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Benoni Doucet (abt. 1725 - 1809)

Benoni Doucet
Born about in Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
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Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married 8 Nov 1746 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotiamap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 84 in Louisville, Canadamap
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Benoni Doucet was born about 1725. He was the son of Pierre Doucet and Marie Anne Richard. He married Marguerite Poirier, daughter of Joseph Poirier and Anne Bernard 8 Nov 1746 at Beaubassin. Witnessed by Charles Heon and Jean Baptiste Bergeron who both signed.[1][2] Benoni was deported from Chignectou with his wife and 3 children aboard the Dolphin a Sloop, Sailed 13 October 1755 from Chignectou, sailed 27 October 1755 from Annapolis, William Hancock, Master, Arrived on 17 November 1755 in Charleston, South Carolina, 28 Men, 27 Women, 66 children. 121 persons total . [3][1]

He married 2nd Marie Melanson 17 November 1761 at Leominster, Massachusetts

Sources

  1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime [La Rochelle, France]:C-1207 Registres de Beaubassin-reel_c1207 MG 6 A 2 (Image 147) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/147?r=0&s=6
  2. ↑ Acadian Church Records, vol. II - Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder - Metairie, LA: Authors, 1976 - p. 118
  3. ↑ Fugitives and Exiles: Linguistic and Social Outcomes of Francophone Migration in South Carolina 1562–1810, Wiechman, Kelly A.   University of Florida ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2020. 28025353. pp. 106-107, Table 5-2
  • Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historiqueses historiques - Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed. - Moncton, NB: Chaire d'études acadiennes, 2005 - p. 304
  • Michael Melanson, Melanson, Benoni Doucet appeared with his wife, Maine, on a list of the French who desired to go to old France - dated 24 Aug 1763, and among the heads of Acadian families wanting passage to Santo Domingo, 1 Dec 1764. Benoni Douces, with a total of three in his family, was among the French wanting passage to Canada, 2 Jun 1766.




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