Alexandre
LEBORGNE
(b.
12 March 1640
,
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
d.
abt. 1693
,
Port Royal, Acadia
)
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Alexandre LEBORGNE was born 12 March 1640 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Alexandre LEBORGNE was the child of ? and ?Alexandre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1654.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Alexandre married Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR abt. 1670 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children. Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR was born abt. 1652 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie died 28 May 1739 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie was the child of Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Jeanne MOTIN.
Alexandre LEBORGNE died abt. 1693 in Port Royal, Acadia .
Occupation: governor and seigneur of Port-Royal
son of Emmanuel Leborgne and Jeanne Francois
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The seigneurial system was a form of land settlement modeled on the French feudal system. It began in New France in 1627 with the formation of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (or Company of 100 Associates), which was initially responsible for handing out land grants and seigneurial rights. The land was divided into five by 15 kilometer plots, usually along major rivers like the St. Lawrence. They were then further subdivided into narrow, but long lots for settlement. These lots were usually long enough to be suitable for faming, and they provided everyone who lived on them with equal access to neighbouring farms and the river. There were three main groups of people who lived off the land in this system: Seigneurs, Habitants and Engagés
Alexandre LEBORGNE was a seigneur.
Seigneurs were the most important colonists, as they were usually in the military or aristocracy prior to being a settler. These seigneurs then were charged with the task of subdividing large parcels of land into five by 15 kilometer concessions, then renting this land to a habitant. Under regulations set up by the French government in France, the seigneur could also set up a court of law, set up a mill on his land and organize a commune.
Source: Canada in the Making (www.canadiana.ca/citm/index_e.html)
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Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR-- Date: abt. 1670 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR was the child of Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Jeanne MOTIN
Children of Alexandre LEBORGNE and Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR:
Emmanuel LE BORGNE DE BÉLISLE (b.abt. 1676, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1750, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Cecile THIBODEAU 1698 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
Marie Madeleine LEBORGNE DE BELISLE (b.abt. 1677, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Alexandre GIROUARD 1694 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
Alexandre LEBORGNE dit BELISLE (b.abt. 1679, Port Royal, Acadia d. , , Maine, USA)
m. Anastasie D'ABBADIE DE SAINT-CASTIN 4 December 1707 in , Maine, USA
Marie Jeanne LEBORGNE (b.abt. 1681, Port Royal, Acadia d. 23 October 1711, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Bernard DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) 5 September 1697 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Charles LEBORGNE (b.abt. 1685, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Marie Françoise LEBORGNE (b.abt. 1688, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Anne LEBORGNE (b.abt. 1690, , Acadia, Canada d. , )


Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR was the child of Charles ST-ETIENNE dit LATOUR and Jeanne MOTIN
Children of Alexandre LEBORGNE and Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR:


m. Cecile THIBODEAU 1698 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)


m. Alexandre GIROUARD 1694 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)


m. Anastasie D'ABBADIE DE SAINT-CASTIN 4 December 1707 in , Maine, USA


m. Bernard DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) 5 September 1697 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)






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12 March 1640
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Biography
LE BORGNE DE BELLE-ISLE, ALEXANDRE, temporary governor of Acadia, seigneur of Port-Royal; b. 1640 or 1643 at La Rochelle, son of Emmanuel Le Borgne and Jeanne François; d. c. 1693 at Port-Royal.
Emmanuel Le Borgne had advanced considerable sums of money to Menou d’Aulnay, the former governor of Acadia, to further the latter’s plans for colonization. On d’Aulnay’s death in 1650, Le Borgne sought to recover his outlay. His claims and the steps that he took in consequence were to involve him in sharp quarrels which were a blot upon the history of the colony at that period. Young Alexandre thus grew up in an atmosphere of litigation between people whose roles are still appraised in varying ways by historians.
In the autumn of 1656, two years after the capitulation of Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.) to Sedgwick, Acadia was ceded by Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour to two English colonels, Thomas Temple and William Crowne. The following year Emmanuel Le Borgne was appointed...Read MORE...
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LE BORGNE DE BELLE-ISLE, ALEXANDRE, temporary governor of Acadia, seigneur of Port-Royal; b. 1640 or 1643 at La Rochelle, son of Emmanuel Le Borgne and Jeanne François; d. c. 1693 at Port-Royal.
Emmanuel Le Borgne had advanced considerable sums of money to Menou d’Aulnay, the former governor of Acadia, to further the latter’s plans for colonization. On d’Aulnay’s death in 1650, Le Borgne sought to recover his outlay. His claims and the steps that he took in consequence were to involve him in sharp quarrels which were a blot upon the history of the colony at that period. Young Alexandre thus grew up in an atmosphere of litigation between people whose roles are still appraised in varying ways by historians.
In the autumn of 1656, two years after the capitulation of Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.) to Sedgwick, Acadia was ceded by Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour to two English colonels, Thomas Temple and William Crowne. The following year Emmanuel Le Borgne was appointed...Read MORE...
Dictionary of Canadian Biography (www.biographi.ca)
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