Jean Baptiste ROY

Born

abt. 1691 , Acadia, Canada

Died

6 April 1770 , Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada

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Born: abt. 1691 in Acadia, Canada

Parents of Jean Baptiste ROY

Father

Jean ROY

Mother

Marie Christine HAUTBOIS dite DUBOIS

Grandparents of Jean Baptiste ROY

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Jean Baptiste was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Jean Baptiste married Jeanne LEJEUNE 3 October 1712 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia . Jeanne LEJEUNE was born abt. 1691 in Acadia, Canada. Jeanne was the child of Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD and Marie THIBODEAU.

Jean Baptiste married (2) Françoise CORPORON abt. 1747 in Acadia, Canada . Françoise CORPORON was born abt. 1720 in Acadia, Canada. Françoise died 20 February 1799 in Repentigny, Lower Canada . Françoise was the child of Martin CORPORON and Marie Josephe VIGER.

Jean Baptiste ROY died 6 April 1770 in Champlain, Province of Québec, Canada .
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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

Les acadiens : du grand derangement au grand remplacement (VERITES POUR L')

Scattered to the Four Winds: An Acadian Family's Journey

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Jean Baptiste ROY

Jean Baptiste ROY married

Jeanne LEJEUNE
Marriage date: 3 October 1712
Marriage place: Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia
Jeanne LEJEUNE was the child of Pierre LEJEUNE dit BRIARD and Marie THIBODEAU

Children of Jean Baptiste ROY and Jeanne LEJEUNE

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Jean Baptiste ROY married

Françoise CORPORON
Marriage date: abt. 1747
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Françoise CORPORON was the child of Martin CORPORON and Marie Josephe VIGER

Children of Jean Baptiste ROY and Françoise CORPORON

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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

1712 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste ROY and Jeanne LEJEUNE 3 October 1712, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.