Daniel LEBLANC
Died between 1693 and 1698

"Daniel LeBlanc, born probably at Martaize in the Loudon region of France in c1626, was a young farmer when he arrived at Port-Royal in c1645, so he was among the earliest settlers in the colony. Five years later, in c1650, he married Francoise, a young widow and the older daughter of Jean Gaudet. They "settled on the north bank of the Port-Royal River (today the Annapolis River), to the northeast of the marsh at Bélisle, about nine miles above the fort at Port-Royal, and a half mile below the chapel of Saint-Laurent, where he died between the years 1693-98." Daniel and Francoise had seven children, including six sons, all born at Port-Royal, five of whom created families of their own. After they took wives, the four older LeBlanc sons moved to the Minas area, where they created a large extended family. The youngest son remained on his father's lands near Port-Royal. (According to family genealogist Lucie LeBlanc Consentino: "... as was the usual way for the Acadians, the youngest son inherited the father’s land."): "

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