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Jacques Miville-Deschenes
1639 - 1688 (48 years)-
Name Jacques Miville-Deschenes Birth 5 May 1639 Brouage, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France 
Gender Male Death 27 Jan 1688 Rivière-Ouelle, Québec Burial Rivière-Ouelle Cemetery, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec Notes - In 1684, Jacques Miville returned to Riviere Saint-Jean to work the farm of Charles Aubert de la Chesnaye. Less than two years later, he and his wife died on the same day, 27 January 1688, probably carried away by an epidemic. In his 'Histoire du Canada,' Henry-Hopper Miles says that during the year 1688-1699 'the concerns of the unfortunate colonists were greatly increased by the illness which struck in the form of small pox, dysentery, scurvy and fevers in such a way that some 1,400 people succumbed during that year alone.'("Our French-Canadian Ancestors" Vol. XXVII by Thos. Laforest)
"After his marraige, Jacques Mivielle, Sieur des Chenes, lived for sometime more in the region of Quebec, then he went to settle at Riviere Saint-Jean (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere). On 15 june 1674 (contract Rageot), Jean-Baptiste Deschamps de la Bouteillerie ceded him a domain with almost 12 arpents in frontage, east of the Ouelle River. (32) At that time, he left the Lauson Coast to occupy this homestead, but he only passed through there because, on 16 June 1677 (contract Rageot), he had been forced to cede to Nicolas Hot dit Saint-Laurent 'due to an alignment recently drawn'. Huot agreed to pay him 515 livres, the value of the work carried out up until then on this land. This done, Huot quit claimed all lawsuits and claims that he had against Miville, even allowing him to extend his stay in the place until the following 15 April.
It does not seem that Jacques and his loved ones did so, because on the first of September (contract Rageot), Jacques Bernier dit Jean de Paris sold him a piece of land with six arpents of frontage by 12 deep, at Riviere Ouelle. This land had been acquired verbally by MICHEL BOUCHARD from the seigneur of la Bouteillerie. In 1681, Jacques Miville and his family had been listed in the census at Riviere Ouelle, where they declared two guns, seven head of cattle and eight arpents under cultivation.
("Our French-Canadian Ancestors" Vol. XXVII by Thos. Laforest
Person ID I23105 OurNorthernRoots | Drew's Maternal Ancestors Last Modified 20 Jun 2025
Father Pierre Miville-Le Suisse, b. 1605, Fribourg, Switzerland d. 14 Oct 1669, Lauzon, Québec (Age 64 years) Mother Charlotte Mauger, b. 1607, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 11 Oct 1676, Quebec (Age 69 years) Marriage Abt 1631 Brouage, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France Family ID F4421 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marie Catherine de Baillon, b. 1645, Les Layes, Les Essarts-le-Roi, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France d. 27 Jan 1688, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec (Age 43 years) Marriage 12 Nov 1669 Québec City, Québec Children + 1. Jean Miville-Deschenes, b. 6 Sep 1672, Québec City, Québec d. 31 Dec 1711, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec (Age 39 years)Family ID F6734 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- In 1684, Jacques Miville returned to Riviere Saint-Jean to work the farm of Charles Aubert de la Chesnaye. Less than two years later, he and his wife died on the same day, 27 January 1688, probably carried away by an epidemic. In his 'Histoire du Canada,' Henry-Hopper Miles says that during the year 1688-1699 'the concerns of the unfortunate colonists were greatly increased by the illness which struck in the form of small pox, dysentery, scurvy and fevers in such a way that some 1,400 people succumbed during that year alone.'("Our French-Canadian Ancestors" Vol. XXVII by Thos. Laforest)
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Birth - 5 May 1639 - Brouage, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France 
Marriage - 12 Nov 1669 - Québec City, Québec 
Death - 27 Jan 1688 - Rivière-Ouelle, Québec 
Burial - - Rivière-Ouelle Cemetery, Rivière-Ouelle, Québec = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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