My daughter is doing a Biography of a famous person for her 3rd
grade class. She chose Jean Nicolet because he is her 11th great
grandgather. The information I see on the internet is
conflicting, different dates illegitimate or not etc. Does
anyone have any corrections to the timeline we put together?
1598 born to Thomas Nicolet and Marguerite Delamer 1618 to
Quebec was assigned that winter to live with the Algonquins on
Allumette Island in the Ottowa river 1620 Returned to Quebec and
made his report on the Algonquins then was sent to contact the
Nippisings 1620 1st european to cross lake Michigan, fox river
to an Indian village west of lake Winnebago, made a treaty, of
peace with the tribes 1628 Illegitimate? Daughter born mother:
Jeanne Nipissing (une sauvagesse de Nipissing, meaning "a
Nipissing Indian woman") Madeline or more specifically
Euphrosine Madeleine Nicolet 1629 July 19, Quebec fell to
England, he fled with his daughter to the safety of the Huron
country. He worked from there against English int