de Notre-Dame du Pollet de Dieppe, Normandie

Also spelled PLOUART

Fille du Roi for David

From Gagné:

[Ancestor of Hillary Rodham Clinton Ahnentafel 2036-2037, 11th Generation]

Marie-Madeleine Plouard was born about 1653 in Le Pollet de Saint-Pierre-de-Neufville (arrondissement of Dieppe, archdiocese of Rouen), Normandy, the daughter of ship's master Michel Plouard and Jeanne Fouquet. After her father’s death, Marie-Madeleine left for Canada in 1667 at about age 14, taking with her a dowry of goods estimated at 100 livres.

On 23 November 1667, notary Aubert drew up a marriage contract at Québec City between Marie-Madeleine and Jean Cosset. However, instead of ending up at the altar, this couple ended up in court. On 31 December 1667, Marie-Madeleine and Jean appeared before the Prévôté de Québec, with Marie-Madeleine asking the court that Jean “be sentenced to marry her, given the contract and promises of marriage passed between them in front of Claude Auber [sic], notary."

I seems like the case of a young man who just didn't want to settle down yet. However, Jean had an interesting story to tell. He did want to marry Marie-Madeleine — until she left him at the altar. He claimed that he was at the church, ready to marry Marie-Madeleine, when suddenly she claimed to be very ill and needed to go to Québec City to be taken care of. Marie-Madeleine admitted that she asked Jean permission to go to Québec City to be “purged” or her illness before they got married. Jean wanted no more of her after this embarrassment and after hearing gossip that Marie-Madeleine claimed she did not really want to marry him and was only after his money.

Marie-Madeleine claimed that the gossip wasn’t true, the proof being that she was there, still trying to marry Jean. The Prévôté sentenced Jean to either marry her or give her the sum of 200 livres, as had been agreed in their mariage contract. Not wanting to go through with the mariage and not having the money to buy his way out of it, Jean Cosset was put in jail. He was incarcerated for two weeks when Marie-Madeleine declared on 20 January that she would not protest his release and was willing to accept 50 livres instead of the 200 decreed by the court. Jean claimed to not have this reduced sum, but the court showed clemency and gave him three months to pay this fine. He must have honored this commitment, for no further trace of him is found in the annals of the court.

With the marriage contract effectively annulled, on 21 January 1670 {the day after declaring that she would accept the reduced sum of 50 livres), Madeleine married Jacques Viau dit Lespérance in Montréal. She could not sign the marriage contract drawn up 14 January by notary Basset, but her husband could. The contract was drawn up in the home of Charles Lemoyne, seigneur de Longueuil, who signed it along with his wife Catherine Primot, Jacques LeBer and his wife Jeanne Lemoine. Jean Cosset married Fille du Roi Marguerite Éloy shortly after, on 12 February.

Jacques was born about 1640 in the parish of La Trinité in Clisson arrondissement and diocese of Nantes), Brittany, the son of draper Julien Viau and Gratienne Forget. He arrived in Canada 17 August 1665 as a soldier with the La Fredière Company of the Carignan Regiment and was confirmed 21 September 1665 at Québec City. The couple settled at Longueuil and had six children. Bertrand was baptized 13 May 1671 at Montréal, followed by Marie-Madeleine (11 June 1673), Michel (05 December 1675, Boucherville) and Jacques (05 March 1678, Montréal). Marguerite was baptized at Boucherville on 04 December 1680. Sadly, son Jacques died before the 1681 census and daughter Marie-Madeleine died some time after this enumeration. Jeanne-Françoise was baptized 23 March 1682 at Boucherville.

Marie-Madeleine Plouard died at Longueuil between 22 March 1682 and 14 November 1684. On this last date, Jacques married Marie-Thérèse Robin at Longueuil. The two had ten children together. On 30 March 169, notary Adhémar drew up an inventory of Marie-Madeleine’ estate. Jacques Viau dit Lespérance died 14 September 1723 and was buried the next day at Longueuil.
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(of Michel, maître de navire et Jeanne FOUGUET) du Polet de St-Pierre de Neufville, ar. Dieppe, archev. Rouen, Normandie (Seine-Maritime); n vers 1653; d entre 22-03-1682 et 14-11-1684  Longueuil; probablement arrivée 25-09-1667 Québec dans le Saint-Louis; apporte des biens estimés à 100L; m annulé (ct 23-11-1667 Adhémar) avec Jean COSSET; 28 ans au rec. 81; m 21-01-1670 Montréal (ct 14 Basset) avec Jacques VIAU dit Lespérance; famille établie à Longueuil; 6 enfants. (FDR : 358; DGFQ : 1124)