Marie-Angelique Guay

     Marie-Angelique was born on Monday, 18 February 1697 in Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon, Levis County, Quebec, Canada. She was the daughter of Ignace Guay and Perrine Samson. She was christened there on 20 February 1697 in St-Joseph Church.¹ Marie-Angelique married Etienne Samson, son of Jacques Samson and Marie-Anne Metru, on 9 June 1718 in Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon, Levis County, Quebec, Canada, at St-Joseph Church.² Etienne & Angelique had children: Louise [circa 1719-8/04/1733], Etienne [9/17/1720-8/30/1791][m. 3/01/1756 Marie-Marguerite Begin], Marie Catherine [6/29/1722-3/12/1795][m. 2/17/1744 Michel Guay], Marie-Charlotte [10/29/1723-5/07/1796], Joseph [5/08/1725-9/20/1804][m. 11/24/1756 Marguerite Guay], Suzanne Genevieve [7/26/1727-5/21/1804][m. 8/02/1751 Jean Guay],
Ignace [6/02/1729-6/10/1812][m. 11/23/1751 Veronique Begin] & Marie-Louise [9/28/1736-12/14/1818] [m. 8/24/1761 Charles Louis Begiin].³ Marie-Angelique's husband, Etienne, died between 24 November 1756 and 24 August 1761 in Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon leaving her a widow. Marie-Angelique departed this life on Monday, 11 April 1774 in Pointe-de-Levy, Lauzon at age 77 years, 1 month and 24 days. She was buried there in the cemetery of St-Joseph on Tuesday, 12 April 1774.⁴