Jacques ACHON

(b. 14 February 1635 , France d. 10 April 1670 , Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

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Jacques ACHON was born 14 February 1635 in France

Jacques ACHON was the child of Jean ACHON and Hélène REGOURDE dite REGNAUD

Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1667.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jacques married Marguerite BONNEFOY 4 December 1667 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Marguerite BONNEFOY was born abt. 1648 in Rouen, France. Marguerite died 14 November 1700 in Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales).

Jacques ACHON died 10 April 1670 in Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
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Jacques ACHON married

Marguerite BONNEFOY-- Date: 4 December 1667 Place: Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Canada, New France
Marriage record not found at Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre in Drouin Collection for this date.

"Marguerite had signed a marriage contract on the Beaupre Coast on 4 December 1667. Her future husband was none other than Jacques Achon, the brother of Ozanne Achon married to Ancestor Pierre Tremblay. The Bonnefoy-Achon couple settled on a farm at L'Ange-Gardien, near Chateau-Richer, where in the census of 1667 Jacques Achon and Charles Davenne together owned 16 arpents of land under cultivation and 4 head of cattle... Unfortunately, Jacques died after the birth of his second daughter and before the fulfillment of all his dreams. His burial act has been lost."

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XIX, Page 79

Children of Jacques ACHON and Marguerite BONNEFOY:

Anne ACHON (b.abt. 1668, , Québec Province, Canada d. 14 February 1688, Neuville, Portneuf, Canada, New France )

Louise ACHON (b.13 April 1670, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 January 1721, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph MAILLOUX (MAILLOU) dit DESMOULINS 7 August 1690 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

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1635 Birth
14 February 1635
France

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1667 Marriage / Partner
Jacques ACHON and Marguerite BONNEFOY 4 December 1667, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

He was 32 years old.