flag female ancestor  Marie  HÉBERT

  (b. abt. 1651 Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1677 Port Royal, Acadia )  

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Marie HÉBERT was born abt. 1651 in Port Royal, Acadia

Marie HÉBERT was the child of Étienne HÉBERT   and   Marie GAUDET and the grandchild of: (paternal)  Jacques HÉBERT and Marie JUNEAU (maternal)  Jehan (Jean) GAUDET and Nicole COLESON

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Marie  married  Michel DEFOREST abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Michel DEFOREST  was born abt. 1640 in France.  Michel died abt. 1690 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). 

Marie HÉBERT died abt. 1677 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Marie HÉBERT married immigrant flag male ancestor Michel DEFOREST-- Date: abt. 1665 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
"GEREYT, SON OF CRISPIN DE FOREST AND MARGUERITE BORNSTRA, WAS BORN AT LEYDEN, HOLLAND, IN JUNE 1637. HIS PARENTS WERE AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF FRENCH HUGUENOTS WHO HAD FLED PERSECUTION IN THE MOTHER COUNTRY BY MOVING TO THE NETHERLANDS. GERYT CAME TO ACADIA IN C1659, WHEN THE ENGLISH CONTROLLED THE COLONY. HE CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM IN ORDER TO MARRY MARIE, DAUGHTER OF ÉTIENNE HÉBERT, IN C1666. AS A RESULT OF HIS CONVERSION, HE CHOSE THE MORE CATHOLIC-SOUNDING NAME OF MICHEL AND BECAME A FARMER. MARIE GAVE HIM SIX CHILDREN BEFORE SHE DIED, FOUR OF THEM SONS, ALL BORN AT PORT-ROYAL, AND ALL OF WHOM CREATED FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN. THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS MARRIED INTO THE BRASSAUD AND BENOIT FAMILIES. IN 1686, MICHEL REMARRIED TO JACQUELINE OR JACQUETTE, 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF MARTIN BENOIT. SHE WAS 36 YEARS YOUNGER THAN MICHEL. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER, WHO MARRIED INTO THE COMEAU FAMILY, BUT NO MORE SONS. MICHEL DIED AT PORT-ROYAL IN C1691, IN HIS MID-50S."

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1670 Birth of Child
René FOREST was born 20 April 1670, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1671 Census - Port Royal
Michel De FOREST, farmer, 33, his wife, Marie HEBERT 20 their 3 children: Michel 4, Pierre 2, Rene 1 cattle 12, sheep 2, 2 arpents of cultivated land.

1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1671 Port Royal
Marie GAUDET, Widow of Etienne HEBERT, 38, Children (married): Marie 20, Marguerite 19; (not married): Emmanuel 17, Etienne 17, Jean 13, Francoise 10, Catherine 9, Martine 6, Michel 5, Antoine 1; cattle 4, sheep 5.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
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