THIRTEENTH GENERATION

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4602. Capitaine Pierre MIVILLE was born at Brouage circa 1602 in the diocese and canton of Fribourg (Switzerland(. He was also known as Pierre MIVILLE dit LESUISSE. He was a master cabinetmakier (Maitre menuisier). He married Charlotte MAUGIS dit MAUGER before 31 Dec 1632 in the canton of Fribourg (Switzerland). He came to Canada with his six children in 1649. He settled in the Lauzon seigneurie. He was captain of the Côte Lauzon (Capitaine de la Côte Lauzon). He had a fief on the Chaudière River. One of his descendants died in Louisiana in 1826 at the age of 120. (Un des ces descendants est mort en Louisiane en 1826 à l'age de 120 ans.) He died on 15 Oct 1669 in Lauzon. (1)(3)(5)(8)

Pierre came to Canada via La Rochelle before 28 Oct 1649. He, his sons and four other men receive on this date, from Governor Louis D'Ailleboust, land in the Lauzon Seignory. On 16 Jul 1665, M. de Prouville de Tracy ceder land at Grande Anse (La Pocatière) and named it "the Canton of Swiss Fribourg" (le canton du Suisse Fribourg).
Pierre had Swiss blood flowing in his veins; he was born in the diocese of Fribourg, Switzerland in 1602 and married there in 1629. In spring of 1649, he came to Canada with his wife and six children. He was given land on the Côte Lauzon, facing the Plaines d'Abraham, aujourd'hui situées près de la coulée in the parish of Saint-David-de-l'Auberivière. In 1669, many colonists from Fribourg received land at Grande-Anse, today Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. The area was called "Canton des Suisses Fribourgeois". However, exept for Pierre MIVILLE, all the other Swiss colonists returned to Switzerland. Pierre became Captain of the Militia there.

First Canadian Ancestors - Miville
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4603. Charlotte MAUGIS dit MAUGER was born circa 1611. She died on 11 Oct 1673. (2) (4)

Children were:

i. Marie was born 13 Dec 1632 in France. She married Mathieu AMIOT VILLENEUVE 22 Nov 1650 in Québec. She died 5 Sep 1702 in Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. (5)

ii. François was born 16 May 1634 at Brouage in France. He came to New France with his entire family in 1649. He married Marie LANGLOIS on 10 Aug 1660 in Québec. They had twelve children, of whom ten left descendants. He then married Jeanne SAVONNET on 7 Nov 1692 in Rivière-Ouelle. François and Jeanne had one child. François died 23 Nov 1711 and Jeanne died 12 Mar 1721 in Rivière-Ouelle. Jeanne was a fille du roi. (5)(8)

521 iii. Anne Marie Aymée MIVILLE was born 12 Aug 1635 in France. She married Robert GIGUÈRE on 2 Jul 1652 in Québec. She died 9 Dec and was buried 10 Dec 1713 in Ste-Anne-de-Beaupré. (5) (6) (7)

iv. Marie Madeleine was born 18 Nov 1636 in France. She married Jean COCHON 20 Nov 1652 in Québec. (5)

v. Jacques MIVLLE was born 2 May 1638 in France. He married Marie Catherine BAILLON on 12 Nov 1669 in Québec. He died 27 Jan 1688 in Rivière-Ouelle. Marie Catherine was a fille du roi.(5)

vi. Suzanne was born 24 Jan 1640 in France. She married Antoine PAULET 12 Apr 1655 in Québec. She died 29 Aug 1675 in Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans. (5)

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(1) PRDH, Certificat d'individu No. 56886.
(2) Ibid., Certificat d'individu No. 56887.
(3) Ibid., Certificat de sépulture No. 69603.
(4) Ibid., Certificat de sépulture No. 69280.
(5) Ibid., Certificat de famille No. 86336.
(6) Ibid., Certificat de mariage No. 66414.
(7) Ibid., Certificat de sépulture No. 28652.
(8) Biographical Dictionary for The Jesuit Missions in Acadia and New France: 1602-1654, Lucien Campeau, S.J., translated by William Lonc, S.J. & George Topp, S.J., summer 2001, p. 299.