Jean-François BROUSSARD (BROSSARD)

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abt. 1654 , France

Died

31 December 1716 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Born: abt. 1654 in France

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Jean-François was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1681.

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Jean-François married Marie Catherine RICHARD abt. 1681 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie Catherine RICHARD was born abt. 1663 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Catherine died abt. 1755 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Catherine was the child of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD.

Jean-François BROUSSARD (BROSSARD) died 31 December 1716 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Marie Catherine RICHARD
Marriage date: abt. 1681
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
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Marie Catherine RICHARD was the child of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD

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"Francois Brossard, ancestor of one of the most famous families in Acadian history, was born perhaps in Acadia in c1653 to parents still unknown. He married Catherine, daughter of Michel Richard, at Port-Royal in c1678. They settled on haute rivière, now the upper Annapolis River, at a place called Beausoleil. Not long after his marriage, Francois "collaborated with Pierre Thibodeau in the colonization of Chipoudy, but he did not go to settle there himself." Francois and Catherine had 11 children. Four of their daughters married into the Landry, Doucet, Préjean, and Bourg families. Francois and Catherine had six sons, all born at Port-Royal, five of whom created families of their own. Francois died suddenly at his farm on haute rivière in December 1716, in his early 60s. "

François Brossard, later Broussard, born in c1653, perhaps in Anjou, may have come to the colony aboard L'Oranger. He married Catherine, daughter of Michel dit Sansoucy Richard and Madeleine Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1678. De Meulles found them still at Port-Royal in 1686. François was age 33, and Catherine was 22. They lived with three children, a son and two daughters, the younger daughter "not yet ... baptized" at 11 days old. They owned 1 gun, 7 cattle, 6 sheep, and 5 hogs. Catherine gave François 11 children, including six sons, five of whom created families of their own. The activities of two of those sons would write the family's name large in Acadian history.

Children of Jean-François BROUSSARD (BROSSARD) and Marie Catherine RICHARD

Madeleine BROUSSARD (BROSARD)

Born: abt. 1681, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1731, , Acadia, Canada

Married: Pierre LANDRY 7 January 1704 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre BROUSSARD

Born: abt. 1683, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1740, , Acadia, Canada

Married: Marguerite BOURG 14 January 1709 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Anne BROUSSARD (BROSARD)

Born: January 1686, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: René Pierre DOUCET 1702 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Catherine BROUSSARD (BROSARD)

Born: abt. 1690, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1731, , Acadia, Canada

Married: Charles LANDRY 29 October 1708 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Married: Charles PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) 21 February 1729 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

François BROUSSARD

Born: abt. 1692, , Acadia, Canada
Died: November 1717, Port Royal, Acadia

Elisabeth BROUSSARD (BROSSARD)

Born: abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 8 December 1718, , Acadia, Canada

Married: Pierre BOURG 22 February 1714 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Claude BROUSSARD

Born: abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1755, , Crown Colony of Maryland

Married: Anne BABIN 24 October 1718 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Married: Marie DUGAS 18 November 1754 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Alexandre BROUSSARD dit BEAUSOLEIL

Born: abt. 1699, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 18 September 1765, St-Martinville, Territory of Orleans

Married: Marguerite THIBODEAU 7 February 1724 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph BROUSSARD dit BEAUSOLEIL

Born: 19 October 1702, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 4 September 1765, Camp Beausoleil, Broussard, St-Martin, Territory of Orleans

Married: Agnes THIBODEAU 11 September 1725 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Baptiste BROUSSARD

Born: 23 March 1705, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 4 July 1770, Mascouche, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: Anne Cécile BABIN 1728 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1686 Birth of Child
Marie Anne BROUSSARD (BROSARD) was born January 1686, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III
In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read full story

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1702 Birth of Child
Joseph BROUSSARD dit BEAUSOLEIL was born 19 October 1702, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1704 Marriage of Child
Madeleine BROUSSARD (BROSARD) married 7 January 1704, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Pierre LANDRY

1705 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste BROUSSARD was born 23 March 1705, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1708 Marriage of Child
Catherine BROUSSARD (BROSARD) married 29 October 1708 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Charles LANDRY

1709 Marriage of Child
Pierre BROUSSARD married 14 January 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marguerite BOURG

1714 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth BROUSSARD (BROSSARD) married 22 February 1714 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Pierre BOURG