Pierre MARCOTTE

(b. 2 May 1722 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 4 September 1805 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Pierre MARCOTTE was born 2 May 1722 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Pierre MARCOTTE was the child of Jean MARCOTTE and Marie-Anne MORISSET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MARCOTTE and Elisabeth-Isabelle SALLÉ (SALÉ) (maternal) Mathurin MORISSET and Elisabeth COQUIN dite LATOURELLE

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Pierre married Elisabeth MATTE 12 January 1750 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Elisabeth MATTE was born 11 February 1730 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Elisabeth was the child of Laurent MATTE and Elisabeth RICHARD.

Pierre MARCOTTE died 4 September 1805 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada .
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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.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Pierre MARCOTTE married

Elisabeth MATTE-- Date: 12 January 1750 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Elisabeth MATTE was the child of Laurent MATTE and Elisabeth RICHARD

Children of Pierre MARCOTTE and Elisabeth MATTE:

Pierre MARCOTTE (b.28 November 1755, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 28 January 1813, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

Joseph MARCOTTE (b.6 November 1757, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Josette RICHARD 1 October 1792 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1722 Birth
2 May 1722
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Pierre MARCOTTE and Elisabeth MATTE 12 January 1750, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 27 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1755 Birth of Child
Pierre MARCOTTE was born 28 November 1755, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 33 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Joseph MARCOTTE was born 6 November 1757, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Pierre was 35 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.