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                                                                        1643
                                      D E P A R T M E N  of  La  R O C H E L L E

                  Le Saint Clément bound for the Fort of the river Saint Jean, Acadia

Passengers of the merchant-ship Le Saint Clément weighing120 tons owned byCharles Etienne de La Tour, protestant merchant of La Rochelle, armed by G. Desjardins under the command of  Etienne Mouron with on his order the captainJ. Guyonneau bound for the Fort of the river St Jean Acadia.

Departed : April 15 ,1643
Contracts of service for 40 men for the Fort of the river St Jean Acadie in the Cherbonnier notary study in Rochelle by Guillaume Desjardins agent of Charles St Etienne de La Tour.

The contract specifies that the volunteers will remain at the Fort St Jean or other dwellings and places belonging to the lord La Tour that they will be with his service. Food and the advances will be deduced from their wages La Tour begins to pay them their return, food included at the end of their contract.

Small history of the voyage: The ship Le Saint Clement comes to help the Fort of the River St Jean where lives Charles of St Etienne lord of tLa Tour. This ship ordered by Etienne Mouron is chartered by Protestant merchants of La Rochelle. May 20, of Aulnay forces it to stop in French bay but it escapes and takes refuge in Boston where La Tour convinces Bostonnais to rent 4 ships with 70 men to him. It will fight of Aulnay with its 5 vessels and the constrained one to return in the roads of Port-Royal.
 

Engaged
Names Age Hometown Contract times Wages Advances Annotations
Isaac Mainvielle 30 Fribourg  Switzerland 3 100 pounds /year 50 pounds  
Jean Potet dit Lafortune 19 Lucerne Switzerland  3 100 60  
André Savignac 32 La Rochelle 3 100 40 Corporal of  Mister de La Tour  Destouches Gouverneur des Tours et Havres de La Rochelle
Jean Laurens dit St Laurent 22 La Rochelle 3 100 35 Domestic of sieur Destouches
Lazare Cauberche dit Champmartin 25 Saumur 2 100 61 Resident at Brouage, can sign
Martin Leroux dit Latouche 52 Château du Loir 2 90 41 Profession merchant, can sign
René Gerbault dit Des Cormiers 22 Scaudon, Bretagne   75 61  
Pierre Campion-Lamote 30 Poitiers 2 100 45 can sign
François Latour dit Ste Marie 28 Nancy 2 24 20 Surgeon, can sign
Jean Hennequin-Lapointe 50 Metz 3 100 34  
Jacques Roy 32 Echillais en Saintonge 3 100 30  
Nicolas Hérier 36 Brouage 2 100 41 Cannon shooter and sailor
Pierre Bonnet 30 Brouage 2 100 45 Sailor
Nicolas Rouillon dit La Pensée 35 Pont Favergey près Reims 2 100 53 Soldier,  can sign
Claude Barbier dit La Fortune 28 La Serras 2 100 50  
Pierre Losthelier dit Laprée 33 Cormecluze en Saintonge 2 100 50  
Jacques Gaynes dit Beauregard   Mortagne au Perche 2 120 30 Sergeant of a company to the regiment of Pontchateau
Jean Bucheton 21 Baignon près de Nantes   75 15 Mainservant of Mister the President of Landaz,  can sign
Pierre Papinet dit La Pérodière 55 Parthenay 3 80 12 livres et 6 sols Soldier
Jean Baudon dit Beloeillet 20 Lignières en Berry 2 100 40 Can sign
Jacques Bauricus 20 Montauban   100 30 Pharmacist, signed Borius
Marc-Antoine Galibart dit Colombier 19 Bordeaux 3 90 60  
Guillaume Amette dit Bontemps 35 Paroisse St Vincent près Rouen 2 120 40 Can sign
Pierre Girard dit Laplante 38 La Rochelle   100 30 Shoe maker
Isaac Cousseau dit Laroche 24 La Rochelle 3 100 30  
Charles Crestien dit Desmarais 38 Angers 3 100 57 Corporal of the garnison of the castle of Angers, can sign
David Parisot dit Francoeur 20 Lausanne Marinier 2 90 49  
Antoine Géroult dit Laviolette 25 La Chaise Le Vicomte 2 75 44  
Jean Guesdon 26 Brouage 3 120 40 Marine
Louis Du Jard dit Ste Catherine 40 La Rochelle 3 100 30 Corporal
Louis Bayard dit Larose 20 St Martin de l'Aigle, Normandy 2 70 26  
Urbain Aubin dit St Aubin 24 Rouen 2 90 36  
Jean Gounin dit Lapointe   Pons        
Jean Coisnon dit Desloriers   Brouage        
Jean Motard dit Laramée   Brouage        
Jacques Laviolette dit Coutras   Cotras        
Pierre Guerry dit La Batrie            
Jean Vandre dit Latouche   Lucerne Switzerland        
Elie Raymond dit La Tuile   La Rochelle        
Jean Mathon dit La Ferveur   La Rochelle        
Mathias Mouchard   La Rochelle        
 
Sources : Departmental records of the Charente-Maritime La Rochelle 1643, Minutes Cherbonnier.

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