Mathurin Blet
M, b. circa 1690, d. circa 28 February 1742
Mathurin was born circa 1690 in Contrecoeur, Vercheres County, Quebec, Canada. He was the son of Jean Blet dit Gazaille and Jeanne Bouveau. Mathurin married Genevieve Besnier on 5 February 1719 in Sorel, St-Pierre-De Saurel, Quebec, Canada, at St-Pierre Church.1 Mathurin and Genevieve had childrfen: Marie Claire Therese [12/05/1718-4/08/1806][m. 11/23/1739 Jean Baptiste Pierre Joly dit Delbec], Marie Jeanne[5/08/1725-1/21/1799][m. 10/28/1744 Antoine Joly dit Delbec], Mathurin [4/23/1732-6/09/1808][m. 4/23/1759 Ursele Peloquin dit Felix] & Joseph [12/10/1740][m. 4/29/1765 Marie Louise Mandeville]. Mathurin departed this life in Sorel. He was buried there in the churchyard of St-Pierre on Wednesday, 28 February 1742.2