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 François Pelletier dit Antaya & Marguerite Morisseau

The story of an explorer and a fille à marier, deeply entrenched the fur trade

François Pelletier dit Antaya

François Pelletier dit Antaya, the son of Nicolas Pelletier and Jeanne Devoisy, was born circa 1635 in the parish of St-Pierre-et-St-Paul in Gallardon, Eure-et-Loir, France.[i] François was the second of eight children. He and his older brother Jean were born in France, while his younger siblings were all born in Québec [city].

Around 1636, François' parents decided to leave France with their young family to settle in New France.[ii] The Pelletier family first lived in Québec, then in the seigneury of Sillery. François does not appear in the public record in Canada until 1659.  

In November of 1659, the Journal des Jésuites reports that "Le 21. partit le P. Albanel pour aller hyverner à Tadousac avec Guillaume Boivin & François Pelletier d'une part, & Mons. d'Auteuil & deux matelots de l'autre. C'est une espreuve qu'on fait, pour voir si cela se doit continuer, n'ayant encore jamais esté fait de la sorte ; Guill. Boivin estoit à nos fraits, & non Fr. Pelletier, quoyque soubs nostre nom."[iii]

Translated, "On the 21st Father Albanel left to spend the winter at Tadoussac with Guillaume Boivin and François Pelletier on the one hand, and Monsignor d'Auteuil and two sailors on the other. It is a test that we do so, to see if it should continue, having never before been done in this way; Guillaume Boivin was at our expense, and not François Pelletier, although he was [travelling] under our name."  

Travels among the Indigenous

An entry from the Canadian Dictionary of Biography sheds some light on François' activities at the time: "On 29 Jan. 1659, shortly after his arrival in Canada, [Noël] Jérémie married Jeanne Pelletier at Quebec. He had already been interested in the fur trade, travelling with his brother-in-law François Pelletier among the northern tribes."[v]

In April of 1660, François married an indigenous woman known only as Dorothée, likely in Tadoussac, as both were living there at the time.[vi] The Journal des Jésuites reports that "La veille arriva de Tadoussac le P. Albanel, qui devant son départ de Tadoussac avoit marié un françois nommé François Pelletier avec sauvagesse chrestienne sans publication de bans, ny advis donné par deçà aux parents, ny à Mons. l'Evesque, ny Mons. le Gouverneur; ce qui fit beaucoup de bruit."[vii] 

Translated, "The day before, Father Albanel arrived from Tadoussac, who before his departure from Tadoussac had married a Frenchman named François Pelletier with a Christian "savage" without publication of banns, no notice given to the parents, neither to Monsignor the Bishop, nor to Monsignor the Governor, which made a lot of noise."

The union was short-lived, however, as Dorothée died about a year later at the hospital in Québec. She was buried in the vault under the hospital on 13 Apr 1661, after receiving the sacraments of the church.[viii] No children appear to have been born of this union.  

“Antaya”

After his wife's death, François appears to have adopted the surname "Antaya", perhaps an indigenous name connected to Dorothée. François was the first to bear this dit name, and it is uniquely his descendants that have used it. Its etymology and origins are unknown. According to the Association des Familles Pelletier, two genealogists have advanced theories on the Antaya name:[ix]

• Sorel genealogist Louise Pelletier argues that "the true origin of the name Antaya comes from Montagnais stock", and that it would have appeared for the first time in 1641 as " Antanyé ”or“ Antangé ”. She presented as supporting evidence a map of Quebec dating from 1641 which shows "the location of an Indian cabin near the Canardière stream at Notre-Dame des Anges." Although the name on the card is not legible in the copy, Pelletier confirmed that it reads "Antanyé" or "Antangé", and that it is "probably a Montagnais name".

• Yves J. Antaya, originally from British Columbia, translated Ms. Pelletier's text under the title “The Antaya Family Story”. He argues that the name is not of Montagnais origin (an Algonquian language) but rather of Huron origin (an Iroquois language). In his translation, he indicates typical Montagnais words, such as "Nikabau" and "Pachabanokoué" by saying that these words hardly resemble the name "Antaya". In addition, he mentions an old French-Huron dictionary, written by the Jesuits in the seventeenth century, in which are found the words "antaye" and "ataya", which would mean, respectively, "near the lands" and " the tobacco ".

In 1661, likely after his wife's death, François continued to travel throughout New France, in the company of indigenous guides. Additional entries from the Canadian Dictionary of Biography provide details on this expedition:

• […] "He [Guillaume Couture] agreed to take part, along with Fathers Gabriel Druillettes and also Claude Dablon, Denis Guyon, and François Pelletier, in an expedition sent by Governor Voyer d'Argenson to discover the northern sea. The Indian guides, dreading the presence of Iroquois in the region, abandoned the French at the watershed".[x]

• "In 1661, with Father Gabriel Druillettes and five Frenchmen, he [Claude Dablon] proceeded up the Saguenay as far as Chicoutimi, went to Lac Saint-Jean, and undertook an exploratory expedition with the object of determining whether the northern sea was linked in some manner to the western sea and the southern one. Having got to Nekouba the group had reached the level of the watershed, and dread of the Iroquois struck terror into the Montagnais [also known as Innu] who were acting as guides for the French".[xi]

• "In 1661 he [father Gabriel Druillettes] conceived the fantastic plan of resuming this journey by way of Tadoussac, the Saguenay, and Hudson Bay. With Claude Dablon and Guillaume Couture he reached the watershed, at Lac Nikabau. But fear of the Iroquois, even in those distant regions, caused the defection of his Indian guides, who went back to Tadoussac".[xii] 

Marguerite Morisseau

Marguerite Morisseau, the daughter of Julien Morisseau and Anne Brelancour, was born around 1643 in the parish of St-Pierre in Roye, Picardie, France.[xiii] She was a fille à marier (a "girl to marry" or "marriageable girl").

On 26 Sep 1661, François Pelletier dit Antaya and Marguerite Morisseau were married at the church in Sillery (though the record appears in the parish register of Notre-Dame in Québec).[xiv] At the time of their wedding, Marguerite was about 18 years old; François was about 26. 

François and Marguerite had a total of ten children: [xv] [xvi]

• Marie Angélique (1662-1741) married François Lamontagne dit Badayac/Banliac and Antoine Dejarlais dit St-Amand. She had 9 children with her first husband. 

• François Xavier (1663-?) married Marie Madeleine Tune dite Dufresne. François Xavier was a voyageur. They only had one child, who also became a voyageur.

• Joseph (1665-aft. 1690)

• Marie Marguerite Agnès (1666-?) married Charles Boucher. They had 11 children.

• Geneviève (1668-?) married Jacques Desgagné. They had 7 children.

• Catherine (ca. 1672-1743) married Denis Foucault dit Lefrançois. They had 7 children. 

• Michel (ca. 1674-?) married Françoise Meneu dite Châteauneuf. They had 13 children, two of whom became voyageurs.

• Pierre (1676-1757) married Marie Marguerite Rousseau. They had 11 children, including 3 three sets of twins.

• Elisabeth (1677-bef. 1681)

• Louise (1678-1703) married Jean Baptiste Deblois dit Grégoire. She died just a few months after her wedding.

François' name appears in several court documents over the next few years:

• 13 Oct 1663: François was ordered to pay the sum of 73 pounds and 10 sols to Sieur Étienne Renaud. [xvii]

• 13 Oct 1663: François was ordered to pay the sum of 165 pounds 13 sols and 6 deniers to Jacques de la Mothe. [xviii]

• 9 Feb 1664: François, with his brother Jean, were ordered to spend one hour in prison for the insolence of having accused Sieur d'Auteuil of giving drinks to "savages" in the middle of the Council. [xix]

• 5 Apr 1664: François was ordered to pay the sum of 154 pounds 1 sol and 6 deniers to Aubert sieur de la Chesnaye. [xx]

   

In 1667, the Pelletier family was the very first to appear in the New France census. François and Marguerite are living in Québec with their four children. [xxi]

Fief & Seigneurie

 On 22 Oct 1675, François Pelletier and Marguerite Morisseau, residing in Sorel, purchased the fief and seigneurie de Dorvilliers located above the Richelieu Islands from Philippe Gaultier de Comporté.[xxviii] The land measured half a league of frontage [on the river] by one league deep, and included the Isle aux Foings [spelled Île aux Foins today]. It became also known as the Seigneurie d'Antaya, and François became a "seigneur". Its territory has been part of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier since the abolition of the seigneurial regime in 1854. The seigneurie is #12 on this map. 

Pelletier vs. Chorel

In 1678, François and Marguerite's legal troubles with François Chorel began, and would continue long after their deaths. On 14 Nov 1678, a default was granted to Chorel, sieur de Saint-Romain, merchant of Champlain, plaintiff, against François Pelletier dit Antaya, resident of Dorvilliers near D'autray, defendant and defaulter. It was ordered that the plaintiff would have to prove the payment of 200 pounds which he claimed to have made.[xxix]

In 1681, the Pelletier family was recorded in the New France census living in the seigneurie D'Autray [the Seigneurie d'Antaya was located between the seigneuries of D'Autray and Berthier; it was likely included in the seigneurie D'Autray for this census]. François was 48 and Marguerite was 37. Eight of their children were living in the household. They owned 3 guns, 10 heads of cattle and 16 arpents of cleared land.[xxx] 

Death of François Pelletier dit Antaya

We don't know when François Pelletier dit Antaya died, but it was sometime before 1 Aug 1688, when Marguerite was recorded as a widow in a notarial document.

On that date, Marguerite signed a contract (with her mark, as she did not know how to sign) with François Cottu and Jean Bougueran before notary Antoine Adhémar in Montréal. She was acting as engageur, or a recruiter of voyageurs, and was recorded as the seigneuress of Dorvilliers.[xxxi] It was a rare profession for a woman at the time.

In his contract, Jean Bougueran agreed "to make the trip to the Outaouais, starting from today and ending in the fall of next year, 1689, during which time the said Bougueran promises to obey Cottu, who is going to the said countries of the Outaouais for the said Mauriceau and to do his best faithfully, on the condition that he will be fed during the aforesaid time; and in addition, the said mauriceau promises to pay him for his wages the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds in beaver [pelts] at the price of the Quebec office on his return to this city (Montreal ). In addition, the said Mauriceau obliges to give him before his departure a gun, a blanket, three shirts, a hood, a tapabor (leather hood) and six pounds of tobacco, which the said Bougueran will be able to trade to his profit; and the beaver and other pelts that he will collect, will embark them in the canoe for the trip back (...)."[xxxii]

Marguerite was summoned to court on several occasions over the next decade. All cases pitted her against François Chorel, sieur de Saint-Romain, regarding the seigneurie d'Antaya. The seigneury was the subject of seizure and litigation on the part of François Chorel de Saint-Romain and his heirs over a debt that François Pelletier owed him. This conflict was only resolved in 1724 [the Chorel descendants received monetary compensation, while the Pelletier descendants kept the seigneurie].[xxxiii]

• 1 Jun 1693: Marguerite Morisseau, widow of François Pelletier Antaya, residing in Sorel, was ordered to pay François Chorel the sum of 740 pounds, 6 sols and 6 deniers, with interest, for a debt incurred by her and her husband.[xxxiv] 

• 13 Jul 1693: following the previous court case, François Chorel seized the land and seigneury called Dorvilliers from Marguerite Morisseau, widow of the late François Pelletier Antaya, for an obligation by the late Antaya and said Morisseau of the sum of 740 pounds and 6 sols, with interest. By virtue of the sentence rendered on June 1, where the said Morisseau was in default, the seizure was declared valid. It was ordered, for lack of payment on the part of the widow Antaya, that the land and the seigneury of Dorvilliers be put to auction.[xxxv]

• 2 Oct 1702: a default was granted to Marguerite Morisseau, widow of Antaya, against François Chorel, as he failed to appear at the summons given to him on July 11 last, which had expired.[xxxvi]

• 6 Nov 1702: François Chorel was ordered to provide within a month to Marguerite-Madeleine Morisseau, widow of François Pelletier dit Antaya, the documents by virtue of which he claimed what was owed to him by the succession of the deceased Pelletier, as well as the decree he claimed to have had in the Jurisdiction of Trois-Rivières, of the land of the said deceased.[xxxvii]

Death of Marguerite Morisseau

Marguerite Morisseau died at the age of about 64 on 15 Dec 1707 at the Hôtel-Dieu in Québec. She was buried the same day in the parish cemetery of Notre-Dame.[xxxviii]

 


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Sources & Further Reading

 [i] Université de Montréal, Programme de recherche en démographie historique (https://www.prdh-igd.com : accessed 16 Sep 2021), dictionary entry for François Pelletier, person 60567.

[ii] Marcel Trudel, Catalogue des Immigrants, 1632-1662 (Montréal: Éditions Hurtubise HMH, 1983), page 62, entry for Nicolas Pelletier, immigrated circa 1636.

[iii] "Le journal des jésuites : publié d'après le manuscrit original conservé aux archives du Séminaire de Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2022210 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), p. 268.

[iv] Marc St-Hilaire, "Tadoussac".  The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada (https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tadoussac : accessed 20 Sep 2021). Article published September 24, 2009; Last Edited June 27, 2019.

[v] André Vachon, “JÉRÉMIE, dit Lamontagne, NOËL,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/jeremie_noel_1E.html : accessed 20 Sep 2021), vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003.

[vi] Université de Montréal, Programme de recherche en démographie historique (https://www.prdh-igd.com : accessed 16 Sep 2021), marriage of François Pelletier and Sauvagesse, Apr 1660, priest Albanel, union 94011.

[vii] "Le journal des jésuites : publié d'après le manuscrit original conservé aux archives du Séminaire de Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2022210 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), p. 281.

[viii] "Actes d’état civil et registres d’église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1967", digital images, Ancestry.ca (https://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 16 Sep 2021), burial of Dorothée, 13 Apr 1661, Québec (Notre-Dame); citing original data: Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp.

[ix] Benoit Pelletier Shoja, "Le nom de famille Antaya", Association des Familles Pelletier (http://associationpelletier.ca/GrandesFamilles/NicolasPelletier/Antaya.html : accessed 20 Sep 2021), 2005.

[x] Raymond Douville, “COUTURE (Cousture), GUILLAUME (d. 1701),” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/couture_guillaume_1701_2E.html : accessed 20 Sep 2021), vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003.

[xi] Marie-Jean-d’Ars Charette, c.s.c., “DABLON, CLAUDE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/dablon_claude_1E.html: accessed 20 Sep 2021, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003.

[xii] Lucien Campeau, “DRUILLETTES (Dreuillettes, Drouillettes, Drouillet, Droulletes, Drueillettes, Druilletes), GABRIEL,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography (http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/druillettes_gabriel_1E.html : accessed 20 Sep 2021),  vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003.

[xiii] Université de Montréal, Programme de recherche en démographie historique (https://www.prdh-igd.com : accessed 16 Sep 2021), online dictionary entry for Marguerite Morisseau, person #55219.

[xiv] "Actes d’état civil et registres d’église du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1967", digital images, Ancestry.ca (https://www.ancestry.ca/ : accessed 16 Sep 2021), marriage of François Peltier and Marguerite Madeleine Morisseau, 26 Sep 1661, Québec (Notre-Dame); citing original data: Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, comp.

[xv] René Jetté and the PRDH, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730 (Montréal, Gaëtan Morin Éditeur, 1983), page 888, entry for François Pelletier and Marguerite Morisseau.

[xvi] Université de Montréal, Programme de recherche en démographie historique (https://www.prdh-igd.com : accessed 16 Sep 2021), online dictionary entry for François Pelletier Antaya and Marguerite Morisseau, union #1428.

[xvii] "Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/401474 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Arrêt condamnant François Pelletier à payer la somme de 73 livres et 10 sols au sieur Étienne Renaud (Renault), écrivain du vaisseau «l'Aigle d'Or»", 13 Oct 1663, reference TP1,S28,P1385, ID 401474; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre plumitif no 1 Bis des arrêts, jugements et délibérations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (26 septembre 1663 au 23 août 1664), f. 3v.

[xviii] "Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/401475 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Arrêt condamnant François Pelletier à payer la somme de 165 livres 13 sols et 6 deniers à Jacques de la Mothe", 13 Oct 1663, reference TP1,S28,P1386, ID 401475; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre plumitif no 1 Bis des arrêts, jugements et délibérations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (26 septembre 1663 au 23 août 1664), f. 3v.

[xix] "Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/398540 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Arrêt ordonnant que les charges et informations faites par le sieur d'Auteuil, concernant l'accusation de traite de boissons aux sauvages de Jean et François Pelletier, à l'encontre de Sébastien Liénard et Jean Hayot seront communiqué au procureur général et condamnation des frères Pelletier, à une heure de prison pour l'insolence d'avoir accusé en plein Conseil le sieur d'Auteuil d'avoir traité des boissons aux sauvages (Amérindiens), sauf à eux de faire leurs plainte par les voies ordinaires", 8 Feb 1664, reference TP1,S28,P72, ID 398540; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre no 1 des arrêts, jugements et délibérations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (18 septembre 1663 au 19 décembre 1676), f. 10v.

[xx] "Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/401734 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Jugement condamnant François Pelletier à payer à Aubert sieur de la Chesnaye (LaChesnaye), la somme 154 livres 1 sol et 6 deniers", 5 Apr 1664, reference TP1,S28,P1645, ID 401734; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre plumitif no 1 Bis des arrêts, jugements et délibérations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (26 septembre 1663 au 23 août 1664), f. 3v.

[xxi] "Recensement du Canada, 1667", Library and Archives Canada (https://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ : accessed 16 Sep 2021), entry for François Pelletier, 1667, Québec, Finding aid no. MSS0446, Item ID number: 2318857; citing original data: Centre des archives d'outre-mer (France) vol. 460.

[xxii] "Fonds Ministère des Terres et Forêts - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/260267 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Concession d'une située dans la seigneurie des Sauvages (Sillery), accordée par les Jésuites à François Pelletier, signé François LeMercier, supérieur des Pères Jésuites", 13 Feb 1667, reference E21,S64,SS5,SSS7,D47, ID 260267.

[xxiii] Parchemin, notarial database of ancient Québec (1626-1801), under the direction of Hélène Lafortune and Normand Robert, Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, (www.Archiv-Histo.com : accessed 20 Sep 2021), " Démission d'une maison située en la basse ville de Quebecq de Daniel Biaille de Saint Meur, marchand, de La Rochelle, au profit de François Pelletier et Marguerite Moriceau, son épouse.", 13 Apr 1667, notary P. Duquet de Lachesnaye.

[xxiv] "Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/400240 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Appel mis à néant d'une sentence rendue par le lieutenant général, le 12 décembre 1667 contre Jacques Doublet et Pierre Richer, tailleur d'habits et au profit de François Pelletier", 19 Dec 1667, reference TP1,S28,P561, ID 400240; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre no 1 des arrêts, jugements et délibérations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (18 septembre 1663 au 19 décembre 1676), f. 82v.

[xxv] Parchemin, notarial database of ancient Québec (1626-1801), under the direction of Hélène Lafortune and Normand Robert, Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, (www.Archiv-Histo.com : accessed 20 Sep 2021), " Vente d'une terre située en la seigneurie de Dombourg; par Denis-Joseph Ruette-Dauteuil de Monceaux, écuyer, demeurant à Monceaux, se faisant fort pour François Peltier-Dantaya, de Richelieu, à Denis Masse, habitant, de la côte de St Ignace.", 5 May 1669, notary R. Becquet.

[xxvi] Parchemin, notarial database of ancient Québec (1626-1801), under the direction of Hélène Lafortune and Normand Robert, Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, (www.Archiv-Histo.com : accessed 17 Aug 2021), " Bail d'une maison; par Denis-Joseph Ruette-Dauteuil de Monceaux, écuyer, au nom et comme représentant le droit de François Peltier, à Nicolas Peltier, habitant, de la côte de Sillery.", 20 Aug 1669, notary R. Becquet.

[xxvii] Ibid., "Vente d'une habitation située à la côte de St François Xavier, paroisse de St Michel de Sillery; par François Peltier, habitant et Marguerite Morisseau, son épouse, de Saurel, à Denis-Joseph Ruette-Dauteuil de Monceaux, écuyer, de Monceaux.", 17 Jan 1671, notary R. Bequet.

[xxviii] Parchemin, notarial database of ancient Québec (1626-1801), under the direction of Hélène Lafortune and Normand Robert, Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, (www.Archiv-Histo.com : accessed 20 Sep 2021), "Vente d'un fief et seigneurie situé au-dessus des îles de Richelieu avec l'île aux Foings; par Philippe Gaultier de Comporté, écuyer, de la ville de Quebecq, à François Peltier, habitant et Marguerite Morisseau, son épouse, de Saurel.", 22 Oct 1675, notary R. Becquet.

[xxix] "Fonds Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières - BAnQ Trois-Rivières", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/435322 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Défaut accordé à François Chorel, sieur de Saint-Romain, marchand de Champlain, demandeur, comparant par Pierre Loyseau (Loiseau) dit Francoeur, son procureur, contre François Pelletier dit Antayat (Antaya), habitant de Dorvilliers près d'Autray (Dautray), défendeur et défaillant; il est ordonné que les parties viendront à compter et que le demandeur devra se justifier pour le paiement de 200 livres qu'il dit avoir fait; le défendeur est condamné aux dépens, signé Boyvinet (Boivinet)", 14 Nov 1678, reference TL3,S11,P1635, ID 435322; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre no 4 des audiences de la Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières, p. 196-197.

[xxx] "Recensement du Canada fait par l'intendant Du Chesneau", Library and Archives Canada (https://collectionscanada.gc.ca/ : accessed 16 Sep 2021), entry for François Pelletier, 14 Nov 1681, Québec, Finding aid no. MSS0446, MIKAN no. 2318858; citing original data: Centre des archives d'outre-mer (France) vol. 460.

[xxxi] Parchemin, notarial database of ancient Québec (1626-1801), under the direction of Hélène Lafortune and Normand Robert, Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, (www.Archiv-Histo.com : accessed 15 Sep 2021), " Engagement en qualité de voyageur de Jean Bougueran, de Berthier, à Marguerite Mauriceau, veuve de François Pelletier dit Ontaya, de Dorvilliers.", 1 Aug 1688, notary A. Adhémar de Saint-Martin.

[xxxii] Antoine Champagne, "L'ancêtre Jean Beaugrand-dit-Champagne", Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, Vol. IV, No. 2, Jun 1950, p. 78.

[xxxiii] "Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/400240 : accessed 20 Sep 2021), "Arrêt qui accorde une somme de 404 livres, 12 sols, 5 deniers etc., à François Chorel Dorvilliers, faisant tant pour lui que pour ses cohéritiers en la succession de feu François Chorel de Saint-Romain, son père, dans sa cause contre Pierre-François Pelletier dit Antaya, demeurant en la seigneurie et fief Dorvilliers, fondé de pouvoir de ses frères et soeurs, tous héritiers de feu François Pelletier et Marguerite Morisseau", 24 Jul 1724, reference TP1,S28,P16047, ID 410972; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre no 31 des arrêts, jugements et délibérations du Conseil supérieur (17 janvier 1724 au 2 octobre 1724), f. 144v-150.

[xxxiv] "Fonds Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières - BAnQ Trois-Rivières", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/436047 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Requête de Louis Fafard de Longval, demeurant à Trois-Rivières, au nom et comme ayant pouvoir par écrit de François Chorel de Saint-Romain, demandeur, à l'encontre de Marguerite Morisseau, veuve de François Pellettier (Pelletier) Antaya, demeurant à Sorel, tant en son nom que comme mère et tutrice naturelle des enfants mineurs issus de leur mariage, défenderesse. Le demandeur réclame la somme de 740 livres, 6 sols et 6 deniers, avec les intérêts, pour les causes portées par une obligation passée à son profit par le défunt Antaya et ladite Morisseau en plus d'avoir fait assigner Jacques Desgagniers (Desgagnés, Degagné), sergent d'une compagnie du détachement de la Marine, comme ayant épousé Geneviève Pellettier (Pelletier), demeurant à Sorel, François Banliac (Banhiac) dit La Montagne (Lamontagne), comme ayant épousé Marie Pellettier (Pelletier), demeurant aussi à Sorel, et Madeleine Thunay (Tune), veuve du défunt François Pellettier (Pelletier), demeurant à Champlain, enfants héritiers dudit défunt Antaya, leur père, pour voir déclarer exécutoire contre eux ladite obligation, ensemble à payer le profit et intérêts de la somme. Ladite défenderesse, défaillante, est condamnée à payer la somme de 740 livres, 6 sols et 6 deniers, avec les intérêts, au demandeur", 1 Jun 1693, reference TL3,S11,P2380, ID 436047; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre no 6 des audiences de la Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières (18 décembre 1690 au 14 janvier 1701), p. 106-107-108.

[xxxv] "Fonds Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières - BAnQ Trois-Rivières", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/436047 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Comparution de François Chorel de Saint-Romain, qui a fait procéder par voie de saisie réelle sur la terre et seigneurie appelées Dorvilliers sur Marguerite Morisseau, veuve du défunt François Pelletier Antaya, pour une obligation passée à son profit par le défunt Antaya et ladite Morisseau de la somme de 740 livres et 6 sols, avec les intérêts. En vertu de la sentence rendue le 1er juin dernier où ladite Morisseau était défaillante, la saisie réelle du sieur de Saint-Romain est déclarée bonne et valable. Il est donc ordonné, faute de paiement de la part de la veuve Antaya, que la terre et la seigneurie de Dorvilliers soient criées et subhastées", 13 Jul 1693, reference TL3,S11,P2384, ID 436051 ; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre no 6 des audiences de la Juridiction royale des Trois-Rivières (18 décembre 1690 au 14 janvier 1701), p. 111-112.

[xxxvi] "Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/407483 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), " Défaut accordé à Marguerite-Madeleine Morisseau, veuve François Pelletier dit Antaya, contre François Chorel, sieur de Saint-Romain, marchand de Champlain", 2 Oct 1702, reference TP1,S28,P7394, ID 407483; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre plumitif no 12 des arrêts, jugements et délibérations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (9 janvier 1702 au 11 décembre 1702), f. 30.

[xxxvii] "Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec", digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/407522 : accessed 16 Sep 2021), "Arrêt ordonnant à François Chorel, sieur de Saint-Romain, marchand de Champlain, de donner communication dans un mois à, Marguerite-Madeleine Morisseau, veuve de François Pelletier dit Antaya, des pièces en vertu desquelles il prétend ce qui lui est dû par la succession du défunt Pelletier, ainsi que du décret qu'il prétend avoir eu en la Juridiction des Trois-Rivières, de la terre et du fief du dit défunt", 6 Nov 1702, reference TP1,S28,P7433, ID 407522; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre plumitif no 12 des arrêts, jugements et délibérations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle-France (9 janvier 1702 au 11 décembre 1702), f. 37.

[xxxviii] René Jetté and the PRDH, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730 (Montréal, Gaëtan Morin Éditeur, 1983), page 888, entry for François Pelletier and Marguerite Morisseau.