François GENAPLE dit BELLEFOND

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abt. 1643 , Paris, France

Died

6 October 1709 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1643 in Paris, France

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François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1665.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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François married Marie-Anne DE LAPORTE 12 October 1665 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne DE LAPORTE was born abt. 1643 in France. Marie-Anne died 28 June 1718 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City).

François GENAPLE dit BELLEFOND died 6 October 1709 in Québec, Canada, New France .

son of Claude Genaple and Catherine Courtier

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Recorded occupation: carpenter, legal practitioner, jailer, process-server, acting clerk of court, royal notary, clerk of the chief road officer, subdelegate of the intendant, churchwarden, and seigneur

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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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

François GENAPLE dit BELLEFOND 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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François GENAPLE dit BELLEFOND married

Marie-Anne DE LAPORTE
Marriage date: 12 October 1665
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France

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1000 pound dowry

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Children of François GENAPLE dit BELLEFOND and Marie-Anne DE LAPORTE

Marie-Anne GENAPLE

Born: 27 February 1667, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: ,

Married: Charles DAMOUR dit LOUVIÈRES 26 January 1688 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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Biography
GENAPLE DE BELLEFONDS, FRANÇOIS, carpenter, legal practitioner, jailer, process-server, acting clerk of court, royal notary, clerk of the chief road officer, subdelegate of the intendant, churchwarden, and seigneur; b. c. 1643, son of Claude Genaple and Catherine Coursier, of the parish 9f Saint-Merri in Paris; d. 6 Oct. 1709 at Quebec and buried the next day.

Genaple probably arrived in the colony in 1664 or a little before. He was then a carpenter. He settled at Sillery, on a piece of land 2 arpents by 60, which he had purchased from Jacques Le Meilleur on 24 Nov. 1665. A few months earlier, on 7 Aug. 1665, he had signed a marriage contract with Marie-Anne de La Porte, a Parisian like himself, and he had married her at Quebec on 12 October. Two of Genaple’s first three children were baptized at Sillery, and the last six at Quebec, where the family seems to have established itself towards the end of 1671 or in 1672, while keeping, at least until 1678, the property at Sillery. This ...Read full story

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