Jean Baptiste JOHNSON

(b. 11 January 1715 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 15 June 1785 , Saint-Jacques, Province of Québec, Canada )

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Jean Baptiste JOHNSON was born 11 January 1715 in Port Royal, Acadia

Jean Baptiste JOHNSON was the child of William (Guillaume) JOHNSON dit JEANSON and Isabelle Élisabeth CORPORON and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean CORPORON and Françoise SAVOIE

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 Marie Josephe LORD (LAURE) 11 February 1743 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie Josephe LORD (LAURE) was born 22 January 1718 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie Josephe died 5 November 1796 in Saint-Jacques, Québec, Canada (Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm) (Saint Jacques de l’Achigan). Marie Josephe was the child of Pierre LORD (LAURE) and Jeanne DOUCET.

Jean Baptiste JOHNSON died 15 June 1785 in Saint-Jacques, 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.

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Family and Children of Jean Baptiste JOHNSON

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Jean Baptiste JOHNSON married

Marie Josephe LORD (LAURE)-- Date: 11 February 1743 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Josephe LORD (LAURE) was the child of Pierre LORD (LAURE) and Jeanne DOUCET

marriage Jean Baptiste JEANSON (parents Guillaume JEANSON, deceased, & Isabelle CORPORON) & Marie Joseph LORE (parents Pierre LORE & Janne DOUCET, both deceased) [Nova Scotia Archives; PRDH]

Children of Jean Baptiste JOHNSON and Marie Josephe LORD (LAURE):

Jean Baptiste JANSON (b.1 January 1744, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Monique JANSON (JOHNSON) (b.9 August 1751, Port Royal, Acadia d. 8 June 1800, L'Assomption, Lower Canada )
m. Pierre LEBEQUE 6 July 1784 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

German Marin JANSON (b.abt. 1757, , Crown Colony of Connecticut d. 26 July 1833, Saint-Jacques, Lower Canada )
m. Marie-Josephe HAMELIN 26 November 1782 in L'Assomption, Québec, Canada (St-Pierre-du-Portage)

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1715 Birth
11 January 1715
Port Royal, Acadia

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

1743 Marriage / Partner
Jean Baptiste JOHNSON and Marie Josephe LORD (LAURE) 11 February 1743 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

He was 28 years old.

1743 marriage

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1744 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste JANSON was born 1 January 1744, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Baptiste was 28 years old.

1751 Birth of Child
Monique JANSON (JOHNSON) was born 9 August 1751, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Baptiste was 36 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.

1775 - The Battle of Québec was fought on December 31 between the American Continental Army and British defenders of Québec City. It was the first major defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War.