Sex: Male. Birth: 1639 in Deligny-le-chateau, Canada Death: 27 Mar 1690 in Salmon Falls, New Hampshire
Family: Wife: Marie Jeanne Moral 1653 - 1714. Children:Marie-Jeanne Maugras 1668 - 1755. Marguerite Maugras 1674 - 1746. Madeliene Maugras 1685 - 1740. Marie-Francoise Maugras 1688 - 1688. Marriage: ABT 1667 Trois Rivieres, Canada. In 1690 the governor of New France decided to retaliate against a perceived British-sponsored atrocity at Lachine. Three columns would be sent to lay waste to British settlements. Francois was sent against Fort Rollinsford at Salmon Falls, New Hampshire. He assembled a party consisting of 25 French, many of them his relatives, including his three eldest sons, his nephew Louis Crevier (Marie's godson), Nicolas Gastineau Duplessis and Jacques Maugras (Marie's son-in-law). 20 Sokokis and 5 Algonquin Indians were also in the party.
A two-month march in the depth of winter took the party to Salmon Falls on the night of 27 March. Three columns of eight men made a simultaneous night attack on the fort and town. Surprise was total. Within two hours the place was gone. Between 30 and 43 Englishmen were killed, 54 taken prisoner, 27 houses burned down, and the cattle of the settlement set loose. The French lost two, one of them Jacques Maugras. Change: 1 Jan 2007 Time: 10:36:18.
