Jeanne Brun (abt. 1676 - aft. 1714)

Born about 1676 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Marc Pitre — married about 1699 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died after 1714 after about age 38 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Jeanne Brun was born about 1676 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, daughter of Sébastien Brun (abt. 1655–1728) and Huguette Bourg (abt. 1657–bef. 1693).^[1] She was the eldest child of Sébastien Brun and Huguette Bourg.

She was listed in the 1678 census of Port-Royal at age 2.^[2]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Jeanne, aged 9, lived with her parents, Bastien [sic] Brun, aged 32, and Hugette [sic] Bourg, aged 28, and her five siblings: Claude, aged 7, Abraham, aged 6, Vincent, aged 5, Jean [recte Jean Baptiste], aged 4, and Antoine, aged 1. They owned 1 gun, 12 cattle, 12 sheep and 10 hogs.^[3],

In 1693, at Port Royal, Jeanne, aged 16, lived with her father, Sebastien Brun, widower, aged 38, and her six siblings: Claude, aged 14, Abraham, aged 12, Vincent, aged 11, Jean Baptiste, aged 9, Anthoine [sic], aged 8, and Marie, aged 6. The family owned 1 gun and lived on 10 arpents of cultivable land with 12 cattle, 20 sheep, and 10 pigs. ^[4]

She was also recorded in the 1698 census of Port-Royal at age 22.^[5]

Jeanne (22) married Marc Pitre (25) (born about 1673 in Port-Royal, Acadie; son of Jean Pitre and Marie Pesseley) in 1699 in Port Royal.^[1] Their known children were:

1. Claude Marc Pitre (1700–1775) .
2. Jean Baptiste Pitre (1703–abt. 1762) .
3. Marie Pitre (abt. 1706–1758) .
4. Anne Marie Pitre (abt. 1708–1741)

In the 1701 census of Port-Royal the newly married couple was listed with their son Claude, age 1.^[6] It's certainly possible that they had more than four surviving children, but at this point only the four listed have been traced back to this couple.

They seemed to have settled initially in Port Royal, where two sons were born. Port Royal was again attacked in 1704 so that may have prompted the move south to Cap Sable, as there are no other children of theirs in the Port Royal baptism registers and they next appeared in the 1708^[7] census for Cap Sable. In the 1714 census of Acadia that lay within English control, the couple was listed with two sons and two daughters.^[8] This accounts for the four traceable offspring.

Jeanne died sometime after 1714 in Acadie.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999, Print. p. 290, 1318, 1323
2. ↑ 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

   Vincent Brun widower, Bastien Brun & Huguette Bourg. 1 boy age 1 born 1677, 1 girl age 2 born 1676 named Jeanne. 6 acres of land, 8 cattle,

3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Bastien Brun 32, Hugette Bourg 28; children: Jeanne 9, Claude 7, Abraham 6, Vincent 5, Jean 4, Antoine 1; 1 gun. 12 cattle 12 sheep, 10 hogs. In the 1686 census at Port Royal, Sébastien was listed as Bastien, Huguette was listed as Huguette but transcribed as Hugette, and Jean Baptiste was listed as just Jean.

4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;

   at Port Royal: Sebastien BRUN (widower) 38, Jeanne (daughter) 16, Claude 14, Abraham 12, Vincent 11, Jean Baptiste 9, Anthoine 8, Marie 6; 12 cattle, 20 sheep, 10 pigs, 10 arpents, 1 gun. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Antoine was listed as Anthoine.

5. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 110-166;

   Sebastien Brun widower 45; Jeanne 22; Claude 20; Abraham 18, Vincent 16, Jean 14; Antoine 13; Marie 20; 10 cattle, 15 sheep, 7 hogs, 21 arpents, 60 fruit trees, 1 gun.

6. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 174-211;

   Marc Pitre 29, Jeanne Bourg (wife); Claude 1; 1 gun, 7 cattle, 4 sheep, 2 hogs.

7. ↑ "Acadian Ancestral Home", hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; Acadia 1708 Census. Lucie’s note: ”Archives Publiques du Canada. Extrait F.1, 466-1. Copy of part of a manuscript in the possession of Mr. Edward E. Ayer of Chicago.” Note here: Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Image 238 containing only text which says that this census can be found “dans le cartable indiqué Vol 466 Pt. 2”. Note here: 1708 Census MG 18, F 18, 31 pages; Recensement nominatif des Français de Cap-Sable, Port-Razoir et La Have; recensement nominatif des Indiens en Acadie: Port Royal, Cap-Sable, La Have, Les Mines, Cap-Breton, Chignectou, Pentagouet, rivière Saint-Jean et autres lieux. Transcript available on-site, not on microfilm.

   p. 53/56 http://www.acadian-home.org/ACADIA%201708%20Census.pdf

8. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-261;

   Marc Pitre and wife, 2 sons, 2 daughters.

9. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Jeanne Brun

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Katherine Wall for creating Brun-135 on 28 Oct 13.