Marie Bourg was born about 1676 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, daughter of Martin Bourg and Marie Potet.[1]
She was listed on the 1678 census in Port-Royal at age 3.[2]
In 1686, at Port Royal, Marie, aged 10, was living with her parents, Martin BOURC [sic], aged 36, and Marie POTET, aged 29, and her three siblings: Abraham, aged 7, Pierre, aged 5, and Jeanne, aged 2. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 3 arpents of cultivable land with 4 cattle, 5 sheep, and 6 hogs.[3]
Marie (21) married Pierre Thériot (26) (born about 1671 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; son of Germain Thériot and Andrée Brun) in 1698 in Port-Royal, Acadie.[1] No location was given by Stephen White. Their known children were:[1]
↑ 1.01.11.2 Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 228, 1488, 1496-1498
Marie Bourg (Martin Bourg & Marie Potet), born around 1676. She was listed on the 1678 census in Port-Royal (age 3), in 1686 (age 10) and 1693 (age 17). Married Pierre Thériot (Germain & Andrée Brun) around 1698.
↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census 1678 Acadian Census at Port Royal:
Martin Bourg & Marie Potet / 4 cattle; 1 gun / Abraham 6 months; Marie 3. They have 4 head of cattle [no land listed], with 1 gun.
at Port Royal: Martin BOURC 36, Marie POTET 29; children: Marie 10, Abraham 7, Pierre 5, Jeanne 2; 1 gun, 3 arpents, 4 cattle, 5 sheep, 6 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Bourg was listed as Bourc.
Martin BOURG 34, Marie POTRET his wife 34, Marie 17, Abraham 13, Pierre 11, Jeanne 9, Ambroise 7, Francois 5, Anne Marie 2; 18 cattle, 24 sheep, 13 hogs, 30 arpents, 1 gun.
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