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Jean Henry, Jean dit le Vieux Henry, was born about 1683 in Mines, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Robert Henry (abt. 1643–bef. 1736) and Madeleine Marie Godin (1665–aft. 1719).
In 1686, at Port Royal, Jean, aged 2, was living with his parents, Robert HENRY, aged 43, and Marie-Magdelaine [sic] GODIN, aged 20, and his three siblings: Martin, aged 7, Marie, aged 5, and a baby, not yet baptized. The family owned 1 gun, 4 cattle and 8 hogs.[1].
He was a youth in 1693.[2]
Jean (33) married Marie Hebert (19) (born about 1697 in Les Mines, Acadie; daughter of Jean Hebert and Jeanne Doiron) in 1717 in Acadie. Their known children were:
They, like many families, moved from Cobeguit to Île St.-Jean in about 1750.[3]
Jean and Marie and their son François were deported to France in 1758 aboard one of the infamous "Five English ships" (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, and John Samuel). They disembarked in Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759.[4]
Jean dit le Vieux died soon after arriving in France,[5] on 16 Mar 1759 in Bretagne.[6] Burial: 17 Mar 1759 St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France[7]
This brother, Jean Henry (abt.1683-1759), married Marie Hebert (abt.1697-1764).
The other brother, Martin Henry (abt.1679-abt.1758), married Marie Hebert (1682-bef.1758).
at Port Royal: Robert HENRY 43, Marie-Magdelaine GODIN 20; children: Martin 7, Marie 5, Jean 2, and one (baby) who is not baptized; 1 gun, 4 cattle, 10 sheep. Madeleine Marie was listed as Marie Magdelaine in the original 1686 census and transcribed as Marie-Magdelaine with a hyphen.
at Port-Royal, Acadie; Listed as Francois, age 11 years.
Jean Henry dit le Vieux, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 68 years, has been in the country two years. Married to Marie Hébert, native of l'Acadie, aged 55 years.In live stock they have five oxen, two cows, one calf, three sheep, three sows and three pigs. The land on which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case, [The land on which they are settled is situated on the north side of thé Rivière du Ouest, and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure.] and has been given to them under similar conditions. They have made a clearing for the sowing of about ten bushels of wheat."
- They have five children, two sons and two daughters :
- Simon, aged 23 years
- Charles, aged 15 years
- François, aged 12 years
- Marie Joseph, aged 29 years
- Françoise, aged 19 years
- HENRY Jean, 71, died in Saint Servan on 16 March 1759,
- HEBERT Marie, 60 , his wife
- HENRY François, 18, son
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