Philippe Gaultier de Comporté
(1641-1687)
Military officer and seigneur, born to a noble family in 1641, in Comporté near Poitiers, son of Philippe Gaultier, Sieur de Rinault and Gilette de Vernon. He died on 22 November 1687.
He joined Carignan's regiment with which he arrived in Quebec on 18 June 1665.
It was not until 15 years later that it was discovered he had been sentenced to the death in Poitou in may 1665, for the death of 2 persons during a scuffle to avenge an insult made against his regiment. When civil and religious authorities intervened and he was granted letters of remission by the King in 1680.
He was an important functionary (official) within the colony. He was a commissioner of the Marine, a commissioner of the King's stores and a first Provost Marshal of the "Maréchaussée"(the colony's police corps). In all his endeavors, he gained people's confidence. The Intendant Talon made him his public prosecutor. Gautier was elected churchwarden of the Quebec parish, a very high honor in 1670. He was also involved in the quarrel, which pitted Frontenac against the Church and the Seminary.
He was conceded two Seignories, Comporté and La Malbaie both of which he sold gainfully. He was a founding member of the Compagnie du Nord. On 22 November 1672, he married Marie Bazire, a marriage that produced 11 offspring.
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