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The Acadian Thibodeau family stems from one man, Pierre Thibodeau. He was a miller who was born in France around 1631. He was also a settler of the New World.[1]
His origins and date of arrival in Acadia are unknown.[2][3]
Pierre (28) married Jeanne Thériot (16) (born about 1643 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Jean Thériot and Perrine Rau) in 1660 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France.[2] Their known children were:
In 1686, at Port Royal, Pierre TIBAUDEAU [sic], aged 55, was living with his wife, Jeanne TERRIOT [sic], aged 43, and their 14 children: Marie, aged 25, Marie, aged 23, Marie, aged 21, Catherine [sic], aged 19, Anne-Marie, aged 16 [sic], Pierre, aged 16, Jeanne, aged 14, Jean, aged 13, Antoine, aged 12, Pierre, aged 10, Michel, aged 8, Cecille [sic], aged 6, Anne Marie, aged 4, and Claude, aged 2. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 10 arpents of cultivable land with 14 cattle, 5 sheep, and 7 hogs.[4]
In 1698, Pierre Thibaudeau, a resident of Port Royal, began his settlement at Shepody... A miller of Pré Ronde... he and his sons explored the Shepody area in the first year... The first wintering by three of Thibaudeau's sons was in 1699/1700, when they did very well trading furs with the Indians. De Villieu heard of the activity and immediately protested that they were on his father-in-law's seigneurie without permission, although the precise boundaries of La Vallière's grant are almost impossible to determine from the wording of the concession. Thibaudeau had dreamed of a seigneurie of his own, like that of his old friend Mathieu Martin at Cobequid... but showed a willingness to compromise, which de Villieu declined. In 1702, when de Villieu himself was willing to compromise, the Thibaudeau group, believing that a petition of their own to Paris would succeed, in turn refused. Indeed, they were confident enough of success to invest a great deal of effort in dyking, building sluices (aboiteaux), and even erecting a grist-and-saw mill with machinery from New England. In 1703, they had their lands confirmed, but "without prejudice" to the rights of La Vallière. The old man died thinking himself a true seigneur, but, in an arrêt of June 2, 1705, Thibaudeau's right to the land was expressly granted as a concession from La Vallière's seigneurie. Officially, the Thibaudeaus could not extend their lands, nor could others settle without assuming the legal position and charges consequent to being censitaires of the seigneur of Beaubassin. In 1702, there appear to have been seven households at Shepody (roughly thirty-three people)."[5]
Thibodeau’s land holdings and possessions varied greatly through the years, as shown in the Port-Royal censuses of 1678,[6]
1686,[4]
1693,[7]
1698,[8]
1700,[9]
and 1701.[10]
At the time of his death, Pierre was living at Prée Ronde Marsh[11]
on the south bank of the Annapolis (Dauphin) River] east of the fort.
Pierre died at Port-Royal on December 26, 1704, at the age of about 80.[12][13][2]
1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanently[15]
1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases[16]
c1660 marriage to Jeanne Thériot
c1661 birth, daughter Marie
c1663 birth, daughter Marie
c1664 birth, daughter Marie
c1666 birth, daughter Anne-Marie
c1667 birth, daughter Marie-Catherine
1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes[17]
1670’s-1690’s Available farmland decreases; some leave Port-Royal to establish new villages: Beaubassin (1671); Grand-Pré and Pigiguit (1680); Chipoudie (1698), and Cobeguit and Petcoudiac (1699).[18]
1687 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) starts between England and France[20]
c1689 birth, son Charles
1690 Phipps captures and sacks Port-Royal, coerces inhabitants' oaths of allegiance to English Crown, sets up local Peacekeeping Council and leaves within 12 days.[21][22][23] Seaman from two ships later loot and burn between 28 and 35 homes/habitations including the parish church.[24]”
1693 residence, in Port-Royal
1693 Port-Royal raid with looting and burning.[24]
1697 Treaty of Ryswick restores Acadia to France; Port-Royal is its capital[24]
1698 residence, in Port-Royal
1698 founder, Chipoudy
1700-1701 residence, in Port-Royal
1702 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War) starts between England and France[24]
1704 Blockade of Port Royal; no destruction of houses but some inhabitants taken prisoner[24]
1704 death, in Port-Royal
Biographie
"L'ancêtre des Thibodeau acadiens fut le meunier Pierre, qui est né en France vers 1631. Nous ne connaissons ni son origine précise, ni la date de son arrivée en Acadie".[2][3] Sa date de naissance est estimée en fonction de son âge lors des recensements :
1671 40 ans (né 1631)
1686 55 ans (né 1631)
1693 59 ans (sic) (né 1634)
1698 65 ans (né 1633)
1700 80 ans (sic) (né 1630)
Il était meunier en haut de la rivière à Port-Royal, à l’endroit appelé La Prée Ronde.[2][13]
Pierre épousa Jeanne Thériot vers 1660. Les parents de Jeanne étaient Jean Thériot et Perrine Reau.[2]
Entre 1661 et 1689, Jeanne Thériot et Pierre Thibodeau eurent seize enfants, 9 filles et 7 garçons.[2]
Pierre est décédé à Port-Royal le 26 décembre 1704 à l’âge d’environ 80 ans et fut inhumé le lendemain.[13][2][26]
Research Notes
None of the prominent Acadian historians and genealogical researchers name his parents, though many trees name Mathurin Rhibauda & Marie Dolbeau. No source has been found so far.
The only source cited on NosOrigines (which is a repository and not an actual source) is Tanguay dictionary, which does NOT name any parents for him. That can be viewed here under the letter T : http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/dicoGenealogie/Liard-1 20:40, 6 March 2016 (EST)
↑ 2.02.12.22.32.42.52.62.72.8 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. 1508.
↑ 3.03.1
Stephen A. White, La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des “”Retrouvailles 94””, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). THIBODEAU, 37 Families
at Port Royal: Pierre TIBAUDEAU 55, Jeanne TERRIOT: 43; children: Marie 25, Marie 23, Marie 21, Catherine 19, Anne-Marie 16, Pierre 16, Jeanne 14, Jean 13, Antoine 12, Pierre 10, Michel 8, Cecille 6, Anne-Marie 4, Claude 2; 1 gun, 10 arpents, 14 cattle, 5 sheep, 7 hogs. In the original 1686 Census at Port Royal, Thibodeau was listed as Tibaudeau, Theriot was listed as Terriot, Marie Catherine was listed as just Catherine, Anne Marie, aged 20, was listed as Anne-Marie 16, and Cecile was listed as Cicille in the original census and transcribed as Cecille.
↑ Clark, Andrew Hill, Acadia; the geography of early nova Scotia to 1760 (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1968) p.145 (Thibodeau founder of Chipoudy-Shepody)
↑ Tim Hebert, 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census, noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census
Pierre Thibaudeau & Jeanne Terriot-12 acres, 30 cattle, 3 boys: age 11- born 1669, 7-1671, 5-1673: and 5 girls: 12-1666, 8-1670, 4-1674, 3-1675, 1-1677.
Pierre TIBAUDEAU 65; Jeanne TERRIOT (wife) 57; Jean 24; Antoine 22; Pierre 21; Michelle 19; Claude 13; Catherine 11; Charles 7; 20 cattle, 20 sheep, 8 hogs, 32 arpents, 20 fruit trees, 4 guns
Pierre TIBAUDEAU 71, Jeanne THIRIOT [Terriot] (wife) 50; Jean TIBAUDEAU 27, Anthoine 23, Pierre 21, Michel 19, Claude 16, Charles 13, Cecile 19, Catherine 14; 7 guns, 30 cattle, 25 sheep, 12 hogs, 19 arpents.
↑ 11.011.1 1707 homestead location of their children at Pré Rond Marsh. In Au Coeur de l'Acadie Acadian Settlement on the Annapolis River, 1707 Map Parks Canada
↑ 13.013.113.2Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register I volume 26 page 340; online database with images, Pierre Tibaudeau burial, accessed 15 Sep 2019
↑ George MacBeath, “RAZILLY (Rasilly), ISAAC DE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013 http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/razilly_isaac_de_1E.html.
↑ William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sedgwick_robert_1E.html
Pierre THIBEAUDEAU, 40, wife Jeanne TERRIAU 27; Children: Pierre 1, Marie 10, Marie 9, Marie 7, Anne Marie 6, Catherine 4; cattle 12, sheep 11.
↑ 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 267-268 (oaths of allegiance)
↑ In collaboration with C. Bruce Fergusson, “LA TOURASSE, CHARLES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/la_tourasse_charles_1E.html.
↑ 24.024.124.224.324.4 Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p vii,ix,1-12 (early European settlement); p13 (1629 Food abundance Scottish settlement); p32 (Church and School 1686));p 40,43 (1693 PR raid); p44-45 (1697 Treaty of Ryswick); p52-53(1702 Queen Anne’s War); p61-62 (Blockade of PR); p 71-73(1707 Attack on PR); p82-85(1710 Siege of PR).
Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 21 December 2019), memorial page for Pierre Thibodeau (1631–26 Dec 1704), Find A Grave Memorial no. 54724426, citing Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Yvonne Roger Arabie (contributor 46487787) Find A Grave: Memorial #54724426 .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pierre by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Out of Curiosity.. My daughter did DNA and found Marie Antoinette as a distant cousin. Now she was after our family or my husbands family came to Nova Scotia THIBODEAU dad 1650.. Canada New France MY Mom Jandreau/Gendron 1630's or 1650's? and my Husbands fathers Side Of St.Louis Canada. all in the late 1600's if I remember correctly. Marie Antoinette is confusing to figure out.. anyone else related there as a distant cousin that has Acadian New France ancestors.. Test Done by 23 and Me. company.
Patricia, you might want to upload your DNA results and build your family line up to connect to your Acadian Ancestors. Most of the major families are already built on WikiTree so all you need to do is connect. Your DNA results will be applied automatically.
The name "Thibodaux" is mentioned in Hank Williams' "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)." In 1972, Leon Russell's song "Cajun Love Song," references Thibodaux. It is also indicated in the 1970s Jerry Reed song "Amos Moses," in the 1990s George Strait song "Adalida," in Dan Baird's 1992 song "Dixie Beauxderaunt," in the 1999 Jimmy Buffett song "I Will Play for Gumbo," and in the 2008 Toby Keith song "Creole Woman.”
Hi, Kathleen, the standard name is spelled Thibodeau as during the Acadian times many people did not know how to spell their names and there were many inconsistencies. Long ago, the Project adopted the standard spelling of genealogist Stephen White to use for names. Alternate spellings that were used in documents may be added to the profile to make searching easier. In the case of this Thibodeau, he probably did not use the more modern spelling of Thibodeaux as that generally came about after families went to Louisiana starting in the late 1700's. Pierre would not have Americanized his name as he was wholly French/Acadian. I'll work on the book soon, though not today. Many thanks for paying attention to this profile and family. Cindy
Don't know why all the places the Thibodeaus were sent LOUISIANNA added and X. to other families from Nova Scotia they did that too. they said the Judge when they came to Louisiana had them add the x. WHY I don't know. May that is how he spelled the EAU sound. doux sound is the same so maybe thought the x needed to be there. BUT THE ORIGINAL IS THIBAUDEAU FROM FRANCE.. There is many still there from PITOU area. My DAD PRONOUNCED our name. Ti bid o left out the H sound / HE spoke french his whole life. IT WAS ALL THEY SPOKE in the NORTHERN PART OF MAINE. ST.FRANCIS area was all FRENCH DEPORTED FAMILIES. STILL IS MOSTLY. THEY STILL SPEAK THE FREnch of 1500's Too. FUNNY they say it is one of the few places that still use the Old Gaulish french. today in France it is the NEW FRENCH.. which French do they use in Louisiana? and how is the name Thibodeau pronounced there?
There is an old book called “Cajun by Blood” by Celeste LeBlanc Norris detailing Pierre’s life. I have not yet read the book and don’t know if the sources are vetted but, if so, it may give many more details about Pierre. This book references two spelling variations, Thibodaux and Thibodeau and it’s possible that the variations began with Pierre potentially Americanizing the name.
Pierre Thibaudeau never changed his spelling, he lived and died in Nova Scotia, It didn't change to Thibodeau till yrs later, All the Northern decendents still spell it Thibodeau, I think census dropped the au to just the o, Many censuses were done by English, Spelling French names. My parents Thibodeau, dad and Jandreau/Gendreau mom , were both Acadian decent from St, Francis Which was part of Quebec Canada till the 1840's , the whole top of Maine was part of Canada. Pierres decendents were run out and deported from Nova Scotia in the Grand Derangement in the 1750's, many sent all over New England, the Islands, Some sent to LA, some were sent back to France then resent back to LA and somehow many families sent were given the X ending, in LA, but they were Pierre decendents , his grandsons most likely, They say the judge did the X. Eaux means water in French, so it may be a way to distinguish the ones shipped there from the deportations, no answers to find for the X but The original form is alive and well all over New England and Canada. My Grandfather was born a Gendreau like his dad and brother, yet my grandfathers birth certificate was spelled wrong, someone messed up, spelled his name Jandreau, so his dad and brother have other spellingvthan he did, So my mom's cousins are Gendreau and she and her siblings all were Jandreau, now that is messed up. Original is the Ge now a whole line of Ja's
HI.. Fellow tree French cousins. Thanks to another helpful site, found Pierre person is Higher many great grandfather, thru his daughter Anne-Marie Catherine Thiibodeau. She m-1682-- Claude Boudrot SR, whom had shows 10-kids. "Marguerite Boudrot, their daughter is my Line connection. Most of my French lines are from Paris France and ends up at Quebec Canada.. Pam of Maine
I came across this statement written back in 2005 by Shirley Thibodeaux LeBlanc, who at the time was President of the Thibodeaux Family Association of Louisiana.
"Pierre arrived at Port Royal, Acadia in 1654, under contract for three years
at a wage of 100 livres per year (this information is contained in the
"Catalogue des Immigrants" By Marcel Trudel)."
I have confirmed through DNA tests that Pierre Thibodeau is my paternal seventh great grandfather! This is wonderful for me as no direct males in my tree have, or had been able to have, their DNA tested. I need to research further, because I think I am also related to this Pioneer Acadian family through my maternal line which I've had DNA tested (mtDNA and AutosomalDNA).
I have been tracing this family, and yesterday came across once again a bookmarked Canadian web page listing research on the Thibodeau and others families) - a wonderful web page, I might add - and have continued to jot down information on this Acadian pioneer family. Had/have every intention of certifying the info., and to include it on WikiTree. But, your hard work has already done most of it for me. Thanks a bunch,
Have removed the parents, the source Nos origines cites Tanguay only, which does NOT name parents for him. Tanguay record can be viewed on this site: http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/dicoGenealogie/ under the letter T
Also you might want to provide your DNA to the ftDNA project for more information. https://www.familytreedna.com/
Best wishes, Cindy Bourque Cooper, co-leader, Acadians Project
edited by Kathleen (Desmarais) Ohlman
Pierre Thibeaudeau, 55 ans, et Jeanne Teriot, 6 fils: Pierre, 16 ans; Jean, 13 ans; Antoine, 12 ans; Pierre, 10 ans; Michel, 8 ans; Claude, 2 ans, et 8 filles; 14 bêtes à cornes et 5 moutons.
Title- "Une Colonie féodale en Amérique, l'Acadie (1604-1881)" / Rameau de Saint-Père PG-399
http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/1986879?docref=DmB-_K5YJLMVvbQqCA8WvQ&docsearchtext=Colonial%20Annapolis%20Royal
"Pierre arrived at Port Royal, Acadia in 1654, under contract for three years at a wage of 100 livres per year (this information is contained in the "Catalogue des Immigrants" By Marcel Trudel)."
Does anyone have access to this source? I found this information at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/THIBODEAU/2005-12/1135615142
Sincererly,
Jeannette (Martin-Brideau) Saladino