Marguerite Couillard

Baptism

Marguerite Couillard was baptized on August 10, 1626, in Quebec by Jesuit father Charles Lalemant. She was the daughter of Guillaume Couillard and Guillemette Hébert.

First Marriage

On October 7, 1637, in Quebec, Jean Nicollet married Marguerite Couillard, daughter of Guillaume Couillard and Guillemette Hébert [2].

Children from First Marriage

Two known children (see their profiles):

Marguerite was godmother to various Indigenous people in Trois-Rivières starting in 1640. She was also godmother to François Crevier, Michel de la Poterie, and François Hartel. From October 1642 onward, she was in Quebec, where she became godmother to Marguerite Bourdon, Louyse Morin, and Noël Racine in 1643 [5].

Jean Nicollet drowned when his boat capsized near Sillery. His body and those of the men who drowned with him were never recovered. A funeral service was held for them in Quebec on October 29, 1642 [6]:

“On the 29th, the funerals of Mr. Nicolet and three men of Mr. de Chavigni, who drowned in a boat going from Kébec to Sylleri, were held. The bodies were not found. The names of the said three men are Jehan Febve, Noël Girardeau, and __ (name missing).”

Her brother-in-law Pierre Nicolet was present during the inventory made after Jean’s death on November 12, 1642 [7].

Second Marriage

On October 12, 1646, a marriage contract was drawn up before Guillaume Tronquet between Marguerite Couillard, widow of Jean Nicolet, and Nicolas Maquart, son of the late Thomas Maquart, who had been a water carrier, and Marguerite Hardy, from Mareuil-sur-Ay in Champagne [8].

Present at this contract were:

Official witnesses were:

The couple signed with the witnesses and others, Nicolas Maquart (with flourish), Marguerite Couillard.

On November 16, 1646, in Quebec, Father Barthélemy Vimont of the Society of Jesus celebrated the marriage between Nicolas Macart and Marguerite Couillart, in the presence of Charles Huault de Montmagny, Nicolas Marsolet, and Pierre de Launay [9].

Children from Second Marriage

  1. Marie Macart: Baptized September 11, 1647 (born recently) in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [10]; married Charles Pierre Legardeur de Villiers on January 18, 1663, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [11].
  2. Geneviève Macart: Born October 4, 1649, baptized October 5 in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [12]; married Charles Basire on January 11, 1666, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [13].
  3. Anne Macart: Born March 18, 1652, provisionally baptized on the 19th, formal baptism completed on the 30th in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [14]; married Pierre Bécard de Granville on October 22, 1668, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [15].
  4. Ignace Macar: Baptized January 7, 1654, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [16].
  5. Catherine Gertrude Macar: Born November 15, 1655, baptized on the 17th in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [17]; married Jean Baptiste François Deschamps de la Bouteillerie on October 26, 1672, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [18].
  6. Charles Macar: Born December 15, 1656, baptized on the 16th in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [19]; married Renée Jeanne Gourdeaux on December 20, 1686, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [20].

Nicolas Maquart died at his home and was buried the same day, October 5, 1659, in Quebec. He was interred in the Notre-Dame church near his pew [21].

Census Records

In 1679, Marguerite was godmother to her granddaughter Françoise Béquart, daughter of Anne Macart [5:2]. In 1687, Marguerite was godmother to her grandson Charles François Maccar, son of Charles [5:3].

Death

Marguerite Couillard, widow Macard, was buried on April 20, 1705, in Quebec (Notre-Dame) [24].

Biography

Sources

Additional Sources

  1. 1626: “Canada, Québec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G993-F93X-T?cc=1321742&wc=HCT2-829%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C19508102 : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1621-1679 > image 27 of 512; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
  2. Marriage of Jean Nicollet & Marguerite Couillard: FamilySearch (reconstruction, all Quebec records before June 1640 were destroyed by fire; the clergy rebuilt them from memory) (see image on profile) ↩︎
  3. BAnQ Notarial acts index: Inventory of notarial records from the French regime, by Pierre Georges Roy and Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8 Vol I pg 10 4° Marriage contract of Jean Nicolet, nobleman, clerk and interpreter, and Marguerite Couillard, daughter of Guillaume Couillard (October 22, 1637). ↩︎
  4. BAnQ: Jean Guitet 3 elements. Collection of judicial and notarial documents (summary of acts according to inventory made April 1, 1732.), pg 2/3 ↩︎
  5. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997 – Drouin IGD ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
  6. Funeral record of Jean Nicolet: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  7. Inventory of Jean Nicolet’s possessions 1642-1643 Reference: P1000,S3,D1517 Collection Centre d’archives de Québec – Archives nationales à Québec Id 367924 ↩︎
  8. FamilySearch: Guillaume Tronquet, Acts, Files 1 1/2-49 (Oct. 11, 1643 – Oct. 1646, July 16, 1648), Granite Mountain Record Vault, United States & Canada Film #2371289 Item 8, Image Group Number (DGS) 8125037, pgs 776-778/2056 marriage contract Maquart – Couillard, original ↩︎
  9. Marriage of Nicolas Macart – Marguerite Couillart: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) (image on profile) ↩︎
  10. Baptism of Marie Macart: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  11. Marriage of Marie Macar – Charles Pierre Legardeur de Villiers: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  12. Baptism of Geneviève Macart: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  13. Marriage of Geneviève Macard – Charles Basire: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  14. Baptism of Anne Macart: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  15. Marriage of Anne Macart – Pierre Bécard de Granville: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  16. Baptism of Ignace Macar: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  17. Baptism of Catherine Gertrude Macar: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  18. Marriage of Catherine Gertrude Macar – Jean Baptiste François Deschamps de la Bouteillerie: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  19. Baptism of Charles Macar: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  20. Marriage of Charles Macart – Renée Jeanne Gourdeaux: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  21. Burial record of Nicolas Maquart: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎
  22. Wikisource: 1666-1667 Censuses according to Benjamin Sulte, Histoire des Canadiens-français, Volume 4, chapter 4 ↩︎ ↩︎
  23. Wikisource: 1681 Census according to Benjamin Sulte, Histoire des Canadiens-français, Volume 5, chapter 4 ↩︎
  24. Burial record of Marguerite Couillard: Drouin Collection, IGD (Membership) ↩︎

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