Catherine Benoit (1689 - 1760)

Born 1689 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Wife of Francois Le Prince — married 23 May 1712 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 1760 at about age 71 in Picardie, France

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Biography

Catherine Benoit, daughter of Martin Benoit and Marie Chaussegros was born in Port Royal about 1689. She married Francois Leprince or Prince 23 May 1712 at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pre.^[1][2] Death: Jan 1760 in Picardie, France Burial: 26 Jan 1760 Boulogne-sur-Mer, Picardy, France ^[3]

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1698 Census of Port Royal ^[4]

1700 Census of Port Royal ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869, roll 1, Image 559. Marriage for Francois Prince and Catherine Benoit. 1712-05-23, accessed 16 Oct 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
2. ↑ Title: Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748; Author: Diocese of Baton Rouge; Publication: Diocese, 1999. The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. Personal Copy; pp. 167 & 168

   Text: PRINCE sometime LEPRINCE. Francois Prince ([omitted]. and Marguerite Hebert, of the parish of des Mines) m. 23 May 1712 Catherine Benois (Martin Benois and Marie Chosegros, of Pigiguit) wit. Jacques TERRIOT [signed]; Pierre FORETS [signed] ; Guillaume TRAHAN; François RIMBAULD; Pierre BENOIS; François MICHEL; groom and bride made X. Triple wedding with Louis SIRE/Marie Joseph MICHEL, & François PRINCE/Catherine BENOIS (SGA-1, 11)

3. ↑ Title: Acadians in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1980; Reprinted 2010, Claitor’s Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, LA. USA; p.26; Personal Copy.

   Text: Catherine BENOIT, Canadienne, m. d. Francois LEPRINCE, died 26 Jan 1760 at age 74 years (Boulogne-sur-Mer: St-Nicolas).

4. ↑ 1698 Acadian Census "Martin BENOIT 57; Marie CHAUSSEGROS (wife) 43; Clement 21; Marie 19; Pierre 15; Claude 11; Catherine 8; Jeanne 6; Francoise 4; 2 cows, 8 sheep, 3 hogs, 40 arpents, 200 fruit trees"
5. ↑ 1700 Acadian Census "Martin BENOIT 50; Marie CHOSSEGROS (wife) 46; Clement 22; Jean 18; Pierre 16; Claude 14; Marie 20; Catherine 11; Anne 8; 15 cattle, 20 sheep, 10 arpents, 1 gun"