Thomas
LEFEBVRE
Born
16 March 1645
,
Rouen, France
Died
abt. 1715
,
Acadia, Canada
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Born: 16 March 1645 in Rouen, France
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Thomas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1669.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas married Geneviève PELLETIER 8 September 1669 in Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Geneviève PELLETIER was born 6 April 1646 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève died 17 December 1717 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Geneviève was the child of Nicolas PELLETIER and Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI).
Thomas LEFEBVRE died abt. 1715 in Acadia, Canada.
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Occupation
Recorded occupation: voyageur, “seigneur of Koessanouskek, king’s interpreter for the Abenaki language”
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
Thomas LEFEBVRE 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 Thomas LEFEBVRE
Thomas LEFEBVRE married 
Geneviève PELLETIER
Marriage date: 8 September 1669
Marriage place: Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Geneviève PELLETIER was the child of Nicolas PELLETIER and Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Geneviève PELLETIERMarriage date: 8 September 1669
Marriage place: Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Geneviève PELLETIER was the child of Nicolas PELLETIER and Jeanne DEVOISY (ROUSSI)
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Children of Thomas LEFEBVRE and Geneviève PELLETIER
Jean-Francois LEFEBVREBorn: 23 August 1670, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Marie Anne BEAUDRY 1704
Pierre LEFEBVREBorn: 14 March 1672, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 April 1749, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 April 1749, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Marie SAVARD 30 July 1696 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Married: Françoise BOISSEL 15 September 1704 Place: Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont)
Married: Marie-Catherine RIVARD 29 April 1715 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Madeleine LEFEBVREMarried: Joseph LEHOUX 4 December 1700 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Therese-Angelique LEFEBVREBorn: 12 March 1676, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Barthelemy LEPAGE 29 September 1696 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas LEFEBVREMarried: Helene GONTHIER 7 March 1707 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Married: Marguerite GIRARD 7 May 1718 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Anne LEFEBVREBorn: 15 February 1678, Sillery, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 21 January 1703, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 21 January 1703, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Pierre MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) 9 June 1701 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Claire-Francoise LEFEBVREBorn: 25 October 1679, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 30 November 1743, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 30 November 1743, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Antoine LECOMTE 20 March 1703 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Married: Pierre MARCHAND 10 November 1710 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Timothee LEFEBVREBorn: 17 December 1680, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Marie-Thérèse LEFEBVREBorn: 27 September 1682, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 30 September 1682, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 30 September 1682, Québec, Canada, New France
Gabriel LEFEBVREBorn: 4 September 1683, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Jeanne-Marie GROUARD 29 August 1712 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Sophie LEFEBVREBorn: 16 October 1686, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 14 February 1687, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 14 February 1687, Québec, Canada, New France
Louise-Catherine LEFEBVREBorn: 24 November 1687, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 3 December 1743, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 3 December 1743, Québec, Canada, New France
Married: Joachim GIRARD 6 February 1708 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
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Birth — 164516 March 1645
Rouen, France
Biography
LEFEBVRE, THOMAS, voyageur, “seigneur of Koessanouskek, king’s interpreter for the Abenaki language”; b. c. 1647, son of Jacques Lefebvre, cooper, and of Anne Anjoult, from Rouen (province of Normandy); d. some time between 1713 and 1715.
We have no information about Lefebvre prior to 8 Sept. 1669, date of his contract of marriage in Quebec with Geneviève Pelletier (Peltier), Vincent Verdon’s widow. After his marriage Lefebvre lived near the reservation at Sillery, where his first two children were baptized, and he established friendly relations with the Abenakis. By 1692 he was officially serving as an interpreter. Six years later he was in charge of an important fur-trading expedition which involved him in protracted differences with a creditor, Louis Chambalon, who had advanced the supplies both for the trip and for trading. In 1702 he was delegated by Brouillan [Monbeton], the governor of Acadia, to go to Boston, and he was kept a prisoner there for some time.
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
LEFEBVRE, THOMAS, voyageur, “seigneur of Koessanouskek, king’s interpreter for the Abenaki language”; b. c. 1647, son of Jacques Lefebvre, cooper, and of Anne Anjoult, from Rouen (province of Normandy); d. some time between 1713 and 1715.
We have no information about Lefebvre prior to 8 Sept. 1669, date of his contract of marriage in Quebec with Geneviève Pelletier (Peltier), Vincent Verdon’s widow. After his marriage Lefebvre lived near the reservation at Sillery, where his first two children were baptized, and he established friendly relations with the Abenakis. By 1692 he was officially serving as an interpreter. Six years later he was in charge of an important fur-trading expedition which involved him in protracted differences with a creditor, Louis Chambalon, who had advanced the supplies both for the trip and for trading. In 1702 he was delegated by Brouillan [Monbeton], the governor of Acadia, to go to Boston, and he was kept a prisoner there for some time.
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1669 Marriage / PartnerThomas LEFEBVRE and Geneviève PELLETIER 8 September 1669, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
He was 24 years old.
1670 Birth of ChildJean-Francois LEFEBVRE was born 23 August 1670, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
Thomas was 25 years old.
1672 Birth of ChildPierre LEFEBVRE was born 14 March 1672, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
Thomas was 27 years old.
1674 Birth of ChildMadeleine LEFEBVRE was born 21 June 1674, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 29 years old.
1676 Birth of ChildTherese-Angelique LEFEBVRE was born 12 March 1676, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 31 years old.
1676 Birth of ChildThomas LEFEBVRE was born 12 March 1676, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 31 years old.
1678 Birth of ChildAnne LEFEBVRE was born 15 February 1678, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery)
Thomas was 32 years old.
1679 Birth of ChildClaire-Francoise LEFEBVRE was born 25 October 1679, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 34 years old.
1680 Birth of ChildTimothee LEFEBVRE was born 17 December 1680, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 35 years old.
1682 Birth of ChildMarie-Thérèse LEFEBVRE was born 27 September 1682, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 37 years old.
1683 Birth of ChildGabriel LEFEBVRE was born 4 September 1683, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 38 years old.
1686 Birth of ChildSophie LEFEBVRE was born 16 October 1686, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 41 years old.
1687 Death of ChildSophie LEFEBVRE died 14 February 1687, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 41 years old.
1687 Birth of ChildLouise-Catherine LEFEBVRE was born 24 November 1687, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 42 years old.
1696 Marriage of ChildPierre LEFEBVRE married 30 July 1696, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie SAVARD
1696 Marriage of ChildTherese-Angelique LEFEBVRE married 29 September 1696, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Barthelemy LEPAGE
1700 Marriage of ChildMadeleine LEFEBVRE married 4 December 1700, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Joseph LEHOUX
1701 Marriage of ChildAnne LEFEBVRE married 9 June 1701, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Pierre MAILLOUX (MAILLOU)
1703 Death of ChildMadeleine LEFEBVRE died 10 January 1703, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 57 years old.
1703 Death of ChildAnne LEFEBVRE died 21 January 1703, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Thomas was 57 years old.
1703 Marriage of ChildClaire-Francoise LEFEBVRE married 20 March 1703, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Antoine LECOMTE
1704 Marriage of ChildPierre LEFEBVRE married 15 September 1704, Beaumont, Québec, Canada (Saint-Étienne-de-Beaumont) to Françoise BOISSEL
1707 Marriage of ChildThomas LEFEBVRE married 7 March 1707, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Helene GONTHIER
1708 Marriage of ChildLouise-Catherine LEFEBVRE married 6 February 1708, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Joachim GIRARD
1710 Marriage of ChildClaire-Francoise LEFEBVRE married 10 November 1710, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Pierre MARCHAND
1712 Marriage of ChildGabriel LEFEBVRE married 29 August 1712, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jeanne-Marie GROUARD
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