Lisa Stanley
Grégoire and Jeanne (Lebranchu) Têtu
Grégoire Têtu:
Born: January 13, 1701
Place: Yvignac
Yvignac-la-Tour, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of the region in Brittany in northwestern France.
Died :October 10, 1746
Parents: Georges and Perrine (nee Legault) Tetu
Anne dit Jeanne Lebranchu:
Born: January 29 1710
Place: Yvignac, Côtes d'Armor, France
Died: January 12, 1768
Parents: Pierre and Anne (nee Maillard) Lebranchu
Grandparents: Francois Maillard, Olivier Le Branchu
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Gregoire Têtu married Jeanne Lebranchu on February 10, 1729 in Yvignac-la-Tour (St-Aubin).
Gregoire was 28 and Jeanne was 19. Together they had 5 children:
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Fèlix-Julien Têtu born 1729 and died 1813
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Olive born 1732
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Joseph born 1735
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Anne born 1740
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Mathurinne born 1744 and died in 1744
Eglise Saint Malo
Saint Malo Church is the Roman Catholic Church our Yvignac ancestors attended. They were baptized, married, and buried through this church. Most of the early information about our early ancestors comes from carefully kept church-signed certificates and records.
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Here are some unique details about this church:
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The current parish church, Eglise Saint Malo, was built in late 11th – early 12th centuries.
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It was once part of the fiefdom of the Ivignac Family.
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The church’s canted circular bell-tower is one of the church’s key architectural features and is the reason they have changed the name of the town to Yvignac la Tour
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According to a local tradition, the church once belonged to the Knights Templar
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Jacques Cartier's tomb is located in the church
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https://www.travelfranceonline.com/eglise-saint-malo-ivignac-la-tour/
Guillaume le Testu de la Havre II - Son of Girard le Testu - grandson of Guillaume le Testu I ("Têtu")
Girard le Testu, had a son that also became a pilot from Le Havre. He was named after his grandfather, Guillaume le Testu. While not much is known about his early life, he appears in ship and port records off the shores of Newfoundland about 1601, in command of the Fluer de Lys. There are several ship records that indicates that He came to Quebec and the Atlantic coast from Le Havre, in 1608, 1610, 1611, and he was successively captain of the Fleur de Lys, the Trinité and the Nativité. In 1608, he makes a voyage to New France to aid Samuel de Champlain, in the settlement of Quebec.
http://bbprivateer.ca/book/export/html/157
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