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THE CHILDREN OF PIERRE BOUCHER & JEANNE CREVIER
by Jacques Dunant

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1-13 JACQUES BOUCHER DE MONTIZAMBERT (1673-1688)

A twelfth child named Nicolas Boucher was born on November 14th 1672 in Boucherville. He was the subject, with his brother Philippe, of an article called the two priests printed in September 2006. Therefore we will immediately write about the following twins named Jacques and Jean-Baptiste.

Let us begin with Jacques, sieur de Montizambert (1-13). Jean-Baptiste (1-14) will follow at a later date.

THE ORIGINS OF THE NAME, JACQUES DE MONTIZAMBERT

Why was he named thus? We will let Montarville Boucher de LaBruère answer us as follows.

Jacques in memory of Jacques Boucher, treasurer of the Duke of Orleans who gave shelter in his home, Rue de Tabourg, in Orleans on the evening of the 24th April, 1429 to the heroic Joan of Arc, who had entered surreptitiously into the town, then besieged by the English, and which she was to make free a few days later.
An inscription recalls in our own days this historic fact in the very spot where Jacques Boucher lived. On the site of his house rises an old Convent, in the garden of which is to be found with the brink ornamented with wrought iron decorations and surmounted with a statue of Joan of Arc, a small oratory or chapel erected in 1580, which stands exactly on the site of the room where the Maid of Orleans found refuge in 1429.

Was this Jacques Boucher, treasurer of the Duke of Orléans one of the ancestors of Pierre Boucher?
It may be assumed so since the great Government so-called of Orleansis comprised formerly one part of the Perche, the native province of the Governor of Three Rivers.
Montizambert was the name in the days of Pierre Boucher of a magnificent seigniorial castle situated at Tigy, a small town dependent on the diocese and election of Orleans, belonging to Claude-Lancelot du Lac, seigneur de Montizambert, (husband of demoiselle Suzanne de Beauvillers, whose family since the Twelfth Century had taken first rank in the Orléanais nobility, had appeared with brilliancy in camps and whom the Kings of France had honoured with their confidence and trust on many occasions…
I add that in Montizambert was born on the 30th October, 1691, Claude-Francois du Lac, Chevalier de Montizambert, who under the name of Brother Irénée was to be one of the glories of the rising institution of the Brothers of Christian Schools founded by blessed Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, that institution which nowadays (we are in 1926) is so well represented in Canada by numerous houses of education, among them the College of Mont St. Louis, Rue Sherbrooke in Montreal.

This text is from the Public Archives of Canada and from the Archives of the Saint-Joseph Séminaire in Trois-Rivières. This letter was written by Montarville Boucher de la Bruère to Monsieur W.D. Lighthall, who was then president of the Société d'Archéologie et de Numismatique de Montréal. This letter was dated February 24th 1926.

Let's briefly summarize Jacques Boucher, sieur de Montizambert's (1-13) life. He was born in Boucherville on December 6th 1673, twin brother to Jean-Baptiste. His godfather was Jacques Leber, his godmother was Marie Martin, wife of Christophe Février; the ceremony was celebrated on December 10th 1673. He died during a hunting trip before the age of fifteen. (1) The accident occurred in the islands facing Boucherville. He was shot accidently by François Le Verrier, sieur de Rousson, captain of troops, who resided with the Boucher parents.

Lets review the facts: (2)

On the morning of September 10th 1688, the sieur De Rousson (3), Ignace Boucher de Grosbois (4) and lieutenant de Songé (5) decided to go hunting for a bear which had been seen nearby; not catching any sight of the animal they returned to the seigniorial house for dinner. Jeanne Crevier and her two sons, Jacques and Jean-Baptiste returning from a trip to Montreal, listen to the hunter's adventure and suggest that they should return to hunt the bear with some dogs; the bear having been seen near the small farm situated at the far end of l'île Saint-Joseph (Grosbois).
The parents being in agreement, the sieur de Rousson, the twins and the cadet Rosemont (6) leave and cross to the other side of the island towards the shallows, where they see some ducks; they each go a few steps and a flock of birds arise, at last a woodcock or a rail when the sieur Le Verrier raised his rifle aimed and fired…but nothing occurred, maybe his gun was humid, so he lowered it and bang…it discharged into the reeds…hitting Montizambert who fell and lamented Ha! My God, I am dead.

We can hardly imagine the shock and sorrow of the Boucher parents when the group returned home. The captain Verrier de Rousson, who cherished the family is downcast.

On October 16th 1688, before Mathieu Gaillard(7), he made the following statement explaining what caused the accident. due to a fatal accidental shot, to which the parents have been completely informed of what happened, since this tragedy occurred he is concerned that people with bad intentions will blame him for this death for which he desires to justify entirely…

In an act of solicitude, knowing the affection that the captain had for their son, and not wanting to harm his career as an officer, Pierre Boucher and Jeanne Crevier issued a certificate which follows to exonerate him: WE, PIERRE BOUCHER, SQUIRE, SIEUR DE GROSBOIS AND LORD DE BOUCHER VILLE, AND JEANNE CREVIER, MY WIFE, CERTIFY TO ALL AND SUNDRY THAT IT FOLLOWS THAT IF WE HAVE NOT CAUSED ANY PURSUIT OR COMPLAINT TO BE MADE AGAINST MONS. LE VERRIER, CAPTAIN OF A NAVAL DETACHMENT, ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF MONTIZAMBERT, ONE OF OUR CHILDREN WHO WAS KILLED BY LE VERRIER WHILST HUNTING THROUGH AN UNFORESEEN ACCIDENT, IT IS BECAUSE WE ARE FULLY CONVINCED OF HIS INNOCENCE IN THIS INSTANCE, HE HAVING ALWAYS SHEWN FRIENDSHIP AND CONSIDERATION FOR OUR FAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE SAID DEFUNCT ONE WHOM HE LOVED TENDERLY.
THAT IS WHY ON OUR OWN PART WE CLEAN THE SAID LE VERRIER OF THE SAID DEBT, IN ACKNLWLEDGMENT OF WHICH WE SIGN. DONE AT BOUCHERVILLE THIS 16TH OF OCTOBER, 1688.'
BOUCHER.
JEANNE CREVIER

The following text is from the Boucherville registry dated September 10th 1688. Year sixteen hundred twenty-eight on the 10th day of September died in the communion of our mother the Saint Church. Jacques Boucher age fifteen years son of Pierre Boucher escuyer seigneur of Boucherville et of damoiselle Jeanne Crevier his wife no sacrement was given since he wasl killed on the spot and he was buried the next day by me Pierre de Caumont chanoine of the Church of Québec acting in the curial function in Boucherville and other places in the parish of Sainte-Famille de Boucherville in presence of monsieur Boucher his father as named below messieurs de Boucherville et Grosbois (9), his brothers, of messieurs Legardeur (10) et Demuy (11) all esquires and officers in the kings troops in the country the last captain of a detachment of the marines and a few other parents and friends as per signatures below.
'Pierre de Caumont, prestre.'

If the Montizambert family still exists today, it is because of Jean-Baptiste Boucher de Niverville, (1-14) who wanting to perpetuate the memory of his twin brother, gave the name Montizambert to his third son Pierre-Louis, (1-14-8) (1722-1803) baptized in Boucherville on April 29th 1722.

References:

(1) Boucherville Registry
(2) B.R.H. volume 34, 1928
(3) François Le Verrier, sieur de Rousson, born in 1656, sails to New France in 1687 as a captain in the Troupes de la Marine. On June 15th 1704, in Montréal, he married Jeanne-Charlotte de Fleury Deschambault. Died in Québec in1732.
(4) Ignace Boucher de Grosbois (1659-1699), brother of Montizambert.
(5) de Songé is he Balthazard-Louis Le Filuard de Songer?
(6) de Rochemont, would it be Pierre-Bernard Deschevers sieur de Rochemont?
(7) Mathieu Gaillard, sub-delegate of the intendent.
(8) Original from the Historical Society of Chicago.
(9) Pierre Boucher de Boucherville (1-1) (1653-1740) eldest brother of Montizambert.
(10) LeGardeur, Pierre-Noël, husband of Madeleine Boucher (1-5)
(11) De Muy, Nicolas Daneau, husband of Marguerite Boucher (1-6)

Bibliography:

Boucher de La Bruére, Fleurimont, A short history and genealogy of Pierre Boucher, his descendants and Boucher de LaBruère. Unpublished 1992.
Mitchell, Estelle Soeur S.g.m. Messire Pierre Boucher, Beauchemin, 1967
Bulletin des Recherches Historiques (B.R.H.) 1928, Volume 34.

Prepared by Jacques Dunant in 1974, revised and completed in 2007
Translated by Bernice Dunant

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