Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC)

Born

23 August 1681 , Québec, Canada, New France

Died

17 June 1739 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

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Born: 23 August 1681 in Québec, Canada, New France

Parents of Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC)

Father

Robert LECLERC

Mother

Marie JALAIS

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Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite PEPIN 10 November 1704 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Marguerite PEPIN was born 6 February 1678 in Nicolet, Canada, New France . Marguerite died 16 January 1765 in Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada . Marguerite was the child of Jacques PEPIN and Marie-Jeanne CAILLÉ.

Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) died 17 June 1739 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France .
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WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: king’s carpenter at Trois-Rivières

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC)

Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) married

Marguerite PEPIN
Marriage date: 10 November 1704
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Marguerite PEPIN was the child of Jacques PEPIN and Marie-Jeanne CAILLÉ

Children of Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) and Marguerite PEPIN

Francoise LECLERC (LECLAIR)

Born: 24 April 1707, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 30 November 1778, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Joseph TRULLIER dit LACOMBE 8 November 1751 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Clemence LECLAIR

Born: 8 October 1712, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 27 March 1795, Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada

Married: Charles DUPRAS (DUPRAT) 4 November 1738 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Louis LECLERC

Born: abt. 1722, , Québec Province, Canada
Died: 23 April 1804, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

Married: Marie-Anne LUPIEN dite LAFRENIERE 24 April 1747 Place: Maskinongé, Canada, New France

Michel LECLAIR

Born: 21 March 1725, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 10 January 1798, Nicolet, Lower Canada

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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Québec Place Names Through History

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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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Biography

LECLERC, JEAN-BAPTISTE, king’s carpenter at Trois-Rivières; baptized 23 Aug. 1681 at Quebec; eldest son of Robert Leclerc (1653–1731), the king’s carpenter at Quebec, and Marie Jallais; d. 17 June 1739 at Trois-Rivières.

Leclerc moved to Trois-Rivières as a young man and there married Marguerite Pepin of Champlain on 10 Nov. 1704. Leclerc lived in the lower town and worked as a joiner, barn-builder, and house-framer. He took care of his aged father and acted as the latter’s attorney. Like many craftsmen, both father and son were illiterate.

Jean-Baptiste Leclerc had been employed on crown projects before his appointment on 21 March 1739 by Intendant Hocquart* as king’s carpenter in the town of Trois-Rivières. His official duties were to include the construction and maintenance of canoes and the heavy supply transports called bateaux du cent. He was to oversee the boatyard and personally to tour the forests to select and cut timber for the king’s works. It was also understood

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

Birth — 1681
23 August 1681
Québec, Canada, New France

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

1704 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LECLAIR (LECLERC) and Marguerite PEPIN 10 November 1704, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 23 years old.

1707 Birth of Child
Francoise LECLERC (LECLAIR) was born 24 April 1707, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1712 Birth of Child
Clemence LECLAIR was born 8 October 1712, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Jean-Baptiste was 31 years old.

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France