Marie Benoit (1708)

Born 4 May 1708 in Cobequit, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Marie Benoit, daughter of Jean Benoit and Marie Anne Breau, was born on May 4, 1708 and baptized at Cobequid on July 18, 1708^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869, roll 1, Image 21. Baptism for Marie Benoit. 18 Jul 1708, accessed 30 Aug 2021. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.

• Karen Theriot Reader Baptism citing Diocese of Baton Rouge, CATHOLIC CHURCH RECORDS; 1707-1748; vol. 1a, Baton Rouge, LA, Diocese, 1999; p. 24; own copy; Acadian records from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. Marie BENOIS, daughter of Jean & Anne BREAUX, born 4 May 1708, baptized 18 Jul 1708 at Cobeguit. Sponsors: Francois BOURG & Marie BENOIT. Recorded (SGA-1, 13). [One of the first baptisms recorded in this parish.]