Jacques BARBEL

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abt. 1670 , France

Died

29 July 1740 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1670 in France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1704.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jacques married Marie-Anne PICARD 26 November 1703 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie-Anne PICARD was born 14 September 1680 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne died 10 August 1717 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne was the child of Jean PICARD and Marie-Madeleine GAGNON.

Jacques never married (2) Marie-Anne GAUTHIER . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne GAUTHIER was born 5 June 1681 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne was the child of Philippe GAUTHIER DE COMPORTE (GAULTIER) and Marie BAZIRE.

Jacques BARBEL died 29 July 1740 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Charles Barbel and Catherine Provost

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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: soldier, merchant, seigneur, clerk of court, judge, royal notary

A marchand, or merchant, was a trader who sold a specific type of merchandise or product. Merchants handled most of the supply and distribution of products that came from Europe.
Source: tfcq.ca

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 - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Jacques BARBEL was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

Spouse & Children of Jacques BARBEL

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Jacques BARBEL married

Marie-Anne PICARD
Marriage date: 26 November 1703
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne PICARD was the child of Jean PICARD and Marie-Madeleine GAGNON

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Children of Jacques BARBEL and Marie-Anne PICARD

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Jacques BARBEL never married

Marie-Anne GAUTHIER
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Marie-Anne GAUTHIER was the child of Philippe GAUTHIER DE COMPORTE (GAULTIER) and Marie BAZIRE

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They never married. They had a child out of wedlock.

Children of Jacques BARBEL and Marie-Anne GAUTHIER

Marie-Madeleine BARBEL

Born: 11 February 1704, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 22 August 1742, Saint-Joachim, Montmorency, Canada, New France

Married: François PARE 6 February 1736 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

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Biography
BARBEL, JACQUES, soldier, merchant, seigneur, clerk of court, secretary to the intendant Michel Bégon*, seigneurial judge, and royal notary; b. c. 1670 at Le Havre-de-Grâce, in the diocese of Rouen, son of Charles Barbel and Catherine Provost; d. at Quebec, where he was buried 30 July 1740 in the church of the Recollets.

To give an exact account of Barbel’s astonishing activity and his omnipresence in the region of Quebec from 1703 on, a whole book would have to be devoted to him, although it was some time before he began to be noticed. It is evident that he was very young when he arrived in the colony, since he had already turned up at Quebec on 17 Nov 1687, at the signing of the marriage contract between François Dumas and Marie de Montmainier. He was at that time a sergeant of the garrison. Then we lose sight of him until he reappears in 1698, when he married Louise-Renée Toupin on 5 November at Beauport. Suddenly, in 1700, he became almost famous: on 20 April Louis XIV himself...Read full story

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003