Clément Lériger (abt. 1662 - 1742)

Born about 1662 in Saint-Claud, Angoumois, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Leroy — married 8 Sep 1700 in Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie, New France

Descendants

Died 5 Dec 1742 at about age 80 in Laprairie, Montreal, Canada, New France

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Biography

Clément Lériger is Notable.

Clément was born about 1662. He was the son of Paul Leriget and Mauricette du Souchet. He died in 1742.

Baptism & Birth

Clément Lériger migrated from France to New France.

Baptism : Unknown --- Clément Lériger

Birth : 1662

Son of Paul Lériger and Mauricette Souchet

St-Claud, Charente, France

• Birth about 1662 (source prdhigd 49395)

A Rule Breaker

For Clément there was a separate peace of sorts. He had come to be acquainted with the beautiful daughter of Pierre Roy, a farmer, and his wife Catherine Ducharme of Saint-Lambert. A man of Clément's rank, by custom and by command of the king, was to marry a woman of some social standing whose family could provide a reasonable dowry. Though in Canada individuals could climb the social ladder more readily than in Europe, there still existed a line separating the classes. And the lovely Marie Roy stood on the other side of it. It seemed futile to ask for permission since her family could not produce the dowry. With peace now secured, at least for a time, Clement's next move was to defy the rules of his society to marry the woman he loved. He would pay a price for his defiance.

• A Rule Breaker ^[1]
• Note The scandal was not that he married beneath him but that he married without permission of his superior officer. Soldiers of whatever rank were not free to marry while in service without getting such.

Marriage to Marie Roy

Clément Lériger lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Marriage : September 8, 1700 --- Clément Lériger Sieur de LaPlante and Marie Roy.

Clément son of (No Mention) Lieutenant of the Troups of Marines.

Marie daughter of Pierre Roy and Catherine Ducharme

Witnesses : Pierre Roy, Gabriel De St-Lambert, André Colen, Claude Gauthier and Clancy Lavigne.

Priest : Louis de LaFaye

Notre-Dame-de-la-Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, La Prairie, New France

• Marriage 8 Sep 1700 to Marie Roy^[2]

...en français

L'an de notre Seigneur mil sept cent le huit septembre. Je soussigné, Louis de LaFaye, curé de la paroisse de St-François-Xavier et La Prairie de la Magdelaine, certifie avoir donné la bénédiction de mariage après avoir eu de monsieur Dolier vicaire du diocèse, une dispense écrite de tous les bans à Clément Leriger officier d'un détachement de la marine, dit autrement Laplante et à Marie Roy dans la chapelle de la ste église de la Sainte-Vierge de St-Lambert en présence de Pierre Roy, habitant de St-Lambert, André Babeu, Claude Chartier, qui ont déclaré ne savoir signer; ledit Cément Lérigé a signé une copie en foy de quoy jay signé ce jourd'huy du neufième de septembre de la présente année mil sept cent. (Signature du pêtre)…..Louis de LaFaye

• Marriage en secret ^[3]

Children of Clément Lériger Sieur de LaPlante

...with Marie Roy

1. Louis LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1701-1762)
2. Marie Catherine LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1702-1770)
3. Pierre LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1704-?)
4. Gilbert LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (?-1736)
5. Clément LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1708-1708)
6. René Clément LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1709-1709)
7. Marie Charlotte LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1711-1782)
8. François Michel LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1713-1713)
9. Paul LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1714-1763)
10. Jean Baptiste LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1717-1752)
11. Antoine LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1719-1720)
12. René LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE (1721-?)
13. Joseph LÉRIGER de LAPLANTE(1723-?)

• Descent Lériger/Roy ^[4]

Burial & Death

Burial : December 7, 1742 --- Clément Lériger de LaPlante

Death : December 5, 1742 --- Age 80

Present at internment : Étienne Bariteau, André Banlier

Priest : Jacques Desligneries

Notre-Dame-de-La-Prairie-de-la-Madeleine, New France

• Burial 7 Dec 1742^[5]

en français

L’an mil sept cent quarante-deux le septième jour de décembre, je, soussigné prêtre, ai inhumé, dans le cimetière de cette paroisse, le corps de Clément Lérigé, Écuyer, Sieur de La Plante, Lieutenant des troupes, décédé le surveille à l’âge de quatre-vingt-ans, ou environ, en la communion de nôtre mère ste église, et muni des sacrements; en présence d’Étienne Bariteau et André Banlier qui ont déclaré ne sçavoir signer, de ce enquis…(Signature du prêtre)…Jacques Desligneris, ptre

The Lachine Massacre

On the nights of August 4-5, 1689, fifteen hundred Iroquois landed at Lachine. At the signal, the massacre began. Two hundred people died and one hundred and twenty others were taken captives.

Monsieur de Vaudreuil, entrenched at Fort Roland near the dock of Lachine, gave the order to the garrison at Fort Remy to join him. As these troops marched down the main road the Iroquois surprised them. Nearly all of the savages who took part were killed. Lieutenant La Rabeyre, La Plante and Villedonne were taken prisoner. Only the future baron of Longueuil, having a broken limb escaped on his own thanks to some friendly savages who carried him on their shoulders.

The unfortunate captives, transported beyond Lake St-Louis, suffered all the rage of the cruel victors. Many of them suffered torture and were burned. The others were carried to Onnontague where they were made to walk for a long time on a bed of live coals.

However, La Plante and Villedonne were spared. The enemy judged them more useful alive than sacrificed; enslaved-servants and porters in the combat expeditions of the Indians--this is what became of the two young officers.

For the ancestor this servitude lasted more than two years. Of necessity he adapted himself to this new life and familiarized himself with the Indian languages.

A French party commanded by Monsieur de Beaucourt freed him in an attack on the Iroquois near the island of Tonihata in February 1692.

Charlevoix who reported the incident wrote that “not having been recognized at first sight in his Indian clothes, (La Plante) we thought to have him killed as an Iroquois”.

The same year, Frontenac made him an infantry ensign. This nomination was confirmed by Louis XIV in an order dated the 1st of March 1693.^[6]

It is interesting to note that this event was a provocation of the French themselves, after they (The French) burnt Indian villages and destroyed their winter cache of food, the Agniers had no shelters and no food for the winter. In retaliation, they ambushed the small unprotected community of Lachine and murdered most of the inhabitants. Barbeau-601

Research Notes

• Consensus on estimated date of birth is 1662

Sources

1. ↑ Petelle A Rule Breaker petellemotors
2. ↑ Quebec/Fonds Drouin/L/La Prairie/La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine)/1700/1700 Paid Membership Marriage of Clément Lériger Sieur de LaPlante to Marie Roy drouininstitute
3. ↑ Secret marriage petellechicago
4. ↑ PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Descendance: 49395 Descent of Clément Lériger de LaPlante prdhigd
5. ↑ Quebec/Fonds Drouin/L/La Prairie/La Prairie (Notre-Dame-de-LaPrairie-de-la-Madeleine)/1740/1742 Paid Membership Burial of Clément Lériger de LaPlante drouininstitute
6. ↑ http://semperaltius.com/laplante_roots_16851865.htm

• PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Individu: 49395 Clément Lériger de LaPlante 49395 prdhigd
• Clément Lériger de LaPlante semperaltius
• Sieur de LaPlante petelle
• Clement Leriger Sieur de LaPlante 151070 nosorigines
• Lerigé/Lériget/Laplante Clément 242526 fichierorigine
• https://www.many-roads.com/2010/04/09/clement-lerige-leriger/