Twelfth Generation


2662. Jean JACQUET DE GERLAISSE dit ST. AMAND was born about 1628 - possibly in Liège (St-Paul) (Belgium). (According to his burial record, he was about 94 years of age at the time of his death in 1722. This would put his year of birth as 1628.)1770 He was a member of the Carignan-Salières Regiment. He was a solider in La Fouille's Company. This regiment was thrust into military action to aid Algonquin and Huron Indian commercial partners in their perpetual war with the Iroquois. The Iroquois saw the French presence as a threat to their homeland. In this hatred, the Iroquois were aided and abetted by their English allies, who had reasons of their own for wanting the French out of North America. As the fury of the Iroquois attacks mounted, the struggling French colonists were forced to become soldiers. He came to the New World via Le Saint-Sébastien. The 300-ton vessel equipped with 30 cannons and about 200 soldiers departed La Rochelle on 24 May 1665 and arrived at Québec on 12 September 1665. He died on 19 December 1722 .1,2403 He was buried on 20 December 1722 at Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup in Louiseville (Québec Province), Canada.1,2403 Marie Jeanne TRUDEL and Jean JACQUET DE GERLAISSE dit ST. AMAND1385 signed a marriage contract on 12 September 1667 in L'Ange-Gardien (Québec Province), Canada. Supposedly, they were not allowed to be married in church because Marie Jeanne Trudel was only 11 years of age at the time of their marriage!

2663. Marie Jeanne TRUDEL was born on 22 July 1656 in (Québec Province), Canada.1,2078 She was baptized on 23 July 1656 in Québec (Nôtre Dame) (Québec Province), Canada.1,2078 She died on 30 November 1734 at the age of 78 in (Québec Province), Canada.1,2404 Marie was buried on 1 December 1734 at Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup in Louiseville (Québec Province), Canada.1,2404

Children were:

i.

Antoine JACQUET (DE GERLAISSE) was born about 1671. He died in 1762 at the age of 91.

ii.

Catherine JACQUET (DE GERLAISSE) was born on 14 April 1673 in L'Ange-Gardien (Québec Province), Canada. She was baptized on 23 April 1673 in L'Ange-Gardien (Québec Province), Canada. She was buried on 28 May 1683 in Sorel (Québec Province), Canada.

iii.

Pierre JACQUET (DE GERLAISSE) was born on 30 August 1677 in Louiseville (Québec Province), Canada. He was baptized on 26 September 1677 in Sorel (Québec Province), Canada. He died on 15 January 1678 and was buried on 16 January 1678 in Sorel (Québec Province), Canada.

iv.

Marie Madeleine DE GERLAISSE was baptized on 1 January 1679 in Sorel (Québec Province), Canada. She was born about 1 January 1679. She died in 1739 .

v.

Marie Jeanne Anne DE GERLAISSE was born in 1683. She died in 1771 in Baie-du-Fèvre (Québec Province), Canada.

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vi.

Marguerite DE GERLAISSE.

vii.

Marie Josephte DE GERLAISSE was born on 5 November 1689 in Trois-Rivières (Québec Province), Canada. She was baptized on 9 December 1689 in Trois-Rivières (Québec Province), Canada. Marie was buried on 12 May 1768 in Louiseville (Québec Province), Canada.

viii.

Jean Francois DE GERLAISSE was born on 18 March 1693 in Saint-Francois-du-Lac (Québec Province), Canada. He was baptized on 24 March 1693 in Saint-Francois-du-Lac (Québec Province), Canada.

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Marie Anne DE GERLAISSE was born on 26 January 1698 in La Pérade (Quebec Province), Canada. She was baptized on 19 March 1698 in La Pérade (Quebec Province), Canada.