Joseph Boudrot (abt. 1756 - 1825)

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Died 7 Nov 1825 at about age 69 in Barachois, Westmorland, Colony of New Brunswick

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Biography

Private Joseph Boudrot served with Company of Frenchmen during the American Revolution.

This profile is part of the Boudreau Name Study.

Joseph was born about 1756 to Pierre Boudrot and his second wife, Madeleine Belliveau. .^[1] This was the period of the the Great Expulsion of the Acadians. While his parents were listed as refugees at Camp d’Espérance in 1756-1757, it is not known if Joseph was among them.^[2]

Like others living in Nova Scotia at that time, Joseph's early childhood was impacted by the Great Expulsion of the Acadians. In 1756-1757 Pierre, Madeleine and their children were refugees at Camp d’Espérance, at Miramichi. ^[2]

On 24 Aug 1763, Joseph was on the list of Acadian prisoners at Fort Beauséjour (renamed Fort Cumberland), Acadia, with his parents and siblings Madeleine, Hilaire, Jean.^[3]

Because of his early life experiences, it is not surprising he would later participate in the Company of Frenchmen.

The Company of Frenchmen and the Battle of Fort Cumberland

In 1776, John Allan and Jonathan Eddy (Massachusetts-born), tried to bring the American Revolutionary War to their province of Nova Scotia. They had a plan to conquer the strongly loyalist Nova Scotia by first capturing Fort Cumberland (formerly Fort Beauséjour, on the isthmus of Chignecto which connects New Brunswick and Nova Scotia), then marching on Halifax with a group of militia men. Eddy obtained military support from the Massachusetts Congress and recruited a total of about 400 men in Maine and in present-day New Brunswick. A first attack on Fort Cumberland on 14 November 1776 was unsuccessful. That same day, a militia unit that came to be known as the Company of Frenchmen was raised under the command of Isaïe Boudrot, Joseph's brother, in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, which includes present-day Memramcook. Nineteen Acadians from this village were recruited.^[4] There was another failed attempt to capture the Fort a few days later. This event came to be known as the Battle of Fort Cumberland. Eddy’s men retreated, some were taken prisoner, a few were killed. Not long after, Allan and Eddy’s plan to make Nova Scotia the 14th American State came to an end. ^[5][6][7] Joseph Boudrot, private, served for three months, at £ 2 per month.

He married Rosalie Gaudet (Jean-Baptiste & Jeanne Gaudet) about 1782.

He passed away in Barachois on 7 Nov 1825.^{[1] [8]} The burial record mentions that he died at age 69 and that he was a farmer.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} White, Stephen A. "La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94," online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), BOUDREAU, page 1

   3. viii. Joseph, n v 1756; m v 1782 Rosalie GAUDET (Jean-Baptiste & Jeanne Gaudet); d Barachois 7 nov 1825.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} LeBlanc, R.-G. (2012). Les réfugiés acadiens au camp d’Espérance de la Miramichi en 1756-1761 : un épisode méconnu du Grand Dérangement. Acadiensis, 41(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/19077. English translation "The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761" p. 157 of annex

   Boudrot, Pierre (son of François) wife Madeleine Belliveau (daughter of Charles), married (2nd marriage) ca 1753, originally from Port-Royal, at Restigouche 1760 7 people, Fort Beauséjour 1763 7 people, family settled in Barachois and Beaumont after 1763.

3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; List of Acadian Prisoners at Fort Cumberland as of August 24, 1763, original record digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, France. Fonds des Archives nationales: Série C12. Correspondance générale; Saint-Pierre et Miquelon : C-9146, vol. 1, f. 22-26. http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c9146/33?r=0&s=2 Images 33-47, Image 38

   
   Pierre Boudrot
   Magdelaine Boudrot
   Hylaire Boudrot
   Jean Boudrot
   Joseph Boudrot

4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RW-JBPJ : 17 March 2018), Joseph Bastarach, 14 Feb 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,020,677.
5. ↑ D’Entremont, Clarence J., “La participation acadienne à la guerre d’indépendance américaine”, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 7, no 1, 1976, p. 5-13. accessed at https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/0701_total.pdf
6. ↑ White, Stephen A. “The Company of Frenchmen in the County of Cumberland, Province of Nova Scotia.” accessed at acadian-home.org hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino
7. ↑ D’Entremont, Clarence. “ They intended to make of Nova Scotia the 14th state of the union.” Published in the Yarmouth Vanguard, July 11, 1989, Le Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos, 100 Articles, accessed at https://www.museeacadien.ca/post/28-they-intended-to-make-of-nova-scotia-the-14th-state-of-the-union
8. ↑ Barachois, incluant Tediche et Aboujagane, Nouveau-Brunswick, Registre de la paroisse Saint-Henri, catholique, Baptêmes 1812-1870, Mariages 1820-1870, Sépultures 1812-1870 ( F.M. 9, A 11, vol 2), Image # 413, Joseph Boudrot Burial 8 November 1825, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-3016, Parish Registers: New Brunswick : C-3016, accessed November 2020

• Sepulture: Microfilm copy from Drouin is available online (May 2021) at Ancestry.com. [Barachois church register]

See also:

• Gilles Pinet, My Acadian Family | Ma famille acadienne, Joseph Boudrot