Pierre PRÉJEAN (PREGENT)

Born

17 December 1708 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

22 May 1768 , Québec, Province of Québec, Canada

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Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON Andree SAVOIE

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Born: 17 December 1708 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON

Mother: Andree SAVOIE

Maternal grandparents: François SAVOIE , Catherine LEJEUNE

Pierre was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement

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Pierre married Marguerite BRUN 25 November 1743 in Port Royal, Acadia . Marguerite BRUN was born 10 November 1716 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died 25 May 1769 in Québec, Québec, Canada (Quebec City). Marguerite was the child of Jean Baptiste BRUN and Anne GAUTROT (GAUTREAU).

Pierre PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) died 22 May 1768 in Québec, Province of Québec, Canada .
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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.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

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Pierre PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) married

Marguerite BRUN
Marriage date: 25 November 1743
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marguerite BRUN was the child of Jean Baptiste BRUN and Anne GAUTROT (GAUTREAU)

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Birth — 1708
17 December 1708
Port Royal, Acadia

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1743 Marriage / Partner
Pierre PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) and Marguerite BRUN 25 November 1743, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 34 years old.

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1763 - France cedes its North American posessions to Britain by the Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). Quebec City French-speaking Catholics were now under the rule of Protestant Britain under King George III.