Marguerite (LeBreton) Lebreton (abt. 1715 - abt. 1773)

Born about 1715 in Amérique du nord

Wife of Irené Duguay — married [date unknown] in Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 7 Oct 1773 at about age 58 in Paspébiac, Province de Québec

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Full Sequence mtDNA Haplogroup D1 Earliest Known Ancestor.

Biography

Marguerite Le Breton variations: Breton, Berton

Mariage: Marguerite et René avant 1729, lieu inconnu.^[1]

Elle a eu neuf enfants Duguay (Anne, Geneviève, Jacques, François, Jean-Marie, Catherine-Thérèse, Marie-Josephe, Pierre-René, Marguerite, René).^[2]

Research Notes

Some genealogies claim that Marguerite Lebreton and her sister Louise were born in the Basque region of France, presumably around Bayonne. There is no evidence to support that claim; it is only hearsay. On the other hand, there is no reason to consider it improbable: The French were known to have taken indigenous people to France even in the 1500s, notably Messamouet Mi'kmaq, who spent two years in Bayonne as houseguest of the mayor, and returned to LeHave in 1580.

S. White ne fait aucune allusion non plus, que Marguerite Breton soit d'origine Acadienne.

REJECTED: Marriage date of 7 Oct 1733 in Ste-Famille of Pabos is impossible, that parish only opened in 1865. Ste-Adélaïde parish of Pabos opened its registers in 1751, the first act found in that parish is a baptism, most likely their daughter Marie Josephe.^[3]

DNA Research

There exist two mtDNA test results at FTDNA who claim Marguerite LeBreton as their Earliest Known Ancestor. (Accessed 17 Sep 2022)

Their genealogies have been validated by PRDH and by Francogene, and independently by Murray Maloney.

The results of a DNA Triangulation involving these two test results has been published by PRDH and at Francogene.^[4]

An update to PRDH states: Une recherche du projet Québec ADNmt a prouvé qu'elle est de descendance amérindienne et, de ce fait, sa soeur Louise aussi. Cette information a aimablement été portée à notre attention par M. Jean-Pierre Gendreau-Hétu. (translation: Research by the Québec mtDNA project has proven that she is of native descent, and, per this fact, her sister Louise also. This information was graciously brought to our attention by Mr. Jean-Pierre Gendreau-Hétu.) They say she and René Duguay married before 1729, location not stated.^[1] They had nine children.^[2]

• Geneviève Duguay, née/born vers 1739 /about 1739 (sép./burial 1796), décédée/dead 1795-11-12, inhumée/buried 1796-04-17 Paspébiac, marié/married Pabos 1753-06-25 François HUARD (enfant participant à la triangulation/child participating in the triangulation) Test ADN Haplogroup D1 ^[4]

See also Boudot mtDNA Haplogroup D1

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} PRDH: Research Programme in Historical Demography (membership): Individu: 160245, Individual Detail for Marguerite Breton, # 160245, Dec 2022
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Famille: 29228 René Duguay - Marguerite Breton
3. ↑ Statistiques des actes, Ste-Adélaïde de Pabos, IGD
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} https://www.francogene.com/triangulation/TRI0476.php

• Boudot mtDNA Haplogroup D1 #3

• Tree Marguerite Breton Nos Origines

• Mimeault, Mario. Les registres des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures de la Sainte-Famille de Pabos, 1751-1757, et Sainte-Anne de la Restigouche, 1759-1795. (This edition was published in 1980 by M. Mimeault in Gaspé.) (One copy of Mimeault can be found at Toronto Reference Library; it can be viewed in the building and photocopied.

• Nadon, Pierre. “UNE SEIGNEURIE EN GASPÉSIE AU XVIIIe SIÈCLE.” Proceedings of the Meeting of the French Colonial Historical Society, vol. 11, Michigan State University Press, 1987, pp. 125–35, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45137397

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Theresa Salari, Jeannine Breau and Angela Richardson for their contributions to this profile