Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born

Died

17 September 1725 , Port Royal, Acadia

Claude Jean married Marie GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) 8 January 1660 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Marie GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) was born abt. 1645 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marie died 29 November 1732 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marie was the child of François GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and Marie-Edmée LEJEUNE .

Parents & Family of Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Parents of Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Father

Jehan-Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT, TERRIOT)

Mother

Perrine RAU (RHEAULT) (BEAU)

Grandparents of Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Paternal grandparents

Paternal grandfather not yet recorded Paternal grandmother not yet recorded

Maternal grandparents

Maternal grandfather not yet recorded Maternal grandmother not yet recorded

WORK & OCCUPATION

Occupation

Recorded occupation: Laboureur

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) married

Marie GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)
Marriage date: 8 January 1660
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) was the child of François GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) and Marie-Edmée LEJEUNE

Marriage notes:

" * CLAUDE TERRIOT was born about 1637 in Port Royal, Acadia.

* He married MARIE GAUTROT in Port Royal about 1661. Marie Gautrot was the daughter of Francois Gautrot and Edmee Lejeune. Marie was born about 1645 in Port Royal, Acadia and died there on the 29th of November in 1732.

* At the time of the 1671 census, Claude and his wife Marie were living with their family of four young children aged nine and under. They were raising 13 head of cattle and one sheep and had six arpents of land under cultivation. By the 1678 census they had three more children, but a lot less cattle ! Eight years later their family has grown by only one child but they now had thirteen arpents under cultivation, as well as 8 head of cattle and 6 sheep.

* By the time Claude was 55 and Marie 48, they had fifteen arpents of land cleared and had added hogs to their livestock. Marie now had a two year old toddler underfoot, in addition to seven other children still living with her. The 1698 census shows that they continued to enrich themselves. This hardworking family still counted cattle, sheep and hogs among its livestock and had cleared another three arpents of land, but they had also diversified by adding 50 fruit trees to their farm.

* By 1707 Claude was in his seventies and Marie in her sixties. Their farm had shrunk to two arpents but they still have livestock (six each of cattle and sheep and twelve hogs). Claude died in the autumn of 1725, while his wife Marie lived on till the 29th of November in 1732. She was buried on November 30th in Port Royal, Acadia.

* The couple had 14 children in all."

Source: A Canadian Family Through the Generations: Theriault

acanadianfamily.com

"Oldest son Claude, born in c1637, was one of the first French children born in Acadia. In c1661 he married Marie, daughter of Francois Gautrot, at Port-Royal. They had 14 children, including three sons who married into the Richard, Landry, and Aucoin families. Eight of their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Landry, Babin, Gaudet, Belliveau dit Blondin, Robichaud dit Niganne, Blanchard, and Richard dit Beaupré families. Claude and Marie remained at Port-Royal, where he died in September 1725, age 88, In the 1680s, however, his married sons had moved to the Minas Basin, among the first families to settle there. "

Source: www.acadiansingray.com

Children of Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) and Marie GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)

Germain THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1662, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 29 July 1737, Canard, Acadie

Married: Marie Anne RICHARD 10 MAY 1685 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Marie Elizabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: January 1665, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1684, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Married: Pierre LEBLANC 1684 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Marguerite Marie THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1667, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: May 1725, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Claude LANDRY 1684 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1670, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 12 November 1725, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Married: Jeanne LANDRY 1691 Place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia

Anne THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1673, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 21 March 1750, New Minas, Kings, Acadie

Married: Vincent Joseph BABIN 1687 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Jeanne Elizabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1674, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 21 March 1751, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Bernard GAUDET 1693 Place: , Acadia, Canada

Claude THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: 20 October 1678, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: October 1752, Canard, Acadie

Married: Agnès AUCOIN 1703 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Marie THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1679, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 6 May 1753, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Antoine BELLIVEAU (BÉLIVEAU) 1701 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Marie Madeleine THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1681, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 4 May 1753, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: François ROBICHAUD dit NIGANNE 1702 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Pierre THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1711, Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Elisabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1685, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 27 March 1735, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Antoine BLANCHARD 31 January 1707 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

Joseph THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1687, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1711, Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Marie Josephe THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1690, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1700,

Marie Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)

Born: abt. 1691, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 27 April 1777, Bécancour, Nicolet, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: René RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ 26 January 1712 Place: Port Royal, Acadia

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1643 - May 14 - Louis XIV becomes King of France

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

1660 Marriage / Partner
Claude Jean THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) and Marie GAUTROT (GAUTREAU) 8 January 1660, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1665 Birth of Child
Marie Elizabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) was born January 1665, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal

Claude TERRIAU 34, wife, Marie GAUTEROT 24; Children: Germain 9, Marie 6, Marguerite 4, Jean 1; cattle 13, sheep 3, 6 arpents

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1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Port Royal

Jean TERRIAU, 70, wife, Perrine RAU 60; Children (married): Claude 34, Jean 32, Bonaventure 30, Germain 25, Jeanne 27, Catherine 21; (not married): Pierre 16; cattle 6, sheep 1.

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1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Port Royal

Claude Terriot & Marie Gautrot

3 acres 5 cattle

3 boys 16 1662 Germain

9 1669 Jean

1 1677 Claude

4 girls 14 1664 Marie

12 1666 Marguerite

8 1670 Anne

4 1674 Jeanne

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1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Birth of Child
Claude THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) was born 20 October 1678, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1685 Marriage of Child
Germain THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) married 10 MAY 1685, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia to Marie Anne RICHARD

1686 Port Royal

Claude TERRIOT 49, Marie GOTRO his wife 40; children: Jean 18. Claude 8, Pierre 2, Anne 14, Jeanne 12, Marie 7, Magdelaine 5, Elisabet 1; 1 gun, 13 arpents. 8 cattle, 6 sheep.

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1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal

Claude TERRIOT 55, Marie GOUTROT 48, Jeanne 18, Claude 15, Marie 12, Madeleine 12, Pierre 9, Elisabeth 7, Joseph 6, Marie 2; 12 cattle, 15 sheep, 7 pigs, 15 arpents, 1 gun

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1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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.

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1698 Port Royal

Claude TERRIOT 60; Marie GOTROT 53 (wife) 53; Marie 18; Claude 17; Magdelaine 15; Pierre 13; Joseph 10; Margueritte 8; 12 cattle, 20 sheep, 12 hogs, 18 arpents, 50 fruit trees, 1 gun,

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1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

1700 Port Royal

Claude TERRIOT 62; Marie GOUTROT (wife) 55; Claude 22; Pierre 16; Joseph 13; Marie 19; Madelaine 17; Elisabeth 14; Marie 9; Marguerite 7; 10 cattle, 13 sheep, 15 arpents 1 gun.

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1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1701 Port Royal

Claude TERRIOT 66, Marie GOUTROT (wife) 55; Ahraham 18. Claude 13, Anthoine 10, Marguerite 17, Agnes 9, Francoise 6; 1 gun, 15 cattle, 20 sheep, 14 hogs, 12 arpents.

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1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1707 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) married 31 January 1707, Port Royal, Acadia to Antoine BLANCHARD

1712 Marriage of Child
Marie Marguerite THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) married 26 January 1712, Port Royal, Acadia to René RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

17 September 1725 - Burial

Claude Teriau, died the same day, eigthy-seven years old
Witnesses: Jean Babineau and Pierre Comau

Source / record details
The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

Death

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

Death — 1725
17 September 1725
Port Royal, Acadia

FINAL RESTING PLACE

Burial & Cemetery

Burial details for Claude

Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Historical names: Port Royal, Acadia

Website: From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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