In 1797, at Notre-Dame, Montreal, Joseph Bouchette married Adélaïde Chaboillez (1781-1847), daughter of Charles Chaboillez.
Colonel de Longueuil represented the groom's father at the wedding.
Through this marriage he became a brother-in-law of Simon McTavish and Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne.
They were the parents of six children,
Marguerite-Adelaide Bouchette, died at Quebec, 1803.

Joseph Bouchette (1800-1881), succeeded his father as Surveyor General.
In 1826, he married Margery Elspie Fraser (1806-1854), the eldest daughter of Simon Fraser (c.1760-1839), Seigneur de Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and his wife Catherine, sister of William McKay.
It while staying with the Frasers that Thomas Moore wrote A Canadian Boat Song.
Joseph died at Pont-Rouge.

Samuel Louis Bouchette (d.1873), became a lawyer and solicitor at Montreal, Quebec.

Lieut.
Jean-Francois Bouchette, of the 63rd Light Infantry, died in Europe.

Robert Shore Milnes Bouchette (1805-1879), godson of Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada.
After travelling in France and Italy, he met Marianne Gardner (1807-1834), granddaughter of Admiral Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner, to whom he was married at Dover in 1834, before she died a few months later.
For Robert's part in the Rebellions of 1837 he was exiled to Bermuda, but died at Quebec.
He is the ancestor of the Bouchettes of Ottawa, Ontario.

Louisa Bouchette, was born and educated in Quebec.
She married, first, at Quebec, November 8, 1851, Alexander Hart, C E, who died.
In 1878, at Quebec, she married second The Hon.
Sir Ambrose Shea, Governor of the Bahamas.
In 1797, at Notre-Dame, Montreal, Joseph Bouchette married Adélaïde Chaboillez (1781-1847), daughter of Charles Chaboillez. Colonel de Longueuil represented the groom's father at the wedding. Through this marriage he became a brother-in-law of Simon McTavish and Roderick Mackenzie of Terrebonne. They were the parents of six children,
Marguerite-Adelaide Bouchette, died at Quebec, 1803.
Joseph Bouchette (1800-1881), succeeded his father as Surveyor General. In 1826, he married Margery Elspie Fraser (1806-1854), the eldest daughter of Simon Fraser (c.1760-1839), Seigneur de Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and his wife Catherine, sister of William McKay. It while staying with the Frasers that Thomas Moore wrote A Canadian Boat Song. Joseph died at Pont-Rouge.
Samuel Louis Bouchette (d.1873), became a lawyer and solicitor at Montreal, Quebec.
Lieut. Jean-Francois Bouchette, of the 63rd Light Infantry, died in Europe.
Robert Shore Milnes Bouchette (1805-1879), godson of Sir Robert Shore Milnes, Lieutenant Governor of Lower Canada. After travelling in France and Italy, he met Marianne Gardner (1807-1834), granddaughter of Admiral Alan Gardner, 1st Baron Gardner, to whom he was married at Dover in 1834, before she died a few months later. For Robert's part in the Rebellions of 1837 he was exiled to Bermuda, but died at Quebec. He is the ancestor of the Bouchettes of Ottawa, Ontario.
Louisa Bouchette, was born and educated in Quebec. She married, first, at Quebec, November 8, 1851, Alexander Hart, C E, who died. In 1878, at Quebec, she married second The Hon. Sir Ambrose Shea, Governor of the Bahamas.
Joseph Bouchette