Arrived 1649

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Les Devancières (les filles et les femmes à marier) : The Precursors or the Filles à Marier (Girls to be Married): Per Gagné for David and Lovina D8, D9, L9:

Marie Métayer was born about 1625 in Longèves (arrondissement of Fontenay-le-Comte, diocese of Luçon), Poitou, the daughter of Étienne Métayer and Jeanne Robine or Robineau. She came to Canada in 1649 and is noted at Québec City on 11 November of that year.

On 07 August 1650, notary Gatineau drew up a marriage contract between Marie and Mathurin Baillargeon at Trois-Rivières. Her brother Denis Métayer was present at the contract signing. It is not known if Marie could sign the contract, but her husband definitely could not. Mathurin was born about 1621 in Embourie (arrondissement and diocese of Angoulême), Angoumois, the son of Thomas Baillargeon and Marie Migotte. He was in Canada as early as 1648 and received a land grant at Cap-de-La-Madeleine on 01 June 1649 (notary Audouart).

Marie and Mathurin had ten children. Daughter Anne was baptized 28 November 1651 at Trois-Rivières, followed by Catherine (born about 1652 or 1653), Jeanne (baptized 05 November 1654, Trois-Rivières) and Pierre (25 March 1657). Antoine was born 22 October 1658 at Cap-de-La-Madeleine and baptized 11 November at Trois-Rivières, followed by Jean, born about 1659.

In 1660, nine-year-old Anne was captured by the Iroquois and spent seven years in captivity, adopting the customs and lifestyle of the natives. When Prouville de Tracy ordered the Iroquois to release all of their captives in 1667, Anne decided to remain with the Amerindians, and ran off into the forest. There, she claims that the apparition of a nun appeared to her and threatened to punish her if she did not return to her people. When she was brought back to Québec, Monsieur de Tracy placed her in the Ursuline school, where she had been for one month in 1660 prior to her capture. There, she recognized the portrait of the recently deceased Mother Marie de Saint-Joseph as the nun who had appeared to her in the forest.

Son Nicolas was born about 1662, followed by Marie-Anne (born at the end of 1663 or the beginning of 1664), Ignace (end of 1664 or beginning of 1665) and Madeleine (about 1667) The 1666, 1667 and 1681 censuses find the family at Cap-de-La-Madeleine, though son Jean died before the 1667 census and Pierre died some time between this date and the 1681 enumeration. Antoine married native Domithilde Chopingoua at Kaskaskia (Illinois) in 1697.

Mathurin Baillargeon died at Cap-de-La-Madeleine some time after the 1681 census. Marie Métayer died at Cap-de-La-Madeleine after 02 June 1687.