Sirois History S3

Sirois History S3

Duplisea Duplessis and Sirois Genealogy by Mark S Duplisea

Sirois History Section 3

Francois Sirois dit Duplessis and Marie Roy dit Desjardins: 1721-1737

Francois Sirois dit Duplessis and Marie Francoise Roy dit Desjardins: 1721-1737

On the June 3 1721, two and half months after the passing of his wife Marie Anne Thiboutot, a gathering took place to decide the guardianship of Francois' minor children. The notary Etienne Janneau recorded the proceedings which occurred at Francois' residence.

Francois called the following witnesses:

	Francois Autin: stepfather of the deceased -- Marie Anne Thiboutot
	Augustin Ouellette: Francois' brother-in-law by marriage to Marie Anne's half sister Anne Marie Autin
	Jean Dionne, habitant of Kamouraska

	Pierre Roy dit Desjardins, Francois' brother-in-law by marriage to Marie Anne's half sister Angèlique Autin and habitant of Kamouraska

In a secret vote held after Francois left the room he was elected guardian with Francois Autin as substitute guardian.

Francois' brother-in-law Pierre Roy dit Desjardins, above, was originally from Île d'Orléans, where his first marriage to Marie Anne Martin took place. In 1696 he received a concession in Kamouraska and moved there with his young family including a one year old named Marie Francoise. Widowed in February of 1709, he had remarried, to Angèlique Autin twenty one months later in November of 1710.

Perhaps Francois and he discussed the new widower's situation on that third of June. Did Pierre share his own experience of a decade earlier, including his 21 months as a widower? Did Pierre perhaps offer a suggestion involving his daughter Marie Francoise, now 25 yrs old. Whatever conversations took place on the third of June, we know the two men met just two days later, this time at Pierre's home in Kamouraska, to discuss a new mother for Francois young children. On June 5, 1721, Francois Sirois dit Duplessis and Pierre Roy sat with Etienne Janneau again, this time as the notary wrote a marriage contract between the widower and Marie Francoise Roy dit Desjardins.

Marriage contract between FRANCOIS SIROIS dit DUPLESY and MARIE FRANCOISE ROY (Written 5 June 1721 and recorded by Etienne Janneau, Notary)
Original : French	English translation
Par devant Etienne Janneau, notaire royal des Seigneurie De La Boutteillerie, Port Jolly, grande ance et Les Kamouraska et rivierre du Loup, et temoins ci bas nommé, furent present; Francois Sirois dis Duplesy habitant demeurent dans la seigneurie de la Bouteillerie, né natif de St Germain En les, Eveché de paris, fils de feu Jean Sirois et de Marie Engelique dumon, ses perre et Merre, pour luy et en son nom, et Pierre Roy, habitant, demeurent au Grand Kamouraska, stipullent pour Marie Francoise Roy, sa fille, aussi present et de son consentment d'autre part, lesquelle ditte partie de lavis et conseil de leurs dis parent et amis pour ce assemblé. C'est a savoir de la part du ce Sirois, Francois Hautin; son beau pere, Jean Francois Hautin; son beau frere, Pierre Roy; son beau frere, Augustin Ouellet, son beau frere, Jean Dion, son oncle, Josephautin, Tous parent du ce Sirois, comme ayant epouzé feu Marianne Thiboutot. Et de la pars de la ditre Roy, Pierre Roy, son perre, Angellique Hautin, sa belle mere, Jean Baptiste Martin, son oncle maternel, Le sieur Gabriel Paradis, Genevieve Roy, sa soeur. Tous parens et amis communs des dittes partie. A este faite le trette et convention de Mariage qui s'ensuit. C'est a savoir que le (dit) Sirois et la ditte Roy ce sont promis et promettre se prende par loi en nom de mariage et juttey du mariage faire sellebrer et sallemmeniser fere en face de Notre Mere Sainte Eglise Catholic et Apostolique et Romaine, Le plutot que faire se poura et advisé sera entre eux et leur (dit) parent et amis pour etre comme un et seron unis comme un en tous bien meuble et immeuble acquis et conquisde le jour de leur Benediction nuptuelle. Et ne seron les dis future epoux et epouze tenue au dept et hipoteque faute excree avant leurs dis mariage et seron payée et acquitée du cauté d'ou elle procedron et sur leur bien. Et le future epoux prendera la ditte future epouze avec tous les drois a elle appartenant pour etre mis dans la ditte communauté prouvenant par son menaqement a la resvue de la somme de vingt sixte qui lui ???? passer la part de la succession des meuble de feu Marie Martin, sa mere, temoins le sous a la somme de trois cent vingt-deux livres, parru dans la ditre communauté par la ditte future epouze. Et si ensicas que le future epoux vien d'aller ?innie autrepas avant la ditre futeur epouze, se sera a son chois de partager, ou de renoncer dans la ditre communauté, et dans porter quitté franchement tous ce quelle y a prendre avec son lit et linge, a son huisage qui ??? ??? franchement avec les bague et gayaux, hors par era d'inventaires. Et la ditre epouze partager dans les bien ?? peux avoir le future jusque a presens, tous comme un de ses enfens, et jury a este accordentre les ditre partie. Fais se et passé au Grand Kamouraska dans la maison du ce Roy, ce cinquieme jour de Juin, mil sept cent vingtun, en presense des parens et amis sublaige. Et la ditre future epouze a declaré ne savoir signer et les Hautin, Dion, Martin, Ouellet de ce anquis interpetté suivent L'ordonnance .....	Before Etienne Jeanneau, Royal Notary of La Boutteillerie, Port Jolly, Grande Anse, Kamouraska and Rivière du Loup and the witnesses named below appeared Francois Sirois dis Duplesy, inhabitant of the Seigneurie of La Bouteillerie, a native of St Germaine En Laye, Diocese of Paris, son of the late Jean Sirois and of Marie Engelique dumon, his father and mother, him representing, and Pierre Roy, inhabitant of Grand Kamouraska, standing for Marie Francoise Roy, his daughter, also present and consenting for the other party. Which said parties from the advice and counsel of their said relatives and friends join together. Let it be known on behalf of the said Sirois, Francois Hautin his father-in-law, Jean Francois Hautin his brother-in-law, Pierre Roy his brother-in-law, Augustin Ouellet his brother-in-law, Jean Dion his uncle, Josephautin, all relatives of the said Sirois from his marriage to the late Marianne Thiboutot. On the side of the said Roy, Pierre Roy her father and Angellique Hautin her step-mother, Jean Baptiste Martin her maternal uncle, Sir Gabriel Paradis, Genevieve Roy her sister, all relatives and friends of the said party. The marriage contract which follows is thus made. Let it be known that the said Sirois and the said Roy, have and do promise to take one another in marriage according to law and by marriage contract and to celebrate and to solemnize their marriage according to the rites of our Holy Mother the Roman, Apostolic, and Catholic Church, as soon as is possible will be affirmed between them and among their said relatives and friends to be one and as one in common in all their current and future possessions, purchchased or acquired, from the very day of their wedding mass. The said future husband and wife will not be held in debt or mortgage entered into before their said marriage, which will be paid and discharged. The future husband will take the future wife and provide her the necessary maintenance and support to which she is entitled. All her belongings will become part of their shared estate with the exception of twenty six?? coming from her inheritance of the material possessions of the late Marie Martin, her mother and also the sum of 322 livres brought into the joint estate by the said future wife. In the event that the said future husband is deceased before the said future wife, it will be her choice to share in the estate or to renounce it and take back out of the joint estate all she brought in, even her bed and clothes, along with her rings and jewelry. And the said wife will share the material possessions acquired from this moment and also those items to be bestowed between these parties, on a basis equal to one of his own children. Signed and sealed at Kamouraska in the home of the Roy family this fifth day of June Seventeen hundred twenty-one in the presence of relatives and friends. And the future wife declared that she did not know how to read or write and the Hautins, Dions, Martins, Ouellets were summoned to answer this enquiry, according to the law

While Marie Francoise could not, Francois did something on this occasion that some of his children and grandchildren would be unable to do, that is, sign his name - which he spelled Cirroi. The actual marriage record for this couple has not been located but most likely took place at Kamouraska sometime in June of 1721.

Francois added to his land holdings that summer, purchasing one acre(frontage) from Jean Francois Gagnon on July 28, 1721 ^{Certo-Ahearnep23}. The family at this point consisted of:

Francois Sirois dit Duplessis: age 41

Marie Francoise Roy dit Desjardins: age 25

Marie Anne Pelletier: age 12 (daughter from M-Anne Thiboutot's first marriage)

Francois Sirois dit Duplessis II -- age 5

Marie Francoise Sirois dit Duplessis -- age 4

Jean Baptiste Sirois dit Duplessis -- age 2

Marie Catherine Sirois dit Duplessis -- age 5 months

At least eight more children would be added to this family over the next fifteen years. Six baptisms have been located in the registers at Rivière Ouelle. It is possible that other baptisms were performed at Kamouraska, where Marie Francoise's father resided. Around 1730, some of the local Indian population stormed and set fire to the rectory there, destroying the parish registers, and possibly with them the baptismal records of some of Francois and Marie Francoise's children. The children we know of are:

	Marie Madeleine -- baptized May 3, 1722
	Marie Josèphe -- baptized July 19, 1723
	Maurice -- baptized Mar 2
	Augustin Hyacinthe -- born abt 1729
	Joseph -- born abt 1730
	Pierre -- baptized Nov 6, 1732
	Marie Angèlique -- baptized Sep 25, 1734
	Charles -- baptized Jun 22, 1736

The year 1737 was a difficult one. Famine and pestilence struck the area. Francois Sirois dit Duplessis, the ancestor to the Sirois-Duplessis families of North America, died, leaving his wife a widow and twelve children without a father. His burial record is below:

Church Records of Notre Dame de Liesse, Rivière Ouelle, Kamouraska, QC
Record Type: Burial	Date: November 15, 1737
Individual:
Original : French	English translation
L'an mil sept cent trente sept, le quinze de novembre a été inhumé dans le cimetière de cette paroisse le corps de francois Sirois dit Duplessy de St Germain en France agé d'environs soixante et dix ans, après avoir recu tous les sacrements, et ce en présence du d. jaque Rois, du d. jaque gagnon et du d. Pierre Boucher temoins qui on signé avec nous. "Jacque Roy" "J_q. Gagnon" "P. Boucher" "Duchouquet ptre"	In the year one thousand seven hundred thirty seven, the fifteenth of November was buried in the cemetery of this parish, the body of francois Sirois dit Duplessy of St Germain in France, about 70 years of age, after having received the sacraments and this in the presence of d. jaque Rois, of d. jaque gagnon and of d. Pierre Boucher witnesses who have signed with us "Jacque Roy" "J_q. Gagnon" "P. Boucher" "Duchouquet ptre"

The age given for Francois (about 70) does not agree with the age he gave at his 1st marriage which indicated a birth date of about 1680 and therefore an age at death of about 57(which I feel is accurate). I believe this record has led to some incorrect conclusions and this is explored in a later section.

The following is taken from the SIROIS DUPLESSIS Family Book^{Certo-Ahearnep20-23}.

It was practice at this time to conduct an inventory following a death such as this. Each article of property was priced and awarded to the widow, children or guardians of children. [Note that] the notary would go from room to room listing all the items separately and this explains the repetition on our list.

A partial list of Francois Sirois dit Duplessis and Marie Francoise Roy's assets from an inventory conducted on Feb 16, 1740 can be found at:

Francois was born in France and left we presume to pursue opportunity for himself and his descendants in a sparsely settled location known as New France. He worked hard to provide for his family, and did well. Although he never knew any of his grandchildren there would be many. I have recorded the following regarding his descendants to date:

	13 children, 11 of whom married and had children of their own
	102 grandchildren
	641 great grandchildren (I expect I am missing a significant number of this and subsequent generations)
	1561 great great grandchildren

All together I currently have over 17800 descendants of Francois on record. This is a tiny fraction of his total progeny. Making conservative assumptions concerning fertility rates I estimate there have been and are in excess of a million individuals who could/can claim Francois as their ancestor!

	Francois Sirois dit Duplessis: The second generation on their own
	Francois Sirois dit Duplessis: Prospering in Rivière Ouelle 1714-1721
	Francois Sirois dit Duplessis and Marie Anne Thiboutot 1714-1721

I hope to continue to assemble and improve upon the accuracy of the information in this site. If you have information which would help please contact me. © Mark Duplisea