Sieur Pierre Lefebvre-Descoteaux & Jeanne Ounaut *

(Ounaut transcribed erronously as Aunois in some records

Transcription erronée de Ounaut à Aunois dans certains records)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. PIERRE SIEUR1 LEFÈBVRE-DESCOTEAUX was born in 1616 in Sceaux, Paris, Ile-de-

France. He died in 1669 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Qc. He married Jeanne (Indian) Ouaut-

Onaus-Onout-Nounau about 1646 in Trois-Rivières, Qc. She was born in 1621 (AKA Aunois).

She died on 11 Feb 1697 in Trois-Rivières, Qc.

Pierre Sieur Lefèbvre-Descoteaux and Jeanne (Indian) Ouaut-Onaus-Onout-Nounau had the

following children: i. JACQUES (METIS) SIEUR2 LEFEBVRE-DESCOTEAUX was born on 12 Jan 1647 in

Trois Rivieres, Qc. He died on 19 Feb 1720 in Baie-du-Febvre,L'assomption, Qc. He

married Marie Beaudry-Lamarche, daughter of Urbain Beaudry-Lamarche and

Madeleine Boucher on 11 Nov 1670 in Trois-Rivières, Qc. She was born in 1650. She

died on 11 Dec 1734.

ii. CATHERINE (METIS) LEFEBVRE-DESCOTEAUX was born on 04 Dec 1648 in

Trois Rivieres, Qc. She died on 29 Nov 1705. She married ANTOINE TROTTIER. iii. ELIZABETH (METIS) LEFEBVRE-DESCOTEAUX was born on 16 Mar 1651 in

Trois Rivieres, Qc. She died on 10 Sep 1687. She married JEAN COLLETTE. She

married PIERRE-FELIX THUNAY. iv. MICHEL (METIS) LEFÈBVRE-DESCOTEAUX was born in 1654. He died on 21 Oct

1708 in Trois Rivières, Qc. He married Catherine Trottier, daughter of Pierre Trottier and

Suzanne Mignot on 03 Nov 1683 in Batiscan, Qc. She was born in 1669. She died on 02

Mar 1723.

v. IGNACE (METIS) LEFEBVRE-DESCOTEAUX was born on 03 Apr 1656 in Trois

Rivieres, Qc. He died on 27 Mar 1740. He married MARIE TROTTIER. vi. ANGE (METIS) LEFEBVRE-DESCOTEAUX was born on 19 Sep 1658 in Trois

Rivieres, Qc (Occup: Notaire Royal). He died on 24 Dec 1735 in Bécancour, Qc. He

married (1) M-MADELEINE MOSIE CUSSON, daughter of Jean Cusson and Marie

Foubert in 1680. She was born about 1659 in Trois Rivieres, Qc. She died on 19 Dec

1720 in Baie du Febvre, Yamaska, Qc. He married (2) GENEVIEVE GUILLET after

1721 in Becancour, Qc. vii. PIERRE (METIS) LEFEBVRE-DESCOTEAUX was born on 30 Sep 1661 in Trois

Rivieres, Qc. He died on 03 Oct 1745. He married MARIE-LOUISE DANEAU.

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Notes for Pierre Sieur Lefèbvre-Descoteaux: Much of the source for the information about LeFebvre is from an article that appeared in Le

Nouvelliste, a daily newspaper in Trois Rivières, on October 18, 1980, written by Jacques

St.Onge and translated into English by Gérald Lefebvre in December 1999. The Jesuit`s Journal dated the 4th of July, 1648 reports the capture of Pierre Lefebvre by the

Iroquois. "Many things have happened in Trois-Rivières during the month of July that involved

the Iroquois. The following will be found in the letters going to the archives or in other

correspondence, namely the capture of two of our Frenchmen, Pierre Le Febvre and a nephew

of M. de la Poterie." In 1648, Father Jérôme Lalemant writes the following description of the events to Father Etiènne

Charlet, Provincial of the Jesuits in France: "The next day, on July 14th, an Algonquin discovered

the footprints of the enemy and alerted Monsieur de la Poterie, who in turn alerted the inhabitants

by the sound of a bell and not a volley of canon, the normal signal to be on guard. Five Hurons

who were close to the area where two of our Frenchmen, who were guarding the livestock, were

already fighting off the enemy, joined the battle. At least 80 Iroquois attacking. Two armed

challoupes (boats) were dispatched; but before they got there the Iroquois had already killed one

Frenchman and a Huron and had taken two Frenchmen and two Hurons as prisoners. Even if

they were ten to one the Iroquois were surely scared off when they saw how many of their own

were killed and injured by so few Frenchmen. One of the two Frenchmen was the nephew of

Monsieur de la Poterie, who had ventured a little too far to hunt and ended up in a trap without

knowing how he got in: the Huron who was killed was a good Christian, like the Frenchmen he

had been to confession on the Sunday before. The captured Hurons were not baptized; as for the

French prisoners, they had lived an exceptionally good life, but they were to say the least a little

bit responsible for their fate, they had gone too far when they knew the enemy well." Pierre

Lefebvre will be a prisoner of the Iroquois for three long months, he will come back in October

accompanied by one of them called le Berger (the Shepard), who had previously escaped from

his guards at Trois-Rivières.

And thus was the early experience of Pierre LeFebvre in Canada where he had arrived about

1641 from an area called Sceaux near Paris on the Ile-de-France. He had been born there around

1616. The first mention of LeFebvre in Trois Rivières is noted when in April 1643 he is witness in a

court case involving the Leneuf brothers, Michel and Jacques, and Guillaume Isabel. The Leneuf

brothers were accused of kicking and punching Isabel. The Leneufs did not seem to resent that

Pierre was called as a witness to the incident because in January 1647 Jacques Leneuf and Marie

Marguerie will become godparents to Jacques, the eldest son of Pierre Lefebvre. In August 1644, LeFebvre purchased land from Governor de Montmagny. According to historian

Marcel Trudel, this lot had 30 acres and was bordered by land owned by the heirs of Etienne

Vien, another owned by ancestor Jacques Aubuchon dit le Loyal and a third owned by the

natives.

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Sometime in 1645 or early 1646, Pierre LeFebvre married Jeanne Aunois. There are those who believe that Jeanne Aunois (or Aunos) was an Amérindienne or Native

American (sauvage) according to Baptisms of Immaculée Conception of Trois-Rivières. In the

list of baptisms in the parish register, Jeanne Onaus is clearly indicated Amérindien when she is

cited in the register as the god-mother of a girl, Perrine, and Amérindien.

The record is as follows:

B (baptized): 1651-08-27, N (born -- née): 1651-08-24

PERRINE o (origin): AMERINDIEN (791) C (unmarried) F (female) MARIE /

KITARANGOUKOUE o: AMERINDIEN (791) MERE F

o: AMERINDIEN (701) PERE M (male) PIERRE / KOUC / LAFLEUR DE COGNAC M (Godfather)

JEANNE / ONAUS o: AMERINDIEN (791) M (married) F (Godmother) PIERRE /

LEFEBVRE M (married) M (male) JOSEPH I / DUPERON p:02 C M (Jesuit priest) Source:

www.autochtones.ca/forum/viewtopic.php Source for the above information is the website: Alberta Family Histories Society. The Lefebvres are on the census list in Trois-Rivières in 1666 and 1667. That year, he hires three

servants: Noël Carpentier, Jean Leduc et Jean Vintonneau; they take care of seven animals and

work the 80 acres of land, a considerable estate for the time. On January 30,1666, Father Fremin,

bursar for the Jesuits, gives a property of 2 acres to Pierre Lefebvre. This property faces on the

river and is located in the Seigneurie du Cap-de-la-Madeleine. This is where the Lefebvres will

live from then on and where two years later, Lefebvre will pass away. The exact date of death is

not known. What is known is that during the summer of 1668, Pierre Lefebvre put his affairs in order. On

July 11, he will give the fief de Gentilly to his son-in-law, Félix Thunaye dit Dufresne, a surgeon

(medical doctor of the era). On the previous January 20th , he had distributed all his assets to his

seven children: Jacques, Michel, Ignace, Ange, Pierre, Catherine and Elizabeth. In July, 1668 was confined to his home in Cap-de-la-Madeleine. In October of 1670, Jeanne

Auneau (Aunois) is a widow. This is confirmed by a marriage contract between their oldest son

and future seigneur of Baie-du-Febvre, Jacques Lefebvre, to Marie Beaudry, daughter of Urbain

Beaudry, the blacksmith. During Pierre LeFebvre's lifetime in the area, he was a défricheur (land clearer), syndic

(municipal councilor), builder, surveyor, marguiller (church warden) and arbitrator. As to Jeanne Aunois, she was still living in 1681, as confirmed in a census of Cap-de-la-

Madeleine. She was 54 years old and three sons were still at home, Michel, Ignace and Pierre.

Youngest son, Ange Lefebvre dit Senneville, born in 1658, and married to Marie-Madeleine

Cusson in 1679, is an ancestor in the Cameron line. On February 2, 1707, Ange LeFebvre was

appointed as notary for the king for the community of Baie-du-Febvre, PQ.

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CHILDREN OF PIERRE LEFEBVRE & JEANNE OUAUT

1. Sieur2Jacques Lefebvre-Descoteaux & Marie Beaudry-

Lamarche

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Notes for Jacques (Metis) Sieur Lefebvre-Descoteaux:

Jacques Lefebvre (son of Pierre Lefebvre and Jeanne Auneau-Aunois)335, 335 was born 12 Jan

1647 in Trois-Rivieres, St.-Maurice, Quebec335, and died 19 Feb 1720 in Baie Du Febvre,

L'assomption, Québec335. He married Marie Beaudry on 11 Nov 1670 in Trois-Rivieres, St.-

Maurice, Quebec, daughter of Urbain Beaudry and Madeline Boucher.

Notes for Jacques Lefebvre: seigneur of Baie-du Febvre Notes for JACQUES LEFEBVRE DIT

DESILETS:

Jacques was the founder of the Baie-Saint-Antoine parish. Almost all the families who belonged

to the parish were related to his family or his wife's family. that is why the parish became known

as Baie Lefebvre or Baie-du-Fèvre. The children of Jacques and Marie played a primary role in

the establishment of the Seigniory of the Bay, acquired in 1683. He and his family established

themselves there three years later. Jacques built a Chapel there amidst the Iroquois Indians who forced the colonists to

move back to Trois Rivières temporarily. At the beginning of the 18th century, they returned to

their land and the Seigniory would develop rapidly after that. Jacques was buried in his adopted

land. His name was also listed as "Jacques Lefebvre dit Desilets".

Timeline

1683 (September 4) Concession of a seigniory (2 miles of face on 2 miles of depth including the

islands and islets) by the governor of * the Bar and the intendant of Meulles* with Jacques

Lefebvre who names it Bay-Saint-Antoine. 1723 (June 1) With the death of Jacques Lefebvre, the seigniory passes to its widow, Marie

Beaudry (1/2), with her son, Rene Lefebvre (1/4), and with his/her other children (1/4).

1739 (July 9) Louis Lefebvre Désilets acquires his brothers and sisters the quarter of the

seigniory of which they had inherited their father Jacques Lefebvre.

1765 (July 8) Sale of its share of the seigniory by Jeanne Lefebvre, widow of Jean-baptiste

Provancher, in Louis Lefebvre Désilets.

1771 (December 30) Élisabeth Guay, widow of Louis Lefebvre Désilets, yields to Rene Guay

the share of seigniory of which it had inherited with the death her husband.

the 1773 (June 28) share of seigniory of Joseph Lefebvre and his wife, Marie-Josephte

Montplaisir, is allocated by the provost of Montreal, William Gray, in Rene Guay and Joseph

Despins which divide it in right halves.

Jacques Lefebvre, seigneur de la baie Saint-Antoine vivait avec Sieur Pierre Lefebvre de

Gentilly, Jeanne Aunois, Jean Vincouneau, Jean Leduc, Noël Charpentier, Ange Lefebvre dit

Descôteaux, Pierre Lefebvre, Ignace Lefebvre dit Belle-Isle et Michel Lefebvre dit Laciseraye

en en 1666 à Trois-Rivières.

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2 –Catherine Lefebvre (m. Antoine Trottier)

3 – Elizabeth Lefebvre (m. Jean Collette)

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4 – Michel Lefèbvre-Descoteaux & Catherine Trottier

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5 – Ignace Lefebvre-Descoteaux & Marie Trottier

6 –Ange Lefebvre & M-Madeleine Mosie Cusson

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7 –Pierre Lefebvre & Marie-Louise Daneau