Henry
Benoit
Born in Louisbourg, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Ancestors 
Son of Pierre Benoit
and Marie Anne Jacau
Brother of
Anne Benoit [half], Marie Anne Benoit [half], Geneviève Benoit, Émilie Jeanne Benoit, Pierre François Benoit and Jeanne Gervaise Benoit
Died
at age 66
in Cayenne, Guyane française
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Biography
Henry was born in 1736. He is the son of Pierre Benoit and Marie Anne Jacob. [1]
Henry Benoist, born 20 Oct 1736 was found in Archives Nationales d'outre-Mer. [2]
Military career:
- "Mémoire le 29 Janvier 1784
- Le Sieur Henri Benoist, major, commandant l'artillerie à Cayenne, est né en 1736 à Louisbourg en Amérique Septentrionale
- 1746: Cadet dans les Troupes de la Colonie à l'Isle Royale, alors au Port de Rochefort
- 1er Avril 1754: Enseignes dans les Troupes de la Colonie à l'Isle Royale
- 1er Octobre 1757: Employé au Service de l'Artillerie en qualité de Lieutenant
- 26 March 1763: Capitaine d'Infanterie à Cayenne
- 9 Décembre 1764: Major dans les Troupes de la Colonie
- Décembre 1778: Major des Troupes Nationales de Cayenne.
- [He was Governor of French Guyana in 1803]" [3]
He died in Cayenne in 1803:
- "11 du mois de Germinal de l'An XI de la République (=1 Apr 1803)
- Henry Benoist, Gouverneur de la Guyane Française et pensionnaire de la République, âgé de 66 ans né au Canada, demeurant à Cayenne ce jourd'hui en sa maison, est décédé..." [4]
Sources
- ↑ Eric Krause Reports: Fortress of Louisbourg: Parish Records 1713-1758 Baptism
- ↑ ANOM: Secrétariat d'État à la Marine - Personnel colonial ancien Henry Benoist
- ↑ ANOM: Secrétariat d'État à la Marine - Personnel colonial ancien Benoist, Henry, capitaine d'artillerie et major des troupes nationales de Cayenne (1736/1803)
- ↑ ANOM: Guyane Française: Cayenne 1803, page 52 Burial
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