Daniel Joseph  AMYOT (AMIOT) dit VILLENEUVE

'... The Nassaukueton were one of the doodemag that adopted the new strategy of marrying out to French traders in the early eighteenth century. Relatively recent arrives at the straits, the Nassauakueton seemed uninterested in following the French to Detroit in 1701. Instead, they remained at Michilimackinac... The Nassaukueton struggled to provide for their families. They needed a new source of power and influence.

They initially found it in the union of Domitilde and Daniel Joseph Amiot Villeneuve. Daniel Villeneuve was born in Quebec in 1665. Though not much is known of his early life, he probably grew up along the banks of the St. Lawrence. There, he would have witnessed the convoys of fur traders and Native Americans who regularly plied those waters, and heard boastful tales of the riches of the west. If Villeneuve dreamed of trading himself, he was fortunate enough to have the connections to facilitate such ambitions. His uncle was Charles Amiot, a Quebec fur trader and

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