Guillaume  COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY

1588 Birth
11 October 1588
France

Biography
COUILLARD DE LESPINAY, GUILLAUME, carpenter, seaman, and caulker, son of Guillaume Couillard and Élisabeth de Vesins, son-in-law of Louis Hébert; native of Saint-Malo or of the parish of Saint-Landry in Paris; b. c. 1591; d. 1663 at Quebec.

Couillard married Guillemette, daughter of Louis Hébert, at Quebec, about 26 Aug. 1621. By her he had 10 children, and because of the numerous descendants of these children Couillard appears in the genealogy of almost all the old French-Canadian families.

He had come to Canada about 1613 according to Champlain, who spoke highly of him in 1628. Couillard was one of the first to settle permanently in the colony. Louis Hébert, the first farmer, arrived at Quebec only in 1617. After his death in 1627, Couillard took over from him the farming of his lands, having inherited, through his wife, half of Hébert’s estate. Moreover, in the same year (1627) Champlain also granted to Couillard, for personal reasons, “a hundred acres of land to clear and...Read MORE...


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Biography
ON AUGUST 26, 1621, Guillaume Couillard de Lespinay married in Quebec, Guillemette daughter of Louis Hébert. They had ten children, whose numerous descendants make him appear in the genealogy of almost every old Quebec family. He arrived in New France in 1613, 4 years before Louis Hébert. Couillard was therefore one of the first established inhabitants in the colony. After the death of Louis Hébert in 1627, Couillard raised him up in the culture of his lands, having inherited half of the heritage by his wife. In the same year, Champlain again granted Couillard, in his personal capacity, 'one hundred arpents of land to desert and seed' on the banks of the Saint-Charles River. This colon had nearly 20 arpents in cultivation starting in 1632 and a flour mill in 1639. He had been the first to use the plow in the spring of 1628. In 1643, he was making lime for the Company of Hundred Associates. At the capture of Quebec in 1629, Guillaume Couillard's family was one of the few families who...Read MORE...


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1622 Marriage / Partner
Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY and Marie-Guillemette HÉBERT 26 August 1622, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

He was 33 years old.

1625 Birth of Child
Louise COUILLARD was born 30 January 1625, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 36 years old.

1626 Birth of Child
Marguerite COUILLARD was born 10 August 1626, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 37 years old.

1629 Birth of Child
Louis COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY was born 18 May 1629 , Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 40 years old.

1631 Birth of Child
Elisabeth COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY was born 9 February 1631, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 42 years old.

1632
1632 - 'The (I)-Guillaume Couillard Lespinacy (1591-1663) and Herbert family is believed to be the first slave owners in New France...'

'The Couillard-Hébert family receives the first slave of the colony. He is a Black boy from the West Indies. The historian Marcel Trudel has counted 4092 slaves throughout Canadian history, of which 2692 were Indians (the favorites of French-speakers) and 1400 Blacks (the favorites of English-speakers) owned by approximately 1400 masters. The region of Montréal dominates with 2077 slaves compared to 1059 for Québec and 114 for Trois-Rivières. Many were held by religious orders. Several marriages took place between French colonists and slaves (31 unions between with Indian slaves and 8 with Black slaves) which means that a number of Québécois today have slaves somewhere in their family trees. '


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1633 Birth of Child
Marie COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY was born 28 February 1633, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 44 years old.

1635 Birth of Child
Guillaume COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY was born 16 January 1635, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 46 years old.

1637 Marriage of Child
Marguerite COUILLARD married 7 October 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean NICOLET

1637 Marriage of Child
Louise COUILLARD married 3 November 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Olivier LETARDIF

1639 Birth of Child
Madeleine COUILLARD was born 9 August 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 50 years old.

1641 Birth of Child
Nicolas COUILLARD was born 6 April 1641, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 52 years old.

1641 Death of Child
Louise COUILLARD died 23 November 1641, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 53 years old.

1645 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY married 27 November 1645, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON (GUION)

1646 Marriage of Child
Marguerite COUILLARD married 12 November 1646, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Nicolas MACART (MACARD) dit CHAMPAGNE

1647 Birth of Child
Charles COUILLARD was born 10 May 1647, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 58 years old.

1648 Birth of Child
Catherine-Gertrude COUILLARD was born 21 September 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 59 years old.

1648 Marriage of Child
Marie COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY married 25 October 1648, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to François BISSOT DE LA RIVIÈRE

1653 Marriage of Child
Louis COUILLARD DE L'ESPINAY married 29 April 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Geneviève DESPRÉS

1661 Death of Child
Nicolas COUILLARD died 24 June 1661, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Guillaume was 72 years old.

1662 Death
4 March 1663
Québec, Canada, New France

He died at the age of 74.

1663 - Death
4 Mar 1663
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Guillaume Coullard
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