Gabriel
BENOIT dit LAFOREST
(b.
abt. 1636
,
St-Prix, Montmorency, Paris, France
d.
27 October 1686
,
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
)
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Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST was born abt. 1636 in St-Prix, Montmorency, Paris, France
Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST was the child of ? and ?Gabriel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1665.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Gabriel married Marie-Anne GUÉDON 26 October 1665 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children. Marie-Anne GUÉDON was born abt. 1640 in Magny-en-Vexin, Pontoise, France. Marie-Anne died 22 March 1732 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche).
Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST died 27 October 1686 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
Son of Claude Benoit and Anne Fontaine
Look for this family in Laforest Volume XXVII
Details of the family tree of Gabriel appear below.

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.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST
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Marie-Anne GUÉDON-- Date: 26 October 1665 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
PRDH indicates that Gabriel Benoit Laforest and Marie Anne Guedon signed a contract of marriage in 1665 at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada.
Children of Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON:

Marguerite BENOIT (b.October 1666, Champlain, Canada, New France d. 11 September 1728, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France )
m. Jean-Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE 26 November 1685 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Gabriel BENOIT (b.abt. 1668, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 28 November 1745, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France )
m. Marie ROUSSEL 23 November 1693 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Pierre BENOIT dit LAFOREST (b.abt. 1670, , Québec Province, Canada d. 25 April 1745, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France )
m. Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE 20 August 1705 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Marie-Anne BENOIT (b.abt. 1672, , Québec Province, Canada d. 6 April 1744, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Michel PARENT dit PARISIEN 30 June 1692 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Louis ROGER dit LABRIE 28 October 1709 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Marguerite BENOIT (b.abt. 1679, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 28 January 1750, Yamachiche, Canada, New France )
m. Étienne GÉLINAS 20 November 1701 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Marie-Françoise BENOIT (b.17 May 1682, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 24 November 1770, Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE 24 January 1701 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)





Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
PRDH indicates that Gabriel Benoit Laforest and Marie Anne Guedon signed a contract of marriage in 1665 at an undetermined place in Quebec, Canada.
Children of Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON:



m. Jean-Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE 26 November 1685 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)


m. Marie ROUSSEL 23 November 1693 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)


m. Jeanne-Marie-Anne JACQUET ST-AMAND dite GERLAISE 20 August 1705 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)


m. Michel PARENT dit PARISIEN 30 June 1692 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
m. Louis ROGER dit LABRIE 28 October 1709 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)


m. Étienne GÉLINAS 20 November 1701 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)


m. Pierre HEROUX dit BOURGAINVILLE 24 January 1701 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
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Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie
Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay
Author Cyprien Tanguay
Published 1871
Original from Oxford University
Digitized Jun 9, 2006
Page 41

Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST and Marie-Anne GUÉDON 26 October 1665, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
![Gabriel BENOIT dit LAFOREST - Title Histoire de la paroisse de Champlain ... Volume 2 of Histoire de la paroisse de Champlain, Prosper] [Cloutier Author Prosper Cloutier Editor](/Content/ancestorimagesmobile/benoit_2281_2282_m.jpg)

Title Histoire de la paroisse de Champlain ...
Volume 2 of Histoire de la paroisse de Champlain, Prosper] [Cloutier
Author Prosper Cloutier
Editor Prosper Cloutier
Publisher Impr. "Le Bien public,", 1917
Original from the University of Michigan
Digitized Feb 20, 2008
Length 521 pages
Page 54
1666 Les Trois Rivieres
Is this them?
Gabriel benoist - 30 habitant
Marie Gaudry - 25 sa femme
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Is this them?
Gabriel benoist - 30 habitant
Marie Gaudry - 25 sa femme
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marguerite BENOIT was born October 1666, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation)
1681 Canadian Census Champlain
Gabriel Benoist (dit Laforest), 40
Anne Guesdon, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Gabrielle, 12
Pierre, 11
Marie, 2
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
Gabriel Benoist (dit Laforest), 40
Anne Guesdon, sa femme, 40
enfants:
Gabrielle, 12
Pierre, 11
Marie, 2
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

Marie-Françoise BENOIT was born 17 May 1682, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Marguerite BENOIT married 26 November 1685, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers) to Jean-Guillaume VACHER dit LACERTE


Death
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

27 October 1686
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
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