Individual Details
Nicole Legrand
(1640 - 5 Oct 1713)
Filles du Roi / King's Daughters
Since 1663, each year the king had sent good and strong girls, to encourage the population of the Colony. In 1668, he sent 11 of them to Montreal; the same number to Trois-Rivieres; 113 to Quebec. Among those who went to the capital was Nicole Legrand.
Nicole was a Parisian from Saint-Sulpice. Her father Nicolas was dead. Her mother Anne Duplessis was still living. Nicole, 21 years old, had fine manners, easy speech; she wrote her name with confidence.
Francois Noel met her at Quebec at the end of the summer of 1669. They decided to get married. On October 13, there was the signing of the marriage contract in the presence of the notary Romain Becquet, in the house of Anne Gasnier, widow of Jean Bourdon. Nicole brought to the marriage some property valued at 400 pounds and a gift from the king worth 50 pounds. As was right and proper, Francois offered a prefixed dowry exceeding the ordinary: 500 livres tournois.
The nuptial blessing was given on October 22 on the Ile d'Orleans by the missionary priest Thomas Morel. The curate Henri de Bernieres also recorded the act in his registry at Quebec.
On February 26, 1673, François and Nicole had to make reparation to Jeanne Bardé, Jean Poulin`s wife, because they had falsely accused her of having slept with a boy.
Since 1663, each year the king had sent good and strong girls, to encourage the population of the Colony. In 1668, he sent 11 of them to Montreal; the same number to Trois-Rivieres; 113 to Quebec. Among those who went to the capital was Nicole Legrand.
Nicole was a Parisian from Saint-Sulpice. Her father Nicolas was dead. Her mother Anne Duplessis was still living. Nicole, 21 years old, had fine manners, easy speech; she wrote her name with confidence.
Francois Noel met her at Quebec at the end of the summer of 1669. They decided to get married. On October 13, there was the signing of the marriage contract in the presence of the notary Romain Becquet, in the house of Anne Gasnier, widow of Jean Bourdon. Nicole brought to the marriage some property valued at 400 pounds and a gift from the king worth 50 pounds. As was right and proper, Francois offered a prefixed dowry exceeding the ordinary: 500 livres tournois.
The nuptial blessing was given on October 22 on the Ile d'Orleans by the missionary priest Thomas Morel. The curate Henri de Bernieres also recorded the act in his registry at Quebec.
On February 26, 1673, François and Nicole had to make reparation to Jeanne Bardé, Jean Poulin`s wife, because they had falsely accused her of having slept with a boy.
Events
| Birth | 1640 | St-Sulpice, Paris, France |  | ||
| Marriage | 22 Oct 1669 | Ste-Famille, Iles-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada - François Noël | | ||
| Death | 5 Oct 1713 | St-Laurent, Iles-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada | | ||
| Reference No | M193 | |
Families
| Spouse | François Noël (1639 - 1725) |
| Child | Philippe Noël (1670 - 1736) |
| Child | François Noël (1675 - 1703) |
| Child | Pierre Noël (1677 - 1748) |
| Child | Marguerite Noël (1679 - 1691) |
| Child | Ignace Noël (1681 - 1766) |
| Child | Jean-Baptiste Noël (1685 - 1691) |
| Child | Madeleine Noël (1687 - 1749) |
| Father | Nicolas Legrand (1610 - 1669) |
| Mother | Anne Duplessis (1615 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
2. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
3. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.
4. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Marie St-Hilaire," pp. 1-205; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-09, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.