Napierville in Les Jardins-de-Napierville, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)
Jean-Baptiste Lukin N.P.
| — | Du rêve à l'exil — 1838 | — |
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
1. Jean-Baptiste Lukin N.P. Marker
Lorsqu’il épouse en secondes noces Herménégilde Matte (v.1810-1887) à L'Acadie, le 28 octobre 1833, Jean-Baptiste Lukin, notaire, était veuf de sa première épouse Henriette Decoigne (1812-1832), la soeur du Patriote Pierre-Théophile Decoigne (1808-1839) qui était lui aussi notaire. C'est vers cette époque Sue Jean-Baptiste s'installe à Napierville. Il est un descendant de Pierre Boucher de Grosbois (1622-1717), seigneur et fondateur de Boucherville et de François Hertel (1642-1722), « la terreur des anglais », anobli en 1716.
Jean-Baptiste est forcé de loger à sa maison 2 officiers et 11 soldats du régiment Glengarry au printemps de 1838 et ce, pendant presque 3 mois. Il est un sympathisant des Patriotes. Après la défaite d'Odelltown, le 9 novembre 1838, les troupes occupent sa maison et en font un poste de garde pendant que Jean-Baptiste est en prison au Pied-du-Courant. Il avait laissé sa maison sous les bons soins de sa servante Louise Amidano. En quittant la maison de Jean-Baptiste, les
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Dans sa réclamation de 1851, il justifie des pertes de 1027 livres (une somme énorme pour l'époque). Sa maison faisait 42 x 25 pieds, avec une cuisine à l'arrière, un étage, en bois équarri, sans fondation de pierres, lambrissée, une cheminée, recouverte de bardeaux, peinte à l'intérieur et complètement peinte à l'extérieur, divisée en 6 appartements, des lattes et plâtrée à l'intérieur, 9 fenêtres et 3 portes. Une partie de celle-ci a été bâtie 13 ou 14 années passées et le reste il y a 3 ans. Il a perdu 2000 minutes de son greffe. Il réclame aussi pour la perte des livres et papiers de la cour de Commissions et pour les livres qu'il conservait des terres de la tenure seigneuriale (free and common socage). Un témoin, François Picard, connaissait bien la maison et il considère que la maison valait 150 livres au moment où elle a été brûlée. L'étable, le hangar et la laiterie valaient 25 livres.
Lukin recevra 441 livres pour ses pertes.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
2. Jean-Baptiste Lukin N.P. Marker
The marker is beside the sidewalk, near the southwest corner of the house at this location today.
— From Dream to Exile — 1838 —
On this site stood the residence of Jean-Baptiste Lukin (1801-1852). You are on lot number 4 of L'Acadie Street.
When he remarried Herménégilde Matte (c.1810-1887) in L'Acadie on October 28, 1833, Jean-Baptiste Lukin, a notary, was a widower of his first wife Henriette Decoigne (1812-1832), the sister of the patriot Pierre-Théophile Decoigne (1808-1839), who was also a notary. It was around this time that Jean-Baptiste moved to Napierville. He is a descendant of Pierre Boucher de Grosbois (1622-1717), seigneur and founder of Boucherville, and François Hertel (1642-1722), “the terror of the English,” who was ennobled in 1716.
Jean-Baptiste was forced to house 2 officers and 11 soldiers of the Glengarry regiment in his home in the spring of 1838, for almost 3 months. He was a supporter of the patriots. After the defeat at Odelltown on November 9, 1838, the troops occupied his house and turned it into a guard post while Jean-Baptiste was in prison in Pied-du-Courant. He had left his house in the good care of his maid
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2024
3. Jean-Baptiste Lukin N.P. Marker
The house at this location today.
In his 1851 claim, he justified losses of 1,027 pounds (a huge sum for the time). His house was 42 by 25 feet, with a kitchen at the back, one floor, made of squared timber, without a stone foundation, paneled, with a fireplace, covered with shingles, painted inside and fully painted outside, divided into 6 apartments, with laths and plaster inside, 9 windows, and 3 doors. Part of it had been built 13 or 14 years ago and the rest 3 years ago. He lost 2,000 minutes of his registry. He also claims for the loss of the books and papers from the Court of Commissions and for the books he kept regarding the lands of the seigneurial tenure (free and common socage). A witness, François Picard, knew the house well and considered that the house was worth 150 livres at the time it was burned. The stable, the shed, and the dairy were worth 25 livres.
Lukin will receive 441 livres for his losses. He passed away in Napierville on September 16, 1852.
Erected by Municipalité de Napierville / Municipality of Napierville. (Marker Number 6.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical year for this entry is 1838.
Location. 45° 11.235′ N, 73° 24.274′ W. Marker is in Napierville, Québec, in Les Jardins-de-Napierville. It is on Rue de l'Église (Québec Route 219) just north of Rue Saint-Jacques ( Route 221), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 216 Rue de l'Église, Napierville QC J0J 1L0, Canada. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Canada. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony, the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and Rupert’s Land.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: C'est ici que fut proclamée la République du Bas-Canada (within shouting distance of this marker); Loop Odell (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); La Prison (about 120 meters away); Docteur C.-H.-O. Côté, m.d. (about 150 meters away); Palais de Justice et prison du comté de L'Acadie / Acadie County Court House and Goal (about 150 meters away); Napierville Historique (about 180 meters away); Magasin d'Allen Clark (about 180 meters away); La Chapelle-Presbytère (1825-1886) (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Napierville.
Also see . . . Lower Canada Rebellion (Wikipedia).
Excerpt: The Lower Canada Rebellion, commonly referred to as the Patriots' Rebellion in French, is the name given to the armed conflict in 1837–38 between rebels and the British colonial government of Lower Canada (now southern Quebec). Together with the simultaneous rebellion in the neighbouring colony of Upper Canada (now southern Ontario), it formed the Rebellions of 1837–38. As a result of the rebellions, the Province of Canada was created from the former Lower Canada and Upper Canada.(Submitted on November 6, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
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