François  BISSOT DE LA RIVIÈRE

Biography
BYSSOT (Bissot) DE LA RIVIÈRE, FRANÇOIS, a native of Pont-Audemer, in the Department of the Eure (Normandy); b. 1612 or 1613, son of Jean Byssot Du Hommée, bourgeois, and of Marie Assour; d. 1673 at Quebec.

His presence in the colony is noted for the first time when the Jesuits took possession of the Île aux Ruaux, 2 July 1639.

Having subsequently settled at Pointe-Lévy, on the Lauson shore, Byssot went into partnership with Guillaume Couture*, whose neighbour he became. In 1647 Couture cleared a piece of land and constructed a main building, while Byssot supplied the money and materials. This property was 40 arpents deep by 5 wide, and bordered on the St. Lawrence. On 15 Oct. 1648 Jean de Lauson (senior), in Paris, gave a formal title-deed, over his signature, to his first two copyholders (censitaires), Byssot and Couture. At Quebec, ten days later, Byssot, at the age of 34, married Marie Couillard, the fifth child of Guillaume Couillard and Guillemette Hébert.

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

1648 Marriage / Partner
François BISSOT DE LA RIVIÈRE and Marie COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY 25 October 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1649 Birth of Child
Jean-François BISSOT was born 6 December 1649, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1651 Birth of Child
Louise BISSOT was born 15 September 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1653 Birth of Child
Geneviève BISSOT was born 25 May 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1655 Birth of Child
Catherine BISSOT was born 6 March 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1656 Birth of Child
Claire-Françoise BISSOT was born 13 April 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1657 Birth of Child
Marie BISSOT was born 3 July 1657, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1661 Birth of Child
Guillaume BISSOT was born 16 September 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1663 Death of Child
Jean-François BISSOT died 25 November 1663, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1664 Birth of Child
Charles-François BISSOT was born 5 February 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1666 Quebec
francois Bissot .............................53 bourgeois
Marie Couillard .............................34 sa femme
Geneviefve Bissot ...........................12 fille
guillaume Bissot .............................6 fils
francois Bissot ..............................2 fils
Leonard Musnier .............................45 Engaigé domestique
Jacques Meusnier ............................19 Aussy Engaigé
Martin Lanfillé .............................19 Engaigé
Jean Léger ..................................24 Engaigé
Et Marguerite Lucas .........................23 servante
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1666 Birth of Child
Charlotte BISSOT was born 4 June 1666, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1668 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste BISSOT was born 19 January 1668, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1668 Marriage of Child
Louise BISSOT married 12 August 1668, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Seraphin MARGANE

1670 Marriage of Child
Catherine BISSOT married 27 November 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Étienne CHAREST

1671 Birth of Child
Jeanne BISSOT was born 10 April 1671, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1673 Death
26 July 1673
Québec, Canada, New France

1673 Birth of Child
François-Joseph BISSOT was born 19 May 1673, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)