VERMET, Marie-Madeleine

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Sainte-Niquerre, France
• Name: //
• Name: Antoine Vermet
• Name: Antoine Vermet dit Laforme
• Residence: Canada
• Birth: 1636, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Found no town named Saint Nicaise near the city of Arras but this may have been a name from the ancient province of Artois. The closest modern day town I could find was St-Nicolas-lez-Arras but not sure if this is correct town.
• Birth: 1644, Arras, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
• _MILT: 1664, France; Antoine was a Carnignan soldier in the Grand Fontaine Company of the Poitou Regiment stationed at Blaye, Gironde; Aquitaine in France. The company was one of the first of 23 companies to arrive in New France & commanded by Hector D'ANDIGNÉ of Grandfontain
• Departure: 13 May 1665, La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Antoine boarded the "L'Aigle D'Or" (Captianed by Sieur de Villepars) with his company, La Fontaine and 3 other companies: La Frediere, La Motte and Salieres.
• Arrival: 19 Aug 1665, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada; Antoine arrived in Quebec with the Carignan soldiers dispatched to New France to quell the Iroquois uprisings. After his tour of duty, he decided to remain in New France, marry and have a family.
• _MILT: 1666, Fort Saint-Therese, Quebec, Canada; Upon arrival, the Cie Grandfontaine helped build Fort Ste-Therese and the road from the fort to Chambly. The company wintered over in Quebec (1666-1667) and 40 of the 60 soldiers were ill with scurvy.
• Immigration: Bef 1669, Quebec City, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada
• Occupation: 26 Aug 1669, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada; farmer

Notes:

Translation of parish registry: 11 April 1669. Having seen that the ba ns of marriage between Antoine Vermet, called LaForme, son of Fleury Ve rmet and Marie LeBlanc. His father and mother of the parish of St. Niqu are in the area of Arras and of Barbe Menard, daughter of Rene Menard a nd Judix Veillon. Her mother and father of LaRochelle and there being n o objections, I Morel, missionary priest perform the ceremony in the sa id Island. They were married according to the customs of the Holy Churc h in the presence of Pierre Longon and Francois DuPont, who live in the s aid Island and who have stated that there are no objections.

Signed

Morel, missionary priest

26 August, 1669

Translation of information found in the museum on the I’le d’Orleans
VERMET Antoine (c.1636 - Ant. 13-08-1713) said Laforme
Son of Fleury Asquet (Vermet) and Marie Leblanc, of the Saint-Nicaise parish of the of city d* Arras in Atois, he married at Sainte-Famille, the Island of Orléans on Monday, August 26, 1669, Barbe Menard, daughter of René Ménard and Judith Veillon, of the city of La Rochelle in Aunis. Eight children were born from their union.
This ancestor married in 1669 and settled at Saint-Famille and then Saint-François of the Orléans Island in a land of three acres frontage. On February 5th 1670, Marie-Barbe of Boulogne, widow of Louis Dailleboust, rented him a cow for five years, with 20 pounds the first year and 25 pounds for each of the remaining years. At the Census of 1681, he lived at the extreams of Saint-Famille and Saint-François of the Orléans Island. August 16, 1682, François Garinet sold a land to him at Saint-Francois of the Orléans Island at the price of 150 pounds.
The first of August 1684, he commited his daughter Marie-Anne to Étienne Landron, until she was married, at 36 pounds of wages the first three years and 50 pounds of wages for each of the remaining years. On the 30th of January 1685, he committed his daughter Marie-Madeleine to this same Étienne Landron untill she is ready to marry, because of 30 pounds the first three years and 40 pounds for each of the remaining years. His wife died at Sainte-Famille of the Orléans Island on 16 June 1685. On the 19th of March 1688, it is his daughter Marguerite, aged thirteen, whom he committed to Louise Delestre for three years, with his housing, his food, his maintenance and 30 pounds of wages annually. On 8th of May 1702, he committed his son John aged sixteen for four years as an apprentice Barber at Jean Chevalier with his housing, its food and its maintenance. We do not know the precise of his death before August the 13th 1713, date of the marriage contract of his son Jean.
ANQGN Radhakrishnan g. 05-02-1670 16-08-1682; 0108-1684 1903 - 1688: Duquet 30-01-1685; Lepailleur 08-05-1702.


Translation of information found in the museum on the I’le d’Orleans
VERMET Antoine (c.1636 - Ant. 13-08-1713) said Laforme
Son of Fleury Asquet (Vermet) and Marie Leblanc, of the Saint-Nicaise parish of the of city d* Arras in Atois, he married at Sainte-Famille, the Island of Orléans on Monday, August 26, 1669, Barbe Menard, daughter of René Ménard and Judith Veillon, of the city of La Rochelle in Aunis. Eight children were born from their union.
This ancestor married in 1669 and settled at Saint-Famille and then Saint-François of the Orléans Island in a land of three acres frontage. On February 5th 1670, Marie-Barbe of Boulogne, widow of Louis Dailleboust, rented him a cow for five years, with 20 pounds the first year and 25 pounds for each of the remaining years. At the Census of 1681, he lived at the extreams of Saint-Famille and Saint-François of the Orléans Island. August 16, 1682, François Garinet sold a land to him at Saint-Francois of the Orléans Island at the price of 150 pounds.
The first of August 1684, he commited his daughter Marie-Anne to Étienne Landron, until she was married, at 36 pounds of wages the first three years and 50 pounds of wages for each of the remaining years. On the 30th of January 1685, he committed his daughter Marie-Madeleine to this same Étienne Landron untill she is ready to marry, because of 30 pounds the first three years and 40 pounds for each of the remaining years. His wife died at Sainte-Famille of the Orléans Island on 16 June 1685. On the 19th of March 1688, it is his daughter Marguerite, aged thirteen, whom he committed to Louise Delestre for three years, with his housing, his food, his maintenance and 30 pounds of wages annually. On 8th of May 1702, he committed his son John aged sixteen for four years as an apprentice Barber at Jean Chevalier with his housing, its food and its maintenance. We do not know the precise of his death before August the 13th 1713, date of the marriage contract of his son Jean.
ANQGN Radhakrishnan g. 05-02-1670 16-08-1682; 0108-1684 1903 - 1688: Duquet 30-01-1685; Lepailleur 08-05-1702.

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Antoine was a farmer who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) from the Artois area of France about 1664 or 1665 (although, technically, it was the Spanish Netherlands at that time). He established a farm on Ile d'Orleans, an island in the St. Lawrence River east of Quebec City, Canada. Over time, Antoine's sons and their sons migrated from there south to Montreal and Michigan and east to Maine and down the New England coast of the United States.

Barbe Ménard was a fil du rois, or 'Daughter of the King'. About 700 of these young ladies were given a dowry by King Louis XIV to induce them to emigrate to the colony of New France. In 1669, 16 year-old Barbe arrived in Quebec with a group of fil du rois and shortly thereafter married Antoine. Barbe was from a Hugenot family (protestant followers of John Calvin) in New Rochelle, France. She and Antoine had seven children before she died giving birth to twins in 1685.

The photograph attached to the first message in this thread is of the Ile d'Orleans St. Famille parish registry for the year 1669. It shows the record of Antoine's and Barbe's marriage along with the names of their parents and the names of the witnesses.

I have a transcription of the entry in French, which I do not read. I can make out the essential phrases, but if there is someone out there willing to do a translation, I'll provide the transcription and we can all share the results.

For those of you who haven't connected your Vermette roots with Antoine and Barbe, post your "brick walls" here in this forum. If everyone combines their information, we can all make the connections and correct any errors in our information.

As in all things genealogical, those with different information are encouraged to speak up! One of the reasons I've posted this information is to get some life back into this board!


Birth:
LDS records show 1636, St Nicaise, Arras, Pas-De-Calais, France as year a nd place of birth. Pierre Vermette notes show handwritten entry for "b 1 644", with no location of birth. Civil notes show his age as 45 at the b irth of his son Jacques in 1681, making his birth year about 1636. His b irthplace is now known as Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France. At the time of A ntoine's birth however, that geographical area was known as the Spanish N etherlands and was reassigned to France in a subsequent treaty.

Found a church named St.Nicaise church in the town of Haisnes in Pas-de-Callais and also a St-Nicolas church in St-Nicoloas-les-arras but uncertain in which church he was baptized (if any at all)

Died:
Entries for death are shown in various sources as both 15 Oct 1708 and 2 5 Aug 1713

Antoine married MENARD, Marie Barbe on 26 Aug 1669 in Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada. Marie (daughter of MENARD, Rene and VEILLON, Judith) was born in 1653 in La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; was christened in 1653 in La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1685 in Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada; was buried on 17 Jun 1685 in Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Daughter of the King (Fille du Roi)
• Fille du Roi: Yes
• Name: //
• Misc: 1669; a fille du rois (Daughter of the King)/New Rochelle, Aunis, France
• Immigration: Abt May 1669, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
• Misc: 26 Aug 1669, Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada; was listed as Barbe Menard in her marriage registry
• Religion: 26 Aug 1669, Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada; Catholic
• Death: 1685, Sainte-Famille, L'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec, Canada

Notes:

Misc:
The Filles du Roi, or King's Daughters as they were later known, were s ome 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1 663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of Fran ce. Most were single French women and many were orphans. Their transpor tation to Canada and settlement in the colony were paid for by the King . Some were given a royal gift of a dowry of 50 livres for their marria ge to one of the many unmarried male colonists. These gifts are reflect ed in some of the marriage contracts entered into by the Filles du Roi a t the time of their first marriages. Some 737 of these women married a nd the resultant population explosion gave rise to the success of the c olony. Most of the millions of people of French Canadian descent today, b oth in Quebec and the rest of Canada and the USA, are descendants of on e or more of these courageous women of the 17th century.

Religion:
Barbe Menard's mother and maternal grandparents were Calvinists in New R ochelle, France. They were known as Huguenots, followers of French ref ormer and theologian John Calvin (1509-1564) who further reformed and s pread the Protestant theology originally founded by Martin Luther. Bar be's mother was baptised as a Calvinist but was married in the Catholic c hurch. She presumably converted to the Catholic church sometime prior t o her marriage. The Huguenots were persecuted for their religious beli efs from the early 1500's through the late 1700's. During the time of B arbe's childhood, New Rochelle was designated as a Huguenot refuge by t he Edict of Nantes, signed by Henry IV in April, 1598. The edict ende d the Wars of Religion, and allowed the Huguenots some religious freedo ms. The Edict of Nantes was revoked in October 1685 by Louis XIV which r esulted in new persecution of the Huguenots and the emigration of hundr eds of thousands of Huguenots to other countries.

Died:
Barbe Menard died giving birth to twins; Jean and a stillborn child of u ndetermined sex on 16 Jun 1685.

Notes:

Married:
Translation of parish registry: 11 April 1669. Having seen that the ba ns of marriage between Antoine Vermet, called LaForme, son of Fleury Ve rmet and Marie LeBlanc. His father and mother of the parish of St. Niqu are in the area of Arras and of Barbe Menard, daughter of Rene Menard a nd Judix Veillon. Her mother and father of LaRochelle and there being n o objections, I Morel, missionary priest perform the ceremony in the sa id Island. They were married according to the customs of the Holy Churc h in the presence of Pierre Longon and Francois DuPont, who live in the s aid Island and who have stated that there are no objections.

Signed

Morel, missionary priest

26 August, 1669

First marriage for both bride and groom. Missionary priest Morel performed the ceremony which was off-site on Ile D'Orleans but recorded in the Ste-Famille parish records. Witnesses: Pierre Longnon & Francois Dupon both residents of the island.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Fleury Asquet Vermet
• Name: Fleury Vernet-Asquet
• Birth: 1604, Arras, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Notes:

Birth:
Source: St. Famille, Ile d'Orleans Church

Fleury married LEBLANC, Marie before 1636 in Saint-Nicaise, Arras, Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France. Marie was born about 1620 in Saint-Nicaise, Arras, Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 30 Dec 1690 in Arras, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 1610, Arras, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; tailor
• Religion: 23 Feb 1612, La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Catholic

Rene married VEILLON, Judith on 9 Jul 1636 in La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. Judith (daughter of VEILLON, Pierre and GIRARD, Renee) was born on 3 Jan 1613 in La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; was christened on 7 Jan 1613 in La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; died in Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 7 Jan 1613, La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Calvinist
• Religion: 9 Jul 1636; Catholic/New Rochelle, Aunis, France

Notes:

Married:
Judith Veillon was baptised as a Calvinist but was married in the Catho lic church. She presumably converted to the Catholic church sometime p rior to her marriage to Rene Menard, who was baptised as a Catholic.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: carpenter

Pierre married TRINELLE, Louise in Rompsay, France. Louise was born in Rompsay, France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1613, La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Calvinist

Pierre married GIRARD, Renee on 29 May 1610 in La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France. Renee was born in France; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1613, La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France; Calvinist