Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME)

(b. 9 July 1630 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 31 May 1695 , Batiscan, Canada, New France )

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Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME) was born 9 July 1630 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME) was the child of ? and ?

Marie was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1656. To learn more about the Filles à Marier, visit: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France

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

Marie married François FAFARD 05 November 1656 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 7 children. François FAFARD was born 8 January 1630 in Hotot-en-Auge, Lisieux, Calvados, Basse Normandie, France. François died 25 December 1711 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier). François was the child of Jean FAFARD and Marie-Antoinette LEVERDIER.

Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME) died 31 May 1695 in Batiscan, Canada, New France .

Marie was the daughter of Simeon RICHAUME-RICHARD and Catherine CONSTANTINEAU. Baptisted at Ste Marguerite chapel in the parish Notre-Dame-de-Cougnes in La Rochelle, France.

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME)

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Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME) married

François FAFARD-- Date: 05 November 1656 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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François FAFARD was the child of Jean FAFARD and Marie-Antoinette LEVERDIER

Marriage found at Immaculee Conception, Trois Rivieres in Drouin Collection

Francois Fafard and Marie Richard

He is the son of Joannis Fafard and Anthonia Le Verdier
She is the daughter of Simeonis Richard and Catharinae Constancinal

"Born about 1630, the son of Jean Fafard and of Antoinette Leverdier, from the town of Hotot-en-Auge, diocese of Evreux in Normandy, Francois took a wife at Trois-Rivieres on 5 November 1656. The bride was Marie Richard, originally from La Rochelle in Aunis, daughter of Simeon and Catherine Constancineau. After having lived a few years at Trois-Rivieres, then at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, this couple finally settled at Batiscan, where they were counted among the first inhabitants."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Pages 85-86

Children of François FAFARD and Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME):

Jean FAFARD (b.18 September 1657, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 21 September 1756, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan))
m. Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR February 1688 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

François FAFARD dit DELORME (b.abt. 1660, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 28 January 1734, Detroit, French Settlement (now Michigan))
m. Madeleine Marguerite JOBIN 3 November 1683 in Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)
m. Barbe LOISEL 30 December 1713 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Joseph FAFARD (b.abt. 1662, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 24 October 1708, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite LAFOND 25 July 1703 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Jeanne FAFARD (b.abt. 1664, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. abt. 1689, )
m. Jean CHÂTENAY (CHASTENAY) dit LAGUIGNE 30 May 1689 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Pierre FAFARD (b.abt. 1667, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Thérèse Cecile PATOUKIEOUE abt. 1710 in Kaskaskia, Illinois, USA

Louis-François FAFARD dit DELORME (b.abt. 1670, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 27 April 1736, Sorel, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Ursule JACOB 22 October 1696 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Marie-Anne FAFARD (b.abt. 1673, , Québec Province, Canada d. 17 February 1703, Saint-Antoine-de-Tilly, Canada, New France)
m. Julien LANIEL dit DESROSIERS 10 January 1689 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

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1630 Birth
9 July 1630
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Biography
'Marie Richard was born in 1632 in La Rochelle, France the daughter of Simon Richard and Catherine Constancineau. She arrived in the Quebec Colony as a Filles A Marier, contracted to Francois Fafard. He was born on August 01, 1630 in Hotot Auge, Lisieux, Normandy, France the son of Jean Fafard and Antoinette Leverdier and stepbrother of Francoise Fafard.'

'The wedding took place on November 05, 1656 at Trois-Rivieres and the couple would have seven children before Marie's death on May 31, 1695 at Batiscan. Francois, who was the King's Representative in Detroit, would marry twice more: the first to Marie-Madeleine Francois and then to Jeanne Guillet. He died on December 25, 1711 at Trois Rivieres.'

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

1656 Marriage / Partner
Marie RICHARD (RICHAUME) and François FAFARD 05 November 1656, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

She was 26 years old.

1657 Birth of Child
Jean FAFARD was born 18 September 1657, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marie was 27 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Les Trois Rivieres
françois fafard - 36 habitant

Marie Richard - 30 sa femme

Jean fafard - 9 fils

françois fafard - 6 fils

Joseph fafard - 4 fils

Jeanne fafard - 16 mois fille

& Claude Sauvageau - 20 domestique
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1681 Canadian Census Batiscan
Francois Faffar, 49
Marie Richard, sa femme, 50
enfants:
Jean, 24
Francois, 22
Joseph, 21
Jeanne, 17
Pierre, 14
Louis, 11
Marie, 8

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

1683 Marriage of Child
François FAFARD dit DELORME married 3 November 1683, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Madeleine Marguerite JOBIN

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1688 Marriage of Child
Jean FAFARD married February 1688, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Marguerite COUC dite LAFLEUR

1689 Marriage of Child
Marie-Anne FAFARD married 10 January 1689, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Julien LANIEL dit DESROSIERS

1689 Marriage of Child
Jeanne FAFARD married 30 May 1689, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Jean CHÂTENAY (CHASTENAY) dit LAGUIGNE

'At the age of 63, Marie Richard gave up her life. She was buried at Batiscan on 31 March 1695. The following year, Francois went to Chateau-Richer to find another spouse. On 8 April 1696, he married Madeleine Lefrancois, daughter of Isaac and Esther Paigue, originally from Metz in Lorraine... Francois had his will drawn up by notary Trotain on 30 May 1707. It appears, according to accounts paid to a surgeon, that he was ill at this time. However, he lived for another four years, being laid to rest on 26 December 1711...'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume VII, Page 86

1695 Death
Death recorded at Saint-Francois-Xavier, Batiscan, Quebec
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783