i. Marie was born 18 Sep 1650 in Trois-Rivières. She married Nicolas LEBEL 28 Nov 1662 in Château-Richer. She died 2 May 1664 in Château-Richer. (1)
1600. Robert DROUIN was born on 6 Aug 1607 in Pin-la-Garenne, Perche, France. He arrived in Québec around 1633, as a brick-maker and worker for the Jesuits. He found the earth suitable for bricks on the Jesuits fief near the Beauport River. This place was called Pointe de l'Essai because its soil had been tested. At the end of his contract, he married Marie Anne CLOUTIER, daughter of Zacharie CLOUTIER, a settler on the Beauport fief, on 12 Jul 1637 in Québec. According to the marriage contract of 27 Jul 1636, the couple had a lodging reserved in the father-in-law's house for three years. On 25 Mar 1640, Robert promised 7,000 bricks to the Hospitalers who were building the Hôtel-Dieu. In 1640, he acquired a piece of land awarded by the Company of Beaupré and built his house there. His first wife died on 2 Feb 1648. He left his land at Beaupré to retire to Beauport. He then married Marie CHAPPELIER on 29 Nov 1649 in Québec. That same year, the Jesuits opened the Cap-de-La-Madeleine and he left there for a while. He probably worked at Trois-Rivières because the town was being built at that time and his skill as a brick-maker was in demand. He returned to Québec in 1651. The Jesuits entrusted him with their estate of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours near the Beauport River. On 24 Mar 1653, they granted him a piece of land close to the river. He sold it to René CHEVALIER on 12 Aug 1655 and returned to Château-Richer. He died 31 Aug 1685 and was buried on 1 Jun 1685 in Château-Richer. (1)(2)(3)(4)
1601. Marie CHAPPELIER/CHAPELIER was born in 1621. She died on 15 Mar 1697 in Québec. She was the widow (veuve) of Pierre PETIT when she married Robert Drouin.
Children were:
i. Marie was born 18 Sep 1650 in Trois-Rivières. She married Nicolas LEBEL 28 Nov 1662 in Château-Richer. She died 2 May 1664 in Château-Richer. (1)
800 ii. Nicolas DROUIN was born on 8 Jan 1652 in Cap-dela-Madeleine. He was christened on 1 Feb 1652. He married Marie LOIGNON on 6 Nov 1674.
iii. Pierre was born 1 Nov 1653 in Québec.
iv. Marquerite was born 23 Dec 1655 in Québec. She married Jean GAGNON 26 Oct 1670 in Château-Richer. She died 1 Jun 1692 in Château-Richer.
v. Étienne was born before 1658 in Québec. He married Catherine Marie LOIGNON in Ste-Famille, Île-d'Orléan. He died 13 Sep 172 in Château-Richer.
vi. Catherine was born 2 Jan 1660 in Québec. She married Michel ROULOIS 24 Nov 1676 in Château-Richer. She died 25 Mar 1734 in Château-Richer.
vii. Jean-Baptiste was born 13 Feb 1662 in Château-Richer.
viii. Marie Madeleine was born 26 Nov 1664 in Château-Richer. She died 3 Feb 1665 in Château-Richer.
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(1) PRDH, Certificat de famille No. 85068.
(2) Ibid., Certificat de mariage No. 66326.
(3) Ibid., Certificat de maraige No. 66393.
(4) 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, pp. 152-153.