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To Lareau Web Parlour Genealogy PageClément Lerigé de La Plante, the first Canadian ancestor of this family, married Marie Roy, 8 September 1700 at Laprairie*. From this union were born thirteen children; eleven sons and two daughters. Here are a few notes on this second generation.
He was born 13 August 1701 and baptized the same day at Laprairie. In 1728, he was self-employed as an explorer in the high country (1). Two years later he was in the service of sieur Jean Lemire-Marsolet in more advant- ageous conditions (2).
After the marriage of his sister Charlotte to Charles Rupalley de Gonneville in 1731, he, the elder son, sold to his brother Gilbert a piece of land acquired from their father and mother (3), and formed a partnership with his new brother-in-law, Charles, in order to trade furs at Michillimakinac (4). This business seems to have been beneficial for him. Having already acknowledged a debt to their son of 3393 livres** (5), Clément Lerigé and Marie Roy in 1741 ceded to him against the account of the aforesaid sum (6), the paternal land which Clément had purchased from Pierre Bourdeau in 1700 (7).
Louis, like his father, took up the profession of arms and joined the Troupes de la Marine. It was thus that in his marriage contract, which was placed before Barette, the 21st of December 1744, he is called "an officer in the royal troops of this colony". Several weeks previously he had acquired a concession of 90 acres at Côte Ste. Catherine (8). At Laprairie, the 7th of January 1745, he married Suzanne, the daughter of Jacques Hubert- Lacroix and of Marie Cardinal.
The Report of Messrs. de Beauharnois and Hocquart mentions on the date 7 May 1747:
"We have learned from a messenger arriving from Montréal, that in the last days of April, a party of Anies*** and English fell upon 21 French explorers near Fort St Frédéric of which they killed five of our men and scalped them; the officer Sr Laplante was badly treated, having been wounded by seven fire arms blasts; this unhappy event happened because of the over confidence of the French who were taken by surprise". (9)
The wounds he received did not keep him out of action for very long.
Louis obtained his promotion to the rank of Ensign with full pay in February 1748 (10).
We are led to believe that the officer left on a war expedition a few days after his promotion, because the record of his wife's burial on 31 March does not mention his presence.
Suzanne Hubert-Lacroix bore him three sons, the second, Joseph Clément, died a few days after his birth. After Suzanne's death, Louis paid a pension to his mother, Marie Roy, widow of Clément Lerigé, for the support of the two children, Louis and Nicolas (11). The latter left descendants.
From the Report of Messrs. de la Galissonnière et Hocquart of 5 July 1748, we learn of the return of the officer to Montréal:
"The three different war parties commanded by Sieurs Duplessis Fabert, Simblin and Laplante have returned to Montréal, these parties, having joined forces, made an attack close to Norfield, took six English prisoners and five scalps" (12).
In 1751 and in 1752, Louis Lerigé was the commander of the fort of Laprairie (13).
The following year, before his departure for the high country "by order of his Majesty", the officer placed his affairs in the hands of his brother-in-law, Pierre Hubert- Lacroix. The latter has drawn up, on 25 July 1753, before Lalanne, an inventory of the possessions of the absent Louis. There is not enough space here to reproduce this interesting document.
La Plante was recommended for promotion to Lieutenant in 1756 (15).
"The Journal of M. de Bougainville" contains a reproduction of a PAINTING OF SAVAGES IN THE
ARMY OF THE MARQUIS DE MONTCALM, 28 JULY 1757. At the head of about 160 Sauteux**** from Chagoamigon, Castor, Caoschimagan, la Carpe, and from Kakibonoké, we can see La Plante and Lorimier, officers attached to these savages (16).
In the following days these troops attacked and captured fort William-Henry, situated at the southern point of Lake George, thirty miles from Carillon.
Let us summarize the main actions of this campaign. The 1st of August: Transport of troops etc.; the 7th and 8th: violent attacks were delivered against the fort; the 9th: the English officers surrendered; the 10th: the Indians massacred about 50 of the English prisoners; the 15th: the fort was nothing but a mass of ruins.
La Plante, at the head of his Sauteux, knew therefore the most intense part of the action and collected along, with his companions in arms, the laurels of victory.
In a letter dated 9 November 1759, Vaudreuil mentions that La Plante, due to his disabilities, is not in a state to render much service (17).
In July 1760, we see him as the commandant of the fort of Laprairie (18), and in July of the following year, in a legal record, this son of Clément is called the captain of the Troupes de la Marine (19).
He died 28 July 1762 and his body was buried the next day in the church of Laprairie. On the 31st, the notary Lalanne, at the request of André Roy, guardian of the captain's minor children, prepared an inventory of his goods.
Born and baptized the 25th of November 1702 at Laprairie. On 28 September 1721, at the same place, she married René Bourassa, the widower of Agnès Gagnier, and son of François Bourassa and Marie LeBer. The latter was the cousin of Jeanne LeBer, the celebrated recluse of Ville-Marie. In the marriage contract (28 September 1721) drawn up by the notary Guillaume Barette, a clause provides for the upkeep of the three children from the first marriage.
According to Tanguay (20), five children blessed the union of Catherine with Bourassa. In 1754 at Michillimakinac, one of the daughters, Charlotte-Ambroisine, became the wife of Charles Moras sieur de Langlade, who was to be the most remarkable commander of the Indian troops in the Seven Years War (21).
The merchant-explorer, René Bourassa had many slaves of both sexes (22). In about 1742, he settled at Michillimakinac with his family.
Nevertheless, it was at Montréal that Catherine Lerigé died on 29 August 1770. She was buried two days later, 31 August, in the Chapel Ste-Anne, as is attested by the record of burial in the register of Notre-Dame.
Catherine's husband survived her by more than eight years. He was buried on the 7th of September 1778, in Montréal, age 89 years and 9 months.
Born in 1703.We have not been able to locate the record of his baptism. There are numerous gaps in the registers of Laprairie for this period.
He was godfather to Marie-Louise, the daughter of his brother Pierre and of Louise Hubert-Lacroix, on the 4th of September 1729 at Laprairie. He was named in the record as: "Gilbert Courville Sr. de la Plante" (23).
He died a bachelor. The burial record states that he was buried the 30th of May 1736 at Laprairie at the age of 33 years.
He was born at Laprairie. Following is the record of his baptism:
'The year one thousand seven hundred and four the twenty fifth of October was born the son of Clement Leriger, officer, and of Marie Roy, his father and mother, who had him legitimately baptised by Lord Michel Villermaula priest because of the danger of death, or he appeared to be dying, and on 28 September of the year 1708, the said infant having been brought to the church, I the undersigned performed the customary ceremonies in the baptism. His godfather was Pierre Roy and the godmother Angelique Faye, the wife of Pierre Roy. Also present was Pierre Brion who stated that he did not know how to sign that which followed. The child was named Pierre. Gascher, p.m.' (24)
He was ceded 60 acres of land by the Jesuit priests on 8 April 1726 (25).
At Laprairie, 15 July 1728, he married Louise, the daughter of the late Jacques Hubert-Lacroix and the late Marie Berthelot-Du Vau. (She was the aunt of Suzanne Hubert-Lacroix, the wife of Louis Lerigé.) A marriage contract was signed the same day before the notary Barette. Apart from various parents and friends, also witnessing the two acts, were the knight of St-Ours, captain, commander of the fort of Laprairie, also Lalanne, surgeon, and Jean-Baptiste Lootman.
Pierre was the first of the ancestor's sons to take a wife. Louise Hubert-Lacroix bore him a large family: six girls and five boys.
In the office of Barette, one can find a number of records (sales of land, etc.) in which Pierre and his wife appear.
He died before the 7th of January 1754 (26). The record of burial remains unfound.
Louise Hubert-Lacroix, baptized 2 January 1702 at Montréal, was buried 15 February 1772 in the church of Laprairie.
Baptized 27 August and buried 20 September 1708 at Laprairie.
Baptized 25 September 1709 at Laprairie. Buried in the same place, the 21st of December 1709.
Charlotte was baptized 18 January 1711 at Laprairie.
Her marriage with Henri-Charles de Rupalley, sieur de Gonneville, took place at Laprairie 13 May 1731. Her husband was the son of Marc-Antoine de Rupalley, sieur des Jardins, an ensign in the Troupes de la Marine, and of Anne Lemire; his paternal grandparents, Jean-Baptiste de Rupalley (first squire of the king's falconry), and Anne de Gonneville, had lived in Madry, a diocese of Bayeux (27).
In the register of Leaves, one notices many permissions accorded to sieur Charles de Rupalley-Gonneville to go and bring the provisions and necessary items to the posts at Rivière St-Joseph and Michillimakinac (28).
To our knowledge, this couple left no descendants. A son, born in 1740, died the same year.
On 17 October 1771, before the notaries Sanguinet and Panet, Charlotte, then a widow and living at the General Hospital in Montréal, left all her belongings to the said hospital. She lived there until her death, and her body was buried in the cemetery of that institution on the 1st of March 1782.
Baptized 9 January and buried 28 February 1713 at Laprairie.
Born 3 March 1714, he was baptized the same day in the church at Laprairie.
Paul married Barbe Dupuy, daughter of Moïse and of Marie-Anne Christiansen, on 17 November 1733 at Laprairie. The couple had signed a (marriage) contract the previous day before the notary Le Pallieur. Seven sons and four daughters blessed this union.
Barbe Dupuy, who was born at Laprairie in 1715, died in the same place in 1750.
Paul Lerigé married for a second time, 24 January 1752, at Laprairie to Agathe Saint-Yves, daughter of Joseph and of Suzanne Boutin. (Marriage contract before Souste, dated 17 January 1752). They had nine children.
The registries of Barette and Lalanne contain many records concerning Paul.
This son of Clément was buried 18 June 1763, in the parish cemetery at St-Philippe.
His widow, Agathe Saint-Yves married Pierre Lemieux in October 1764. She died in April 1777. The record of her burial is also in the register of St-Philippe.
Baptized 28 May 1717 at Laprairie. In the church of his birth parish, he received the sacrament of confirmation on 9 March 1731.
Jean-Baptiste contracted a marriage, 14 November 1740, at Laprairie. with Marie-Catherine Rougier-Lafrance, daughter of Antoine and of Marie-Jeanne Faye-Lafayette. The notary Barette had drawn up the contract two days beforehand, that being the 12th of November (29).
Of the six children which issued from this marriage, only one, Jean-Louis, perpetuated the name.
Jean-Baptiste Lerigé died in 1752 at the age of 35. His body was buried in the church of Laprairie on 16 September.
Catherine Rougier, who was baptized at Laprairie, 28 July 1715, was buried in the same place, 25 November 1760.
Baptized 18 August 1719 at Laprairie; he was buried in this place on 13 February 1720.
The record of René's baptism is consigned in the register of Laprairie and is dated 8 March 1721.
He was confirmed with his brothers, Jean-Baptiste and Joseph-Marie, by the Bishop of Quebec, 9 March 1731, in the church of Laprairie.
In his notes, Mr. J-B-R. Laplante tells us that René was still living in 1738 (30).
The place and date of his death are unknown to us.
It was at Laprairie that the last child saw the light of day, and was baptised there on the 18th of March 1723.
He married at Montréal, 14 February 1752. His wife, Marie-Josephte Lemire-Marsolet, was the widow of Paul Leduc, and the daughter of Jean Lemire-Marsolet and of Elizabeth Bareau. In the marriage contract, 12 February 1752, the notary Jean-Baptiste Adhémar named the future 'Joseph de Lerigé squire sieur Dernon'. "Dernon" is probably a deformation of "De Renom", the name of a family in France connected with the Lerigé or Leriget family (31).
Michel-Joseph is the one who carried on the lineage. The three other children of this union died at an early age.
Joseph-Marie was deceased at the time of his son's marriage in September 1776.
Marie-Josephte Lemire-Marsolet, who was baptized on 15 June 1772 at Montréal, was buried on 4 March 1803 at Laprairie.
** Livres: Pounds - units of currency.
*** "Anies" is a variant of "Agnies", a word borrowed by the French from the Hurons, meaning: Mohawks
**** Sauteaux: a variation of Saulteaux, used by the French to mean "People of the rapids". These people being the Ojibwa residing principally at Sault Ste. Marie.
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