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Baptisée le 28-5-1708 à Montréal
Protestante

When back in Canada Noyon may have written a narrative about his 1688 westward journey which is mentioned in several documents, for while in New England he had learned to write. Within a few months of his return to the colony he borrowed over 100 livres from a new creditor, Jean-Baptiste Crevier Duvernay, and set out for Fort Pontchartain (Detroit) in a party of 64 engagés. Noyon apparently made a sincere effort to mend his ways, for by 1708 he had found more stable employment. He had become a sergeant – the highest non-commissioned rank in the colonial regular troops – in the company of Alphonse Tonty* with a net monthly salary of 15 livres 2 sols 5 deniers. This was insufficient, however, to placate his creditors and support a family. His total movable property in 1708 was less than 400 livres, and Marguerite had to rely on charity for assistance in raising her children. As a result the Noyons were declared separate as to property in July, and in August Marguerite bought a modest house and property in Boucherville. In 1719 she was able to visit her relatives in England.

The Noyons had at least 13 children between 1704 and 1726. The Danio families in Massachusetts today may trace their ancestry to Jacques-René de Noyon (spelt “Danio” in the registration of his parents’ marriage), eldest son of Jacques and Marguerite, who was sent to his grandparents in Deerfield in 1714.