Jean  GUYON

1592 Birth
18 September 1592
, France

1592 Baptism
'JEAN GUYON WAS BAPTIZED AT SAINT-AUBIN DE TOUROUVRE ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1592, A CENTURY AFTER THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. HIS GODFATHERS WERE JEAN COLLIN AND PIERRE DOLINET AND HIS GODMOTHER CATHERINE GODDIN. JEAN GREW UP AT TOUROUVRE, ATTENDED SCHOOL, LEARNED A TRADE AND PREPARED THE FOUNDATION FOR HIS HOME. ON MAY 18, 1614, AT THE AGE OF 22, HE LENT TO PANTALEON BIGOT, A LABORER AT AUTHEUIL, A SMALL VILLAGE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF TOUROUVRE (THE SMALL VILLAGE OF ROBERT GIFFARD), AN AMOUNT CONSISTING OF 'A SMALL PISTOLET D'OR, FIFTY-TWO SOLS IN COINS, QUARTS D'ECUS AND OTHER MONNAIE BLANCHE', VALUED AT 84 LIVRES. IT WOULD SEEM THAT THIS TRADE AS A MASON ALREADY ALLOWED HIM TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS.'

SOURCE: OUR FRENCH-CANADIAN ANCESTORS BY THOMAS J. LAFOREST

Biography
DION - alteration of Guyon, a diminutive of Guy, which comes from the Germanic 'Wido' from the root 'wid' which means 'wood'. Or again, agglutination of the nickname given to one who comes from Ion or Yon, either D'Ion or D'Yon.

Jean Guion-Guyon was born on September 18, 1592 in Tourouvre, France. Son of Jacques Guyon, local notable, and Marie Huet. He married Mathurine Robin on June 2, 1615 in Saint-Jean and Saint-Malo de Mortagne, France. His main profession is master mason and enjoys an excellent reputation. He was also a colonizer, carpenter, notary and wrote the first marriage contract in the country. Nine children were born from their union. Lord Robert Giffard recruits him in France to clear and populate his stronghold. Jean then bore the title of 'Sieur du Buisson' name of the fief received. They arrived in the country on June 4, 1634. He owned two thousand acres of land. He died on May 30, 1663 in Beauport and his wife had died on April 17, 1672 in Beauport.
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Biography
GUYON DU BUISSON, JEAN (senior), master mason, pioneer at Beauport; baptized 18 Sept. 1592 at Tourouvre (Orne, France), son of Jacques and Marie Guyon; m. 2 June 1615 Mathurine Robin; d. 30 May 1663.

On 14 March 1634, at Mortagne, Guyon and his fellow-countryman Cloutier signed an undertaking with Robert Giffard. Guyon settled at Beauport that year with his wife and most of their children, of whom there were at least eight. When he received from Giffard an arriere-fief near the Rivière du Buisson, he assumed that nobiliary surname. Several of his descendants now bear the name Dion.

Honorius Provost
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1615 Marriage / Partner
Jean GUYON and Mathurine ROBIN 12 June 1615, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

He was 22 years old.

1617 Birth of Child
Barbe GUYON was born 19 April 1617, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

Jean was 24 years old.

1619 Birth of Child
Jean GUYON SIEUR DU BUISSON (GUION) was born 1 August 1619, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

Jean was 26 years old.

1621 Birth of Child
Simon GUYON (GUION) was born 2 September 1621, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

Jean was 28 years old.

1624 Birth of Child
Marie GUYON (GUION) was born 18 March 1624, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

Jean was 31 years old.

1629 Birth of Child
Claude GUYON was born 22 April 1629, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

Jean was 36 years old.

1631 Birth of Child
Denis GUYON was born 30 June 1631, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche)

Jean was 38 years old.

1632 Marriage of Child
Barbe GUYON married 11 February 1632, Mortagne, Perche, France (Mortagne-au-Perche) to Pierre PARADIS

1634 Arrival in New France
'In particular, Giffard met with Jean Guyon, master mason and Zacharie Cloutier, master carpenter and presented his plans to them. Come with me to New France with each of your children for a period of three years: 'you will cut, clear and farm the lands and the woods of my seigneurie of Beauport'... This of Beauport on March 14, 1634. Guyon was promised 1,000 arpents of land with hunting and fishing rights. During the first three years, all of his expenses would be paid by the seigneur. The commitment was signed on Saint-Jean-Baptiste day. Also, in 1636, Giffard will pay the expenses for the family members, who stayed in France to come here. Several other conditions and advantages were signed in the presence of the notary, such as Roussel, Giffard, Damien Chamboy, Jean Pousset and Jean Guyon.'

'...The Guyon family, at the last minute, decided to go to New France in 1634. Together, they wanted to share the risks, the hardships and the joys of such an adventure. We know that,...Read MORE...

1634 Birth of Child
Michel GUYON was born 3 March 1634, St-Jean Mortagne, France

Jean was 41 years old.

1637 Marriage of Child
Marie GUYON (GUION) married 12 July 1637, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to François BELANGER

1638 Birth of Child
Noel GUYON was born 27 August 1638, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 45 years old.

1639 Birth of Child
François GUYON was born 7 December 1639, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Jean was 47 years old.

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

1653 Marriage of Child
Simon GUYON (GUION) married 10 November 1653, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Louise RACINE

1655 Marriage of Child
Claude GUYON married 7 February 1655, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Catherine COLIN (COLLIN)

1659 Marriage of Child
Denis GUYON married 21 October 1659, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Elisabeth BOUCHER

1662 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mathurine ROBIN died 17 April 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

1662 Marriage of Child
François GUYON married 4 September 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Marie-Madeleine MARSOLET

1662 Marriage of Child
Michel GUYON married 4 September 1662, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Geneviève MARSOLET

1663 - Death
30 May 1663
Jean Guion
Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Familysearch.org. Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) (Mormon Genealogy Records).
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