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     Jacques was born in 1604 at Lardilliére, Dompierre-sur-Mer, La Rochelle, Aunis (Charente-Maritime), France.¹ He was the son of Antoine Archambault and Renée Ouvrard. He married Françoise Tourault on 24 January 1629 at St-Philibert du Pont-Charault, Lucon, Poitou (Vendee), France.¹ He married Marie Denot de Lamartiniere after 1663. Jacques died February 1688 at Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was buried on 15 February 1688 at Montréal, Québec, Canada.¹
     Jacques was employed as a farmer and wine grower. JACQUES ARCHAMBAULT and FRANCOISE TOURAULT
     (1604/5 - 1688) (abt 1599 - 1663)

     the parents of Marie Archambault (bapt 1636 - 1719)
     the mother of Agnes Tessier (1658 - 1732)
     the mother of Jean-Baptiste Richard (1682 - )
     the father of Jean Richard (1721 - 1807)
     the father of Owen Richards (1762-1846)

     The couple were both born at Dompierre sur Mer, Lardilliere,
Charante-Maritime, France He was a few years younger than she as she may have been born in about 1600 and he was born in 1604/5. He was the son of Antoine Archambault and Renee Ouvrard. He wed Francoise Tourault on January 24, 1629 at Saint-Philibert du Pont-Charault, a locality in Chantonnay, La Roche-sur-Yon and there they brought seven children into the world before sailing across the Atlantic and arriving in New France. The children were Denis (bapt 1630), Anne, Jacquette, Marie (bapt 1636), Louise (bapt 1640), Laurent (bapt 1642), and Marie. In France, he was probably a laborer and also a wine maker as he sold three barrels of white wine to Jerome Bonnevie on August 15, 1637.
     The family arrived in Canada in about 1645. Jacques probably had
the protection of Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny. When his daughter, Anne, signed her marriage contract in the presence of notary Bancheron on July 22, 1647, Jacques appeared as a servant of Legardeur. Then on the following October 2nd, Repentigy entrusted Jacques with the development of his farm. The five-year lease provided Archambault with 1 dwelling, 2 oxen, 2 cows, 1 heifer, pigs all appraised at a value of 732 livres. Jacques was already in debt to Legardeur. He was committed at this time to pay him 898 livres, 10 sols, upon the return of the ships from France. In addition, "in two years" Jacques must pay 500 livres for "half of the land which he will leave him the first year." As a tenant, Jacques could cut all the firewood he wanted, even sell it, by paying 10 sols a cord. This somewhat complicated contract, signed by notary Lecoustre, means that Jacques had just over-committed himself.
     On August 19, 1645, after the death of Legardeur in 1648, Jacque
and Jean Juchereau, Sieur de Maure, set up their statement of accounts. Jacques owed his creditor 384 livres, 7 sols.
     One fact is certain, on September 15, 1651, at Fort Saint-Louis in Quebec, Louis d’Ailleboust, Governor, ceded to Jacques Archambault, 4 arpents of frontal land "on the river of the great river saint Laurent in the place called le Cap rouge," between Nicolas Pinel and Pierre Gallet. Jean de Lauzon, new governor of office since October 13, 1651, confirmed this act of concession on November 17, 1652.
     Here, on November 23, 1654, Jacques bought from Etienne Dumets a house which the latter had built on the Archambault concession. Price: 71 livres. How did Duments property end up on the Archambault land. Eventually, Jacques moved with his family to Montreal. On November 18, 1652, Monsieur de Mainsonneuve, governor of the island, gave Jacques 30 arpents of land joing the city, between son-in-law Urbain Tessier and Lambert Closse, more than an arepnt in the city to the north of Rue Notre-Dame, between the present Rue Saint-Laurent and Rue Saint-Joseph. Father Archange Godbout adds that on February 15, 1654, Jacques committed himself to live at Ville-Marie.
     During the winter of 1655, Jacques and several residents of Ville-Marie made a deal with the master surgeon, Etienne Bouchard, who was hired on March 30 to “dress and give medications for all sorts of things, illnesses both natural and accidental, except for the plague,”
to the signers and their family for the yearly amount of 100 sols or 5
livres. This was the first example of health insurance established on
the continent. If Archambault was part of the system, it is because he had decided that it was very useful for his family living in the territory.
     Finally, on October 11, 1658, Jacques made a transaction with Paul de Chomedey to dig a well, 5 feet in diameter, inside the fort of Ville-Marie, at the Place d’Armes. He guaranteed at least 2 feet of stable water in the bottom of the well. He was promised 300 livres.
     He had a special talent for digging wells. On June 8, 1659, Father Gabriel de Queylus contacted Jacques. He needed a well "in the garden of the hospital of the said place." Jacques guaranteed the water like a master dowser, "two feet of stable water at least...in the presence of a current of water." The cleric would provide a support of 8 feet of wood, twenty planks, the stone, the lime, the sand, etc. Jacques took care of the ropes and received 300 livres and 10 pots of eau-de-vie in exchange for spring water! Jean Aubuchon and Jacques Millot signed as witnesses to this transaction.
     On May 16, 1660, Jacques Leber asked Archambault to dig a well,
like the two others which he had already dug, for the use of the
community. The depth would be 15 to 18 feet. Promised price: 300 livres and 10 pots of eau-de-vie.
     Things were going well. Jacques had work and was highly respected. His children were grown and only Jacquette was living in
Quebec. Then his wife, Francoise, fell ill. Doctor Bouchard could do
nothing and she was buried on December 9, 1663 at the age of 64.
     After things settled he married the widow Marie Denot de Lamartiniere. It seems there were no children from this union.
     According to Faillon, on May 15, 1672, Jacques was among the 29
notable people who initiated the election of mayor Louis Chevalier.
     In the census of 1681, Jacques and his wife were living in the fief of Verdun, in the neighborhood of Montreal. Etienne Guyotte, a priest and curate of Ville-Marie, signed the death certificate of Jacques Archambault on February 15, 1688.
     Of Jacques and Francoise’s descendents, Adelard Archambault
(1862-1923) became the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts and
Urgele-Eugene Archambault (1829-1904) founded the Polytechnique School of Montreal.
     
     Sources: Our French-Canadian Ancestors, LaForest, volume 19, pg 29.

     Jacques was born on 27 March 1671 at Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was the son of Laurent Archambault and Catherine Marchand. He married Françoise Aubuchon on 15 February 1693/94. Jacques died 9 October 1725 at age 54.

     Jacquette was born circa 1632 at Dompierre-sur-Mer, La Rochelle, Aunis (Charente-Maritime), France.¹ She was the daughter of Jacques Archambault and Françoise Tourault. She married Paul-Charles Chalifou on 28 September 1648 at Notre-Dame de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada.¹ Jacquette died 17 December 1700.

     Jean-Baptiste was born on 6 October 1683 at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was the son of Laurent Archambault and Catherine Marchand. He married Cécile Lefebvre on 4 June 1708. Jean-Baptiste died an unknown date .

     Laurent was born on 10 January 1642 at Dompierre-sur-Mer, La Rochelle, Aunis (Charente-Maritime), France.¹ He was the son of Jacques Archambault and Françoise Tourault. He married Catherine Marchand on 7 January 1660 at Montréal, Québec, Canada. Laurent died 19 April 1730 at age 88.

     Laurent was born on 20 January 1661/62 at Montréal, Québec, Canada. Laurent died an unknown date . He was the son of Laurent Archambault and Catherine Marchand.

     Laurent was born on 27 June 1668 at Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was the son of Laurent Archambault and Catherine Marchand. He married Anne Courtemanche on 21 October 1686. Laurent died an unknown date .

     Louise was born on 18 March 1640 at Dompierre-sur-Mer, La Rochelle, Aunis (Charente-Maritime), France.¹ Louise died an unknown date . She was the daughter of Jacques Archambault and Françoise Tourault.

     Marie was born on 24 February 1636 at Dompierre-sur-Mer, La Rochelle, Aunis (Charente-Maritime), France.¹ She was the daughter of Jacques Archambault and Françoise Tourault. She married Urbain Tessier Sieur dit Lavigne on 28 September 1648 at Notre-Dame de Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada.² She married Claude Ducoge in 1692. Marie died 16 August 1719 at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada, at age 83. She was buried on 16 August 1719 at L'Enfant-Jesus Cemetery, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

     Marie was born circa 1644 at Dompierre-sur-Mer, La Rochelle, Aunis (Charente-Maritime), France.¹ She was the daughter of Jacques Archambault and Françoise Tourault. She married Gilles Lauson on 27 November 1656 at Ville-Marie, Montréal, Québec, Canada.² Marie died 8 August 1685.

     Marie was born after 1685/86 at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie died an unknown date . She was the daughter of Laurent Archambault and Catherine Marchand.

     Marie-Genevieve was born on 9 April 1666 at Montréal, Québec, Canada. Marie-Genevieve died an unknown date . She was the daughter of Laurent Archambault and Catherine Marchand.

     Marie-Madeleine was born on 2 September 1685 at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was the daughter of Laurent Archambault and Catherine Marchand. She married Gilles Galipeau in 1717. Marie-Madeleine died an unknown date .

     Martine was born circa 1830 at Québec, Canada. She married Edmond Dalpé on 18 June 1850 at Parish of St-George-de-Noyan, Henryville, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.¹

     Pierre was born on 24 March 1678/79 at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was the son of Laurent Archambault and Catherine Marchand. He married Marie Lacombe on 21 November 1701. Pierre died an unknown date .

     She married Richard (Dick) Michael Zipoy in 1960 at Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA. Connie was divorced from an unknown person .

     Nicolas was born on 13 November 1620 at Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. He married Jeanne Otri-ho-andet circa 1648.¹ Nicolas died on 17 March 1649 by an Iroquois Indian attack at Fort Saint Louis, Québec, Canada, at age 28.
     The nationality of Nicolas Arendanki was Huron Native American.

     Renee died an unknown date . Renee was born circa 1620 at France. She married Rene Freslon circa 1636 at LaTrinite, Angers, Anjou, France.¹

     Clay was born on 18 January 1889 at Dakota City, Dakota County, Nebraska, USA.¹ He married Marie M. Rogasch circa 1919 at Nebraska, USA. Clay died October 1967 at Dakota City, Dakota County, Nebraska, USA, at age 78.
     He registered for World War I military service on 5 June 1917 at Dakota, Dakota County, Nebraska, USA.¹

     She married James Brown at England.

     Marilyn was born on 2 September 1935 at Blue Earth County, Minnesota, USA.² She married Milton Joseph Norman Jr. circa 1955.

     He married Mary Angell.¹ Richard died an unknown date .

     Armella was born in 1922 at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. She is the daughter of Charles-Frédéric (Fred) Arseneau and Marie Alice Clara (Alice) Gosselin.

     Charles-Frédéric was born on 25 August 1885 at Bonaventure, Québec, Canada. He married Marie Alice Clara (Alice) Gosselin on 16 June 1912 at Hillsboro, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA.

     Edward was born in 1920. He is the son of Charles-Frédéric (Fred) Arseneau and Marie Alice Clara (Alice) Gosselin.

     Gabrielle was born in 1916 at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. She is the daughter of Charles-Frédéric (Fred) Arseneau and Marie Alice Clara (Alice) Gosselin.

     Hermedous was born in 1914 at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. He was the son of Charles-Frédéric (Fred) Arseneau and Marie Alice Clara (Alice) Gosselin. Hermedous died 1997.

     Jeanne-Mance was born in 1924 at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. She was the daughter of Charles-Frédéric (Fred) Arseneau and Marie Alice Clara (Alice) Gosselin. She married Roger Dennis at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. Jeanne-Mance died 2009 at Haines City, Florida, USA.

     Rachel was born in 1915 at Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. She was the daughter of Charles-Frédéric (Fred) Arseneau and Marie Alice Clara (Alice) Gosselin. Rachel died 1982.

     Ciarra was born on 30 June 1995 at Cambridge, Isanti County, Minnesota, USA. She is the daughter of Patrick John Arzdorf and Shawn Renee Lorenzen.