Pierre Michaud, Sr.

"Pierre Michaud & Marie Ancelin – migration to new france
Information from: Gerard Lebel, C.Ss.R., Nos Ancetres, St.-Anne-de-Beaupre, (1984); the database of Colin Michaud; the Michaud Family Association; and personal research.
The St. Lawrence River valley was the gateway to New France. It was the main transportation and communications route with the home country, and the fertile center of the new colonies. The best lands of the major settlement, at Quebec city, were quickly occupied, and the Seignieurs responsible for the lands to the east on both sides of the river worked hard to fulfill the terms of their land grants (otherwise they would lose their grants).
So, they constantly sought out settlers to occupy, clear, and farm concessions of land in their own grants. Clearing the heavily wooded land was hard work, however, and cleared land was not given up easily. So why would a farmer give up his land to clear a plot elsewhere? The enticement was simple -- more (and more fertile, hopefully) land elsewhere for raising their families.
The Michaud's had the same needs as other early settlers, so in 1671, Pierre Michaud and his new wife, Marie, left Île d'Orléans for the greener pastures of Ile-aux-Oies (Isle of the Geese) {. Here, their first child, Pierre, was born on February 11, 1672, and baptised by Father Morel on March 8. His godmother was Anne Macart, wife of the Sieur de Granville, a resident of the island. Moreover, on September 9, 1673, 'Pierre Michel living on the ile aux Oyes,' sold his five arpents of cleared land on Île d'Orléans to Jean Mourier. Pierre probably worked in the service of Sieur de Granville for three years; then he exercised his right to move over to the neighboring Ile-aux-Grues (Isle of the Cranes), just opposite Cape-St-Ignace on the St. Lawrence River.
His eldest daughter, Marie-Anne, was born here on November 12, 1675. In effect, on July 17, 1674, Sieur de Granville, as the seigneur of these two little islands, granted six arpents of frontage to a depth of the entire island to Pierre, between the lands of Jean Soucy and Pierre Terrien. Pierre had increased his holdings significantly.
Ile-aux-Grues is the only one of the 21 islands and small islands of the Ile-aux-Grues archipelago to be permanently inhabited. Today, although only five kilometers in total size, the island is home to nearly 250 permanent residents.
On April 28, 1675, Pierre acted as godfather to Marie-Anne Soucy, born on Ile-aux-Grues. By the winter of 1681, the Michaud family, now including five children, was still living on their island farm, with six arpents of land under cultivation, 10 animals and a hunting rifle. Pierre's family was growing however, so, at the age of 44, he and his family crossed to the south shore of the St. Laurence River, to a place called l'Islet. He would work his new lands here for 11 years, and have his last five children here.
In 1692, Dame Genevieve Couillard, widow of the late Sieur du Tarte, enticed Pierre to move to her fief at Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. A concession, privately granted, was made on October 19, 1695, by the Seigneuresse, but two years later this land was resold by the Michauds to Pierre Lessard, because they had found an even better piece of land.
The records show that by June 30, 1695, Pierre and Marie held official title to a concession of 12 arpents of prime frontal property on the St. Lawrence River, at Kamouraska. By then, they may have already lived on this land for a few years, and they would not be alone there: the Ancelin family had also moved to the growing town of Kamouraska as well.
Unfortunately, by this time, Pierre, who was 64 years old, was suffering from mouth cancer, probably caused by a lifetime of pipe smoking. With the help of his children, he cleared his new land as well, and laid the foundation for his children to receive their own concessions in town as well. But by 1701, his health had failed to the point that, with the consent of their children, he and Marie prepared their will. Pierre died in 1702, between May 28th and September 15th.
On October 18, 1704, Marie Ancelin, with her children in mind, convinced the Seigneur Louis Aubert de Forillon to add 8 arpents of width to the 12 existing arpents of cleared land the family possessed. She would live another twenty years on this property. On April 20, 1724, the family made an inventory of her possessions. Nine days later, Marie gave her assets to her son, Joseph, and placed herself in his care. Five years later, in 1729, she died. She was buried at Kamouraska on April 18, 1729.
Pierre and Marie's nine children had, within four generations, produced 458 Michaud heirs in the New World.

Source: [http://members.tripod.com/~Scott.../Pierre-Michaud-2.html]
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Notes

• Location info: Poitou, France (birth), Château-Richer (marriage), Kamouraska (death)
• Pionnier de la Nouvelle-France. Arrive au Québec en juin 1656 à bord de La Fortune.
• Contrat de mariage entre Pierre Michaud et Marie Ancelin le 2 octobre 1667 par notaire Auber.

More Notes

Pierre Michaud dit Michel (1637-1702) married Marie Ancelin (1651-1729) at Château-Richer in October 1667, according to the parish registers at Notre-Dame-de-la-Bonne-Nouvelle. The civil contract drafted by Notary Auber on October 2, 1667, was never completed or signed by the notary, but he had a reputation for such oversights.

Pierre was born in 1637, at Fontenay-le-Comte, near Maillézais in Poitou, France (today la Vendée), where his parents, Antoine Michel and Marie Train, lived. On March 27, 1656, at age 19, he signed a contract in the office of Notary Moreau in La Rochelle for 3-years' service in Quebec, where he arrived in June, 1656, on the good ship La Fortune.

Sources

• Acadian.org

Pierre Michaud, born 1642 in Notre Dame, Poitou, France; died 1702.He was the son of Antoine-Michel Michaud and Marie (Juin) Train.He married Marie Ancelin 2 October 1667 in Chateau Richer (Source: Centennial Book 1894-1994, Squatec, Temiscouata. Qu.for all his descendants.). Marie Ancelin, born 1654 in Cogne, Larochelle; died 18 April 1729 in Kamouraska.She was the daughter of . Rene Ancelin and Claire Rousselot.

      Children of Pierre Michaud and Marie Ancelin are: 

	i.	 	M. Anne Michaud, married Pierre Boucher 19 July 1695 in Riviere Ouelle.

ii. M. Madeleine Michaud, born 11 February 1691/92 in Ile aux Grues; died 1 May 1775 in Kamouraska; married (1) Nicolas Lebel 23 August 1707 in Riviere Ouelle; married (2) Jean-Baptiste Roy-Desjardins September 1722 in Kamouraska.
iii. M. Elisabeth Michaud, married Pierre Levasseur.
iv. Jean-Baptiste Michaud, born 8 April 1674 in Kamouraska; died 1718 in Kamouraska; married Marie Vaillancourt 3 June 1697 in St-Pierre I.O..
v. Pierre Michaud, married M. Madeleine Cadieu.
Sources http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/e/s/Claudette--Deschenes/GENE5-0021....

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Ancestry.com Public Member Trees Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; @R5@ Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.

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Record for Antoine Michel Michaud http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=222046265702&i...

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Pierre Michaud 1 (1637 - 1702)

Il est aussi connu sous le nom de Pierre Michau 2, 3.

Il est le fils de Antoine Michel et Marie Train.

Il est baptisé autour de 1637 à Fontenay-le-Comte, Fontenay-le-Comte, Vendée, France 2, 3. Il épouse Marie Ancelin fille de Claire Rousselot et René Ancelin en 1667 sur l' Île d'Orléans, Québec, Canada 2, 4. Marie Ancelin et Pierre Michaud signent un contrat de mariage le 2 octobre 1667 par devant Claude Aubert. Il décède autour de 1702 à Kamouraska, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec.

Liste de ses enfants connus:

+ 1. Pierre Michaud (1672 - ) 2, 3 (de Marie Ancelin)
+ 2. Jean-Baptiste Michaud (1674 - ) 2, 3 (de Marie Ancelin) + 3. Marie-Anne Michaud (1676 - 1755) 2, 5 (de Marie Ancelin) + 4. Joseph Michaud (1679 - 1735) 2, 3 (de Marie Ancelin) + 5. Pierre Michau (1681 - 1760) 2, 3 (de Marie Ancelin) + 6. Louis Michaud (1684 - ) 3 (de Marie Ancelin) + 7. Marie-Élisabeth Michaud (1685 - 1766) 3 (de Marie Ancelin) + 8. François Michaud (1687 - 1727) 3 (de Marie Ancelin)

  9. Geneviève Michau (1690 - 1690) 3 (de Marie Ancelin) + 10. Madeleine Michaud (1692 - 1788) 3 (de Marie Ancelin)

Pierre Michaud immigre autour de 1656. Pierre Michaud est charpentier et fermier. Pierre Michaud possède un fusil, dix bêtes à cornes et six arpents de terre en valeur en 1681 2. Marie-Anne Michaud, Pierre Michau, Joseph Michaud, Jean-Baptiste Michaud, Pierre Michaud, Marie Ancelin et Pierre Michaud résident sur l' Île-aux-Oies, Québec en 1681 2.

1. Tanguay - Volume 2, p. 35, 55

2. Internet - Recensement de 1681 en Nouvelle-France, référant au chapitre IV du livre Histoire des Canadiens-Français de Benjamin Sulte, compilé par Jean-Guy Sénécal (senecal@gel.ulaval.ca) le 17 mars 1998.

3. Tanguay - Volume 1, p. 429

4. Tanguay - Volume 1, p. 429, Volume 2, p. 35, 55

5. Tanguay - Volume 1, p. 73, 429, Volume 2, p. 375

La dernière mise à jour de cette personne a été faite le 2017-04-21

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(Ct 02-10 Aubert) avec Marie Ancelin (Asselin)
Famille Michaud/Asselin au complet (10 enfants) vérifiée

En 1656, Pierre Micheau, 38 ans (sic) de Fontenay-le-Comte (N-D), est engagé pour 3 ans, par Jacques Pépin, marchand de La Rochelle (17300). Les actes suivants sont à Fontenay-le-Comte (N-D). Deux frères et deux soeurs sont b/s.: Renée (mère omise), b. 28-08-1622; Estienne, né 1625, s. à 9 ans le 04-02-1634; Thomas, né 00-03-1635, s. à 7 mois le 16-10-1635 et Marie (mère, Marie Servin-?), b. 02-04-1640. Sa mère Marie du Train (Pierre et Marie Michelle), est n/b 20-11-1602; sous Trin (épouse Michaud, mercier), inhumée le 26-05-1662.

Pierre était le fils d'Antoine (Michel) Michaud et Marie Du Train Juin. Son nom de famille a plusieurs orthographes, y compris Michel, Misheau, Michau, pour n'en nommer que quelques-uns.
Il a immigré en Nouvelle-France (Canada) en 1657 en tant que serviteur sous contrat. Les enregistrements de CanadianHeadstones.com Index listent ce cimetière comme lieu de sépulture, avecd'autres membres de sa famille.
Il a épousé Marie Anne Ancelin en novembre 1667 à Montmorency, Québec, Canada. Ils ont eu dix enfants: Pierre, Jean Baptiste, Marie Anne, Joseph, Pierre (le cadet), Louis, Marie Elizabeth, François, Geneviève et Marie Magdeleine.
Le mémorial montré sur la photo n'est pas au cimetière. C'est un marqueur historique près du fleuve Saint-Laurent à Kamouraska, Québec, Canada.
SusanE a fourni les informations suivantes:
«Pierre souffrait d'un cancer de la bouche causé par la pipe: en 1701, Pierre et Marie faisaient leur testament avec le consentement de leurs enfants, les biens iraient au survivant des deux, Pierre mourut en 1702, entre le 28 mai et le 15 septembre »
(Nos ancêtres franco-canadiens, Thos. Laforest, Vol II)

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Source- http;//iquebec.ifrance.com/kamouraska/histoire/familles.htm Note: Pierre Sr. was one of the first settlers of Kamouraska. He received his concession on the same day as his son, Pierre Jr.