Manoir de Saint-Ours (part 1-english)

Manoir de Saint-Ours (part 1)

2538, Rue de l'Immaculée Conception, Saint-Ours, Québec, J0G 1P0


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Other known names : Domaine seigneurial de Saint-Ours

The Battle of Szentgotthárd (St-Gothard)

After the "Thirty Years' War" Europe is facing a new threat: the Ottoman (Turkish) who, taking advantage of the weakening of Europeans by years of war, is looking to expand its territories. On 14 August 1658, "League of the Rhine" is created. It is a union of different countries may be the view of the Turks and recognizes the duty of every member to defend the other in case of need. Thus France is seen involved in the Fourth Austro-Turkish war.

On the evening of July 28, 1664 the Ottoman army set up camp on the outskirts of Szentgotthárd (St-Gothard), on the north bank of the river Raab. Decided to cross, they decides to wait on 2 August, because it needs to build a bridge and on August 1st is a holy day (Friday). This is precisely what the day chose to attack coalition troops. These are between 25,000 and 30,000 men, about 6,000 French, facing the 100,000 Ottomans. The soldiers of the alliance being mostly hidden in the forest, the Turks riders, believed to poor planning of German, embarked heads bowed in battle. Tired of the preparations and the lack of supply, Ottoane army was routed. On August 10, 1664, to avoid a turnaround, the Emperor Leopold 1 of the Holy Roman Empire, hastened to sign the "Peace of Vasvár".

The "Régiment de Carignan-Salières", which included the "Compagnie Lemongne", was particularly marked during this Battle of Szentgotthárd (St-Gothard), upon his return to France, in December 1664, they received order to get to La Rochelle and Brouage to take his future mission orders. The "Compagnie Lemongne" took the road to La Rochelle. It is in February 1665 that Captain Lemongne offered his resignation to Louis XIV, who accepted and appointed the Ensign Pierre Saint-Ours as captain of that company. (we will come back a little farther away)

The "Régiment de Carignan-Salières"

After what historians call "The Thirty Years' War", Louis XIV, the young king of France, decided to join two of his regiments severely reduced in number by, among others, the war with the Turks and the Spaniards, the Salières and the Carignan regiments.

Since the settlement of Ville-Marie, in Nouvelle-France, and in particular the Government of Montreal, lives under constant threat of attack from the Iroquois. In 1662 , responding to the request of Pierre Boucher de Boucherville, Governor of the Trois-Rivières, when visiting France, Louis XIV sent in reinforcements, an army of a hundred soldiers to submit these "Sauvages". In December 1664, the "Régiment de Carignan-Salières", who had just defeated the Turks in Hungary, was ordered to move to La Rochelle and Brouage. These two cities are, at this time, the main ports of embarkation for the French colonies. While some units , which are called "Compagnie", head straight to Canada , others make a detour through the Caribbean to restore French sovereignty over the territories coveted by the English, Spanish and Dutch, before that come to Quebec. Thus nearly 1,300 men, divided into 24 "Compagnie" with 50 to 60 soldiers and officers who came to rescue the colony in 1665. These companies are:

• Compagnie de Berthier

  Captain : Alexandre (Isaac) Berthier, Sieur de Bellechasse et de Villemur

  Leaving Brouage February 26, 1664 aboard the "Brézé" which set sail for Madeira, Cape Verde, Cayenne, Martinique and Guadeloupe. After pushing the English out of these territories, the "Compagnie Berthier" uses the "Brézé" on May 25, 1665 to get to Gaspé (Québec) on June 18 of this year. The "Relations" of the time tell us that the company has embarked on two smaller vessels, "Le Vieux Siméon" and "Le Cat de Hollande" to go to Quebec, where they will arrive on June 30.

• Compagnie de La Brisardière

  Captain : Louis de Ganchy Sieur de Lerole

  Leaving Brouage February 26, 1664 aboard the "Brézé" which set sail for Madeira, Cape Verde, Cayenne, Martinique and Guadeloupe. After pushing the English out of these territories, the "Compagnie de La Brisardière" uses the "Brézé" on May 25, 1665 to get to Gaspé (Québec) on June 18 of this year. The "Relations" of the time tell us that the company has embarked on two smaller vessels, "Le Vieux Siméon" and "Le Cat de Hollande" to go to Quebec, where they will arrive on June 30.

• Compagnie de Chambly

  Captain : Jacques de Chambly

  Departure from La Rochelle April 19, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "Le Vieux Siméon, de Dunkerque". Unusual fact for this time done, "... all men are healthy ...", upon arrival at Québec June 19, 1665.

• Compagnie de La Colonelle

  Captain : Jean-Baptiste Dubois Sieur de Cocreaumont et de Saint Maurice

  This company was made ​​with what remained of the "Régiment d'Auvergne". Departure from La Rochelle May 13, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "La Paix". The ship captained by Guillon, anchored in Qubec August 19, 1665.

• Compagnie de Contrecoeur

  Captain : Antoine Pécaudy Sieur de Contrecoeur

  This company was made ​​with what remained of the "Régiment Nassau" which was almost destroyed in 1664 during the Battle of Szentgotthárd (St-Gothard) against the Turks were conducted under the command of Jean de Coligny-Saligny. Departure from La Rochelle May 13, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "La Paix". The ship captained by Guillon, anchored in Qubec August 19, 1665.

• Compagnie Dugué

  Captain : Michel-Sidrac Dugué de Boisbriant

  Departure from La Rochelle May 24, 1665, for Quebec, on the "Saint-Sébastien" with Daniel Rémy de Courcelles, governor and lieutenant-general in Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland Island and other countries France north, and the intendant Jean Talon. After a crossing which lasted 111 days, they arrived at Quebec September 12, 1665. Nearly 80 passengers fall ill during the trip. The Chevalier de Peguilhan who officiated aboard the ship died shortly after his arrival at the Hotel-Dieu de Québec.

• Compagnie de La Durantaye

  Captain : Olivier Morel de la Durantaye

  Leaving Brouage February 26, 1664 aboard the "Brézé" which set sail for Madeira, Cape Verde, Cayenne, Martinique and Guadeloupe. After pushing the English out of these territories, the "Compagnie de La Durantaye" uses the "Brézé" on May 25, 1665 to get to Gaspé (Québec) on June 18 of this year. The "Relations" of the time tell us that the company has embarked on two smaller vessels, "Le Vieux Siméon" and "Le Cat de Hollande" to go to Quebec, where they will arrive on June 30.

• Compagnie de La Fouille

  Captain : Jean-Maurice-Philippe de Vernon Sieur de la Fouille

  Departure from La Rochelle May 24, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "La Justice." After a crossing which lasted 113 days, they arrived at Quebec September 14, 1665. Several passengers fall ill during the trip. They are admitted to the Hotel-Dieu de Québec, a group in the hospital ward, and the other in the church. This company left Quebec in October to take up his winter quarters in Trois-Rivières. In January 1666 and in the fall of this year, Captain "De Vernon" and twenty of his soldiers participate in expeditions against the Iroquois.

• Compagnie de la Frédière

  Captain : Balthazard-Jean-Annibal-Antoine-Alexis de Flotte de la Frédière

  Departure from La Rochelle May 13, 1665, for Quebec aboard "L'Aigle d'Or de Brouage". Arrived at Tadoussac, August 8, 1665. Stranded in Moulinbault (Moulin Baude), the lieutenant of "L'Aigle d'Or de Brouage" gets from Marquis Alexandre Prouville de Tracy, lieutenant-general of New France, four drivers guide to Quebec that it reaches 18 August. They involved in the erection of Fort Sainte-Thérèse in the river Iroquois (Richelieu) with the "Compagnie de Lamothe-Saint-Paul", then stationed at Ville-Marie until 1668.

• Compagnie Froment

  Captain : Pierre André De Froment

  Departure from La Rochelle April 19, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "Le Vieux Siméon, de Dunkerque". Unusual fact for this time done, "... all men are healthy ...", upon arrival at Québec June 19, 1665.

• Compagnie de Grandfontaine

  Captain : Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine

  Initially it was a company of "Régiment de Poitou" stationed in Blaye, in Gironde, in the Aquitaine region. Departure from La Rochelle May 13, 1665, for Quebec aboard "L'Aigle d'Or de Brouage". Arrived at Tadoussac, August 8, 1665. Stranded in Moulinbault (Moulin Baude), the lieutenant of "L'Aigle d'Or de Brouage" gets from Marquis Alexandre Prouville de Tracy, lieutenant-general of New France, four drivers guide to Quebec that it reaches 18 August.

• Compagnie de Laubias

  Captain : Arnault (Arnould) de Tarey Sieur de Laubias

  Departure from La Rochelle May 24, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "La Justice". After a crossing which lasted 113 days, they arrived at Quebec September 14, 1665. Several passengers fall ill during the trip. They are admitted to the Hotel-Dieu de Québec, a group in the hospital ward, and the other in the church. They was stationed at Trois-Rivières until 1668.

• Compagnie Maximy

  Captain : Abraham Maximy de Beaupérier

  Departure from La Rochelle May 13, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "La Paix". The ship captained by Guillon, anchored in Qubec August 19, 1665. This company left Quebec Sept. 2, 1665 for the River Iroquis (Richelieu). It takes its winter quarters in Trois-Rivières at the end of the year. In January 1666, Abraham Maximy de Beaupérier, with twenty of his men, involved in the expedition of "Remy de Courcelles" against the Iroquois. Then the company is assigned to Sainte-Famille de l'Île d'Orléans until his return to France in 1668. In 1671, always in "Régiment de Carignan Salière", they prepares to leave to fight in the war with Holland.

• Compagnie de Monteil

  Captain : François Tapie de Monteil et de Clérac

  Leaving Brouage February 26, 1664 aboard the "Brézé" which set sail for Madeira, Cape Verde, Cayenne, Martinique and Guadeloupe. After pushing the English out of these territories, the "Compagnie de Monteil" uses the "Brézé" on May 25, 1665 to get to Gaspé (Québec) on June 18 of this year. The "Relations" of the time tell us that the company has embarked on two smaller vessels, "Le Vieux Siméon" and "Le Cat de Hollande" to go to Quebec, where they will arrive on June 30.

• Compagnie de Lamothe-Saint-Paul

  Captain : Pierre de Saint-Paul de Lamothe-Lussière (La Motte, La Mothe)

  Departure from La Rochelle May 13, 1665, for Quebec aboard "L'Aigle d'Or de Brouage". Arrived at Tadoussac, August 8, 1665. Stranded in Moulinbault (Moulin Baude), the lieutenant of "L'Aigle d'Or de Brouage" gets from Marquis Alexandre Prouville de Tracy, lieutenant-general of New France, four drivers guide to Quebec that it reaches 18 August. They involved in the erection of Fort Sainte-Thérèse in the river Iroquois (Richelieu) with the "Compagnie de la Frédière". They opens a path between Fort Sainte-Thérèse and Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly). It spends the winter in Quebec, and in the spring of 1666, will build the Fort Sainte-Anne on the Isle La Motte in Lake Champlain, fort to be completed in July of the same year. Built with logs from 5 meters high, it was about 40 x 12 meters with a bastion at each corner. The company was stationed there until 1668.

• Compagnie Naurois

  Captain : Pierre Naurois (Norois) sieur du Poirier et de la Claye

  Departure from La Rochelle May 24, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "La Justice". After a crossing which lasted 113 days, they arrived at Quebec September 14, 1665. Several passengers fall ill during the trip. They are admitted to the Hotel-Dieu de Québec, a group in the hospital ward, and the other in the church. This company left Quebec in October to take up his winter quarters in Trois-Rivières. She was stationed at Cap de la Madeleine until the fall of 1668.

• Compagnie Petit

  Captain : Louis Petit

  Part of the company embarks in La Rochelle April 19, 1665 , for Quebec aboard the "Le Vieux Siméon, de Dunkerque". Unusual fact for this time done, "... all men are healthy ...", upon arrival at Québec June 19, 1665. The other soldiers in the company, which served as a bodyguard to Daniel de Rémy de Courcelles, governor and lieutenant-general in Canada , Acadia, Newfoundland Island and other countries in northern France, and Jean Talon, board the "Saint-Sébastien" May 24, 1665 . After a journey that lasted 111 days , they arrived at Quebec September 12, 1665 . Nearly 80 passengers fall ill during the trip. The Knight Peguilhan who officiated aboard the ship died shortly after his arrival at the Hotel-Dieu de Québec. On 23 July 1665, they left Quebec to participate in erection of Fort St. Louis (Chambly) and overwinter before settling at Fort Sainte-Thérèse until autumn 1668.

• Compagnie de Portes (Duprat)

  Captain : M. Du Prat, puis Balthazard Bouvier de Portes

  Departure from La Rochelle May 24, 1665, for Quebec, on the "Saint-Sébastien" with Daniel de Rémy de Courcelles, governor and lieutenant-general in Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland Island and other countries France north, and the intendant Jean Talon. After a crossing which lasted 111 days, they arrived at Quebec September 12, 1665. Nearly 80 passengers fall ill during the trip. The "Chevalier de Peguilhan" who officiated aboard the ship died shortly after his arrival at the Hotel-Dieu de Québec. They was assigned to Fort Sainte-Thérèse October 2, 1665. Colonel de Salière gives command of the fort Captain Du Prat who died in January 1666. He was replaced by Balthazard Bouvier de Portes, reformed Captain (without company).

• Compagnie de Rougemont

  Captain : Estienne Exupert de Rougemont

  Departure from La Rochelle May 24, 1665, for Quebec, on the "Saint-Sébastien" with Daniel de Rémy de Courcelles, governor and lieutenant-general in Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland Island and other countries France north, and the intendant Jean Talon. After a crossing which lasted 111 days, they arrived at Quebec September 12, 1665. Nearly 80 passengers fall ill during the trip. The "Chevalier de Peguilhan" who officiated aboard the ship died shortly after his arrival at the Hotel-Dieu de Québec. They was assigned to Fort Sainte-Thérèse October 1, 1665 and remained there until the fall of 1668.

• Compagnie de Salières

  Captain : Henri de Chastelard Marquis de Salière, Colonel et Commandant du Régiment

  Departure from La Rochelle May 13, 1665, for Quebec aboard "L'Aigle d'Or de Brouage". Arrived at Tadoussac, August 8, 1665. Stranded in Moulinbault (Moulin Baude), the lieutenant of "L'Aigle d'Or de Brouage" gets the Marquis Alexandre Prouville de Tracy, lieutenant-general of New France, four drivers guide to Quebec that it reaches 18 August. They was involved in the erection of Fort Sainte-Thérèse in the river Iroquois (Richelieu) with the "Compagnie de Lamothe-Saint-Paul", then stationed at Ville-Marie until 1668.

• Compagnie de Saurel (Sorel)

  Captain : Pierre de Saurel

  Departure from La Rochelle May 13, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "La Paix". The ship captained by Guillon, anchored in Qubec August 19, 1665. This company left Quebec on August 25, 1665 for the Iroquois River (Richelieu). At the mouth of the river, erected Fort Richelieu where it will be stationed until 1668. Some soldiers that participated in the expedition of de Courcelles during the 1666 winter and others accompanied their captain during his expedition to the Iroquois country during the following summer.

• Compagnie de La Tour

  Captain : Jean Escande Sieur de la Tour

  Departure from La Rochelle April 19, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "Le Vieux Siméon, de Dunkerque". Unusual fact for this time done, "... all men are healthy ...", upon arrival at Québec June 19, 1665. This company left Quebec July 23, 1665 for the Iroquois River (Richelieu), participates in the construction of the Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly) and confined there until 1668.

• Compagnie de La Varene

  Captain : Roger de Bonneau Sieur de La Varenne

  Departure from La Rochelle May 24, 1665, for Quebec, on the "Saint-Sébastien" with Daniel Rémy de Courcelles, governor and lieutenant-general in Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland Island and other countries France north, and the intendant Jean Talon. After a crossing which lasted 111 days, they arrived at Quebec September 12, 1665. Nearly 80 passengers fall ill during the trip. The Chevalier de Peguilhan who officiated aboard the ship died shortly after his arrival at the Hotel-Dieu de Québec. The "Compagnie de La Varene" left Quebec on October 1 to help build forts on the River Iroquis (Richelieu). It crosses in Montreal for the winter 1665-66 and is affected here until his departure in autumn 1668.

• Compagnie de Saint-Ours

  Captain : Pierre De Saint-Ours Sieur de l'Eschaillon

  Shortly before his departure for Nouvelle-France, the company name was, as usual, the name of its captain; "Compagnie Lemongne". The latter resigned and it is the ensign Pierre de Saint-Ours, who became captain. Departure from La Rochelle May 24, 1665, for Quebec aboard the "La Justice". After a crossing which lasted 113 days, they arrived at Quebec September 14, 1665. Several passengers fall ill during the trip. They are hospitalized at the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, a group in the hospital ward, and the other in the church. The "Compagnie de Saint-Ours" was assigned to Fort Saurel for the winter 1665-1666 and at Champlain until his retirement in the fall of 1668.

The "Régiment de Carignan-Salières" is one of the first French corps to wear a different uniform. This army was under the supreme command of Lieutenant-General Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy, which is mobilized in Quebec with the title of "Viceroy", "Governors" and "Lieutenant-General in Canada, Acadia, Newfoundland Island and other countries of northern France. "

The objectives of Louis XIV, sending the "Régiment de Carignan-Salières" in Nouvelle-France were not all kinds of warlike. The officers were ordered to teach methods to the settlers to defend themselves against possible attacks. These attacks could come from the Iroquois, but also English as "New England" and Dutch "Nieuw Amsterdam". This new militia would also trained in the erection of fortifications and military help to build a series of forts along the rivers of the Iroquois (Richelieu), so named because the river was a major route of Iroquois access to the Montreal area. Some of these militias were also invited to participate with "Sauvages" allies, to participate in expeditions in enemy territories.

The peace is restored, as of 1667, and the treaty of peace that followed ensured the full sovereignty of the King of France on the colony and peaceful development for the next 16 years.

The repatriation of soldiers or their continuation as an army would be costly for France. However, Louis XIV does'nt wanted to completely dissolve its military capacity in Nouvelle-France, then it provides soldiers to establish and granted them land on the shores of the Saint-Laurent to become farmers and remains available to the call King. In addition, it guarantees the officers and soldiers some food for a year and monetary rewards according to their rank. There are more than 400 to accept the offer which a majority of marriageable age. The massive arrival of the "filles du roi", between 1663 and 1673, will restore the delicate demographic balance of the colony.

The "Compagnie de Saint-Ours"

Who took part in the Battle of Szentgotthárd (St-Gothard) in August 1664, the "Compagnie de Lemongne" was ordered to go to La Rochelle. After a short rest where they took the opportunity to replenish the unit, they embarks on "La Justice" bound for Nouvelle-France. Towards the end of 1664 the regiment of Carignan, who had lost many men during the wars with the Turks, was combined with the one of the Marquis Henri de Chastelard de Salières to form the "Régiment de Carignan-Salière" commanded by Salière. After receiving his commission for Nouvelle-France, Captain Lemongne offered his resignation to Louis XIV, in February 1665, who accepted it and appointed the ensign Pierre de Saint-Ours as the new captain of this company , which now take his name. Pierre de Saint-Ours embarked on "La Justice", May 24, 1665 in La Rochelle, to Quebec. The trip that would normally lasted about 90 days took 113. Upon his arrival in New France , September 14, 1665 , many were sick on board, suffering from dehydration and hunger, they were perfect subjects for typhus. One hundred passengers were hospitalized at the Hotel-Dieu de Quebec, a group in the hospital ward, and the other in the church. We even had to requisition houses around so the epidemic had spread. We do not know well the list of sick and afflicted, but thirty of them died .

Typhus is commonly called "ship fever" is an infectious and parasitic disease that develops within a densely populated place where sanitary conditions are inadequate. These infections caused by bacteria that are endemic state in rodents which serve as its host, including mice and rats, and is transmitted to humans by mites, fleas and lice body. The symptoms of this disease include fever which can reach 39 degrees, headaches and a daze and stupor.

The Bishop of Quebec, Monseigneur François de Montmorency-Laval, mandates the Jesuit Claude Dablon to prepare the unconfirmed to receive the sacrament of confirmation and soldiers received the Scapular of Mount Carmel. Captain Saint-Ours and his company will be assigned to Fort Richelieu (also called Fort Saurel), which has been rebuilt after the Mohawks were burned in February 1647. They spend the winter, and will be reassigned to champlain, in the Government of Trois-Rivières, until the end of their mission in the fall of 1668.

From what I have observed during my research, the "Compagnie de Saint-Ours" was one where members were among the most loyal to their captain. Most of its members remained in Nouvelle-France and settled in the "Seigneurie de Saint-Ours".

• Pierre de Saint-Ours - capitaine (stayed);
• Edmond de Suève - lieutnant (stayed);
• Thomas-Xavier Tarieu Sieur de La Nouguère et de la Pérade, ensign (stayed);
• Méry Arpin dit Poitevin - soldier (stayed);
• Pierre Artault dit Latour - soldier (stayed);
• Zacharie Aymé dit La Touche - soldier (stayed);
• Jacques Babie de Ranville - sergent (stayed);
• Mathurin Banlier dit La Perle - soldier (stayed);
• Léon Batanchot dit Lalande - soldier (stayed);
• Antoine Beaudoin dit Saint-Antoine - soldier (stayed);
• Jean Bellet dit Gazaille - soldier (stayed);
• Jean Biron dit La Baude - soldier (stayed);
• Jean Bouvet dit La Chambre ou sieur de Lachambre - surgeon (stayed);
• Laurent Bouy dit La Vergne - soldier (stayed);
• Louis Charbonnier dit Saint-Lauran - sergeant (stayed);
• Jean Chastenay dit La Guigne - soldier (stayed);
• François Chèvrefils dit La Lime - soldier (stayed);
• Mathurin Collin dit La Liberté - soldier (stayed);
• Pierre Dextras dit La Vigne - soldier (stayed);
• Antoine-François Dormet dit La Lande - soldier (stayed);
• Guillien DUBORD dit Lafontaine - soldier;
• Jean Duval - soldier (stayed);
• Jean Faures, sans doute de cette compagnie - soldier;
• Germain Gauthier dit Saint-Germain - soldier (stayed);
• Gilbert Guilleman dit Du Villard - surgeon (stayed);
• Jean-François Herpin dit Tourangeau - soldier (stayed);
• Pierre Lancougnier dit La Croix - soldier (stayed);
• Antoine Arnaud dit La Rose - soldier (parti);
• François La Rosée dit La Rose - soldier (stayed);
• Jean Le Compte dit Leconte - soldier (stayed);
• André Marigny dit L'Esveillé - soldier (stayed);
• Jean Massault dit Saint-Martin - soldier (stayed);
• Gilles Mésnard dit Ménarde - soldier (stayed);
• Pierre Mésnard dit Xainctonge - soldier (stayed);
• Luc Poupart dit La Fortune - soldier (stayed);
• Jean René - soldier (?);
• Jean Sélurier dit Des Lauriers - soldier (stayed);
• Jean Urbain dit Montauban - soldier (stayed);
• Michel Danville dit Des Moulins - soldier (recruited in Nouvelle-France, stayed).

To be continued ... -

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