Pierre Antoine (Macchabée) Macchabée dit Lajeunesse (1732 - 1794)

Born 4 May 1732 in Burgille-le-Marney, Franche-Comté, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie-Catherine (Simon) Simon dite Léonard — married 9 Jan 1758 in Longue-Pointe de Montréal, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Marguerite Amable Charbonneau — married 9 Jan 1769 in Lachine, Province de Québec

Husband of Marie Catherine (Scaiennis) Scayanif — married 28 Oct 1776 in Lachine, Province de Québec

Descendants

Died 16 Aug 1794 at age 62 in Sainte-Thérèse, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Pierre François (Macchabée) Macchabée dit Lajeunesse migrated from France to New France.

Pierre-François Macchabée, a soldier of the Guyenne Regiment, was the immigrant ancestor of the McAbee line in North America. He was born in 1732 in Burgille-le-Marnay, Franche-Comté, France and died in Lower Canada in 1794 at the age of 62 years. He was the son of Jean-François Macchabé (born about 1705 in Draguignan, Var, France, on the present-day French Riviera) and his wife Jeanne-Françoise Tournon. Burgille les Marnay, the birthplace of Pierre-François Macchabée, is located in east-central France, near the Swiss border on the east and the Rhône Alpes to the south. That seems to indicate that his father had traveled a considerable distance from his own birthplace by the time his son was born. His surname is shown in other sources as Manabé, and as Macchabé dit Lajeunesse or Macchabé dit Marin. "Dit names" were commonly used in French Canada during the 17th and 18th centuries to differentiate among various individuals of the same or similar surname. Macchabée dit Lajeunesse means, roughly, "Macchabée the young (or youthful)", while Macchabée dit Marin means "Macchabée the Marine or sailor." Pierre-François Macchabée came to Canada from France in 1755, as a soldier of the Cormier Company (Compagnie Cormier) of the Guyenne Regiment of the Royal French Army.

The Guyenne Regiment (le Régiment de Guyenne) was one of several regiments of the French regular army that were stationed in New France (Canada and the Mississippi River Valley) during the French and Indian War (1754-1761). While American histories refer to the fighting that began in 1754 as the French and Indian War, Canadian and European histories usually treat the final contest for control of the North American continent as beginning in 1756, with the opening of the Seven Years' War. Pierre-François sailed with the regiment from the port of Brest, France on 3 May 1755 aboard the French Navy vessel Illustre, as a part of the convoy of nine naval vessels that carried General Montcalm to Canada. (The other vessels were: Actif, Algonquin, Dauphin Royal, Deffenseur, Esperance, Fleur de Lys, Leopard and Opiniatre). The Guyenne regiment was active from the arrival of the convoy at Québec, on 23 June 1755, until 8 Sep 1760 when the articles of capitulation were signed at Montreal.

They were encamped at Fort Frontenac at the end of June 1756 and formed a part of the force under Montcalm that laid siege to Fort Chouaguen (Fort Oswego) and overwhelmed the British forces there in August of the same year. They fought at Oswego, Fort William Henry, Carillon (Ticonderoga), Montmorency Falls, Plains of Abraham, Fort Niagara, Sainte Foy and the surrender of Montreal. At Ticonderoga, where a force of 3,800 Frenchmen defeated 15,000 British soldiers, the Royal Rousillon and Guyenne regiments took the center of the line, where General Montcalm himself was posted. According to the Journal of Military Operations Before Montreal, "the attack and defense were sustained with incredible valor and the loss of the enemy [British] forces was estimated at five or six thousand men killed or wounded; and ours [the French] at 300, including 38 officers. The Marquis de Montcalm had wine and beer conveyed to the field of battle, to refresh the troops who stood in great need of it; he and Chevalier de Lévis passed in front of all the battalions and expressed how pleased they felt at their conduct." When the Treaty of Paris at last brought the Seven Years' War to a close in 1763, the British flag waved over almost the whole of eastern North America.

Pierre-François Macchabée dit Lajeunesse Marin was among many French soldiers who nevertheless chose to remain in Canada. He was subsequently married three times at Longue-Pointe, Québec and is said to have sired 27 children. The census (recensement) of 1765 for Lachine shows the household of [Pierre] François Macchabée consisting of: Enfant(s) de sexe feminin: 1 (Marie-Françoise, b. 1761); enfants de sexe masculin age(s) de moins de 15 ans: 2 (Jean Baptiste, b. 1758 and Lambert, b. 1762); Femme(s): 1 (Marie-Catherine) and Homme(s): 1 (Pierre-Françoise). Their second child, François, had died in 1760.

At Longue-Pointe, on 23 Jan 1756, Pierre-Françoise Macchabée and Marie-Catherine Archambeault Dufresne were the only witnesses to a baptism by the priest Reverchon. The child, who was given the name Pierre-François, was "ne de pere et mere inconnus, trouve expose a la porte du presbytere de cette paroisse" (of father and mother unknown, found exposed at the gate of the rectory of this parish).

Marie Catherine Archambeault Dufresne, the other witness to this baptism, was born in Pointe-aus-Trembles on 26 Dec 1722, the daughter of Jean Baptiste Dufresne and Marie Catherine Archambeault. She married Nicolas Desautels Lapointe on 6 Feb 1741 and had born him 11 children by the time of the baptism mentioned above.

At the time of this baptism, Pierre François Maccabée was assisting the priest (as his father had done in France) and he appears as a witness on many records during 1756. As one of the two witnesses, he was chosen to serve as godfather for this child, who died in April 1756.

Another child baptized with the same name was born to Pierre-François Macchabé and Marguerite Amable Charbonneau on 5 May 1774 in Lachine.

There exists a contract dated 28 September 1782 for the employment of François Maccabé by Angus MacIntosh. He is "bout de bateau" and wintering. He makes his mark and is said to be not able to sign (illiterate).

Marriage

Husband: Pierre-François Machabée

Wife: Marie-Catherine Simon

Child: Jean Baptiste Macchabée

Child: François Macchabée

Child: Marie-Françoise Macchabée

Child: Lambert McAbee

Child: Pierre Amable Macchabée

Child: Jean Martin Macchabée

Child: Marie-Amable Macchabée

Child: Louis Macchabée

Child: François Macchabée

Marriage:

Date: 9 JAN 1758

Place: Longue-Pointe de Montréal,

Address: St-François-d`Assise

Note: In 1758, at the time of his marriage to Marie-Catherine Simon in Longue-Pointe, Pierre François Macchabée dit Lajeunesse Marin, a soldier in le Régiment de Guyenne, le Compagnie de Le Cormier is listed as originating in the Parish of Burgi, Diocese of Besançon, France. (in another document he is listed as an immigrant born 1732-05-04 in Burgille, Doubs). Church records indicate that his parents, Jean-François Macchabée and Jeanne-Françoise Tournon (or Tournoux), were also residents of Longue-Pointe, Québec at the time of this marriage, as were Marie Catherine's parents, Louis Simon Leonard and Marie Behic (Beique). Present at their wedding were: Jean Baptiste Blain, Chief Surgeon of the Regiment of Guyenne; Pierre Petjat, Sergeant; Jean Archambault; Toussaint Pepin and the missionary priest Reverchon. The bride had all of the necessary "permissions" to wed. At the time of the 1765 Census in Québec, the household of François Macchabé in Lachine is listed as consisting of 1 daughter, 2 sons under 15 years of age and a wife. The infant François died 1-1/2 months after his birth. No documentation other than the baptism has been found for Pierre Amable. It is possible that he did not survive his first year. Marie Catherine gave birth to nine children and died in February 1768, shortly after giving birth to twin sons.^[1]

Husband: Pierre-François Machabée

Wife: Marguerite Amable Charbonneau

Child: Marguerite Macchabé

Child: Marie-Catherine Macchabé

Child: Gabriel Macchabé

Child: Pierre-François Macchabé

Child: Marie-Archange Macchabé

Child: Marie-Veronique Macchabé

Marriage:

Date: 9 JAN 1769

Place: Lachine, Île de Montréal, Québec, Canada

Address: Égise des Saints-Anges-Gardiens

Note: In January 1769, Pierre François Macchabé, resident of Lachine, originally from Bejenson [sic], son of Jean François Macchabée and Jeanne Françoise Tournou, deceased, widower of Catherine Simon, deceased; married Marguerite Charbonnot, resident of Lachine, a native of St-Laurent, daughter of Louis Charbonnot, deceased, and Josephe Langevin, deceased. Marguerite died at 35 years of age following the birth of her sixth child.^[2][3]

Husband: Pierre-François Machabée

Wife: @I8337@

Child: Hippolyte Macchabé

Child: Dominique Macchabé

Child: Joachim Macchabé

Child: Genevieve Macchabé

Child: Antoine Felix Macchabé

Child: Marie-Charlotte Macchabé

Child: Pierre Macchabé

Child: Pierre Macchabé

Child: Marie-Scholastique Macchabé

Child: Dominique Macchabé

Marriage:

Date: 28 OCT 1776

Place: Lachine,

Address: Égise des Saints-Anges

Note: In October 1776, Pierre François Macchabe, resident of Lachine, originally from Besançon, son of Jean-François Macchabe and Jeanne-Françoise Tournoux, and widower of Marguerite Charbonneau, married Catherine Scayanifs, resident of Lachine, daughter of Andry Scayanifs Landroche and Anne Parent, deceased (d. 9 Dec 1768).^[4][5]

Husband: Jean-François Machabée

Wife: Jeanne-Françoise Tournoux

Child: Pierre-Simon Macchabée

Child: Françoise Macchabée

Child: Pauline Macchabée

Child: Antoinette Macchabée

Child: Pierre-François Machabée

Marriage:

Date: 1713

Place: Besançon, France^[6]

Birth

Date: 4 MAY 1732

Place: Burgille-le-Marney, Franche-Comté, Kingdom of France

Note: A note appearing on the record of his birthplace and date is annotated "Fichier origine." He was born during the reign of Louis VX (1715-1774).^[7]

Death

Death:

Date: 16 AUG 1794

Place: Sainte-Thérèse, Île de Montréal, Québec, Canada

Note: Although the death record gives his name as Lambert Maccabe and his age at death as 55, this is clearly Pierre-François Macchabée dit Lajeunesse Marin, who was 62 years of age at his death.^[8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S329
2. ↑ Source: #S448
3. ↑ Source: #S453
4. ↑ Source: #S448 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page
5. ↑ Source: #S453
6. ↑ Source: #S1778
7. ↑ Source: #S453
8. ↑ Source: #S329
9. ↑ Source: #S453

• Fichier origine 242650 Pierre François Machabé / Macabrey / Lajeunesse (bapt. Pierre Antoine), 2016 Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie//Québec Federation of Genealogical Societies
  • Baptism image Dossier fichier
• Tree: S1778Yannick Machabeé, Généalogie du Québec et de l'Acadie (http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Jean-Francois_Machabee&pid=147700&lng=fr&partID=147701 Nos Origines)
• Source: S329Information provided by Charlene Crinion Filipiak,
• Source: S453Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique (PRDH), Université de Montréal <http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/main.htm>
• Kronoskaf: The Virtual Time Machine, Guyenne Infanterie [database online] http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Guyenne_Infanterie