Marie Josèphe Le Prince (1715)

Born 3 Nov 1715 in St-Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Jacques Forest — married 25 Jan 1734 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

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Biography

Marie Josèphe Le Prince was born and baptized on November 03, 1715 in St-Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, Colony of Nova Scotia. ^[1][2] Her parents were Jean Le Prince and Jeanne Blanchard. Her sponsors were Guillaume Blanchard ,the son, and Marie D'Aigre, daughter of Jeanne Blanchard and Olivier d'Aigre.

Marie Josèphe, 18 years of age, married 25-year-old Jacques Forest on January 25, 1734 in Annapolis Royal. ^[3] The witnesses were Claude Granger, Pierre Lanoue, Antoine Beliveau, René Forest and Pierre Granger.

Children:

1. Victor Forest
2. Joseph Forest
3. Anne Forest
4. Pierre Forest
5. Marie Josèphe Forest
6. Félicité Forest
7. Marguerite Forest
8. Charles Tranquille Forest
9. Michel Forest

Little is known about the displacements of the Forest family during the Great Upheaval, which were surely frequent. In 1763, after the Treaty of Paris, they appeared on a list of Acadian families in Connecticut wishing to go to France. Ten people were counted in the family. ^[4][5] Also on the list were Victor Forest and Joseph (possibly Benoit) Forest with their families. The exile to France of these 666 Acadians was denied. Some migrated to Saint Domingue, others to Louisiana, New Brunswick or Quebec, and some remained in Connecticut.^[6]

"In general, the approximately 1,000 Acadians deported to Connecticut were treated with respect. A law concerning their distribution throughout the settlement was adopted by the colonial Legislature in advance of their arrival, which allowed the citizens to prepare themselves for cohabitation. In some cases, Connecticut citizens made unoccupied homes available to Acadian families. Others funded the trip of Acadians wishing to resettle in Quebec via the Albany, Hudson and Richelieu rivers through lakes George and Champlain." ^[7]

We know nothing about the Forest family after 1763, except for Marguerite who married Françoise Lafaille (Lafay) and settled in L'Acadie, Province of Quebec, and Charles who possibly died in the same province at age 20.

Sources

1. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26 page 137; online database with images, Marie Joseph Prince Baptism, 3 November 1715, accessed October 2021.
2. ↑ "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5S-F9N : 5 December 2014), Jean Prince in entry for Marie Joseph Prince, 03 Nov 1715; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown
3. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26a page 117 online database with images, Jacques Forest & Marie Joseph Le Prince, 25 January 1734, accessed October 2021.
4. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Connecticut Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home,"General List of the Acadian Families Distributed in the Government of Konehtoket (Connecticut) Who Desire To Go To France". Accessed October 2021

   The family of Jacque FOUREST consisting of ten persons

5. ↑ Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 636
6. ↑ Tim Hébert, "Exile Destination: Connecticut", Acadian-Cajun Genealogy andHistory, accessed at https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~acadiancajun/genealogy/exco.htm
7. ↑ "The citizens of Connecticut get involved in welcoming the Acadians", Acadie, website hosted by Jean-Marc Agator and Jean-Pierre Bernier, accessed at https://acadie.cheminsdelafrancophonie.org/en/new-london-the-citizens-of-connecticut-get-involved-in-welcoming-the-acadians/

See also:

• Roberta Estes, "Acadian Refugee Households at Camp D'Espérance", DNA explained, https://dna-explained.com/2021/07/12/acadian-refugee-households-at-camp-desperance-1756-1761-52-ancestors-338/
• Marcel Walter Landry Page for Marie Josèphe Leprince at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed Oct 2021 (Login required)