Jean Baptiste Chartier (1695 - 1772)

Born 22 Sep 1695 in Deerfield, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Courtemanche — married 29 Oct 1718 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1772 at age 76 in St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec

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Biography

Jean Baptiste Chartier is Notable.

John Carter was born on September 22, 1695 to Samuel and Mercy (Brooks) Carter in Deerfield, Massachusetts. His mother died on January 22, 1701 and his father remarried to Hannah Weller on July 1, 1701.

John grew up during a time of great hostilies between the Indians of the area and the Colonists. At dawn on February 29, 1704, a group of 247 Frenchmen, Abenaki, Kanienkehaka, Wyandot, and Pocumtuck attacked Deerfield. Fifty-six colonists were killed including 9 women, and 25 children. Of the survivors, 109 were taken captive and marched to Quebec some 300 miles. The brutal trek combined with harsh treatment and exposure to the cold weather killed many of the captives.

Deerfield residents and surrounding communities raised funds to ransom the remaining captives. Finally the redemption of some captives was negotiated. One of the ransomed was the famous minister John Williams who later wrote about his experience.

John's march to Quebec lasted 40 days. His stepmother Hannah died on the trek near Lake Champlain, Canada. His half sister Hannah (age 3) died near Lake Champlain. His brother Samuel died in Quebec around 1714. His brother Thomas (age 4) died on the day of the raid. His 7 month old half sister Mary died enroute. His brother Ebenezer was ransomed in 1707 and returned to Massachusetts.

While most ransomed captives returned to New England, some of the younger English captives were adopted into the tribes where they became assimilated and married into French or Mohawk society. Such was the case with John and his sister Mercy. Mercy married a Mohawk man at age 16. John, who became a captive of the French. He became a pensioner of the Jesuit Fathers at the Mission located near Fort Lorette at Sault-au-Recollet. Here he assimilated into the French culture, became a Catholic, and changed his name to Jean Chartier.

Jean married Marie Courtemanche in Quebec on October 29, 1718. They were the parents of Joseph, Marie Renee, Marie Marguerite, Jean Baptiste, Pierre, Marie Josette, Pelagie, Jacques, and Theodore.

A Chartier Family History reports that "Jean and his sons received large land grants at Contrecoeur extending towards St. Antoine-on-the-Richelieu. Only one son, Jean Baptiste Chartier, stayed in Quebec. The other sons, Joseph and Theodore joined the American army in the War for Independence and as a result their children were raised around the military barracks and most of their sons also fought in the war. All of them received land grants in the States. In some of these families, the name Carter reappeared as well as Chartier. The family of Jean Baptiste Chartier after a few generations also moved all across Quebec and into the USA where some of them are now called Sharkey."

A version of his sister Mercy's experiences is contained in a teen read book by Caroline B. Cooney titled, "The Ransom of Mercy Carter", New York: Delacorte Press, 2001.

"Bio by Pam Wilson"

Protestant, abjure le 31-01-1724 à Montréal, RDP et prend le nom Jean-Joseph

Prise de guerre lors du raid à Deerfield le 11-03-1704

Fils de Samuel Carter et Hannah Wheeler, Deerfield, Massachusetts, mariés à Deerfield, Mass Jean Charetier a été baptisé en 1724 à Rivière-des-Prairies. Voici ce qui est écrit sur son acte de baptème: •"J'AI BAPTISE SOUS CONDITION... JEAN CHARETIER ANGLAIS DE NATION FILS DE SAMUEL CHARETIER ET DE (ESPACE BLANC) SA FEMME, LEQUEL AVAIT ETE PRIS A L'AGE DE HUIT ANS ET AMENE DANS CE PAYS ICI; IL A ETE BAPTISE SOUS CONDITION PARCE QU'IL N'A PAS PU DONNER AUCUNE PREUVE D'AVOIR ETE BAPTISE, QU'IL N'EN AVAIT AUCUNE CONNAISSANCE ET QUE DE TOUS LES ANGLAIS AMENES ICI, IL ETAIT LE SEUL QUI N'AVAIT POINT ETE BAPTISE SOUS CONDITION".

Sources

• http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/Membership/fr/PRDHr/Individu/15260 PRDH
• http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/Membership/fr/PRDH/Famille/6219 PRDH (Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique) Université de Montréal

• Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française

• Find A Grave: Memorial #123456700

• Baptismal record, 31 Jan 1724: "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-44FJ?cc=1321742&wc=HCNB-N38%3A16470801%2C41354701%2C41396901 : 16 July 2014), Montréal > Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies > Index 1687-1876 Confirmations 1719 Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1687-1827 > image 313 of 1073; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

• Marriage record: "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L993-4HLV?cc=1321742&wc=HCNB-N38%3A16470801%2C41354701%2C41396901 : 16 July 2014), Montréal > Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies > Index 1687-1876 Confirmations 1719 Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1687-1827 > image 213 of 1073; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

• Death/Burial record: "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-QQWD?cc=1321742&wc=HCQF-T38%3A18766401%2C18766402%2C20609701 : 16 July 2014), Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu > Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu > Index 1741-1876 Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1741-1779 > image 489 of 605; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.