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• Name: Marguerite Cochon
• _UID: 89D19B6D1D5D448C8C54A70119B9F7282501
• Residence: Bef 1639, Caux, Dieppe, Normandy, France
• First mentioned in Canada: 1639
• Immigration: 1639
• Confirmation: 2 Feb 1659/60, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1681, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Residence:
Marguerite was from the town of Caux in the region of Deippe, in Normandy.

Immigration:
Immigrated with her father and stepmother. She was from Dieppe, (Seine-Maritime) France. (INSEE #76217)

Census:

Marguerite Cochon, habitant, 60 years
Germain Gagnon, 28 years
Raphael Gagnon, 24 years

Marguerite married Jean Gagnon on 29 Jul 1640 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Jean (son of Pierre Gagnon and Renee Roger) was christened on 13 Aug 1610 in St. Aubin, Tourouvre, France; died on 2 Apr 1670 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 2 Apr 1670 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Marriage Ceremony:
Missionary Nicolas Adam traveled to Beaupre and "married them in the presence of Pierre Gardeur, Sieur de Repentigny, Noel Juchereau Mr. des Chastelets and Mr. Jean Bourdon".

1. Jeanne Gagnon was christened on 15 May 1641 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 24 May 1699 in Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
2. Renee Gagnon was christened on 8 Apr 1643 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and died.
3. Marguerite Gagnon was christened on 12 Feb 1644/45 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and died.
4. Jean Gagnon was christened on 5 Feb 1647/48 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 7 Dec 1687 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 7 Dec 1687 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada.
5. Etienne Gagnon was born on 19 Sep 1650 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 4 Oct 1650 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and died.
6. Germain Gagnon was born on 1 Sep 1653 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 12 Sep 1653 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 23 Nov 1708 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 24 Nov 1708 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada.
7. Raphael Gagnon was born on 17 Jul 1656 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 8 Aug 1656 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; died on 20 Oct 1687 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 22 Oct 1687 in Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada.
8. Marie Gagnon was born on 7 Aug 1659 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; was christened on 8 Sep 1659 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada; and died.

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• Education: Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Name: Jean Cochon
• Occupation: Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• _UID: 9C6284BE35414E488016DED972E21AD0D7B4
• First mentioned in Canada: 1639
• Land: 22 Sep 1643, Beaupre, Quebec, Canada
• Land: 6 Jul 1652, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Debt: 9 Sep 1657, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Court: Jun 1661, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Occupation: 1652-1662, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1666, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Census: 1667, Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada
• Death Certificate: 11 Jul 1673, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada
• Distribution of Property: 2 Jul 1674, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Education:
"It seems that our ancestor received a rather advanced education in France. He signed with a very fine signature, with flourishes, with or without his first name."

Occupation:
Jean was a church warden for the parish of "Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle du Chasteau Richer".

First mentioned in Canada:
He came with his family.

Land:
Jean sold 5 arpents of frontage to Jacques de Launay. The payment was 200 livres for the land and an identical amount for the grain, the house and the furnishings.

Land:
Jean received a deed of concession for a piece of land six arpents of frontage by 126 in depth from Jean de Lauson.

Debt:
Jean owed Robert Pare 126 livres and 4 sols. This was the price asked by the Sieurs Le Gagneur and Mace for the fare for a man of service from France. The debt could be paid in silver or beaver skins.

Court:
Jean agreed to provide housing for his neighbor Olivier Letardif (he being very ill), including his young sons Charles, Guillaume and Olivier Michel.

Occupation:
He became the fiscal administrator at Chateau-Richer. His role was to defend the rights of the inhabitants and to also see that the inhabitants paid their rents to the local seigneur.

Census:

Jean Cochon, pere, habitant, 75 years
Jeanne Abraham, 63 years
Pierre Cochon Lafontaine, 35 years

Census:

Jean Couchon, habitant, 76 years
Jeanne Abraham, 60 years
Pierre Couchon, 34 years
Jacques Couchen, 33 years
Barbe Letardif, 18 years
Jacques Cochon, 4 years
Marie Cochon, 3 years
Olivier Michel, domestique, 23 years
Charles Letardif, 16 years
Guillaume, 12 years

They had twenty arpents of land that were cultivated and six head of cattle.

Death Certificate:
Jean's death certificate was recorded in the registry of Chateau-Richer:
"The year of Our Lord one thousand six hundred seventy three on the eleventh of July died Jean Cochon widower, after having received the Holy Sacraments of penitence and the eucharist in viaticum and was buried in the cemetery of Notre Dame de la Visitation on the twelfth of the same month." Signed: F. Fillon, missonary priest.

Distribution of Property:
At the home of Jacques Cochon, son of Jean, notary Paul Vachon described the distribution of the property of Jean Cochon to his heirs. Present the children of Jean and Marguerite Cointerel and Jacques Sieur de la Motte, their half- brother, son of Jeanne Abraham.
The concession at Chateau-Richer consisted of 6 arpents of frontage on the river, by a league-and-a-half deep. On the property was a house with two rooms, an attic and a cellar; a barn-stable, a yard and garden, workable lands, meadows, woods and prairies. The Seigneur de Beaupre collected 6 sols for the cens and two live capons payable each year on Saint-Martin's day (11 November). The deed was free of all debts and mortgages and the cens and rent were paid up to date.
The children of Marguerite Cointerel ceded Jacques their portion on the Sieur Granderie's side as he ceded them his half on the other side. Jacques took possession of the buildings, garden, yard and the workable lands. He agreed to pay two-thirds of the deed of the concession and to bring the grain from the three other arpents in order to develop the portion falling to Jean and Marguerite.

Jean married Marguerite Cointerel about 1619. Marguerite died on 9 Jan 1632/33 in St. Jacques, Dieppe, France; was buried on 10 Jan 1632/33 in St. Jacques, Dieppe, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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