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Claude Sébastien de Villieu

Male Abt 1670 - Aft 1706  (~ 37 years)


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  • Name Claude Sébastien de Villieu  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    Born Abt 1670  Notre-Dame de Vieille-Vigne, év. Nantes, Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique), France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military 16 Mar 1687 
    Nommé garde-marine à Rochefort 
    Military 1690 
    Envoyé comme lieutenant en Acadie 
    Military 1690 
    Participe à la défense de Québec contre l'expédition de William Phips à Cap Tourmente 
    Immigration 1690  Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military 1691 
    Quitte Rochefort pour le Canada (Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure commandait "Soleil d'Afrique" qui faisait la traversée avec "Hasardeux") 
    Immigration 1 Jul 1691  Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 23 Jan 1692 
    Cité à Québec (baptême de Sébastien-Louis Boissy) 
    Military 28 Mar 1693 
    Fait capitaine de la Marine et envoyé en Acadie sous les ordres de Joseph Robineau de Villebon 
    Military 28 Mar 1693 
    Quittera ensuite Rochefort avec 40 soldats pour le fort Nashwaak en Acadie sur la frégate "Indiscrète" de Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure 
    Military 25 Nov 1693 
    Arrive au fort Saint-Joseph sur la rivière Saint-Jean (de Québec en passant par Beaubassin) 
    Military 27 Jul 1694 
    Attaque Oyster River (NH) avec Madokawando, Taxous (Moxus) et Bomazeen (17 juillet 1694, v.s.) 
    Military 27 Jul 1694 
    Brûle 60 habitations, 104 sont tués et 27 emmenés en captivité (y compris femmes et enfants) 
    Occupation 31 Jul 1694 
    Quitte la Nouvelle-Angleterre pour Québec (sans aviser le sieur de Villebon) 
    Occupation 4 Aug 1694 
    Arrive à Amoscoggin (30 milles de l'embouchure de la rivière Androscoggin) 
    Occupation 22 Aug 1694 
    Arrive à Québec pour remettre son rapport gouverneur de Frontenac (qui était à Montréal) 
    Occupation 26 Aug 1694 
    Arrive à Montréal (remet 13 chevelures à Frontenac) 
    Military 15 Aug 1696 
    Accompagne Louis d'Amours, son frère Bernard, d'Iberville, Bonaventure, Baptiste et St-Castin lorsqu'ils s'emparent du fort William Henry à Pemaquid 
    Military 20 Sep 1696 
    Fait prisonnier (avec 16 soldats) par John Hathorne qui venait d'échouer dans sa tentative de prendre le fort Nashwaak et emmené à Boston 
    Military 1699 
    Libéré, il reprend le commandement de sa compagnie en Acadie 
    Military 1700 
    Mandaté par de Callière de rencontrer le capitaine Cyprian Southack pour établir la frontière entre l'Acadie et la Nouvelle-Angleterre 
    Property 1700 
    Reçoit une concession de deux lieues carrées à Chipoudy en Acadie (Hopewell Hill, NB) 
    Military 6 Jul 1700 
    Administrateur de l'Acadie après la mort de Villebon jusqu'à l'arrivée de Brouillan (juin 1701) 
    Military 1 Feb 1702 
    Nommé major de l'Acadie 
    Occupation 18 May 1703 
    Parrain au baptême de Marguerite-Madeleine de Gannes à Port Royal (fille de Louis-Joseph et de Marguerite-Françoise Le Neuf) 
    Military 1 May 1704 
    Reçoit son congé définitif avec une pension de 600 livres 
    Military 1706 
    Mis à la retraite 
    Occupation Sieur de Daudeville 
    Died Aft 1706 
    Person ID I7549  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Sébastien Le Bassier de Villieu,   b. Abt 1633, Turin (Cap du Piémont), Royaume de Savoie Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1689  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Mother Jeanne Le Breton,   b. Notre-Dame de Vieille-Vigne, év. Nantes, Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique), France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Abt 1667  Notre-Dame de Vieille-Vigne, év. Nantes, Bretagne (Loire-Atlantique), France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3838  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Judith Le Neuf,   b. 16 Dec 1674, Trois-Rivières, Qc. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Contract 2 Apr 1692  Notaire Louis Chambalon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 9 Apr 1692  Québec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F3837  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Programme de recherche en démographie historique (PRDH), Université de Montréal.

    2. [S3] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, Cyprien Tanguay, (Éditions Eusèbe Sénécal, Montréal, 1871-1890), none., Volume 1, p. 381.

    3. [S16] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec - des origines à 1730, René Jetté, (Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, 1983 & l'édition PRDH, Gaëtan Morin éditeur, 2003), none., 1129.

    4. [S110] The Book of The Indians of North America, Samuel Gardner Drake, (Josiah Drake, Antiquarian Bookstore, Boston, 1833), Book III, Chapter VII, pp. 97-98.
      James Smith bought Kennebec land from Chief Robinhood on 8 May 1648 (father of Wohawa, alias Hopehood) and Sachem Monquine (alias Natahanada) sold large tracts to William Bradford on 8 August 1648.

    5. [S96] The History of the State of Maine; from its first discovery, A. D. 1602, to the separation, A. D. 1820, William D. Williamson, (Glazier, Masters & Smith, Hallowell, 1832), Volume 1, pp. 365-366, 428, 606 & 645.
      Also History of Gardiner, Pittston and West Gardiner, with a sketch of the Kennebec Indians & New Plymouth purchase, comprising historical matters from 1602 to 1852; with genealogical sketches of many families, J. W. Hanson, published by William Palmer, Gardiner, 1852, p. 35: The New Plymouth colony at Kennebec (mouth of the river to Merrymeeting Bay) was occupied by the Canibas tribe. Chief Monquine sold large tracts of land between Cobbiseconte and Wesserunsett to New Plymouth Governor William Bradford (testified to by Baggadussett on 8 July 1653 and confirmed by Essemenesque on 10 September 1653).

    6. [S92] Acadia at the end of the Seventeenth Century, John Clarence Webster, (The New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, N.B., 1934), Part I, pp. 16-18 & Part II, pp. 54-66, 88, 96-97 & Part III, pp. 200-202.
      (Letters, Journals and Memoirs of Joseph Robineau de Villebon, Commandant in Acadia, 1690-1700, and other contemporary documents) Villieu report, 16 June 1694 entry: The Indians set out (from the village of Panawamskek) to obtain their gifts. The Sr. de Villieu accompanied them, with the intention of asking for a few soldiers from Sr. de Villebon's Company. Joseph Robineau de Villebon's comment: The Sr. de Villieu returned to Nashwaak (on 22 June 1694) where the Sr. de Villebon was least expecting him. The pretext of accompanying the Indians was merely to safeguard the trading operations which he, in a manner unbecoming of an officer, carried on at Pentagoet; the Indians having themselves abandoned some of his pelts beyond the portage, he had been able to bring back a portion only.

    7. [S208] Journal of the Rev. John Pike. A memorandum of personal occurrences, Otis Grant Hammond, Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society, (Jacob B. Moore, Concord, New Hampshire, 1832), Volume III, pp. 45-46 & 47-48.
      18 July 1694: The Indians fell suddenly and unexpectedly upon Oyster River about break of day, took three garrisons, (being deserted or not defended,) killed and carried away 94 persons, and burnt 13 houses. 27 July 1694: The enemy fell upon Groton about day break, killed 22 persons, and captivated 13. 13 August 1696: Pemaquid fort basely yielded up to the Indians and French.

    8. [S659] History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes, Everett S. Stackpole, Col. Lucien Thompson and Winthrop Smith Meserve, (Published by the vote of the town, Durham, New Hampshire, 1913), Volume 1, pp. 69-70 & 89-103.
      Oyster River raid (17 July 1694, o.s.). William Redford's letter (Dept. Secy.) to Sir William Phips dated 21 July 1694: 'Douic who signed the Peace was there, a woman who was Douics servant made her escape, by reason of his being drunk.' (pp. 101-102).

    9. [S759] Landmarks in Ancient Dover, New Hampshire, Complete Edition, Mary P. Thompson, (Durham, N. H., 26 May 1892, printed by the Republican Press Association, Concord, N. H.), 56, 173-187 & 236.
      Oyster River Garrisons (17 July 1694, o.s.).

    10. [S196] NEHGR: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts), Volume 3 (1849), p. 384 & Vol. 9 (1855), p. 315.
      John Dean who was killed at Oyster River on 17 July 1694 (o.s.) had married Sarah Edson at Taunton on 7 November 1663 (Plymouth Colony Records).

    11. [S34] Collection de Manuscrits (lettres, mémoires et documents historiques) relatifs à la Nouvelle-France, Jean Blanchet, (Édités sous les hospices de la Législature de Québec, Imprimerie A. Côté et Cie., Québec, 1884), Volume II, pp. 135-143, 166-167, 174 & 251-252.
      Relation du voyage fait par le sieur de Villieu pour faire la guerre aux Anglois de Baston (Oyster River, 1694). Lettre du ministre à M. de Champigny, Versailles, 16 avril 1695: A l'esgard des plaintes que le sieur de Villieu vous peut avoir faictes contre le Sieur de Villebon, il y a quelque apparence que le Sieur de Villieu vous a voulu prévenir pour essayer de mettre à couvert la conduitte que luy et son lieutenant ont tenu envers le Sieur de Villebon, pour se soustraire à sa dépendance, pour prendre authorité induement sur les soldats de ladite compagnie et pour se maintenir dans une association de commerce, sur quoy j'escris audit Sieur de Villieu, affin qu'il se mette dans les règles de la subordination et de la discipline, à quoy je vous prye de contribuer de votre part. Rapport de Champigny, Québec, 25 octobre 1696: Mouillèrent devant Pemaquid le 10 août 1696 (fort est pris le 18 août).

    12. [S171] Relation de la campagne du capitaine de Villieu contre Oyster River, NH, Sébastien de Villieu, 26 août 1694, (Fonds des Colonies, Correspondance générale; Canada), COL C11A 13/fol. 153-156.
      Également Preserved in The Public Record Office, Edited by the Hon. J. W. Fortescue, Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series, America and West Indies, 1693-1696, Mackie and Co. Ld., H.M.S.O., London, 1903. Lieut.-Col. Thomas Packer reported from Portsmouth on 18 July 1694 (o.s.): 'News is just come of the destruction of Oyster River by the Indians. Some have escaped; all our frontiers are beset.' New Hampshire Lieutenant-Governor John Usher advised Governor Sir William Phips (18 July 1694): 'The whole province is in arms, and we fear several out towns are beset. Two men have escaped wounded, but I judge that the whole of Oyster River has been cut off. I doubt not of your ready assistance.' William Redford followed-up with: 'We have heard that the Indians are very numerous, at least 300, spread six or seven miles, and engaged all at once. Not above twenty houses in Oyster River are left standing, and without help from you it must be deserted, which will give the enemy an inlet into the whole country.' A somber Usher concluded on the 21st: 'This is the third express for help. If the country is lost for want of it, it will be resented at home. God knows what that night may bring forth. 300 Indians are here, 600 more are expected. I judge that in little time all the out-towns will be laid waste, and only Great Island preserved.' (Volume 14, pp. 348-349).

    13. [S766] History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Samuel Adams Drake, (Estes and Lauriat, Publishers, 301 Washington Street, Boston, 1880), Volume 1, pp. 457-458.
      Groton: 'The French report, sent October 26 (1694), by M. Champigny to the Minister, Pontchartrain, now in the archives of the marine and colonies at Paris, mentions this assault (on Groton) as follows: 'These Indians did not stop there (Oyster River); four parties of them have since been detached, who have been within half a day's journey of Boston [i.e. at Groton], where they have killed or captured more than sixty persons, ravaged and pillaged everything they found, which has thrown all people into such consternation that they are leaving the open country to seek refuge in the towns.' Another account says: 'At the solicitation of Villieu and Taxous, their chief, some fifty of them detached themselves to follow this last person, who was piqued at the little that had been done. They were joined by some of the bravest warriors of the Kennebec, to go on a war-party above Boston to break heads by surprise (casser des têtes à la surprise), after dividing themselves into several squads of four or five each, which cannot fail of producing a good effect.' According to Charlevoix, 'The English made a better defence than they did at Pescadué [Piscataqua]. Taxous had two of his nephews killed by his side, and himself received more than a dozen musket-balls in his clothes.' The loss of life from this attack was considerably greater than when the town was destroyed and deserted in the year 1676. There were twenty-two persons killed and thirteen captured. The settlement was now more scattered than it was then, and its defence more difficult. For this reason more persons were killed and taken prisoners than when the place was assaulted eighteen years previously. It is said that the scalps of the unfortunate victims were given to Count de Frontenac, governor of Canada.

    14. [S527] The Border wars of New England, commonly called King William's and Queen Anne's wars, Samuel Adams Drake, (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1910), 94-103.
      Oyster River raid. The crafty Moxus now made a large détour, crossed the Merrimac unperceived, and after making such a march as only savages out on the war path are capable of, on the 27th of July (1694, o.s.), at daybreak, made a determined assault upon Groton, Mass., some thirty-two miles from Boston. Twenty-two persons were killed and thirteen carried off into captivity. Cotton Mather in his Magnalia Christi Americana refers to the attack on Groton: 'On (Friday) July 27, (1694) about break of day, Groton felt some surprising blows from Indian hatchets. They began their attacks at the house of one Lieutenant (William) Lakin in the outskirts of the town, but met with a repulse there and lost one of their crew. Nevertheless, in other parts of the plantation, (where the good people had become so tired out as to lay down their military watch) there were more than a dozen carried away. Mr. Gershom Hobart, the minister of the place, with part of his family, was remarkably preserved from falling into their hands, when they made themselves the masters of his house, though they took two of his children, whereof the one was killed, and the other some time after happily rescued out of his captivity.' (History of the Town of Groton, Caleb Butler, Press of T. R. Marvin, No. 24 Congress Street, Boston, 1848, p. 93).

    15. [S32] New England Captives Carried to Canada between 1677 and 1760 during the French and Indian Wars, Emma Lewis Coleman, (The Southworth Press, Portland, Maine, 1925), Volume 1, pp. 261-264 & 282-283.
      Friday, July 27, 1694 (attack on Groton). A friendly Indian called Hector or Hezekiah Miles, having been taken at Salmon Falls in 1691, was held as 'servant' at Naxouat above Norridgewock. After his release he testified in Boston against Bomazeen, and stated that the chiefs before leaving Norridgewock, 'Discoursed of falling on Oyster River and Groton;' but from the French 'Relation' it would seem that the decision was made later. In that account we read that two days after the Oyster River massacre the war-party with some of the captives arrived at the place where they had left their canoes (at Penacook as per the 11 June 1695 deposition of Ann Jenkins), in which most of them embarked.

    16. [S606] Histoire du Canada, huitième édition, revue et augmentée par Hector Garneau, François-Xavier Garneau, (Éditions de l'Arbre, Montréal, 1944), Tome III, Livre 5, chap. 2, pp. 213-214 & chap. 3, pp. 230-232.

    17. [S644] Dictionnaire général du Canada, Louis Le Jeune, (Université d'Ottawa, Canada; Imprimé en France, Firmin-Didot et Cie., Mesnil, Eure, 1931), Tome 2, p. 110 & 799-800.
      Dictionnaire général de biographie, histoire, littérature, agriculture, commerce, industrie et des arts, sciences, moeurs, coutumes, institutions politiques et religieuses du Canada.


  

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