François POTHIER

(b. 10 September 1721 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 23 June 1797 , Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada )

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François POTHIER was born 10 September 1721 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

François POTHIER was the child of Joseph-Marie POTHIER and Josephte MOUET DE MORAS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean-Baptiste POTHIER and Marie-Étiennette BEAUVAIS (maternal) Pierre MOUET DE MORAS and Elisabeth JUTRAS

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

François married Anne-Louise ALAVOINE 4 January 1750 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Anne-Louise ALAVOINE was born 25 March 1728 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Anne-Louise died 2 January 1810 in Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers). Anne-Louise was the child of Jacques-Charles ALAVOINE and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACISERAYE.

François POTHIER died 23 June 1797 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada .
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Occupation

François POTHIER was a Cultivateur.
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.

He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca

farmer

Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts

Life as a Cultivateur in 18th Century New France: Tilling the Soil of History

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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François POTHIER married

Anne-Louise ALAVOINE-- Date: 4 January 1750 Place: Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France
Anne-Louise ALAVOINE was the child of Jacques-Charles ALAVOINE and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE dite LACISERAYE

Children of François POTHIER and Anne-Louise ALAVOINE:

Joseph POTHIER (b.7 August 1768, Trois-Rivières, Province of Québec, Canada d. 12 December 1847, Yamachiche, Canada East )
m. Marie-Françoise BASTARACHE 6 November 1810 in Yamachiche, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche)

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1721 Birth
10 September 1721
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

1750 Marriage / Partner
François POTHIER and Anne-Louise ALAVOINE 4 January 1750, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

He was 28 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.

1768 Birth of Child
Joseph POTHIER was born 7 August 1768, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

François was 46 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.