Anne Pelletier dite Passavant
Anne Pelletier known as Passavant, daughter of the late Mathurin Pelletier and Catherine LAGNEAU, of the parish of St-Pierre, c. Dreux, EV. Chartres, in Beauce. Born around 1643. Arrived in 1665. Died on December 12, 1686, in Pointe-aux-Trembles. She didn't know how to sign. She came to New France as the King's daughter.
Her marriage to Pierre Papin took place in Montreal on December 14, 1665. This Pierre was born around 1628 and he in turn died on April 8, 1715, and did not know how to sign either! The couple's household was established in Pointe-aux-Trembles and they had 8 children.
Anne made the crossing to New France aboard the ship: The St-Jean-Baptiste de Dieppe which had a tonnage of 300. She is registered as passenger #66. The name of the owner of the ship was: Aubert de la Chenaye, the name of the shipowner: La Compagnie des Indes and the name of the captain: Pierre Fillye. We guess that the ship took on board 90 Filles du Roy at the port of Dieppe and that it took 11 or 12 other Filles du Roy to Larochelle before sailing towards New France and arriving in Quebec on October 2, 1665. on board from this ship, another daughter of the King bearing the name of Pelletier, Marie Pelletier.
Anne declared herself 20 years old in the 1666 census, 26 years old in the 1667 census and 26 years old in the 1681 census.
Here is what we know about her husband, Pierre Papin. He was the son of François Papin and Michelle Lagneau of Notre-Dame de Sabli-sur-Sarthe, AR. La Flèche, EV. Le Mans, Maine (Sarthe). Pierre died at age 86 on April 8, 1715, and was buried the next day, April 9, in Boucherville.
Here are the descendants of this couple;
First generation
1- Pierre Papin, baptized on December 20, 1666, in Montréal. He died, killed by the English, in October 1690 at Pointe-aux-Trembles. In the 1681 census, he was a servant at the Seminary of Montréal.
2- Gilles Papin, baptized on March 14, 1669, in Montreal, he married Marie-Françoise Chaperon in 1693.
3- Élisabeth Papin, baptized in Montréal on September 27, 1671. She was the wife of Charles Demers in 1689.
4- Marie-Anne Papin, baptized in Montreal on December 13, 1673, died by drowning in Montreal on June 28, 1687, buried the next day.
5- François Papin, born in Pointe-aux-Trembles, baptized in Montréal on March 8, 1676.
6- Catherine Papin, born August 10, 1678, in Côte-Saint-Jean, baptized August 13, 1678, in Pointe-aux-Trembles. Burial, October 27, 1687.
7- Jean Papin, born in Côte-Saint-Jean and baptized on June 1, 1681, in Pointe-aux-Trembles. Burial, August 26, 1684.
8- Suzanne Papin, baptized on May 20, 1684, in Pointe-aux-Trembles. Burial in Montréal on December 20, 1693.
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