Jean LaVallee

1653 - 1692  (38 years)

• Name	Jean LaVallee
  Born	26 Nov 1653	Québec, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jul 1692	Montreal, Québec, Canada
  Person ID	I125985	Little Chute Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Jul 2006

  
  

  Father	Geoffroy Guillot Lavallee,   b. cir 1630, Poitiers, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France ,   d. 18 Jul 1665, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Mother	Marie D'Abencourt,   b. 1618,   d. 24 Nov 1678, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1651	Québec City, Québec, Canada
  Family ID	F50356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marguerite Dusson,   b. 1656, France ,   d. 20 Jul 1731, Québec, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1671	Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada
  Children	1. Jean Baptiste Lavallee,   b. 14 Feb 1674, Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 30 Dec 1743, Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada  (Age 69 years)   2. Francoise Vallee dit LaVallee,   b. 27 Dec 1675, Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1747, Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada  (Age 71 years)   3. Marie Catherine Lavallee,   b. 03 Nov 1678, Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1722, Sorel, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F49740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Jean "PetitJean" Guillot dit Lavallee was born in Quebec on November 26, 1653 and was baptized at Notre-Dame de Quebec on December 17, 1653. His father, Geoffroy Guillot, was killed by the Iroquois on July 18, 1665. His mother, Marie d'Abancourt, remarried Martin Prévost the following November. Jean, was placed in the service of the Jesuit priests at "Notre Dame des Anges" ( Our Lady of the Angels) in Quebec. The young men in service often went to visit the Indian tribes with the priests. They learned the language of the Hurons, Algonquin, Montagnais and Iroquois and were thus able to serve as interpreters. The primary purpose of these contacts was the coversion of the tribes to Christianity. The next time we hear of him, he is recorded as being a member of the Regiment of Carignan Salieres in 1668. When he was 18 years old, he worked for Mr. Jean-Baptiste Peuvret in Quebec. He married Marguerite Dusson, a "fille du Roi, in 1671 when he was a member of the Carignan Regiment. There were no churches in Saurel or the Chenal du Moine at this time and the couple was most likely married by an itinerant missionary or priest. The 1681 census in Sorel lists him and his family as residents. At this time, Jean was 29 years old and his wife, Marguerite Dusson, was 25. They had five children, 2 beasts, and 12 acres of land. Jean and his neighbors in Sorel purchased the Ile de Grace and adjacent islands from Catherine Legardeau, widow of Pierre de Saurel, Seigneur of Saurel, on February 14, 1683. He was listed as a carpenter when he was called again to serve with his military unit, The Company of St. Ours, to defend Montreal against Indian attacks. On July 12, 1692, a large party of Iroquois ambushed the militiamen and killed our Jean La vallée, Jean-Baptiste le Gardeur de Montesson, 26, Leneuf de la Poterie, Pierre de la Brosse who was the Sieur de Bocage - marine lieutenant, Pierre-Nicolas Jetté, Joachim Boucher from Boucherville, and the brothers Vincent and Bernard Joachim dit Laverdure and a fourteen year-old boy, Charles-Claude Février dit Lacroix.