Ignace Hebert (1694 - bef. 1753)

Born 6 Jun 1694 in Cap St. Michel, Canada, Nouvelle France

Ancestors

Husband of Hélène (Danis) Tourangeau — married 27 Nov 1728 in Fort de Chartres

Descendants

Died before 10 Jan 1753 before age 58 in Fort le Chartres, Kaskaskia, Illinois

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Biography

Ignace Hebert, captain of the militia at Fort de Chartres.

Ignace Hebert was the son of Ignace Hebert and Jeanne Messier St. Michel, baptized at Varennes June 8, 1694. (Tanguay, IV, 476). Their family resided at Cap St-Michel.^[1][2]

Ignace Hebert apparently came to Illinois in the summer of 1725, for on May 30 of that year one Hebert, a Canadian, received permission from the Superior Council of Louisiana to sell his house at New Orleans before he started for Illinois.(La. Hist. Quart., II, 331).^[3]

On November 27, 1728, he entered into a marriage contract with Helene Danis^[4], widow of Alathurin Chaput, whom she had married January 14, 1724. Their children were:

1. Ignace, born in 1730, died by 1786. (Billon, Annals. 431). He married Marie Rose Marin (metis daughter of Louis Marin.^[5]
2. Helene, born in 1732. She became the third wife of Louis Turpin.^[6] She married Henri Carpentier December 29, 1752.^[7]
3. Marie who married Jean Baptiste Martigny.^[8]
4. Reneo/Rene b about 1736, died 1744 at age 8.^[9]
5. August (no information from source)
6. Francois b 1750, killed by indians 1780.

In spite of his high rank, Ignace did not know how to sign his name.^[10]

Ignace owned property in Kaskaskia.^[11]

"The militia seems to have been the province of the farmers. The perennial, elected captain of the parish militia, Ignace Hebert (Sieur Ignace Hebert in the records), was very much the local squire - a large landholder, a possessor of household slaves, and an early settler. While he dabbled in trade, he certainly represente the traditional landed interest."^[12]

His neighbor owned a lot he transferred Jan 10, 1753. It is next to the land of widow Ignace Hebert^[13]

In the 1787 Census of Kaskaskia, there was only one Hebert (not this family) and a few Danys (Helene not mentioned).^[14]

He died before 11/28/1784 as his wife was noted as a widow on that date.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Drouin Genealogical Institute (membership required) Baptism
2. ↑ Birth, Death, Marriage, Parents, Siblings PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Famille: 4806
3. ↑ Belting, Natalia Marie. Kaskaskia Under the French Regime. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1948, p. 80
4. ↑ Birth, Death, Marriage, Parents PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Individu: 25106
5. ↑ Le Journmal Center for French Colonial Studies, Fall 1991, Vol 7, No. 3, p. 9

   In 1752, Pierre Francois de Volsey, main officer stationed at Fort de Chartres, requested permission from Paris to marry the daughter of Sr. Marin. This daughter could only be Marie-Rose, of the marriage of Louis Marin and Francoise Missouri, In this correspondence, dated March 27, 1752, the daughter of Marin is identified as Metis, age eighteen, whom he (Marin) had by his first wife in the Missouri region. Marin was willing to provide his daughter with an 8,000 livre dowry. By letter of September 6, 1725 (sic), Sr. de Volsey regrettably reported that plans for this marriage had fallen through. It must have been soon after this Marie-Rose married Ignace Hebert, son of Ignace Hebert and Helene Danis of Fort de Chartres.

6. ↑ https://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/OCA/Books2009-06/kaskaskiaunderfr00belt/kaskaskiaunderfr00belt_djvu.txt
7. ↑ Belting, Natalia Marie. Kaskaskia Under the French Regime. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1948, p. 80

   Louis Turpin's third wife was Helene Hebert, daughter of Ignace and of Helene Danis of Fort de Chartres, whom he married Alarch 20, 1751. She married Henri Carpentier December 29, 1752.

8. ↑ Jean Baptiste Martigny, son of Jacques Lemoine, Sieur de Martigny, and Angelique Juillet of Varcnnes. On September 6, 1745, at Fort de Chartres, he married Marie, daughter of Ignace Hebert and Helene Danis. Bans were dispensed with for "a good and legitimate reason." (Fort de Chartres Register, Transcript, 24). Marie, according to Houck (Spanish Regime, II, 390n), was the widow of Hvacinthe St. Cyr. article
9. ↑ http://genealogytrails.com/ill/randolph/kaskaskia/births.html Burial

   In the year 1744, on the 5th of Septembre, Reneo Hebert died in this parish at ten o'clock at night, aged about eight years, son of Sir Ignatius Hebert, captain of the militia and of Helen Dany. His body was buried on the following day in the cemetery of this parish with the ceremonies prescibed by our mother, The Holy Church. In witness I have signed J. Gagnon, Priest

10. ↑ Entry K 424 Nov 26, 1727

    On the twenty-sixth of November, one thousand seven hundred twenty-seven, were present the Sieurs Hebert, Captain of the militia, Fabus, lieutenant of the militia, Francois Hennet, Robilliard, and Becquet, habitants of Fort de Chartres, friends of the minor children of the late Bellegarde, who being of the opinion have elected and declared Catherine Bechet, widow of the late Bellegarde, guardian of Jeanne and of Marie Bellegarde, her two children** competent to inherit from their late father, and as Deputy Guardian the Sieur Francois Hennet, habitant of the said place, which guardian and deputy guardian have promised and promise to apply all their effors for the profit and advantage of the aforesaid minor children. At Fort de Chartres, the aforesaid day and year. The Sieur Hebert and CATHERINE BECHET, Widow Bellegarde, have declared that they do not know how to sign this document according to the ordinance and have made their mark. Mark of Widow Bellegarde; Hennet; Favus; Becquet; mark of the Sieur Hennet. (sic) Hebert?, Robilliard; Place, Notary.

11. ↑ http://www.sadiesparks.com/jpboulogne.htm K161-Jan 25, 1745- Deed of Ignace Hebert, Capt. of Militia to Jean Bte. Gonin-refers to property " having acquired it from defunct Bellegarde, w/o title."
12. ↑ Briggs, Winstaanley. Le Pays des Illinois The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol 47, No 1 (Jan 1990), 30-56
13. ↑ Ignace

    17] Marcheteau, Louis, alias Denoyer, master cabinet maker, Fort Chartres, and Francoise La Duc, his wife, had sold a house and lot at Fort Chartres to Vital Leroux, alias Rousson, Kaskaskia, without executing a deed. Marcheteau travels to Kaskaskia on Jan. 10, 1753, his wife now deceased, to issue the necessary deed. The lot, ‘according to ancient title, ‘ contains 25 toises. It adjoins the lot of Widow Ignace Herbert on one side, and that of Widow Nien on the other side, and streets on both ends. Marcheteau had purchased the lot from Bouvier by deed executed by Gagnon, curage of the parish of St. Anne. Payment of the 100 livres selling price is received by the seller on Jan. 10, 1753. Witnessed by De Gruy, officer, and Charleville. Marcheteau and Leroux make their mark. Executed before Barrois, notary. 865 </blockquote</li>

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