Pierre Richer came to New-France with more than 1,200 soldiers from the Carignan-Salière Regiment, who had been requested to King Louis XIV in order to fight the Iroquois.

He arrived in Québec city on August 18, 1665 onboard the ship "l'Aigle d'or" (Golden Eagle) as a soldier of captain Grandfontaine's company. L'Aigle d'Or was an old and decrepit (worm-eaten hull) royal ship. It sailed on May 13, 1665 from La Rochelle with the four companies La Colonelle, La Frediere, Grandfontaine, Lamotte and the Marquis de Salieres, colonel of the Regiment. It landed at Québec during the third week of August, after about 95 days at sea.The Paix and Aigle d'Or sailed together.

Nicolas Audet dit LaPointe
Nicolas Audet dit LaPointe

property on May 17th, 1727.
From: Michel Langlois, Carignan-Salière 1665-1668, (page 453).

Family of Pierre Richer and Dorothé Brassard. Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Canadiennes, Tanguay, Cyprien

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