Guillaume Hebert

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He was a coppersmith.

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Sage-Femme, elle revient au Canada en 1634
(CT 27-12-1639 Piraube) avec Noel Morin

Premier enfant né de parents Européens à survivre à Québec. Sa marainne était Hélène Boullé, femme de Samuel de Champlain.

Elle faisait parti des bénéficiaires sur le testament de Champlain en 1635.

 

Fille de Pierre Desportes et de Françoise Langlois, Hélène Desportes (vers 1622-1675), qui voit le jour à Québec, serait le premier enfant de souche française né en Nouvelle-France . En 1634, elle épouse Guillaume Hébert, le seul fils de Louis Hébert et de Marie Rollet (voir Marie-Rollet . Trois enfants naissent de ce mariage : Joseph, Françoise et un autre qui meurt en bas âge. Devenue veuve en 1639, elle convole avec le charron Noël Morin (1616-1680) qui devient l'un des pionniers de Montmagny Leur fils Germain, un des premiers élèves du séminaire de Québec, ordonné par Mgr de Laval en 1655, est le premier Français de la colonie élevé à la prêtrise. Un autre fils, Jean-Baptiste (1645-1694), est nommé au Conseil souverain. Leur fille Marie (1649-1730) se fait religieuse et devient supérieure de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal; elle rédige les Annales de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal. Hélène Desportes agira comme sage-femme auprès des femmes de Québec jusqu'en 1672, un savoir qu'elle transmettra à ses filles Françoise Hébert et Louise Morin.

DESPORTES, HÉLÈNE, said to be the first white child born in New France, daughter of Pierre De sportes and Françoise Langlois; m. Guillaume Hébert 1634; d. 24 June 1675. The date of Hélène?s birth has not been definitely fixed. Dionne says that she came to Quebe c with her parents in 1613, Sulte that she was born in Quebec about 1622. Statistics from oth er sources indicate that she was 14 years old in 1634, 38 in 1659, 46 in 1666, and 48 in 1667 . Anne Hébert, according to Champlain, had died in childbirth previous to 1620; but since the re is no further mention of her child, it was presumably still-born. Eustache Martin was bor n in October 1621. If, however, we assume Hélène?s birthdate to be 1620, which seems most pro bable, her claim is established as being the first white child born alive in the St. Lawrenc e region. (Sulte, to be sure, claims for Guillemette Hébert the honour of being the first-bor n Canadienne, on the assumption that Louis Hébert had his wife with him in Acadia in 1606, bu t Lescarbot?s evidence refutes this (History (Grant).) Pierre Desportes probably came to Quebec in 1614 with Abraham Martin: their wives were sister s. Desportes? occupation is not known, but he must have had some standing in the community an d sufficient education to be able to write, for he signed on behalf of the inhabitants the do cument of 1621 appealing to the king. No other facts are known about him. (He is not to be co nfused with Pierre Desportes de Liguère, to whom the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France ceded Îl e Royale (Cape Breton) in 1636.) Neither of Hélène?s parents witnessed her marriage contract , drawn up in Quebec in October 1634. Her husband was Guillaume Hébert. About this only son of Canada?s first settler little is rec orded except an occasional instance of his helping the priests in their relations with the sa vages. Since he had inherited half his father?s land, which included some acres on the St. Ch arles as well as the original site above the cliff, it is to be assumed that his chief occupa tion during his short life was the cultivation of his fields. He was but a little boy when h e came to Quebec with his parents in 1617, therefore probably still in his twenties when he d ied in 1639. Three children were born of this marriage, one of whom died in infancy. The othe r two were a Son Joseph and a daughter Françoise (b. 1638) who married Guillaume Fournier, 16 51. Hélène?s second husband was Noël Morin (1616?80), a wheelwright, who became one of the earl y pioneers of Montmagny. Their son Germain* was consecrated to the priesthood by Mgr Laval* i n September l665, the first Canadian-born priest. Another son, Jean-Baptiste (1645?94) wa s a member of the Conseil Souverain. A daughter, Marie*, was the first Canadian-born nun.

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