I, undersigned as Sequenot, pastor of this Parish, and wanting to certify to whom it may concern, that Jaque Poissan dit La Saline and Daniel Fore dit
Laprairie, the first one, son of the late Jaque Poissan and Isabelle Magos, his father and mother that come from Marennes, the episcopate of Xaintes,
and the second one, son of the late Isaac Fore and Ann Tibau, his mother and father that come from Saint d’Angeli, episcopate of La Rochelle and both the two,
soldiers of the company of Mr. Cadillac, a detachment of the Marines, have made on this day of April 15, 1685, after the reading of the gospel during the
parochial High Mass, on Palm Sunday, at the foot of the altar, in my presence and the presence of Mr. Jean de Bermonde, Grand Knight of St. Basile, and
Cromiere lieutenant of the said company, of Mr. Jean Deroche, St. Amant, Tourblanche, de Fontenay, Laprairie, Archambau, Rainau, Gralenot
and all the parishioners, a public abjuration from the
heresy of the Calvinists and Huguenots of France, renouncing
all connections imposed upon them, unfortunately, by their
birth in this presupposed reformed religion, promising and
swearing solemnly on the Holy Gospels, that they want to be
considered in the ranks of the Holy Roman Catholic and
Apostolic Church, the one true mother church of all other
churches, outside of which there is no salvation, and to
live and die in the faith that it teaches, through the grace
of God.
Mr. Caron, after reading the profession of Faith found in the Catechism of the Council of Trente, and constructed in part for this purpose by order of the
Fathers of the Ecumenical Synod, they known as LaSaline and Laprairie have declared in faith that they know why I have signed with other witnesses, and
declared that they do not know how to sign and because of the other witnesses
present in great numbers, that they sign is not necessary. This took place on
15 April 1685 at La Pointe aux Tremble, below the Island of Montreal. J. Raynaud St. Basile
J. Caron F. Laprarie
Act of Abjuration
of Jaque Poissan and Daniel Fore
Gillemarien (Gille Marien)