Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE

(b. abt. 1674 , Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1755 , Acadia, Canada )

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Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE was born abt. 1674 in Port Royal, Acadia

Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE was the child of Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE and Marie CHAUSSEGROS

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

Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE died abt. 1755 in Acadia, Canada.
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Québec Généalogie - 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'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

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

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Marie FOREST-- Date: abt. 1695 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Marie FOREST was the child of Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT

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