Through Tubulent Times

Marguerite LeSage (1610-1643)

Marguerite Lesage arrived at Tadoussac aboard the 'Le Sallemande', on August 30, 1620, with the Langlois sisters and several other enterprising young men and women, ready to roll up their sleeves and develop a French settlement around the Kebec Trading Post.

Like Francois Langlois' husband, Pierre Des Portes; Marguerite's father was a member of the Company of 100 Associates, who then owned the financial interests in French Kebec; and young Marguerite was there to represent her family's interest.  In 1624, she acted as Godmother to Marguerite Martin, the daughter of Abraham Martin and Marguerite Langlois.  Like Helene Buille, Samuel De Champlain's wife; Marguerite spent a lot of time with the Langlois girls and all became good friends.  In 1629 she was married to Nicolas Pivert, probably an employee of the Company and they settled on land at Isle aux Couldres, 10 leagues below Kebec.  However, their happiness would be shortlived, when that same year, the Kirke Brothers launched raids on all French holdings, and the Pivert home was no exception.  They captured Marguerite and Nicolas, as well as a niece who was staying with them, and several men employed to look after the cattle. After agreeing to sign an allegiance with England, as did the Couillards and Heberts; they were allowed to go back to their farm and carry on their life as usual.  We last hear of them when Nicolas acted as Godfather to Louise Racine, the daughter of Marguerite's Goddaughter; Marguerite Martin, on September 2, 1641 at Notre-Dame in Quebec. Marguerite Lesage died on November 29, 1643; and her name can be found on the Hebert monument as one of the earliest French settlers of Quebec.

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