Mathurin Gagnon"ChurchWarden Document"1662

Good Morning CW Members----1:30 AM)2016-7-10
This post is for following where am I few years ago with my ancestors family history, for those of you remember the last 2 post concerning this matter"Marriage Mathurin Gaignon/Francoise Gaudo"1646 &Concession of Land"Chateau Richer"Quebec 1650" I did't post anything since, now I have some time to continue sharing with you some of my more priceless piece of family archive( Documents and Photo's ).
Since the new colony's of France have not get official title till 1663, before that year official paper came directly from France, complete here with fews witness and official figures.
Baron Pierre Dubois Davaugour, was Governor of New France from 1661 to 1663, because of his very short office, document with is signature are extremely rare and he have so much problem already with Mohawk and Iroquois, most likely documents from this period was sign by Priests, Royal Notary and Jesuites.
From France, Louis XIV puts his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert in charge of reorganizing the administration of New France on March 16.
1663 - New France becomes a royal province under Louis XIV. The Sovereign Council is created to administer the colonies under the absolute authority of the King.
This post is for a document( 8 pages) to name Maturin Gagnon ChurchWarden of the Parrish of Château richer near Quebec City from September 1662.
On the side document we can read " Du Nom pour Louis,7 bre(Septembre) 1662, pour un ans", inside all the duty description of the ChurchWarden + signature of "Gardelle(Millice Officer), Jerome Lallemant(Jesuite) and Maturin Gagnon(Ancestor), from Pierre and Jean, brothers of, Mathurin was the more educated, he can read and write.
On the last page some others signatures are present"Envoyé pour le Roi"Giraud","Mauffet"Lo?e", Also at the bottom some note concerning the Governor, possibly for Augustin de Saffray de Mézy, arrived in new france in 1663.

Picture 4 , Jerome Lallemant from wikipedia

I have more time for the next 3 week to share a little more from my family history, since i am in vacation for 3 more week.
My apologies to take so long to following on this matter.

Thanks for Viewing.
Alan

----------------------ChurchWarden-Responsibilities of office-------------------

Churchwardens have a duty to represent the laity and co-operate with the incumbent (or, in cases of vacancy, the bishop). They are expected to lead the parishioners by setting a good example and encouraging unity and peace. They have a particular duty to maintain order and peace in the church and churchyard at all times, and especially during services, although this task tends to be devolved to sidesmen.

Churchwardens in some parts of the Anglican Communion are legally responsible for all the property and movable goods belonging to a parish church. They have a duty under ecclesiastical law to keep an up to date terrier of the property and an inventory of the valuables, and to produce these lists for inspection in case of a visitation or other inspection.

Incumbents tend to devolve day-to-day maintenance of church buildings and contents to their churchwardens. Whenever churchwardens spend money to pay tradespeople for repairs etc., the wardens have to record this in a logbook which is inspected along with the inventory.

If an incumbency is vacant, the bishop (or the Archdeacon acting on his or her behalf) will usually appoint the churchwardens as sequestrators of the parish until the bishop appoints a new incumbent. The sequestrators ensure that a minimum number of church services continues to be held in the parish, and in particular that the Eucharist continues to be celebrated every Sunday and on every Principal Feast. They tend do this by organising a regular rota of a few volunteer clergy from amongst either Non-Stipendiary Ministers from within that diocese or in some cases retired clergy living in or near the parish. The bishop will tend to consult the churchwardens before appointing a new priest to take over the parish.

Churchwardens' duties and responsibilities may vary according to the customs of the parish or congregation, the canons of the diocese to which the parish belongs, the desires of the priest, and the direction of the parish board and/or the congregation as a whole.

--Jérôme Lalemant(Paris, April 27, 1593 – Quebec City, January 26, 1673)--

Lalemant entered the Jesuit novitiate in Paris on 20 October 1610, after which he studied philosophy at Pont-à-Mousson (1612–15) and theology at the Collège de Clermont (1619–23). In the following interval, while he fulfilled his period of regency, he served as a prefect of the Jesuit boarding school at Verdun (1615–16) and teacher at the Collège in Amiens (1616–19). After finishing his study of theology he taught philosophy and the sciences at the Collège de Clermont (1623–26), and did his tertianship, a third probationary year of the Society of Jesus, at Rouen (1626–27), after which he was allowed to profess the fourth vow specific to the Society of Jesus.

Following the completion of his formation period, Lalement became the chaplain of the Collège de Clermont (1627–29) and head of the boarding school of this same college (1629–32), and then Rector of the college in Blois (1632–36). From 1636 to 1638 he was again at the Collège de Clermont, this time as chaplain. Few Jesuits had had as wide experience as Lalemant before he was allowed to go to Canada, an evidence of the high esteem in which he was held by his superiors.

Lalement was almost immediately made Superior for the mission to the Hurons, succeeding Jean de Brébeuf, and in 1639 founded Sainte-Marie-des-Hurons which was the central residence of the missionaries in the field. The mission was located just south of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron and near modern day Midland, Ontario.

From 1645 to 1650, Lalemant served as Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Canada.(His brother, Charles Lalemant, was the first Superior of Canada). This was during this period that all eight of the Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, known as the Canadian Martyrs were killed. His own nephew, Gabriel Lalemant and Jean de Brébeuf died together in 1649. In 1650, he venerated their remains in Quebec.

The Wyandot nation were little match for the Iroquois, who used their trade alliances with the Dutch to gain firearms. On June 16, 1649, the missionaries chose to burn Sainte-Marie rather than risk it being desecrated or permanently overrun by Iroquois in further attacks. Later in 1650, Lalemant went to France and taught at La Flèche college.Father Paul Ragueneau as Superior in Canada. On his return to Canada, he served under Ragueneau until 1656, when that priest returned to France. He served a second term as Canadian Provincial Superior from 1659 to 1665, at the urgings of Bishop François de Laval. He helped resettle Huron refugees near Québec, and continued to solidify the Jesuit mission in Canada and his writings give us verifiable information about the social, political, and religious life of Canada during that period.

Courtesy of : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Lalemant