Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY

(b. abt. 1648 , Rouen, France d. 14 November 1700 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

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Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY was born abt. 1648 in Rouen, France

Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY was the child of ? and ?

Marguerite was a Fille du Roi , arriving in New France by 1667.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marguerite married Jacques ACHON 4 December 1667 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jacques ACHON was born 14 February 1635 in France. Jacques died 10 April 1670 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales). Jacques was the child of Jean ACHON and Hélène REGOURDE dite REGNAUD.

Marguerite married (2) Claude CARPENTIER 24 August 1671 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Claude CARPENTIER was born 10 May 1636 in Neuville-Ferrieres, Rouen, France. Claude died 27 February 1709 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales).

Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY died 14 November 1700 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Family and Children of Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY

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Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY married

Jacques ACHON-- Date: 4 December 1667 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Jacques ACHON was the child of Jean ACHON and Hélène REGOURDE dite REGNAUD

Marriage record not found at Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre in Drouin Collection for this date.

"Marguerite had signed a marriage contract on the Beaupre Coast on 4 December 1667. Her future husband was none other than Jacques Achon, the brother of Ozanne Achon married to Ancestor Pierre Tremblay. The Bonnefoy-Achon couple settled on a farm at L'Ange-Gardien, near Chateau-Richer, where in the census of 1667 Jacques Achon and Charles Davenne together owned 16 arpents of land under cultivation and 4 head of cattle... Unfortunately, Jacques died after the birth of his second daughter and before the fulfillment of all his dreams. His burial act has been lost."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Page 79

Children of Jacques ACHON and Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY:

Anne ACHON (b.abt. 1668, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 February 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

Louise ACHON (b.13 April 1670, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 January 1721, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit DESMOULINS 7 August 1690 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY married

Claude CARPENTIER-- Date: 24 August 1671 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

See marriage record for Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY and Claude CARPENTIER
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec
Claude Carpentier, son of Florent Carpentier and Marie Gerlet
Marguerite de Ste. Foy, widow of Jacques Achon

"On 9 July 1671, Claude and Marguerite went to the home of the notary Gilles Rageot to ratify their marriage contract... Claude and Marguerite celebrated their marriage at Quebec without fanfare, on the following 24 August."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Page 80

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

Children of Claude CARPENTIER and Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY:

Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER (b.29 July 1672, Québec, Canada, New France d. 25 May 1738, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise GENTIL (GENTY) 18 April 1701 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Elisabeth CARPENTIER (b.25 December 1673, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1735, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-François DUBUC 20 November 1696 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Alexis CARPENTIER (b.6 December 1675, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 September 1731, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France)
m. Marie MARIEN 26 April 1701 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Benoit CARPENTIER (b.2 February 1678, Québec, Canada, New France d. 5 December 1729, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Therese DUBOCQ (DUBEAU) 30 May 1708 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Antoine CARPENTIER (b.17 March 1680, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 23 November 1736, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Thérèse MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) 21 May 1708 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Marguerite TREPANIER 12 October 1717 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Marie-Madeleine MARCOUX 6 November 1730 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

François CARPENTIER (b.3 November 1682, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 23 December 1749, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne BÉLAND 17 January 1707 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Claude CARPENTIER (b.29 July 1684, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 7 July 1728, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Françoise CARON 17 January 1718 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Geneviève-Michele MARCHAND 26 April 1722 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Louis CARPENTIER (b.21 July 1686, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. February 1724, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

Étienne CARPENTIER (b.13 May 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 2 February 1724, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )
m. Charlotte BLANCHON 25 November 1715 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph CARPENTIER (b.8 July 1690, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France d. 30 May 1735, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Louse SÉVIGNY dite LAFLEUR 9 November 1716 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)
m. Marie-Anne BELAND 9 November 1729 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

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Birth
'Marguerite was born at Saint-Denis de Duclair, about 1648, in the arrondissement of Rouen, in Normandy. After the death of her father Pierre, she left her relatives and her mother Marie Andrieu to come to Canada as a girl protected by the king.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Page 79

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

1663
Bonnefoy, Marguerite, dite Ste-Foy, m. 1: Achon, Jacques, contract Dec. 4, 1667, m. 2: Carpentier, Claude, Aug. 24, 1671
La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan
The Good Regiment: The Carignan Salières Regiment in Canada, 1665-1668

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1667 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY and Jacques ACHON 4 December 1667, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

1667
ARRIVED IN NEW FRANCE IN 1667 WITH A DOWRY OF 150 POUNDS. SOURCE: AUTHOR: RAYNALD DROUIN TITLE: 'GENEOLOGY FOR EVERYONE' PERSONAL DATABASE PUBLICATION: HTTP:/ / EPF.PLANETE.QC.CA, 10/ 28/ 2001

1670 Death of Spouse/Partner
Jacques ACHON died 10 April 1670, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1670 Birth of Child
Louise ACHON was born 13 April 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1671 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite BONNEFOY DE SAINTE-FOY and Claude CARPENTIER 24 August 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1672 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CARPENTIER was born 29 July 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1673 Birth of Child
Elisabeth CARPENTIER was born 25 December 1673, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1675 Birth of Child
Alexis CARPENTIER was born 6 December 1675, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1678 Birth of Child
Benoit CARPENTIER was born 2 February 1678, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1680 Birth of Child
Antoine CARPENTIER was born 17 March 1680, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de Dombour Neuville
Claude Carpentier, charpentier, 45
Marguerite Ste. Foye (de Ste. Foye ou Bonnefoy), sa femme, veuve Hachon (Jacques Achon), 33
enfants:
Anne Achon, 13
Louise Achon, 12
Jean Carpentier, 9
Elizabeth Carpentier, 8
Alexis Carpentier, 6
Benoist Carpentier, 4
Antoine Carpentier, 2

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

1682 Birth of Child
François CARPENTIER was born 3 November 1682, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1684 Birth of Child
Claude CARPENTIER was born 29 July 1684, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1686 Birth of Child
Louis CARPENTIER was born 21 July 1686, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1699 Death of Child
Anne ACHON died 14 February 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1688 Birth of Child
Étienne CARPENTIER was born 13 May 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1690 Birth of Child
Joseph CARPENTIER was born 8 July 1690, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

1690 Marriage of Child
Louise ACHON married 7 August 1690, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada to Joseph MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit DESMOULINS

1696 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth CARPENTIER married 20 November 1696, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Jean-François DUBUC

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

1700 Death
'On 14 November 1700, the curate Jean Basset accompanied the mortal remains of Marguerite Bonnefoy to the cemetery of Neuville. Following the cortege were her husband, her children and three witnesses recorded in the registry: Antoine Bordeleau, Pierre Constantineau and Francois Labadie...'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Page 84