Jean-François PAQUET

(b. 13 April 1712 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 25 June 1792 , Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François PAQUET was born 13 April 1712 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

Jean-François PAQUET was the child of Philippe PAQUET and Marie FONTAINE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Philippe PAQUET and Françoise GOBEIL (maternal) Étienne FONTAINE and Marie CONILLE

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Jean-François married Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE 20 February 1737 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE was born 11 March 1716 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Angélique died 30 May 1792 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Angélique was the child of Gervais PEPIN and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER.

Jean-François PAQUET died 25 June 1792 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, 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.

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Jean-François PAQUET married

Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE-- Date: 20 February 1737 Place: Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France
Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE was the child of Gervais PEPIN and Marie-Madeleine FORTIER

Children of Jean-François PAQUET and Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE:

Françoise PAQUET (b.17 January 1741, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 24 May 1819, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Lower Canada)
m. Antoine BOUCHER dit DESROSIERS 10 February 1777 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

Jean-François PAQUET (b.9 January 1745, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France d. 5 January 1829, Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Lower Canada )
m. Angélique DEMERS 1 February 1768 in Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada

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1712 Birth
13 April 1712
Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1737 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François PAQUET and Angélique PEPIN dite LACHANCE 20 February 1737, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

He was 24 years old.

1741 Birth of Child
Françoise PAQUET was born 17 January 1741, Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-François was 28 years old.

1745 Birth of Child
Jean-François PAQUET was born 9 January 1745, Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean)

Jean-François was 32 years old.

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

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.

1768 Marriage of Child
Jean-François PAQUET married 1 February 1768 , Saint-Nicolas, Lévis, Québec, Canada to Angélique DEMERS

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.