Marguerite Monique LeBlanc

Female 1715 - 1759  (44 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Marguerite Monique LeBlanc was born 1715, Grand Pre, Acadia, New France (daughter of François LeBlanc and Jeanne Hebert); died 1759, At sea in route to France; was buried , Body buried at sea, Specifically: Atlantic Ocean.

    Marguerite married Charles Hébert 28 May 1733, Port Royal, Acadia, New France. Charles (son of Jacques Hébert and Marie Marguerite Landry) was born 3 Nov 1708, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened 3 Nov 1708, Saint-Charles des Mines, Grand Pre, Acadia, New France; died 2 Jan 1770, Laprairie, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Isabelle Hébert was born About 1738, Cobequid, Acadia, New France; was christened 27 Oct 1739, SAINT JEAN BAPTISTE CATHOLIC,ANNAPOLIS ROYAL,ANNAPOLIS,NOVA SCOTIA; died 14 Nov 1800, Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States; was buried 14 Nov 1800, Plattenville, Assumption, Louisiana, United States.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  François LeBlanc was born 1682, Port Royal, Acadia, New France (son of René LeBlanc and Anne Bourgeois); died 4 Mar 1770, Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada; was buried 5 Mar 1770, L'Immaculé-Conception,Saint-Ours,Richelieu,Québec.

    Notes:

    René's second son François, born at Port-Royal in c1680 (Bona Arsenault says c1682), married Jeanne, daughter of Jean Hébert and Marie-Anne Doucet, in c1703, probably at Minas, and settled there. Between 1703 and 1729, Jeanne gave François a dozen children, six sons and six daughters. The British deported members of the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted François, Jeanne, and their son Jacques le jeune and his family at Braintree in April 1757. They were still in the colony in August 1763. Later in the decade, they followed other exiles in New England to British Canada. François died at St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu in March 1770, in his early 90s. His daughters married into the Landry dit Labbé, Thibodeau, Hébert, Breau, and Cormier families. Five of his six sons also created families of their own.

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141514878/francois-leblanc

    Francois married Jeanne Hebert in 1703, in Acadie. They are the parents of the following:

    1) Francois (1703-1733) md (1) Cecile Boudrot and (2) Anne Benoit
    2) Jacques (1706-1763) md Catherine Landry
    3) Anne (1708-) md Germain Landry
    4) Joseph (1709-) md Marie-Josephe Bourg
    5) Marie (1710-) md Jean-Baptiste Thibodeau
    6) Marguerite-Monique (1715-1759) md Charles Hebert
    7) Honore (1715-) unmarried
    8) Cecile (1717-1774) md Charles Landry
    9) Marie-Josephe (1720-) md Jean-Baptiste Landry
    10) Madeleine (1722-1803) md (a) Amand Brault and (b) Charles Cormier
    11) Jean-Baptiste (1725-1782) md (a) Marguerite Celestin and (b) Marie Landry
    12) Benoni (1729-1763) md Marguerite Hebert

    Francois and his family were deported to Massachusetts, showing up in a record in Oxford, Massachusetts in 1767.

    François married Jeanne Hebert 1703, Port Royal, Acadia. Jeanne (daughter of Jean Hebert and Marie-Anne Doucet) was born 1691, Grand Pre, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 5 Jan 1767, Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Québec, Canada; was buried 6 Jan 1767, Saint-Ours Cemetery, Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Jeanne Hebert was born 1691, Grand Pre, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Jean Hebert and Marie-Anne Doucet); died 5 Jan 1767, Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Québec, Canada; was buried 6 Jan 1767, Saint-Ours Cemetery, Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.

    Notes:

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141515101/jeanne-hebert

    Jeanne is the daughter of Jean Hebert and Anne Doucet. she was born about 1683, as she is shown on a record in Grand Pre being 3 years old in 1686.

    Jane and Francois were married in 1703, in Acadie. They are the parents of the following:
    1) Francois (1703-1733) md (1) Cecile Boudrot and (2) Anne Benoit
    2) Jacques (1706-1763) md Catherine Landry
    3) Anne (1708-) md Germain Landry
    4) Joseph (1709-) md Marie-Josephe Bourg
    5) Marie (1710-) md Jean-Baptiste Thibodeau
    6) Marguerite-Monique (1715-1759) md Charles Hebert
    7) Honore (1715-) unmarried
    8) Cecile (1717-1774) md Charles Landry
    9) Marie-Josephe (1720-) md Jean-Baptiste Landry
    10) Madeleine (1722-1803) md (a) Amand Brault and (b) Charles Cormier
    11) Jean-Baptiste (1725-1782) md (a) Marguerite Celestin and (b) Marie Landry
    12) Benoni (1729-1763) md Marguerite Hebert

    Children:
    1. Marie LeBlanc was born 23 Jan 1710, Grand Pré, Acadia, New France; was christened 23 Jan 1710, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia, New France; died 1757.
    2. 1. Marguerite Monique LeBlanc was born 1715, Grand Pre, Acadia, New France; died 1759, At sea in route to France; was buried , Body buried at sea, Specifically: Atlantic Ocean.
    3. Jean Baptiste LeBlanc was born 29 Oct 1725, Grand-Pré, Acadie, New France; was christened 29 Oct 1725, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadie, New France; died 17 Sep 1782, Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried 18 Sep 1782, Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  René LeBlanc was born 1654, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (son of Daniel LeBlanc and Marie Francoise Gaudet); died 3 Jan 1734, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 4 Jan 1734, Saint-Charles-des-Mines Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    From the marriage of Rene LEBLANC were born at Port Royal: Jacques, Francois, Rene, Pierre, Etienne, Joseph, Claude, Marie, Jean Bapiste, and Victoire. Etienne and Joseph were twins and died as infants.
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    As per Find A Grave
    Rene Leblanc
    Birth 1654 Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Death 3 Jan 1734 Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Burial Saint-Charles-des-Mines Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Aged 80 years, buried 4 January 1734.

    He married Anne Bourgeois (daughter of Jacques) at Port Royal, in about 1678. They settled in Minas and had ten children - six sons and four daughters including the following:

    1) Jacques (1678-1755) md Catherine Landry
    2) Francois (1680-1770) md Jeanne Herbert
    3) Rene (1682-1758) md Elisabeth Melanson and Marguerite Thibault
    4) Pierre (1684-) md Jeanne Theriault
    5) Etienne (1688-) md Anne Mailloux
    6) Claude (1691-1763) md Jeanne Dugas and Marie Theriault
    7) Claire (1692-) md Jean Landry
    8) Marie (1693-1725) md Jacques Theriault

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135712952/rene-leblanc

    Aged 80 years, buried 4 January 1734.

    He married Anne Bourgeois (daughter of Jacques) at Port Royal, in about 1678. They settled in Minas and had ten children - six sons and four daughters including the following:

    1) Jacques (1678-1755) md Catherine Landry
    2) Francois (1680-1770) md Jeanne Herbert
    3) Rene (1682-1758) md Elisabeth Melanson and Marguerite Thibault
    4) Pierre (1684-) md Jeanne Theriault
    5) Etienne (1688-) md Anne Mailloux
    6) Claude (1691-1763) md Jeanne Dugas and Marie Theriault
    7) Claire (1692-) md Jean Landry
    8) Marie (1693-1725) md Jacques Theriault

    René married Anne Bourgeois 1679, Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. Anne (daughter of Jacques Jacob Bourgeois and Jeanne Trahan) was born About 1661, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; died 28 Dec 1747, Grand Pré, Acadia, New France; was buried 29 Dec 1747, Saint-charles-des-mines Cemetery, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Anne Bourgeois was born About 1661, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France (daughter of Jacques Jacob Bourgeois and Jeanne Trahan); died 28 Dec 1747, Grand Pré, Acadia, New France; was buried 29 Dec 1747, Saint-charles-des-mines Cemetery, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135622207/anne-bourgeois

    Buried 29 December 1747 at the age of 87. Wife of the late Rene Leblanc.

    Burials of St-Charles-aux-Mines de la Grande Prée (Grand-Pré) 1709-1748, compiled from Drouin Collection Microfilms, which was microfilmed from register at Ottawa Archives, by Roger Hetu.

    From further research:

    Anne married Rene in 1678, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They settled in Mines and had ten children - six sons and four daughters including the following:

    1) Jacques (1678-1755) md Catherine Landry
    2) Francois (1680-1770) md Jeanne Herbert
    3) Rene (1682-1758) md Elisabeth Melanson and Marguerite Thibault
    4) Pierre (1684-) md Jeanne Theriault
    5) Etienne (1688-) md Anne Mailloux
    6) Claude (1691-1763) md Jeanne Dugas and Marie Theriault
    7) Claire (1692-) md Jean Landry
    8) Marie (1693-1725) md Jacques Theriault

    Additional information provided by G. Abbott #46954848

    Marie Anne Bourgeois (b. 1661)
    Marie Anne Bourgeois (daughter of ) was born 1661 in Port Royal, Nova
    Scotia, and died 28 Dec 1747 in Mines, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia. She married Rene
    LeBlanc on 1679 in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, son of Daniel LeBlanc and Marie
    Francoise Gaudet.

    More About Marie Anne Bourgeois and Rene LeBlanc:
    Marriage: 1679, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.

    Children of Marie Anne Bourgeois and Rene LeBlanc are:
    i. +Jacques LeBlanc, b. 1680, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, d. Oct 1755, Pisiguit,
    Nova Scotia.
    ii. +Francois LeBlanc, b. 1682, Mines, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, d. 04 Jan 1767,
    Quebec.
    iii. +Marie Marguerite LeBlanc, b. 1694, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, d. Abt. 1755,
    Boston, Massachusetts.

    Children:
    1. 2. François LeBlanc was born 1682, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; died 4 Mar 1770, Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada; was buried 5 Mar 1770, L'Immaculé-Conception,Saint-Ours,Richelieu,Québec.
    2. Rene-Pierre LeBlanc was born About 1701, Riviere-des-Habitants, Les Mines, Acadia; was christened About 1701, Acadieville, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada; died 1759, Miramichi, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.
    3. Jacques Renee LeBlanc was born 1679, Grand-Pré, Kings, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada; died 1 Oct 1755, Grand-Pré, Kings, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada.
    4. Pierre LeBlanc was born 1684, Port Royale, l'Acadie; died Bet. 1746 - 1748, Grande-Pre (Mines), Nouvelle Ecosse, Canada.
    5. Marie Marguerite Leblanc was born 1694, Grand Pre, Acadia, New France; died , Saint Gabriel, Iberville, Louisiana; was buried 1725, Grand Pre, Acadia.
    6. René LeBlanc was born About 1682, Port Royal, Acadie, New France; died 6 Feb 1758, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; was buried 1758, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
    7. Élisabeth LeBlanc was born About 1703, Grand Pre, Acadia, New France; died 7 Jul 1763, Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, United States.
    8. Marie Claire LeBlanc was born 1700, Grand Pre, Acadia, Canada; died After 1763, United States.

  3. 6.  Jean Hebert was born 1653, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (son of Antoine Hébert and Geneviève Lefrance); died 3 Nov 1710, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 3 Nov 1710, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    In 1686, the steward of the "Nouvelle France," Mr. de Meules, orders a new general census of Acadia, where we can read: "Antoine Hebert-72 years; Genevieve Lefranc-80 years; Jehan Hebert-32 years; Doucet Anne-22 years; Jacques-9 years; Pierre-7 years; Jehan-5 years, Jehanne-3 years; and Joseph-2 months old. Jehan (Jean) married Anne Doucet in 1676 in Port-Royal and lived at that time with his parents. After the death of his father in October, 1687, Jehan and his family leave to settle in the parish of Grand-Pre where they cultivate their land, putting up kikes to prevent the high tides from flooding their low lands. He is a prosperous settler and has more than 10 children. In 1703, he still has with him 6 boys and 4 girls. It is said that the 3 boys are old enough to bear arms since they were at war with England. The boy's names are Jacques (26 years), Rene (14 years), and Christophe (12 years). They participate in the battle of July 2, 1704 and help repel the 1300 Englishmen who landed at Port-Royal.




    Both of Antoine's sons survived childhood, but only the second one married. Jean le jeune married Marie-Anne, daughter of Pierre Doucet and Henriette Pelletret, at Port-Royal in c1676. Between 1677 and the early 1700s, Marie-Anne gave Jean le jeune 14 children, eight sons and six daughters. Members of the family were counted at Minas in the early 1690s and at Chignecto in 1713. Jean le jeune died probably at Minas in c1707, in his 50s. Marie-Anne died at Grand-Pré in November 1710. Four of her and Jean le jeune's daughters married into the LeBlanc, Boudrot, and Saulnier families. Seven of Jean le jeune's sons also created their own families, and three of them married sisters:

    In 1686, the steward of the "Nouvelle France," Mr. de Meules, orders a new general census of Acadia, where we can read: "Antoine Hebert-72 years; Genevieve Lefranc-80 years; Jehan Hebert-32 years; Doucet Anne-22 years; Jacques-9 years; Pierre-7 years; Jehan-5 years, Jehanne-3 years; and Joseph-2 months old. Jehan (Jean) married Anne Doucet in 1676 in Port-Royal and lived at that time with his parents. After the death of his father in October, 1687, Jehan and his family leave to settle in the parish of Grand-Pre where they cultivate their land, putting up kikes to prevent the high tides from flooding their low lands. He is a prosperous settler and has more than 10 children. In 1703, he still has with him 6 boys and 4 girls. It is said that the 3 boys are old enough to bear arms since they were at war with England. The boy's names are Jacques (26 years), Rene (14 years), and Christophe (12 years). They participate in the battle of July 2, 1704 and help repel the 1300 Englishmen who landed at Port-Royal.


    Jean married Marie-Anne Doucet About 1676, Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. Marie-Anne (daughter of Pierre Doucet and Henriette Pelletret) was born Abt 1661, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 3 Nov 1710, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 4 Noveber 1710, Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Marie-Anne Doucet was born Abt 1661, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Pierre Doucet and Henriette Pelletret); died 3 Nov 1710, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 4 Noveber 1710, Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France.
    Children:
    1. Rene Hébert dit Groc was born About 1689, Grand Pré, Acadia, New France; died 29 Aug 1768, Quebec, Canada; was buried 30 Aug 1768, Laprairie, La Prairie, Roussillon, Quebec, Canada.
    2. 3. Jeanne Hebert was born 1691, Grand Pre, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 5 Jan 1767, Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Québec, Canada; was buried 6 Jan 1767, Saint-Ours Cemetery, Saint-Ours, Richelieu, Quebec, Canada.
    3. Catherine Hébert was born About 1688, Riviere-des-Habitants, Les Mines, Acadia; died Deceased, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. Anne Hebert was born 1688, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1750, Grand Pre, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. Joseph Hebert was born 15 Nov 1685, Grand Pre, Acadia, New France; was christened 16 Nov 1685, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pre, Acadia, New France; died Deceased.
    6. François Hebert was born About 1698, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 4 Oct 1762, I'lle d'Orleans, Quebec, Canada.
    7. Pierre Hebert was born 1677, Port Royal, Acadia; was christened 1677; died 27 Nov 1756.
    8. Jean Hébert was born About 1681, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; died 1754, Cobequid, Acadia, New France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Daniel LeBlanc was born 1626, Martaizé, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died 1696, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried 1696, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Daniel married Marie Francoise Gaudet 1645, Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. Marie (daughter of Jean Gaudet and Marie Daussy) was born 23 Sep 1623, Martaize, Loudun, Vienne, France Christening; was christened 24 Sep 1623, Martaizé, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died 25 Oct 1698, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried 1698, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Marie Francoise Gaudet was born 23 Sep 1623, Martaize, Loudun, Vienne, France Christening; was christened 24 Sep 1623, Martaizé, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France (daughter of Jean Gaudet and Marie Daussy); died 25 Oct 1698, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried 1698, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    Francoise was born in about 1623. She is the daughter of Jean Gaudet and his first wife. She married (1) Jean Mercier in 1640, in Nova Scotia. They are the parents of at least the following:
    1) Marie (1645-) md (a) Antoine Babin and (b) Guillaume Lejuge

    She married (2) Daniel LeBlanc in 1650, in Port Royal. She was baptized in Port-Royal in 1671, when she was 48 years old. According to the 1671 census, she says she is 48 years, her husband Daniel is 45 and that: "... their cattle has 18 horns and 26 sheep, 10 labour their land arpans in two places." They are the parents of the following:
    1) Jacques (1651-1730) md Catherine Hebert
    2) Francoise (1653-) md Martin Blanchard
    3) Etienne* (1656-)
    4) Rene (1657-1734) md Anne Bourgeois
    5) Andre (1659-1743) md Marie Dugas
    6) Antoine (1662-) md Marie Bourgeois
    7) Pierre (1664-1717) md (a) Marie Theriault and (b) Madeleine Bourg
    *Etienne is believed to have been a navigator who sailed away at a young age and was never heard from again.

    Children:
    1. Marie Francoise Leblanc was born 1653, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada; died 1677, (Childbirth) Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada; was buried 1677, Amherst Cemetery Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. 4. René LeBlanc was born 1654, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 3 Jan 1734, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 4 Jan 1734, Saint-Charles-des-Mines Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    3. Étienne LeBlanc
    4. Jacques LeBlanc was born 1651, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; died 26 May 1730, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadia, New France; was buried 27 May 1730, Saint-charles-des-mines Cemetery, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. Andre LeBlanc was born 1659, Port Royale, l'Acadie; died 4 May 1743, St. Charles-aux-Mines, Grande-Pre, Nouvelle Ecosse, Canada.
    6. Antoine LeBlanc was born 1662, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; died 20 Jul 1730; was buried 1730, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    7. Pierre Leblanc was born 1664, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 4 Nov 1717, Port Royal (Annapolis), Acadia, New France; was buried 5 Nov 1717, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  3. 10.  Jacques Jacob Bourgeois was born 1621, Champagne-et-Fontaine, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died 1701, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada.

    Notes:

    According to Acadian historian Father Clément Cormier, Jacques Bourgeois was an army officer who served at Port-Royal in the 1650s and evidently was the brother-in-law of Germain Doucet, sieur de La Verdure, an associate of Acadian Governor Charles d'Aulnay. When the English seized Acadia in 1654, four years after d'Aulnay's death, Robert Sedgwick, leader of the English expedition, held Jacques Bourgeois as "hostage" to insure that Doucet, in command at Port-Royal, would fulfill the terms of surrender. Father Cormier says Jacques was repatriated to France along with other French officers and never returned to Acadia. According to Cormier, it was Jacques's son, Jacques dit Jacob, not Jacques, père the soldier, who was progenitor of the family in Acadia. However, more recent studies devoted to this important family, including that of genealogist Stephen A. White, tell a different story:

    Jacques dit Jacob or Jacobus Bourgeois was born in France, perhaps at La Ferté-Gaucher on Rivière Grand-Morin in Champagne east of Paris, in c1619, parents unknown. A young surgeon, trained perhaps by members of l'Ordre de Malte, Jacques was recruited by Claude Launay-Rasilly, brother of Isaac de Razilly, after the French re-established control of Acadia in the 1630s. Jacques came to Acadia in 1641 aboard the St.-François and established one of the first families in the colony. He married Jeanne, daughter of prominent settler Guillaume Trahan and his first wife Françoise Corbineau, at Port-Royal in c1643. Jeanne had come to Acadia even earlier than Jacques--in 1636 aboard the St.-Jehan, with her father, mother, and a sister. In February 1653, Jacques stood as a witness to the marriage of Governor Charles La Tour and Jeanne Motin de Reux, the widow of former Governor Charles d'Aulnay. Jacques was second in command of the post when Robert Sedgwick and his New Englishmen captured Port-Royal August 1654. Jacques remained there with his wife and children and became a farmer and a shipbuilder. He also worked as a merchant, trading regularly with the New Englanders of Boston. Having learned to speak English fluently, he served as the King's interpreter in dealings with the English. Jacques also became a successful fur trader among the Indians and ventured to every corner of the colony. It is said that in 1671, when the first Acadian census was taken, Jacques was the most properous habitant in the colony. In 1672, he sold a part of his holdings at Port-Royal and, with his two older sons and two of his sons-in-law, pioneered the major Acadian settlement of Mésagouèche, later Missaguash, on the isthmus of Chignecto, "the first swarming of the Acadians to establish their hive," as one historian describes it. He built a flour mill and a saw mill at Chignecto to encourage settlement beside the wide salt marshes that were perfect for cattle raising. In 1676, part of Chignecto became the seigneurie of Canadian-born French nobleman Michel LeNeuf de La Vallière, père, who named his 100-league holding Beaubassin. La Vallière brought in settlers and indentured employees from Canada, in direct competition with the earlier, adjacent Bourgeois settlement. According to Acadian tradition, a clause in La Vallière's land grant title "protected the interests of Jacques Bourgeois and the other Acadian settlers established on the domain," and "it was not long before the two elements of the population merged into one."

    Jacques and Jeanne had 10 children, seven daughters and three sons. Six of their daughters married into the Cyr, Girouard, Boudrot, Mirande dit Tavare, Maisonnat dit Baptiste, Dugas, LeBlanc, and Comeau le jeune dit Des Loups-Marins families. A French census taker found Jacques living with one of his sons at Chignecto in 1698, but otherwise he spent his final days at Port-Royal. He died at Port-Royal in c1701, in his early 80s. All three of his sons, born at Port-Royal, created families of their own, but only two of them had sons:

    Oldest son Charles, born in c1646, married Anne, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, at Port-Royal in c1668. Charles and Anne had four children, including two sons who married into the Blanchard family. One of their daughters married into the Caissie family. One of Charles's grandsons, Honoré, who married twice into the Richard family, moved from Chignecto to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, in the late 1740s or early 1750s probably to escape British authority in Nova Scotia.

    Germain, born in c1650, married Madeleine, daughter of Antoine Belliveau and Andrée Guyon, probably at Chignecto in c1673. They had three children, including a son who married into the Mius de Pleinmarais and Thibodeau families. Their daughter married into the Breau family. Germain remarried to Madeleine, another daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet and sister of brother Charles's wife Anne, probably at Chignecto in c1682. They had 10 children, including two sons who married into the LeBlanc family. Their eight daughters married into the Poirier, Richard dit Lafond and dit Beaupré, Girouard, LeBlanc, and Robichaud dit Prudent families. In 1696, during King William's War, Germain commanded a ship in Pierre Le Moyne, sieur d'Iberville's attack on the New England fort at Pemaquid, Maine. Later that year, Germain confronted Massachusetts Colonel Benjamin Church when the Englishman attacked Chignecto. Germaine died in 1711, in his early 60s, from the rigors of being held hostage by British Colonel Samuel Vetch in the dungeon at Port-Royal during Queen Anne's War.

    Youngest son Guillaume, born in c1655, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Martin d'Aprendestiguy, sieur de Martignon, a Basque fur trader and seigneur on lower Rivière St.-Jean, and Jeanne de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, daughter of former governor Charles La Tour, probably at Port-Royal in c1686. Guillaume did not follow his older brothers to Chignecto but remained with his father at Port-Royal, where he became a merchant like his father. In September 1727, he was one of the delegates from Port-Royal representing Acadian interests before the Nova Scotia Council at Port-Royal. Along with two other Acadian leaders, Charles Landry and Abraham Bourg, Guillaume refused to take the oath of allegiance to British King George II and was imprisoned for his opposition. Guillaume and his wife had only a single child, a daughter, who married into the LeBlanc family.

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    Jacques was a surgeon by trade. He immigrated to Port-Royal in 1642. He married Jeanne Trahan in 1643, and they are the parents of the following:

    1) Jeanne (1644-1730) md Andre Coudray
    2) Charles (1646-) md Anne Dugas
    3) Germain (1650-1711) md Marguerite Belliveau and Madeleine Dugas
    4) Marie-Francoise (1652-1741) md Pierre Cyr and Germain Girouard
    5) Guillaume (1655-) md Marie-Anne D'Aprendestiguy
    6) Marguerite (1658-1732) Jean Boudreau and Pierre Maisonnat
    7) Francoise 1659-1697 md Claude Dugas
    8) Anne (1661-1747) md Rene Leblanc
    9) Marie (1665-) md Antoine Leblanc
    10) Jeanne (1667-1716) md Pierre Comeau

    Jacques became a farmer and shipbuilder in Port Royal. He traded with Bostonians and learned English, enabling him to become an interpreter. He sold part of his holdings in 1672, and settled in the Chignecto Basin, along with his two oldest sons and two of his sons-in-law. He became the first promotor of Beaubassin, by building a flour mill and a saw mill, encouraging more people to settle the area, which became very prosperous.

    He returned to Port-Royal again before 1699, living there until his death in 1701.


    Jacob (Jacques) BOURGEOIS, Druggist, 50; cattle 33, sheep 24.
    wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40;
    children: Jeanne 27,
    Charles 25,
    Germain 21,
    Marie 19,
    Guillaume 16,
    Marguerite 13,
    Francois 12,
    Anne 10,
    Marie 7,
    Jeanne;

    1671 Port Royal Acadian Census

    https://www.acadian.org/census1671.html


    Jacques married Jeanne Trahan About 1643, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France. Jeanne (daughter of Guillaume Trahan and Françoise Charbonneau) was born 8 Jan 1629, De Bouguil, Indre-et-Loire, France; was christened 1629, Bourgueil, Département d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; died Jul 1699, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Jul 1699, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Jeanne Trahan was born 8 Jan 1629, De Bouguil, Indre-et-Loire, France; was christened 1629, Bourgueil, Département d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France (daughter of Guillaume Trahan and Françoise Charbonneau); died Jul 1699, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Jul 1699, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136913767/jeanne-trahan

    Jeanne is the daughter of Guillaume Trahan and Francoise Charbonneau. She married Jacques Bourgeois in 1643, in Port Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:

    1) Jeanne (1644-1730) md Andre Coudray
    2) Charles (1646-) md Anne Dugas
    3) Germain (1650-1711) md Marguerite Belliveau and Madeleine Dugas
    4) Marie-Francoise (1652-1741) md Pierre Cyr and Germain Girouard
    5) Guillaume (1655-) md Marie-Anne D'Aprendestiguy
    6) Marguerite (1658-1732) Jean Boudreau and Pierre Maisonnat
    7) Francoise 1659-1697 md Claude Dugas
    8) Anne (1661-1747) md Rene Leblanc
    9) Marie (1665-) md Antoine Leblanc
    10) Jeanne (1667-1716) md Pierre Comeau

    Thank you Gloria Moreau #48849488 providing the death and husband info for child (1) Jeanne.

    Children:
    1. Françoise Bourgeois was born 19 Sep 1659, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died Bef 1697, Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; was buried 1697, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. 5. Anne Bourgeois was born About 1661, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; died 28 Dec 1747, Grand Pré, Acadia, New France; was buried 29 Dec 1747, Saint-charles-des-mines Cemetery, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    3. Charles Bourgeois was born 14 Dec 1646, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened About 1646, Acadie, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1678, Acadia, Alberta, Canada; was buried 1678, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    4. Marie Jeanne Bourgeois was born 1664, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 10 Jun 1716, Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Saint-Charles-des-Mines Grand Pré, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    5. Jeanne Bourgeois was born 1667, , , Acadie, Nouvelle-France; died 10 Jun 1716, Port-Royal, , Acadie, Nouvelle-France.
    6. Germain Bourgeois was born 1650, Port royal, Acadia, New France; died 15 Nov 1711, Port royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, CA.
    7. Marguerite-Marie Bourgeois was born 1658, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 8 Aug 1732, Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Notre Dame de l'Assomption Fort Lawrence, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada .
    8. Marie-Francoise Bourgeois was born About 1652, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; was christened Port-Royal, Acadia, New France, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; died 3 Mar 1741, Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America; was buried , St Anne Cemetery, Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada.

  5. 12.  Antoine Hébert was born About 1621, France (son of ??? Hebert and ??? Hebert); died 1690, Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140304112/antoine-hebert

    Antoine married Genevieve Lefranc in 1648, in France. Antoine and his wife, along with his brother Estienne Hébert, arrived in Port Royal in July 1650. His birth and death dates are approximate.

    They are the parents of the following:

    1) Jehan (1649-1678 in France)
    2) Jean (1653-) md Anne Doucet
    3) Catherine (1656-1731) md Jacques Leblanc

    Antoine married Geneviève Lefrance. Geneviève was born 1613, France; died After 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried , Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Geneviève Lefrance was born 1613, France; died After 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried , Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140305435/genevi%C3%A8ve-lefranc

    Children:
    1. 6. Jean Hebert was born 1653, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 3 Nov 1710, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 3 Nov 1710, Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. Catherine Hébert was born Abt. 1656, Port Royale, l'Acadie; died 1693, Port Royale, l'Acadie.

  7. 14.  Pierre Doucet was born 1 Oct 1621, Sedan, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was christened 1621, Brie, France; died 1 Jun 1713, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 2 Jun 1713, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    geni.com

    Pierre Doucet, dit La Verdure
    French: Pierre Doucet, sieur de Laverdure
    Also Known As: "Dit Laverdure Doucet"
    Birthdate: circa 1621
    Birthplace: Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne, France
    Death: June 01, 1713 (88-96)
    Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Place of Burial: Port-Royal, Acadie
    Immediate Family:
    Son of Germain dit Laverdure Doucet, Sieur de La Verdure and 1st wife of Germain Doucet
    Husband of Henriette Pelletret, Immigrant
    Father of Marie Anne Hebert; Toussaint-François Francois Doucet dit Laverdure; Jean Claude Doucet, I; Pierre Doucet, II; Madeleine Doiron; Louis Doucet; Jeanne-Louise dite Jeanne Doucet; René-Pierre Doucet, dit Laverdure; Marguerite Doucet; Mathieu Doucet; Unknown Doucet and René Doucet « less
    Brother of Marguerite Louise Doucet
    Half brother of Unknown LeJeune, nation Mi'qmak
    Occupation: C3; T2, Maçon, Mason in 1671, macon, MASON, Mason, Stone Mason & Plow Man, Bricklayer. Immigrant


    Oct 1687: Pierre Doucet was among those who made their marks on an account of the works accomplished in Acadia by Sr. d'Aulnay.

    Aug 1695 (old style): Pierre Doucet took the oath of allegiance to the King of England at Port-Royal; he made his mark on the document.

    2 Dec 1705: Expropriation of a lot adjoining that (of the heirs) of Abraham Dugas and abutting the edge of the ditch of the old fort, which was "in discussion" among the Dame de Belisle, Pierre Doucet and Francois Robichaud.

    Pierre married Henriette Pelletret 1660, Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle - Écosse, Canada. Henriette (daughter of Simon Pelletret) was born About 1641, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1693, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried , Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Henriette Pelletret was born About 1641, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Simon Pelletret); died 1693, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried , Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

    Notes:

    geni.com

    Henriette Pelletret, Immigrant
    Birthdate: 1641
    Birthplace: Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Death: 1693 (52)
    Port-Royal, Acadie
    Place of Burial: Port-Royal, Acadie
    Immediate Family:
    Daughter of Simon-René Pelletret, I; Perrine Landry and Perrine Bourque
    Wife of Pierre Doucet, dit La Verdure
    Mother of Marie Anne Hebert; Toussaint-François Francois Doucet dit Laverdure; Jean Claude Doucet, I; Pierre Doucet, II; Madeleine Doiron; Louis Doucet; Jeanne-Louise dite Jeanne Doucet; René-Pierre Doucet, dit Laverdure; Marguerite Doucet; Mathieu Doucet; Unknown Doucet and René Doucet « less
    Sister of Jeanne Pelletret; Marie-Jeanne Pelletret and René Pelletret
    Half sister of Marie Marguerite Landry; Madeleine Landry; Pierre Landry and Claude Landry

    Children:
    1. 7. Marie-Anne Doucet was born Abt 1661, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 3 Nov 1710, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 4 Noveber 1710, Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France.
    2. François Toussaint Doucet was born 1663, St Jean-Baptiste, Port Royal, Acadia; died 9 Aug 1733, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried Aug 1733, Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle - Écosse, Canada.
    3. Magdeleine Doucet was born 1 Aug 1671, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 25 Feb 1740, Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, Arcadia, Canada.
    4. René Doucet was born 1678, Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle - Écosse, Canada; was christened 1678, Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle - Écosse, Canada; died Deceased.
    5. Louis Doucet dit Laverdure was born About 1674, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; died 1765, Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America.
    6. Jean Doucet was born About 1665, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; died 2 Nov 1738, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.