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Rowland Stebbins sailed from Ipswich, Suffolk, England, with his family, aboard the "Francis" and landed in Boston in June 1634. He first settled in Roxbury and probably removed to Springfield (originally known as Agawam) the following year with Pynchon, and founded the town 1639. He received land in the second division of that town, 12/24/1640. He had a seat in the meeting house at Springfield in 1663. He was established as Freeman in 1664. He moved to Northampton, Mass. after Feb. 1664/5 with his son John.
After Rowland was buried no stone was erected. In 1806, Dr. Daniel Stebbins had the early burial ground in Northampton examined to determine where Rowland was buried. After failing to find out, the granite cenotaph was erected in 1840. In 1850, Rowland's interment was accidently discovered some 50 rods north of the present cenotaph. A small marbleslab has been placed at the head of the grave, with no inscription but the name Rowland Stebbins. In 1938 a monument was erected which reads as follows, IN MEMORY OF ROWLAND STEBBINS son of Thomas Stebbins Born in Bocking, Essex County, England In the year 1592 Married Sara Whiting Nov. 30 1618 in England Came to Roxbury Mass. in 1639
In 1659 and 1662 he was one of five men occupying the first seat in the meeting house at Springfield,MA. He was also one of the pioneers of Northampton, MA about 1668.
His will dated at Northampton the first day of month of 1669-1670 appears in Will Book I, pages 136-7 at Springfield, MA (Hampden County Probate Court)

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He was a Lieutenant.
He was a witness in August 1656, at Springfield, at the witchcraft slander trial of Sarah Bridgmen: a juryman, on MArch29, 1659, at Springfield, and on March 24, 1661, at Northampton.

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Carignan soldier in the La Frediere Company, arrived in New France in 8/17/1665. Settled in Champlain in 1674.

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Came to Canada as King's girl with the voyage of 1671 from Chanu, diocese of Evreux, with a dowry of 450 pounds which included 50 from the king (The King's Daughters)

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Was sergeant in the local militia.

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He arrived at Trois- Rivieres, Quebec in 1662, and was a farmer leasing the Jesuits land at Trois Rivieres on 10.15.1662 for a period of four years.
Present at his marraige was : Magdeleine Baudry, Etienne de LaFond, Magdeleine Boucher, Pierre Dandonneau, Francois Jobin, Louis Pinard, Magdeleine Hertel, Urbain Baudry, Masse Besnier and the Notary Severin Ameau. Neither Louis or Marie-Noelle could sign thier names to the contract.The celebrant was a famous pioneer Jesuit: Claude Jean Allouez.
In 1667 Louis lived in Trois Rivieres, the they moved to the Cape, to Champlain and to Ste. Anne de la Perade.
Louis was buried at Champlain, on the shores fo the St. Lawrence River. His sons Daniel and Joseph- Marie were at his funeral. His same day burial suggests that he was a victim of the unidenitified epidemic that struck the colony that year.
Prior to 1667 the family lived in Trios Rivieres, by the 1667 census they lived at Cap de La Madeleine, and after 1678, they moved to Champlain where Louis and his wife died.

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After losing both parents, Marie-Noelle left for Canada in 1659, at age 20. She was a Filles a Maurier.

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Was killed in Montreal by the Iroquois.

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Died in a house fire along with her sister Marie.

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Died in a house fire along with her sister Elisabeth.

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Came to New France as a soldiler. He was from Tonneins, France