Jacques Archambault

1605 - Bef 1688  (< 84 years)

• Name	Jacques Archambault
  Birth	Between 1604 and 1605	L'Ardillière, now part of Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	1604  [2]
  Death	Bef 15 Feb 1688  [1, 2]
  Burial	15 Feb 1688	Notre-Dame-de-Montréal, Ville-Marie, Montréal, Québec   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I552	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of GR, Ancestor of KL, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Antoine Archambault
  Mother	Renée Ouvrard
  Marriage	Bef 1604	Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France   [1]
  Family ID	F422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Françoise Touralt,   b. Abt 1599, Lardelière, now part of Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France d. Bef 9 Dec 1663 (Age < 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1621	Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Anne Archambault,   b. Between 1621 and 1631, Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France d. 29 Jul 1699 (Age 78 years) + 2. Jacquette Archambault,   b. Between 1630 and 1632, Charente-Maritime, France d. Bef 17 Dec 1700 (Age < 70 years) + 3. Marie Archambault,   b. Bef 24 Feb 1636   d. Bef 16 Aug 1719 (Age < 83 years) + 4. Laurent Archambault,   b. Between 1641 and 1642   d. Bef 19 Apr 1730 (Age < 89 years)
  Family ID	F410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Born about 1605 (census 1667) or 1604 (census 1681). From Wikipedia: A plate in the back of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Montreal commemorates his digging the first water well, near what is now known as Place-d'Armes, on October 11, 1658, upon request by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Genealogy of the French in North America, by Denis Beauregard. Complete version, 2025. [S8920] Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (The Research Program in Historical Demography) (PRDH) database.