Sebastien Provencher

Abt 1628 - Abt 1710  (82 years)

• Name	Sebastien Provencher
  Born	Abt 1628  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Jun 1661	Ile Saint Joseph, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Sebastien was a farmer for Pierre Boucher on the Ile Saint-Joseph.
  Debt	6 Jun 1661  [2]
  	Sebastien acknowledged before notary Claude Herlin a debt of 145 livres 6 deniers for merchandise and other items that Pierre Boucher, Sieur de Grosbois sold to him. He promised to pay the debt in three installments of 48 livres 6 sols 10 keniers in beaver pelts and grain.
  Land	15 May 1662	Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Sebastien received two arpents of frontage by forty in depth from Father Claud-Jean Allouez, the Jesuit Superior. He must make a home on the property and would be allowed to hunt and fish on the land. The rent was two bushels of wheat, two deniers and a capon, to be paid each Feast of Saint-Martin or 11 November.
  Land	4 Jun 1665	Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Sebastien leased the house and land of Louis Lefebvre dit Lagroix for four years. Lefevbre would include two beasts, a cow and male calf. Sebastien had to clear an arpent of land each year and would be paid forty-five livres for labor. The rent was 20 minots of French wheat and 5 minots of Indian corn to be paid each year.
  Land	30 Jun 1666  [2]
  	Quentin Moral, partial seigneur of Abre-a-la-Croix, ceded two properties to Sebastien. Each measured two arpents by forty. He must build a house and had to right to hunt and fish. Payment of a bushel of French wheat, two live capons and four deniers were to be paid each year.
  Census	1667	Comte de Champlain, Quebec, Canada   [2, 3]
  	Sebastien Provencher, 33 years, married Marguerite Manchon, 30 years, married Marie Provencher, 4 years Marguerite Provencher, 2 years Francois Morni, domestique, 17 years They lived at Petit-Cap-de-la-Madeleine and had twelve arpents of land under cultivation.
  Land	25 May 1672  [2]
  	Sebastien sold his double lots to Martin Foisy for ten minots of Indian corn, plus twenty minots of wheat due the next Christmas.
  Land	18 Sep 1672  [2]
  	Antoine Baillarge agreed to lease a three arpent piece of land to Sebastien for nine consecutive years. Sebastien would give Baillarge eighteen minots of wheat each year.
  Land	12 Sep 1676  [2]
  	Sebastien took "temporary lodgings" on the south bank of the river on four arpents of frontage in the seigneury of Charles Legardeur de Villiers.
  Census	1681	Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada   [2, 4]
  	Sebastien Provencher, cordier, habitant, 53 years, married Marguerite Manchon, 44 years, married Madeleine Provencher, 17 years Marguerite Provencher, 15 years Louis Provencher, 13 years Sebastien Provencher, 11 years Jean Provencher, 8 years Aubin, domestique, 33 years They had 15 arpents of land under cultivation, three head of cattle and a gun.
  Occupation	1681	Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	ropemaker
  Inventory of assets	5 Apr 1691  [2]
  	Notary Jean Cusson drew up a inventory of Sebastien's property. It described their house as measuring 25 by 16 feet, covered with straw, with framework?i? a la gaspande?/i?. At the end of the house was a two room partition with a chimney made of mud. Sebastien had a fifty foot barn and a new stable. He also had another smaller, older, straw-covered house. The upstairs was made of half pine planks and the other half of covered beams. All the buildings were in good condition. His assets were estimated to be worth 2,321 livres and 15 sols. His debts were 639 livres and 14 sols.
  Name	Bastien Provencher  [5]
  _UID	0AEA9CA6675742EF8DE7D8447520F76AAB81
  Died	Abt 1710  [2]
  Person ID	I3313	Lirette Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2020

  
  

  Family 1	Marguerite Manchon,   b. Abt 1637,   d. 28 Jan 1687/88, Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada  (Age 51 years)
  Married	22 Jan 1662/63  [6]
  Marriage Contract	22 Jan 1662/63  [2, 6]
  	Notary Louis Laurent drew up the contract.
  Children	1. Marie Madeleine Provencher,   b. Abt 1664,   bur. 19 Jun 1731, Yamaska, Pierre De Saurel, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 67 years)   2. Marguerite Provencher,   b. Abt 1666,   bur. 29 Oct 1739, Ile Dupas, Berthier, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 73 years)   3. Louis Provencher,   b. Abt 1668,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sebastien Provencher,   b. Abt 1670,   d. 17 Feb 1738/39, Montreal, Quebec, Canada  (Age 69 years)   5. Jean Provencher,   b. Abt 1673,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Jean Francois Provencher dit Ducharme,   b. 1 Feb 1673/74, Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 2 Feb 1733/34, Becancour, Quebec, Canada  (Age 60 years)   7. Marie Catherine Provencher,   b. 23 Apr 1678, Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	6 May 2014
  Family ID	F1439	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Marie Catherine Guillet,   d. Abt 1710
  Married	14 May 1691	Cap de la Madeleine, Quebec, Canada   [2, 7]
  Last Modified	6 May 2014
  Family ID	F1442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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