FIRST GENERATION
Jehan Dumoys was a rope maker in Autretôt, a village in Haute Normandie, in 1555. It was then a centre of Protestantism. The first Celtic tribe of “le pays de Caux” were known as “les calètes”. During the middle ages the region was colonized by the Vikings.
Jehan married Marguerite Berservoyse in Autretot (France), 27 November 1555. They had a daughter, Marie in 1556 and Jehan who married Elisabeth Henze in 1596 and Adrien who married Catherine Pougnye in 1594.
SECOND GENERATION
Adrien Dumoys married Catherine Pougnye in Etoutteville (France) on 12 August 1594. They had a son Jehan, who is the father of our ancestors in New France.
THIRD GENERATION
Jehan Dumay was born around 1595. He lived in Dieppe. His first wife was Miotte Lecombe. She gave him a son:
- Etienne, in Dieppe around 1618.
Jehan’s second wife, Barbe Mauger, gave him 4 children.
- André, in Dieppe, 2 March 1628.
- Catherine, in Dieppe, 5 May 1629.
- Jean, in Dieppe, around1630.
- Laurent, in Dieppe, 1st October, 1635
JEHAN DUMAY PRESENCE IN NOUVELLE FRANCE
Jehan Dumay and his 3 sons: Etienne, André and Jean, sailed from Dieppe in 1643 for “la Nouvelle France”. Catherine and Laurent remained forever in France.
Jehan’s presence is testified by his purchase of land on the coast of Beaupré which he later abandoned in 1646. On January 1, 1648 he signed as a witness to the wedding of his son Etienne in Quebec.
Jehan was granted 50 acres in Cap Rouge in the Seigneurie of Gaudarville that he abandoned in 1650 and returned to France after having settled his sons.
FOURTH GENERATION
Etienne was born around 1626 in Dieppe. He sailed with his father and 2 brothers to Nouvelle France in 1643.
He married Françoise Morin in Quebec on 28 January 1648. Following a short stay in Ville Marie in 1649 he returned to the area of Quebec. He later obtained a concession in Cap Rouge, where he lived for 40 years.
Etienne died on January 25, 1697. The couple had 9 children.
André was born on February 3, 1628 in Dieppe.
He first arrived in Quebec with his father and 2 brothers. He moved to Ville Marie around 1649 where he married Marie Chedville on January 17, 1654. Maisonneuve granted him land near the river St-Pierre in Pointe Saint-Charles. He later settled in Pointe-aux-Trembles because of reoccurring danger by the Iroquois Indians. André died in Pointe-aux-Trembles on July 17, 1711. The couple had 12 children.
Jean was born February 6 1633 in Dieppe. He sailed with his father and 2 brothers to Nouvelle France in 1643.
Being the youngest of Jehan Dumay’s sons, he was waiting for the opportunity to go to Ville Marie. The opportunity came in 1653 with the arrival of the “Grande Recrue”. On Novembre 9, 1954 Jean marries Jeanne Védie, in Ville Marie (Montréal).
Jean is his brother’s André neighbor by the river Saint-Pierre, the danger created by the Iroquois pushes him to return near Quebec at the end of 1662 with his wife and first 3 children. Jean will be granted land on the shores of Lauzon in 1666 and later he will have a stone house built in Quebec on the road Cul-de-Sac in 1689. Jean died on July 3, 1708. The couple had 13 children.
FIFTH GENERATION
DESCENDANTS OF ÉTIENNE AND FRANÇOISE
- Marie: born May 31st , 1649, in Montreal
Died before the census of 1666.
- Nicole: born November 18th , 1650, at the Mission Saint-Joseph de Sillery
Died before the census of 1666.
- Etienne: born on March 1st , 1653 and baptized in Sillery on March 7, 1653
Died before the census of 1666.
- Anonyme: born on January 31, 1654
Died on the same day.
- Jean: born on August 28th , 1655, in Quebec
Died before the census of 1666.
- Etienne: born on December 3rd , 1656, in Sillery
Married Jeanne Françoise Ménard on November 25, 1686.
Died September 15, 1702, in Boucherville.
- Joseph: born in 1658
Married Marguerite Guitaut known as Jolicoeur on October 25, 1683, in Laprairie.
Married Marguerite Perras on September 20,1699, in Laprairie.
Married Angélique Brune on July 23, 1708, in Varennes.
Married Françoise Petit on November 24, 1712.
Died November 30, 1728, in Saint-Lambert.
- Eustache: born in 1661
Married Catherine Perras on April 21, 1688, in Laprairie
Died March 20, 1707, in Montreal.
- François: born February 10th and christened February 25, 1663, in Sillery
Married Jeanne Roannes on January 25, 1700 ,in Laprairie
Died July 19, 1717, in Laprairie.
DESCENDANTS OF ANDRÉ AND MARIE
- Catherine: born October 22nd , 1654, in Montreal
Died November 20, 1654 in Montreal. She is the last person to be buried in the Pointe-à-Callières cemetery.
- Marie: born October28, 1655, in Montreal.
Two wedding contracts were cancelled before marrying Jean Roy on January 26, 1672 in Montreal.
Died January 23, 1887, in Montreal.
- Nicolas: born August 6,1657, in Montreal
Married Marie-Barbe Jetté, on October 23, 1679, in Montreal
Died October 21, 1708, in Montreal
- André: born October 24, 1659, in Montreal
Married Anne Jetté, on September 2, 1686, in Montreal
Died January 17, 1707, in Montreal
- Jean-Baptitste: born August 31, 1661, in Montreal
Married Cunégonde Masta, on February 25, 1686
Died October 25, 1690, in Montreal
- Michel: born October 3, 1663, in Montreal
Married Elisabeth Jetté, on November 27, 1685, in Montreal.
Died October 15, 1687, in Montreal
- Barbe: born August 8, 1665, in Montreal
Married Jacques Coiteux, on November 4, 1680, in Montreal
Died September 7, 1699, in Pointe-aux-Trembles
- Charles: born June 13, 1667, in Montreal
Married Elisabeth Papin, on February 17, 1689, in Montreal
Married Catherine Jetté, on October 9, 1707
Married Madeleine Cauchon-Bléry, on April 23, 1719
Died September 6, 1758, in Montreal
- Marie: born around 1669
Married Jean Bourthis (Boulerisse), on October 22, 1686
Married Charles Cary known as Vigneron, on November 1, 1712, in Longueuil.
- Robert: born January 11, 1671, in Boucherville
Married Madeleine Jetté, on April 26, 1694, in Montreal
Died Mai 23, 1741, in Montreal
- Paul: born January 25, 1673
Died February 17, 1690, in Montreal.
- Martine: born September 24, 1675, in Montreal
Married Paul Jetté-Durivage, on September 16, 1697, in Montreal
Died June 9, 1755, in Pointe-aux-Trembles.
DESCENDANTS OF JEAN AND JEANNE
- François: born February 15, 1658, in Montreal
- Marguerite: born October 21, 1659, in Montreal
Married André Bergeron, on July 9, 1673 in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans
- Jean-Louis: born July 5, 1661, in Montreal
Married Jeanne Larrivé, on May 2, 1696, in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans
Died July 11 1736 in Québec
- Pierre: born October 8, in Sillery
Married Jeanne Pouliot, on November 1, 1691 in Saint-Nicolas
Married Jeanne House, on July 31, 1703, in Saint-Louis-de-Lotbinière
Died July 7, 1714, in l’Hôtel-Dieu of Quebec.
- Anne: born August 30, 1664, in Saint-Nicolas
Married Gabriel Duchêsne on May 3, 1688, in Quebec
Married Michel Cureux St-Germain on October 14, 1693, in Quebec
- Eustache: born August 30, 1665
Died the same day.
- René: born August 13, 1667, christened on the 14th in Sillery
Married Anne Dubois-Lafrance, on May 2, 1694, in Saint-Nicolas
Married Madeleine Lavoie, on February 5, 1714, in Saint-Nicolas
Died December 21, 1729, in Saint-Nicolas.
- Madeleine: born March 26, 1669, at Etchemin and christened on March 27 in Quebec
Married Georges Marion known as Lafontaine, on November 1693.
Died December 15, 1742, in Saint-Nicolas.
- André: born in 1671, he was 10 years old at the census of 1681. He was taken prisoner by the English in Acadia.
- Eustache: born on May 5, 1673, at Etchemin, he was christened on the 7th. In Quebec.
Married Françoise Dubois known as Lafrance on November 3, 1694 in Quebec
Died December 14, 1708, in Saint-Nicolas.
- Catherine: born April 4, 1675 and christened on April 10 , in Quebec
She died on July 5, 1693 in Quebec. She drowned on a canoe trip facing Saint-Nicolas with her 2 girlfriends.
- Jean-Nicolas: born May 18, 1677, christened on June 13th in Sillery
Married Marie-Anne Rochon Rocheron on May 3, 1700 in Sainte-Famille de l’Ile d’Orléans
Died December 16, 1740, in Saint-Nicolas.
- Michel: born August 31, 1681, christened on November 26 in Saint-Nicolas
Died February 21, 1701, in Saint-Nicolas.
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