Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY

(b. 12 September 1721 , Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1795 , Cap-Santé, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY was born 12 September 1721 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY was the child of Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY and Genevieve CHAYER (CHAILLE) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean CHÂTENAY (CHASTENAY) dit LAGUIGNE and Marie-Anne HÉBERT (maternal) Claude CHAILLE (CHAYER) and Marie-Madeleine BRIERE

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

Jean-Baptiste married Francoise LEFEBVRE 26 January 1750 in Cap-Santé, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise LEFEBVRE was born 25 February 1730 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Francoise died 11 January 1796 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante). Francoise was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Louise GIGNAC.

Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY died 7 January 1795 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada .
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From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
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Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY married

Francoise LEFEBVRE-- Date: 26 January 1750 Place: Cap-Santé, Canada, New France
Francoise LEFEBVRE was the child of Jean-Baptiste LEFEBVRE and Marie-Louise GIGNAC

Children of Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY and Francoise LEFEBVRE:

Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY (b.19 July 1752, Cap-Santé, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Angelique ARCAND 16 October 1780 in Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

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1721 Birth
12 September 1721
Cap-Santé, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY and Francoise LEFEBVRE 26 January 1750, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

He was 28 years old.

1752 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY was born 19 July 1752, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante)

Jean-Baptiste was 30 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.

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
Jean-Baptiste CHASTENAY married 16 October 1780, Cap-Santé, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Famille-du-Cap-Sante) to Angelique ARCAND

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)