Acadian Exile - Grand Derangement flag male ancestor  Jean Baptiste  BENOIT

  (b. abt. 1748 Acadia, Canada   d. 2 October 1830 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada )  

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Jean Baptiste BENOIT was born abt. 1748 in Acadia, Canada

Jean Baptiste BENOIT was the child of Geoffroi BENOIT   and   Madeleine BABIN and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Claude BENOIT and Jeanne HÉBERT (maternal)  Pierre BABIN and Madeleine BOURG

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


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean Baptiste  married  Françoise LÉTOURNEAU 9 October 1775 in Chambly, Province of Québec, Canada .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Françoise LÉTOURNEAU  was born 30 August 1759 in Chambly, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly).  Françoise died 22 September 1832 in Saint-Luc, Québec, Canada.  Françoise was the child of Nicolas LÉTOURNEAU and Marie-Geneviève PELOQUIN dite FÉLIX.

Jean Baptiste BENOIT died 2 October 1830 in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada .
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Did You Know? Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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