Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

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abt. 1626 , France

Died

19 December 1688 , Québec, Canada, New France

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Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE Anne CONVENT (COUVENT)

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Born: abt. 1626 in France

Father: Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Mother: Anne CONVENT (COUVENT)

Mathieu was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1636.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Mathieu married Marie-Anne MIVILLE 22 November 1650 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 15 children.
Marie-Anne MIVILLE was born 13 December 1632 in Notre-Dame, Brouage, Rochefort, France. Marie-Anne died 5 September 1702 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Anne was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Charlotte MAUGIS.

Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE died 19 December 1688 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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Recorded occupation: habitant

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
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - 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'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

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

Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
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

Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE 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)

Habitants played an essential role in creating a permanent, settled population along the St. Lawrence River. But it was not an easy life...

Habitants had to clear the land, build a homestead, and plant and harvest a crop. The first task was never-ending, while the last one was annual. Building and repairing the house and barn were continual tasks. So were cutting and hauling firewood. The habitants had to be largely self-reliant in looking after all routine tasks such as cooking, baking, making furniture, and repairing tools. They had to attend to the educational and medical needs of the family. They had to endure the harsh physical climate and rough terrain, largely unaided by government support. The habitants had to pay taxes to the seigneurs and the church.

Canada: The Story of Our Heritage by Elspeth Deir, John Fielding, Nick Brune, Peter Grant, Stephanie Smith Abram; McGraw-Hill Ryerson School, 2000

A Glimpse into 17th-Century New France: Life of the Average Man

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Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE married

Marie-Anne MIVILLE
Marriage date: 22 November 1650
Marriage place: Québec, Canada, New France
Source: Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

Marie-Anne MIVILLE was the child of Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE and Charlotte MAUGIS

Marriage notes:

November 22: Quebec, marriage (I)-Mathieu Aymot Villeneuve (1628-1688) and Marie Miville (1632-1702)

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Children of Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne MIVILLE

Charles AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 20 October 1651, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 October 1711, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Rosalie DUQUET 22 November 1677 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Born: 27 January 1653, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 1 July 1724, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Married: Louise-Jeanne TAUDIÈRE dite RENARD 12 January 1681 Place: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Anne-Marie AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 22 March 1654, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 15 December 1737, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Married: Jean HUARD 30 April 1670 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marguerite AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 24 January 1656, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 25 February 1724, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Jean JOLY 19 June 1670 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean-Baptiste AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 25 June 1658, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 19 September 1685, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Geneviève GUYON 20 July 1682 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 12 July 1660, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 7 February 1736, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Married: Charles GINGRAS 5 November 1675 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 10 May 1662, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1681, , Québec Province, Canada

Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 21 April 1664, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 29 November 1715, Lauzon, Lévis, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS 11 November 1683 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Daniel Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

Born: 4 October 1665, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: abt. 1726, Mackinac Island, French Settlement (now Michigan)

Married: Marie Domithilde KAPEOUAPNOKOUE (KAPIOUAPNOKOUE) 2 September 1709 Place: Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)

Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 23 August 1667, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 2 December 1684, Québec, Canada, New France

Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit L'EPINIÈRE

Born: 9 April 1669, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 12 March 1722, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Married: Marie-Madeleine HARNOIS 25 October 1694 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 22 November 1670, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 09 February 1749, La Prairie, Canada, New France

Married: Paul TESSIER dit LAVIGNE 26 February 1691 Place: Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales)

Étienne AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 10 November 1672, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 17 December 1730, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Married: Jeanne-Anne CAMPAGNA 15 October 1708 Place: Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Marie-Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 13 June 1676, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 23 November 1758 , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, New France

Married: Jean-Baptiste THIBAULT 24 November 1699 Place: Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Québec, Canada

Geneviève AMYOT (AMIOT)

Born: 5 November 1678, Québec, Canada, New France
Died: 14 November 1678, Québec, Canada, New France

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Biography
Name: Mathieu Amyot
Relationship to Head: Enfant (Child)
Baptism Date: 1628
Baptism Place: Chartres,France
Father's Name: Philippe Amyot
Mother's Name: Anne Convent
Marriage Date: 22 nov. 1650
Marriage Place: Québec (Quebec) (Quebec City)
Spouse's Name: Marie Miville
Burial Date: 19 déc. 1688 (19 Dec 1688)
Burial Place: Québec (Quebec) (Quebec City)
Family Members:
Name Relationship to Head
Philippe Amyot Chef de famille (Head)
Anne Convent Conjoint(e) (Spouse)
Mathieu Amyot Enfant (Child)
Marie Miville Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
Geneviève de Chavigny Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)
Charles Amyot Enfant (Child)
Jean-Gencien Amyot Enfant (Child)
Marguerite Poulin Conjoint(e) de l'enfant (Child's Spouse)

Source Citation: Volume: Vol. 1 Sect. 1 : A-Hel; Page: 6.
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'PHILIPPE AMYOT ARRIVED IN CANADA IN THE SUMMER OF 1635 FROM SOISSONS. HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, ANNE CONVENT, AND TWO SONS, JEAN AND MATHIEU.

ON AUGUST 26 1636, HE BAPTISED ANOTHER SON, CHARLES AT QUÉBEC.

FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN NEW FRANCE, PHILIPPE AMYOT DIED. HOWEVER, THROUGH HIS SONS, MATHIEU AND CHARLES, HE ESTABLISHED A LONG LINE OF DESCENDANTS WHICH TODAY NUMBER IN THE THOUSANDS.

MATHIEU AMYOT WAS A DECISIVE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL MAN. HE WAS GRANTED LAND CONCESSIONS AT TROIS RIVIÈRES, SILLERIE, AND NEAT QUÉBEC. FROM THE LAST CONCESSION HE TOOK THE NAME VILLENEUVE SINCE IT WAS SITUATED NEAR POINTE VILLENEUVE.

WITH THAT PACE, IT IS NO WONDER THAT HE BECAME ONE OF THE NOTABLE SETTLERS IN THE COLONY.

THE INTENDANT, JEAN TALON, SOUGHT TO OBTAIN A TITLE FOR HIM FROM THE KING. THESE WERE GRANTED BY LOUIS XIV IN 1668, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MATHIEU AMYOT FAILED TO HAVE THEM REGISTERED WITH THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL OF NEW FRANCE AND THEY BECAME WORTHLESS. ALTHOUGH HE...Read full story

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1650 Marriage / Partner
Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE and Marie-Anne MIVILLE 22 November 1650, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE - 1650 Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada

1650 Marriage - Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, QC, Canada

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1651 Birth of Child
Charles AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 20 October 1651, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1653 Birth of Child
Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE was born 27 January 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1654 Birth of Child
Anne-Marie AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 22 March 1654, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

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

1656 Birth of Child
Marguerite AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 24 January 1656, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1658 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 25 June 1658, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1660 Birth of Child
Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 12 July 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1662 Birth of Child
Jean AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 10 May 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1664 Birth of Child
Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 21 April 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1665 Birth of Child
Daniel Joseph AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE was born 4 October 1665, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Quebec
Mathieu Amiot d. Villeneufve.................37 habittant
Marie Minville...............................33 sa femme
Charles Amiot ...............................14 fils
pierre Amiot ................................13 fils
Anne Marie Amiot.............................11 fille
Margueritte Amiot ............................9 fille
Jean Baptiste Amiot...........................8 fils
Jean Amiot ...................................6 fils
francoise Amiot ..............................5 fille
Catherine Amiot...............................3 fille
Daniel Amiot ............................6 mois fils
Et Anthoine DuCos ...........................26 domestique Engaigé
The first census of New France (1666)
The French In North America: 1500-1783

1667 Birth of Child
Mathieu AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 23 August 1667, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1669 Birth of Child
Philippe AMYOT (AMIOT) dit L'EPINIÈRE was born 9 April 1669, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1670 Marriage of Child
Anne-Marie AMYOT (AMIOT) married 30 April 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean HUARD

1670 Marriage of Child
Marguerite AMYOT (AMIOT) married 19 June 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean JOLY

1670 Birth of Child
Jeanne AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 22 November 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1672 Birth of Child
Étienne AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 10 November 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1675 Marriage of Child
Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT) married 5 November 1675, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Charles GINGRAS

1676 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 13 June 1676, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1677 Marriage of Child
Charles AMYOT (AMIOT) married 22 November 1677 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Rosalie DUQUET

1678 Birth of Child
Geneviève AMYOT (AMIOT) was born 5 November 1678, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1681 Canadian Census Signeurie de Maure
Mathieu Amyot, 53
Marie Miville, sa femme, 50
enfants:
Jean-Baptiste, 22
Jean, 20
Daniel, 16
Mathieu, 14
Philippe, 13
Marie, 8
Catherine, 17
Jeanne, 11
Marie, 6

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1681 Marriage of Child
Pierre AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE married 12 January 1681, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France to Louise-Jeanne TAUDIÈRE dite RENARD

1682 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste AMYOT (AMIOT) married 20 July 1682, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Geneviève GUYON

1683 Marriage of Child
Catherine-Ursule AMYOT (AMIOT) married 11 November 1683, Neuville, Portneuf, Québec, Canada (Saint-François-de-Sales) to Jean-Baptiste DUQUET dit DESROSIERS