Abel Benoît-Laforest

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Abel Benoît-Laforest1,2      7th great grandfather
b. 1624, d. 4 December 1687, #5461
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Father   **Samuel Benoît2 b. circa 1600
Mother   **Gilette Gorin2

Birth 1624 Abel was born in 1624 at Lucon, France.3


1645 Did he come to Canada as a Cardigan soldier??

 

1645 1645 is sometimes given as his birth date and sometimes as the time frame in which he arrived at Château-Richer.  I suspect this is when he came to Canada but since it appears that he did not marry until 1665 it could be a birthdate.
Marriage 9 Nov 1665 Abel Benoît-Laforest married Marthe Pointel, daughter of Claude Pointel and Marguerite Chevalier, 9 November 1665 in Château-Richer, Quebec, Canada. They actually lived in ste Famille Parish in Ile d'Oleans. They had five children.4,3

Death 4 Dec 1687 Abel died on 4 December 1687 at Chateau Richer, Quebec Canada.3 

Family **Marthe Pointel   b. 1641, d. 10 September 1674
Child  1. **Pierre Benoit-Abel+ b. 17 Jun 1671, d. 31 Dec 1724

Citations
  1. [S467] "Tanguay, Genealogical Dictionary of Canada.".
  2. [S1308] Download, http://epf.planete.qc.ca/base/affiche.asp?ID=I20717#info R. Drouin.
  3. [S1308] Download, http://www.kersur.net/~fleuette/bussiere/d1719.htm#P3162.
  4. [S1279] Fille du Roi part 6, online JeanClaude Saint Denis.
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