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Jacques RITCHOT or RIDECHOT
(Abt 1681 - )
Jacques Ritchot, born Richard Nason, was an English captive taken in the border raids between New France and New England.
Jacques is the ancestor of all Ritchot and Ridechot families in Québec.
The following story is from Ancestry.com:
Dominique_Ritchot added this on 26 Apr 2010
Jacques Nason dit Ritchot was an anglo american captive. His father, Richard Nason, was killed in a raid in 1687. His mother, Shuah Colcord remarried to John Douglas. He was taken during a raid over Sturgeon Creek (Maine) by French militiamen and Abenaki indians in October 1690. He was taken to the Abenaki mission of St.François de Sales, and was put in a the Crevier family by le Sieur de Rouville. He was baptised January 6, 1691 « Jacques Ridechot, English, son of Ridechot... [Naxxons] and Suzanne Calquet. » On September 23, 1703 Jacques Ridechot, « English, raised in his childhood among the French », was married in St.François-du-Lac to Elisabeth Dubois dit Brisebois. In May 1710, Jacques Neison, « living in St.François, married to a French woman with whom he has children », was naturalized French. sources : Roger W. Lawrence « NASON dit RITCHOT », dans The Genealogist, Manchester NH, AFCGS, vol. 17, no. 2 (issue 48 ) Spring 1991, p. 87-89 ; Dominique Ritchot, « La Famille Ritchot », MSGCF, vol. 52, no. 1 (cahier 227, printemps 2001), p. 61-64 ; P.G. Roy : Inventaire des Insinuations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle France ; Jugement et délibérations du Conseil supérieur de Québec (7 janvier 1710 au 22 décembre 1716); Marcel Fournier : De la Nouvelle-Angleterre à la Nouvelle-France ; Emma Lewis Coleman : New England Captives Carried to Canada ; « Instructions to Matthew Cary About Bringing Prisonners from Canada, 1695 » New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1878; E.S. Stackpole : Old Kittery and Her Families ; C.A. Torrey : New England Marriages prior to 1700.
Most accounts I have read state that Richard Sr was killed in the same raid in which his son was taken captive, although the above account is certainly well-sourced.
Jacques is the ancestor of all Ritchot and Ridechot families in Québec.
The following story is from Ancestry.com:
Dominique_Ritchot added this on 26 Apr 2010
Jacques Nason dit Ritchot was an anglo american captive. His father, Richard Nason, was killed in a raid in 1687. His mother, Shuah Colcord remarried to John Douglas. He was taken during a raid over Sturgeon Creek (Maine) by French militiamen and Abenaki indians in October 1690. He was taken to the Abenaki mission of St.François de Sales, and was put in a the Crevier family by le Sieur de Rouville. He was baptised January 6, 1691 « Jacques Ridechot, English, son of Ridechot... [Naxxons] and Suzanne Calquet. » On September 23, 1703 Jacques Ridechot, « English, raised in his childhood among the French », was married in St.François-du-Lac to Elisabeth Dubois dit Brisebois. In May 1710, Jacques Neison, « living in St.François, married to a French woman with whom he has children », was naturalized French. sources : Roger W. Lawrence « NASON dit RITCHOT », dans The Genealogist, Manchester NH, AFCGS, vol. 17, no. 2 (issue 48 ) Spring 1991, p. 87-89 ; Dominique Ritchot, « La Famille Ritchot », MSGCF, vol. 52, no. 1 (cahier 227, printemps 2001), p. 61-64 ; P.G. Roy : Inventaire des Insinuations du Conseil souverain de la Nouvelle France ; Jugement et délibérations du Conseil supérieur de Québec (7 janvier 1710 au 22 décembre 1716); Marcel Fournier : De la Nouvelle-Angleterre à la Nouvelle-France ; Emma Lewis Coleman : New England Captives Carried to Canada ; « Instructions to Matthew Cary About Bringing Prisonners from Canada, 1695 » New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1878; E.S. Stackpole : Old Kittery and Her Families ; C.A. Torrey : New England Marriages prior to 1700.
Most accounts I have read state that Richard Sr was killed in the same raid in which his son was taken captive, although the above account is certainly well-sourced.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1681 | South Berwick, Maine, Massachusetts Bay Colony |  | ||
| Baptism | 6 Jan 1691 | Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada | |  | |
| Marriage | 23 Sep 1703 | Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Québec, Canada - Elisabeth BRISBOIS or DUBOIS | | | |
| Naturalization | May 1710 | | |||
| Burial | 8 Apr 1729 | Saint-Michel-de-Yamaska, Yamaska, Québec, Canada | |||
| Alt name | Richard NASON | ||||
| Alt name | Jacques RIDECHOT |
Families
| Spouse | Elisabeth BRISBOIS or DUBOIS ( - ) |
| Child | Marguerite RITCHOT (1723 - ) |
| Father | Richard NASON ( - 1689) |
| Mother | Shuah COLCORD ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Age 9 when baptized (6 Jan 1691). His marriage record describes him as "Anglais", i.e. English.Baptism
Age 9 years when baptized. Godparents were Jean-Baptiste René Crevier dit Manoche and Margueritte Crevier. Officiating priest was Louis André of the Compagnie de Jesus. Ceremony took place in the domestic chapel of Sieur Crevier, Seigneur of the place. Two other English boys were baptized there the same day: George Gray, age 16, and Joseph Michel, age 15.http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=1091&path=Saint.St-Fran%C3%A7ois-du-Lac.ALL.1687-1719.111&sid=&gskw=
Marriage
http://interactive.ancestry.com/1091/d13p_1146c1458?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d1091%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsingNaturalization
Became a French subject. Record refers to him as Jacques Neison, living at Saint-Francois, married to a French woman with whom he has children.Endnotes
1. "Parish Registers: Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), baptism of Jacques Ritchot; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1687-1719, image 111.
2. "Parish Registers: Saint-François-du-Lac, Yamaska, Quebec," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed ), marriage of Jacques Richot and Elisabeth DuBois; Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection); 1687-1719, image 28.