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Marie Théotiste Vignot was born 11 January 1744, a daughter of Jean Baptiste Vigneault and Agnès Poirier. She was baptized the same day at Beaubassin. Her godparents were Francois Poirie and Marguerite Vignot.[1][2][3]
Around 1751-1752, her parents, Jean-Baptiste and Agnès, decided to settle on Ile Royale (now Cape Breton), seeking a better life for the family. In 1752, six months after their arrival, they were recorded on the detailed La Roque census at Port Toulouse, Ile Royale, with two sons and four daughters. Théotiste was eight years of age at the time. They were given land and rations for two years, but had not built a house yet nor cleared the land. [4] Since living conditions were difficult there, and the rocky soil not conducive to farming, they decided to return to their homeland where they were recorded on the 1755 census, in Baie-Verte with 4 daughters. [5]
In 1755, her family was deported to Georgia. [6] According to historian André-Carl Vachon, Théotiste was not deported with the family. She fled to Canada, Nouvelle-France aboard a ship, possibly l'Actif, that left Fort Gaspareau on 17 June 1755 with 75 passengers and docked at the port of Québec around 5 July 1755.[7]
She died shortly after her arrival, on 13 November 1755. She was buried the same day at Notre-Dame-de-Québec.[8] It was noted that she was twelve years of age, the daughter of Vignau dit Maurice of La Baye Verte in Acadie. Her mother was not named in the record. Jean Valé was present.
Baptiste Vigneau, native of Port Royal, aged 25 years, married to Anne Poirier, native of la Cadie, aged 28 years, They have been in the colony half a year, and have been granted rations for two years.
- They have two sons and four daughters:
- Jean Baptiste aged 10 years
- Amant, aged 6 years
- Marie, aged 12 years
- Téotiste, aged 8 years
- Marguerite, aged 4 years
- Nastazie, aged 1 year
- In animals, one cow, one calf, one sow, eleven fowls and a bateau. They have no dwelling place. The land on which they are settled was marked out for them by M. de Villejoint. They have made no clearing.
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Any ideas why this one child would be separated from her large family in Baie Verte? I have many in my imagination, but if there is a true one, that takes precedent.