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Jean (Chassey) Chassé (1711 - 1798)

Jean "Jean François" Chassé formerly Chassey
Born in Combeaufontaine, Franche-Comté, Francemap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 27 Jun 1735 in Saint-Louis de Kamouraska, Canada, Nouvelle-Francemap
Husband of — married 1 Aug 1757 in Saint-Louis de Kamouraska, Canada, Nouvelle-Francemap
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Died at age 86 in Saint-André, Bas-Canadamap
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Biography

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Jean (Chassey) Chassé migrated from France to New France.
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CHASSÉ / CHASSEY, Jean

Jean Chassey son of Sébastien Chassey and of Élisabeth Granmaître was born on 12 August 1711 and baptized the following day in L'Assomption parish of Combeaufontaine in Franche-Comté, France.[1] His godparents were Jean Chassey and Élisabeth Chassey, both illiterate, of Scey-sur-Saône. The priest was Benigne Bourdereau, a relative that was Curate and died on August 24, 1713 after having been Curate of Combeaufontaine for 45 years.[2]

Jean Chassey was first mentioned in the country when he came listed as a salt smuggler deported from France in 1733.[1][3]

Drapeau identifiant les profils du Canada, Nouvelle-France
Jean (Chassey) Chassé lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Marriage
Jean Chassey, aged 21 on the record, married Marie Josephe Migneau, daughter of Pierre Mignot and the late Jeanne Autin, on 27 June 1735 in Saint-Louis de Kamouraska, Canada, Nouvelle-France. In the presence of known witnesses Jean and Charles Minville friends of the husband and Pierre Migneau, father of the wife, Jean Migneau brother of the wife and Joseph Michaud, son of Pierre Michaud who knew how to sign.[4][5]Marie Josephe passed away on 2 March 1757 in Kamouraska.

2nd Marriage
Jean Chassey, widower of Marie Josephe Migneau, married Marie Louise Asselin, daughter of Louis Asselin, on 1 August 1757 in Saint-Louis de Kamouraska. [Act states: The name of the wife's mother has been omitted] In the presence of known witnesses Louis Dubé, uncle, Mahieu Lechaste, François Migneau, and Jean Paradis. The celebrant priest was J. Trutaut.[6]

Death and Burial
Jean François Chassé, husband of Marie Angélique Asselin, passed away on 5 July 1798 being given the age of around 88 years on the record. His burial was the following day in Saint-André, Bas-Canada.[7][8]

Biographie

Jean (Chassey) Chassé a des origines françaises.

JEAN CHASSE Status : Immigrant

Birth / Naissance : 1711-08-12 combeaufontaine, eveche de besancon, franche-comte (ar. vesoul, haute-saone)[9]

Jean Chassey est né le 12 août 1711 et baptisé le 13 à Combeaufontaine (L'Assomption) en Franche-Comté, fils de Sébastien Chassey et d'Elisabeth Grandmaitre. Son parrain fut Jean Chassey, sa marraine Élisabeth Chassey.

Il était faux-saunier, déporté en Nouvelle-France de ce fait.[1][10]

Lors de son mariage avec Marie-Josephe Migneault, âgé de 21 ans, fils de Sébastien Chassey et Elisabeth Grandmaitre ; témoins: Jean et Charles Minville amis de l'époux et Pierre Migneau, père de l'épouse, Jean Migneau frère de l'épouse et Joseph Michaud, fils de Pierre Michaud qui a su signer.

CT Notaire Dionne Kamouraska le 25-7-1757 avec Marie-Louise Asselin

Lors de son mariage avec Marie-Louise Asselin, veuf de défunte Marie-Josephte Mignault ; témoins: ? Dubé, oncle , Charles-Francois Mignault, Mathieu Chassé, Jean Paradis

Jean François Chassé laboureur et époux de Marie Angélique Asselin est décédé au matin du 5 juillet 1798 et fut inhumé le lendemain dans le cimetière de la paroisse Saint-André de Kamouraska. Il était selon le registre âgé d'environ 88 ans. Étaient présent au funérails Charles Dubé et François Michaud qui ont déclarés ne pas savoir signer.

Notes

Fichier Origine

CHASSÉ / CHASSEY, Jean 240846
Date de naissance: 12-08-1711
Date de baptême: 13-08-1711
Lieu d'origine: Combeaufontaine (L'Assomption) (Haute-Saône) 70165
Lieu actuel: Combeaufontaine
Parents: Sébastien CHASSEY et Élisabeth Grandmaître
Date de mariage des parents: 28-02-1708
Lieu de mariage des parents: Scey-sur-Saône (St-Martin) (Haute-Saône) (70165)
Première mention au pays: 1733
Occupation à l'arrivée: Faux-saunier
Date de mariage: 27-06-1735
Lieu du mariage: Kamouraska
Conjoint: Marie-Josèphe Migneau
Décès ou inhumation: St-André (Kamouraska), 05-07-1798
Remarques: Son père, Sébastien Chassey, est né et baptisé le 11-03-1684 à Scey-sur-Saône (St-Martin) (70482), décédé et inhumé le 23-03-1739 à Combeaufontaine (L'Assomption). Les actes suivants sont à Combeaufontaine (L'Assomption) sauf indication. Frère et sœurs : Anne, b. 22-02-1709 à Scey-sur-Saône (St-Martin); Sébastien-1, b. 19-01-1714; Catherine (pionnière), b. 01-08-1716; Marie-Françoise (pionnière), b. 02-06-1719; Anne-Marie (pionnière), n. 18, b. 19-12-1721; Sébastien-2 (pionnier), b. 20-02-1724; et Jeanne-Baptiste (pionnière), b. 10-10-1726. Ses grands-parents paternels sont Jean Chassey et Françoise Bourdereau. Ses grands-parents maternels sont Jean Grandmaître et Marguerite Grandmaître mariés le 20-01-1672.[1]

Research Notes

Note: I translated one of the articles. This one is principally on the issues related to the emigration by force and subsequent history. The other carries the details in France further. The family was from Franche-Comté.
Anyway, here is the one I did translate:
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The Origins of the Chassé family.
by Hubert Charbonneau
Translation from Memoires de La Societe Genealogique
Canadienne-Francaise, Vol. 43 no. 1, spring 1992
On 24 Feb. 1733 a young man of Franche-Comte, in a spirit of adventure, left France for Canada by order of the king. He was not alone, with 98 other passengers, all minor criminals like himself, one of whom was his cousin. This salt blackmarketeer, named Jean Chassey, preferred deportation to imprisonment. He had been found with the equipment for making crystalized salt. However; his crime was not very great, and indeed if we found him doing this today, he would not be in prison at all.
TO CANADA
Disembarking at Québec, Jean Chassey was bound over with four other criminals to François Poulin, sieur de Francheville, founder of the St-Maurice forges. However, Poulin died the November following, and the works were temporarily closed. Almost certainly this was why we find our Jean Chassey in Kamouraska only two years after his arrival in the colony of Québec.
One of his companions, who was also at the Forges of St-Maurice, is most probably his accomplice. Jean Nicolas Granmaître carries the same name as the mother of Jean Chassey and is originally from Combeaufontaine in Franche-Comtâe, the parish in which was living the family of Jean. He married at Chateauguay 7 Jan 1736 Anne Primot, but Jean Nicolas died a few months later, leaving his wife carrying a son who was born 19 Dec. 1737.
During this time, Jean Chassey married, on 27 June 1735 at St-Louis de Kamouraska, Marie Josephe Migneau, daughter of Pierre Migneau and Jeanne Autin. He says he is the son of Sébastien Chassey and Élisabeth Granmaître, he signs his name, and declares he is 21 years of age. We know now he was actually 23 years of age. The baptism states this, in Scey-sur-Saone Parish, which is in the diocese of Besancon. Tanguay erroneously says 'Lesursone' as origin instead of Sesursone. Going one better, in Chassey's contract before a notary later in life, his origin is written as Saint-Parsonne!
At the marriage, Jean and Charles Miville are among the witnesses for Jean Chassey. Perhaps he was contracted to work with the Miville family after his departure from the Forges. In fact, this is a strong possibility. In any case he is established near Kamouraska, on the side which becomes the territory of St-André. From 1736 to 1741 four children are born in Kamouraska. Then nine years after his arrival in the colony, the new Canadian decided to return to France to bring out his mother, brothers and sisters. His father had died three years earlier, as Jean heard from a messenger. He embarked on a small vessel sailing for Gaspé, but he had to return to Kamouraska. His reputation as a former criminal haunted him: he did not have the right to leave Canada.
But this very determined man arrived at his ends anyway, for his family disembarked in Québec during the summer or early fall of 1742. His mother, Élisabeth Granmaître, now about 55, was accompanied by four girls and the only other son: Catherine, 26; Marie Françoise, 23; Anne Marie, 20; Sébastien, 18; and Jeanne Baptiste, the youngest of the family, only 15. Also on the voyage was Francois Tortey, originally from Combeaufontaine. From that Nov. 27, 1742 Tortey's wife was Catherine, oldest sister of Jean. Two months later it was the turn of Marie Françoise to take a husband. This was Jean Baptiste Michaud, son of Pierre and of Marie Madeleine Cadieu. The Michauds were allied to the Mignaud family, and Joseph, brother of Jean Baptiste, had already been a witness at the marriage of Jean Chassey.
The events of life continued, some happy, some sad. There was the separation of the family, for before their first anniversary the Tortey couple decided to return to France. Three years later, during the summer of 1746, Sébastien, younger brother of Jean, died in his prime. That autumn brought the marriage of Anne Marie with Benjamin Michaud, cousin of Jean Baptiste, husband of Françoise. Then before the end of 1748, Jeanne Baptiste married Étienne Michaud, the brother of the same Jean Baptiste Michaud. The families Chassey and Michaud had ties that could not be dissolved. All the children of Élisabeth Granmaître were finally married.
During the interval, Jean Chassey was a father for the sixth time. He could count five living children in 1747 when he was accused, with Jean Claude Carlos, of counterfeiting money. This Carlos, originally from the Jura, was also a former petty criminal now well established in the St-Lawrence. Certainly it was true that money was rare in the colony at this time. But counterfeiting was a crime subject to the death penalty. How did our Jean Chassey make out? For that we read a text by R. Boyer, "Jean Chassé also known as Bourguignon, was hung in effigy for the making and altering of money and playing cards [used as money]." His absence from his family was not long, however, for his wife gave birth to a girl four years later.
During this time Jeanne Baptiste died, without doubt in the first days of summer 1749. But Jean Chassey was not finished with bad times. The Year 1757 was especially difficult. His wife and his mother died that same year. This happened after his wife had given birth to ten children and perhaps pregnant with an eleventh. Élisabeth Granmaître died in the autumn. In a notarial document that year she is called the Grandmother Chassey. Three of her children had already died. Was there any news of daughter Catherine in France? No one knows.
Some weeks before his mother died, Jean was remarried. He stayed a widower five months and a bit. His second wife, Marie Angélique Asselin (given name Marie Louise in the marriage record) was daughter to Louis and to Marie Angélique Dubé. She was not yet 19, making her 26 years younger than her husband. She married a father of seven children, but one also well established as a farmer. According to the census of 1762 he had 6 arpents of land in cultivation, one bull, four cows, two oxen, three horses and seven pigs. At the same time the household had three boys of 15 years or more, two less than 15 and two girls. By this date Élisabeth is already married, since 1758, and the second girl Anne is in the census perhaps as a domestic servant. Two sons of the second marriage are added. Six other children were born between 1762 and 1771.
Thus Jean Chassey had at least 17 children from these two marriages. Ten of these married, giving a truly abundant posterity. But our man, now the Patariarch of the family, had the sadness of burying almost a dozen of them during his lifetime. He lived longer than all his brothers and sisters: Marie Françoise died in 1780 after having given birth to 8 children and Anne Marie died at Ste-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere in 1797 at the age of 75, having for her part 7 children. Jean Chassey died 6 July 1798, given last rites at age 86 in St-André. His wife survived him, as did six of his children.
IN FRANCE
The name Chassey corresponds to the place of origin, almost certainly. One finds in the east of France 5 villages of this name, of which one, Chassey-les-Scey, is a hamlet very near Scey-sur-Saone where the name of Chassey is very common in the 1600s. Located about 15 km. (10 mi.) west of Vesoul, Scey-sur-Saone-and-Saint-Albin is now a market town of Upper Saone (Haute Saone) as is Combeaufontaine also, a village no more than 10 km. (6 mi.) distant.
In the Archives of the Haute Saone, at Vesoul, the Report on the parish registers and civil registration and their microfilms reveals that the registers of Scey-sur-Saone begin in 1623, but have gaps from 1649 to 1659, and from 1683 to 1684. At Combeaufontaine there are no parish registers before 1700.
[Note: the following translations from both Latin and French texts are precised.]
We found many records in the registers of Scey-sur-Saone for the period 1623 - 1722 and those of Combeaufontaine for 1700 - 1750 (only the decisions related to leaving, in 1639). We found the marriage of Sébastien Chassey and Élisabeth Granmaître, celebrated in the church St-Martin de Scey 28 Feb. 1708:
At St-Martin de Scey, 28 Feb. 1708 celebrated the marriage of Sébastian Chassey of this place and Élisabeth Granmaître of Combeaufontaine, witnessed by Jean Chassey, Adrain Lambert and D. Olivier.
We see from the above that the groom was from Scey and the bride from Combeaufontaine.
One year later the birth of the first child, Anne, is celebrated. She was baptised the 22 Feb. 1709, but must have died as an infant, for we have no further trace of her. Sébastien Chassey is here referred to as a blacksmith, which explains why Jean was sent to the Forges of St-Maurice.
Anne, daughter of Sébastian Chassey, blacksmith, of Scey and Élisabeth Granmaître his wife, baptized 22 Feb. 1709, witnesses Ch. Olivier and Anne Bourceret, both illiterate.
The family then moved to Combeaufontaine. The winter of 1709-10 is known as the worst in the history of France. Deaths were numerous, and many were forced to migrate as a result of the misery. We next find in 1711 the baptism record of Jean, the only Chassey family record written in French instead of Latin:
Jean, son of Sébastien Chassey of Scey sur Saone, blacksmith and Élisabeth Granmaître of Combeaufontaine his wife is born the 12 Aug. 1711 and baptised the next day. The witnesses are Jean Chassey and Élisabeth Chassey, both illiterate, of Scey. Bourdereau, Priest. [Benigne Bourdereau, a relative, was Curate, and died 24 Aug. 1713, after having been Curate of Combeaufontaine for 45 years.]
Then at Combeaufontaine the baptisms follow at about two year intervals. Next was Sébastien, baptised 19 Jan. 1714, who no doubt died at a young age.
Sebastien, son of the honest Sébastien Chassey and Élisabeth Granmaître known [dit] as Balan, was baptised this day 19 Jan. 1714, witnesses Sébastien Bouvalet and Anna Olivier. Chichard, Priest.
In this record the father is characterized as honest and the mother has added the surname Balan to her name Grandmaitre. Catherine was born on 1 Aug. 1716, followed by Marie Françoise born on 2 Jun 1719, where one of the witnesses carries the same family name as the mother of François Tortey, and Anne Marie on 18 Dec. 1721, Sébastien on 20 Feb. 1724 and Jeanne Baptiste on 10 Oct. 1726.
Catherine, daughter of Sébastien Chassey and Élisabeth Granmaître his wife of this place is born and baptised on 1 Aug. 1716, witnesses Jean François Olivier and Catherine Granmaître, illiterate, written by Olivier, clerk. Chignard, Parochius (signed J. F. Olivier)
Marie Françoise, daughter of Sébastien Chassey and Élisabeth Granmaître known as Balan, his wife, of Combeaufontaine, born and baptised on 2 Jun. 1719, witnesses Claudius Granmaître dit Balan and François Bartholomew of Combeaufontaine area. Ravier, Parochius.
Anne Marie, daughter of Sébastien Chassey and Élisabeth Granmaître dit
Balan is born on 11 Dec 1721 and the next day baptised, witnesses Isidore Granmaître and Anne Marie Gautherot, of Combeaufontaine. Ravier, Parochius (signed with a flourish by Isidore Granmaître)
Sébastien, son of Sébastien Chassey and Élisabeth Granmaître dit Balan, his wife, baptised and born on 20 Feb. 1724, witnesses Sébasten Simon of Cornot and Dionysia Billard of Combeaufontaine. J. F. Chapuis, Parochius of Combeaufontaine.
Jeanne Baptiste, daughter of Sébastien Chassey and Élisabeth Granmaître his wife, born and baptised on 10 Oct. 1726, witnesses Pierre François Dutot and Joanne Baptiste Granmaître, of Combeaufontaine. J. F. Chapuis, Parochius of Combeaufontaine.
In all eight children are born, of which six survive long enough to emigrate to Canada. The death of the father of this family is no doubt the reason for this move.
Sébastien Chassey, 54, was given last rites and died on 23 Mar. 1739 and the following day was buried in the cemetery. At his death, on 23 Mar. 1739, Sébastien Chassey was 54, which means he was born in 1684 or at the beginning of 1685, the period which corresponds with a gap in the records of the register of Scey. This is undoubtedly the reason why we have not been able to find any mention of his baptism. However we have the conviction he is the son of Jean Chassey, iron merchant and of Françoise Bordereau. [true, see next article Vol. 43, no. 3] Thus Jean Chassey is of a family with a long history here, and inherited his given name from his grandfather. His sister Françoise also carries the given name of the paternal grandmother.
[Note: Fifteen records of earlier times, from 1686 to 1709 are then listed.]
Thus there are many members of the Chassey family in Scey at the beginning of the 17th century. After 1710 the name seems to disappear bit by bit. We have not found any entries between 1712 and 1722 there. As shown by the baptismal records, this was a family of artisans. Only this one family of Chassey emigrated to Canada, and there is no further record of Anne who returned to France with her husband. After this time there are no other Chassey families in Scey or Combeaufontaine.
As for the Granmaître family, they are numerous in Combeaufontaine. [The second article uses deeds and other legal documents to explore the early connections.] On the cover page of the register of Scey, for the years 1712- 1722, one reads the following words: "Jean Nicolas Granmaître of Combeaufontaine made the **[vigne de fondation dudit lieu] (fondation vine of the said place). Is this the father of the one who accompanied Jean Chassey to Canada? It is a strong possibility with the given name being the same.
In conclusion, we praise Jean Chassey as a pioneer who contributed to the development of the colony, while not being one of the 17th century arrivals. His is a fascinating tale of adventure and migration to a new land. He caused the immigration of seven other persons, of which two returned to France. As well, many Québecers along the Kamouraska coast are today descendants of this Chassey family.[11]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fichier Jean Chassey 2017 Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie//Québec Federation of Genealogical Societies
  2. 1711 Baptism Archives départementales de Haute-Saône, cote EC_165EDEPOT6 - COMBEAUFONTAINE, Baptêmes- Mariages - Sépultures 1700-1762 pg 33/167
  3. Source: #S858
  4. Marriage of Jean Chassey and Marie Josephe Migneau 1735 Collection Drouin, IGD (Membership)
  5. Source: #S858
  6. Marriage of Jean Chassey and Marie Louise Asselin 1757 Collection Drouin, IGD (Membership)
  7. Burial of Jean François Chassé 1798
  8. 1798 Burial "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, Saint-André parish of Kamouraska record Image 10 of 18; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
  9. PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (free): Pionnier: 91289 Note: PRDH gives him the additionnal name of François, which is not supported by his baptism. Probably he got named François on an act in error. PRDH lists any name used for a person and standardizes names also.
  10. Érudit: Les Faux-sauniers en Nouvelle-France; étude d'un cas: Jean Chassé
  11. Source: #S858
  • IGD: Actes d'état civil et registres d'église du Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité de (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1997 - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection: Institut Généalogique Drouin (membership) Généalogie Québec | La Référence en Généalogie Québécoise
  • Source: S858 Author: Charbonneau, Hubert Title: The Origins of the Chassé family Abbreviation: The Origins of the Chassé family Publication: Memoires de La Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise, Vol. 43 no. 1, Spring 1992
  • Ancestry DNA ThruLines Match (6th great-grandfather of Judith (Labrie) Srom)
  • Tree: Nos Origines

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Chasse-10 created through the import of Ancestors 2011.GED on Aug 20, 2011 by William Romanski.
  • Thanks to Robert Chasse for starting this profile, Jan 2, 2013.




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Chasse-24 and Chasse-10 appear to represent the same person because: bride Asselin needs merging too
posted on Chasse-10 (merged) by [Living Gauvin]