François PELLETIER dit ANTAYA
1675 -

"On October 22, 1675, Francois Pelletier dit Antaya purchases the fief d'Orvilliers from Sieur de Gauthier de Comporte. This fief is located on the north coast of the St. Lawrence, in the Iles of Upper Berthier, on one side Dautray and on the other the lands not conceded belonging to Sieur Randin, along with the Ile au Foin. He finally left Sorel, after the sale of his concession to Pierre Coutois dit Bonnehumeur, on September 17, 1677. In the contract, Francois is referred to as farmer of Dorvilliers. The father and brother of Francois, Nicolas and Jean, settled in the said fief Antaya on March 23, 1678 as the first farmers of that area. Francois died before June, 1688. Marguerite Morisseau, wife of Sieur Antaya, died at the Hotel-Dieu (hospital) of Quebec on December 15, 1707 at the age of 70. Seigneur (landowner) Pierre Pelletier, son of Francois and Marguerite Morisseau, paid homage in the name of his brother and sisters on February 17, 1723. (Probably a religious ceremony of remembrance.) The cradle of the Pelletier and Antaya family thus lies right in the heart of Monteregie. Sorel, located at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and the Richelieu River, is the fourth oldest city of Canada."

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