François Savoie (1710)

Born 30 Nov 1710 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Canada, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Thibodeau — married about 1736 in Acadie

Descendants

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Biography

François Savoie was born and baptized on 30 November 1710.^[1] He was the son of François Savoie and Marie Josèphe Richard. His godparents were Joseph Teriot and Magdelaine Savoye. ^[2]

He married Marguerite Thibodeau about 1736, certainly before 1739, in Acadie. ^[2][3]

Children:^[4]

1. Simon Savoie, b. 22 Sep 1739, Beaubassin d. 25 Nov 1809, Louiseville
2. Joseph Savoie, b. ca 1745, Chipoudy d. Mar 1825
3. Marguerite Savoie, b. ca 1751, d. 27 Apr 1793, Berthier-en-Haut
4. Marie Savoie, b. ca 1751, d. 4 Dec 1809, St-Léon-le-Grand
5. François Savoie, b. ca1754, d. 25 Sep 1756, Québec
6. Louise Savoie, b. Vers May 1756, d. 3 Sep 1756, Québec

«  François Savoie was one of the heads of family of Chipoudy who came to Fort Beauséjour at the request of the English. This was only a ruse by which the English wanted to take these Acadian men prisoners. Afterwards, he found himself aboard the "Prince Frederick" destined for exile in Georgia. He was deported alone, his wife and children remained at Chipoudy. Resolved to rejoin his family, in 1756 he succeeded in reaching New York in a group of exiles trying to return to Acadia. But they were not allowed to go further because the English arrested them. He was then detained at Eastchester, and is on a list dated 26 Aug 1756. He died before the marriage of his son Simon on 9 Aug 1762. Evidently, he was never reunited with his family.

Meanwhile, Marguerite Thibodeau and her children moved to Île Saint-Jean, from where they went to Quebec, arriving in the capital of New France in the late summer of 1756. Tragically, shortly after her arrival, Marguerite Thibodeau lost the two youngest of his children, a four year old boy and a girl who was only four months old. A few years later, we find Marguerite and her four surviving children in Rivière-du-Loup (now Louiseville), where exhausted no doubt by the trials of the Dispersion, Marguerite passed away in March 1765, at the age of forty-six. »^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register RG 1 volume 26 page 100; online database with images, François Savoye Baptism, 30 November 1710, accessed July 2020
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, Hector-J. Hébert, ‘’Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes’’ (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D’études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p. 1460
3. ↑ Birth, Death, Marriage, Parents, Siblings Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique, Université de Montréal (paid subscription)PRDH
4. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry François Savoie at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed July 2020
5. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader François Savoie citing Stephen White, Contact-Acadie: Bulletin - Centre d'Études Acadiennes - Moncton, N.B.: - no. 35, pp. 20-21 https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/contact35.pdf
6. ↑ André-Carl Vachon, Les réfugiés et miliciens acadiens en Nouvelle-France 1755-1763, Tracadie, La Grande Marée, 2020, p. 244

   Liste des passagers du navire, probablement le Dondonnais, qui est parti de l'Île St-Jean le 26 juillet 1756 avec 215 passengers. Il est arrivé au port de Québec le 13 août 1756.

   Marguerite Thibodeau, épouse de François Savoie (déporté en Géorgie et décédé à New-York)

   Simon Savoie, son fils

   Joseph Savoie, son fils

   Marguerite Savoie, sa fille

   Marie Savoie, sa fille

   François Savoie, son fils

   Louise Savoie, sa fille

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