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Pierre Lizotte

Born 21 Dec 1769 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska Co, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Son of Jean Baptiste (Lizot) Lisotte and Marie Louise Plourde

Brother of Marie Louise (Lisot) Lisotte and Jean-Baptiste Lizotte

Husband of Marguerite Cyr — married 14 Oct 1794 in Saint-Basile, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Father of Bonaventure (Lisotte) Lizotte, Marguerite Lisotte, Pierre Lizotte, Ursule Marie Lizotte, Judith (Lisotte) Lizotte, Anastasie (Lizotte) Cyr, Louise Lizotte, Joseph Lizotte, Modeste Lizotte and Florence Marie (Lizotte) Sirois

Died 15 Dec 1854 at age 84 in St Basile, Madawaska Co, N.B.

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Biography

Pierre was born in 1769. Pierre Lizotte ... He passed away in 1854.

Ancestry.ca Baptism Dec 21, 1769 in Riviere Ouelle, Kamouraska Co, Quebec, Canada Record is not clear at all - in the margin it says "B" for baptism Pierre Lisotte. The previous baptism is dated Dec 21, 1769 and next baptism is dated Dec 24, 1769 therefore I assume this baptism was done Dec 21, 1769.

Dean & Cavanaugh Report History 1831 in Maine, USA The Deane and Cavanaugh Report of 1831 - Grand Falls Genealogy Club (online) ...Then we went down to Pierre LIZOTTE's house and spent the night there. July 30th-We left our men and our canoe at LIZOTTE's and went back on foot to our starting place. Almost opposite the old church of the parish of St. Basil is a path which leads to a back settlement. Next, south shore, Pierre LIZOTTE. He lives on a lot originally granted by the English to Pierre DUPERRE, his uterine brother from whom he bought it later. He occupies a 60 acre breadth; he has a house, two barns and 80 acres in culture. His son, Antoine, lives also on the same lot. July 31st, Sunday. We went to church where we met most of the important citizens of the place. They seemed a little reserved with us because of the presence of an English magistrate. Monday, August 1st. Next, south shore, Joseph CYR, son of Paul CYR. We can say that the colony of Madawaska began in 1783 when Pierre DUPERRE and Pierre LIZOTTE settled there. The following years, a strong contingent of descendants of Acadians, who came from New Brunswick and who were driven away from their lands . . .came there also. . . . They know the frontiers of the Province. In fact, some of the first settlers described perfectly the frontiers such as indicated in the Treaty of 1783. For a certain time, they were not disturbed, but finally they were induced to accept their lands from the English authority. . . . The inhabitants governed themselves according to their customs and habits. They have kept until now a custom which they have without doubt inherited from their ancestors and which has been existing since the beginning of the colony: it is the one of respecting the rights of possession. When they have marked the front of a lot of land by notching a few trees and felling a few others between these, the possession is then considered legal. This gives them the right of selling the lot thus marked although it is left intact several years. As far as we know, derogations of this custom are very rare, and in several cases, these possessions have been sold at high price. Several lots are now occupied this way and the rights not violated. Some acquire these rights for their children, while others acquire them for speculation. . . . These people are inoffensive and charitable. Most of them wish to live under the control of law. They say they know that they are dependent on American Government but this Government does not protect them, and the English impose on them their jurisdiction from which they cannot escape. With few exceptions, they answered our questions cheerfully, not only the questions concerning them, but also those which concerned their neighbors. However the fear of the English have in many cases induced them to ask us not to disclose their names for if we did they should be oppressed. There is only one priest to serve them. He is sent there by the bishop of Quebec, as Vicar General of the Bishop of Boston. The settlement being within the see of Boston, which embraces New England, we understand, it has always been considered in the Church to be in the see of Boston. Most of the houses are built with logs. They are of primitive construction. One room only, sometimes two, but rarely three. Most of them are clapboarded, a few are painted, almost all of them are well made and warm." End of extract from a statement made by John G. Deane and Edward Kavanagh, 1831.

Land Grant Oct 1790 in Madawaska Co, N.B. Land Grants: October 1790 On October 1, 1790, the British Government in New Brunswick granted to 49 persons 51 lots of land, containing 16,709 acres in two tracts or divisions, "within the District of Madawaska, County of York. The grant was officially registered on October 15. Below is the list of grantees, the lot and division numbers, and the number of acres granted each person. These grantees were for the most part descendants of Acadians who had been expelled by the British in 1755, and who had gone to Canada (Québec). Many of these Acadians were living in Kamouraska at the time of the grant. Others were people whose families were originally from Kamouraska. In exchange for these grants, the grantees promised to "yield and pay" unto King George III, his heirs, successors, or to his Receiver-General, 2 shillings for every 100 acres, starting ten years from the date of the grant. The grant was also made conditional upon the grantees improving the land, clearing it and either planting on it or grazing cattle upon it, or building a home on it. The first division was on the South Bank of the St.John, beginning across from the mouth of the Green River (in today's Grand Isle) and continuing northwestward. The second division was on the North Bank of the St.John, starting just upstream from the mouth of the Green River and continuing northwestwards. Following the list of grantees is a detailed description of the two divisions.

| |Lot|Div|No.of| Other First Name | Last Name |No.|No.|Acres| Information Pierre Lisot 36 1 182

Ancestry.ca Marriage Record Oct 14, 1794 in St Basile, Madawaska Co, N.B. L'an 1794 le 14 du mois d'octobre...entre Pierre Lisot habitant de Madawaska, fils de Jean Baptiste Lisot et de Marie Louise Plourde...et de Marguerite Cyr fille de Jean Baptiste Cyr et de Judith [Guerai] ...habitants de cette paroisse...

USA Census Census pg 382, 1830 in Penobscot Co, Maine, USA Census Year: 1830 State: Maine County: Penobscot Page No: 382 Reel no: M19-51 Division: Madawaska Settlement, St. John River Sheet No: 382 Enumerated by: John Webber Transcribed by C Gagnon and Proofread by Tammy Richards

line/name/surname/male 15-20/male 20-30/male 60-70/female 15-20/female 20-30/female 50-60/total in fam/SNDX 4/ Peter/ Lissote/ 1/1/1/1/1/1/ 6/ L230

USA Census Census pg 146b, 1850 in Madawaska Settlement, Aroostook Co, Maine Page 146b CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: ME COUNTY: Aroostook DIVISION: Madawaska Plantation REEL NO: M432-248 PAGE NO: 146b REFERENCE: Enumerated the 11th day of Sep 1850 by B. Cummings (p.294) (image of page 146b)

birthplace read/write 13 28 28 Lezott/ Peter/ 84/ M/ Me. 14 28 28 Lezott/ Margarett/ 81/ F/ Canada X

Living with Joseph & Lucie's family

Ancestry.ca Burial 10, Dec 17, 1854 in St Basile, Madawaska Co, N.B. Le 17 Decembre 1854...avons inhume dans le cimetiere de cette paroisse le corps de Pierre Lizot age de 97, décedé l'avant veille, époux de Marguerite Cyr...

History 1979 in Madawaska Co, N.B. St. John Valley; A Travel Artery over 200 years ago! It is most probable that the Indians were the first to inform the French about Madawaska. Champlain knew something about this region in 1612, since his maps show the location of the Madawaska River and Lake Temiscouata, without indicating them by name. Many Europeans had already traveled in this area. The Recollet missionaries with Jacques de la Foye, Louis Fontier and Jacques Cardon had traveled through Madawaska from Port Royal to Quebec, while navigating the St. John, St. Francis and Riviere-du-Loup. Feudal grants were made as early as 1683 to several French people, Madawaska being one of the land grants conceded to them. A large number of travelers crossed the Valley during the war between England and France. Both countries fought for the supremacy of Acadia and Canada between the years 1755 and 1760. It is then that Madawaska became the link between Acadia and Canada. In 1756, there were two French post offices in the Madawaska Territory...one in Grand Falls, New Brunswick and Lake Temiscouata, Quebec. The exodus of the Acadian people which began in 1755 by their expulsion from Grand-Pre, ended at Fredericton (New Brunswick), to begin again in 1759 when many had to flee to the St. John Valley to get away from the English Loyalists who were threatening them. Many had fled to the Province of Quebec, but when they heard that Louisberg in 1758 and Quebec the year after, had fallen in the hands of the English, these refugees pledged unconditional allegiance to England and returned to their lands. It is then that many of these repatriated Acadians stopped in St. Basil (New Brunswick) but never dreamed for a moment that 26 years later, this land was to become the cradle of a new settlement. It is the daring messengers who carried mail from Nova Scotia to Quebec, who knew well the St. John Valley which was but a forest inhabited by Indians, woods adventurers and wild animals. They carried messages under trying circumstances, hardship and danger, sometimes a distance of 600 miles using canoes during the summer, and snowshoes in the winter! The Acadian messengers made the journey in 15 days, at an average of 40 miles a day. During the War of Independence, two Mohawk Indians, enemies of England, attempted an ambush in the Madawaska River Valley to get hold of the mail, in order to sell war correspondence to American agents. They pursued one of the messengers for many days, in vain. The messenger, being tired of this man hunt, found a cabin at the mouth of the St. Francis River. Knowing how superstitious and naive these Indians were, he knew how to fool them and fill them with fear. Having eaten his supper, he began to pack his belongings to ready himself to leave the next day. Pretending to ignore the presence of the two Indians nearby, he took a large stump, the size of a man, placed it on the cot he had used to sleep, and covered it with ordinary blankets, without forgetting the traditional nightcap, then went to hide where he could watch the result of his strategy. In the middle of the night, he saw two shadows going toward the cabin. The Mohawks entered the unlocked cabin and jumped at their supposed victim. With their tomahawks, they struck with such violence that their tomahawks bounced back with a dry and ringing sound. Suspecting witchcraft, they believed that the Great Spirit had metamorphosed their victim and, seized with fright, they fled to the hills. Several years after the settlement of the Valley, J.G. Dean of Maine was sent, in 1828, to get information concerning the boundaries. Dean tells that in 1782 a boy of 14, Pierre Lizotte who had been lost in the woods of Kamouraska (Quebec), crossed to the mouth of the Madawaska River where he saw a few Indian huts. He spent the winter with the Indians and returned home in the Spring. He urged his half-brother, Pierre Duperry, to go back with him to the land he had visited, in order to establish trading posts among the Indians. In 1784, we find Lizotte and Duperry at their fur trading post near the Indian village. Duperry and Lizotte did not (permanently) settle in that village, since we find their names in the census of Fredericton (New Brunswick) taken about that time. However, they came back with the Acadian pioneers and settled in the Valley. Lizotte died in St. Basil at the age of 96 and Duperry, died in Madawaska at the age of 68. About the same time two brothers, Anselme and Michel Robichaud, merchants of Kamouraska, established a fur trading post in Madawaska. An Irishman by the name of Kelly, came to the Valley for commercial purposes, but these were itinerant merchants who never settled in the Valley until the arrival of the Acadians from Fredericton, in 1785. It was only after the American Revolution War, at the time of the coming of the English Loyalists to Fredericton, that the Acadians thought of a settlement in the St. John Valley. Strange to say, the Loyalists, who had been persecuted in the United States for being loyal to England, did not wait long before they began to work hardships on the Acadians who were the first to settle in the region of Fredericton. Threatened once more, the Acadians decided to leave their farms. Some came to Madawaska, others joined their brethren's at Memramcook, and still others went to settle on the shores of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.