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| Sieur de la Roque 1752 Census for Prince Edward Island/Ile Saint Jean |
Olivier Boudrot, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 41 years, he has been in the country two years. Married to Henriette Guérin, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years.
They have two sons and three daughters:-
Bazille Boudrot,, aged 6 years.
Mathurin, aged 3 years.
Margueritte Joseph, aged 10 years.
Magdelaine Joseph, aged 8 years.
Anne Marie, aged 7 years.And in stock, two oxen, four cows, two calves, one bull, one heifer, five pigs, and twenty-three fowls or chickens.
The land on which they have settled is situated at the farther end of Ance à Pinet to the south of said ance. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for a garden only.
Charles Boudrot, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 42 years, he has been 14 months in the country. Married to Cecille Terriaud, native of l'Acadie, aged 45 years.
They have two sons and one daughter:-
Charles Olivier, aged 16 years.
François, aged 14 years.
Cecille, aged 6 years.And in stock four oxen, five cows, one calf, one horse, one ewe, three sows, two pigs, and four fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for a large garden
Jean Apart, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 32 years, he has been two years in the country. Married to Margueritte Joseph Braud [no age given].
They have one son and one daughter:-
Joseph Baptiste, aged 2 years.
Margueritte Joseph, aged 5 years.And in stock they have two oxen, one cow, one calf, one sow, and six fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for a garden only.
François Michel, junior, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 32 years, he has been in the country 14 months. Married to Marie Joseph Bourg, native of l'Acadie, aged 34 years.
They have in live stock: two oxen, one cow, one heifer, two sows, four pigs, and four fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of three bushels of wheat and in the coming spring.
Jean Michel, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 27 years, he has been in the country 14 months. Married to Martinne Bourg, native of l'Acadie, aged 28 years.
They have two daughters:-
Anne Agathe, aged 4 years.
Margueritte, aged 2 years.And in stock one ox, one cow, three sows, and three pigs.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of three bushels of grain in the coming spring.
François Michel, senior, native of l'Acadie, aged 63 years, he has been in the country 14 months. Married to Elisabeth Le Jeuge, native of l'Acadie, aged 65 years.
They have two sons and five daughters:-
Joseph Michel. aged 17 years.
Pierre, aged 14 years.
Margueritte, aged 19 years.
Catherine, aged 6 years.
Félicité, aged 11 years.
Françoise Perpétue, aged 9 years.Anne Benoiste, daughter of said Elizabeth [yes, "z"] Le Jeuge, aged 22 years.
Their live stock consists of two oxen, one heifer, one sow, two pigs, and one hen.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of four bushels of grain in the coming spring.
Ambroise Naquin, native of l'Acadie, aged 27 years, he has been two years in the country. Married to Isabelle Bourg, native of l'Acadie, aged 20 years.
They have Isabelle Naquin, their daughter, aged two years.
And in stock, two oxen, two cows, one calf, one horse, one ewe, four pigs, and two fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated on the south side of Ance à Pinet. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of a bushel and a half of grain.
Jacques Naquin, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 51 years, he has been one year in the country, widower of the late Jeanne Melançon.
He has three sons and three daughters:-
Jasques Naquin, aged 24 years.
Joseph, aged 20 years.
Pierre, aged 17 years.
Margueritte, aged 25 years.
Elisabeth, aged 19 years.
Marianne, aged 14 years.Pierre Melançon, native of l'Acadie, aged 80 years, his father-in-law, lives with him.
They have in stock, four oxen, two cows, one calf, one mare, seven ewes, and four pigs.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of two bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
François Naquin, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 48 years, he has been in the country two years. Married to Angélique Blanchard, native of l'Acadie, aged 45 years.
They have four sons and six daughters:-
Jean Baptiste, aged 23 years.
François, aged 19 years.
Charles, aged 14 years.
Joseph, aged 12 years.
Angélique, aged 21 years.
Anne, aged 18 years.
Marianne Nastazie, aged 11 years.
Ursulle, aged 7 years.
Tersille, aged 4 years.
Marianne, aged 2 years.Isaac Hébert, aged 3 years, his grand-son.
They have in stock four oxen, two cows, three calves, three ewes, and five pigs.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of three bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
Pierre Dugas, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 43 years, he has been on the island one year. Married to Elizabeth Bourg, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years.
They have three sons and five daughters:-
Jean Dugas, aged 16 years.
Pierre, aged 6 years.
Prosper, aged 1 year.
Marie, aged 18 years.
Marie Joseph, aged 15 years.
Elizabeth, aged 13 years.
Ainesse, aged 11 years.
Ozitte, aged 10 years.[no live stock listed]
The land upon which they are settled is situated on the south side of Ance à Pinet. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made a clearing on it for the sowing of two bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
Charles Pitre, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 32 years, he has been one year on the island. Married to Anne Thibadeau, native of l'Acadie, aged 31 years.
They have one son and two daughters:-
Jean Baptiste, aged one year.
Marie Martha, aged 6 years.
Ozitte, aged 4 years.They have in stock three oxen, five cows, and four pigs.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of four bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
Paul Henry, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 29 years, he has been on the island for one year. Married to Théotiste Thibadeau, native of l'Acadie, aged 27 years.
They have two sons and one daughter:-
Athanase Henry, aged 6 years.
Firmain, aged 2 years.
Magdelaine Joseph, aged 4 years.In stock, they have two oxen, one cow, one ewe, one bull, and five pigs.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of four bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
Alexandre Gautreau, native of l'Acadie, aged 34 years, he has been one year on the island. Married to Margueritte Hébert, native of l'Acadie, aged 27 years.
They have three sons and one daughter:-
François Hilaire, aged 7 years.
Alexander, aged 3 years.
Marin, aged 1 year.
Julienne, aged 5 years.Victor Gautreau, native of l'Acadie, aged 13 years, his nephew.
They have in stock one cow and four pigs.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made a clearing on it for the sowing of two bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
François Gautreau, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 74 years, he has been in the country one year. Married to Louise Acoin, native of l'Acadie, aged 72 years.
They have Marie Magdelaine Gautreau, their daughter, aged 25 years.
Their live stock consists of one cow and four pigs.
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François Gautreau, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 28 years, he has been on the island for one year. Married to Marie Leblanc, native of l'Acadie, aged 23 years.
They have three sons:-
Jean Baptiste, aged 3 years.
Joseph, aged 19 months.Charles Gautreau, orphan, aged 17 years, their nephew lives with them.
In stock, they have two oxen, one cow, and five fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated on the south side of Ance à Pinet. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made a clearing on it for the sowing of three bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
René Aucoin, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 41 years, he has been 14 months on the island. Married to Magdelaine Michel, native of l'Acadie, aged 35 years.
They have one son and five daughters:-
François Marin, aged 8 months.
Marie Magdelaine, aged 14 years.
Ozitte, aged 12 years.
Elisabeth, aged 9 years.
Anne Lablanche, aged 6 years.
Margueritte Joseph, aged 5 years.They have in live stock two oxen, two cows, one heifer, three sows, four pigs, and five fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of four bushels of wheat in the coming spring.
Pierre Gautreau, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 44 years, he has been in the country 15 months. Married to Elisabeth Terriaud, native of l'Acadie, aged 42 years.
They have seven sons and three daughters:-
Pierre Landry, aged 20 years.
Theo, aged 14 years.
Bazille, aged 11 years.
Honoré, aged 9 years.
Benoist, aged 3 years.
Pierre Melançon, aged 17 years.
Joseph, aged 15 years.
Aniesse Gautreau, aged 18 years.
Marie Joseph, aged 7 years.
Roze, aged 5 years.They have in live stock: three oxen, two cows, two mares, one ewe, six pigs, and three fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made on it a clearing for the sowing of three bushels of wheat and two bushels of oats in the coming spring.
Ance du Havre à Mathieu is situated on the south shore of the Isle Saint-Jean, three leagues from the peninsula of Trois-Rivières and six from Pointe de l'Est. It is formed by Cap à David lying to the south and Cap à la Soury to the north. The distance between these points is estimated at one league. The creek lies north and south and runs a half league inland to the west, having an almost uniform breadth throughout. At its extreme furthermost it branches into two harbours. One of which is called Havre à Matthieu. It is void of any settler, and lies to the north of the creek running west one league inland.
The width of this harbour is ascertained to be irregular, but is estimated at an average of 200 toises. In the middle of the creek is a channel twenty toises in breadth, in which there is from eight to nine feet of water at low tide. The lands surrounding the water are covered with hardwood of every description.
At the other extremity of the creek lies Havre la Fortune. It runs south-west to a depth of a league and a half inland. Its breadth at the widest part is estimated to be from 300 to 350 toises, whilst the channel has seven to eight feet of water on the bar at high tide. The nature of the soil renders it profitable for cultivation, and the settlers who took refuge here at the time of the last war, praise it very highly.
The meadow lands are situated on the banks of these rivers. They yield a sufficiently large quantity of hay to serve as fodder for such live stock as the settlers have in possession at present, but it is thought that if the area was extended a large number of head of cattle might be raised and fed. All the surrounding lands are covered with different sorts of mixed timber, but the settlers have not yet discovered a quarry of any sort.
Joseph Le Prieur, navigator, native of Port Royale, in l'Acadie, aged 49 years, he has been in the country 30 years. Married to Margueritte Olivier, native of Beaubassin, aged 29 years.
By their marriage they have had three sons and one daughter:-
Emanuel Le Prieur, aged 9 years.
Rocq, aged 7 years.
Jean Baptiste, aged 5 years.
Marie, aged 3 years.In stock they have the following: six oxen, six cows, two heifers, four calves, five ewes, five pigs, and twenty fowls; as well as one schooner of 26 tons burden, and another of 15 tons.
The land upon which they are newly settled is situated on the right bank of the harbour of La Fortune. Their only title is that of possession, and a verbal permission from Monsieur de Bonnaventure, the King's comandant in the isle of Saint Jean. They have made a large clearing and could have sown 28 bushels of seed if they had had it, but have only sown nine bushels and a half of wheat, half a bushel of rye, half bushel of barley, four and a half bushels of peas, two bushels of oats, and they could have sown another eleven bushels.
Cristophle Delanne, ploughman, native of the parish of Perier, bishopric of Avranche, Normandy, aged 47 years, he has been in the country 23 years. Married to Marguerite Caissy, native of Beaubassin, aged 25 years.
By their marriage they have five children, four sons and one daughter:-
Pierre Delanne, aged 13 years.
Jean, aged 9 years.
Jacques, aged 6 months.
Jean, aged 30 months.
Geneviève, aged 7 years.In stock they have: four oxen, three cows, one calf, four ewes, four pigs, and four fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is contiguous to that of Joseph Le Prieur. They have made a large clearing on it where they have sown eight bushels of wheat, four bushels of oats, one bushel and a half of peas, half a bushel of barley, half a bushel of buck wheat, and a piece of land sufficient for two bushels of seed sown with turnips, and they have sufficient land for the sowing of another eight bushels of seed.
Pierre La Prieur, ploughman, native of St. Pierre in the north part of the island, aged 27 years. Married to Judict Chiassion, widow of the late Charles Lacroix dit Durel, native of l'Acadie, aged 39 years.
She has six children by her first marriage and two by the second, namely, two sons and six daughters:-
Charles Lacroix, aged 13 years.
Pierre La Prieur, aged 4 years.
Marie Lacroix, [no age given]
Margueritte Lacroix, aged 21 years.
Anne, aged 18 years.
Judict, aged 16 years.
Marie Anne, aged 7 years.
Marie Le Prieur, aged 2 years.In stock they have three oxen, two cows, and one heifer.
The land on which they are settled is situated to the south-west of that of Joseph Le Prieur, his brother. They have made a clearing where they were only able to sow six bushels of wheat, having no more. Their land is sufficiently large to sow eighteen bushels of seed.
Joannis Laborde, ploughman, native of the parish of la Bastide, bishopric of Bayonne, aged 34 years, he has been in the counrty 12 years. Married to Marie La Prieur, native of St. Pierre in the north of this island, aged 32 years.
They have five children by their marriage, three sons and two daughters:-
Guaillaume Laborde, aged 12 years.
Charles François, aged 9 years.
Jean Baptiste, aged 1 year.
Marie, aged 6 years.
Marguerite, aged 3 years.They have in live stock four oxen, five cows, four calves, one wether, and nine fowls.
The land upon which they are settled is situated on the left bank of the harbour of La Fortune. They have made a clearing on it and sown ten bushels of wheat and a half bushel of peas.
Joseph Leblanc, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years, he has been in the country one year. Married to Marie Bourg, native of l'Acadie, aged 35 years.
They have five children of their marriage, all sons:-
Ambroise LeBlanc, aged 14 years.
Simon Joseph, aged 12 years.
Benony, aged 3 years.
Charles, aged 4 months.
Joseph, aged 8 years.In live stock they have four oxen, six cows, five calves, one horse, six pigs, and fourteen fowls or chickens.
The land upon which they are settled was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure, commandant of this island, to the south-west of the dwelling of Joannis Laborde. They have made a clearing on it where they have sown four bushels of wheat.
Abraham Daigre, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 47 years, he has been in the country two years. Married to Marie Boudrot, native of the parish of St. Charles, bishopric of Quebec, aged 44 years.
They have nine children of their marriage, seven boys and two girls:-
Aimable Daigre, aged 21 years,
Jean, aged 20 years.
Jean Eloy, aged 14 years.
François Marie, aged 12 years.
Pierre, aged 10 years.
Nicolas, aged 2 years.
Margueritte, aged 23 years.
Marie Rosalie, aged 16 years.In live stock they have two oxen, two cows, one calf, one ewe, three pigs, and four fowls.
The land upon which they are settled on the right shore of the said harbour. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure, commandant of the Isle of Saint-Jean. They have made a clearing on it on which they have sown two bushels of wheat, two bushels of peas, and one bushel of oats.
We have left Havre de la Fortune on the 11th and took the route for Pointe de l'Est, situated, it is stated, six leagues from the harbour. After having doubled the point of Havre à Mathieu, we passed a little to seaward of the harbour la Souris and observed that it runs a league and a half inland to the north, throwing out an arm to the east. The entrance to the harbour is practicable only to boats and wood boats of the capacity of three to four cords. Next, we noticed the little harbours that run, the one to the west and the other to the north-west, which are practicable to boats alone. In all this part of the country there is but little hay made. The land seems to be of a nature suitable for cultivation, and is covered with all kinds of hard wood fit for the construction of small vessels and boats. These harbours lie at a distance of one league apart and two leagues from the harbour de la Fortune. After having made another two leagues, we found ourselves crossing Havre de l'Echourie. Its entrance lies north and south, and is estimated at one hundred toises in length. Inside the entrance the harbour divides into two arms, running east and west so that on the starboard on entering may have been a league in length, by a quarter of a league in breadth, and that to the larboard three-quarters of a league. There is a great deal of grass on the banks of the harbour. The harbour is practicable only for boats. It is considered that this harbour would have only been a large creek but for the sand dunes thrown up by the wind, which sand dunes separate it from the sea. Next, after making another two leagues, we doubled Pointe de l'Est. This point had been reduced to a wilderness by a fire which has passed through this section, and the settlers have established themselves at a distance of two leagues from the point on the north side.
The land upon which the people have settled is of the best for cultivation. Nevertheless they have sown no seed here, and the truth is that they lack the seed to sow, and if the King does not make them a gift or a loan of seed so that they can sow it next spring they will find it impossible to maintain themselves, being today at the last stage of poverty through the great mortality among their live stock.
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