Jean-Baptiste PAQUET

(b. 2 March 1712 , Québec, Canada, New France d. 28 February 1788 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was born 2 March 1712 in Québec, Canada, New France

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET was the child of Jacques-François PAQUET and Katherine Françoise STEPHENS (STEVENS) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Maurice PAQUET (PASQUIER) and Françoise FORGET

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Jean-Baptiste married Francoise-Agnes PENISSON 19 November 1742 in Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France . Francoise-Agnes PENISSON was born 7 May 1712 in Sainte-Foy, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-Foy). Francoise-Agnes died 26 January 1745 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Francoise-Agnes was the child of Jean Baptiste PENISSON and Elisabeth-Isabelle COTIN.

Jean-Baptiste married (2) Françoise BÉLANGER 4 November 1749 in Québec, Canada, New France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Françoise BÉLANGER was born 17 May 1722 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Françoise died 6 May 1790 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Françoise was the child of Pierre-Bertrand BÉLANGER and Marie-Madeleine CHEVAUDIER.

Jean-Baptiste PAQUET died 28 February 1788 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.

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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET married

Francoise-Agnes PENISSON-- Date: 19 November 1742 Place: Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada, New France
Francoise-Agnes PENISSON was the child of Jean Baptiste PENISSON and Elisabeth-Isabelle COTIN

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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET married

Françoise BÉLANGER-- Date: 4 November 1749 Place: Québec, Canada, New France
Françoise BÉLANGER was the child of Pierre-Bertrand BÉLANGER and Marie-Madeleine CHEVAUDIER

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Jean-Baptiste PAQUET (b.abt. 1750, , Québec Province, Canada d. abt. 1783, , Québec Province, Canada )

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1712 Birth
2 March 1712
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

1742 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Francoise-Agnes PENISSON 19 November 1742 , Charlesbourg, Québec, Québec, Canada (Bourg Royal)

He was 30 years old.

1745 Death of Spouse/Partner
Francoise-Agnes PENISSON died 26 January 1745, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1749 Marriage / Partner
Jean-Baptiste PAQUET and Françoise BÉLANGER 4 November 1749, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 37 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.

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.