Jeanne Brun was born about 1676.[1] She was the the eldest child of Sébastien Brun and Huguette Bourg.
She is listed in the 1678 census of Port-Royal at age 2. [2] She is also recorded in the censuses of Port-Royal at age 9
[3], age 16 [4], and age 22.[5]
She married Marc Pitre about 1699 in Port Royal. [1]
In the 1701 census of Port-Royal the newly married couple is 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.
↑ 1.01.1 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
↑ 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,
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.
Marc PITRE 29, Jeanne BOURG (wife); Claude 1; 1 gun, 7 cattle, 4 sheep, 2 hogs.
↑ "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.
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