Joseph Vincent (1724 - 1800)

Born 1724 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Daigle — married about 1754 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Jeanne Benoit — married 18 Apr 1759 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 18 Dec 1800 at about age 76 in Louiseville, Maskinongé, Lower Canada

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Biography

Joseph Vincent, son of Pierre Vincent and Marie Granger, was born about 1724.^[1] He married first, at Pisiguit, Nouvelle-Écosse in 1754, Marie-Josèphe Daigle.^[1]

Joseph married second, at Boston, Massachusetts, 18 Apr 1759, Jeanne Benoit. They married again 20 Sep 1766 at Trois-Rivières, Québec.^[1]

After the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the Acadians detained in the Anglo-American colonies were finally free to leave. On 1 March 1765, James Murray, Governor of the Province of Quebec, issued a proclamation offering free land to new immigrants. Between 1765 and 1775, 1306 Acadians deported to New England immigrated to Quebec. ^[2]

Joseph petitioned for a return to Canada on 8 February 1766 for 7 members of the Vincent family. ^[2] Joseph was also on a list, dated 2 June 1766 in Boston, of French Neutrals wishing to emigrate to Quebec. ^[3]

Joseph and Jeanne boarded the sloop Polly that left Boston on 21 July 1766 and docked at the port of Quebec City on 31 August 1766. Travelling with them were the children Joseph (age 14), Marguerite (age 11), Françoise (age 6), Pierre (age 4) and Simon (age 2). ^[2] The first mention of the family in Quebec records was when son Pierre, then age 4, was baptized in Quebec city on 5 September 1766. In October (Marguerite) and November (Simon) these additional children were baptized in Yamamiche.

Eleven months after their arrival, on August 1, 1767, they received a grant (Lot # 1077) in the seigneury of Yamachiche. The contract was notarized by Louis Pillard. ^[4][2]

Joseph died 18 Dec 1800 at Louiseville, Maskinongé, Lower Canada. He was buried two days later.^{[1][5] [6]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française Généalogie Joseph Vincent
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} André-Carl Vachon, Les Acadiens déportés qui acceptèrent l'offre de Murray, (Tracadie-Sheila, N-B., La Grande Marée, 2016 Kindle edition), p. 128, 151, 157, 165, 199
3. ↑ Archives Collection, Volumes 23 and 24, French Neutrals, 1755-1758 and 1758-1769. Sec.state.ma.us. (n.d.). Retrieved Dec 2022, from Massachusetts Archives vol 24, p. 565A
4. ↑ Louis Pillard, 1736-1767, BAnQ Trois-Rivières, Fonds Cour Supérieure. District judiciaire de Trois-Rivières. Greffes de notaires, (04T,CN401,S73). images 1411 to 1414 Land Grant
5. ↑ Paroisse Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup - Répertoire des décès/sépultures 1714 à 1993
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99S-NWHT?i=285&wc=HCVM-DP8%3A15688901%2C15688902%2C16247301&cc=1321742

• Les Families Acadiennes de la Region de Trois-Rivieres by Mons. Louis Richard, 1990. p39 says:

"Joseph Vincent md 25 Oct. 1766 to Marie-Jeanne Benoit. First md. likely not considered "proper"??

• Book (red) Drouin, Vol.1, p1345 for Vincent/Benoit Marriage.
• On-line: Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Homes site:

under page titled: Acadian Exciles - New England Colonies, 1755-1763"

under the listing of those deported to Boston and area,

gives Joseph Vincent, his parents, and his two marriages.

1) c1754 Marie Josephte Daigre;

2) Marie Jeanne Benoit c1760. Lists their chn.

Says by 1766 they were in Quebec (city?) and 1766-1774 in Yamachiche.

• Family genealogy charts