Francois Frechette
(1656 - bef. 20 November 1742)

Francois Frechette  (1656,  La Rochelle, France  - bef. 20 November 1742,  Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada )   -- Age:   --Cause of Death:
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married (2) Suzanne Metayer, widow of Phillipe Dion Deslauriers and Guillaume Dupont on 8 February 1717 at Saint-Nicolas.

Ancestor's Life Events

1677   "THE SECOND (FRESCHET WHO CAME TO NEW FRANCE) WAS OUR ANCESTOR FRANCOIS FRESCHET WHO ARRIVED IN 1677. HE WAS FROM SAINT-MARTIN DE RE, DIOCESE OF LA ROCHELLE, AUNIS. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS ANNE LEREAU HIS SECOND WAS SUZANNE METAYER. HE WAS A MILITIA CAPTAIN, SHIPS CARPENTER AND EXPLORER...FRANCOIS FRECHETTE, BORN ABOUT 1656, WAS ORIGINALLY FROM ILE DE RE, ABOUT 18 KILOMETERS FROM LA ROCHELLE, IN AUNIS, THE PRESENT DAY CHARENTE-MARITIME. HIS NATIVE TOWN OF SAINT-MARTIN-DE-RE, THE CAPITAL ONCE A POWERFUL MILITARY SITE, STILL WAS IN FRANCOIS TIME, A SEAPORT FOR LARGE SAILING SHIPS FROM THE NORTH COMING TO LOAD A CARGO OF SALT AND/OR WINE, AND THE HOME PORT OF SCHOONERS LOADED WITH SPICES FROM THE ANTILLES." THOMAS J. LAFOREST OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME X, PAGES 109-110

1696   "THE FRECHETTES LIVED AT QUEBEC UNTIL 6 JANUARY 1696, THE DAY ON WHICH THEY GAVE TWO SONS TO THE SEMINARY OF QUEBEC. DURING THE NEXT SUMMER, MADAME FRECHETTE AND THE CHILDREN WENT TO SAINT-NICOLAS TO THE COUTARD HOME WHERE SUZANNE JAROUSSEL WAS GETTING ALONG IN YEARS. WE KNOW FROM THE RECORDS OF THE SOVEREIGN COUNCIL THAT THIS MOTHER OF ANNE LEREAU DIED BEFORE JULY 1700... AS FOR FRANCOIS, HE COULD HAVE CONTINUED TO LIVE AT QUEBEC IN ORDER TO EARN A LIVING FOR HIS FAMILY...FINALLY, THE FRECHETTE FAMILY IS FOUND REUNITED AT SAINT-NICOLAS IN THE SEIGNEURIE OF LAUZON, ACCORDING TO AN ACT NOTARIZED ON 6 OCTOBER 1703" THOMAS J. LAFOREST OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS : VOLUME X, PAGE 113

Ancestor's Marriage(s) and Child(ren)

married Anne Lereau -- Date: 18 JAN 1680 Place:  Sainte-Famille, Québec, Canada Source:  Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) [database on-line]. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.  Source: Title Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes depuis la fondation de la colonie, Cyprien Tanguay Author Cyprien Tanguay Published 1871 Original from Oxford University Digitized Jun 9, 2006 Page 385 "Anne, the god-daughter of Louis Lepage and of Marie Perrot, was baptized on 7 May 1667. She married Francois Frechette, a ship's carpenter and a militia captain, on 18 January 1680 at Sainte-Famille. He was the son of Etienne and of Marie Belin. Anne is the direct ancestress of Louis Frechette, our national poet. Francois and Anne had 9 children." Thomas J. Laforest Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume IX, Page 164

Family Group Record for Francois Frechette and Anne Lereau

Children: Francois Frechette (10 JUN 1682, Sainte-Famille, Québec, Canada - 11 April 1768, St-Vallier, QC, Canada) Etienne Frechette (19 Sep 1684, Sainte-Famille, Québec, Canada - 17 Aug 1749, Sainte-Famille, Québec, Canada) Marie Anne Frechette (5 Sep 1686, Sainte-Famille, Québec, Canada - , ) Pierre Frechette (25 Dec 1688, Sainte-Famille, Québec, Canada - , ) Simon Frechette (13 Jan 1691, Québec City, Québec, Canada - 18 Apr 1708, Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada) Joseph Frechette (12 Nov 1693, Québec City, Québec, Canada - , ) Marie Genevieve Frechette (29 Jul 1696, Québec City, Québec, Canada - 14 Mar 1775, Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada) Elisabeth Agnes Frechette (29 May 1701, Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada - 2 Mar 1734, Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada) Marie Ursule Frechette (25 Mar 1703, Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada - 4 Nov 1735, Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada) Michel Frechette (12 Jul 1705, Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada - 19 Jul 1715, Saint-Nicolas, Québec, Canada)

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