Jean Georges Louis (Dauphinee) Dauphinée (1724 - 1798)

Born 4 Feb 1724 in Longevelle-sur-Doubs, Principauté de Montbéliard, Saint-Empire Romain Germanique

Ancestors

Husband of Maria Elizabeth Banvard — married 20 May 1753 in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1798 at age 74 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Biography

While they may have been considered Foreign Protestants, they were not Hugenot, who were Calvinists. Montbeliard was a French speaking principality. "Handbill advertisements were posted throughout central Europe, and over 2700 'Foreign Protestants', mainly from agricultural communities along the Rhine River corridor, responded to the offer and emigrated to Nova Scotia. Most came from the Upper Rhine area of present-day Germany, from the French- and German-speaking Swiss cantons, and from the French-speaking principality of Montbéliard (now part of France)"^[1]

This family was Lutheran in Montbeliard. A death record for Jean George Louis's father was found in French in the Lutheran Church in Longevelle, Doubs. See Jean Joseph Dauphinee

Jean Dauphinee was baptized Lutheran Feb 4, 1724, ^[2] but married in an Anglican Church, Halifax.^[3]

Research Note: Contrary to Punch, St. John's Anglican Church records marriage to Mary Elizabeth Banvard on May 20 1853. [[3]] and there are conflicting sources for the marriage place.

Bell's Register, Sect 1A, p.16.

Bell Section 1A, p.85

Original Source, states that they were married in St. Pauls Anglican Church, Halifax^[4] Given that Lunenburg didn't exist yet, (the settlers embarked from Halifax on May 28 and started clearing the wilderness on June 7), the possibility of a marriage in Lunenburg on May 20, 1753 is not logical.^[5] . The Bell reference could well have been meant to include him in this group of settlers - not all of the Foreign Protestants went to Lunenburg.

jean died Dec 30 1798 and was interred Jan 1 1799^[6]

He and his wife Mary-Elisabeth were buried at St. John's Anglican Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia 18 days apart in January of 1799. (Punch)

Jean and his brother David migrated to Nova Scotia from Montbeliard. He sailed from Rotterdam on the "Speedwell" and arrived in Halifax, NS on May 16, 1752. He is listed on the passenger list as a single man whose occupation is shoemaker.^{[7][8] [9]}

He came with his brother David and their surname is recorded as Dauphiné/Dauphinee on the Montbeliard Monument^[10]

Please see Photographs of Montbeliard Monument, Town of Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, [4]

The Inscription on the Monument reads, " This memorial is dedicated to the Montbeliard families who came to Lunenburg between the years 1749-1752. This memorial is dedicated to the memory of the 431 foreign protestants from the principality of Montbeliard who landed in Nova Scotia between 1749 and 1752. Many of these Montbeliardians were among the founding settlers of Lunenburg on June 8, 1753.

Until 1793, Montbeliard was an independent principality situated northwest of Switzerland. It was the one francophone Lutheran country on earth. Today Montbeliard is a part of France.

With the help of Montbeliardian descendents, the South Shore Genealogical Society and a committee headed by Murray Jodie and Paul Jodrey, this idea for remembrance has become reality. July 10, 1988, Pierre Jodry of Audincourt, France (Near the city of Montbeliard) unveiled this Monument."

From The Foreign Protestants "...the immigrants were almost all Protestants, and during their early years in Nova Scotia were known collectively as ‘the Foreign Protestants’ to distinguish them from the Acadian French."

Sources

1. ↑ [1], article extract from Lunenburg before 1800, Lunenburg by the Seas
2. ↑ see Jean Joseph Dauphinee or Ancestry discussion forum.
3. ↑ Punch. p79
4. ↑ Regarding marriage place of Lunenburg versus Halifax, NS, see Cordes-Thomas Genealogy.
5. ↑ [rchive.org/details/historycountylu00desbgoog History of the county of Lunenburg] by DesBrisay, Mather B. (Mather Byles), 1828-1896; Publication date 1895; Publisher Toronto : W. Briggs
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W3KG-936Z : 4 August 2020), John, ; Burial, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, Saint John's Anglican; citing record ID 199125350, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
7. ↑ Lunenburg County GenWeb Passenger Lists for Ships Carrying the "Foreign Protestants" to Nova Scotia showing 59 Families 16 May 1752 "SPEEDWELL"; Joseph Wilson, Master ... Dauphine, Jean 26 Montbeliard Shoemaker
8. ↑ Montbélliard Emigrations to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752, p. 79, Torrence M. Punch, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Maryland, 2014.
9. ↑ Wright, Esther Clark, 1895-. Planters And Pioneers. rev. ed. [Canada: s.n.], 1982
10. ↑ Principaute de Montbeliard,Jessica Veinot, [2]

See also:

• The Speedwell From Lunenburg, Shiplist

• Jean Dauphiné, Cordes-Thomas Genealogy Genealogy of the Cordes, Greenwood, Thomas and Eaton families, and more This site lists sources, but no page numbers.