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Michel DEFOREST

(b. abt. 1640 , France d. abt. 1690 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Michel DEFOREST was born abt. 1640 in France

Michel DEFOREST was the child of ? and ?

Michel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1665.

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

Michel married Marie HÉBERT abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 6 children. Marie HÉBERT was born abt. 1651 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie died abt. 1677 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie was the child of Étienne HÉBERT and Marie GAUDET.

Michel married (2) Jacqueline BENOIT dite LABRIERE abt. 1686 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Jacqueline BENOIT dite LABRIERE was born abt. 1673 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Jacqueline died October 1755 in Virginia, USA. Jacqueline was the child of Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE and Marie CHAUSSEGROS.

Michel DEFOREST died abt. 1690 in Port Royal, Acadia .

Occupation: Laboureur

NOTE: He is most likely NOT the son of Crispin DE FOREST and Marguerite (Grietje) BORNSTRA

There are actually two specific theories that fall under the general theory that Michel was a member of the Huguenot de Forest family that settled in New York. The Jessé theory claims that Michel is the son of Henri de Forest and the grandson of Jessé de Forest. The second theory claims that Michel is really Gereyt de Forest, the son of Crispin de Forest, and the grandson of Gérard de Forest, who you will recall is the brother of Jessé de Forest and the son of Jean de Forest.

Several descendants of Michel de Forest have been tested for their Y DNA as well as a few descendants of Jesse de Forest. They simply do not match. It is now clearly established that there is no genetic relationship between these two men....

Michel de Forest’s ancestry must be sought in France and not in the Netherlands. He is not the same person as Gereyt de Forest!

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Spouse(s) / Partner(s) and Child(ren) of Michel DEFOREST

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Michel DEFOREST married

Marie HÉBERT-- Date: abt. 1665 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie HÉBERT was the child of Étienne HÉBERT and Marie GAUDET

"GEREYT, SON OF CRISPIN DE FOREST AND MARGUERITE BORNSTRA, WAS BORN AT LEYDEN, HOLLAND, IN JUNE 1637. HIS PARENTS WERE AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF FRENCH HUGUENOTS WHO HAD FLED PERSECUTION IN THE MOTHER COUNTRY BY MOVING TO THE NETHERLANDS. GERYT CAME TO ACADIA IN C1659, WHEN THE ENGLISH CONTROLLED THE COLONY. HE CONVERTED TO CATHOLICISM IN ORDER TO MARRY MARIE, DAUGHTER OF ÉTIENNE HÉBERT, IN C1666. AS A RESULT OF HIS CONVERSION, HE CHOSE THE MORE CATHOLIC-SOUNDING NAME OF MICHEL AND BECAME A FARMER. MARIE GAVE HIM SIX CHILDREN BEFORE SHE DIED, FOUR OF THEM SONS, ALL BORN AT PORT-ROYAL, AND ALL OF WHOM CREATED FAMILIES OF THEIR OWN. THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS MARRIED INTO THE BRASSAUD AND BENOIT FAMILIES. IN 1686, MICHEL REMARRIED TO JACQUELINE OR JACQUETTE, 13-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF MARTIN BENOIT. SHE WAS 36 YEARS YOUNGER THAN MICHEL. THEY HAD A DAUGHTER, WHO MARRIED INTO THE COMEAU FAMILY, BUT NO MORE SONS. MICHEL DIED AT PORT-ROYAL IN C1691, IN HIS MID-50S."

SOURCE:
ACADIANS IN GRAY
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Children of Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT:

Michel FOREST (DE FOREST) (b.abt. 1667, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1731, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Marie PETITPAS abt. 1689 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Marie CELESTIN dite BELLEMÈRE 29 October 1708 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Pierre FOREST (b.abt. 1668, Port Royal, Acadia d. June 1730, Pisiquit, Acadia )
m. Cecile RICHARD abt. 1692 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

René FOREST (b.20 April 1670, Port Royal, Acadia d. 21 April 1751, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Françoise DUGAS abt. 1695 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Gabrielle Isabelle FOREST dite MICHEL (b.abt. 1673, , Acadia, Canada d. 9 November 1710, Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia )
m. Pierre BRASSEAU abt. 1691 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie FOREST (b.abt. 1675, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1737, , Acadia, Canada )
m. Pierre BENOIT dit LABRIERE 1695 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Jean Baptiste FOREST (b.abt. 1677, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Elisabeth LABARRE abt. 1698 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Michel DEFOREST married

Jacqueline BENOIT dite LABRIERE-- Date: abt. 1686 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Jacqueline BENOIT dite LABRIERE was the child of Martin BENOIT dit LABRIERE and Marie CHAUSSEGROS

Children of Michel DEFOREST and Jacqueline BENOIT dite LABRIERE:

Marguerite FOREST (b.abt. 1687, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Étienne COMEAU 1701 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Michel DEFOREST - TITLE THE NEW BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE, VOLUME 2 PUBLISHER W.K. REYNOLDS, 1899 ORIGINAL FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY DIGITIZED SEP 29, 2007 PAGE 95

TITLE THE NEW BRUNSWICK MAGAZINE, VOLUME 2
PUBLISHER W.K. REYNOLDS, 1899
ORIGINAL FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY
DIGITIZED SEP 29, 2007
PAGE 95

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

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1670 Birth of Child
René FOREST was born 20 April 1670, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1671 Census - Port Royal
Michel De FOREST, farmer, 33, his wife, Marie HEBERT 20 their 3 children: Michel 4, Pierre 2, Rene 1 cattle 12, sheep 2, 2 arpents of cultivated land.

1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Michel DEFOREST 47, Jacqueline BENOIST 13 children by his first wife (Marie HEBERT): Michel 19, Pierre 18, Rene 16, Gabriel 13, Marie 11, Jean-Baptiste 9 1 gun, 5 arpents, 8 sheep, 4 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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