Born about in Canada, Nouvelle-France
Ancestors 
Son of Adrien (Joliet) Jolliet
and Jeanne Dodier
Brother of
Jeanne Jolliet, Simon Baillargé [half], Jean Baptiste Normandin [half], Marie Françoise (Normandin) Normandin dite Beausoleil [half], Madeleine dite Jeanne (Normandin) Normandin dite Beausoleil [half] and Joseph (Normandin) Beausoleil [half]
Husband of
Marie Jeanne Cusson
— married
about 27 Aug 1695 in Canada, Nouvelle-France
Descendants 
Father of
Jean Baptiste Joliet, Therese Joliet, Adrien Jolliet, Pierre Joliet, Jeanne Joliet and François Joliet
Died about
at about age 72
in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Canada, Nouvelle-France
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Biography
Jean (Jolliet) Joliete a vécu
au Canada, Nouvelle-France.
au Canada, Nouvelle-France.
Jean Jolliet est né vers 1669 (12 ans en 1681 au recensement), fils d'Adrien Joliet et de Jeanne Dodier[1]. Il est probablement né au Cap-de-la-Madeleine, où son père havit son habitation, il est parmi les deux enfants mentionnés dans le testament de son père en décembre 1669.[2]
Recensement 1681 Census: LE CAP
Mathurin Normandin (dit Beausoleil) 44 ; Jeanne Dodier (veuve d’Adrien Jolliet) 45 ; enfants : Jeanne (Jolliet) 15, Jean (Jolliet) 12, Jean-Baptiste (Normandin) 6, Mathurin (Normandin) 2 ; 3 fusils ; 6 bêtes à cornes ; 20 arpents en valeur.[3]
A marriage contract was entered into before notary Daniel Normandin between Jean Jolliet, son of Adrien Jolliet and Jeanne Dodié, and Marie Cusson, daughter of Jean Cusson and Marie Foubert, on 27 August 1695 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine.[4] The marriage record itself is lost. 10 known children from the marriage[1]. Jean Joliete, militia lieutenant, was buried on 12 November 1741 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine. He was said to be around 74 years of age at the time of his death.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730, René Jetté, avec la collaboration du PRDH, 1983, Presses de l'Université de Montréal, A-J, PDF pg 603-4 Jolliet
- ↑ BAnQ; Jean Cusson, Actes 1 mai 1666 - 23 mai 1686 (1552 fichiers) pg 118-122/1152 testament (transcription pg 122)
- ↑ Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 5, chap. 4
- ↑ PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Acte: 94923 contrat de mariage
- ↑ Sépulture / Funeral Collection Drouin, IGD (Membership)
- PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Famille: 1013 PRDH (Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique) Université de Montréal
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Greg Lavoie
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Joliet-6 and Jolliet-18 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate, same spouse, same approx. date of marriage contract. Marriage contract extract on PRDH (https://www.prdh-igd.com/Membership/en/PRDH/Acte/94923/embedded) gives the spelling Jolliet.
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