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Marguerite Renee Key was born 1674 in Dover Foxcroft Maine, USA. She died 16 FEB 1751 in Montreal, QC. She was the daughter of John Key and Sarah Church.
Marguerite Renee Key's husband was Charles Michel L'Huilier-Chevalier (1663-?). They were married 20 OCT 1705 in Notre Dame de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They had one known child named Marguerite L'Huilier-Chevalier (1709-11777).
Marguerite was a "Captive of New England"
KEY, JOHN, and children:
JOHN, JR.
JAMES.
ABIGAIL (Marguerite).
John and John, Jr., were redeemed by Cary in 1695. John, Jr., soonmarried Grizzel Grant.
James. Mather says he was a little boy -- five years old -- and becausehe cried for his father and mother was cruelly whipped and then killed byHopehood.
Abigail.
At Three Rivers, "The 25 Aug. 1695, by me the undersigned priest, wasbaptized, sous condition an English girl, converted to our religion, andabout nineteen born of the marriage of Jean Quée and of Sara deGearches. (19) She was named Margueritte Renée. The godfather wasMonsieur Tonnancour, Capitaine reformé The godmother Madlle Bourdon
Signed: Tonnancour
Marguerite Seigneuret
A. Maudoux. Priest."
And at Montreal on "Tuesday 20 Oct. 1705, after one publicationof the banns, Monsieur de Belmont, Grand Vicaire de Monseigneur theBishop of Quebec, having granted a dispensation of the other two, andhaving found no impediment, I, the undersigned priest of the Seminary ofVillemarie, empowered to act by the said Grand Vicaire, after havingreceived the mutual consent by word of mouth of Charles Michel l'Huilier,sergeant in the company of Sabrevois, aged forty-two years, son of thelate Michel 1'huilier, Citizen of Paris, and of Anne Bourguignon his wife,native of the city and diocese of Paris, parish of Saint Nedaire of one part,and of Marguerite Renée Key, aged twenty-six years, daughter of JeanKey master-carpenter and of Sara Church, his wife, native of Piscatoué inNew England of the other part, married them and gave them the nuptialbenediction according to the rites of our Holy Mother Church in presenceof Damoiselle Marguerite Seigneuret, wife of M. Bourdon, godmother ofthe bride, of Michel de Pailleur Royal Notary, Sieur Valerien de ----------- Ecuyer Sieur de Beaumont, sergeant in the company of Saint Ours" --and of several others. Marguerite signed, but the bridegroom could notwrite his name.
Perhaps her people did not know of her marriage. Her father givesto each of his three daughters £2, 10s. Two have different names, butshe, in 1710, is called Abigail Kye. Her brother John named his daughterfor her.
"Margueritte Renée Kay, English woman, married to a Sergeant ofthe troops named Chevalier" was naturalized in 1710.