Marguerite Simard dit Lombrette

Marguerite married François Bouchard on 15 Jun 1699 in Baie Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec. François (son of Claude Bouchard and Louise Gagné) was born on 8 Apr 1674; was christened on 9 Apr 1674 in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, La Côte-de-Beaupré, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Catherine Bouchard was born on 11 Mar 1715; was christened on 12 Mar 1715 in Baie Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec.

Noël married Marie Madeleine Racine on 22 Nov 1661 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec. Marie (daughter of Étienne Racine and Marguerite Martin) was born before 25 Jul 1646; was christened on 25 Jul 1646 in Québec City, Québec; died before 3 Dec 1726; was buried on 3 Dec 1726 in Baie Saint-Paul, Charlevoix, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pierre married Suzanne Durand about 2 Dec 1635 in Angoulême, Charente, France. Suzanne (daughter of Louis Durand and Françoise Levrauld) was born in France; died after 27 Oct 1666 in Angoulême, Charente, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Étienne married Marguerite Martin. Marguerite (daughter of Abraham Martin dit l'Écossais and Marguerite Langlois) was born before 4 Jan 1624; was christened on 4 Jan 1624 in Québec City, Québec; died on 25 Nov 1679; was buried on 26 Nov 1679 in Château-Richer, Montmorency, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Marsault married Ozanne Souillet before 1603 in Puymoyen, Charente, France. Ozanne was born in France; died in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Louis married Françoise Levrauld before 1623 in Charente, France. Françoise was born in France; died in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

René married Marie Loiselle before 1607 in Saint-Germain, Fumichon, Calvados, Normandy, France. Marie was born in France; died in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 8 Sep 1664, Québec City, Québec

Notes:

His "dit" name, "l'Écossais", means basically "the Scotsman."

His farm was on a flat area just outside the walls of Quebec City which came to be known as the Plains of Abraham -- a name made famous ninety-five years after Abraham's death, when the decisive battle that delivered Quebec into British hands was fought there.

He and his wife Marguerite Langlois are common ancestors of TNH's most recent Quebec-born ancestral couple, Louis Joubert (1841-1919) and Emile Bastien (1844-1869).

From the Dictionary of Canadian Biography:

Martin arrived in New France with his wife, Marguerite Langlois, her sister Françoise and brother-in-law Pierre Desportes (the parents of Hélène Desportes) about 1620. Martin may have been of Scottish descent or he might have used the sobriquet if he had been enrolled in military service or had been a member of an illegal organization: such names were used to avoid detection by officials looking for deserted soldiers or in case the records of an illegal organization were seized. It is also possible that he acquired the name because he had made several voyages to Scotland as a young man. There is some question as to whether Martin was really an official pilot or not, although he was referred to as “king’s pilot” in his own day. However, he did fish well down into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

It is presumed that the Plains (or Heights) of Abraham are named after Martin. It is picturesquely said that the “Côte d’Abraham” was the path that Martin used to descend to the St. Charles River to water his animals. His property amounted to 32 acres in all, 12 received from the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France in 1635 and 20 as a gift from Sieur Adrien Du Chesne, ship’s surgeon to Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny in 1645. This land was sold by the Martin family to the Ursulines in 1667. It is possible that this is the same Martin who was employed by Jean de Biencourt and Du Gua de Monts as navigator on the coast of Acadia, although he would have been very young at that time. When David Kirke captured Quebec in 1629 and left his brother Lewis as governor until 1632, Martin and his family stayed on. In his later years Martin fell in the estimation of his fellow citizens when he was accused of improper conduct with regard to a young girl in Quebec. He was imprisoned for this on 15 Feb. 1649.

Abraham married Marguerite Langlois before 1620 in France. Marguerite (daughter of (Unknown) Langlois and (Unknown)) was born about 1592 in Xiste, Montpelliers, France; died on 17 Dec 1665; was buried on 19 Dec 1665 in Québec City, Québec. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is said to have been the first midwife recorded in the records of New France.