Nicolas
Prejean
Born in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Ancestors 
Son of Jean (Prejean) Préjean
and Andrée Marguerite Savoie
Brother of
Marie Prejean, Anne Prejean, Pierre Prejean, Jean Baptiste Préjean, François Prejean, Madeleine Prejean, Joseph Chrisostome Prejean, Marie Josephe Prejean, Charles (Prejean) Prejean dit LeBreton, Pierre (Pregent) Préjean and Honoré Préjean
Husband of
Marguerite Broussard
— married
about 1733 in Acadie
Husband of
Anne Samson
— married
1752 in Port Toulouse, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Husband of
Euphrasie Labauve
— married
8 Jan 1760 in Saint-Servan, Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France
Descendants 
Father of
Louison Prejean, Marie Prejean, Pierre Prejean, Jeanne Prejean, Rose Prejean, Cecile Prejean and Gabriel Prejean
Died
at age 60
in Landivisiau, near Morlaix, Finistere, France
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Biography
Nicolas Prejean was born 7 July 1704. He was the son of Jean Prejean and Andrée Savoye[1] [2]. He was baptized 27 July 1704 at Port Royal. His godparents were Nicolas Didier dit la Fond, sergeant of a company and Magdelaine Baptisse.[3]
Nicolas married first Marguerite Broussard (born in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Pierre Broussard and Marguerite Bourg) about 1733 in Acadie. [2][1]
Their children were: [2]
- Louison Prejean (about 1734–about 1758)
- Marie Prejean (about 1736–1759)
- Pierre Prejean (about 1740–1741)
- Jeanne Prejean (about 1743– )
- Rose Prejean (about 1744– )
- Cecile Prejean (about 1748– )
- Gabriel Prejean (about 1751–about 1759)
He married a second time to Anne (Jeanne) Samson ca 1752[4]
They had:
- Jean-Baptiste b. abt 1754 in Port Toulouse, d. 18 Aug, 1771 in L'Ardoise, Nova Scotia
- Louis d. abt 1758 at sea
- Anne d. abt 1758 at sea
- Charles d. abt 1758 at sea
He arrived at St. Malo, France, on the ship "La Reine d'Espagne" on 17 Nov 1758[2], with his sons Gabriel & Jean-Baptiste and his daughter Marie (widow of Charles Samson). Jeanette died while at sea.
He married a third time, to Euphrasie Labauve on 8 January 1760 in Saint-Servan, Saint-Malo, Brittany, France. The marriage record indicates that Nicolas is the Widower of Anne Samson & that his new wife Euphrasie LABAUVE is the widow of Jacques Convenance. [5]
He passed away 31 March 1765 at about age 60[1][2] and was buried at Landivisiau, near Morlaix, Finistere, France.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), Print. pp. 214 & 1351-1352
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 735 (Port Royal)
- ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered. The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 RG 1 volume 26 page 22
- ↑ Rootsweb profile for Nicolas Prejean. Accessed 2020.
- ↑ (Note: entry is at the end of the 1759 parish register) Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, 10 NUM 35313 153 > SAINT-SERVAN > 1759 > Baptêmes/Mariages > COMMUNE, image p. 51 of 52 Marriage Nicolas Préjean & Euphrosine La Beauve
- Marcel Walter Landry Nicolas Préjean at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed 2024 (login required)
- Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Nicolas Préjean
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicolas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nicolas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Larry Muise
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Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U6a, FTDNA kit #172529 - Gordon Johnson :
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- Pauline (Eisner) Bouvier :
Mitochondrial DNA Test Other, haplogroup U6a7a
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Stephen Hunter :
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~0.39%
~6.25%
Walter (A) Ellis :
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Thom McCabe :
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