Martin RICHARD

(b. abt. 1665 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 6 February 1748 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )

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Martin RICHARD was born abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia

Martin RICHARD was the child of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD and the grandchild of: (maternal) Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT

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Martin married Marguerite BOURG abt. 1691 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 11 children.
Marguerite BOURG was born abt. 1673 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite was the child of François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT.

Martin RICHARD died 6 February 1748 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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Martin RICHARD married

Marguerite BOURG-- Date: abt. 1691 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Marguerite BOURG was the child of François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT

In 1690 in Beaubassin, Acadia, Canada, Marguerite married Martin Richard.

Acadian Genealogies 14th to 19th Centuries, CD-ROM. Family Group Sheets of Harvey Broussard Oram, Utah: Automated Archives, 1994.

Marguerite Bourg married Martin Richard, son of Michel Richard and Madeleine Blanchard, circa 1691 at Beaubassin, Acadie.

Source: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 223.

Children of Martin RICHARD and Marguerite BOURG:

Martin RICHARD (b.abt. 1692, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Marie CORMIER 1713 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Alexandre RICHARD (b.abt. 1695, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1748, )
m. Marie Madeleine THIBODEAU 1728 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Michel RICHARD (b.abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1757, , Crown Colony of South Carolina)
m. Madeleine DOUCET 1733 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie Anne RICHARD (b.abt. 1699, , Acadia, Canada d. 3 May 1781, Batiscan, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Pierre DOUCET 1724 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Jean QUESSY (CAISSIE) 6 February 1748 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie RICHARD (b.abt. 1700, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Marguerite RICHARD (b.abt. 1702, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Claude Ambroise ARSENAULT (ARCENAULT) (ARSENEAU) 1725 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Joseph RICHARD (b.abt. 1705, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1758, At Sea*)
m. Marie Josephe COMEAU 1732 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Anne GIROUARD 30 June 1738 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre RICHARD (b.abt. 1711, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine DOUCET 11 August 1733 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie Madeleine RICHARD (b.abt. 1714, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1777, , Territory of Orleans)
m. Jean Baptiste CORMIER 11 August 1733 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Paul RICHARD (b.abt. 1716, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1721, , Acadia, Canada )

Jean Baptiste RICHARD (b.2 February 1719, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. abt. 1786, , Territory of Orleans)
m. Marie Catherine CORMIER 4 June 1740 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Anne MARTIN 23 July 1778

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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Michel RICHARD, 41, wife Madeleine BLANCHARD 28; Children Rene 14, Pierre 10, Martin 6, Alexandre 3, Catherine 8, Anne and Magdeleine 5 weeks; cattle 15, sheep 14.

1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

1719 Birth of Child
Jean Baptiste RICHARD was born 2 February 1719, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

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

1733 Marriage of Child
Marie Madeleine RICHARD married 11 August 1733, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Jean Baptiste CORMIER

1733 Marriage of Child
Pierre RICHARD married 11 August 1733, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Madeleine DOUCET

1738 Marriage of Child
Joseph RICHARD married 30 June 1738, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne GIROUARD

1740 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste RICHARD married 4 June 1740, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marie Catherine CORMIER