Lefebvre Timothée^[1]

1680 -

• Name	Lefebvre Timothée
  Birth	18 Dec 1680	Québec, Canada, New France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Notes	[[Category:Queen Anne's War]] [[Category: Pentagouët, Acadie]] == Biography == Timothée was born in 1680. He is the son of [[Lefebvre-125|Thomas Lefebvre]] and [[Pelletier-209|Geneviève Pelletier]]. Thimothée Lefebvre, son of Thomas Le Fabre & Geneviefue Peltier, was born on 18 Dec 1680 and baptized on 18 Dec 1680 in Quebec City, Québec (Quebec), Canada.'''Baptism''': "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G993-F9WF-1?cc=1321742&wc=HC63-DP8%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C19885701 : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1679-1692 > image 39 of 490; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal. (accessed 14 February 2025) Thimothée Lefebvre baptism on 18 Dec 1680 (born 18 Dec 1680), son of Thomas Le Fevbure & Geneviefue Peltier, in Quebec City, Québec (Quebec), Canada. '''Baptism''':"Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968" Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp {{Ancestry Sharing|27548156|7b22746f6b656e223a22643254727742786c5857654b4d7532494d6650622b44374f6168574d4c55427264396b6236744b33537a633d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} - {{Ancestry Record|1091|15045699}} (accessed 10 December 2024) Thimothée Lefebvre baptism on 18 Dec 1680 (born 18 Dec 1680), son of Thomas Le Fabre & Geneviefue Peltier, in Quebec City, Québec (Quebec), Canada. '''Baptism''':"Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968" Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp {{Ancestry Sharing|27548189|7b22746f6b656e223a22735750414a31356765796c4579414459694b675666384a336e6a33457141557837483369674f6c45654f453d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} - {{Ancestry Record|1091|30999200}} (accessed 10 December 2024) Thimotheé Lefebvre baptism on 18 Dec 1680, son of Thomas Le Febvre & Geneviefre Peltier, in Quebec City, Québec (Quebec), Canada. == Research Notes == :[[Lefebvre-2892| Timothée]], his brother [[Lefebvre-1099|Thomas]], and their father, [[Lefebvre-125|Thomas Lefebvre]], were captured by [[Church-233|Col Benjamin Church]] at their territory of Koessanouskek (or Kouesanouskek), situated between Meniekec (today Owl’s Head, opposite Rockland, Maine, on Penobscot Bay) and the St-George River. [seigneurie de Pentagouet (ou Grandchamp)]. Church took them with him when he raided Pentgouet. Church reports on the frontier-style interrogation of Timothee Lefebvre, who was pressed to lead Church to the French and Indian encampments nearby. "The captains of the long-boats took their captives to Colonel Church on Matinicus, and they were interogated separately, one after the other. Lefebvre pere, intractable and trying to escape, would reveal nothing . Then the colonel, to intimidate the sons, ordered the Indians to stage a torture scene in their own manner. Each of the sons was tied separately to a sturdy post and threatened with being burned. alive. Timothy, the first to be questioned~ was told.that his father had already:talked, so he.revealed all.that he claimed.to know. But his brother Thomas evidently knew more, and confessed that he had received a commission from Gov. Vaudreuil to direct, with other Canadians, a party of Indians in an incursion .against the British toward the west. He was in charge of food and munitions for this expedition. He con-sented to .. lead the invaders to .. the place where . the supplies were hidden, and also to guide them to French or Indian homes from the Penobscot River to the Passamaquoddy.":: — ''"Thomas Lefebvre et le fief Kouesanouskek"'' by Quebec Historian Honorius Provost (Translated by Shirley P. Barrett) recounts Timothée's role in some misadventures at Koessanouskek, bordering the St-George River, where French Acadia met New England.Honorius Provost, ptre. archiviste. Seminaire de Quebec. "Thomas Lefebvre et le fief Kouesanouskek" Includes sources and English translation by Shirley P. Barrett. (Privately printed. Pp. 40.) PDF file. (accessed 13 Feb. 2025) https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G003990.pdf "Being asked where they were? Answered at Passamequado; building a fort there. Being also asked, What number of Indians and French there were at Penobscot? He answered, There were several families, but they lived scattering. Asked him further, If he would pilot our forces thither? Answered, He would if the Commander would not let the savages roast him. Upon which the Colonel ordered him to be loosed from the stake, and took him by the hand, told him, He, would be as kind to him as his own father." :: — ''"The Entertaining History of King Philip's War"'', by Thomas Church, recounts Timothée's role in some misadventures at Koessanouskek, bordering New England, at the St-George River. Church, Thomas. "The entertaining history of King Philip's War, which began in the month of June, 1675. As also of expeditions more lately made against the common enemy, and Indian rebels, in the eastern parts of New-England: with some account of the Divine Providence towards Col. Benjamin Church: / By Thomas Church, Esq. his son." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N09706.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Pages 170-172. (Accessed February 14, 2025.) https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N09706.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext :Honorius Provost and Thomas Church have each noted, as we can as well, that after 1704 Timothée Lefebvre does not appear in any records of his birth family's marriages and baptisms. Moreover he is not even mentioned in the family's petition to restore its fiefdom, whereas his brothers are included. :One wonders whether Church took Timothee under his wing, anglicized his name a bit, and married him off in Boston. Seeking a connection between this [[Lefebvre-2892|Timothee Lefebvre]] and [[LeFevre-580|Timothy Lefevre]]. :See also the tale of [[Gyles-122|James Gyles (1675-1692]], who was captured by Madockowando, tortured, and burned at the stake at Pentagouet. == Sources == * Paroises Notre-Dame de Quebec. Registres photographies a la Basilique Que. ::Name Thimothée Lefebvre ::Gender homme (Male) ::Birth Date 18 Déc 1680 ::Baptism Date 18 Déc 1680 ::Baptism Place Quebec City, Québec, Canada ::Baptism Church Notre-Dame; Québec ::Place of Worship or Institution Notre-Dame ::Father Thomas Le Fabre [LeFebvre] ::Mother Geneviefue Peltier * '''Baptism''': "Quebec, Genealogical Dictionary of Canadian Families (Tanguay Collection), 1608-1890" Volume: Vol. 1 Sect. 2 : Hem-Zap; Page: 366 {{Ancestry Sharing|27548246|7b22746f6b656e223a22304e3657646c506e7155434f2b594d6243786d2f327050674d784f57414c547975767772456959743258633d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d}} - {{Ancestry Record|2177|99330}} (accessed 10 December 2024) Timothée Lefebvre baptism on 18 Dec 1680, child of Thomas Lefebvre & Geneviève Peltier, in Québec.
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  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Lefebvre Thomas,   b. 16 Mar 1645, Rouen, Normandie, France d. Bef 1715, Acadie, Nouvelle-France (Age < 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Pelletier Geneviève,   b. 06 Apr 1646, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France d. 16 Dec 1717, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F27422	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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