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First North American Pilons
There were only
three Pilon immigrants in 17th and
18th century North America. All arrived in Canada from France in the
17th century. They were;
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Jean
Pilon.
The first to arrive in Canada
but at what year is unknown. Jean was listed in the 1666 census as
living in the house of Jean Cusson at Cap-de-La-Madeleine near Trois Rivieres,
Quebec. Born in 1627 he was from Rouen, Normany in France. He is believed
to have never married and there are no
known descendants from him.
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Jean-Baptiste dit
LaFortune
Pilon.
Arrived in Canada sometime
before 1688. Born in 1653 in St. Eustache de Paris, France, he was
the son of Jean-Baptiste Pilon and Marie Roussel. He married in Canada
on March 1, 1688, in Repentigny, Quebec to Elizabeth Bertaut who was born
January 23, 1659 in Trois Rivieres, Quebec and was the daughter of Jacques
Bertault (Bretaut) and Gillette Bonne (Baune) who was twice widowed.
Jean-Baptiste and Elizabeth are
the ancestors of approximately 10-20% of all North American Pilons.
All of these Pilons descended through
their first child Mathurin, the only one of their five children that
survived;
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Mathurin born January 19, 1691. Had five
children.
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Ignace born February 28, 1693. Died at age ten.
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Pierre born April 10, 1695. Died at age four.
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Marie-Anne born February 23, 1695. Died one day
later.
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Marie-Genevieve born November 7, 1700. Died 4 days
later.
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Antoine
Pilon.
Arrived in Canada in 1687.
Son of Thomas, a butcher, and Madeleine Hugues of Epinette Street,
near the crossroads of St. Patrick, a suburb of Bayeaux in Normandy, France.
Born in 1660 he married by contract to Marie-Anne Brunet, daughter
of Mathieu and Marie Blanchard on January 20, 1689 in Montreal. Antoine
died in Pointe Claire, near Montreal, on February 22, 1715 at the age of
55. Antoine and Marie-Anne are the ancestors
of 80-90% of all North American
Pilons. They had 14 children;
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Jeanne born December 9, 1689. Had nine children.
Died ?
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Jean born 1691. Had eleven children. Died
in 1755.
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Pierre born March 2, 1691. Had 15 children. Died
?
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Antoine born March 11, 1695. Died at five
weeks.
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Elisabeth born April 29, 1696. Had three children.
Died ?
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Antoine born October 3, 1698. Died at one year.
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Mathieu born April 5, 1700. Had eleven children.
Died ?
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Thomas born April 28, 1702. Died in 1750
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Jacques born February 29, 1704. Died at 15
months.
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Marie-Madeleine (Louise) born August 20, 1705. Children
? Died ?
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Antoine born June 12, 1705. Had eight children.
Died ?
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Marie-Antoinette born March 30, 1709. Children ?
Died ?
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Jacques born ? Had five children. Died?
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Antoine was born
in
Bayeux (Department of Calvados), France.
His father Thomas, a butcher, was married under contract
in
Bayeux in 1662 to Madeleine Hugues/Ruault.
He rented land in
Arromanches, 10kms NE of Bayeux, but
was not born there. Neither Antoine or Thomas could read or write. Thomas's
parent's were Jean and Marie LeBret who may have been born ~1581-83.
American
Pilons
According to
Ellis Island Records
Pilons have immigrated directly to the United
States.
For the Period 1892-1924:
51 Pilons (exact spelling) immigrated. Most were from Italy,
the rest were from Canada, France, Holland, Cuba, the Dutch East Indies,
Belgium and Greece.
162 "Close Matches" of Pilon (a variety of Pilon type
spellings) immigrated. Plus,
171 "Alternate Spellings" of Pilon also immigrated. 61 of these are
spelled Pillon.
TOTAL: 384 Pilons of many various
spellings.
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