Lawrence Laurent Granger

Male 1637 - 1689  (52 years)


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  • Name Lawrence Laurent Granger 
    Christened 1637  Plymouth, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born 25 Jun 1637  Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Sep 1689  Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 4 Sep 1689  Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2609  OGrady Family Tree
    Last Modified 12 May 2020 

    Family Marie Henriette Landry,   b. 1646, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1719, Port Royal Acadia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1667  Port Royal,KINGS, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Claude Granger,   b. 1678, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1729, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Laurent Granger,   b. 1688, Port Royal, Acadia, New France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 May 1751, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2020 
    Family ID F1018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cause of Death: Perished At Sea During A Storm

      geni.com
      geni.com\Laurent Granger, Sr.
      Also Known As: "Lawrence"
      Birthdate: circa 1643
      Birthplace: Plymouth, Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
      Death: March 01, 1703 (56-64)
      Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
      Place of Burial: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
      Immediate Family:
      Son of Unknown Granger and Unknown
      Husband of Marie Marguerite Landry
      Father of Marie Lanoue (Granger); Pierre Granger, I; Jacques Louis Granger; Joseph Granger; René Joseph Granger; Claude Granger; Anne Granger; Laurent Granger, II; Marie Anne Jeanne Babineau and Marie Ane Melanson « less
      Occupation: moved to Port Royal, Canada 1667, Matelot, Sailor


      He was an English protestant colonist, originally from Plymouth, England. He arrived in Acadia around 1657 and became Catholic in order to marry Marie Landry around 1660.

      From the well researched book,Les famille Maillet du Comté de Kent & du sud-est du N.-B. by Julien Belley. ISBN 0-9681050-0-9 , Copyright 1996

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      From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Granger-39

      Biographie

      Laurent Granger, a young sailor from Plymouth, England, came to Acadia in the late 1650s during the English occupation. He married Marie, 17-year-old daughter of René Landry l'âiné and Perrine Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1667. Laurent had to convert to Catholicism to marry his Acadian girl. She gave him nine children, including five sons, all born in Port-Royal, who created families of their own.

      "Lawrence Granger, naquit en 1637, à Plymouth, Angleterre. II vient en Acadie entre 1659 et 1664. Peut-être avait-il d'abord émigré dans les colonies de la Nouvelle-Angleterre? En 1662, Sir Thomas Temple avait été créé baronet de la Nouvelle-Ecosse, nom que les Anglais avait donné à l'Acadie, dont ils s'étaient emparés en 1654, sans y laisser de garnison, toutefois. Temple, qui demeure à Boston, y recrute des colons pour sa nouvelle baronnie. Lawrence Granger, que le recensement de 1671 qualifiera de matelot, vint peut-être sur le navire de Temple, qui mènera des colons anglais, écossais et hollandais à Port-Royal en 1664. Sur ce navire viennent également Geyrets (Michel) de Forest, Jan Pietr (Jehan Pître) et Roger Kessy (Quessy).

      En 1666, à Port-Royal, il épouse Marie Landry, fille de René Landry, l'Aisné, et de Perrine Bourg. A cette occasion, Lawrence, qui devait être protestant, comme tous les colons de la Nouvelle-Angleterre, dut se convertir au catholicisme. Son prénom de Lawrence est francisé en Laurent. Marie Landry était âgée de 18 ans: elle était née à Port-Royal en 1648.

      De l'union de Laurent GRANGER et Marie LANDRY naquirent 9 enfants: Marie Marguerite, Pierre, Jacques, Joseph, René, Claude, Marie, Anne et Laurent.

      L'un des premiers recensements de Port-Royal en 1671 indique que Laurent Granger est matelot et âgé de trente-quatre ans. Marie Landry, son épouse a vingt-quatre ans. Ils ont alors deux enfants: Marguerite, trois ans et Pierre 9 mois. Ils possèdent cinq bêtes à cornes, six brebis et ont quatre arpents labourables. Cette année-là, Colbert envoie en Acadie une cinquantaine de nouveaux colons et on assiste à la fondation de Beaubassin, Grand-pré, la Rivière aux Canards, Pisiguit et Cobéquid qui sont des lieux que l'on retrouve encore actuellement en Nouvelle- Ecosse. En 1693, le recensement de Port-Royal précise que cinq enfants de ce couple GRANGER / LANDRY vivent encore au foyer. Ils possèdent alors 15 bêtes à cornes, 20 brebis, 12 cochons, 12 arpents et 2 fusils. La guerre entre la France et l'Angleterre continue, et l'Acadie est rendue à la France par le traité de Ryswick (1697). C'est durant cette période que décède Laurent GRANGER. Son épouse décède en 1719 à l'âge de 70 ans".[2]
      Sources

      1671 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Laurent GRANGER, 34, wife Marie LANDRY 24; Children: Marguerite 3, Pierre 9 months; cattle 5 sheep 6.

      1678 Acadian Census at Port Royal: The Widow Joffreau. Laurans Granger Marie Landry, 4 acres, 6 cattle, 1 gun, 4 boys: age 9- born 1669; 6-1672, 4-1674, 2-1676: 1 girl: age 11- born 1667.

      1686 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Laurens GRANGER 46, Marie LANDRY 36; children: Marguerite 18, Pierre 16, Jacques 14, Rene 10, Claude 8, Marie 6, Anne 2; 1 gun, 3 arpents, 8 cattle, 6 sheep, 6 hogs.

      [1700 Census at Port Royal]: Laurens GRANGER 57; Marie LANDRY (wife) 50; Claude 21; Laurens 12; Anne 16; 12 cattle, 21 sheep, 12 arpents, 1 gun.

      [1703 Census at Port Royal]: Widow GRANGER, 2 boys, 2 arms bearers.

      ? Dictionnaire Genealogique,S.A.White,Vol.1.Pg.761
      ? Léopold Lanctôt, via Nos Origines. Note: Lanctôt's work is often unreliable, so it should only be used in conjunction with primary sources and/or the work of Stephen White.

      Research Notes

      http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=katheriot&id=I1764

      NAME-BIRTH-OCCUPATION-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bon a Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, vols. 1-6 ; 1630-1775; Ottawa, Lemeac, 1965; p. 583 (Port Royal); own copy. Laurent GRANGER, he was a seaman ("matelot"), born in 1637, originally from Plymouth, England. He arrived in Acadia around 1659, married around 1666 to Marie LANDRY , daughter of Rene' & Perrine BOURG; eight children are listed.

      BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Adrien Bergeron, LE GRAND ARRANGE MENT DES ACADIENS AU QUEBEC; 1600-1889; vol. 1; p. 47 & 51 ; copy sent by Gisele Gregoire-Rustenburg in Jun 1995. Lawrence [Laurent on p. 51] GRANGER was born in 1637 in Plymouth, England; married around 1659 [1666 on p. 51] at Port Royal to Marie LANDRY, daughter of Rene' & Perrine BOURG. Eight children are listed.

      BIRTH: Rene Perron, "Sur la trace du pionnier Acadien Laur ent Granger," in LES CAHIER DE LA SOCIETE HISTORIQUE ACADIE NNE; ; vol. 15, nos. 2 & 3 (1984); pp. 40-56; copy sent by Gisele Gregoire-Rustenburg in Jun 1995. Makes a provision al conclusion that Laurent came not from France, but from Plymouth in MA, near Boston and Cape Cod.

      Acknowledgments

      Thank you to Liza Miller for creating WikiTree profile Granger-990 through the import of Liza_s Family Tree.ged on Dec 1, 2013.