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- Antoine père, oldest son of Vincent born at Port-Royal in c1666, married Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier, probably at Port-Royal in c1687 and settled at Minas and Pigiguit. Between 1688 and the late 1720s, Marguerite gave Antoine 11 children, five sons and six daughters. Five of their daughters married into the Benoit, Blanchard, Darois, and Arseneau families. All five of Antoine's sons created their own families.
Oldest son Antoine, fils, born probably at Minas in c1688, married Marguerite, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Jeanne Guilbeau, at Grand-Pré in November 1710 and settled at Pigiguit before moving on to Cobeguit. According to genealogist Stephen A. White, between 1712 and 1734, Marguerite gave Antoine, fils 10 children, seven sons and three daughters. Other records give them two more sons. Two of their daughters married into the Aucon, Guilbeau, and Bourg families. All of Antoine, fils's sons, however many there were, created their own families.
Antoine, père's second son Alexandre, born probably at Minas in the mid-1690s, married Marie, another daughter of Abraham Dugas and Jeanne Guilbeau and widow of René Landry, in c1716 (Bona Arsenault says c1720) probably at Pigiguit and settled there. According to Arsenault, between 1725 and 1740, Marie gave Alexandre four sons, but other records give the couple a fifth son. The British deported the family to Maryland in 1755. Four of Alexandre's sons emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in 1766 and 1768.
Antoine, père's third son Jean, born probably at Minas in c1699, married Anne, daughter of Charles Gautrot and Françoise Rimbault, in c1722 perhaps at Minas and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. Bona Arsenault insists that Jean was a son of Antoine's brother Pierre, but Stephen White says otherwise. According to Arsenault, between 1723 and 1737, Anne gave Jean 10 children, four sons and six daughters, including a set of twins, and that Jean and his family were at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in 1752. White says Jean died at Minas in February 1747, in his late 40s. A French official counted Anne, "widow of Jean Braud," and six of their children--Joseph, age 26; Marie, age 22; Ermant [Amand], age 20; Anne, age 18; Marguerite, age 15; and Madeleine, age 14--at Port-Toulouse in February 1752. The family evidently escaped the British in 1758 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Two of Jean's daughters married into the Petitpas and Guédry families. At least one of his sons created his own family.
Antoine, père's fourth son Pierre le jeune, born at Minas in the mid-1700s, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude Gautrot and Marie Thériot, at Grand-Pré in June 1726 and likely remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, the Pierre who married Marguerite Gautrot was sans doute son of Pierre Breau and Anne Melanson and was born in c1720; White is followed here. Between 1733 and 1748, Marguerite gave Pierre at least five children, three sons and two daughters. The British deported most of the family to Maryland in 1755. Their second son, however, was deported to Virginia, sent on to England in 1756, and repatriated to France in 1763. According to Stephen White, Pierre died before July 1763, perhaps in Maryland. Arsenault says Pierre died at Québec in February 1767. White, again, is followed here. Pierre's widow Marguerte, their oldest son, and their two daughters emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in 1768. Their second son emgrated to Louisiana from France in 1785. Pierre's daughters married into the Lejeune and Orillion dit Champagne families in the Spanish colony. His two surviving sons also created their own families.
Antoine, père's fifth and youngest son Charles, born probably at Minas in the early 1700s, married Claire, daughter of Alexandre Trahan and Marie Pellerin, at Grand-Pré in November 1729 and settled there and at L'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1750, Claire gave Charles six children, a son and four daughters. Other records give the couple two more sons. The British deported the family to Maryland in 1755. Colonial officials counted the family at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac in July 1763. Charles died in Maryland after 1763, and his widow Claire took two of their sons and three of their daughters to Louisiana from Maryland in 1767-68. Also going with her were one of her son's widows and three of the son's children. Claire died at Fort San Luìs de Natchez on the Mississippi afar above Baton Rouge soon after the family reached the remote settlement. One of the daughters married into the Benoit and Cormier families on the river and the western prairies, and the other two became Ursuline nuns at New Orleans. Two of Charles's three sons, one of them posthumously, created their own families in the Spanish colony.
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Antoine Brault
Wife: Marguerite (Babin) Brault
Antoine was born in Port Royal Acadia around 1666. He was the son of Vincent Breau and Marie Bourg. Marguerite was born in 1670. Antoine and Marguerite were married in Port Royal, Acadia, New France about 1687. Antoine and Marguerite are Acadians.
They had twelve children: Marie Ann 1688, Antoine (Pierre) 1690, Madeleine 1692, Francoise 1693, Alexandre 1695-1697, Jean 1699, Marguerite 1701, Cecile 1704, Breau 1706, Pierre 1708, Anne 1708, Charles 1710. All the children were born in Acadia.
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1666 - 1704 (38 years)