Nicolas Pelletier & Jeanne Devoisy
A biography of the lives of Nicolas Pelletier, first Pelletier in New France, and his wife Jeanne Devoisy. From Gallardon, France, they are the ancestors of many Métis families in Canada.
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Nicolas Pelletier & Jeanne Devoisy
The Very First Pelletier in New France and Ancestor of Many Métis Families
Nicolas Pelletier, the son of François Pelletier and Simonne Pichereau, was baptized on 4 Jun 1596 in the parish of St-Pierre-et-St-Paul in Gallardon, Eure-et-Loir, France. Nicolas was the fourth of 12 children, all of whom were baptized in Gallardon. [His surname was often spelled Peltier in New France.]
1596 Baptism of Nicolas Pelletier in Gallardon (Archives départementales d'Eure-et-Loir)
Location of Gallardon in France (map data ©2021 Google)
Gallardon is a medieval French commune located in the Voise valley in the Eure-et-Loir department. Today, about 3,700 people call Gallardon home. It is best known for its 12th-century tower called L'Épaule de Gallardon. The tower served as a home for the guards who were in the service of the baron. It was also used as a lookout due to the frequent danger of invasion.
Gallardon is also known for its church, Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, where the Pelletier children were baptized. The church has three distinct architectural styles: Roman, Gothic and Renaissance. The lower parts of the nave and the choir date from the 12th century, while the wooden vault dates from the 15th century.
Views of Gallardon
Undated postcards (Geneanet)
"Charpente" (Carpentry) in the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2 (Paris, 1763).
Apprenticeship
At the age of 15, Nicolas became a carpenter's apprentice. A contract was drawn up before notary Jean Fullone on 29 Feb 1612 in Gallardon, between Nicolas' widowed mother and "maître charpentier" (master carpenter) Michel Delaval. Starting the very next day, Nicolas was to become the student and apprentice of Delaval for a period of four years. Nicolas would be provided with food, drink, clothes, linens and shoes, while he learned the skills of carpentry. Some historians have theorized that Nicolas' father may have died before this date, leaving his mother with fewer means to support her family. This could be a reason for the apprenticeship at a young age.
Marriage & Children
Nicolas Pelletier would have completed his apprenticeship in 1616. He likely continued to work as a carpenter in Gallardon up until his marriage. Around 1632, he wed Jeanne Devoisy in Gallardon. [Jeanne's surname varies greatly on documents: Devoisy, de Vouzy, de Vousy, Roussy, Voisy, and others.] Jeanne was born around 1614, which meant that she was about 18 years old at the time of her wedding; Nicolas was double her age at about 36. The couple had at least two sons in France: Jean (born circa 1632) and François (born circa 1635).
Around 1636, Nicolas and his young family left their home to settle in Québec [city], New France. Of all the Pelletiers to come to New France (and there were many!), Nicolas and his family were the first.
Nicolas and Jeanne had a total of eight children:
Jean (c. 1632-1692) married Marie Geneviève Demanovely. The couple only had one child. Jean died at the hands of the Iroquois in Sorel.
François (c. 1635-?) married Dorothée [surname unknown; indigenous] and Marguerite Madeleine Morisseau. He had at least 10 children with his second wife. Morisseau was an "engageuse ouest" (a recruiter of fur traders or voyageurs) and at least one of his sons became a voyageur. François became known as Pelletier dit Antaya.
Marie (1638-?) married Nicolas Goupil and Denis Jean. Marie had two daughters with her first husband and 12 children with her second husband. One of her daughters, Marie Françoise Jean, became a nun at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.
Louise (1640-1713) married Jean Ayotte/Hayot. The couple had at least 10 children. One of their daughters, Angélique, became Mother Superior at the Hôpital Général de Québec.
Marie Françoise (1642-1707) married Jean Beriault (who died within a year of their marriage) and Sébastien Liénard. She had 13 children with her second husband, one of whom became a voyageur.
Jeanne (1644-1715) married Noël Jérémie Lamontagne, an interpreter and fur trade clerk at the Domaine du Roi (King's Domain) trading post. The couple had at least 14 children.
Geneviève (1646-1717) married Vincent Verdon and Thomas Lefebvre, a cooper, Abenaki interpreter and voyageur. She had two daughters with her first husband and 12 children with her second husband.
Nicolas (1649-1729) married Madeleine Tegochix [indigenous], Françoise Ouechipichinokioué [indigenous Algonquin] and Marie Outchiouanich (daughter of an Indigenous chief at Tadoussac). He had one daughter with his first wife and 10 children with his second wife. Nicolas became known as Pelletier dit Marolles.
Life in Québec
From 1637 to 1640, Nicolas was a carpenter at l'Habitation de Québec, pictured below.
"Quebec settlement, 1608", 1925 drawing by C. W. Jefferys.
"Champlain building his Habitation", 1910 painting by C. W. Jefferys.
L'Habitation de Québec
The Habitation de Québec was a group of interconnected buildings constructed on the orders of Samuel de Champlain in 1608. It served as a fort, a trading post and a home for the small colony. The first winter inside the Habitation was disastrous: 20 out of 28 men died, mainly from scurvy. In 1609, construction was finished on the wooden buildings.
In 1624, Champlain ordered the reconstruction of the Habitation, this time using stones instead of wood. It didn't remain standing for long: the Habitation was burned down in 1629 during the English invasion by the Kirke brothers. It was reconstructed again in 1633. From 1633 to 1682, the building was mainly used as a store before being destroyed by fire. The Notre-Dame-des-Victoires church was built on part of the remains of the Habitation around 1688.
Archeological digs conducted in the 1970s uncovered some remains of the Habitation, located in present-day Place-Royale in Québec City. An outline appears on the ground in front of the Notre-Dame-des-Victoires church, tracing one of the habitation's towers. A commemorative plaque was also installed on an exterior wall of the church.
Nicolas continued his work as a carpenter in Québec. In 1639, along with mason Jean Éger and fellow carpenter Pierre Pelletier, Nicolas prepared a report after inspecting the half-timbering of the house of the late Guillaume Hébert. [Pierre is thought to be Nicolas' brother, but this hasn't been proven.] In 1640, Nicolas was named a "maître charpentier", or master carpenter. In 1644, he was tasked with inspecting the house of Guillaume Hébert.
Present-day location of a portion of the Sillery Seigneurie, where a commemorative monument is located (map data ©2021 Google)
Thomas Hayot and Nicolas Pelletier were some of the first settlers to receive land in the Sillery seigneurie. The land plots they received were bounded "[...] from one end to the south-east by a line which runs south-west and north-east away from the edge of the great river St. Laurens of about twenty fathoms; from the other end, to the north-east also by a line which runs south-east and north-east, or approximately, which line is distant from the main road from Kebec to Cap Rouge by twelve fathoms [...]", "[…] the said lines serving as roads […]".
Excerpt of the 1645 land concession granted to Nicolas Pelletier (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)
Though he now lived in Sillery, 10 kilometres southwest of Québec's Basse-Ville (Lower Town), Nicolas continued to work as a carpenter in Québec. In 1647, he built the roof frame of Notre-Dame de Québec church.
Ruins left by the fire in 1922 (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)
Notre-Dame-de-Québec
The Notre-Dame-de-Québec basilica-cathedral stands on the site of the first chapel built by Samuel de Champlain in 1633. Following the fire in this first building, the Jesuits built a second stone church in 1647, on which Nicolas Pelletier erected the framing for the roof. The oldest elements of the present cathedral basilica date back to this period. It acquired the title of cathedral in 1674, then the status of basilica 200 years later.
King Louis XIV financed its first expansion at the very end of the 17th century. Major works were then carried out ten years before the end of the French regime. Unfortunately, the church burned down as a result of the bombardments that led to the capture of Quebec in 1759. After the British Conquest, the church was rebuilt identically, adding the tallest bell tower on the south side. A new facade was erected in 1843. At the end of the 19th century, architects made several improvements to the cathedral, which had become a basilica. On December 22, 1922, a violent fire again destroyed the entire building, except for the charred walls. Over the next seven years, the building and its interior decor would be faithfully reconstructed from the original plans and photographs.
Around 1648, Nicolas built the roof structure of the Château Saint-Louis. The Château was the official residence of the Governor of New France. [Though the building no longer stands, archeological digs in the early 2000s found thousands of artifacts and some 500 architectural remains. The remnants can be visited today at the Saint-Louis Forts and Chȃteaux Historic Site, located below Dufferin Terrace in Québec City.]
In 1647, Jeanne Devoisy was convicted for trading in "eau de vie", or brandy, which was illegal from the early days of the colony.
From 1650 to 1663, Nicolas' name again appeared in several notarial documents:
5 Apr 1650, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a contract details the pledges of payments totalling 320 livres, between Nicolas Pelletier, "living close to Sillery", and Mathurin Tru/Trud, worker.
4 Oct 1650, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a marriage contract was drawn up between Nicolas Goupil and Marie Pelletier, daughter of Nicolas Pelletier and Jeanne "de Vosis", of Sillery.
28 Oct 1650, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a contract was signed for the framing of a house measuring 85 feet by 24 feet between Nicolas Pelletier and Nicolas Goupil [Nicolas Pelletier's son-in-law], master carpenter, and Jean-Paul Godefroy, for the price of 1,500 livres.
1 May 1653, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a contract was signed for the framing of a barn between Nicolas Pelletier, master carpenter, and André Renault.
15 Apr 1653, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a marriage contract was drawn up between Jean Hayot and 13-year-old Louise Pelletier, daughter of Nicolas Pelletier and Jeanne "de Voisis" of Sillery "close to Monceaux".
“French Peasant Girl” (artist unknown), New York Public Library
Legal Age to Marry & Age of Majority
In order to marry in the time of New France, a groom had to be at least 14 years old, while a bride had to be at least 12. In the era of Lower Canada and Canada-East, the same requirements were in place. The Catholic church revised its code of canon law in 1917, making the minimum age of marriage 16 for men and 14 for women. In 1980, the Code civil du Québec raised the minimum age to 18 for both sexes. Furthermore, minors needed parental consent in order to marry. In New France, the age of majority was 25. Under the British Regime, it was changed to 21. Since 1972, the age of majority in Canada has been set at 18 years old.
3 May 1654, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a marriage contract was drawn up between Jean Bereau and 12-year-old Françoise Pelletier, daughter of Nicolas Pelletier, master carpenter, and Jeanne "de Voisis", "living close to Monseaux".
24 Aug 1655, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a marriage contract was drawn up between Denis Jean and Marie Pelletier, widow of Nicolas Goupil and daughter of Nicolas Pelletier and Jeanne "de Voisis".
4 Apr 1657, notary Vachon: the land of Nicolas Pelletier was surveyed, along with that of 17 other inhabitants of "the fort commonly called St-François" located in the seigneury of Sillery, by François Badeau, surveyor.
27 Dec 1657, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a contract was signed for the framing of a dwelling measuring 20 feet by 32 feet between Nicolas Pelletier, master carpenter living between Cap Rouge and Sillery, and Pierre Niel, for the price of 250 livres.
3 Feb 1659, notary Audouart dit Saint-Germain: a marriage contract was drawn up between Noël Jeremye de Lamontagne and Jeanne Pelletier, daughter of Nicolas Pelletier and Jeanne "de Voisis", living near Sillery.
1667 census of New France for the Pelletier household (Library and Archives Canada)
On 6 Jun 1661, Bishop François de Montmorency-Laval travelled to Sillery to confirm 26 people, including Nicolas "Peltier", Jeanne "de Vousy" and Jean "Peltier".
Youngest daughter Geneviève was married in 1663. Before notary Fillion on 5 Nov 1663, a marriage contract was drawn up between herself and Vincent Verdon.
The Pelletier family appears in the 1667 census of New France living in the sector of Cap-Rouge and Côte de Saint-Ignace. Nicolas was 77 years old and Jeanne "de Vourtais" was 53. Their son Nicolas, 18, was living in the household, as well as an 18-year-old servant named Pierre Quartier. They do not appear to have any animals or cleared land.
In 1667, a map was drawn of the seigneurie of Sillery. Illustrated are Saint-Michel street, Saint-Ignace street, Saint-François-Xavier Fort, the division of lots, the roads, the location of the Indigenous ("sauvages") people [Huron], and the names of the landowners, including Nicolas Pelletier.
Map of the seigneurie of Sillery; red square shows Nicolas Pelletier's land (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec)
Over the next decade, Nicolas Pelletier's name appeared in many more notarial documents:
20 Aug 1669, notary Becquet: Nicolas Pelletier rents the house, barn and land of [son] François Pelletier in Cap-Rouge for two years at twenty pounds per year, Sieur Denis Ruette d'Auteuil representing.
13 Oct 1669, notary Becquet: a lease was drawn up for a farm located on the côte St-Xavier by Nicolas Pelletier and Jeanne "de Wouzy" to Jean Pelletier, their son, and Marie-Geneviève de Manovelly, their daughter-in-law, for 35 bushels of wheat, 10 bushels of peas and a barrel of salted eels per year.
Living on a "côte"
Within the seignorial system of New France, a new type of community emerged: the "côte". A côte was normally comprised of families and/or friends who owned neighbouring land within a specific area. Thus, they created a new community on a côte with its own social and economic ties, the entirety of the seigneurie being too large to develop a solidarity with others. On average, a côte would include anywhere between 10 and 50 dwellings.
11 Oct 1671, notary Becquet: a rental lease of a dwelling located in Cap Rouge was drawn up by Nicolas Peltier, and Jeanne "Vaousy" from Cap Rouge, to Denis-Joseph Ruette-Dauteuil de Monceaux, for 30 bushels of wheat and 16 bushels of peas per year.
27 Oct 1673, notary Becquet: a contract was drawn up for the sale of a dwelling located on the côte de Sainct Xavier near Monsseaux in the parish of Sillery by Jeanne de Voisy, wife of Nicolas Pelletier of D'Autray [nearly 200 kilometres southwest of Sillery], to Denis-Joseph Ruette-D'auteuil de Monsseaux, of Monsseaux, for 1,000 livres.
31 Oct 1675, notary Duquet de Lachesnaye: transaction between Nicolas Pelletier and Jeanne "Devoisis" of the seigneury of Autry, and Denis Jean and Marie Pelletier [their son-in-law and daughter] of the seigneury of St-Francois-Xavier.
Death of Nicolas Pelletier
Nicolas Pelletier died sometime between the aforementioned 31 Oct 1675 transaction and the 1681 census of New France, enumerated on 14 Nov 1681. A burial record has not been located for him.
In 1681, Jeanne was recorded in the census of New France, living with her son Jean at the seigneury D'Autray. Jeanne was 70 years old, and Jean was 50. Also living in the household were Jean's 18-year-old son Jean and a 28-year-old man named François, possibly a servant or boarder.
1681 census of New France for the Jean Pelletier household (Library and Archives Canada)
Death of Jeanne Devoisy
Jeanne died at the age of about 75. She was buried on 12 Dec 1689 in the old parish cemetery of St-Pierre in Sorel.
1689 burial of Jeanne "Devouzy" (Drouin Collection, Ancestry)
The cemetery where Jeanne was buried was the oldest one in Sorel, used from about 1670 to 1702. Located at the present-day corner of Rue du Fort and Rue de la Reine, no remnants of the cemetery exist today.
Commemorative Monument
On 12 Sep 2005, the Association des familles Pelletier (Pelletier Families Association) unveiled a monument in Sillery on part of the land that Nicolas Pelletier received in 1645. It can be visited at 2608, chemin St-Louis in Sillery (now part of Québec city).
Photos by Pascal Pelletier (Association des Familles Pelletier), used with permission.
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