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The SEVESTRE family
Although the surname Sevestre did not persist as much as that of other emigrants
Of the first years, the contribution of this family to the colony is undeniable: with Charles
With Sevestre in mind, ten other members of his family moved to New France
The first third of the XVII
e
century.
The Sevestre in France
The Sevestre family of Paris is one of the first to
To invest in printing in France: since 1543 at the latest,
With Louis Sevestre, husband of Jeanne L'Escalier, daughter of
Balthazar. In 1545, he was accompanied by François Sevestre,
Married to Barbe Breault, then Pierre Sevestre in 1547, married to
Antoinette David.
Balthazar THE STAIRCASE
?
Louis S EVESTRE
Jeanne L ' ESCALIER
Jean M AC É
GenevièveR OLLAND
Thomas S EVESTRE
Jeanne B OUCHEROT
Jean P ETITPAS
Marguerite M AC
Charles S EVESTRE
Marguerite P ETITPAS
(ca.1585-1640)
C HARLES
Charles S EVESTRE
Thomas S EVESTRE
Jacques S EVESTRE Etienne S EVESTRE N ICOLAS A NTOINE
( 1609-?)
(1609-1657)
(1611-?)
(1614-1685)
(1617-1640) (1620-?) (1622-?)
th. Marie P ICHON
Denise
Daisy
Ignace Marie-Madeleine Jeanne
Catherine
Charles
(Ca.1632-1700) (ca.1636-1720)
Marie Pichon had at least three children from a first bed before marrying Charles Sevestre:
Philippe Gauthier
Marie P ICHON
(Early XVII -1661)
Guillaume
Catherine
Charles
(1st half XVII-1657) (ca.1625-ap.1702) (ca.1626-1703)
Emigrants appear in red.
A printing workshop in the 17th century
Page 2The son of Louis, Thomas Sevestre, is a jury printer of the University of Paris of 1586
At 1605 and frequented as such many French authors and artists. He marries Jeanne
Boucherot in first marriage and three of their children embrace the career of printer. The
First, Louis, married to Marguerite
Blottin and whose son François
Will resume the workshop of Thomas
Sevestre, which publishes in particular the
Second edition of the
Samuel Champlain. Comes next
Gilles, who works with his father, and
Finally Charles (not Stephen,
As it can still be found
In some books or articles), the
Father of the emigrant.
Several books are known
Published by Charles Sevestre father;
Thus, La Toyson d'Or, or the Flower of
Thresors in which succinctly and
Methodically traced the stone of
Philosophers (see opposite, where it is said
Which he practiced in 1613 rue St-Jacques,
Which was in the parish of Saint-
Benoît) or Les Essais de Montaigne in
1608, with Jean Petitpas, his brother-in-law.
Indeed, Marguerite Petitpas
Wife, February 2, 1605, in the church
Saint-Hilaire of Paris, Charles Sevestre
son. There are three children born from their
Union: Charles, Jacques, Thomas and
Etienne. All four will go
New France for reasons which
We do not know. Perhaps the idea germinates
Following the death of Charles Sevestre
Father, between 1624 and 1627, but it did not
That in 1634 at the earliest and the
First certified statement of a Sevestre
In Canada, dated November 12, 1636,
Baptism of the first Sevestre born in
colony.
Marguerite Petitpas
Charles Sevestre's mother is the oldest of all migrants. She is
Born about 1585, married at twenty and widowed, she is free to leave France at her
will. Very little is known about her: her only mention in New France is her
Act of burial. Deceased on September 13, 1640, " in his hut at the Cap Diamant ", she
Is buried the following day in Quebec City.
Frontispiece of La Toyson d'Or, or the Flower of
Thresors in which succinctly and
Methodically traced the stone of the philosophers
(1613)
Page 3Charles Sevestre
Baptized on January 17, 1609 in Paris, Charles Sevestre married Marie Pichon around the age of
Eighteen in the church of St-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris. Charles was received by the printing
19 May 1633, in the presence of his peers, at the Royal College. He works with the Pelican
In the Rue des Amandiers. After his departure for New France, perhaps
Of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, Charles Sevestre returned at least three
Paris, in 1643, 1650 and 1654.
Charles Sevestre and Marie Pichon have seven children, five of them born in New France
(The two emigrants, Denise and Marguerite, will be dealt with later):
. Ignace, Sieur Desrochers, baptized on November 12, 1636, in Quebec as all his
brothers and sisters. His godfather is Governor Charles-Jacques de Huault de
Montmagny. His life ended in Quebec, June 22, 1661, during an Iroquois attack.
. Marie-Madeleine, baptized on January 2, 1639. She married Jacques Loyer on October 22
1653. Widowed on 3 July 1669, she remarried with Louis de Niort on 22
February 1672.
. Jeanne, baptized on 29 December 1641. She died and was buried on 5 January 1648.
. Catherine, born and baptized on 25 July 1645. She marries Louis Rouer de Villeray
19 February 1658.
. Charles, baptized on 20 November 1646. He drowned on 5 April 1661; His body is lost.
Successively trustee, provost judge,
First civilian and criminal private lieutenant
And finally clerk of the Quebec store,
Charles Sevestre died on December 8, 1657
And was buried the following day in the church of
Quebec, under the bench where he attended the masses.
Marie Pichon
We do not know when Marie Pichon was born; When she married Charles Sevestre in 1627,
She is already a widow of Philippe Gaultier de La Chesnaye, of whom she had at least two boys
And a daughter: Guillaume, Charles and Catherine, who will be studied later. Charles Sevestre
Adopts these children when he marries Marie Pichon and takes them to Canada.
Marie Pichon died on May 3, 1661. She was buried the next day, next to her husband.
Thomas Sevestre
The second son of Marguerite Petitpas was baptized on May 4, 1611. His life still remains
Largely in the darkness: bourgeois, he lives on the Quai de la Mégisserie in 1631 and is received
Printer October 26, 1634. Passed June 30, 1640, one loses its trace in New France.
Jacques Sevestre
Jacques Sevestre, born on April 26, 1614 and
Arrived in New-France to be of settlement age.
Household, stays alone. At the census of 1666,
Lives with a committed pelletier, François Hureau,
Aged 20 years. Throughout his life it is said "
Signature of Charles Sevestre
Signature of Jacques Sevestre
Page 4Inhabitant "; He attended the weddings of his nieces and assumed the role of sponsor on occasion. he
Wrote his will on December 31, 1684 and died on June 12, 1685, in the house of Louis
Rouer de Villeray where he has been living for several years. He was buried the next day.
Etienne Sevestre
Sometimes confused with his brother Thomas, Étienne was born on 16 August 1617 and was baptized
next day. Its end soon after the crossing: May 2, 1640, while hunting on
The St. Lawrence in the company of Adrien d'Abancourt dit LaCaille, an accident occurs and they
Are both drowning. The bodies are lost; It was only on 25 May 1641, not far from the
Drama, bones are found and an inhumation is celebrated the same day.
Denise Sevestre
The eldest daughter of Charles Sevestre and Marie Pichon was born about 1632 in Paris. From the 18th
June 1646, she was married to Quebec City with Antoine Martin, known as Montpellier, a soldier, then
Shoemaker, son of Jean Martin and Isabelle Costé. They give life to four children:
. Charles, born October 7, 1651 and baptized the 22.
. Antoine, born on 28 August 1654 and baptized on 6 September.
. Marie-Thérèse, born on 28 November 1656 and baptized on 30 November. She marries
Mathurin Langevin on October 9, 1674.
. Jean-François, born December 2, 1658 and baptized on the 12th. He drowns " under the ice "
During the month of April 1674. His body was only recovered and buried on 10 May
Same year.
Antoine Martin died and was buried on 11 May 1659 near his father-in-law, " Mr.
Sevestre . "On August 4, 1659 in Quebec City, Denise Sevestre remarried with Philippe Nepveu,
Tailor of clothes. The couple has eleven children:
. Madeleine, born on 24 November 1660 and baptized the following day. She marries Jean-
Charles Cadieu on April 28, 1681.
. Louis, born March 15, 1662 and b
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The SEVESTRE family
Although the surname Sevestre did not persist as much as that of other emigrants
Of the first years, the contribution of this family to the colony is undeniable: with Charles
With Sevestre in mind, ten other members of his family moved to New France
The first third of the XVII
e
century.
The Sevestre in France
The Sevestre family of Paris is one of the first to
To invest in printing in France: since 1543 at the latest,
With Louis Sevestre, husband of Jeanne L'Escalier, daughter of
Balthazar. In 1545, he was accompanied by François Sevestre,
Married to Barbe Breault, then Pierre Sevestre in 1547, married to
Antoinette David.
Balthazar THE STAIRCASE
?
Louis S EVESTRE
Jeanne L ' ESCALIER
Jean M AC É
GenevièveR OLLAND
Thomas S EVESTRE
Jeanne B OUCHEROT
Jean P ETITPAS
Marguerite M AC
Charles S EVESTRE
Marguerite P ETITPAS
(ca.1585-1640)
C HARLES
Charles S EVESTRE
Thomas S EVESTRE
Jacques S EVESTRE Etienne S EVESTRE N ICOLAS A NTOINE
( 1609-?)
(1609-1657)
(1611-?)
(1614-1685)
(1617-1640) (1620-?) (1622-?)
th. Marie P ICHON
Denise
Daisy
Ignace Marie-Madeleine Jeanne
Catherine
Charles
(Ca.1632-1700) (ca.1636-1720)
Marie Pichon had at least three children from a first bed before marrying Charles Sevestre:
Philippe Gauthier
Marie P ICHON
(Early XVII -1661)
Guillaume
Catherine
Charles
(1st half XVII-1657) (ca.1625-ap.1702) (ca.1626-1703)
Emigrants appear in red.
A printing workshop in the 17th century
The son of Louis, Thomas Sevestre, is a jury printer of the University of Paris of 1586
At 1605 and frequented as such many French authors and artists. He marries Jeanne
Boucherot in first marriage and three of their children embrace the career of printer. The
First, Louis, married to Marguerite
Blottin and whose son François
Will resume the workshop of Thomas
Sevestre, which publishes in particular the
Second edition of the
Samuel Champlain. Comes next
Gilles, who works with his father, and
Finally Charles (not Stephen,
As it can still be found
In some books or articles), the
Father of the emigrant.
Several books are known
Published by Charles Sevestre father;
Thus, La Toyson d'Or, or the Flower of
Thresors in which succinctly and
Methodically traced the stone of
Philosophers (see opposite, where it is said
Which he practiced in 1613 rue St-Jacques,
Which was in the parish of Saint-
Benoît) or Les Essais de Montaigne in
1608, with Jean Petitpas, his brother-in-law.
Indeed, Marguerite Petitpas
Wife, February 2, 1605, in the church
Saint-Hilaire of Paris, Charles Sevestre
son. There are three children born from their
Union: Charles, Jacques, Thomas and
Etienne. All four will go
New France for reasons which
We do not know. Perhaps the idea germinates
Following the death of Charles Sevestre
Father, between 1624 and 1627, but it did not
That in 1634 at the earliest and the
First certified statement of a Sevestre
In Canada, dated November 12, 1636,
Baptism of the first Sevestre born in
colony.
Marguerite Petitpas
Charles Sevestre's mother is the oldest of all migrants. She is
Born about 1585, married at twenty and widowed, she is free to leave France at her
will. Very little is known about her: her only mention in New France is her
Act of burial. Deceased on September 13, 1640, " in his hut at the Cap Diamant ", she
Is buried the following day in Quebec City.
Frontispiece of La Toyson d'Or, or the Flower of
Thresors in which succinctly and
Methodically traced the stone of the philosophers
(1613)
Charles Sevestre
Baptized on January 17, 1609 in Paris, Charles Sevestre married Marie Pichon around the age of
Eighteen in the church of St-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris. Charles was received by the printing
19 May 1633, in the presence of his peers, at the Royal College. He works with the Pelican
In the Rue des Amandiers. After his departure for New France, perhaps
Of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, Charles Sevestre returned at least three
Paris, in 1643, 1650 and 1654.
Charles Sevestre and Marie Pichon have seven children, five of them born in New France
(The two emigrants, Denise and Marguerite, will be dealt with later):
. Ignace, Sieur Desrochers, baptized on November 12, 1636, in Quebec as all his
brothers and sisters. His godfather is Governor Charles-Jacques de Huault de
Montmagny. His life ended in Quebec, June 22, 1661, during an Iroquois attack.
. Marie-Madeleine, baptized on January 2, 1639. She married Jacques Loyer on October 22
1653. Widowed on 3 July 1669, she remarried with Louis de Niort on 22
February 1672.
. Jeanne, baptized on 29 December 1641. She died and was buried on 5 January 1648.
. Catherine, born and baptized on 25 July 1645. She marries Louis Rouer de Villeray
19 February 1658.
. Charles, baptized on 20 November 1646. He drowned on 5 April 1661; His body is lost.
Successively trustee, provost judge,
First civilian and criminal private lieutenant
And finally clerk of the Quebec store,
Charles Sevestre died on December 8, 1657
And was buried the following day in the church of
Quebec, under the bench where he attended the masses.
Marie Pichon
We do not know when Marie Pichon was born; When she married Charles Sevestre in 1627,
She is already a widow of Philippe Gaultier de La Chesnaye, of whom she had at least two boys
And a daughter: Guillaume, Charles and Catherine, who will be studied later. Charles Sevestre
Adopts these children when he marries Marie Pichon and takes them to Canada.
Marie Pichon died on May 3, 1661. She was buried the next day, next to her husband.
Thomas Sevestre
The second son of Marguerite Petitpas was baptized on May 4, 1611. His life still remains
Largely in the darkness: bourgeois, he lives on the Quai de la Mégisserie in 1631 and is received
Printer October 26, 1634. Passed June 30, 1640, one loses its trace in New France.
Jacques Sevestre
Jacques Sevestre, born on April 26, 1614 and
Arrived in New-France to be of settlement age.
Household, stays alone. At the census of 1666,
Lives with a committed pelletier, François Hureau,
Aged 20 years. Throughout his life it is said "
Signature of Charles Sevestre
Signature of Jacques Sevestre
Inhabitant "; He attended the weddings of his nieces and assumed the role of sponsor on occasion. he
Wrote his will on December 31, 1684 and died on June 12, 1685, in the house of Louis
Rouer de Villeray where he has been living for several years. He was buried the next day.
Etienne Sevestre
Sometimes confused with his brother Thomas, Étienne was born on 16 August 1617 and was baptized
next day. Its end soon after the crossing: May 2, 1640, while hunting on
The St. Lawrence in the company of Adrien d'Abancourt dit LaCaille, an accident occurs and they
Are both drowning. The bodies are lost; It was only on 25 May 1641, not far from the
Drama, bones are found and an inhumation is celebrated the same day.
Denise Sevestre
The eldest daughter of Charles Sevestre and Marie Pichon was born about 1632 in Paris. From the 18th
June 1646, she was married to Quebec City with Antoine Martin, known as Montpellier, a soldier, then
Shoemaker, son of Jean Martin and Isabelle Costé. They give life to four children:
. Charles, born October 7, 1651 and baptized the 22.
. Antoine, born on 28 August 1654 and baptized on 6 September.
. Marie-Thérèse, born on 28 November 1656 and baptized on 30 November. She marries
Mathurin Langevin on October 9, 1674.
. Jean-François, born December 2, 1658 and baptized on the 12th. He drowns " under the ice "
During the month of April 1674. His body was only recovered and buried on 10 May
Same year.
Antoine Martin died and was buried on 11 May 1659 near his father-in-law, " Mr.
Sevestre . "On August 4, 1659 in Quebec City, Denise Sevestre remarried with Philippe Nepveu,
Tailor of clothes. The couple has eleven children:
. Madeleine, born on 24 November 1660 and baptized the following day. She marries Jean-
Charles Cadieu on April 28, 1681.
. Louis, born March 15, 1662 and baptized the following day. He died before the census
Of 1667.
. Jacques, born on 6 March 1663 and baptized on the 10th. He married Michelle Chauvin on 24 October
1695. On June 22, 1722, they were killed with four of their children four leagues from
Wabash.
. Philippe, born on June 22, 1665 and baptized on the 24th. He died on May 22, 1676 and buried the
next day.
. Marie-Anne-Jeanne, born and baptized on January 13, 1667. She lived only four days.
. Anne, born and baptized on 28 January 1668.
. Marguerite, born and baptized on 29 May 1669. She entered the Congregation
Of Notre-Dame.
. Marie-Catherine, born on 2 July 1670 and baptized the next day.
. Charles, born September 11, 1671 and baptized the following day.
. Jean, born on 30 August 1673 and baptized the next day. He was buried on September 8, 1673.
. Jean-Baptiste, lord of Lanoraie and d'Autray, born February 19, 1676 and baptized
next day. He married Françoise-Élisabeth Legras on 27 July 1704.
Denise Sevestre draws up her will on March 6, 1694, by which she learns that she is
Voluntarily separated from habitation and property with her husband. She died six years later,
Buried on December 14, 1700.
The
The youngest of the Sevestre who came from France was born around 1636. She married at the age of 16
Years, with Étienne De Lessard, son of Jacques de Lessard and Marie Herson. The
Couple has eleven children. It can be noted here that only the daughters of Charles Sevestre ensured
Descent, which explains the lack of renown for the surname Sevestre, although the
Family is one of the first pioneers of the colony.
. Étienne, born on April 1, 1653 and baptized a month later. He marries Mary
Foal on April 17, 1679.
. Charles, born on January 1, 1656 and baptized on June 5. He marries Marie-Anne Caron
April 10, 1684.
. Pierre, baptized on 4 August 1658. He married Barbe Fortin on 16 April 1690.
. Marie-Thérèse, born on 14 February 1663 and baptized on 29 March. She marries Jacques
Langlois on 8 November 1681.
. Marguerite, born on 3 September 1664 and baptized the next day. She is buried on 7
December 1665.
. Anne, born September 26, 1666 and baptized the following day.
. Christmas, born March 3, 1669 and the following day. He married Marie Racine on 9 February 1695.
. Joseph, born on 28 February 1672 and baptized on 13 March.
. Prisque, born and baptized on June 10, 1674. He married Marie Jacob on April 27, 1699.
. Dorothée, born Februar