Leclerc dit Lafleur
Jean Leclerc, with his wife, Marie Blanquet, and their son, Pierre, left Dieppe, Normandy, France during the 1659 navigational season to take their chances in New France. Marie’s father, Adrien Blanquet, was already in the…
Leclerc dit La Bécasse
The first mention of this ancestor was during the census of New France in 1667. He was just 16 years of age and a domestic for Jean Soulard, a master gunsmith and cannonier in Quebec.…
Leclerc dit Jolicoeur
We are late in publishing the biography of this ancestor, as we had not yet recruited a member descending from this line. We have the pleasure to announce that Pierre-Alfred Leclerc, a White Father, and…
Leclerc dit Francoeur
Cet illustre ancêtre Leclerc, arrive au pays comme soldat de la compagnie de monsieur de Cloches, des troupes de la Marine. Comme la majorité des soldats, il portait un surnom, car à l’époque être militaire…
John Lewis LeClere
It is with pleasure that we present the history of the ancestor John Lewis, the first in the series that we dedicate to the Leclerc ancestors, that emmigrated directly south of the border. John Lewis…
Pierre Leclair (É.U. d’A – USA)
On the 25th of October 1753, Jacques-Hyacinthe-Simon Delorme dit Lapointe bought a large parcel of land called the seigneury of Maska on the Yamaska River. He was a businessman and wood dealer for the King’s…
Pierre Leclair (IPE – PEI)
The first mention of this ancestor in this country was for his first marriage. The Comeau dit Leclercs were happy to learn that we have a second Acadian line, the Leclair or Leclerc of Île-Saint-Jean,…
Nicolas Leclair
The first mention of this ancestor was on the occassion of his marriage. We are not able to determine when he arrived or for what reason, other than it was his American dream. He was…
Julien Leclerc
Born in the province of Brittany, France, around 1721, son of Jacques Leclerc and Marie Bezard, from Taden, diocese of St-Malo Brittany. He contracted marriage before Barolet notary on August 30, 1747 with élisabeth Sévigny,…
Guillaume Leclerc
This ancestor was originally from Rouen, Normandy. In 1666, he arrived at Ville-Marie as a volunteer. Did he come to New France under contract, or on his own? To this day, the answer is still…