Philippe Mius (abt. 1660 - abt. 1730)

Born about 1660 in Pomboucoup, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Unknown Mi'kmaq — married about 1678 in Pobomcoup, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Mi'kmaq — married 1687 in Le Heve, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 1730 at about age 70 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

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Biography

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Philippe Mius was born about 1660 in Pomboucoup, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Philippe Mius (abt. 1609–aft. 1700) of France and Madeleine Helie (abt. 1626–abt. 1679) also from France.

He was listed in the first Acadian census (1671) at 11 years of age in his family's household at Pombomcoup (present day Pubnico, N.S.) ^[1]

In 1686, at Port-Royal, Philippe, aged 24, was living with his widowed father, Le Sr. Dantrexmon [sic] Philipe [sic] MIUS, royal prosecutor, aged 77, and his sister, Magdelaine [sic], aged 16. They were living on 40 arpents of cultivable land. No weapons or livestock were listed.^[2]

The first spouse of Philippe Mius d'Azy was an unknown woman. She and her parents are currently unknown to us.^[3] They married around 1678 and between about 1678 and around 1684 they had four or five children: Joseph, Marie Marguerite, twins Maurice & Mathieu and Françoise.^[4] (see discussion below)

His first wife very likely passed away after 1682 (estimated birth of Mathieu and Maurice) and before 1687 since around that year Philippe married another Amerindian woman named Marie whose parents are currently unknown to us. Between about 1688 and 1705 the couple had nine children: Jacques, Marie, Pierre, Madeleine, Françoise, Francois, Jean Baptiste, Philippe, and Anne Marie dite Nanette.^[4][3]

The 1708 census shows Philippe living in a Mi'kmaq community at La Hève with his second wife Marie and six of their children.^[5]

The same census indicates that Jacques' grown children from his first marriage had settled in Cap-Sable (Joseph 35, Marie 28, Mathieu 26) and in Mouscoudabouet (present day Musquodoboit Harbour, N.S.) (Maurice 26).

Philippe passed away after the census of 1708. Philippe died around 1730 according to the book "Muiwlanej kikamaqki "Honouring Our Ancestors": Mi’kmaq Who Left a Mark on the History of the Northeast, 1680 to 1980, Studies in Atlantic Canada History".^[6]

NOTE: Today the name d’Entremont is reserved exclusively for the descendants of Jacques I Mius d’Entremont and that of Mius is reserved exclusively for the descendants of Philippe II Mius d’Entremont.^[7]

Research Notes

Discussion of children
Jacques Bonnevie's wife, Françoise Mius is often included in the list of children of Philippe and his first wife. There's no known documented evidence of her parents. This not to be confused with Françoise of Philippe's second marriage.^[8][9]

Likewise Jean-Baptiste and Marie are often assumed to be children of Philippe and his second wife.^[8]

Plusieurs auteurs ont écrit que Françoise Mius, femme de Jacques Bonnevie's était aussi une fille de Philippe et sa première femme. Cette Françoise n'est pas la même Françoise, née de sa deuxième femme.^[8][9]

Egalement, ils écrivent souvents que Jean-Baptiste et Marie sont les enfants de Philippe et sa deuxième femme, Marie. ^[8]

Stephen Whites View

Stephen White in the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes added a note on page 1207 concerning the children and spouses of Philippe Mius d’Azy  : “C’est la reconstitution de la famille de Philippe Mius d’Azy par le Père d’Entremont que nous avons suivie ci-dessus.” In other words, his list of Philippe Mius d’Azy’s spouses and children was based on Père Clarence J d’Entremont’s research in his book Histoire du Cap-Sable.

Here is the list in the Dictionnaire:
Children with unidentified Amerindian (married c1678)

1. Joseph d’Azy c1689 m Marie Amireau dit Tourangeau
2. Marie c1680 m François Viger
3. Maurice c1682 m Marguerite ____
4. Mathieu c1682 m Marie-Madeleine ____
5. Françoise m Jacques Bonnevie dit Beaumont

Children with Marie unidentified Amerindian (married c1687)

1. Jacques c1688 m unidentified spouse
2. Marie m Jean-Baptiste Thomas
3. Pierre c1691 m Marguerite Lapierre
4. Madeleine c1694 m Jean-Baptiste Guedry
5. Jean-Baptiste m Marie ____
6. Françoise c1697 m1 unidentified spouse; m2 René Grand-Claude; m3 Pierre Cellier dit Charêt
7. François c1700 m Marie ___
8. Philippe c1703
9. Anne-Marie c1705 m Paul Guedry dit Grivois
   Cormier-1939 02:47, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

=== DNA ===
First Wife

The Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project is conducting ongoing research to verify the descendants of Philippe's first wife and thus her haplogroup. In 2020, Stephen White reported that the unknown spouse of Philippe Mius d'azy married about 1678 had a haplogroup X2a2. Lucie Leblanc Constantino has not reported a maternal family tree here. Ongoing test results are also reported here. As of May 2014, only one descendant has reported an X2a2 haplogroup. The detailed results of the test need to be examined in order to distinguish between European and less common Amerindian origins.

DNA results of "Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project".https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mothersofacadia?iframe=mtresults

Another group known as Amerindian Ancestry Out of Acadia DNA PROJECT, posts its results here. Five of five descendants of the wife of Philippe Mius d'Azy NS" report an "A haplogroup", consistent with Amerindian origins. (DNA maternal testing of some five women all lead back to Philippe Mius II 's first wife, but they have not provided a family tree to verify these claims. They could all be related to the Simoneaus of Louisiana through Françoise's half sister Marie Marguerite.)

Second wife Marie

The Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project conducts research to verify Marie Unknown, the second spouse of Philippe Mius d'Azy, who married about 1687. As of May, 2020, Stephen White had no reported results for her ^[10]

The descendants of Philippe II Mius d’Entremont, known as d’Azy, all have Native American blood, because all his children resulted from his marriages to the Native American women.^[7]

Biographie

Philippe Mius, aussi connu sous le nom de Mius d'Entremont et Philippe II d' Entremont d'Azy, était le fils de Philippe Mius, baron de Pobomcoup et de Madeleine Hélie. Il est né vers 1660, fort probablement à Pobomcoup, Acadie car sa famille a été enumérée à cet endroit lors du recensement de 1671.^[1]. Philippe a aussi été compté lors du recensement de 1686 mais cette fois à Port-Royal. Âgé de 24 ans, il demeurait avec son père qui venait de perdre son épouse, et sa plus jeune soeur Madeleine. Il n'y avait aucune mention d'une épouse ou d'un enfant, bien qu'il était fort probablement marié à ce moment.^[2] Plus tard vers 1687 il a épousé une autre amérindienne dont seul le prénom est connu: Marie.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.

   :The Habitation of Poboncom near the Island of Touquet

   Phillippe MIUS, squire, Sieur de Landremont, 62, wife Madeleine Elie 45; Children: Marguerite Marie An, Pierre 17, Abraham 13, Phillippe 11, daughter "la cadette" Madeleine 2; cattle 26; sheep 25.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 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: Le Sr. Dantrexmon Philipe MIUS, royal prosecutor, 77: children: Philippe 24, Magdelaine 16, 40 arpents. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Philippe Mius was listed as Dantrexmon Philipe Mius, and Madeleine was listed as Magdelaine.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Stephen A. White. "Amerindian Marriages, from the Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes" accessed at Acadian Ancestral Home website hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Karen Theriot Reader Philippe Mius at Geneanet.
5. ↑ "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. 12 :Indians From La Hève and surrounding area :10th family

   Philippe Mieusse, 48 [1660]

   Marie his wife, 38 [1670] (a second wife m. around 1687)

   Jacques his son, 20 [1688]

   Pierre his son, 17 [1691]

   Francois his son 8 [1700]

   Philipe his son 5 [1703]

   Françoise his daughter 11 [1697]

   Anne his daughter 3 [1705]

6. ↑ Google Books
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Four Generations of d'Entremonts", Musee des Acadiens des Pubnicos & Centre de recherche, Societe historique acadienne de Pubnico-Ouest, c. 2019
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} d'Entremont, Clarence-Joseph. Histoire du Cap-Sable de l'An Mil au Traité de Paris, 1763. Hebert Publications: Eunice, LA, 1981. 3:1010.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, Hector-J. Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p.1201, 1206-1207
10. ↑ White, Stephen A, "Founding Mothers of Acadia," Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadaian Ancestral Home, 2008-Present, Accessed 10/30/2020

See also:

• Généalogie Québec: http://genealogiequebec.info/testphp/info.php?no=92154
• Wikipedia contributors, "Philippe Mius d'Entremont," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippe_Mius_d%27Entremont&oldid=927491642 (accessed February 2, 2020).
• "Philippe II D'azy Mius D'entremont B. 1660 Pobomcoup, Cape Sable, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada: Our Family History". 2020. Danielscheer.Com. http://www.danielscheer.com/family/getperson.php?personID=I12632&tree=Scheer.
• Collection H. Léander d’Entremont: microfilms, Notebooks/Cahiers 1-27, 2001.97-f5-A_26., # 26, p. 1 - 10, 18 - 22, Les Archives père Clarence d’Entremont, Musée des Acadiens des Pubnicos, https://museeacadien.ca/fonds/cahiers-1-27/ [Download of PDF files doesn’t work as of February 2021]
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SRX7-6R4 : accessed 2014-12-11), entry for Philippe /Mius-d'Azit/
• https://dna-explained.com/2024/03/25/francoise-mius-c1684-c1715-mikmaq-acadian-french-english-culture-clash-52-ancestors-422/
• There's a substantial amount of new information in this article. https://dna-explained.com/2024/04/04/philippe-mius-c1660-after-august-1726-disaster-piracy-the-dead-mans-jig-52-ancestors-423/