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Robert  married  Jeanne CHEVALIER 22 April 1679 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Jeanne CHEVALIER  was born abt. 1645 in St-Jacques, Dieppe, Rouen, France.  Jeanne died 24 November 1716 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . 

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Robert was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1679.


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Robert  married  Jeanne CHEVALIER 22 April 1679 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France .  The couple had (at least) 6 children.
The marriage was annulled. Jeanne CHEVALIER  was born abt. 1645 in St-Jacques, Dieppe, Rouen, France.  Jeanne died 24 November 1716 in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, New France . 




son of Pierre Levesque and Marie Caumont

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Robert LEVESQUE

Robert LEVESQUE married immigrant Fille du Roi flag  Jeanne CHEVALIER
Marriage date: 22 April 1679
Marriage place: L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marriage notes:
"On 22 April 1679 at L'Ange-Gardien, Robert married Jeanne Le Chevalier... Jeanne was about thirty-four years old, the daughter of Jean and of Marguerite Romain of Saint-Nicolas de Coutances, in the Manche, Normandy... This was the second marriage for Jeanne Le Chavalier. She was the widow of Guillaume Lecanteur, Sieur de la Tour, son of Nicolas and of Jeanne Hamelot of Saint-Sauvier de Beaumont-en-Auge, Normandy. Le Canteur was already living in Quebec as early as 9 July 1670. he signed his marriage contract with Jeanne on 11 October 1671. This couple had three children: Nicolas, Charles, and Guillaume. When the census of 1681 was taken, Nicolas and Charles were mentioned but not Guillaume. Then Charles disappeared too. Years later, on 24 September 1693, Robert Levesque gave his remaining step-son a piece of property of six arpents in frontage on the River Ouelle. Some time between that date and 4 October 1693, a period of about two weeks, Nicolas died. We know this because that was the date on which his mother Jeanne had the gift annulled because her son was dead."
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 160-161

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'Robert Lévesque, son of Pierre Lévesque and Marie Caumont, was baptized September 3, 1642, at Hautot-Saint-Sulpice, Upper Normandy, France. His godfather was Robert Lévesque and his godmother, Anne Gontier. As his parents married in Hautot-Saint-Sulpice on October 27, 1641, one can assume he is the eldest of the family. We know Robert had one brother, François, baptized on April 5, 1644.

Jean-Baptiste-François Deschamps de la Bouteillerie, gentleman from the region of Caux, the same area Robert Lévesque is from, was promised a seigniory by the king of France. At the end of June 1671, Deschamps sailed from Dieppe on the Saint-Jean-Baptiste with two carpenters, two masons and four laborers. Robert Lévesque was probably one of the carpenters. On October 29, 1672, lord Deschamps received the grant of the seigniory of la Bouteillerie. Chances are he was already working on his land as early as 1672, maybe even before the date of the grant.

Robert worked first as a carpenter during
BirthBirth — 1642
3 September 1642
Hautot-Saint-Sulpice, Rouen, France
marriage1679 Marriage / Partner
Robert LEVESQUE and Jeanne CHEVALIER 22 April 1679, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

He was 36 years old.
1680 Birth of Child
François-Robert LEVESQUE was born 12 February 1680, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Robert was 37 years old.
1681 Canadian Census La Bouteillerie
Robert Levesque, charpentier, 40
Jeanne Chevalier, sa femme, 36
enfants:
Nicolas, 9
Charles, 7
Francoise, 2

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1682 Birth of Child
Pierre-Joachim LEVESQUE was born 24 January 1682, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Robert was 39 years old.
1684 Birth of Child
Joseph LEVESQUE was born 11 December 1684, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Robert was 42 years old.
1686 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE was born 13 October 1686, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Robert was 44 years old.
1688 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste LEVESQUE was born 3 February 1688, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Robert was 45 years old.
1690 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne LEVESQUE was born 3 October 1690, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Liesse)

Robert was 48 years old.
1699 Death
'Robert Levesque was buried at Riviere-Ouelle on 13 September 1699.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume I, Page 162
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