Jeanne Savoie was born on September 28, 1716 and baptized the next day in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia. [1] Her parents were François Xavier Savoie and Marie Josèphe Richard.[2] Her godparents were Pierre Blanchard and Jeanne Gautrot, widow of Pierre Le Noue.
She married, according to the Register of Beaubassin on 20 Nov 1741 when she was 22 years (sic), Benoni Hebert, son of Jean Emmanuel Hébert and Marie Madeleine Dugas. [2][3] The witnesses were Jean Hébert, François Savoye fathers of the couple, Simon Savoye, Henry L'Hostellier, René Daigre, Michel Hébert and many others.
↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26 page 144; online database with images, Jeanne Savoye Baptism, 29 September 1716, accessed March 2021.
↑ 2.02.12.2 Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader Family Tree page for Jeanne Anne Savoie citing Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 1460 : Text: Sponsors: Pierre BLANCHARD & Jeanne GAUTROT (widow of Pierre LANOUE).
Married (Register Beaubassin 20 Nov 1741 22 years (sic) Benoni Hebert dit Manuel (Jean-Emmanuel & Madeleine Dugas); d before the census of 1766 (9 avril).
↑ Genealogy collection, Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime, La Rochelle, France; Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1207, "Register des Baptemes, mariages et sepultures de la paroisse de Beaubassin en Accadie de 9 juilles 1712 an 9 juilles 1723," Benony Hebert & Jeanne Savoye Marriage, 20 November 1741, Image #95-96. Accessed March 2021
Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports mtDNA Test Results (Accessed 15 Dec 2023), Kits: tester1 B893642 tester2 783168. EKA: Catherine Bugaret - Spouse of Claude Petitpas. Haplogroup: H1c3b.
Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports this diagram depicting matrilineal descent, from the Mothers of Acadia DNA Project for more information.
Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Jean Plante FTDNA kit # B893642, (a grandchild of |Marie Alice Dassylva-Portuguais) and his maternal line cousin UNK (a grandchild of Noemie Hargrave), FTDNA kit # 783168, have an exact HVR1 and HVR2 match, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most-recent common ancestor who is Catherine Bugaret the 8x great grandmother of Jean Plante and the 10x grandmother of UNK.
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Savoie-2196 and Savoie-40 appear to represent the same person because: Same date and location of birth, same spouse, same daughter Marie Madeleine who married Olivier Robichaud.