Jean Grondin
1640 - 1714 (~ 74 years)-
Name Jean Grondin [1] Christened 18 Mar 1639/40 Notre Dame, Brouage, France [2] Gender Male Residence Bef 1666 Notre Dame, Brouage, France [3] - He was from Notre-Dame, Brouage (auj. Hiers-Bourage) (Charente-Maritime) INSEE #17189.
First mentioned in Canada 1666 [2] Census 1667 Beauport, Quebec, Canada [4] - Jean Grondi, 25 years old, is listed under the household of Nicolas Huchereau Destdenis (Nicolas Juchereau, Sieur de Saint-Denis).
Land 4 Apr 1678 Beauport, Quebec, Canada [5] - At the home of Toussaint Giroux, Jean with notary Michel Filion, signed a contract to sell his 2 arpents of frontage land. The property included "a small house of stone, wood trimmed, with a stable at the end". Raphael Giroux agreed to pay 500 livres tournois in three installments. The buyer would also provide "four days of hauling with four oxen for the clear sowing and a man to help plow what work will be done on the said land sold by the said sellers, with the consent of the said buyer, and was reserved for them, the use of the said sold concession until the day and feast of saint Martin of this year". Jean still wanted to plant, harvest and "to graze" his animals until the autumn of 1678.
Census 1681 Berthier en Bas, Quebec, Canada [5, 6]
Jacques Grondin, habitant, 35 years
Sainte Mignault, 30 years
Marie Grondin, 10 years
Agnes Grondin, 8 years
Louise Grondin, 6 years
Sainte Grondin, 4 years
Francois Grondin, 2 years
They owned 1 gun, 3 head of cattle and had one arpent of land under cultivation. (Jean's land would be numbered later as being the 19th beginning at the stream of the Riviere-Ouelle.)
Engagement Contract (indentured servant) - Jean had a commitment for a duration of 36 months in the service of Nicolas Juchereau.
Inheritance 11 Jul 1708 La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada [5] - Jean decided to donate his land of 4 arpents in frontage by 40 deep at the Grande-Anse, located between Rene Ouellet and Charles Miville to his son Francois. The farm had 10 arpents under cultivation, "an old house of upright logs covered with planks sixteen feet long and thirteen feet wide with a clay chimney". Francoise also had possession of 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 steer, 2 calves, 3 pigs, 6 hens, 1 rooster. He paid seigneurial cens and rents of 4 livres, 4 sols and 4 live capons. He paid a debt of 60 livres to Madame de Laforest and 60 livres to Guillaume Gaillard, merchant from Quebec. Witness was Jean's son Jean Baptiste.
Inheritance 2 Jan 1710/11 La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada [5] - Jean redid the division of his property in a more equitable fashion. Francois and Sebastien promised to support their parents and to support their brother Joseph until the age of 20. Jean and Sainte kept and area of the garden for themselves. Any apples from the apple trees would belong to all the heirs. When Joseph reached the age of majority (25), he would have a right to his par tof the land in the middle of the 4 arpents of his two brothers. Sebastien would inherit the northeast part and Francois the southwest. The sisters renounced their shares.
Inheritance 26 Jan 1713/14 La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada [5] - The Grondins owned 2 pieces of land: one with 4 arpents in frontage and another with 2 arpents located not far away. Francois and Sebastien remained the heirs. Sebastien recieved 3 arpents in frontage with buildings. Francois would own the remaining arpent, with the old house, and the 2 other non contiguous arpents. Sebastien was to give the parents 8 rools of linen and 50 livres in silver; the two brothers would provide them with food for 3 years. When this period expired, the two brothers would jointly give 14 minots of wheat annually. Francois would then pay 25 livres annually. Sebastien would remain owner of the buildings already built. But he would help Francois build for himself a house 18 "feet square" and a shed 30 by 20 feet.
Occupation upon arrival - He was a domestique.
Name Jacques Grondin [7] Reference Number 1316 _UID AF00B52B1BB1461E87B6040299600E1019B2 Died 1 Oct 1714 Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada [8] - 84 years old at time of death.
Buried 1 Oct 1714 Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada [5, 8] Person ID I909 Lirette Family Tree Last Modified 4 Aug 2020
Father Pierre Grondin, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Catherine Rigoliet, d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Contract 31 Aug 1631 [2] - Me Gouyn, notary
Married 25 Sep 1631 Notre Dame, Brouage, France [2] Family ID F2793 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sainte Mignault, b. 6 Jan 1652/53, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , bur. 4 Mar 1735/36, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 83 years) Marriage Contract 10 Jul 1669 [5] - Present at the signing of the contract were: Toussaint Giroux, Pierre Lefebvre, Jean Crete and Guillaume Valade for Jean. For Sainte were the Cloutier grandparents with their sons Zacharie, Jean and Charles, Robert Drouin, Romain Trepanier, Pierre Maheu, and Nicolas Lebel, husband of Therese Mignault. Jean Grondin gave a dowry of 300 livres. Jean Mignault promised to detach 2 arpents of frontage from his farm which had 6 arpents. He also gave his permission to use wood, cut and ready, to build a home, and also some stone.
Married 4 Aug 1669 Quebec, Quebec, Canada [2, 5, 9] Children 1. Marie Grondin, b. 4 Feb 1670/71, Quebec, Quebec, Canada , bur. 3 Apr 1741, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 70 years) 2. Marie Agnes Grondin, b. 14 Mar 1672/73, Beauport, Quebec, Canada , d. 23 Nov 1752, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Age 79 years) 3. Marie Louise Grondin, b. Abt 1675, d. Yes, date unknown 4. Anne Sainte Grondin, b. Abt 1678, d. 4 Jun 1731, Berthier en Bas, Quebec, Canada (Age 53 years) 5. Francois Grondin, b. 8 Jun 1680, Neuville, Quebec, Canada , bur. 21 Jul 1719, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 39 years) 6. Jean Baptiste Grondin, b. 18 Sep 1682, Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada , bur. 10 Oct 1723, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 41 years) 7. Louise Therese Grondin, b. 17 Oct 1684, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown 8. Sebastien Grondin, c. 17 Oct 1687, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada , bur. 31 Dec 1749, Cap St. Ignace, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada (Age ~ 62 years) 9. Jeanne Marguerite Grondin, b. 20 Jan 1688/89, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada , d. 27 Dec 1705, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada (Age 16 years) 10. Antoine Grondin, b. 11 May 1692, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown 11. Joseph Grondin, b. 15 Feb 1695/96, Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada , d. 6 Feb 1715/16, La Pocatiere, Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada (Age 19 years) Last Modified 6 May 2014 Family ID F408 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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