Alexandre LEBORGNE

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12 March 1640 , La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Died

abt. 1693 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Born: 12 March 1640 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France

Father: Unknown

Mother: Unknown

Alexandre was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1654.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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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 .

son of Emmanuel Leborgne and Jeanne Francois

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Recorded occupation: governor and seigneur of Port-Royal

Québec Généalogie - The Seigneurial System (1627 - 1854)
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.

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Marie ST-ETIENNE dite LATOUR
Marriage date: abt. 1670
Marriage 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

Born: abt. 1676, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1750, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Cecile THIBODEAU 1698 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie Madeleine LEBORGNE DE BELISLE

Born: abt. 1677, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Alexandre GIROUARD 1694 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Alexandre LEBORGNE dit BELISLE

Born: abt. 1679, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: , , Maine, USA

Married: Anastasie D'ABBADIE DE SAINT-CASTIN 4 December 1707 Place: , Maine, USA

Marie Jeanne LEBORGNE

Born: abt. 1681, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 23 October 1711, Québec, Canada, New France

Married: Bernard DAMOUR (D'AMOURS) 5 September 1697 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Charles LEBORGNE

Born: abt. 1685, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Marie Françoise LEBORGNE

Born: abt. 1688, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Anne LEBORGNE

Born: abt. 1690, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

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Birth — 1640
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 full story

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