Jean Darois (abt. 1700 - 1757)

Born about 1700 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Breau — married about 1722 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1757 at about age 57 in Notre-Dame, Québec, Canada, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Jean Darois was born about 1700 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Jerome Darois and Marie Gareau. ^[1]

Jean married Marguerite Breau (born in Pisiguit, Acadie; daughter of Antoine Breau and Marguerite Babin) in 1722 in Acadie. ^[1]

Their children were:

1. Marguerite Darois (1722–1812)
2. Simon Darois (about 1722–1781)
3. Marie Joseph Darois (1723– )
4. Marie Darois (about 1725–before 1781)
5. Magdeleine Darois (1730– )
6. Anne Darois (about 1733–1758)
7. Agnès Darois (about 1734–1833)
8. Pierre Darois (about 1736–about 1803)
9. Basile Darois (about 1751–1821)

He founded, around 1732, Village-d'en-Haut, also known as Village-des-Darois (now Dieppe, New Brunswick). ^[2]

In 1752, Jean and Marguerite were living in Petitcodiac with four boys and three girls counted in the family home. ^[3] In 1755, still residing in Petitcodiac, there were now three boys and five girls in the household. ^{[4] [5]}

They managed to escape the first wave of deportations that started in 1755 and fled to Camp Espérance, a refugee camp on the Miramichi, in northern New Brunswick, in 1756-1757. ^[6]

In the spring of 1757, the family boarded one of three ships that left Miramichi and docked at the port of Québec a few weeks later. According to historian André-Carl Vachon, Jean was a widower when he disembarked in Québec with his children Marie-Agnès, Théotiste, and Basile. Also with them was Jean's brother Pierre-Jérôme. ^[7]

A smallpox epidemic was raging in Quebec in 1756-1757. Many of the 1144 Acadians that reached Quebec City during that period were already exhausted by famine, other diseases and their many displacements trying to escape the roundups of the British soldiers. Approximately 300 Acadian exiles died in the city of Quebec alone. ^[1][8] The church register of Notre-Dame-de-Quebec parish shows numerous entries of deceased Acadians indicated by a cross and the letters "acc" or "acad" in the margins. ^[7]

Jean died about 16 December 1757 in, Quebec, Canada and was buried in Quebec city 17 December 1757. ^[9]

His children Anne and Théotiste died the following month.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), p. 470
2. ↑ Facebook post by the Centre d'études acadiennes Anselme-Chiasson, 21 August 2024, https://www.facebook.com/share/p/oXuqQ5VZcxgjyzHe/
3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 277-308.

   At Petitcodiac: Jean DAROIS, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls.

4. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census p. 8 of 32

   At Petitcodiac: Jean Darouet, his wife, 3 boys, 5 girls

5. ↑ Stephen A. White, Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p. 298-299 https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/50-2-4-2019.pdf
6. ↑ Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, “List of Refugee Acadian Households at Camp Espérance on the Miramichi, 1756-1757: Appendix to ‘The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761’”. English translation & glossary of place name by John Estano DeRoche. Accessible online for download at The Official Blog of the Association des Acadiens-Métis Souriquois, March 30, 2018, https://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/aams-blog/news-and-reflections-the-acadian-refugee-camp-on-the-miramichi-1756-1761-march-30-2018

   Jean (2) DAROIS, son of Jérôme (1) DAROIS, from Petcoudiac, married around 1722 to Marguerite BREAU, daughter of Antoine (2) BREAU. On 1754/1755 census there were 10 in household; he died at Québec, QC, in Dec 1757 or Jan 1758. Some in family settled at Bécancour, QC; L'Islet, QC; Cabahannocer, LA.

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} André-Carl Vachon, Les réfugiés et miliciens acadiens en Nouvelle-France 1755-1763, Tracadie, La Grande Marée, 2020, p. 93, 255
8. ↑ Dean W. Jobb, The Cajuns: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph. (John Wiley & Sons, 14 janv. 2010) 272 pages accessed at Google Books
9. ↑ Burial record Jean Jérôme Darouët: "Canada, Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G99Q-MKZH?cc=1321742&wc=HC3D-ZNL%3A17585101%2C19508101%2C26879601 : 16 July 2014), Québec > Notre-Dame-de-Québec > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1757-1759 > image 117 of 259; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.

See also:

• Karen Theriot Reader's family tree on Geneanet.org Jean Darois accessed 2024
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 April 2017, 21:52), entry for Jean-Jerome Darois(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LR9Z-LFL); contributed by various users.
• Family Records

Marriage register copy