c 1636 Pierre Ménard was born. [1]
c 1646 Marguerite Deshayes was born. [2]
1665 Pierre Ménard dit Saintonge was a soldier in the Saint-Ours company of the Carignan-Salières Regiment. The Saint-Ours company sailed from La Rochelle, France, on May 24 on the ship La Justice and arrived in Quebec on September 14. [3] [4] [5]
The pleas of the colonists of New France for assistance in their struggle with the Iroquois were answered in 1665 with the arrival of the first French regular troops in Canada, the Carignan-Salières Regiment. Between June and September 1665, some 1200 soldiers and their officers arrived in Quebec, under the leadership of Lt. General Alexander de Prouville, Sieur de Tracy.
The series of forts established by the Regiment along the Richelieu River, along with the success of its second campaign into the land of the Mohawk Indians, led to a long period of peace for the colony, which permitted it to prosper. However, King Louis XIV's plan included the permanent settlement of many of the soldiers and officers in Canada. Over 450 of these troops remained in the colony, many of whom married the newly arrived filles du roi.
c 1670 Pierre Ménard dit Saintonge and Marguerite Deshayes were married in Quebec. [6] [7] Marguerite Deshayes had emigrated from France to Canada among the "Filles du Roi." [8]
The filles du roi, or King's Daughters, were some 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France. Most were single French women and many were orphans. Their transportation to Canada and settlement in the colony were paid for by the King.
1671 Daughter Marguerite Ménard was born. [9]
1672 Son Pierre Ménard was born. [10]
1674 Daughter Marie Magdelaine Ménard was born on December 5 and baptized the following February 2 at St. Ours, Quebec. [11]
L'an de Nostre Seigneur mil six cent septante et cinq, le Second de feburier à St. Ours par moy Louis Petit prestre Missionnaire du Séminaire de Quebek j'ay baptizé Marie Magdelaine née cinquiesme de Decembre de l'année 1674, fille de Pierre Menard dit St Onges et Marguerite Deshayes, légitimement marieés. Le parrain a esté Mathurin Banlié dit Laperle et la maraine Marie Lamy, femme de Lalime.
1677 Daughter Geneviève Ménard was born on July 21 and baptized on July 23 in Quebec. [12]
Le vingt troisiesme jour du mois de Juillet mil six cents septante et sept a esté baptisée par Monsieur de Caumont prestre Missionn're Geneviève Menard fille de Pierre Mesnard et de Marguerite d'heais sa femme --est né le vingt uniesme jour du d. mois et an Ses parain et maraine ont esté Pierre Dentera et marie Magdelaine de Bedequin femme de Jean Bonnet dit de Lachambre.
1679 Daughter Catherine Ménard was born. [13]
1682 Son Adrien Ménard was born on November 8 in Quebec. [14]
Research Notes:
Tanguay states that Pierre Menard was a shoemaker (cordonnier). [15]
[1] Cyprien Tanguay, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la Fondation de la Colonie jusqu'à nos Jours, Vol. 1, 1608-1700 (Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871), 423, [HathiTrust].
[2] Cyprien Tanguay, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la Fondation de la Colonie jusqu'à nos Jours, Vol. 1, 1608-1700 (Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871), 423, [HathiTrust].
[3] Website of La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, [FillesDuRoi].
[4] Website of La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, [FillesDuRoi].
[5] Website of La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, [FillesDuRoi].
[6] Website of La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, [FillesDuRoi].
[7] Website of La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, [FillesDuRoi].
[8] Website of La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, [FillesDuRoi].
[9] Cyprien Tanguay, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la Fondation de la Colonie jusqu'à nos Jours, Vol. 1, 1608-1700 (Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871), 423, [HathiTrust].
[10] Cyprien Tanguay, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la Fondation de la Colonie jusqu'à nos Jours, Vol. 1, 1608-1700 (Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871), 423, [HathiTrust].
[11] Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Contrecoeur, 1668-1699, [AncestryImage].
[12] Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Contrecoeur, 1668-1699, [AncestryImage].
[13] Cyprien Tanguay, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la Fondation de la Colonie jusqu'à nos Jours, Vol. 1, 1608-1700 (Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871), 423, [HathiTrust].
[14] Cyprien Tanguay, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la Fondation de la Colonie jusqu'à nos Jours, Vol. 1, 1608-1700 (Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871), 423, [HathiTrust].
[15] Cyprien Tanguay, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes depuis la Fondation de la Colonie jusqu'à nos Jours, Vol. 1, 1608-1700 (Québec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1871), 423, [HathiTrust].