Jean CORPORON

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abt. 1647 , Poitiers, France

Died

12 February 1713 , Port Royal, Acadia

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Born: abt. 1647 in Poitiers, France

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Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1668.

Immigration to New France: Shaping the Roots of Canada

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Jean married Françoise SAVOIE abt. 1668 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 16 children.
Françoise SAVOIE was born abt. 1653 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Françoise died 27 December 1711 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Françoise was the child of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE.

Jean CORPORON died 12 February 1713 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Jean CORPORON married

Françoise SAVOIE
Marriage date: abt. 1668
Marriage place: Port Royal, Acadia
Françoise SAVOIE was the child of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE

Marriage notes:

About 1670 Françoise, married Jean Corporon, in Acadia, Canada.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume II. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Jean CORPORON and Françoise SAVOIE

Jacques CORPORON

Born: abt. 1668, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Marie CORPORON

Born: September 1671, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Charles BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 1689 Place: Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Madeleine CORPORON

Born: abt. 1672, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Bernard DOUCET dit LAVERDURE 1690 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Married: François LECLERC dit LAVERDURE 24 November 1710 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Married: Claude BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 7 August 1735 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jeanne CORPORON

Born: abt. 1673, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 11 August 1735, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: Antoine HÉBERT 6 June 1691 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jacques CORPORON

Born: abt. 1675, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Jean Baptiste CORPORON

Born: abt. 1676, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: 16 March 1741, Louisbourg, Île Royale, Acadie

Married: Marie PINET 1702 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie CORPORON

Born: abt. 1678, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Isabelle Élisabeth CORPORON

Born: abt. 1680, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: abt. 1725, Port Royal, Acadia

Married: René FONTAINE 1706 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Married: William (Guillaume) JOHNSON dit JEANSON 1714 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Cecile CORPORON

Born: abt. 1682, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: , Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada

Married: Jean Baptiste BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 1702 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite CORPORON

Born: abt. 1685, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jean CLEMANCEAU (CLEMENCEAU) 1711 Place: Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Martin CORPORON

Born: abt. 1687, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Married: Cecile JOSEPH dite LEJEUNE 1708 Place: Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada (Pisiquit, Acadia)

Married: Marie Josephe VIGER 1718 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

François CORPORON

Born: abt. 1689, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

Charles CORPORON

Born: abt. 1691, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Jean CORPORON dit LEJEUNE

Born: abt. 1692, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Married: Jeanne PICHOT 1730 Place: , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie CORPORON

Born: abt. 1694, , Acadia, Canada
Died: ,

Ambroise CORPORON

Born: abt. 1696, Port Royal, Acadia
Died: ,

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'Jean Corporon, born in 1646, arrived in Acadia in 1668, and settled at Port Royal. He married Françoise Savoye who bore a son, Jean born at Pisiquit (today Windsor, Nova Scotia).'

'Anne Corporon of Louisbourg married Jean Thubert on April 20, 1762 at Rochefort (France).'

Source: Centre Acadien, Université Sainte-Anne, Church Point, Nova Scotia, Canada

Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, February 19, 1983

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Jehan CORPORON, 25, wife Francoise SAVOIE 18; Child: one daughter of 6 weeks; cattle 1, sheep 1.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1671 Birth of Child
Marie CORPORON was born September 1671, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1686 Port Royal
Jean CORPORON 39, Francoise SAVOYE 35; children: Marie 16, Magdelaine 14, Jeanne 12, Jean 10, Marie 8, Isabelle 6, Cicille 4, Marguerite 1; 2 cattle, 2 sheep 1 hog.

1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1691 Marriage of Child
Jeanne CORPORON married 6 June 1691, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Antoine HÉBERT

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 full story

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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1698 Port Royal
Jean CORPORON 50; Francoise SAVOYE (wife) 46; Jean 21; Elisabeth 17, Cecile 15; Margueritte 13 Martin 11; Francois 9; Jean 7; Marie 4; Ambroise 2; 4 cows,; sheep, 1 servant.
1698 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1700 Port Royal
Jean CORPORON 51; Francoise SAVOIE (wife) 48; Jaques 25; Jean 22; Martin 13; Francois 12; Jean 8; Elisabet 18; Cecille 16; Marguerite 15; Marie 7; 5 cattle, 6 sheep, 6 arpents, 1 gun.
1700 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1710 Marriage of Child
Madeleine CORPORON married 24 November 1710, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to François LECLERC dit LAVERDURE

1711 Death of Spouse/Partner
Françoise SAVOIE died 27 December 1711, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1713 Death
RG 1 Vol. 26 p.354 Register
Justinien Durand Priest
12 February 1713 Registration date
Burial Event
Jean Corporon, about seventy years old, died during the English rule

The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755

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Garrison Graveyard

St. George St.
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
Website: 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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