Marguerite Sevestre

1635 - 1720  (85 years)

• Name	Marguerite Sevestre
  Birth	About 1635	Paris, Île-de-France, France   [4]
  Legal	26 Mar 1699 (64 years)	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France   [3]
  On 26 March 1699, Marguerite and Etienne, “being victims of their old age, which is advanced and renders them infirm and subject to the natural indisposition which accompanies the aged, and which causes a loss of spirit and force, they find themselves no longer able to handle their own affairs and it is of more advantage to them now to give or to sell their heritage to their two children named Prisque and Joseph.” As for the children, “they will feed and care for their father and mother and treat them according to their station in life. Their rooms shall be clean and heated so as to stave off illness for the remainder of their days and at the end of their time, they shall be buried, and prayers shall be offered for the repose of their soul, according to the customs.” Etienne was 66 years old when this act was made.
  Death	26 Nov 1720	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France   [2, 4]
  Burial	27 Nov 1720	Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France   [2, 4, 5]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 4 sisters
  > 1. Marie-Denise Sevestre,   c. 29 Oct 1632, Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 14 Dec 1700, Québec City, Québec, New France  (Age ~ 68 years) ▻ Antoine Martin dit Montpellier,  m. 18 Jun 1646 ;   Philippe Neveu,  m. 4 Aug 1659 + 2. Marguerite Sevestre,   b. About 1635, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 26 Nov 1720, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France  (Age 85 years) ▻ Étienne de Lessard,  m. 8 Apr 1652   3. Ignace Sevestre dit Desrochers,   c. 12 Nov 1636, Québec City, Québec, Canada d. 24 Jun 1661, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age ~ 24 years)   4. Marie-Madeleine Sevestre,   c. 2 Jan 1639, Québec City, Québec, Canada d. 7 Nov 1706, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age ~ 67 years)   5. Jeanne Sevestre,   c. 29 Dec 1641, Québec City, Québec, Canada d. 5 Jan 1648, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age ~ 6 years)   6. Catherine Sevestre,   b. 25 Jul 1644, Québec City, Québec, Canada d. 24 Jan 1670, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age 25 years)   7. Charles Sevestre,   c. 20 Nov 1646, Québec City, Québec, Canada d. 5 Apr 1661, Montréal, Québec, Canada  (Age ~ 14 years)
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Phillippe Gauthier and Marie Pichon)
  1. Guillaume Gauthier,   b. Abt 1616, Paris, Île-de-France, France bur. 26 Jul 1657, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age ~ 41 years)   2. Catherine Gauthier,   b. Abt 1617, La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France d. 3 Aug 1702, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age 85 years)   3. Charles Gauthier dit Boisverdun,   b. 1622, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 9 Feb 1703, Sainte-Foy, Québec, New France  (Age 81 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Louis Sevestre,   b. Abt 1517, France   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Marie Pichon,   b. Abt 1596, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 3 May 1661, Québec City, Québec, Canada  (Age 65 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I10308	Roy Line
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: She was 31 in 1666.

  
  

Father	Charles Sevestre,   b. 20 Nov 1607, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 8 Dec 1657, Québec City, Québec, Canada (Age 50 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Marie Pichon,   b. Abt 1596, Paris, Île-de-France, France d. 3 May 1661, Québec City, Québec, Canada (Age 65 years)
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F7212	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Étienne de Lessard,   b. 1623, Chambois, Orne, Normandy, France d. 20 Apr 1703, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France (Age 80 years)
Marriage	8 Apr 1652	Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec, Québec City, Québec, New France Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec,  Québec City, Québec   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
	Marriage Record of Étienne de Lessard and Marguerite Sevestre
Age at Marriage	She : ~ 17 years and 4 months - He : ~ 29 years and 4 months.
Children	7 sons and 4 daughters
1. Étienne Lessard,   b. 1 Apr 1653, Québec City, Québec, Canada bur. 12 Apr 1728, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Age ~ 75 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Charles Lessard,   b. 1 Jan 1656, Québec City, Québec, Canada bur. 27 Nov 1740, Québec City, Québec, Canada (Age ~ 84 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Pierre Lessard,   c. 4 Aug 1658, Québec City, Québec, Canada bur. 8 May 1737, L'Islet, Québec, New France (Age ~ 78 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Marie-Thérèse Lessard,   b. 14 Feb 1662, Château-Richer, Québec, New France bur. 4 Jun 1749, Québec City, Québec, Canada (Age ~ 87 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Marguerite Lessard,   b. 3 Sep 1664, Château-Richer, Québec, New France bur. 7 Dec 1665, Château-Richer, Québec, New France (Age ~ 1 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   6. Anne-Dorothée DeLessard,   b. 26 Sep 1666, Château-Richer, Québec, New France d. 12 Aug 1710, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France (Age 43 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ François Loquet dit Dupont  m. 10 Dec 1693     7. Noël Lessard,   b. 3 Mar 1669, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada d. 21 Mar 1743, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Age 74 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   8. Joseph Lessard,   b. 28 Feb 1672, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada d. 6 Dec 1763, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Age 91 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Marguerite Racine  m. 15 Feb 1700;   Marie-Madeleine Paquet  m. 21 Jan 1715     9. Lt. Prisque Lessard,   b. 10 Jun 1674, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada bur. 24 May 1755, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada (Age ~ 80 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   10. Sœur Dorothée Lessard,   b. 19 Feb 1677, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   11. Jacques Lessard,   b. 19 Feb 1677, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F7210	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	31 Jan 2022




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Marguerite Sevestre(1635 – 1720) 2Charles Sevestre(1607 – 1657) 4Étienne Sevestre(1585 – 1627) 8Thomas Sevestre(Abt 1547 – ) 16Louis Sevestre(Abt 1517 – ) 17Jehanne L'Escollier(Abt 1519 – ) 9Jeanne Boucheret(Abt 1549 – ) 18 19 5Marguerite Petitpas(Abt 1579 – 1640) 10Jean Petitpas(Abt 1549 – ) 20 21 11Marguerite Macé(Abt 1551 – ) 22Jean Macé(Abt 1540 – ) 23Geneviève Rolland(Abt 1534 – ) 3Marie Pichon(Abt 1596 – 1661) 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 1635 - Paris, Île-de-France, France Marriage - 8 Apr 1652 - Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec, Québec City, Québec, New France Legal - 26 Mar 1699 - Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France Death - 26 Nov 1720 - Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France Burial - 27 Nov 1720 - Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, New France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S45] Drouin, Gabriel, compiler. Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008). [S726] Jetté, René, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec, (Québec, Canada: Université de Montréal, 2003). [S1546] LaForest, Thomas J. Our French-Canadian Ancestors, Volume 1, (Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, Canada: Biographies D'Ancêtres, 1981). [S377] Drouin Institute, Programme de recherche en démographie historique, (Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH). Online http://www.genealogie.umontreal.ca/en/main.htm). [S595] Tanguay, Cyprien. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Canadiennes volume III, (Montréal, Quebec, Canada: Eusèbe Senécal, 1887).