Jean Blouf
New France colonist, pioneer of Vercheres, Quebec, and familial patriarch.
Jean Blouf, or Plouf (1643, Paris – 15 April 1700, Montréal), was a pioneer of New France's Quebec. He was one of the colonists of New France in Verchères during 1672, when the lordship there was created under the Kingdom of France.
Youth
Jean Blouf's parents were Antoine Blouf (or Antoine Plouffe) from Abbeville (born 1615), and Geneviève Demest (or DeMetz), from Paris, where they were married 24 February 1641. It has been recognized Jean Blouf had already crossed to the New World in 1665 at the age of 22. He was thus the patriarch of the Blouf, or Plouffe family in the Americas, commonly Americanized to Ploof in the United States of America's northeast.
Voyage to the New World
Many of the French volunteers on the King's voyage to New France were neither persecuted nor poor, but common French Catholics. The voyage was seen as an adventure and opportunity for these young men, many of which were illiterate and of comfortable background but not noble family. Also, the King of France had offered benefits to go to New France. The Company of One Hundred Associates was created in Quebec's lordships then subdivided into concessions to immigrants. These immigrants were often engaged for a period of three years.
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