Am I Your Ancestor? COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY Family Genealogy
Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY was born
11 October 1588
in France.
Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY
was the child of
Guillaume COUILLARD
and
Élisabeth DE VESINS
Guillaume was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1622.
He married Marie-Guillemette HÉBERT
26 August 1622
in Québec, Canada, New France
.
The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie-Guillemette HÉBERT
was born
abt. 1608
in
Paris, France.
She died
2 October 1684
in
Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).
She was the daughter of Louis HÉBERT and Marie ROLLET.
Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY died
4 March 1663
in Québec, Canada, New France .
Son of Guillaume Coullard and Elisabeth de Vesin
Look for this family in Laforest Volume XXV
One of the first settlers of Quebec
Details of the family tree of Guillaume appear below.
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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Québec Généalogie - Did you know?Tobacco was used freely in New France. Nearly every farmer planted tobacco near his home. Men and...Read MORE...
Daily Life in New France (www.chroniclesofamerica.com/ french/ daily_life_in_new_france.htm)
Biography COUILLARD DE LESPINAY, GUILLAUME, carpenter, seaman, and caulker, son of Guillaume Couillard and Élisabeth de Vesins, son-in-law of Louis Hébert; native of Saint-Malo or of the parish of Saint-Landry in Paris; b. c. 1591; d. 1663 at Quebec.
Couillard married Guillemette, daughter of Louis Hébert, at Quebec, about 26 Aug. 1621. By her he had 10 children, and because of the numerous descendants of these children Couillard appears in the...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
1588 Birth 11 October 1588 , France
1622 Marriage / Partner Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY and Marie-Guillemette HÉBERT 26 August 1622, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1625 Birth of Child Louise COUILLARD was born 30 January 1625, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1626 Birth of Child Marguerite COUILLARD was born 10 August 1626, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1629 Birth of Child Louis COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY was born 18 May 1629 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1631 Birth of Child Elisabeth COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY was born 9 February 1631, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1632 1632 - 'The (I)-Guillaume Couillard Lespinacy (1591-1663) and Herbert family is believed to be the first slave owners in New France...'
'The Couillard-Hébert family receives the first slave of the colony. He is a Black boy from the West Indies. The historian Marcel Trudel has counted 4092 slaves throughout Canadian history, of which 2692 were Indians (the favorites of French-speakers) and 1400 Blacks (the favorites of English-speakers) owned...Read MORE...
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