Pierre Bolduc, with awesome mustache, (1607 – 1670) 9th – 11th great grandfather to all of us from the Beach Side of the family. He had connections to Louis the XIV and had received a land grant from him. Pierre was a Master Apothecary in Paris where this portrait resides. His son Louis Boulduc (1648–1700?) War name – “Bosleduc!” was a French soldier from 1665 to 1668 and settler of New France. He served in the Carignan-Salières Regiment and helped build new forts along the Richelieu River, the principal route of the Iroquois marauders.
Louis Boulduc was one of at least five children. His father was Pierre Boulduc and his mother was Gillette Pijart. Louis had at least four brothers, Simon who was an apothecary in Paris; Pierre who was procurator in “Le Chatelet”; Gilles who was an Augustinian monk; and Jacques who was an Augustinian monk. He was sent to Quebec as a member of the Carignan-Salières Regiment in 1665 (age 17 and assumed the “war name” of “Bosleduc”), and remained behind to settle in Charlesbourg, when the regiment left. Louis married Elizabeth Hubert (1651–1701?) on August 20, 1668 in Quebec, Canada. He later was recalled to France after what I would call “intrigue” and “shenanigans” You can read more about it here.