From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

Catalog of Immigrants. Vol 3, Histoire de la Nouvelle-France.
Arrival: 1636, Quebec
Age: 46
Wife Jeanne Deroussy 22; Son Francois; Son Jean 3

Photo: Mr. Denis Pelletier, president of the Pelletier Family Association, and the monument dedicated to Nicolas Peltier and Jeanne de Vousy.

The inscription on the plaque reads as follows: In Memory Of Nicolas Peltier and Jeanne de Vousy The First Pelletier Family To Settle In New France Originally from the Parish of Saint-Pierre Saint Paul of Gallardon in Beauce (France), they arrived in this country on Jume 11, 1636, accompanied by their sons Jean and François. Living first at the Habitation of Québec City, they settled on the côte Saint-François-Xavier in Sillery about 1645. Governor Charles Huault de Montmagny granted to master-carpenter Nicolas Peltier 50 acres of land on September 12, 1645. Father Jean de Quen, Superior of the Company of Jesus in New France, granted him another 50 acres in May 1659. This monument rests on a part of the lands bestowed upon the Peltier family. The Pelletier Family Association, Inc. September 12, 2005.

ID: I06009 Name: Nicholas PELLETIER
Sex: M
Birth: 1 JAN 1590 in St-Pierre-de-Galerdon, Beauce, France
Death: 1 JAN 1674 in Sullery, Que.
Burial: JAN 1674 Sullery, Que.
Reference Number: 6009

Father: Jean-Baptiste PELLETIER b: in France
Mother: Catherine TEXIER
Marriage 1 Jeanne DEVOISSY-ROUSSY b: 1613 in St-Pierre-de-Galardon, Chatres, Beauce, France
Married: 1 JAN 1632 in St-Pierre-de-Gallardon, France
Children
Jean-Jacques PELLETIER b: 1633 in France
Francois PELLETIER b: 1 JAN 1635 in St Pierre Galardon, France
Marie-Anne PELLETIER b: 3 APR 1637 in St-Pierre-du-Galerdon, Beauce, France
Louise PELLETIER b: 10 MAY 1640 in Que.
Francoise PELLETIER b: 13 APR 1642 in Que.
Jeanne PELLETIER b: 19 MAR 1644 in Que.
Genevieve PELLETIER b: 6 APR 1646 in Que.
Nicholas PELLETIER b: 30 APR 1649 in Sullery, Que