Jean Cochon

Abt 1591 - 1673  (82 years)

• Name	Jean Cochon  [1, 2]
  Born	Abt 1591	Dieppe, France   [3]
  Gender	Male
  First mentioned in Canada	1639  [3]
  	He came with his family.
  Land	22 Sep 1643	Beaupre, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	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	6 Jul 1652	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Jean received a deed of concession for a piece of land six arpents of frontage by 126 in depth from Jean de Lauson.
  Debt	9 Sep 1657	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	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	Jun 1661	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Jean agreed to provide housing for his neighbor Olivier Letardif (he being very ill), including his young sons Charles, Guillaume and Olivier Michel.
  Occupation	1652-1662	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	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	1666	Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada   [5]
  	Jean Cochon, pere, habitant, 75 years Jeanne Abraham, 63 years Pierre Cochon Lafontaine, 35 years
  Census	1667	Comte de Montmorency, Quebec, Canada   [4, 6]
  	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.
  Education	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	"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."
  Death Certificate	11 Jul 1673	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [7]
  	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.
  Died	11 Jul 1673	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [8, 9]
  Buried	12 Jul 1673	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [8]
  Distribution of Property	2 Jul 1674	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [7]
  	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.
  Name	Jean Cochon  [7]
  Occupation	Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Jean was a church warden for the parish of "Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle du Chasteau Richer".
  _UID	9C6284BE35414E488016DED972E21AD0D7B4
  Person ID	I1038	Gauthier Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2009

  
  

  Family 1	Marguerite Cointerel,   d. 9 Jan 1632/33, St. Jacques, Dieppe, France
  Married	Abt 1619  [10]
  Children	1. Marguerite Cochon,   b. Abt 1620, Dieppe, France ,   d. 24 Jun 1699, Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 79 years)   2. Jean Cochon,   b. Abt 1622, Dieppe, France ,   d. 2 Sep 1693, Chateau Richer, Quebec, Canada  (Age 71 years)   3. Guillaume Cochon,   c. Jan 1623/24, St. Remy, Dieppe, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Pierre Cochon,   c. 17 Jul 1631, St. Jacques, Dieppe, France ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Nicolas Cochon,   c. 9 Jan 1632/33, St. Jacques, Dieppe, France ,   bur. 12 Jan 1632/33, St. Jacques, Dieppe, France  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Jeanne Abraham,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	2 Apr 1633	St. Jacques, Dieppe, France   [3]
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2009
  Family ID	F1362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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