 Pierre Nicholas Rivard Lavigne, son of Thomas Michael Rivard and Jehanne Chevreau.Born Jan 7, 1591 at St-Aubin DE Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, died Mar 16, 1652 at St-Aubin DE Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, 61 years Married before 1617 at St-Aubin DE Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche (at least 21 years married) to:  Jeanne Mullard, daughter of Robert Mullard and Francoise Lousche.Born Jul 8, 1597 at St-Aubin DE Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, died after 1638 at St-Aubin DE Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, at least 41 years CHAN17 May 2004 Children: 1. Anne RivardBorn ± Feb 12, 1616 at Tourouvre, Perche Region, France, died ± 1616 at Tourouvre, Perche Region, France, approximately 1 years 2. Nicolas RivardBorn Jun 15, 1617 at St-Aubin DE Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, died Jul 1, 1701 at Ste-Geneviève-DE-Batiscan, Cté Champlain, 84 years Nicolas was born in the town of Tourouvre, France in 1617. When he was 31 years old, he obtained a three-year contract to work in New-France for Monsieur Noël Juchereau, Sieur des Chastillées. He left France in 1648 from the port of La Rochelle. He married the widow of Mathurin Guillet, Catherine de Saint-Père, in Trois Rivières in 1653. They moved to Bastican where they had ten children. The third child, Julien, is the progenitor of our family line. Nicolas was a civic-minded individual and was involved in the public affairs of the town. He did not hesitate to defend the poor and the weak members of his community and he took the initiative to protect the common interests of the local inhabitants. He was the local militia captain until he was 81 years old. He died in 1701 at age 84. 3. Marie Rivard Dit LorangerBorn 1620 4. Marin RivardBorn Feb 27, 1621 at Tourouvre, Perche Region, France, died ± 1621 at Tourouvre, Perche Region, France, approximately 1 years 5. Mathieu RivardBorn Nov 17, 1629 at Tourouvre, Perche Region, France, died 1730 at Tourouvre, Perche Region, France, 100 or 101 years 6. Pierre RivardBorn 1631 at Tourouvre, Perche Region, France, died Feb 20, 1671 at France, 39 or 40 years 7. Jean RivardBorn Nov 20, 1633 at Tourouvre, Perche Region, France, died ± 1693, approximately 60 years 8. Gabriel RivardBorn 1635, died Jun 13, 1675, 39 or 40 years 9. Robert Rivard LorangerBorn Jul 9, 1638 at St-Aubin DE Tourouvre, Mortagne, Perche, died May 10, 1699 at Ste-Geneviève-DE-Batiscan, Cté Champlain, 60 years | |||