French Canadian Pioneers: The Roys of Quebec
Index: Early French Canadian Pioneers
Andre Roy / Ray / Bellerose / Jolibois | Marie-Josephe Auclair
September 8th, 1752, Charlesbourg
[Occ. military, troupes de la Marine]
Antoine Roy / Desjardins | Marie Major
September 11, 1668, Quebec (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. military, Carignan-Salieres, Froment]
Marie Major was a Fille du Roy (see 2nd note below).
Etienne Roy | Marguerite Navarre
August 26th, 1669, Quebec (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. settler, arrived with his mother] [Baptismal record]
Marguerite Navarre was a Fille du Roi (see 2nd note below).
Francois Roy / Tintamarre | Marie-Angelique Forin
November 22, 1728, Montreal (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. military, troupes de la Marine, Gannes]
Jacques Roy | Marie Roy
July 24th, 1747, Lachine
{Occ. military, Troupes de la Marine]
Jean Roy | Genevieve-Anne Lacombe
February 6th, 1735, Contrecoeur
[Occ. settler]
Jean Roy / Leroy | Francoise Bouhet
June 5th, 1659, La Rochelle (Ste-Marguerite)
[Occ. Engage]
Jean Roy / Leroy / Deschats | Marie Dumets
January 26, 1672, Montreal (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. servant]
Jean-Baptiste Roy / Saintonge | Catherine Falardeau
July 20, 1750, L’Ancienne-Lorette
[Occ. settler]
Jean-Pierre Roy / Leroy | Genevieve Mallet
November 30, 1726, Ste-Foy
[Occ. settler] [Biographical notes – French]
Joseph Roy / Chouigny | Marguerite Martin
August 16, 1694, Quebec (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. military, troupes de la Marine]
Louis Roy / Leroy | Marie Ledran
May 20, 1682, Cap-St-Ignace
[Occ. migrant, arrived with parents]
Mathurin Roy | Marguerite Bire
January 27th, 1637, La Rochelle (Ste-Marguerite]
Michel Roy / Chatellerault | Francoise Aube
October 8, 1668, Quebec (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. military, Carignan-Saliere, Naurois]
External link to biography below.
Nicolas Roy | Catherine Barre
October 22nd, 1627 Quebec (Notre-Dame)
Catherine Barre was a Fille du Roi (see 2nd note below)
Nicolas Roy / Leroy | Marie-Madeleine Leblond
November 18, 1686, Ste-Famille (Ile d’Orleans)
[Occ. settler, arrived with his parents]
Nicolas Roy | Leroy | Jeanne Lelievre
February 1658, Dieppe (St-Remy)
[Occ. settler, arrived with wife]]
Noel Roy | Jeanne -Therese Lacasse
April 27th, 1690, Lauzon
[Occ. settler, arrived with parents]
Noel Roy / Leroy | Jeanne-Therese Lacasse
April 27th, 1690, Pointe-de-Levy (Lauzon)
[Occ. settler, arrived with parents] [Genealogical notes]
Pierre Roy / Leroy / Roiroux | Marie-Anne Manseau
November 3, 1761, Quebec (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. military, troupes de Montcalm, Berry, Villemontes]
Pierre Roy / Leroy | Catherine Ducharme
January 12, 1672, Montreal (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. servant] [Baptismal record]
Simeon Roy / Audy | Claude Deschalets
September 3rd, 1668, Quebec (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. military, L’Allier, Berthier]
Simon Roy / Leroy | Jeanne Godard
September 23rd, 1658, Montreal (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. land clearer] [Baptismal record]
Jean Aramy | Magdeleine Madeleine Roy
February 19th, 1662, La Rochelle (Ste-Marguerite)
[Occ. Master hatter]
Mathieu Binet dit Lesperance | Marie-Anne Roy / Leroy
October 21st, 1670 Boucherville
[Occ. mil., Carignan-Salieres, de La Fredyere]
Marie-Anne Roy was a Fille du Roi (see 2nd note below).
Guillaume Changeon / Chaujon | Catherine Roy
June 9th, 1668, La Rochelle
Etienne Rajat dit Lyonnais | Marie Roy / Rouer
September 15th, 1661, Quebec (Notre-Dame)
Georges Regnard | Marie Roy / Leroy
March 31st, 1686 Paris
[Occ. Treasury clerk]
Pierre Vivier | Marguerite Roy
February 16th, 1665, Quebec (Notre-Dame)
[Occ. settler] [Baptismal record]
Variations and assorted surnames
Al(l)oire – Alorie
Bardin – Béland – Boniface – Bush
Chatellerault – Chatellereau – Chouigny
Dagenais – De la Barre – De la Potherie – DeMarau
DeMonte-à-Peine – Deroy – DeSaint-Lambert – Deschats
Desforges
Desjardins – Duc – Duroy – Dussault – Fusseault
Gagné – Jolicoeur – King
Labarre – Lacérène – Laforte – LaLiberté – Lapensée
Lapoterie – Larose – Lasseigne – Lauzère – Lauzier
Lauzon – Lepage – Lert – L’Espérance/Lespérance
L’Eveillé/Léveillé – Libois – Lil(l)ois
Loumier – Louvois – Mayeret
Mazaret/Mazeret – Mazuret
Petitjean – Picotte – Poitevin – Portelance
Portelas – Potvin – Roi
Roiroux – Rouer – Royhaut – Saint-Amour
Saint-Jean – Saint-Lambert – Saint-Louis
Sauvage – Voisine
This series of Early French Canadian Pioneer microposts is dedicated to the earliest settlers of Quebec. If you are new to the genealogy of French-speaking Canadians, please be aware that the earliest French settlers can also descend from the Acadian pioneers who originally settled in what are now Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. In addition, please note that any Native related links refer back to other posts citing census, marriage or other documents with indigenous or Metis individuals of that surname, however those individuals do not necessarily descend from these particular French Canadian settlers. All these posts are intended as Finding Aides – a place to find possible clues and start your own research!
Filles du Roi is the name that we’ve given to about 700/800 women who emigrated from France to Quebec in the middle of the 17th century. They were called the King’s Daughters because Louis XIV (King of France) had sponsored their trips to the New World. Each Fille received her passage, a hope chest and room and board until her marriage (read further at The Canadian Encyclopedia).
Marie-Anne Roy was a Fille du Roi. She was born about 1649 and was from Paris, France. Her father – Jacques Leroy – was a butcher and her mother was Marguerite Saussoys. Marie-Anne died on July 29th, 1703. After her father’s death, her mother married Isaac Blanchard. [Biographical notes (in French)] [for Quebec information see above]
Marie Major was a Fille du Roi. She was baptized in St-Thomas Parish (Touques, Calvados, France) on February 26th, 1637. Her parents were Jean Major and Marguerite Le Pele) [for Quebec information see above]
Marguerite Navarre was a Fille du Roi. Her father Jean Navarre was a musician and dance teacher. Her mother was Louise Debrie. Marguerite was baptized on December 26th, 1641 in La Rochelle’s St-Barthelemy Parish (Charente-Maritime, France). and died or was buried in Charlesbourg on March 12th, 1725. Marguerite was first married to a merchant named Jean Razes. [for Quebec information see above]
Catherine Barre was a Fille du Roi. Her parents were Jean Barre (a master pastry maker) and Marie Epy or Espie. She was born on May 21st, 1643 and baptized on May 24th of the same month at the Temple de la Villeneuve in La Rochelle (France). She died or was buried in France after 1665. [Catherine’s baptismal record] [for Quebec information see above]
Related Posts
List of Metis Surnames of Ontario
Antoine Roy-Desjardins, Cooper | A Portrait Gallery
Index: Early French Canadian Pioneers
P – Q – R | Non-Natives Among First Nations People Of Canada
Roy Edouard, Boursier Albina, Roy Clotilde
Lauzier, Louis Roy m. Beaulieu, Marie
Mercier, Joseph m. Coquiere, Marie Genevieve
Doucet, Alexandre m. Roy, Marie
A Canadian Family Through The Generations: Our Legers (1)
Lortie Orphan Photo | Lortie Ed. married Caumartin, Legault, Robert, Roy
Core Index: Acadian & French-Canadian Genealogy
First Nations Census Records – Roy Surname
Canoe River, Ile a la Crosse | Cree, Metis, Chipeweyan (1911)
Gore Bay I.R. | Ojibway (1911)
Green Lake I.R. | Metis (1911)
Moose Mountain I.R. | Cree (1911)
Selkirk, Fisher River | Cree, Metis, Saulteaux, Ojibwe Ojibway (1911)
Sturgeon | La Croix, Seine Road, Northwest Bay … | Ojibway (1911)
Wabigoon | inc. Lac Seul, Shoal Lake … | Ojibway (1911)
First Nations Marriage Records – Roy Surname
GIRO … | Native – First Peoples – Metis [CDN Marriage Extracts]
KASA – KWEN | Native – First Peoples – Metis [CDN Marriage Extracts] (King)
MOIJ … | Native – First Peoples – Metis [CDN Marriage Extracts]
PIGE … | Native – First Peoples – Metis [CDN Marriage Extracts]
Q … | Native – First Peoples – Metis [CDN Marriage Extracts]
SIMO … | Native – First Peoples – Metis [CDN Marriage Extracts]
External Links – Military
Siege of Quebec | Land/Regular Troops | Regiment de Berry
History and Uniform of Le Regiment de Berry, 1757-1760 | | Access Heritage
Carignan-Salières Regiment | The Canadian Encyclopedia
The Carignan-Salières Regiment (1665-1669) | Archives Canada
Carignan-Salieres | Canada A People’s History
Troupes de la Marine | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Siege of Quebec | Colonial Troops | Troupes de la Marine
External Links – Other
ROY, dit Châtellerault, MICHEL | Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Maison Gabriel | Working as a butcher in New France
Middle-Class Merchants and Traders | Virtual Museum of New France
The Engages and Servants in Nouvelle France | Canadian Museum of History
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