Jacques Archambault & Franoise Toureau-Marchand

Children of Jacques Archambault and Franoise Toureau-Marchand

Jacques Archambault

[BO:JACQUES ARCHAMBAULT and FRANCOISE TOURAULT:BO]
(1604/5 - 1688) (abt 1599 - 1663)
the parents of Marie Archambault (bapt 1636 - 1719)
the mother of Agnes Tessier (1658 - 1732)
the mother of Jean-Baptiste Richard (1682 - )
the father of Jean Richard (1721 - 1807)
the father of Owen Richards (1762-1846)
The couple were both born at Dompierre sur Mer, Lardilliere,
Charante-Maritime, France He was a few years younger than she as she
may have been born in about 1600 and he was born in 1604/5. He was
the son of Antoine Archambault and Renee Ouvrard. He wed Francoise
Tourault on January 24, 1629 at Saint-Philibert du Pont-Charault, a
locality in Chantonnay, La Roche-sur-Yon and there they brought seven
children into the world before sailing across the Atlantic and
arriving in New France. The children were Denis (bapt 1630), Anne,
Jacquette, Marie (bapt 1636), Louise (bapt 1640), Laurent (bapt 1642),
and Marie. In France, he was probably a laborer and also a wine maker
as he sold three barrels of white wine to Jerome Bonnevie on August
15, 1637.
The family arrived in Canada in about 1645. Jacques probably had
the protection of Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny. When his daughter,
Anne, signed her marriage contract in the presence of notary Bancheron
on July 22, 1647, Jacques appeared as a servant of Legardeur. Then on
the following October 2nd, Repentigy entrusted Jacques with the
development of his farm. The five-year lease provided Archambault
with 1 dwelling, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 heifer, pigs all appraised at a
value of 732 livres. Jacques was already in debt to Legardeur. He
was committed at this time to pay him 898 livres, 10 sols, upon the
return of the ships from France. In addition, "in two years" Jacques
must pay 500 livres for "half of the land which he will leave him the
first year." As a tenant, Jacques could cut all the firewood he
wanted, even sell it, by paying 10 sols a cord. This somewhat
complicated contract, signed by notary Lecoustre, means that Jacques
had just over-committed himself.
On August 19, 1645, after the death of Legardeur in 1648, Jacque
and Jean Juchereau, Sieur de Maure, set up their statement of
accounts. Jacques owed his creditor 384 livres, 7 sols.
One fact is certain, on September 15, 1651, at Fort Saint-Louis in
Quebec, Louis d?Ailleboust, Governor, ceded to Jacques Archambault, 4
arpents of frontal land "on the river of the great river saint Laurent
in the place called le Cap rouge," between Nicolas Pinel and Pierre
Gallet. Jean de Lauzon, new governor of office since October 13,
1651, confirmed this act of concession on November 17, 1652.
Here, on November 23, 1654, Jacques bought from Etienne Dumets a
house which the latter had built on the Archambault concession.
Price: 71 livres. How did Duments property end up on the Archambault
land. Eventually, Jacques moved with his family to Montreal. On
November 18, 1652, Monsieur de Mainsonneuve, governor of the island,
gave Jacques 30 arpents of land joing the city, between son-in-law
Urbain Tessier and Lambert Closse, more than an arepnt in the city to
the north of Rue Notre-Dame, between the present Rue Saint-Laurent and
Rue Saint-Joseph. Father Archange Godbout adds that on February 15,
1654, Jacques committed himself to live at Ville-Marie.
During the winter of 1655, Jacques and several residents of
Ville-Marie made a deal with the master surgeon, Etienne Bouchard, who
was hired on March 30 to dress and give medications for all sorts of
things, illnesses both natural and accidental, except for the plague,
to the signers and their family for the yearly amount of 100 sols or 5
livres. This was the first example of health insurance established on
the continent. If Archambault was part of the system, it is because
he had decided that it was very useful for his family living in the
territory.
Finally, on October 11, 1658, Jacques made a transaction with Paul de
Chomedey to dig a well, 5 feet in diameter, inside the fort of
Ville-Marie, at the Place d?Armes. He guaranteed at least 2 feet of
stable water in the bottom of the well. He was promised 300 livres.
He had a special talent for digging wells. On June 8, 1659, Father
Gabriel de Queylus contacted Jacques. He needed a well "in the garden
of the hospital of the said place." Jacques guaranteed the water like
a master dowser, "two feet of stable water at least...in the presence
of a current of water." The cleric would provide a support of 8 feet
of wood, twenty planks, the stone, the lime, the sand, etc. Jacques
took care of the ropes and received 300 livres and 10 pots of
eau-de-vie in exchange for spring water! Jean Aubuchon and Jacques
Millot signed as witnesses to this transaction.
On May 16, 1660, Jacques Leber asked Archambault to dig a well,
like the two others which he had already dug, for the use of the
community. The depth would be 15 to 18 feet. Promised price: 300
livres and 10 pots of eau-de-vie.
Things were going well. Jacques had work and was highly respected.
His children were grown and only Jacquette was living in
Quebec. Then his wife, Francoise, fell ill. Doctor Bouchard could do
nothing and she was buried on December 9, 1663 at the age of 64.
After things settled he married the widow Marie Denot de
Lamartiniere. It seems there were no children from this union.
According to Faillon, on May 15, 1672, Jacques was among the 29
notable people who initiated the election of mayor Louis Chevalier.
In the census of 1681, Jacques and his wife were living in the fief
of Verdun, in the neighborhood of Montreal. Etienne Guyotte, a priest
and curate of Ville-Marie, signed the death certificate of Jacques
Archambault on February 15, 1688.
Of Jacques and Francoise?s descendents, Adelard Archambault
(1862-1923) became the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts and
Urgele-Eugene Archambault (1829-1904) founded the Polytechnique School
of Montreal.
Sources: Our French-Canadian Ancestors, LaForest, volume 19, pg 29.




[BO:JACQUES ARCHAMBAULT and FRANCOISE TOURAULT:BO]
(1604/5 - 1688) (abt 1599 - 1663)
the parents of Marie Archambault (bapt 1636 - 1719)
the mother of Agnes Tessier (1658 - 1732)
the mother of Jean-Baptiste Richard (1682 - )
the father of Jean Richard (1721 - 1807)
the father of Owen Richards (1762-1846)
The couple were both born at Dompierre sur Mer, Lardilliere,
Charante-Maritime, France He was a few years younger than she as she
may have been born in about 1600 and he was born in 1604/5. He was
the son of Antoine Archambault and Renee Ouvrard. He wed Francoise
Tourault on January 24, 1629 at Saint-Philibert du Pont-Charault, a
locality in Chantonnay, La Roche-sur-Yon and there they brought seven
children into the world before sailing across the Atlantic and
arriving in New France. The children were Denis (bapt 1630), Anne,
Jacquette, Marie (bapt 1636), Louise (bapt 1640), Laurent (bapt 1642),
and Marie. In France, he was probably a laborer and also a wine maker
as he sold three barrels of white wine to Jerome Bonnevie on August
15, 1637.
The family arrived in Canada in about 1645. Jacques probably had
the protection of Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny. When his daughter,
Anne, signed her marriage contract in the presence of notary Bancheron
on July 22, 1647, Jacques appeared as a servant of Legardeur. Then on
the following October 2nd, Repentigy entrusted Jacques with the
development of his farm. The five-year lease provided Archambault
with 1 dwelling, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 heifer, pigs all appraised at a
value of 732 livres. Jacques was already in debt to Legardeur. He
was committed at this time to pay him 898 livres, 10 sols, upon the
return of the ships from France. In addition, "in two years" Jacques
must pay 500 livres for "half of the land which he will leave him the
first year." As a tenant, Jacques could cut all the firewood he
wanted, even sell it, by paying 10 sols a cord. This somewhat
complicated contract, signed by notary Lecoustre, means that Jacques
had just over-committed himself.
On August 19, 1645, after the death of Legardeur in 1648, Jacque
and Jean Juchereau, Sieur de Maure, set up their statement of
accounts. Jacques owed his creditor 384 livres, 7 sols.
One fact is certain, on September 15, 1651, at Fort Saint-Louis in
Quebec, Louis d?Ailleboust, Governor, ceded to Jacques Archambault, 4
arpents of frontal land "on the river of the great river saint Laurent
in the place called le Cap rouge," between Nicolas Pinel and Pierre
Gallet. Jean de Lauzon, new governor of office since October 13,
1651, confirmed this act of concession on November 17, 1652.
Here, on November 23, 1654, Jacques bought from Etienne Dumets a
house which the latter had built on the Archambault concession.
Price: 71 livres. How did Duments property end up on the Archambault
land. Eventually, Jacques moved with his family to Montreal. On
November 18, 1652, Monsieur de Mainsonneuve, governor of the island,
gave Jacques 30 arpents of land joing the city, between son-in-law
Urbain Tessier and Lambert Closse, more than an arepnt in the city to
the north of Rue Notre-Dame, between the present Rue Saint-Laurent and
Rue Saint-Joseph. Father Archange Godbout adds that on February 15,
1654, Jacques committed himself to live at Ville-Marie.
During the winter of 1655, Jacques and several residents of
Ville-Marie made a deal with the master surgeon, Etienne Bouchard, who
was hired on March 30 to dress and give medications for all sorts of
things, illnesses both natural and accidental, except for the plague,
to the signers and their family for the yearly amount of 100 sols or 5
livres. This was the first example of health insurance established on
the continent. If Archambault was part of the system, it is because
he had decided that it was very useful for his family living in the
territory.
Finally, on October 11, 1658, Jacques made a transaction with Paul de
Chomedey to dig a well, 5 feet in diameter, inside the fort of
Ville-Marie, at the Place d?Armes. He guaranteed at least 2 feet of
stable water in the bottom of the well. He was promised 300 livres.
He had a special talent for digging wells. On June 8, 1659, Father
Gabriel de Queylus contacted Jacques. He needed a well "in the garden
of the hospital of the said place." Jacques guaranteed the water like
a master dowser, "two feet of stable water at least...in the presence
of a current of water." The cleric would provide a support of 8 feet
of wood, twenty planks, the stone, the lime, the sand, etc. Jacques
took care of the ropes and received 300 livres and 10 pots of
eau-de-vie in exchange for spring water! Jean Aubuchon and Jacques
Millot signed as witnesses to this transaction.
On May 16, 1660, Jacques Leber asked Archambault to dig a well,
like the two others which he had already dug, for the use of the
community. The depth would be 15 to 18 feet. Promised price: 300
livres and 10 pots of eau-de-vie.
Things were going well. Jacques had work and was highly respected.
His children were grown and only Jacquette was living in
Quebec. Then his wife, Francoise, fell ill. Doctor Bouchard could do
nothing and she was buried on December 9, 1663 at the age of 64.
After things settled he married the widow Marie Denot de
Lamartiniere. It seems there were no children from this union.
According to Faillon, on May 15, 1672, Jacques was among the 29
notable people who initiated the election of mayor Louis Chevalier.
In the census of 1681, Jacques and his wife were living in the fief
of Verdun, in the neighborhood of Montreal. Etienne Guyotte, a priest
and curate of Ville-Marie, signed the death certificate of Jacques
Archambault on February 15, 1688.
Of Jacques and Francoise?s descendents, Adelard Archambault
(1862-1923) became the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts and
Urgele-Eugene Archambault (1829-1904) founded the Polytechnique School
of Montreal.
Sources: Our French-Canadian Ancestors, LaForest, volume 19, pg 29.

Franoise Toureau-Marchand

Marie

Laurent

Louise

Jacquette

Anne

Denis