Bégon* established what may be called a period of quarantine, and the first member of the profession responsible for the supervision and inspection of ships was Michel Bertier. Ten years later an

Bégon; he was 34 at the time. He styled himself royal surveyor in his deeds from 4 June 1731 until the end of his life but he does not seem to have received any official appointment

” in the seigneuries of Grande-Anse, Rivière-Ouelle, and Kamouraska. Intendant Bégon gave him

Bégon* declared right and proper the seizure by Étienne Amiot de Lincourt, one of the guards of the Domaine d’Occident, of spirits smuggled by Jean Paradis, captain of the Généreuse

members have been more than once mistaken for one another. His career was uneventful. On 18 July 1726 Intendant Bégon granted him a commission as royal notary to practise in the area of the

Intendant Bégon* added to his titles that of sworn surveyor. Notaries are said to

held, and an ordinance from Intendant Begon* sentenced Duplessis to make restitution to the shareholders of the money he owed

outfit the king’s ship, the Héros, which carried the intendant, Bégon*, to Canada; this service failed, however, to gain

Bégon, and François-Étienne Cugnet. Moreover, quite soon Daine was financially able to improve

. 1727). In December 1720 an ordinance of the intendant, Michel Bégon, called for a new church and presbytery at Saint-Nicolas, in the seigneury of Lauzon, following the plans of Maillou, “builder of

and the intendant, Bégon, to the court. They recommended him for a captaincy but neither they nor the prince of Monaco were successful, although in 1726 the prince’s efforts were a factor in the

Bégon de La Picardière in 1711, she entered a family which had undergone an evolution similar to that of her own. Such family groups, veritable administrative clans, profited to the utmost

Bégon de La Picardière and became lieutenant general of the admiralty court of Quebec. We do not know when Gilbert Boucault arrived in New France. His brother, who had been in the colony

Bégon’s service as secretary and held this post until Bégon finally left for France in October 1726. Had he not given satisfaction, he certainly would not have kept his position for such a long time

. In 1716 Intendant Bégon granted him a commission as keeper of the seals, confirmed by the king

Bégon, “to work on the construction and refitting of the king’s canoes and boats, to oversee the conduct of the said works . . . , to select and cut the necessary trees” for

, Bégon*: “As the big lawsuit between the Saint-Ours and Blainville families has been settled with a marriage, it is advisable for the peace of the two families that the proceedings of this affair be

riddles. On 16 July 1698 Pontchartrain, minister of Marine, wrote to Bégon, the intendant at La Rochelle, that he was sending Father Anastase to him from Paris, to be chaplain of the

Charlotte-Françoise Juchereau]. Six years later, he acquired for Intendant Michel Bégon* the Grandpré fief, in the Notre

Intendant Bégon, maintaining that the disorders at the mission had originally been caused by the too frequent changing of the missionaries; therefore they requested the return of Gannenrontié (Father Lauzon’s