Michel  FILION

FILLION, MICHEL, court sergeant, surveyor, secretary to Governor Pierre Dubois Davaugour, clerk of the seneschal’s court and of the Conseil Souverain, deputy to the attorney-general, seigneurial attorney, seneschal judge and royal notary; b. c. 1633 at Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois in Burgundy; d. 7 June 1689 at Beauport. He is not to be confused with a contemporary named Michel Feuillon, who had settled at Champlain.

Fillion, the son of André Fillion and of Gabrielle Senler (Senlet or Sanlerg), arrived in Canada before 10 April 1654, at which date we find him a court sergeant at Quebec. He acted in various capacities: among others, as clerk of the seneschal’s court in 1662, as a royal notary by commission of the Conseil Souverain dated 23 Sept. 1663, and shortly afterwards as clerk of this same council. Except for an interval of three years (1671–74) during which he had “been out of his mind,” he practised as a notary until his sudden death at Beauport on 7 June 1689.

On 26 Sept.

Michel fillion ..............................33 Notaire Royal
Margueritte Aubert...........................45 sa femme
Urbain Douismont ............................23 domestique Engaigé
Ellie Voyzin ................................25 Engaigé
Mathurin le liepvre..........................23 Engaigé
Et Jean pezart ..............................35 Engaigé