Anne Leseigneur

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptised: 1 Mar 1649, Saint-Maclou, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France

Notes:

Also called Anne Seigneur.

She was a fille du rois, a "daughter of the king." By 1660 or so it had become apparent that the fledgling North American colony of New France was badly short of marriageable women. To ameliorate this, between 1663 and 1673 the French government recruited respectable young women of limited prospects and, after vetting them for suitability, provided each of them with a small dowry, a chest of clothes, and one-way passage to Quebec. The approximately 800 women who made this journey became known as the "filles du roi", the "daughters of the King." Millions of modern French-Canadians can trace their descent from them, quite often from several.

Anne married Jean Bessette dit Brisetout after 3 Jul 1668 in Québec City, Québec. Jean was born between 1623 and 1642 in Cahors, Lot, France; died on 5 Jan 1707; was buried on 7 Jan 1707 in Chambly, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Date of contract.

1. Marie Bessette was born about 1669; died on 18 May 1714; was buried on 19 May 1714 in La Prairie, Québec.
2. François Bessette was born on 26 Jul 1685; was christened on 29 Sep 1685 in Contrecœur, Québec; died on 3 Jun 1764; was buried on 4 Jun 1764 in Chambly, Québec.

Guillaume married Madeleine Sancy on 27 Feb 1645 in Saint-Maclou, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Madeleine Sauve.