Boutin and Rocheteau.

Settling in Beaupré.

Following attacks by the Iroquois along the coast of Beaupré Jean, laborer, married le fille à marier Suzanne Rocheteau in the Catholic church in Château-Richer on 22 September 1661 in the presence of maître Pierre Picard, habitant de cette coste and of maître Bricheon, a merchant of la Rochelle where Suzanne hailed from. Picard's wife was among those who had been captured in the Iroquois raids in the Spring and had been seriously wounded.

Jean and Suzanne's first child was born a year later in Petit-Cap, also known as Beaupré. The church of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré was by this time known to be a place of miracles. The first known case was that of Louis Guimond who was able to lay his crutch aside after laying stones to build the church in 1658. Over the years diseases were cured, the blind could see, and those paralyzed regained their ability to walk.

By the time of the 1666 recensement Jean was said to be 31 and Suzanne was 26. They had two children, Jean and Marguerite. The couple added another son named Estienne by the time of the following year's census. Jean claimed to have 2 arpens of land under production.

Our ancestor Jacques was born 10 June 1669. He was only eight years old when his mother died. Suzanne was 35 at her death on 1 October 1677.

His father Jean never did remarry.

1681 Census.

Jean Boudin, 46 years old, was well established at Beaupré. His slim parcel, like his neighbors lands, was bordered by the river. The property which stretched back from the Saint-Lawrence had the benefit of another little river snaking through providing plenty of water for the 6 arpens on which his crops grew. His children Estienne 15, Angelique 9, and Pasque 5 lived at home. His older children Jean and Marguerite were soon married and ready to start their own families. Jean had become an arpenteur. Our 12 year old ancestor Jacques was living elsewhere.

Jean Boutin died at the hospital in Quebec at the age of 74 on 29 March 1699.