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Jean COCHON (CAUCHON)

(b. abt. 1623 , Dieppe, France d. 2 September 1693 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
Age: 70

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Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) was born abt. 1623 in Dieppe, France

Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) was the child of Jean CAUCHON (COCHON) dit LAMOTHE and Marguerite COINTEREL

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1640.

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

Jean married Madeleine MIVILLE 20 November 1652 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 16 children. Madeleine MIVILLE was born 18 November 1636 in Notre-Dame, Brouage, Rochefort, France. Madeleine died abt. 1708 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer). Madeleine was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Charlotte MAUGIS.

Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) died 2 September 1693 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France .

Occupation: habitant en la coste de Beaupré

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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) was a habitant.
Habitants were usually farmers or labourers who were initially brought over from France to live on this land. They had to pay rent and taxes to the seigneur, though they co-owned the land with the seigneur, and even had to work entirely for the benefit of the seigneur a few days each year.

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Habitants played an essential role in creating a permanent, settled population along the St. Lawrence River. But it was not an easy life...

Habitants had to clear the land, build a homestead, and plant and harvest a crop. The first task was never-ending, while the last one was annual. Building and repairing the house and barn were continual tasks. So were cutting and hauling firewood. The habitants had to be largely self-reliant in looking after all routine tasks such as cooking, baking, making furniture, and repairing tools. They had to attend to the educational and medical needs of the family. They had to endure the harsh physical climate and rough terrain, largely unaided by government support. The habitants had to pay taxes to the seigneurs and the church.

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Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) married

Madeleine MIVILLE-- Date: 20 November 1652 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Madeleine MIVILLE was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Charlotte MAUGIS

Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada

"Jean, born about 1622; died on the 2nd and buried on 3 September 1693 at Chateau-Richer (70 years old). Married at Quebec on 29 November 1652 (contract Audouart, on the 10th) to Madeleine Miville (1636-after 1708), daughter of Pierre and of Charlotte Maugis (8 sons and 8 daughters). He settled at Chateau-Richer at the latest in 1640, and lived there all his life. In 1681, he owned four head of cattle and twenty arpents of his land were cleared. Madeleine Miville made a donation to the Hotel-Dieu of Quebec on 12 March 1695 (Genaple)."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XVII, Page 54

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

Children of Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) and Madeleine MIVILLE:

Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) (b.16 February 1655, Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 December 1698, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Olivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF 24 November 1671 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Elisabeth CAUCHON (b.9 June 1656, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1666, , Québec Province, Canada )

Jean CAUCHON (b.2 October 1657, Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 June 1694, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Elisabeth-Ursule TOUPIN 6 April 1690 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

François COCHON (b.26 March 1659, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1666, )

Jeanne COCHON (b.abt. 1661, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 May 1735, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Olivier GUILLEMOT dit CLEMENT 18 November 1680 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Charlotte COCHON (b.14 February 1662, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 8 December 1748, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France)
m. Mathurin GAGNON 28 October 1686 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Louys COCHON (b.17 September 1663, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 12 February 1688, Québec, Canada, New France )

Pierre COCHON (b.15 September 1665, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 29 December 1690, Québec, Canada, New France )

Marie COCHON (b.31 March 1667, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 6 March 1721, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jacques CHAUVIN 16 January 1696 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Antoine-Gabriel COCHON (b.3 September 1668, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 10 December 1692, Québec, Canada, New France )

Anne COCHON (b.30 December 1669, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 14 January 1740, Québec, Canada, New France )

Joseph-Antoine COCHON (CAUCHON) (b.11 January 1672 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Marguerite TOUPIN dite DUSAULT 2 August 1701 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Catherine CAUCHON (b.28 January 1675 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Pierre RACINE 13 October 1697 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Guillaume CAUCHON (b.27 April 1676 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. , )

Louise CAUCHON (b.28 August 1678 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 1 February 1699, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Charles FONTAINE 20 October 1698 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Charles CAUCHON (b.26 February 1682 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 3 March 1766, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Jeanne RACINE 16 September 1708 in Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
m. Marguerite BELANGER 19 November 1731 in Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

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1652 Marriage / Partner
Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) and Madeleine MIVILLE 20 November 1652, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean COCHON (CAUCHON) - 1652 Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada

1652 Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1655 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) was born 16 February 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1656 Birth of Child
Elisabeth CAUCHON was born 9 June 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1657 Birth of Child
Jean CAUCHON was born 2 October 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1659 Birth of Child
François COCHON was born 26 March 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1662 Birth of Child
Charlotte COCHON was born 14 February 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1663 Birth of Child
Louys COCHON was born 17 September 1663, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1665 Birth of Child
Pierre COCHON was born 15 September 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Habittans de Beaupré
Jean Cochon - 38 habittant

Magdelaine Minville - 26 sa femme

Marie Cochon - 11 fille

Jean Cochon - 8 fils

Francois Cochon - 6 fils

Jeanne Cochon - 4 fille

Charlotte Cochon - 3 fille

Louis Cochon - 2 fils

pierre Cochon - 6 mois fils

Noel Viaut - 38 domestique Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Marie COCHON was born 31 March 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1668 Birth of Child
Antoine-Gabriel COCHON was born 3 September 1668, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1669 Birth of Child
Anne COCHON was born 30 December 1669, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1671 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine COCHON (CAUCHON) married 24 November 1671, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Olivier MICHEL dit TAILLON LETARDIF

1672 Birth of Child
Joseph-Antoine COCHON (CAUCHON) was born 11 January 1672 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1675 Birth of Child
Catherine CAUCHON was born 28 January 1675 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1676 Birth of Child
Guillaume CAUCHON was born 27 April 1676 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1678 Birth of Child
Louise CAUCHON was born 28 August 1678 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1680 Marriage of Child
Jeanne COCHON married 18 November 1680, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Olivier GUILLEMOT dit CLEMENT

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre
Jean Cochon, 60
Marguerite Menville, sa femme, 46
enfants:
Louis, 18
Gabriel, 17
Marie, 14
Antoine, 13
Jeanne, 12
Joseph, 10
Guillaume, 4
Louis, 3

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

1682 Birth of Child
Charles CAUCHON was born 26 February 1682 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

1686 Marriage of Child
Charlotte COCHON married 28 October 1686, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Mathurin GAGNON

1688 Death of Child
Louys COCHON died 12 February 1688, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1690 Marriage of Child
Jean CAUCHON married 6 April 1690 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer) to Elisabeth-Ursule TOUPIN

1690 Death of Child
Pierre COCHON died 29 December 1690, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1692 Death of Child
Antoine-Gabriel COCHON died 10 December 1692, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Death
name: Jean Cochon
gender: Male
burial date: 03 Sep 1693
burial place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
death date: 02 Sep 1693
death place: Chateau Richer
age: 70
birth date: 1623
birthplace:
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race: White
marital status: Unknown
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indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: P 201

'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ F2PB-RW1 : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Jean Cochon, 02 Sep 1693; citing reference P 201, FHL microfilm 1018161.

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