Abraham
DUGAS dit COIGNET
Born
abt. 1616
,
St Anne D'auray, Bretagne, France
Died
abt. 1698
,
Port Royal, Acadia
Parents & Family of Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET
Parents of Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET
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Abraham was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1640.
WORK & OCCUPATION
Occupation
Recorded occupation: armurier du roy, cultivateur
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET
Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET married Marguerite DOUCET
Marriage date: abt. 1647
Marriage place:
Marguerite DOUCET was the child of Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS?
Marguerite DOUCETMarriage date: abt. 1647
Marriage place:
Marguerite DOUCET was the child of Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS?
Children of Abraham DUGAS dit COIGNET and Marguerite DOUCET
Claude DUGAS
Married: Françoise BOURGEOIS 1673 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Married: Marguerite BOURG 1697 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Anne DUGAS
Married: Charles BOURGEOIS 1668 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Married: Jean-Aubin MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) dit CHÂTILLON 26 April 1679 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
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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." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.
A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.
Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)
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'Abraham Dugas, a skilled gunsmith perhaps from Chouppes, Poitiers, France, born in c1616, reached Acadia in c1640 and was thus among the earliest settlers in the colony. In October 1687, Abraham 'made his mark on an attestation in favour of Governor d'Aulnay's accomplishments,' which shows how early he had come to the colony. Abraham also was more than a gunsmith at Port-Royal. According to a high French official, Abraham Dugas 'carried out the functions of general representative of the King [in civil and criminal matters].' Abraham married Marguerite, daughter of Germain Doucet, sieur de La Verdure, at Port-Royal in c1647. They had eight children, including three sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own. Abraham's five daughters married into the Melanson dit La Ramée, Bourgeois, Châtillon, Arseneau, and LeBlanc families. Abraham died at Port-Royal by 1700. In December 1705, in order to increase the size of the fort at Port-Royal, colonial officials
Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, April 2, 1983
Source: Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen A. White
1671 Port Royal
Abraham DUGAST, gunsmith, 55, wife Marie Judith DOUCET 46; Children: Claude 19, Martin 15, Abraham 10, Marie 23, Anne 17, Margueritte 14, Magdeleine 7, Marie 5; cattle 19, sheep 3.
1678 Port Royal
Abraham Dugast & Marguerite Doucet
12 acres 20 cattle 1 gun
1 boy 18 1660 Abraham
2 girls 15 1663 Madeleine
12 1666 Marie
12 acres 20 cattle 1 gun
1 boy 18 1660 Abraham
2 girls 15 1663 Madeleine
12 1666 Marie
1679 Marriage of ChildAnne DUGAS married 26 April 1679 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) to Jean-Aubin MIGNAULT (MIGNEAULT) dit CHÂTILLON
1686 Port Royal
Abraham DUGAS 70, Marguerite DOUCET 50.
1693 Port Royal
Abraham DUGAS 74, Marguerite DOUCET 66, Claude 44, Francoise BOURGEOIS (his wife) 34, Marie 17, Claude 16, Francoise 14, Joseph 13, Marguerite 11, Anne 10, Jeanne 9, Agnes 7, Francois 5, Madeleine 4, Cecile 1; 20 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 pigs, 26 arpents, 4 guns
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