Jean SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN

(b. abt. 1621 , France d. 29 March 1705 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Jean SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN was born abt. 1621 in France

Jean SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN was the child of ? and ?

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1660.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean married Marguerite BOILEAU (BOISLEAU) abt. 1663 in Québec Province, Canada . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marguerite BOILEAU (BOISLEAU) was born 11 August 1638 in Orches, Vienne, France. Marguerite was the child of Rene BOILEAU IV and Joachine FERRAND DITE SERRANT.

Jean SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN died 29 March 1705 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Occupation

Jean SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN was a soldier, sailor, and seigneur of Ste.-Croix and Passamaquoddy.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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

Jean SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN 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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Jean SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN married

Marguerite BOILEAU (BOISLEAU)-- Date: abt. 1663 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Marguerite BOILEAU (BOISLEAU) was the child of Rene BOILEAU IV and Joachine FERRAND DITE SERRANT

Jean Serreau de Saint-Aubin, born in Poitou in c1621, emigrated to Canada in c1660 and set himself up on the Argentenay seigneurie at Île d'Orléans. He married Marguerite, daughter of René Boileau or Boisleau, sieur de La Goupillière and Joachine Ferrand of St.-Jean Dersé, or Dercé, Diocese of Poitiers, probably at Québec in c1663. Marguerite gave Jean four children, born on Île d'Orléans. All was not happy in the Saint-Aubin household, however. A neighbor, Jean Terme of Switzerland, became obsessed with Marguerite and, despite Jean's warnings, "visited [her] too familiarly." Threats were exchanged between the husband and the neighbor. One day in July 1665, Jean surprised Terme with his wife. In the encounter that followed, Terme made the mistake of placing his hand on the hilt of his sword. Jean "dealt him a blow with a stick which proved fatal." The aggrieved husband was exonerated of the act, which, in the eyes of his fellow colonists, was clearly self-defense. He received "letters of remission and pardon" signed by King Louis XIV in February 1666, which were certified by the Supreme Council at Québec the following January. Nevertheless, at the request of his seigneuress, Madame d'Ailleboust, Jean and his wife were expelled from Île d'Orléans. In September 1676, Jean sold his property at Baie St.-Paul, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence below Île d'Orléans, to Msgr. Laval for 1,100 livres and took his family to Acadia. They settled at Passamaquoddy, on the north shore of the Bay of Fundy. In June 1684, Jean was granted the seigneurie of Passamaquoddy, which included Île Ste.-Croix on Rivière Ste.-Croix, site of de Monts's first settlement. The seigneur and his family built their manor house on Île Archimagan, at the mouth of Rivière Ste.-Croix, near present-day St. Andrews, New Brunswick. In 1686, de Meulles found the seigneur with his wife and "his older and younger sons and a few servants" on Rivière Ste.-Croix. Marguerite gave Jean four children, including two sons who created families of their own.

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Children of Jean SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN and Marguerite BOILEAU (BOISLEAU):

Marguerite SERREAU dite ST-AUBIN (b.abt. 1664, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. , )

Pierre SERREAU dit ST-AUBIN (b.abt. 1665, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )

Geneviève SERREAU dite ST-AUBIN (b.7 August 1667, Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1739, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Jacques PETITPAS 1690 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
m. Barthelemy BERGERON 1695 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

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SERREAU (Sarreau) DE SAINT-AUBIN, JEAN, soldier, sailor, and seigneur; b. 1621 in the province of Poitou; d. 29 March 1705, probably at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.).

Jean Serreau arrived in Canada around 1660, established himself in 1662 on Île d’Orléans on the Argentenay seigneury, and had been living there peacefully with his wife Marguerite Boileau for some time, when a certain Jean Terme, of Swiss origin, came and disturbed the happiness of the household by his over-intimate relations with Marguerite. Despite the husband’s repeated warnings, this relationship continued for about a year and soon led to threats between the two rivals. One day in July 1665, Jean Terme, surprised by the husband, put his hand to his sword, but the other dealt him a blow with a stick which proved fatal. As it was a case of justifiable self-defence, Saint-Aubin was completely exonerated from this slaying. He obtained a reprieve, signed by Louis XIV, and presented it in January 1667 to the...Read MORE...

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