Who is Le sieur de la Boulais in the 1686 census at Chedabouctou?

Question

The only information I have is this: "Chedabouctou: La sieur de la BOULAIS, royal lieutenant, in the fort at the lower end of the bay with 15 or 20 servants. In the place are 3 or 4 inhabitants who are clearing the land." I am looking for his birth name and a date of birth so I can make a profile.

Answer 1

I think this could be your man: Charles Duret de Chevry de La Boulaye, born ca 1645, in France. In his biography, we learn that he was lieutenant for the king in Acadia 1685-1690. The establishment of the company at Chedabouctou then consisted of Fort Saint-Louis and several roughly built huts. la Boulaye had 15 or 20 hired men with him there. There is no wife or children listed for him in Stephen White's Dictionnaire p. 891. 

Historian and professor Nicolas Landry also mentions him in this article, and cites the biography mentioned above, p. 12 of  34.

I don't believe that a profile has been created for him yet although it is hard to search with so many names. I would use Duret for his Last Name at Birth, and put de La Boulaye,  de la Boulais, de Chevry in Other Last Names.

Comments

The name clinches it: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/duret_de_chevry_de_la_boulaye_charles_1E.html

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Duret-99 is his new profile ID.

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Excellent work! Very well written and sourced.  

Answer 2

Within the Archives of Quebec, there is evidence of Champlain and his marriage to Helene Boulle/Boulay.  She is the daughter of a Nicolas Boulay/Boulle.  There are docs, listing Eustache Boulle/Boulay as the brother-law- of Champlain.  Here are some links to help you get started in your search of these records

1. https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3003950?docsearchtext=Eustache%20Boulay

2.https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1987066?docref=gfEXdUyU30yF97LwaqZImA&docsearchtext=Nicolas%20Boulle

3.https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/rechercheExterne/encoded/U2lldXIgQm91bGxl/false/P/desc/W10=/Toutes%20les%20ressources/true/false/

4.https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3311769?docsearchtext=sieur%20Boulet%20(Boul%C3%A9,%20Boulay),%20capitaine%20de%20milice%20de%20Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois,

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/2022908?docref=SrPO4JrUdW_FcOYSU6P4RA&docsearchtext=Chedabouctou%20La%20sieur%20de%20la%20BOULAIS

Comments

These were interesting leads but none fit the military career of Royal Lieutenant. Most all were content to homestead and farm. The leads were worth exploring and had interesting history. I couldn't place any of them near Chedabouctou. Even the dit names didn't pan out. Thanks.