Marguerite Maillet (1755)

Born 4 Mar 1755 in Petitcoudiac, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Léger — married 1775 in Acadie

Descendants

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Biography

Marguerite was born on 4 March 1755. She had a lay baptism at birth by Paul Blanchard and the official ceremony took place on 16 November 1755.^[1] Her parents were Charles Maillet and Marie Babineau. Her godparents were Anselme ? and Marguerite Brau.^[2]

Just before Marguerite’s birth, in 1755, her parents were enumerated in the census at Memramcook with one son, likely Jean-Baptiste. ^[3] The family sought refuge at Camp d’Espérance, Miramichi, around 1756-1757. ^[4] It is not known if her father was with them since he was killed in 1756. Marguerite was 8 years of age when she was listed among the prisoners at Fort Beauséjour in 1763, with her mother, her siblings Jean-Baptiste and Charles, her grandfather Jean Babinot and aunts and uncles. (all under the last name Babinot)^{[4] [5]}

Her mother married Germain Thibodeau around 1767 and the family settled in Memramcook after the Great Upheaval, where their daughter Thècle was born in 1770.

Marguerite and Joseph Léger were married about 1775.

Her date of death is unknown. Removed date 29 March 1837 - it is the date of her brother Jean-Baptiste’s death.

Sources

1. ↑ Petitcoudiac & Chipody, Registres de l’Acadie et de la Gaspésie, catholique, 1679-1686, 1751-1757 ( F.M. 9, B 8, vol 1) Image # 47, Marguerite Maillet Baptism 16 November 1754, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-3021, Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-3021 accessed January 2021.
2. ↑ Stephen A. White. ‘’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), MAILLET, page 2

   ii. Marguerite, n Petitcoudiac 4 mars 1755; m v 1775 Joseph LÉGER dit la Petite Houppe (Joseph & Claire LeBlanc).

3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, p. 11 1755 Census

   Charles Maillet, his wife, one son

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 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/19077/21083. English translation "The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761"
5. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. List of Acadian Prisoners at Fort Cumberland as of August 24, 1763, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, 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. Images 33-47, Images 33-34, accessed June 2021

   Jean Babinot

   Paul Babinot

   Silvain Babinot

   Marguerite Babinot

   Dominique Babinot

   Jean Babinot

   Marie Babinot

   Jean Baptiste Babinot

   Marguerite Babinot

   Charles Babinot