Pierre-Joachim Levesque

     Pierre-Joachim was born on Saturday, 24 January 1682 in Cap St-Ignace, Montmagny County, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Robert Levesque & Jeanne Chevalier. He was christened there on 21 April 1682 in St-Ignace Church.¹ Pierre-Joachim married Angelique Letartre, daughter of Charles Letartre and Marie Maheu, on 20 June 1705 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency County, Quebec, Canada, at the church of L'Ange-Gardien.² Pierre-Joachim & Angelique had children: Marie Marguerite Jeanne [4/13/1706-8/09/1787][m. 11/17/1727 Alexandre Dube], Genevieve [5/12/1707-5/13/1770][m. 8/30/1723 Louis Hudon dit Beaulieu], Pierre-Joachim [10/26/1708-4/09/1744][m. 2/06/1736 Marie-Anne Bouchard], Jean-Baptiste [4/09/1710-5/04/1784][m. 2/13/1736 Genevieve Cote, 2nd 4/26/1762 Josephte Bois & 3rd 1/07/1764 Angelique Minville], Marie Angelique [11/22/1711], Joseph [3/16/1713], Bernard-Pierre-Jean [2/21/1714-5/06/1792][m. 4/14/1738 Mariev Elisabeth Michaud], Joseph-Joachim [2/21/1714-8/26/1780][m. 11/05/1753 Marie-Genevieve Caron], Antoine [3/31/1717-7/22/1782][m. 1/08/1748 Marie Genevieve Autin & 2nd 5/03/1762 Isabelle Dube], Marie-Angelique [11/29/1719-2/11/1781][m. 11/21/1741 Charles-Michel Dupere], Charles [2/25/1722-4/25/1803][m. 11/24/1749 Marie-Josephte Hudon], Angelique [5/20/1723]] & Marie Brigitte [8/11/1726-1/24/1760][m. 11/16/1744 Jean Chapais & 2nd 11/08/1756 Jacques Collin].³ Pierre-Joachim's wife, Angelique, died in Riviere-Ouelle, Kamouraska County, Quebec, Canada, leaving him a widower. Pierre-Joachim departed this life on Thursday, 8 November 1759 in Riviere-Ouelle at age 77 years, 9 months and 15 days.⁴ He was buried there in the churchyard of L'Assomption on Friday, 9 November 1759.⁵