Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT)

(b. 5 May 1727 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France d. 26 January 1794 , Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) was born 5 May 1727 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) was the child of Jean-Baptiste MAGUET and Marie-Jeanne BARBE dite ABEL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Pierre MAGUET and Catherine PERTHUIS (maternal) Joseph Abel BARBE (BEARD) and Marguerite DESJARDINS dite CHARBONNIER

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Jean-Baptiste married Josephte CHALIFOUX 17 January 1752 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France* . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Josephte CHALIFOUX was born 12 August 1732 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles). Josephte died 10 May 1809 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*. Josephte was the child of Jacques CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) and Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT.

Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) died 26 January 1794 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada .

m. Chalifoux Josephte

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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.

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Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) married

Josephte CHALIFOUX-- Date: 17 January 1752 Place: Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Canada, New France*
Josephte CHALIFOUX was the child of Jacques CHALIFOU (CHALIFOUR) and Marie-Josephte ARCHAMBAULT

Children of Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) and Josephte CHALIFOUX:

Anne-Therese MAILLET (MAGUET) (b.5 February 1762, Chambly, Canada d. 3 December 1831, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Lower Canada )
m. Michel CHEVAUDIER 12 June 1780 in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)*

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1727 Birth
5 May 1727
Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Canada, New France

1752 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MAGUET (MAILLÉT) and Josephte CHALIFOUX 17 January 1752, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada* (L'Enfant-Jésus-de-la-Pointe-aux-Trembles)

He was 24 years old.

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

1762 Birth of Child
Anne-Therese MAILLET (MAGUET) was born 5 February 1762, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste was 34 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.

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.

1780 Marriage of Child
Anne-Therese MAILLET (MAGUET) married 12 June 1780, Rivière-des-Prairies, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rivière-des-Prairies)* to Michel CHEVAUDIER

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

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

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

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