Jean
AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE
Born
4 April 1634
,
Dieppe, France
Died
30 November 1685
,
Montréal, Canada, New France
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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1649.
Buried 4 December 1685 - Montréal, QC
Son of Jean Aubuchon and Jeanne Gille
Son of Jean Aubuchon and Jeanne Gille
WORK & OCCUPATION
Occupation
Recorded occupation: worked in fur trade
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE
Jean AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE married 
Marguerite SEDILOT
Marriage date: 19 September 1654
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marguerite SEDILOT was the child of Louis SEDILOT and Marie GRIMOULT
So Many Children! French-Canadian Family Size in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Marguerite SEDILOTMarriage date: 19 September 1654
Marriage place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783
Marguerite SEDILOT was the child of Louis SEDILOT and Marie GRIMOULT
Marriage notes:
Marriage found at Immaculee Conception, Trois Rivieres in Drouin Collection
Jean Aubuchon and Marguerite Sedillot
He is the son of Joanni Aubuchon and Aurial Gille
She is the daughter of Ludovisi Sedilot and Maria Grinnou
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Children of Jean AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE and Marguerite SEDILOT
Jean AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE
Born: 28 September 1661, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Died: 18 September 1687, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 18 September 1687, Montréal, Canada, New France
Married: Marguerite CUSSON 18 March 1687 Place: Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, New France
Joseph AUBUCHON dit DESALLIERS
Born: 19 March 1664, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 18 January 1749, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 18 January 1749, Montréal, Canada, New France
Married: Elisabeth-Isabelle CUSSON 20 March 1688 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Jacques AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE
Married: Marie-Ursule ÉTIENNE 11 November 1687 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Married: Catherine-Michelle GODEFROY 5 February 1730 Place: Louiseville, Canada, New France
Gabriel AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE
Born: 31 January 1669, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 23 December 1670, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 23 December 1670, Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Francoise AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE
Born: 18 January 1671, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 15 April 1746, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 15 April 1746, Montréal, Canada, New France
Married: René ETIENNE dit DURIVAGE 29 September 1698 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Married: Maurice LAMPRON dit LACHARITÉ 16 April 1711 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Marguerite AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE
Married: Jean CUSSON 22 September 1689 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Married: Pierre VOISIN dit LACROIX 27 May 1720 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Marie-Françoise AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE
Married: Jacques ARCHAMBAULT 15 February 1694 Place: Montréal, Canada, New France
Elisabeth AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE
Born: 30 November 1678, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 31 December 1678, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 31 December 1678, Montréal, Canada, New France
Gabriel AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE
Born: 21 December 1679, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 14 July 1703, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Died: 14 July 1703, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Angélique AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE
Born: 20 September 1681, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 16 November 1702, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 16 November 1702, Montréal, Canada, New France
Madeleine AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE
Born: 13 February 1684, Montréal, Canada, New France
Died: 25 January 1760, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Died: 25 January 1760, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Canada
Married: Pierre JANOT dit LACHAPELLE 10 November 1710 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
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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
Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.
What is a "dit/dite" Name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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'Jean, a merchant, received a land grant below the Faveral River on June 01, 1649, but he preferred to settle in Montreal. He signed his name there on 6 July 1651 and promised with Jacques Picot, to settle on the island, and became a grantee on January 23/ 24, 1654. Jean was attracted to the trading in which he was a success. However, he couldn't resist the rich profit he could make from selling 'fire water' to the Indians, which was forbidden. He was convicted more than once for this offense. Due to a scandalous moral charge, Jean was banished from Montreal three years later. Jean went to Trois-Rivières where his sentence was revoked two years later. He then made his atonement by having Masses said at a church where they are still being said today. After this time, he led an exemplary life, and was a church warden in 1672. In the 1667 census, Jean was 33 years old, and his wife Marguerite was 24, and they had three children, Jean (6), Joseph (3), and Jacques (1),
'Jean, a merchant, received a land grant below the Faveral River on June 01, 1649, but he preferred to settle in Montreal. He signed his name there on 6 July 1651 and promised with Jacques Picot, to settle on the island, and became a grantee on January 23/ 24, 1654. Jean was attracted to the trading in which he was a success. However, he couldn't resist the rich profit he could make from selling 'fire water' to the Indians, which was forbidden. He was convicted more than once for this offense. Due to a scandalous moral charge, Jean was banished from Montreal three years later. Jean went to Trois-Rivières where his sentence was revoked two years later. He then made his atonement by having Masses said at a church where they are still being said today. After this time, he led an exemplary life, and was a church warden in 1672. In the 1667 census, Jean was 33 years old, and his wife Marguerite was 24, and they had three children, Jean (6), Joseph (3), and Jacques (1),
Birth — 16344 April 1634
Dieppe, France
. On a modern map of Cap de la Madeleine, Pierre's land was, according to Marcel Trudel, author of "Le Terrier du St Laurent en 1663", between Celina and Viviers steets and from the bottom of Erables street up to the first park on the street.
One also finds the lands of men that played role's in our ancestor's life and/or are in our family tree: Claude Houssard dit le Petit Claude was his father-in-law, Nicolas Rivard was his brother-in-law (his great grandaughter married Pierre's grandson, Joseph - ancestral grandparents!), Pierre Boucher - his sister, Marie was the grandmother of Marie Trottier who married Pierre's son, Louis.
1 june 1649
I the undersigned superior of the residence of the Company of Jesus at 3 Rivieres declare that in virtue of the commission given to me by
my superiors in which Monsignor the Abbe of la Magdeleine gave the right and the power to distribute the lands that bear his name on the
Cap of 3 rivieres I have assigned fourteen concessions of two arpens each of waterfront on the great river, starting at the mouth of the
river tanneval at the bottom and twenty arpens in depth on each arpen by a line starting at the north-east of the said concessions given by
order to those that are marked below, under the charges and conditions dictated by the seigneur here ... the names in order in which the said concessions were granted are Francois Boivin, Jean Houdan, Claude Houssart, Jean Veron, Pierre Guillet, Mathyrin Guillet, Etienne de Lafond, Mathyrin Baillergeon, Pierre Boucher, Emerie Galteaux, Urbain bodrie, Jacques Aubuchon, Bertrand Farfard, Jean Aubuchon
Passed at 3 rivieres
On the 1st of Juin 1649
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1649 Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
Cap de la Madeleine
First land concessions 1649
The map above shows the first land concessions on the Cap. One sees Pierre and Mathurin's lots (5th and 6th from right). On a modern map of Cap de la Madeleine, Pierre's land was, according to Marcel Trudel, author of "Le Terrier du St Laurent en 1663", between Celina and Viviers steets and from the bottom of Erables street up to the first park on the street.
One also finds the lands of men that played role's in our ancestor's life and/ or are in our family tree: Claude Houssard dit le Petit Claude was his father-in-law, Nicolas Rivard was his brother-in-law (his great grandaughter married Pierre's grandson, Joseph - ancestral grandparents!), Pierre Boucher - his sister, Marie was the grandmother of Marie Trottier who married Pierre's son, Louis.
1 june 1649
I the undersigned superior of the residence of the Company of Jesus at 3 Rivieres declare that in virtue of the commission given to me by
my superiors in which Monsignor the Abbe of la Magdeleine gave the right and the power to distribute the lands that bear his name on the
Cap of 3 rivieres I have assigned fourteen concessions of two arpens each of waterfront on the great river, starting at the mouth of the
river tanneval at the bottom and twenty arpens in depth on each arpen by a line starting at the north-east of the said concessions given by
order to those that are marked below, under the charges and conditions dictated by the seigneur here ... the names in order in which the said concessions were granted are Francois Boivin, Jean Houdan, Claude Houssart, Jean Veron, Pierre Guillet, Mathyrin Guillet, Etienne de Lafond, Mathyrin Baillergeon, Pierre Boucher, Emerie Galteaux, Urbain bodrie, Jacques Aubuchon, Bertrand Farfard, Jean Aubuchon
Passed at 3 rivieres
On the 1st of Juin 1649
guilletcinqmarsfamily.homestead.com/ CapdelaMadeleinedoc.html
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1654 Marriage / PartnerJean AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE and Marguerite SEDILOT 19 September 1654, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
He was 20 years old.
30th May, 1657
Sentence against Jean Aubuchon, condemning him for having sold brandy to the Indians to pay a fine of fifty francs for the first offense and one hundred for the second.
Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legistlature
January 1, 1890
Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legistlature
January 1, 1890
1660 Birth of ChildMederic AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE was born 7 August 1660, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 26 years old.
1661 Birth of ChildJean AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE was born 28 September 1661, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)
Jean was 27 years old.
1663
19th October 163 [sic]. — A summons to Jacques Beauchamp to pay to Jean Aubuchon dit Lesperance the sum of four livres and ten sols out of any amount he may owe the estate of Rene Roussin.
Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legislature
January 1, 1890
Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legislature
January 1, 1890
1664 Birth of ChildJoseph AUBUCHON dit DESALLIERS was born 19 March 1664, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 29 years old.
1666 Birth of ChildJacques AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE was born 18 June 1666, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 32 years old.
1669 Birth of ChildGabriel AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE was born 31 January 1669, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 34 years old.
1670 Death of ChildGabriel AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE died 23 December 1670, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 36 years old.
10th November 1671
10th November, 1671. — Information laid by Pierre Barreau against Jean Aubuchon dit Lesperance and Jacques Guitaut for having struck and wounded him, together with the evidence of the witnesses.
Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legislature
January 1, 1890
Sessional Papers: Volume 24, Issue 2
Quebec Province Legislature
January 1, 1890
1671 Birth of ChildMarie-Francoise AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE was born 18 January 1671, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 36 years old.
1673 Birth of ChildMarguerite AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE was born 25 March 1673, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 39 years old.
1677 Birth of ChildMarie-Françoise AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE was born 24 March 1677, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 43 years old.
1678 Birth of ChildElisabeth AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE was born 30 November 1678, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 44 years old.
1679 Birth of ChildGabriel AUBUCHON dit LESPERANCE was born 21 December 1679, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 45 years old.
1681 Canadian Census Ville de Montreal
Jean Aubuchon, 45
Marguerite Sedilot, sa femme, 30
enfants:
Jean, 20
Joseph, 18
Jacques, 15
Marie, 11
Marguerite, 8
Francoise, 5
Gabrielle, 2
Angelique, 1 mois
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
Marguerite Sedilot, sa femme, 30
enfants:
Jean, 20
Joseph, 18
Jacques, 15
Marie, 11
Marguerite, 8
Francoise, 5
Gabrielle, 2
Angelique, 1 mois
Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882
1681 Birth of ChildAngélique AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE was born 20 September 1681, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 47 years old.
1684 Birth of ChildMadeleine AUBUCHON dite LESPERANCE was born 13 February 1684, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
Jean was 49 years old.
1685 Death
'...on 30 November 1685, he was assassinated in his bed. His wife Marguerite Sedillot accused her alleged lover, Jacques Paillerault, of the murder. Jacques was acquitted after a trial that lasted three years.'
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IV, Page 31
Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IV, Page 31
. Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
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Title Report
Author Québec (Québec). Secretary's Office
Published 1891
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized May 9, 2006
Page 176
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