![]() ![]() Noel moved his household there and in a period of 20 years, he built "three frame dwellings, two of which had a heated room each, cellar and attic, the third serving as a shop and attic above, with a barn and two-and-a-half arpents enclosed with stakes and serving as a yard." At this time, Noel requested the recruiter Noel Belanger to find him a hired man in France. SAINTE GENEVIEVE COAST On April 26, 1645, Governor Montmagny sold to Noel Morin 50 arpents of land on the Sainte Genevieve coast for 90 livres. On her part, Helene brought to the newly formed marriage the ownership of a house located near the church of Notre Dame, with "2 arpents of land and a garden measuring 40 perches belonging to said house." The couple lived there until 1645 while Noel continued his trade of cartwright. Noel Morin gave his bride for "good friendship" a dowry of 200 livres guaranteed by: "a house at Brie-Comte-Robert, France. ![]() January 9, 1640, the Jesuit, Nicolas Adam blessed this union in the presence of witnesses Nicolas Pivert and Robert Giffard, surgeon and seigneur in New France. Three months later she chose to become the wife of Noel Morin. Widowed in September 1639, her uncle Guillaume Couillard undertook the guardianship of her three young children, Joseph and daughters Francoise and Angelique. At 14 years of age, she had married Guillaume Hebert, son of the first colonist Louis and his wife Marie Rollet. Helene went back to France in 1629 with her parents and returned to Canada in 1634. (Seems to me that Helene may have been named after her godmother Helene Boulle). Her godmother was Helene Boulle, the wife of Samuel de Champlain who named Helene as a beneficiary in his will of 1635. Why such a formal ceremony? According to Rene Jette, the bride was none other than the first white child born alive in the Saint Lawrence region, baptized at Notre Dame des Roucources, Quebec on July 16, 1620. All the important people of the capital gathered to celebrate the signing of Noel's marriage contract: Jean Bourdon, Jean Jolliet, Robert Giffard, Guillaume and Louis Couillard, Father Jean Lesueur and many friends and family. He made his first official appearance in its national archives on December 27, 1639, at the home of notary Martial Piraude, where he signed a marriage contract with Helene Desportes, daughter of Pierre Desportes and Francois Langlois, niece of Abraham Martin and his wife Marguerite Langlois. QUEBEC Noel immigrated to Canada about 1637. So he did have some education and skills apon arrival in New France. He learned to write his name, to count and to make wheels and carriages. We know almost nothing about his life in France, but he is the son of Claude Morin and Jeanne Moreau. ![]() Noel Morin was born about 1609 in Brie-Comte-Robert, a region of the Paris Basin. ![]() Noël Morin, "Find A Grave Index" - Internet Sources: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch ( : 29 March 2018), null, 1680 Burial, Montmagny, Chaudiere-Appalaches Region, Quebec, Canada, Saint Odilon de Montmagny Cemetery citing record ID 139313055, Find a Grave. Married January 9, 1640, Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, CANADA,īirth - Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, FRANCE Buried February 15, 1680 - Montmagny, Quebec, CANADA.Deceased February 10, 1680 - Montmagny, Quebec, CANADA,.Born in 1609 - Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, FRANCE.Noel Seigneur De St Luc De Montmagny/MORIN/ ![]()
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