Michel LENEUF
Married: Marie-Marguerite DENIS (DENYS) 1665 Place: , France
Married: Francoise DENIS 1 June 1687 Place: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Jacques
LENEUF DE LAPOTERIE
Born
7 November 1604
,
Caen, France
Died
abt. 1685
,
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Jacques was an immigrant, arriving by 1636.
son of Mathieu LeNeuf and Jeanne Lemarchand
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Recorded occupation: senior administrator of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jacques LENEUF DE LAPOTERIE
Jacques LENEUF DE LAPOTERIE married 
Marguerite LEGARDEUR dite REPENTIGNY
Marriage date: abt. 1630
Marriage place: , France
Marguerite LEGARDEUR dite REPENTIGNYMarriage date: abt. 1630
Marriage place: , France
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Thury-sur-Harcourt, Caen
Children of Jacques LENEUF DE LAPOTERIE and Marguerite LEGARDEUR dite REPENTIGNY
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LENEUF DE LA POTERIE, JACQUES, seigneur of Portneuf, governor of Trois-Rivières, acting governor of New France, brother of Michel Leneuf Du Hérisson; b. 1606 at Caen (Normandy); d. some time after 1685.
Jacques Leneuf de La Poterie arrived at Quebec in 1636. In January of the same year he had managed to acquire the seigneury of Portneuf, a concession which was to be confirmed 16 April 1647. He likewise obtained, on 29 March 1649, the marquisate of Sablé – which despite its name was land held by a commoner – the fief of the Île aux Cochons (29 March 1649), the fief of La Poterie or Niverville (7 April 1660), which were lands situated in the region of Trois-Rivières, and also the seigneury of the Cap-des-Rosiers, in Gaspesia, which he shared with Charles Legardeur de Tilly and a few others.
He lived at Trois-Rivières from 1640 on. On several occasions he was to act as deputy governor of this small town: from 17 Nov. 1645 to 2 Sept. 1648, then in 1650, 1652–53, 1658–62. On 13 May
Jacques Leneuf de La Poterie arrived at Quebec in 1636. In January of the same year he had managed to acquire the seigneury of Portneuf, a concession which was to be confirmed 16 April 1647. He likewise obtained, on 29 March 1649, the marquisate of Sablé – which despite its name was land held by a commoner – the fief of the Île aux Cochons (29 March 1649), the fief of La Poterie or Niverville (7 April 1660), which were lands situated in the region of Trois-Rivières, and also the seigneury of the Cap-des-Rosiers, in Gaspesia, which he shared with Charles Legardeur de Tilly and a few others.
He lived at Trois-Rivières from 1640 on. On several occasions he was to act as deputy governor of this small town: from 17 Nov. 1645 to 2 Sept. 1648, then in 1650, 1652–53, 1658–62. On 13 May
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
Birth — 16047 November 1604
Caen, France
1640 Birth of ChildMichel LENEUF was born 31 October 1640, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jacques was 36 years old.
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