12 Facts About Zacharie Cloutier

Zacharie Cloutier settled in Beauport and founded one of the foremost families of Quebec.

Many sources state that Zacharie Cloutier was born about 1590 in the parish of Saint-Jean, Mortagne-au-Perche, France.

Several years later Zacharie Cloutier returned to Canada to help establish a new settlement at Beauport.

Zacharie Cloutier was one of the first Frenchmen recruited by Robert Giffard de Moncel to expand the colony of New France by settling the Beauport area near Quebec City.

Zacharie Cloutier arrived in 1634 and either arrived with or was followed by his family.

Zacharie Cloutier worked with fellow immigrant Jean Guyon du Buisson to construct Giffard's manor house and other colonial buildings.

In 1652 Zacharie Cloutier received a grant of land from Governor Jean de Lauzon in Chateau-Richer, Quebec.

The land on which Zacharie Cloutier lived in Beauport was known as La Clouterie.

Zacharie Cloutier is the common ancestor of the Cloutiers of North America, some with spelling variations.

Some descendants of Zacharie Cloutier who immigrated to the United States from Canada changed their surnames to Nailer in this respect.

Zacharie Cloutier" as referring to a person whose first name started with the letter N, when in context the "N.

In 1972, a house originally built and lived in by Zacharie Cloutier was reconstructed and named a provincial heritage site.