Anne (Fille du Roy) Leseigneur, fille du Roi

On 3 July 1668, Antoine Adhemar dit Saint-Martin, himself a former member of the Sorel Company, was at Fort Saint-Louis to draw up his first notarial act, the marriage contract between Jean Besset, "soldier at present living at Fort St. Louis" and Anne le Seigneur. The notary did not record the names of the groom's father and mother.

As for the bride, Anne le Seigneur was a native of the parish of Saint-Maclou in Rouen, Normandy and daughter of the late Guillaume and of Marguerite Serre. She was selected as a "fille du roi" (daughter of the King). The filles du roi were part of King Louis XIV's program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada. Some 770 women arrived in the colony of New France between 1663 and 1673, under the financialsponsorship of the King. Most were single French women and many were orphans and young widows. Their transportation to Canada and settlementin the colony were paid for by the King. Some were given a royal giftof a dowry of 50 livres for their marriage to one of the many unmarried male colonists in Canada. These gifts are reflected in some of the marriage contracts entered into by the filles du roi. Exceptions tothe50 livres rule were revealed by the historian and demographer Yves Landry, who observed that "Only 250 of the 606 marriage contracts made by les Filles du roi, that is 41 per cent, carry any mention of a dowry granted by the king. In relation to the entire group of Filles du roi, this number shows that less than one third of the immigrants of the period from 1663 - 1673 really benefited from the royal favour granted to newly weds."

The marriage contract of Jean Besset and Anne le Seigneur does not mention a dowry nor the gift of 50 livres from the king. The squire Jacques D'Harcinval, nobleman and an officer in the regiment, acted as witness in her favor. He was also from her native town, Rouen. Jean-Baptiste de Poitiers, Sieur du Buisson. a soldier from Picardy in the Chambly Company, was the best man for Jean Besset dit Brisetout, his companion-in-arms.

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On 3 July 1668, Antoine Adhemar dit Saint-Martin, himself a former member of the Sorel Company, was at Fort Saint-Louis to draw up his first notarial act, the marriage contract between Jean Besset, "soldier at present living at Fort St. Louis" and Anne le Seigneur. The notary did not record the names of the groom's father and mother. As for the bride, Anne le Seigneur was a native of the parish of Saint-Maclou in Rouen, Normandy and daughter of the late Guillaume and of Marguerite Serre. She was selected as a "fille du roi" (daughter of the King). The filles du roi were part of King Louis XIV's program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada. Some 770 women arrived in the colony of New France between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of the King. Most were single French women and many were orphans and young widows. Their transportation to Canada and settlement in the colony were paid for by the King. Some were given a royal giftof a dowry of 50 livres for their marriage to one of the many unmarried male colonists in Canada. These gifts are reflected in some of the marriage contracts entered into by the filles du roi. Exceptions to the 50 livres rule were revealed by the historian and demographer Yves Landry, who observed that "Only 250 of the 606 marriage contracts made by les Filles du roi, that is 41 per cent, carry any mention of a dowry granted by the king. In relation to the entire group of Filles du roi, this number shows that less than one third of the immigrants of the period from 1663 - 1673 really benefited from the royal favour granted to newly weds." The marriage contract of Jean Besset and Anne le Seigneur does not mention a dowry nor the gift of 50 livres from the king. The squire Jacques D'Harcinval, nobleman and an officer in the regiment, acted as witness in her favor. He was also from her native town, Rouen. Jean-Baptiste de Poitiers, Sieur du Buisson. a soldier from Picardy in the Chambly Company, was the best man for Jean Besset dit Brisetout, his companion-in-arms.

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GEDCOM Note

Anne LeSeigneur was a Fille Du Roi.

Les filles du roi, au nombre d'environ 770 femmes sont arrivées dans la colonie de la Nouvelle-France (Canada) entre 1663 et 1673, avec la commandite financière du roi Louis XIV. La plupart étaient des femmes célibataires et plusieurs étaient orphelines. Le Roi assumait les frais de transport et d'installation dans la colonie. Certaines recevaient un don royal de 50 livres comme dot pour leur mariage avec un colon célibataire au Canada. Ces dons sont mentionnés dans certains contrats de mariage souscrits par les fille du roi au moment de leur premier mariage.

Les filles du roi faisaient partie du programme du roi Louis XIV pour promouvoir une colonie stable au Canada. Quelques 737 d'entre elles se sont mariées et ont contribué à l'explosion de la population amenant ainsi le succès de la colonie. La plupart des millions de canadiens français contemporains, tant au Québec que dans le reste du Canada et aux Etats-Unis (et ailleurs !), sont des descendants d'une ou de plusieurs de ces femmes courageuses du 17ième siècle.

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