Ancestor is complete! Grave has been located immigrant flag male ancestor  Michel  RICHARD dit SANSOUCY

  (b. 24 January 1630 ,  Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France   d. abt. 1687 ,  Port Royal, Acadia )  

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Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was born 24 January 1630 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France

Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was the child of ?   and   ?

Michel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1652.
Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada


Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Michel  married  Madeleine BLANCHARD abt. 1656 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Madeleine BLANCHARD  was born abt. 1643 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Madeleine died abt. 1679 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia).  Madeleine was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT.

Michel  married  (2) Jeanne BABIN abt. 1683 in Port Royal, Acadia .  The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Jeanne BABIN  was born abt. 1668 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Jeanne died abt. 1748 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie).  Jeanne was the child of Antoine BABIN and Marie MERCIER.

Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY died abt. 1687 in Port Royal, Acadia .





Michel Richard-Sansoucy arrived in Acadia in 1649 with expedition Emmanuel LeBorgne. He was a soldier and a farmer.

He married the twelve-year-old daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert in 1656 in Port Royal, Acadia Canada.


"First came Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, a young soldier born in the Saintonge region in c1630. He appeared at Port-Royal in the early 1650s in the entourage of Emmanuel Le Borgne de Bélisle. According to one source, Michel's dit was a regimental nickname. When his term of service ended, he remained in the colony, took up farming, obtained two grants of land from Le Borgne "at some ten to fifteen miles from the fort" on the upper Rivière au Dauphin, now the Annapolis River, and married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1656. He and Madeleine had 10 children, including four sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own. Their six daughters married into the Broussard, Thériot, Babin, Vincent, Forest, and LeBlanc families. Michel dit Sansoucy's wife Madeleine died by c1683, when he remarried to Jeanne, daughter of Antoine Babin, at Port-Royal. Jeanne gave the old soldier two more children, both of them sons, also born at Port-Royal, who also created their own familie.s"

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Did You Know? 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)

Family and Children of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY

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Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY married Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Madeleine BLANCHARD-- Date: abt. 1656 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Madeleine BLANCHARD was the child of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT




Children of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Madeleine BLANCHARD:

flag male ancestor René RICHARD dit BEAUPRÉ (b.abt. 1657, Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1693, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Madeleine LANDRY 1679 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

flag male ancestor Pierre RICHARD (b.abt. 1661, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )
m. Marguerite LANDRY 1685 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag female ancestor Marie Catherine RICHARD (b.abt. 1663, Port Royal, Acadia   d. abt. 1755, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Jean-François BROUSSARD (BROSSARD) 1681 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

flag male ancestor Martin RICHARD (b.abt. 1665, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 6 February 1748 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )
m. Marguerite BOURG 1691 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Grave has been locatedflag male ancestor Alexandre RICHARD (b.abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 4 October 1709, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Elizabeth Isabelle PETITPAS 1687 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Grave has been locatedflag female ancestor Marie Anne RICHARD (b.8 October 1671, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 9 May 1745, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Germain THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT) 10 MAY 1685 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

flag female ancestor Madeleine RICHARD (b.October 1671, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 4 January 1712, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Charles BABIN 1685 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

flag female ancestor Marie Josephe RICHARD (b.abt. 1674, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 2 October 1709, Pisiquit, Acadia )
m. Michel Dit Clement VINCENT 1689 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag female ancestor Cecile RICHARD (b.abt. 1676, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 3 May 1731, Pisiquit, Acadia )
m. Pierre FOREST 1692 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

flag female ancestor Marguerite RICHARD (b.abt. 1679, Port Royal, Acadia   d. , )
m. Jean LEBLANC 1698 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)




Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY married flag female ancestor Jeanne BABIN-- Date: abt. 1683 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jeanne BABIN was the child of Antoine BABIN and Marie MERCIER




Children of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Jeanne BABIN:

flag male ancestor Michel RICHARD (b.abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia   d. 6 April 1742, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Agnes BOURGEOIS 25 February 1707 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

flag male ancestor Alexandre RICHARD (b.abt. 1686, , Acadia, Canada   d. , )
m. Marie LEVRON 26 December 1711 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)



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birth1630 Birth
24 January 1630
Saintes, Charente-Maritime, France
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'Family Info: Acadian Descendants by Janet Jehn, Acadian Genealogy Exchange


Birth: Abt 1630 in St Georges, St Ange, La Rochelle, Seine et Marne, St Onge, France


Death: BET 1686 AND 1689 in Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, Acadi
Note: per Declarations De Belle iLe en Mer.


Immigration: Abt: 1651 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada)


Note: Abt. 1651 Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuel Le Borgne and De Guilbault ; he was with sieur De St Mas, representative of Le Borgne.


Event: Military Abt: 1651 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada) , Soldier in the garrison of Port Royal, perhaps a soldier under the command of the sieur LaBorgne De Belle Isle.


Occupation: Laborer 1671 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada) 5 10


Census: 1671 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada), age 41, laborer, Magdeleine Blanchard 28, 7 children. 15 cattle, 14 sheep, 14 arpents of land in 2...Read MORE...


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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, November 19, 1983
Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)
Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY - Source: Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen A. White
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Source: Pioneers of Acadia by Stephen A. White

Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity
1671 Port Royal
Michel RICHARD, 41, wife Madeleine BLANCHARD 28; Children Rene 14, Pierre 10, Martin 6, Alexandre 3, Catherine 8, Anne and Magdeleine 5 weeks; cattle 15, sheep 14.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1671 Birth of Child
Madeleine RICHARD was born October 1671, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Michel was 41 years old.
1671 Birth of Child
Marie Anne RICHARD was born 8 October 1671, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Michel was 41 years old.
1678 Port Royal
Michel Richard & Madeleine Blanchard


1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1678 Port Royal
Michel Richard

10 acres 21 cattle

4 boys 22 1656 Rene 1657 1658

19 1659 Pierre 1661 1662

13 1665 Martin 1665 1667

10 1668 Alexandre 1668 1669

5 girls 8 1670 Anne 1671 1671

8 1670 Marguerite 1671

6 1672

3 1675 Marie 1674

1 1677 Cecile 1676


1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
marriage1685 Marriage of Child
Marie Anne RICHARD married 10 MAY 1685, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Germain THÉRIOT (THÉRIAULT)
1686 Port Royal
Michel RICHARD 56, Jeanne BABIN 18; Children (the first 5 are probably from a previous marriage to Magdeleine BLANCHARD): Martin 19, Alexandre 17, Marie 12, Cecille 10, Marguerite 7, Michel 2, and 5 others who are married; 2 guns, 12 arpents, 16 cattle. 30 sheep, 8 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

Michel 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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