Joseph Haynes Hinse
Read the fascinating story about how two brothers living in Haverhill, Massachusetts, were kidnapped and taken to Canada in 1696 by the Abenaki. Both Haynes brothers became known as "Joseph Hinse" and chose to remain in New France. They are the ancestors of thousands of French Canadians today. This is the story of the younger "Joseph Hinse," who became a Québec joiner, married four Canadian women and had 23 children!
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Joseph Haynes “Hinse”
Read the fascinating story about how two brothers living in Haverhill, Massachusetts, were kidnapped and taken to Canada in 1696 by the indigenous Abenaki. Both Haynes brothers became known as "Joseph Hinse" and chose to remain in New France. They are the ancestors of thousands of French Canadians today.
Joseph Haynes, son of Jonathan Haynes and Sarah Moulton, was born on August 4, 1689, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts in the United States. The Haynes family lived on a farm about two kilometers west of the village of Haverhill, on Hawkes Meadow Road.
Location of Haverhill in Massachusetts (map data © 2022 Google)
Taken
On August 15, 1696, Jonathan Haynes was harvesting within sight of his house while his four children were picking beans. A seemingly ordinary day turned tragic when a group of Abenaki attacked the village and kidnapped Jonathan and his children: Mary (19 years old), Thomas (16), Jonathan (12) and Joseph (7).
New England lives in fear
Attack on an English post by the French and the Indians in 1690, drawing by an unknown artist (Archive.org)
In the decade leading up to the Haverhill raid in 1696, there were numerous attacks on English settlers, as well as on "Indian" villages. These attacks were carried out as part of King Philip's War, then King William's War and finally Queen Anne's War. As a result, the villagers of New England lived in constant fear of retaliatory attacks.
Map of King William's War by Sémhur and Hoodinski (Wikimedia Commons)
The prisoners were brought to Penacook (now Concord) in New Hampshire, where they were separated. A group of Abenaki brought Jonathan Sr. and Thomas to Maine, where they managed to escape. On February 22, 1698, Jonathan Sr. and one of his neighbors, Samuel Ladd, were killed by a group of indigenous men.
“Haynes and Ladd, who lived in the western part of the town, had started that morning, with their teams, consisting of a yoke of oxen and a horse, each, and accompanied with their eldest sons, Joseph and Daniel, to bring home some of their hay, which had been cut and stacked the preceding summer, in their meadow, in the extreme western part of the town. While they were slowly returning, little dreaming of present danger, they suddenly found themselves between two files of Indians, who had concealed themselves in the bushes on each side of their path. There were seven of them on a side. With guns presented and cocked, and the fathers, seeing it was impossible to escape, begged for “quarter.” To this, the Indians twice replied, “boon quarter! boon quarter! “ (good quarter.) Young Ladd, who did not relish the idea of being quietly taken prisoner, told his father that he would mount the horse, and endeavor to escape. But the old man forbade him to make the attempt, telling him it was better to risk remaining a prisoner. He cut his father’s horse loose, however, and giving him the lash, he started off at full speed, and though repeatedly fired at by the Indians, succeeded in reaching home, and was the means of giving an immediate and general alarm.
Two of the Indians then stepped behind the fathers, and dealt them a heavy blow upon the head. Mr. Haynes, who was quite aged, instantly fell, but Ladd did not. Another of the savages then stepped before the latter, and raised his hatchet as if to strike. Ladd closed his eyes, expecting the blow would fall —but it came not —and when he again opened them, he saw the Indian laughing and mocking at his fears. Another immediately stepped behind him and felled him at a blow.
The Indians, on being asked why they killed the old men, said that they killed Haynes because he was ‘so old he no go with us;’ —meaning that he was too aged and infirm to travel ; and that they killed Ladd, who was a fierce, stern looking man, because ‘he so sour.’”
Thomas was captured again. He remained a prisoner for over a year before being released. The Indian chief allegedly gave him an ornamental cane as a sign of respect for his good behavior as a prisoner. This cane, about four feet long and broken into three pieces, is said to be at the New England Historical Genealogical Society in Boston.
Arrival in Canada
Meanwhile, Jonathan, Joseph and Mary were taken to Canada. The following winter, Mary was redeemed for 100 pounds of tobacco and returned to Haverhill. Jonathan grew up among the Abenaki for over ten years. It was during this period that he was baptized into the Catholic religion by a missionary priest and became “Joseph” [the baptismal certificate no longer exists]. This leads us to suspect that his brother Joseph was probably in another village.
“Abenaki Couple”, 18th-century watercolour by an unknown artist (Ville de Montréal)
In May 1710, two “Joseph Hins” appeared on letters of naturalization granted by His Majesty King Louis XIV to a large number of English Catholics. The first Hins lived in Cap Saint-Ignace, while the second lived on the Beaupré coast. According to the letters, the Hinse brothers could now enjoy all the rights and privileges that a Frenchman by birth would have. However, they could not leave New France without written permission. [There is no indication that the brothers met in Canada, or even knew of each other's existence there.]
Extract from the 1710 French letters of naturalization (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)
The name "Haynes" in French Canada has been written Hince, Hinse, Hin, Hinsse, Ins, Ince, Inns, etc.
Joseph Hinse's first marriage
The same year he obtained his naturalization, Joseph married Marguerite Marois, the daughter of Guillaume Marois, a clerk, and Catherine Laberge, from Beaupré. The couple appeared before notary Jacob on February 3, 1710, to draw up a marriage contract. Joseph “Hains” was anglais de nation (English by nation). Joseph and Marguerite were married a week later at L’Ange-Gardien. Joseph was 20 years old and declared that he did not know how to sign. Marguerite was 22 and knew how to sign her name.
The couple settled in L’Ange-Gardien and had five children: Marie Marguerite, Marie, Louis, Marie and Joseph. In 1716, Joseph and Marguerite were enumerated in the Québec City census living in the "Faubourg Saint-Nicolas or Quartier du Palais". According to the census, Joseph was 25 and worked as a day labourer. His wife was 29 years old.
Sadly, Marguerite Marois died at the young age of 29 on April 26, 1717, two days after the birth of her son Joseph. She was buried the next day in the Notre-Dame parish cemetery in Québec.
An inventory of the couple’s property was drawn up on February 7, 1718. According to the document, Joseph was a joiner in Québec City, living on rue des Pauvres (“Street of the Poor”). The street, which passed in front of the Hôtel-Dieu, got its name from the poor section of the hospital.
Map of the land belonging to the Religieuses Hospitalières et de l'Hôpital de Québec in 1748. The red rectangle identifies rue des Pauvres where Joseph Hinse lived (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec).
Second marriage
On May 26, 1718, Joseph Hinse and Dorothée Lessard had a marriage contract drawn up by notary Dubreuil. Joseph was a 28-year-old master joiner, living on rue des Pauvres. Dorothée was 26 years old, the daughter of Charles Lessard and Marie Anne Caron from Rivière-Saint-Charles in Québec. The couple married four days later in the parish of Notre-Dame in Québec after having received a spiritual affinity dispensation (Dorothée was the godmother of Marie Hinse, daughter of Joseph and Marguerite Marois).
1718 Marriage of Joseph Hinse and Dorothée Lessard (FamilySearch)
Joseph and Dorothée had five children: Marie Thérèse, Marie Madeleine, Marie Jeanne Josèphe, Claude Louis and Dorothée. Dorothée Lessard died at the young age of 33 on October 23, 1724, at the Hôtel-Dieu in Québec. She was buried the next day in the cemetery for the poor. [Interestingly, it wasn’t only the poor who were buried there. Many rich and well-known people chose to be buried among the poor, as a way to repent at the end of their lives.]
1724 Burial of Dorothée Lessard (Ancestry)
Land Transactions
Joseph's name appears several times in notarial records from 1718 to 1724:
June 15, 1718: sale of land located in the Deschambault seigneurie by Joseph “Hains”, master joiner from Québec City, to Thomas Géaufroy.
March 25, 1721: exchange of land located on Saint-Flavien Street in the Upper Town of Québec in return for a share of land located on the Saint-Charles River between Joseph “Heins” and Jacques Deguise.
August 20, 1721: sale of land dependent on land and fief of the Seminary by the Séminaire de Québec to Joseph "Heins", joiner.
November 30, 1721: contract for the construction of a house in the Upper Town of Québec, Saint-Flavien Street by Jacques Deguise and Louis Chapeau, and Joseph “Heins”, carpenter.
June 1, 1722: sale of a site located on rue Saint-Charles by the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, to Joseph "Ainse". [Today the former Saint-Charles Street is part of Saint-Vallier Street East.]
October 13, 1722: sale of land facing Saint-Flavien Street by Joseph "Hains", joiner, to Barthélemy Juneau.
July 18, 1724: concession of a site located in the Upper Town of Québec by the Séminaire de Québec to Joseph "Heins", joiner.
Map of part of the Upper Town of Québec and the Faubourg Saint-Jean-Baptiste in 1746. The red rectangle identifies Saint-Charles Street where Joseph Hinse lived (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec).
Third Marriage
On June 11, 1726, notary Dubreuil prepared the inventory of the property of the Hinse-Lessard couple. "Joseph Heins, joiner", lived in Québec on Saint-Flavien Street. A few weeks later, on July 1, Joseph married his third wife, Marie Françoise Pinel dite Lafrance, in Québec. Joseph was 36 years old. Marie Françoise was 28 years old, the daughter of François Pinel dit Lafrance and Marie Louise Constantineau, of the parish of Saint-François-de-Sales in Pointe-aux-Trembles (seigneurie of Neuville).
Joseph and Marie Françoise only had two children, Marie Louise and Basile, before Marie Françoise's death. She died at the age of 30 on February 24, 1729, a week after Basil was born. Marie Françoise was buried two days later in the Notre-Dame parish cemetery in Québec.
Maternal Mortality
In New France, childbirth was extremely painful and potentially life-threatening, with 1 to 2% of women dying in the 60 days following childbirth. Or put another way, one death occurred with every 24 births. Without modern medicine and conveniences, pregnancy and childbirth were physically demanding, if not dangerous. The risk of maternal mortality was highest in the two or three days after childbirth, when the mother could die from hemorrhage. After childbirth, she would typically be completely exhausted. She would need three or four weeks to fully recover. In the country, however, she didn’t have this option. She would have other children to take care of, animals and a garden to tend to. This is the reason why the risk of maternal death was so high.
“De zieke vrouw” (the sick woman) by Jan Havickszoon Steen, circa 1663-1666 (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)
Joseph's name appeared again in notarial deeds between 1726 and 1732:
June 11, 1726: joiner apprenticeship of Charles Bellenger (22 years old), by Bertrand Bellenger and Marie-Madeleine Chevaudier, his parents, to Joseph “Heins”, joiner, of Québec City.
February 26, 1728: woodworking agreement for a house in the Lower Town of Québec between Jeanne Durand and Joseph Duburon, and Joseph “Hainse”, master joiner.
April 27, 1728: contract for the construction of a dividing wall on land located on Saint-Charles Street between Charles Hubert, bourgeois, and Joseph “Heins”, joiner.
November 30, 1728: sale of land located on Saint-Charles Street in Québec City; by Joseph Rouillard, master mason and stonecutter, to Joseph “Hains”, master joiner.
January 8, 1732: sale of land located in the seigneurie of Neuville; by Joseph "Hains", joiner, widower of Marie-Françoise Pinel, in the name and as guardian of Louise "Hains", his daughter, to François Pinel dit Lafrance, of the seigneurie of Neuville, maternal uncle of the said Louise Hains.
Fourth marriage
On January 14, 1731, Joseph “Heins” and Catherine Migneron drew up their marriage contract before notary Dubreuil. Joseph was a 41-year-old joiner living in Québec. Catherine was 24 years old, the daughter of Sébastien Migneron and Marie Catherine Trut from Cap-Rouge. The couple married two days later in Ste-Foy.
Joseph and Catherine had eleven children: (anonymous), Marie Françoise, Charles, Jean Baptiste, Marie Catherine, Barthélémy Louis, Marie Françoise, Marie Jeanne, Jean Baptiste, Marie Anne and Joseph. Unfortunately, eight of these children would not reach the age of 10.
Joseph continued to work as a joiner. In 1740, he signed a contract with the Fabrique de la paroisse Saint-François-Xavier for the woodwork of a church.
In 1744, Joseph and Catherine were listed in the census of Québec City, living on Saint-Flavien or Nouvelle Street. Joseph "Heins" was a 55-year-old joiner. Catherine was 20 years younger than her husband. Four children (from two marriages) lived with them: Barthélémy (6 and a half years old), Marie Louise (18 years old), Françoise (11 years old) and Marie Françoise (4 years old).
Joseph and Catherine sold a piece of land located on the banks of the Saint-Charles River (in the seigneurie of the Hôtel-Dieu nuns) to Olivier Abel, a squire from Québec city in 1750. In February 1756, they signed a lease for part of their house located on Saint-Flavien Street with Pierre-Simon Leduc, a Québec butcher.
Drawing by Hermann Struck (Hermann Struck Archive)
Deaths of Joseph Hinse and Catherine Migneron
Joseph Hinse died at the age of 66 on May 3, 1756. He was buried the next day in the parish cemetery of Notre-Dame in Québec.
1756 Burial of Joseph Hinse (Ancestry)
The inventory of Joseph and Catherine's property was drawn up on June 10, 1756, by notary Barolet. The record indicates that Joseph was "master joiner, of the city of Québec, Saint-Flavien Street". A year later, Catherine sold half of a house and a site on Saint-Flavien Street to navigator François Benoist.
Like her husband, Catherine Migneron also died at the age of 66. She was buried on February 4, 1773, inside the parish church of Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu.
Burial of Catherine Migneron in 1773 (Ancestry)
Father of 23 children, Joseph Hinse left an important legacy. He is the ancestor of many Hinse families on the Rimouski coast, Beauce, the Richelieu Valley, the Eastern Townships and even New England.
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Marcel Fournier, De la Nouvelle-Angleterre à la Nouvelle-France (Montréal, Société généalogique canadienne-française, 1992), 141.
André Lachance, Vivre, aimer et mourir en Nouvelle-France; Juger et punir en Nouvelle-France: la vie quotidienne aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (Montréal, Québec: Éditions Libre Expression, 2004), 100-103.
Ibid., 124-128.
Ernest-L. Monty, "Les deux frères Hins", Mémoires de la Société généalogique canadienne-française, Vol. XVIII — No 3, July-August-September 1967, 149.
“Fonds Conseil souverain - BAnQ Québec”, digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/400045), “Lettres de naturalité accordées par Sa Majesté”, 1 May 1710 – 31 May 1710, reference : TP1,S36,P463, ID 400045 ; citing original data: Pièce provenant du Registre des insinuations du Conseil supérieur de Québec (10 mars 1691 au 20 février 1714), volume C, f. 47v-50.
Louis Beaudet, “Recensement de la ville de Québec pour 1716” (Québec : A. Côté, 1887), 22, book digitized by the University of Alberta (https://archive.org/embed/cihm_02966).
“Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988”, digital images, Ancestry.ca (https://www.ancestry.ca/), birth of Joseph Haines, 4 Aug 1689, Haverhill, MA ; citing original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
“Registres paroissiaux et Actes d’état civil du Québec (Collection Drouin), 1621 à 1968”, digital images, Ancestry.ca (https://www.ancestry.ca/), marriage of Joseph Heins and Marguerite Maroist, 10 Feb 1710, L’Ange-Gardien ; citing original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
Ibid., burial of Marguerite Marrois, 27 Apr 1717, Québec (Notre-Dame).
Ibid., marriage of Joseph Heince and Dorothée Lessard, 30 May 1718.
Ibid., burial of Dorothée Lessard, 25 Oct 1724, Québec (Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu du Précieux-Sang).
Ibid., marriage of Joseph Hins and Marie Françoise Pinel, 1 Jul 1726, Québec (Notre-Dame).
Ibid., burial of Françoise Pinel Lafrance, 26 Feb 1729, Québec (Notre-Dame).
Ibid., marriage of Joseph Ainse and Catherine Migneron, 16 Jan 1731, Ste-Foy.
Ibid., burial of Joseph Hains, 4 May 1756, Québec (Notre-Dame).
Université de Montréal, Programme de recherche en démographie historique (https://www.prdh-igd.com/Membership/fr/PRDH/famille/10585), entry for Joseph Hinse and Marguerite Marois, union 10585.
Ibid. (https://www.prdh-igd.com/Membership/fr/PRDH/Famille/12849), entry for Joseph Hinse and Dorothée Lessard, union 12849.
Ibid. (https://www.prdh-igd.com/Membership/fr/PRDH/Famille/15489), entry for Joseph Hinse and Marie Françoise Pinel Lafrance, union 15489.
Ibid. (https://www.prdh-igd.com/Membership/fr/PRDH/Famille/17464), entry for Joseph Hinse and Marie Catherine Migneron, union 17464.
Parchemin, Société de recherche historique Archiv-Histo, “Contrat de mariage entre Joseph Hains, de Beaupré; et Marguerite Marois, fille de feu Guillaume Marois, greffier et de Catherine Laberge, de Beaupré.”, 3 Feb 1710, notary E. Jacob.
Ibid., “Dépôt d'un bail à loyer d'une maison; par Jean Soullard, maître arquebusier, de la ville de Québec, à Joseph Hince et Charles Marouest.”, 6 Oct 1711, notary J.-E. Dubreuil.
Ibid., “Contrat de mariage entre Joseph Heins, maître menuisier, de la ville de Québec, rue des Pauvres, veuf de Marguerite Marois; et Dorothée Lessard, fille de Charles Lessard et de Marie Caron, de la rivière St Charles”, notary Dubreuil, 26 May1718.
Ibid., “Vente d'une terre située en la seigneurie de Deschambaux; par Joseph Hains, maître menuisier, de la ville de Québec, à Thomas Géaufroy, de la seigneurie de Deschambaux”, notary Dubreuil, 15 Jun 1718.
Ibid., “Echange de terre située sur la rue St Flavien à la haute ville de Québec en retour d'une part de terre située en la rivière St Charles entre Joseph Heins et Jacques Deguise, de la ville de Québec”, notary Dubreuil, 25 Mar 1721.
Ibid., “Vente d'un emplacement dépendant de la terre et fief du Séminaire; par le Séminaire de Québec, à Joseph Heins, menuisier, de la ville de Québec”, notary Dubreuil, 20 Aug 1721.
Ibid., “Marché de construction d'une maison à la haute ville de Québec, rue St Flavien; par Jacques Deguise et Louis Chapeau, de la ville de Québec, et Joseph Heins, charpentier, de la ville de Québec”, notary Dubreuil, 30 Nov 1721.
Ibid., “Vente d'un emplacement situé sur la rue St Charles; par l'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, à Joseph Ainse, de la ville de Québec”, notary de Lacetière, 1 Jun 1722.
Ibid., “Vente de terre faisant face sur la rue St Flavien; par Joseph Hains, menuisier, de la ville de Québec, à Barthélemy Juneau, de la ville de Québec”, notary Dubreuil, 13 Oct 1722.
Ibid., “Concession d'un emplacement situé à la haute ville de Québec; par le Séminaire de Québec, à Joseph Heins, menuisier”, notary Dubreuil, 18 Jul 1724.
Ibid., “Inventaire des biens de la communauté de Joseph Heins, menuisier, veuf de Dorothée Lessart, de la ville de Québec, rue St Flavien”, notary Dubreuil, 18 Jun 1726.
Ibid., “Contrat de mariage entre Joseph Heins, menuisier, de la ville de Québec, veuf de Dorothée Lessart; et Marie-Françoise Pinel, fille de feu François Pinel et de Louise Constancinaut, de la seigneurie Neuville”, notary Dubreuil, 30 Jun 1726.
Ibid., “Apprentissage en qualité de menuisier de Charles Bellenger (22 ans), par Bertrand Bellenger et Marie-Madeleine Chevaudier, son épouse, de la Canardiere, ses père et mère, à Joseph Heins, menuisier, de la ville de Québec”, notary Dubreuil, 11 Jun 1726.
Ibid., “Marché de menuiserie d'une maison en la basse ville de Québec entre Jeanne Durand, épouse actuelle de Joseph Duburon, enseigne en pied d'une compagnie des troupes du détachement de la Marine, son époux, présentement absent demeurant en la ville de Québec, et Joseph Hainse, maître menuisier, de la ville de Québec”, notary Pinguet de Vaucour, 26 Feb 1728.
Ibid., “Marché de construction d'un mur mitoyen sur un terrain situé sur la rue St Charles entre Charles Hubert, bourgeois, de la ville de Québec, et Joseph Heins, menuisier, de la ville de Québec”, notary Dubreuil, 27 Apr 1728.
Ibid., “Vente de terrain situé rue St Charles en la ville de Québec; par Joseph Rouillard, maître maçon et tailleur de pierre, de la ville de Québec, à Joseph Hains, maître menuisier, de la ville de Québec” notary Pinguet de Vaucour, 30 Nov 1728.
Ibid., “Contrat de mariage entre Joseph Heins, menuisier, de la ville de Québec, veuf de Françoise Lafrance; et Catherine Migneron, fille de Sébastien Migneron et de Catherine Trute, du cap Rouge”, notary Dubreuil. 14 Jan 1730.
Ibid., “Dépôt d'un marché de menuiserie d'une église entre Joseph Hains, maître menuisier et la Fabrique de la paroisse St-François-Xavier”, notary Pinguet de Vaucour, 20 Mar 1740.
Ibid., “Vente d'une part de terre située au bord de la rivière St Charles, seigneurie des Dames Religieuses de l'Hotel Dieu; par Joseph Hains, maître menuisier et Catherine Migneron, son épouse, de la ville de Québec, rue St Flavien, à Olivier Abel, écuyer, de la ville de Québec, quartier St Roch”, notary Sanguinet, 13 Sep 1750.
Ibid., “Bail à loyer d'une partie d'une maison située en la ville de Québec, rue St Flavien; par Joseph Hains, maître menuisier et Catherine Migneron, son épouse, de la ville de Québec, rue St Flavien, à Pierre-Simon Leduc, boucher, de la ville de Québec”, notary Sanguinet, 25 Feb 1756.
Ibid., “Inventaire des biens de la communauté de Catherine Migneron, veuve de Joseph Hains, maître menuisier, de la ville de Québec, rue St Flavien”, 10 Jun 1756, notary Barolet.
Ibid., “Vente de la moitié d'une maison et emplacement situés sur la rue St Flavien; par Marguerite Migneron, veuve de Joseph Hains, à François Benoist, navigateur”, 11 May 1757, notary Panet.
Ibid., “Compte de partage entre Catherine Migneron, veuve de Joseph Hains, menuisier, de la ville de Québec, tant en son nom que comme tutrice de leurs deux enfants mineurs, Jean-Baptiste Rainville et Marie-Françoise Hains, son épouse; et Marie-Louise Hains, épouse actuelle de Jean-Baptiste Leclerc, tant en leur nom que comme fondée de procuration de Etienne Hyon et Madeleine Hains, son épouse, comparant par François Branconnier et Marie-Josèphe Hains, son épouse, Jean-Baptiste Branconnier, de la ville de Québec, Pierre Drapeau et Dorothée Hains, son épouse, François Poitras et Marguerite Hains, son épouse, tant pour eux que comme fondés de procuration de René Douillard dit Laprise, cordonnier et Marie-Thérèse Hains, son épouse, et René Leboeuf, tailleur d'habit et Marie Hains, son épouse, et encore ledit Poitras au nom de tuteur à l'enfant mineur de feu Joseph Hains”, 6 Jul 1757, notary Barolet.
“Fonds Ministère des Terres et Forêts - BAnQ Québec”, digital images, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/250717), “Plan tiré par M. Noël Levasseur arpenteur en 1748 de terrain des religieuses Hospitalières et de l'Hôpital de Québec. Copié en 1811 d'après l'original de février 1748”, reference: E21,S555,SS10,P17, ID 250717.
Ibid. (https://advitam.banq.qc.ca/notice/250675), “Plan d'une partie de la Haute-Ville de Québec et du Faubourg Saint-Jean-Baptiste”, reference E21,S555,SS10,P14, ID 250675.
“Le recensement de Québec, en 1744”, digitized book (Québec, S. l. : S. n. , 1939), 76, digital collections of the University of Calgary (https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/CS.aspx?VP3=DamView&VBID=2R3BXZ7TBNIH4&SMLS=1&RW=1440&RH=706).