Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Born

abt. 1600 , France

Died

26 August 1636 , Québec, Canada, New France

Philippe married Anne CONVENT (COUVENT) abt. 1625 in France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Anne CONVENT (COUVENT) was born abt. 1601 in France. Anne died 25 December 1675 in Québec, Canada, New France .

Parents & Family of Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Parents of Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

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Philippe was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1635.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE married

Anne CONVENT (COUVENT)
Marriage date: abt. 1625
Marriage place: , France

Marriage notes:

Soissons, France

Children of Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Anne CONVENT (COUVENT)

Jean AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: abt. 1625, , France
Died: abt. 1648, , Canada

Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Born: abt. 1626, , France
Died: 19 December 1688, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Anne MIVILLE 22 November 1650 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Gencien AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 4 November 1632, , France
Died: 16 April 1708, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Marguerite POULIN 7 August 1673 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France

Charles AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 26 August 1636, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 10 December 1669, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Geneviève CHAVIGNY (CHANVIGNY) 2 May 1660 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Québec Genealogy Notes

Helpful background for understanding names and places that may appear in Philippe's Québec records.

Québec Place Names Through History

Québec has been described by several names during different periods of its history. Knowing the period name can make older records easier to recognize.

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

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

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

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Biography

Philippe Amyot dit Villeneuve only survived three years as a colonist in Canada. He arrived about 1636 with his wife Anne Convent and their two sons. He died in 1639 so the Amyots descend from this couple’s two sons Jean and Mathieu.

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1609 - Galileo's telescope is invented (Galileo, Italy)

1632 Birth of Child
Jean-Gencien AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 4 November 1632, , France

1635 - Arrival in New France

'...in 1635, Robert Drouin joined with Francois Aubert, Philippe Amyot, Jean Cote and Martin Grouvel, who left from the port of Dieppe in their turn, to go out to the colony.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume II, Page 65