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From The Genealogist Vol. 11 Number 4, Issue 26, Fall 1985p. 159
"Urbain Tessier dit Lavigne.{...} was an early settler of Montreal, being the second person granted a tract of land, now a part of the Place d'Armes section of the city. A marble plaque commemorating this event was affixed to a building on the northwest corner of Rue de St. James and Place d'Armes Hill"

From Fallon's History of Canada
" The first fortifications built by Msr. de Maisonneuve to protect the settlers of Montreal from attacks by the Iroquois were constantly guarded by armed men who had already made themselves reknowned by their courage. One of the three granted this honor was Urbain Tessier dit Lavigne.
One Sunday morning, 18 June 1651, four settlers were attacked as they were returning from Mass by a large number of Iroquois. The four withdrew to a dilapidated house nearby from where they commenced firing upon their assailants. The noise brought more colonists to the scene, foremost among them Urbain Tessier, whose house had been burned by the Indians the previous May 6. He rushed to the settler, narrowly escaping Indian ambushes, and joined his comrades in their fortification. His bravery greatly encouraged the men and they succeeded in driving off the attackers."

He was an expert in handling a lumberjack's saw, the handles of a plow and the musket, but he could not write. This probably kept him from occupying a prominent position in Villemarie (Montreal). He was in the Saint Famille militia, 8th squadron, on 2/1/1663. On March 24, 1661, Urbain and other men from the colony were taken by the Iroquois. on august 31, 1662 he returned to Montreal. In the Baptismal record of his son Urbain it is shown that his father Urbain was taken by the Iroquois in 3/24/1661.
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Godfather was Charles d'Ailleboust, Sr des Musseaux
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Died at age 2.
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1st child born of French parents in New France.
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In 1663 became Lord of St. Luc.
1666 Quebec Census, St Jean, St. Michel & St. Francois
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Possibly the first white woman born in Canada.
Her godmother was the wife of Samuel de Champlain.
Helene came with Pierre DesPortes to the New World on the sailboat "le Sallemande" and arrived at Tadoussac 8/30/1620.
Traveled to France with her parents July 24, 1629, she returned to Canada 162
1666 Quebec Census, St. Jean, St. Michel & St. Francois