François Michel Messier (abt. 1679 - 1751)

Born about 1679 in Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Anne Amiot — married 6 Feb 1706 in Sainte-Anne de Varennes, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Marie Jeanne Duval — married 8 Oct 1725 in Contrecœur, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Madeleine Lefebvre — married 25 Jul 1729 in Saint-François-du-Lac, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Angélique (Poirier) Poirier dite Lafleur — married 8 Jun 1744 in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 11 Jun 1751 at about age 72 in Varennes, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biographie

François Michel Messier, né vers 1679, (2 ans au recensement 1681); marié avec Marie Anne Amiot 6 février 1706 Varennes^[1]

Recensement 1681: SEIGNEURIE DE VARÈNE
Michel Messier 41 ; Anne Lemoyne, sa femme, 41 ; enfants : Anne 12, Gabriel 9, Jean 7, Marguerite 5, François 2, René 1 ; 4 fusils ; 8 bêtes à cornes ; 30 arpents en valeur.^[2]

Tutelle des enfants mineurs de feu Marie Anne Amiot et de François Messier, sieur de Saint-François; 1 mars 1726^[3]

Contrat de mariage entre François Messier, de la seigneurie du cap St-Michel, fils de Michel Messier, seigneur du cap St-Michel, demeurant au fief de la seigneurie du cap St-Michel; et Marie-Jeanne Duval (30 ans), native de la paroisse de St Ours, fille de feu Jean Duval, juge de la seigneurie de St-Ours et de Marie Lamy.^[4]

Biography

François Messier lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

François Michel Messier was born around 1679, (2 years at the 1681 census) son of Michel Messier dit St-Michel and of Anne Lemoyne.

1681 Census : SEIGNEURIE DE VARÈNE
Michel Messier 41; Anne Lemoyne, his wife, 41; children: Anne 12, Gabriel 9, Jean 7, Marguerite 5, François 2, René 1; 4 guns; 8 horned animals; 30 arpents in value. ^[2]

Occupation: Note: Lord of Cap Saint-Michel

Marriage Contract
Contrat de mariage de François Messier et Marie Anne Amiault (La minute manque) ( . . . 1700). Notaire Jacques Bourdon^[5]

Marriage
François Michel Messier married Marie Anne Amiot, daughter of the late Jean Baptiste Amiot and Geneviève Guion dite Derouveray, on 6 Feb 1706 in Sainte-Anne de Varennes, Canada, Nouvelle-France. In the presence of known witnesses Ignace Hébert and Jean Baptiste Lemoyne de Martigni. The celebrant priest was Dest Claude.^[1]Marie Anne passed away and was buried on 9 Feb 1725 in Varennes. Her age or exact date of death is not mentioned in the burial record.^[6]

2nd Marriage
François Messier dit St-François married Marie Jeanne Duval, daughter of the late Jean Duval and Marie Lamy, on 8 Oct 1725 in Contrecœur. In the presence of known witnesses René Messier dit Duchène, Madeleine Guillet, Pierre Duval, Marc Antoine Duval, André Chapdeleine, Marie Anne Joly, André Cherbonier dit St-Laurent, Jean Baptiste Guynard dit Valcour, Louis Chapdeleine dit Larivière, Joseph Chapdeleine dit Larivière, Valerien Chapdeleine dit Larivière, and Baptiste Chapdeleine dit Larivière. The celebrant priest was Miniac. [File states: Delagoudalie granted the exemption of the three bans in the parish of the husband and wife]^[7] Marie Jeanne passed away and was buried on 4 Sep 1727 in Varennes, the record giving her age as around 37 years.^[8]

3rd Marriage
François, widower of Marie Jeanne Duval, married his third wife Madeleine Lefebvre, daughter of Jacques Lefebvre and Marie Beaudry, on 25 Jul 1729 in Saint-François-du-Lac. The marriage record itself has not been found, and the date and location may be in error. No marriage contract has been located for them yet. St-François-du-Lac records have been consulted and there is no such marriage there. That they married is evidenced by Madeleine's funeral record in 1742. There are no known children from the marriage.

Madeleine Lefebvre, wife of François Messié, passed away on 25 May 1742 and was buried on the 26th in Varennes, the record giving her the age of around 67 years.^[9]

4th Marriage
François Messier married his fourth wife Angélique Poirier, daughter of the late Pierre Poirier and Marie Montpetit, on 6 Aug 1744 in Sainte-Anne de Bellevue. In the presence of known witnesses Baptiste Lalonde, René Rivière and Dubreuil. The celebrant priest was Pertuis. [File states: An exception of two bans was granted]^[10]

Death and Burial
François Messie passed away on 11 Jun 1751 being given the age of around 70 years on the record. His burial was the following day in Varennes. In the presence of known witnesses Christophe Lussier and Charles Charbonneau. The officiating priest was Locoudray. ^[11]

Research Notes

The burial record shows his last name as "Messié", this is just a name variant. Messier and Messié sound exactly the same.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Mariage/Marriage IGD
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Wikisource Recensement 1681 Census selon Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 5, chap. 4
3. ↑ 1 mars 1726 Cote : CC601,S1,SS1,D594 Fonds Cour supérieure. District judiciaire de Montréal. Tutelles et curatelles - BAnQ Vieux-Montréal Id 73455
4. ↑ BAnQ: Archiv-histo, répertoire Parchemin des actes notariaux Recherche avec François Messier (library membership required)
5. ↑ BAnQ Notarial acts index Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français, par Pierre Georges Roy et Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8 Vol X pg 71
6. ↑ Burial of Marie Anne Amiot IGD
7. ↑ Marriage #2 IGD
8. ↑ Burial Marie Jeanne Duval image IGD
9. ↑ Burial Madeleine Lefebvre image IGD
10. ↑ Marriage #4 IGD
11. ↑ Burial IGD

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• Birth, Marriage, Death data: PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Famille: 1113 PRDH (Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique) Université de Montréal
• Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles du Québec Author: Jetté, René
• Repertoire des Actes de Bapteme, Mariage, Sépult et des Recensements du Québec Ancien Author: Charbonneau, Hubert Charbonneau, Hubert. Répertoire des Actes de Baptême, Mariage, Sépulture et des Recensements du Québec Ancien.
• Tree: Nos Origines

Acknowledgements

• Thank you to Nancy Cousins for creating WikiTree profile Messier-65 through the import of CussonHawkinsHillHughesSurrell.ged on Jul 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Nancy and others.