Thomas LEFEBVRE

(b. 16 March 1645 , Rouen, France d. abt. 1715 , Acadia, Canada )

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Thomas LEFEBVRE was born 16 March 1645 in Rouen, France

Thomas LEFEBVRE was the child of ? and ?

Thomas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1669.

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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

Thomas LEFEBVRE was a 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)

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