Jean-Baptiste DE PEIRAS

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abt. 1642 , Paris, France

Died

6 September 1701 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1642 in Paris, France

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Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.

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Jean-Baptiste married Anne-Jeanne THIREMENT 18 August 1671 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne-Jeanne THIREMENT was born abt. 1644 in Paris, France. Anne-Jeanne died 1 November 1679 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Jean-Baptiste DE PEIRAS died 6 September 1701 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Jean Baptiste DePeiras and Denyse Marion

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Recorded occupation: councillor in the Conseil Souverain of New France

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste DE PEIRAS

Jean-Baptiste DE PEIRAS married

Anne-Jeanne THIREMENT
Marriage date: 18 August 1671
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Children of Jean-Baptiste DE PEIRAS and Anne-Jeanne THIREMENT

Elisabeth DEPEIRAS

Born: 30 July 1671, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 2 October 1726, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Nicolas PINGUET 24 June 1698 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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PEIRAS, JEAN-BAPTISTE DE, councillor in the Conseil Souverain of New France; b. c. 1641 in Paris, son of Jean de Peiras, king’s counsellor, and of Denise Marion; d. September 1701 at Quebec.

After his father’s death, Jean-Baptiste de Peiras went to New France around 1670 with his mother (who was to be buried at Quebec in 1677) and his sisters Marie-Madeleine and Denise; the former was to marry Paul Denys de Saint-Simon and the latter Joseph Giffard, son of Robert Giffard*, first seigneur of Beauport. The young man had inherited his father’s capabilities in legal matters, and lost no time in winning official recognition of them. Protected by Buade* de Frontenac, he was appointed to the Conseil Souverain in January 1673 in place of Nicolas de Mouchy*, and two years later the king appointed him a councillor for life. In 1674 two famous cases were heard by the council: those of Abbé de Fénelon [Salignac*] and of the Sieur Perrot*. These two took exception to Peiras and two of his other

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