Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE

(b. 12 July 1637 , France d. 9 December 1700 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France )

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Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 12 July 1637 in France

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Nicolas was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Nicolas married Madeleine DESPRÉS 15 September 1670 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Madeleine DESPRÉS was born abt. 1655 in France. Madeleine died 18 December 1712 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean).

Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE died 9 December 1700 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France .

son of Innocent Audet and Vincente Roy

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Occupation

Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE was a Soldat du regiment de Carignan - company Monteil.
The soldat, or soldier, is the first military rank in the army, at the first level of military hierarchy.

Some of the first soldiers to set foot on Canadian soil were French or English men, hired by companies engaged in exploration or the fur trade. These companies were responsible for all costs associated with the soldiers: recruitment, overseas travel, equipment, maintenance and salary. The soldiers were responsible for protecting the expeditions and their interests.
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A Soldier's Tale: Life as a Soldat in 18th Century New France

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

Family and Children of Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE

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Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE married

Madeleine DESPRÉS-- Date: 15 September 1670 Place: Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

Children of Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine DESPRÉS:

Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.13 September 1672, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 22 October 1751, Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Louise CHABOT 15 April 1697 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.22 July 1674, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 14 May 1715, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France )
m. Marie DUMAS 3 February 1698 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.17 November 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 12 November 1728, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Louise GODBOUT 16 April 1708 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.18 September 1677, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 8 November 1761, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada)
m. Jean POULIOT (POUILLOT) 11 February 1697 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.October 1680, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Jeanne POULIOT (POUILLOT) 5 November 1703 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.28 August 1682, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 4 January 1775, Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Maurice CRÉPEAU 6 February 1702 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

François AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.10 April 1684, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. , , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marguerite BERNARD 3 June 1709 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE (b.10 December 1686, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 July 1758, L'Assomption, Canada, New France )
m. Louis EMERY dit CODERRE 26 August 1722 in Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)

Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.16 April 1689, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 February 1774, Boucherville, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Geneviève LEMELIN 12 November 1710 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Joachim AUDET dit LAPOINTE (b.abt. 1691, , Québec Province, Canada d. July 1747, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Louise-Hyacinthe ROBERGE 23 November 1716 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

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1637 Birth
12 July 1637
France

Biography
AUDET/ AUDETTE - derived and diminutive of the Germanic name 'ALDA' which comes from 'Ald' which means 'old'. Nicolas Audet dit Lapointe was born in July 1637 in St-Pierre de Maulais in Poitou, France. Son of Innocent Audet and Vincente Roy-Reine, he married Anne Després, daughter of François Després and Madeleine Legrand, on September 15, 1670 in Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans. From their union were born 12 children. He arrived in the country before 1664. He was a servant of Monseigneur de Laval and lived on the Côte de Beaupré in 1666. In 1667, he settled in St-Jean Île d'Orléans on land received from the Bishop of Quebec. In 1681, he owned 6 cattle and 15 acres of land. He died in St-Jean on December 9, 1700.
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Nicolas Audet dit Lapointe

Nicolas Audet, born about 1641, was the son of Innocent Audet and Vincente Riene (Roy), of Saint-Pierre- Maille, in the Diocese of Poitiers. We know that he came to Canada before 1664 because there is a record of his confirmation at Quebec on 23 March of that year. Poitiers is a town in Poitou; that beautiful and bountiful province of France where wheat is grown, the vine is cultivated and many varieties of fruit are raised. It is wooded country, yet covered by excellent pastureland; in this province Charles Martel repulsed the Saracins and Clovis battled the Goths.

Just about all of the colonists who came from France in the 17th century started in one of three ways: by working for the government, by working for a religious order, or by working for one of the more prosperous landowners. Nicolas seems to have been taken under the wing of Monseigneur Francois de Laval, Bishop of Quebec. In the census of 1666 we find him working on the farm owned by the ...Read MORE...

Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancestors, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre, 1984

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE and Madeleine DESPRÉS 15 September 1670, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

He was 33 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 13 September 1672, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 35 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 22 July 1674, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 37 years old.

1675 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 17 November 1675, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 38 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 18 September 1677, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 40 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
Joseph AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born October 1680, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Nicolas was 43 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Marie AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 28 August 1682, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Nicolas was 45 years old.

1684 Birth of Child
François AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 10 April 1684, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Nicolas was 46 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Marguerite AUDET dite LAPOINTE was born 10 December 1686, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Nicolas was 49 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Innocent AUDET dit LAPOINTE was born 16 April 1689, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Nicolas was 51 years old.

1697 Marriage of Child
Madeleine AUDET dite LAPOINTE married 11 February 1697, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Jean POULIOT (POUILLOT)

1697 Marriage of Child
Nicolas AUDET dit LAPOINTE married 15 April 1697, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marie-Louise CHABOT

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Marriage of Child
Pierre AUDET dit LAPOINTE married 3 February 1698, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean) to Marie DUMAS