Sebastien PROVENCHER

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abt. 1634 , Pithiviers, St-Salomon, France

Died

January 1711 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1634 in Pithiviers, St-Salomon, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Sebastien was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1663.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Sebastien married Marguerite MANCHON 22 January 1663 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marguerite MANCHON was born 28 March 1637 in Artenay, Loiret, France. Marguerite died 28 January 1688 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine).

Sebastien married (2) Marie-Catherine GUILLET 14 May 1691 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie-Catherine GUILLET was born 8 February 1656 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Catherine died 19 January 1717 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Marie-Catherine was the child of Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE and Jeanne ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX.

Sebastien PROVENCHER died January 1711 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France .

son of Sebastien Provencher and Marie Bretonnet

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Recorded occupation: Cordier

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.

Spouse & Children of Sebastien PROVENCHER

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Sebastien PROVENCHER married

Marguerite MANCHON
Marriage date: 22 January 1663
Marriage place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Marriage notes:

NOTE: First wife of Sebastien mentioned as Marguerite Manchon in second marriage to Marie Catherine Guillet -- Drouin Collection

Drouin Collection marriage records for Cap-de-la-Madeleine begin in 1673

"The entry of the marriage act of ancestor Sebastien in the civil records of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, as well as the contract drawn up by notary Louis Laurent on 22 January 1663, have vanished. These documents, which did exist, would have provided the name of our pioneer's parents for posterity, as well as their place of residence in the mother country."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 203

"... on 22 January (1663), Provencher presented himself at the home of the notary Louis Laurent, along with his dearly beloved, "King's Daughter" Marguerite Manchon, for the purpose of making a marriage contract. The religious ceremony in the tiny chapel of Sainte-Madeleine must not have been delayed since the couple's first child, Marie-Madeleine, probably was born in 1664... A disaster whicho our ancestors surely never forgot during their lifetime followed just a few days after the marriage contract was signed: the terrible earthquake of 5 February...

On 28 January 1688, there came the first great mourning in the family: Marguerite Manchon had died. She was buried at the age of fifty-one, in the small cemetery in front of the church of Cap-de-la-Madeleine. Sebastien remained a widower for three years."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Pages 205-208

Children of Sebastien PROVENCHER and Marguerite MANCHON

Marie-Madeleine PROVENCHER

Born: July 1663, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 19 June 1731, Yamaska, Canada, New France

Married: Aubin MONDOU (MONDOUX) 15 November 1676 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite PROVENCHER

Born: abt. 1666, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 29 October 1739, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France

Married: Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) DE VILLIER 28 April 1682 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Louis PROVENCHER

Born: abt. 1668, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 27 November 1725, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France

Married: Simone MASSÉ 14 MAY 1691 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Sebastien PROVENCHER

Born: June 1669, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 18 February 1739, Montréal, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne MASSÉ 22 August 1694 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Jean-François PROVENCHER

Born: 1 February 1674, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 2 February 1734, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite MOREAU 15 November 1701 Place: Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER

Born: 23 April 1678, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 23 November 1745, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Married: Louis MASSÉ 2 August 1702 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Sebastien PROVENCHER married

Marie-Catherine GUILLET
Marriage date: 14 May 1691
Marriage place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Catherine GUILLET was the child of Pierre-Simon GUILLET dit LAJEUNESSE and Jeanne ST-PERE dite CHAMPOUX

Marriage notes:

"After a few years of widowhood, Catherine Guillet yielded to the importuning of Sebastien Provencher, widower of Maguerite Manchon. In the forenoon of 27 April 1691, the venerable notary Jean Cusson himself, presided at the home of the widow... Sebastien and Catherine accepted a contract... The nuptial ceremony followed the signing of the contract by little more than two weeks. It took place on 14 May, at the same time as the wedding of Louis Provencher, son of Sebastien, to Simonne Masse, daughter of Catherine."

Thomas J. Laforest

Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IV, Page 193

Children of Sebastien PROVENCHER and Marie-Catherine GUILLET

Jeanne PROVENCHER

Born: 14 February 1692, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 2 August 1750, Champlain, Canada, New France

Married: Medard CARPENTIER dit BAILLY 18 November 1715 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie PROVENCHER

Born: abt. 1693, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 November 1745, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

Married: Pierre BOURBEAU dit VERVILLE 19 January 1717 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marie-Madeleine PROVENCHER

Born: 12 April 1698, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Died: 18 May 1743, Baie-du-Fèbvre, Canada, New France

Married: François-Marie DIDIER 3 October 1734 Place: Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1658
Sebastien was hired by M. Pierre Boucher (sieur de Grosbois) in May 1658 to come live at Cap-la-Madeleine which had been first called Faverell River in 1647, then Cap-des-Trois-Rivières in 1651, and had become Cap-de-la-Madeleine on May 2 1652.

The only requirement Mr. Boucher had made for his success in Canada was that Sebastien should not be lazy.
User - PomalaBlack, 8/14/2019

'On 15 May 1662, our ancestor received his first concession of land.' (at Cap-de-la-Madeleine)

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 204

1663 Marriage / Partner
Sebastien PROVENCHER and Marguerite MANCHON 22 January 1663, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1663 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine PROVENCHER was born July 1663, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1669 Birth of Child
Sebastien PROVENCHER was born June 1669, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1674 Birth of Child
Jean-François PROVENCHER was born 1 February 1674, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1676 Marriage of Child
Marie-Madeleine PROVENCHER married 15 November 1676, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Aubin MONDOU (MONDOUX)

1678 Birth of Child
Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER was born 23 April 1678, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1681 Canadian Census Le Cap
Sebastien Provencher, cordier, 53
Marguerite Manchon, sa femme, 44
enfants:
Madeleine, 17
Marguerite, 15
Louis, 13
Sebastien, 11
Jean, 8
Aubin, domestique, 33

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1682 Marriage of Child
Marguerite PROVENCHER married 28 April 1682, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) DE VILLIER

1688 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite MANCHON died 28 January 1688, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1691 Marriage / Partner
Sebastien PROVENCHER and Marie-Catherine GUILLET 14 May 1691, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Sebastien PROVENCHER - 1691 Marriage Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Cap-de-la-Madeleine

1691 Marriage Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Cap-de-la-Madeleine

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

1691 Marriage of Child
Louis PROVENCHER married 14 MAY 1691, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Simone MASSÉ

1692 Birth of Child
Jeanne PROVENCHER was born 14 February 1692, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1694 Marriage of Child
Sebastien PROVENCHER married 22 August 1694, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) to Marie-Anne MASSÉ

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Birth of Child
Marie-Madeleine PROVENCHER was born 12 April 1698, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

1701 Marriage of Child
Jean-François PROVENCHER married 15 November 1701, Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier) to Marguerite MOREAU

1702 Marriage of Child
Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER married 2 August 1702, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec) to Louis MASSÉ

'On 6 January, an agreement by the heirs, to sell the estate of Sebastien and Catherine to Louis Provencher, tells us that our two ancestors probably died at the same time, or nearly so, about the end of 1710. Sebastien lived to be 82 or 83 years old and Catherine, 56 years old.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume V, Page 210

Death — 1711
January 1711
Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France

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