Jean LeBlanc (abt. 1674 - 1747)

Born about 1674 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Richard — married about 1698 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1747 at about age 73 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Jean was born about 1674 in Port-Royal, Acadie. He was the son of Jacques Leblanc and Catherine Hebert.^[1]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Jean, aged 12, was living with his parents, Jacques LEBLANC, aged 35, and Catherine HEBERT, aged 23, and his seven siblings: Marguerite, aged 11, Jacques, aged 9, Marie, aged 6, Anne, aged 5, Catherine, aged 3, Pierre, aged 2 and René, aged 1 month. The family owned 3 guns and was living on 6 arpents of cultivable land with 25 cattle, 30 sheep and 15 hogs.^[2]

Jean (23) married Marguerite Richard (20) (born about 1677 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Michel Richard and Madeleine Blanchard) in 1698 in Acadie.^[1] Their children were:

1. Pierre LeBlanc (abt. 1699–bef. 1756) .
2. Marguerite LeBlanc (abt. 1701– ) .
3. Anne LeBlanc (abt. 1703–abt. 1755) .
4. Jean LeBlanc (1707–1765) .
5. Marie LeBlanc (abt. 1707–aft. 1751) .
6. Jacques LeBlanc (1709–1735) .
7. Paul LeBlanc (1711– ) .
8. Charles LeBlanc (abt. 1713–abt. 1758) .
9. Joseph LeBlanc (abt. 1718–bef. 1763) .
10. Michel LeBlanc (1720–bef. 1763)

He passed away 10 Jun 1747 in Grand Pré and was buried there the next day.^[3][4][5]

Residence

CENSUS: 1678, Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Recensement de Port-Royal," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE -FRANCAISE; vol. 22, no. 4; p. 231

CENSUS: 1693, Les Mines [Grand-Pré], Acadia, age 19 years , oldest child in household.

CENSUS: 1698. age 22 years.

CENSUS: 1700. age 24 years.

CENSUS: 1714

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stephen A. White; Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999.
2. ↑ 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: Jacques LEBLANC 35, Catherine Hébert 23; children: Jean 12, Jacques 9, Pierre 9, Pierre 2, René 1 month, Marguerite 11, Marie 6, Anne 5, Catherine 3, 3 guns, 6 arpents, 25 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Pierre, aged 9, was not listed, only Pierre, aged 2.

3. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869, roll 1, Image 884. Burial for Jean Leblanc. 11 Jun 1747, accessed 18 Oct 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
4. ↑ Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIEN NES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; pp. 985 & 995.
5. ↑ Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a; Acadian Records, 1707-1748; Author: Diocese of Baton Rouge; Publication: Diocese, 1999. The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand-Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA.