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Descendants of Guillaume Langlois


11. MARGUERITE3 LANGLOIS (NOEL2, GUILLAUME1) was born 03 September 1639 in Montreal, Ile-De-Montreal, Quebec127,128,129, and died 24 September 1697 in Beauport, Quebec130. She married PAUL VACHON 22 October 1653 in Beauport, Quebec (m chez Jean Juchereau)131,132, son of VINCENT VACHON and SAPIENCE VATEAU. He was born 1630 in LaCopechagniere, Lucon, Poitou, France133,134, and died 24 June 1703 in Beauport, Chateau Richer, Quebec, P. Canada135,136.

More About MARGUERITE LANGLOIS:
Baptism: 03 September 1639, Baptised Quebec137
Burial: 25 September 1697, Buried Beauport, Quebec

Notes for PAUL VACHON:
!Notaire

!Paul Vachon was born about 1630, the son of Vincent Vachon and Sapience Bateau, at La Copechagniere in the ancient province of Poitou. His contract to come to New France was never found, but it is thought he came as a mason, about 1650.

He was residing in Beauport when he wed Marguerite Langlois in the fall of 1653. Marguerite was born in Quebec, the daughter of Noel Langlois and Francoise Grenier.

As a mason he worked on homes, as well as the patient chapel of Hotel-Dieu of Quebec. In the fall of 1655 he put aside his trowel for the quill pen of a notary. Over forty years he wrote more than 1500 acts. He was Seigneurial notary for Notre-Dame-des-Anges, Beauport, Ile d'Orleans and Beaupre. In this vocation he met everyone of greater or lesser importance in his area. He also was clerk and treasurer for several seigneuries. It is of interest that he employed Jean Guyon, Sieur Dubuisson, another ancestor of ours (Dolores (Pepper) Grau), as a surveyor. Jean was also a mason.

Paul Vachon maintained his home in the village of Fargy and owned a large farm on the Ile d'Orleans. It was worked for him by Thomas LeSieur. His land was cleared and worked by hired hands, as he was so busy as a notary.

He titled himself Royal Notary on occasion, though he was not. A Royal Notary could execute acts anywhere in the country, Vachon was limited to the seigneuries where he had been appointed.

Marguerite Langlois died in 1697, four years after her husband retired as a notary. During six months of the smallpox epidemic of 1702-1703 Paul Vachon witnessed the deaths of four of his twelve children, a daughter-in-law and six grand children, before succumbing himself. A quarter of the Quebec population perished with them.

1-Vincent Vachon=Sapience Bateau of Poitou.
2-Paul Vachon born 1630=Marguerite Langlois.
3-Louise Vachon born 1662=Leonard Paille.

References: Drouin, Vol. 3, pp 1386-8. Dictionnaire genealogique des families du Quebec; Rene Jette. Our French-Canadian Ancestors, Vol V1, Thomas J. LaForest.

! Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais (1608-1760) Avant-propos par Monseigneur Irenee Lussier Tome II Partie genealogique (L to Z) Institut Genealogique Drouin 4184, rue ST-Denis Montreal, Canada Film #C201162 page 1315 Says he is ancestor of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Benjamin Sulte & Cardinal Leger. (See tome III histories Vachon, Laurier, Sulte & Leger.)

More About PAUL VACHON:
Cause of Death: Smallpox Epidemic

Marriage Notes for MARGUERITE LANGLOIS and PAUL VACHON:
Married at the residence of Jean Juchereau.
     
Children of MARGUERITE LANGLOIS and PAUL VACHON are:
  i.   PAUL4 VACHON, b. 04 November 1656, Quebec138; d. 07 March 1729/30, Cap-de-la-Madeleine139,140.
  Notes for PAUL VACHON:
Jette page 1105: Pretre 21-12-1680, chanoine 1684. (DBC II 668-669)

  More About PAUL VACHON:
Baptism: 09 November 1656, Baptised Quebec141
Burial: 09 March 1729/30, Buried Cap-de-la-Madeleine142
45. ii.   MARGUERITE VACHON, b. 01 September 1658, Quebec; d. 1703.
46. iii.   VINCENT VACHON, DIT LAMINEE, b. 15 February 1660/61, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; d. 03 December 1716, Beauport, Quebec.
  iv.   LOUISE VACHON, b. 25 May 1662, Beauport, Quebec143,144; d. 11 July 1715, Hotel-Dieu, Montreal145,146; m. LEONARD PAILLE, Ct 24-06-1678 Aubert at Beauport147; b. 1660, Pressac, ar. Montmorillon, ev. Poitiers, Poitou (Vienne)148,149; d. 07 January 1729/30, Hospital General, Montreal150,151.
  More About LOUISE VACHON:
Baptism: 28 May 1662, Baptised Beauport, Quebec152
Burial: 11 July 1715, Buried Montreal153

  More About LEONARD PAILLE:
Burial: 07 January 1729/30, Buried Montreal154
47. v.   MARIE-MADELEINE VACHON, b. 15 August 1664, Quebec; d. 18 February 1703/04, Beauport, Quebec.
  vi.   MARIE-CHARLOTTE VACHON, b. 12 September 1666, Beauport, Quebec155; d. Bef. 1681, Beauport, Quebec156.
  More About MARIE-CHARLOTTE VACHON:
Baptism: 18 September 1666, Baptised Beauport, Quebec157
48. vii.   NOEL VACHON, DIT PAMERLAUX, b. 12 January 1669/70, Beauport, Quebec; d. 12 August 1699, Quebec.
49. viii.   PIERRE VACHON, DIT DESFOURCHETTES, b. 26 May 1671, Beauport, Quebec; d. 17 January 1703/04, Beauport, Quebec.
  ix.   ANNE THERESE VACHON, b. 23 July 1674, Beauport, Quebec158,159; d. Deceased; m. JEAN TURGEON, 1691160; d. Deceased.
  More About ANNE THERESE VACHON:
Baptism: 23 July 1674, Baptised Beauport, Quebec161
50. x.   MARIE-FRANCOISE VACHON, b. 1676; d. Deceased.
  xi.   MARIE-MADELEINE VACHON, b. 08 January 1680/81, Beauport, Quebec162; d. 25 September 1715, Beauport163; m. PIERRE VINCENT VALLE164, 23 November 1699, Beauport, Quebec (ct 25-10 Jean-Robert Duprac)165; b. 29 September 1674, Beauport165; d. 11 October 1751, Quebec, QC.
  More About MARIE-MADELEINE VACHON:
Baptism: 08 January 1680/81, Baptised Beauport, Quebec166
Burial: 26 September 1715, Buried Beauport167

  More About PIERRE VINCENT VALLE:
Baptism: 03 October 1674, Baptised Beauport168
  xii.   GUILLAUME VACHON, b. 02 December 1682, Beauport, Quebec169,170; d. 27 December 1702, Beauport, Quebec171,172.
  More About GUILLAUME VACHON:
Baptism: 03 December 1682, Baptised Beauport, Quebec172
Burial: 28 December 1702, Buried Beauport, Quebec172
Cause of Death: Smallpox Epidemic



12. JEAN3 LANGLOIS, DIT BOISVERDUN (NOEL2, GUILLAUME1) was born 24 February 1641/42 in Chateau Richer, Quebec City, Province of Quebec173,174,175,176, and died 26 August 1687 in Chateau Richer, Quebec177,178,179,180,181. He married CHARLOTTE-FRANCOISE BELANGER 19 October 1665 in Chateau Richer, Quebec (ct 24-08 Aubert)182,183, daughter of FRANCOIS BELANGER and MARIE GUYON. She was born 25 June 1650 in Quebec City, Canada184,185,186,187, and died Bef. 11 October 1707 in Ile d'Orleans, St Pierre de la Riviere du Sud, Quebec188.

Notes for JEAN LANGLOIS, DIT BOISVERDUN:
!Called himself Boisverdun because he was a woodcutter. Listed in census 1666-1667-1681 for Isle d'Orleans. (Information from Rick Traversy 1998)

!OCCUPATION: Ship-builder on the St. Lawrence, carpenter. Charpentier de Navires

From Dolores Grau May 1999: I thought this was rather interesting;

THE LIFE OF NEW FRANCE 1663-1760
Crime and Punishment

From the founding of New France in 1508 until 1663, the administrators of the colony concentrated their efforts on exploiting the fur trade rather than promoting colonization. In 1663 the Compagnie des Cent Associes returned New France to King Louis XIV. Dissatisfied with the performance of previous managers, and to ensure that any new colonial administration function effectively, the King decided to set up a reliable judicial system. In April of 1663, he issued an edict creating the Sovereign Council of New France. He said: "We must see to the establishment of justice as the principle of, and as a necessary prerequisite for, the sound administration of affairs and the security of the government, whose stability depends on the application of our laws and ordinances as much as on the strength of our arms."

The next year, 1664, the King ceded New France to the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales. In Article 33 of this company's charter (May 1664), Louis laid down specific judicial instructions, ordering the judges of New France to comply in enforcing the "Coutume de Paris", the legal code in force in France at that time. The code of civil law came into force in April 1667, and criminal law in August of 1670. The Sovereign Council thus found itself with specific judicial standards.

For its part, the Compagnie des Indes Occidentales was to develop the judicial system by creating two courts of law: the first in Quebec City in 1666, known as the "Provost of Quebec", and the second at Trois Rivieres, called the "Juridiction of Trois Rivieres." The following year, the Provost was also given responsibility for maritime cases, and took the title of "Provost and Admiralty of Quebec." Montreal was not granted proper royal jurisdiction until 1693, prior to which the seigneurs of the city held judicial power. With the creation of the Sovereign Council and the royal jurisdictions, the power of the seigneurs of New France to administer justice in civil and criminal cases was greatly reduced. They retained only the rights of low and middle seigneurial jurisdiction. Henceforth, legal recourse by the inhabitants of New France was to be in the following order: from the seigneurial courts to the royal courts in the appropriate jurisdiction , then, in the last instance. to the Sovereign Council in Quebec. The Council itself was "to see that the laws flourish, uphold and support the good, punish the wicked, and confine each to his duty."

Criminal justice in New France was very strict and harsh punishments were meted out. There were several classes of crime in the King's criminal law. The three principal categories were crimes against God, crimes of high treason and crimes against person and property. A person found guilty of a crime was awarded one or more punishments depending on the nature of the offense, the degree of complicity, and whether recurrence was involved.

The accused was detained under guard in the royal prison. In the case of a woman, she was placed under the control of a nun. The witnesses, both for the defense and the prosecution, made their statements without the accused being present. The latter was then subjected to a rigorous interrogation, without representation by a lawyer and without the knowledge of the evidence being given against him by the witnesses. The interrogation was sometimes accompanied by torture, referred to as "preparatory questioning." The accused was then brought before the witnesses to determine whether or not he accepted their testimony. After the judge pronounced sentence, the clerk read it to the accused in his cell. Sentences for those found guilty consisted of whatever the judge decided befit the crime. No sentence was carried out, however, until the case was heard by the Sovereign Council, which frequently reduced the punishment meted out by the lower court.

The punishment, when finally decided upon, could take many forms. First of all, there was corporal punishment: hanging, beheading, burning at the stake, being broken on the wheel, drawing and quartering, strangulation, the firing squad, and simple or multiple mutilation, up to amputation of the limbs. Next came infamous punishment, the aim of which was to attack the persons reputation, humiliate him publicly and sometimes permanently revoke his civil rights. In this category we find, among others: the stocks, pillory and transportation - the conveying of a condemned person to a place outside his country and his detention there until his sentence was served. Sailors were punished by immersion from the yardarm, strappado (hands tied behind, fastened to a pulley, hoisted and dropped halfway with a jerk), and keelhauling. The final category was pecuniary (fines and confiscation); a condemned criminal could lose some or all of his possessions. Sometimes a pecuniary penalty was added to capital or infamous punishment.

In New France, as well as in the mother country, crimes against religion were considered major offenses. Here we find heresy, blasphemy and sorcery. Capital punishment, and in some cases mutilation was very often ordered for these crimes.

Crimes of high treason included, most importantly, all attempts against the life of the King and the members of his immediate or distant family. Also included in this category were crimes against the State, such as rebellion, desertion, duelling and counterfeiting. All of these offenses received the death penalty; accomplices were subject to infamous and pecuniary punishment. Crimes of lesser treason, that is, those against another person or his property, included slander and libel, theft, murder, suicide (attempted or successful) and arson. For this type of crime, the accused was liable to the death penalty. Adultery, rape, the illegal sale of alcohol and other offenses were subject to infamous punishment and even the death penalty in certain circumstances.

The day to day operations of the Sovereign Council were carefully recorded and preserved, both the serious and the frivolous. Here are a few extracts from their deliberations and judgments:
Charles Alexis dit Desessards accused of murder, 1673; Louise de Zaintes Arnault accused of infanticide, 1703;
Jeanne and Magdeleine Arrive, Michel DuVeau dit Descormiers dit Berthelot and
Renee de LaPorte accused of robbery during the night; Anne Bauge accused of living a scandalous life, 1676; Pierre Berger dit Tulippr convicted of violating Suzanne Capelle, 1705;
Jacques Bertault, Gilette Baune and Isabelle Bertault accused of assassination;
1672; Jacques Bigeon accused of murder, 1668; Pierre Biron and Jeanne Poireau petition for legal separation, 1673; Jean Bourgeois accused of violating the daughter of Jean Jacquereau; Jean Chamot, Louis Tolomy dit Saint-Louis, Pierre de Joybert, Claude Cameau and Jacques de Manoury dit Lariviere accused of violence and disorder during ocean crossing; Jean Charpentier dit Patagoras. Jacques Berthelot and Marie-Madeleine Damien convicted of robbery, 1697.

Joseph Corriveau and his daughter Marie convicted of murdering Louis Dodier, 1763; Nicolas Daussy de Saint-Michel, Jean Forgeron dit Larose and Jean Filio dit Dubois accused of sodomy, 1691; Francois de Chavigny ordered to provide for the support of his child from Marguerite Jasselin, 1675; Marguerite Jasselin accused of falsifying bills of sale, of robbery and breaking out of prison, 1705;
Jean Denis junior accused of murdering the son of Pierre Gendreau, 1695;
Madeleine and Claude DesChalets, wives of Jean Giroux and Simon Roy dit Audy, accused of defamation of character against Frangoise Leclerc, wife of Michel Riffaud;

Jean Baptiste Dubord dit Latourelle accused of abusing and causing pregnancy upon Marie Madeleine Maugras; Francoise Duverger, wife of Jean Butin, accused of infanticide and of the murder of Simon Galbrun, 1671;
Simon Duverger accused of murdering Gabriel Herve', 1676;
Antoine Gaboury accused of violating Jeanne Herbert, 1668;
Louis Gaboury convicted of having eaten meat during Lent, 1670;
Jean Gagnon accused of raping Marguerite Bouchard, 1693;
Michel Gauron dit Petitbois accused of physical violence upon the person of Marie Magdeleine Philippe, wife of Pierre Tousignant dit Lapointe, 1673;
Michel Gauron dit Petitbois and his wife Catherine Robineau accused of robbery, 1676; Jean Gauthier dit Larouche accused of murdering Henry Petit dit Bruneau, 1686; Marie Magdeleine Gibault dit Poitevin convicted of attempted infanticide, 1697; Suzanne Gibault dit Poitevin request for marriage annulment against Francois Audouin dit Laverdure, 1699; Catherine Gichelin, wife of Nicolas Buteau and Catherine Basset, wife of Pierre Bourgouin dit LeBourguignon, accused of prostitution, 1675; Jean Gongnard condemned for the violation of Marie Gloria, wife of Jean Toupin, 1671; Joseph Goulet, accused of the rape and seduction of Madeleine Godin, daughter of Charles Godin, 1692;
Petition of Francois Lenoir dit Rolland against Etienne Guyotte, the parish priest of Lachine, for having ordered him out of the church, 1676;

Jean Haudecoeur accused of murdering Francois Poignet, 1690; A
Jean Joubert accused of murdering Desmarets, 1692;
Marguerite Leboeuf, wife of Gabriel Lemieux, accused of adultery and of inducing other women and girls to engage in lewd activities, 1667;
Jean Lumineau convicted of stealing wheat, 1690;
Request of Noel Jeremie LaMontagne to nullify the marriage of his son Nicolas to Marie-Madeleine Tetesigaquoy, 1694;
Pierre Nicolas dit Lavallee and Rene Jouchon accused of robbery and jail break, 1667;
Legal treatment upon the body of Pierre Lefebvre dit Ladouceur, a suicide victim, 1687.
Pierre Lemoyne, Sieur d'Iberville, accused of rape and seduction of Jeanne Genevieve Picotte dit Belestre, 1687.
Jean Paul Maheu accused of soliciting sex for his wife Marguerite Tesson for profit, 1680.
Pierre Malidor accused of falsifying official records, 1690;
Louis Martin, Jean Hardouin, Louis Brice, Nicolas Barabe and Jean Arcouet dit Laieunesse, all accused of robbery, 1673; Louis Martin accused of murder, 1682;
Claude Mongrain dit LePicard accused of violating Marianne De LaPorte, 1667;The arrest of Thomas Morel, 1675; Jacques Nourry accused of violating Marie Lelievre, 1669; Nicolas Palmy accused of violating Marie Anest, 1669;
Jacques Paillereault accused of the murder of Jean Aubuchon, 1686;
Pierre Pichet, request to legitimize the children of Catherine Durand, 1673;
Pierre, Pinelle accused of violating Ursule Trut and Genevieve Hayot, 1668;
Marie Barbe Dupont accused of infanticide, 1686;
Jacques Pourpoint accused of violating Genevieve Duclos, 1686; Jean Ratte accused of violating Anne Paulet, 1667;
Pierre Vivier, Etienne Roy and Marie Chauvet, all accuse of adultery, 1669;
Jean Rattier dit DuBuisson accused of murdering Jeanne Couc, 1669;
Simon Raymond dit Deslauriers, and Francois Huguere dit Larejouissance accused of robbery and Marie Pacault accused of having received stolen goods, 1675;
Rene Reaume accused of making false statements against Anne Tavernier. Also Charlotte Moison and Charles Morel accused of making scandalous declarations in public, contrary to Church and Civil laws, 1704;
Pierre Roy accused of defamation against the person of Marie Barbe Theodore dit Masson and others, 1683;
Jean Valiquet dit Laverdure accused of incest and of attempting rape on two occasions, 1679; Pierre Viau dit Larose and Marie Couillard accused of murder, 1702; Jean Serreau dit Saint-Aubin accused of murder, 1684.

The colony of New France was geographically immense. To ensure order and control, the authorities had to administer their power with an iron hand. Punishments were usually carried out in public. The colonial officials were anxious to assert the King's authority over his subjects, and they hoped that the severity of the punishments would cause the population to reflect before engaging in illicit or subversive activities. However, the Custom of Paris was never applied in Canada with the same rigor as in France.

Examination of the many judicial documents relating to criminal and civil cases in New France obliges us to conclude that it was undoubtedly this administrative branch that was the most time consuming for the colonial government.


More About JEAN LANGLOIS, DIT BOISVERDUN:
Baptism: 24 February 1641/42, Baptised Quebec189
Burial: 26 August 1687, Buried St-Joachim, Quebec, Canada190

Notes for CHARLOTTE-FRANCOISE BELANGER:
Rene Jette page 1013: widow of Jean Langlois died avant=before donation 11-10-1707 Chambalon, Ile d'Orleans or St-Piere-de-la-Riviere-du-Sud.

More About CHARLOTTE-FRANCOISE BELANGER:
Baptism: 30 June 1750, Baptised Quebec191
     
Children of JEAN LANGLOIS and CHARLOTTE-FRANCOISE BELANGER are:
51. i.   JEAN-FRANCOIS4 LANGLOIS, DIT JEAN, b. 27 February 1667/68, Chateau-Richer; d. 1715.
  ii.   CHARLES LANGLOIS192, b. 25 November 1668, Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec192,193; d. Bef. 1681194.
  More About CHARLES LANGLOIS:
Baptism: 01 December 1668, Baptised Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec195
  iii.   MARIE LANGLOIS196, b. 05 December 1670, Quebec Canada196,197; d. 15 December 1670, Quebec Canada198,199.
  More About MARIE LANGLOIS:
Baptism: 07 December 1670, Baptised Quebec200
Burial: 15 December 1670, Buried Quebec201
52. iv.   GENEVIEVE LANGLOIS, b. 22 April 1672, Quebec, New France; d. 14 October 1727, Quebec, New France.
53. v.   MARIE-MADELEINE LANGLOIS, b. 01 June 1674, Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec; d. Aft. 1710.
  vi.   ELISABETH LANGLOIS202, b. 27 November 1676, Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec203,204; d. December 1676, Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec205,206.
  More About ELISABETH LANGLOIS:
Baptism: 30 November 1676, Baptised Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec206
Burial: 13 December 1676, Buried Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec206
54. vii.   PIERRE LANGLOIS, b. 18 December 1677, Ste-Famille, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec; d. 1759.
55. viii.   JOSEPH LANGLOIS, b. 09 May 1680, St. Pierre, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada; d. 20 July 1715, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada.
56. ix.   CLEMENT LANGLOIS, b. Abt. October 1682, St. Pierre, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec; d. 1747.
  x.   ELISABETH LANGLOIS207, b. 1683208,209; d. Deceased; m. FRANCOIS GAGNE210, 07 January 1709/10, L'Islet (ct 14 Michon)211; b. 17 November 1677, Montmagny, Quebec, Canada212,213; d. 1758214.
  More About FRANCOIS GAGNE:
Baptism: 11 February 1677/78, Baptised Cap-St-Ignace, Quebec215
  xi.   PAUL LANGLOIS216, b. 06 November 1684, Ile-aux-Grues217,218,219; d. 05 February 1696/97, St-Pierre, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec220,221.
  More About PAUL LANGLOIS:
Baptism: 19 February 1684/85, Baptised Cap-St-Ignace222
Burial: 09 February 1696/97, Buried St-Pierre, Ile d'Orleans223

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