Francoise Duquet was the daughter of Denis Duquet dit Desrochers, a wealthy fur trader, and a member of the "Traite de Tadoussac."
She was also the sister of Pierre Duquet de La Chesnaye, the royal notary.
On 19 Jan 1660, when she was 15 years old, she married Dr. Jean Madry (1626–1669), garrison surgeon at Trois-Rivières, lieutenant and clerk to the chief barber and surgeon of the king.
Madry died of drowning on 26 July 1669 during a trip to Trois-Rivières. The couple had no children.
Before his death Madry had acquired the fief of Grandpré at La Canardière, which the Jesuits had granted him in 1659.
He left Françoise fairly well off as she now owned the fief of Grandpré in the seigneury of Notre-Dame-des-Anges.
On 14 Sep 1670, at Quebec, Francoise married Olivier Morel, sieur de la Durantaye, a captain in the Carignan-Salières regiment who became commandant of Michilimackinac, and still later the commandant of Fort Saint-Louis.
In 1702 Olivier Morel became a member of the Sovereign Council of New France.
ABOUT THE DUQUET FAMILY...
Father: Denis Duquet dit Desrochers (1612–1675) our 8th great-grandfather
BIRTH 14 OCTOBRE, 1612 • Dauphine, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
DEATH 26 NOV 1675 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
Mother: Catherine Gauthier de la Chesnaye (1626–1702) our 8th great-grandmother
BIRTH 08 JULY 1626/JUN 1625/29 OCT. 1627 • St Etienne Du Mont, Paris, Ile-De-France, France
DEATH 3 AUG 1702 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
In 1659, as a young man Denis Duquet became a wealthy fur trader. He was a member of the "Traite de Tadoussac" (1) the first fur-trading post in European North America (established in 1600, eight years before the founding of Québec City). The Traite de Tadoussac was the embarkation warehouse and trading post from which the furs were sent to France.
The Children of Denis and Catherine were:
i. Pierre Duquet de La Chesnaye (1643–1687) our 8th great-uncle
BIRTH BEFORE 14 JAN 1643 • Quebec, Canada
DEATH 13 OCT. 1687 • Quebec, Canada
Pierre Duquet de La Chesnaye, had been involved in the fur trade, and was the first Canadian-born notary.
SEE his biography: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/duquet_de_la_chesnaye_pierre_1E.html
ii. Françoise Duquet (1645–1719) our 8th great-aunt
BIRTH 7 NOV 1645 • Quebec, Canada
DEATH 14 SEP 1719 • Quebec, Canada
MARRIAGE (1) Dr. Jean Madry (1626–1669), 19 Jan 1660, in Notre-dame-de-Québec, Québec, Canada
SEE his biography: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/madry_jean_1E.html
More about Dr. Jean Madry, SEE: http://canadianacollection.com/1664-pelletier/
More about Dr. Jean Madry, SEE: http://canadianacollection.com/1664-pelletier/
MARRIAGE (2) Olivier Morel, sieur de la Durantaye (1640–1716), 14 Sep 1670 in Notre-Dame-de-Quebec, Québec, Canada
SEE his biography: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/morel_de_la_durantaye_olivier_2E.html
iii. Jean Duquet dit Desrochers (1651–1710) our 7th great-grandfather
BIRTH 1651 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
DEATH 20 AUG 1710 • Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
Marriage 1683 to Catherine-Ursule Amiot (1664-1715)
In the 1680s, he was a "bourgeois" (headman of a fur brigade).
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| Map of New France c. 1688 |
iv. Louis Duquet sieur Duverdier (1657–1691) our 8th great-uncle
BIRTH 19 FEB 1657 • Quebec, Canada
DEATH AFT. 1693 • Quebec City, Quebec, New France
He was a voyageur and fur trader.
v. Antoine Duquet dit Madry (1660–1733) our 8th great-uncle
BIRTH 18 NOV 1660 • Québec, Quebec, Canada
DEATH 20 MAY 1733 • Lachenaie, Québec, Canada
He was a voyageur and fur trader.
vi. Joseph Duquet (1664–1741) our 8th great-uncle
BIRTH 11 AUG 1664 • Québec, Qc, Can
DEATH AFT. 1741 • Canada
He was a voyageur and fur trader.
AN INTERESTING FAMILY CONNECTION…
Excerpt from: Edge of Empire: Documents of Michilimackinac, 1671-1716, Joseph L. Peyser, José António Brandão, Michigan State University Press, 2008…
Document 35 Service contract… Engagement de Louis & Antoine Duquet et Etienne Benoit à Olivier Morel de LaDurantaye pour aller chercher des castors à Michilimakinac (31 août 1693).
Before Claude Maugue, royal notary of the island of Montreal, residing there, and the undersigned witnesses, there appeared sieurs Louis Duquet Duverdier and Anthoine Duquet Madry and Estienne Benoit Livernois² who have promised and obligated themselves to go up to the Ottawas this year and to pick up and bring to this place thirty bales of beaver that are at Michilimackinac belonging to Olivier Morel, esquire, seigneur of La Durantaye, at the place that will be indicated at Villemarie, next year where they will proceed during the customary season for coming down, helping one another to be sure that the said thirty bales will be faithfully transported.
“Edge of Empire” is well worth reading as several of our La Prairie relatives are listed in it.
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