Agathe Doucet (1710 - aft. 1755)

Born 19 Jan 1710 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Pierre Pitre — married 4 Feb 1727 in St. Jean Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

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Biography

Agathe Doucet was born on 19 January 1710 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, daughter of René Doucet and Marie Broussard. She was baptized on the day of her birth. ^[1] Her sponsors were Monsieur du Chambon, lieutenant of a company and Agathe de la Tour.

Agathe married Pierre Pitre (born in Port Royal, Acadie; son of Claude Pitre and Marie Anne Comeau) on 4 February 1727 in St. Jean Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia. ^[2][3]

Their children were:

1. Marguerite Pitre (1727– )
2. Jean Baptiste Pitre (about 1732–1805)
3. Marie Pitre (1734–about 1757)
4. Pierre Pitre (about 1736–about 1763)
5. Catherine Pitre (1739–1810)
6. François Pitre (about 1748–after 1819)

In 1752 Pierre and Agathe were living in Chipoudie with 4 boys and 3 girls. ^[4] They were recorded there again on the 1755 census. There were 5 boys and 2 girls in the family home. ^{[5] [6]}

PIerre and possibly Agathe escaped deportation and perhaps found refuge at Camp Espérance, a refugee camp on the Miramichi, in northern New Brunswick. ^[7]

Agathe died after the 1755 census.

Sources

1. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26 page 90; online database with images, Agathe Doucet baptism 19 January 1710 accessed Aug 2024.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 108) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/108?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives, "The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," ("St.-JB"), RG 1, vol. 26, p. 256, in An Acadian Parish Remembered, online image of transcription https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1163 Pierre Pitre and Agathe Doucet marriage 4 February 1727.
4. ↑ "1752 Census" online at Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, website of Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; the original census at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 277-308.

   Chipoudy: Pierre Pitre with his wife, 4 boys & 3 girls.

5. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; image 3 of 32, 1755 Census

   At Chipoudie: Pierre Pitre, his wife, 5 boys, 2 girls

6. ↑ 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. 372-373. https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/50-2-4-2019.pdf
7. ↑ 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

   On list of families whose presence at Camp Espérance is uncertain but likely.

• Karen Theriot Reader's family tree on Geneanet.org Agathe Doucet accessed Aug 2024