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Madeleine Blanchard is an ancestral matriarch of the Acadian Richard family.[1] She was born about 1643, based on her age in the 1671 census, a daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert.[1][2] Madeleine's birth location is uncertain. Her parents were possibly married in France[3] about a year before Madeleine's birth.[1]
Their exact date of arrival in Acadia is unknown, although her father was among the first five settlers to receive land grants at Port Royal.[1]
Madeleine married Michel Richard about 1656 in Port-Royal, based on the birth of their oldest child, René. They had 10 children: René, Pierre, Catherine, Martin, Alexandre, twins Anne and Madeleine, Marie Josephe, Cecile, and Marguerite.[4]
Madeleine died in Port-Royal between 1678 and 1683. Michel remarried around 1683, so Madeleine must have died by then, and she was still alive as of the 1678 census.[5]
↑ 1.01.11.21.3 Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes ("DGFA"), (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p. 43.
Jean BLANCHARD, 60, wife, Radegonde LAMBERT 42; Children (married): Martin 24, Magdeline 28, Anne 26; (unmarried): Guillaume 21, Bernard 18, Marie 15; cattle 12, sheep 9.
↑Stephen A. White, Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia According to the Depositions Made by Their Descendants at Belle- Ile-en-Mer in 1767. Two of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert's descendants stated that they were married in France. “The depositions also often speak of a first ancestor as having come from France “with his wife” but as Father Archange Godbout pointed out in his article (...) one should not necessarily interpret this as meaning that the two came together, and at the same time. Rather, the expression may be taken to mean simply that both the husband and the wife had come from France.”
(Richard Family); 1283 (early recipient of land grant at Port Royal.
↑ Tim Hebert, 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census, noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census
Michel Richard & Madeleine Blanchard
See also:
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 April 2020), memorial page for Madeleine Blanchard (1643–1680), Find A Grave: Memorial #141481297, citing Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by AW (contributor 47829810) Find A Grave: Memorial #141481297.
DNA Confirmation:
Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Linda (Webster) Wisking, FTDNA kit # 417897, and her matrilineal cousin, Muriel (Parke) Sorensen, FTDNA kit # 988907, have a Full Sequence mtDNA match with a Genetic Distance = 0, matching exactly at HVR1, HVR2, and the Coding Region, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Radegonde Lambert, the 9x great grandmother of Linda (Webster) Wisking and 8x great grandmother of Muriel (Parke) Sorensen.
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Madeleine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Madeleine Blanchard's bio text states her parents were married in France, while her parent's profile indicate that they were married about 1642 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France. Neither location is certain, however, the same sources appear to be interpreted differently.
Thank you for bringing our attention to this. I removed Acadie from the marriage location field and left it blank so as to avoid further confusion. Stephen White does not give a place for their marriage. The BIM depositions say that Jean Blanchard came from France with his wife. Stephen White says: “The depositions also often speak of a first ancestor as having come from France “with his wife” but as Father Archange Godbout pointed out in his article (...) one should not necessarily interpret this as meaning that the two came together, and at the same time. Rather, the expression may be taken to mean simply that both the husband and the wife had come from France.”
Blanchard-1257 and Blanchard-77 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same birth year, same birth place. Death dates not far apart. See research notes on Blanchard-1257, there is no other Madeleine Blanchard that she should be.
Based on the research notes posted, and no potential parents or spouses ever on this profile for guidance, I suggest we change her birth location and then merge her with https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Blanchard-77.
Blanchard-1712 and Blanchard-77 appear to represent the same person because: I believe Blanchard-1712 is also Blanchard-77. There's so little infor on Blanchard-1712 it's hard to know but the name and birth years are the same. Death dates are off.