NAME: Jeanne
MECHIN
aka:
Jeanne MECHIN dit De FRONTIGNY
Jeanne ASSELIN dit MECHIN
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BIRTH: 1630
(approximate)
La
Rochelle, Aunis,
(Charente-Maritime),
France
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FATHER: MECHIN, Jean
Occupation:
Workman, Sailor
Birth : ABT 1600 La
Rochelle, Aunis, France
Married: "Unknown" La Rochelle (St-Nicolas), Aunis, France
DEATH: November 6, 1646, Quebec City, Quebec,
Canada
Drowned with others, too late in the year to be on
water.
Buried: 20 Nov or Dec 1646, Quebec, Canada
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SIBLINGS:
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MARRIAGE: 1645
(approx) Trois-Rivières,
Québec
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| SPOUSE: PEPIN, Guillaume b
1610 (approx.) |
CHILDREN all
born at TROIS RIVIERES, Quebec:
PEPIN, Jacques
b April 14, APR 1646
PEPIN, Jean b
August 1647
PEPIN, Marie b
April 21, 1649
PEPIN, Guillaume b
August 04, 1651
PEPIN, Pierre b
December 29, 1652
PEPIN, Etienne b
April 14, 1654
PEPIN, Jeanne b
March 28, 1656
PEPIN, Madeleine b
November 19, 1657
PEPIN,
Elisabeth
b circa 1659
PEPIN, Louis b
November 21, 1660
Twin, died
in infancy.
PEPIN, Joseph b
November 21, 1660
Twin, died
in infancy.
PEPIN, Marguerite
b May 6, 1662 Twin
PEPIN, Marie Ursule
b May 6, 1662 Twin
1666 CENSUS at TROIS
RIVIERES, Quebec:
PEPIN, Guillaume
PEPIN - 56 yrs. habitant
MECHIN, Jeanne - 36 yrs. his wife
PEPIN, Jacques - 18 yrs. son
PEPIN, Jean - 16 yrs. son
PEPIN, Guillaume - 14 yrs. son
PEPIN, Pierre - 12 yrs. son
PEPIN, Estienne - 11 yrs. son
PEPIN, Jeanne - 9 yrs. daughter
PEPIN, Magdelaine - 8 yrs. daughter
PEPIN, Elisabeth - 7 yrs. daughter
PEPIN, Marie - 3 yrs. twin daughter
PEPIN, Marguerite - 3 yrs. twin daughter |
LIFE EVENTS:
1610 Birth of
Guillaume PEPIN, her future husband, in
St-Laurent-de-la-Barrière
(Charente Maritime - Poitou Charentes) France
(approx.
date, frequently listed as 1607)
1630 Jeanne
MECHIN
is born in France.
1633
(approximate date) Guillaume PEPIN arrives in New France,
settles in
the area
that was to become Trois-Rivieres.
1645
June 16, Jean MECHIN,
Jeanne's Father,
signed a
contract in La Rochelle, France, to work as a plowman,
laborer and
sailor for Pierre
Legargeur in Canada.
1645 (August 12?) Marriage to Guillaume PEPIN,
age
35.
At this
time Jeanne is 15 years old, marriage was probably
in Trois-Rivieres, where they
bring
up 13
children.
1646 November 6, Jean MECHIN,
Jeanne's Father drowned with
others
while sailing
toward Trois-Rivieres, it being
too late
in the
year for safe
sailing.
1666 Census
taken,
see data above under CHILDREN:
1679 Jeanne MECHIN,
was living in 1679, according to
a notary
act, but she
dies
before the 1681 census...
relatively young, just
before the age
of 50.
CHILDREN:
Three of Jeanne's
sons made voyages of
discovery into the
heartland
of this continent. Pierre Pepin who explored Wisconsin
and Minnesota
left his name on lake Pepin, a wide area in the
Mississippi below
Red Wing, Minnesota. On the east side of this
lake is Pepin County,
Wisconsin.
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DEATH: November 30, 1680 Trois
Rivieres, Quebec
Jeanne MECHIN,
was living in 1679, according to
a notary act, but she
died
before the 1681 census
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BURIAL: Likely....L'Immaculée
Conception of Trois-Rivières, Québec
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