Occupation: Master
Blacksmith and Taillandier (edge tool maker).
Military: A soldier in the Carignan-Salières Regiment, LaFouille Company and a Taillandier (An artisan who makes and sells cutting tools like scissors, chisels, shears, etc.). Records indicate he continued as a Master Edge-Tool Maker and Blacksmith. Carignan-Salières Regiment Lineage 1636-1816 Link to an image of the actual roll. Note the name is spelled LaFeriere (missing one "r") Carignan Roll If I understand the information correctly, he
received "8 Grounds in Value" at the age of 30 for staying in
Quebec. He also received 100 pounds as an allowance to colonize New
France. Fort Chambly, Quebec, was built in 1665 by a Captain in the Carignan Regiment. In 1666 The Carignan-Salières regiment destroys five Mohawk villages, eventually leading to peace between the Iroquois and the French. In 1668 The Carignan Regiment is recalled to France, but several hundred choose to remain behind, many in return for local seigneuries (property grants). In 1701, Hector de Callière, governor of New France, signed the "Peace of Montréal", a treaty between the French and the Iroquois. |