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Jean Quenneville arrived in New France about 1672, and is 19 years old. He is the son of master tailor Pierre Quenneville and Jeanne Sacquespeée. On January 12 1674 he signed a marriage contract in front of Besset, the notary, with Denise Marié. She is 20 years old and the daughter of fencing master, Pierre Marié, of the parish of St-Paul and Jeanne Loret, of the parish of St. Sulpice, archbishop’s palace of Paris, France. Denise was born around 1654 in Paris. The following February they are married in Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal.
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Jean and Jeanne live in Montreal. He works as a tailor but as all colonists he is also a farmer.
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In the 1681 census Jean and his family are living in the stronghold of Verdun. The census also records that he has 2 acres of cleared land and a rifle.
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Jean Quenneville is a cantor in Notre Dame in Montreal. As of July 1681 he becomes usher seigneurial of Montreal, receiver of rights until 1682. Then jailor and caretaker of the prison until 1690. He also acted as temporary clerk and replaced the judge on three occasions between 1691 and 1695.
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Of their 11 children four sons marry and carry on the name.
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The pioneer Jean Quenneville died August 23, 1701 and was buried the same day. His wife remarried in 1704 to Jean Guilbert.
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