René married Françoise-Charlotte LEGARDEUR
13 October 1689
in Québec, Canada, New France
.
Françoise-Charlotte LEGARDEUR
was born
8 October 1670
in Québec Province, Canada.
Françoise-Charlotte died
7 April 1706
in Laval, Canada, New France .
Françoise-Charlotte was the child of Charles LEGARDEUR and Geneviève JUCHEREAU.
René DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) died
13 November 1710
in Acadia.
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WORK & OCCUPATION
Occupation
Recorded occupation:seigneur, and fur-trader
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
René DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) 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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DAMOURS (d’Amours) DE CLIGNANCOUR, RENÉ, seigneur, and fur-trader; baptized 9 Aug. 1660 at Quebec, the son of Mathieu Damours* de Chauffours and Marie Marsolet; fl. 1684–1710.
On 20 Sept. 1684, René Damours received a grant of land in Acadia extending along both banks of the Saint John River from Medoctec (Meductic) to Grand-Sault (Grand Falls), a distance of over ninety miles. He devoted less attention than his brothers to farming, clearing only 15 acres in a dozen years. He seems to have preferred trade with the Indians, and it is believed that he kept retainers for this purpose at Medoctec, the largest Indian village on the Saint John. Some of the charges of licentiousness and failure to clear land, levelled by Governor Robinau* de Villebon against the Damours brothers, may have been true in René’s case during his first years on the Saint John, but positive proof is lacking.
On 13 Oct. 1689 at Quebec, Damours married Françoise-Charlotte, daughter of Charles Legardeur* de
Birth — 1660 8 August 1660 Québec, Canada, New France
1666 Quebec
Mathieu d'Amours, esr. Sr. de Chauffour......48 Coner aud. Coel. demoiselle Marie Marsollet ..................29 sa femme Louis d'Amours ..............................11 fils Mathieu d'Amours ............................10 fils Isabeau d'Amours .............................8 fille René d'Amours ................................6 fils Charles d'Amours .............................5 fils Claude Louis d'Amours ...................3 mois fils André Parmentier ............................25 chandelier Engaigé marié en France Et Pierre Lonnac.............................22 Engaigé domestique
René
DAMOUR (D'AMOURS)
Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
Françoise-Charlotte LEGARDEUR
Birth — 1660
1689 Marriage / Partner
1706 Death of Spouse/Partner
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