Jacques LeBlanc (abt. 1678 - abt. 1755)

Born about 1678 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Landry — married after 1700 in Pisiquit, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about Oct 1755 at about age 77 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia [uncertain]

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Biography

This Jacques LeBlanc was born around 1678 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France.^[1] His parents were René LeBlanc and Anne Bourgeois.^[2]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Jacques, aged 6, was living with his parents, Rene LEBLANC, aged 29, and Anne BOURGEOIS, aged 25, and his two brothers: Francois, aged 4, and Rene, aged 2. They had no land or animals themselves, but lived near his grandparents' large holding.^[3]

Jacques (21) married Catherine Landry (17) (born about 1682 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of René Landry and Marie Bernard) in 1700 in Pisiquit, Acadie.^[1][2] Their known children were:

1. Anne (Leblanc) LeBlanc (abt. 1700–abt. 1747) .
2. Jean Jacques (Leblanc) LeBlanc (1703–abt. 1756) .
3. Marie Josèphe LeBlanc (abt. 1705–aft. 1763) .
4. Marguerite LeBlanc (abt. 1707–1777) .
5. Jacques (Leblanc) LeBlanc (1708–bef. 1795) .
6. Honoré LeBlanc (1710–abt. 1791) .
7. Magdeleine (Leblanc) LeBlanc (1712–aft. 1777) .
8. Françoise LeBlanc (1716–1793) .
9. Charles LeBlanc (1718–1772) .
10. Joseph LeBlanc (1720–1805) .
11. Judith (Leblanc) LeBlanc (abt. 1722–1756) .
12. Simon LeBlanc (abt. 1723–1802) .
13. Catherine LeBlanc (1725–1801) .
14. Elisabeth LeBlanc (1726–bef. 1763)

He died in October 1755 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia.^[1][2]

Research Notes

This Jacques LeBlanc (abt.1678-abt.1755) is the uncle of the other Jacques LeBlanc (abt.1706-bef.1763).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 996.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org Jacques LeBlanc. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed August 2020

   From the marriage of Rene LEBLANC were born at Port Royal: Jacques, Francois, Rene, Pierre, Etienne, Joseph, Claude, Marie, Jean Baptiste, and Victoire. Etienne and Joseph were twins and died as infants. The above Jacques LEBLANC married at Assumption Parish, Riviere de Pisiguit in Acadia, Catherine LANDRY, daughter of Rene LANDRY and Marie BERNARD of Port Royal. Jacques LEBLANC died in that place in October 1755 and Catherine LANDRY, his wife, died same place at Easter 1754.

3. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 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 15-60.

   at Port-Royal: Rene LEBLANC 29, Anne BOURGEOIS 25; children: Jacques 6, Francois 4, Rene 2.

See also:

• Karen Theriot Reader Jacques René LeBlanc at Geneanet
• Déclaration d'Honoré LeBlanc à Belle-Île-en-Mer, Collection de documents inédits sur le Canada et l'Amérique, Volume 2, L.-J. Demers, 1889, p.170. (Google Books)