[5] The eleven children born of this union are baptized in Batiscan; they married at Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, except Gervais Veillet (in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade) and Jean-Baptiste (2nd marriage in Verchères).
[1] After growing up in Niort, in Poitou (France), Jean Veillet served as a soldier in the navy troops, later referred to as the "Compagnies franches de la marine".
[8] After his marriage in 1698, Jean Veillet settled around 1700 on a lot of land in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan (Quebec) with the status of "squatter".
His descendants continued to use the surname "Veillet" authentic, either the usual spelling; then as of the middle of the nineteenth century, Catholic priests generally adopted the scripture "Veillette" on the acts of baptisms.
It is a non-profit organization made up of the descendants of the couple Jean Veillet (1664–1741) and Catherine Lariou (1683-1756), as well as their related persons.