2Fille du Roi.
13Elle est trouvée gelée sur la grève de la grande rivière de Beauport
Elle aurait eu un enfant naturel de père inconnu, Jacques, né le 26-10-1668 et mort 5 semaines plus tard, soit le 01-12-1668.
Jeanne Boucault was born about 1651 in the faubourg Saint-Germain section of Paris, the daughter of Nicolas Boucault and Marguerite Thibault. After her father's death, Jeanne left for Canada in 1668 at about age 17, bringing with her goods worth an estimated 300 livres for her dowry.This was worth about $4,275 in the year 2000 in the USA. She arrived in Quebec on 3 July 1668, having sailed on the "Le Novelle France" as a Filles du Roy.
On 26 October 1668, Jeanne gave birth to son Jacques, enfant naturel (child born out of wedlock) whose father is unknown. This boy was buried 01 December 1668 at Québec City.
On 30 September 1670, Jeanne married Louis Coulombe or Colombe at Sainte Famille, Île d'Orléans and was given the King's Gift of 50 livres. She could not sign the marriage contract drawn up 07 September by notary Becquet, but her husband could. They are the parents of the following (verified with PRDH):
1) Nicolas (1671-1695) md Anne Mailloux
2) Marie-Marthe (1673-1761) md Pierre Labrecque
3) Jean-Baptiste (1675-1746) md (a) Jeanne Balan and (b) Marie-Jeanne Balan dit Leblanc
4) Jeanne (1677- ) md Charles Paquet dit Vallee
5) Louise (1679-1756) unmarried
6) Marguerite (1681-1748) md Francois Bouvet
7) Louis (1683-1759) md Helene Paulet
8) Charles (1685-1685)
9) Catherine (1687-1687)
10) Charles (1688- )
11) Angelique (abt 1690- ) md Claude Bernard dit Leveille
12) Catherine (1692-1750) md Pierre Prud'homme dit St Pierre
On 23 January 1696, Jeanne Boucault was "found frozen on the banks of the great river of Beauport and was buried two days later at Beauport