Notes for Pierre Lefebvre

Notes for Pierre Lefebvre

Source: Dictionnaire Biographique des Ancetres Quebecois (1608-1700), Volume J-M (in collection of the National Archives of Canada), pg. 200:

"This ancestor [Pierre Lefebvre] was located in Trois-Rivieres from 1642. April 11, 1643 he witnessed an altercation between Guillaume Isabel and a man named Leneuf. August 15, 1644 Mr. de Montmagny granted him a parcel of land of 30 arpents in Trois-Rivieres. April 16, 1647, the company/army of New France granted him land that encompassed what would later become the domain of Gentilly. The following June 1st, he was among a number of Trois-Rivieres habitants who the Comanie de la Nouvelle-France permitted to clear the island on the middle of the river. He was taken prisoner by the Iroquois in 1648, but was taken back to Trois-Rivieres by an Iroquios known as "the shepherd". While visiting Quebec, August 6, 1650 Bertrand Fafartd admitted that, by mistake, he had built his house on his land. He agreed to let him have it on the condition that he not do any minor repairs to protect against rain or snow and that he not find another place to live as long as the weather held out. IN return Fafartd provided on his land an equivalent space to what he had on the others. La Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France granted him more land in Trois Rivieres, June 14, 1650. He acquired a small island called " L'Islet" in 1652, and a site in Trois-Rivieres. July 21, 1655 Jacques Aubuchon pursued him for damages done to his garden by one of his pigs. As prosecutor of Martin Boulet, Piere Boucher sold him a parcel of land in Cap-de-la-Madeline on May 11, 1656 for the price of 350 pounds. It's at this place that he was going to settle. He was chosen as manager/agent of the habitants in 1658. July 16, 1660 he was chosen whith Antoine Desrosiers to assess the house of Jacques Brisset in Trois-Rivieres. The latter was taken prisoner by the Iroquios. The lord Jean Godefroy went after him Sept. 2, 1662 for damages done on his land by his livestock. Rene Besnard evaluated the damage. He was elected church warden in 1663. May 17, while a guardian of the small children of the late Bertrand Fafartd he asked Rene Bresnard and Jacques Aubuchon for a home that belonged to Aubuchon but was located on the land of the late Bernard Fafartd, and another that belonged to Benard and situated on his land. He wond the case the following March 31st. August 25, 1663 him and his wife made mutual gifts of their beloingings. April 25, 1664, the Supreme Council, at the request of the church wardens from Trois-Rivieres, insisted that hte lord Leneuf and Franclis LaMaitre replace the sum of 1400 pounds that they took from a pension prvided by sales of fish which was applied to the construction of a church in Trois-Rivieres. The Jesuits granted him 2 arpents of frontage land in Cap-de-la-Madeleine on January 30, 1666. In the 1667 census, he lived in Cap-de-la-Madeleine and owned 7 horned animals and 80 arpents in acreage. January 5, 1668 he divided up his land with his sons Jacques and Michel, and the following July 16, he divided his personal estate and goods with all of his children. The preceeding July 11, he gave a land gift to Felix Thonage. We're not aware of the precise date of his death, which took place some time after the division of his estate and the writing of his will before the notary Ameau on July 16, 1668."