f a m i l y Children with: Mathieu Faye dit LaFayette Children: Marie Faie (Faye) Marguerite Francoise Maureau (Moreau) Born: 1655, Paris, Ile de France, France Married 30 Sep 1670, Montreal, Ile de Montreal, Quebec, to Mathieu Faye dit LaFayette Married 21 Nov 1696, Laprairie, Laprairie, Quebec, to Jean Lefort or Laprair Died: 16 Oct 1718, Laprairie, Laprairie, Quebec "Fille du Roi", from the National Archives of Canada Christening: 1655 St-Sulpice De Paris, Seine, France Burial: 17 Oct 1718 Laprairie, Laprairie, Pq, Can ---------------------------------------------------------------- Marguerite was a "fille du roi" or daughter of the King. These women, known in French as the "fille du roi", agreed to travel to the new settlements in North America and marry a settler there in exchange for a 50 pound dowry from the French King. Of the nearly 1000 women who undertook the journey, about 800 made it to Canada. They made contracts of marriage with the men who had originally settled the New World and usually married within a few days or weeks of the contract signing. Often the women broke the contracts, only to remake them or make new contracts with other men.

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