Claude  DAVID

Biography
DAVID, CLAUDE, voyageur, settler; b. 1621 in France; d. 30 Nov. 1687 at Cap-de-la-Madeleine.

Although one author has coupled the title of doctor with his name, there is no evidence that he practised medicine in Canada. On 2 June 1647 Governor Charles Huault de Montmagny granted him permission to clear the Île aux Cochons (Île du Milieu, today Île Maillet) situated at the junction of the St. Maurice River and the St. Lawrence. In 1649, at Trois-Rivières, he married Suzanne de Noyon, born in 1633, daughter of Édouard de Noyon and Catherine Chevalier. Claude David had seven children, all of whom were baptized at Trois-Rivières. An act granting land and dated 20 Oct. 1654 speaks of “Île de Claude David,” next to the fief of Île Saint-Christophe. In an act of 7 April 1660 he figures as the owner of a grant at Trois-Rivières, adjoining that of Mathieu and Charles Amiot.

Claude David took part in a trading expedition, led by Chouart Des Groseilliers, which left Montreal in 1660 for...Read MORE...


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

Biography
Claude, Jacques and Guillaume David arrived in New France before 1650. The brothers were from Rouen, Normandy, France; sons of Blaise Julien David and Flavie Morel. Young and energetic, they should have been very successful, except for one thing. They were Hugenots.

Not feeling terribly welcomed, they decided to try their luck in New Amsterdam (now New York), which was run by the West India Company. Since the Dutch never tried to hide that fact that their interest in the 'New World' was purely financial; they supported religious freedom and open trade. However, they were also often aggressive toward the Native populations, so the political climate was hostile at best.

Therefore, the boys decided to go back to Quebec, and were confirmed into the Catholic faith on August 10, 1659. Claude married Susan Denoyen and had two boys. He settled at Trois Rivieres. Jacques married Marie Grandry, had seven children and settled at Chateau Richer. Guillaume married Marie Armand, had...Read MORE...


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1650 Birth of Child
Michel DAVID dit LACOURSE was born 9 April 1650, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1652 Birth of Child
Joseph DAVID was born 4 June 1652, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1653 Birth of Child
Étienne DAVID was born 21 July 1653, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1656 Birth of Child
Claude DAVID was born 22 December 1656, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1659 Birth of Child
Barthelemy DAVID was born 10 September 1659, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1664 Birth of Child
Thérèse DAVID was born 4 September 1664, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

1671 Marriage of Child
Michel DAVID dit LACOURSE married 2 December 1671, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Françoise RACLOS

1684 Marriage of Child
Claude DAVID married 9 January 1684, Champlain, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Visitation) to Jeanne COUILLARD

1687 Death
2 December 1687
Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France