Claude Broussard (abt. 1697 - abt. 1763)

Born about 1697 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Babin — married 24 Oct 1718 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Husband of Marie Dugas — married 18 Nov 1754 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about 7 Jul 1763 at about age 66 in Upper Marlboro, Province of Maryland [uncertain]

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Biography

Claude was born about 1697. He is the son of François Brossard and Catherine Richard. He passed away about 1763. Claude was on the British ship "Dolphin" which carried 230 passengers from Acadia destined for Port Tobacco and Upper Marlborough, Maryland Colony.^[1]

Claude was about 6 months old when the census was taken in 1698 at Port-Royal. In 1700 he was listed as 5 years old [sic] and in 1701 3 years old. In 1763, Claude was on the census of Upper Marlboro, Maryland Colony.^[2]

Marriage (1) Anne BABIN b: about 1700 in Pisiguit, Acadia; married: 24 Oct 1718 in Grand Pré, Acadia.^[3][4]

Children

1. Marguerite BROUSSARD b: ABT 1719 in Port Royal, Acadia
2. Joseph BROUSSARD b: in Village-des-Babin, Pisiguit, Acadia
3. Jean Baptiste BROUSSARD b: ABT 1726 in Port Royal, Acadia
4. Pierre Paul (dit Courtiche) BROUSSARD b: ABT 1728 in Port Royal, Acadia
5. Firmin BROUSSARD b: ABT 1730 in Port Royal, Acadia
6. Charles BROUSSARD b: ABT 1732 in Port Royal, Acadia
7. Madeleine BROUSSARD b: ABT 1734 in Acadia
8. Francois BROUSSARD b: ABT 1736

Marriage (2) Marie DUGAS b: about 1691 in Port-Royal, daughter of Claude & Françoise Bourgeois, and widow of Abraham Bourg le jeune; They married 18 Nov 1754 in Port-Royal.^[5][6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Title: Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historiques; Author: Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed.; Publication: Moncton, NB: Chaire d'études acadiennes, 2005; p. 244

   Note: Article by Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, "Pigiguit: l'impact du Grand Dérangement sur une communaut é de l'ancienne Acadie."

   Text: He was on the ship "Dolphin" which carried 230 passengers from Acadia destined for Port Tobacco and Upper Marlborough, Maryland.

2. ↑ Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. p. 285; Copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard
3. ↑ 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 595. Marriage for Claude Brossard and Anne Babin, 4 Oct 1718. Accessed 5 Nov 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
4. ↑ Title: Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748; Author: Diocese of Baton Rouge; Publication: Diocese, 1999; Note: The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA.; pp. 14-15 & 44

   Text: Anne Babin, of Pigiguit (Vincent Babin and Anne Terriot) m. 24 Oct. 1718 Claude Brossard, of the parish of Port Royal (François Brossard, decd. and Catherine Richard)

   wit. {+} Pierre Richard; Vincent Babin (s) (SGA-2, 258).
5. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register RG 1 volume 26a page 515; online database with images, Claude Broussard and Marie Dugas marriage 18 November 1754, accessed January 2020

   Claude BROUSSARD, widower of Anne BABIN, married on 18 Nov 1754 at Port Royal to Marie DUGAS , widow of Abraham BOURG. Witnesses: Jean BROUSSARD; Amand RICHARD; Guillaume COMMAU; Charles LE BLANC.

6. ↑ Title: Acadian Exiles in the Colonies; Author: Janet Jehn; Publication: Covington, KY: Author, 1977; pp. 141 & 155

   Text: "Etat des neutrals acadiens qui sont en haut malbro Marlborough."

   Claude Broussard, Marie Broussard son epouse .... 2

   "State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are in Upper Marlborough"

   Claude BROUSSARD, Marie BROUSSARD his wife.

7. ↑ Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. p. 285; Copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard

   Text: m. 2 Rg PR 18 nov 1754 Marie Dugas (Claude &

   Françoise Bourgeois vve Abraham Bourg le jeune.