Jeanne (De Latour) Saint-Étienne de La Tour (1625 - aft. 1686)

Born 1625 in Cap-De-Sable, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Martin (Martignon) D'Aprendestiguy — married about 1655 in Pentagouët, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died after 1686 after age 61 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Jeanne (De Latour) Saint-Étienne de La Tour was a Canadian First Peoples and member of the Mi'kmaq Nation.

Jeanne (De Latour) Saint-Étienne de La Tour was born in 1625 in Cap-De-Sable, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, daughter of Gouverneur Charles (De Latour) Saint-Étienne de La Tour (abt. 1593–abt. 1664) and Unknown Mi'kmaq (abt. 1605–bef. 1639)(their union blessed in 1626, though her name has been lost).^[1][2][3]

In 1632, Charles de La Tour brought his three daughters to France.^[4]

Jeanne (29) married Martin (Martignon) D'Aprendestiguy (38) (born about 1616 in Ascain, Guyenne, France) in 1655 in Pentagouët, Acadie (present day Castine, Maine).^[2] Their known children were:^[2]

1. Jean b ca 1656
2. Gratienne b ca 1657
3. Antoinette b 14 March 1660 La Rochelle, France
4. Marie Anne (De Martignon) d' Aprendestiguy (abt. 1662–aft. 1690)
5. Marie b 28 October 1665 La Rochelle, France

They had five children and she is the ancestor of the Bourgeois and many other well known Acadian families^[5]

In 1686, at Riviere St John, Jeanne LATOUR [sic], aged 60, was living with her husband, Martin D'APRENDESTIQUE [sic] dit Martignon, aged 70, and their daughter, Marianne [sic], aged 24. No land or livestock were listed.^[6]

Jeanne died after 1686 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France, aged about 61.

Sources

1. ↑ George MacBeath, “SAINT-ÉTIENNE DE LA TOUR, CHARLES DE (1593-1666)”, in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 10, 2017, Charles' Biography.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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, Print. P. 1433
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Saint-%C3%89tienne_de_la_Tour

   By 1639, Charles de La Tour's wife had died, leaving three daughters,

4. ↑ Clarence d’Entremont, "First Nun in North America was Born at Our Doorstep," Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, May 30, 1989. [http://acadie1755.tripod.com/PC100/article22.html Article.
5. ↑ d'Entremont, Clarence. "First Nun in North Anerican Was Born At Our Doorstep, Yarmouth Vanguard, May 30, 1989, Article No. 22 First Nun Article

   His first daughter was Jeanne de La Tour, born in 1626. She married in what is now Castine, Maine, a rich merchant by the name of Martin d'Aprendestiguy, from the Basque country, southwest of France. She had five children. She is the ancestor of a number of Acadians, of all the Bourgeois' and of many Boudreaus, Dugas', LeBlanc, etc.

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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Riviere St John: Martin D’APRENDESIQUE, dit Martignon 70, Jeanne LATOUR his wife 60; child: Marianne 24. In the original 1686 census at Riviere St John, D’Aprendestiguy was listed as d’Aprendestigué and transcribed as D’Aprendestique. Jeanne (De Latour) Saint-Étienne de La Tour was listed as Jeanne La Tour and transcribed Jeanne LATOUR. Marie Anne was listed as Marianne.

See also:

• Record for Martin D Aprendesiguy De Martignon FOOT Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc.), Database online.
• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc (Note International Marriage Records is listed as an Unreliable source on the Acadian Project Page.)
• Nosorigines tree

Bapt./Source: Fille illégitime de Charles Etienne de LaTour et un Amérindienne

• http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=2f33deeb-c2c3-4278-96c6-f53b67f13053&tid=51289522&pid=2251