Jean-Baptiste BRIAND

(b. April 14, 1724 , Repentigny, Canada, New France d. May 16, 1780 , Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste BRIAND was born April 14, 1724 in Repentigny, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste BRIAND was the child of Jean-Baptiste BRIAND dit SANSREGRET and Marie-Anne BAILLARGEON and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste BRIAND dit SANSREGRET and Anne LAFRANDE (maternal) Nicolas BAILLARGEON dit BOCAGE and Thérèse-Marguerite HAREL

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Françoise JODOIN dite LAROSE 3 November 1746 in Sorel, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Marie-Françoise JODOIN dite LAROSE was born July 16, 1727 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre). Marie-Françoise died September 1797 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Françoise was the child of Claude JODOUIN (JODOIN) and Louise RENAUD dite LOCAS.

Jean-Baptiste BRIAND died May 16, 1780 in Sorel, Province of Québec, Canada .
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Occupation

Jean-Baptiste BRIAND was a Farmer, Voyageur .
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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 BRIAND married

Marie-Françoise JODOIN dite LAROSE-- Date: 3 November 1746 Place: Sorel, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise JODOIN dite LAROSE was the child of Claude JODOUIN (JODOIN) and Louise RENAUD dite LOCAS

Children of Jean-Baptiste BRIAND and Marie-Françoise JODOIN dite LAROSE:

Marie-Angelique BRILLANT dite SANSREGRET (b.22 May 1753, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 27 August 1788, Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste HOULE 19 February 1776 in Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) (b.August 29, 1760, Contrecœur, Canada d. November 14, 1839, Sorel, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Thérèse PERRON 29 September 1794 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1724 Birth
April 14, 1724
Repentigny, Canada, New France

1746 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste BRIAND and Marie-Françoise JODOIN dite LAROSE 3 November 1746, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)

He was 22 years old.

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

1753 Birth of Child
Marie-Angelique BRILLANT dite SANSREGRET was born 22 May 1753, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 29 years old.

1760 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BRILLAND (BRIAND) was born August 29, 1760, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

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.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1776 Marriage of Child
Marie-Angelique BRILLANT dite SANSREGRET married 19 February 1776, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre) to Jean-Baptiste HOULE