Charles Moyne de Longueuil

Charles Moyne de Longueuil and of Châteauguay , born with Dieppe (Normandy) the August 2nd 1626 and deceased with Montreal in February 1685, was one of the outstanding colonists of Montreal, at the same time, interprets in Indian languages, officer, trader and lord.

Biography

Interpret at the Indians

Charles Moyne is the son of Pierre Moyne, landlord in France, and of Judith Of Chesne. He would have come in News-France thanks to his maternal uncle, the Adrien surgeon Of Chesne. It arrived in News-France at 15 years, in 1641. During four years, it was “Donné” of the Jésuites in Huronie and thus learned the Indian languages.

In 1645, he is interpreter, clerk and soldier with the garrison of Three-Rivers.

One of the first military chiefs of Montreal

In 1646, it is fixed definitively at City-Marie, which will become Montreal. It is, with Pierre Picoté de Belestre, one of the military chiefs of the small village of Montreal and engages of ceaseless skirmishes with the Indians Iroquois (of 1648 to 1666).

In January 1666, Moyne orders with Pierre Picoté de Belestre the inhabitants of City-Marie who are used as avant-garde with the forwarding of the governor Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle in country iroquois. With the autumn, it is with the head of the colonists of Montreal in the countryside against the S carried out by the general Lieutenant of Prouville de Tracy.

At the summer 1671, he is the interpreter of Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle during his forwarding to the Lake Ontario. He will then play an important diplomatic part between the News-France and the Indians (in particular in 1682-1683).

Lord and trader

In 1654, Charles Moyne receives Chomedey de Maisonneuve a concession of ground of 90 arpents, called since this time Point-Saint-Charles, and a site, street Saint-Paul, where it resided during 30 years.

In 1657, the family of Lauson granted a stronghold to him on southern bank of Montreal, cut with very the immense seigniory of Citière, increased in 1665 (Sainte-Hélène island and Ronde island).

In 1672, the titles of its seigniory of Longueuil are confirmed and increased. In 1673, it receives a concession with Châteauguay. In 1676, Moyne joins together all its strongholds under the name of Longueuil.

In 1679, with his/her brother-in-law and associated of trade, Jacques Ber, it acquires the stronghold Boisbriant called Senneville.

In 1682, it had been one of the shareholders of the Company of North.

In 1684, it buys the stronghold of the Island-Perrot.

At the summer, 1684, with the assistance of the father Jean de Lamberville, it saves the unhappy forwarding of the Bar against the Iroquois by leading the latter to negotiate peace.

He dies in February 1685 and will be buried in the crypt of the church Notre-Dame of Montreal. He was “the richest citizen of Montreal of his time” (according to biographi.ca).

Family and descent

Charles Moyne marries in City-Marie in May 1654 Catherine Thierry (1640-1690), adopted girl of Antoine Primot and Martine Messier. He had of them 2 girls and 12 wire, almost all famous, in particular:

Charles II Moyne, governor of Montreal (1656-1729)
Pierre Moyne d' Iberville (1661-1706), hero of News-France, founder of Louisiana.
Jean-Baptiste Moyne de Bienville (1680-1767), hero of News-France, founder of New-Orleans.

See too

Picoté de Belestre, friendly family whose destiny crosses that of Moyne.
List of the lords of Longueuil

External bonds

Biography in the biographical Dictionary of Canada in line
Moyne - Article on the family Moyne in the Catholic Encyclopedia

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