Also known as Etienne Pepin dit Lafond.
He arrived in Quebec in 1642 (name Delafond).
Also known as Pepin dit Lafond, De Lafond, Delafond, dit Mongrain, Stephanus Lafont.
Etienne Lafond a servant in the house of the Ursulines of Quebec, attended an auction on the 7th on November 1642, and managed to buy some of the clothes. An old red sateen suit, a doublet, a pair of shoes and stockings, all together valued at five livres. He also bought seven handkerchiefs for which he paid three livres, ten sols and six deniers.
This proceeding, written up that same day by the notary Martial Pieabube, was the first mention of the presence of Etienne de Lafond in New France. There is no more news of him until the day of his wedding, 30 January 1645, in Quebec. Etienne, son of Pierre and of Francoise Prieur, was a thirty year old carpenter originally from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière, in Saintonge (Charente-Maritime). He married fifteen year old Marie daughter of Gaspard Boucher and of Nicole Lemaire. Marie was the sister of Pierre Boucher, the future governor of Trois-Rivieres.
Some months later, through the report of an incident which took place on 21 November, we see Etienne at Trois-Rivieres. It seems that on 14 November 1645, Michel Leneuf de Herisson and his farmer, one Sebastien Dodier, got into a fight. This was not a gentleman’s match: Fists to the face, kicks, bites, shouted obscenities, even threats of death. And all this was because of a misunderstanding about a pair of oxen and a cart. On 21 November, Lafond was mentioned in the cart case as a witness to this altercation. Etienne was acquainted with Father Jacques Buteau, the apostle of the Attikamegues of Saint-Maurice, who was killed on 19 May 1652, by Iroquois tomahawks. On 1 June 1649, this missionary saint, acting in the name of the Society of Jesus granted him a homestead measuring two arpents in frontage by forty in depth, located between the Faveral river and Cap-de-la-Madeleine. On 23 September of the same year, Lafond hired Pierre Albert for one year, beginning on 1 October. This is the only mention we have of this colonist.
About 1 June 1650, Etienne settled in the town of Trois-Rivieres. He bought a lot on Rue Notre-Dame, 10 by 25 toises. Facing on the future rue de Platon. In 1668 he built a house there, with courtyard, barn and garden. On 3 July 1651, he acquired another lot, 12 by 20 toises, on the same street. He sold it on 23 February 1657 to Pierre Pellerin dit Saint-Amant for 70 livres; the latter sold it in turn to Medard Chouart des Groseillers. By 1668, it seems that this house was in ruins.
Lafond also owned land, about 36 arpents, in the seigneury of Cap-de-la-Madeleine. This plot was located between that of Etienne Gelineau and the Saint-Maurice River. This is the same spot where the Duplessis bridge crosses the river today. He was also the eventual seigneur of an undeveloped fief in the commune of Lake Saint-Pierre. This domain would remain undeveloped because of the, ever present, danger from the Iroquois incursions. This fief was conceded, by Governor de Lauson, acting in the name of the One Hundred Associates. This grant was dated 10 August 1655 and located this territory at the river la Madeleine above Trois-Rivieres, on the north bank of the stream. According to the Abbot Elzear Bellemare, this watercourse had to be one of the Machiche Rivers. The brook La Madeleine flows into the Machiche at the Pointe-aux-Iroquois, an arpent and a half from the Premiere-Rivere (Saint-Lawrence). The fief formed an area of a half a league in frontage and it extended a distance of three leagues into the interior. Lafond never did take possession of this domain. On 18 November 1672, it was his son-in-law Charles Lesieur who registered for this concession. It was during this time that Marie Boucher, widow of Etienne, took possession of a rear-fief called la Pierre, in the seigneury of the Cap, below Trois-Rivieres. According to Trudel, this fief was given in compensation for the one of 1655.
In his own time, Etienne de Lafond was a great landowner; the list of his holdings is quite lengthy. On 23 July 1654, he took possession of another plot on the right bank of the Saint-Maurice, nearby Trois-Rivieres. This domain measured three in frontage by eight in depth and was set back from the river by a road of six toises. On the following 19th of August, he leased this property for six years to Mathurin Goyer dit Laviolette. The precise rent was little more than the obligation to clear the land. On 15 November 1656, Lafond received another plot, 2 by 20 arpents, situated in the third row to the northwest of the town.
The records of notary Louis Laurent reveal certain other aspects in the life of Etienne de Lafond. On 3 March 1662, he rented a farm for five years from Madelinot Pierre Coucq dit Lafleur. While he was clearing and cultivating this land he was accepting construction contracts from others.
On 7 August 1662, he agreed to construct, for surgeon Michel Gamelin, a house similar to the one near the windmill on the Faveral River. On the following 13 September, Lafond accepted another concession from Father Jean-Claude Allouez, SJ, in the Seigneury of the Cap.
The records of Jacques de la Tousche contain certain other acts concerning Etienne, for the years 1664 to 1668. On 3 December 1664, Etienne was hired to build a boat out of pine for Nicolas Gastineau-Duplessis. On 4 May 1665, some months before his death, he settled a difference with his neighbor Etienne Gelineau concerning their land holdings. The civil registry of the Three-Rivers parish may have had some deficiencies more or less, but on 15 September 1665 the missionary priest did not fail to record the death of Etienne. Written in Latin, the inscription reads: “Repentina dt improvisa mort abiit.” That is to say that the passage from this life to the next is sudden and often unexpected. “Probable a heart attack”, concluded those who knew little about the matter. Among these people of an earlier era, death was ever a mystery. Etienne was about fifty years old and, since he was a man of uncommon stature and quality, his mortal remains were interred in the church itself.
He arrived in Quebec in 1642 (name Delafond).
Also known as Pepin dit Lafond, De Lafond, Delafond, dit Mongrain, Stephanus Lafont.
Etienne Lafond a servant in the house of the Ursulines of Quebec, attended an auction on the 7th on November 1642, and managed to buy some of the clothes. An old red sateen suit, a doublet, a pair of shoes and stockings, all together valued at five livres. He also bought seven handkerchiefs for which he paid three livres, ten sols and six deniers.
This proceeding, written up that same day by the notary Martial Pieabube, was the first mention of the presence of Etienne de Lafond in New France. There is no more news of him until the day of his wedding, 30 January 1645, in Quebec. Etienne, son of Pierre and of Francoise Prieur, was a thirty year old carpenter originally from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière, in Saintonge (Charente-Maritime). He married fifteen year old Marie daughter of Gaspard Boucher and of Nicole Lemaire. Marie was the sister of Pierre Boucher, the future governor of Trois-Rivieres.
Some months later, through the report of an incident which took place on 21 November, we see Etienne at Trois-Rivieres. It seems that on 14 November 1645, Michel Leneuf de Herisson and his farmer, one Sebastien Dodier, got into a fight. This was not a gentleman’s match: Fists to the face, kicks, bites, shouted obscenities, even threats of death. And all this was because of a misunderstanding about a pair of oxen and a cart. On 21 November, Lafond was mentioned in the cart case as a witness to this altercation. Etienne was acquainted with Father Jacques Buteau, the apostle of the Attikamegues of Saint-Maurice, who was killed on 19 May 1652, by Iroquois tomahawks. On 1 June 1649, this missionary saint, acting in the name of the Society of Jesus granted him a homestead measuring two arpents in frontage by forty in depth, located between the Faveral river and Cap-de-la-Madeleine. On 23 September of the same year, Lafond hired Pierre Albert for one year, beginning on 1 October. This is the only mention we have of this colonist.
About 1 June 1650, Etienne settled in the town of Trois-Rivieres. He bought a lot on Rue Notre-Dame, 10 by 25 toises. Facing on the future rue de Platon. In 1668 he built a house there, with courtyard, barn and garden. On 3 July 1651, he acquired another lot, 12 by 20 toises, on the same street. He sold it on 23 February 1657 to Pierre Pellerin dit Saint-Amant for 70 livres; the latter sold it in turn to Medard Chouart des Groseillers. By 1668, it seems that this house was in ruins.
Lafond also owned land, about 36 arpents, in the seigneury of Cap-de-la-Madeleine. This plot was located between that of Etienne Gelineau and the Saint-Maurice River. This is the same spot where the Duplessis bridge crosses the river today. He was also the eventual seigneur of an undeveloped fief in the commune of Lake Saint-Pierre. This domain would remain undeveloped because of the, ever present, danger from the Iroquois incursions. This fief was conceded, by Governor de Lauson, acting in the name of the One Hundred Associates. This grant was dated 10 August 1655 and located this territory at the river la Madeleine above Trois-Rivieres, on the north bank of the stream. According to the Abbot Elzear Bellemare, this watercourse had to be one of the Machiche Rivers. The brook La Madeleine flows into the Machiche at the Pointe-aux-Iroquois, an arpent and a half from the Premiere-Rivere (Saint-Lawrence). The fief formed an area of a half a league in frontage and it extended a distance of three leagues into the interior. Lafond never did take possession of this domain. On 18 November 1672, it was his son-in-law Charles Lesieur who registered for this concession. It was during this time that Marie Boucher, widow of Etienne, took possession of a rear-fief called la Pierre, in the seigneury of the Cap, below Trois-Rivieres. According to Trudel, this fief was given in compensation for the one of 1655.
In his own time, Etienne de Lafond was a great landowner; the list of his holdings is quite lengthy. On 23 July 1654, he took possession of another plot on the right bank of the Saint-Maurice, nearby Trois-Rivieres. This domain measured three in frontage by eight in depth and was set back from the river by a road of six toises. On the following 19th of August, he leased this property for six years to Mathurin Goyer dit Laviolette. The precise rent was little more than the obligation to clear the land. On 15 November 1656, Lafond received another plot, 2 by 20 arpents, situated in the third row to the northwest of the town.
The records of notary Louis Laurent reveal certain other aspects in the life of Etienne de Lafond. On 3 March 1662, he rented a farm for five years from Madelinot Pierre Coucq dit Lafleur. While he was clearing and cultivating this land he was accepting construction contracts from others.
On 7 August 1662, he agreed to construct, for surgeon Michel Gamelin, a house similar to the one near the windmill on the Faveral River. On the following 13 September, Lafond accepted another concession from Father Jean-Claude Allouez, SJ, in the Seigneury of the Cap.
The records of Jacques de la Tousche contain certain other acts concerning Etienne, for the years 1664 to 1668. On 3 December 1664, Etienne was hired to build a boat out of pine for Nicolas Gastineau-Duplessis. On 4 May 1665, some months before his death, he settled a difference with his neighbor Etienne Gelineau concerning their land holdings. The civil registry of the Three-Rivers parish may have had some deficiencies more or less, but on 15 September 1665 the missionary priest did not fail to record the death of Etienne. Written in Latin, the inscription reads: “Repentina dt improvisa mort abiit.” That is to say that the passage from this life to the next is sudden and often unexpected. “Probable a heart attack”, concluded those who knew little about the matter. Among these people of an earlier era, death was ever a mystery. Etienne was about fifty years old and, since he was a man of uncommon stature and quality, his mortal remains were interred in the church itself.
Also known as Etienne Pepin dit Lafond.
He arrived in Quebec in 1642 (name Delafond).
Also known as Pepin dit Lafond, De Lafond, Delafond, dit Mongrain, Stephanus Lafont.
Etienne Lafond a servant in the house of the Ursulines of Quebec, attended an auction on the 7th on November 1642, and managed to buy some of the clothes. An old red sateen suit, a doublet, a pair of shoes and stockings, all together valued at five livres. He also bought seven handkerchiefs for which he paid three livres, ten sols and six deniers.
This proceeding, written up that same day by the notary Martial Pieabube, was the first mention of the presence of Etienne de Lafond in New France. There is no more news of him until the day of his wedding, 30 January 1645, in Quebec. Etienne, son of Pierre and of Francoise Prieur, was a thirty year old carpenter originally from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière, in Saintonge (Charente-Maritime). He married fifteen year old Marie daughter of Gaspard Boucher and of Nicole Lemaire. Marie was the sister of Pierre Boucher, the future governor of Trois-Rivieres.
Some months later, through the report of an incident which took place on 21 November, we see Etienne at Trois-Rivieres. It seems that on 14 November 1645, Michel Leneuf de Herisson and his farmer, one Sebastien Dodier, got into a fight. This was not a gentleman’s match: Fists to the face, kicks, bites, shouted obscenities, even threats of death. And all this was because of a misunderstanding about a pair of oxen and a cart. On 21 November, Lafond was mentioned in the cart case as a witness to this altercation. Etienne was acquainted with Father Jacques Buteau, the apostle of the Attikamegues of Saint-Maurice, who was killed on 19 May 1652, by Iroquois tomahawks. On 1 June 1649, this missionary saint, acting in the name of the Society of Jesus granted him a homestead measuring two arpents in frontage by forty in depth, located between the Faveral river and Cap-de-la-Madeleine. On 23 September of the same year, Lafond hired Pierre Albert for one year, beginning on 1 October. This is the only mention we have of this colonist.
About 1 June 1650, Etienne settled in the town of Trois-Rivieres. He bought a lot on Rue Notre-Dame, 10 by 25 toises. Facing on the future rue de Platon. In 1668 he built a house there, with courtyard, barn and garden. On 3 July 1651, he acquired another lot, 12 by 20 toises, on the same street. He sold it on 23 February 1657 to Pierre Pellerin dit Saint-Amant for 70 livres; the latter sold it in turn to Medard Chouart des Groseillers. By 1668, it seems that this house was in ruins.
Lafond also owned land, about 36 arpents, in the seigneury of Cap-de-la-Madeleine. This plot was located between that of Etienne Gelineau and the Saint-Maurice River. This is the same spot where the Duplessis bridge crosses the river today. He was also the eventual seigneur of an undeveloped fief in the commune of Lake Saint-Pierre. This domain would remain undeveloped because of the, ever present, danger from the Iroquois incursions. This fief was conceded, by Governor de Lauson, acting in the name of the One Hundred Associates. This grant was dated 10 August 1655 and located this territory at the river la Madeleine above Trois-Rivieres, on the north bank of the stream. According to the Abbot Elzear Bellemare, this watercourse had to be one of the Machiche Rivers. The brook La Madeleine flows into the Machiche at the Pointe-aux-Iroquois, an arpent and a half from the Premiere-Rivere (Saint-Lawrence). The fief formed an area of a half a league in frontage and it extended a distance of three leagues into the interior. Lafond never did take possession of this domain. On 18 November 1672, it was his son-in-law Charles Lesieur who registered for this concession. It was during this time that Marie Boucher, widow of Etienne, took possession of a rear-fief called la Pierre, in the seigneury of the Cap, below Trois-Rivieres. According to Trudel, this fief was given in compensation for the one of 1655.
In his own time, Etienne de Lafond was a great landowner; the list of his holdings is quite lengthy. On 23 July 1654, he took possession of another plot on the right bank of the Saint-Maurice, nearby Trois-Rivieres. This domain measured three in frontage by eight in depth and was set back from the river by a road of six toises. On the following 19th of August, he leased this property for six years to Mathurin Goyer dit Laviolette. The precise rent was little more than the obligation to clear the land. On 15 November 1656, Lafond received another plot, 2 by 20 arpents, situated in the third row to the northwest of the town.
The records of notary Louis Laurent reveal certain other aspects in the life of Etienne de Lafond. On 3 March 1662, he rented a farm for five years from Madelinot Pierre Coucq dit Lafleur. While he was clearing and cultivating this land he was accepting construction contracts from others.
On 7 August 1662, he agreed to construct, for surgeon Michel Gamelin, a house similar to the one near the windmill on the Faveral River. On the following 13 September, Lafond accepted another concession from Father Jean-Claude Allouez, SJ, in the Seigneury of the Cap.
The records of Jacques de la Tousche contain certain other acts concerning Etienne, for the years 1664 to 1668. On 3 December 1664, Etienne was hired to build a boat out of pine for Nicolas Gastineau-Duplessis. On 4 May 1665, some months before his death, he settled a difference with his neighbor Etienne Gelineau concerning their land holdings. The civil registry of the Three-Rivers parish may have had some deficiencies more or less, but on 15 September 1665 the missionary priest did not fail to record the death of Etienne. Written in Latin, the inscription reads: “Repentina dt improvisa mort abiit.” That is to say that the passage from this life to the next is sudden and often unexpected. “Probable a heart attack”, concluded those who knew little about the matter. Among these people of an earlier era, death was ever a mystery. Etienne was about fifty years old and, since he was a man of uncommon stature and quality, his mortal remains were interred in the church itself.
He arrived in Quebec in 1642 (name Delafond).
Also known as Pepin dit Lafond, De Lafond, Delafond, dit Mongrain, Stephanus Lafont.
Etienne Lafond a servant in the house of the Ursulines of Quebec, attended an auction on the 7th on November 1642, and managed to buy some of the clothes. An old red sateen suit, a doublet, a pair of shoes and stockings, all together valued at five livres. He also bought seven handkerchiefs for which he paid three livres, ten sols and six deniers.
This proceeding, written up that same day by the notary Martial Pieabube, was the first mention of the presence of Etienne de Lafond in New France. There is no more news of him until the day of his wedding, 30 January 1645, in Quebec. Etienne, son of Pierre and of Francoise Prieur, was a thirty year old carpenter originally from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Barrière, in Saintonge (Charente-Maritime). He married fifteen year old Marie daughter of Gaspard Boucher and of Nicole Lemaire. Marie was the sister of Pierre Boucher, the future governor of Trois-Rivieres.
Some months later, through the report of an incident which took place on 21 November, we see Etienne at Trois-Rivieres. It seems that on 14 November 1645, Michel Leneuf de Herisson and his farmer, one Sebastien Dodier, got into a fight. This was not a gentleman’s match: Fists to the face, kicks, bites, shouted obscenities, even threats of death. And all this was because of a misunderstanding about a pair of oxen and a cart. On 21 November, Lafond was mentioned in the cart case as a witness to this altercation. Etienne was acquainted with Father Jacques Buteau, the apostle of the Attikamegues of Saint-Maurice, who was killed on 19 May 1652, by Iroquois tomahawks. On 1 June 1649, this missionary saint, acting in the name of the Society of Jesus granted him a homestead measuring two arpents in frontage by forty in depth, located between the Faveral river and Cap-de-la-Madeleine. On 23 September of the same year, Lafond hired Pierre Albert for one year, beginning on 1 October. This is the only mention we have of this colonist.
About 1 June 1650, Etienne settled in the town of Trois-Rivieres. He bought a lot on Rue Notre-Dame, 10 by 25 toises. Facing on the future rue de Platon. In 1668 he built a house there, with courtyard, barn and garden. On 3 July 1651, he acquired another lot, 12 by 20 toises, on the same street. He sold it on 23 February 1657 to Pierre Pellerin dit Saint-Amant for 70 livres; the latter sold it in turn to Medard Chouart des Groseillers. By 1668, it seems that this house was in ruins.
Lafond also owned land, about 36 arpents, in the seigneury of Cap-de-la-Madeleine. This plot was located between that of Etienne Gelineau and the Saint-Maurice River. This is the same spot where the Duplessis bridge crosses the river today. He was also the eventual seigneur of an undeveloped fief in the commune of Lake Saint-Pierre. This domain would remain undeveloped because of the, ever present, danger from the Iroquois incursions. This fief was conceded, by Governor de Lauson, acting in the name of the One Hundred Associates. This grant was dated 10 August 1655 and located this territory at the river la Madeleine above Trois-Rivieres, on the north bank of the stream. According to the Abbot Elzear Bellemare, this watercourse had to be one of the Machiche Rivers. The brook La Madeleine flows into the Machiche at the Pointe-aux-Iroquois, an arpent and a half from the Premiere-Rivere (Saint-Lawrence). The fief formed an area of a half a league in frontage and it extended a distance of three leagues into the interior. Lafond never did take possession of this domain. On 18 November 1672, it was his son-in-law Charles Lesieur who registered for this concession. It was during this time that Marie Boucher, widow of Etienne, took possession of a rear-fief called la Pierre, in the seigneury of the Cap, below Trois-Rivieres. According to Trudel, this fief was given in compensation for the one of 1655.
In his own time, Etienne de Lafond was a great landowner; the list of his holdings is quite lengthy. On 23 July 1654, he took possession of another plot on the right bank of the Saint-Maurice, nearby Trois-Rivieres. This domain measured three in frontage by eight in depth and was set back from the river by a road of six toises. On the following 19th of August, he leased this property for six years to Mathurin Goyer dit Laviolette. The precise rent was little more than the obligation to clear the land. On 15 November 1656, Lafond received another plot, 2 by 20 arpents, situated in the third row to the northwest of the town.
The records of notary Louis Laurent reveal certain other aspects in the life of Etienne de Lafond. On 3 March 1662, he rented a farm for five years from Madelinot Pierre Coucq dit Lafleur. While he was clearing and cultivating this land he was accepting construction contracts from others.
On 7 August 1662, he agreed to construct, for surgeon Michel Gamelin, a house similar to the one near the windmill on the Faveral River. On the following 13 September, Lafond accepted another concession from Father Jean-Claude Allouez, SJ, in the Seigneury of the Cap.
The records of Jacques de la Tousche contain certain other acts concerning Etienne, for the years 1664 to 1668. On 3 December 1664, Etienne was hired to build a boat out of pine for Nicolas Gastineau-Duplessis. On 4 May 1665, some months before his death, he settled a difference with his neighbor Etienne Gelineau concerning their land holdings. The civil registry of the Three-Rivers parish may have had some deficiencies more or less, but on 15 September 1665 the missionary priest did not fail to record the death of Etienne. Written in Latin, the inscription reads: “Repentina dt improvisa mort abiit.” That is to say that the passage from this life to the next is sudden and often unexpected. “Probable a heart attack”, concluded those who knew little about the matter. Among these people of an earlier era, death was ever a mystery. Etienne was about fifty years old and, since he was a man of uncommon stature and quality, his mortal remains were interred in the church itself.
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