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- CARDINAL, Simon, born between 1617 (recens. 1667) and 1631 (recens. 1666), from the area of Marans (Charente-Maritime), France came to terms with Jeanne Mance for the passage of the families of La Rochelle to Québec in front of Demontreau, notary of La Rochelle, on June 5, 1659. Cardinal had to pay the sum of 225 pounds for the passage of himself, his wife Michelle Garnier, and their two sons, Jacques, 5 years old and Jean, 1 year old. The customs accepted receipts on November 10, 1669 (gr. Basset). This colonist was brother-in-law of O1ivier Charbonneau and Pierre Goguet; he is also the uncle of Françoise Roy, daughter of Jean and Francoise Bouet; and he is also the uncle of Massé Martin, husband of Jeanne Decorps, who came from the diocese of Luçon. In 1662, Simon Cardinal accepted a concession on the land of Montréal (Faillon, Hist., III II); then, the lst May 1665, one second concession of 2 X 15 arpents above the St-Pierre river enters the ground of Etienne Campeau and the stronghold of Hautmesnil. It declares that in 1667, there were 4 cattle and 8 arpents in cultivation (recens. in Sulte, Hist., IV 7e).
When Lachine became populated, our colonist was transported there, after having disposed of his land above the St-Pierre River to Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre dit St-Jean, inhabitant of Verchères, at the price of 1,100 pounds. The property included a house of 19 feet long by 18 feet wide, made of boards with a court and a furnace, as well as a shed, 3 feet long by 20 feet wide, covered with grass, within an enclosed garden. This transaction took place November 26, 1675 (gr. Basset). September 17, 1673 (gr. Basset), Simon Cardinal had accepted a lease on the farm of his neighbor the Seur of Hautmesnil. In 1680, Cardinal's property in Lachine is described as: a land of 3 arpents front by 20 deep, on the escor(?) of the large river, including 18 arpents of cleared land, between Pierre Thabaud and Louis Fortin, with a house and a miserable cattle shed on the side of Thabaud; a miserable shed of piles and a pig shed on the side of Fortin. Simon Cardinal had taken part in the defense of Montréal as a soldier of the 18th escouade in the militia of Sainte-Famille (BRH, 1927, p. 320). Although his neighbor Etienne Campeau had been godfather of his son Etienne, Cardinal was not always in good terms with him. On January 14 1670, he claimed in front of the baillif, 100 grounds and a pair of bottom and shoes, for guarding cattle. On June 27 1674, it is Campeau who pursues Cardinal for reparations for insults.
Our colonist [Simon Cardinal] was buried in Lachine on 9 August 1679 leaving six sons and a daughter who had died in the cradle. The inventory of the community property was drawn up by Maugue on November 22, 1679 and it was distributed by the same notary on March 27, 1680. The uncle Alexis Buet acted as executor. As for Simon's spouse, Michelle Garnier, she remarried Jean Chevalier at Lachine on April 23, 1680.
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1619 - 1679 (~ 60 years)