Noel Morin, Sieur de Saint-Luc

Abt 1609 - 1680  (71 years)

• Name	Noel Morin  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sieur de Saint-Luc
  Born	Abt 1609	St. Etienne, Brie Comte Robert, France   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Bef 1639	St. Etienne, Brie Comte Robert, France   [2]
  	Noel was from the town of Brie-Comte-Robert, arrondissement of Melum, department of Seine-et-Marne, France.
  Residence	1640	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Noel and Helene resided in the house that Helene owned at the time of their marriage. The house measured 24 by 18 feet and was located near the church of Notre-Dame.
  Occupation	9 Jan 1639/40  [3]
  	charron or cartwright
  Land	4 Sep 1640	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Noel and Helene were offically ceded the garden area of 40 perches near the house, which were north of the storehouse of the One-Hundred-Associates, in the Upper Town of Quebec.
  Land	26 Apr 1645	Ste. Genevieve, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Noel purchased 50 arpents of land on the Sainte-Genevieve coast from Governor Montmagny for price of 90 livres. Noel hired Antoine Rouillard and Thomas Touchet on 6 February 1650 to build the framework of a house on this property "which will be thirty feet long and twenty feet wide...six feet under beams". The cost was 250 livres and 20 minots of peas. Over a twenty year period, Noel built "three frame dwellings, two of which had a heated room each, cellar and attic, the third serving as a shop and attic above, with a barn and two and a half arpents enclosed with stakes and serving as yard".
  Land	15 Nov 1653  [2]
  	Governor Jean de Lauzon ceded a quarter-league of frontal land by a league deep to Noel. The property began an arpent below the La Caille River and went up to the Saint-Lawrence towards the south side. Included in this concession was the Ile-aux-Oies. Noel became a partial owner of the seigneury of la Riviere-du-Sud. Noel named this fief Saint-Luc and he bore the title of Sieur de Saint-Luc.
  Additional information	17 May 1655	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Noel and Helene were granted a pew, located by the north side of the nave, by the Fabrique of Quebec. The Morins gave two arpents of land, appraised at 180 livres, to the Fabrique. This included the tuition of 100 livres for their son Germain at the Seminary.
  Census	1666	Comte de Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Noel Morin, charron, habitant, 57 years Helene Desportes, 46 years Nicolas Morin, 22 years Jean Baptiste Morin, 21 years Charles Morin, 11 years Alphonse Morin, 16 years Marie Madeleine Morin, 9 years Marie Charlotte Depoyctiers, 25 years, widow of Joseph Hebert Jean Ballie, domestique, engage 26 years
  Census	1667	Comte de Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [2, 5]
  	Noel Morin, Habitant, charron, 58 years Helene Desportes, 48 years Alphonse Morin, 17 years Charles Morin, 13 years Marie Madeleine, 10 years Zacharie Jolly, apprenti, 17 years Jean Ballier, domestique, 28 years They had 12 head of cattle and 40 arpents of land under cultivation.
  Education	Noel was able to sign his name, count and make wheels and carriages. It is not known how he learned his trade.
  Legal Matter	25 Feb 1667/68  [2]
  	Noel named his son, Jean Baptiste, his administrator.
  Legal Matter	4 Jan 1670/71  [2]
  	Noel and Helene formalized their intentions for after their deaths. All their furniture and real estate would be divided between their sons Charles and Alphonse. The condition was that these two sons would support their parents until their deaths. They were also to give their younger sister, Marie-Madeleine, 300 livres when she married.
  Legal Matter	30 Oct 1675  [2]
  	Noel's son, Jean-Baptiste, agreed to support his father until his death. Noel was to pay Jean-Baptiste 1,500 livres and half the income from the fief of Saint-Luc. On 31 October 1675, all members of the Noel's family agreed to sell all the property at Saint-Genevieve to Charles Bazire for 3,000 livres.
  _UID	C93C3FD81CB94862B077B7DE0C4142492F24
  Died	10 Feb 1679/80	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [2, 6]
  	noted age 74 years He died at Montmagny, probably during a visit to his son Alphonse.
  Buried	15 Feb 1679/80	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [2, 6]
  Person ID	I1880	Gauthier Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2009

  
  

  Father	Claude Morin,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jeanne Moreau,   d. Bef 1639
  Family ID	F1648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helene Desportes,   c. 16 Jul 1620, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1675  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Marriage Contract	27 Dec 1639  [2, 7]
  	Notary Martial Piraube drew up the contract. Noel gave Helene a dowry of 200 livres guaranteed by "a house located at Brie-Comte-Robert where hangs a sign with the blue horse in the parish of St-Etienne on rue des fontaines near the gate of the town which the said groom received from the succession of his mother". Helene, widowed, brought the this union a house located near the church of Notre-Dame, with 2 arpents of land near Mont-Carmel and a garden measuring 40 perches belonging the the said house.
  Married	9 Jan 1639/40	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Agnes Morin,   b. 21 Jan 1640/41, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 30 Aug 1687, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 46 years)   2. Germain Morin,   c. 15 Jan 1641/42, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 20 Aug 1702, Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 60 years)   3. Louise Morin,   c. 27 Apr 1643, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 28 Apr 1713, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 70 years)   4. Nicolas Morin,   c. 26 Apr 1644, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Abt 1667  (Age ~ 22 years)   5. Jean Baptiste Morin dit Derochebelle, Sieur de Rochebelle,   c. 25 May 1645, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Marguerite Morin,   c. 29 Sep 1646, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   bur. 17 Oct 1646, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 0 years)   7. Helene Morin,   c. 30 Sep 1647, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 9 May 1661, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 13 years)   8. Marie Morin,   b. 19 Mar 1648/49, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 8 Apr 1730, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age 81 years)   9. Alphonse Morin dit Valcourt,   b. 12 Dec 1650, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 29 Aug 1711, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada  (Age 60 years)   10. Noel Morin,   c. 12 Oct 1652, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Bef 1666  (Age ~ 13 years)   11. Charles Morin,   b. 29 Aug 1654, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1671, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 17 years)   12. Marie Madeleine Morin,   b. 28 Dec 1656, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 21 Jul 1720, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 63 years)
  Last Modified	18 Sep 2009
  Family ID	F1638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #66440 (Reliability: 4), 16 Sep 2009. [S77] Our French Canadian Ancestors, Thomas J. Laforest, Vol. XVI, pages 171-181 (Reliability: 4), 18 Sep 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #66340 (Reliability: 4), 16 Sep 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #95976 (Reliability: 4), 16 Sep 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #96813 (Reliability: 4), 16 Sep 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #69376 (Reliability: 4), 16 Sep 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #94107 (Reliability: 4), 16 Sep 2009.