Joseph Henry (abt. 1707 - bef. 1761)

Born about 1707 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Christine Pitre — married about 1729 in Acadie

Descendants

Died before 27 Jan 1761 before about age 54 in Isle St Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph "dit le Petit Homme" Henry was born around 1707 in Acadie. He was the son of Robert Henry and Marie Madeleine Godin. ^[1]

He married Catherine Pitre, daughter of Jean Pitre and Françoise Babin, around 1729 in Acadie. ^[1]

Children:^[2]

1. Charles Henry, b. Vers ca, Cobeguit, (Sts-Pierre-et-Paul)
2. Marie Henry, b. ca 1733, St-Michel en Acadie
3. Joseph Henry, b. ca 1735,
4. Symphorose Rose Henry, b. ca 1738,
5. Anne Geneviève Henry, b. 29 Nov 1738, Chezzetcook, Halifax d. 14 Jan 1806, La Rochelle
6. Basile Henry, b. ca 1739, d. Dec 1758 (Age ~ 19 years)
7. Jean Baptiste Henry, b. ca 1744, d. 17 Dec 1776, Chantenay, Nantes
8. Marguerite Modeste Henry, b. 19 Aug 1750, Port-Lajoie
9. Marguerite Josèphe Henry, b. 13 May 1752, Port-Lajoie
10. Anne Christine Henry, c. 26 May 1754, Port-Lajoie

They lived in Cobeguit for some time since in their daughter Marguerite Modeste's baptism record they are mentioned as being from that place.

By 1750 they were living on Isle Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island), where Marguerite Modeste was born.

They were listed in the 1752 La Roque census at Rivière-du-Ouest, Isle Saint-Jean, with their 8 children.^[3]

He passed away before 27 January 1761.^[1] His son Charles was married on that day and his father was listed as deceased in the register.

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. 840
2. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry Joseph dit le Petit Homme Henry at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed July 2020
3. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), [hhttps://archive.org/details/reportconcerning21publ/page/n193/mode/2up La Roque Census], p. 82. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 307-308

   Joseph Henry dit le petit homme, native of l'Acadie, ploughman, aged 45 years, has been in the country two years and nine months. Married to Catherine Pitre, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years.
   They have eight children, three sons and five daughters:-
   Joseph Henry, aged 17 years.
   Bazille, aged 13 years.
   Jean Baptiste, aged 6 years.
   Marie, aged 19 years
   Sephrose, aged 14 years.
   Anne, aged 13 years.
   Margueritte Modeste, aged 2 years.
   Margueritte Joseph, aged 3 months.
   In live stock, they have four oxen, one cow, one sheep, three sows, and two pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated on the north side of the said Rivière du Ouest and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have a clearing on which they have sown two bushels of wheat and one bushel of oats.

See also:

• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Repository: #R1150661019 Ancestry Family Tree https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/112696831/family