Included in the passengers is our ancestor:
Catherine DUCHARME, de par. St-Benoît, rue des Poiriers, v. Paris, Île-de-France
Born 1637; daughter of Jean Ducharme & Anne LeLievre
On board was "The Passenger Sr Bouteillerie with two carpenters, two bricklayers, four labourers to clear land for up to 100 acres. The ship was also a hundred men, one hundred and twenty girls, fifty sheep and lamb, ten donkeys and their offspring, and draperies, blankets and much more for use of man. "
A normal crossing took two and a half months. They arrived in Montreal in August 1671.
Upon arrival the Filles du roi were entrusted to a woman, from France or the colony, who protected them and kept them under strict discipline until married where she would attend and sign as witness to the nuptial agreements.
Catherine married Pierre Roy on 12 Jan. 1672 in Montreal.
"The St-Jean Baptiste" was a 295-300 barrel vessel. The dimensions of a boat of 300 barrels would have been 76 feet in length, 27.33 feet in width and 10.5 feet in depth if using George Fournier’s method which he described in his book, Hydrographie, published in 1643. This type of boat was called a galleon and could be armed if needed.
On its return to Dieppe on 10 January 1672, the vessel brought back from Nouvelle-France beaver skins, moose, stone, wood, pitch, and other rare items.
7 comments:
Interesting. My ancestors came from Amsterdam to New Netherlands in 1661 on a shipped also named the St. Jean Baptiste.
So you think this is the same ship that sailed from both France to Montreal and from Amsterdam to New Netherlands?
My ancestress Marie Boileay (Fille du Roy)sailed to Canada on this ship, in 1666.
M. Jolin
My ancestor was one of the carpenters on this voyage! :) -Berube-
Mind came on the same ship in mar 1666 and landed in Quebec August 1666 Francois nau
My ancestor Jean Cote came on this ship to New France in 1635.
Hello TCasteel,
I am a direct descendant of Catherine Ducharme of whom you wrote above. Thank you for your narrative!
Is the ship's picture an actual representation the Saint Jean Baptiste, or of a ship in the same class/category?
I’m the ancestor of Isabelle Planteau married Lucien Talon, son of Jean Talon.
Lucian and Isabell was married October 12, 1671. Isabell and Lucian was on the La Salle expedition to find the mouth of the Mississippi. Mother and father of the Talon children.
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