Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE

(b. 4 December 1723 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 9 May 1810 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE was born 4 December 1723 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE was the child of Jean-François MARCOTTE and Geneviève MORISSET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jacques MARCOTTE and Elisabeth-Isabelle SALLÉ (SALÉ) (maternal) Mathurin MORISSET and Elisabeth COQUIN dite LATOURELLE

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Jean-Baptiste married Francoise FRENET (FRENETTE) 7 April 1750 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise FRENET (FRENETTE) was born 24 February 1731 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Francoise died 9 February 1808 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Francoise was the child of Simon FRENET (FRENETTE) and Elisabeth LEFEBVRE.

Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE died 9 May 1810 in Cap-Santé, 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-Baptiste MARCOTTE married

Francoise FRENET (FRENETTE)-- Date: 7 April 1750 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Francoise FRENET (FRENETTE) was the child of Simon FRENET (FRENETTE) and Elisabeth LEFEBVRE

Children of Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE and Francoise FRENET (FRENETTE):

Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE (b.21 June 1751, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 19 December 1846, Cap-Santé, Canada East )
m. Marie-Josephe MORISSET 8 August 1774 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1723 Birth
4 December 1723
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE and Francoise FRENET (FRENETTE) 7 April 1750, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 26 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE was born 21 June 1751, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Jean-Baptiste was 27 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.

1774 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARCOTTE married 8 August 1774, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Marie-Josephe MORISSET

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.