Jean Baptiste Doucet (abt. 1690 - bef. 1723)

Born about 1690 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Robichaud — married 12 Feb 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died before 25 Aug 1723 before about age 33 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

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Biography

Descendant of Penobscot Germain Doucet.

Descendant of Abenaki Unknown Abenaki.

• Note- Grandson of Germain Doucet-1641 ydna results = Native Ancestry

Jean Baptiste Doucet was likely born about 1690 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Charles Doucet (abt. 1665–1739) and Huguette Guerin (abt. 1667–aft. 1741). His parents were married there and his siblings before and after him were born there too.

In 1693, at Port Royal, Jean [sic], aged 3, was living with his parents, Charles DOUCET, aged 28, and Huguette GUERIN, aged 16 [sic], and 3 brothers: Claude, aged 7, Charles, aged 5, and Francois, aged 1. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 13 arpents of cultivable land with 6 cattle, 4 sheep, and 4 pigs.^[1]

Jean (23) married Marie Robichaud (21) (born about 1692 in Port-Royal, Acadie; daughter of Prudent Robichaud and Henriette Petitpas) on 12 Feb 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia.^[2][3] Their known children were:

1. Jean Doucet (1715–aft. 1760) .
2. Joseph Doucet (abt. 1717– )

Residence/Census:^[4]

CENSUS: 1698, age 8 years.

CENSUS: 1700, age 10 years.

CENSUS: 1701, age 12 years.

Sources

1. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;

   at Port Royal: Charles DOUCET 28, Huguette GUERIN 16, Claude 7, Charles 5, Jean 3, Francois 1; 6 cattle, 4 sheep, 4 pigs, 13 arpents, 1 gun. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Guerin’s age was listed as 26 but transcribed as 16. Jean Baptiste was listed as just Jean.

2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 170) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/170?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755 Jean Baptiste Doucet and Marie Robichaux marriage RG 1 volume 26 page 312 https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1308
4. ↑ Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; pp. 532 & 549; #16:

• BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; pp. 532 & 549; #16

• BIRTH-NAME-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, vols. 1-6; 1630-1775; Quebec, Le Conseil de la Vie Francaise en Amerique, 1965; p. 510 (Port Royal)