Biography
Name: Etienne Jacob
Relationship to Head: Chef de famille (Head)
Baptism Date: 1649
Baptism Place: Saintt Germain
Marriage Date: 14 oct. 1670
Marriage Place: Québec (Quebec) (Quebec City)
Spouse's Name: Jeanne Fresset
Family Members:
Name Relationship to Head
Etienne Jacob Chef de famille (Head)
Jeanne Fresset Conjoint(e) (Spouse)
Angélique Jacob Enfant (Child)
François Meusnier Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
François Fafard Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
Ursule Jacob Enfant (Child)
Marguerite Jacob Enfant (Child)
Pierre Trudel Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
Prisque Lessard Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
Marie Jacob Enfant (Child)
Anne Jacob Enfant (Child)
Joseph Roussin Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
Alexis Gaudin Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
Madeleine Jacob Enfant (Child)
Catherine Jacob Enfant (Child)
Antoine Gaudin Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
Madeleine Caron Conjoint(e) de l'enfant
Biography
JACOB, ÉTIENNE, court officer, serjeant of the Conseil Souverain, seigneurial notary, judge of the bailiff’s court of Beaupré and Île d’Orléans, son of Étienne Jacob and Jeanne Bellejambe, of Saint-Germain in Paris; b. c. 1648; d. after 10 April 1726.
He arrived in New France before 4 July 1665, for on that date he was a domestic of Antoine Berson, dit Chatillon, on the Beaupré shore. He was to spend his life in that locality. It was at Quebec, however, that on 14 Oct. 1670 he married a king’s girl (fille du roi), Jeanne Fressel, who was 17 years old and had a dowry of 850 livres.
After being an ordinary settler, he was nominated on 4 Jan. 1676 by Bishop Laval as court officer of the seigneurial jurisdiction of Beaupré. On 10 April 1683 he was further promoted to the office of clerk of court and notary for the same jurisdiction. Finally, on 12 March 1689, Jacob was promoted judge of the bailiff’s court of Beaupré; the investigation into his character and his swearing-in took
1670 Marriage / PartnerÉtienne JACOB and Jeanne FRESSEL 14 October 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
1671 Birth of ChildAngélique JACOB was born 22 November 1671 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1674 Birth of ChildMarie-Ursule JACOB was born 12 March 1674, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1677 Birth of ChildMarguerite JACOB was born 27 November 1677 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1679 Birth of ChildMarie JACOB was born 26 August 1679 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beaupre
Etienne Jacob, 32
Jeanne Fresset, sa femme, 28
enfants:
Angelique, 10
Ursule, 8
Marguerite, 5
Marie, 2
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1682 Birth of ChildAnne-Madeleine JACOB was born 22 May 1682 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1685 Birth of ChildMadeleine JACOB was born 25 April 1685 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1688 Birth of ChildCatherine JACOB was born 21 April 1688 , L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1691 Birth of ChildJoseph JACOB was born 30 January 1691, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
1698 Birth of ChildÉtienne JACOB was born 11 January 1698, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada
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