Did you know? Some prisoners of war in New France gallicized their names. Thus, we can trace the origin of the Phaneuf surname in Quebec to Matthias Farnsworth: from Massachusetts; captured in 1704 by Abenaki Indians during Queen Anne's War; brought to Montreal where he was converted to Catholicism.
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