Guyon
CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE
(b.
abt. 1645
,
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
d.
bef. 1693
,
Acadia, Canada
)
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Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE was born abt. 1645 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE was the child of ? and ?
Guyon was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1658.
Marriage(s) and Child(ren):
Guyon married Jeanne BERNARD bef. 31 December 1666 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Jeanne BERNARD was born abt. 1643 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada / Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence). Jeanne died abt. 1682 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jeanne was the child of Andre (Rene) BERNARD and Marie-Andree GUYON.
Guyon married (2) Madeleine MARTIN 7 October 1683 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 5 children. Madeleine MARTIN was born 29 June 1666 in Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada (Mission Saint-Joseph-de-Sillery) (Saint-Colomb-de-Sillery). Madeleine was the child of Pierre MARTIN and Joachine LAFLEUR.
Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE died bef. 1693 in Acadia, Canada.
Occupation: Habitant de Beaubassin
Son of Pierre Chiasson and Marie Peroche
Details of the family tree of Guyon appear below.

Acadian Culture in Maine: Oral Traditions - University of Maine at Fort Kent (acim.umfk.maine.edu/oral_traditions.html)

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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
Guyon CHIASSON dit LAVALLEE was a habitant.
Habitants were usually farmers or labourers who were initially brought over from France to live on this land. They had to pay rent and taxes to the seigneur, though they co-owned the land with the seigneur, and even had to work entirely for the benefit of the seigneur a few days each year.
Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)
Added: 7/11/2009 9:27:08 AM
- Updated: 11/27/2018 11:36:12 AM
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