Anne Aucoin (abt. 1706 - abt. 1759)

Born about 1706 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Pierre (Henri) Henry — married about 1730 in Acadie

Descendants

Died about 1759 at about age 53 in At sea, during the crossing to France

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Biography

Anne Aucoin was born in 1705 in Cobequid, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. Her parents were Martin Aucoin and Catherine Thériot. ^[1]

She married Pierre Henry around 1730. ^[2]

Children: ^[1]

1. Marguerite Henry ca 1729-1759
2. Anne Josephe Henry ca 1731-1766
3. Pierre Henry ca 1733-
4. Paul Henry ca 1734-1811
5. Antoine Henry ca 1736-1759
6. Jeanne Henry ca 1738-1759
7. Anastasie Henri ca 1740-1769
8. Elizabeth Henry ca 1742-1759
9. Jeanne Henry ca 1745-1810/
10. Timothee Henry ca 1747-ca 1759
11. Marie Josephe Henry ca 1751-

The family was listed on the 1752 La Roque census at Anse de la Boullotierre, Isle St. Jean, Acadia (present-day Prince Edward Island) where they had arrived 14 months earlier. They were the only family recorded in that village. There were 9 children in the household. ^[1][3]

The were deported from the island to France in 1758. The conditions were horrific on the ship. Anne and their youngest child Marie Josephe died at sea during the crossing. The rest of the family disembarked in Saint-Malo on 23 January 1759. ^[4]Four of their children (Pierre, Timothé, Jeanne, Elisabeth) died at the hospital a few weeks after arrival.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Karen Theriot Reader Page for Anne Aucoin citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) p. 387. Born around 1706 in Grand-Pré.
2. ↑ Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes - Première Partie 1636-1714, 2 vols., (Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 ) p. 843
3. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 119, image 268. A transcription of the original census, in French, can be found at Census Transcription of Original Record “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 445, Image 449

   Pierre Henry, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 46 years, he has been in the country 14 months. Married to Anne Aucoin, native of l'Acadie, aged 46 years.

   They have five sons and four daughters:-

   Pierre Henry, aged 19 years.

   Paul, aged 18 years.

   Antoinne, aged 16 years.

   Barthelemy, aged 7 years,

   Thimotée, aged 5 years.

   Jeanne, aged 14 years.

   Anastazie, aged 12 years.

   Elisabeth, aged 10 years.

   Marie Josette, aged 17 months.

   In stock they have: two oxen, two cows, one heifer, one calf, four sows, and five pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated on the Ance de la Boulottiere. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure, and on it they have made a clearing for the sowing of two bushels of grain the coming spring.

4. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 199, accessed 11 Sep 2023

   HENRY Pierre, 54 ans, + à l'hôpital le 18 février 1759
   AUCOIN Anne, 54 ans, femme, + en mer
   HENRY Paul, 24 ans, fils
   HENRY Barthélemy, 14 ans, fils
   HENRY Timothé, 12 ans, fils, + à l'hôpital le 9 mars 1759
   HENRY Jeanne, 20 ans, fille, + à l'hôpital le 22 février 1759
   HENRY Anastasie, 18 ans, fille
   HENRY Elisabeth, 16 ans, fille, + à l'hôpital le 8 mars 1759
   HENRY Marie Josephe, 7 ans, fille, + en mer

• Title: Acadian Exiles in Chatellerault 1773-1785

  Author: Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.

  Publication: Hebert Publications, Louisiana - 1983

  Page: pg 38

  Text: 77. Joseph DUGAST born about 1744, son of Joseph DUGAST and Marie HEBERT married (1) 30 Jun 1761 (St. Suliac, I.-et-V.) ANASTASIE HENRY born about 1740, daughter of Pierre HENRY and Anne AUCOIN, died March 7, 1769 at the age of 29 years buried March 8, 1769 (St. Suliac, I.-et-V.) married (2) May 1, 1770 (Pleudihen, Cote-du-Nord) ANASTASIE BARRILLOT born about 1741 -Pierre BARRILLOT and Veronique GIROIRE Children: 1. Jean-Pierre DUGAST, baptized 31 January 1775 (Leigne-les-Bois, Vienne)

• Text: sponsors: Ambroise DUGAST and Marie DUGAST Joseph Dugast, Anastasie Barrillot, his second wife and seven children: Joseph, Francois, Jean-Pierre, Marie, Cecile, Elizabeth and Eulalie-Celeste were in the Third Convoy leaving Chatellerault for Nantes on December 7, 1775.

• Title: Acadian Marriages in France, Department of Ille-et-Vilaine, 1759-1776

  Author: Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.

  Publication: 1976, Harvey, Louisiana

  Page: pg 124

  Text: JOSEPH DUGAST and ANASTAZIE HENRY

• JOSEPH DUGAST, son of Joseph and Marie HEBERT, on the one hand, and ANASTAZIE HENRY, daughter of Pierre and Anne AUCOIN, natives of Acadie and residents of this parish of St. Suliac, Bishopric of St. Malo, having obtained dispensation of My Lord, one of which appears of fourth degree and the other of the same degree under date of the third of this month, signed Josephus, Bishop, duly and lawfully passed and the banns of their future marriage canonically made for three consecutive Sundays and feasts at the homilies of our high masses without opposition or iimpediment coming to our knowledge; they have this thirtieth day of June seventeen hundred sixty-one, received the nuptial benediction in this Church given to them by me, undersigned Prior of St. Suliac, in presence of Jean Huet and Mr. Bertrand, Marie Trouchard, Anthoinne Brau and others who have not signed.

• /s/ Jean Huet /s/ Antoine Braux

• /s/ Trouchard /s/ G. Huet, Prior

• ST SULIAC

  30 June 1761