Alexandre (Le Borgne) Le Borgne de Belle-Isle (1640 - bef. 1692)

Born 12 Mar 1640 in La Rochelle, Aunis, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie (St-Étienne) Saint-Étienne de Latour — married about 1675 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 10 May 1692 before age 52 in Acadie

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Biography

Alexandre (Le Borgne) Le Borgne de Belle-Isle migrated from France to Acadia.

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Governor Alexandre Le Borgne du Coudray, sieur de Belle-Isle was born in France in about 1640. He was baptized at the church of Saint-Barthélemy in La Rochelle, Aunis (today Charente-Maritime), and was the son of Gov. Emmanuel Le Borgne de Belle-Isle and Jeanne François.^[1][2][3]

Alexandre's father, Emmanuel Le Borgne de Belle-Isle financed key expeditions to Nouvelle-France, including that of Gov. Charles de Menou d'Aulnay; and both Emmanuel and his son Alexandre would later become governors of the French colony at Acadie. ^{[4][5][2][6][7][8]}

Early Years in Acadia and the French Attack on Fort La Hève

Alexandre first came to Acadia together with his father, Emmanuel, in 1654.^[3]

In 1657, his father, Emmanuel Le Borgne, was appointed by the King of France as Governor of Acadia but was unable to leave Europe, and he sent his son Alexandre to the colony with some 50 men to take possession, as the colony had been subjected to attacks by the English.^[8]

Shortly thereafter, in May 1658, Alexandre Le Borgne, about 18 years old, led a successful attack on the English fort of La Hève. However, following a subsequent counterattack by English forces, Alexandre was wounded and eventually captured and taken prisoner. Besides leadership in the attack, he was a French noble and son of the Governor, and so he was taken to London, where he was held for several years.^[8]

Treaty of Breda and Governorship

In 1667, the Treaty of Breda restored Acadia to France, and Alexandre's father, Emmanuel Le Borgne, recovered his former possessions. The following year, in 1668, his son Alexandre became Governor of Acadia and also assumed the title of Belle-Isle, associated with his father.^[8][9]

In October 1668, Governor Alexandre Le Borgne de Belle-Isle sailed the coast of Acadia with Morillon Du Bourg, who was the French King's delegate for execution of the Treaty of Breda and was also the representative of the West Indies Company. Alexandre was officially installed as Governor of Acadia, but soon thereafter he warned Le Borgne to return to France because there were still disputes related to the handover of islands in the West Indies to France. Le Borgne followed Du Bourg's advice but noted that the supply of his men and forces had cost him more than 20,000 livres.^[8]

In 1670, Alexandre Le Borgne returned to Acadia with Governor Adnigné de Grandfontaine to defend the Le Borgne family's interests in the colony. The following year, he was involved in proceedings regarding lands brought in France by Dame Marie de Menou d'Aulnay, the canoness of Poussay.^[8][10]

In 1675, at the age of 35, Governor Le Borgne married Marie de Saint-Etienne de La Tour, daughter of Charles and Jeanne Motin de Reux.^[3][11]

Alexandre and Marie had seven children:^[2]

1. Emmanuel1676
2. Marie Madeleine 1677
3. Alexandre 1679
4. Marie Jeanne 1682
5. Charles 1685
6. Marie Francoise 1688
7. Anne 1690

In 1686, at Port-Royal, Le Sr. Alexandre LE BORGNE seigneur du lieu, aged 43, [born 1643], was living with his wife, Daelle. Marie de ST. ESTIENNE, aged 32, and their four children: Emanuel [sic], aged 11, Marie [sic], aged 9, Alexandre, aged 7, and Jeanne [sic], aged 5. "Also in the household was Estienne AUCHER [HACHE'?], domestic, aged 13. Their weapons, lands, cattle, and sheep were not listed, as were all others."^[12][13]

Alexandre Le Borgne de Belle-Isle died sometime between 1689 and 10 May 1692.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime, Registres paroissiaux, pastoraux et d'état civil, Commune La Rochelle, Collection communale, Registre paroissial, Baptêmes, Paroisse Saint-Barthélémy, GG 182, 1630-1655, image 64 of 165, last entry right page Original Baptism Record

   His godfather and godmother were François Guibourt Sr Du Val, secretaire et maître d'hotel de M. le grand prieur de France et Demoiselle Marie Penault épouse Jacques Gresseau counseiller du roi et juge magistrat au siege presidial (counselor of the king and magistrate judge) de La Rochelle.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes” 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999, p. 1024-1025
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens (Montreal: Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.), vol. 2, Port Royal, surname "Belisle (Leborgne de)," pp. 405-406

   Deuxieme generation - ALEXANDRE LEBORGNE sieur de BELLE-ISLE, 1640, fils d'Emmanuel et de Jeanne Francois, arrive en Acadie en compagnie de son pere, en 1654, Marie, vers 1674, a Marie de Saint-Etienne de Latour, fille de Charles-Amador et de Marie Motin [notes, "Elle etait la veuve de Charles d'Aulnay, gouverneur d'Acadie"]. En 1668, il fut nomme gouverneur provisoire de l'Acadie. Enfants: Emmanuel, 1675; Marie, 1677; Alexandre, 1679; Jeanne, 1681; Charles, 1685; Marie-Francoise, 1688; Anne, 1690.

4. ↑ Wikipedia: Emmanuel Le Borgne
5. ↑ Mason Wade, “LE BORGNE DE BELLE-ISLE, ALEXANDRE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed 10 Feb 2022, LEBORGNE, EMMANUEL.
6. ↑ Griffiths, N.E.S., From Migrant to Acadian: A North American Border People, 1604-1755. McGill-Queen's Press, 2005, p. 65
7. ↑ Wikipédia: Alexandre Le Borgne
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5} Cormier, Clément “LE BORGNE, EMMANUEL,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed 10 Feb 2022 Alexandre Le Borgne de Belle-Isle
9. ↑ Wikipedia: Treaty of Breda (1667).
10. ↑ Pothier biography AN, Col., C 11D, 1, f.55-60v, 126; 2-4; Col., E, 277 (file La Valliere)

    Coll . manuscripts relating to New-France -I, 153S, 197, 324, 365, 386, 425s, 439-441;.. II: 292s., 351-380.- Memoirs of the Commissioners , I  : 286-288; II: 305-308, 310-312; Memorials of the English and French commissaries , I: 20-24 passim , 121, 591-596, 599s.- PRO, CSP ,. Col., 1574 - 1660 , 15 [Laborne]; 1661-68 , nos. 1 868, 1 877, 1 898. RAC , 1912, App. E., F.- Azarie Couillard-Després, On the sidelines of the tragedy of "a people of million . Émile Lauvrière or errors on the ' story ' Acadie (Bruges, 1925); Saint-Étienne de La Tour, 446s.- John Knox An historical log of the campaigns in North America for the years 1757, 1758, 1759 and 1760 , ed. AG Doughty (3 vols, Champlain Soc VIII-X, 1914-1916..), I, Placide Gaudet notes accompanying Annapolis.- Émile Lauvrière card, The Tragedy of ' a people  : history of the Acadian people from their origins to today (2 vols, Paris, 1922... rev ed, 1924), I. Le Jeune, Dictionary, Geneviève Massignon, The Lordship of Charles de Menou d'Aulnay, Governor of Acadia, 1635-1650, RHAF , XVI (1963): 474.- Murdoch, History of Nova Scotia , Rameau de Saint-Père, A feudal colony , I.- Webster, Acadia , 123s. (translation of a memoir by Robinau de Villebon to Pontchartrain, 1699).

11. ↑ White, Stephen A. English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes ,Part I 1636 to 1714; Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 2000, Print. P. 218-219
12. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Alexandre Le Borgne de Belisle at Geneanet.
13. ↑ 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: Le Sr. Alexandre LE BORGNE, seigneur du lieu, 43; Daelle. Marie de ST. ESTIENNE his wife age 32; children: Emanuel 11, Marie 9, Alexandre 7, Jeanne 5; Estienne AUCHER, servant. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Emmanuel was listed as Emanuel, Marie Madeleine was listed as just Marie, and Marie Jeanne was listed as just Jeanne. Estienne Aucher’s age was listed as 13 in the original census but omitted in the transcription.

See also:

• Genealogy of Canada [1]
• Bibliography - Arch. online, Charente-Maritime (La Rochelle, France), «  Reg. parish, pastoral and civil records ", La Rochelle, Saint-Barthélémy, 12 March 1640: charente-maritime.fr/CG17/jcms/cg17_34489/les-archives-en-ligne (accessed 6 August 2014).
• Related biography:Jean Baptiste Rodrigue General Bibliography, Laval University and University of Toronto. Published: 1966; Revision: 1986; March 2017