Jean-Francois DuPont dit Leblond

     Jean-Francois was born on Saturday, 23 July 1695 in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Guillaume DuPont & Marie Madeleine Taillon. He was christened there on 24 July 1695 in the Basilica of Notre Dame.¹ Jean-Francois married Marie-Louise Bergeron, daughter of Andre Bergeron and Marguerite DuMay, on 20 November 1719 in St-Nicolas at St-Nicolas Church.² Jean-Francois & Marie-Louise had children: Marie-Louise [12/06/1720-7/18/1801][m. 4/07/1742 Charles Letarte], Marie-Joseph [5/02/1723-10/16/1804][m. 2/07/1763 Joseph Jeremie dit Douville], Marie-Louise [7/01/1724-7/24/1724], Marie-Anne [2/01/1726-4/06/1796][m. 11/23/1761 Pierre Relette], a child [10__1727-11/03/1727], Paul [1/25/1728-11/19/1751], Marie-Francoise [5/26/1731-6/11/1814][m. 7/06/750 Rene Rousseau], Jean-Michel [12/22/1732-1/10/1733], Marie-Madeleine [12/26/1733-3/08/1786][m. 10/14/1765 Jean Baptiste Audet dit Lapointe], a child [8/10/1735-8/10/1735], Louis-Joseph [10/21/1736-7/08/1758], Marguerite [9/07/1738-9/15/1738] & Michel [5/10/1740-8/03/1778][m. 2/22/1762 Marie-Catherine Jeremie dit Douville & 2nd 6/22/1767 Genevieve Hayot].³ Jean-Francois's wife, Marie-Louise, died on 15 August 1764 in St-Nicolas leaving him a widower. Jean-Francois departed this life in St-Nicolas. He was buried there in the churchyard of St-Nicolas on Wednesday, 7 September 1774.⁴