Nicolas BÉLANGER

(b. abt. 1638 , France d. 20 October 1682 , Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )

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Nicolas BÉLANGER was born abt. 1638 in France

Nicolas BÉLANGER was the child of ? and ?

Nicolas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1660.

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

Nicolas married Marie DERAINVILLE 11 January 1660 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 12 children. Marie DERAINVILLE was born abt. 1644 in France. Marie died 7 November 1711 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport). Marie was the child of Paul RAINVILLE and Roline POETE (POITE).

Nicolas BÉLANGER died 20 October 1682 in Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France .
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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
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1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
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Family and Children of Nicolas BÉLANGER

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Nicolas BÉLANGER married

Marie DERAINVILLE-- Date: 11 January 1660 Place: Québec, Canada, New France

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Marie DERAINVILLE was the child of Paul RAINVILLE and Roline POETE (POITE)

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Children of Nicolas BÉLANGER and Marie DERAINVILLE:

Jean BÉLANGER (b.31 December 1660, Québec, Canada, New France d. 22 January 1661, Québec, Canada, New France )

Marthe BÉLANGER (b.23 November 1661, Québec, Canada, New France d. 17 March 1741, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )
m. Etienne SOUET 7 April 1682 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)
m. Simon SOUPIRAND 26 August 1700 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Pierre-Bertrand BÉLANGER (b.13 September 1663, Québec, Canada, New France d. 19 April 1736, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie-Catherine GUIGNARD (GIGNARD) 23 February 1694 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)
m. Marie-Madeleine CHEVAUDIER 13 August 1703 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Suzanne BÉLANGER (b.1 March 1665, Québec, Canada, New France d. 27 February 1707, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean GIROUX 12 February 1686 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Martin BELANGER (b.24 November 1666, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )

Marie BÉLANGER (b.21 October 1668, Québec, Canada, New France d. 7 January 1719, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Ignace CHORET 26 November 1685 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)
m. Jacques PARENT 9 November 1705 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Pierre-Étienne BÉLANGER (b.16 March 1670, Québec, Canada, New France d. 2 March 1703, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marguerite DELAUNAY 8 February 1700 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Nicolas BÉLANGER (b.17 January 1672, Québec, Canada, New France d. 12 April 1742, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie MAGNAN 2 November 1699 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

Paul BÉLANGER (b.24 March 1674, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 1 May 1717, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jeanne MAHEU 7 April 1704 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Therese BELANGER (b.abt. 1676, , Québec Province, Canada d. 12 June 1710, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean PREMONT 28 June 1709 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Marie-Josephe BELANGER (b.abt. 1678, , Québec Province, Canada d. 15 November 1750, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Joseph PARENT 12 February 1696 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Marie-Françoise BELANGER (b.13 October 1680, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France d. 19 June 1746, Beauport, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Jean PARENT 11 February 1696 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

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'Nicolas Bélanger was a native of Saint-Thomas-de- Touques in the diocese of Lisieux in Normandy. About 1659, Nicolas Bélanger came to Canada to settle on the coast of Beauport.

On November 12 of that year, he entered into a marriage contract with Marie de Rainville, daughter of Paul and Rolline Poète. The marriage took place on January 12, 1660. The couple settled at Beauport and would pass the rest of their lives there.

The following year, he purchased, from Paul de Rainville, a farm of 1 arpent frontage near the village of Gargy. Another grant was obtained from Joseph Giffard, seigneur of Beauport, contracted the notary Vachon. The seigneur granted a farm of one arpent. From an inventory of his possessions, it seems that Nicolas Bélanger had a much larger farm in the village of Saint-Michel at Beauport. This one was four arpents of frontage.

It is interesting to note that the census of 1666 designates Nicolas Bélanger as 'salt merchant'. In the census of 1681, he was noted ...Read MORE...

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1660 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas BÉLANGER and Marie DERAINVILLE 11 January 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1660 Birth of Child
Jean BÉLANGER was born 31 December 1660, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1661 Death of Child
Jean BÉLANGER died 22 January 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1661 Birth of Child
Marthe BÉLANGER was born 23 November 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1663 Birth of Child
Pierre-Bertrand BÉLANGER was born 13 September 1663, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1665 Birth of Child
Suzanne BÉLANGER was born 1 March 1665, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Habittans de Beauport
Nicolas Bellanger .........................31 saulnier, habittant

Marie de Rinville .........................22 sa femme

Marthe Bellanger ..........................3 fille

Bertrand Bellangér ........................2 fille (?)

Suzanne Bellangér ..........................1 ffile

The first census of New France (1666)
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1666 Birth of Child
Martin BELANGER was born 24 November 1666, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1668 Birth of Child
Marie BÉLANGER was born 21 October 1668, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1670 Birth of Child
Pierre-Étienne BÉLANGER was born 16 March 1670, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1672 Birth of Child
Nicolas BÉLANGER was born 17 January 1672, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1674 Birth of Child
Paul BÉLANGER was born 24 March 1674, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1680 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise BELANGER was born 13 October 1680, Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

1681 Canadian Census Seigneurie de Beauport
Nicolas Bellanger, 49
Marie d'Erainville (de Rainville), sa femme, 39
enfants:
Marie, 19
Bertrand, 18
Suzanne, 14
Marie, 12
Pierre, 11
Nicolas, 9
Paul, 7
Therese, 5
Marie, 3
Francoise, 1

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1682 Death
Death recorded at Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativite, Beauport, Quebec
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