Jacques Bourdon (1645 - 1724)

Born 5 Jun 1645 in Rouen, Saint-Godard, Normandie, France

Husband of Marie Menard — married 8 Feb 1672 in Boucherville, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1724 at age 79 in Boucherville, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Jacques Bourdon migrated from France to New France.

Jacques Bourdon a des origines françaises.

Jacques Bourdon a vécu
au Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Birth

Jacques was baptised on the 5th of June 1645 in St-Godard, Rouen, France^[1].

Marriage

Contrat de mariage de Jacques Bourdon notaire royal fils de Jean Bourdon et de Magloire Legris, de St-Godard, de la ville de Rouen; et Marie Ménard fille de Jacques Ménard dit Lafontaine et de Catherine Fortier de Boucherville. Quittance au bas de l’acte de la dot promise au dit Bourdon par Jacques Ménard (3 janvier 1672). Notaire Thomas Frérot^[2]

Jacques Bourdon & Marie Ménard

8 Feb 1672

Boucherville^[3]

Children

14 known children, 2 known to die young, 12 to marry^[4]

Death

Date: 7 AUG 1724

Funeral: same day

Place: Boucherville^[5]

listed as being around 95, native of Normandy, on this record

BOURDON, JACQUES, process-server, clerk of court, and notary; baptized 5 June 1645 in the church of Saint-Godard at Rouen, son of Jean Bourdon and Marguerite Legris; buried 7 Aug. 1724 at Boucherville.

It was at Montréal, in the autumn of 1666, that Bourdon began his career, as a process-server. But by 9 Oct. 1667 he had been dismissed from his office by Judge Charles-Joseph d'’Ailleboust* Des Muceaux. Although he owned a few acres of land at Longueuil, he settled at Boucherville, where on 8 Feb. 1672 he married Marie Ménard and on 19 March 1673 bought from his father-in-law a piece of land measuring 2 arpents by 25. In 1681 he had only two arpents under cultivation, and his livestock consisted of one cow. It is true that since 1677 he had been acting as process-server, clerk of court, and notary of the Boucherville seigneurie, but Pierre Boucher was soon to remove him from office on 15 June 1683. Bourdon nonetheless continued to call himself a notary, by what authority is not very clear: mention has been made of a commission granted by Intendant Bégon*, which is probable. He exercised his profession until 1720, contending with the seigneurial notary for a clientele that was small in any event, with the result that in 1739 Louis-Claude Danré* de Blanzy found only 158 minutes in his registry. This was very little on which to bring up a family of 14 children. Fortunately, on 26 Aug. 1702, he had received another commission as process-server. His wife survived him by two years and was buried 2 July 1726 at Boucherville.

JACQUES BOURDON

Jacques Bourdon était originaire de la paroisse de Saint-Godard, en la ville de Rouen. Il épousa à Boucherville, le 8 février 1672, Marie Ménard, fille de Jacques Ménard dit Lafontaine et de Catherine Fortier. Il exerça comme notaire dans la seigneurie de Boucherville à partir de 1677. En 1683, Pierre Boucher, seigneur de Boucherville, révoqua Jacques Bourdon comme greffier, notaire et sergent de la juridiction de sa seigneurie. “ Comme Jacques Bourdon, dit M. Pierre-Georges Roy, continua à exercer jusqu’en 1720, nous avons le droit de présumer qu’il avait reçu de l’intendant une commission de notaire royal. Le greffe de Jacques Bourdon est conservé aux Archives judiciaires de Montréal. Vol X, pg 69^[2] (L'index de son greffe se trouve dans la même source, de la page 70 à la page 97)

Fichier Origine

BOURDON, Jacques 240528

Date de baptême: 05-06-1645

Lieu d'origine: Rouen (St-Godard) (Seine-Maritime) 76540

Parents: Jean BOURDON et Marguerite Legris

Première mention au pays: 1666

Occupation à l'arrivée: Huissier

Date de mariage: 08-02-1672

Lieu du mariage: Boucherville

Conjointe: Marie Ménard

Décès ou inhumation: Boucherville, 07-08-1724

Remarques: Il fut huissier, greffier et notaire. Deux frères et trois soeurs sont baptisés à Rouen (St-Godard) : Françoise, 24-02-1636 ; Nicolas, 17-01-1638, inhumé 28-08-1638 ; Geneviève, 27-07-1639 ; Jeanne, 15-10-1641 ; Marie-Madeleine, 11-02-1643 et Pierre, 12-06-1647, (père défunt) marié à Rouen (St-Godard), le 08-06-1673 avec Marie Laisné (feu Jean et Marie Dulut). Acte de famille : Le 25-11-1632 à Rouen (St-Laurent), mariage entre Gilles Bourdon et Margueritte LeGris ; acte non filiatif.^[6]

Note

In our opinion, J.-Edmond Roy has wrongly identified Jacques Bourdon with the “J. Bourdon” who was a clerk in the court registry of the Conseil Souverain in 1664.

• • • Unknown what the source for above is, was entered previously then truncated. (see changes log) J. Edmond Roy doesn't name him as being in Québec in 1664.

Sources

1. ↑ Fichier baptism photo
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} BAnQ Notarial acts index Inventaire des greffes des notaires du régime français, par Pierre Georges Roy et Antoine Roy; 27 Vol + index 1-8 Vol X pg 45
3. ↑ Marriage IGD
4. ↑ Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1997
5. ↑ Funeral IGD
6. ↑ Fichier Jacques Bourdon 2015 Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie//Québec Federation of Genealogical Societies

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