Jacques DAVID dit PONTIF

(b. 22 December 1670 , Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. July 1712 , Acadia, Canada )

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Jacques DAVID dit PONTIF was born 22 December 1670 in Château-Richer, Canada, New France

Jacques DAVID dit PONTIF was the child of Jacques-Laurent DAVID dit PONTIF and Marie GRANDRY (GRANDIN) and the grandchild of: (paternal) Blaise-Julien DAVID and Flavie MOREL

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Jacques married Jeanne ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR 19 November 1703 in Port Royal, Acadia . Jeanne ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR was born abt. 1688 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Jeanne died 9 August 1732 in Louisbourg, Île Royale, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cape Breton Island). Jeanne was the child of Jacques ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Anne MELANÇON (MELANSON).

Jacques DAVID dit PONTIF died July 1712 in Acadia, 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.

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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Jacques DAVID dit PONTIF married

Jeanne ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR-- Date: 19 November 1703 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
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Jeanne ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR was the child of Jacques ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Anne MELANÇON (MELANSON)

"Jacques David dit Pontif, born in Québec in c1670, was recorded at Beaupré in 1681. He became a chirurgien des troupes, or army surgeon, and was stationed in Acadia, where he became chirurgien major of the Port-Royal garrison. In November 1703, at Port-Royal, he married Jeanne de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, a descendant of governor Charles La Tour. They had two children, a son and a daughter, but neither seems to have married and created families of their own. Jacques dit Pontif died in July 1712 probably at Port-Royal."

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1670 Birth
Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959
name: Jacque David
gender: Male
baptism/ christening date: 22 Dec 1670
baptism/ christening place: Château-Richer, Montmorency No 1, Quebec
birth date: 22 Dec 1670
birthplace: Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec
death date:
name note:
race: White
father's name: Jacques David
father's birthplace:
father's age:
mother's name: Marie Grandry
mother's birthplace:
mother's age:
indexing project (batch) number: C02776-5
system origin: Canada-EASy
source film number: 1018161
reference number: P 61
familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, November 7, 1983

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

1703 Marriage / Partner
Jacques DAVID dit PONTIF and Jeanne ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR 19 November 1703, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 32 years old.