Pierre
Lejeune dit Briard
formerly Lejeune
Born in Martaizé, Poitou, France
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 41
in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
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Biography
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Pierre (Lejeune) Lejeune dit Briard migrated from France to Acadia.
Pierre LeJeune was indicated to have been born about 1595-1600 in Poitou, France. [1] This is considered unconfirmed and his origins and parentage are considered uncertain. [See Research Notes]
He reportedly came from Poitou, France to Acadia in about 1636.[2]
Neither marriages nor children have been confirmed. [See Research Notes regarding Parentage]
He died after arrival in Port Royal in about 1636, at age 40-41[citation needed]
Research Notes
Parentage Pierre is not proven to be a father of Catherine Lejeune and Edmée Lejeune. There is too much controversy with this family to state anything as a fact that cannot be proven by a reliable source. The father of Edmée and Catherine Lejeune is often cited as Pierre in family trees, and their mother from the Mi'kmaq Nation. No one has found evidence to support these claims. This unsourced information is found in Léopold Lanctôt's book Familles acadiennes, whose work is often unreliable, and unfortunately repeated in family trees. [3]
The assumption that Edmée, Catherine, and Pierre II were siblings probably comes from their same last name, closeness of birth dates, and that they all were at Port Royal together. There are no church records sourced that show they were siblings. The maternal DNA tests show that Edmée and Catherine were probably sisters. The unique mtdna signature of Edmée and Catherine does not confirm this absolutely, since they could have a common grandmother.
It would seem that if we accept that those three were siblings, then the connecting profile would most appropriately be Unknown-321091, not this man who hasn't been proven to be their father. We don't know their mother's name but we know they had one.
Family from France: Theories and Conjecture
D'Entremont in his "Histoire du Cap-Sable, 1763", states the first Lejeune and his French wife arrived in Acadia before or during the time of Isaac de Razilly. Isaac de Razilly was appointed Governor of Acadia in 1632 and died three years later in 1635. D'Entremont implies that the Lejeunes arrived in Acadia sometime prior to 1636. D'Entremont also notes the first Lejeune couple had three children at the time of their arrival in Acadia: Aimée Lejeune, born between 1622 & 1625, Pierre Lejeune, born after Aimée and before Catherine Lejeune, who was born about 1633. D'Entremont further states that Pierre Lejeune II married an Amérindienne [4]
Author states "the Lejeune family is one of the oldest in Acadia" He also states the Lejeune family arrived in Acadia about 1636, which reaffirms d'Entremont, and that the family included Pierre Lejeune from the region of Poitou, France, his unnamed wife, and three children: Edmée, born in Poitou in 1622, Pierre II and "le bébé Catherine" Lejeune.[5]
Further, Father A. Godbout suggested that Pierre LEJEUNE dit Briard was Edmée & Catherine LEJEUNE's brother. [6]
Refutation
S. A. White points out that the absence of a dispensation for kindred in the marriage of a granddaughter of Pierre & a grandson of Catherine LEJEUNE (St-Servan Register 8 Jan 1760) leads to the conclusion that neither Catherine nor Edmée was Pierre's sister."[7] A Closer look at some of the records by Stephen A. White ".
Family Adopted by Indian Mother Conjecture
It was possible that a Pierre Lejeune married an Amérindienne after arriving from France and this wife could have adopted the two daughters. We do not know the first or last name of Catherine and Edmée's mother. The mother was not Amérindienne. We do not know the first name of their father, only the last name of Lejeune. Many researchers have assumed his first name was Pierre (b. 1595), because a possible sibling has been given the first name of Pierre II (b.1628). (This sibling has been disproven through DNA - see Refutation by SAW). This possible sibling's first name is also not known, but he had a child named Pierre III (b. 1656). Many assumptions to this theory as Pierre was a common French name..
DNA. Some have speculated that Edmée and Catherine were Amerindian. The Mothers of Acadia maternal DNA project posts its ongoing Maternal DNA results here. To date, the haplogroup of both sisters is consistently reported as U6a7a, indicating European origins. Another group known as Ancestry Out of Acadia DNA PROJECT, posts its results here. They too report that Catherine and Edmee have European haplogroups, in particular, basic testing has revealed U6a and more complete testing U6a7a. Thus, there is a growing body of consistent and concordant results indicating European origins and nothing to the contrary. (This information is posted on all three of the Lejeune profiles.)
Sources
- ↑ Author: John Austin Young; Title: The Lejeunes of Acadia and the Youngs of Southwest Louisiana; Publication: John Austin Young, Grand Pere Farm (unable to access (Bourque-573 05:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
- ↑ Le Canada-Francais; Documents Sur L'Acadie (unable to locate at all (Bourque-573 05:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
- ↑ Léopold Lanctôt, Familles acadiennes, vol 1, Ste-Julie, Qc : Editions du Libre-Echange, 1994, p. 61, 266 https://archive.org/details/famillesacadienn01lanc_0/page/266/mode/2up?q=Lejeune
- ↑ Rev. Clarence-Joseph d'Entremont; Title: Histoire du Cap-Sable de l'an mil au Traite de Paris, 1763; Publication: Hebert Publications, Eunice, LA (Unable to access (Bourque-573 05:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
- ↑ Le Canada-Francais; Documents Sur L'Acadie Page: Vol 1, No. 2, p. 55 (unable to locate at all (Bourque-573 05:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
- ↑ GODBOUT, Archange, Manuscrit - Dictionnaire généalogique des Acadiens, Montréal, non publié, avant 1960. (À la Société généalogique canadienne-française : Fonds Godbout - P.9 - Dictionnaire des Acadiens – Boîte 83 de 84. Trois tomes.) p. 477
- ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Edmee citing Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; [vol. 3] ENGLISH SUPPLEMENT; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 2000; p. 225.
- White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, p.1048 White (Catherine and Edmée are listed but no mention of who their father is)
- Bona Arsenault; Title: Lacadie des Ancetres, Avec la genealogie des premieres familles acadiennes; Publication: Quebec: Le Conseil de la Vie Francaise en Amerique, 1955 (unable to access (Bourque-573 05:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
See Also (family trees):
- (Genealogie Acadienne") (has family tree, has disputed children connected, not a reliable source (Bourque-573 05:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
- Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/45828756/family (cannot access (Bourque-573 05:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
- Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s; Author: Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, Canada; Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Compiled from various family history sources. See source information provided with each entry. Original data: Compiled from various family history sources. (no mention of Pierre Lejeune in this Index (Bourque-573 05:41, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
- Ancestry.com Public Family Trees Abbreviation: ANCCOM (not found but I don't have a subscription (Bourque-573 05:30, 14 May 2019 (UTC)))
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Rejected matches › Pierre Lejeune (abt.1720-bef.1810)
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The affidavit was written by Loys Hebert - We Loys Hebert, by the command of Charles de Biencourt, squire, licentiant of Messire Jean de Biencourt, knight, sieur de Poutrincourt, owner of the lands under the obedience of the King, I transported myself in the ship of Captain L 'Abbot where Father Biard of the Companion of Jesus was, to whom I ordered from the King and my Lord to come and speak to him on land where he was, who replied that he only recognized the lord of Biencourt for a thief, and that he would do nothing. and that rather we would dismember him piece by piece and that he would excommunicate all those who touched him- 13 March 1612, it was witnessed by Michel Morel, master of the said ship, Jean Pointel, boatman, Guillaume Capichat, Joseph des Monneaux, Noel Belladonna, Jehan Lambert, Vincent Beaudoyn, Nicolas Mauger, Jean Hullet, Jacques Langlois, also listed in the above link. This quarrel was over the Jesuits return to France. Because Biencourt was ordered by the king to take them with him in the first place, so he wanted an order from the king for their return to France. Until that time he wouldn't let them leave. I think Jehan Lambert was on the ship that arrived in 1610 and was there to witness this affidavit on March 13, 1612. As some of the same names are listed on the ship at that time. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nsmhs/blanca/portroyal.pdf
More information can be found here. http://www.acadiansingray.com/Acadians%20of%20LA-history.htm
edited by Leslie (Oyler) Shapiro
The claim that Jehan Lambert and Pierre Lejeune married native women appears in Léopold Lanctôt's book "Familles acadiennes" and is not supported by evidence. Unfortunately, it is repeated in many family trees.
The affidavit is signed Jehan Lambert, on March 13 1612. Not Jehan Bonsonne. (Bonsonne which could be a place in France or if written as bon sonne, can mean, good sound. ) The proof is there are descendants with the last name of Lambert, he is written about in a few different books as one of the first Mix race families and I do not see anyone with the last name Bonsonne. Even wikitree post no matches for this name: Search Results: 0 Matches for Bonsonne. So I think more needs to be research here. Thanks Again for your help.
It is true that in most books, the name Jean or Jehan Lambert is given. However, in the following book by a respected historian, who surely had access to manuscripts, the name that appears is Jehan-Lambert Bonsonne: Lucien Campeau, Monumenta Historica Societatis Iesu: Missones Occidentales, Monumenta Novae Franciae (Quebec: Les Presses de L’Université Laval, 1967- 2003), vol 1, p. 378 of document (image 668), p. 665 of document (image 961) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015018028947&view=1up&seq=7
Another book (image 131) mentions Jean Lambert Bonsomme among those who left his mark in Nouvelle-France. But on image 135, it is Jehan Lambert who is listed as one of the witnesses on Hébert's affidavit. I cannot explain these differenes.
at Mirligouesh, because two men from Port Royal married two Lejeune women, between 1638 and 1650. In 1686, the Lejeunes were settled at La Hève: Pierre Lejeune dit Briard, who married a daughter of Thibaudeau from Port-Royal; They had a son, Joseph, in 1705; Martin Lejeune, who married a Métis woman, Jeanne-Marie Kagigonias, also called Marie Gaudet, remained, in 1702 at Port-Maltais, where they had two twins, Paul and Martin Lejeune. They had another son that was older, Claude Lejeune, who married, in 1705, Anne-Marie Godet, daughter of Jean Godet, resident of Petite Rivière close to La Hève…The 27th of February 1727, we find the marriage of Martin Grand-Claude, Micmac Savage, with Marguerite Lejeune, daughter of François Lejeune, in the presence of Pierre Sellier, also Métis (348). Page 152 file:///C:/Users/artby/Downloads/muise-lawless--jo-anne-marie--indian-under-the-law-acadian-mtis-identity-in-the-postdaniels-era%20(1).pdf
The location of the birth of Paul and Martin Lejeune at Port Maltais would be interesting. We have them baptized in Port Royal in 1705 and the parents lived at Port Maltais at that time. Do you know if they were there before 1702? I have not found any information about that location but if you have a source or two that would be most welcome. Please post it on one of their profiles: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Le_Jeune-824 I won't be able to access the PDF that is on your C drive.
Martin and Marie Gaudet were not the parents of Claude - it was Martin and Jeanne Kagigoniac who were the parents. He was born well before Martin married Marie Gaudet.
Thanks for the info! Cindy
Same birth year and place. Same death year and place. Lejeune dit briard-4 is totally unsourced.
I just found this
Anne Le Jeune Baptism May 1602 Pontorson, Manche, France Female father : Pierre Le Jeune Mother: Margueritte Irquois
source: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DT4Q-5W9?i=95&cc=1582585
France, Protestant church records, 1536-1897 France Normandie (Manche: Pontorson) Baptêmes, 1599-1669 (Ms 11)
France, registres protestants de Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français, 1562-1960 Authors:
Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français (Main Author) Société de l'Histoire du Protestantisme Français (Repository)
Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Digital Images Language: French Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Numérisé par la Genealogical Society of Utah, 2008 Physical: 341 dossiers
Templar Flag and Mi-kmaq Nation Flag, [1]
I cleaned-up this profile a bit for readability - added sections and titles and added the Acadian Project Template. Added the unsourced Template as well.
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