Sixth episode
Pierre Parenteau dit Lafontaine
Ancestor of all Parenteau family members in North America

ierre Parenteau was the son of Jean Parenteau and Marguerite Fouestre, from the commune of Bazauges, now the department of Charente-Maritime, in France. We know that he was born in 1649 since he declared that he was 17 years old in January 1667.

Pierre Parenteau arrived in New France in the summer of 1666 at the age of 16 or 17. Between the ages of approximately 17 and 22, he earned his living clearing land. On September 12, 1673, in Quebec, he married Madeleine Tisseran, who was 23 years old and originally from Liancourt, in the French province of Picardy, north of Paris. They settled in the seigniory of St-François-du-Lac, which belonged to Jean Crevier on Île Saint-Joseph.

Starting in 1688, the Iroquois, who were at war with the First Nations peoples who had allied themselves with the French, attacked the French settlements along the St. Lawrence River. During this conflict, Pierre Parenteau died in 1690 or 1691.

The couple had ten children, five of whom grew to adults: Marguerite, Marie-Pierre, Marie-Jeanne, Charles and Pierre-Louis.

Pierre-Louis Parenteau, the youngest of the five surviving children, was granted a large piece of land in Yamaska on April 10, 1710. On July 28, 1711, he married Marguerite St-Laurent. They had 14 children, 11 of whom survived to become adults. All members of the Parenteau family in North America descend from this couple


The Association des familles Parenteau was founded 17 years ago.

For information:
Email: parenteaujosee@videotron.ca
Internet site: http://parenteauinc.tripod.com

To be continued on July 1, 2003, with the Association des familles Bastarache.