Joseph Dugas (abt. 1700 - bef. 1759)

Born about 1700 in Cobequid, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Marie Hebert — married about 1720 in Acadie

Descendants

Died before 23 Jan 1759 before about age 59 in At Sea, France

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Biography

Joseph Dugas was born about 1700 in Cobequid, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Joseph Dugas (1680–about 1765) and Claire Bourg (about 1682–about 1727).

Joseph (19) and Anne Marie Hebert (17) were married about 1720 in Acadie. Anne was born in 1702 in Cobequit, Acadie.

Their children were:

1. Marie Dugas (about 1722–1764)
2. Alexis Dugas (about 1727–about 1795)
3. Ambroise Dugas (about 1729–about 1760)
4. Pierre Dugas (about 1732–1813)
5. Françoise Dugas (about 1739–1759)
6. Joseph Dugas (about 1742–1833)
7. Jean Dugas (abt.1744-1759)
8. Marie Anne Josephe Dugas (about 1748–before 1805)

Joseph DUGAST, head of family in 1752, was born about 1700 (no parents given), a ploughman. He married about 1720 to Anne-Marie HEBERT (no parents given); five children are listed. In 1752, Joseph, Anne-Marie his wife, and their five children were residents of Grande-Ascension on Isle St. Jean.^[1]

Joseph and Anne Dugast with [only] two of those children disembarked at St. Malo on 23 Jan 1759 from one of the "Five Ships." Joseph [Sr.] and his wife and at least one child died at sea during the crossing to France in 1758-1759. ^[2][3]

Joseph died about 1758 in At Sea, France, aged 57.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census pp 116-117.

   Joseph DUGAS, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, age 50 [sic] years, has been 15 months in the country, at Grande Ascension. Married to Anne Marie HEBERT, native of l'Acadie, age 50 years; they have two sons and four [sic] daughters:

   Joseph DUGAS, age 10 years;
   

   Jean, age 8 years;
   

   Margueritte, age 18 years;
   

   Françoise, age 13 years;
   

   Anne, age 5 years.
   

   Their livestock is: 5 oxen, 3 cows, 7 wethers, 3 ewes, 4 pigs, and 5 fowls. The land on which they are settled is situated east of the Riviere de la Grande Ascension, given to them verbally by Monsieur de BONNAVENTURE. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of 2 bushels of wheat in the spring.

2. ↑ Title: Acadians in Exile in Saint Malo 1758-1785; Author: Albert J. Robichaux; Publication: Hebert Publications, Eunice, Louisiana 1981; Vol 1; p. 296, family #362; Personal Copy;
3. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 183, accessed 7 Oct 2023

   DUGAST Joseph, 59, plowman, died at sea

   HEBERT Marie, 54, his wife, died at sea

   DUGAST Jean, 14, son, died at sea

   DUGAST Joseph, 15, son, lives in St Suliac

   DUGAST Anne, 10, daughter

4. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader citing
   
   
   • Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780 - Stephen A. White - Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version - p. 646 - Age 59 years (Archives of Port St-Servan).
     and
     
   • Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes - Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 570 - He died (Arch[ives of] Port St-Servan) at sea in 1758/1759, during the crossing to France, age 59 years.
     and
     
   • Acadians in France, The, vol. III - Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder - Metairie, LA: Authors, 1973 - Archives of the Port of Saint Servan. - Family History Library - EUROPE 944 W2r v.3 - p. 29 - Joseph DUGAST, 59 years, farmhand, died at sea. [Also his wife Marie HEBERT, age 54; and their son Jean DUGAST, age 14.]

• Title: Acadians in Exile in Saint Malo 1758-1785; Author: Albert J. Robichaux; Publication: Hebert Publications, Eunice, Louisiana 1981; Vol 1; p. 296, family #362; Personal Copy;

• Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols; Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999; Source published by Karen Theriot Reader Joseph p. 564

• Birth: Note by Karen Theriot Reader: Is this based on his age on 1752 LaRoque census, when he was 50 [not 52]? Text: Joseph dit Petit Jos DUGAS, born around 1700 [sic], son of Joseph (5) & Claire BOURG (cites Louisiana dispensation).

• Text: He died (Arch[ives of] Port St-Servan) at sea in 1758/1759, during the crossing to France, age 59 years.