Jacques Archambault

Jacques Archambault (c. 1604 – February 15, 1688) was a French colonist in Montreal. He was born in Dompierre-sur-Mer, where he was baptized.

Plaque on the location of the first well dug on the island of Montréal by Jacques Archambault.

Archambault married (around 1629) Françoise Tourault which from 1630 to 1644, had 2 sons and 5 daughters (which one died to infancy).^[1] All Archambaults (and descendants) now living in North America are his descendants, as no other Archambault ever emigrated from France.^[2]

A plate in the back of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Montreal commemorates his digging the first water well, near what is now known as Place-d'Armes, on October 11, 1658, upon request by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve.

List of children

Madeleine Archambault ou Aubry (1621–?);
Denis Archambault (1630–1651);
Anne Archambault (1631–1699);
Jacquette-Françoise Archambault (1632–1700);
N.N. Archambault (1634–?);
Marie Archambault (1636–1719);
Marie-Anne Archambault (1638–1685);
Louise Archambault (1640–1640);
and Laurent Archambault (1642–1730).^[3]

Notes

^ "Jacques Archambault, the first well digger of Ville-Marie". lesarchambaultdamerique.com. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
^ Les Archambault d'Amérique - Qui sommes-nous?
^ "Jacques Archambault".

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[1] "Jacques Archambault, the first well digger of Ville-Marie". lesarchambaultdamerique.com. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2024-05-28.

[2] Les Archambault d'Amérique - Qui sommes-nous?

[3] "Jacques Archambault".

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