Prudent Robichaux
1669 - 1756 (87 years)-
Name Prudent Robichaux Born 1669 Port Royal, Acacia, Nova Scotia 
Gender Male Died 1 Feb 1756 Saint Jean River, Nova Scotia, Canada Person ID I2491 OGrady Family Tree Last Modified 9 Nov 2020
Father Etienne Robichaud, b. 1639, Martaize, Village of LaChausse, Region of Loudon & Poitiers, Vienne, France , d. 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia (Age 47 years) Relationship Birth Mother Francoise Boudrot, b. 1642, Port Royal, St Jean Baptist, Nova Scotia , d. 28 Sep 1733, Port Royal, Nova Scotia (Age 91 years) Relationship Birth Married 1663 Port Royal, Acadia Family ID F977 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Henriette Marie Petitpas, b. 1674, Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia , d. 1716, Nova Scotia (Age 42 years) Married 1691 Port Royal, Acadia Children + 1. Prudent Robichaux, b. 1695, Port Royal, Nova Scotia , d. 1790, Port Royal, Nova Scotia (Age 95 years) [Birth]+ 2. Joseph Robicheaux, b. 6 Nov 1694, Port Royal, Acadia, New France , d. 2 May 1768, L'Assompton, Quebec, Canada (Age 73 years) [Birth]+ 3. Marie Robichaud, b. About 1692, Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle France , d. Before July 1765 (Age ~ 73 years) [Birth]+ 4. Marie Josèphe Robichaud, b. 10 Apr 1709, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 7 Feb 1782, Quebec, Canada (Age 72 years) [Birth]Last Modified 9 Nov 2020 Family ID F976 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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About Robichaud, Prudent (Joseph) ROBICHAUX
He married in 1691, Henriette Petitpas, daughter of the clerk of the court of Port-Royal. Gifted with administrative skills and driven by the influence of his father-in-law, Prudent Robichaud held public office in various circumstances and became a distinguished defender of the French element in Acadia. He was one of the six deputies that the inhabitants of Rivière-du-sud delegated to M. de St-Ovide to protest that the Acadians wanted to remain French. He was also appointed trustee and president of the French council in Port-royal.
Family side: he had twelve children including five sons: Joseph, Prudent, Pierre, Louis and François. all were victims of the Deportation in 1755. Three of them took for wives the daughters of Germain Bourgeois and Marie-Madeleine Dugas:
President of French Consol in 1736 at Port Royal. In Census of 1714 (Port Royal) Prudent was married with 5 sons and 5 daughters.
His father is listed in 1671 census -The family was listed in the 1671 census at Port Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada). In 1678, an acre of their land was cultivated and they had 19 cattle. The location of their farm is uncertain, but in 1707, his son Alexandre's farm was on the north bank of the Dauphin (Annapolis) River east of Goat Island. [7]
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