{{For|the Lower Canada politician|Jacques Archambault (politician)}}
[[File:Plaque to Jacques Archambault Eglise de Dompierre sur Mer.jpg|thumb|Plaque to Jacques Archambault, Church of Dompierre-sur-Mer.]] [[Image:Puits Montreal.jpg|thumb|Plaque on the location of the first well dug on the island of Montréal by Jacques Archambault.]] '''Jacques Archambault''' ({{Circa|1604}} – 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).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-30 |title=Jacques Archambault, the first well digger of Ville-Marie |url=https://lesarchambaultdamerique.com/en/news/jacques-archambault-the-first-well-digger-of-ville-marie/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=lesarchambaultdamerique.com |language=en-US}}</ref> All Archambaults (and descendants) now living in North America are his descendants, as no other Archambault ever emigrated from France.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lesarchambaultdamerique.com/francais/histoire/histoire_qui%20sommes%20nous_fr.html |title=Les Archambault d'Amérique - Qui sommes-nous? |access-date=2007-10-10 |archive-date=2009-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105183823/http://www.lesarchambaultdamerique.com/francais/histoire/histoire_qui%20sommes%20nous_fr.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geni.com/people/Jacques-Archambault/6000000000175720204|title=Jacques Archambault}}</ref>
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