François Gautrot (1685 - abt. 1758)

Born Jun 1685 in La Rivière des Gaspareaux, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Vincent — married 7 Oct 1709 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 1758 at about age 72 in At Sea

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Biography

Descendant of Anne Marie Mi'kmaq (abt.1631-aft.1686) mtDNA Hg= A2f1a.

François Gautrot was born in Jun 1685 in La Rivière des Gaspareaux, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Charles Gautrot (abt. 1661–abt. 1724) and Françoise Rimbault (abt. 1666–1712).

In 1686, at Port Royal, Francois, aged 7, was living with his parents, Charles GOTROT [sic], aged 25, and Francoise RIMBAULT, aged 20. They owned 1 gun and 7 cattle.^[1]

"François Gautreau, l'aîné des onze enfants de Charles, vit le jour vers la fin de 1685. Il se maria à Grand-Pré, le 7 octobre 1709, à Marie Vincent, fille de Michel Vincent et de Marie-Josèphe Richard.^[2] François et Marie se réfugièrent à l'île Saint-Jean en 1750. Huit ans plus tard, ils périrent en mer pendant l'évacuation des habitants en France."^[3]

ENGLISH translation of the above: " François Gautreau , the eldest of eleven children of Charles, was born in late 1685. He was married in Grand Pre, Oct. 7, 1709, to Mary Vincent, daughter of Vincent Michel and Marie- Josephe Richard.^[4]Francis and Mary fled to St. John island in 1750. Eight years later , they perished at sea during the evacuation of residents in France. "

Census: 1752 , Isle St. Jean, Acadie; Census of the Anse au Comte Saint- Pierre.^[5]

Text: François Gautrot, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 67 years, has been in the colony for two years. Married to Marie Vincens, a native of l'Acadie, aged 62 years.

They have three sons and three daughters :

François Gautrot, aged 28 years ; Charles, aged 22 years ; Pierre Maturin, aged 18 years ; Magdelaine, aged 30 years ; Marie, aged 26 years ; Margueritte, aged 24 years. Their live stock consists of: one ox, two cows, one horse, five pigs, and three fowl. The land on which they are settled is situated on the Anse au Comte St. Pierre; it was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it, they have cleared three arpents in extent.

Sources

1. ↑ 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: Charles GOTRO 25, Francoise RIMBAULT his wife 20; child: Francois 7 months; 1 gun, 7 cattle. In the 1686 census at Port Royal, Gautrot was listed as Gotrot.

2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 544): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/544?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos. 2 et 3 (1994). (Gautrot)
4. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 544): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/544?r=0&s=5
5. ↑ Title: Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, vol. II, pt. A; Author: Public Archives of Canada; Publication: 1905; Appeared as Sessional Paper No. 18. Includes Sieur de La Roque census of 1752. Copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; Note: Available for free download here. If imported into the PC Kindle application, the text is searchable and can be copied.

See also:

• Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, Hector-J. Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p. 700-702
• Karen Theriot Reader François Gautrot