canada (Saint François-de-Sales-de-l'Ile-Jésus)

Marie-Thérèse was 26 years old.

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