Quentin MORAL
Biography

MORAL, Quentin... who, during his lifetime, was a judge and a civil and criminal lieutenant for the king in Trois-Rivières. His exact arrival date in Canada is unknown but it could have been around 1645. He was born in a village called St. Quentin in Lorraine, France about 1620. In approximately 1652, he married the widow of Jacques Hertel. The woman was Marie Marguerie, sister of the well-respected interpreter and fur trader, François Marguerie. Marie Marguerie inherited land on the island called l'Île de la Trinité from her brother, François when he died in 1648. After the Moral-Marguerie marriage, the island was renamed l'Île Saint-Quentin. Besides land, Marie Marguerie brought three young children to the marriage, aged 10 to 3.

On 17 November 1663, Quentin Moral was appointed royal notary but does not seem to have taken up the office, which was entrusted a year later to Séverin Ameau.

In 1669, Quentin Moral made a concession of 3 arpents of land to Antoine Desrosiers in Trois-Rivières. At the time, Quentin Moral was seigneur of the property, 'L'Arbre-à-la-Croix' in Trois-Rivières.

Quentin Moral died in Trois-Rivières in 1686, his wife outlived him by 14 years.

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