Abraham Landry (abt. 1697 - bef. 1758)

Born about 1697 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie-Isabelle Blanchard — married about 1720 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1758 before about age 61 in Isle Saint-Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

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Biography

Abraham dit Chaques was born around 1697,^[1] very likely in Port-Royal since he was counted in the 1698 census at the age of 6 months.^[2] He was the son of Germain Landry and Marie Melanson.

Abraham married Marie-Isabelle Blanchard around 1720.^[1]

He was on the 1752 (LaRoque) census at Rivière de Peugiguit, a widower age 52 years (sic) with his two sons.^[1][3]

He passed away around 1758.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 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. 930.
2. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 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 110-150

   (Note: in the transcription Abraham's age is 3, however in the original census and in DGFA it is 1/2). Germain LANDRY 25; Marie MELLANSON 25 (wife) 25; Alexandre 2 1/2; Abraham 3; 6 cattle, 14 sheep, 1 gun,

3. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 97 / image 224. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” Image 370, p. 366 of document

   Abraham Landry dit Chaques, widower, inhabitant of l'Acadie, aged 52 years; he has been four years in the country. He has two sons:-
   Charles Landry, aged 22 years.
   Joseph, 18 years.
   They have in live stock: two oxen, one cow, three bulls, one sow, four pigs and eight fowls. The land on which they are settled is situated as in the preceding case; they have sown five bushels of wheat and three bushels of peas, and have fallow land for the sowing of six bushels of wheat.

4. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Abraham Landry at Geneanet

   !RESIDENCES: "He was in Ile St. Jean in the census of 1752 and was registered as a widower. He probably died there before 1758." (Acad. Des., vol. 4.)

See also:

• Nosvorigines