Jean Claude DOUCET

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abt. 1665 , Port Royal, Acadia

Died

2 November 1738 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France

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Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE Henriette PELLETRET

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Born: abt. 1665 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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Jean Claude married Françoise BLANCHARD abt. 1692 in Truro, Acadie . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Françoise BLANCHARD was born abt. 1672 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Françoise died abt. 1752 in New Brunswick, Canada. Françoise was the child of Martin BLANCHARD and Françoise LEBLANC.

Jean Claude DOUCET died 2 November 1738 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France .
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Jean Claude DOUCET married

Françoise BLANCHARD
Marriage date: abt. 1692
Marriage place: Truro, Acadie
Françoise BLANCHARD was the child of Martin BLANCHARD and Françoise LEBLANC

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About 1692 Jean, married Françoise Blanchard, daughter of Martin Blanchard and Françoise LeBlanc, in Acadia, Canada.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Jean Claude DOUCET and Françoise BLANCHARD

Madeleine DOUCET

Born: 1693 , , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Claude LANDRY 8 February 1712 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Josephte DOUCET

Born: abt. 1694, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 29 December 1767, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada

Married: François LANDRY 27 May 1711 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Jean DOUCET

Born: abt. 1701, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Isabelle HEBERT 23 January 1726 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Françoise DOUCET

Born: abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada
Died: 22 February 1799, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada

Married: Charles DAIGLE 1723 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Marguerite DOUCET

Born: 24 September 1708, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Paul BUJOLD (BUGEAUD) 29 July 1726 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Claire DOUCET

Born: abt. 1712, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Louis Armand BUJEAU (BUJOLD) 19 December 1730 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

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Jean, born in c1665, married Françoise, daughter of Martin Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1692. They settled at Minas and had seven children, including a son who married into the Hébert family. Their five daughters married into the Landry, Daigre, and Bugeaud families. In August 1714, after the British gained control of Acadia, Jean applied for and received permission from the French to move to Île Royale, but the marriage records of his children reveal that his family remained at Minas.
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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)

1708 Birth of Child
Marguerite DOUCET was born 24 September 1708, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1711 Marriage of Child
Josephte DOUCET married 27 May 1711, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to François LANDRY

1712 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DOUCET married 8 February 1712, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Claude LANDRY

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1726 Marriage of Child
Jean DOUCET married 23 January 1726, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Isabelle HEBERT

1726 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DOUCET married 29 July 1726, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Paul BUJOLD (BUGEAUD)

1730 Marriage of Child
Claire DOUCET married 19 December 1730, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Louis Armand BUJEAU (BUJOLD)