Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE

(b. 19 January 1700 , Québec, Canada, New France d. abt. 1777 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 19 January 1700 in Québec, Canada, New France

Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was the child of Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Louise MORIN and the grandchild of: (maternal) Pierre MORIN and Catherine LEMESLE

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Joseph-Jacques married Marie-Jeanne LEGRIS dite LEPINE 2 November 1721 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie-Jeanne LEGRIS dite LEPINE was born 18 March 1699 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Jeanne died 2 March 1753 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marie-Jeanne was the child of Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE and Marie-Geneviève SEDILOT.

Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE died abt. 1777 in Québec, Province of Québec, 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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Family and Children of Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE

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Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married

Marie-Jeanne LEGRIS dite LEPINE-- Date: 2 November 1721 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Marie-Jeanne LEGRIS dite LEPINE was the child of Jean LEGRIS dit LEPINE and Marie-Geneviève SEDILOT

Children of Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Jeanne LEGRIS dite LEPINE:

Louis-Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE (b.11 August 1722, Québec, Canada, New France d. 27 December 1786, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Geneviève DALLERAY (DALERET) 10 May 1746 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Dominique PAYANT dit ST-ONGE (b.22 November 1724, Québec, Canada, New France d. 27 July 1778, Saint-Ours, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie-Louise LAPORTE 22 February 1745 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly)

Jean-Baptiste PAYANT dit ST-ONGE (b.2 April 1726, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Françoise-Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ) 14 April 1755 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

Jean-Marie PAYANT dit ST-ONGE (b.11 June 1730, Québec, Canada, New France d. 20 November 1803, Kamouraska, Lower Canada )
m. Rosalie LEBEL 26 April 1757 in Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre)

Nicolas PAYANT dit ST-ONGE (b.30 September 1733, Québec, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Rosalie LERIGER dite LAPLANTE 4 April 1758

Louis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE (b.21 September 1737, Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 November 1789, La Prairie, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Monique LEFORT 8 September 1766 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité)

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1700 Birth
19 January 1700
Québec, Canada, New France

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1721 Marriage / Partner
Joseph-Jacques PAYANT dit ST-ONGE and Marie-Jeanne LEGRIS dite LEPINE 2 November 1721, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 21 years old.

1722 Birth of Child
Louis-Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 11 August 1722, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph-Jacques was 22 years old.

1724 Birth of Child
Dominique PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 22 November 1724, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph-Jacques was 24 years old.

1726 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 2 April 1726, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph-Jacques was 26 years old.

1730 Birth of Child
Jean-Marie PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 11 June 1730, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph-Jacques was 30 years old.

1733 Birth of Child
Nicolas PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 30 September 1733, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph-Jacques was 33 years old.

1737 Birth of Child
Louis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE was born 21 September 1737, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Joseph-Jacques was 37 years old.

1745 Marriage of Child
Dominique PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married 22 February 1745, Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly) to Marie-Louise LAPORTE

1746 Marriage of Child
Louis-Joseph PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married 10 May 1746, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Geneviève DALLERAY (DALERET)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1753 Death of Spouse/Partner
Marie-Jeanne LEGRIS dite LEPINE died 2 March 1753, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1755 Marriage of Child
Jean-Baptiste PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married 14 April 1755, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Françoise-Catherine LÉRIGER (LERIGÉ)

1757 Marriage of Child
Jean-Marie PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married 26 April 1757, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Louis) (Saint-Alexandre) to Rosalie LEBEL

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.

1766 Marriage of Child
Louis PAYANT dit ST-ONGE married 8 September 1766, La Prairie, Québec, Canada (St-Philippe) (St-Jean-François-Régis) (La Nativité) to Monique LEFORT

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.