Chicoine of North America would come from two stocks families. Oldest and most is resulting from Pierre Chicoine and Madeleine Chrestien established in Verchères. The other, from Jean Chicoine married to Marie Baudot established in Barachois, today St-Pierre-de-la-Malbaie in Gaspésie, nearly 100 years later.

Pierre Chicoine, son of Gilles Chicoisne and Perrine Boissaubert, of Channay-on-Lathan, commune of the old province of Touraine, today the Indre-et-Loire, located at a few kilometers in the North-West of Tours, arrived in New-France at the age of 23 on February 1, 1663. He was part of the military garrison on the Island of Montreal, controlled by major Zacharie Dupuis, in the 15th escouade of the corporal Pierre de Lugérat dit Desmoulins.

At the end of his contract of service, Pierre decided to remain in New-France. He was listed in 1666 as a servant of Mathurin Langevin, a comrade-in-arms, probably, while waiting to obtain a land grant, also known as a "seigniory" in New France.  He received a land grant from Gabriel Souart, agent of the lords of Montreal, July 26 1666 at the St-François Coast, today it is known as Longueuil, a ground of 2 arpents face on the river.

Pierre married Madeleine Chrestien, October 20 1670, at Our-Lady of Montreal, she arrived as one of the "King's daughters", which was a program enacted by King Louis XIV to supply wives to the colonists. She was the daughter of daughter of Toussaint Chrétien and Françoise Bertault, both from Paris, France. She arrived in Canada in 1670 at the age of 24. She lodged at the at the Maison Saint-Gabriel in Montréal until her wedding. Madeleine could sign the marriage contract drawn up 15 October sous seing privé, but her husband could not. Filles du Roi Madeleine-Thérèse Sale and Françoise Goubilleau were witnesses, as was Gabriel Souart, one of the namesakes of the Maison Saint-Gabriel.

On February 26 1678, Pierre Chicoine and his good friend Pierre Boisseau  each purchased half of the seigniory of Vitré under the name of Bellevue, located between Contrecoeur and Verchères. This seigniory measuring a place by a place (a place is approximately 40 arpents, each arpent measures about 192 feet) or about 7680 ft by 7680 ft, had been conceded to Charles Denys de Vitré by Talon intendant. One year later, March 16 1679, Pierre will sell his ground of Longueuil of 80 arpents, including 10 in value, to Charles Moyne.

With the census of 1681, Verchères counts 12 families and 59 residents of which Chicoine has now 5 children . Three others will be born in the seigniory of Bellevue, sometimes call Chicoine seigniory. August 15 1688, the Chicoine ancestor acquires from nunn Hospitalières of the Hospital of Montreal a ground to build two houses there on the street St-Jean-Baptiste, side is, between the street St-Paul and the street Notre-Dame of Montreal.

Pierre Chicoine died between April 7 and July 23 1692 at the age of 53 years. His son, Pierre, inherits the seigniory of Verchères, now reduced to a quarter of place on a place, or about 1920 ft by 7680 ft, a part having been given in dowry to his sisters, Madeleine married to Louis Guertin and Marguerite, married to Urbain Bouvier.

The widow of Pierre, Madeleine remarried on June 19, 1702 in Montreal to Louis Odet de Piercot, sior of Bailleul, an officer of the troops of the marine. The marriage lasted 7 years, until the death of Madeleine on February 25, 1709. She was buried in Contrecoeur.

Six generations of Chicoine preserved the seigniory until the abolition of the seigneurial system by the English government in 1854. Two other generations, having inherited part of the old seigneurial field, are remained owners until 1913.

Pierre and Madeleine had three sons. The descent of Pierre, the elder one kept the name of Chicoine, whereas the descent of the second son, Paul, adopted the nickname of Dozois. The junior, François had adopted the nickname of Fresnière without however leaving posterity.

Sources: Chicoine, Andre, Chicoine of North America and Chicoisne de France 1630-1995.