Publisher's Synopsis
This ancient family descends from "Labors and Contruction" workers who worked on and built the first "Cobbled" road in the municipalities of Camhin-en-Pevele, Baisienx-Sin and of Gruson in the Nord, department of Northern France about 1220 AD. They also lived in this same area before and after the building of the road. This was the location of the Battle of Bouvines of the Anglo-French war. If they assisted and fought in the war it is unknown at this time. A descendant "Jean Patoile" (1675-1714) is recorded in the records as a coachman, for the French President Menard. He helped his son "Jean Nicolas Patoile" in 1711 by signing a four year apprenticeship contract for being a "Layetier" (box maker) with Nicolas Picot in Paris, France. "Jean Patoile" then after his time was done he decided to go to the new country with the French and he arrived in "New France" (Montreal) Quebec, Canada on September 23, 1716 and by the end of September he enlisted into the Military as a soldier, and raised to the rank of Sergent. In 1722 he then enlisted into the "de la Marine Force" as a Sergent and remained a Marine the rest of his life in the service of New France. He died in 1764, and his descendants came to the United States of America.
