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Paul Vachon was born abt 1630, son of Vincent Vachon and Sapience Rabot (her name has also been shown as Sapienne Vateau), at Copechagniere in Poitou, France.
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Around 1650 at the age of 20 Paul came to New France.
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October 22 1653 he married Marguerite Langlois, native born, daughter of Noel Langlois and Francois Grenier from the Quebec area. Marguerite was only 14 years old.
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In 1655 Robert Giffard gave him a concession of land in the borough of Fargy, seigniory of Beauport. In 1664 the concession was doubled. As Paul Vachon was involved in many occupations he had to hire a servant to help with the land. He had many talents. One was as a mason. He and Mathurin Roy were entrusted to construct vault and patients rooms at Hotel Dieu Quebec. He was also a tax prosecutor in the seingiories of Lirec and I'Ie de Orleans as well as the stronghold of Argentenay, secretary of Charles Lauzon, clerk of the seigniories of Beauport and Notre-Dame-de-Anges. Also in 1667, Mgr of Laval appointed him tax prosecutor and Notary in his seigniories of Beaupre and the I'le de Orleans. When he retired in 1693 he was still performing these duties.
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As part of his duties as Notary Paul Vachon had some dealings with the death of his Mother-in-Law Francoise Grenier.
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The following was discovered in researching Francoise.
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Paul Vachon, a notary who wrote alittle more than 1500 notaial documents himself. The Prevote de Quebec (the judicial body" on February 28, 1668 declared that the acts he wrote out side of his jurisdicition of Beauport and Notre-Dame-des-Anges were null. This appears to be a squabble with another notary, Becquet, over territorial rights. March 20, 1668 Vachon was forbidden to practice outside of his jurisdiction, and he paid a fine of 6 livres and had to turn over all the acts written outside of his area of practice. Because nullifying all of these acts penalized those who had used his services in good faith, on July 9 the acts were delared valid and returned to him. Amazing that in all the documentation that survives there is no mention of a "murder" of the mother-in-law of the Notary.
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