Jean Baptiste Forest (abt. 1677 - aft. 1750)

Born about 1677 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Labarre — married 1698 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died after 1750 after about age 73 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

Jean Baptiste Forest was born about 1677 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle France, son of Michel Gereyt (Forest) De Forest (abt. 1637–abt. 1691) and Marie Hebert (abt. 1651–abt. 1677).^[1]

1678 Port Royal Acacian Census.^[2]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Jean-Baptiste, aged 9, was living with his father, Michel DEFOREST [sic], aged 47, and his stepmother, Jacqueline BENOIST [sic], aged 13, and his five siblings: Michel, aged 19, Pierre, aged 18, Rene, aged 16, Gabriel [recte Gabrielle], aged 13, and Marie, aged 11. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 5 arpents of cultivable land with 8 sheep and 4 hogs.^[3]

Jean (20) married Marie LaBarre (16) (born on 3 Oct 1681 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Jean LaBarre and Catherine Unknown) in 1698 in Beaubassin.^[1]

Their known children were:

1. Jacques Forest (abt. 1700–abt. 1746)
2. Alexandre Forest (1702–1757)
3. Jean Joseph Forest (abt. 1703–1757)
4. Marie-Marguerite Forest (abt. 1704–bef. 1745)
5. François Forest (abt. 1711–abt. 1761)
6. Anne Forest (abt. 1714–abt. 1795)
7. Joseph Forest (abt. 1714–bef. 1762)
8. Marie Forest (1720– )
9. Françoise Forest (1721–1799) [uncertain].
10. Charles Forest (abt. 1722–1783)
11. René Forest (abt. 1724– )
12. Pierre Forest (abt. 1724– )
13. Catherine Forest (1726–1815)

• CENSUS: 1693, as Jean LAFOREST, age 15 years, a domestic in home of Daniel LeBLANC.
• CENSUS: 1701 LES MINES (Rivière-de-l'Ascension): Jean FOREST, his wife, 2 boys, 8 arpents, 8 cattle, 5 sheep, 4 hogs, 1 gun.^[4]
• CENSUS: 1703 BEAUBASSIN, Jean FOREST, his wife, 3 boys, 1 arms bearer^[5]
• CENSUS: 1707 BEAUBASSIN, Jean FOREST and his wife, 4 boys less than 14; 4 arpents, 6 cattle, 10 sheep, 4 hogs^[6]
• CENSUS: 1714 BEAUBASSIN, Jean FOREST and Elisabeth LaBARRE: Jacques, Alexandre, Jean-Joseph, Marguerite, and two additional children.^[7]

Jean died after the 1750 census in which he was listed with his wife, in Menoudie. ^{[8] [9]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), Print. #5, p. 631, 638-640
2. ↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census

   Michel Forest, Widower; 4 acres, 3 cows; 2 calves, 1 gun; 4 boys: 12, 1666; 10, 1668; 8, 1670; 3, 1675; 2 girls: 6, 1672; 4, 1674

3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Michel DEFOREST 47, Jacqueline BENOIST 13; children by his first wife (Marie HEBERT): Michel 19, Pierre 18, Rene 16, Gabriel 13, Marie 11, Jean-Baptiste 9; 1 gun, 5 arpents, 8 sheep, 4 hogs. In the original 1686 Census at Port Royal, Forest was listed as Deforest, Benoit was listed as Benoist, Jean Baptiste was transcribed hyphenated as Jean-Baptiste, and Gabrielle was listed as Gabriel.

4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 174-211;

   LES MINES (Rivière-de-l'Ascension): Jean FOREST, his wife, 2 boys, 8 arpents, 8 cattle, 5 sheep, 4 hogs, 1 gun

5. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 212-220;

   Beaubassin: Jean FOREST, his wife, 3 boys, 1 arms bearer

6. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 221-237;

   Beaubassin: Jean FOREST and his wife, 4 boys less than 14; 4 arpents, 6 cattle, 10 sheep, 4 hogs

7. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-261;

   Beaubassin: Jean FOREST and Elisabeth LaBARRE: Jacques, Alexandre, Jean-Joseph, Marguerite, and two additional children.

8. ↑ 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, pp. 314-315 https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/50-2-4-2019.pdf
9. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1750/1751 Census 1750/1751 Census Transcribed.

   Le Vieu [Old] Jean FOREST and his wife.

See also:

• BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 960 (Beaubassin); own copy. Name Jean FOREST, born 1677, son of Michel & Marie HEBERT of Port Royal, Jean married around 1698 to Elizabeth LABARRE; eleven children.
• https://www.geni.com/people/De-Forest/6000000041055986947