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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Jean Nepveu & Anne Ledet

3634. Jean Nepveu & 3635. Anne Ledet

Jean born in Saint Georges, near Mantaigu, Poitou, France; s/o §Jacques Neveu & §Marie Michel.

Anne born in Angoulins, La Rochelle, Aunis, France; d/o §Nicolas Ledet & §Isabelle Pineault.

Jean 1st married in France.

6/10/1645 in La Rochelle, Jean, a mason, signed a contract with Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny to work in New France. The contract was for 3 years at 60 livres a year.

Jean traveled to New France and acquired the concession “Buttes in Nevue”.

1/28/1653 in Sillery, Quebec, Jean married Anne. Both origins given. All parents named. Attending: Denis Joseph Ruet, Nicolas Pinel.

Aft. 10/11/1655, Jean was convicted of bigamy and returned to France. The marriage to Anne was annulled.

9/2/1657 in Quebec, Anne married Gilles Pinel, s/o Nicolas Pinel & Marie Madeleine Maranda. [9 children.]

1666 census of Comte de Quebec; Gilles 31, Anne 35 [spouse of Jean Nepveu], Pinel children: Catherine 8, Francoise 6, Marie Madeleine 4, Francois Xavier 2; Barbe Nepveu 12, Suzanne Nepveu 10.

1681 census of Neuville; Gilles 43, Anne 48, children: Francoise 21, Elisabeth 14, Guillaume 13, Anne 10, Nicolas 7, Jean 6.

12/14/1700, Anne buried in Neuville, Quebec.

Children of Jean and Anne:

i. Barbe Neveu (1817), baptized 12/3/1653 in Quebec, Canada.

ii. Suzanne Neveu, born 10/11/1655 in Sillery, Quebec, Canada.
3/25/1670 in Quebec, Suzanne married Nicolas Pot.
1/28/1727, Suzanne died in Quebec.

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