Theotiste
(Catherine)
Jesso
aka Japeau
Born in Bay of Islands, Newfoundland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Marie (Jesseaume) Jesseau
and Marie Josephe Marche
Sister of
Didier Jesso, Marie Jesseaume, Louis Jesseau, Daisley Josseau, Alexander Jesso, Genevieve Jesso, Euphrosine Jesseau, Ursula Jesseau and Henry Jesso
Wife of
Sebastien Benoit
— married
about 1835 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Benoit Sr., John Benoit, Theotiste Judith Benoit, Honore Benoit, Emilie Benoit and Margaret Benoit
Died [date unknown]
in Bay of Islands, Newfoundland
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Apr 2012
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Biography
Theotiste's family was living in Little Bras d'Or before they came to Newfoundland in the 1830s so she was probably born there in about 1815.[1]
Theotiste married Sebastien around 1835. They lived Benoit's Cove for some time. Sebastien moved later to live in West Bay on the Port au Port peninsula. On her children's baptism records at Sandy Point, her maiden name is recorded as Japeau.
Notes
it looks like Sebastian and Theotiste (Catherine) had a daughter Mary A, who was remarried in 1910 to a DeWitt C Moak, in Boston, Massachusetts[2]. Mary's birth location correlates to info already here.
Sources
- ↑ Kirk R. Butt, Early Settlers of Bay St. George: The Inner Bay, Volume 1, Revised 5th edition (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada: Boonen Books, 2013), pp 272-274
- ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4DM-B8J : 25 September 2017), Sabastian Bennett in entry for De Witt C Moak and Mary A Bennett Spiney, 02 Apr 1910; citing Boston, , Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,871.
Butt, Kirk.R., Early Settlers of Bay St. George, Volume 1, Revised Fifth Edition(Oshawa, On; Boonen Books, 2013) page 274
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