François ROY dit MAZERET

(b. abt. 1744 , Acadia, Canada d. 8 August 1824 , Bécancour, Nicolet, Lower Canada )

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François ROY dit MAZERET was born abt. 1744 in Acadia, Canada

François ROY dit MAZERET was the child of François ROY dit LALIBERTÉ-MAZERET and Marguerite BUGEAUD and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean ROY and Marie Christine HAUTBOIS dite DUBOIS

François was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
To learn more about the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement, visit: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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François married Therese BRISSON dite DUTILLY 4 July 1763 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Therese BRISSON dite DUTILLY was born 15 July 1744 in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada. Therese died 1 March 1834 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly). Therese was the child of François-Michel BRISSON and Marie-Geneviève PEPIN.

François ROY dit MAZERET died 8 August 1824 in Bécancour, Nicolet, 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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François ROY dit MAZERET married

Therese BRISSON dite DUTILLY-- Date: 4 July 1763 Place: Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada
Therese BRISSON dite DUTILLY was the child of François-Michel BRISSON and Marie-Geneviève PEPIN

Children of François ROY dit MAZERET and Therese BRISSON dite DUTILLY:

Pierre ROY dit MAZERET (b.19 May 1775, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Province of Québec, Canada d. , )
m. Angele MAILLOT 24 November 1801 in Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly)

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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.

1763 Marriage / Partner
François ROY dit MAZERET and Therese BRISSON dite DUTILLY 4 July 1763, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

1775 Birth of Child
Pierre ROY dit MAZERET was born 19 May 1775, Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets, Québec, Canada

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.

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)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1801 Marriage of Child
Pierre ROY dit MAZERET married 24 November 1801, Bécancour, Nicolet, Québec, Canada (Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Becancour) (Saint-Edouard-de-Gentilly) to Angele MAILLOT

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England