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Travels and Explorations
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Vol. LXXI.
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1759—1791
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CONTENTS OF VOL. LXXII.
Preface To Volume LXXI
11
Documents:—
CCXXIX.
Lettre à la Révérende Mère Dépositaire des Mères Ursulines de Québec. Alain Xavier de Launay; Paris, February 12, 1759
20
CCXXX.
Lettre au P. Alain de Launay, à Paris. Bernard Well; Québec, October 17, 1759
24
CCXXXI.
Lettre a la Révérende Mère Dépositaire des Ursulines de Québec. Alain Xavier de Launay; Paris, April 19, 1760
28
CCXXXII.
Lettre à Monseigneur Briand, Évêque de Québec. Sébastien L. Meurin; Aux Kaskias, June 11, 1768
32
CCXXXIII.
Lettre à la Révérende Mère Dépositaire des Mères Ursulines de Paris. Alain Xavier de Launay; St. Malo, December 24, 1768
48
CCXXXIV.
Lettre à Madame ——. J. B. de la Brosse; l’Isle Verte, September 23, 1776 [Page 7]
56
CXXXV.
Aveu et Denombrement des Terrains des Pères Jésuites en Canada, 1781-88. Jean Joseph Casot; begun December 12, 1781, concluded May 19, 1788, and authenticated May 2, 1789
64
CCXXXVI.
Lettre à M. Hugues Finlay, du Conseil Législatif. Augustin L. de Glapion; Québec, September 10, 1788
96
CCXXXVII.
Lettre à Mr. Ls. Germain [Langlois], fils. Augustin L. de Glapion; Québec, December 31, 1789
100
CCXXXVIII.
Lettre à M. —— Marchand, Principal du College a Montreal. Joseph O. Plessis; Québec, March 13, 1791
108
Miscellaneous Data: —
Governors and Intendants of New France, 1608-1760; and English Governors of Canada, 1760-1805
116
Catalogue of Jesuit Missionaries to New France and Louisiana, 1611-1800. Arthur Edward Jones, S.J.
120
List of Documents published in this series
182
List of Illustrations published in the series
209
List of Authorities cited or consulted in the preparation of the series
219
Errata and Addenda
366
Bibliographical Data; Volume LXXI.
383
Notes
387
ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. LXXI.
I.
Portrait of Jean Joseph Casot, S. J.; photo-engraving from oil portrait by Donald Guthrie McNab
Frontispiece
II.
Interior of Jesuit church at Quebec, after bombardment of 1759; photographie facsimile of old engraving
Facing 24
III.
Facsimile of handwriting of Bernard Well, S. J., and of superiors of religious houses in Montreal; document executed between 1780 and 1790; original in St. Mary’s College archives, Montreal
Facing 26
IV.
Facsimile of Father La Brosse’s letter to Madame ——; original in St. Mary’s College archives, Montreal
Facing 60
V.
Map of Jesuit provinces in France, with dates of their establishment, by A. E. Jones, S. J.
397
VI.
Alleged portrait of Jacques Marquette, S.J.; engraving from oil portrait, by unknown artist, discovered in Montreal in 1897. See note 51
Facing 400.
PREFACE TO VOL. LXX1
Following is a synopsis of the documents contained in this volume:
CCXXIX. This is a letter (dated at Paris, February 12, 1759) from Alain X. de Launay to one of the Ursuline nuns at Quebec (whose business affairs in France are cared for by Jesuit friends). He expresses his sympathy for the perils to which the Sisters are exposed by the war, and commends their decision to order this year no supplies from France, lest the English capture these. He warns them to practice the utmost economy, as their revenues are now much smaller.
CCXXX. Soon after the capture of Quebec, Father Well writes (October 17, 1759) to De Launay, endeavoring to make arrangements with the latter for the conveyance of letters from France to the Fathers in Canada, via Scotland. The latter are waiting to learn whether Canada may hope for peace.
CCXXXI. De Launay again writes (April 19, 1760) to his Ursuline correspondent at Quebec. Although the nuns are in sore need of assistance, he cannot send them supplies until he can ascertain whether these will reach them in safety. He mentions with approval the humanity displayed by the English conquerors, and looks forward to the establishment [Page 11] of peace between England and France. He sends no remittance to the nuns, but advises them to draw upon him for what they need.
CCXXXII. Another letter of De Launay’s (dated at St. Malo, December 24, 1768) is addressed to an Ursuline nun at Paris. He has received no news this year from the Canadian Jesuits, and requests that she will inquire for him about their condition and welfare from the French minister of war. De Launay informs his correspondent that he is preaching to her sisters of the St. Malo convent, the first Jesuit to officiate therein since the suppression of the order (1762). He gives her advice as to the management of a certain estate; and offers to aid her in procuring priests to say masses for her convent — of which he undertakes to provide for 2,400, himself saying 300 during the year. The letter closes with messages to some of his friends.
CCXXXIII. Father Meurin, the last Jesuit in the Illinois missions, writes (June 11, 1768) to Bishop Briand, of Quebec, acknowledging the receipt of letters appointing him vicar-general for Briand in Illinois. For this office Meurin urges his lack of training and experience, and his infirmities and advanced age (he is now sixty-one years old), saying that he is “no longer good for anything but to be laid in the ground.” He explains why he has not presented at New Orleans the Bishop’s letters, by relating the hostile act of the Capuchins there; as soon as they hear of his appointment as vicar, they issue a writ of proscription against him, which he escapes only by taking refuge at Kaskaskia, now in English territory. Meurin has also incurred the displeasure of the English commandant by attempting [Page 12] to prevent the resale to an Englishman of the former Jesuit property at Kaskaskia; and the commandant forbids him to exercise any powers of his vicariate until the British governor-general of Canada shall confirm them.
Meurin asks the bishop to decide whether he shall admit to the sacraments and absolve Beauvais, who is wrongfully holding certain articles belonging to the old Jesuit chapel at Kaskaskia. During the past four years, Meurin has received from the parish no tithes, and has obtained his living only from the gifts of charitable parishioners, and fees for masses said. He asks the bishop to decide whether the members of the parish shall not be compelled to pay their tithes. Meurin feels that he is growing old and feeble, and asks the bishop to send him to one of the clergy-houses of the church, as a retreat wherein to die in peace. He adds, however, that he hears alarming rumors that the Jesuits are to be expelled from the British dominions.
Meurin desires the episcopal decision on certain Questions — among them, “whether Roman Catholics can swear on the Protestant Bible.” The earlier commandants at Kaskaskia had forbidden Protestants to attend Roman Catholic services unless they were willing to observe the forms of that church while there. The present commandant will not allow Meurin to solemnize a marriage without his permission; nor will he allow the militia to parade under arms at a church procession.
CCXXXIV. La Brosse writes (September 23, 1776) to a lady whose son is to study with him for the priesthood. He states that he is going to spend the winter with the savages far down the great river, [Page 13] and not at Rimouski, as some one has informed her. Accordingly he desires her son Baptiste to come to him to begin his studies.
CCXXXV. This important document enumerates and describes the fiefs and seigniories belonging to the Jesuits in Canada in 1781-88.
The first of these is Notre Dame des Anges (commonly known as Charlesbourg). On this domain stand a church and clergy-house. Four domains or farms therein are reserved for the use of the seigniors; on one of these is a ferry across the St. Charles River, maintained by the Fathers. Attached to this seigniory is a dependent fief, called Fief Bégon, now belonging to an Englishman. In Notre Dame des Anges is also included Isle aux Ruaux, which the Fathers conceded to the late councilor Guillemin; but, since the conquest, it has fallen into other hands, and they have received from it no rents.
Next comes the seigniory of St. Gabriel, whereon are the Huron villages of Ancienne and Jeune Lorette; it contains two churches, and two residences for their curés. The third is the seigniory of Belair, some thirty miles above Quebec. In connection with these estates the document notes many interesting particulars regarding the feudal land tenure of early Canadian law.
The seigniory of Sillery has two dependent fiefs, those of Monceaux and Ste. Ursule, the latter belonging to the Ursuline nuns of Quebec; it also contains a church. The Fathers have also an estate at Batiscan, given to them in 1639 by Jacques de la Ferté; on these lands are a church and curé’s [Page 14] residence, and a mill. The same benefactor gave them also, in 1651, the seigniory of Cap de la Magdeleine, which has a church and clergy-house, and three dependent fiefs. The Fathers possess another seigniory near Three Rivers, adjoining the common lands of that town; and another, consisting of the island of St. Christophe in the St. Maurice River. Within the town of Three Rivers lies still another estate — a small tract, granted to the Algonkin chief Pachirini by Montmagny and his successor; after the chief’s death, the land was given by Governor Callières to the Jesuits.
The tenth and last of these seigniories is La Prairie de la Magdeleine, opposite Montreal. This has two churches and clergy-houses. The enumeration of the estates is followed by a list (omitted in our text) of the censitaires resident thereon, with the rents paid by them.
CCXXXVI. Father Augustin de Glapion, Jesuit superior at Quebec, writes (September 10, 1788) to Hugh Finlay, a member of the Legislative Council, which body has cited the superior to appear before it, in re the vexed question of the disposal of the estates belonging to his order. He reminds his correspondent of the fidelity and dutiful behavior of the Canadian Jesuits to the English government; and that their property has been given to them by the kings of France and by private persons, or has been purchased by their own funds, for the specific purpose of maintaining the education of the savages and Canadians — a work to which every one of the Fathers has devoted his life. He also cites the capitulation of September 8, 1760, which recognized [Page 15] the right of the Jesuits to their property, and to the proceeds of its sale. These considerations lead him to expect from the English government recognition of the Jesuits’ rights.
CCXXXVII. In this document, Glapion offers (December 31, 1789) to the citizens of Canada all the possessions of the Jesuits in that country, to be applied to the same use as hitherto, the instruction of Indian and Canadian youth. Certain conditions are stipulated in this transfer, which relate to the maintenance and comfort of the four Jesuits still living in Canada; these include the free use of all their churches, residences, and personal property, and an annual pension of 3,000 livres each for the four Fathers, for the remainder of their lives.
CCXXXVIII. This final document of our series is a letter written (March 13, 1791) by Joseph O. Plessis, secretary to the bishop of Quebec, to one Marchand, principal of the Montreal college. Father Well, the last Jesuit at the latter town, is in a very feeble condition, and Casot, who still lives at Quebec, has been asked to visit his confrère (whose death occurs, indeed, but a few days later); but he declines to go, for which course Plessis thinks he may have excellent reasons. The latter describes some notable church services recently held at Quebec, including “three fine sermons” by himself; he also arranges with his correspondent for the saying of certain masses.
For the further information and convenience of students, we have given in this volume: A list of the governors and intendants of New France (1608-1760), and of English governors of Canada (1760-1805); a catalogue of Jesuit missionaries to New France and Louisiana (1611-1800), prepared for this volume by Rev. Arthur E. Jones, S. J., of Montreal; lists of the documents and illustrations published in this series; a list of authorities (printed and MSS.) cited or consulted in the preparation of the series; and some necessary errata and addenda, inevitable in so long a series as the present.
Vols. LXXII. and LXXIII, will be devoted to an analytical index to the seventy-one volumes of text. The Editor’s final Preface will be given in Vol. LXXII.
R. G. T.
Madison, Wis., November, 1900. [Page 17]
CCXXI X-CCXXXIV
Miscellaneous Letters, 1759-76
CCXXIX. — Lettre du P. Alain de Launay, a Paris, à la Révérende Mère Dépositaire des Mères Ursulines de Québec. Paris, 12e fevr., 1759
CCXXX. — Lettre du P. Bernard Well au P. Alain de Launay, à Paris. Québec, 17e 8bre, 1759
CCXXXI. — Lettre du P. Alain de Launay à la Révérende Mère Dépositaire des Ursulines de Québec. Paris, 19e. Avril, 1760
CCXXXII. — Lettre du P. Sébastien Louis Meurin à Monseigneur Briand, Évêque de Québec. Aux KaS, 11 de juin, 1768
CCXXXIII. — Lettre du P. Alain de Launay a la Révérende Mère Dépositaire des Mères Ursulines de Paris. St. malo, 24e. Xbre, 1768
CCXXXIV. — Lettre du Père J. B. de la Brosse a Madame —— L’Isle verte, 23 Septembre, 1776
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Sources: The originals of Docs. CCXXIX.-CCXXXI., and CCXXXIII. rest in the archives of the Ursuline Monastery at Quebec. The original of Doc. CCXXXII. is in the archives of the archbishopric of Quebec; and that of Doc. CCXXXIV. in the archives of St. Mary’s College, Montreal. [Page 19]
Letter of Father Alain de Launay, at Paris, to
the Reverend Mother Depositary of
the Ursuline Mothers of Quebec.
M
y Reverend Mother,
The peace of Our Lord.
I share in your grief because of the sad condition in which you are placed by the continuation of the war, the flames of which seem to burn more and more fiercely. You in particular are threatened with its rigors, and we Are greatly alarmed For the fate of the whole Colony. Everything resounds with the efforts about to be made by the English to overwhelm all our possessions in North America. I think that You are adopting the wisest course in having nothing sent out from France this year. It is True, You Will pay very dear for the necessaries of life, but at least you Will have them; while what I might purchase here for You Would probably be captured, and, loss for loss, it would be better that You should lose with profit than meet absolute loss. Our missionaries have not been more fortunate than You. As Your crop was fairly abundant, I Presume that You need no flour, so I send You none. I Will honor the Bill of exchange which You draw on me to the order of Monsieur Vincelotte. Enclosed You Will find the Accounts for this year, and for a portion of the previous one, which I add because You Write me that the English took my Duplicates for last year. If the Lord preserve You in Canada, send me next [Page 21] year a life-Certificate of the Nun from Bordeaux, sister of Mademoiselle Lagere. I Will meanwhile act as recipient of this year’s moneys, and the arrears, if any. You see to what Your funds are reduced when The 500 livres of the Bill of exchange are paid. I beg You to govern Yourselves on this point, as far as You can. Nothing can be added to the respect and devotedness with which I have the honor to be in the union of Your holy prayers,
My Reverend Mother,
Your very humble and
very obedient servant,
De Launay, Jesuit.
Paris, February 12, 1759.
[Marginal note: “By earliest conveyance.”]
[Endorsed: “For the Reverend Mother Depositary.”] [Page 23]
Interior of Jesuit church at Quebec, after bombardment of 1759; photographie facsimile of old engraving
Letter of Father Bernard Well to Father Alainde Launay, at Paris.
M
y Reverend Father,
You will Greatly oblige me If Your occupations permit You To transmit to me, By way Of England, The Answer From Rome concerning The profession of Father huguet and My Own. You doubtless are Aware that we have received Nothing by The french frigates; and that, as Quebec has been surrendered To The english, we can look for nothing more, except Through england. I hope that The Reverend Father Procurator for Scotland Will inform you of Some means Of conveying thither Your Letters, and of sending Them to us by The Latest Ships. Reverend Father St. pé is so distressed and Father Glapion so occupied that they may quite easily forget This Matter, which we nevertheless have at Heart.
Other persons Will relate to You The details Of our Disasters and of our melancholy Situation. I strive to Console myself by rendering spiritual services to the german and Scotch Catholics who are in the Garrisons here. If You Think that there is reason to fear that Letters Will not reach My address, Enclose Them to Mr. James Barbuts, Captain in Amerst’s Regiment, or to Mr. Magdonale, Captain in The Scotch Grenadiers;[1] Those Gentlemen Will Assuredly send Them to me. Reverend Father Séroutzians Will tell You How to forward Them to [Page 25] England. As I have had no News from my family, I hope that You Will kindly Enclose with yours a Letter from My brother, which he Will forward to You at Paris. Father Germain, with whom I made The Campaign after the College was Closed, has returned to The St. John River. I hope to join Him there, if we have Peace; if we have not, we are to be pitied. Pray, My Reverend Father, that God may sustain us; and that he Will Bless The labors of Those who Become all things to all men, in order to Win Them to Jesus Christ. This, I hope, you Will kindly Ask In Your Holy sacrifices for him who is, Very Respectfully, My Reverend Father,
Your Very humble
and Very obedient
Servant,
B. WELL, Jesuit.[2]
At Quebec, This 17th of
October, 1759.
Pray, convey assurances Of my Respect to Reverend Father Démarest, and My Compliments to brother Duwal, notwithstanding His Silence.
[Addressed: “To My Reverend Father, Reverend Father De Launai, Of The Society Of Jesus, At the College Of Louis Le Grand, At Paris.”] [Page 27]
Facsimile of handwriting of Bernard Well, S. J., and of superiors of religious houses in Montreal; document executed between 1780 and 1790; original in St. Mary’s College archives, Montreal
Letter of Father Alain de Launay to theReverend Mother Depositary of the
Ursulines of Quebec.
?
For the mother.
M
adame,
I see by your two Letters in what a sad condition you are placed by the misfortunes of war. We can but pity your lot, although in our religion we have many motives well fitted to afford us consolation amid all these calamities. I wish that I could procure for you the assistance that you need; but I know not whether the route via England is as yet very safe. I will try it for our missionaries, and, if successful, I will also make an attempt on your account. I am assured that the victors are making a very humane use of their victory, and that they have expressed esteem and veneration for your virtues, and gratitude for the services which you render them. God be ever praised therefor. Your funds are increasing here while you do not draw on me. I give you no particulars, since you know what your ordinary revenue is —which I have collected, and for which I will account to you when peace is proclaimed. There is talk of peace; pray the Lord that it may soon be concluded. We all need it, but our sins prevent it, and we are not yet sufficiently punished. I commend myself to the prayers of your Community. I present my very humble respects to I [Page 29] mother de la Nativite. I send you nothing this year; but draw on me, and I will honor your draft. I have the honor of remaining, with much respect, in our lord,
Madame,
Your very humble and
very obedient servant,
De Launay, s,J.
Paris, April 19, 1760.
Mother st. Louis de Gonzague, Depositary.
[Addressed: “TO Madame, Madame st. Louis de Gonzague, Depositary of the ursulines, At Quebec.“] [Page 31]
Letter of Father Sébastien Louis Meurin to Mon-
seigneur Briand, Bishop of Quebec.
M
onseigneur,
On the 26th of last august, 1767, I received your first letters, by which you did me the honor of appointing me your vicar-general in This part of your diocese. At the same time, I received your mandates regarding the jubilee and the preface of the holy trinity, etc.
On the 29th of january, 1768, I received your second letters, confirming the first. I would almost wish that my self-esteem might prevent me from telling you, Monseigneur, that I am as unworthy as any one can be of the honor which you confer on me; and more than ever incapable of such an office, of which I know but the name. I have never been acquainted with any jurisprudence, either notarial, pontifical, or any other. I have been too long left to myself, and I barely know the duties of a simple priest. It is no longer possible for me to learn anything else.
My letters of last spring must have omitted to inform you of my age, and of my weakness of body and mind. I retain only a small portion of weak judgment, have no memory, and possess still less firmness. I Need a guide both for the soul and for the body; for my eyes, my ears, and my legs are likewise very feeble. I am no longer good for anything but to be laid in the ground. I trust [Page 33] Monseigneur, that you Will be good enough to forgive me for having neither carried nor sent your graces and favors to new orleans, according to your letters and instructions, — of which I have thought proper to let even our dear ursulines remain ignorant, lest they might have occasion for sorrow, which they do not deserve.
How would I have been received there after having stated over my own signature (in order to obtain permission to return to the Illinois) that I would always act as vicar of the Reverend Capuchin Fathers, — subject to their visits, their reprimands, and corrections, and to their jurisdiction, etc., which was to be the only one throughout the missisipi country? Although I might have subscribed to all that before Monsieur the procurator-general of the King, solely for such time as the future jurisdiction should be real and established, — compelling them to admit before the magistrate that as yet they possessed it not, and could not convey any portion of it to me, — I would not have been better received. Here is the proof. As soon as they heard, through the voyageurs, that you had honored me with the appointment of vicar-general, a warrant of proscription was issued against me; and it would have been executed had I not, on being warned thereof by a friend in authority, escaped from it by withdrawing to english territory. There, on at once taking the oath of allegiance as a former resident, I secured myself against the spanish prosecutions, — which declare that I am a criminal because I have received jurisdiction from quebec, which is so opposed to the intentions and interests of Spain, etc.[3]
There is another instance of opposition to your [Page 35] letters, Monseigneur, of which I must not allow you to remain in ignorance, — all the more so that I have been assured that a complaint would be made to his excellency, Monsieur de gages, governor-general for his Britannic majesty.[4] About a month ago, having learned that Sieur jautard (second purchaser of the property of the mission of ste. famille among the Kaskias, sold to sieur Lagrange by monsieur forget, vicar-general of your predecessor, and missionary curate in the said parish, etc.) was bargaining to resell it to an englishman, I went to oppose the sale on behalf of the gentlemen of your Seminary, who claim this property as still belonging to them, through its having been sold, without their power of attorney and without their knowledge, by the person who was but the steward thereof. I also undertook to support by the use of your name, Monseigneur, my contention for the preservation of all property belonging to the Churches for their maintenance and that of the missionaries whom You deign to employ. Mr. forbés, the commandant (there is no civil government here as yet), asked me for the letters containing my commission; I showed him your letters, and those of Monsieur the superior. As regards the letters conferring the appointment of Vicar-general, he replied that, inasmuch as Monsieur de gâges had given no instructions respecting the episcopacy and the office of vicar-general, he could not take cognizance of them; and that this seemed purely a scheme on your part and mine. He therefore expressly forbade me to use the letters, or to assume the title of vicar-general in any letter, or deed, or in public, until he should receive an answer from his general regarding both your jurisdiction in the country, and [Page 37] the Kaskias property. He promised me, however, that the latter should not be offered for sale until then. Sieur jautard goes to Canada, and thence to new york or london, to obtain release from the possession of the said estate. The land at fort Chartres is also, for the same reason, in danger of being carried away by the river. I have caused to be removed, and conveyed to la prairie du rocher, the [illegible word in MS.] of Monsieur gagnon and reverend Father luc, a recollet, worthy missionaries. This is all I could do.[5]
There is also, in this village of the Kaskias, the property of the jesuits which was unjustly seized, confiscated, and sold by the french government after the cession of the country to england, If your lordship or Your missionaries in Canada wish to revindicate it. As for myself, I ask nothing: I am too old. But I would always be grieved to see the chapel and Cemetery profaned, being used as a garden and storehouse by the english, who rent them from Sieur Jean Baptiste Bauvais — who, under the decree of confiscation and the contract of sale and purchase of the property, etc., was obliged to demolish the chapel and leave its site and that of the cemetery uncultivated under the debris.[6] He says that the subdelegate, the executor of the decree, has since sold the property to him. By what Right? The presses used for the vestments and sacred vessels are now used in his apartments, as well as the altar-cruets and the floor, etc.
My continual reproaches to him on that score have kept him away from me and from the sacraments for three years. I beg you to give me a decision on this, and to say whether, in case of his presenting [Page 39] himself to me or to another, he can be granted absolution and be dispensed from handing over the said articles to the parish church. That is my only request; for I believe that he bought the remainder in good faith — but not the chapel and its furniture, which, according to the decree, were to be destroyed and burned. I beg you to decide as judge or supreme authority.
During the four years while I have ministered to these english parishes, I have received no tithes therefrom: I have received naught but what was given me out of charity by some, and the fees for masses. I have always exhorted them to pay the Tithes to the fabrique,[7] for the support of the Churches and of the missionary, when one comes. They, I mean the rich ones, have always claimed that they owe nothing when there is no resident pastor. I beg you to decide the Case; otherwise, three missionaries would be unable to live in a suitable manner, or would be compelled to leave some villages abandoned. I shall soon be unable to do anything more. Threatened beforehand, as I am, with being cast out when others come, I wish all the more ardently for them. I have always had the poor on my side. Priests Will be at least as charitable as they, and God Will assist me through them; or, if he prefer, — and that would be more advantageous for me, — he Will cause me to share his abandonment. If you deem advisable, you Will assign me a place or a corner in one of the clergy-houses of the country, for which I tender you in advance my most humble thanks, — happy if I can have the consolation of Christians, dying with Jesus Christ in the hands of one of his ministers. [Page 41]
This is on the supposition that the government would suffer my presence there; for Father harding, the superior in Philadelphia,[8] wrote me last autumn that there were warnings and signs that the Jesuits were about to be treated in england as in france, Spain, Portugal, and prussia, and he bade me fare-well, fearing that he would have no other opportunity of doing so. Why am I not a great enough enemy of the devil to deserve such a treatment for the 3rd time? I forgot last year to ask you whether in the public prayers, at the benediction, etc., The orison pro rege, etc., is said, and the Te deum, if occasion arise. The question is asked Whether, — this has not hitherto happened, — when oaths are administered, roman catholics can swear on the protestant bible, owing to the falsities in it, etc. The protestants are often present at our holy mysteries, masses, and benedictions, standing during the time of the adoration, Elevation, and Benediction of the blessed sacrament, and also when it is carried to the sick, etc. The first two commandants, Messieurs Sterling and farmar,[9] [illegible word in MS.] prayer, had forbidden their people to attend our prayers, — at least, unless they were willing to do as the roman catholics did. You can perhaps obtain the same order from the government. Our last two commandants in no wise resemble the first two. They forbade me to marry any one without a license, for which Mr. Reed charged 6 piasters, — five being for him, and one for his secretary. The present one charges only for the secretary. Is it the custom in Canada not to marry Catholics without the permission of the magistrate, or of the commandant who fills his office?
Since the english have taken possession of this [Page 43] Country there bas been as yet no procession of the blessed sacrament [illegible word in MS.] on the other side French Spanish, and english). This year, at the request of the habitants, I asked messieurs the commandants to allow the militia to turn out under arms as is the custom among roman catholics, to escort the blessed sacrament. This they refused. The weather was not settled; I was indisposed and fatigued, through having had a procession very early on the other Side, at ste. gennevieve, Here I had one only in the church, and likewise on the day of the octave. Is it the custom in canada to parade under arms for that feast, and could you obtain this for us? I have on several occasions been puzzled with reference to the Quebec calendar, and the transfer of feasts, as I have found no one who could instruct me on this point. The only answer Monsieur forget could give us in our difficulties was, that he knew nothing about it, and that Monseigneur the bishop had often been at fault in the matter. 1st. Do feasts transferred to a sunday retain a double, which is marked therefor? 2nd. Do those which have an octave retain it entire, commencing from the day to which the feast is transferred? or is The octave transferred with the feast? If the feast of st. john be transferred to the 27th of june, and its octave come concurrently with the octave of the apostles, which is to have the preference? There are several other difficulties, which I cannot recollect at the moment, but which, as they have been experienced in canada more than here, have already given you an opportunity to decide them. I beg You to communicate your decision to us. I am also ignorant in what Consists the solemnity of the feast [Page 45] whereof the office cannot be celebrated owing to another solemn feast. On a passion sunday can the White vestments be worn for st. Joseph? etc. In what does the solemnity of st. thomas consist, on the sunday before christmas? etc. Monsieur forget assured us that the solemnity consisted not only in abstaining from work, but perhaps also in the vestments lights, sermons, and other things which he did not know. I beg you to decide for us these matters explicitly; for I am very Obtuse and Short-sighted, to say the least, and am quite overcome by the too heavy burden that you have placed on my shoulders. I assure you that I am and will ever be, with the most profound Respect and devotedness, most dutifully of your lordship,
Monseigneur,
The most humble and
obedient servant,
S. L. Meurin,
of the society of Jesus.[10]
At Kaskias, June 11, 1768. [Page 47]
Letter of Father Alain de Launay to the
Reverend Mother Depositary of the
Ursuline Mothers at Paris.
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My Very Reverend Mother,
The peace of Our Lord Jesus Christ,
Your Letter gave me infinite pleasure by reassuring me with regard to the state of your Health, which is sufficiently delicate to cause alarm to your friends after too long an interval. I praise The Lord, who preserves you for the benefit of the poor Community in Quebec. This is the first year in which I Am without news from the Superior of our missionary fathers. My last Letter cannot have reached him; or, what is still more probable, the answer has been intercepted. In any case, you would render me a service and give me great pleasure if you would be kind enough to ascertain from Monsieur De Villars — to whom I send my respects — the condition of our fathers in Canada, and whether they continue to exercise their ministry freely; what has become of the suit brought against them by father Lavalette’s creditors, who asked nothing less than to despoil them completely, as they had succeeded in doing elsewhere;[11] and Whether our former missionaries, such as fathers Richer, St. 6, and others, are still living. You Will not disapprove of a Holy curiosity which leads me to take a Particular interest in them. You Know the relations that [Page 49] 1 formerly had with them. The bonds of charity that united US are not broken, and we are brothers ever. I may tell you, for your consolation, that I have had the satisfaction of preparing Your Sisters of St. Malo for the renewal of their Vows, which took place on the 21st of November last, by a Retreat Of 8 days, which I preached to them with the consent of the Ecclesiastical Superiors. I promised to do them the same service between Ascension and Pentecost, If the Lord preserve my life and health. I shall preach two other retreats before then, here and at Dinan. You see that people still deign to employ us. Pray to God that he may bless the seed of the Word, which has fallen on well-prepared soil. You were always well affected toward us in Paris; but our mothers of St. Malo are in no wise behind you, if they do not even surpass you. From the time of their establishment in this town, in 1621, 2 Jesuits from the College in Rennes came, without interruption, twice a year to preach a Retreat to them. Nevertheless, I am the first who has, since our extinction in france, in 1762, preached one to them. This is a very well-constituted and very fervent Community. If you Write me some news of our sisters in Quebec, they Will appreciate it highly and receive it very attentively.
What do you wish me to tell you in connection with the land of harenvilliers? It is unfortunate that the Nephew has not inherited the care and zeal of his most worthy uncle, who for more than 45 years looked after the interests of our mothers in the most noble and disinterested mariner. I observe &h sorrow that our poor mothers are in a state of great embarrassment, at the very moment when [Page 51] their funds would be most needed by them. I would not hesitate, after so many delays and warnings, to take away a power of attorney which he does not employ. The difficulty is to get some one on the spot who could perform the duty, and be Willing to undertake it. Monsieur the Curé of Mesle would seem to me more worthy of Your confidence than any other, Especially If he be known to Monsieur de Villars.
If you charge me with the mission of getting your masses said in part, I Will perform it with the greatest faithfulness. If they could be put at 12 sols or 15 sols, which is the rate for country priests, it would be easier; but I hope that I shall find some who, in default of others, Will willingly undertake it. I have already made arrangements for 600, and ’ can answer for 2,400 at least. Should you persist in this intention, I Will indicate to you a gentleman in Paris who Will receive your money and pay it to me here. I take 300 for my share, which I shah endeavor to say during the year. Some of my Colleagues, Will not need much urging, and it Will give them pleasure? As it appears that the same commission Will be given you every year, we beg you not to forget US. Here, on a separate piece of paper, is my acquittance for the 2,400 masses which I accept in advance; but I Will negotiate the amount only when I have received the same. I beg you to be assured of my prayers for your preservation, and for the flourishing condition of your Holy Community at the beginning of the new year. Will Mademoiselle de Givry, if she be still with you, allow me to congratulate her upon the winning of his suit by Monsieur her father, whose attentions and kindness [Page 53] when he thought that I was about to go to Martinique I have not forgotten? It would have been a great pity had so worthy a man been Unsuccessful in an affair of that kind. Be careful of your frail health during the present Season. I beg you to give me more of your welcome news, if it be not too much trouble for you. I remain with the most constant attachment and sincere respect,
my very Reverend mother,
Your very humble and very
obedient Servant in Our Lord,
De Launay, priest.
At st. Malo, December 24, 1768.
I have just learned that our mothers of the Visitation have chosen Madame de Blancmenil as their Superioress. I beg you to tell her how I praise God for having placed so worthy a Superioress at the head of that house: and that I Will never forget the kindness with which she honored me, and of which I had a larger share than any one else.
[Addressed: “TO the Reverend Mother, Reverend mother de St. Xavier, Religious, Depositary of the Ursuline Convent, rue St. Jacques, At Paris. [Page 55]
Letter of Father J. B. de la Brosse to Ma-
Dame —.
My Dear Daughter,
1 have been disappointed on two occasions when I hoped to send you my first letter, and was compelled to await the departure of the peasant Luinau. I had even decided to go down with him, and you may imagine how pleased I would have been to see you, even if only for a short time — especially if I could have hoped to contribute to your recovery or relief. But the difficulty of procuring a vehicle, and my fear that I might be unable to find, in the busy season, an opportunity for returning, deterred me. The agent at sept isles is to send for me about the fifteenth of next month, if the savages winter at la pointe des monts. It is true, Monsieur Stuart has written to me that very few families have presented themselves; nevertheless, I am bound by my promise until it is no longer necessary for me to go there. Monsieur Stuart also tells me in his letter that Monsieur Lepage assured him that I would pass the winter at Rimouski; and, in consequence of that information, he seems to fear that next spring I shall return even later. But these fears are groundless, for I have made no such promise, even to you, to whom I would refuse nothing. You know, however, what trouble and inconvenience would be Caused by a second winter passed as the first was, and how little reliance can be placed on [Page 57] the word of a multitude who are not very faithful in keeping it. It is quite true, as regards your son Baptiste, that it would be, in many respects, more advantageous for him to spend the winter not far from you; but I do not believe that Monsieur Lepage has obtained Monseigneur the Bishop’s consent for that wintering; for, in that case, he would have spoken, or at least have written, to me on the subject — because, if I had to pass the winter at Rimouski, as I could not do so in the house of the domain, I would have been compelled to take many precautions, and adopt measures for wintering in another house, far from other dwellings.
With regard to your son Baptiste, — if he continue in the same feelings, and is animated with great willingness to serve God and to labor for his own salvation and for that of others, — as there is no likelihood of my going down to la pointe des monts and taking him on the way, he would do well to come here as soon as possible. I have sent for a latin grammar for him, and I trust that he Will make good use of it. It would be better to undertake nothing than to be remiss; for to do so would entail loss of time, would offend God, and make oneself a public laughing-stock. One of the reasons that would also have induced me to go down at this time was, that I might lead him to make these reflections, and many others, in your presence. But, after all, he is no longer a Child; he must have reason and know how to use it, especially in the choice of a calling, — in which his happiness, even in this world, is involved, and which is still more important as regards the next.
Should, however, there be any probability of my [Page 59] wintering at Rimouski, then, if it shall suit you, he may remain; but I see clearly that the safest way is to come up as soon as possible. I beg you to present my respects to all your family, including Julien, and not forgetting poor Thérèse — whom I recommend to remember, not me, but her reading, and the advice that I so often gave her even in your presence. I am quite sure that, if all depended on you and her, I would soon have everything needed for passing the winter near you. I entreat God to grant you good health, and to preserve you in it; and I remain, with much attachment and gratitude,
My dear Daughter,
Your very humble and
very obedient servant,
J. B. De La Brosse,
Missionary of the
society of Jesus.[12]
At Isle verte, September 23, 1776.
I beg you to present my respects to Monsieur your brother, his wife, and all his family. [Page 61]
Facsimile of Father La Brosse’s letter to Madame ——; original in St. Mary’s College archives, Montreal
CCXXXV-CCXXXVIIIDocuments of 1781-91
CCXXXV. — Aveu et Denombrement des Terrains des Pères Jésuites en Canada, 1781-88. Par le P. Jean Joseph Casot
CCXXXVI. — Lettre du P. Augustin L. de Glapion a M. Hugues Finlay, du Conseil Législatif. Québec, Le 10 de 7bre, 1788
CCXXXVII. — Lettre du Révérend Pere de Glapion à Mr. Ls. Germain [Langlois], fils. Québec, 31e. Décembre, 1789
CCXXXVIII. — Lettre de M. Joseph O. Plessis à M. —— Marchand, Principal du Collège à Montreal. Québec, 13 Mars, 1791
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Sources: The original of Doc. CCXXXV. is in the archives of the Crown Lands office, Quebec. The originals of Doc. CCXXXVI. and CCXXXVIII. are in the archives of St. Mary’s College, Montreal. Doc. CCXXXVII. We copy from the Rapport du Comité Special de la Chambre d’Assemblée du Bas-Canada, nommé pour s’enquérir de l’état actuel de l’education dans la Province du Bas-Canada (1824), pp. 163, 164. [Page 63]
Acknowledgment and Enumeration of the Estates
of the Jesuit Fathers in Canada, 1781-88.
DISTRICTS OF QUEBEC AND MONTREAL.
The Reverend Jesuit Fathers,
On the Twelfth of December, 1781.
W
hile Proceeding to Draw up the Papier Terrier of the King’s Domain in the Province of Quebec, there Came and Appeared at the Chateau St. Louis in the Town of Quebec, and before Us, Frederick Haldimand, Captain-General and Governor-in-chief of the Province of Quebec and of the Territories that are the dependencies Thereof In America,[13] Vice-Admiral and Keeper of the Great Seal thereof, General and Commander-in-chief of His Majesty’s Troops In the said Province and Frontiers, etc., etc., etc., — the Reverend Father Jean Joseph Casot, Priest, Religious of the Society of Jesus, Procurator of the Missions of the said Society Established in this Province, and of their Colleges in the Town of Quebec and in that of Montreal, who in the said behalf acknowledged and declared unto Us that the Reverend Jesuit Fathers hold In Full Fief from His Majesty the Fiefs and Seigniories hereinafter enumerated, Under the Letters Patent of Amortization [i.e., mortmain] granted By His most Christian Majesty to the said Reverend Fathers of the said Society on the twelfth of May, One Thousand Six Hundred and Seventy-eight, — Without, under the terms thereof, their being Ever Obliged [Page 65] to Dispossess themselves of the said fiefs and Seigniories, or being bound, on account thereof, to pay to His Majesty any dues or rights, to furnish a Substitute, to Render Fealty and Homage, or to pay any indemnity or dues of Franc-Fief[14] and New Purchase otherwise than in Accordance with the other Titles In virtue whereof they hold possession, which titles shall Be hereinafter Set forth in the present Acknowledgment and Enumeration with respect to each of the said Fiefs and Seigniories, to Wit: FIRST. The fief and Seigniory of Notre Dame des Anges, Commonly called Charlesbourg, Containing an Extent of Land of four leagues near the Town of Quebec, toward the Mountains of The west, partly On the little River St. Charles and partly On the river St. Lawrence, which was conceded to them by a Deed of the tenth of March, One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Six, by Monsieur the Duke de Ventadour, heretofore Vice-Roy in New France, Ratified by the Company on the fifteenth of January, One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Seven, composing the said Fief and Seigniory of Notre Dame des Anges. This domain has a frontage of one league Over the said Space of four Leagues in depth, Joining on the Northeast Side the Fief and Seigniory of Beauport, and on the Southwest the Fief and Seigniory of Dorsainville; Bounded in front partly by the little River St. Charles And partly by the River [St. Lawrence], and in the rear at the end of the said depth by the unconceded Lands. On the said fief and Seigniory stands a Church dedicated to St. Charles, And a Clergy-house, Built On a lot of land about four arpents in Superficies, for The use of the Curé; And four different Domains therein are [Page 67] reserved by the said Seigniors for themselves, to Wit: one of Seven Arpents By forty in depth, whereof fifty-four Arpents are under Cultivation, twenty in meadow, and the remainder in standing Timber; one idem, or farm, of two Arpents in front By thirty in depth, whereof fifteen Arpents are under cultivation, five in meadow, and the remainder in standing timber, — the said Farm being called “the Passage,” — where the said Reverend Fathers Cause a Scow to be Kept as a ferry; one idem of Twenty Arpents of land in Superficies, all in meadow. Another Domain of Seven Arpents two perches in Front By fifty in depth, whereof One Hundred Arpents are under cultivation, Sixty in meadow, and the remainder in standing timber. That in the said Fief and Seigniory is an arrière-Fief, called Fief Begon, at present belonging to Charles Stewart, Esquire, containing four Arpents and some perches of frontage On the river [St. Lawrence], to a depth of Twenty-four Arpents at the end, whereof the said arrière-Fief[15] is Seven Arpents in front By the whole depth of the said fief and Seigniory. The said arrière-Fief is subject to Fealty and homage to the said Reverend fathers, the Feudal Seigniors, with the right of one year’s Redemption at each Change of owner and relief in case of Sale. On the said arrière-Fief Are two Domains; the first On the bank of the river [St. Lawrence], of the Width of the said Arrière-Fief By the said depth of twenty-four Arpents, On which are a two-story stone House, a Barn, and a stable, Twenty arpents of land under Cultivation, And Eighty arpents in meadow. The Second Domain is ten arpents in width, including a Land held en Roture, By the depth of the said fief and [Page 69] Seigniory, On which the Buildings Are the same as On the first; it contains An Orchard of about three Arpents in Superficies planted with Fruit-Trees, twelve Arpents under Cultivation, and four in meadow, the remainder in standing timber. The resident Censitaires, the dependents of the said Arrière-Fief, Will be hereinafter enumerated in their Place. It is to be Observed that isle aux Ruaux, Situate in the River St. Lawrence, which was conceded to the said Reverend Fathers as a Fief and Seigniory, — comprised in the Letters-Patent of His most Christian Majesty dated the Twentieth of March, One Thousand Six Hundred and sixty- eight, — is a dependency of the said Fief and Seigniory of Notre Dame des Anges, and a dependency of the Seigniorial Manor; that they conceded it to the Late Monsieur Maitre Guillemin, heretofore Councilor in the Superior Council of New France, for and in Consideration of a rent of Fifteen livres and a Cens of two Deniers; that the said Island has changed Hands, etc., and they do not know The present Possessor, as they have not been paid by him, and, since the Conquest, have received no dues of lods et Ventes at the various changes of ownership. SECOND. The Fief and Seigniory of St. Gabriel, commonly known Under the Names of ancienne and Jeune Lorette, containing a League and a half in front By ten in depth, given to the said Reverend fathers by Robert Giffart, Esquire, Seignior of Beauport, and Dame Marie Renouard, His Wife, by deed of gift Inter Vivoes passed before Paul Vachon, Notary, at Quebec, on the second of November, One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-Seven, and, by error, dated the eleventh of the said Month in the Letters of [Page 71] mortmain. But, in order to understand the said league and a half of frontage as above set forth according to the said Letters of mortmain, it should be observed that the said Giffart obtained from the Company of New France a first Concession deed, dated the Sixteenth of April, One Thousand Six Hundred and forty-seven, of two leagues of Land In New France, to be taken at the Same Place as His first Concession, ranging gradually beside the same as much as possible To a depth of ten Leagues, in the interior, toward the Northwest; to enjoy the same himself in full ownership, Justice, and Seigniory, and to hold the Same by Fealty and homage, which he, His Successors or Assigns, Should be bound to tender at Fort St. Louis at Quebec, in accordance with the Custom of the Prevôté and Vicompté of Paris,[16] and subject to the condition that the appeals from the Judges whom he might appoint there should lie immediately to the Parliament, or to the Sovereign Court that Should hereafter be Erected in the name of the said Company at Quebec or elsewhere. But inasmuch as the said Giffart was unable to Enjoy the Contents of the said first Concession because he was bounded on one Side by the lands Conceded to the said Reverend fathers and on the other Side by those conceded to the Company of Beaupré, he begged the said Company, in order that the said first concession might not be useless to him, to transfer and grant it in another place not yet Conceded, Either to the North Or to the South. In consequence thereof, he obtained from the company a Second deed of Concession, dated the Fifteenth of May in the said Year [Page 73] the same extent of land set forth in the said first Concession, to be taken close by and in places not yet Conceded, Either to the North or to the South, as might Be indicated by Monsieur de Montmagny, then Governor of New France; and by the said deed of gift inter Vivos by the said Giffart and His Wife, Being subsequent to the said first Deed of Concession, they gave to the said Reverend Fathers’ the said league and a half above mentioned out of the said two Leagues of frontage, — the said Giffard, and His Wife having reserved the Surplus half-league as having been given and Conceded to the Religious Ladies of The Hotel Dieu of Quebec. The said league and a half of land in front By ten leagues in depth now forms the said Fief and Seigniory of St. Gabriel, Situate Inland at a distance of a league and a half from the River [St. Lawrence], which is the, end of the depth of the fief and Seigniory of Silleri, belonging to the said Reverend fathers. The said fief and Seigniory of St. Gabriel adjoins on the Northeast Side the Religious Ladies of The Hotel. Dieu, on Account of the said half league given to Them by the said Giffard and His Wife, — which, as regards Justice, is a dependency of the said Fief of St. Gabriel, through having been separated from it by the said Giffard, — and on the Southwest Side the Fief and Seigniory of Champigny, belonging to the heirs Peuvret, represented by the Sieur Duchesnay. On the aforesaid Fief and Seigniory the said Reverend fathers have a Domain of about four or five arpents in Superficies and two Churches dedicated to Our Lady of Lorette as well as two clergy-houses, built On lots of Land each consisting of three arpents in Superficies, for The use of the Curés. Third [Page 75] The Fief and Seigniory of Belair, otherwise la Montagne a Bonhomme, Containing a league in Front By two leagues or thereabout in depth, Situate at the end of the depth of the Fief and Seigniory of Demaure or St. Augustin, running toward the Jacques Cartier River.[17] The said Fief and Seigniory is Bounded on the Southwest by the fief and Seigniory of Neuville, or pointe aux trembles; and on the other Side, to the Northeast, by the Fief and Seigniory of Gaudarville; at one end, to the Southeast, in front by the said Seigniory of Demaure or St. Augustin; and at the other end, to the Northwest, by the Jacques Cartier River; which belongs to them in consequence of the various purchases that they have made of the same from the heirs and representatives of the late Guillaume Bonhomme, to whom the said Fief and Seigniory belonged through its having been Conceded to him by Messieurs de la Barre and Demoiselle, Governor-General and Intendant of New France, on the Twenty-fourth of November, One Thousand Six Hundred and eighty- two, — the same to be thereafter held by him, His heirs and Assigns as a Fief and Seigniory with superior, Mean, and Inferior Jurisdiction; with the right of hunting and fishing within The Limits of the said Grant, on condition of rendering Fealty and homage at the Chateau St. Louis in Quebec, of which the said fief was to be held on payment of the ordinary dues According to the custom. The concession also stipulated that the appeals from the Judge who should Be appointed there should lie to the Prevôté of Quebec; that they should keep, and cause Their Tenants to keep, House and Home thereon; to Preserve, and cause to be preserved, the [Page 77] Oak Timber thereon suitable for Building Vessels; to give notice to the King or to His Governors of any Mines, Mining-places, or Minerals that might be found throughout the extent of the said Lands; and to leave, and cause to be left, all roads and passages that might be necessary, The said deed of Concession Was ratified by an order of the King’s State Council, on the fifteenth of April, One Thousand Six Hundred and eighty-four; for which said Fief and Seigniory, Reverend Father Claude Dupuy, procurator of the Missions and College of the said Society, rendered Fealty and homage unto His most Christian Majesty in the Hands of Monsieur Hocquart, heretofore Intendant in New France, on the eighth of April, One Thousand Seven Hundred and thirty-three. On the aforesaid Fief and Seigniory a Domain is established, containing Nine Arpents in front By the depth of the said Fief and Seigniory, whereof Fifty arpents are under Cultivation, Twenty are in meadow, and the remainder in standing timber. Fourth. The Fief and Seigniory of Sillery, Situate On the bank of the River St. Lawrente, Containing a League in front By a League and a half or thereabout in depth, To the fief and Seigniory of St. Gabriel, which abuts on it in rear; adjoining on the Northeast Side la pointe de puiseau, and the line Dividing the said Fief and Seigniory from that of St. Michel, belonging to Messieurs the Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of Quebec; And on the Southwest Side the Fief 2nd Seigniory of Gaudarville, with the right of mean and Inferior Jurisdiction and of fishing belonging to Them under the concession granted to them by Messieurs de Callières and Bochard de Champigny, heretofore Governor-General [Page 79] and Intendant of New France on the Twenty-third of October, One Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety- Nine. At the foot of the said Deed is The approval by His most Christian Majesty of the said Concession, dated the Sixth of May, One Thousand Seven Hundred and two. On which Fief and Seigniory Are two Arrière-Fiefs, being dependencies thereof, to Wit: That of Monceaux, belonging to Sieur Charles Auguste Reaume, Containing Seven Arpents in Front By about Forty-Five or Fifty in depth, Subject, in favor of the Seigniorial Manor of the said Fief, to Fealty and Homage on payment of the dues prescribed by custom; And That named Ste. Ursule, belonging to the Religious Ursuline Ladies of Quebec, containing two Hundred and fifty-three Arpents in Superficies, Without any other Condition than the continuance of their good Will and Charity Toward the children of the Savages, and of giving a Mere Acknowledgment and Enumeration of the said Lands to the said Reverend Fathers every Twenty years. There is also a Domain containing One Hundred Arpents in Superficies, leased to Sieur Jean Bondfield, and a Church and Clergy-house On a lot of Land four Arpents in Superficies, for The use of the curé. Fifth. The Fief and Seigniory of Batiscan, about two Leagues in Front On the river St. Lawrence, By Twenty Leagues in depth; Adjoining on one Side, to the Northeast, the Fief and Seigniory of Ste. Marie, and on the Southwest Side the Fief and Seigniory of Champlain; in front the river St. Lawrence, and in rear the unconceded lands; belonging to the said Reverend Fathers through having been given them by Monsieur Jacques de la Ferté, Councilor, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the King, Abbé [Page 81] de Ste. Magdaleine, one of the Gentlemen of the Company of New France, by Deed of gift inter Vivos passed before Cousinet and Bergeon, Notaries at the Chatelet in Paris, on the thirteenth of March, One Thousand Six Hundred and thirty-Nine. On the said Fief and Seigniory is a Mill, Newly built and not yet finished; also a Church and a Clergy-house On a lot of land two Arpents in Superficies, for The use of the Curé; and An Arrière-Fief containing a quarter of a league in Front, above the Champlain river, By a league in depth, owned by the heirs La Touche of Champlain, subject, in favor of the said Reverend Fathers, to Fealty and homage According to Custom. The resident censitaires who are the dependents thereof Will be named, in their place, in the present Acknowledgment and Enumeration. Sixth. The Fief and Seigniory of Cap de la Magdelaine, containing two leagues in Front on the river St. Lawrence, from the Cape Called les trois Rivières, descending the said River, To The spot whither the said leagues May extend, By Twenty Leagues in depth, — the said two leagues being Situate on the North Side of the said river. And therein are included the banks of the Rivers and the Meadows on the said River and On the said Three Rivers, the same belonging to the said Reverend Fathers through having been given to them by the same Sieur Jacques de la Ferté, Abbé de la Magdeleine, by Deed of Donation inter Vivos passed before Fieffe and Duchesne, Notaries at the Chatelet of Paris, on the Twentieth of March, One Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty-one. On the said Fief and Seigniory are a Church and a Clergy-house On a lot of land three Arpents in Superficies, for The use of [Page 83] the Curé and Two Arrière-Fiefs in addition to the said two leagues in front By Twenty leagues in depth: the first, half a league in front By two Leagues in depth, Conceded to the Late Jacques Hertel, Sieur de la Frenaye, belonging to one Chartier, subject, in Favor of the said Reverend Fathers, to Fealty and Homage According to Custom; The second, half a league in Front By the same depth of two leagues, conceded to the Late Nicolas Marsolet, Sieur de St. Agnan, also subject, in favor of the said Reverend Fathers, to Fealty and homage According to custom. The said ex tent of two leagues in front By Twenty leagues in depth forms, with the two arrière-Fiefs, each of half a league in front By two leagues in depth, the said Fief and Seigniory of Cap de la Magdeleine, Situate on the North bank of the River St. Lawrence, Adjoining for the entire distance on the Northeast the Fief and Seigniory of Champlain, And, at the end of the depth of the Fief Champlain, the unconceded lands; and on the South- west the Cape and Lands of Three Rivers. On the said Fief and Seigniory 1s a third Arrière-Fief, of a quarter of a league in front By half a league in’ depth, Bounded on the Northeast by The arrière-Fief Marsolet, and on the Southwest by the first Censitaire of the said Fief and Seigniory possessed by the heirs of Joseph Rivard, subject to Fealty and Homage toward the said Reverend Fathers, and to the payment of a silver Mark at each change of owners. The resident censitaires of the said three arrière-Fiefs will be named in their Place in the said Acknowledgment and Enumeration, — the said Six Fiefs and Seigniories being Situate in the district of Quebec. Seventh. The Fief and Seigniory [Page 85] belonging to the said Reverend Fathers Situate and being Near three Rivers, Twenty-three Arpents in front On the River St. Lawrence By Twenty-Five Arpents in depth; bounded on the Northeast Side by the common of three Rivers, and on the Southwest by the King’s Censive,[18] and being ninety-Six Arpents in Superficies, Being at the end of the depth of the Twenty-Five Arpents contained in the said Common, Bounded on the Northeast Side by Monsieur the Chevalier de Niverville, And on the Southwest side by the Dusablé Marquisate; in front, to the Southeast, by the depth of the said Common; and in rear to the Northwest, by the King’s Censive, belonging to the said Reverend Fathers as being included in the Letters of Mortmain of His most Christian Majesty, of the twelfth of May, One Thousand Six Hundred and Seventy-eight. Eighth. The Fief and Seigniory of The Island of St. Christophe, in the Middle of the River of three Rivers, containing Eighty Arpents or thereabout, half a league Distant both from Cap des Trois Rivières and from Cap de la Magdeleine, — having on the South Side l’Isle Sauvage and Claude David; on the North Side Leila du Sieur Boucher, and on The East Side Leila de la Potterie. The said Island belongs to Them through having been Conceded to them by Monsieur de Lauzon, heretofore Governor-General in New France, on the Twentieth of October, One Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty-four, to be Held by them in frankalmoigne forever, subject to no condition whatsoever, Ninth. The Fief and Seigniory Commonly called that of Pachirigny, Situate in the Town of three Rivers, consisting on the one part of four perches of land in front By eight perches in depth [Page 87] Conceded by Monsieur Montmagny Heretofore Governor-General in New France, to the Late Pachirigny, a Savage Captain in the said place of Three Rivers; and on the other part of twenty toises square, the augmentation granted to the same Pachirigny by Monsieur Daillebout, also Heretofore Governor in New France, — the said two portions of lots being contiguous and adjoining throughout, on the Northeast Side to St. Louis Street, and on the Southwest Side to St. Antoine Street; in front, to the Southeast, to the street Separating the said Fief from the fortifications of the said Town; And in rear, to the Northwest, to Notre Dame street, — As a Fief and Seigniory, with superior, Mean, and Inferior Jurisdiction. The said Fief and Seigniory belongs to the said Reverend Fathers through having been conceded to them, after the death of the said Pachirigny, by Messieurs de Callières and Bouchard de Champigny, Governor-General and Intendant, on the Twenty- third of October, One Thousand Six Hundred and ninety-nine, with the Fief and Seigniory of Sillery above described; approved by His most Christian Majesty on the Sixth of May, One Thousand Seven Hundred and two. On the said Fief and Seigniory the said Reverend fathers have No Domain; But there is a place eighty-Six feet and a half in Front On the said Notre Dame Street By One Hundred and two feet in depth, returning toward the Southeast, which place Has Hitherto remained in that Condition because the Guard-Room was formerly in a Large House Situate On the said spot; and the said Reverend Fathers have not disposed of the same, Notwithstanding the Transfer made, during the time of the French Government, of the said former Guard-Room near to the Government property, whereon a Building [Page 89] Was erected for the Purpose at the expense of His most Christian Majesty, Tenth. The Fief and Seigniory commonly called la prairie de la Magdeleine, Containing two leagues in front By four leagues in depth; Situate along the River St. Laurence on the South Side, beginning at Ste. Helene Island, To a Point a quarter of a league beyond a Meadow called la Prairie de la Magdeleine, Opposite the Islands that Are near the Sault of the Island of Montreal; together with the woods, Meadows, Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, and Quarries that may exist within the said area, with the right of Fishing in the River St. Lawrence; also the Islands Boquet and Foquet, the Ile de Joncs, and the Shoals and Quarries that Are in front of the said two leagues frontage, with all rights of Seigniory, superior, Mean, and Inferior Jurisdiction. The front of the said fief and Seigniory Adjoins on the Northeast the Barony of Longueil, and on the Southwest the Fief and Seigniory of Saut St. Louis; On which Fief and Seigniory no Domain is reserved, But there are two Churches and two clergy-houses. One at the Village des Prairies, and The other at the Côte St. Philippe, built On lands for The use of the Curés. The said four Fiefs and Seigniories are Situated in the district of Montreal. That On the said ten Fiefs and Seigniories of Notre Dame des Anges, St. Gabriel, Belair, Sillery, Batiscan, Cap de la Magdeleine, the Fief near Three Rivers, The Island of St. Christophe, and Pachirigny Are the following establishments, etc., Resident censitaires mentioned in The Acknowledgment and Enumeration Hereinafter and elsewhere.[19]
[Here follows the list of censitaires, with the amounts payable by them, etc. [Page 91]
Which Acknowledgment and Enumeration, Containing forty-eight pages, the said Appearer, in the Name aforesaid, declared to Contain the Truth, and has Signed with Us; thus Signed On the register: “Fred. Haldimand” and “Casot.” Which Acknowledgment and enumeration we receive Subject to His Majesty’s good pleasure, and without prejudice in any wise to The article of The Quebec Act respecting Religious Houses.[20] In testimony whereof, we Have caused to be sent and delivered to him these presents, which we have Signed, and to which we have affixed the Seal of Our Arms, and have caused the same to be Countersigned by the Clerk of the papiér terrier. Signed, Fred. Haldimand; lower down by His Excellency, J. F. Cugnet, with Paraph.[21]
Compared and collated word by word by the Undersigned, Notaries Public In the Province of Quebec, in the presence of Gabriel Elzear Taschereau and Thomas Scott, Esquires, two of the Commissioners appointed for The inquiry concerning the Jesuits’ estates in this Province,[22] with The original paper shown to the said Commissioners by Reverend father Jean Joseph Casot, Priest, Religious and procurator of the Jesuits, in the procurator’s Room in the Quebec College, and at once handed to them. Quebec, the Nineteenth of May, One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty-eight.
(Signed)
J. Pinguet,
Charles Voyer,
Notary Public.
Notary Public.
Tho. Scott,
Commissioner.
G. Taschereau,
Commissioner.
At the request of Monsieur Kenelm Chandler, Esquire, one of the Commissioners appointed for The [Page 93] Acknowledgment and Enumeration of the property, Lands, Cens, Rents, and other Seigniorial dues belonging to the Reverend Jesuit Fathers in This Province of Quebec, We the undersigned, Notaries public, residing at Quebec, have Compared and Collated the pages of the above Book containing the various deeds of ownership set forth therein, and have Signed the same as a Copy presented to Us; and We have paraphed each page, as being a true and exact copy. In testimony whereof, We have Signed the same at Quebec, that it may serve and be valid for all lawful purposes, this second day of May, in the afternoon, in the year One Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty-Nine.
L. Descheneaux. J. Pinguet.
[Page 95]
Letter of Father Augustin L. de Glapion to Mr.
Hugh Finlay, of the Legislative Council.
M
onsieur the President,
I beg you to excuse me for having so long delayed my answer to the letter which you were pleased to Write to me on the 26th of August last.
If you consider it indispensable that we should appear before The honorable Committee, we shall do so on the 15th of the present month, at The hour prescribed. But we shall not be able to say there what I have The honor to Write you hereunder:
1st. Since we have been under the English Domination, we have been, we are still, and we will always be submissive and faithful subjects of his Britannic Majesty. We venture to flatter ourselves that the English Governors who have commanded in this province would not refuse us Their Certificates of our fidelity and obedience.
2nd. It seems, therefore, that in this instance it is not so much our persons as our temporal properties that are in question. Our properties or real estate have come to us from three different sources: 1st. The Kings of france have given us a portion of them. 2nd. Some individuals have given us another portion. These gifts were made with the view of providing for the subsistence of the Jesuit Missionaries employed in instructing the savages and Canadians. The majority of the Fathers ceased [Page 97] to devote themselves to these charitable works only when they ceased to live; and those who survive them are engaged in the same work, and intend to continue the same until their deaths — which, in The course of nature, cannot be very far distant. 3rd. Finally, our predecessors have, with Their own Money, purchased The third part of our property.
3rd. All our Title deeds, which are properly and duly recorded in the Record-office of The province, show that all these properties or real estate have always belonged to us in full ownership, and we have always managed and administered Them as our own, without opposition or hindrance.
4th. Our property was fully recognized in The Capitulation of Canada, signed in the camp before Montreal on the 8th of september, 1760, — inasmuch as, by article 35, Lord Amherst permitted us to sell our real estate and effects, in whole or in part, and to send The proceeds to france.[23]
5th. In any case, Monsieur, we are in his Majesty’s hands, and he Will decide according to his good pleasure. But subjects and children without reproach can look forward to nothing but a favorable treatment — [crossed out in MS.] decision from so benevolent a Monarch and so kind a father as his Majesty George III.
I have the honor to be, with profound respect,
Monsieur,
Your very humble and very obedient Servant,
Augustin L. De Glapion,
Superior of the jesuits in Canada.
Quebec, September 10, 1788.
[Endorsed: “Reply or Letter of father de Glapion, jesuit, to monsieur hugues finlay, Legislative Councilor; September 10, 1788.“] [Page 99]
Letter of Reverend Father de Glapion to
Monsieur Louis Germain [Langlois], fils.
T
he greater part of the property, estates, and possessions which have been, or still are, held by the Jesuits living in Canada, whether in fief and seigniory or en rôture, were given to them in full proprietorship by the King of France, the Duke de Vantadour, the Trading Company of Canada, and by generous individuals, for the maintenance of the said Jesuits, on the condition that they should be employed for the instruction of the Savages and of the Young Canadian French. The Jesuits so well acquitted themselves of both these obligations that, in acknowledgment of their merits, Louis XIV., of glorious memory, renewed and ratified in their favor, by his great charter of [blank space in MS.] all those concessions and gifts which had been made to them. Some other pieces of property had been bought by the early Jesuits, with their own funds, and those purchases were approved by the charter aforesaid; but in October, 1789, the number of Jesuits living in Canada was reduced to four, all of them advanced in years. Consequently, they were no longer able to fulfill the stipulated obligations to instruct the Savages and the Young Canadians. For this reason, they renounce, unconditionally, voluntarily, and in good faith, all ownership and possession of the said gifts and concessions granted to them up to this time, and yield and [Page 101] transfer the ownership and possession of these to the Canadian Citizens, in whose behalf those grants had been made — in order that under the direction and authority and with the approbation of Monseigneur Jean François Xavier Hubert, most Illustrious and Reverend Bishop of Quebec, and of the Bishops his successors, provision may be made for the instruction of the Savages of Canada, and of the Young Canadians.
This surrender, renunciation, and transfer of ownership for the benefit of Canadian citizens, and of the Province of Canada, is made with the following provisos and conditions:
1. That the Jesuits resident at Quebec shall possess, until the death of the last of their number, the building which they occupy, which affords a view over their Upper garden, and which faces the south; that they shall possess the said Upper garden, and the grove or thicket which is at the northwest end of said garden; that they shall retain possession of their cart-house, stables, ice-house, poultry-yard, laundry, well, and wood-house. They shall also enjoy the use of their library, and of the articles of furniture which are in their own rooms and in the entire building, which they reserve for themselves. They shall retain possession of their Church, of their Sacristy, and of all the furniture and ornaments which are in the said Church and Sacristy; of their entrante-hall, and of the hall of the Congregation, where the citizens who are members of that body hold assemblies at least once a week, to the edification of the public.[24] . . . And the said Jesuits resident at Quebec shall continue to receive, every year, a certain quantity of hay which is their due by virtue of a contract entered into between them [Page 103] and Sieur Jean Baptiste Normand, who lives near the ferry over the River St. Charles.
Second condition: That Father Etienne Thomas de Villeneuve Girault, Missionary to the Hurons of New Lorette, shall during his entire life retain possession of his Church and Sacristy, and of all the furniture and ornaments which are therein; that he shall enjoy the use of all the buildings, of all the furniture and utensils, of the garden and court, and of all the meadows, of which he has hitherto had the use; and that the said Father Girault shall during all his life be entitled to receive, without payment, at the mill of New Lorette, whatever grain he shall need for his own maintenance and that of his servants.
Third condition: That Father Bernard Well shall continue, during his entire life, to enjoy possession of the Chapel and Sacristy, of the ornaments and furniture which are therein, and of the buildings, gardens, and courts of which he has had possession up to the present time in the town of Montreal.
Fourth condition: That Messieurs the Canadian Citizens shall pay annually, to each of the four Jesuits who are still living, a life-pension of three thousand livres, at the rates current in the Province. This pension shall be paid in two installments: that is, the Citizens shall pay to each of the four Jesuits fifteen hundred livres every six months; and the said pension shall cease to be paid for each of them at the decease of each.
Quebec, December 31, 1789.
Monsieur:
I had forgotten to notify Messieurs the Canadian Citizens that our Montreal residence is charged with a [Page 105] constituted rent on 20,000 livres of capital, in consequence of which Fathers Floquet and Well have, for several years past, made to Monsieur Panet, Judge at Quebec, an annual payment of 1,000 livres.[25] I request that you Will inform them of this, and oblige your servant,
Glapion, Jesuit.
[Addressed: “To Monsieur Louis Germain Langlois, fils, Merchant, in the Upper town, Quebec.”] [Page 107]
Letter of Monsieur Joseph O. Plessis to
Monsieur —— Marchand, Principal
of the College at Montreal
Quebec, March 13, 1791.
M
onsieur Marchand:
Sir and good friend,
I wish you still to be my debtor, and hence I write you to-day, through either Madame Keller or Madame Vigé, for it is said that they both depart to-morrow.
Father Casot is desired at Montreal, and his presence might, perhaps, be necessary there. He is fully informed of the peculiar condition of his confrère; but he fears that he will not gain any more from him than do others, as to either the temporal or the spiritual. “What shall I undertake to do there?” he says. “I will dispose of nothing before his death, in order not to grieve him; and it is possible that it may be yet a long time before he dies. I shall not have leisure to wait for that event; my occupations here will urge me to return, and nothing will be done. If I knew that he were dead, I would go up there without delay; and I would not need more than two days to settle all his affairs.” That is what Father Casot told me yesterday, for the second time. Nevertheless, he may go up. He had even fixed upon his departure for to-morrow, but he has changed his mind about that. For the rest [Page 109] Videbitur infra. Casot, who is not a fool, has perhaps good reasons for not absenting himself from his post. You know that Father Girault travels a little in imaginary space (if you did not know that, do not say that I told you); and the absence of Father Casot, during even a fortnight only, might give some one opportunity to meddle. The present circumstances are very delicate for him, for he must be regarded as the only living Jesuit.[26]
Apropos of the Jesuits, the novena is just finished. It has been as solemn as usual. I preached three fine sermons therein, for my part; Monsieur Gravé two, and Monsieur Robert and Monsieur Pâquet each one. The curé officiated at its close. The crowds at confession were immense. To-day Monseigneur preached in the Cathedra1 an eloquent and strong sermon upon fasting. Nothing so pleases the people as to hear him.
I have remitted a portuguese[27] to mother Ste. Ursule. I shall release you from all obligation, if you Will take upon yourself the 40 masses for the late Madeleine Blouin, widow of Joseph Dion, of Sainte Famille, isle of Orléans. I shall await an answer from you upon this matter before considering myself freed from it. Do it for me promptly.
Not long ago I sent 720 masses to Monsieur Guillimin for the Seminary. They say that your vicars are in need of some. I could easily procure them about 150, which happened to come to me a little while ago. Speak of them to Monsieur Courval, while offering to the said Sieur Courval my very sincere compliments; for I love him, — yea, above all when he preaches in conversation, which is not seldom. My compliments to Monsieur Archambault [Page 111] Our tonsured men — excepting Augustin Germain, who is sick in Town and who, it is said, intends to quit us — Will receive minor orders next wednesday. There are no other orders. Abbé Parent discarded his cassock upon arriving here. I see him often in the Church, with a haggard and apparently suffering face. He seems to flatter himself that he will find grace, and he has almost been led to expect it; but I would give my opinion in the negative. Adieu. Silence regarding the particulars that I gave you in my previous letter about the plans of Father casot. Very affectionately,
Plessis.
[Marginal postscript: “Inform me of the impression which Monseigneur’s letter made upon Father Well.”[28]]
[Addressed: “To Monsieur, Monsieur Marchand, Principal of the college at Montreal.”]
[Endorsed: “March 14.”] [Page 113]
MISCELLANEOUS DATA
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Governors and Intendants of New France, 1608-1760; and English Governors of Canada, 1760-1805
Catalogue of Jesuit Missionaries to New France and Louisiana, 1611-1800. Arthur Edward Jones, S.J.
List of Documents published in this series
List of Illustrations published in the series
List of Authorities cited or consulted in the preparation of the series
Errata and Addenda [Page 115]
Governors and Intendants of New France, 1608-
1760; and English Governors of
Canada, 1766-1805;.
[In the following lists of governors and intendants, their terms of actual service are given, as accurately as existing data will permit. The dates accordingly are, in general, those of the official’s arrival in and departure from the country; sometimes they indicate his formal assumption of office, or the time when sickness or other emergencies compelled him to give place to a successor. The death of an official within his term of office is indicated by the asterisk (*) following the date of the event; the dagger (†) following a man’s name, that he was governor ad interim.]
FRENCH GOVERNORS.
Samuel de Champlain: 1608 to 1635, Dec, 25.*
Marc Antoine de Brasdefer de Chasteaufort:† 1635, Dec. 25, to 1636, June 11.
Charles Huault de Montmagny: 1636, June 11, to 1648, Aug. 20.
Louis d’Ailleboust de Coulonge: 1648, Aug. 20, to 1651, Oct. 4.
Jean de Lauson: 1651, Oct. 4, to 1656, September.
Charles de Lauson de Charny:† 1656, September, to 1657, Sept. 18.
Louis d’Ailleboust de Coulonge:† 1657, Sept. 18, to 1658, July 11.
Pierre de Voyer, vicomte d’Argenson: 1658, July 11, to 1661, Aug. 31.
Pierre du Bois, baron d’Avaugour: 1661, Aug. 31, to 1663, July 23.
Augustin de Saffray, chevalier de Mézy: 1663, Sept. 15, to 1665, May 5.* [Page 116]
Jacques le Neuf de la Poterie:† 1665, May 6 to Sept. 12.
Daniel de Rémy de Courcelles: 1665, Sept. 12, to 1672, Sept. 12.
Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac: 1672, Sept. 12, to 1682, September.
Le Fèvre de la Barre: 1682, September, to 1685, August.
Jacques René de Brisay, marquis de Denonville: 1685, August, to 1689, Oct. 12.
Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac: 1689, Oct. 12, to 1698, Nov. 28.*
Louis Hector de Callières: 1698, December, to 1703, May 26.*
Philippe de Rigault, marquis de Vaudreuil: 1703, June, to 1725, Oct. 10.*
Claude de Ramezay (acting governor during Vaudreuil’s absence): 1714 to 1716.
Charles Lemoyne, baron de Longueuil:† 1725, Sept. 19, to 1726, August.
Charles, Marquis de Beauharnais: 1726, August, to 1747, Sept. 19.
Michel Rolland Barrin, comte de la Galissonière: 1747, sept. 19, to 1749, Sept. 24.
Jacques Pierre de Taffanel marquis de la Jonquière: 1749, Sept. 24, to 1752, February.
Charles Lemoyne, baron de Longueuil:† 1752, February to July.
———, marquis Duquesne de Menneville: 1752, July, to 1755, July 9
Pierre Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil de Cavagnal: 1755, July 10, to 1760, Sept 7.[29]
INTENDANTS.
Jean Talon: 1665, Sept. 12, to 1668.
Claude de Bouteroue: 1668, to 1669, July. [Page 117]
Jean Talon: 1669, Aug. 18, to 1675, August.
Jacques Duchesneau: 1675, September, to 1682, September.
Jacques de Meulles: 1682, September, to 1686, July.
Jean Bochart de Champigny: 1686, July, to 1702, August (?).
François de Beauharnais: 1702, September, to 1705, September.
Jacques (père) and Antoine Denis (fils) j Raudot: 1705, September, to 1710.
Jacques Raudot, alone: 1710 to 1711, July.
Claude Michel Bégon: 1712, August, to 1726, August.
Claude Thomas Dupuy: 1726, August, to 1728, September.
Gilles Hocquart: 1728, Oct. 1, to 1748, Sept. 1[30]
François Bigot: 1748, September, to 1760, September.
ENGLISH GOVERNORS.
[Sir Jeffery Amherst, military commander: 1760, Sept. 7, to 1763, Nov. 16.
General Thomas Gage, military commander:† 1763, Nov. 17, to 1764, Aug. 10.]
James Murray (first governor-general): 1764, Aug. 10, to 1766, June 28.
Lieutenant-Colonel Æmilius Paulus Irving:† 1766, June 30, to Sept. 23.
Sir Guy Carleton (lieutenant-governor until Oct. 25, 1769): 1766, Sept. 24, to 1778, June 27.
Hector T. Cramahé (acting governor during Carleton’s absence): 1770, Aug. 13, to 1774, Sept. 18.
Frederick Haldimand: 1778, June 27, to 1784, Nov. 15. [Page 117]
Henry Hamilton:† 1784, Nov. 15, to 1785, Nov. 1.
General Henry Hope:† 1785, Nov. 2, to 1786, Oct. 23.
Sir Guy Carleton, created Lord Dorchester in 1785: 1786, Oct. 23, to 1796, July 9.
Sir Alured Clarke (acting governor during Dorchester’s absence): 1791, Aug. 25, to 1793, Sept. 4.
Sir Robert Prescott (lieutenant-governor until April 27, 1797): 1796, July 12, to 1799, July 25.
Sir Robert Shore Milnes (lieutenant-governor): 1799, July 25, to 1805, Aug. 4. [Page 119]
Catalogue of Jesuit Missionaries to New France
and Louisiana, 1611-1800.
By Arthur Edward Jones, S. J.
PREFATORY NOTICE.
This Catalogue of the old Jesuit missionaries, who were sent out to New France or to Louisiana, is far from Perfect, but there is every reason to believe that as a recension it is complete. The names of all those who set foot on the soil of Canada or who perished on the way figure in the list. This may be confidently asserted; for, seeing that the ground has been gone over so carefully and so repeatedly, it is morally certain that no one has escaped notice. Quite as much time and as much labor, possibly more, have been expended on the fixing of dates; but endless difficulties are met with in such work, and it is in this particular that the present catalogue falls short of perfection. Many of the existing uncertainties Will no doubt be eventually settled, and gaps filled in; but time, much patience, and a voluminous correspondence Will be the conditions of success. Had the archives and libraries of the Society not been pillaged and dispersed in 1763, and later and more ruthlessly in 1773, nothing would have been easier than to compile catalogues, not only of the missionaries of New France, but of those throughout the world.
As early as 1843, Reverend Father Felix Martin undertook to gather the scattered fragments of what [Page 120] related to the old Canada mission, and at the same time began a list of missionaries. Shea was indebted to him for the inchoate lists to be found in the appendix to his Catholic Missions (1855); Carayon, for the fuller list which appeared in 1863 in his collection of Document Inédits, and for a still more complete one, published in 1869 in No. XIII. of the same collection. This number was made up of Allouez’s Sentiments, etc., Chaumonot’s autobiography, and Jogues’s account of René Goupil’s death. The compiler, in a few words of preface to the autobiography, gives credit to Father Martin for his share in the work. “The copy,” he says, “which we print was taken from this manuscript [mentioned previously as the one preserved in the Hôtel-Dieu, Quebec], and carefully collated by Father Felix Martin, formerly Superior of our Quebec Residence and of our College at Montreal. We are indebted to him also for the notes and appendixes contained in this volume.” The list of Jesuit missionaries was classed as an appendix to the work.
One of the last acts of Father Martin, who died in France in 1886, was to send back to Canada this printed list, with one or two additional names, and a few more dates filled in by hand. The letter accompanying the parcel was written from Paris, Aug. 2, 1886.
The list now published embodies the result of fourteen years of further research. Not to speak of many dates supplied and corrected, and places of birth and decease determined, some twenty-three more names have been added to the previous recensions. [Page 121]
SUPERIORS OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS IN NEW FRANCE.
1611-1613; Port Royal and Saint-Sauveur. Bîard, Rev. Father Pierre, of the Province[31] of Lyons; born at Grenoble in 1567; entered the Society, June 31 1583; landed at Port Royal, May 22, 1611; returned to France in May, 1614; died at Avignon, Nov. 19, 1622.
1625-1629; Quebec. Lalemant, Rev. Father Charles, of the Province of France; born at Paris, Nov. 17, 1587; entered the Society at Rouen, July 29, 1607; landed in Canada on June 19 (al. 15), 1625; returned to France in 1638; died at Paris, Nov. 18, 1674.
1632-1639; Quebec.[32] Le Jeune, Rev. Father Paul, of the Province of France; born at Châlonssur-Marne, July, I 591; entered the Society at Rouen, Sept. 22, 1613; arrived at Quebec, July 5, 1632; returned to France, Oct. 30, 1649; died at Paris, Aug. 7, 1664.
1639-1645; Quebec. Vimont, Rev. Father Barthélemy, of the Province of France; born at Lisieux, Jan. 1 (al. x7), 1594; entered the Society at Rouen, Nov. 15, 1613; reached Ste-Anne, Cape Breton, Aug. 24, 1629; left Quebec to return to France, Oct. 22, 1659; died at Vannes, July 13, 1667.
1645-1650; Quebec. Lalemant, Rev. Father Jérôme (he signed Hierosme), brother of Charles and uncle of Gabriel Lalemant, of the Province of France; born at Paris, April 27, 1593; entered the Society at Paris, Oct. 20, 1610 (al. Oct. 2, 1609); arrived in Canada, June 25, 1638; died at Quebec, Jan. 26, 1673.
1650-1653: Quebec. Ragueneau, Rev. Father Paul, of the Province of France; born at Paris, March [Page 122] 18, 1608; entered the Society at Paris, Aug. 21, 1626; arrived in Canada, June 28, 1636; left Quebec to return to France, Aug. 12, 1662; died at Paris, Sept. 3, 1680.
1653-1656;[33] Quebec. Le Mercier, Rev. Father François, of the Province of France; born at Paris, Oct. 4, 1604; entered the Society at Paris, Oct. 19 (al. 14) 1623 (al. 1620); arrived in Canada, July 20, 1635; returned to France in 1673; died in the Island of Martinique, June 12, 1690 (al. Oct. 16, 1692).
1656-1659 (Aug. 6); Quebec. De Quen, Rev. Father Jean, of the Province of France; born at Amiens in May, 1603 (al. 1600, 1604); entered the Society at Rouen, Sept. 13, 1620; arrived in Canada, Aug. 17, 1635; died at Quebec, Oct. 8, 1659,
1659 (Aug. 5)-1665 (Aug. 6); Quebec. Lalemant, Rev. Father Jérôme (for the second time).
1665 (Aug. 6)-1671 (July 12); Quebec. Le Mercier, Rev. Father François (for the second time).
1671 (July 12, but appointed in 1670)-1680 (Aug. 6); Quebec. Dablon, Rev. Father Claude, of the Province of France; born at Dieppe, Jan. 21, 1619 (al. Feb., 1618); entered the Society at Paris, Sept. 17 (al. Aug. 27), 1639; arrived in Canada in 1655; died at Quebec, May 3 (al. Sept. 20), 1697.
1680 (Aug. 6)-1686 (Oct. 18); Quebec. Beschefer, Rev. Father Thierry (i.e., Theodoric), of the Province of Champagne; born at Châlons-sur-Marne, May 25, 1630; entered the Society at Nancy, May 24, 1647; arrived at Quebec, June 19, 1665; returned to France in 1690; died at Rheims, Feb. 4, 1711.
1686 (Oct. 18)-1693 (August); Quebec. Dablon, Rev. Father Claude (for the second time).
1693 (August)-1698 (Aug. 29, al. 25); Quebec. [Page 123] Bruyas, Rev. Father Jacques, of the Province of Lyons; born at Lyons, July 13, 1635 (al 1637); entered the Society, Nov. 11, 1651; arrived in Canada, Aug. 3, 1666; died at Sault-St-Louis, June 15, 1712.
1698 (Aug. 29, al. 25)-1704 (Aug. 21); Quebec. Bouvart, Rev. Father Martin (al. Samuel), of the Province of France; born at Chartres, Aug. 15, 1637 (al. 1639); entered the Society at Paris, Aug. 10, 1658; arrived in Canada, Sept. 30, 1673; died at Quebec, Aug. 10, 1705.
1704 (Aug. 21)-1710 (Sept. 10); Quebec. Bigot, Rev. Father Vincent, brother of Jacques, of the Province of France; born at Bourges, May 15, 1649; entered the Society at Paris, Sept, 2, 1664; came to Canada in 1680; returned to France in 1713; died at Paris, Sept. 7, 1720.
1710 (Sept. 10)-1716 (Oct. 1); Quebec. Germain, Rev. Father Joseph (al. Louis; but he signed Joseph), of the Province of Toulouse; born in the diocese of Clermont, Jan. 3, 1633; entered the Society, Sept. 21, 1656; arrived in Canada in 1687; died at Quebec, January (al. February), 1722.
1716(Oct. 1)-1719; Quebec. Garnier, Rev. Father Julien, of the Province of. France; born at Saint Brieux, Jan. 6, 1643; entered the Society at Paris, Sept. 25 (al. 26), 1660; landed at Quebec, Oct. 27, 1662; died at Quebec, Jan. 31, 1730.
1719-1726 (Aug. 6); Quebec. La Chasse, Rev. Father Pierre de, of the Province of France; born at Auxerre, May 7, 1670 (al. March 7, 1669); entered the Society at Paris, Oct. 14, 1687; sent to Canada in 1699; died at Quebec, Sept. 27, 1749.
1726 (Aug. 6)-1732 (September); Quebec. Du [Page 124] Parc, Rev. Father Jean-Baptiste, of the Province of France; born June 28, 1676; entered the Society, Sept. 28, 1695; came to Canada in 1707; died at
Quebec, Jan. 31, 1742.
1732 (September)-1739; Quebec. Lauzon, Rev. Father Pierre de, of the Province of Aquitaine; born at Poitiers, Sept. 26, 1687; entered the Society at Limoges, Nov. 24, 1703 (al. 1702); sent to Canada in 1716; died at Quebec, Sept. 5, 1742.
1739-1748 (October); Quebec. Saint-Pé, Rev. Father (he often signed St-Pé) Jean-Baptiste de, of the Province of Aquitaine; born in the diocese of Oloron, Oct. 21, 1686; entered the Society at Limoges, Oct. 15, 1703; arrived in Canada in 1719; died at Quebec, July 8, 1770.
1748 (October)-1754 (October); Quebec. Marcol, Rev. Father Gabriel, of the Province of Champagne; born at Nancy, April 12, 1692; entered the Society at Nancy, Sept. 14, 1708; arrived in Canada in June, 1723; died at Quebec, Oct. 17, 1755.[34]
1754 (October)-1763; Quebec and Montreal. Saint-Pé, Rev. Father Jean-Baptiste de (for the second time).
1763-1790 (Feb. 24); Quebec. Glapion, Rev. Father Augustin Louis de, of the Province of France; born in the diocese of Séez, July 8, 1719; entered the Society, Oct. 10, 1735; came to Canada in, or before, the year 1739; died at Quebec, Feb. 24, 1790.
1790 (Feb. 24)-1800 (March 16); Quebec. Casot, Rev. Father Jean Joseph, of the Province of France; of Swiss origin, he was born Oct. 4, 1728; entered the Society as a lay brother, Dec. 16, 1753; came to Canada in 1757; ordained to the priesthood at [Page 125] Quebec, Dec. 20, 1766; died at Quebec, March 16, 1800. At his death the Society of Jesus became extinct in Canada.
SUPERIORS OF THE LOUISIANA MISSION OF THE
SOCIETY OF JESUS, AFTER ITS SEPARATION
FROM THE CANADA MISSION IN 1723.
1723-1725; New Orleans. Kereben, Rev. Father Joseph François de, of the Province of France; born Dec. 29, 1683; entered the Society, Aug. 27, 1703; came to Canada in 1716; died on the Illinois mission, Feb. 2, 1728.
1725-1728; New Orleans. Beaubois, Rev. Father Nicolas Ignace de, of the Province of France; born at Orleans, Oct. 15, 1689; entered the Society Oct. 29, 1706; came to Canada in 1719 (al. 1718); returned to France in 1735; died after 1762.[35]
1728(?)-1739; New Orleans. Le Petit, Rev. Father Mathurin, of the Province of France; born at Vannes, Feb. 6, 1693; entered the Society, Sept. 14, 1712; arrived at the mission in 1726; died in Louisiana, Oct. 13, 1739.
1739-1749; New Orleans. Vitry, Rev. Father Pierre de, of the Province of Champagne; born May 2, 1700; entered the Society Oct. 18, 1719; arrived at the mission in 1732; died at New Orleans, April 5, 1749 (al. 1750).
1749-1759; New Orleans. Baudouin, Rev. Father Michel, of the Province of Aquitaine; born at Quebec, March 8, 1692; entered the Society at Angoulême, Dec. 11, 1713; returned to America in 1728; died at New Orleans, after 1768.
I759-1762(?); New Orleans. Carette, Rev. Father Louis (al. François), of the Gallo-Belgian [Page 126] Province; born July 15, 1712; entered the Society Sept. 30, 1731; arrived on the mission in 1750; left New Orleans for San Domingo in 1763; died, ——.
1762 (?)-1763; New Orleans. Baudouin, Rev. Father Michel (for the second time?).
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MISSIONARIES.
[In this list, the following abbreviations are used: Fr. = Father — that is, ordained priest before coming to Canada, or during his stay in the Colony. Mr.=Magister — that is, an accepted scholastic, destined for the priesthood, but ordained only after his final return to Europe. Br.=a lay brother — a religious bound by vows; not destined for the priesthood, but helping in temporals. The number following each name refers to the corresponding number in the chronological list.]
— A —
Adam, Fr. Nicolas. 31.
Albanel, Fr. Charles. 77.
Alexandre, Br. 167.
Allioux, Fr. Vincent. 219.
Allouez, Fr. Claude Jean. 82.
André, Fr. Louis. 104.
Aubert, Fr. Jean-Baptiste. 310.
Aubéry, Fr. Joseph. 153.
Audran, Fr. Pierre. 305.
Aulneau, Fr. Jean Pierre. 249.
Avaugour, Fr. Louis d’. 163.
Aveneau, Fr. Claude. 136.
Avond, Fr. Louis. 256.
Azou, Br. François. 55.
— B —
Bacq, Br. Martin Joseph Xavier de. 303.
Bailloquet, Fr. Pierre. 71.
Bardy, Fr. Claude. 92.
Bargon, Fr. Jacques. 49.
Baudouin (al. Baudoin), Fr. Michel. 241.
Baurie (al. Bovie, Bore, Baron), Fr. Jean. 168.
Beaubois, Fr. Nicolas Ignace de. 213
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Beaulieu, Fr. Louis de. 98.
Beruys, Br. Jean. 119.
Beschefer, Fr. Thierry [i.e., Theodoric]. 91.
Beugny, Mr., Jacques Simon Joseph de. 269.
Biard, Fr. Pierre. 1.
Bigot, Fr. Jacques. 129.
Bigot, Fr. Vincent. 132.
Billiard, Fr. Pierre Régis. 287.
Bineteau, Fr. Julien. 152.
Blanchet, Fr. Jean Bernard. 102.
Boismilon, Fr. Louis Charles de. 268.
Boispineau, Br. Charles. 217.
Boispineau, Br. Jean Jard. 193.
Boniface, Fr. François. 105.
Bonin, Fr. Jacques. 72,
Bonnault, Fr. André. 125.
Bonnecamps, Fr. Joseph Pierre de. 271.
Bonnemer, Br. Florent. 73.
Boucher, Fr. Jean-Baptiste. 120.
Boursier dit Desforges, Br. Joseph. 79.
Boussat, Br. Jean. 139.
Bouvart, Fr. Martin. 114.
Bradehale, Fr. François. 158.
Brébeuf, Fr. Jean de. 6.
Bressani, Fr. Francesco Gioseppe. 60.
Briet, sec Bruyas. 93.
Brouet (al. Broart, Brouat), Br. Ambroise. 59.
Bruyas, Fr. Jacques. 93.
Buisson, Fr. Fransois. 197.
Bunon, Mr. Jacques Philippe (al. Philibert). 148.
Burel, Br. Gilbert. 7.
Burgum, see Bargon. 49.
Buteux, Fr. Jacques. 23.
Butler, Mr. Jean Guillaume. 229
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— C —
Calvonotti, see Chaumonot. 50.
Canot, Fr. Claude Joseph Marie. 270.
Carette, Fr. Louis François. 298.
Carheil, Fr. Étienne de. 95.
Carton (a[. Charreton), Br. François. 8.
Casot, Fr. Jean Joseph. 317.
Cauvet, Br. Ambroise. 32.
Chabanel, Fr. Noël. 61.
Chambon, Br. Michel. 272.
Chardon, Fr. Jean-Baptiste. 169.
Charlevoix, Fr. Pierre François-Xavier de. 180.
Charreton, see Carton. 8.
Chastellain (al. Chastelain), Fr. Pierre. 33.
Chauchetière, Fr. Claude. 128.
Chaumonot (al. Chaumonnot, Calvon-otti), Fr. Pierre Joseph Marie. 50.
Chicard (al. Chicart), Fr. François. 137.
Cholenec, Fr. Pierre. 121.
Cohade, Fr. Guillaume Ignace. 259.
Columeau, Br. Antoine. 221.
Coquart, Fr. Claude Godefroy. 260.
Corthier, Fr. Laurent Thomas. 273.
Courcy, Mr. Charles Antoine de. 223.
Couvert, Fr. Michel Germain de. 151.
Crépieul (al. Crespieul), Fr. François de. 108.
Crucy, Br. Philippe. 215.
— D —
Dablon (al. D’Ablon), Fr. Claude. 80.
Dalmas, Fr. Antoine. 112.
Daniel, Fr. Antoine. 17.
Daniélou, Fr. Jean Pierre. 200.
Daran, Fr. Adrien. 65.
Davost, Fr. Ambroise. 18.
Defrétat or Dufrétat, see Fréat, de. 66.
Degonnor, see Gonnor, de. 226
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Delapierre, see La Pierre, de. 252.
Delaplace, see La Place, de. 43.
Delvacque, Br. Jean-Baptiste. 203.
Demers, Br. Jean-Baptiste Nicolas (al. Pierre). 284.
Denet, Br. Georges. 264.
Dequen, see Quen, de. 28.
Dervillé, Mr. Julien François. 299.
Desert (not Du Dezert), Fr. Charles Joseph. 225.
Des Landes, Fr. Joseph. 230.
Devernai (not De Verney), Fr. Julien. 311.
Deville, see Ville, de. 183.
Dixon, Br. Jean. 4.
Dohen, Br. Charles Philippe. 281.
Dolebeau (al. D’Olbeau), Fr. Jean. 56.
Dongé Fr. Pierre. 178.
Druilletes (al. Druillettes), Fr. Gabriel. 62.
Du Jaunay, Fr. Pierre. 250.
Dumans, Fr. Léonard Martin. 194.
Du Marche, Fr. Charles. 36.
Dumas, Fr. Jean. 231.
Dumont, Br. Claude. 111.
Du Parc, Fr. Jean-Baptiste. 184.
Duperet, Mr. Jacques. 170.
Du Peron, Fr. François. 46.
Du Peron, Fr. Joseph Imbert. 53.
Du Plessis, Fr. François Xavier. 211.
Du Poisson, Fr. Paul. 232.
Dupuy, Fr. Gaspard. 140.
Du Puys, Fr. Claude. 181.
Du Rue, Fr. Paul. 171.
Du Thet, Br. Gilbert. 3.
Duval, Br. Jean René. 261.
Duval, Br. Pierre. 222.
— E —
Elye, Mr. Jean François. 94
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Enjalran, Fr. Jean. 126.
Eudemare, Fr. Georges d’. 38.
— F —
Faute (al. Feaute), Br. Pierre. 24.
Favre (al. Fabvre, Faure), Fr. Bonaventure. 146.
Ferchaud, Br. Jacques. 235.
Feuville (al. Fréville), Br. Jean. 78.
Floquet, Fr. Pierre René. 282.
Fontenoy, Fr. François. 147.
Fortin, Br. Guillaume. 186.
Fourre, Fr. Julien Joseph. 285.
Foyart, Br. François. 124,
FrailIon, Br. Nicolas. 133.
Fremin (al. Frémin), Fr. Jacques. 81.
Fréat, Fr. Amable de (al. du). 66.
— G —
Galpin, Fr. Barthélemy. 251.
Garnier, Fr. Charles. 34.
Garnier, Fr. Julien. 85.
Garreau, Fr. Leonard. 63.
Gassot, Fr. Henri Joseph. 135.
Gaubert, Br. Louis. 39.
Gaufestre (ad. Gaufetre), Br. Jean. 10.
Gérard, Fr. Louis Bertrand. 201.
Germain, Fr. Charles. 262.
Germain, Mr. Jean François. 263.
Germain, Fr. Joseph (al. Joseph Louis). 144.
Girault, Fr. Étienne Thomas-de-Villeneuve. 312.
Glapion, Fr. Augustin Louis de. 265.
Gondoin, Fr. Nicolas. 42.
Gonnor (al. Degonnor), Fr. Nicolas de. 226.
Gordan, Fr. Antoine. 291.
Goüion (al. Goujon), Mr. Louis Joseph (al. Louis André). 242.
Gounon, Fr. Simon Pierre. 292.
Goupil, Mr. René. 57
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Gournay dit Latour, Br. Pierre. 274.
Gravier, Fr. Jacques. 138.
Grelon (al. Greslon), Fr. Adrien. 74.
Guesnier, Fr. François Bertin (al. Bertrand). 245.
Guibert, Br. Jean FranCois. 164.
Guignas, Fr. Michel. 204.
Guyenne, Fr. Alexis (al. Alexandre) Xavier de. 236.
Guymonneau, Fr. Jean Charles. 202.
— H —
Haren, Br. Louis. 172.
Heu (al. Dheu), Fr. Jacques d’. 187.
Huet, Fr. Vast. 248.
Huguet, Fr. Joseph. 318.
— I —
Incarville, Fr. Pierre (Le Chéron) d’. 243.
— J —
Jager (not Joyer), Br. Claude. 52.
Jaunay, see Du Jaunay. 250.
Jétreau (al. Jetrau), Br. François (al. Guillaume). 115.
Jogues, Fr. Isaac. 37.
Juchereau, Br. Noël. 103.
— K —
Kereben, Fr. Joseph François de. 205.
Klasten, Fr. Gaspard de. 275.
— L —
La Bretonnière, Fr. Jacques Quintin de. 218.
La Brosse, Fr. Jean-Baptiste de. 309.
La Chasse, Fr. Pierre de. 173.
Lafitau, Fr. Joseph François (al. Pierre). 192.
La Germandière, Fr. Rodolphe de. 227.
Lagrené, Fr. Pierre. 154.
Lalemant, Fr. Charles. 9.
Lalemant, Fr. Gabriel. 67.
Lalemant, Fr. Jérôme (al. Hierosme). 45.
Lamberville, Fr. Jacques de. 122.
Lamberville, Fr. Jean de. 106.
La Marche, Mr. Jean François de. 216.
La Morinie, Fr. Jean-Baptiste de. 257.
Lanion, Br. Michel. 134
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La Pierre, Fr. Jean Louis de. 252.
La Place, Fr. Jacques de. 43.
Largilier dit Le Castor, Br. Jacques. 89.
La Richardie, Fr. Armand de. 228.
La Rivière, de, see Poncet. 51.
Latour, Br. Pierre, See Gournay. 274.
La Tour, Mr. Pierre Urbain de, 175.
Laure, Fr. Pierre. 189.
Lauverjat, Fr. Étienne. 190.
Lauzier (al. Lozier), Br. Guillaume. 83.
Lauzon, Fr. Pierre (al. Jean) de. 206.
Le Bansais, Fr. Siméon. 283.
Le Blanc, Fr. Augustin (al. Auguste). 162.
Leblond, Br. Sébastien. 141.
Le Boesme, Br. Louis. 88.
Le Boullenger, Fr. Jean Antoine (al. Jean-Baptiste). 207.
Le Brun, Fr. François. 185.
Le Castor, see Largilier. 89.
Le Clerc, Br, Nicolas. 191.
Le Faulconier, Br. Nicolas. 70.
Le Febvre, Fr. Nicolas. 290.
Le Franc, Fr. Marin Louis. 293.
Le Jeune, Fr. Paul. 19.
Le Maître, Mr. Pierre Jean. 289.
Le Mercier, Fr. François. 27.
Le Moyne, Fr. Simon. 48.
Le Petit, Fr. Mathurin. 233.
Le Prédour, Fr. Jean Jacques. 313.
Le Roy, Fr. Maximilien. 300.
Le Saux (not De Saux), Fr. Yves. 267.
Le Sueur, Fr. Jacques François (al. Eustache). 208.
Le Tellier, Br. Pierre. 195.
Liégeois, Br. Jean. 22
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Limoges, Fr. Joseph de. 165.
L’ourse, Br. Antoine. 237.
Loyard, Fr. Guillaume. 209.
Loyard, Fr, Jean-Baptiste. 182.
Lucas, Br. Benoît. 176.
Lyonne, Fr. Martin. 64.
— M —
Macé, Mr. Rene. 294.
Magendie, Br. Charles. 285.
Maigneret, Br. Pierre. 99.
Maillard, Br. Simon. 286.
Malherbe, Br. François. 75.
Mallemain (al. Mallemains), Mr. Pierre de. 174.
Malot, Br. Louis. 14.
Maquet (not Macquet), Fr. Alexis. 258.
Marc, Br. Jean Jacques. 179.
Marcel, Fr. Gabriel. 224.
Marest, Fr. Joseph Jacques. 142.
Marest, Fr. Pierre Gabriel. 155.
Mareuil, Fr. Pierre de. 196.
Marquette, Fr. Jacques. 96.
Martel, Fr. Joseph Nicolas. 320.
Masse, Fr. Ennemond (al. Enemond). 2.
Masson, Br. Pierre. 68.
Matthieu, Fr. Guillaume. 109.
Maurice, Fr, Jean-Baptiste. 244.
Mazier, Br. Gilles. 116.
Ménard, Fr. René. 54.
Mermet, Fr, Jean. 166.
Mesaiger, Fr. Charles Michel. 220.
Meurin, Fr. Sébastien Louis. 276.
Milet (al. Millet), Fr. Pierre. 101.
Morain, Fr. Jean. 123.
Morand, Fr. Guillaume François. 255.
Morlière, Mr. Charles Alex. 314
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Moyné, Mr. François. 304.
— N —
Nau, Fr. Luc François. 253.
Neuville, Fr. Jean-Baptiste de. 295.
Nicolas, Fr. Louis. go.
Noël, Fr. Jean-Baptiste. 306.
Noirclair, Br. Nicolas. 69.
Nouë, Fr. Anne de. 306.
Nouvel, Fr. Henri. 84.
Noyrot, Fr. Philibert. 12.
— O —
Outreleau (al. Doutreleau), Fr. Étienne d’. 239.
— P —
Parizel, Br. Jean François (al. Claude). 238.
Pearon, Mr. Jean. 149.
Pernelle, Br. Julien. 307.
Perrault, Fr. Julien. 20.
Phleugny, Mr. Pierre de. 308.
Pierrart (al. Pierard, Pierart), Br. Germain. 159.
Pierron, Fr. Jean. 97.
Pierson, Fr. Philippe. 100.
Pijart, Fr. Claude. 41.
Pijart, Fr. Pierre. 25.
Pinet, Fr. François. 156.
Poncet, Fr. Joseph Antoine. 161.
Poncet de la Rivibre, Fr. Joseph Antoine. 51.
Potier, Fr. Nicolas (al. Jean). 130.
Potier, Fr. Pierre. 279.
— Q —
Quen (al. Dequen), Fr. Jean de. 28.
Quentin, Fr. Claude. 29.
Quentin, Fr. Jacques. 5.
— R —
Racine, Br. Étienne Marin. 296.
Raffeix, Fr. Pierre. 87.
Ragueneau, Fr. François. 13.
Ragueneau, Fr. Paul. 35.
Rale (al. Rasle, Rasles, Racles), Fr. Sébastien. 150.
Ratel, Br. Jacques. 40
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Raymbaut (al.Raimbault, Raymbault), Fr.Charles. 44
Regnaut (al. Renaut, Renant), Br. Christophe. 58.
Renauld, Fr. Pierre. 198.
Renaut (al. Renaud), Br. Michel. 212.
Renete (al. Renette), Br. Jean-Baptiste. 315.
Richard, Fr. André. 21.
Richer, Fr. Pierre Daniel. 199.
Rivalin, Mr. René. 316.
Robaud, Fr. Jacques. 110.
Robe (al. Robbe), Br. Antoine. 177.
Roubaud, Fr. Pierre Antoine. 266.
Ruël, Mr. Jacques Philippe. 157.
— S —
Saint-Pé (al. St-Pé), Fr. Jean-Baptiste de. 214.
Salien, Mr. Yves Hyacinthe. 301.
Salleneuve, Fr. Jean-Baptiste de. 280.
Sandron, Br. Jean-Baptiste. 143.
Scheniel, Fr. Jean. 76.
Scot, Br. Dominique. 47.
Sénat, Fr. Antoine. 254.
Servière, Mr. François-Marie. 277.
Silvy, Fr. Antoine. 117.
Simon, Fr. Charles. 86.
Sirême (al. Syresme), Fr. Jacques. 210.
Souel, Fr. Jean. 234.
— T —
Tartarin, Fr. René. 240.
Tellier (al. Le Tellier), Br. Pierre. 26.
Thouvenot, Mr. Claude. 127.
Tournois, Fr. Jean-Baptiste. 278.
Turgis, Fr. Charles. 30.
— V —
Vacelet, Br. Ponce. 160.
Vaillant de Gueslis (al. Guélis), Fr. François. 107
Valentin, Br. Pierre. 131.
Vaultier, Fr. Jacques. 113.
Vernai, de, see Devernai. 311.
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Vieuxpont, Fr. Alexandre de. 15.
Viguier, Fr. Jean, 145.
Ville (al. Villes, Deville), Fr. Jean Marie (al. Louis) de. 183.
Villette, Mr. Louis de. 188.
Vimont, Fr. Barthélemy. 16.
Virot, Fr. Claude Joseph (al. Louis). 302.
Vitry, Br. Jean. 118.
Vitry, Fr. Pierre de. 246.
Vivier (not Viviers), Fr. Louis. 297.
— W —
Watrin, Fr. Philibert (al. Philippe). 247.
Well, Fr. Bernard. 319.
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MISSIONARIES.
[Many of the missionaries crossed the Atlantic more than once; in this list the first arrival and final departure alone are noted.]
1. Biard, Fr. Pierre; Province of Lyons. Born at Grenoble in 1567 (al. 1568, 1575); entered the Order, June 3, 1583 (al. 1590); arrived at Canso, May 5, and at Port Royal, May 22, 1611; made prisoner at St-Sauveur in 1613, and reached France in May, 1614; died at Avignon, Nov. 19, 1622.
2. Massé, Fr. Ennemond (al; Enemond); Province of Lyons. Born at Lyons in 1574 (al. 1575); entered the Order at Avignon, Aug. 22, 1595; arrived at Canso, May 5; at Port Royal, May 22, 1611; died at Sillery, May 12, 1646.
3. Du Thet, Br. Gilbert: Province of France. Arrived in Canada, Jan. 23, 1612; killed at St-Sauveur in 1613.
4. Dixon, Br. Jean; Province of France. Entered the Order in 1613, and sent to the Acadian mission; returned to Europe in 1613.
5. Quentin, Fr. Jacques; Province of France. Born at Abbeville in February, 1572; entered the [Page 137] Order, June 30, 1604; arrived in Canada, May 16, 1613; left St-Sauveur in 1613; reached France in May, 1614; died Apr. 18, 1647.
6. Brébeuf, Fr. Jean de; Province of France. Born at Condé-sur-Vire, Calvados (then part of the diocese of Bayeux), March 25, 1593: entered the Order at Rouen, Nov. 8, 1617; arrived in Canada, June 19 (al. 15), 1625; tortured to death by the Iroquois, March 17, 1649, at St. Ignace village, about midway between Coldwater and Vasey, Simcoe Co., Ont.
7. Burel, Br. Gilbert; Province of France. Arrived in Canada, June 19 (al. 15), 1625; returned to France (or died) after 1635.
8. Carton (al. Charreton), Br. François; Province of France. Arrived in Canada, June 19 (al. 15), 1625; returned to France (or died) after 1626.
9. Lalemant, Fr. Charles; Province of France. Born at Paris, Nov. 17, 1587; entered the Order at Rouen, July 29, 1607; arrived in Canada, July 19 (al. 15), 1625; returned to France in 1638; died at Paris, Nov. 18, 1674.
10. Gaufestre (al. Gaufetre), Br. Jean; Province of France. Arrived in Canada, July 14, 1626; returned to France (or died) after 1629.
11. Nouë, Fr. Anne de; Province of France. Born in the diocese of Rheims, Aug. 7, 1587 (al. 1579); entered the Order at Paris, Sept. 20 (al. 28), 1612; arrived at Quebec, July 14, 1626; frozen to death while crossing on the ice from Three Rivers to Sorel, Feb. 1 or 2, 1646, his body being found near Isle Platte, about 6 miles above Sorel, and taken to Three Rivers for burial.
12. Noyrot, Fr. Philibert; Province of France. Born in the diocese of Autun in October, 1592; [Page 138] entered the Order at Paris, Oct. 16, 1617; arrived at Quebec, July 14, 1626; drowned in a shipwreck off Cape Breton, Aug. 24, 1629.
13. Ragueneau, Fr. François; Province of France. Born at Blois, Jan. 14, 1597; entered the Order at Paris, Apr. 16 (al. 17), 1613 (al. 1614); arrived in Canada in 1628; captured by the English in the Lower St. Lawrence, and carried back to Europe in 1628; died Apr. 10, 1665.
14. Malot, Br. Louis; Province of Champagne. Born in Lorraine, in 1592; entered the Order, Nov. 24, 1614; arrived in Canada in 1629; drowned with Fr. Noyrot off Cape Breton, Aug. 24, 1629.
15. Vieuxpont, Fr. Alexandre de; Province of France. Born at Auxeville, Normandy, Dec. 25, 1598; entered the Order at Rouen, Sept. 12 (al. 13), 1620; arrived at Cape Breton, Aug. 24, 1629.
16. Vimont, Fr. Barthélemy; Province of France. Born at Lisieux, Jan. 1 (al. 17), 1594; entered the Order at Rouen, Nov. 1 (al. 13, 15, 22), 1613 (al. Nov. 16, 1614); arrived at Ste-Anne, Cape Breton, Aug. 24, 1629; returned to France, Oct. 22, 1659; died at Vannes, July 13, 1667.
17. Daniel, Fr. Antoine; Province of France. Born at Dieppe, May 27, 1601 (al. 1598); entered the Order at Rouen, Oct. 1, 1621; arrived at Cape Breton in 1632; at Quebec, June 24, 1633; slain by the Iroquois at Teanaostaë, near Hillsdale, Simcoe Co., Ont., July 4, 1648.
18. Davost, Fr. Ambroise; Province of France. Arrived at Cape Breton in 1632; at Quebec in 1633; died at sea while returning to France, Sept. 27, 1643.
19. Le Jeune, Fr. Paul; Province of France. Born at Châlons-sur-Marne (al. Vitry, Marne) in [Page 139] July, 1591; entered the Order at Rouen, Sept. 22, 1613; arrived at Tadousac in March, at Quebec July 5, 1632; returned to France, Oct. 30, 1649; died at Paris, Aug. 7, 1664.
20. Perrault, Fr. Julien; Province of France. Born at Nantes in 1598; entered the Order, Dec. 13, 1613; arrived in Canada, Apr. 30, 1634; returned to France in 1635; died at Orleans, Nov. 24, 1647.
21. Richard, Fr, André; Province of France, Born in the diocese of Bourges, Nov. 23, 1600 (al. 1599); entered the Order at Paris, Sept. 25 (al. 26), 1621; arrived in Canada, May 17, 1634; died at Quebec, March 21, 1681.
22. Liégeois, Br. Jean; Province of France. Born in 1599; entered the Order in 1629; arrived in Canada, June 2, 1634; shot by the Iroquois at Sillery May 29, 1655.
23. Buteux, Fr. Jacques; Province of France. Born at Abbeville, Apr. 11, 1600; entered the Order at Rouen, Oct. 20, (al. 2), 1620; arrived in Canada, June 24, 1634; killed by the Iroquois, on the St. Maurice River, north of Three Rivers, May 10, 1652.
24. Faute (al. Feauté), Br. Pierre; Province of France. Arrived in Canada before 1635; returned to France, Oct. 15, 1657; died at La Flèche, Sept. 30, 1661.
25. Pijart, Fr. Pierre; Province of France. Born at Paris, May 17, 1608; entered the Order at Paris, Sept. 16, 1629; arrived in Canada, July 10, 1635; returned to France, Aug. 23, 1650; died at Dieppe, May 26, 1676.
26. Tellier (al. Le Tellier), Br. Pierre; Province of France. Arrived in Canada, July 12, 1635; returned to France (or died) between 1641 and 1645. [Page 140]
27. Le Mercier, Fr. François; Province of France. Born at Paris, Oct. 4, 1604; entered the Order at Paris, Oct. 19, 1620 (al. 1622, 1623); arrived in Canada, July 20, 1635; returned to France in 1673; died in the Island of Martinique, June 12, 1690 (d. Oct. 16, 1692)
28. Quen (al. Dequen), Fr. Jean de; Province of France. Born at Amiens in Ma y, 1603 (al. 1600, 1604); entered the Order at Rouen, Sept. 13, 1620; arrived in Canada, Aug. 17, 1635; died at Quebec, Oct. 8, 1659.
29. Quentin, Fr. Claude; Province of France. Entered the Order, Nov. 5, 1617; arrived in Canada in 1635; returned to France, Oct. 21, 1647; died at La Flèche, Oct. 31, 1676.
30. Turgis, Fr. Charles; Province of France. Born at Rouen, Oct. 14, 1606 (al. 1605, 1607); entered the Order at Paris, Oct. 16, 1627; arrived in Canada in 1635 (al. 1636); died in the Island of Miscou, N. B., May 4, 1637.
31. Adam, Fr. Nicolas; Province of France. Arrived in Canada, June 11, 1636; returned to France in 1641; died at La Flèche, March 29, 1659.
32. Cauvet, Br. Ambroise; Province of France. Arrived in Canada, June 11, 1636: returned to France, Sept. 18, 1657.
33. Chastellain (al. Chastelain), Fr. Pierre: Province of France. Born at Senlis in 1604 (al. 1603, 1606); entered the Order, Sept. 3, 1624; arrived in Canada, June 11, 1636; died at Quebec, Aug. 14 (al. 15), 1684.
34. Garnier, Fr. Charles; Province of France. Born at Paris, May 25 (al. 26), 1605 (al. 1606); entered the Order at Paris, Sept. 5, 1624; arrived at Quebec, [Page 141] June 11, 1636; killed by the Iroquois at the Petun village of St. Jean (otherwise Etharita), not far from Osprey, Grey Co., Ont., Dec. 7, 1649.
35. Ragueneau, Fr. Paul; Province of France. Born at Paris, March 18, 1608 (al. 1605, 1607); entered the Order at Paris, Aug. 21, 1626; arrived in Canada, June 28, 1636 (al. 1638); returned to France, Aug. 12, 1662; died at Paris, Sept. 3, 1680.
36. Dumarché, Fr, Charles; Province of France. Born in 1602; entered the Order, Sept. 11, 1621; arrived at Quebec, July 2, 1636; returned to France in 1647, from Miscou Island; died at Quimper, Jan. 17, 1661.
37. 37, Jogues, Fr. Isaac; Province of France. Born at Orleans, Jan. 10, 1607; entered the Order at Paris, Oct. 24, 1624; arrived at Quebec, July 2; at Miscou, about June 3, 1636; killed by the Mohawks at Ossernenon, near Auriesville, N.Y., Oct. 18, 1646.
38. Eudemare, Fr. Georges d’; Province of France. Born in 1589; entered the Order in 1612; arrived in Canada in 1636; died in 1649, probably at Montreal.
39. Gaubert, Br. Louis; Province of France. Arrived in Canada in 1636; died at Quebec, July 20, 1679.
40. Ratel Br. Jacques; Province of France. Arrived in Canada in 1636; died in 1649.
41. Pijart, Fr. Claude; Province of France. Born at Paris, Sept. 1 (al. 10), 1600 (al. Aug. 21, 1601); entered the Order, Aug. 7, 1621 (al. 1626); arrived in Canada, July 14, 1637; died at Quebec, Nov. 16, 1683 (al. 1680).
42. Gondoin, Fr. Nicolas; Province of France. Born at Paris in 1601; entered the Order, Sept. 23, [Page 142] 1624; arrived at the Island of Miscou, N. R., in 1637; returned to France after 1638; died at Pontoise, Feb. 24, 1647.
43. La Place, Fr. Jacques; Province of France; entered the Order in 1621; arrived in Canada in 1637; returned to France in 1658; died at Quimper, Sept. 15, 1668.
44. Raymbaut (al. Raimbault, Raymbault), Fr. Charles; Province of France. Born at Le Bois, Ile-de-Ré, in Charante Inférieure, Apr. 6, 1602 (al. 1601); entered the Order at Rouen, Aug. 24, 1621; arrived in Canada in 1637; died at Quebec, Oct. 22, 1642.
45. Lalemant, Fr. Jérôme (al. Hierosme), brother of Charles and uncle of Gabriel; Province of France. Born at Paris, Apr. 27, 1593; entered the Order at Paris, Oct. 20 (al. 2), 1610 (al. 1609); arrived in Canada, June 25, 1638; died at Quebec, Jan. 26, 1673.
46. Du Peron, Fr. François; Province of France. Born at Lyons, Jan. 26, 1610; entered the Order at Avignon, Feb. 23, 1627; arrived in Canada, June 30, 1638; died at Chambly, Nov. 10, 1665. His remains were transferred to the College chapel, Quebec, Nov. 16, 1665.
47. Scot, Br. Dominique; Province of France. Arrived in Canada in 1639; returned to France, Oct. 24, 1645; died soon after, of consumption.
48. Le Moyne, Fr. Simon; Province of France. Born in 1604; entered the Order at Paris in 1623; arrived in Canada, June 30, 1638; died at Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Three Rivers, Nov. 24, 1665.
49. Bargon(?),[36] Fr. Jacques; Province of France(?). Arrived at Quebec Aug. 1, at Tadousac July 15, 1639; returned to France in 1639 (al. In Oct. 1641). [Page 143]
50. Chaumonot (al. Chaumonnot, Calvonotti), Fr. Pierre-Joseph-Marie; Province of Rome. Born at Châtillon-sur-Seine, Côte-d’Or, March 9, 1611; entered the Order at Rome, May 18, 1632; arrived at Quebec, Aug. 1, 1639; died at Quebec, Feb. 21, 1693.
51. Poncet de la Rivière, Fr. Joseph Antoine; Province of France. Born at Paris, May 7, 1610; entered the Order at Paris, July 30, 1629 (al. 1630); arrived in Canada, Aug. 1, 1639; returned to France, Sept. 18, 1657; died in the Island of Martinique, June 11 (al. r8), 1675.
52. Jager (not Joyer), Br. Claude; Province of France. Arrived in Canada in 1639; returned to France, Sept. 21, 1650; died at La Flèche, Oct. 17, 1676.
53. 53, Du Peron, Fr. Joseph Imbert; Province of France. Born at Lyons; arrived at Quebec, July 1, 1640; returned to France, Sept. 6, 1658.
54. Ménard, Fr. René; Province of France. Born at Paris, March 2 (al. Sept. 7), 1605 (al. 1604); entered the Order, Sept. 5 (al. 7, Nov. 7), 1642; arrived at Tadousac, June 30, at Quebec, July 8, 1640. Perished in the primitive wilderness of northeastern Wisconsin, in 1661, about Aug. 15.
55. Azou, Br. François; Province of France. Arrived at Cape Breton in 1640; returned to France (or died) in 1641.
56. Dolebeau (al. D’Olbeau), Fr. Jean; Province of France. Born at Langres in 1608 (al. 1604); entered the Order at Paris, Oct. 16 (al, 26), 1628; arrived in Canada in 1640; died in 1643, on return voyage to France, through the explosion of the powder magazine after the capture of the vessel by the enemy.
57. Goupil, Mr. René; Province of France. Born at Angers; entered the Order in August, 1640 (took [Page 144] his first vows in August, 1642); arrived in Canada in 1640; killed by the Mohawks near Auriesville, N.Y., Sept. 29, 1642.
58. Regnaut (al. Renaut, Renant), Br. Christophe; Province of France. Born in 1613; arrived in Canada in or before 1640, and became a donné; returned to France in 1650, embarking at Quebec to enter the Society in France, Nov. 2; died at Caen, Feb. 5,1697.
59. Brouet (al. Broart, Brouat), Br. Ambroise; Province of France. Arrived in Canada in 1641; returned to France (or died) after 1676.
60. Bressani, Fr. Francesco Gioseppe; Province of France. Born at Rome, May 6, 1612; entered the Order at Rome, Aug. 15, 1626; arrived in Canada in 1642; returned to France, Nov. 2, 1650; died at Florence, Sept. 9, 1672.
61. Chabanel, Fr. Noël; Province of Toulouse. Born in the diocese of Mende, Feb. 2, 1613; entered the Order at Toulouse, Feb. 9, 1630; arrived in Canada, Aug. 15, 1643. Killed by an apostate Huron near the mouth of the Nottawasaga River, Ont., Dec. 8, 1649.
62. Druilletes (al. Druillettes), Fr. Gabriel; Province of Toulouse. Born at Gurat or Garat, Charante, diocese of Limoges, Sept. 29, 1610 (al. Beaulieu, Corrèze, in 1613), (al. 1593); entered the Order at Toulouse, July 27, 1629; arrived in Canada, Aug. 15, 1643; died at Quebec, Apr. 8, 1681.
63. Garreau, Fr. Léonard; Province of Aquitaine, Born at Aredieux (Saint-Yrieux), diocese of Limoges, Oct. 11 (al. in Sept.), 1609 (al. 1610); entered the Order, Sept. 27, 1628; arrived in Canada, Aug. 15, 1643; died at Montreal, Sept. 2, 1656. He was shot through the spine, on Aug. 30, by the [Page 145] Iroquois, at a point of land on the north shore of the Lake of Two Mountains.
64. Lyonne, Fr. Martin; Province of Champagne. Born at Paris, May (al. March) 13, 1614; entered the Order at Nancy, Dec. 8, 1629; arrived in Canada, Aug. 15, 1643; died at Chedabucto Bay, Guysborough Co., N.S., Jan. 16 (al. 15), 1661.
65. 65 Daran, Fr. Adrien: Province of France. Born at Rouen, Sept. 9, 1615; entered the Order at Paris, Sept. 7, 1635; arrived in Canada, Aug. 6, 1646; returned to France, Sept. 21, 1650; died at Vannes, May 24 (al. 21), 1670.
66. Fréat, Fr. Amable de (al. du); Province of France. Born at Clermont-Ferrand, in 1614 (al. 1613); entered the Order, Aug. 24, 1632 (al. 1633); arrived in Canada in September, 1646; returned to France, Oct. 21, 1647; died before 1678.
67. Lalemant, Fr. Gabriel, nephew of Charles and Jérôme; Province of France. Born at Paris, Oct. 10 (al. 30), 1610; entered the Order at Paris, March 24, 1630; arrived in Canada, Sept. 20, 1646; tortured to death by the Iroquois, March 17, 1649, at St-Ignace of the Hurons, about half-way between Coldwater and Vasey, Simcoe Co., Ont.
68. Masson, Br. Pierre; Province of France. Born in 1609; arrived in Canada, Sept. 20, 1646; died at Quebec, Oct. 18, 1695.
69. Noirclair, Br. Nicolas; Province of France. Born at Nancy in 1599; entered the Order, Dec. 24, 1625; arrived in Canada before 1647; returned to France, Sept. 21, 1650.
70. Le Faulconier, Br. Nicolas; Province of France. Arrived at Tadousac, June 20; at Quebec, June 25, 1647; returned to France, Sept. 6, 1658. [Page 146]
71. Bailloquet, Fr. Pierre; Province of Aquitaine. Born at Saintes in 1612 (al. 1616); entered the Order at Bordeaux, Nov. 20, 1631 (completed his novitiate at Pau); arrived at Quebec, June 25, 1647; died in the Ottawa missions, June 7, 1692.
72. Bonin, Fr. Jacques; Province of France. Born at Ploermel, Morbihan, Sept, 1, 1617; entered the Order at Paris, June 10, 1634; arrived in Canada, Aug. 14, 1647; returned to France, Sept. 21, 1650; died in the Island of Martinique, Nov. 4, 1659.
73. Bonnemer, Br. Florent; Province of France. Born in 1600; arrived in Canada, Aug. 14, 1647; died at Quebec, Aug. 16, 1683.
74. Grelon (al. Greslon), Fr. Adrien; Province of Toulouse. Born at Périgueux, April 27, 1618 (al. 1614, 1617); entered the Order at Bordeaux, when already a priest, June 1, 1643 (al. Nov. 5, 1635); arrived in Canada, Aug. 14, 1647; returned to France, Aug. 23, 1650. Sent as missionary to China, March 25, 1654; died at Kan-tchou-fou, in March, 1697.
75. Malherbe, Br. François; Province of France. Born in January, 1636 (al. 1631); entered the Order in 1654 (had been a donné previously); arrived in Canada for the second time, a member of the Order, in 1654; died on Good Friday eve, Apr. 19, 1696. His grave on the shores of Lake St. John, P. Q., was identified, about 1723, by Fr. Laure, who set up a cross on the spot.
76. Scheniel, Fr. Jean. Arrived in Canada in 1648, or before; died (or returned to France) in 1649. The name of this Father occurs on a list in the General Archives of the Society, entitled 1648 — Patres Societatis qui nunc sunt missionarii in Nova Francia. I have not met with it elsewhere. [Page 147]
77. Albanel, Fr. Charles; Province of Toulouse. Born in Auvergne in 1616 (al. 1613); entered the Order, Sept. 16, 1633; arrived in Canada, Aug. 23, 1649; died at Sault-Ste-Marie, Jan. 11, 1696.
78. Feuville (al. Fréville), Br. Jean; Province of Aquitaine. Born at Armoraus, Apr. 16, 1600 (al. 1601); entered the Order, Sept. 25, 1626; arrived in Canada, Sept. 28, 1649; died at Quebec, Dec. 8, 1701.
79. Boursier dit Desforges, Br. Joseph; Province of France. Born in 1625; entered the Order in 1650; arrived in Canada in 1654; returned to France (or died) after 1688.
80. Dablon (al. D’Ablon), Fr. Claude; Province of France. Born at Dieppe, June 21, 1619; entered the Order at Paris, Sept. 17, 1639; arrived in Canada in 1655; died at Quebec, May 3 (al. Sept. 20), 1697.
81. Fremin (al. Frémin), Fr. Jacques; Province of France. Born at Rheims (al. Meaux), March 12, 1628; entered the Order at Paris, Nov. 21, 1646; arrived in Canada in 1655 (al. 1654); died at Quebec, July 20, 1691.
82. Allouez, Fr. Claude Jean; Province of Toulouse. Born at St-Didier-en-Forest, Haute Loire, in 1613 (al. 1620); entered the Order at Toulouse, Sept. 25, 1642 (al. 1639); arrived in Canada, July 11, 1658; died in the Ottawa missions, among the Miamis of St. Joseph’s River (near Niles, Mich.), the night of Aug. 27-28, 1689.
83. Lauzier (al. Lozier), Br. Guillaume; Province of France. Arrived in Canada before 1659; died at Quebec, Apr. 10, 1670.
84. Nouvel, Fr. Henri; Province of Toulouse. Born at Pézenas, Hérault, in 1621 (al. March 1, 1624); entered the Order, Aug. 28, 1648; arrived at Quebec, [Page 148] Aug. 4, 1662; died in the Ottawa missions, near Green Bay, Wis., in 1702[37] (al. at Quebec, Oct. 7, 1674; al. at Aix-la-Chapelle, Jan. 3, 1696).
85. Garnier, Fr. Julien; Province of France. Born at Saint-Brieux, Brittany, Jan. 6, 1643; entered the Order at Paris, Sept. 25 (al. 26), 1660; arrived in Canada, Oct. 27, 1662; ordained at Quebec in 1668; died at Quebec, Jan. 31 (al. 13), 1730.
86. Simon, Fr. Charles; Province of France. Born at Bourges, Feb. 5, 1620; entered the Order, Dec. 16, 1638; arrived in Canada, Oct. 27, 1662; returned to France, Sept. 6, 1663; died at Pontoise, March 9, 1697 (al. La Flèche, Jan. 6, 1690).
87. Raffeix, Fr. Pierre; Province of Toulouse. Born at Clermont, Auvergne, Jan. 15, 1635 (al. 1633); entered the Order at Toulouse, March 23 (al. 25), 1653; arrived in Canada, March 22, 1663; died at Quebec, Aug. 29, 1724.
88. Le Boesme, Br. Louis; Province of Toulouse. Born at Saintes, Aug. 25, 1632;[38] entered the Order, Nov. 24, 1650; arrived for the second time in Canada, after his first vows, in 1656; died in 1709.
89. Largilier dit Le Castor, Br. Jacques; Province of France. Born about 1634; arrived in Canada before 1664; entered the Order about 1690; had been a donné since 1664; died at Kaskaskia, Nov. 4, 1714
90. Nicolas, Fr, Louis; Province of Toulouse. Born at Aubenas, Ardéche, Aug. 24, 1634; entered the Order at Toulouse, Sept. 16, 1654; returned to France in 1675. Left the Order in 1678.
91. Beschefer, Fr. Thierry (i.e. Theodoric); Province of Champagne. Born at Châlons-sur-Marne, May (al. March) 25, 1630; entered the Order at Nancy, May 24, 1647; arrived at Quebec, June 19, [Page 149] 1665; returned to France in 1690 (al. 1689); died at Rheims, Feb. 4, 1711.
92. Bardy, Fr. Claude; Province of France. Arrived at Quebec, June 30, 1665; returned to France, Aug. 28, 1667.
93. 93, Bruyas, Fr. Jacques; Province of Lyons. Born at Lyons, July 13, 1635 (al. 1637); entered the Order, Nov. 11, 1651; arrived in Canada, Aug. 3, 1666; died at Sault-St-Louis, Caughnawaga, June 15, 1712.
94. Elye, Mr. Jean François; Province of France. Arrived in Canada, Aug. 3, 1666; returned to France, Oct. 14, 1667. Dismissed.
95. Carheil, Fr, Étienne de; Province of France. Born at the Château de la Guichardaye, Carentoir, Nov. 20, 1633 (al Nov. 10, 1634); entered the Order, Aug. 30, 1652 (al. Oct. 3, 1653); arrived at Quebec, Aug. 6, 1666; died at Quebec, July 27, 1726.
96. Marquette, Fr. Jacques; Province of Champagne. Born at Laon, June 10, 1637; entered the Order at Nancy, Oct. 8, 1654; arrived at Quebec, Sept. 20, 1666; died near the present site of Ludington, Mich., May 18, 1675. His remains were transferred two years after, and (on Whittuesday, June 8, 1677) were buried in the mission Chapel, near Point St. Ignace, at the head of East Moran Bay. There they were discovered, Sept. 3, 1877, by V. R. Fr. E. Jacker. The little monument erected at the spot covers part of his remains; but the larger portion are preserved at Marquette College, Milwaukee.
97. Pierron, Fr. Jean; Province of Champagne. Born at Dun-sur-Meuse, Sept. 28, 1631; entered the Order at Nancy, Nov. 21 (al. 29), 1650; arrived in Canada, June 27, 1667; returned to France in 1678; [Page 150] died at Pont-a-Mousson, Feb. 20 (al. 14), 1700 (al. 1701).
98. Beaulieu, Fr. Louis de; Province of Lyons. Born at Bourges, in 1635; entered the Order at Lyons, Sept. 13, 1651; arrived at Quebec, Sept, 25, 1667; returned to France in 1670.
99. Maigneret, Br. Pierre; Province of France. Born in 1642; arrived in Canada, Sept. 25, 1667; died at Quebec, in October, 1722.
100. Pierson, Fr. Philippe; Galle-Belgian Province. Born at Ath, Hainaut, Belgium, Jan. 4, 1642; entered the Order at Tournay, Oct. 6 (al. 26), 1660; arrived in Canada, Sept. 25, 1667; died at Lorette (al. Quebec) in 1688.
101. Milet (al. Millet), Fr. Pierre; Province of France. Born at Bourges, Nov. 19 (al. 18), 1635 (al. 1631); entered the Order at Paris, Oct. 3, 1655; arrived in Canada, Aug. 5, 1667 (al. 1668); died at Quebec, March 22 (al. Dec. 31), 1709 (d. 1708).
102. Blanchet, Fr. Jean Bernard; Province of Aquitaine. Born at Ile-Dieu, Vendée (al. Potiers), Sept. 29, 1629; entered the Order at Bordeaux, May 27, 1650; arrived in Canada in 1668; returned to France in 1670; died at Poitiers, Nov. 5, 1707.
103. Juchereau, Br. Noël; Province of France. Born in 1647; entered the Order in 1665; arrived in Canada in 1668; drowned at Quebec, Nov. 3, 1672.
104. André, Fr. Louis; Province of Lyons. Born at Saint-Rémy, Bouches-du-Rhône, May 28 1623 (al. 1631); entered the Order at Lyons Sept. 12, 1750; arrived in Canada, June 7, 1669; died at Quebec, Sept. 19, 1715.
105. Boniface, Fr. François; Province of France. Born at Arras, Aug. 11 1635; entered the Order at [Page 151] Paris, Sept. 30, 1652; arrived in Canada in 1669; died at Quebec, Sept. 19, 1715.
106. Lamberville, Fr. Jean de; Province of France. Born at Rouen, Dec. 27, 1633 (al. 1635, 1636); entered the Order at Paris, March 3, 1656 (al. 1655); arrived in Canada in 1669; died at Paris, Feb. 6, 1714.
107. Vaillant de Gueslis (ad. Guélis), Fr. François; Province of France. Born at Orleans, July 20, 1646 (al. 1649); entered the Order at Paris, Nov. 10, 1665; arrived in Canada in 1669 (al. 1670); returned to France in 1715; died at Moulins, Sept. 24, 1718.
108. Crépieul (al. Crespieul), Fr. François de; Galle-Belgian Province. Born at Arras, March 17 (al. 16), 1638 (al. 1639; al. May 7, 1638); entered the Order at Tournay, Oct. 29 (al. Sept. 27), 1658; arrived in Canada in 1670; died at Quebec in 1702, after Oct. 28.
109. Matthieu, Fr. Guillaume; Province of France. Arrived in Canada in 1670; returned to France in 1676; died at La Rochelle, Feb. 5, 1677.
110. Robaud, Fr. Jacques; Province of France. Arrived in Canada in 1670; died on the passage out, through assisting the fever-stricken.
111. Dumont, Br. Claude; Province of France. Arrived in Canada before 1671; entered the Order at Quebec in 1671; returned to France in 1678.
112. Dalmas, Fr. Antoine; Province of France. Born at Tours, Aug. 4, 1636; entered the Order at Paris, Oct. 8, 1652.; arrived in Canada in 1671 (al. 1670). Killed at Fort Ste-Anne, Hudson’s Bay, by Guillory, a French armorer, May 4, 1693.
113. Vaultier, Fr. Jacques; Province of France. Born in Paris, July 1, 1645 (al. 1644); entered the Order at Paris, Sept. 2, 1661; arrived in Canada in [Page 152] 1673 (al. 1672); returned to France in 1681 (al. 1680); died at Orleans, Jan. 25, 1709 (al. 1707).
114. Bouvart, Fr. Martin; Province of France. Born at Chartres, Aug. 15, 1637 (al. 1639); entered the Order at Paris, Aug. 10, 1658; arrived in Canada, Sept. 30, 1673; died at Quebec, Aug. 10, 1705.
