Isaac-Alexandre BERTHIER

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abt. 1638 , France

Died

December 1708 , Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France

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Born: abt. 1638 in France

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Isaac-Alexandre was a Carignan-Salières soldier, arriving in New France in 1665.
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Isaac-Alexandre married Marie LEGARDEUR 10 November 1672 in Québec, Canada, New France . Marie LEGARDEUR was born 11 February 1651 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie died abt. 1681 in Québec Province, Canada (Quebec). Marie was the child of Charles LEGARDEUR and Geneviève JUCHEREAU.

Isaac-Alexandre BERTHIER died December 1708 in Berthier-sur-Mer, Canada, New France .

son of Pierre Berthier and Marie Bariac

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Recorded occupation: captain in the Régiment de l’Allier and often called captain in the Carignan regiment, 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 - 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

Isaac-Alexandre BERTHIER 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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Isaac-Alexandre BERTHIER married

Marie LEGARDEUR
Marriage date: 10 November 1672
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie LEGARDEUR was the child of Charles LEGARDEUR and Geneviève JUCHEREAU

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BERTHIER, ISAAC, called Alexandre after 1665, captain in the Régiment de l’Allier and often called captain in the Carignan regiment, seigneur; son of Pierre Berthier and Marguerite Bariac; b. 1638 at Bergerac in the bishopric of Périgueux; d. 1708 on his seigneury of Bellechasse.

We have little information about Isaac Berthier before his arrival in New France. His promotion in the army was rapid, for he landed at Quebec on 30 June 1665 at the head of his own company; at that time he was with the troops brought from the West Indies by Prouville* de Tracy.

A few months after his arrival Isaac Berthier, who was a Huguenot, embraced the Roman Catholic religion. On that occasion he probably changed his first name and adopted that of Alexandre, which has led some historians to believe that there were two Captain Berthiers in Canada. One may well doubt this. The only two references to Isaac Berthier are in 1665; they are contained in a marriage contract drawn up on 12 Aug. 1665 at...Read full story

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

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1672 Marriage / Partner
Isaac-Alexandre BERTHIER and Marie LEGARDEUR 10 November 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1672 - Berthier-sur-Mer was named after Alexandre Berthier, a captain in the Carignan-Salières Regiment, who was given title to this area in 1672, then known as the seigneury of Berthier-en-bas.
In November 1672, the seigneury passed to Alexandre de Berthier, captain of the regiment of Carignan-Salières.
Visit Berthier-sur-Mer, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Bas) (Berthier)

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)