Louis Philippe Langlois

Born [date unknown] in Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Marguerite (de Lavoye) Lavoie — married 22 Jan 1718 in Notre-Dame-de-Liesse de Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died before 3 Apr 1742 in Kamouraska, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Louis Philippe Langlois migrated from Province of Massachusetts Bay to New France.

Louis Philippe Langlois lived
in Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Louis Philippe Langlois dit Sérien was a man of English descent from the coast of Boston, Massachusetts who lived in Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, Nouvelle-France. His parents, English name, and date of birth are unknown.

It's been commonly assumed that Louis Philippe is the same person as Daniel "Louis Philippe" Sargent (abt.1699-bef.1728), son of Diggory Sargent and Mary Oben. Daniel Sargent was taken captive by Indians from his home in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1704. He was later baptized in Montreal on 6 November 1707, and he was renamed Louis Philippe Sergeant^[1]. Y-DNA has disproven this theory, however (see research notes and DNA sections below).

Louis Philippe Langlois married Marguerite Lavoye on 14 January 1718, in Notre-Dame-de-Liesse parish of Rivière-Ouelle.^[2][3]. The marriage record in the parish register does not name his parents, but it says he was of the English nation.

The marriage contract registered 14 January 1718 by notary Étienne Jeanneau writes "Contrat de mariage de Louis-Philippe Langlois ou l’Anglais, natif de Boston ; et Marguerite Lavoy, fille de feu Jean de Lavoy et de Madeleine Boucher"^[4][5].

They had four children together:

1. Marguerite Langlois (1719-1808) m. Jean Baptiste Gagnon
2. Jean François Langlais (1720-1797) m. Marie Josephe Hudon dit Beaulieu
3. Marie Madeleine Langlois (1721-1721)
4. Marie Madeleine Langlois (1723-1766) m. Joseph Hudon dit Beaulieu

He was deceased before April 3, 1742, when his daughter Madeleine married.

Research Notes

PRDH currently lists Louis Philippe's parents as unknown. It writes:

This Louis Philippe Langlois Serien was erroneously identified with Daniel Sargent, baptized Louis Philippe in 1707 In Montreal. There are several elements that invalidate this pairing. Source: personal communication from Mr. Denis Savard^[6].

DNA

There is a Sargent surname Y-DNA project on FamilyTreeDNA, and some descendants of Louis Philippe's only son have tested as well as some descendants of the suspected father Diggory Sargent's other son John Sargent. The results can be viewed here.

While both sets of descendants share haplogroup R1b1a2, the project notes that the descendant groups "do not match the first 12 markers". There is a genetic distance of 15 at 37 markers, which is considered a non-match.

However, the Louis Philippe descendants do seem to be potential Y-DNA matches the descendants of a different Sergeant man from Boston: Samuel Sergeant (1744-1773). It is not clear how the two men might be related, but since Samuel Sergeant was born after Louis-Philippe, they could at most be cousins. However, this does provide some evidence that Louis Philippe's English surname may have been Sergeant after all.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Louis Philippe Sergeant (FamilySearch): "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99H-SLSG : 16 July 2014), Montréal > Notre-Dame > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1695-1710 > image 700 of 826; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
2. ↑ Marriage (FamilySearch): "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99M-B84Q : 16 July 2014), Rivière-Ouelle > Notre-Dame-de-Liesse > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1685-1789 > image 963 of 1436; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
3. ↑ Marriage (IGD): Généalogie Québec (subscription required), Institut généalogique Drouin, LAFRANCE. (https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/17126). Marriage: 1718-01-22, Parish: Rivière-Ouelle, Groom: Louis Philippe, Bride: Lavoye, Marguerite, Bride's Father: Lavoye, Jean, Bride's Mother: Boucher, Madeleine.
4. ↑ BanQ, National Library and Archives of Quebec, Notary Archives, Étienne Jeanneau, Actes 1691-1743. Image 512 of 686. Contrat de mariage for Louis-Philippe Langlois and Marguerite Lavoy. Accessed 23 Aug 2021.
5. ↑ "Inventaire des greffes des notaires du Régime français", BanQ. Page 20; Image 28 of 412. (https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2431906).
6. ↑ PRDH-IGD Individual #45163, Drouin Institute. PRDH entry for Louis Philippe Langlois Serien.

• tree http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Daniel-Louis-Philippe_Sargent&pid=9549&lng=fr&partID=679
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166958952/louis-philippe-langlois
• http://genealogytrails.com/mass/worcester/dsargent.html
• "Dit Sérien, Anglais de nation."--Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890, Vol 5, Sec 1, pg 140, Image 153.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Kevin Babiuk for creating WikiTree profile Langlois-283 through the import of WikiTree.ged on Feb 17, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Kevin and others.