Jean Mathieu

     Jean was born in 1639 in Angouleme, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.¹ Around 1660, he immigrated to Quebec & settled upon the Cote-de-Beaupre. He entered the military on 13 September 1666 & was released January 1667.² Jean married Anne Letartre, daughter of Rene Letartre and Louise Goulet, on 19 November 1669 in L'Ange-Gardien, Montmorency County, Quebec, Canada, at the church of L'Ange-Gardien.³ Jean & Anne had children: Louise [12/25/1670][m. 1/08/1691 Jean Trudel], Jeanne [3/04/1673-8/__/1783], Rene [6/16/1674][m. 11/09/1699 Genevieve Roussin], Jean [7/07/1676-1706][m. 2/16/1705 Marie-Madeleine Leclerc], Charles [9/25/1678-3/20/1747][m. 10/01/1708 Marie-Catherine Laurier dit Cotineau ], Louis [10/19/1680], Marie [12/23/1682-7/15/1771][m. 1/17/1701 Louis Cantin], Marie-Anne [2/27/1685][m. 4/21/1704 Pierre Godin], Marguerite [2/03/1687-11/30/1747][m. 11/12/1703 Francois Vezina], Nicolas [2/03/1687][m. 10/23/1713 Catherine Belanger], Elisabeth-Isabelle [1/15/1689][m. 2/22/1710 Pierre Vezina] & Marie-Madeleine [10/22/1691].⁴ 1681, Jean and Anne were listed on the Canadian Census in Charlesbourg, ville de Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Enumerated in this household were Jean Mathieu [44 years], Anne Letartre [27 years], Louise [10 years], Rene [7 years], Jean [5 years] & Pierre [2 years].⁵ Jean's wife, Anne, died on 12 April 1696 in L'Ange-Gardien leaving him a widower. Jean departed this life on Wednesday, 29 April 1699 in L'Ange-Gardien at age 60 years. He was buried there in the churchyard of L'Ange-Gardien on Friday, 1 May 1699.⁶