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… 

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… 

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… 

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,… 

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… 

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,… 

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… 

Florent Leclerc is the patriarch of the oldest Leclerc family of New France. Originally from Braye-sous-Faye, in Angers, Anjou, France, Florent signed a marriage contract on January 24, 1658, then married in Trois-Rivières on February… 

Several American authors, descendants of this ancestor, have written articles on John Leclerc or Leclercq coming from France, with more or less some success. We summarize on behalf of the family concerned, while waiting for… 

This ancestor was originally from Alsace, Germany. He arrived before 1800, the year of his marriage, and settled in the parish of Saint-François-Régis (Saint-Philippe de Laprairie). On October 13, 1800, at this parish, Louis-Henri, age…