Pierre Doucet (1709 - 1775)

Born 2 Nov 1709 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Josephe (Robichaux) Robichaud — married 15 Jan 1732 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1775 at age 66 in Québec, Province de Québec

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Biography

Pierre Doucet was born on November 02, 1709 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. His parents were Jean-Claude Doucet and Marie Comeau. ^[1][2]

He married Marie Josephe Robichaux on January 15, 1732 .^[3][2]

Children: ^[4]

1. Pierre DOUCET, b. 4 Nov 1732, Port-Royal,
2. Marguerite DOUCET, b. 20 Apr 1735, Port-Royal,
3. Amable Doucet b. 23 Apr 1737, Port-Royal,
4. Joseph DOUCET, b. 18 Jan 1739, Port-Royal,
5. Élisabeth DOUCET, b. 9 Jan 1741, Port-Royal,
6. Amand DOUCET, b. 6 Apr 1742, Port-Royal,
7. Marguerite Modeste DOUCET, b. 1745
8. Charlemagne DOUCET, b. 6 Jun 1746
9. Marguerite Modeste DOUCET, b. 14 Jun 1747
10. Marie Modeste DOUCET, b. 27 Feb 1750, Port-Royal,
11. Anne DOUCET, b. 2 Apr 1753, Port-Royal,

In 1755 the family was deported to Massachusetts. In 1760 he was listed at age 50 in a census in Newbury, Massachusetts.^[2] They also appeared on a list in Newburyport, Massachussetts on 11 April 1761. ^[5]

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. ^[5] In 1767 they found a permanent home in the Province of Quebec. They boarded the schooner Tryal that left Newburyport, Massachussetts, around 15 June 1767 and arrived at the port of Québec on 16 July 1767. Travelling with Pierre and Marie-Josèphe were their children Élisabeth, Armand, and Marie-Modeste, and Pierre's sister Magdeleine Doucet. ^[5] The first mention of the family in Québec records was when Élisabeth Doucet was godmother to her niece Marie Doucet, on 20 August 1767, at Québec.

He died on December 27, 1775 in Quebec City and was buried the next day in the "cimetière des picotés" (smallpox victims cemetery).^[6][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register RG 1 volume 26 page 88; online database with images Baptism
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} White, Stephen A. Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 542
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register RG 1 volume 26a page 96; online database with images Marriage
4. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry Page for Pierre Doucet at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed September 2022
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} André-Carl Vachon, Les Acadiens déportés qui acceptèrent l'offre de Murray, (Tracadie-Sheila, N-B., La Grande Marée, 2016 Kindle edition), p. 128, 231

   Pierre Doucet, 57

   Marie-Josèphe Robichaud, 58

   Joseph Doucet, son, 28

   Élisabeth Doucet, daughter, 26

   Armand Doucet, son, 25

   Marie-Modeste Doucet, daughter, 17

   Magdeleine Doucet, widow of François Grosvalet, Pierre's sister, 55 .

6. ↑ "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899Q-MLLB?cc=1321742&wc=HC14-N38%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C27111901 : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1769-1777 > image 440 of 535; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

See also:

• PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Individu: 217757