Roger Kuessey

Male 1646 - Aft 1715  (70 years)


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  • Name Roger Kuessey 
    Born 1646  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died After 1715  Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3921  OGrady Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2020 

    Father Michael Kuessey,   b. 1623, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1733, Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, British Colonial Americ Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 110 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Marie Rosalie Comeau,   b. 12 Feb 1629, Avize, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1678, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Married 1650  Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1555  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marie Francoise Poirier,   b. 21 Nov 1648, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. After 1713, Beaubassin, Acadia, New France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married About 1668  Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Anne-Marie Caissie,   b. 1669, Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1708, Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Michel Roger Caissey,   b. Jul 1684, Beaubassin, Acadia, New France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1733, Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2020 
    Family ID F1554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Roger Kuessey was a young Irish refugee captured by the British.. He arrived in Port Royal in 1665. He was the pioneer family of the Caissy name in Acadia. Between 1676 and 1678, he settled in Beaubassin, Acadia. He is said to have planted the first fruit trees at a place which is called today ?Bute a?Roger.? Some of Roger?s descendents took the surname Roger (Catherine Roger in chart). He was said to by Irish, but ?became? Acadian.
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      20 Mar 1682: Roger Quessy's name appears on the record of La Vallere's allotment to his tenants.

      Prosecution of Jean Campagna, 1685: Depositions of Roger Kessy, of Irish nationality, a resident of Beaubassin, aged about thirty-five years, and of Marie Kessy, aged sixteen years; deposition of Francois Poirier, aged thirty-six years.?

      from www.genie.com
      Roger Caissy / Quessy MP
      Gender: Male
      Birth: circa 1646
      Ireland
      Death: circa 1730 (76-92)
      Beaubassin, Acadie
      Immediate Family:
      Son of Michel Kuessey and Rosalie Comeau
      Husband of Marie-Françoise Poirier
      Father of Anne-Marie Caissie; Jean Quessy; Pierre Quessy; Michel Quessy; Guillaume Quessy and 1 other