de St-Léonard-des-Parcs, Normandie, France

Vol 17 OFCA Chapter 8 p111

One of the “Super Couples” of New France, a founding family of Québec, companion of Champlain

1666 Census of New France, Beauport, PAGE 56

Noel Langlois 60 Veuf habittant

Pilote de navires

From: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/langlois_noel_1E.html

LANGLOIS, NOËL, pilot of the St. Lawrence River, early settler on the seigneury of Beauport; b. c. 1603 at Saint-Léonard in Normandy, son of Guillaume Langlois and Jeanne Millet; d. 15 July 1684.

Following the relinquishment of New France by the British in 1632, Robert Giffard, the seigneur of Beauport, persuaded Langlois to become a settler in the new land. It is probable that Abraham Martin, dit L’Écossais, the king’s pilot at Québec, and possibly related to him by marriage, greatly influenced his decision. Langlois and his future wife, Françoise Grenier (Garnier), left France with Giffard’s prospective settlers in the spring of 1634 and arrived at Québec on 24 June. Following his marriage there on 25 July, Langlois settled at Beauport. Three years later he received from Giffard a grant of land in perpetuity. His wife, the mother of 10 of his 11 children, died in November 1665. On 27 July 1666 Langlois married at Château-Richer Marie Crevet, the widow of Robert Caron. Langlois himself died at Beauport in July 1684, survived by his widow and 8 of his 11 children.

H. C. Burleigh

AJQ, Greffe de Claude Auber, 7 juillet 1666. Université de Montréal, Coll. Bâby (land grants (concessions), 1626–1718). JR (Thwaites), passim. Dionne, Champlain, II, 338, 457. Léon Roy, “La terre de Noël Langlois à Beauport,” BRH, LIV (1948), 240–54. P.-G. Roy, “Noël Langlois senior et Noël Langlois Junior,” BRH, XXII (1916), 86, 245–46. Tanguay, Dictionnaire, I, 345. Émile Vaillancourt, La conquête du Canada par les Normands (Montréal, 1933), 148.

Revisions based on:
Bibliothèque et Arch. Nationales du Québec, Centre d’arch. de Québec, CE301-S1, 25 juill. 1634; CE301-S6, 27 juill. 1666.

LANGLOIS - agglutination from Old French 'l'Anglois' which means 'the Englishman', the nickname of an individual originating from England. 1) Nöel Langlois was born around 1605 in St-Léonard-des-Parcs, in Normandy (Orne). Son of Guillaume and Jeanne Millet, he married Françoise Grenier on July 25, 1634 in Quebec. From their union were born 10 children. Widowed, he married in second marriage, Marie Crevet, widow of Robert Caron, on July 27, 1666 in Château-Richer. They have no children. He was in Beauport in 1634. In 1667, he owned 60 acres of land in value. In 1681, he owned 4 rifles, 1 pistol, 1 horse, 17 cattle, and 30 acres of cultivated land. He died in Beauport on July 14, 1684. When he died, he was said to be the oldest inhabitant of the country. 2) Honoré Langlois dit Lachapelle was born around 1631 in Paris, France. Son of Jean Langlois and Jacquette Charpentier, he married Marie Pontonnier, widow of Pierre Martin, on December 5, 1661 in Montreal. They have 10 children. He was in the country on October 13, 1651, as a soldier, and defended Montreal against the Iroquois. He settled in Montreal. In 1667, he owned 2 cattle and 20 acres of land. In 1668, he moved to Pointe-aux-Trembles. In 1681, he owned 12 cattle and 10 acres of land. In 1690, the Iroquois forced him to move to Île Ste-Thérèse. This is where he dies. He was buried on December 12, 1709 in Pointe-aux-Trembles. 3) Pierre Langlois was baptized on February 4, 1725 in St-Malo, Brittany, France. Son of Jean Langlois and Perrine Lefebvre, he married Anne-Nanette Huard, daughter of Pierre and Catherine Caplan, on August 31, 1752 in Pabos. From this union were born 6 children. He settled in Pabos, then Carleton. The date of his death remains unknown. Engraving by Noël Langlois, photo of Charles Langlois and a Langlois f