Jean-François BENOIT dit ABEL

(b. 4 May 1715 , Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 15 September 1798 , Deschambault, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François BENOIT dit ABEL was born 4 May 1715 in Deschambault, Canada, New France

Jean-François BENOIT dit ABEL was the child of Pierre BENOIT dit ABEL and Marie DIONNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Abel BENOIT (BENOIST) dit LAFOREST and Marthe POINTEL (maternal) Antoine DIONNE dit SANSOUCY and Catherine IVORY (YVORY)

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean-François married Marguerite MARCOTTE 6 November 1739 in Deschambault, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 13 children.
Marguerite MARCOTTE was born 23 January 1725 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada. Marguerite died 1 November 1784 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Marguerite was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE and Marie PAQUIN.

Jean-François BENOIT dit ABEL died 15 September 1798 in Deschambault, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Jean-François BENOIT dit ABEL married

Marguerite MARCOTTE-- Date: 6 November 1739 Place: Deschambault, Canada, New France
Marguerite MARCOTTE was the child of Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE and Marie PAQUIN

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Children of Jean-François BENOIT dit ABEL and Marguerite MARCOTTE:

Marguerite BENOIT dite ABEL (b.11 September 1741, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 12 November 1829, Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-François GIGNAC 19 October 1760 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-Francois BENOIT dit ABEL (b.16 September 1742, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 1 October 1742, Deschambault, Canada, New France )

Josephe BENOIT dite ABEL (b.4 February 1744, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 13 August 1819, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Antoine PERRON 10 November 1766 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)
m. Antoine MAYRAND 19 November 1770 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Therese BENOIT dite ABEL (b.26 March 1746, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 5 February 1791, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Jean PAQUIN 28 January 1771 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Elisabeth BENOIT dite ABEL (b.19 May 1748, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 30 October 1814, Rivière-du-Loup, Lower Canada )
m. François PAGÉ 20 January 1777 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Marguerite BENOIT dite ABEL (b.19 July 1750, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 29 January 1783, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Province of Québec, Canada)
m. Antoine HAMEL 23 October 1775 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Marie-Felicite BENOIT dite ABEL (b.8 September 1752, , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 September 1808, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Jean-Baptiste AUGER 2 October 1780 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Francois BENOIT dit ABEL (b.12 August 1754, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 2 October 1833, Lotbinière, Lower Canada )
m. Charlotte GAUTHIER 11 November 1776 in Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Roger BLANCHET 29 September 1807 in Lotbinière, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis)

Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit ABEL (b.28 April 1757, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 30 January 1799, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Marguerite RIBERDY dite SANSOUCY (REBERDY) 19 August 1783 in Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines)
m. Josette MARCOTTE 19 January 1795 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Paul-Hyacinthe BENOIT dit ABEL (b.23 July 1759, Deschambault, Canada, New France d. 2 September 1838, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Anne MARCOTTE 13 October 1783 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Jean BENOIT dit ABEL (b.9 July 1761, Deschambault, Canada d. 15 August 1761, Deschambault, Canada )

Joseph BENOIT dit ABEL (b.4 July 1763, Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada d. 22 May 1764, Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada )

Theotiste BENOIT dite ABEL (b.abt. 1765, , Québec Province, Canada d. 8 April 1786, Deschambault, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre GROLEAU 17 January 1785 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

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1715 Birth
4 May 1715
Deschambault, Canada, New France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1739 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François BENOIT dit ABEL and Marguerite MARCOTTE 6 November 1739 , Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

He was 24 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Marguerite BENOIT dite ABEL was born 11 September 1741, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 26 years old.

1742 Birth of Child
Jean-Francois BENOIT dit ABEL was born 16 September 1742, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 27 years old.

1744 Birth of Child
Josephe BENOIT dite ABEL was born 4 February 1744, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 28 years old.

1746 Birth of Child
Therese BENOIT dite ABEL was born 26 March 1746, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 30 years old.

1748 Birth of Child
Elisabeth BENOIT dite ABEL was born 19 May 1748, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 33 years old.

1750 Birth of Child
Marguerite BENOIT dite ABEL was born 19 July 1750, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 35 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Marie-Felicite BENOIT dite ABEL was born 8 September 1752, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-François was 37 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Birth of Child
Francois BENOIT dit ABEL was born 12 August 1754, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 39 years old.

1757 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit ABEL was born 28 April 1757, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 42 years old.

1759 Birth of Child
Paul-Hyacinthe BENOIT dit ABEL was born 23 July 1759, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 44 years old.

1760 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BENOIT dite ABEL married 19 October 1760, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Jean-François GIGNAC

1761 Birth of Child
Jean BENOIT dit ABEL was born 9 July 1761, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 46 years old.

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.

1763 Birth of Child
Joseph BENOIT dit ABEL was born 4 July 1763, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 48 years old.

1764 Death of Child
Joseph BENOIT dit ABEL died 22 May 1764, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 49 years old.

1766 Marriage of Child
Josephe BENOIT dite ABEL married 10 November 1766, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Antoine PERRON

1770 Marriage of Child
Josephe BENOIT dite ABEL married 19 November 1770, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Antoine MAYRAND

1771 Marriage of Child
Therese BENOIT dite ABEL married 28 January 1771, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Jean PAQUIN

1775 Marriage of Child
Marguerite BENOIT dite ABEL married 23 October 1775, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Antoine HAMEL

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

1776 Marriage of Child
Francois BENOIT dit ABEL married 11 November 1776, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada to Charlotte GAUTHIER

1777 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth BENOIT dite ABEL married 20 January 1777, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to François PAGÉ

1780 Marriage of Child
Marie-Felicite BENOIT dite ABEL married 2 October 1780, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Jean-Baptiste AUGER

1783 Death of Child
Marguerite BENOIT dite ABEL died 29 January 1783, Sainte-Croix, Lotbinière, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 67 years old.

1783 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit ABEL married 19 August 1783, Grondines, Québec, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Grondines) to Marguerite RIBERDY dite SANSOUCY (REBERDY)

1783 Marriage of Child
Paul-Hyacinthe BENOIT dit ABEL married 13 October 1783, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Marie-Anne MARCOTTE

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marguerite MARCOTTE died 1 November 1784, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

1785 Marriage of Child
Theotiste BENOIT dite ABEL married 17 January 1785, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Pierre GROLEAU

1786 Death of Child
Theotiste BENOIT dite ABEL died 8 April 1786, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 70 years old.

1791 - The Constitutional Act divides Québec into Upper and Lower Canada

1791 Death of Child
Therese BENOIT dite ABEL died 5 February 1791, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault)

Jean-François was 75 years old.

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1795 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste BENOIT dit ABEL married 19 January 1795, Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault) to Josette MARCOTTE

1798 Death
15 September 1798
Deschambault, Lower Canada

He died at the age of 83.

Added: 8/18/2010 2:11:22 PM - Updated: 1/15/2016 11:54:38 AM