Marie Benoit (1761 - 1793)

Born 5 Nov 1761 in Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Raymond — married 20 Nov 1780 in Yamachiche, Province de Québec

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1793 at age 31 in St-Michel, Yamaska, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Marie Benoit was born on 5 November 1761 in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, where her parentsJoseph Benoit and Anne Thibodeau had been deported in 1755.

After the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the Acadians detained in the Anglo-American colonies were finally free to leave. On 1 March 1765, James Murray, Governor of the Province of Quebec, issued a proclamation offering free land to new immigrants. Between 1765 and 1775, 1306 Acadians deported to New England immigrated to Quebec. ^[1]

The family boarded the Sloop Polly that left Boston on 21 July 1766 and arrived at the port of Québec on 31 August 1766. ^[1]

Aboard the Sloop Polly:

Joseph Benoit, 34 

Anne Thibodeau, his wife 30 

Marie Benoit, daughter, 4 

Firmin Benoit, son, 2 

Geneviève Benoit, daughter, 6 months

Marie was baptized on 8 September 1766 at Notre-Dame-de-Québec. ^[2] It was noted in the baptism record that she and her parents and recently arrived from Boston.

Joseph Raimond,son of Jacques Raimond and Marie Pelerin, and Marie Benoit, daughter of Joseph Benoit and Anne Tibaudault, were married 20 Nov 1780 in the parish of Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche, Yamachiche, Province de Québec. ^[3]

Known children of this marriage:

1. Unnamed Raimond, 1781-1781 Yamachiche
2. Marie Josephe (Marie) Raimond, 1783 Yamachiche - 1801 Yamaska
3. Joseph Raymond, 1785 Yamachiche
4. Helene Raimond, 1787-1801 Yamaska
5. Marie Anne Raimond, 1788-1788 Yamachiche
6. Marie Magdeleine Raymont, 1789-1791 Yamachiche
7. Marie Madeleine Raymond, 1791 Yamachiche
8. Louis Michel Raymond, 1793 Yamaska

Marie died on 2 September 1793 in St-Michel, Yamaska, Bas-Canada. Her burial took place the next day in Yamaska. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} André-Carl Vachon, Les Acadiens déportés qui acceptèrent l'offre de Murray, (Tracadie-Sheila, N-B., La Grande Marée, 2016 Kindle edition), p. 128, 197
2. ↑ "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-92Z2?cc=1321742&wc=HCTL-N38%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C26953601 : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1759-1768 > image 443 of 599; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
3. ↑ Marriage record, Joseph Raimond and Marie Benoit: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G993-6S53?cc=1321742&wc=HCP9-GP8%3A25310801%2C25310802%2C25588601 : 16 July 2014), Yamachiche > Sainte-Anne-d'Yamachiche > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1771-1812 > image 81 of 618; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
4. ↑ PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Individu: 189520

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