Nicolas HÉBERT dit LECOMTE

(b. 7 January 1647 , France d. 14 May 1657 , Québec, Canada, New France )

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Nicolas HÉBERT dit LECOMTE was born 7 January 1647 in France

Nicolas HÉBERT dit LECOMTE was the child of François HÉBERT dit LECOMTE and Anne FAUCONNIER and the grandchild of: (maternal) Nicolas FAUCONNER and Marguerite JUSSIAUME

Nicolas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1655.

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Nicolas HÉBERT dit LECOMTE died 14 May 1657 in Québec, Canada, New France .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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1647 Birth
7 January 1647
France

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

1657 Death
'The eldest, Nicolas, died on 14 May 1657. He expired after eating a poisonous plant. The funeral was the next day. The burial act is found in the registry of Notre-Dame de Quebec.'

Thomas J. Laforest
Our French-Canadian Ancestors : Volume XV, Page 126

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