The work of the members of the Association made it possible to retrace six generations of our ancestors.
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Our first five generations
FIRST GENERATION
Jehan Dumoys was a ropesman in Autretôt in 1555. Elseôt is a small village in Normandy and a weaving center in addition to being a home of Norman Protestantism.
It is the country of Caux, a chalky plateau in Upper Normandy. The name of Caux comes from a Celtic tribe, “the caletes” present before the Romans. The inhabitants are called Cauchois, which was also an important language of the Norman language.
In the Middle Ages, the country of Caux had been colonized by the Vikings.
Jehan marries Marguerite Berservoyse in Autretôt. They had a daughter Marie in 1556 and then two sons, Jehan who married Elisabeth Henze in 1596 and Adrien who married Catherine Pougnye in 1594.
SECOND GENERATION
Adrien Dumoys and Catherine Pougnye married in Ettouteville not far from Autretôt in 1594. They have a son Jehan who was allegedly born in 1595. He will become the father of our ancestors who will come to New France.
THIRD GENERATION
Jehan Dumay was born around 1595 in France. He lived in Dieppe. He married Miotte Lecombe in his first marriage with whom he had a son:
• Etienne was born around 1618 in Dieppe.
Jehan Dumay married in second marriage Barbe Mauger, with whom he had four children:
• André, born on February 3, 1628 in Dieppe.
• Catherine, born on May 5, 1629 in Dieppe.
• Jean, born on February 6, 1633 in Dieppe.
• Laurent, born on October 1, 1635 in Dieppe.
THE PRESENCE OF JEHAN DUMAYS IN NEW FRANCE
It was in Dieppe in 1643 that Jehan Dumay and his sons Etienne, André and Jean embarked for New France. Catherine and Laurent will still remain in France.
Jehan’s presence is noted during a contract to purchase land bought in 1645 on the Côte de Beaupré that he left in 1646. On January 1, 1648, he signed as a witness on his son Etienne’s marriage contract in Quebec City.
Jehan obtained a concession of 50 acres in Cap Rouge in the Seigneurie de Gaudarville but he abandoned this concession in 1650 to return permanently to France after installing his sons.
FOURTH GENERATION
Etienne, who was born around 1618 in Dieppe, arrived with his father and two brothers in New France in 1644.
He married Françoise Morin on January 28, 1648 in Quebec City. After a short stay in Ville Marie in 1649, he returned to the Quebec City region where he obtained a concession in Cap Rouge, a land he lived on for 40 years.
* Etienne died on January 25, 1697. The couple Etienne and Françoise had 9 children.
* André was born on February 3, 1628 in Dieppe. He first arrived in Quebec City with his father and two brothers. He soon left for Ville Marie around 1649. He married Marie Chedville on January 17, 1654 in Ville Marie. Maisonneuve granted him land near the Saint-Pierre River, in Pointe Saint-Charles. Subsequently, he settled in Pointe-aux-Trembles because of the danger posed by the presence of the Iroquois. André died in the same place on July 17, 1711. The André and Marie couple had 12 children.
*Jean was born on February 6, 1633 in Dieppe. He went through New France with his father and two brothers. Being the youngest of Jehan Dumay’s sons, he is waiting for the opportunity to go to Ville Marie. On November 9, 1654 Jean married Jeanne Védie, in Ville Marie (Montreal.) She had arrived with the Great Recruit of 1653.
Jean is a neighbor of his brother André at the Saint-Pierre River The danger posed by the Iroquois made him flee to Quebec City at the end of 1662 with his wife and his first three children. Jean was granted a concession on the Côte de Lauzon in 1666 and then he had a stone house built in Quebec City on Rue du Cul-de-Sac in 1689. Jean died on July 3, 1708. The couple Jean and Jeanne had 13 children.
FIFTH GENERATION THE CHILDREN OF THE ÉTIENNE AND FRANÇOISE COUPLE
* 1. Marie: born on May 31, 1649, in Montreal. She died before the census of 1666.
* 2. Nicole: born on November 18, 1650, at the Saint-Joseph mission in Sillery. She died before the census of 1666.
* 3. Étienne : Born on March 1, 1653 and baptized on March 7, 1653, in Sillery. He died before the census of 1666.
* 4. Anonymous : Born on January 31, 1654. He died the same day.
* 5. Jean: Born on August 28, 1655, Quebec City. He died before the census of 1666.
* 6. Étienne : Born on December 3, 1656, in Sillery. He married Jeanne Françoise Ménard on November 25, 1686. He died on September 15, 1702, in Boucherville.
* 7. Joseph : Born in 1658. He first married Marguerite Guitaut dit Jolicoeur on October 25, 1683 in La Prairie. He married Marguerite Perras on September 20, 1699 in La Prairie. He married Angélique Brune on July 23, 1708 in Varennes. He married Françoise Petit in fourth marriage on November 24, 1712. He died on November 30, 1728, in Saint-Lambert.
* 8. Eustache : Born in 1661. He married Catherine Perras on April 21, 1688 in La Prairie. He died on March 20, 1707, in Montreal.
* 9. François : Born on February 10 and baptised on February 25, 1663, in Sillery. He married Jeanne Roannes on January 25, 1700 in La Prairie. He died on July 19, 1717, in La Prairie.
THE CHILDREN OF THE COUPLE ANDRE AND MARIE
* 1. Catherine : Born on October 22, 1654, in Montreal. She died on November 20, 1654, in Montreal. She is the last person buried in the Pointe-à-Callières cemetery.
* 2. Marie : Born on October 28, 1655, in Montreal. Two marriage contracts were cancelled before marrying Jean Roy on January 26, 1672 in Montreal. She died on January 23, 1687, in Montreal.
* 3. Nicolas; Born on August 6, 1657, in Montreal. He married Marie-Barbe Jetté on October 23, 1679 in Montreal. He died on October 21, 1708, in Montreal.
* 4. André : Born on October 24, 1659, in Montreal. He married Anne Jetté on September 2, 1686 in Montreal. He died on January 17, 1707, in Montreal.
* 5. Jean-Baptiste : Born on August 31, 1661, in Montreal. He married Cunegund Masta on February 25, 1686. He died on October 25, 1690, in Montreal.
* 6. Michel : Born on October 3, 1663, in Montreal. He married Elisabeth Jetté on November 27, 1685 in Montreal. He died on October 15, 1687, in Montreal.
* 7. Barbe :Born on August 8, 1665 in Montreal. She married Jacques Coiteux on November 4, 1680 in Montreal. She died on September 7, 1699, in Pointe-aux-Trembles.
* 8. Charles : Born on June 13, 1667, in Montreal. He first married Elisabeth Papin on February 17, 1689 in Montreal. He married Catherine Jetté in his second marriage on October 9, 1707. He married Madeleine Cauchon-Bléry in his third marriage on April 23, 1719. He died on September 6, 1758, in Montreal.
* 9. Marie : Born around 1669. She first married Jean Bourthis (Boulerisse) on October 22, 1686. She married Charles Cary dit Vigneron in his second marriage on November 1, 1712 in Longueuil.
* 10. Robert : Born on January 11, 1671, in Boucherville. He married Madeleine Jetté on April 26, 1694 in Montreal. He died on May 23, 1741, in Montreal.
* 11. Paul : Born on January 25, 1673. He died on February 17, 1690, in Montreal.
* 12. Martine : Born on September 24, 1675, in Montreal. She married Paul Jetté-Durivage on September 16, 1697 in Montreal. She died on June 9, 1755, in Pointe-aux-Trembles.
THE CHILDREN OF THE COUPLE JEAN AND JEANNE
* 1. François : Born on February 16, 1658, in Montreal.
* 2. Marguerite : Born on October 21, 1659, in Montreal. She married André Bergeron on July 9, 1673 in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans.
* 3. Jean-Louis : Born on July 6, 1661 in Montreal. He married Jeanne Larrivé on May 2, 1696 in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans. He died on July 11, 1736, in Quebec City.
* 4. Pierre : Born on October 8 in Sillery, He first married Jeanne Pouliot on November 1, 1691 in Saint-Nicolas. He married Jeanne Houde in his second marriage on July 31, 1703 in Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière. He died on July 7, 1714, at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.
* 5. Anne : Born on August 30, 1664, in Saint-Nicolas, She first married Gabriel Duchêsne on May 3, 1688 in Quebec City. She married Michel Cureux St-Germain in her second marriage on October 14, 1693 in Quebec City.
* 6. Eustache :Born on August 30, 1665. He died the same day.
* 7. René : Born on August 13, 1667, baptised on August 14 in Sillery. He first married Anne Dubois- Lafrance on May 2, 1694 in Saint-Nicolas. He married Madeleine Lavoie in his second marriage on February 5, 1714 in Saint-Nicolas. He was buried on December 21, 1729, in Saint-Nicolas.
* 8. Madeleine : Born on March 26, 1669, in Etchemin and baptised on March 27 in Quebec City. She married Georges Marion dit Lafontaine on November 12, 1693. She died on December 15, 1742, in Saint-Nicolas.
* 9. André : Born in 1671, he was ten years old at the 1681 census. It was captured by the English in Acadia.
* 10. Eustache : Born on May 5, 1673 in Etchemin, he was baptised on 7 in Quebec City. He married Françoise Dubois dit Lafrance on November 3, 1694 in Quebec City. He died on December 14, 1708 in Saint-Nicolas.
* 11. Catherine :Born on April 4, 1675 and baptised on April 10, in Quebec City, She died on July 5, 1693, in Quebec City. She drowned during a canoe ride in front of Saint-Nicolas with two friends.
* 12. Jean-Nicolas :Born on May 18, 1677 and baptised on June 13, in Sillery, He married Marie-Anne Rochon Rocheron on May 3, 1700 in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans. He died on December 16, 1740, in Saint-Nicolas.
* 13. Michel: Born on August 31, 1681 and baptised on November 26, in Saint-Nicolas, He died on February 21, 1701, in St. Nicholas.
Jehan Dumoys was a ropesman in Autretôt in 1555. Elseôt is a small village in Normandy and a weaving center in addition to being a home of Norman Protestantism.
It is the country of Caux, a chalky plateau in Upper Normandy. The name of Caux comes from a Celtic tribe, “the caletes” present before the Romans. The inhabitants are called Cauchois, which was also an important language of the Norman language.
In the Middle Ages, the country of Caux had been colonized by the Vikings.
Jehan marries Marguerite Berservoyse in Autretôt. They had a daughter Marie in 1556 and then two sons, Jehan who married Elisabeth Henze in 1596 and Adrien who married Catherine Pougnye in 1594.
SECOND GENERATION
Adrien Dumoys and Catherine Pougnye married in Ettouteville not far from Autretôt in 1594. They have a son Jehan who was allegedly born in 1595. He will become the father of our ancestors who will come to New France.
THIRD GENERATION
Jehan Dumay was born around 1595 in France. He lived in Dieppe. He married Miotte Lecombe in his first marriage with whom he had a son:
• Etienne was born around 1618 in Dieppe.
Jehan Dumay married in second marriage Barbe Mauger, with whom he had four children:
• André, born on February 3, 1628 in Dieppe.
• Catherine, born on May 5, 1629 in Dieppe.
• Jean, born on February 6, 1633 in Dieppe.
• Laurent, born on October 1, 1635 in Dieppe.
THE PRESENCE OF JEHAN DUMAYS IN NEW FRANCE
It was in Dieppe in 1643 that Jehan Dumay and his sons Etienne, André and Jean embarked for New France. Catherine and Laurent will still remain in France.
Jehan’s presence is noted during a contract to purchase land bought in 1645 on the Côte de Beaupré that he left in 1646. On January 1, 1648, he signed as a witness on his son Etienne’s marriage contract in Quebec City.
Jehan obtained a concession of 50 acres in Cap Rouge in the Seigneurie de Gaudarville but he abandoned this concession in 1650 to return permanently to France after installing his sons.
FOURTH GENERATION
Etienne, who was born around 1618 in Dieppe, arrived with his father and two brothers in New France in 1644.
He married Françoise Morin on January 28, 1648 in Quebec City. After a short stay in Ville Marie in 1649, he returned to the Quebec City region where he obtained a concession in Cap Rouge, a land he lived on for 40 years.
* Etienne died on January 25, 1697. The couple Etienne and Françoise had 9 children.
* André was born on February 3, 1628 in Dieppe. He first arrived in Quebec City with his father and two brothers. He soon left for Ville Marie around 1649. He married Marie Chedville on January 17, 1654 in Ville Marie. Maisonneuve granted him land near the Saint-Pierre River, in Pointe Saint-Charles. Subsequently, he settled in Pointe-aux-Trembles because of the danger posed by the presence of the Iroquois. André died in the same place on July 17, 1711. The André and Marie couple had 12 children.
*Jean was born on February 6, 1633 in Dieppe. He went through New France with his father and two brothers. Being the youngest of Jehan Dumay’s sons, he is waiting for the opportunity to go to Ville Marie. On November 9, 1654 Jean married Jeanne Védie, in Ville Marie (Montreal.) She had arrived with the Great Recruit of 1653.
Jean is a neighbor of his brother André at the Saint-Pierre River The danger posed by the Iroquois made him flee to Quebec City at the end of 1662 with his wife and his first three children. Jean was granted a concession on the Côte de Lauzon in 1666 and then he had a stone house built in Quebec City on Rue du Cul-de-Sac in 1689. Jean died on July 3, 1708. The couple Jean and Jeanne had 13 children.
FIFTH GENERATION THE CHILDREN OF THE ÉTIENNE AND FRANÇOISE COUPLE
* 1. Marie: born on May 31, 1649, in Montreal. She died before the census of 1666.
* 2. Nicole: born on November 18, 1650, at the Saint-Joseph mission in Sillery. She died before the census of 1666.
* 3. Étienne : Born on March 1, 1653 and baptized on March 7, 1653, in Sillery. He died before the census of 1666.
* 4. Anonymous : Born on January 31, 1654. He died the same day.
* 5. Jean: Born on August 28, 1655, Quebec City. He died before the census of 1666.
* 6. Étienne : Born on December 3, 1656, in Sillery. He married Jeanne Françoise Ménard on November 25, 1686. He died on September 15, 1702, in Boucherville.
* 7. Joseph : Born in 1658. He first married Marguerite Guitaut dit Jolicoeur on October 25, 1683 in La Prairie. He married Marguerite Perras on September 20, 1699 in La Prairie. He married Angélique Brune on July 23, 1708 in Varennes. He married Françoise Petit in fourth marriage on November 24, 1712. He died on November 30, 1728, in Saint-Lambert.
* 8. Eustache : Born in 1661. He married Catherine Perras on April 21, 1688 in La Prairie. He died on March 20, 1707, in Montreal.
* 9. François : Born on February 10 and baptised on February 25, 1663, in Sillery. He married Jeanne Roannes on January 25, 1700 in La Prairie. He died on July 19, 1717, in La Prairie.
THE CHILDREN OF THE COUPLE ANDRE AND MARIE
* 1. Catherine : Born on October 22, 1654, in Montreal. She died on November 20, 1654, in Montreal. She is the last person buried in the Pointe-à-Callières cemetery.
* 2. Marie : Born on October 28, 1655, in Montreal. Two marriage contracts were cancelled before marrying Jean Roy on January 26, 1672 in Montreal. She died on January 23, 1687, in Montreal.
* 3. Nicolas; Born on August 6, 1657, in Montreal. He married Marie-Barbe Jetté on October 23, 1679 in Montreal. He died on October 21, 1708, in Montreal.
* 4. André : Born on October 24, 1659, in Montreal. He married Anne Jetté on September 2, 1686 in Montreal. He died on January 17, 1707, in Montreal.
* 5. Jean-Baptiste : Born on August 31, 1661, in Montreal. He married Cunegund Masta on February 25, 1686. He died on October 25, 1690, in Montreal.
* 6. Michel : Born on October 3, 1663, in Montreal. He married Elisabeth Jetté on November 27, 1685 in Montreal. He died on October 15, 1687, in Montreal.
* 7. Barbe :Born on August 8, 1665 in Montreal. She married Jacques Coiteux on November 4, 1680 in Montreal. She died on September 7, 1699, in Pointe-aux-Trembles.
* 8. Charles : Born on June 13, 1667, in Montreal. He first married Elisabeth Papin on February 17, 1689 in Montreal. He married Catherine Jetté in his second marriage on October 9, 1707. He married Madeleine Cauchon-Bléry in his third marriage on April 23, 1719. He died on September 6, 1758, in Montreal.
* 9. Marie : Born around 1669. She first married Jean Bourthis (Boulerisse) on October 22, 1686. She married Charles Cary dit Vigneron in his second marriage on November 1, 1712 in Longueuil.
* 10. Robert : Born on January 11, 1671, in Boucherville. He married Madeleine Jetté on April 26, 1694 in Montreal. He died on May 23, 1741, in Montreal.
* 11. Paul : Born on January 25, 1673. He died on February 17, 1690, in Montreal.
* 12. Martine : Born on September 24, 1675, in Montreal. She married Paul Jetté-Durivage on September 16, 1697 in Montreal. She died on June 9, 1755, in Pointe-aux-Trembles.
THE CHILDREN OF THE COUPLE JEAN AND JEANNE
* 1. François : Born on February 16, 1658, in Montreal.
* 2. Marguerite : Born on October 21, 1659, in Montreal. She married André Bergeron on July 9, 1673 in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans.
* 3. Jean-Louis : Born on July 6, 1661 in Montreal. He married Jeanne Larrivé on May 2, 1696 in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans. He died on July 11, 1736, in Quebec City.
* 4. Pierre : Born on October 8 in Sillery, He first married Jeanne Pouliot on November 1, 1691 in Saint-Nicolas. He married Jeanne Houde in his second marriage on July 31, 1703 in Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière. He died on July 7, 1714, at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.
* 5. Anne : Born on August 30, 1664, in Saint-Nicolas, She first married Gabriel Duchêsne on May 3, 1688 in Quebec City. She married Michel Cureux St-Germain in her second marriage on October 14, 1693 in Quebec City.
* 6. Eustache :Born on August 30, 1665. He died the same day.
* 7. René : Born on August 13, 1667, baptised on August 14 in Sillery. He first married Anne Dubois- Lafrance on May 2, 1694 in Saint-Nicolas. He married Madeleine Lavoie in his second marriage on February 5, 1714 in Saint-Nicolas. He was buried on December 21, 1729, in Saint-Nicolas.
* 8. Madeleine : Born on March 26, 1669, in Etchemin and baptised on March 27 in Quebec City. She married Georges Marion dit Lafontaine on November 12, 1693. She died on December 15, 1742, in Saint-Nicolas.
* 9. André : Born in 1671, he was ten years old at the 1681 census. It was captured by the English in Acadia.
* 10. Eustache : Born on May 5, 1673 in Etchemin, he was baptised on 7 in Quebec City. He married Françoise Dubois dit Lafrance on November 3, 1694 in Quebec City. He died on December 14, 1708 in Saint-Nicolas.
* 11. Catherine :Born on April 4, 1675 and baptised on April 10, in Quebec City, She died on July 5, 1693, in Quebec City. She drowned during a canoe ride in front of Saint-Nicolas with two friends.
* 12. Jean-Nicolas :Born on May 18, 1677 and baptised on June 13, in Sillery, He married Marie-Anne Rochon Rocheron on May 3, 1700 in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans. He died on December 16, 1740, in Saint-Nicolas.
* 13. Michel: Born on August 31, 1681 and baptised on November 26, in Saint-Nicolas, He died on February 21, 1701, in St. Nicholas.