Jean Hamel

Abt 1634 - 1674  (40 years)

• Name	Jean Hamel  [1]
  Born	Abt 1634  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Bef 1656	St. Aubin de Avremesnil, Normandy, France   [2]
  	Saint-Aubin de Avremesnil is located southwest of Dieppe in Normandy.
  Immigration	1656  [2]
  	It is believed that Jean and Marie immigrated to New France with his brother Charles and his family during the summer of 1656.
  Legal Matter	26 Dec 1656  [2]
  	Jean signed a farm lease with Jean Gloria. He was not allowed to cut down any trees without permission of the owner. Jean and Marie lived on this farm for seven years.
  Confirmation	10 Aug 1659	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [3]
  	Jean Hamel, 25 years
  Land	21 Oct 1663	Ste. Foy, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Nicolas Gaudry dit Bourbonniere gave Jean a portion of land for a sum of five sols in annual rent, due on All Saints Day. The land was located on the present day rue Myrand.
  Land	12 Feb 1663/64	Ste. Foy, Quebec, Canada   [2]
  	Antoine Duhamel dit Marette gave Jean the western half of his property.
  Census	1666	Comte de Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [4]
  	Jean Hamel, habitant, 30 years Marie Auvray, 28 years Jean Francois Hamel, 4 years Pierre Hamel, 2 years Pierre Hamel, 1 year Mathieu Chesneau, domestique, engage 18 years
  Census	1667	Comte de Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [5]
  	Jean Hamel, habitant, 33 years Marie Auvray, 30 years Jean Francois Hamel, 6 years Pierre Hamel, 4 years Marie Anne Hamel, 1 year
  Land	6 Feb 1667/68  [2]
  	Jean purchased the land of Antoine Duhamel, deceased, from his brother Jacques Duhamel for 500 livres in gold pistoles, 300 was paid in cash.
  Inheritance	14 May 1671  [2]
  	Francois Hamel, acting on behalf of his brothers Jean & Charles, came to a settlement with Jacques Jullien, widower of their sister Anne, regarding their inheritance.
  Died	12 Oct 1674	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [6]
  Buried	13 Oct 1674	Quebec, Quebec, Canada   [2, 6]
  Inventory of property	Dec 1674  [2]
  	Notary Duquet made an inventory of Jean's estate. The family owned 35 arpents of land, with 16 arpents cleared and tilled. Jean had harvested wheat, rye, oats, peas and hay. They owned a horse, 2 oxen, 7 head of cattle, 10 pigs and a dozen or so of chickens.
  _UID	ACE6526708AE41068EBE1538C59A277BE26E
  Person ID	I3405	Gauthier Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2009

  
  

  Father	Francois Hamel,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie Auvray,   b. Abt 1637,   d. Abt 1716  (Age 79 years)
  Married	1656  [2]
  Children	1. Jean Francois Hamel,   b. 23 Jul 1661, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 30 Aug 1733, L'Ancienne Lorette, Quebec, Canada  (Age 72 years)   2. Pierre Hamel,   b. 14 Mar 1663/64, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 25 Nov 1722, Hotel Dieu de Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 58 years)   3. Pierre Hamel,   b. Abt 1665,   d. Bef 1667  (Age 1 years)   4. Marie Anne Hamel,   c. 1 Jul 1666, Sillery, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 1 Jan 1730/31, St. Augustin, Quebec, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years)   5. Charlotte Hamel,   b. 5 Jan 1668/69, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Bef 1681  (Age 11 years)   6. Ignace Germain Hamel,   b. 31 Jul 1672, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 6 Sep 1732, Quebec, Quebec, Canada  (Age 60 years)   7. Francois Hamel,   b. 16 Oct 1674, Quebec, Quebec, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2009
  Family ID	F1323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #94690 (Reliability: 4), 30 Sep 2009. [S77] Our French Canadian Ancestors, Thomas J. Laforest, Vol. V, pages 81-89 (Reliability: 4), 6 Oct 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #403661 (Reliability: 4), 30 Sep 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #96012 (Reliability: 4), 30 Sep 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #96830 (Reliability: 4), 30 Sep 2009. [S49] RAB-PRDH, Gaetan Morin, #69229 (Reliability: 4), 30 Sep 2009.