Leopold Frédéric (Veinot) Vienot (1704 - 1783)

Born 15 Oct 1704 in Blamont, Montbéliard, County of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire

Ancestors

Husband of Jeanne (Meliere) Vienot — married 1728 in Blamont, Montbéliard, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire

Husband of Ann Judith (Boutilier) Vienot — married 3 Feb 1754 in Chagey, Haute-Saône, Franche-Comté, France

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1783 at age 78 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Leopold (Veinot) Vienot migrated from Montbéliard to Nova Scotia.

Leopold Veinot was born in 1704 in Blamont, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France, France. He married Jeanne Milliere in 1728.^[1]

Leopold and his family were one of many "...families that arrived in Halifax in 1752 as part of the 'Foreign Protestant' migration from the Lutheran Principality of Montbéliard sponsored by Cornwallis in his attempt to establish a colony whose loyalty would be to the British crown." They came from an area "...in the northeastern corner of what is today France. At that time it was a German, albeit French french-speaking, principality belonging to the Grand Duchy of Wurtenburg. The population was Lutheran and felt threatened by the neighboring French who were overwhelmingly Catholic."^[2]

He arrived in Nova Scotia on July 24, 1752 on the "Betty", with wife, Jeanne and 3 of their nine children (Punch), Jacques, Christophe and George.^[3] this is also bolstered by the information from Planters and Pioneers... "VIENOT, LEOPOLD ... LUNENBURG, farmer, from Montbiliard, Betty, 1752, ae 48, bur. 13 Jan, 1783. m. Jeanne, bur. 20 Feb 1753, ae 50; m.(2) 3 Dec 1754, Ann Judith Malliard, bur. 4 Mar. 1762. Ch. Jacques or James Christopher [appears in the marriage record to Jeanne Daree as James Christophe], Christopher James, George.^[4] This information and further information for the family can be found in Montbelliard Emigrations to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752.^[5] Transcription:

Name: Leopold Vienot

Age: 48

Birth Year: abt 1704

Arrival year: 1752

Arrival Place: Halifax, N.S.

Primary Immigrant: Vienot, Leopold

Family Members:

Wife Jeanne;

Son Christophe;

Son George;

Son Jacques 15

Source Publication Code: 7074.6

Annotation: "The Montbeliardais in Nova Scotia: A colonization by the foreign Protestants in the 18th century." Date and port of arrival. Occupation, name of ship, and, sometimes, place of origin also provided. See also 7074.5 (indexed in PILI 1995).^[6]

According to Paul Veinot @rootsweb.ancestry.com/-marjoriesplace (see Sources), Leopold was a member of the bourgeoise, a weaver by trade although listed as "farmer" on ship's list. The family stayed in Halifax one winter and helped build the city. While in Halifax his wife and two children died of "a disease that killed 70 or more" Montbeliards during the fall and winter of 1752-1753.

He sailed to Lunenburg with 2 sons arriving on June 7, 1753, receiving 1 cow and 1 sheep( shared with Joseph Contois (sp)) and became one of the founding settlers of Lunenburg. Leopold Veinot.^[7]

Research Notes

DNA

Autosomal DNA can only offer insights into the history of a family up to about our 64, 4th great grandparents. Unfortunately for the Vienot family, the auDNA testers listed in the DNA connections section to the right of the profile are not going to provide matches to help confirm this line.

In searching for Vienot males who have DNA tested none were found at FTDNA, though one Vianot was found who's EKA dated to 1683. He was R-M269 and may or may not be connected to the Vienot lines.

If you are a male line Vienot it would be great if you did Y-DNA testing.

Issue of Ann Judith and her parentage

There is a link of an Ann Judith Maillard marrying Leopold Veno in 1754, with a link to the [Rootsweb] stating her parents to be "Fred&Jud(ith)". [Search] for Ann Judith gives last name as Anne Judith Bouteillier, married to Pierre Malliard. The Punch citation on Ann Judith Boutillier He does have a footnote, "Despite the fact that she was twenty years older than Vienot there seems no other reasonable identification for the woman among the Monbéliards known to have come here." This appears a weak position, perhaps, to keep the Boutilier connection and not assume an additional Ann Judith Malliard as daughter of George and Judith, and thus a different Ann Judith as wife of Leopold.

Notes on Ancestry Trees

File Photos named: 1782 - The Sack of Lunenburg, Leopold Vienot - Baptism Record, the Life story of Leopold Vienot all on Ancestry.com This text has numerous errors, misspellings and omissions Link. To the right of this text on ancestry, there is a correction to much of the document by another ancestry member - Marjorie's Site is credited for it.

County of Montbéliard c 1750

Sources

• Leopold Vinuoet, 1756, A list of foreign and other settlers victualled at Lunenburg and Halifax between the 23 of February 1756 and the 16 of May following both days included. Records of Immigrants to Canada, National Archives of Canada: MG 18, file 19. Ancestry $
• rootsweb.ancestry.com/-majoriesplace/html/notes.html Broken Link - citing "Nova Scotia Immigrants, Part 1 & Part 2 compiled by Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr.; 1770 Lunenburg County Census; Saint John's Anglican Church, Lunenburg Burial Records; "Lunenburg Founding Fathers June 1753 to June 1755"; "Pioneers and Planters" by Ester Wright
• Ancestry $ user malanka2008 with notes for current and follow-up to the right.
• http://www.bobhegerich.com/getperson.php?personID=I53751&tree=Main Links to site main page, must register
• Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s by the Genealogical Research Library, Ontario, found on Ancestry.com
• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s by Gale Research Publication found in Farmington Hills, MI, USA found on Ancestry.com
• Ship Listing
• Source for information https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2738-DK5

See Also:

1. ↑ Montbelliard Emigrations to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752, p. 168, Torrence M. Punch, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Maryland, 2014.
2. ↑ Research of Jim O'Conner, Email to Chris Whitten, 09/2019
3. ↑ Register of The Foreign Protestants of Nova Scotia (ca. 1749-1770), p. ? Written by Winthrop P. Bell, Ph.D., Compiled by J. Christopher Young, Ph.D. (author-published), Research of Jim O'Conner, Email, 09/2019
4. ↑ Palnters and Pioneers, p. 306, Esther Clark Wright, E.C. Wright, 1978 - Registers of births, etc. New Brunswick
5. ↑ Montbelliard Emigrations to Nova Scotia, 1749-1752, p. 168, Torrence M. Punch, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore Maryland, 2014.
6. ↑ PUNCH, TERRENCE M. Les Montbeliardais en Nouvelle Ecosse: Une colonisation par des protestants etrangers au XVIIIe siecle (1750-1815). Extracted from Societe d'Emulation de Montbeliard, vol. 81:108 (1985-1986), pp. 195-233 (extract published separately).
7. ↑ Entered by Doug Coldwell, Mar 29, 2012

Acknowledgements

• Vienot-26 was created by Brendan Daly through the import of Daly Family Tree.ged on Aug 16, 2014.

• Doug Coldwell, firsthand knowledge (?)