Jean BESSETTE dit BRISETOUT/BAISSET was born around 1642 in Guyenne, France. He was a Soldat de Carignan, compagnie Latour. He married Anne LESEIGNEUR on 3 Jul 1668 in New France. The marriage contract was signed in the presence of Notary Antone Adhémar St-Martin on 3 Jul 1668. He died 5 Jan and was buried 7 Jan 1707 in Chambly. (1)(2)(4)
Refer to another lineage of Jean BESSET.

Jean BESSETTE was baptized 1 Jan 1673 in Laprairie. He first married Marie-Anne BENOIT LIVERNOIS on 16 May 1695 in Laprairie. They had one child: Marie Jeanne who was born 9 Feb 1696 and died 28 May 1697 in Laprairie.
He then married Madeleine PLAMONDON LAFLEUR on 17 Sep 1700 in Laprairie. They had seven children (1)(2)

François BESSETTE was born on 19 May 1714 in Chambly. He first married Marie LEGRAIN VALLÉE on 7 Jan 1738 in Chambly. He then married Josephte GIRARD on 5 Apr 1751. Two of their children were: Joseph and Marie-Louise, who married Louis NEVEU, son of Louis NEVEU & Marie-Anne BOURDET on 14 May 1781 in St-Mathias. (1)(2)(3)

Joseph BESSETTE was born 13 Sep 1753 in Chambly. He married Marie Françoise BARRIÈRE, daughter of René BARRIÈRE & Agather LAPORTE, on 25 Oct 1773 in Chambly. Marie Françoise died on 7 Oct 1799. Joseph then married Marguerite FRÉCHETTE on 28 Sep 1846. (1)(2)(3)(4)

Joseph BESSETTE frst married Marie Josephe CYR on 7 Oct 1799 in Pointe-Olivier (St-Mathias). He then married Angélique LAPORTE ST-GEORGES on 8 Aug 1803 in the parish of Saint-Mathias, comté de Rouville. Angélique was the daughter of Pierre LAPORTE ST-GEORGES & Thérèse DEMERS dit CHENNEVILLE who married on 10 Feb 1775 in Chambly. Thérèse DEMERS was born 3 Mar 1756, the daughter of François-Marie DEMERS & Marie Josephte LAROQUE. Joseph and Angélique had the following children: Isaac, Basile, Beloni, Edouard and Joseph-Eusabe. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

Isaac BESSETTE dit BESSET was born in 1807. He married Clotilde FOISY dit Clothilde FOYSY on 17 Sept 1831 in Saint-Mathias, Rouville, Québec. Clotilde was born circa 9 Aug 1814, the daughter of Claude FOISY & Marie-Ursule BARSALOU. (4)(5)
Isaac and Clothide had twelve children.

Alfred BESSETTE was born 9 Aug 1845 in St-Grégoire d'Iberville. He was known as Frère André. He died 6 Jan 1936 in Montréal, Québec.

Biography of Blessed Brother André of Saint Joseph By Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. can be found at http://www.catholicism.org/pages/andre.htm

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(1) PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique, Certificats de famille, d'union et d'individu.
(2) Louise Éthier Sharp, Email message 3 Feb 2003.
(3) Mariages de St-Joseph de Chambly, 1706-1846, Col: Jetté & Lavallée, Pub: Pontbriand, 1964, pp. 32 & 283.
(4)Centre de recherche et de documentation, Isabelle Bourgon, secrétaire, L'Oratoire Saint-Joseph du Mont-Royal, message de courriel, 13 fév 2003.
(5) Mariages de St-Mathias (1739-1968) et Richelieu (1868-1968), Comté de Rouville, Col:Raymond & Jetté, Pub: Pontbriand 1968, pp. 22-24.