Pierre Paradis - Jacques Paradis - Circa 1599

Jacques Paradis - Circa 1599
Apparently the "first" Paradis in Mortagne-au-Perche survived the Wars of Religion. It is understood that this "first" Paradis had sons, one of whom was named Jacques, born in 1574 in France. He was a Coutelier. Repotedly, records show that this Jacques Paradis lived in Mortagne-au-Perche, in the parish of Notre-Dame, from about 1602 through 1612. In 1616 he was the owner of a cutlery making shop in Loisé, on the outskirts of Mortagne-au-Perche, in the parish of Saint-Germain-de-Loyse. On July 10 of the same year, Jacques signed a 3 year lease with the Cobbler Louis Girard, for a living room with storage loft above the chamber where the lessor is residing, with a shop off to one side for the lessor.
Jacques Paradis married Micelle Pellé, circa 1599, in Mortangne-au-Perche. They had seven children; one of who was the Pierre Paradis who eventually immigrated to New-France, and who in this write-up is designated as Canadian generation number one, our first ancestor in Canada.
The seven children of Jacques and Michelle, all of whom were baptized in the parish of Notre-Dame in Mortagne-au-Perche, are as follows: Jacques baptized on 04 March 1600, Guillaume (or Guilliam) on 20 July 1602, Pierre on 20 July 1604 (born that same day), Jeanne on 15 October 1606, Florian on 26 June 1612, and, probably, Mary (buried on August 12, 1644) and Marguerite.