TENTH GENERATION

792. Guillaume Couillard ⁽¹⁾ was born on 11 Oct 1588 in St-Malo, Ille et Vilaine, France. He died on 4 Mar 1663 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He was buried on 5 Mar 1663 in Chapel of Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He Profession in Carpenter and Sailor. Guillaume was a carpenter and a sailor. He arrived in Quebec one year before the Hebert family. The first marriage in the colony of French Canada, was between Guillaume Couillard and Guilmette Hebert, July 1620. This is found in the first parish register, which was commenced this year, 1620.

Guillaume and his wife gave the land on which is built the beautiful Basilica of Quebec. He is described as "Venerable Patriarch, que l'on voit assister au berceau de cette colonie.

ID: I1791
Name: Guillaume COUILLARD
Sex: M
Birth: in St-Malo, Ille et Vilaine, Fr
Death: 4 MAR 1663 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Qc Can
Burial: 5 MAR 1663 Québec, Qc Can
Reference Number: 1791
Note: Noble.
He was married to Marie Guillaumette Hebert on 26 Aug 1621 in Cape Tourmente, Ste Anne Parish, Québec, Canada. Champlain assisted at her wedding and he was godfather to her daughter Margueritte.

793. Marie Guillaumette Hebert ⁽¹⁾ was born in 1608 in Paris, France. She died on 2 Oct 1684 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. May have died on October 20, 1684. Inheritance: Inherited part of the fiefs from her parents. Children were:

i. Louise Couillard⁽¹⁾ was born on 30 Jan 1624 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She died on 23 Nov 1641.
ii. Marguerite Couillard⁽¹⁾ was born on 10 Aug 1626 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She died on 20 Apr 1705 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada.
iii. Louis Couillard⁽¹⁾ was born on 18 May 1629 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He died before 24 Sep 1678 in Montmagny, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
iv. Marie Couillard⁽¹⁾ was born on 28 Feb 1633 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She died on 22 Jun 1703 in St Pierre, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada.
v. Guillaume Couillard, Sieur De Chenes⁽¹⁾ was born on 16 Jan 1635 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He died before 5 Oct 1662 in Killed by Iroquois near Tadoussac.
vi. Élisabeth Couillard⁽¹⁾ was born on 9 Feb 1637. She died on 5 Apr 1704 in Chateau-Richer, Quebec, Canada. She was buried on 7 Apr 1704 in Chateau-Richer, Quebec, Canada. She Sealed to Spouse on 1 Mar 1951 in Sealed to Spouce (Jean Guyon). She REFN No. in 83WD-NC. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 Jan 1996.

ID: I2313
Name: Élisabeth COUILLARD
Sex: F
Death: in Chateau-Richer
Reference Number: 2313

vii. Madeleine Couillard⁽¹⁾ was born on 9 Aug 1638. Year of birth may have been 1639 She died before 1666.
viii. Nicolas Couillard, Sieur De Belleroche⁽¹⁾ was born on 6 Apr 1641 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He died on 24 Jun 1661 in Killed by Iroquois at Quebec. He was buried in In the Church at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Nicolas with M. de Lauson, son of the Governor, and six other men, were killed, fighting a party of 80 Iroquois.
396 ix. Charles Couillard, Sieur Des Islets Et Beaumont.
x. Catherine Gertrude Couillard⁽¹⁾ was born on 21 Sep 1648 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She died on 18 Nov 1664 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada.