Claude PETITPAS

(b. abt. 1626 , France d. , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada )

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Claude PETITPAS was born abt. 1626 in France

Claude PETITPAS was the child of ? and ?

Claude was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1639.

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Claude married Catherine BUGARET 2 January 1658 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 13 children. Catherine BUGARET was born abt. 1638 in France. Catherine died abt. 1695 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Catherine was the child of Bernard BUGARET and .

Occupation: clerk of the court at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.)

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Claude Petitpas was a trustee at Port-Royal in 1639. The connection between him and his name is unknown. Born about 1626, he became Town Clerk of Port-Royal. Jacques Petitpas, son of Claude and Catherine Bugaret, became by his marriage to Genevieve Serreau, the father of Nicolas who went from Port-Royal to Port-Toulouse and then to Louisbourg. Having become widower of Madeleine Simon, Nicolas married a second time at Louisbourg on March 19, 1756, Osite-Blanche Benoit, daughter of Jean Benoit and Marie-Josephe Theriot, of Cobeguit.

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Claude PETITPAS married

Catherine BUGARET-- Date: 2 January 1658 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Catherine BUGARET was the child of Bernard BUGARET and

Children of Claude PETITPAS and Catherine BUGARET:

Bernard PETITPAS (b.abt. 1659, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Marguerite PETITPAS (b.abt. 1661, Port Royal, Acadia d. April 1703, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Martin DUGAS 1677 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Claude GUIDRY (GUEDRY) dit LA VERDURE 1681 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Claude PETITPAS (b.abt. 1663, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1731, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Marie Thérèse UNKNOWN aft. 1686 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Françoise LAVERGNE 7 January 1721 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean PETITPAS (b.abt. 1664, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Jacques PETITPAS (b.abt. 1667, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1691, )
m. Geneviève SERREAU dite ST-AUBIN 1690 in , Québec Province, Canada (Quebec)

Marie PETITPAS (b.abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Michel FOREST (DE FOREST) abt. 1689 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS (b.abt. 1670, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1755, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Olivier BOUDROT 1686 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Alexandre RICHARD 1687 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Henriette PETITPAS (b.abt. 1674, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1716, )
m. Prudent ROBICHAUD abt. 1691 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Paul PETITPAS (b.abt. 1675, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Charles PETITPAS (b.abt. 1676, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Martin PETITPAS (b.abt. 1677, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Pierre PETITPAS (b.abt. 1681, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )

Anne PETITPAS (b.abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia d. , , Acadia, Canada )
m. Jacques GIROUARD 03 November 1704 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, October 28, 1983

1658 Marriage / Partner
Claude PETITPAS and Catherine BUGARET 2 January 1658, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1671 Port Royal
Claude PETITPAS, 45, wife Catherine BAGARD 33; Children: Bernard 12, Claude 8, Jean 7, Jacques 5, Marguerite 10, Marie 2, Elisabeth 1; cattle 26, sheep 11.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Claude PETITPAS, Sr. de lafleur, clerk of the court, 60; Catherine BUGARET his wife 46; children: Claude 23, Jacques 19. Marie 18, Henriette 12, Paul 11, Charles 10, Martin 9, Pierre 5, Anne 2; 2 guns, 12 arpents, 22 cattle 10 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III
In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read MORE...

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