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is divided into two parts. PART ONE is a condensed version of the 
line of Descendancy.
PART 2 is much more detailed description of each Generation showing many of the 
Generation One: Zacharie Cloutier I and Xainte Dupont
Generation Three: Rene Cloutier and Marie-Elizabeth Leblanc
Generation Four: Joseph Cloutier and Mie-Therese Boiry
Generation Five: Michel-Pierre Cloutier and Mie-Angelique Thibault and Catherine PaquetGeneration Six: Pierre Cloutier and Felicite Tremblay
Generation Seven: Jean Francois Cloutier and Charlotte SaloisGeneration Eight: Joseph Cloutier ( Clutchey) and Mary Jane Gerow
Generation Nine: David Clutchey I and Cassie SteeleGeneration Ten: David Clutchey II and Elizabeth Dawson Breen
Generation Eleven: David Clutchey III and Lynda Holzer
Not a great a deal is known of Denis and Rene the parents of Zacharie Cloutier who came to Canada and is the patriarch of all Cloutiers, Clutcheys, Clucheys and many Clukeys and Clukys
Denis and Rene had at least nine children of whom Zacharie was the oldest. Rene died in 1608 and was buried in the parish of St.- Jean de Mortagne May 1st of that year. Denis remarried on the 3rd of November 1608 to Jeanne Rahir Gauthier and four additional children were born. Leonard in 1609, Denis in 1612 and twins Pierre and Michelle in 1613. Denis Cloutier Sr. had a brother Raoullin who married Martine Laigneau.
Zacharie the oldest child of Denis and Rene whose line is listed below was followed by< /p>
Jacques born in 1601. He was married three times. His first marriage to Marie produced six children. His second marriage to Anne Pinguet in 1643 resulted in one child and two children were born from his third marriage to Marie Cornu in 1646.
No other members of the Cloutier family came to Canada except those family members of Zacharie whose line is noted below.
Zacharie Cloutier was born around 1590 at Mortagne au Perche France. On July 18,1616 he married Xainte Dupont. the family emigrated to Canada in 1634. They had five children of whom Zacharie II, the first child is our direct ancestor. Zacharie I died Sept. 17th 1677 age 87. Both Zacharie and Xainte are buried in Chateau Richer, Quebec.
| To the right is a copy of the marriage certificate of Zacharie Cloutier and Xainte Dupont. The copy certified by the mayor of Mortagne Sept 20 199 ( see far right ) was obtained by Duane and Pat Huckell and sent to Dave Clutchey |  |
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Born in France and baptized on the 16th of August, 1617 at Mortagne au Perche,
Baptized in Mortagne au Perche on the 13th of May in 1620 he married Marie Martin the daughter of Abraham Martin also known as the 'Scotchman" on the 21st of January 1648. Abraham Martin's wife was Marguerite Langlois. { An interesting historical note is that the battle between the English forces ( Wolfe ) and the French army (Montcalm) for control of Quebec, was fought on the former farmland of Abraham Martin and the site is now known as "The Plains of Abraham". Jean and Marguerite had 14 children ten of whom married. Like his grandfather he was a carpenter. Jean died in 1690 and Marguerite in 1699. Both are buried at Chateau Richer on the shores of the St. Lawrence river.
Abrahm Martin "L'Ecossais", the father-in-law of Jean Cloutier was a remarkable man in his own right, A contemporary of Zachary I, he was also a river boat pilot on the St. Lawrence.
In the archives of the 'Dames Ursulines" are the titles of the two farms he owned. The historical status of the Abraham farms did not take place until long after his death. It was on the 12th of September 1759 that Wolfe scaled the ramparts to the farms of Abrahm Martin and met Montcalm on the battlefield that later became known as the 'Plains of Abraham".
Sainte was born in France and baptized on the first of November 1622 in Mortagne. She died at the age of ten years.
While the exact date of birth of Anne in France is in question (Jan 26 1626 according to La Clouterie volume III no.3). J. Roger Cloutier records in his book "Histoire des Cloutiers ", that she was baptized January 19 1626. Nevertheless the story of Anne is on the one hand historical and on the other tragic. Her father Zachary I wanting to ensure the future for his daughter arranged for her marriage to Robert Drouin. This was unusual for two reasons: First the marriage contract with Robert Drouin was the first of its kind in Canada, and second Anne was only ten and a half years old at the time.
Anne's time of childhood and its attendant freedoms and happiness was short lived. The marriage sacrament was drawn up on July 27th with the intention that the sacrament would not take place until a year later. The religious ceremony took place when Anne was eleven but Robert had to contend himself with non conjugal visits for two more years. Robert Drouin was 28 years old at the time of marriage. The contract also stipulate that the couple must spend the first three years of their marriage in the home of Zacharie and Sainte
The first of Anne's six children was born when she was fifteen years old. Three of the six children died. Anne herself died at the age of 21 on the 4th of February 1648. Robert remarried a widow Marie Chapelier in 1649 and the couple had eight other children. Robert died June 1 1685 in Chateau Richer.
Baptized on the 3rd of May in Mortagne, France, Charles married Louise Morin daughter of Noel Morin and Helen Desportes on the 20th of April 1659. they had thirteen children, nine of whom married. Charles a carpenter like his father died the fifth of June 1709. Louise lived until 1713. they are both buried in Chateau Richer.
Baptized the 18th of March 1632 in Mortagne, Louise had a remarkable life. She was married three times. Her first husband Francois Marguerie was one of the first courieur de bois. The marriage lasted three years until Francois drowned near Three Rivers Quebec. there were no children. Louise's second marriage to a former soldier Jean Mignault produced thirteen children. Her last marriage was to a widow Jean Mataut. Louise died on the 22nd of January 1699. She is buried in Chateau Richer.
Zacharie II, born Aug 16, 1617, at St. Jean de Mortagne au Perche France, narried Madeleine Esmert (Emard) (Esmard) . At the age of 17 he emigrated with his family (headed by Zacharie I) to Canada. Originally scheduled to journey to New France as the only membr of the family to accompany his father, those plans were changed when it was decided the entire family would emigrate from France.
After eleven years in New France Zacharie II returned to France with Olivier Le Tardiff who was theassistant general to the Company of 100 Associates. While in the port of La rochelle he met and married Madeleine (Magdalene) Emard His marriage to Madeleine produced eight children, one of whom, Rene is our direct ancestor. Zacharie died February 3rd 1708, at the age of 91. Madeleine died May 28th of the same year.
Barbe was married twice. In 1663 at the age of 13 she married Charles Belanger the union producing nine children. After a 31 year marriage to Charles, Barbe married Noel Gaganon in 1705. Barbe died in 1711 at the age of 61. She is buried in Chateau Richer.
Born January 20th 1653, at Chateau Richer she was named after her grandmother Xainte Dupont wife of Zacharie I. She was married twice and gave bith to eight children, six with her first husband Nicholas Goulet and two by her second husband, Nicholas Thibaut. After Xainte's death Nicholas thibaut married twice more fathering a total of 16 children. If one includes Xainte's marriage from her first husband, she and Thibaut had 22 children between them. Xainte died in 1706 at St. Pierre on the Island of Orleans near Quebec City.
Genevieve was baptized January 22 1655. She married Joseph Guignon (Guyon) Sieur DuBuisson son of Jean Guyon and Elisabeth Couillard on the 29th of january 1764. There were ten children. Genevieve died at Varennes February 19th 1725.
She was baptized May 31 1657 at Chateau Richer. Her first marriage in 1676 to Pierre Gravel son of Masse Gravel and Marguerite Tavernier ended a year later with the death (murder?) of Pierre two months after the birth of their only child, Augustin. Two years later Madeleine married Jean Bouchard dit Dorval, son of Claude Bouchard and Marguerite Benard. They had nine children. Madeleine died in 1721 at St. Pierre d'Orleans.
Marie was baptized at Chateau Richer in 1659,and married in the same place to Jean Gravelle the brother of Pierre Gravelle (above) in 1679. The couple had four children.
Charles was born Nov. 11,1662 and the next day was baptized in Chateau Richer. He married Anne Thibault daughter of Guillaume Thibault and Marie-Madeleine Francois, in Chateau Richer. They had 13 children. Charles died 3rd December 1729 and is buried in Chateau Richer.
Pierre was the last of the children of the children of Zacharie II and Madeleine Emard. He was baptized at Chateau Richer April 5 1666. On November 25 1687 he married Charlotte Guignon, grand'daughter of Jean Guignon (Guyon) " the stone mason of Mortagne". The story of Pierre and Charlotte is replete with sadness. Only three of their 13 children reached adulthood. Louis was the only son to marry. He and his wife, (name unknown) had nine children. Their second son to reach maturity, Alexander, became a parish priest at St. Francoise de L'Isle d'Orleans. Their daughter also entered religious life with the Ursulines Order of Quebec, ( Mother St-Monique).
Rene was born at Chateau Richer Quebec, on Feb 24th 1651. On Nov. 13th 1672, Rene married Marie Elizabeth Leblanc (unknown birth and death dates). They had eleven children of whom Joseph, the eighth child, is our direct ancestor. Rene died at Chateau Richer.
Rene's wife Marie Elizabeth was the fifth of eight children born to Leonard Leblanc and Marie Riton. The Leblancs came to Canada in 1650 from Blessac in the arrondissement of Aubusson in the diocese of Limoges.
Born about 1674 in Beauport she married Richard Maret dit Lepine, son of Jacques Maret and Marie Paget. Richard died in 1708 and Marie remarried Jean Baptiste Faye in 1709. Seven of her eleven children were form her first marriage.
Baptized the 118th of August 1676 in Chateau Richer, she married Eustache Fortin, son of Julien Fortin and Genevieve Gamache, on the 25th of May at the church of Saint Ignace du Cap-St. Ignace. The couple had eleven children.
Born the 4th of September he was baptized on the 9th, at Quebec. He married Marie-Anne Thibault daughter of Francois Thibault and Elizabeth-Agnes Lefebvre,Dec. 1st 1703, in Cap.St. Ignace. He is buried at the church of Notre Dame de Bonsecours in L'Iislet, the 10th of May 1733. Lois and Marie-Anne had 12 children.
Born on the 5th of February 1681 at L'Islet, Jean was baptized on the 10th of the same month in the church of Cap St. Ignace. He married Marie-Anne Gerbert daughter of Jacques Gerbert and Marie Pelletier.on teh 26th of April 1706 at Cap St. Ignace. He was buried in Notre DAme de Bonsecours church in L'Islet Sept. 6 1756. The couple had at least 15 children of whom 12 married.
The 31st of December 1682 was the birthdate of Rene Cloutier and Mie Elizabeth Leblanc's fifth child . He was baptized in the parish church of St. Ignace, on the 3rd of January. He married Marie-Anne Pelletier daughter of Jean Pelletier and Marie-Anne Huot on the 6th of November 1713 at Riviere-Ouelle. (The official name of the parish is Notre-Dame-de-Liesse-de-la-Riviere-Ouelle). Guillaume died in 1731 and was buried in L'Islet. The couple had seven children.
Born on the 17th of May, 1686,she was sbaptized on trhe 3rd of June in the church at Cap St. Ignace.She married Alexis Gagne, sieurde la Fresnaye, son of Lois Gagne and Loise Picard. They were married in L'Islet on the 24th of April 1702 and had 12 children. She was buried at the church of Cap St. Ignace on the 2nd of October 1746
Twin sister of our direct ancestor Joseph, (below), Genevieve and Joseph were born in 1689 and baptized on the 14th of February of that year in the church at Cap. St. Ignace. She married Francois Belanger seigneur de Bonsecours, son of Louis Belanger and Marguerite Lefrancois on the 16th of Novemberin L'Islet. They had 12 children including twins, Francois and Jean Baptiste. On the death of her husband Genevieve became the Seigneuresse de Bonsecours. She died in 1759.
See below Joseph was our direct ancestor.
He married Marie Agathe Dufaye in 1711. No other information is known.
He married Marie Josephe Doyon. No other information is known.
Exact birth and death dates unknown, he was baptizd on the 4th of February 1689 in the parish of Notre Dame de Bonsecours in L'Islet. It was thought that Joseph and his twin sister Genevieve were the last of a family of eight children, however J. Roger Cloutier has identified the two additional children, Jacques and Rene as noted above. A marriage contract was signed before a notary on the 27th of July 1719 with Mie-Therese Boiry dit Compairon daughter of Jean Compairon and Marie Galbrun. the couple were married in Notre Dame de Bonsecours church at L'Islet, Quebec, on August 3rd 1719. Marie Therese was born at Riviere-Ouelle the 2nd of April 1697 the sixth of eight children. Joseph died in 1737 and was buried on the 18th of November in the church in which he was married. Mie-Therese lived until the 10th of February and was buried in the same place. The couple had nine children their son Michel- Pierre, being our direct ancestor.
( Histoire des Cloutier by J. Roger Cloutier 1995 p.37]Baptized the 4th. of Feb. 1721 at L'Islet. He married Marie Anne Aimee Fournier, daughter of Louis Fournier and Marie Caron, 22nd. Nov. 1740 at L'Islet. The couple had at least two children. He died and was buried 19th. of March 1749 at L'Islet.
Born December 18th 1727, and baptized Dec 22 of the same year, in L'Islet, Marie married Charles Francois Thibault son of Jean Francois Thibault and Marie Angelique Prou. The marriage on the 16th of November 1750, also took place in L'Islet. We have no further information of this family.
Simon was born on the 24th of May 1732 and baptized the next day. No other information is known of this child.
Michel Pierre is our direct ancestor and details of he and his family follow below.
The only information we have on Charles is his birthdate, June 4th 1733.
April 21 1736 was the birthdate of Basile. His wife Marie Angelique Janot was the daughter of d'Etienne Janot and Marie Josephe Gagnon and the marriage took place at L'Islet on the 22nd of October 1753 at L'Islet. They had one son, Basile. Basile Joseph was buried in the church of Notre Dame de Bonsecours in L'Islet on the 19th of May 1761.
Nothing is known of Marie.
While we have no information to support the theory it seems probable that Joseph Cloutier was a farmer and that he and most of his children lived in L'Islet for most of their lives.
Michel-Pierre Cloutier married Mie-Angelique Thibault at L'Islet on January 9th 1753. The couple had nine children. He later married Catherine Paquet on August 8th 1767. There were two children from this second marriage one of whom was Pierre Cloutier our direct ancestor.
Born in L'Islet May 9 1754 Joseph is the ancestor of J. Roger Cloutier of McMasterville Quebec, a major contributor to the information in this summary. Joseph was the half brother to Michel Cloutier ancestor to David Clutchey originator of this Website.
After the death of his first wife, Michel Pierre married Catherine Paquet on the 8th of August 1767. There were two children from this marriage one of whom was Pierre Cloutier our direct ancestor as noted below.
We again would like to acknowledge the work of J. Roger Cloutier which has enabled us to compile much of the preceding information.
Little is known as to when or why Pierre Cloutier ended up in Les Eboulements since it seems his father Michel Pierre lived all of his life in L'Islet. None the less it was here he married.
On October 31st 1791, Pierre married Felicite Tremblay at Les Eboulements. They had fourteen children, of whom the sixth child Jean Francois is our direct ancestor. Pierre died in Louisville.
Anctil Tremblay writing of "The Great Families" GCS Volume 2 p50 illstrates a vital link tying in the family of Jean Francois Cloutier to the lineage begun by the patriarch Zachary Cloutier. He identifies the family of Pierre Cloutier son of Michel Cloutier and Catherine Paquet and Felicite Tremblay daughter of Louise Tremblay and Ursule Simard as being the following.
An inexplicable absence from this list of Cloutier children is PAUL CLOUTIER. We know he existed because the record of marriages From St. Michel church in Yamaska Quebec show he was married on the 10th of January 1826 to Therese Salois sister of Charlotte Salois who married Jean Francois Cloutier our Great Grandfather.
Jean Francois was born February 7th., 1801 at Les Eboulements. On February 6th he married Charlotte Salois at St. Michelle d'Yamaska Quebec. They had eight known children of whom the fifth child Joseph is our direct ancestor. About 1857 Jean Francois moved, for reasons unkown, from Iberville Quebec to Borelia (near Port Perry) Ontario. He died and is buried at Borelia. It was while the family was growing up in Ontario the name CLOUTIER became changed to CLUTCHEY.
The children of Jean Francois and Charlotte Salois are the following :
Joseph was born February 26th in Iberville Quebec. On May 8th 1864 at St. Joseph's church in Beaverton, Ontario Canada, he married Mary Jane Gerow (born May 6th 1847 died August 14th 1918). They had fourteen children, the twelfth child David Clutchey Sr. being my father. Joseph and Mary Jane are both buried in St. Andrew's cemetery in Brechin, Ontario.
The children of Joseph (Cloutier) Clutchey were as follows:
David was born Oct 22, 1886, in Brechin, Ontario. He married Cassie Steele on December 8th 1911 in Haileybury, Ontario. They had five children. Their fourth child David Clutchey II. being the creator of this Home Page. David Sr. died August 7th 1957 in Timmins, Ontario and is buried in the catholic cemetery in Timmins. Cassie died in Fergus Ontario in May 1990 and is buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Guelph, Ontario.
The creator of this Home Page and author of the Genealogy book entitled "Families In Transition" the history of the Cloutier-Clutchey-Cluchey families. Born in Timmins Ontario July 11 1928, David married Elizabeth Dawson Breen on August 20th 1955. They have two children David III and Dana and four grandchildren Marissa Danielle, Sara Elizabeth, and Craig Kenneth David Fatt children of Dana and Larry Fatt. Grandaughter Jessica Noel Clutchey is the daughter of David III and Lynda (Holzer) Clutchey.
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