He was the son of Marin Boucher and Perrine Mallet. Baptized on the 16th of February 1633 at St. Langis near Mortagne, France, he was brought to Canada by his parents in 1634 or 1635. Marin Boucher gave this son two arpents (between 2 to 3 acres) of his land at Chateau Richer on 30 April 1656 with the abutters being Marin's brother-in-law, Jean Plante, and also Auber the notary. He added to this gift on 15 December 1662 by granting 7 1/2 more arpents. The census of 1667 confirms that Jean Galleran was residing at Chateau Richer on land between his father and Jean Plante. In 1666 Jean Galleran was qualified as a mason and in 1681 as a wheelwright. On the 10th of October in 1661 at Chateau Richer he took as his bride Marie Leclerc who was the daughter of Jonas and Marie Parmentier of St. Remi, Dieppe, France. A contract had been drawn up by Auber the notary on 15 September 1661. For some reason on 18 July 1663 he exchanged some of his land with Pierre Saint Denis and received in return a property located at the Ange-Gardien in the seigneurie of Lothainville that was about 6 acres in width and about 2 deep. He sold this property the following September to someone called Jacob for 1100 livres. At that time the abutters were Abraham Fiset and Vincent Verdon. After Marin Boucher died I was told, Jean Galleran joined with his brother, Pierre, for a while at the parish of Ste. Famille on I'le d'Orleans. From 1675 until his death he established his home at La Boutaillerie (Riviere Ouelle). In the census of 1681 it is shown that he was residing on land between the seigneur Jean Baptiste Deschamps and Robert Leavecque. It is stated that he had two guns, fifteen head of cattle and that six acres were under cultivation. His wife, Marie Leclerc, died at the Hotel-Dieu of Quebec at 61 years of age on October 8, 1702. Not quite seven years later, Jean Galleran received a notice of ordinance from the Intendant on 22 July 1709 which made the decision that land he had sold to Francois Albert would be returned to him provided that the widow of Francois would be released from all debt. I hope that he did do this. Less than five years later Jean Galleran Boucher died on 14 March 1714. These two ancestors, Jean Galleran and Marie had eight children and this is the information I have on them: 1. Marie b. 26/2/1663 at Chateau Richer; m. (1) Jacques Thiboutot; m. (2) 21/6/1688 at Riviere Ouelle to Francois Autin 2. Pierre b. 9/11/1664 at Chateau Richer; m. 19/7/1695 at Riviere Ouelle to Marie Anne Michaud (Pierre & Marie Ancelin). They had 6 children. 3. Philippe b. 13/12/1666 at Chateau Richer; d. before 1718; m. 10/11/1693 at Riviere Ouelle to Marie Anne Mignier dit Lagass (Andre & Jacquette Michel) They had 12 children. 4. Marguerite b. 1/5/1669 & d. 16/6/1669 at Chateau Richer 5. Marie Madeleine b. 24/6/1670 at Ange-Gardien; d. 4/3/1723 at Hotel-dieu, Quebec; m. 22/10/1688 at Riviere Ouelle to Jean de Lavoie (Rene & Anne Godin) They had 13 children. 6. Catherine Gertrude b. 20/4/1673 at Quebec; d. after 1681 7. Marie Anne b. 28/4/1675; m. 21/1/1692 at Riviere Ouelle to Francois Duval du Ponthaut (Guillaume-seigneur du Ponthaut & Marie Giquelle, de Le Ponthou, Moralix in Brittany--Finistre, soldier of the Louvigny company) They had 12 children. 8. Francois Galleran b. 28/4/1677 at Quebec; m. 16/11/1701 at Cap St. Ignace, PQ to Jeanne Gaudreau (Gilles & Anne Pineau). They had 6 children.
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