Robert GIFFARD (1587-14 April 1668) Généalogie Québec

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Robert GIFFARD

(b. abt. 1587 , Mortagne, Perche, France d. 14 April 1668 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )

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Robert GIFFARD was born abt. 1587 in Mortagne, Perche, France . Robert GIFFARD was the child of ? and ?

Robert was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1634.

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Robert married Marie RENOUARD 12 February 1628 in Mortagne, Perche, France . The couple had (at least) 5 children. Marie RENOUARD was born 8 September 1599 in Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche). Marie died abt. 1667 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport).

Robert GIFFARD died 14 April 1668 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France .

Occupation: master surgeon, colonizing seigneur, member of the Communauté des Habitans, first doctor of the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec and doctor in ordinary to the king

son of Guillaume Giffard and Louise Viron

GIFFARD DE MONCEL, ROBERT, master surgeon, colonizing seigneur, member of the Communauté des Habitants, first doctor of the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec and doctor in ordinary to the king; b. 1587, the son of Marc Giffard and Jeanne Poignant, in the parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Mortagne (Perche); d. 14 April 1668 at Beauport.

Dictionary of Canadian Biography
www.biographi.ca/ en/ bio/ giffard_de_moncel_robert_1E.html

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1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Robert GIFFARD was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Robert GIFFARD

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Robert GIFFARD married

Marie RENOUARD-- Date: 12 February 1628 Place: Mortagne, Perche, France

Children of Robert GIFFARD and Marie RENOUARD:

Marie-Françoise GIFFARD (b.4 December 1628, Mortagne, Perche, France d. 11 August 1665, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean JUCHEREAU 21 November 1645 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Thérèse GIFFARD (b.11 November 1629, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 22 June 1714, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Nicolas JUCHEREAU in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie-Françoise GIFFARD (b.12 June 1634, Québec, Canada, New France d. 15 March 1657, Québec, Canada, New France )

Marie-Louise GIFFARD (b.30 March 1639, Québec, Canada, New France d. 30 October 1656, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Charles DE LAUSON 12 August 1652 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph GIFFARD (b.28 August 1645, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )

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GIFFARD DE MONCEL, ROBERT, master surgeon, colonizing seigneur, member of the Communauté des Habitants, first doctor of the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec and doctor in ordinary to the king; b. 1587, the son of Marc Giffard and Jeanne Poignant, in the parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Mortagne (Perche); d. 14 April 1668 at Beauport.

His marriage contract with Marie Regnouard was drawn up on 12 Feb. 1628 at Mortagne. Established at Beauport, less than two leagues from Quebec, Giffard was the first colonizing seigneur in New France. This vocation was superimposed upon that of “naval surgeon,” a title that he bore in 1627, when mention of his coming to Canada was first made. In 1640 he became the first doctor of the Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec, apothecary and even “doctor in ordinary” to the king, a purely honorary title which crowned his career and his prestige.

At the time of his voyage in 1627, if not sooner, Giffard, had built himself a “cabin” at La Canardière, in the region of Beauport,...Read MORE...

www.biographi.ca Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

1628 Marriage / Partner
Robert GIFFARD and Marie RENOUARD 12 February 1628, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

1628 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise GIFFARD was born 4 December 1628, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

1629 Birth of Child
Marie-Thérèse GIFFARD was born 11 November 1629, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

From 1634 to 1663 Robert Giffard recruited some fifty heads of families who lived in his native Mortagne-au-Perche to come to New France.

Visit Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

The French-Canadian Heritage in New England, Gerard J. Brault, UPNE, 1986, Page 112

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In 1634, Robert Giffard received the seigneury of Beauport from the COMPAGNIE DES CENT-ASSOCIÉS.
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January 15, 1634 - Robert de Moncel Giffard 1587-1668 granted one of the First royal seigneuries by the Company of New France; he is a master surgeon.
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1634 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise GIFFARD was born 12 June 1634, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1639 Birth of Child
Marie-Louise GIFFARD was born 30 March 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1645 Birth of Child
Joseph GIFFARD was born 28 August 1645, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)