Son of Pierre, cloth merchant and Elisabeth Martin. He arrived at New France in 1665. He abjured Calvinism on the 19th of September in 1665 at Québec. Soldier of the garrison of Trois-Rivières in 1671. Occupation: Soldier in the company of Loubias, the regiment of Carignan.
Jean & Elisabeth Pepin
November 16, 1671
Trois-Rivières, Canada, Nouvelle-France
Contrat de mariage de Jean Arcouet dit Lajeunesse, de Marenne, en Saintonge, fils de Pierre Arcouet dit Lajeunesse et d’Elizabeth Martin; et Elizabeth Pepin, des T.-R., fille de Guillaume Pepin et de Jeanne Mechin (16 août 1671). (No 207.) Notaire Séverin Ameau[1]
Recensement 1681, Champlain
Jean Arcouet (dit Lajeunesse) 35 ; Elizabeth Pepin, sa femme, 23 ; enfants : Madelaine 5 ; Elizabeth 2 ; 1 fusil ; 2 bœufs ; 9 arpents en valeur.[2]
Marriage 2: Jean & Antoinette Lenoir dit Pirois July 18, 1701 Batiscan,
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