Étienne Hébert (abt. 1629 - abt. 1671)

Born about 1629 in France [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Gaudet — married about 1650 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 1671 at about age 42 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle France [uncertain]

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Biography

Éstienne Hébert has French origins.

Éstienne Hébert migrated from France to Acadia.

Etienne Hébert was possibly born in France. ^[2] His birth date is unknown, as he died before the 1671 census. His brother was born around 1621. The brothers are often believed to be the sons of Jacques Hebert and Marie Juneau, but this is most likely false. (See Discussion Section.)

Around 1650, Etienne married Marie Gaudet, daughter of Jean Gaudet and an unknown mother.^[1] According to depositions from his descendants, Antoine came to Acadia with his wife from France.^[2] However, the language does not necessarily mean that they came together. Between 1651 and 1670 the couple had 10 children: Marie, Marguerite, Emmanuel, Etienne, Jean, Françoise, Catherine, Martine, Michel, and Antoine.

Etienne died between 1669 and 1671.^[1] His wife is listed as a widow in the 1671 Census.^[3]

Timeline

c1621 birth, in France

1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men^[4]

1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanently^[5]

c1650 marriage to Marie Gaudet

c1651 birth, daughter Marie

c1652 birth, daughter Marguerite

c1653 birth, son Emmanuel

c1654 birth, son Etienne

1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases^[6]

c1659 birth, son Jean

c1661 birth, daughter Françoise

c1662 birth, daughter Catherine

c1665 birth, daughter Martine

c1666 birth, son Michel

1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes^[7]

c1669 birth, son Antoine

c1670 death, Etienne

Discussion

Parentage. There is a debate concerning the parents of the Hébert brothers.^[8] According to Godbout, the Hébert brothers may have been the children of Jacques Hebert and Marie Juneau.^[9] The evidence supporting this claim is a link between: a) the presence of a Jacques Hébert in Acadia 30 years before the presence of the brothers Etienne and Antoine; and b) the April 15 1688 marriage contract at Quebec (Notary Lecompte; witness Louis Hébert's daughter Marie-Guillemette Hébert) between Françoise Chevalier and a Jacques Hébert from Le Haye in the Touraine parish of Balsesne, who was the son of Jacques and Marie Juneau. Stephen White argues that the connection is tenuous.^[1] The name of the Jacques in the aforementioned contract had a surname Habert. Moreover, the presence of the witness, Marie-Guillemette Hébert, was likely due to the fact that Françoise Chevalier was her servant.

Birth Location. Stephen White remains silent, presumably due to the lack of birth records. In contrast, Massignon argues that a number of familial alliances that existed among the first Acadian settlers PRIOR to their arrival from France points to a common French origin. She believes they lived in the Acadian Governor d'Aulnay's seigneury in France near Loudun (comprised of the villages of Angliers, Aulnay, Martaizé and La Chausée).^[5] In the case of the Hébert family, it was allied with the Gaudets through Étienne's marriage to Marie. Marie's sister Francoise was also allied with the Leblanc family through her marriage to Daniel. Evidence of their marriages in France is found in the Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations in 1767. Moreover, a certain Jean Gaudet, was censistaire in 1634 on land at Martaizé (Vienne) in the Seigneurie owned by the mother of Acadian governour Charles d'Aulnay. However, Massignon's research failed to find any relevant baptismal or marriage records.

DNA. The French Heritage yDNA project, including Acadian lines, is posted here. Validated ancestral signatures for Acadians including brothers Etienne and Antoine Hébert are found here. As of June 2014, there were results from ten of their descendants including four family trees of Etienne and two family trees of Antoine.

Arrival in Acadia. No evidence has been found supporting the couple's arrival in Acadia. It was certainly before 1671, as Etienne's widow is listed there. Therefore it is not clear how the historical events in Acadia, provided in the Timeline Section, may have affected Etienne and his family.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D’études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) pp. 798-801.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Stephen A. White, Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767, English Translation, (Moncton, NB: University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes, Online)
3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.

   Marie GAUDET, Widow of Etienne HEBERT, 38, Children (married): Marie 20, Marguerite 19; (not married): Emmanuel 17, Etienne 17, Jean 13, Francoise 10, Catherine 9, Martine 6, Michel 5, Antoine 1; cattle 4, sheep 5.

4. ↑ George MacBeath, Biography – RAZILLY, ISAAC DE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Geneviève Massignon, "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", (Paris: Librairie Klincksieck, 1962) pp. 50, 47, 38.
6. ↑ William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013
7. ↑ In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013
8. ↑ Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, Ajouts Et Corrections,(Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada: University of Moncton, Centre D'études Acadiennes, 2011) "Ajouts et corrections".
9. ↑ Archange Godbout, "Origine des Hébert Acadiens," in Mémoires of the Société généalogique canadienne-française, vol. VII (1956), pp. 122-123

See Also :

• Cormier, Steven. "Hébert Family". Acadians in Gray. accessed at http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-HEBERT.htm. Note there is a discrepancy in location of marriage of the brothers (Port Royal); source of this info?
• Les Grandes Familles accessed at www.grandesfamilles.org
• Arsenault, Bona. Histoire Et Généalogie Des Acadiens. 6 vols. Montreal, Canada: Lemeac, 1978.
• Dictionnaire généalogique de l'ancienne Acadie accessed at https://www.francogene.com/dgaa/
• Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600-1900

• https://dna-explained.com/2023/10/15/etienne-hebert-c1625-c1670-two-french-brothers-their-ancient-ancestors-52-ancestors-413/