Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Madeleine Hanneton

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Name Madeleine Hanneton Birth Between 1644 and 1645 Paris, France [1]
Gender Female Death 13 Mar 1689 [1] Burial 14 Mar 1689 Boucherville, Québec [1]
Person ID I1899 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 17 Mar 2021
Father Nicolas Hanneton, b. France d. France
Mother Marie Fant Marriage Bef 1644 Paris, France [1]
Family ID F1230 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joachim Reguindau, b. Bef 8 Nov 1637 d. 6 Mar 1714 (Age > 76 years) Marriage Aft 6 Jan 1669 Québec City, Québec [1]
Children + 1. Jacques Reguindau dit Joachim, b. 25 Feb 1673 d. Bef 14 Mar 1750 (Age < 77 years) Family ID F1217 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Apr 2021
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Notes - Also called Madeleine Alton.
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 Madeleine Alton.
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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.