François BOURC (BOURG)

(b. abt. 1644 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 24 April 1687 , Truro, Acadie )

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François BOURC (BOURG) was born abt. 1644 in Port Royal, Acadia

François BOURC (BOURG) was the child of Antoine BOURQUE (BOURG) (BOURC) and Antoinette LANDRY

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François married Marguerite BOUDROT abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marguerite BOUDROT was born abt. 1648 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite died 9 November 1718 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marguerite was the child of Michel BOUDROT and Michelle AUCOIN.

François BOURC (BOURG) died 24 April 1687 in Truro, Acadie .
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François BOURC (BOURG) married

Marguerite BOUDROT-- Date: abt. 1665 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
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Marguerite BOUDROT was the child of Michel BOUDROT and Michelle AUCOIN

"Oldest son Francois, born in c1643, a farmer like his father, married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Boudrot, at Port-Royal in c1665. They had seven children, including two sons who married into Melanson family. Their daughters married into the Richard, Maissonat dit Baptiste, LeBlanc, and Melanson families. Francois died at Port-Royal by 1686. Marguerite remarried to Jean Babineau. Francois older son settled at Chignecto. His younger son, Alexandre dit Bellehumeur, settled at Minas. In July 1711, on recommendation of an influential Récollet missionary, Alexandre dit Bellehhumeur was appointed judge, notary, and "expert land-surveyor." In December 1744, however, the Nova Scotia Council fired him as notary and replaced him with René LeBlanc."

Children of François BOURC (BOURG) and Marguerite BOUDROT:

Michel BOURG (b.April 1666, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1721, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Elisabeth Isabelle MELANSON 1689 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne Marie BOURG (b.abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadia d. 20 October 1752, Pisiquit, Acadia )

Alexandre BOURG dit BELLE-HUMEUR (b.abt. 1671, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1760, Richibucto, Acadia)
m. Marguerite MELANÇON (MELANSON) 1694 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marguerite BOURG (b.abt. 1673, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Martin RICHARD 1691 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Madeleine BOURG (b.abt. 1677, Port Royal, Acadia d. 3 December 1730, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Pierre-Baptiste MAISONNAT 1693 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Pierre LEBLANC 1697 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre BOURG (b.abt. 1683, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada )

Anne Jeanne BOURG (b.abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia d. 12 March 1750, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Charles MELANSON 1700 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Oldest son François, born in c1643, a farmer like his father, married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Boudrot, at Port-Royal in c1665. They had seven children, including two sons who married into Melanson family. Their daughters married into the Richard, Maissonat dit Baptiste, LeBlanc, and Melanson families. François died at Port-Royal by 1686. Marguerite remarried to Jean Babineau. François's older son settled at Chignecto. His younger son, Alexandre dit Bellehumeur, settled at Minas. In July 1711, on recommendation of an influential Récollet missionary, Alexandre dit Bellehhumeur was appointed judge, notary, and 'expert land-surveyor' at Minas. He was reaffirmed in this office by Lieutenant-governor Paul Mascarene in May 1740. In December 1744, however, the Nova Scotia Council fired him as notary at Minas and replaced him with René LeBlanc, fils.
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1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Michel BOURG was born April 1666, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1671 Port Royal
Antoine BOURC, 62, wife Antoinette LANDRY 53; Children (4 married): Marie 26, Francois 27, Jehan 24, Bernard 22; (not married) Martin 21, Jeanne 18, Renee 16, Huguette 14, Jeanne 12, Abraham 9, Marguerite 4; cattle 12, sheep 8.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Port Royal
Francois BOURC 28, wife Marguerite BOUDROT 23; Children: Michel 5, Marie 3; cattle 15, sheep.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Acadian Census
Francois Bourg & Marguerite Boudrot

8 acres 15 cattle

2 boys 13 1665 Michel

8 1670 Alexandre

3 girls 10 1668 Marie

5 1673

1 1677

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

1687 Death
24 April 1687
Truro, Acadie

Francois is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

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