Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE

(b. abt. 1668 , France d. 27 March 1751 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE was born abt. 1668 in France

Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE was the child of ? and ?

Jacques was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1694.

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Jacques married Madeleine TRAHAN abt. 1694 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Madeleine TRAHAN was born abt. 1678 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Madeleine died 8 December 1742 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Madeleine was the child of Guillaume TRAHAN and Madeleine BRUN.

Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE died 27 March 1751 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Québec Généalogie - 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'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE married

Madeleine TRAHAN-- Date: abt. 1694 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
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Madeleine TRAHAN was the child of Guillaume TRAHAN and Madeleine BRUN

Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, born probably in France in c1668, served as a drummer in the sieur de Villeu's company of troupes de la marine at Fort St.-Joseph, Nashouat, on Rivière St.-Jean, during the early years of King William's War. (Genealogist Bona Arsenault says Jacques served in the Carignan-Salières Regiment, but Arsenault may have confused the regular regiment, which served in Canada, with the colonial detachments of Marine.) Around 1693, after his discharge from the King's service, Jacques married Madeleine, daughter of Guillaume Trahan, père and Madeleine Brun, at Port-Royal and took land on the south side of Rivière-au-Dauphin, above Port-Royal. Jacques and Madeleine had 11 children, including four sons, three of whom created families of their own.

Children of Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE and Madeleine TRAHAN:

Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE (b.abt. 1695, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Anne AMIRAULT 12 January 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne LEGER dite LAROSETTE (b.abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. François MICHEL 1717 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie LEGER dite LAROSETTE (b.abt. 1698, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Jean ROBICHAUD 23 November 1717 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE (b.abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE (b.14 October 1706, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Jean BERTRAND 1722 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE (b.28 January 1709, Port Royal, Acadia d. 31 December 1762, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Marie Marguerite COMEAU 2 May 1730 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Elizabeth LEGER dite LAROSETTE (b.abt. 1710, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Madeleine LEGER dite LAROSETTE (b.23 November 1711, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Alexis DOUCET 1729 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

François LEGER dit LAROSETTE (b.14 October 1714, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Madeleine COMEAU 25 May 1739 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite LEGER dite LAROSETTE (b.abt. 1717, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, August 13, 1983

1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III
In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read MORE...

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

1706 Birth of Child
Marie Françoise LEGER dite LAROSETTE was born 14 October 1706, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1709 Birth of Child
Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE was born 28 January 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1711 Birth of Child
Madeleine LEGER dite LAROSETTE was born 23 November 1711, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1714 Birth of Child
François LEGER dit LAROSETTE was born 14 October 1714, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1717 Marriage of Child
Jacques LEGER dit LAROSETTE married 12 January 1717, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne AMIRAULT

1717 Marriage of Child
Marie LEGER dite LAROSETTE married 23 November 1717 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Jean ROBICHAUD

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

1730 Marriage of Child
Jean LEGER dit LAROSETTE married 2 May 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Marguerite COMEAU

1739 Marriage of Child
François LEGER dit LAROSETTE married 25 May 1739, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Madeleine COMEAU