TWELFTH GENERATION
3052. Gilles BACON appeared in New France before 1645 as a domestic servant for the Jesuit mission among the Hurons. He returned from that mission with news of a discovery of a gold and copper mine, which turned out to be false. He married Marie TAVERNIER on 2 May 1647 in Château-Richer, Québec. On Nov 10 1647, he obtained land at Beaupré. He died on 5 Mar 1654. His wife Marie and daughter Marie Madeleine became Hospitalers in 1668. (1)(2)(3)(5)
3053. Marie TAVERNIER was born in 1632.
Children were:
1526 i. Eustache BACON was born on 12 Sep 1650. He married Louise GUIMONT on 27 Jun 1674. He died on 4 Apr 1716 in Château-Richer, Québec. (3)(4)
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(1) PRDH, Certificat de famille No. 526.
(2) Ibid., Certificat de marige No. 66364.
(3) Ibid., Certificat de famille No. 525.
(4) Ibid., Certificat de mariage No. 94555.
(5) Biographical Dictionary for The Jesuit Missions in Acadia and New France: 1602-1654, Lucien Campeau, S.J., translated by William Lonc, S.J. & George Topp, S.J., summer 2001, p. 51.
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