Marguerite (Hebert) Hébert (abt. 1652 - aft. 1715)

Born about 1652 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Jacques Le Prince — married 1671 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died after 1715 after about age 63 in Pisiquit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Marguerite was born around 1652 in Port-Royal. She was the daughter of Étienne Hébert and Marie Gaudet.^[1]

Marguerite (18) married Jacques Le Prince (24) (born about 1646 in Normandie, France; son of Nicolas Leprince and Judith Hurault) in 1671 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. Their known children were:

1. Anne Le Prince (abt. 1678–abt. 1755) .
2. Antoine Le Prince (abt. 1680–1732) .
3. Francois Le Prince (abt. 1680–bef. 1751) .
4. Marguerite Le Prince (abt. 1681–aft. 1734) .
5. Étienne Le Prince (abt. 1688– ) .
6. Jean Le Prince (abt. 1692–bef. 1752)

The young bride was listed in the 1671 census of Port-Royal at age 19, in her widowed mother’s household, but Marguerite’s husband’s name was not mentioned.^[2]

The family settled in Port-Royal as shown in the census of 1678.^[3]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Marguerite HEBERT, aged 35, was living with her husband, Jacques LEPRINCE [recte Le Prince], aged 40, and their four children. They owned 5 sheep and 4 hogs.^[4].

Between about 1678 and 1692, they had six known children^[5]:

1. Anne Leprince ca 1678-
2. Francois Leprince (twin) ca 1680-1751
3. Antoine Leprince (twin) ca 1680-1732/
4. Marguerite Leprince ca 1681-
5. Etienne Leprince ca 1688-
6. Jean Leprince ca 1692-1752/

Jacques died before 1692 because, in 1693 at Les Mines, Marguerite was widowed, 40 years of age, and living with her five children. The eldest was Marguerite at age 15, and the youngest was Françoise, only 1 year old.^[6]

Marguerite died after 1715 in Pisiguit according to her descendants’ depositions at Belle-Isle-en-Mer, and before 1734 because she was declared as deceased at the time of her daughter Marguerite’s marriage.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ 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, Print, p. 800.
2. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 3-14;

   at Port Royal (with parents): Marie GAUDET, Widow of Etienne HEBERT, 38, Children (married): Marie 20, Marguerite 19; (not married): Emmanuel 17, Etienne 17, Jean 13, Francoise 10, Catherine 9, Martine 6, Michel 5, Antoine 1; cattle 4, sheep 5.

3. ↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census

   at Port-Royal: Folio 18v Jacq La Prence & Marguerite Hebert, 1 girl, 4 acres 9 cattle

4. ↑ 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: Jacques LEPRINCE 40, Marguerite HEBERT 35; 4 children; 5 sheep, 3 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Le Prince was listed correctly but transcribed as LEPRINCE.

5. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Jacques Prince at Geneanet.
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 National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;

   Margueerite HEBERT (widow of Jacques LEPRINCE) 40, Marguerite 15, Francois & Jacques (twins) 13, Estienne 5, Francoise 1

7. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Marguerite Hébert at Geneanet.