▁number ▁were ▁rec ru ited . ▁They ▁were ▁pre domin antly ▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁and ▁ 2 5 , ▁and ▁many ▁had ▁to ▁supply ▁a ▁letter ▁of ▁reference ▁from ▁their ▁parish ▁priest ▁before ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁chosen ▁for ▁em igration ▁to ▁New ▁France . ▁ ▁Mar guer ite ▁Bour geo ys ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁person ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁expression ▁fill es ▁du ▁roi ▁in ▁her ▁writ ings . ▁A ▁distinction ▁was ▁made ▁between ▁King ' s ▁D augh ters , ▁who ▁were ▁transport ed ▁to ▁New ▁France ▁and ▁received ▁a ▁dow ry ▁at ▁the ▁king ' s ▁exp ense , ▁and ▁women ▁who ▁em igr ated ▁volunt arily ▁using ▁their ▁own ▁money . ▁Other ▁histor ians ▁used ▁chron ological ▁frameworks ▁to ▁determine ▁who ▁could ▁be ▁called ▁a ▁fille ▁du ▁roi . ▁Research ▁by ▁the ▁historical ▁dem ograph er ▁Y ves ▁Land ry ▁determ ines ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁in ▁total ▁about ▁ 7 7 0 ▁to ▁ 8 5 0 ▁fill es ▁du ▁roi ▁who ▁settled ▁in ▁New ▁France ▁between ▁ 1 6 6 3 ▁and ▁ 1 6 7 3 . ▁ ▁The ▁title ▁" K ing ' s ▁D augh ters " ▁was ▁meant ▁to ▁imply ▁state ▁patron age , ▁not ▁royal ▁or ▁noble ▁parent age ; ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁women ▁rec ru ited ▁were ▁common ers ▁of ▁hum ble ▁birth . ▁As ▁a ▁fille ▁du ▁roi , ▁a ▁woman ▁received ▁the ▁king ' s ▁support ▁in ▁several ▁ways . ▁The ▁king ▁paid ▁one ▁hundred ▁livres ▁to ▁the