Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Anne Leseigneur
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Name Anne Leseigneur Birth Bef 1 Mar 1649 [1] Baptism 1 Mar 1649 Saint-Maclou, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1]
Gender Female Baptised 1 Mar 1649 Saint-Maclou, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1]
Death Bef 4 Jul 1733 [1] Burial 4 Jul 1733 Chambly, Québec [1]
Person ID I1648 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 21 Mar 2021
Father Guillaume Leseigneur Mother Madeleine Sancy Marriage 27 Feb 1645 Saint-Maclou, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France [1]
Family ID F1106 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jean Bessette dit Brisetout, b. Between 1623 and 1642, Cahors, Lot, France d. 5 Jan 1707 (Age ~ 84 years)
Marriage Aft 3 Jul 1668 Québec City, Québec [1]
Notes - Date of contract.
Children + 1. Marie Bessette, b. Abt 1669 d. 18 May 1714 (Age ~ 45 years) + 2. François Bessette, b. 26 Jul 1685 d. 3 Jun 1764 (Age 78 years) Family ID F1097 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Feb 2024
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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.
- Also called Anne Seigneur.
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Sources - [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024.
- [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2024.