Sephrose Henry (abt. 1738)

Born about 1738 in Acadie

Ancestors

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Acadians Project WikiTree [send private message]

Sephrose Henry is an Acadian. Join: Acadians Project Discuss: ACADIA

Biography

Sephrose was born about 1738. She is the daughter of Joseph Henry and Christine Pitre.

Sources

• Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ”

  In Riviere du Ouest: Joseph Henry dit le petit homme, native of l'Acadie, ploughman, aged 45 years, has been in the country two years and nine months. Married to Catherine Pitre, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years.

They have eight children, three sons and five daughters:- Joseph Henry, aged 17 years. Bazille, aged 13 years. Jean Baptiste, aged 6 years. Marie, aged 19 years. Sephrose, aged 14 years. Anne, aged 13 years. Margueritte Modeste, aged 2 years. Margueritte Joseph, aged 3 months.

In live stock, they have four oxen, one cow, one sheep, three sows, and two pigs.

The land upon which they are settled is situated on the north side of the said Rivière du Ouest and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have a clearing on which they have sown two bushels of wheat and one bushel of oats.verbiage here