Jean-Baptiste LECLERC

(b. abt. 1710 , Québec Province, Canada d. 28 June 1801 , Contrecœur, Lower Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was born abt. 1710 in Québec Province, Canada

Jean-Baptiste LECLERC was the child of Jean LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE and Geneviève CIRCÉ dite ST-MICHEL and the grandchild of: (maternal) François CIRCÉ dit ST-MICHEL and Marie-Madeleine BERTHELOT

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Jean-Baptiste married Ursule FOURNIER dite BELVAL 12 June 1738 in Saint-Ours, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ursule FOURNIER dite BELVAL was born 27 November 1703 in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jean). Ursule died 23 January 1783 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur). Ursule was the child of Pierre FOURNIER and Marie ANCELIN.

Jean-Baptiste LECLERC died 28 June 1801 in Contrecœur, Lower 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 LECLERC married

Ursule FOURNIER dite BELVAL-- Date: 12 June 1738 Place: Saint-Ours, Canada, New France
Ursule FOURNIER dite BELVAL was the child of Pierre FOURNIER and Marie ANCELIN

Children of Jean-Baptiste LECLERC and Ursule FOURNIER dite BELVAL:

Pierre LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE (b.13 July 1744, Contrecœur, Canada, New France d. 10 April 1820, Contrecœur, Lower Canada )
m. Cécile DUMAS 13 February 1770 in Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1738 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste LECLERC and Ursule FOURNIER dite BELVAL 12 June 1738, Saint-Ours, Québec, Canada (Immaculée-Conception)

1744 Birth of Child
Pierre LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE was born 13 July 1744, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur)

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.

1770 Marriage of Child
Pierre LECLERC dit LAFRENAYE married 13 February 1770, Contrecœur, Québec, Canada (Sainte-Trinité-de-Contrecoeur) to Cécile DUMAS

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.