Nicolas ROY

(b. 25 May 1639 , St-Remy-de-Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France d. abt. 1691 , Québec Province, Canada )

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Nicolas ROY was born 25 May 1639 in St-Remy-de-Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France

Nicolas ROY was the child of Louis ROY and Anne LEMAITRE (LEMAISTRE)

Nicolas was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1662.

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

Nicolas married Jeanne LELIEVRE 1 February 1658 in Dieppe, France . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Jeanne LELIEVRE was born 22 March 1634 in Honfleur, St-Léonard Calvados, France. Jeanne died 11 January 1728 in Saint-Vallier, Québec, Canada.

Nicolas ROY died abt. 1691 in Québec Province, Canada.

Occupation: Poigneur

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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.

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Nicolas ROY

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Nicolas ROY married

Jeanne LELIEVRE-- Date: 1 February 1658 Place: Dieppe, France
Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique - Univeriste de Montreal

PRDH has records of the baptisms of several of their children, the first one in Quebec in 1664

Children of Nicolas ROY and Jeanne LELIEVRE:

Louis ROY (b.26 November 1658, , France d. 5 June 1705, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie LEDRAN 20 May 1682 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Nicolas ROY (b.24 March 1661, Dieppe, France d. 4 February 1727, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France)
m. Marie-Madelaine LEBLONDE 18 November 1686 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
m. Marie-Renee RIVIERE 18 April 1723 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Beaupre)

Noel ROY (b.abt. 1662, Québec, Canada, New France d. 6 February 1731, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France)
m. Jeanne-Thérèse CASSE (LACASSE) 27 April 1690 in Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy)
m. Marguerite RABOUIN 27 April 1700 in Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Marie-Jeanne-Élisabeth ROY (b.15 August 1664, Québec, Canada, New France d. 26 April 1751, Cap-St-Ignace, Canada, New France )
m. Jean GAUDREAU 31 July 1679 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)
m. Jean FOURNIER abt. 1687 in Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola)

Guillaume ROY (b.abt. 1667, , Québec Province, Canada d. 3 April 1743, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Angélique BAZIN abt. 1689 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier)

Anne LEROY (b.6 February 1668, Château-Richer, Canada, New France d. 6 July 1670, Château-Richer, Canada, New France )

Jean-Clement LEROY (b.12 October 1669, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 13 July 1670, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France)

Elisabeth LEROY (b.18 May 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. , )
m. Zacharie TURGEON 24 October 1691 in Beauport, Québec, Québec, Canada (Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité-de-Beauport)

Jean ROY (LEROY) (b.8 July 1674, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Canada, New France d. 14 May 1742, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Catherine NADEAU 29 April 1694 in Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada

Jean-Baptiste ROY (b.20 October 1678, La Durantaye, Canada, New France d. 10 April 1743, Saint-Vallier, Canada, New France)
m. Marguerite BAZIN 17 November 1698 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada
m. Claire CADRIN (CATRIN) 17 October 1701 in La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

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1639 Birth
25 May 1639
St-Remy-de-Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France

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

1658 Marriage / Partner
Nicolas ROY and Jeanne LELIEVRE 1 February 1658, Dieppe, France

He was 18 years old.

1658 Birth of Child
Louis ROY was born 26 November 1658, , France

Nicolas was 19 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Nicolas ROY was born 24 March 1661, Dieppe, France

Nicolas was 21 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Marie-Jeanne-Élisabeth ROY was born 15 August 1664, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City)

Nicolas was 25 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Canadian Census Quebec, Haute et Basse-Ville
Nicolas Roy, 23
Jeanne Lelievre, 26, sa femme
Louis, 7
Nicolas, 5
Noel, 3
Marie-Jeanne, 16 mois
Jean Briere, 24, boulanger, domestique engage

Source: Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880 by Benjamin Sulte, Montreal, 1882

1668 Birth of Child
Anne LEROY was born 6 February 1668, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Nicolas was 28 years old.

1669 Birth of Child
Jean-Clement LEROY was born 12 October 1669, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 30 years old.

1670 Death of Child
Anne LEROY died 6 July 1670, Château-Richer, Québec, Canada (La Visitation-de-Notre-Dame de Chateau-Richer)

Nicolas was 31 years old.

1670 Death of Child
Jean-Clement LEROY died 13 July 1670, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 31 years old.

1671 Birth of Child
Elisabeth LEROY was born 18 May 1671, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 32 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Jean ROY (LEROY) was born 8 July 1674, L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 35 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Jean-Baptiste ROY was born 20 October 1678, La Durantaye, Québec, Canada

Nicolas was 39 years old.

1679 Marriage of Child
Marie-Jeanne-Élisabeth ROY married 31 July 1679, Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City) to Jean GAUDREAU

1681 La Durantaye
Nicolas le Roy, 37 ans; Jeanne Lelieve, 40 ans; enfants: Guillaume, 14 ans; Elisabeth 10 ans, Jean, 8 ans, Baptiste, 3 ans; 1 fusil, 8 betes a cornes, 20 arpents.
Louis le Roy, 23 ans; 1 fusil, 3 arpents.
Nicolas le Roy, 20 ans; 1 fusil, 2 arpents.

Title Déliberations et mémoires de la Société royale du Canada
Author Royal Society of Canada
Publisher Royal Society of Canada., 1895
Original from Indiana University
Digitized Oct 28, 2008
Pages 11-12

1682 Marriage of Child
Louis ROY married 20 May 1682, Cap-St-Ignace, Québec, Canada (Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola) to Marie LEDRAN

1686 Marriage of Child
Nicolas ROY married 18 November 1686, Sainte-Famille-de-l'île-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada to Marie-Madelaine LEBLONDE

1690 Marriage of Child
Noel ROY married 27 April 1690, Lauzon, Lévis, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-la-Pointe-de-Lévy) to Jeanne-Thérèse CASSE (LACASSE)

Added: 7/12/2009 7:24:26 PM - Updated: 12/9/2022 4:07:24 PM