Pierre LeBlanc (abt. 1664 - abt. 1717)

Born about 1664 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Thériot — married 1684 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Husband of Madeleine Bourg — married about 1697 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 5 Nov 1717 at about age 53 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

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Pierre LeBlanc was born around 1664 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. His parents were Daniel LeBlanc and Marie Françoise Gaudet.

He was the youngest of the family, which was listed in the first Acadian census in Port-Royal in 1671.^[1] He was counted again at age 15 in 1678 with his parents and 2 brothers.^[2]

Pierre (19) married Marie Thériot (18) (born about 1665 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Claude Thériot and Marie Gautrot) in 1684 in Port Royal, Acadie.^[3]
Their known son was Pierre (Leblanc) LeBlanc (abt. 1685–aft. 1701).

In 1686, at Port Royal, Pierre LEBLANC, aged 21, was living with his wife, Marie TERRIOTt [sic], aged 21, and their one-year-old son, Pierre. They were living next door to his brothers and near his parents, who were both 60 and still held a large farm with many animals. None were listed in the 1686 census for Pierre.^[4]

In 1693, the widowed Pierre was living with his parents and his young son.^[5]

After Marie died, Pierre (32) married Madeleine Bourg (19) (born in 1677 in Port Royal, Acadie; daughter of François Bourg and Marguerite Boudrot) in 1697 in Port-Royal, Acadie. Their known children were:

1. Joseph LeBlanc (abt. 1698–1775) .
2. Anne LeBlanc (abt. 1700–1792) .
3. Jean Simon LeBlanc (1703–aft. 1766) .
4. Marie LeBlanc (1706–1781) .
5. Pierre LeBlanc (1708–bef. 1756) .
6. Paul LeBlanc (abt. 1711–1773) .
7. Magdelaine LeBlanc (1714–1715) .
8. Charles LeBlanc (1716–1805)

Pierre inherited his father’s property situated at la Prée-Ronde, 9 miles up river from the fort of Port-Royal^[6], and lived there until his death. In fact, he was the only one of Daniel's sons who stayed at Port-Royal^[7]. The others settled at Grand-Pré and Les Mines.

The 1698 census showed Pierre, age 35 and his second wife, Madeleine, age 21, with his oldest son Pierre and a girl, Madeleine, age 3. They owned 18 cattle, 12 sheep, 12 hogs, 22 arpents of land, 10 fruit trees and 2 guns.^[8] The growing family was counted again in 1700, 1701 and 1703.^[9][10][11]

In 1702 Pierre Paul Delabat was appointed engineer to rebuild the fort at Port Royal. The construction of the fort impacted the properties of several residents living in the area of the fort. Disputes arose between the inhabitants and Delabat regarding the value of the properties, and compensation due to the owners. In 1703, the minister ordered an evaluation of all properties affected, and in 1705, three local men were assigned the duty of making those evaluations. They were Pierre LeBlanc, Pierre Gaudet, and Jean Babineau.^[12]

On July 1, 1704, two New England war vessels, under the command of Colonel Benjamin Church entered the Annapolis Basin, where they attacked the Melanson settlement. Houses and crops were burned, livestock was slaughtered, and a woman and four of her children were taken hostage. Pierre LeBlanc, commander of the Port Royal Militia, agreed to deliver to Fort Royal a demand for the capitulation of the garrison, but Acadian Governor (1701-1705) Brouillon refused to surrender and instead dispatched parties of soldiers, inhabitants’ militia, and Mi'kmaq fighters along the banks of the river to fire at the English vessels, keeping them at bay.

On June 6, 1707 following a skirmish between New Englanders led by Colonel John March, and Acadian militia led by Captain Pierre LeBlanc, March lifted his siege of Port Royal, re-embarked his men, and retreated to Casco, Maine. The casualties among the Port-Royal garrison were only one man killed and a few wounded, including Captain LeBlanc, who was wounded in the thigh during the skirmish. March, on the other hand, lost 40 to 50 men.

On January 1711, Fort Royal's British Commander, Samuel Vetch, sent the garrison’s commissary, Peter Capon, to negotiate a purchase of grain from Pierre LeBlanc. While the two men sat talking in LeBlanc’s house, a group of armed Acadians burst in “with their firelocks cocked”, seized Capon, and dragged him out into the night. LeBlanc quickly went after them and arranged for Capon’s release, paying a ransom of 20 pistoles; Vetch sent an officer and fifty armed men to St. Laurent chapel (one half mile upriver from the LeBlanc homestead) the following Sunday morning to arrest Father Justinien Durand as well as leading inhabitants including Louis Allain and Germain Bourgeois, along with their eldest sons, as well as Jean Comeau, Francois Broussard, and Captain Pierre LeBlanc himself. The men remained in a dungeon for several weeks.^[13]

The 1714 census was the last census before Pierre LeBlanc’s death in 1717.^[14]

Pierre died in November 1717, aged about 53 years, and was buried 5 November 1717, at Annapolis Royal (formerly Port Royal), Acadia.^[15]

Pierre’s son Joseph, born about 1698 at the homestead, was the last adult male LeBlanc to live on that property. He and his family were deported to Massachusetts; they appear in the 1760 (63a) census for Methuen, Massachusetts.Daniel LeBlanc

Sources

1. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 3-14;

   at Port-Royal : Daniel LeBLANC, 45, wife Francoise GAUDET 48; children (1 married): Francoise 18; (not married) Jacques 20, Etienne 15, Rene 14, Andre 12, Antoine 9, Pierre 7; cattle 17, sheep 26.

2. ↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census

   Daniel LeBlanc & Francoise Godet, 12 cattle & 12 acres. 3 boys: Andre 20, Antoine 17, Pierre 15

3. ↑ 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. 983, 993-995
4. ↑ 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: Pierre LEBLANC 21, Marie TERRIOTt 21; child Pierre 1. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Thériot was listed as Teriot and transcribed as TERRIOTt.

5. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 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 62-108;

   Daniel LEBLANC 66, Francois GODET 76, Pierre 28, Pierre (son of Pierre) 7, Jean LAFORET (servant) 15, Marguerite LAPRINCESSE 12; 20 cattle, 35 sheep, 9 pigs, 18 arpents, 3 guns

6. ↑ White, Stephen A. English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes ,Part I 1636 to 1714; Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 2000, Print. P. 211

   Pierre is the only one of Daniel LeBlanc's sons who remained at Port Royal. He inherited the family home situated at the Prée-Ronde, nine miles above the fort at Port Royal. (BRH Vol XVIII, 1912, pp 358-359)

7. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Acadian Records, Revised - Registers of St. Charles Aux Mines in Acadia. Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999, vol. 1a Revised, p. 20 First Letter of Placide Gaudet, Weymouth Bridge, Nova Scotia 14 April 1895
8. ↑ 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;

   Pierre LEBLANC 35; Madeleine BOURG (wife) 21; Pierre 13; Madeleine 3; 18 cattle, 12 sheep, 12 hogs, 22 arpents, 10 fruit trees, 2 guns,

9. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 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 151-173.

   Pierre LEBLANC 35; Madelaine BOURG (wife) 26; Pierre 14, Joseph 2; Madelaine 4; 30 cattle, 28 sheep, 18 arpents, 3 guns.

10. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 174-211;

    Pierre LEBLANC 37, Magdeleine BOURG (wife) 22; Pierre 17, Joseph 2, Magdeleine 5, Anne 1; servant Cecile Corporon 18; 2 guns, 25 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 hogs, 25 arpents.

11. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220.

    Pierre LEBLANC, his wife, 2 boys, 2 arms bearers.

12. ↑ Brenda Dunn, A History of Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, 1605-1800 (Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2004). Page 54. Dunn references Vol. 5, fols. 157-159v, 2 Dec. 1705
13. ↑ John Mack Faragher, A Great And Noble Scheme (W.W. Norton & Company, inc publishers. Paperback version 2006), pages 110 and 133.
14. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-261;

    Pierre LEBLANC and wife, 4 sons, 3 daughters.

15. ↑ An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755, RG 1 Vol. 26 p.360, Pierre Le Blanc https://novascotia.ca/archives/acadian/archives.asp?ID=1545