Thomas was living at St. Jean De Mortagne in Perche, France when he departed
for Canada, but he wasn't born there. His marriage record indicates that he came from
Solign--La-Trippe, a locality situated about three leagues(?) north of Mortagne.
He was born in 1609 and on 15 July 1629 he married Jeanne Boucher at St. Jean
De Mortagne. Jeanne was born in 1607 and she was the sister of Marin Boucher. We
know that a daughter of Marin, Marie Boucher, got married at St. Jean on 1/10/1656 to
Charles Godin and that Jeanne Boucher acted as godmother for Marin's son, Jean
Boucher, at St. Langis on 15/3/1613.
Thomas left his parish in 1638 with his wife, Jeanne, and three children: Genevieve(8),
Rodolphe (4), and Jean (2). These children are included in the following list of their progeny:
1. Genevieve b. ca. 1630; m. ca. 1650 to Claude Bouchard d'Orval, a surgeon;
d. (buried) at Quebec on 1/3/1651. There were no children.
2. Jeanne bp. 30/11/1632 at St. Jean de Mortagne; possibly died in infancy
3. Rodolphe bp. 14/6/1634 at St. Jean de Mortagne; confirmed on 2/2/1660 at
Chateau Richer. Fate unknown.
4. Jean b. ca. 1636; m. 17/11/1653 at Quebec to Louise Pelletier
5. Adrien bp. 30/10/1638 at Quebec; m. (1) 24/11/1661 at Quebec to Marie Guyon;
m. (2) 18/2/1686 at Quebec to Marie Pechina
6. Anne bp. 26/7/1640 at Quebec; m. (1) 28/10/1652 at Quebec to Etienne Deneuers
dit Bretigny; m. (2) 7/12/1678 to Leonard Dubord dit Lajeunesse.
She was buried ca. 1695.
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