Marguerite MANCHON

(b. 28 March 1637 , Artenay, Loiret, France d. 28 January 1688 , Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France )

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Marguerite MANCHON was born 28 March 1637 in Artenay, Loiret, France

Marguerite MANCHON was the child of ? and ?

Marguerite was a Fille à Marier , arriving in New France by 1663. To learn more about the Filles à Marier, visit: Who were the Filles à Marier? The Filles à Marier: Pioneers of Love and Legacy in New France

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marguerite married Sebastien PROVENCHER 22 January 1663 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Sebastien PROVENCHER was born abt. 1634 in Pithiviers, St-Salomon, France. Sebastien died January 1711 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly).

Marguerite MANCHON died 28 January 1688 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France .

daughter of Nicholas Marchon and Marie Baratin

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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.
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Family and Children of Marguerite MANCHON

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Marguerite MANCHON married

Sebastien PROVENCHER-- Date: 22 January 1663 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
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 (b.July 1663, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 19 June 1731, Yamaska, Canada, New France )
m. Aubin MONDOU (MONDOUX) 15 November 1676 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Marguerite PROVENCHER (b.abt. 1666, , Québec Province, Canada d. 29 October 1739, La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, Canada, New France )
m. Antoine COTNOIR (COTTENOIRE) DE VILLIER 28 April 1682 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Louis PROVENCHER (b.abt. 1668, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 27 November 1725, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France )
m. Simone MASSÉ 14 MAY 1691 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Sebastien PROVENCHER (b.June 1669, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 18 February 1739, Montréal, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Anne MASSÉ 22 August 1694 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Marie-Madeleine)

Jean-François PROVENCHER (b.1 February 1674, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 2 February 1734, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite MOREAU 15 November 1701 in Batiscan, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan) (Saint-François-Xavier)

Marie-Catherine PROVENCHER (b.23 April 1678, Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France d. 23 November 1745, Bécancour, Nicolet, Canada, New France )
m. Louis MASSÉ 2 August 1702 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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1637 Birth
28 March 1637
Artenay, Loiret, France

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

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

She was 25 years old.

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

Marguerite was 26 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

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

Marguerite was 32 years old.

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

Marguerite was 36 years old.

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)

Marguerite was 41 years old.

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