Charles Pouliot came from the old province of Perce, town of Saint-Cosme-de-Var in Vairais.
Seigneur Robert Giffard bvisited Saint-Cosme in 1650 on a recruiting mission and held conferences at thw White Horse Inn. The orations of this silver-tongud spellbinder , both physician and seigneur in New France were probably heard by Charles who could not help but be impressed by the beauty of Canada, as related to him by Giffard. Young Pouliot had reached his majority having been born on Apri 8, 1628. His father Jean, husband of Jeanne Josse, had taught his son carpentry trade in order to prepare him for the world of work.
Charles was living with his future father-in-law Mathurin Meunier, in 1653 at Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre. The latter had obtained a concession of four arpents in frontage at Beaupre in 1655 But two years earlier, on October 11, 1653, Meunier had sold half of his property to Michel L'Homme and then the other half to Charles Pouliot on October 26, 1653.
Charles became a full-fledged citizen by 1658 when he hired out as a carpenter to Nicolas Huot, Guillaume Couture and Claude Charron.
On October 22, 1662, he bought two arpents of land from Robert Laberge for 120 livres. This lot was located between neighbors Claude Petiot and Jean Richer about two miles west of the church of Chateau Richer.
It appears Charles was more successful in carpentry than at romance. In 1662 he fell in love with Marie Fayette, a beautiful lady from Paris. However, he should have been warned by the fact that she had just broken her engagement signed on October 3, 1661, with Jean Durand. Charles courted Marie with apparent success because on January 20, 1662, they signed a marriage contract. Then the fickle Marie was swept off her feet y the blandishments of Nicolas Huot dit Laurent: they were married in the summer of the same year.
This deception and the pain of rejection left Charles feeling disillusioned and disconsolate during the next three years. Then, at Sainte-Anne, he fell in love once more, this time with Francoise Meunier daughter of Mathurin Meunier and Francois Fafart. These two parents were the first French people to be married at Montreal, on November 3, 1647 The future bride was born on September 14, 1653 at Sainte Anne de Beaupre where she had been baptized at the home of her parents by Father Paul Ragueneau, S.J. on the 17th of the same month.
After living on the Beaupre coast for several years, Charles moved to the Ile d'Orleans around 1670 to the parish of Sainte-Famille probably living on the land obtained from Msgr Laval on June 2, 1667.
In the 1681 census, Charles had cleared six arpents of and owned five domestic animals. He was only a farmer incidentally. His principle means of earning a living was by carpentry and contracting. He even worked on repairing the Cathedral of Quebec. In addition, Charles was the first miller of a windmill built in 1668 at the Seminary of Quebec. He must have owned this mill and probably built it as well because in 1669, he leased it out for five years for the sum of 200 livres. The pages of the Seminary accounts also report he had been a miller of Sault-a-Puce on the Beaupre coast.
Charles ran afoul of the law. Marin Varin, a servant employed by Charles Legardeur de Tilly, unhappy in the service of his master, ran away Charles Pouliot gave him refuge for 15 days but was discovered harboring a fugitive. On June 2, 1673, Legardeur, who was a protogee of the powerful Lord Frontenac, filed a complain with the Sovereign Council. Pouliot was compelled to pay a fine of 100 sous for his humanity to a fellow Noram. As for Varis, in addition to paying a large fine, he was required to submit himself to the following punishment before retuning to his employer "and put in the pillory for two hours (in the lower city) with a sign on his stomach bearing the words, employed servant who abandoned his master's service"
Seigneur Robert Giffard bvisited Saint-Cosme in 1650 on a recruiting mission and held conferences at thw White Horse Inn. The orations of this silver-tongud spellbinder , both physician and seigneur in New France were probably heard by Charles who could not help but be impressed by the beauty of Canada, as related to him by Giffard. Young Pouliot had reached his majority having been born on Apri 8, 1628. His father Jean, husband of Jeanne Josse, had taught his son carpentry trade in order to prepare him for the world of work.
Charles was living with his future father-in-law Mathurin Meunier, in 1653 at Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre. The latter had obtained a concession of four arpents in frontage at Beaupre in 1655 But two years earlier, on October 11, 1653, Meunier had sold half of his property to Michel L'Homme and then the other half to Charles Pouliot on October 26, 1653.
Charles became a full-fledged citizen by 1658 when he hired out as a carpenter to Nicolas Huot, Guillaume Couture and Claude Charron.
On October 22, 1662, he bought two arpents of land from Robert Laberge for 120 livres. This lot was located between neighbors Claude Petiot and Jean Richer about two miles west of the church of Chateau Richer.
It appears Charles was more successful in carpentry than at romance. In 1662 he fell in love with Marie Fayette, a beautiful lady from Paris. However, he should have been warned by the fact that she had just broken her engagement signed on October 3, 1661, with Jean Durand. Charles courted Marie with apparent success because on January 20, 1662, they signed a marriage contract. Then the fickle Marie was swept off her feet y the blandishments of Nicolas Huot dit Laurent: they were married in the summer of the same year.
This deception and the pain of rejection left Charles feeling disillusioned and disconsolate during the next three years. Then, at Sainte-Anne, he fell in love once more, this time with Francoise Meunier daughter of Mathurin Meunier and Francois Fafart. These two parents were the first French people to be married at Montreal, on November 3, 1647 The future bride was born on September 14, 1653 at Sainte Anne de Beaupre where she had been baptized at the home of her parents by Father Paul Ragueneau, S.J. on the 17th of the same month.
After living on the Beaupre coast for several years, Charles moved to the Ile d'Orleans around 1670 to the parish of Sainte-Famille probably living on the land obtained from Msgr Laval on June 2, 1667.
In the 1681 census, Charles had cleared six arpents of and owned five domestic animals. He was only a farmer incidentally. His principle means of earning a living was by carpentry and contracting. He even worked on repairing the Cathedral of Quebec. In addition, Charles was the first miller of a windmill built in 1668 at the Seminary of Quebec. He must have owned this mill and probably built it as well because in 1669, he leased it out for five years for the sum of 200 livres. The pages of the Seminary accounts also report he had been a miller of Sault-a-Puce on the Beaupre coast.
Charles ran afoul of the law. Marin Varin, a servant employed by Charles Legardeur de Tilly, unhappy in the service of his master, ran away Charles Pouliot gave him refuge for 15 days but was discovered harboring a fugitive. On June 2, 1673, Legardeur, who was a protogee of the powerful Lord Frontenac, filed a complain with the Sovereign Council. Pouliot was compelled to pay a fine of 100 sous for his humanity to a fellow Noram. As for Varis, in addition to paying a large fine, he was required to submit himself to the following punishment before retuning to his employer "and put in the pillory for two hours (in the lower city) with a sign on his stomach bearing the words, employed servant who abandoned his master's service"
Charles Pouliot came from the old province of Perce, town of Saint-Cosme-de-Var in Vairais.
Seigneur Robert Giffard bvisited Saint-Cosme in 1650 on a recruiting mission and held conferences at thw White Horse Inn. The orations of this silver-tongud spellbinder , both physician and seigneur in New France were probably heard by Charles who could not help but be impressed by the beauty of Canada, as related to him by Giffard. Young Pouliot had reached his majority having been born on Apri 8, 1628. His father Jean, husband of Jeanne Josse, had taught his son carpentry trade in order to prepare him for the world of work.
Charles was living with his future father-in-law Mathurin Meunier, in 1653 at Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre. The latter had obtained a concession of four arpents in frontage at Beaupre in 1655 But two years earlier, on October 11, 1653, Meunier had sold half of his property to Michel L'Homme and then the other half to Charles Pouliot on October 26, 1653.
Charles became a full-fledged citizen by 1658 when he hired out as a carpenter to Nicolas Huot, Guillaume Couture and Claude Charron.
On October 22, 1662, he bought two arpents of land from Robert Laberge for 120 livres. This lot was located between neighbors Claude Petiot and Jean Richer about two miles west of the church of Chateau Richer.
It appears Charles was more successful in carpentry than at romance. In 1662 he fell in love with Marie Fayette, a beautiful lady from Paris. However, he should have been warned by the fact that she had just broken her engagement signed on October 3, 1661, with Jean Durand. Charles courted Marie with apparent success because on January 20, 1662, they signed a marriage contract. Then the fickle Marie was swept off her feet y the blandishments of Nicolas Huot dit Laurent: they were married in the summer of the same year.
This deception and the pain of rejection left Charles feeling disillusioned and disconsolate during the next three years. Then, at Sainte-Anne, he fell in love once more, this time with Francoise Meunier daughter of Mathurin Meunier and Francois Fafart. These two parents were the first French people to be married at Montreal, on November 3, 1647 The future bride was born on September 14, 1653 at Sainte Anne de Beaupre where she had been baptized at the home of her parents by Father Paul Ragueneau, S.J. on the 17th of the same month.
After living on the Beaupre coast for several years, Charles moved to the Ile d'Orleans around 1670 to the parish of Sainte-Famille probably living on the land obtained from Msgr Laval on June 2, 1667.
In the 1681 census, Charles had cleared six arpents of and owned five domestic animals. He was only a farmer incidentally. His principle means of earning a living was by carpentry and contracting. He even worked on repairing the Cathedral of Quebec. In addition, Charles was the first miller of a windmill built in 1668 at the Seminary of Quebec. He must have owned this mill and probably built it as well because in 1669, he leased it out for five years for the sum of 200 livres. The pages of the Seminary accounts also report he had been a miller of Sault-a-Puce on the Beaupre coast.
Charles ran afoul of the law. Marin Varin, a servant employed by Charles Legardeur de Tilly, unhappy in the service of his master, ran away Charles Pouliot gave him refuge for 15 days but was discovered harboring a fugitive. On June 2, 1673, Legardeur, who was a protogee of the powerful Lord Frontenac, filed a complain with the Sovereign Council. Pouliot was compelled to pay a fine of 100 sous for his humanity to a fellow Noram. As for Varis, in addition to paying a large fine, he was required to submit himself to the following punishment before retuning to his employer "and put in the pillory for two hours (in the lower city) with a sign on his stomach bearing the words, employed servant who abandoned his master's service"
Seigneur Robert Giffard bvisited Saint-Cosme in 1650 on a recruiting mission and held conferences at thw White Horse Inn. The orations of this silver-tongud spellbinder , both physician and seigneur in New France were probably heard by Charles who could not help but be impressed by the beauty of Canada, as related to him by Giffard. Young Pouliot had reached his majority having been born on Apri 8, 1628. His father Jean, husband of Jeanne Josse, had taught his son carpentry trade in order to prepare him for the world of work.
Charles was living with his future father-in-law Mathurin Meunier, in 1653 at Saint-Anne-de-Beaupre. The latter had obtained a concession of four arpents in frontage at Beaupre in 1655 But two years earlier, on October 11, 1653, Meunier had sold half of his property to Michel L'Homme and then the other half to Charles Pouliot on October 26, 1653.
Charles became a full-fledged citizen by 1658 when he hired out as a carpenter to Nicolas Huot, Guillaume Couture and Claude Charron.
On October 22, 1662, he bought two arpents of land from Robert Laberge for 120 livres. This lot was located between neighbors Claude Petiot and Jean Richer about two miles west of the church of Chateau Richer.
It appears Charles was more successful in carpentry than at romance. In 1662 he fell in love with Marie Fayette, a beautiful lady from Paris. However, he should have been warned by the fact that she had just broken her engagement signed on October 3, 1661, with Jean Durand. Charles courted Marie with apparent success because on January 20, 1662, they signed a marriage contract. Then the fickle Marie was swept off her feet y the blandishments of Nicolas Huot dit Laurent: they were married in the summer of the same year.
This deception and the pain of rejection left Charles feeling disillusioned and disconsolate during the next three years. Then, at Sainte-Anne, he fell in love once more, this time with Francoise Meunier daughter of Mathurin Meunier and Francois Fafart. These two parents were the first French people to be married at Montreal, on November 3, 1647 The future bride was born on September 14, 1653 at Sainte Anne de Beaupre where she had been baptized at the home of her parents by Father Paul Ragueneau, S.J. on the 17th of the same month.
After living on the Beaupre coast for several years, Charles moved to the Ile d'Orleans around 1670 to the parish of Sainte-Famille probably living on the land obtained from Msgr Laval on June 2, 1667.
In the 1681 census, Charles had cleared six arpents of and owned five domestic animals. He was only a farmer incidentally. His principle means of earning a living was by carpentry and contracting. He even worked on repairing the Cathedral of Quebec. In addition, Charles was the first miller of a windmill built in 1668 at the Seminary of Quebec. He must have owned this mill and probably built it as well because in 1669, he leased it out for five years for the sum of 200 livres. The pages of the Seminary accounts also report he had been a miller of Sault-a-Puce on the Beaupre coast.
Charles ran afoul of the law. Marin Varin, a servant employed by Charles Legardeur de Tilly, unhappy in the service of his master, ran away Charles Pouliot gave him refuge for 15 days but was discovered harboring a fugitive. On June 2, 1673, Legardeur, who was a protogee of the powerful Lord Frontenac, filed a complain with the Sovereign Council. Pouliot was compelled to pay a fine of 100 sous for his humanity to a fellow Noram. As for Varis, in addition to paying a large fine, he was required to submit himself to the following punishment before retuning to his employer "and put in the pillory for two hours (in the lower city) with a sign on his stomach bearing the words, employed servant who abandoned his master's service"
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