Bonaventure Thériot (abt. 1641 - 1731)

Born about 1641 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Jeanne Boudrot — married about 1666 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 3 May 1731 at about age 90 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Kevin Gerald Ryan [send private message], Acadians Project WikiTree [send private message], Liander Lavoie [send private message], Roland Arsenault [send private message], Paul Shenton [send private message], and Maurice Manuel [send private message]

Bonaventure Thériot is an Acadian. Join: Acadians Project Discuss: ACADIA

Biography

NOTICE: this profile is protected by the Acadian Project because of frequent duplication, variant name spellings, and attempts to add unsourced parents. Please contact the Acadian Project before making any substantive changes. Thanks for helping make WikiTree the best site for accurate information.

Bonaventure (dit Venture) Thériot was born about 1641 in Port-Royal. His parents were Jean Thériot and Perrine Rau.^[1][2][3]

He married Jeanne Boudrot, daughter of Michel Boudrot and Michelle Aucoin, about 1666 in Port-Royal, Acadie. Together they had 4 children:^[3]

1. Marie
2. Anne
3. Unnamed girl
4. Marguerite

The young couple settled in Port-Royal, where they raised their children and tended their farm until the end of their days.

Twenty-seven-year-old Bonaventure and 26-year-old Jeanne were listed in the 1671 census with their daughter Marie, age 4. They owned 2 arpents of land, as well as 6 head of cattle and 6 sheep. He was also counted in his parents' household as married, age 30.^[4] They were enumerated again in 1678, with three girls in the family home.^[5]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Bonaventure TERRIOT [sic], aged 43, was living with his wife, Jeanne BOUDROT, aged 42, and their two daughters: Anne, aged 12, and Marguerite, aged 8. By 1686, the oldest daughter and newly married Marie had left the household. Only Anne and Marguerite were living with their parents. The young, unnamed girl who was mentioned in the previous census was absent and had probably died as an infant. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 4 arpents of cultivable land with 5 cattle, 6 sheep, and 2 hogs.^[6]

In 1693, at Port Royal, Bonaventure TERIOT [sic], aged 49, was living with his wife, Jeanne BOUDROT, aged 48, and their daughter, Marguerite, aged 14. They also had a servant, Joseph, aged 16. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 14 arpents of cultivable land with 18 cattle, 12 sheep, and 10 pigs.^[7]

In the following census in 1698 were listed among their possessions 20 fruit trees.^[8] Bonaventure and Jeanne were counted again in the censuses of 1700, 1701, and 1707, living by themselves.^[9][10]

Bonaventure was listed as a widow in the 1710 census and was living alone. Jeanne had passed away a few months earlier, at the age of about 60.^[11]

He died on 3 May 1731 (at about 95 years of age, according to the register) in Grand-Pré and was buried there the next day. ^[1][2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 837): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/837?r=0&s=4
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Catholic Church Records", vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748748 - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Diocese, 1999, - The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. - pp. 181-182.

   Bonaventure TERIOT, age 95 [sic], buried 4 May 1731, in the cemetery of the parish of the church St. Charles, Grand Pré, Acadia, died on 3 May 1731. Witnesses: René BABIN [signed]; Claude GAUTROT [signed]; Reni GRANGE; Rene LANDRY; Jacques TERRIOT. Recorded at St. Gabriel Church (SGA-2, 108).

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 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) p. 1484 & 1487
   • Bonaventure dit Venture THE'RIOT, born around 1641, (no place given for birth) son of Jean & Perrine RAU. He was a "laboureur," married around 1666 to Jeanne BOUDROT, daughter of Michel & Michelle AUCOIN; four children. A note states that in Aug 1695 Bonaventure & his brother Claude took the oath of allegiance to the King of England at Port-Royal; They made their marks on the document. He died/was buried (Grand Pré Register) on 3/4 May 1731 at age around 95 years (sic).
   • Age around 95 years (sic); present: René BABIN; Claude GAUTROT; Jacques THE'RIOT (who have signed); René LANDRY; René GRANGER.
   • No place given for marriage
4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.

   at Port-Royal:

   • Bonaventure's home: Bonaventure TERRIAU, 27, wife Jeanne BOUDROT 26; child Marie 4; cattle 6, sheep 6.
   • His father's home: Jean TERRIAU, 70, wife, Perrine RAU 60; Children (married): Claude 34, Jean 32, Bonaventure 30, Germain 25, Jeanne 27, Catherine 21; (not married): Pierre 16; cattle 6, sheep 1.

5. ↑ 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

   Bonaventure Térriot, Jeanne Boudrot, 1 acre, 7 cattle, 1 gun, 3 girls: 10, 1668; 5, 1673; 3, 1675.

6. ↑ 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 National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port-Royal : Bonaventure TERRIOT 43, Jeanne BOUDROT 42; children: Anne 12, Marguerite 8; 1 gun, 4 arpents, 5 cattle, 6 sheep, 2 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Theriot was listed as Terio and transcribed as Terriot. Bonaventure was listed as Banaventure and transcribed as Bonaventure.

7. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 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 62-108;

   at Port-Royal: Bonaventure TERIOT 49, Jeanne BOUDROT 48, Marguerite 14, Joseph (servant) 16; 18 cattle, 12 sheep, 10 hogs, 14 arpents, 1 gun. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Theriot was listed as Therot with a handwritten note to the side that wrote Terriot and transcribed as Teriot. Bonaventure was listed as Bonnaventure and transcribed as Bonaventure.

8. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-150

   at Port-Royal : Bonaventure TERIOT 57; Jeanne BOUDROT (wife) 50; 6 cattle, 10 sheep, 5 hogs, 14 arpents, 20 fruit trees, 1 gun.

9. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 151-173.

   at Port-Royal : Bonaventure TERRIOT 56; Jeanne BOUDROT (wife) 55; 15 cattle, 12 sheep, 14 arpents, 1 gun.

10. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 174-211.

    at Port-Royal : Bonaventure THIRIOT [Terriot] 60, Jeanne BOUDROT (wife) 50; 1 gun, 8 cattle, 10 sheep, 5 hogs, 4 arpents.

11. ↑ . The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-9119 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 1315-1318.