Sunday, March 5, 2017

Ripples, Chapter Four, Cusson Family

Cusson Family



Jean Cusson (1630-1718) (9th great-grandfather)
son of Jean Cusson (1605-1656) and Jacqueline Pepin (1606-1663)
Birth 1630-11-11 • Ste-Marguerite, Rouen, Normandie, France
Death 1718-04-08 • St-Sulpice, Québec, Canada
Marriage 1656 to Marie Foubert (1640-1715)
• Jean Cusson and Marie Foubert had 18 children. Six of his sons, Jean, Michel, Charles, Ange, Nicolas and Joseph were all active as fur-traders from 1690 to 1713, having all received permission to travel to the west. The west, in this case, was probably no further than the Great Lakes. To control the fur trading and collect appropriate taxes, the French government issued passports (permits), a form of license. They were difficult to acquire since in many years, only 25 were issued. To conduct fur trading or to travel west without a passport was considered illegal and subject to punishment, most often fines or the confiscation of furs.They travelled with Nicolas Perrot and Bissot de Vincennes, noted fur-traders and interpreters, to distant places like Indiana, passing by Detroit, Lake Erie and Lake Superior.
• 1690, Voyageur for Nicolas Perrot to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians).
• 1704, July 4, Jean Cusson's engagement to Jean Baptiste Bissot de Vincennes to go to the land of the Outaouais. Notary Michel Lepallieur.

Michel Cusson (1667-1690) (9th great-uncle)
son of Jean Cusson (1630-1718) and Marie Foubert (1640-1715)
Birth ABT 1667 • Champlain, Quebec, Canada
Death 1690 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
no known marriage
• Michel Cusson * [Son of the notary Jean Cusson and Marie Foubert; brother of Charles, Ange, Joseph, and Nicolas were hired to go to Détroit. Charles Cusson was in the first convoy; Ange Cusson was hired 26 September 1702 and 30 May 1705; Joseph and Nicolas Cusson were hired 7 October 1706 with Adrien Sénécal. Adrien Sénécal was the husband of Louise Bareau, daughter of Jean Bareau and Jeanne Cusson (see below). (DJ, 296, 1043; RAPQ, 206, 207, 210, 211).] Source: http://habitantheritage.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/1676_-_Combined.31095138.pdf
• 1690, Nicolas Perrot hired Jean Cusson, and Michel Cusson, frères, for a voyage to the 8ta8ois (Ottawa Indians), notary Antoine Adhémar.

Nicolas-Charles Cusson (1671-1757) (9th great-uncle)
son of Jean Cusson (1630-1718) and Marie Foubert (1640-1715)
BIRTH ABT. 1671 • Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
DEATH 4 SEP 1757 • St-Sulpice, Québec, Canada
Marriage 1708 to Marie Marguerite Renaud (1684-1748)

Charles Cusson (1672-1727) (9th great-uncle)
son of Jean Cusson (1630-1718) and Marie Foubert (1640-1715)
Birth ABOUT 1672 • Champlain, Quebec, Canada
Death 13 OCT 1727 • Verchères, Quebec, Canada
Marriage 1708 to Marguerite Renaud (1684-1748)
• 1694, Sep 20, Engagement of Charles Cusson to the Sieur de Vincenne to make the trip of the 8ta8ats (Ottawas). Notary Adhémar.
• 1701, voyageur with Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac when he established a settlement at Detroit.
• 1713, October 1, Engagement of Charles Diel to Gilles Le Court and Charles Cusson to make the voyage to the fort. The Chartrain Bridge, of the Strait of Lake Erie-Study Adhémar.
• 1690-1713, five of Charles' brothers - Jean, Michel, Ange, Nicolas and Joseph were all active as fur-traders, all having received permission to travel to the west. 

Jean Baptiste Cusson (1673-1740) (9th great-uncle)
Jean Cusson (1630-1718) and Marie Foubert (1640-1715)
BIRTH ABOUT 1673 • Quebec, Canada
DEATH 8 FEB 1740 • Lachenaie, Lanaudiere Region, Quebec, Canada
Marriage 1700 to Marguerite Rochereau (1679-1733)
• 1690, May 11, Engagement of Jean and Michel Cusson brothers to Nicolas Perrot for a trip to the 8ta8ois (Ottawas). Notary Adhémar.
•1704, 4 juillet.—Engagement de Jean Cusson à Jean Baptiste Bissot de Vincennes pour aller au pays des Outaouais. Notary Michel Lepallieur.
• 1731, 20 mai.—Engagement de Jean Baptiste Cusson, Joseph Cusson, Charle Gautier et Noel Parisien, a Nicolas Antoine Coulon, s» de Villiers, pour faire le voyage au poste de la Baye. Notary S«-Romain.
• 1738, 16 mai.—Engagement de Jean Cusson à Marin Hurtebise pour faire le voyage au poste des Ilinois. Notary Lepallieur.

Ange Cusson (1679-1748) (9th great-uncle)
Jean Cusson (1630-1718) and Marie Foubert (1640-1715)
BIRTH 07 APR 1679 • Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec, Canada
DEATH 21 JAN 1748 • Quebec, Canada
Marriage 1706 to Marie Jeanne Bariteau dit Lamarche (1678-1751)
• 1702, 26 septembre.—Engagement de Joseph La Rue, de S**-Anne, Jean Pépin, de Champlain, Pierre Puybarreau, de Boucherville, Ange Cusson et Anthoine Maignan dit L'Espérance, de cette ville, lesquels se sont engagés à Mn de la Compagnie de la Colonie du Canada, pour faire le voyage du Détroit du lac Érié. Notary Adhémar.
• 1705, 30 mai.—Engagement de Charles de Couagne fils, Jacques Hubert La Croix fils. Jaques Cardinal fils, Fran. Picard, Jaques Vaudry, Fran. Brunet dit La Bourbonnois, Joseph Sarrazin, Pierre Garro SMDnge, Maximilien Demers, Ange Cusson, Nicolas Le Gros, Louis Roy, René Buet, Jaques Tabaux, Pierre Coitou S*-Jean, Jaques Beaucham, Pierre Mauriceau, Louis Lefebvre, Jean Cam pot, Pierre Lebœuf, Pierre Cadieu, Jean Lemire de Marsolet, Jacques Filiatreau, Pierre Beaucham, Jean Baptiste Le Scieur dit Callot, Gabriel Gyart, Jean Mersan dit Lapierre, de Montréal, Fran. Casset, Joseph Moreau, Robert Rivard, Pierre Lescuyer, Fran. Frigon, Jean Primo dit Lavanture, Fran, de Broyeur, de Batiscan, Jean Boyer, Julien Bariteau dit Lamarche, de la prairie, Denys Bourgery, de la prairie, Jean Pépin, Jacques Dutau, de Champlain, Fran. Marie S^-Marie, Gaspard Maignan dit Champagne, Adrien Senécal, de Contrecœur, Edmond Roy dit Chastelereau, de S**-Anne, Anthoine Gyart, de cette lie, et Jacques Urbain Rocbert s'de Lamorandière. Lesquels se sont engagés à M" de la Compagnie de la Colonie du Canada pour aller au fort Le pont Chartrain du lac Érié. Notary Adhémar.

Joseph Cusson (1684-1760) (9th great-uncle)
Jean Cusson (1630-1718) and Marie Foubert (1640-1715)
BIRTH 1684 • Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
DEATH 12 APRIL 1760 • Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, Canada
Marriage 1715 to Francoise Bousquet (1690-1729)
• 1706, Oct 7, Engagement de François Ardouin, Adrien Senécal, Louis Lefebvre, Nicolas et Joseph Cussons, à Messire Anthoine de La Mothe Cadillac, pour faire le voyage au fort Le pont Chartrain. Notary Adhémar.
• 1713, June 3rd.-Joseph Cusson's engagement with Pierre Garreau SMDnge, to make the voyage to the fort The Chartrain bridge, of the Strait of Lake Erie-Study Adhémar.
• 1731, 20 mai.—Engagement de Jean Baptiste Cusson, Joseph Cusson, Charle Gautier et Noel Parisien, a Nicolas Antoine Coulon, s» de Villiers, pour faire le voyage au poste de la Baye. Notary S«-Romain.
• 1733, Apr 27, Engagement de Joseph Cusson ft François Augé et Compagnie pour faire le voyage ft la Rivière St. Joseph. Notary Adhémar.

Jacques Cusson (1721-1754) (1st cousin 9x removed)
son of Nicolas-Charles Cusson (1671-1757) and Marie Marguerite Renaud (1684-1748)
BIRTH 28 JUN 1721 • L'Assomption, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada,
DEATH 21 NOV 1754 • St Sulpice, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada
no known marriage
• 1738, 30 mai.—Engagement de Jacque Cusson ft Jean Bu Jolliet pour faire le voyage ft Misilimakinac. Notary Lepallieur.
• 1740, 27 mai.—Engagement de Jacques Cusson à Louis d'ailleboust, sieur de Coulonge, pour to go to Michilimakinac. Notary Porlier.
• 1741,2 juin.—Engagement de Jacques Cusson A Claude Marin,»' de ta Perière, et Compagnie pour aller A Michilimackinac. Notary Blanzy.
• 1745, 17 mai.—Engagement de Jacques Cusson ft Guilleaume Douville, s' Delà mothe, et Compagnie pour aller ft Michilimakinac. Notary Blanzy.

Charles Cusson (1716-1801) (1st cousin 9x removed)
son of Nicolas-Charles Cusson (1671-1757) and Marie Marguerite Renaud (1684-1748)
BIRTH 11 JUL 1716 • L'Assomption, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada
DEATH 15 MAR 1801 • L'Assomption, L'Assomption, Québec, Canada,
no known marriage
• 1755, 31 mars.—Engagement de Charles Cusson au s' Monière pour aller au pays des Islinois. Notary Hodiesne.


Uncle Charles Cusson was a Voyageur for Cadillac

Charles Cusson (1672-1727) (9th great-uncle) was a voyageur with Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac on 24 July 1701 when he established a settlement at Detroit.

Cadillac led 100 French voyageurs and 100 Algonquins to "le détroit" (the strait) where they built Fort Pontchartrain du détroit from logs. Their goal is to protect the French fur trade in the Great Lakes from the English and Iroquois.

27 May 1701, Voyageur Contract
"Marché pour le detroit… 27 mai 1701, Adhémar, notaire royal"

"Present were Messieurs Jean Bochart, chevalier, Seigneur de Champigny and Noroy, Counselor of the King in his Councils, Intendant of Justice, police and finances in all the country of La Nouvelle France, acting for and in the name of His Majesty as one party; and Louis Babie of Champlain, Laurent Renauld of Montréal, Charles Dazé of la Rivière des Prairies, Jacques Lemoine of Batiscan, Claude Crevier of Trois-Rivières, René Besnard Bourjoly of Trois-Rivières, François Benoit dit Livernois of Longueuil, Pierre Moriceau of Montréal, Charles Cusson of Montréal, Jean Lemire dit Marsolet of Montréal, Jean-Baptiste Guay of Montréal, Jacques Brisset of l’Île-du-Pas, [Jean] François Frigon of Batiscan, Pierre Lagrave of Montréal, [André Babeuf of La Prairie, deleted], Pierre St. Michel, Michel Roy of Ste-Anne, Edmon Roy dit Chatelreau of Ste-Anne, Simon Ballargé of Cap-de-la-Magdeleine, Claude Rivard L’Orangé of Batiscan, Mathurin Feuilleverte, Jean Turcot of Charlesbourg, Jean-Baptiste Montmelian St-Germain of Québec, # [inserted in the margin: Pierre Desautels dit Lapointe, Henry Belleisle [a] Surgeon], Louis Fafart Lonval of Trois-Rivières, François Pacho of Batiscan, Jean-Baptiste Vanier of Charlebourg, Pierre Toupin of Beauport, René Lintot of Trois-Rivieres, Joseph Cartyé, Jacques Duran, Pierre Colet of Québec, Alexis Lemoine of Batiscan, Louis Chauvin of Montréal, Gabriel Obuchon of Montréal, Latour of Montréal, Lambert Cuillerié of Montreal, Pierre Roy of Ste-Anne, Louis Vaudry of Montréal, Pierre Richard of Montréal, Louis Badaillac of Montréal, Guillaume Vinet dit La Rente, Jean-Baptiste Gatineau, and Louis Gatineau dit Lameslée,

All voyageurs being at present in this said city, as the second party, which parties have contracted and been hired for the following: Be it known that the Said Voyageurs have voluntarily and in good faith hired themselves out, promised, and do promise to faithfully serve the King, to go to Détroit under the leadership of Sieur de Lamothe Cadillac, who will command at the said place of Détroit under the orders of Monsieur Le Chevallier de Callières, governor and lieutenant general for the King in all this country of New France, to whom or to whosoever commands in his place, the said voyageurs promise to obey, to work, and to do all that he will command them, during which time the said voyageurs will not be allowed to do any trading for their profit, directly or indirectly, in any manner at all, subject to the penalty of the laws and of the loss of their wages and salary hereafter declared. This contract is made with the understanding that the hirees will be fed at the expense of the King according to the usual custom for voyageurs, and in addition there will be paid to them in this city or to their procureur [agent] holding their procuration [power of attorney] in good form passed before a notary for each year of service beginning the 1st day of June next year, be it known: to each of the said

Louis Babie; Laurant Renauld; Charles Dazé; Jacques Lemoine; Claude Crevier; René Besnard Bourjoli; François Benoit dit Livernois; Pierre Moriceau; Charles Cusson; Jean Lemire dit Marsolet; Jean Baptiste Guay; Jacques Briset; François Frigon; Pierre Lagrave, [André Babeuf, deleted], Michel Roy, Edmon Roy dit Chatelreau; Simon Bailiarge; Claude Rivard L’Orangé; Mathurin Feuilleverte; Jean Turcot; Jean Baptiste Montmelian St. Germain; Pierre St. Michel; Gatineau Duplessy; Desautels; and BelleIsle, the sum of 300 livres money of France, which totals 400 livres du pays [of the country of New France], and to each of the said"

-- Translated by Suzanne Boivin Sommerville, French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan


Charles Cusson was the son of Jean Cusson and Marie Foubert

Five of Charles' brothers -- Jean, Michel, Ange, Nicolas and Joseph were all active as fur-traders from 1690 to 1713, all having received permission to travel to the west. 

The west, in this case, was probably no further than the Great Lakes. To control the fur trading and collect appropriate taxes, the French government issued passports (permits), a form of license. 

They were difficult to acquire since in many years, only 25 were issued. To conduct fur trading or to travel west without a passport was considered illegal and subject to punishment, most often fines or the confiscation of furs.

They travelled with Nicolas Perrot and Bissot de Vincennes, noted fur-traders and interpreters, to distant places like Indiana, passing by Detroit, Lake Erie and Lake Superior.





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