ALEXIS BISSONNET

Alexis, son of Jacques Bissonnet and Marguerite Collet was born on October 28, 1683 in Varennes, Quebec, Canada. On his baptismal record,  Jean Baptiste Fleuricour and Noelle Tyremont were designated as his Godparents.

     Alexis was married on January 1, 1713 to Genevieve Senecal at Ste. Anne de Varennes, Varennes, Quebec, Canada. Genevieve's parents were Nicolas Senecal and Marie Petit. Those witnessing the wedding were: Michel Messier, lord of St. Michel, Paul Petit, Jacques Bissonnet and Jacques Lussier.

     Alexis and Genevieve had 10 children: Alexis (died 1715 at 2 yrs of age), Joseph 1715-1761, Jean Baptiste 1717-1718, Alexis II 1719-1722, Jean Baptiste II 1721-1793, Augustin 1723-?, Michel 1725-1751, Alexis III 1728-?, Marie Josephine 1730-?, Marie Louise1732-1799, Francoise born before 1736-1752 and Marie Amable 1739-?,  My second generation ancestor was Jean Baptiste II.
      Alexis died on May 5, 1739 at Varennes just before his last child was born. Genevieve gave birth to her last child Marie Amable on May 17, 1739 and then  died 2 weeks later on June 3, 1739 leaving the 11 children without parents. At that time Jean Baptiste was 18 years old. However, he did have older siblings but mostly all men.