Here is the story...

First a long story about Katherine AKA Marie Françoise. STEVENS, some of you surely remember the context of the times, the late 1680s.

This was a period when Indian Raids occurred in the British American Colonies. The Indians were allied with the French colonists or Canadians in Quebec.

The Captives from these raids were brought to Quebec and, ransomed from the Indians by French Bourgoisie. It seems that those English Captives might then have become endentured servants to their 'rescuers'. Their first names were changed on conversion to the Catholic Church and, over time, many lost their original English names ie TALARD from TAYLOR because of the way it sounded to many people who were illiterate.

In a nutshell, by her wedding to Jacques François PAQUET, on August 1, 1697 in Quebec, Katherine is related to his ancestors, the TAYLORS.

The Taylors could have had the same fate as captives...


Best,

Robert