Giffard Robert
First seignior in New France. Mentioned at Quebec in
1627; returned to France, 1629; established at his Beauport seigneury,
1634; a member of the Council, 1646; syndic of Quebec, 1648; gave his
St. Gabriel property to the Jesuits, 1667. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Landed with his
family by Kirke on St. Pierre Island, 174; comes to Canada with forty
colonists, 250; receives grant of land near Beauport, 251. =Bib.=:
Douglas, Old France in the New World.