Marie BESSETTE (BESSET)
Married: Laurent PERRIER dit OLIVIER 26 November 1690 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Jean
BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT
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5 January 1707
,
Chambly, Canada, New France
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Jean was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Recorded occupation: Soldat du regiment de Carignan
The soldat, or soldier, is the first military rank in the army, at the first level of military hierarchy.
Some of the first soldiers to set foot on Canadian soil were French or English men, hired by companies engaged in exploration or the fur trade. These companies were responsible for all costs associated with the soldiers: recruitment, overseas travel, equipment, maintenance and salary. The soldiers were responsible for protecting the expeditions and their interests.
Source: tfcq.ca
A Soldier's Tale: Life as a Soldat in 18th Century New France
Some of the first soldiers to set foot on Canadian soil were French or English men, hired by companies engaged in exploration or the fur trade. These companies were responsible for all costs associated with the soldiers: recruitment, overseas travel, equipment, maintenance and salary. The soldiers were responsible for protecting the expeditions and their interests.
Source: tfcq.ca
A Soldier's Tale: Life as a Soldat in 18th Century New France
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT
Jean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT married 
Anne SEIGNEUR
Marriage date: 3 July 1668
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Anne SEIGNEURMarriage date: 3 July 1668
Marriage place: , Québec Province, Canada
Source: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal
Children of Jean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT and Anne SEIGNEUR
Jean BESSETTE (BESSET)
Born: 27 December 1672, Boucherville, Canada, New France
Died: 8 May 1751, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Died: 8 May 1751, Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France
Married: Marie-Anne BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS 16 May 1695 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Married: Madeleine PLAMONDON 17 September 1700 Place: La Prairie, Canada, New France
Marie-Anne BESSETTE (BESSET)
Married: Louis AGAGNIER (HAGUENIER) 15 September 1708 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
Marie-Marguerite BESSETTE (BESSET)
Married: Jacques POISSANT dit LASALINE 1699 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
François BESSETTE (BESSET)
Born: 26 July 1685, Chambly, Canada, New France
Died: 3 June 1764, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Died: 3 June 1764, Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada
Married: Marie-Claude DUBOIS 9 February 1716 Place: Chambly, Canada, New France
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Québec Place Names Through History
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- Early 1600s–1760
- Canada, New France
- 1760–1763
- Canada
- 1763–1791
- Province of Québec
- 1791–1867
- Lower Canada
- 1867–present
- Québec, Canada
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
What is a "dit/dite" Name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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1668 Marriage / PartnerJean BESSETTE (BESSET) dit BRISETOUT and Anne SEIGNEUR 3 July 1668, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
1672 Birth of ChildJean BESSETTE (BESSET) was born 27 December 1672, Boucherville, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-de-Boucherville)
1682 Birth of ChildPierre BESSET was born 9 July 1682, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
1685 Birth of ChildFrançois BESSETTE (BESSET) was born 26 July 1685, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)
1687 Death of ChildPierre BESSET died 16 November 1687, Sorel, Québec, Canada (Saint-Pierre)
1690 Marriage of ChildMarie BESSETTE (BESSET) married 26 November 1690, , Québec Province, Canada to Laurent PERRIER dit OLIVIER
1695 Marriage of ChildJean BESSETTE (BESSET) married 16 May 1695, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Marie-Anne BENOIT dite LIVERNOIS
1700 Marriage of ChildJean BESSETTE (BESSET) married 17 September 1700, La Prairie, Canada, New France to Madeleine PLAMONDON
Death — 17075 January 1707
Chambly, Canada, New France
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Cimetière Saint-Joseph Chambly, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada
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