Le SUISSE Pierre Miville Dit b. 1602 Canton Fribourg, Switzerland, Cant. Fribourg, Suisse d. 14 Oct 1669 Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, PQ, Canada: Freeman-Smith Family Tree

1602 - 1669 (67 years)

Name	Le SUISSE Pierre Miville Dit
Birth	1602	Canton Fribourg, Switzerland, Cant. Fribourg, Suisse
Gender	Male
Death	14 Oct 1669	Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, PQ, Canada
	Burial: Oct. 15, 1669, Cote-De-Montagne, Quebec City, PQ, Canada
Notes	Occupation: Carpenter Occupation: Carpenter (Menuisier). In 1656 a lot 24 x 24 feet was deeded to Pierre located at 64 Saint-Pierre in the lower town of Quebec City. In 1992 the address is number 47, located at the N.E. corner of LaPlace and St-Pierre. Page 81728 : marriage information Master joiner, pioneer and caption of the Lauson shore. Swiss by birth, Miville came Canada via La Rochelle at a date that has not been established with certainty but that was previous to 28 Oct 1649, on which date he, along with his son Francois, received from the governor, LOUIS D'AILLEBOUT, a grant of land in the seigneury of Lauson, which was later raised to the status of arriere-fief. Miville apparently tried to entice some of his compatriots to Canada. In fact, on 16 July 1665, M. de PRO UVILLE de Tracy granted him, along with his sons and four other persons, a concession measuring 21 arpents by 40 at Grande Anse (La Pocatiere), naming the locality "the Canton of Fribourg Swiss." This undertaking was unsuccessful. Pierre Miville stayed at Lauson until his death, 14 Oct 1669. In France he had married Charlotte Maugis, who bore him six children, at least; one of them, Jacques, was the founder of the Miville-Deschenes families of North America. Source: Dictionary of GEN: Canadian B iographies, Vol I 1000-1700. University of Toranto Press, 1966. Death notice printed in Le Fribourgeois dated Dec 1990 Known as "Le Suisse Reut le 16 juillet 1665, avec ses deux fils et quatre autres de ses compatriotes fribourgeois, la concession du Canton des suisses fribourgeois* * La Pocati*re. Pierre Miville "dit" Le Suisse (1602 - 1669) Père et mère: Ses père et mère sont inconnus, pas Isaac Miville et Salomé Lomène comme certains l'ont prétendu. Selon Préfen, Isaac Miville serait son frère ou son cousin. Naissance: En 1602, il naît dans le canton de Fribourg, Suisse. Il est maître menuisier. Mariage: Vers 1630, Pierre Miville âgé d'environ 29 ans épouse Charlotte Maugis âgée d'environ 24 ans, à Brouage, Rochefort, en Poitou (Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes), France. 7 enfants naîtront, tous en France. Enfants connus / Known children: Pierre Miville & Charlotte Maugis: Gabriel Miville (1630-1635) Marie Miville (1632-1702) François Miville (1634-1711) Marie Aimée Miville (1635-1713) Magdelaine Miville (1636-1708) Jacques (Miville) Miville (1639-1688) Suzanne Miville (1640-1675) Arrivée en Nouvelle-France: 1649: Pierre Miville sait signer. Autres membres de sa famille ayant émigré avec lui: Charlotte Maugis son épouse, ses enfants: François, Marie, Marie Aimée, Magdelaine, Suzanne, Jacques et Isaac Miville, un frère ou cousin. Le 28 octobre 1649, Louis (d'Ailleboust) d'Ailleboust de Coulonges (abt.1612-1660), seigneur de Coullanges et d'Argentenaye concède trois arpents de front sur quarante de profondeur dans la seigneurie de Lauzon à Pierre Miville par devant Guillaume Audouart (abt.1620-aft.1663). Le 6 mai 1657 les Iroquois tuent une vache et une truie, propriété de Pierre Miville, sur la grève vis-à-vis son logis. Il tire un pierrier dessus les Onontaeronons, sans effet. Bannissement: À la fin juin 1664, frustré par les autorités coloniales qui refusent régulièrement de lui procurer un engagé, il tente de kidnapper des hommes nouvellement arrivés de France, encore sur le bateau en rade de la ville. Emprisonné sur le fait, il est banni à vie de Québec (ville) et devra dorénavant limiter ses déplacements à la seule seigneurie de Lauzon. De plus, il doit payer sur le champ une somme de 300 livres d’amende. S’il contrevient à cette obligation de confinement, il est passible de pendaison. Ni plus, ni moins. Le 6 juillet 1665, Alexandre, marquis de Tracy, concédait une terre de de 20 X 40 arpents à la Grande Anse, (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière), Bas-Saint-Laurent, Canada, à sept Suisses du canton de Fribourg, Suisse, dans ce qu’on a alors appelé le Canton des Suisses fribourgeois. à Jean Cahusin, Jean Guencherard, François Tisseau, François Rimé et trois Mivilles: Jacques Miville dit Deschênes, François Miville, Pierre Miville dit Le Suisse. Aucun d'eux ne va s'y établir. (Voir carte en marge droite[1]). En 1667. face aux attaques iroquoises trop fréquentes, on a mis en place un peu partout en Nouvelle-France, des milices prêtes à intervenir en cas de besoin. Pour la seigneurie de Lauzon, Guillaume Couture, voyageur et interprète réputé, a été nommé capitaine. Pierre Miville est nommé capitaine en second. Recensement 1667: Pierre Miville, 65 ; Charlotte Mauger, 60 ; Jacques Miville, 27 ; le Lorrain, domestique, 40 ; 8 bestiaux, 30 arpents en valeur. Ils vivent à la côte de Lauzon.[2] Décès: Le 14 octobre 1669, sur les 10 heures du soir, âgé d'environ 67 ans, Pierre Miville dit Le Suisse décède à sa résidence de Lauzon. Il est inhumé le 15 octobre 1669 à la paroisse Notre-Dame, Québec, là où il n’a pu revenir de son vivant, la peine de bannissement n’ayant jamais été effacée.[3] Le 3 novembre 1672, concession par sa veuve du fief Miville sur la rivière Chaudière, avec l'Île Fortune. Biography Flag of France Pierre (Miville) Miville dit Le Suisse migrated from France to New France. Flag of New France Pierre Miville (about 1602 - 1669) also known as Le Suisse Swiss by birth, Miville came to Canada via La Rochelle at a date that has not been established with certainty but that was previous to 28 Oct. 1649, on which date he, along with his son François, received from the governor, Louis d'Ailleboust, a grant of land in the seigneury of Lauzon, which was later raised to the status of an arriere-fief. Miville apparently tried to entice some of his compatriots to Canada. In fact, on 16 July 1665, M. de Prouville de Tracy granted him, along with his sons and four other persons, a concession measuring 21 arpents by 40 at Grande Anse (La Pocatière), naming the locality the Canton of the Fribourg Swiss. This undertaking was unsuccessful. Pierre Miville stayed at Lauzon until his death, 14 Oct. 1669. In France he had married Charlotte Maugis, who bore him six children at least; one of them, Jacques, was the founder of the Miville-Deschênes families of North America. Father and mother: His father and mother are unknown, not Isaac Miville and Salome Lomène as some have claimed. According to PREFEN, Isaac Miville would be his brother or cousin. Birth Around 1602, he was born in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. He is a master carpenter. Marriage: Around 1630, he married Charlotte Maugis in Aunis, France. 7 children were born, all in France. 1649: Arrival in Nouvelle France. He knows how to sign. Other members of his family who emigrated with him: Charlotte Maugis his wife, his children: François Miville Marie Miville, Aimee Miville Madeleine Miville, Suzanne Miville, Jacques Miville and Isaac Miville, brother or cousin. On 28 October 1649, Louis d'Ailleboust, Lord of Coullanges and of Argentenaye. conceded three acres in front by forty deep in the fiefdom of Lauzon to Pierre Miville dit Le Suisse, before Guillaume Audouart. Faced with too frequent Iroquois attacks, militias ready to intervene if necessary were set up everywhere in New France. For the fiefdom of Lauzon, Guillaume Couture, traveler and renowned interpreter, was named captain. Pierre Miville was appointed second-captain. On 6 May 1657 the Iroquois kill a cow and a pig, owned by Pierre Miville on the shore facing his house. He shoots at the Onontaeronons, without effect. Banishment: In late June 1664, frustrated by the colonial authorities who regularly refuse to give him a hired hand, he tries to kidnap men newly arrived from France, still on the boat in the harbor of the city. Imprisoned on the fact he is banned for life from Quebec (city) and will now have to limit his movements with the sole fiefdom of Lauzon. In addition, he must pay immediately a fine of 300 livres. If he violates this duty of containment, he is punishable by hanging. No more no less. In July 1665, Alexander Marquis de Tracy, conceded a land of 20 X 40 acres at the Grande Anse (Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière), in what has then called the Canton of Fribourg Swiss. to Jean Cahusin, Jean Guencherard, Francois Tisseau, François Rimé and three Mivilles: Jacques Miville dit Deschênes, François Miville, Pierre Miville dit Le Suisse None of them ever lived there. (see map in margin[1] ). Census 1667 Pierre Miville, 65; Charlotte Mauger, 60; Jacques Miville, 27; Lorrain, domestic, 40; 8 cattle, 30 acres under cultivation. They live on the coast of Lauzon.[2] Death On October 14, 1669, on 10 pm, aged about 67 years, he died at his home in Lauzon, and was buried October 15, 1669 in Quebec City[3], where he could never return in his lifetime, the sentence of banishment has never been erased. Known children of Pierre Miville and Charlotte Maugis: Gabriel Miville (1630 - 1635) Marie Miville dite LeSuisse (1632 - 1702) François Miville dit LeSuisse (1634 - 1711) Marie-Aimee Miville (1635 - 1713) Madeleine Miville (1636 - 1708) Jacques Miville dit Deschênes (1639 - 1688) Suzanne Miville (1640 - 1675) Notes yDNA / ADNy Pierre is a confirmed direct ancestor of at least 10 descendants who have yDNA tested at http://familytreedna.com. The exact results (genetic marker mutations among the descendants) are listed in the French Heritage Project - set matches to yDNA37 (shorter matches are not useful) and size=5000, and scroll down to known ancestor MIVILLE-DESCHENES dit LE SUISSE Pierre. Gendreau-Hétu, Pierre, "ADNy et preuve généalogique : une souche médiévale suisse en amont des Miville d'Amérique", Histoire Québec, 2021, vol. 26.no. 4,18-21. The results entered the Swiss Historical Dictionary: Dictionnaire Historique Suisse: de Miéville Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 Premières concessions La Pocatière ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wikisource: Recensements 1666-1667 Censuses selon Benjamin Sulte Histoire des Canadiens-français, Tome 4, chap. 4 ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sépulture / Burial - Pierre Miville - FamilySearch Tanguay, Cyprien. Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes. 1871. Pg. 435. Archive.org. [1] https://ia800300.us.archive.org/9/items/dictionnaireg01tang/dictionnaireg01tang.pdf transcription of "Our French-Canadian Ancestors" by Thomas J. Laforest: Volume 27- Chapter 6- Page 105 2-24-99, translated by James Gagne Petites histoires de nos ancêtres: Pierre Miville dit le Suisse The World of Pierre Miville Tanguay - Volume 1, p. 133, 267, 435, 436, 468 Les Députés des Trois-Rivières - p. 18 Histoire de Lauzon - p. 134, 135, 136, 178, 333 Le Premier colon de Lévis - p.95 Trees: Généalogie Québec site de François Marchi tree Nos origines tree Geni - Pierre Miville dit LeSuisse tree https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123169945/pierre-miville\|sameas=no
Person ID	I9373	Freeman-Smith
Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

Family MAUGIS Charlotte, b. Abt 1607, St-Germain-De-Lusignan, Rochefort, France d. 11 Oct 1676, Lauzon, Levis, Quebec, PQ, Canada (Age 69 years)

Marriage Abt 1630 Brouage, Saintonge, France

Children

	1. MIVILLE Gabriel Dit Le Suisse, b. Abt 1630 d. 11 Nov 1635, Brouage, Saintonge, France (Age 5 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. MIVILLE Marie, b. 13 Dec 1632, Brouage, Saintonge, France d. 05 Sep 1702, Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. MIVILLE François Dit Le Suisse, b. 16 May 1634, Brouage, Saintonge, France d. 23 Nov 1711, Rivière-Ouelle, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Le SUISSE Aimee Miville Dit, b. 08 Dec 1635, Notre Dame De Brouage, Saintonge, France d. 09 Dec 1713, Ste-Anne-De-Beaupre, Montmorency, PQ, Canada (Age 78 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Miville Magdelaine, b. 18 Nov 1636, Brouage (Notre-Dame), Saintonge, France d. 16 Sep 1708, Château-Richer, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. DESCHENES Jacques Miville Dit, b. 02 May 1639, St-Hilaire, Hiers-Brouage, Saintonge, France d. 25 Jan 1688, Riviere Quelle, Kamouraska, PQ, Canada (Age 48 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. MIVILLE Suzanne Dit Le Suisse, b. 24 Jan 1640, D'Hiers-Brouage, Saintonge, France d. 29 Aug 1675, Ste-Pierre, Ile D'Orleans, Montmorency Ile, PQ, Canada (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

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Last Modified 27 Jan 2026