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OUR ANCESTORS .: FRANCOIS FRIGON
François Frigon - Marie-Claude Chamois - Agnatic Lineage
FRANÇOIS FRIGON dit Lespagnol
François Frigon  was born around 1650. He arrived in Canada in 1664 or 1665.
The census of 1667 lists him in the "district" of Trois-Rivières, Le Cap and la Touche-Champlain, as an engagé (hired man) of Michel Peltier dit Laprade.

In november of 1670, François Frigon dit Lespagnol married Marie-Claude Chamois.

François Frigon settled in Batiscan and alternated between farming and fur-trading trips
in "les Pays-d'en-Haut" (region of the Great Lakes). He was a voyageur (trader) for some merchants whose goods he traded the Amerindians, among others, the Illinois of Lake Michigan.

The census of 1681 gives this information about the Frigon-Chamois couple:
"François Frigon 31; Marie Chamois, his wife, 23; children: Jean-François 7, Madeleine 5, Marie 3, Françoise 6 months; 1 gun; 5 horned beasts; 7 cultivated arpents (roughly 1 acre)."

Between 1670 and 1685, François Frigon and Marie-Claude Chamois had six children.

  • Jean-François: b. about 1674; m. Marie-Madeleine Moreau, Batiscan, 1700-02-08;
    m. Gertrude Perrot, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, 1715-06-04; d.?

  • Marie-Madeleine: b. about 1676; m. Jean Prime dit Laventure, Batiscan, 1695-04-27; d.?

  • Louise-Françoise: b. about 1679; d. 1687-12-07, buried 1687-12-07, Batiscan.
    According to the PRDH, she died at the age of 7.

  • Françoise: b. 1681-03-29, bapt. 1681-03-30, Batiscan; m. Joseph Moreau, Batiscan,
    1700-02-08; d.1755-05-23, buried 1755-05-23, Yamachiche.

  • Jeanne: b. 1683-09-14, bapt. 1683-09-15, Batiscan; m. Mathurin Rivard, Batiscan, 1710-02-19; d.?

  • Antoine: b. 1685-07-27, bapt. 1685-07-28, Batiscan; d. 1712-06-28, buried 1712-06-29,
    Batiscan, at 26 years of age.

    François Frigon dit Lespagnol was buried in Saint-François-Xavier-de-Batiscan (today called Batiscan), on May 13, 1724. According to the PRDH (Programme de recherche en démographie historique), he died at the age of 75.

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