Jean-Baptiste POISSANT

(b. 20 July 1700 , La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 18 December 1774 , La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste POISSANT was born 20 July 1700 in La Prairie, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste POISSANT was the child of Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE and Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET) and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT and Anne SEIGNEUR

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

Jean-Baptiste married Catherine-Charlotte GAGNE 6 February 1747 in La Prairie, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine-Charlotte GAGNE was born 20 August 1723 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité). Catherine-Charlotte was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER.

Jean-Baptiste POISSANT died 18 December 1774 in La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Jean-Baptiste POISSANT married

Catherine-Charlotte GAGNE-- Date: 6 February 1747 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Catherine-Charlotte GAGNE was the child of Louis-Etienne GAGNÉ dit BELLAVANCE and Anne-Jeanne TESSIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste POISSANT and Catherine-Charlotte GAGNE:

Pierre POISSANT (b.13 July 1749, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. 3 January 1818, La Prairie, Lower Canada )
m. Veronique BOUCHARD 26 January 1776 in Châteauguay, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-Chateauguay)

Charlotte POISSANT (b.4 March 1752, La Prairie, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Joachim THIBERT 15 September 1778 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1700 Birth
20 July 1700
La Prairie, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1747 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste POISSANT and Catherine-Charlotte GAGNE 6 February 1747, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

He was 46 years old.

1749 Birth of Child
Pierre POISSANT was born 13 July 1749, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 49 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Charlotte POISSANT was born 4 March 1752, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Baptiste was 51 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.