IMMIGRATION

Jean-Baptiste-François de Boishébert, future Lord of Rivière-Ouelle, left Rocquefort for Quebec in June 1671. At the end of June, he boards from Dieppe on "Saint-Jean-Baptiste", a vessel of 300 barrels. It is probable that Damien, Robert Levesque, Jacques Thiboutot and other Normans were on this trip because records show them to be working for Jean-Baptiste de Boishébert at the Seigneury of "la Bouteillerie" in Rivière-Ouelle.