Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE

Born

Died

abt. 1755 , Acadia, Canada

Pierre married Marie FOREST abt. 1695 in Acadia, Canada .
Marie FOREST was born abt. 1675 in Acadia, Canada. Marie died abt. 1737 in Acadia, Canada. Marie was the child of Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT .

Parents & Family of Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE

Parents of Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE

Father

Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE

Mother

Marie CHAUSSEGROS

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Spouses, Marriages & Children of Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE

Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE married

Marie FOREST
Marriage date: abt. 1695
Marriage place: , Acadia, Canada
Marie FOREST was the child of Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT

Children of Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE and Marie FOREST

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Québec Genealogy Notes

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What is a "dit/dite" Name?

When the first settlers came to Québec from France, it was a custom to add a "dit" nickname to the surname. The English translation of "dit" is "said." Colonists of Nouvelle France used dit names as distinguishers. A settler might use one to differentiate a branch of the family from siblings, sometimes choosing a name connected with the place to which the family had relocated.

A dit name could also result from a casual adoption or from honoring the family that had raised someone. In other cases it identified the town or village in France from which the person originated. The custom ended around 1900, when people increasingly used only one name, either the dit nickname or the original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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Biography

Oldest son Pierre, called Pierre l'aîné, born in c1675, married Marie, daughter of Michel Forest, at Port-Royal in c1695. They had five children, including two sons who married into the Lejeune and Gaudet families. One of their daughters married into the Hamet family. One son moved across the river at Pigiguit to the parish of Ste.-Famille and then on to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, in c1749, before moving again to Baie des Espangnols on Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, in the early 1750s, probably to escape British rule. Pierre l'aîné's other son remained at Pigiguit.

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1678 Port Royal

Martin Benoist Labrierre & Marie Caussegros

2 boys 5 1673 Pierre

2 1676 Clement

2 girls 7 1671 Jacqueline

1 1677

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1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal

Martin BENOIST 42, Marie CHAUSSEGROS 30 children: Pierre 11, Pierre 3, Clement 9, Jean 5, Jacquette 13, Marie 8 4 hogs.

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1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1693 Port Royal

Martin BENOIT 43, Marie CHAUSEGROS 39, Pierre 18, Clement 15, Marie 13, Jean 11, Pierre 9, Claude 7, Catherine 4, Anne 1 7 cattle, 10 sheep, 6 pigs, 8 arpents, 1 gun

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1693 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion