Michel LENEUF

(b. 31 October 1640 , Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. July 1705 , At Sea* )

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Michel LENEUF was born 31 October 1640 in Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Michel LENEUF was the child of Jacques LENEUF DE LAPOTERIE and Marguerite LEGARDEUR dite REPENTIGNY

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

Michel married Marie-Marguerite DENIS (DENYS) abt. 1665 in France . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Marie-Marguerite DENIS (DENYS) was born June 1645 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France.

Michel married (2) Francoise DENIS 1 June 1687 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Francoise DENIS was born abt. 1645 in France.

Michel LENEUF died July 1705 in At Sea*.
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Occupation

Michel LENEUF was a captain, commandant and governor of Acadia, major, seigneur of Beaubassin.

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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Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés

Michel LENEUF was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.

Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)

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Family and Children of Michel LENEUF

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Michel LENEUF married

Marie-Marguerite DENIS (DENYS)-- Date: abt. 1665 Place: , France
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Children of Michel LENEUF and Marie-Marguerite DENIS (DENYS):

Alexandre LENEUF (b.22 June 1666, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. September 1712, At Sea*)

Marguerite Marie LENEUF (b.abt. 1668, d. , )

Jacques LENEUF (b.abt. 1670, d. , )

Marie Josephe LENEUF (b.abt. 1671, d. , )

Jean Baptiste LENEUF (b.abt. 1672, d. , )

Judith LENEUF (b.abt. 1674, d. , )

Michel LENEUF (b.28 October 1677, Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France d. 11 October 1740, Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie )

Marguerite LENEUF (b.abt. 1679, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. , )
m. Louis GANNES 5 August 1700 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Barbe LENEUF (b.27 September 1681, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. , )

Michel LENEUF married

Francoise DENIS-- Date: 1 June 1687 Place: La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
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Children of Michel LENEUF and Francoise DENIS:

Barbe LENEUF (b.abt. 1702, , Canada d. , )

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1640 Birth
31 October 1640
Trois-Rivières, Canada, New France

Biography
LENEUF DE LA VALLIÈRE DE BEAUBASSIN, MICHEL (the elder), captain, commandant and governor of Acadia, major, seigneur of Beaubassin; baptized 31 Oct. 1640 at Trois-Rivières, third son of Jacques Leneuf* de La Poterie, governor of that town, and of Marguerite Legardeur; d. in 1705.

After studying in France, La Vallière returned to Canada in 1657. According to Charlevoix* he was in command on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) in 1666, under Nicolas Denys*. His first marriage, probably in 1666, was to Marie, only daughter of Denys, and his second, around 1683, was to Françoise, daughter of Simon Denys* de La Trinité. He had eight children, all by his first wife.

In 1672 he is supposed to have set up a fur-trading post on the isthmus of Chignecto, while devoting part of his time to the fishing industry, farming, settlement, and soldiering. On 24 Oct. 1676 Buade* de Frontenac granted him a piece of land 10 square leagues in area, constituting the Beaubassin seigneury. Later this region...Read MORE...

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003

Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, August 27, 1983

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Alexandre LENEUF was born 22 June 1666, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Michel was 25 years old.

1677 Birth of Child
Michel LENEUF was born 28 October 1677, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada (Three Rivers)

Michel was 37 years old.

1681 Birth of Child
Barbe LENEUF was born 27 September 1681, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Michel was 40 years old.

1687 Marriage / Partner
Michel LENEUF and Francoise DENIS 1 June 1687, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

He was 46 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1700 Marriage of Child
Marguerite LENEUF married 5 August 1700, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) to Louis GANNES