Pierre LeBlanc (abt. 1751 - aft. 1805)

Born about 1751 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Private Pierre LeBlanc served with Company of Frenchmen during the American Revolution.

Pierre LeBlanc is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-118242
Rank: Private

Pierre was born about 1751 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia. He was the eldest of Charles LeBlanc and Marie Barrieau's nine children.

The family was deported to Massachusetts in 1755. Charles and Marie were listed in a census there in 1763 with 5 children. ^[1] In 1767 they were residing in the French colony of St-Pierre et Miquelon with children Pierre 16, Joseph 14, Marie 11, Isabelle 7, Anne 5 and Charles 2. ^[2]

They later made their way back to Acadie. His father settled in Memramcook.

The Company of Frenchmen and the Battle of Fort Cumberland

In 1776, John Allan and Jonathan Eddy (Massachusetts-born), tried to bring the American Revolutionary War to their province of Nova Scotia. They had a plan to conquer the strongly loyalist Nova Scotia by first capturing Fort Cumberland (formerly Fort Beauséjour, on the isthmus of Chignecto which connects New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), then marching on Halifax with a group of militia men. Eddy obtained military support from the Massachusetts Congress and recruited a total of about 400 men in Maine and in present-day New Brunswick. A first attack on Fort Cumberland on 14 November 1776 was unsuccessful. That same day, a Company of Frenchmen, under the command of Isaïe Boudrot, was raised in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, which includes present-day Memramcook, and 19 Acadians from this village were recruited. Pierre LeBlanc was one of them. There was another failed attempt to capture the Fort a few days later. This event came to be known as the Battle of Fort Cumberland. Eddy’s men retreated, some were taken prisoner, a few were killed. Not long after, Allan and Eddy’s plan to make Nova Scotia the 14th American State came to an end. ^[3][4]

The payroll of the Company of Frenchmen shows that Pierre LeBlanc, private, served for three months, at £ 2 per month.

A short description of the 19 recruits of the Company of Frenchmen is included in Stephen White’s article “The Company of Frenchmen in the County of Cumberland, Province of Nova Scotia.”. See a table showing their shared experiences during the Grand Dérangement here.

Marriage and Later Life

After hostilities ended, Pierre married Marie Saulnier about 1779. She was the daughter of Charles Saulnier and Marie-Josèphe Savoie. ^[5]. The couple had twelve children:

1. Anne LeBlanc
2. Alexis Leblanc
3. Félix LeBlanc
4. Marie LeBlanc
5. Victoire LeBlanc
6. Urbain LeBlanc
7. Hélène LeBlanc
8. Pélagie LeBlanc
9. Henriette LeBlanc
10. Joseph Leblanc
11. Blanche LeBlanc
12. Marguerite Leblanc

Sources

1. ↑ Acadian-Home Acadians in Massachusetts

   "Inhabitants of Nova Scotia into the Several Towns within the County of Suffolk:

   From Boston to the town of Houghton:

   Charles LEBLANC, his wife and 5 children now residing at Houghton also Ann LEBLANC from Needham."

2. ↑ Arche Musée et Archives: Recensements Miquelon 1767
3. ↑ D’Entremont, Clarence J., “La participation acadienne à la guerre d’indépendance américaine”, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 7, no 1, 1976, p. 5-13. accessed at https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/0701_total.pdf
4. ↑ White, Stephen A. “The Company of Frenchmen in the County of Cumberland, Province of Nova Scotia.” accessed at acadian-home.org hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino
5. ↑ WHITE, Stephen A. « La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94" », Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994).https://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/files/umcm-ceaac/wf/wf/pdf/37fam-leb.pdf. 1. CHARLES LEBLANC (à François à Jacques), m MARIE BARRIEAU. Enfants: 2. i. Pierre, n Pisiguit v 1751; m v 1779 Marie SAULNIER (Charles & Marie-Josèphe Savoie).

See also:

• Généalogie acadienne http://www.genealogie-acadienne.net/?action=indiDetails&I=343
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Cumberland