Jacques BOURDON

Born

30 September 1652 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

abt. 1688 , Québec Province, Canada

Cause of Death: killed by Iroquois

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Parents of Jacques BOURDON

Father

Jean BOURDON

Mother

Jacqueline POTEL

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Recorded occupation: officer in the colonial regular troops, explorer, seigneur

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

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

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Baptism

Jacobus Bourdon
30 September 1652
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec

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Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Biography

BOURDON D’AUTRAY, JACQUES, officer in the colonial regular troops, explorer, seigneur; baptized 30 Sept. 1652 at Quebec, son of Jean Bourdon and Jacqueline Potel; d. 1688.

He studied at the Jesuit College. From his father he received the fief of Autray (Lanoraie) but gave scant concern to its cultivation. By temperament he was an adventurer; he entered Cavelier de La Salle’s service in 1675 and served him loyally until his death. He was even one of La Salle’s trusted associates. He was with La Salle during the latter’s stay at Fort Cataracoui, took part in the building of the Conti and Crèvecœur forts in 1678 and 1680, and in 1682 was a member of the expedition that went down the Mississippi. On 9 April he signed the document recording the taking over of the Mississippi basin. He was then a lieutenant in the first company of troops maintained by the naval ministry. In return for his loyalty and his services, La Salle granted him a fief of 126 arpents in length by 42 in depth at

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