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Nickname: dit Arcouet
Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes, L'Abbe Cyprien Tanguay;
by Province of Quebec 1924; Volume 1 Page 312.
Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles du Quebec; by Universite de Montreal & ReneJette; Page 580.
Notre Dame de Montreal church Directory by Bergeron Vol 1 page 406, Act 7837 and there it says he was from Belleovacenas.
La conquete du Canada par les Normands page 185.
Marie was 70 when she died in 1700, 28 at the1666 Census and 45 at the 1681 Census, arrived in Montreal the16 Nov 1653.[Auger 53]

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Nickname:<NICK> dit Arcouet
Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes, L'Abbe Cyprien Tanguay;
by Province of Quebec 1924; Volume 1 Page 312.
Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles du Quebec; by Universite de Montreal & ReneJette; Page 580.
Notre Dame de Montreal church Directory by Bergeron Vol 1 page 406, Act 7837 and there it says he was from Belleovacenas.
La conquete du Canada par les Normands page 185.
Marie was 70 when she died in 1700, 28 at the1666 Census and 45 at the 1681 Census, arrived in Montreal the16 Nov 1653.[Auger 53]

TOUSSAINT  HUNAULT  dit  DESCHAMPS & MARIE LORGUEIL

Hainault; Hénau, Hénaud, Héneaux, Haineault, Hunaut et Hunault are different ways of spellingthe descendants names of Toussaint Hunault dit Deschamps. In certain cases andfor various reasons, the surname was changed to Deschamps, Deshaw, Dishaw, Dechant among others.

Toussaint's parents were  Nicolas Hunault and Marie Benoist, residents of the small area of Saint-Pierre-és-Champs; today a small division in the district of Le Courdray- Saint-Germer, a subdivision of Beauvais in the l'Oise Department, territory of the ancient province of Picardie.  I assumethe Deschamps surname comes from és-Champs or des Champs. Toussaint was born between 1625-28 but his baptismal registration has not yet been found. From census dates, his birth year is probably 1625.  He had at least 2 brothers, and onesister.  The use of Deschamps apparently began in the first Canadian born generation, and I have found notary documents in the Deschamps name as early as 1717.

Ville Marie

Ville Marie (Montréal) was only ten years old and in need of new people when Paul de Chomeday decided to recruit more settlers.  Due tothe hostilities with Iroquois Nation, the situation in New France was very risky.   In the fall of 1651, Maisonneuve left for France with the promise to bring 200 men to defend the villages. He had said, "If I don't get at least 100, I will not return."

In the spring of 1653, only 120 of the 154 men recruited with Toussaint Hunault honoured their commitment. Toussaint presented himself as a pioneer and was to receive a salary of 75 livres a year for a period of five years.  In order to defray his expenses, he was advanced 120 pounds. On 18 April 1653, he was hired at Hotel-Dieu, LaFléche, France, with Jerome Le Royer deLa Dauversiére as witness in front of the Notary, Lafausse.  I have a photocopy of the original document.

On June 20 1653, Toussaint sailed from Saint-Nazaire, a port in Nantes on the mouth of the Loire. Hunault and his fellow travellers embarked on the Saint-Nicolas, apparently a very poor ship.  After 350 Leagues, they had to turn back from the open sea. Sister Marguerite Bourgeois wrote that everyone would have died without the help of the coastal people who helped save them.  On July 20, the Saint-Nicolas was replaced on  Saint Marguerite's feast day, and the voyage continued.

On September 22, 1653, the ship landed in Quebec City. Eleven passengers had died while at sea.  Many of those hired were sick during the voyage and some spent time in the Quebec hospital before continuing their journey to Montréal.  Toussaint Hunault, Urbain Jetté, Jean Gervais, Paul Benoit dit Nivernois were among the survivors, all of whom are myown, Jack's, or Lachance ancestors.

On 16 November 1653, Toussaint and hisfriends set foot at Ville Marie. As it was November and winter was close at hand, the newcomers were lodged with welcoming families or in the fort. We don'tknow where Toussaint lived or worked during this time.   He may have been occupied cutting wood for heating and building in the spring.

On 24 July 1654, Maisonnevue ceded to Toussaint his first piece of land, 30 acres deep, by one acre wide, on the hillside of Saint-Louis: today Iberville Street at Saint- Laurent Boulevard. His neighbours were Jean Lemarché dit Laroche and Pierre Chauvin(another of our ancestors).

Marie Lorgueil
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