Jacques Archambault

Plaque on the location of the first well dug on the island of Montréal by Jacques Archambault. Jacques Archambault ( – February 15, 1688) was a French colonist in Montreal. He was born in Dompierre-sur-Mer, where he was baptized.

Archambault married (around 1629) Françoise Tourault who from 1630 to 1644, had 2 sons and 5 daughters (one of whom died to infancy). All Archambaults (and descendants) now living in North America are his descendants, as no other Archambault ever emigrated from France.

A plate in the back of the Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Montreal commemorates his digging the first water well, near what is now known as Place-d'Armes, on October 11, 1658, upon request by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve.

List of children Madeleine Archambault ou Aubry (1621–?); Denis Archambault (1630–1651); Anne Archambault (1631–1699); Jacquette-Françoise Archambault (1632–1700); N.N. Archambault (1634–?); Marie Archambault (1636–1719); Marie-Anne Archambault (1638–1685); Louise Archambault (1640–1640); and Laurent Archambault (1642–1730).