François Doucet (1715 - abt. 1772)

Born 1 May 1715 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Petitot — married 15 Jan 1742 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died about 1772 at about age 56 in Digby, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

François Doucet, son of René Doucet and Marie Anne Broussard, was born 1 May 1715 in Annapolis Royal (formerly named Port-Royal) and was baptized there on 4 May 1715.^[1] His godparents were Claude Brossard and Renée Bourg. ^[2]

He married Marguerite (dit St-Seine) Petitot on 15 January 1742.^{[3] [2]}

Children ^[4][5]

1. Marie Doucet
2. Jean Doucet
3. Anne Doucet
4. Joseph Doucet
5. Capitaine Pierre Doucet
6. Marguerite Doucet
7. François Doucet
8. Denis Doucet
9. Charles Doucet.

The family was deported to Massachusetts in 1755 and recorded in the 1763 Massachusetts census with 5 sons and 4 daughters. ^[2][4].

"In 1764 the British authorities had informed Governor Montagu Wilmot that Acadians who took the oath of allegiance should be allowed to return to their native land, and in 1767 the Nova Scotia government specifically set aside lands for an Acadian settlement on St Mary’s Bay." They are noted as having returned to Nova Scotia around 1770. ^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26 page 134; online database with images, Baptism François Doucet , 4 May 1715, accessed April 2020
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999, Print. p. 544
3. ↑ The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, register RG 1 volume 26a page 215; online database with images, Marriage François Doucet and Marguerite St-Cene 15 January 1742, accessed April 2020
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Family name Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, Acadians in Massachusetts by Robert Dafford. Accessed Feb 2023

   François DOUSSET - wife Margueritte - 5 sons - 4 daughters

5. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry François Doucet at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed Feb 2023 (login required)
6. ↑ Stephen A. White, “DOUCET, AMABLE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 24, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/doucet_amable_5E.html.

   Apparently during his exile in New England, Amable was betrothed to a relative, Marie Doucet, daughter of François Doucet and Marguerite Petitot, dit Saint-Sceine (Sincennes), and sister of Pierre*. Subsequently, while Amable’s own family removed to Quebec, Amable and Marie decided, as did her family, to go back to Nova Scotia. In 1764 the British authorities had informed Governor Montagu Wilmot* that Acadians who took the oath of allegiance should be allowed to return to their native land, and in 1767 the Nova Scotia government specifically set aside lands for an Acadian settlement on St Mary’s Bay. According to traditional accounts, though they vary as to the exact date, it was about 1770 that François Doucet’s family went from Salem, Mass., to what was later called Pointe-de-l’Église (Church Point); (emphasis mine)

7. ↑ Wade, Mason. Acadia and Quebec. McGill-Queens Press, Dec 15, 1991, p. 116.

   Churchpoint was settled the following year by two families, those of Pierre Le Blanc and Francois Doucet, which came by sea from Salem, Mass.

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