Martin Bourg (abt. 1650 - aft. 1717)

Born about 1650 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Potet — married 1675 in Cobequid, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died after Aug 1717 after about age 67 in Cobequid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

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Martin Bourg, son of Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry, was born around 1650 in Port Royal, Acadia.^[1]

He was twenty-one years old when he was counted with them on the census of Port Royal in 1671.^[2]

Martin married Marie Potet about 1675 in Port-Royal, Acadie. Together they had eleven children.^[3]

Their known children:^[3]

1. Marie Bourg b: Abt 1676 in Port Royal, Acadia
2. Abraham Bourg b: Abt 1678 in Port Royal, Acadia
3. Pierre Bourg b: Abt 1682 in Port Royal, Acadia
4. Jeanne Bourg b: Abt 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia
5. Ambroise Bourg b: Abt 1686 in Port Royal, Acadia
6. Francois Bourg b: Abt 1688 in Port Royal, Acadia
7. Anne Marie Bourg b: Abt 1691 in Cobeguit, Acadia
8. Madeleine Bourg b: Abt 1694 in Cobeguit, Acadia
9. Charles Bourg b: Abt 1698 in Port Royal, Acadia
10. Unknown Bourg b: Abt 1700 in Port Royal, Acadia
11. Unknown Bourg b: Abt 1702 in Port Royal, Acadia

In 1686, at Port Royal, Martin BOURC [sic], aged 36, was living with his wife, Marie POTET, aged 29, and their four children: Marie, aged 10, Abraham, aged 7, Pierre, aged 5, and Jeanne, aged 2. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 3 arpents of cultivable land with 4 cattle, 5 sheep, and 6 hogs.^[4]

According to the declarations made at Belle-isle-en-Mer, he died in Cobequit in 1717.^[3][5]

Residence

• 1678 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Martin Bourg & Marie Potet / 4 cattle; 1 gun / Abraham 6 months; Marie 3. They have 4 head of cattle [no land listed], with 1 gun.^[6]

• 1686 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Martin BOURC 36, Marie POTET 29; children: Marie 10, Abraham 7, Pierre 5, Jeanne 2; 1 gun, 3 arpents, 4 cattle, 5 sheep, 6 hogs.^[4]

• 1693 census of Port Royal, Acadia has Martin BOURG 34, Marie POTRET his wife 34, Marie 17, Abraham 13, Pierre 11, Jeanne 9, Ambroise 7, Francois 5, Anne Marie 2; 18 cattle, 24 sheep, 13 hogs, 30 arpents, 1 gun.^[7]

• 1698 census of Port Royal, Acadia has Martin BOURG 48; Marie POTET (wife) 42; Abraham 20; Pierre 18; Jeanne 15; Ambroise 12; Francois 10, Marie 10; Madeleine 4; Charles 1/2; 19 cattle, 27 sheep, 9 hogs, 35 arpents, 45 fruit trees, 2 guns.^[8]

• 1700 census of Port Royal, Acadia shows Martin BOURG 41; Marie POTET (wife) 41; Abraham 20; Pierre 18; Ambroise 14; François 12; Jeanne 16; Anne-Marie 9; 13 cattle, 21 sheep, 30 arpents, 2 guns.^[9]

• Land: 1748; Place: Lower Debert, Cobeguit, Acadia^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Karen Theriot Reader, geneanet.org, citing: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, 1600-1800, (Ottawa: Editions Lemeac, 1978) vols. 2-6; p. 449 (Port Royal);::Martin BOURG, born 1650, son of Antoine & Antoinette LANDRY, settled at Cobequid.

   Also on p. 1474 (Cobequid): married around 1675 to Marie POTET (no parents given); nine children, including Charles, born 1697.

2. ↑ 1671 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie, 1671 Census Transcribed. A transcription of the original record can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Image 9;

   Antoine BOURC, 62, wife Antoinette LANDRY 53; Children (4 married): Marie 26, Francois 27, Jehan 24, Bernard 22; (not married) Martin 21, Jeanne 18, Renee 16, Huguette 14, Jeanne 12, Abraham 9, Marguerite 4; cattle 12, sheep 8.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes - Première Partie 1636-1714, 2 vols., (Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999) pp. 221 & 228.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 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 Port Royal: Martin BOURC 36, Marie POTET 29; children: Marie 10, Abraham 7, Pierre 5, Jeanne 2; 1 gun, 3 arpents, 4 cattle, 5 sheep, 6 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Bourg was listed as Bourc.

5. ↑ Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org Alexandre Aucoin Declaration, February 23, 1767. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed Nov 2021;

   On February 23, 1767 appeared Alexandre Aucoin living at the village of Calastrene, parish of Bangor, who in the presence of Charles Granger, Joseph Billeray, Jean Theriot, and Simon Granger, witnesses, all Acadians living on this island, declared that he was born at Cobeguit, parish of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul, August 10, 1725 of Alexis Aucoin and Anne Marie Bourg; Alexis Aucoin died in 1759, the son of Martin Aucoin and Marie Gaudet; Martin Aucoin came from France and died with his wife at the Riviere aux Canards; Anne Marie Bourg died at Boulogne-en-Mer in 1766 the issue of Martin Bourg and Marie Potet of Port Royal and both died at Cobeguit.

6. ↑ Tim Hebert, 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census; the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census
7. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie, 1693 Census Transcribed. A transcription of the original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Image 79.
8. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. A transcription of the original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Image 135
9. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 Census Transcribed. A transcription of the original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Image 160.
10. ↑ “Land Transaction.” Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. geneanet.org, 2019. [Is that date correct? If so, explanation needed, and this link is for a search engine, not helpful.] Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree; joseph&nz=theriot&ocz=1&p=martin&n=bourg Martin Bourg

See also:

• francogene.com: These sources are for Martin Bourg & Marie Potet & Family; Dictionnaire genealogique des familles acadiennes (Stephen A. White); Recensements 1671 and 1686; Dictionnaire des Acadiens d' Archange Godbout; The Acadian Exiles in Saint Malo, 1758-1785.