Denys ARCHAMBAULT

1630 - 1651  (~ 20 years)

• Baptism	12 Sep 1630	Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, FRANCE   [1]
  Death	26 Jul 1651	Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA   [1]
  	According to the historian Faillon, he was one of the brave men, who on May 6, 1651, risked their lives to help Catherine Mercier, wife of Jean Boudard. The latter was killed; the poor wife was kidnapped by the Iroquois and tortured at an unknown location. The same year, on Sainte-Anne’s Day, 200 Iroquois attacked Ville-Marie, particularly the hospital. Lambert Closse and his men continued this desperate struggle throughout the whole day. The attackers lost a lot of men. Denys Archambault, while lighting a cannon for the third time, “was killed by an explosion from this weapon which shattered and killed a lot of the enemy”. The hero Archambault was buried the same day.

  
  

  Father	Jacques ARCHAMBAULT,   c. 1604, Department de la Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, FRANCE d. 1688, Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Francoise TOUREAU,   c. 1600, Dompierre-sur-Charente, Charente Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, FRANCE d. 1663, Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA (Age ~ 63 years)
  Family ID	F5537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Baptism - 12 Sep 1630 - Dompierre-sur-Mer, Charente Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, FRANCE Death - 26 Jul 1651 - Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S968] Laforest, Thomas J., Our French Canadian Ancesters, 968.