the first child of this couple, a boy also named jean, was born in the fall of 1661 in the parish of la visitation de notre-dame (our lady of the visitation) located in château-richer. on april 10, 1662, a few months after the birth of this first child, jean houymet bought a plot of land measuring 2 arpents of frontage on the st lawrence river, on the northern portion of the isle of orleans. he settled there, with his family, in the parish of sainte-famille. jean and renée had nine children, of which three boys and a girl (jean, louis, pierre, and marguerite) later married and bore descendants.