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PIERRE DESAUTELS (b. 13 Sep 1677, d. 10 Aug 1753)

PIERRE DESAUTELS (son of PIERRE DESAUTELS and CATHERINE LORION) was born 13 Sep 1677 in MONTREAL, QUE, and died 10 Aug 1753 in LONGUE POINTE, QUEBEC. He married THERESE ANGELIQUE THUILLER on 12 Jan 1698/99 in MONTREAL, QUEBEC, daughter of JACQUES THUILLER and JEANNE BERNARD.

Notes for PIERRE DESAUTELS:
May 27, 1701, 42 men including Pierre Desautels were hired as voyugeurs by Sieur Jean Bochard, the chief clerk of the company of Canada at Montreal to make the voyage to Detroit, Jul 10, 1703, 47 men were hired by the same company and the first one on the list was Pierre Desutels of Longue Pointe. This time Pierre contracted with sieur Bochard to go to Lake erie for one year. Upon his return to Montreal Pierre was to receive wages of 400 livres in merchandise at the Bureau des Pelleteries. Aug 28, 1704, Pierre and 59 others were hired by the same company to go to Fort Lepont Chartrain. The wages were 200 livres in the form of letters of exchange and double that if he stayed for the winter.

According to an act by Notary Adhemar, dated Apr 6, 1707, Pierre and Gilbert rented for three years a farm belonging to Rene Fezeret on Cote St. Martin. In return the brothers were to give the owner each year, forty bushels of wheat, five bushels of peas, and fifty bundles of hay. In Feb 1708, brothers Pierre and Gilbert divided the estate they received from their father, although they continued cultivating together for another two years. on Jul 1, 1710, pierre and Angelique went to the city of Montreal. At the office of intendant, Antoine raudot, they met her parents Jacques Thuillier and Jeanne Bernard, who asked to be legally authorized to abandon their property in favor of their son-in-law Pierre Desautels. The nextday Angelique's parents arrived at pierre's home in Cote St. Martin. the royal sheriff, Pierre Cabazie, and the royal notary, Adhemar joined them and the notary wrote the transaction of Jacques Thuillier to Pierre Desautels dit LaPointe. Pierre was to receive a concession situated at Cote St. Francis of 3 arpents 14 feet wide, facing the Saint Lawrence River, and 30 arpents in depth, along with the buildings, furniture, livestock, and farm implements. Also another farm of 3 x 20 arpents facing Riviere des Prairies would be Pierre's and what was grown on it, except the four bushels of wheat sown that sprin by Jacques and nicolas, Angelique's brothers. In return Pierre and Angelique promised to pay the debts amounting to 2750 livres, of which Pierre paid 486 livres that same day which Jacques owed to Claude Caron. angelique's parents had the right to stay with them for the rest of their lives, but if they decided to go elsewhere, Pierre would have to provide them yearly with 30 bushels of wheat, 50 livres in money, a fat pig, and 16 pounds of butter. thaat same afternoon, Pierre's brother Gilbert and his wife Charlotte Etienne arrived and Pierre sold his tract of land at Cote St. Martin where they lived at the time to Gilbert.
Pierre was to retain the entire crop he had sown that sprin, to remain in the house until early 1711, and was permitted to cut the firewood required for the coming winter, but was not allowed to sell.

More About PIERRE DESAUTELS:
Baptism: 13 Sep 1677, MONTREAL, QUEBEC.

More About PIERRE DESAUTELS and THERESE ANGELIQUE THUILLER:
Marriage: 12 Jan 1698/99, MONTREAL, QUEBEC.

Children of PIERRE DESAUTELS and THERESE ANGELIQUE THUILLER are:

+MARIE FRANCOISE DESAUTELS, b. 13 Jul 1705, MONTREAL CANADA, d. 20 Jan 1765, LONGUEUIL CANADA.