Claude
PETITPAS
Born
abt. 1626
,
France
Died
abt. 1691
,
Port Royal, Acadia
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Claude was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1639.
The following is from www.acadian-home.org:
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.
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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Recorded occupation: clerk of the court at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.)
Spouses, Marriages & Children of Claude PETITPAS
Claude PETITPAS married 
Catherine BUGARET
Marriage date: 2 January 1658
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Catherine BUGARET was the child of Bernard BUGARET
Catherine BUGARETMarriage date: 2 January 1658
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Catherine BUGARET was the child of Bernard BUGARET
Children of Claude PETITPAS and Catherine BUGARET
Marguerite PETITPAS
Married: Martin DUGAS 1677 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Married: Claude GUIDRY (GUEDRY) dit LA VERDURE 1681 Place: Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Claude PETITPAS
Married: Marie Thérèse UNKNOWN 1686 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Married: Françoise LAVERGNE 7 January 1721 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jacques PETITPAS
Born: abt. 1667, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1691,
Died: abt. 1691,
Married: Geneviève SERREAU dite ST-AUBIN 1690 Place: , Québec Province, Canada
Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS
Born: abt. 1670, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,
Died: ,
Married: Olivier BOUDROT 1686 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Married: Alexandre RICHARD 1687 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, October 28, 1983
1658 Marriage / PartnerClaude PETITPAS and Catherine BUGARET 2 January 1658, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
1669 Birth of ChildMarie PETITPAS was born 1 May 1669, 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.
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.
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.
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