Toussaint Dit François DOUCET

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abt. 1663 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

9 August 1713 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)

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Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE Henriette PELLETRET

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Born: abt. 1663 in Port Royal, Acadia

Father: Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE

Mother: Henriette PELLETRET

Paternal grandparents: Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE , Marie BOURGEOIS?

Maternal grandparents: Simon PELLETRET , Perrine BOURG

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Toussaint Dit François married Marie CAISSIE abt. 1690 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Marie CAISSIE was born abt. 1669 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie died abt. 1709 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie was the child of Roger QUESSY (CAISSIE) and Marie Françoise POIRIER.

Toussaint Dit François DOUCET died 9 August 1713 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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Toussaint Dit François DOUCET married

Marie CAISSIE
Marriage date: abt. 1690
Marriage place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Marie CAISSIE was the child of Roger QUESSY (CAISSIE) and Marie Françoise POIRIER

Children of Toussaint Dit François DOUCET and Marie CAISSIE

François Charles DOUCET

Born: abt. 1691, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Marie Anne POIRIER 20 November 1715 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie DOUCET

Born: abt. 1692, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Germain GIROUARD 1710 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Michel DOUCET

Born: abt. 1694, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Anne DOUCET

Born: abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Denis GAUDET 1717 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Married: Jean Baptiste BERTRAND 1731 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre DOUCET

Born: abt. 1702, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Marguerite DOUCET

Born: abt. 1706, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Madeleine DOUCET

Born: abt. 1710, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Pierre RICHARD 11 August 1733 Place: Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marguerite DOUCET

Born: abt. 1717, , Acadia, Canada
Died: abt. 1757,

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Oldest son Toussaint dit François, born in c1663, married Marie, daughter of Irishman Roger Caissie, at Port-Royal in c1690. Toussaint dit Francois and Marie settled at Chignecto and had 11 children, including three sons who married into the Poirier, Brasseur dit Mathieu, and Cormier families. Their five daughters married into the Girouard, Gaudet, Bertrand, Doiron, and Richard families. Toussaint died probably at Chignecto in c1733.
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET, bricklayer 50, wife Henriette PELTRET 31; Children: Anne 10, Toussaint 8, Jean 6, Pierre 4, and 1 daughter 3 months; cattle 7, sheep 6.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Port Royal
Pierre Doucet & Henriette Pelletret

1 1/ 2 acres 10 cattle 1 gun

5 boys 17 1661 Toussaint

12 1666 Pierre

14 1664 Jean

6 1672 Louis

3/ M 1678

2 girls 10 1668 Madeleine

3 1675 Jeanne
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET 55 (sic 65), Henriette PELTRET 40; children: Toussaints 23, Jean 20, Pierre 18, Magdelaine 16, Louis 12, Jeanne 10, Pierre 8, Marguerite 6, Mathieu 1; 2 guns, 5 arpents, 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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