Birth: 1630 La Copechagniere, Diocese of Lucon, Poitou, France Baptism: Death: 25 Jun 1703 Beauport, Quebec, Canada Burial: 25 Jun 1703 Beauport, Quebec, Canada Father: Vincent (A) Vachon Mother: Sapience Rabeau
Spouse: Marguerite Langlois Marriage Date: 22 Oct 1653 Notre Dame de la Recouvrance, Quebec City, Quebec Children: 1. Paul Vachon 04 Nov 1656 2. Marguerite Vachon 01 Sep 1658 3. Vincent Vachon 15 Feb 1659/60 4. Louise Vachon 25 May 1662 5. Madeleine Vachon 13 Aug 1664 6. Marie-Charlotte Vachon 12 Sep 1666 7. Noël Vachon dit Pamerleau 13 Jan 1668/69 8. Pierre Vachon dit Desfourchettes 26 May 1671 9. Anne-Therese Vachon 23 Jul 1674 10. Marie-Francoise Vachon 1675 11. Marie Madeleine Vachon 08 Jan 1679/80 12. Guillaume Vachon 02 Dec 1682
Paul Vachon came over in 1650, other sources have him listed as coming over before 1646. He was also the first Seigneur of Beauce county in Quebec; which is located across the river from Quebec city.
In November 1657 Monseigneur Laval, Apostolic Vicar of Canada and seigneur of the hill of Beaupre and the Isle of Orleans named Paul Vachon "notary and financial agent over all these lands" as he already was for the fief Argentenay in the so called Isle D'Orleans.
Paul once signed his name as royal notary rather than "seigneurial" notary. He was rebuffed for being pretentious. Don't forget our ancestors liked to carry titles. The name Paul Vachon was found at the bottom of nearly all public acts and contracts in the region from 1646 to 1693.