Mathurin Grégoire (1644 - 1728)

Born 11 Feb 1644 in Le Champ Saint-Père, Poitou, France

Husband of Françoise Loiseau — married 7 Oct 1669 in Cap-Rouge, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1728 at age 84 in Contrecoeur, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Mathurin Grégoire migrated from France to New France.

Mathurin Grégoire
était membre du Régiment Carignan-Salières 1665-1668

GRÉGOIRE / VALENTIN, Mathurin

Mathurin Grégoire was baptized on 11 Feb 1644 in Le Champ Saint-Père, Vendée, son of Valentin Grégoire and of Marguerite Testoin.^[1][2]

As a young man, Mathurin must have joined the army because in 1665 he was sent to New France to give assistance in the struggle with the Iroquois. These were the first French regular troops in Canada, the Carignan-Salières Regiment. Between June and September 1665, some 1200 soldiers and their officers arrived in Québec, under the leadership of Lt. General Alexander de Prouville, Sieur de Tracy. Mathurin's company is unknown.^[2]

Mathurin Grégoire lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Marriage
Mathurin married Fille du Roi, Françoise Loiseau, on 7 Oct 1669 in Cap-Rouge (cm Romain Becquet).^[2] She was the daughter of Nicolas Loiseau and Françoise Feriege, who were most likely deceased as the Filles du Roi were often orphans or young widows. It is known that his mother had died between 1648 - 1651 as his father had re-married by 1652.

Mathurin and Françoise are known to have had six children, evenly split between three boys and three girls. They must have lived in Sillery in 1670 and 1671 as their first two children were born there. This is an old area to the west of Québec city that was eventually incorporated into the main city. The two middle children were baptized in Notre-Dame de Québec, but it is not known where the last two were born or baptized.

They must have moved to Contrecoeur as two younger children married there in 1710 and 1718.

Death and Burial
Mathurin Grégoire passed away on 27 Oct 1728 being given the age of around 85 years on the record. His burial was the following day in Contrecoeur.^[3]

Françoise Loiseau passed away the day after Mathurin, 28 Oct 1728 (the day of his burial) being given the age of around 90 years on the record. Her burial was the 30th in Contrecoeur.^[4]

Notes

Fichier Origine

GRÉGOIRE / VALENTIN, Mathurin 380040

Date de baptême: 11-02-1644

Lieu d'origine: Le Champ-St-Père (St-Pierre) (Vendée) 85050

Lieu actuel: Le Champ-St-Père

Parents: Valentin GRÉGOIRE et Marguerite Testaud

Première mention au pays: 1665

Occupation à l'arrivée: Soldat du rég. Carignan-Salières, cie inconnue

Date de mariage: 07-10-1669

Lieu du mariage: Cap-Rouge (cm Romain Becquet)

Conjoint: Françoise Loiseau

Décès ou inhumation: Contrecoeur, 27-10-1728

Remarques: Il fut domestique de Pierre Soumande. En 1669, sa mère est nommée Marguerite Athovin. Les actes suivants sont à Le Champ-St-Père (St-Pierre). Trois soeurs et un frère sont baptisés: Catherine, 28-04-1638; Jeanne, 12-07-1639; Simon, 18-02-1641 et Suzanne, 25-04-1648. Son père Valentin Grégoire, veuf m-2 avec Jeanne Mestayer, dont 6 enfants sont baptisés: Noël, 21-04-1652; François et Louis (jumeaux), 29-12-1655; Jacques, 25-05-1657; Renée, 00-02-1659 et Pierre, 30-01-1661.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1644 Baptism Record Les Archives du Vendée, Champ-Saint-Père (Le), 1592-juill.1645, EDépôt050/10à24 Baptêmes (Image 213/217)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Fichier Origine Mathurin Grégoire 2017 Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie//Québec Federation of Genealogical Societies
3. ↑ Burial IGD
4. ↑ Burial of Françoise Loiseau IGD

• Actes d'état civil et registres d'église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1997 - Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection: Institut Généalogique Drouin IGD (membership) https://www.genealogiequebec.com
• Marriage Date / Place : La Société des Filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, Inc. & Jette, Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles du Quebec, p525.
• FamilySearch database with images (ANQ Montreal), 16 July 2014. Registres paroissiaux catholiques du Québec, 1621-1979 > Contrecoeur > Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur > BMS 1668-1697, 1701-1743, 1895 Recensement 1681, 1885-1886, 1890, 1895, 1898 > image 305 of 370, enregistrement de sépulture, Mathurin Grégoire, 28 octobre 1728.
• Fournier, Marcel & Langlois, Michel, Le régiment de Carignan-Salières. Les premières troupes françaises de la Nouvelle-France 1665-1668, Éditions Histoire Québec, 2014, 127 pages
• Jetté, René & PRDH (1983). Dictionnaire généalogique des Familles du Québec, Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal,
• PRDH, Pionnier, Mathurin Grégroire
• PREFEN, Notice comlémentaire, Mathurin Grégroire
• PREFEN, Notice comlémentaire, Mathurin Grégroire (14615), Programme de Recherches sur l'Émigration des Français En Nouvelle-France (PREFEN, Défunt), Wayback Machine, Archive.org, Accessed Septemeber 28, 2022 (Note: Programme fermé, liens informatiques ne sont plus soutenus university program closed, links no longer maintained.)
• Tanguay, Cyprien (1879). Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, vol. 1, p. 281, marriage of Mathurin Gregoire & Francoise Loiseau

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Darrell Parker for creating WikiTree profile Gregoire-90 through the import of Parker Family Tree 12.ged on Jul 25, 2013.