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5.1 Jusqu'en 1665 : concessions by the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France. 5.2 1665 to 1672 : ... List of Seigneuries of New France by order of the first concession.
A typical layout for a feudal manor in New France [1]. The manorial system of New France, known as the seigneurial system (French: Régime seigneurial, pronounced [ʁeʒim sɛɲœʁjal]), was the semi-feudal system of land tenure used in the North American French colonial empire. [1]
Samuel de Champlain overseeing the construction of the Habitation de Québec, in 1608. New France had five colonies or territories, each with its own administration: Canada (the Great Lakes region, the Ohio Valley, and the St. Lawrence River Valley), Acadia (the Gaspé Peninsula, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, St. John's Island, and Île Royale-Cape Breton), Hudson Bay (and James Bay), Terre ...
On 15 January 1634, Giffard was granted one of New France's the first seigneuries and he returned to the colony accompanied by his wife and two children. The colony - with Samuel de Champlain still as Governor - was continuing to experience a lack of immigration.
Sophie Masson, seigneuresse of Terrebonne, Canada A seigneur (French pronunciation: ⓘ) or lord is an originally feudal title in France before the Revolution, in New France and British North America until 1854, and in the Channel Islands to this day.
Pages in category "People of New France" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 288 total. ... List of Seigneuries of New France; A.
In 1636, her ancestor Pierre Le Gardeur de Repentigny (1605-1648) established the family in New France, obtaining the seigneuries of Repentigny (named for the seigneury in Normandy of his maternal grandfather, Pierre de Corday de Repentigny) and Bécancour in 1647. [7] Gaspard and Marie-Renée were the parents of nine children: [citation needed]
Jean Guyon du Buisson (Bapt. September 18, 1592 – May 30, 1663) was the patriarch of one of the earliest families to settle on the North shore of New France's St. Lawrence River. Guyon made his living as a master mason and, according to Perche-born genealogist Madame Montagne, was regarded as having an excellent reputation as a mason. [ 2 ]