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Hi, I am posting the notes that I have for some of my pioneer ancestors, in hopes that they may be of interest to some of you that are doing research on your ancestors. Enjoy, Janet
Descendants of Martin Lucas
Generation No. 1
1. Martin1 Lucas was born about 1600 in Normandie, France. He married Renee Hereber. She was born about 1600 in Normandie, France.
Child of Martin Lucas and Renee Hereber is:
+ 2 i. Jacques2 Lucas, born about 1625 in Port en Bessin, Normandie, France; died 12 Sep 1659 in Trois Rivières, St. Maurice, QC.
Generation No. 2
2. Jacques2 Lucas (Martin1) was born about 1625 in Port en Bessin, Normandie, France, and died 12 Sep 1659 in Trois Rivières, St. Maurice, QC. He married Francoise Capelle 09 Nov 1653 in Unknown (presumed Trois Rivières), QC (contract Ameau), daughter of Julien Capelle and Laurence Lecompte. She was born about 1627 in Cesny aux Vignes, Caen, Bayeux, Normandie, France, and died 19 Apr 1699 in Champlain, QC.
Notes for Jacques Lucas:
He was born in Port en Bessin, Normandie, the son of Martin Lucas and Renee Hebert.
He was Francoise Capel's second husband to be killed by the Iroquois Indians. More about this in Francoise's files.
Notes for Francoise Capelle:
"Filles à Marier", page 80, Françoise Capelle was born about 1627 in Cesny-aux-Vignes (near Caen, diocese of Bayeux), Normandie, the daughter of Julien Capelle and Laurence Lecomte. She most likely arrived in New France in 1650, and Archange Godbout lists her among the filles a marier who arrived at Québec City with Jeanne Mance on 08 September 1650.
Françoise entered the Ursuline convent at Québec City, where she was a postulant with the name Sister Saint-Michel. After the convent was destroyed by fire on 30 December 1650, Françoise and nine "religieuses de choeur" (choir sisters) and converses were forced to live in the 30-by-20-foot former home of Madame de La Peltrie, located on the convent grounds. The fire was accidentally started by a "conversant novice sister" who was seeing to the dough that was to be baked the next morning. Fearing that the dough would freeze and not rise, the sister put some hot embers in the bread box, but forgot to remove them before going to bed, since working in the bakery was not her usual task.
There is speculation that Francoise Capelle may actually be the young "novice" who started the fire. While there were no "conversant novices," as such, the term may apply to a conversant sister who left the order before making her profession. Françoise left the convent on 03 May 1651 and went to live on the island of Orléans with Eléonore de Grandmaison (widow of Francois de Chavigny, Sieur de Berchereau), a friend and benefactor of the Ursulines. This event was significant enough to receive a mention in the Jesuit Relations.
On 25 April 1651, a man named Leneuf drew up a marriage contract sous seing privé between Françoise and Jean Turcot at Trois Rivières.
In August 1652, the Iroquois killed four colonists at Trois Rivières and the exasperated Governor Duplessis-Kerbodot mounted a retaliation strike, enlisting 60 men for the attack. The men, descending the river in small boats, were massacred by the waiting natives and seven - including Jean Turcot - were captured on 19 August 1652, never to be seen again. Four days after the massacre, Father Lemercier and several others went to the scene of the attack, with the intention of removing the bodies of the dead. Instead, they found a discarded Iroquois shield on which was scrawled "Normandville, Francheville, Poisson, Lapalme, Turcot, Chailloux, St-Germain. I have only lost one nail." The list was written in charcoal by a man named Normandville, who sought to leave a record of the names of the captives, adding that the natives had torn out one of his fingernails.
Three weeks after this terrible incident, Francoise gave birth to a son, Jacques, baptized 04 September 1652 at Trois Rivières. He would be the only child to carry on the line of Jean Turcot. Françoise Capelle owned a house located outside the fortifications of Trois Rivières. This home, in a place known as "les maisons des habités," included a chimney and was surrounded by posts.
On 09 November 1653 (marriage contract, notary Ameau) Françoise married Jacques Lucas dit Lépine. The marriage contract stated that Jacques Lucas had to accept Francoise's son Jacques as if he were his own son. After her second marriage, Francoise rented her former home to Michel de Serois dit Boutentrain for 10 livres per six months. She and Jacques went to live at Cap-de-La-Madeleine. They had two children together. Daughter Marie was baptized 22 January 1655 at Trois Rivières, followed by François on 14 March 1658. Marie entered the school at the Ursuline convent in Québec City (where her mother had been a converse) on 28 May 1667, with Prouville de Tracy paying three months' tuition and the superior of the Jesuits another six months.
Jacques Lucas dit Lépine met the same fate as Françoise's first husband. He was killed by the Iroquois on 12 September 1659 at Trois Rivières.
On 01 February 1660, Françoise married Jacques Marchand or Lemarchand at Trois Rivières. She could not sign the marriage contract drawn up that day by notary Ameau, but her husband could.
Françoise was widowed for a third time. Jacques Marchand or Lemarchand died 06 October 1695 at Batiscan and was buried the next day at Trois Rivières. Françoise Capel died 19 April 1699 and was buried the next day at Champlain.
Children of Jacques Lucas and Francoise Capelle are:
3 i. Marie3 Lucas-dit-Dontigni, born 22 Jan 1655 in Trois Rivières, St. Maurice, QC; died 29 Nov 1700 in Trois Rivières, St. Maurice, QC. She married Louis Fafard-dit-Laframboise, Sieur de Longval 10 Nov 1671 in Unknown (presumed Batiscan), QC (ct Cousson); born 14 Nov 1649 in Trois Rivières, St. Maurice, QC; died 04 Feb 1717 in Batiscan, Champlain, QC.
Notes for Marie Lucas-dit-Dontigni:
She is 11years old in the 1666 Trois Rivières census with her mother and step father Jacques LeMarchant.
Notes for Louis Fafard-dit-Laframboise, Sieur de Longval:
He was Sieur of Longval. Sieur (Mister) was a respectful way of addressing a person that owned a lot of land and had many people working for him. Longval translates to "long narrow valley".
In the 1681 Trois Riviere census, he was a merchant. His marriage contract was dated 10 Nov 1671 in front of notary Cusson. He had no children with his second wife.
There daughter Marie Exupere was a nun. On 11 Jun 1718 she became a religious nun in Ursuline Trois Riviere. Her adopted name was Mother St. Jean Baptiste.
4 ii. Francois Lucas-dit-Dontigny, born 24 Feb 1658 in Trois Rivières, St. Maurice, QC; died 15 Mar 1699 in Champlain, QC. He married Marie-Madeleine Baudouin/Beaudoin 12 Jan 1695 in Champlain, QC; born about 1676 in Unknown, QC; died 14 Aug 1757 in Champlain, QC.
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