Documentary Biography Series • Complete Research File

Antoine Leblanc dit Jolicoeur
& Élisabeth Roy

63 Primary Source Documents • 19 Archival Categories
c. 1649 Noyon, France – 1687 Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans  |  Carignan-Salières Regiment, Compagnie de Maximy

The complete documentary biography research inventory for Antoine Leblanc dit Jolicoeur and Élisabeth Roy. This archive includes 63 cataloged documents with Evidence Explained citations—parish registers, notarial acts, census records, military rosters, and compiled databases spanning 1634 to 1741.

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Marriage Register 1670
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Marriage Register, 1670
Sale of Land 1671
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Sale of Land, 1671
1681 Census
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1681 Census, Île d'Orléans
Joint Burial 1682
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Joint Burial, 1682

What's Included

Military rosters: 1665 passenger list, 1668 Habitants List (2 pages), Carignan officer illustration, La Paix flûte
Confirmation record: Antoine Leblanc, age 20, 24 August 1669
Marriage contract index entries: printed inventory and handwritten répertoire (Paul Vachon)
Marriage register: 3 images — full page, detail, typed transcription (Ste-Famille, 1670)
1671 Sale of Land: 4-page BAnQ original (Pouliot Family Fund, P436, S999, P13)
Land concessions: 1670 Laval, 1687 Berthelot, 1674 Engagement (identity uncertain)
1681 Census: Comté de Saint-Laurent, Île d'Orléans (LAC MIKAN 2318858)
All 5 children: complete baptism and burial records with parish register images
Joint burial: Pierre & Antoine (sons), 5 January 1682 — "sépulture commune"
Marie Marguerite Leblanc: full life records — baptism through burial at Montréal, 1723
Élisabeth Roy: PRDH records for all 3 marriages, parents' family record, FrancoGene entry
Contextual images: Noyon Cathedral, 1634 Tassin map, 1689 Île d'Orléans map, 1666 Richelieu forts
PRDH database records for every individual in the family
FrancoGene entries with descendant counts and Y-DNA data
Evidence Explained citations (Mills, 3rd ed.) for every document
Excel catalog (downloadable) with all 63 records and source citations

Document Inventory: 63 Records in 19 Sections

Military Service — Maximy Company6 images
Life Records — PRDH, FrancoGene, Census4 images
Marriage — Contract, Register, PRDH7 images
Notarial & Land Records7 images
Death & Burial — Antoine Leblanc3 images
Family Overview — All 5 Children1 image
Marie Marguerite Leblanc (direct ancestor)8 images
Joseph Leblanc7 images
Pierre Leblanc (†1682)4 images
Antoine Leblanc, son (†1682)3 images
Joint Burial — Pierre & Antoine2 images
Marie Leblanc3 images
Élisabeth Roy — Fille du Roi4 images
Contextual & Illustrative Images4 images
TOTAL63 documents

Subject Summary

SubjectAntoine Leblanc dit Jolicoeur (c.1649–1687)
OriginNoyon, diocese of Noyon, Picardy (modern Oise)
ParentsMartin Leblanc & Marie Flaniau
Military ServiceCarignan-Salières Regiment, Compagnie de Maximy (arrived 19 Aug 1665 aboard La Paix)
Dit Name"Jolicoeur" — military nom de guerre ("Cheerful Heart")
MarriageÉlisabeth Roy (Fille du Roi), 26 January 1670, Ste-Famille, Île d'Orléans
Children5 — Marguerite (1671), Joseph (1673), Pierre (1675, †1682), Antoine (1678, †1682), Marie (1683)
Death18 December 1687, Saint-Jean, Île d'Orléans, age 38
Descendants350,000–770,000 Québécois (FrancoGene)

The 1671 sale of land — the most detailed surviving document — reveals Antoine selling property on Île d'Orléans to Guillaume Lemieux for 480 livres tournois. The notarial act names his wife as "Rachel le Roy" — a variant that appears nowhere else in the record. On 5 January 1682, two of his sons were buried together in a shared grave at Saint-Jean...

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About This Research

This research file represents the complete evidentiary foundation for the Antoine Leblanc dit Jolicoeur documentary biography. Antoine's origin — Noyon, diocese of Noyon, Picardy — is confirmed by the 1670 marriage register, which names his parents Martin Leblanc and Marie Flaniau. All five children's records have been located and documented, including the joint burial of Pierre and Antoine (sons) on 5 January 1682.

The inventory follows BCG (Board for Certification of Genealogists) evidence standards. All citations use Evidence Explained templates (Mills, 3rd ed.). Read the Documentary Biography →

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