Jean-François MARCOTTE

(b. 26 April 1739 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 7 April 1803 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Jean-François MARCOTTE was born 26 April 1739 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Jean-François 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

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

Jean-François married Marie-Anne GERMAIN 23 January 1764 in Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Marie-Anne GERMAIN was born 7 September 1744 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Anne died 4 June 1804 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Marie-Anne was the child of Antoine GERMAIN and Angélique PAGE.

Jean-François MARCOTTE died 7 April 1803 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-François MARCOTTE married

Marie-Anne GERMAIN-- Date: 23 January 1764 Place: Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada
Marie-Anne GERMAIN was the child of Antoine GERMAIN and Angélique PAGE

Children of Jean-François MARCOTTE and Marie-Anne GERMAIN:

Marie-Anne MARCOTTE (b.29 March 1766, Cap-Santé, Province of Québec, Canada d. 23 November 1817, Deschambault, Lower Canada )
m. Paul-Hyacinthe BENOIT dit ABEL 13 October 1783 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1739 Birth
26 April 1739
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

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.

1764 Marriage / Partner
Jean-François MARCOTTE and Marie-Anne GERMAIN 23 January 1764, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 24 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Anne MARCOTTE was born 29 March 1766, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Jean-François was 26 years old.

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.

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

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)