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The title "King's Daughters" was meant to imply state patronage, not royal or even noble parentage, and most of these women were commoners. They received from the king monetary support of 50 French Pound s (livres) and the costs of their Transport ation. 737 Daughters married in New France, many to soldiers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment . The rest were already married or remained single. Many Daughters were recruited from orphanages from Île-de-France and Normandy , while some were prostitutes who were not jailed in exchange for agreeing to emigrate to New France. About 40 Daughters, called Daughters of Quality (''filles de qualité''), were from upper class and had dowry of over 2000 French pounds. There were also three non-French Daughters, from England , Germany , and Portugal . Originally, there were about 300 more recruits, but most of them were overwhelmed and gave up when they reached the Ports of Normandy, and some died during the journey. EXTERNAL LINKS
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