Joseph Hébert1

M, b. circa 3 November 1636, d. 1661
FatherGuillaume Hébert b. c 1614
MotherHélène Desportes b. bt Jul 1620 - 24 Oct 1621, d. 24 Jun 1675
     Joseph was born in ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. He was christened there on 3 November 1636 in the Basilica of Notre Dame.2 Joseph married Marie-Charlotte de Poitiers on 12 October 1660 in Montreal at the Basilica of Notre Dame.3 Joseph was captured by the Iroquois in June of 1661. Joseph died from being tortured by the Iroquois.4 Joseph & Marie-Charlotte had one child, Joseph, born posthumously 5 October 1661.5

Family

Marie-Charlotte de Poitiers b. c 1641, d. c 9 Feb 1718

Citations

  1. [S1581] Ethel M.G. Bennett, Joseph Hebert, Volume 1 - HÉBERT, JOSEPH, grandson of Canada’s first settler, only son of Guillaume Hébert and Hélène Desportes; b. Quebec 3 Nov. 1636; d. 1661 or 1662.
    Joseph Hébert’s father, only son of Louis Hébert, died in 1639. On 12 Oct. 1660, Joseph married Marie-Charlotte de Poytiers. Not long afterwards he was captured by the Iroquois, perhaps by the same band who killed his cousin Nicolas Couillard and six other Frenchmen on the Île d’Orléans in June 1661. A letter written by a companion in captivity states that, wounded in the arm and shoulder, he was given to the Iroquois of Oneida. After the usual tortures, he was finally stabbed to death by drunken members of the tribe. His death was not definitely known in Quebec until the summer of 1662.
    Meanwhile on 5 Oct. 1661 his wife had borne a son, Joseph. Since the records contain no further mention of this child, it is assumed that he died in infancy. In that case, Canada’s first settler has no direct descendants bearing the Hébert name. There were, however, other Héberts in the colony at an early date, who may have been related; for example, One Jacques Hébert signed the inventory of Jean Nicollet’s possessions 7 Nov. 1642.

    Ethel M. G. Bennett.
  2. [S1596] Drouin Institute: Baptism: 3 November 1636 - Joseph Hebert, son of Guillaume Herbert & Marie Helene Desportes. Sponsors: Charles Montmagni & Marie Roolet; at Notre Dame de Quebec. - www.genealogiequebec.com.
  3. [S1596] Drouin Institute: Marriage: 12 October 1660 - Joseph Hebert, son of the late Guillaume Herbert & Helene Desportes, and Marie-Charlotte de Poitiers, daughter of the late Pierre-Charles de Poitiers dit Dubuisson & the late Helene de Belleau; at Notre Dame de Quebec - www.genealogiequebec.com.
  4. [S1598] Research Program In Historical Demography: Individual Certificate Number 25065.
  5. [S1598] Research Program In Historical Demography: Family Certificate Number 1375.