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- Religion: Catholic
Alias: Souvenoir, Savonet
Baptism: 1647
Jeanne SAVONNE was listed as a Fille de Roi three times receiving
dowries from the King of France to marry settlers and to populate the
new French colony. The first time was to a Carignan soldier which
received a double dowry of 100 livre.
(1) abt 1670 at Ile de Orleans to Jean SOUCY dit LAVIGNE (Carignan
soldier)
(2) 22 Aug 1679 at L'Islet, PQ to Damien BERUBE
(3) 7 Nov 1692 at Riviere-Ouelle, PQ to Francois MIVILLE
JEAN SOUCY FINDS A RARE PEARL
Jean Soucy patiently waited to find a kindred spirit and eventually
he did. However, nothing- has been discovered, not even a notary
contract, to help in fixing the approximate date of his marriage. As
his first child was born on 5 September 1671, it is reasonable to
assume that Jean took a wife in the autumn of 1670. Rene Jette even
believes that the religious ceremony took place on the Ile d'Orleans.
Who, therefore, was this incomparable wife? Her name was Jeanne
Sauvenier or Savonet, the 23 year old daughter of Jacques and of
Antoinette Babillotte from the city of Paris. She was a courageous
woman of good sense, which is just what Jean Soucy wanted.
ON THE ISLANDS OF THE SNOW GEESE
The non- commissioned officers of the famous regiment, those who
decided to settle in Canada, obtained fiefs and seigneuries in return
for their service to the crown. They also were able to marry girls of
good families. Thus, Paul Dupuy de Lisloye, husband of Jeanne
Couillard, became the owner of half of the Ile-aux-Oies and the Ile-
aux-Grues, in the Saint-Lawrence River, not far from the Ile
d'Orleans. Pierre Becart de Grandville, an officer in Grandfontaine's
company, husband of Anne Macard, daughter of Nicolas and Marguerite
Couillard, obtained from seigneur Louis Couillard de Lespinay on 16
October 1668, the other halves of the islands. On 17 October 1671,
the two seigneurs, Dupuy and Becart, agreed to redivide their
properties. Paul owned the large Ile-aux-Oies, and Pierre the small
Ile-aux-Oies and the Ile-aux-Grues. Here are the historical facts to
help USA understand the hidden history of Jean Soucy.
Pierre Becart had earned decorations and done deeds which,
nevertheless, left him unfulfilled. Rather early in life he retired
to his islands and requested the help of Jean Soucy, an old military
acquaintance. From 1669, Jean Soucy worked hard to build the simple
manor house of his seigneur. In 1670, he married and continued his
activities as protege of Pierre Becart. The latter ceded to him,
perhaps verbally, a piece of land on the Ile-aux-Grues. There, Jean
built his house which he occupied about 1674. In fact, on 17 July
1674, Pierre Michaud, who obtained a concession on the Ile-aux-Grues,
was a neighbor to Jean Soucy.
Such are the approximate facts concerning the settlement by Jean
Soucy on the small islands of the great white geese.
SAUVENIER-BERUBE-MIVILLE
One inevitable day ancestor jean Soucy died; we know neither how nor
why. During her mourning Jeanne Sauvenier met ancestor Damien Berube
and married him on 22 August 1679. Proof appears in the registry of
l'Islet. To the Berube history, previously featured in this series,
let USA add that in the census of 1681, the 4 Soucy children remained
well protected in the home of Damien Berube at Riviere-Ouelle. There,
they knew 6 Berube half-brothers and sisters and, later, a half-
sister, Marie-Francoise Miville, the daughter of Francois and of
Jeanne Sauvenier, their mother.
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Abt 1647 - 1721 (~ 74 years)
