| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Fourteenth Generation10590. Guillaume PÉPIN dit Lafond was born between 1607 and 1610 in Baviere (Saint-Laurent) Saintes, France.1994 He appeared in the census in 1666 with his wife, Jeanne, and their nine children (Jacques, Jean, Guillaume, Pierre, Etienne, Jeanne, Magdelaine, Elisabeth, Marie Marguerite). He appeared in the census in 1667 in Trois-Rivières (Québec Province), Canada with his wife, Jeanne, and a total of eleven children (Jacques, Jean, Guillaume, Pierre, Etienne, Jeanne, Magdelaine, Elisabeth, Marie Marguerite, Ursule). Of the eleven children, one is an unidentified female, age 7, named Marie. Guillaume died on 12 August 1697 at the age of 90 in Trois-Rivières (Québec Province), Canada.1,2586 He was buried on 12 August 1697 at Immaculée Conception in Trois-Rivières (Québec Province), Canada.1,2586 Jeanne MÉCHIN and Guillaume PÉPIN dit Lafond1385 were married in 1645 in Trois-Rivières (Québec Province), Canada. 10591. Jeanne MÉCHIN was born about 1630 in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) (Poitou Charentes Region), France.1770,1994 She was a "filles à marier" (marriageable girl) who emigrated to New France representing one quarter of all the single girls arriving in New France through 1673. The "filles à marier" women arrived between 1634 and 1662 and only numbered 262. These young women, often poor, were recruited and chaperoned by religious groups or individuals who had to assure and account for their good conduct. To be considered a "filles à marier", the women must have been between the ages of 12-45, not accompanied by BOTH parents or a husband and must have signed an enlistment contract, one marriage contract or gotten married in the colony. Due to their arrival in the very early stages of the formation of New France, these 262 women played a significant role in populating the colony. She appeared in the census in 1666 with her husband, Guillaume Pépin, and nine children (Jacques, Jean, Guillaume, Pierre, Etienne, Jeanne, Magdelaine, Elisabeth, Marie Marguerite). She appeared in the census in 1667 in Trois-Rivières (Québec Province), Canada with her husband, Guillaume Pepin and a total of eleven children (Jacques, Jean, Guillaume, Pierre, Etienne, Jeanne, Magdelaine, Elisabeth, Marie Marguerite, Ursule). Of the eleven children, one is an unidentified female, age 7, named Marie. Jeanne was buried on 30 November 1680 in Trois-Rivières (Québec Province), Canada.1385 Children were:
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