Nicolas RIVARD

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Baptism, Parish of St. Aubin de Tourouvre, France, 17 June, 1617
Nicolas son of Pierre Rivard and Jeanne [Rivard] Mullard his wife, by me Toussaint Dangereux was baptized on the seventeenth of the aforesaid month and year; the godfather and godmother were Nicolas Boucher who has given his name, and Jeanne daughter of Macé Pichon.

Translation provided by Andre Dufresne. See Rivard Forum

Nicolas Rivard entered into for passage to New France March 6, 1648. To see copy of contract see Rivard Forum.

In the earliest documents of Trois-Rivières, dating back to 1651, Nicolas Rivard was referred to with the title “Sieur de la Vigne.” Nicolas, oldest son of Pierre Rivard, was the first of the family to arrive in New France in 1648. Nicolas’ mother, Jeanne Mullard, owned a small piece of land in Tourouvre, named “Clos de La Vigne.” This LaVigne location exits in Tourouvre to this day, where one of our cousins visited and kindly provided us with a picture of a local road sign. Nicolas’ oldest son Nicolas and youngest son Antoine also used the dit name LaVigne, but the dit name was not routinely used after the first three generations. While most families in this line retained Rivard, we have recently discovered numerous families in Quebec that dropped Rivard and kept Lavigne as surname. Many of the Lavigne families were from the Nicolet area.”

Occupation: Captain of Militia in Cap-de-la-Madeleine 1651 Trois-Riviéres, PQ Canada

Nicolas married Catherine ST-PÈRE on 24 Nov 1652 in Trois-Rivières, Qc. Catherine (daughter of Étienne ST-PÈRE and Noémie-Madeleine COUTEAU) was born on 26 Aug 1634 in France; was christened on 26 Aug 1634 in France; died on 27 Jun 1709 in Batiscan, Qc; was buried on 28 Jun 1709 in Batiscan, Qc. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marie-Jeanne RIVARD was born on 24 Aug 1656 in Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Qc; was christened in Trois-Rivières, Qc; died on 25 Nov 1698 in Batiscan, Qc.
2. Julien RIVARD was born on 9 Dec 1657 in Trois-Rivières, Qc; was christened on 9 Dec 1657 in Trois-Rivières, Qc; died on 10 Dec 1708 in Batiscan, Qc; was buried on 10 Dec 1708 in Batiscan, Qc.
3. Pierre RIVARD was born in 1661; died on 1 Mar 1724.
4. Jean-Baptiste RIVARD was born about 1668; died on 30 Jun 1731 in Ile-Dupas, Qc.

Pierre married Jeanne MULLARD on 11 Nov 1613 in France. Jeanne was born on 9 Jul 1597 in France; died on 4 May 1675 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]