Jean-Baptiste
MIGEON DE BRANSSAT
Born
26 November 1636
,
France
Died
21 August 1693
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
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Born: 26 November 1636 in France
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Jean-Baptiste was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1665.
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Jean-Baptiste married Catherine GAUCHET 26 November 1665 in Montréal, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Catherine GAUCHET was born abt. 1644 in Paris, France. Catherine died 14 March 1721 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul).
Jean-Baptiste MIGEON DE BRANSSAT died 21 August 1693 in Montréal, Canada, New France .
son of Jean Migeon and Marie Marguerite Desbordes
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changesFrom 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.
Spouse & Children of Jean-Baptiste MIGEON DE BRANSSAT
Jean-Baptiste MIGEON DE BRANSSAT married 
Catherine GAUCHET
Marriage date: 26 November 1665
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Catherine GAUCHETMarriage date: 26 November 1665
Marriage place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Children of Jean-Baptiste MIGEON DE BRANSSAT and Catherine GAUCHET
Daniel MIGEON DE LAGAUCHETIÈREBorn: abt. 1670, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Marie-Jeanne CHOREL dite ST-ROMAIN 1704 Place: , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)
Married: Marie LEGAY 31 January 1712 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Denise-Catherine MIGEONBorn: 5 February 1678, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Charles JUCHEREAU 21 April 1692 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Married: Louis LIÉNARD dit BEAUJEU 6 September 1706 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
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Birth — 163626 November 1636
France
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MIGEON DE BRANSSAT, JEAN-BAPTISTE, merchant, clerk in the Compagnie des Indes occidentales, seigneurial attorney, subdelegate of the intendant, judge and seigneur; b. 1636 at Moulins in Bourbonnais, son of Jean Migeon, merchant, and of Marie Desbordes; d. August 1693 at Montreal.
Migeon de Branssat seems to have come to New France in 1665, or not long before. In 1665 he was a merchant at Montreal. The following year he was a clerk in the Compagnie des Indes occidentales, and in 1667 became attorney of the seigneury of Montreal. He was to hold this office for ten years, with Sieur Jean Gervaise as his deputy.
In November 1665, at Montreal, he married Catherine Gauchet de Belleville, a native of Senlis. She was of a noble family, and was related to M. Souart, superior of the seminary of Saint-Sulpice; she had come to Canada with the contingent that arrived in 1659. In May 1664 she had been granted an arriere fief, later known as Lagauchetière, to which a thoroughfare of the city...Read full story
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MIGEON DE BRANSSAT, JEAN-BAPTISTE, merchant, clerk in the Compagnie des Indes occidentales, seigneurial attorney, subdelegate of the intendant, judge and seigneur; b. 1636 at Moulins in Bourbonnais, son of Jean Migeon, merchant, and of Marie Desbordes; d. August 1693 at Montreal.
Migeon de Branssat seems to have come to New France in 1665, or not long before. In 1665 he was a merchant at Montreal. The following year he was a clerk in the Compagnie des Indes occidentales, and in 1667 became attorney of the seigneury of Montreal. He was to hold this office for ten years, with Sieur Jean Gervaise as his deputy.
In November 1665, at Montreal, he married Catherine Gauchet de Belleville, a native of Senlis. She was of a noble family, and was related to M. Souart, superior of the seminary of Saint-Sulpice; she had come to Canada with the contingent that arrived in 1659. In May 1664 she had been granted an arriere fief, later known as Lagauchetière, to which a thoroughfare of the city...Read full story
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
1665 Marriage / PartnerJean-Baptiste MIGEON DE BRANSSAT and Catherine GAUCHET 26 November 1665, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
He was 29 years old.
1678 Birth of ChildDenise-Catherine MIGEON was born 5 February 1678, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean-Baptiste was 41 years old.
1692 Marriage of ChildDenise-Catherine MIGEON married 21 April 1692, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul) to Charles JUCHEREAU
Death — 169321 August 1693
Montréal, Canada, New France
He died at the age of 56.
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