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- Pierre COUC dit LAFLEUR was born around 1624, in Cognac, Saintes, Saintonge,(Xaintes, Xaintonge) Charente, France. He was mentioned as a soldier and interepreter at Trois-Rivières on 24 Aug 1651. He was also a farmer. For a time, he was also employed as a "coureur de bois". In PDRH, Certificate No. 38602 lists Pierre's birth around 1627 and his death April 1690 in St-François-du-Lac.(29) There is a note on his Burial Certificate that a huge crowd of people attended his burial.
Pierre bought and owned land in Trois-Rivières, on the southwestern corner of Rue St-Pierre and Rue St-Michel, two blocks from the St. Lawrence River; also in Cap-de-la-Madeleine and in St-François-du-Lac in Québec. There are references to land grants by Notary A. Adhémar dit Saint-Martin. One is dated 14 Oct 1673, purchased from Jean Crevier, lord of the seignory at St-François-du-Lac. The other is dated 19 Sept 1674 .
The following information is from Father Cyprian Tanguay's A Travers les Recherches, in a translation by Armand Demers, on page 60 Searching Through The Old Records of New France:
"6 August 1665: The burial of [Pierre] COUC dit Lafleur, 41, one of M. de Froment's soldiers, who had married Marie Mite8ameg8k8e in 1657 in Trois-Rivières. He had been shot accidently by one of his companions. "Occisus glande catapultae fotuito â socio". (Killed with a lead projectile catapulted by an ally)."
Author's note: I believe that Tanguay confused Pierre COUC of St-François-du-Lac who was wounded in 1665, perhaps with another Pierre Couc who was a solider of M. de Froment of the Carignan regiment, who was buried on 6 Aug 1665. The translation of the latin word "occisus" was erroneously listed as "killed" instead of "wounded". Or, the document referred to the "other" Pierre. We know from the Burial Certificate, that Pierre was enterred in April 1690 in St-François-du-Lac. (NAL, 27 Nov 2000).
In Jetté's DGFQ, Pierre died in 1690 and was buried in St-François-du-Lac. He is listed as 40 years old in the 1667 Recensement (Census); 57 years old in the 1681 Census; and cité (mentioned) 24 Aug 1651 in Trois-Rivières; soldier, interpretor. In the Burial Certificate, Sépulture, Certificat No. 92972, the date is listed as April 1690 and Pierre's age at 63 years. It is also noted that the date of death occured between 5 April and 18 May 1690.
He married Marie MITE8AMEG8K8E (pronounced: mee-tee-wa-mee-gou-kwee) on 16 Apr 1657 in Trois-Rivières, Québec.(9) The marriage was witnessed by Ameau STSEVERIN. The marriage is noted in the Jesuits Relations on page 265. According to the PRDH Marriage Certificate No. 89036, Pierre COUC LAFLEUR is from the Parish of Cognac and Marie MITEOUAMEGOUKOUE is an Algonquine. Two witnesses are listed as Charles PACHIRINI and Barthelemy ANARA8I, both Algonquin Indians. Others listed in this certificate are Nicolas COUC and Elisabeth TEMPLAIR, parents of Pierre COUC LAFLEUR; also listed are PERE and Ameau STSEVERIN, perhaps as witnesses. Jesuit Father Paul RAGUENEAU is the officiating priest. Refer to a copy of the original Marriage Register at Trois-Rivières. The PDRH Certificate No. 1045 lists the parents of Pierre as well as all Pierre and Marie's children who were married before 1800. Charles PACHIRINI was the sachem of the Algonquin Nation.
Simone Vincens has written an accurate biography of Pierre Couc within an historical perspective. Article by Simone Vincens in MÉMOIRES de la Société Généalogique Canadienne-Française, No. 139: Pierre Couc, pp. 33-45, Vol. XXX - No. 1, Jan-Fév-Mars 1979. (24) The following links contain additional information on the COUC family: Don Rivara in the History of the Cooper-Matheny-Hewitt Family and the James Carten site. Pierre COUC served as witness to several Catholic Baptisms:
PERRINE, an Amerindian in 1651;
Pierre FORCIER in 1680;
JOSEPH, a Soquoquis in 1688.
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