Agnès Aucoin (1682 - abt. 1756)

Born 20 Oct 1682 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Died about Oct 1756 at about age 73 in Falmouth, Cornwall, England

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Biography

Agnes Aucoin was born on 20 October 1682. She was the daughter of Martin Aucoin and Marie Jeanne Gaudet. She was baptized the same day at Beaubassin, Acadia. Her godparents were Louis Morin and Francoise Chiasson.^[1][2]

In 1686, at Baye des Mines, Agnesse (sic), aged 4, was living with her parents, Martin AUCOIN, aged 35, and Marie GAUDET, aged27, and her seven siblings: Martin, aged 12, Marie, aged 10, Michel, aged 9, Isabelle, aged 7, Louis (sic), aged 6, Alexis, aged 3, and Cecille, aged 7 months. The family owned 1 gun and had 15 cattle, 10 sheep, and 6 hogs.^[3]

She was recorded again in the 1693 census at age 11.^[4]

She married Claude Thériot, son of Claude Thériot and Marie Gautrot, around 1703 in Acadie.^[5]

Together they had eleven children:^[6]

1. Unknown Theriot (c.1704-)
2. Anne Thériot
3. Marie Josephe Theriot
4. Jean Baptiste Theriot
5. Magdelaine Thériot
6. Pierre Thériot
7. Cyprien Theriot
8. Charles Thériot (1720-1756)
9. Françoise Thériot
10. Marguerite Theriot
11. Joseph Simon Theriot (1728-1752)

Claude died in 1752, a few years before the Grand Dérangement.

On 5 September 1755, hundreds of Acadian men were imprisoned at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand Pré. The names of these men appear on a list of prisoners that was dated 15 September 1755 and indicated the name of their village, the number of children in the household and livestock owned. Her son Pierre's name is on that list; no children or possessions were recorded for him even though he was married and had 6 children at the time. He was possibly with the other spokesmen for the community who were being held prisoner in Halifax. The families were required to prepare for deportation within 30 days.^[7][8]

On 27 October 1755, Agnès was deported from Grand-Pré with her son Pierre, his wife Marie Josèphe, and their six children. They were deported to Virginia aboard one of 14 ships that departed that day. The governor of Virginia refused to accept the now impoverished prisoners, and on May 1756, on the Fanny Bovey, they were deported again, from Virginia to England.^[8] The ship transporting 204 Acadians arrived in Falmouth, England on 18 June 1756.^[9]

She died in 1756 in Falmouth, England.^[8][10]

Research Notes

In the 1686 census at Baye des Mines, Louise was spelled Louis and Agnès was spelled Agnesse.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Registres paroissiaux (Acadie)-Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia:C-3021(Image 18): http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c3021/18?r=0&s=6
2. ↑ "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5L-1ZD : 5 December 2014), Agnes Aucoin in entry for Cyprien Teriot, 05 Feb 1718; citing ; FHL microfilm 484,099.
3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada "Acadie Recensements 1671 - 1752", Images 15-60.

   at Baye des Mines: Martin AUCOIN 35, Marie GAUDET 27; children: Martin 12, Marie 10, Michel 9, Isabelle 7, Louis 6, Agnesse 4, Alexis 3, Cecille 7 months; 1 gun, 15 cattle, 10 sheep, 6 hogs.

4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108

   Martin AUCOIN 46, Marie GODET his wife 36, Martin 20, Marie 18, Michel 16, Isabelle 14, Louise 13, Agnes 11, Cecile 9, Alexis 8, Anne Marie 6, Pierre 4, Paul 3, Caterine 1; 14 cattle, 10 sheep, 4 hogs, 8 arpents, 1 gun.

5. ↑ Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J. Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 1498
6. ↑ Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Agnès Aucoin
7. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, "Deportees of Grand Pre - 1755," Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, website, citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand Pre, September the 15th 1755," line # 13,

   Pierre Terriot from the Village Claude Thériot.

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Paul Delaney, La liste de Winslow expliquée, (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020), pp. 18, 90
9. ↑ Paul Delaney, "Chronologie des déportations et migrations des Acadiens (1755-1816)," Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 36, nos 2-3, septembre 2005, pp. 52-86; :https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/3602_total.pdf
   Translation at Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home Translation: "The Chronology of Deportations and Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816."
10. ↑ Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, The Acadians in France, vol. II: Belle Isle en Mer Register & La Rochette Papers, (Metairie, LA: Authors, 1972) pp. 12, 20, 62, 73, 80 :Agnes AUCOIN "died at Falmouth in the month of October 1756."

    Declaration by Pierre RICHARD II on 9 Feb 1767: "Agnes Aucoin died at Falmouth in the month of October 1756"

    Declaration of Jean THERIOT [her grandson] on 22 Feb 1767: "Agnes Aucoin died at Falmouth in the month of October 1756."

    Declaration of Charles GRANGER on 25 Feb 1767: "Agnes Aucoin died at Falmouth in the month of October 1756."

    Declaration of Marie Josephe DUPUIS on 27 Feb 1767: "Agnes Aucoin...died at Falmouth in the month of October 1756."

11. ↑ https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2572/47

See also:

• Nos Origines http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Aucoin_Agnes&pid=153119