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GUYON DU BUISSON, JEAN, (junior), royal surveyor; b. 1 Aug. 1619 at Mortagne (in Perche); d. 13 Jan. 1694.
Jean Guyon probably came to Canada with his father in 1634. On 27 Nov. 1645, at Quebec, he married Élisabeth Couillard, a daughter of Guillaume Couillard; she was to bear him 12 children. Trained perhaps by Jean Bourdon or Martin Boutet, both of whom were surveyors, Guyon became the first surveyor to learn his trade in Canada. He was already in practice on 12 April 1662, with the title of surveyor for the seigneury of Notre-Dame-des-Anges. Subsequently (1667) he came to style himself “king’s surveyor in this colony.” He was to finish his days at Château-Richer, where he had been given a grant of land in 1650.
Honorius Provost
Source / record details
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
Birth — 16191 August 1619
Mortagne, Perche, France
1634
'Jean Guyon on March 14 1634, signed an agreement with Robert Giffard and Zacharie Cloutier in Mortagne Perche, Normandy. Guyon settled in Beauport that same year when he received a rear fief (arrière fief) near Rivière du Buisson (river of bushes). He attached its name to his own, Guyon du Buisson. Several of his decendants have changed their name to Dion.Source: First Canadian Ancestors (from the 'Ancestors of Jean-Guy Coté' Database)
www.leveillee.net/ ancestry/ histnotes.htm------Jean Guyon, sieur Du Buisson, b. St-Jean de Mortagne, év Chartres ou Sées, Perche, 1 Aug 1619, d. 13 Jan 1694, bur. Château-Richer 14 Jan 1694 [RJ 548]'
1645 Marriage / PartnerJean GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON (GUION) and Elisabeth COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY 27 November 1645, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
He was 26 years old.
1647 Birth of ChildMarie-Madeleine GUYON was born 23 August 1647, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean was 28 years old.
1649 Birth of ChildJoseph GUYON was born 10 September 1649, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean was 30 years old.
1651 Birth of ChildFrançois-Xavier GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON was born 15 October 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean was 32 years old.
1652 Birth of ChildGuillaume GUYON dit DU BUISSON was born 17 November 1652 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 33 years old.
1655 Birth of ChildNicolas GUYON dit DU BUISSON was born 13 February 1655 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean was 35 years old.
1658 Birth of ChildJean-François GUYON dit DU BUISSON was born 1 June 1658 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean was 38 years old.
1660 Birth of ChildCatherine-Gertrude GUYON was born 10 August 1660 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean was 41 years old.
1661 Marriage of ChildMarie-Madeleine GUYON married 24 November 1661, Québec, Canada, New France to Adrien HAYOT (AYOTTE)
1662 Birth of ChildMarie GUYON was born 3 September 1662 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
Jean was 43 years old.
1665 Birth of ChildGeneviève GUYON was born 24 May 1665 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 45 years old.
1667 Quebec
Quebec. (lot of land of 8 acres on the Grande Allee). Vol. I, 1st part, p. 419 - 1667 - Jean Guyon sieur de Buisson held this land from his father-in-law, Guillaume Couillard who had given it to him in 1659. The said Jean Guyon 'had leased for a rental one acre and one half to Guillaume Lelievre who had built a house upon it, which now belongs together with the said acre and one half to Etienne Blanchon and his wife.'
Title Report
Author Public Archives Canada
Published 1885
Page 41
1667 Birth of ChildCharles GUYON was born 27 September 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 48 years old.
1667 Birth of ChildElisabeth GUYON was born 27 September 1667, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 48 years old.
1668 Quebec
Quebec. (lot). Vol. I, 2ns part, p. 597, - 1668 - Claude Guyon had acquired it - so far as the imperfect condition allows us to ascertain - from Jean Guyon sieur de Buisson.
Title Report
Author Public Archives Canada
Published 1885
Page 46
1670 Birth of ChildPierre-Paul GUYON was born 18 July 1670, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 50 years old.
1674 Marriage of ChildJoseph GUYON married 29 January 1674, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Geneviève CLOUTIER
1674 Birth of ChildFrancois-Ange GUYON was born 15 May 1674 , Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 54 years old.
1676 Death of ChildCharles GUYON died 10 March 1676, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 56 years old.
1676 Death of ChildJean-François GUYON dit DU BUISSON died 10 March 1676, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 56 years old.
1676 Death of ChildMarie-Madeleine GUYON died 19 May 1676, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
Jean was 56 years old.
1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre
Jean Guyon, 63
Elizabeth Couillard, sa femme, 53
enfants:
Nicolas, 27
Gertrude, 21
Marie, 19
Genevieve, 16
Charles et Elizabeth (jumeaux), 14
Pierre, 11
Francois, 7
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1682 Marriage of ChildCatherine-Gertrude GUYON married 21 May 1682, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France to Denis BELLEPERCHE
1683 Marriage of ChildFrançois-Xavier GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON married 14 July 1683, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Marie CLOTUS (CLESTUS)
1685 Death of ChildNicolas GUYON dit DU BUISSON died 6 February 1685, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 65 years old.
1688 Death of ChildMarie GUYON died 18 March 1688, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)
Jean was 68 years old.
1688 Marriage of ChildGuillaume GUYON dit DU BUISSON married 3 November 1688 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Jeanne TOUPIN
1690 Marriage of ChildGeneviève GUYON married 8 January 1690, Château-Richer, Canada, New France to Nicolas DOYON
Death
Name: Jean Guyon
Gender: Male
burial date: 14 Jan 1694
burial Place: Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
Death Date: 13 Jan 1694
death Place: Chateau Richer
Age: 74
Birth Date: 1620
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Race: White
Marital Status: Unknown
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indexing project (batch) number: B03757-9
system origin: Canada-EASy
source Film Number: 1018161
reference number: P 201
'Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955,' index, FamilySearch.org, : accessed 04 Jan 2013), Jean Guyon, 13 Jan 1694; citing reference P 201, FHL microfilm 1018161
Jean
GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON (GUION)
Elisabeth COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY
See marriage record for Jean GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON (GUION) and Elisabeth COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY
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