Jean-Baptiste MARTIN

(b. 12 December 1740 , Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France d. 19 April 1786 , Saint-Hyacinthe, Province of Québec, Canada )
Age: 46

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Jean-Baptiste MARTIN was born 12 December 1740 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN was the child of Jean-Baptiste-François MARTIN and Marie-Jeanne-Anne RENAUD dite DESLAURIERS and the grandchild of: (paternal) Antoine MARTIN and Marie-Françoise FEVRIER dite LACROIX (maternal) Jean-Baptiste RENAUD and Marie-Anne PINEAU (PINEAULT)

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

Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Françoise PLANTE 25 January 1762 in Saint-Ours, Canada . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie-Françoise PLANTE was born 5 August 1735 in Deschambault, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Deschambault). Marie-Françoise died 13 July 1811 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur). Marie-Françoise was the child of Augustin PLANTE and Geneviève CHARTIER.

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN died 19 April 1786 in Saint-Hyacinthe, 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.

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Jean-Baptiste MARTIN married

Marie-Françoise PLANTE-- Date: 25 January 1762 Place: Saint-Ours, Canada
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Marie-Françoise PLANTE was the child of Augustin PLANTE and Geneviève CHARTIER

Children of Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Marie-Françoise PLANTE:

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN (b.3 March 1763, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 March 1763, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada)

Charles MARTIN (b.6 April 1764, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. abt. 1790, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marie-Marguerite LECLERC (LECLAIRE) 10 January 1785 in Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

Marie-Françoise MARTIN (b.12 August 1766, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 5 August 1844, Verchères, Canada East )
m. Christophe CHAGNON 8 August 1791 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Antoine MARTIN (b.24 September 1768, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 30 September 1853, , Québec Province, Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte CHAPUT 28 January 1795 in Montréal, Québec, Canada (Sault-au-Récollet) (Côte-St-Michel) (Côte-St-Paul)
m. Sophie LÉVEILLÉ 22 February 1813 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN (b.14 February 1771, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 24 April 1863, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East )
m. Marie-Susanne VEGIARD dite LABONTÉ 30 July 1798 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Joseph MARTIN (b.9 August 1774, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Province of Québec, Canada d. 20 April 1809, Saint-Hyacinthe, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Charlotte TETRO (TETREAULT) dite DEMURANTS 20 February 1798 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Saint-Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur)

Pierre MARTIN (b.2 April 1777, , Québec Province, Canada d. 2 February 1786, , Québec Province, Canada )

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1740 Birth
12 December 1740
Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, New France

1740 Baptism
Baptism found in index for St-Denis-sur-Richelieu in Drouin Collection
Jean Bte Martin 12 Dec 1740 -- images of actual records begin in 1741
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The French In North America: 1500-1783

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

1762 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste MARTIN and Marie-Françoise PLANTE 25 January 1762, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

He was 21 years old.

Jean-Baptiste MARTIN - 1762 Marriage. St-Ours, Richelieu, Quebec

1762 Marriage. St-Ours, Richelieu, Quebec

Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
The French In North America: 1500-1783

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.

1763 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARTIN was born 3 March 1763, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 22 years old.

1764 Birth of Child
Charles MARTIN was born 6 April 1764, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 23 years old.

1766 Birth of Child
Marie-Françoise MARTIN was born 12 August 1766, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 25 years old.

1768 Birth of Child
Antoine MARTIN was born 24 September 1768, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 27 years old.

1771 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste MARTIN was born 14 February 1771, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 30 years old.

1774 Birth of Child
Joseph MARTIN was born 9 August 1774, Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste was 33 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.

1777 Birth of Child
Pierre MARTIN was born 2 April 1777, , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Jean-Baptiste was 36 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1785 Marriage of Child
Charles MARTIN married 10 January 1785, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception) to Marie-Marguerite LECLERC (LECLAIRE)