Marguerite Hebert (abt. 1703 - aft. 1763)

Born about 1703 in Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Gautrot — married 10 Oct 1725 in Saint Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Wife of Jacques Richard — married about 1750 in Acadie

Descendants

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Biography

Marguerite Hébert was born before the census of 1703. She was the daughter of Michel Hebert and Elisabeth Pellerin.^[1]

She married Jean Gautrot, son of the late Charles Gautrot and Françoise Rimbault 10 Oct 1725 at Saint Charles des Mines.^[1][2]

Around 1750 she married Jacques Richard, son of Pierre Richard and Marguerite Landry, widower of Anne LeBlanc and Anne Granger.^[1]

On 5 September 1755, Jacques was imprisoned along with hundreds of other Acadian men at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand-Pré. On a list of prisoners, he was said to live in the village des Richard with 3 sons and 5 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 5 bullocks, 7 cows, 10 young cattle, 30 sheep, 10 hogs, and 2 horses. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^{[3] [4]}

On 27 October 1755, Jacques and Marguerite were deported to Maryland. The following children were deported with them: Laurent Gautrot, Firmin Gautrot, Paul Richard, Marie-Rose Gautrot, Marguerite Gautrot, Marie-Blanche Gautrot, Anne Gautrot, Élisabeth Richard and Anne Richard. ^[4]

On 7 July 1763 she was listed in a census in Newton (Chestertown), Kent, Maryland, a widow.^[5]

She died after July 1763.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 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) p. 808
2. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, "Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869," roll 1, Image XX, Marriage Marguerite Hébert & Jean Gotrot, 10 October 1725, accessed September 2020. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
3. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand-Pré - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand-Pré, September the 15th 1755," line # 311,

   Village des Richard: Jaques Richard, 3 sons and 5 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), 5 bullocks, 7 cows, 10 young cattle, 30 sheep, 10 hogs, and 2 horses

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 316
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Karen Theriot Reader, Page for Marguerite Hébert citing Acadian Exiles in the Colonies - Janet Jehn - (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) p. 150;

   "Dispersed Acadians in Maryland--Newton"

   The widow of Jacques RICHARD, Joseph (RICHARD*) GAUTROT, Laurent GAUTROT, Marie GAUTROT, (PAul GAUTROT*), Marie (GAUTROT*), Firmin GAUTROT, Anne GAUTROT, Marguerite GAUTROT, the widow of Jean GAUTROT and Paul RICHARD. Note: *The words in parentheses are marked through on the original manuscript.