Twelfth Generation


2502. Jean LECLERC was born about 1605 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France. Perette BRUNEL (BRUNET) and Jean LECLERC were married on 21 July 1630 in Dieppe (St-Rémi) (Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France.2344

2503. Perette BRUNEL (BRUNET) was born in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France.

Children were:

i.

Marie LECLERC was baptized on 12 January 1634 in Dieppe (St-Rémi)(Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France. She died before 12 February 1642.

ii.

Jean LECLERC was baptized on 24 August 1635 in Dieppe (St-Rémi)(Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France. He died in 1680 at the age of 45.

iii.

Joanne (or Jeanne) LECLERC was baptized on 21 February 1637 in Dieppe (St-Rémi)(Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France.

iv.

Marie LECLERC was baptized 6 September 1638 in Dieppe (St-Rémi)(Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France.

iii.

Nicolas LECLERC was born about 1637 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France.

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iv.

Marguerite LECLERC (LECLAIR).

v.

Marie LECLERC was baptized on 7 February 1642 in Dieppe (St-Rémi)(Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France.

vi.

Anne LECLERC was born on 21 March 1645 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France. She was baptized on 21 March 1645 in Dieppe (Seine-Maritime) (Normandie Region), France. She was a "King's Daughter". The King's Daughters or "Filles due roi" were a group of approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program by Louis XIV to furnish brides for the male immigrants. They were usually between the age of 12 and 25, had to supply a letter of reference from their parish priest and were provided a dowry by the King. The King also paid for their transport to New France. Most of the women were commoners of humble birth, were held to very high standards and were required to be physically fit enough to survive the hard work demanded of immigrants to the fledging colony. She died on 4 October 1716 at the age of 71 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans (Québec Province), Canada. Anne was buried on 5 October 1716 in Saint-François-de-l'Île-d'Orléans (Québec Province), Canada.