Claude Dugas (abt. 1649 - 1732)

Born about 1649 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Françoise Bourgeois — married about 1673 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Marguerite Bourg — married 1697 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 16 Oct 1732 at about age 83 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Claude Dugas, son of Abraham Dugas (abt.1616-bef.1700) and Marguerite Doucet (abt.1625-1707), was born about 1649 in Port-Royal, Acadie.^[1]

He married twice. The first marriage was to Françoise Bourgeois (abt.1659-abt.1697), daughter of Jacques Bourgeois and Jeanne Trahan, at Port-Royal around 1673. Claude was about 24 years of age at the time, and Françoise about 14. They had 12 children between about 1674 and 1692, including three sons who married into the Bourg family, all daughters of Bernard Bourg.^[1]

1. Catherine Marie Dugas
2. Claude Dugas
3. Françoise Dugas
4. Joseph Dugas
5. Marguerite Dugas
6. Anne Dugas
7. Jeanne Dugas
8. Agnès Dugas
9. François Dugas
10. Madeleine Dugas
11. Marie Dugas
12. Cecile Dugas

In March 1682, the seigneur of Beaubassin Michel Le Neuf de La Vallière sent summons to eleven inhabitants of Beaubassin to appear before the Sovereign Council of Quebec for having refused to accept concession contracts. These inhabitants were: Pierre Morin, Guyon Chiasson, Michel Poirier, Roger Kessy, Claude Dugas, Germain et Guillaume Bourgeois. Germain Girouard, Jean-Aubin Migneaux, Jacques Belou and Thomas Cormier. ^[2] However, his attempt to impose seigneurial dues such as the corvée (obligatory labour) was soon contested by the settlers who won their case in court. ^[3][4]

In 1686, Claude DUGAS, appeared twice in the census.^[5]

First, in 1686, at Port Royal, Claude DUGAS, aged 38, was living with his wife, Francoise BOURGEOIS, aged 25, and their eight children: Marie, aged 12, Claude, aged 10 [sic], Anne, aged 7, Francoise, aged 6 [sic], Joseph, aged 6, Marguerite, aged 5, Jeanne, aged 3, and Agnesse [sic], aged 1. They owned 1 gun and were living on 8 arpents of cultivable land with 25 cattle, 9 sheep, and 5 hogs.

Second, in 1686, at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin, Claude DUGAS was the owner of 30 arpents of cultivable land with 8 cattle.

In 1693, at Port Royal, Claude, aged 44, was living with his wife, Francoise BOURGEOIS, aged 34, and their 11 children: Marie, aged 17, Claude, aged 16, Francoise, aged 14, Joseph, aged 13, Marguerite, aged 11, Anne, aged 10, Jeanne, aged 9, Agnes, aged 7, Francois, aged 5, Madeleine, aged 4, and Cecile, aged 1. He was living in the household of his parents, Abraham DUGAS, aged 74, and Marguerite DOUCET, aged 66. The family owned 4 guns and was living on 26 arpents of cultivable land with 20 cattle, 30 sheep, and 15 pigs.^[6]

In 1695, Claude had to swear an oath of allegiance to the King of England, who then controlled Nova Scotia and most of Acadie.^[1]

When Françoise died, Claude remarried to Marguerite, another daughter of Bernard Bourg, around 1697. They had 10 children between 1698 and 1715 approximately.^[1]

1. Élisabeth Dugas
2. Joseph Dugas
3. Marguerite Dugas
4. Louis Dugas
5. Claire Dugas
6. Marie Anne Dugas
7. Charles Dugas
8. Marie Dugas
9. Claude Dugas
10. Michel Dugas

He was in the Acadian censuses of 1698^[7]and 1700.^[8]

He was an armorer like his father, as noted in his daughter Marguerite’s marriage contract in 1701^[9] and the Port-Royal census of that same year.^[10] The 1703 census shows that there were 2 sons, 7 daughters and 1 arms bearer in the family home. ^[11]

The Acadian censuses of 1707^[12], 1710 ^[13] and 1714 ^[14] also show the Dugas family living in Port-Royal, and twice listed in Abraham Dugas' household. "The house of Claude DUGAS is shown on the map of the 1707 census, on the same side of the Rivière au Dauphin as Port Royal, but to the southwest, nearer the Isle aux Chèvres."^[15]

In 1714, they lived on the south bank of the Dauphin river, outside of Port-Royal.^[16]

He died in October 1732 in Annapolis Royal (formerly Port-Royal) at the age of 86, according to the burial record, and was interred on 16 October 1732.^[17][18][19]

Research Notes

Summary of a letter dated 1705 that appears to condemn Claude Dugas for something, and mentions that he has lived on his property for 60 years. ^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 564-567.
2. ↑ Fonds Beaubassin, Library and Archives Canada, MG9-B9-2, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=98473&lang=eng (To access the list, select: Record information - Details; Scope and content; Show detail)
3. ↑ Kennedy, Gregory, Thomas Peace, and Stephanie Pettigrew. 2018. “Social Networks across Chignecto: Applying Social Network Analysis to Acadie, Mi’kma’ki, and Nova Scotia, 1670-1751”. Acadiensis 47 (1). https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/26239
4. ↑ Clark, Andrew Hill, Acadia The Geography of Early Nova Scotia to 1760. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1968. p. 141-142 (seigneury of Beaubassin), https://archive.org/details/acadiageographyo0000clar/page/142/mode/1up
5. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Claude DUGAS 38, Francoise BOURGEOIS 25; children: Marie 12, Claude 10, Francoise 6, Joseph 6, Marguerite 5, Agnesse 1, Jeanne 3; Anne 7; 1 gun, 8 arpents, 25 cattle, 9 sheep, 11 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Agnes was listed as Agnesse, Claude, aged 11, was transcribed as aged 10, and Francoise, aged 10, was transcribed as aged 6.

   and

   at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin: Claude DUGAS owns at Beaubassin: 30 arpents, 8 cattle.

6. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada "Acadie Recensements 1671 - 1752," Images 62-108;
   at Port Royal: Abraham DUGAS 74, Marguerite DOUCET 66, Claude 44, Francoise BOURGEOIS (his wife) 34, Marie 17, Claude 16, Francoise 14, Joseph 13, Marguerite 11, Anne 10, Jeanne 9, Agnes 7, Francois 5, Madeleine 4, Cecile 1; 20 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 hogs, 26 arpents, 4 guns. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Madeleine was listed as Magdelene but transcribed as Madeleine, and Cecile was listed as Cecille but transcribed as Cecile. Marie Dugas, born about 1691, would have been 2 years old in 1693, but she was missing from the 1693 census. Another Marie was listed, Marie “Catherine” Dugas, but she was born in 1674.
7. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 110-166

   Claude DUGAS 49; Marguerite BOURG, his second wife 24, Claude 21; Joseph 18; Marguerite 17; Anne 15, Jeanne 13; Agnes 12; Francois 11; Madeleine 10; Cecile 8; Marie 7; Elisabeth 3 months; 25 cattle, 25 sheep, 6 hogs, 32 arpents, 20 fruit trees, 3 guns

8. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 167-173.

   Marguerite DOUCET, widow of Abraham DUGAST; Claude DUGAST 51; Marguerite BOURG (wife age not reported); Claude 23; Francois 12; Joseph 2; Marguerite 18; Anne 17; Jeanne 16; Agnes 14; Madelaine 11; Cecille 8; Marguerite 3; 40 cattle, 25 sheep, 28 arpents, 3 guns.

9. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Claude Dugas citing Stephen White in his Dictionnaire p. 1156

   Listed on daughter Marguerite DUGAS marriage contract (LOPPINOT) dated 11 Jan 1701 at Port Royal to be an "armurier."

10. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie, 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 174-211.

    “Armurier” Claude DUGAS 51, Marguerite BOURG (wife) 30; Claude 23, Francois 13, Joseph 2. Marguerite 18, Anne 14, Agnes 13, Jeanne 12, Marie 11, Magdeleine 10, Cecile 9; 3 guns. 20 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 hogs, 12 arpents.

11. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220.

    at Port Royal: Claude DUGAST, his wife, 2 boys, 7 girls, 1 arms bearer.

12. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, Rootsweb.com, citing Margaret C. Melanson, The Melanson Story: Acadian Family, Acadian Times, (Toronto: Author, 2003) p. 87;

    Text: The house of Claude DUGAS is show on the map of the 1707 census, on the same side of the Rivière au Dauphin as Port Royal, but to the southwest, nearer the Isle aux Chèvres.

13. ↑ The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-9119 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 1315-1318.

    at Port-Royal: Claude du Gat, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls [sic]

14. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 239-.

    Claude DUGAS and wife, 4 sons, 5 daughters

15. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, "Claude Dugas", citing Melanson, The Melanson Story, p. 87.
16. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, "Claude Dugas", citing Paul Delaney, "Reconstitution d'un rôle des passagers du Pembroke, Louisiana," La Société Historique Acadienne, Les Cahiers, vol. 35, No. 1&2 (Jan-Jun 2004), p. 23.
17. ↑ "An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755"; RG 1, vol. 26a, p. 102;

    Burial Registration:

    Text: Claude DUGAS, about 86 years old, was buried at St. Jean-Baptiste church, Annapolis Royal, on 16 Oct 1732, Jacques LE LACHE was the priest.

    The original reads:

    L'an mil sept cents trente deux et le sesieme de octobre je --- soussigné ay inhumé dans le cemitiere du le paroisse de St. Jean Baptiste Claude Dugast agé quatre vingt-six ans. Le que a donné les marque bon chrestien.

    Jacque La Lache missionnaire

18. ↑ nosorigines.qc.ca Claude Dugas
19. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #136930279
20. ↑ Résumé d'une lettre du nommé Claude Dugas, 1705. Archives de la Nouvelle-France, Library and Archives Canada, COL C11D 5/fol.218-218v, 2 pages. https://nouvelle-france.org/fra/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7469&