Jean Baptiste
Poirier
Born in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Ancestors 
Son of Michel Poirier
and Marie Boudrot
Brother of
Michel Poirier, Claude Poirier, Anne Poirier, Pierre Poirier, Louis Poirier, Jeanne Poirier, Charles Poirier, François Poirier, Jacques Poirier and Joseph Poirier
Husband of
Marie Cormier
— married
1706 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Poirier, Marie Poirier, Anne Marie Poirier, Magdelaine Poirier, Pierre Poirier, Marguerite Poirier, Marie Cécile Poirier, Marguerite Poirier and Jean Baptiste Poirier
Died before
before age 66
in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]
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Biography
Jean Baptiste Poirier was born on April 2 1682. He was baptized the same day at Beaubassin, Acadia. He was the son of Michel Poirier and Marie Boudrot.[1] [2] His parents Michel Poirier and Marie Boudrot were among the first settlers of Beaubassin, Acadia (Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada).[3] Their farm was located at Nanpane Point (near Napanne, Nova Scotia).[4]
In 1686, at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin, Jean-Baptiste, aged 3, was living with his parents, Michel POIRIER, aged 37, and Marie BOUDROT, aged 36 and his five siblings: Michel, aged 12, Claude, aged 9, Anne, aged 7, Pierre, aged 6, and Louis, aged 2. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 7 arpents of cultivable land with 13 cattle, 3 sheep, and 8 hogs.[5]
Around 1687 there was a dispute between the Poiriers and the Cormiers over the reclamation by Toussaint Doucet and wife Marie Poirier of the south bank border of the Great Ouescoque marsh. This dispute was resolved eventually with the intermarriage of Cormiers with Poiriers.[4]
When they were in their twenties, Jean Baptiste and his brother Pierre were attracted to the Cormier twins, daughters of Thomas Cormier and Marie-Madeleine Girouard. Jean Baptiste married Marie Cormier around 1706.[2] They settled at Ouescoque close to the Cormier paternal homestead.[4]
Between about 1707 and 1733, the couple had nine children: Joseph, Marie, Anne, Madeleine, Marie-Josèphe, Pierre, Marguerite, Cécile and Jean-Baptiste.[2]
Jean Baptiste died before the marriage of their daughter Cécile on September 24 1748.[2]
Timeline
- c1682 birth
- c1687 il y avait un différend entre les Poiriers et les Cormier sur la remise en état par Toussaint Doucet et sa femme Marie Poirier de la frontière de la Grande Ouescoque marais de la rive sud. Ce différend a été réglé par la suite avec les mariages entre Cormiers avec Poiriers.[4]
- 1687 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) starts between England and France[6]
- 1696 Benjamin Church raids Beaubassin. Once the English ships were seen, the inhabitants fled, carrying their more valuable possessions. Church “…stayed nine days and in his own account …admitted that the settlers’ ”cattle sheep, hogs, and dogs” were left ”lying dead about their houses, chopped and hacked with hatches". The church and some of the houses were also burnt. [6]
- 1697 Treaty of Ryswick restores Acadia to France; Port-Royal is its capital[7]
- 1702 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War) starts between England and France[7]
- 1704: Church raids Beaubassin again: “The Acadians were in arms and an indecisive skirmish ensued. After the Acadians retreated into the woods, Church and his men found that the inhabitants had removed as much of their household and farm goods as possible. Church set the buildings on fire [20]and killed about 100 cattle before leaving to return to Boston” [6]
- c1706 marriage to Marie Cormier
- a1707 birth, son Joseph
- a1707 birth, daughter Marie
- a1707 birth, daughter Anne
- 1710 Siege of Port-Royal; French surrender the Fort. Port-Royal, Acadia becomes Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia’’[7]
- ’’1713: Treaty of Utrecht. France cedes Acadia to England. Permanent British rule’’[8]
- 1714-15: A new English king requires oaths of allegiance.[6] Delegates from Beaubassin sign a conditional oath of allegiance, promising to stay true to the King of Great Britain for as long as they stayed in Nova Scotia, and to remain neutral in the event of a conflict between France and Great Britain
- a1714 birth, daughter Madeleine
- b1720 birth, daughter Marie-Josèphe
- 1720 birth, son Pierre, in Beaubassin
- 1720 and onward: Acadians refuse to sign an unconditional oath of allegiance. This is tolerated by the British as they lack military means to enforce the oath.[9]
- 1713-1744: Golden Age[10] of Acadian Growth and Prosperity. Beaubassin is productive in raising cattle, growing grain, and trading fur with the Mi’kmaq and Maliseet. Surpluses are traded with both the English (Bay of Fundy) and the French (Baie Verte).[11]
- 1723 birth, daughter Marguerite, in Beaubassin
- c1725 birth, daughter Cécile
- a1733 birth, son Jean-Baptiste, in Menoudie
- b1748 death
Biographie
Jean Baptiste est né le 2 avril 1682 a Beaubassin, Acadie (Amherst, Nouvelle Écosse, Canada).[2] Ses parents Michel Poirier et Marie Boudrot figuraient parmi les premiers colons de Beaubassin, Acadie (Amherst, Nouvelle Écosse, Canada).[3]. Leur ferme etait située à Pointe Nanpanne (près de Napanne, Nouvelle Écosse).[4] Vers 1687 il y avait un différend entre les Poiriers et les Cormier sur la remise en état par Toussaint Doucet et sa femme Marie Poirier de la frontière de la Grande Ouescoque marais de la rive sud.[4] Ce différend a été réglé par la suite avec les mariages entre Cormiers avec Poiriers.[4]
Quand Jean Baptiste et son frère Pierre étaient dans la vingtaine, ils avaient l'intérêt amourous des jumeaux Cormier, filles de Thomas Cormier et de Marie-Madeleine Girouard. Jean Baptiste épousa Marie Cormier vers 1706.[2] Ils se sont installés à Ouescoque, près de la propriété familiale Cormier.[4]
Entre vers 1707 et 1733, Marie a donné naissance à neuf enfants: Joseph, Marie, Anne, Madeleine, Marie-Josèphe, Pierre, Marguerite, Cécile et Jean-Baptiste.[2]
Jean Baptiste est mort avant le 24 septembre 1748.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Registres paroissiaux (Acadie)-Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia:C-3021(Image 17): http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3021/17?r=0&s=6
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 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, Print, 1328,1329, 1335,1336.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Poirier)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Surette, Paul. Atlas of the Acadian Settlement of the Beaubassin 1660 to 1755. Tintamarre and Le Lac. Tantramar Heritage Trust. 2005, p 4 (initially abt 1675 parents' Michel Poirier homestead at Mésagouèche until brother in law jean bourgeois dies; then p5,8 move to mouth of Nanpanne valley Poirier at the tip of Nanpanne point autumn/winter 1677 north bank p8); p9(dispute with the Cormiers); p46 (marital homestead location at Ouscoque).
- ↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada "Acadie Recensements 1671 - 1752", Images 15-60.
at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin: Michel POIRIER 37, Marie BOUDROT 36; children: Michel 12, Claude 9, Anne 7, Pierre 6, Jean-Baptiste 3, Louis 2; 1 gun, 7 arpents, 13 cattle, 3 sheep, 8 hogs.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Griffiths, Naomi E.S., From migrant to Acadian : a North-American border people, 1604-1755, Montreal (Québec), McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005, p147-151 (King William’s War); p 164 (1696 Church raid of Beaubassin); p 208 (1704 Church’s Raid on Beaubassin)); p 267-268 (oaths of allegiance)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p44-45 (1697 Treaty of Ryswick); p52-53(1702 Queen Anne’s War); p82-85(1710 Siege of PR).
- ↑ The Neutrality: Political Context, in 1755 l'Histoire et les Histoires, University of Moncton
- ↑ The Neutrality: Political Context, 1755 Histoire et Les Histoires, University of Moncton
- ↑ Griffiths, Naomie E.S. The Contexts of Acadian History 1686-1784.Published for the Center for Canadian Studies Mount Allison University, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1992, p61 (golden age);
- ↑ "Zone of contention, place of growth", History, Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site, Parks Canada, https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nb/beausejour/culture/histoire-history/territoire-zone
See also:
- 1686 Acadian Census at Beaubassin:
- 1693 Acadian Census at Beaubassin:
- 1698 Acadian census at Beaubassin:
- 1700 Acadian census at Beaubassin:
- 1714 Acadian census at Beaubassin: Pierre POIRIER and Agnes CORMIER his spouse; children: Pierre, Bernard,
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Jacqueline Girouard
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Really nice profile Annette. I found this possible source for a marriage date of about 1706 in Beaubassin, Acadia: Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes , 1999), p. 1328.
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