Jacques Archambault

Jacques Archambault (c. 1604 – February 15, 1688) was a French colonist in Montreal.

Archambault married (around 1629) Françoise Tourault which from 1630 to 1644, had 2 sons and 5 daughters (which one died to infancy).

[1] All Archambaults (and descendants) now living in North America are his descendants, as no other Archambault ever emigrated from France.

[2] A plate in the back of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Montreal commemorates his digging the first water well, near what is now known as Place-d'Armes, on October 11, 1658, upon request by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve.

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Plaque to Jacques Archambault, Church of Dompierre-sur-Mer .
Plaque on the location of the first well dug on the island of Montréal by Jacques Archambault.