Pierre
DOUCET dit LAVERDURE
Born
abt. 1621
,
Coupru, Aisne, Picardie, France
Died
2 June 1713
,
Port Royal, Acadia
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Born: abt. 1621 in Coupru, Aisne, Picardie, France
Father:
Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE
Mother:
Marie BOURGEOIS?
Pierre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1641.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Pierre married Henriette PELLETRET abt. 1661 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Henriette PELLETRET was born abt. 1641 in Paris, France. Henriette died abt. 1694 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Henriette was the child of Simon PELLETRET and Perrine BOURG.
Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE died 2 June 1713 in Port Royal, Acadia .
Son of Germain Doucet and Marie Bourgeois
Born at Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne, France
From Rootsweb.com author unknown
With the fall of Port Royal in 1654 , Pierre took refuge in Québec were his wife died. After a few years Pierre and his son Germain returned to Acadia .Pierre remarried in 1660 to Heriette Pelletret and had 11 more children.
Born at Sedan, Champagne-Ardenne, France
From Rootsweb.com author unknown
With the fall of Port Royal in 1654 , Pierre took refuge in Québec were his wife died. After a few years Pierre and his son Germain returned to Acadia .Pierre remarried in 1660 to Heriette Pelletret and had 11 more children.
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WORK & OCCUPATION
Occupation
Recorded occupation: Maçon
Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name?
When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated.
The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
Spouse & Children of Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE
Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE married 
Henriette PELLETRET
Marriage date: abt. 1661
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Henriette PELLETRET was the child of Simon PELLETRET and Perrine BOURG
Henriette PELLETRETMarriage date: abt. 1661
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Henriette PELLETRET was the child of Simon PELLETRET and Perrine BOURG
Marriage notes:
"Germain's older son Pierre was born in France in c1621. He settled at Port-Royal, worked as a mason, and did not marry until c1660, when he was nearly 40. His wife Henriette, daughter of Simon Pelletret, was 20 years his junior and gave him 10 children. Their four daughters married into the Hébert, Bernard, Doiron, Chênet Dubreuil, and Comeau families. Pierre died at Port-Royal in June 1713; he was 92 years old. Five of his six sons, all born at Port-Royal, created families of their own."
Source: www.acadiansingray.com
Children of Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Henriette PELLETRET
Marie Anne DOUCETMarried: Jean Baptiste HÉBERT 1676 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
Toussaint Dit François DOUCETMarried: Marie CAISSIE 1690 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
Jean Claude DOUCETMarried: Françoise BLANCHARD 1692 Place: Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada (Cobequid, Acadia)
Pierre DOUCET Madeleine DOUCETMarried: René BERNARD 1690 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
Married: Pierre DOIRON 1709 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
Louis DOUCETBorn: abt. 1674, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Marguerite GIROUARD 1701 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Louise Dite Jeanne DOUCETMarried: Pierre CHÊNET (CHESNET, CHENAIS, OR CHESNAY) 1691 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
René Pierre DOUCETMarried: Marie Anne BROUSSARD (BROSARD) 1702 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Marguerite DOUCETMarried: Alexandre COMEAU 1702 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Mathieu DOUCETBorn: abt. 1685, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Anne LORD (LAURE) 15 June 1712 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, April 2, 1983
Biography
Germain Doucet, sieur de La Verdure, of Couperans or Conflans en Brie, France, a minor nobleman and 'captain at arms,' born in the mid-1590s, came to Acadia with Isaac de Razilly and the sieur d'Aulnay in 1632. This makes him one of the first permanent settlers of Acadia. He was master at arms at Pentagouët, present-day Maine, in 1640 and testified in an inquiry against former governor Charles La Tour that year. Germain was mentioned in the will of the sieur d'Aulnay, written in 1649, the year before the governor died. In 1654, when the English seized Port-Royal, Germain commanded the post and was guardian of d'Aulnay's children. Germain is not listed in the first Acadian census of 1671 because he likely returned to France after the English seized the colony. According to Acadian genealogist Bona Arsenault, if Germain had been listed in the first census, he would have been 76 years old that year.
Germain married twice, but the names of both of his wives have been lost to...Read full story
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Germain Doucet, sieur de La Verdure, of Couperans or Conflans en Brie, France, a minor nobleman and 'captain at arms,' born in the mid-1590s, came to Acadia with Isaac de Razilly and the sieur d'Aulnay in 1632. This makes him one of the first permanent settlers of Acadia. He was master at arms at Pentagouët, present-day Maine, in 1640 and testified in an inquiry against former governor Charles La Tour that year. Germain was mentioned in the will of the sieur d'Aulnay, written in 1649, the year before the governor died. In 1654, when the English seized Port-Royal, Germain commanded the post and was guardian of d'Aulnay's children. Germain is not listed in the first Acadian census of 1671 because he likely returned to France after the English seized the colony. According to Acadian genealogist Bona Arsenault, if Germain had been listed in the first census, he would have been 76 years old that year.
Germain married twice, but the names of both of his wives have been lost to...Read full story
www.acadiansingray.com
Doucet family
'Doucet is a name now very widely diffused in the Martime Provinces, there being about five hundred families who bear that name in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Of these, 170 families are in Gloucester, 120 in Yarmouth county, 100 in Digby and 60 in Inverness. There are a few families of the name, 45 in all, in Kent, Northumberland, Restigouche, Mada- waska and Westmorland. All these people are undoubtedly descended from Pierre and Germain Doucet, whose names appear in the census of 1671. Pierre Doucet was 50 years old when that census was taken, and in 1687 he was one of the 'ancient inhabitants' of Port Royal who certified with regard to the work done by Charnisay in the settlement of Acadia. He signed this document with his mark, so that he was an uneducated man. He was married to Henriette Peltret and they had five children, three boys and two girls, the oldst son, Toussant, being only eight years old. Doucet's trade was that of a mason. Germain Doucet was 30 years old and he was ...Read full story
'Doucet is a name now very widely diffused in the Martime Provinces, there being about five hundred families who bear that name in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Of these, 170 families are in Gloucester, 120 in Yarmouth county, 100 in Digby and 60 in Inverness. There are a few families of the name, 45 in all, in Kent, Northumberland, Restigouche, Mada- waska and Westmorland. All these people are undoubtedly descended from Pierre and Germain Doucet, whose names appear in the census of 1671. Pierre Doucet was 50 years old when that census was taken, and in 1687 he was one of the 'ancient inhabitants' of Port Royal who certified with regard to the work done by Charnisay in the settlement of Acadia. He signed this document with his mark, so that he was an uneducated man. He was married to Henriette Peltret and they had five children, three boys and two girls, the oldst son, Toussant, being only eight years old. Doucet's trade was that of a mason. Germain Doucet was 30 years old and he was ...Read full story
1654 - Fled to Quebec
'Pierre (Laverdure) Doucet, b-1621 fled to Quebec in 1654 when Port Royal, Acadia fell, his 1st wife whom he married in 1640 died in Quebec, 2nd marriage 1660, Heriette Pelletret when he returned to Acadia. '
Source: www.telusplanet.net/ public/ dgarneau/ french15.htm
'Pierre (Laverdure) Doucet, b-1621 fled to Quebec in 1654 when Port Royal, Acadia fell, his 1st wife whom he married in 1640 died in Quebec, 2nd marriage 1660, Heriette Pelletret when he returned to Acadia. '
Source: www.telusplanet.net/ public/ dgarneau/ french15.htm
1671 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET, bricklayer 50, wife Henriette PELTRET 31; Children: Anne 10, Toussaint 8, Jean 6, Pierre 4, and 1 daughter 3 months; cattle 7, sheep 6.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Pierre DOUCET, bricklayer 50, wife Henriette PELTRET 31; Children: Anne 10, Toussaint 8, Jean 6, Pierre 4, and 1 daughter 3 months; cattle 7, sheep 6.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1671 Birth of ChildMadeleine DOUCET was born August 1671, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1678 Port Royal
Pierre Doucet & Henriette Pelletret
1 1/ 2 acres 10 cattle 1 gun
5 boys 17 1661 Toussaint
12 1666 Pierre
14 1664 Jean
6 1672 Louis
3/ M 1678
2 girls 10 1668 Madeleine
3 1675 Jeanne
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Pierre Doucet & Henriette Pelletret
1 1/ 2 acres 10 cattle 1 gun
5 boys 17 1661 Toussaint
12 1666 Pierre
14 1664 Jean
6 1672 Louis
3/ M 1678
2 girls 10 1668 Madeleine
3 1675 Jeanne
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1686 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET 55 (sic 65), Henriette PELTRET 40; children: Toussaints 23, Jean 20, Pierre 18, Magdelaine 16, Louis 12, Jeanne 10, Pierre 8, Marguerite 6, Mathieu 1; 2 guns, 5 arpents, 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Pierre DOUCET 55 (sic 65), Henriette PELTRET 40; children: Toussaints 23, Jean 20, Pierre 18, Magdelaine 16, Louis 12, Jeanne 10, Pierre 8, Marguerite 6, Mathieu 1; 2 guns, 5 arpents, 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1693 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET (widower) 56, Louis 19, Rene 13, Mathieu 8; 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, 8 arpents, 1 gun
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Pierre DOUCET (widower) 56, Louis 19, Rene 13, Mathieu 8; 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 pigs, 8 arpents, 1 gun
1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1698 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET widower 80; Louis 24; Rene 18; Mathieu 10 Margueritte 12; 12 cattle 8 sheep, 5 hogs, 16 arpents, 40 fruit trees, 1 gun.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Pierre DOUCET widower 80; Louis 24; Rene 18; Mathieu 10 Margueritte 12; 12 cattle 8 sheep, 5 hogs, 16 arpents, 40 fruit trees, 1 gun.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1700 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET, widower, 63; Rene 20; Mathieu 15; 8 cattle, 10 sheep, 8 arpents, 1 gun.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Pierre DOUCET, widower, 63; Rene 20; Mathieu 15; 8 cattle, 10 sheep, 8 arpents, 1 gun.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1701 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET (widower) 80; Rene DOUCET 21, Mathieu 15; 2 guns, 9 cattle, 6 sheep, 2 hogs. 6 arpents.
1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Pierre DOUCET (widower) 80; Rene DOUCET 21, Mathieu 15; 2 guns, 9 cattle, 6 sheep, 2 hogs. 6 arpents.
1701 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1710 Death of ChildMarie Anne DOUCET died 3 November 1710, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
1712 Marriage of ChildMathieu DOUCET married 15 June 1712, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne LORD (LAURE)
2 June 1713 - Burial
Pierre Doucet, nearly one hundred years old
The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755
Pierre Doucet, nearly one hundred years old
The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755
Death — 17132 June 1713
Port Royal, Acadia
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Burial & Cemetery
Burial details for Pierre:
St. George St.
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (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."
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (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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