Jean-Baptiste POTHIER

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17 August 1653 , France

Died

11 July 1711 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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Born: 17 August 1653 in France

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Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1688.

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Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS 14 June 1688 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS was born 21 September 1669 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul). Marie-Étiennette died 14 September 1753 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Marie-Étiennette was the child of Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME and Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE).

Jean-Baptiste POTHIER died 11 July 1711 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .

son of Jean Pothier and Marguerite Xaintes (Dessaint)

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Recorded occupation: Notaire-Royal

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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Jean-Baptiste POTHIER married

Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS
Marriage date: 14 June 1688
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS was the child of Jacques BEAUVAIS dit ST-GEMME and Jeanne SAULEDAY (SOLDE)

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Children of Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS

Jean-Baptiste POTHIER

Born: 8 December 1690, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie-Anne CREVIER dite BELLERIVE 12 April 1728 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Guillaume POTHIER

Born: 23 January 1693, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Marie SPACHICOUACOUA 1719 Place: Kaskaskia, Illinois, USA

Joseph-Marie POTHIER

Born: 28 February 1696, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 26 May 1742, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Married: Josephte MOUET DE MORAS 21 January 1718 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Catherine POTHIER

Born: 27 February 1698, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 12 January 1769, Montréal, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph PERRIN 28 February 1718 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Jean-Baptiste POTHIER dit STE-GEMME

Born: 27 December 1699, Lachine, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 23 April 1760, Rivière-du-Loup, Canada

Married: Judith LEMAITRE dite LALONGÉ 3 November 1733 Place: Longue-Pointe, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-d'Assise-de-la-Longue-Pointe)

Married: Catherine GUIGNARD (GIGNARD) 29 June 1739 Place: Rivière-du-Loup, Québec, Canada (Fraserville) (Riviere du Loup en Bas) (Saint-Patrice)

Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER

Born: 20 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 24 March 1800, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Married: Nicolas VANASSE dit VERTEFEUILLE Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Louise POTHIER

Born: 8 November 1703, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 27 May 1787, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Richard Jacques RICHARD dit PRAY 23 November 1723 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Madeleine POTHIER

Born: 25 Mach 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 12 June 1729, Maskinongé, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste PETIT dit BRUNEAU 28 July 1725 Place: Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Francoise POTHIER

Born: 21 March 1710, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 15 April 1797, Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Lower Canada

Married: Jacques CHAMAILLARD 16 February 1733 Place: Pointe-Claire, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joachim-de-la-Pointe-Claire)

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Birth — 1653
17 August 1653
France

Biography
Jean-Baptiste POTHIER (1653 - 1711) — Marie BEAUVAIS (1669 - 1753)

Pioneer Jean-Baptiste Pothier was laid to rest this day, July 11th, 1711, at Trois-Rivières.
Jean-Baptiste was born in Chartres and arrived in New France around 1683. He married Marie (Étiennette) Beauvais in 1688. The couple had twelve children.

The DCB reports that Jean-Baptiste held a wide variety of positions in Québec. Originally a 'precentor and schoolmaster,' he later became 'royal notary, deputy to the fiscal attorney, clerk of court, royal process-server, surveyor, and jailer.'

In 1701 Jean-Baptiste replaced the aging notary Séverin Ameau and moved to Trois-Rivières, where the last five of his children were born. Most of his married children remained in the area.

His children's spouses were a diverse group: Joseph-Marie married Josèphe Moète, grand-daughter of Carignan-Salières soldier Pierre Moète de Moras. Son Guillaume left the region for Kaskaskia, where he married a Native woman known as...Read full story

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1688 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS 14 June 1688, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

He was 34 years old.

1690 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste POTHIER was born 8 December 1690, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jean-Baptiste was 37 years old.

1693 Birth of Child
Guillaume POTHIER was born 23 January 1693, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jean-Baptiste was 39 years old.

1696 Birth of Child
Joseph-Marie POTHIER was born 28 February 1696, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jean-Baptiste was 42 years old.

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

1698 Birth of Child
Catherine POTHIER was born 27 February 1698, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jean-Baptiste was 44 years old.

1699 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste POTHIER dit STE-GEMME was born 27 December 1699, Lachine, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saints-Anges-de-Lachine)

Jean-Baptiste was 46 years old.

1701 Birth of Child
Marguerite-Jeanne POTHIER was born 20 December 1701, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 48 years old.

1703 Birth of Child
Louise POTHIER was born 8 November 1703, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 50 years old.

1710 Birth of Child
Francoise POTHIER was born 21 March 1710, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 56 years old.