Individual Details

Jean Crête

(23 Nov 1626 - 4 Mar 1717)

A master carriage maker, Jean was baptized between 08 and 23 November 1626 in the parish of Saint-Aubin in Tourouvre (arrondissment of Mortagne),Perche, the third of four children (and only son) of Antoine Crete or Creste and Jeanne Legrand, who were married 29 October 1619 in Tourouvre
by Father Guillaume Loyseau. His godparents were Sebastien Legrand (Jeanne`s brother,son of Noel)and Marie Creste(wife of Jean Bouchigny),representing Agnes Legrand. His father,the son of carriage maker Jehan Creste and Marguerite Chaudon,was born 22 November 1592 and himself worked as a carriage maker in the hamlet of "Les Boullais" in the parish of Tourouvre. His mother was born 15 April 1595 in Tourouvre,the daughter of merchant Noel Legrand and Suzanne Loyseau. After her death,Antoine Crete married Martine Pignart about 1638.

Events

Birth23 Nov 1626St-Aubin, Tourouvre, Perche, France
Marriage13 Sep 1654Beauport, Québec, Canada - Marguerite Gaulin
Death4 Mar 1717Beauport, Québec, Canada
Reference NoC750

Families

SpouseMarguerite Gaulin (1627 - 1703)
ChildMarie Crête (1657 - 1722)
ChildMarguerite Crête (1659 - 1734)
ChildFrançoise Crête (1660 - 1702)
ChildMarie-Marthe Crête (1668 - 1724)
ChildPierre Crête (1671 - 1719)
FatherAntoine Crête (1592 - 1653)
MotherJeanne Legrand (1595 - 1638)

Endnotes

1. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Calixte Perreault," pp. 1-137; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-04, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.

2. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Calixte Perreault," pp. 1-137; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-04, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.

3. René Jetté, Professor, historian, demographer and Quebec genealogist., Genealogical Dictionary of Quebec Families Dating to 1730 (Montréal, Quebec, Canada: University of Montreal Press, 1983), .

4. Cyprien Tanguay, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890 (Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Senécal, n.d.), . (Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Senécal, n.d.), .

5. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Calixte Perreault," pp. 1-137; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-04, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.

6. Diane Lebrun , "Ancestors of Calixte Perreault," pp. 1-137; Unpublished family tree, 2025-02-04, Al Perreault, Calgary, AB, Canada.