Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay
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Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay, (b. August 2, 1626 – d. February, 1685), as many people of his time, had a variety of occupations. Born in Normandy, France he came to New France in 1641. His first four years were spent in Huron country with the Jesuits where he learned Indian languages. By 1645 he was posted to the Trois-Rivières garrison as an interpreter, a clerk, and a soldier.In 1646 he moved to Ville-Marie (Montreal) where he spent the remainder of his career and his life.
Le Moyne's career was high-lighted by various Indian skirmishes the most noteworthy of which may have been an ill-fated expedition to Iroquois country in 1666 ordered by Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle
During his career he received awards and honors involving money and land grants. He had two seigneurial titles conferred on him along with additional lands; in 1672 Governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac and Intendant of New France, Jean Talon confirmed the seigneury title of Longueuil. The following year Frontenac granted him a seigneury at Châteauguay. His eldest son, Charles, was given the Longueuil fief in 1684.
He had two daughters and twelve sons, almost all of them achieved some level of fame; the most famous being Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville.
[edit] External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Le Moyne - Article on the family from the Catholic Encyclopedia
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