Jeanne Pelletret (abt. 1643 - 1706)

Born about 1643 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Daughter of Simon Pelletret and Perrine Bourg

Wife of Barnabé Martin — married before 1667 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Wife of Jacques Le Vanier — married 1691 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1706 at about age 63 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

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Jeanne Pelletret, daughter of Simon Pelletret and Perrine Bourg, was born around 1643. Genealogist Stephen White does not give a location for her birth.^[1] Karen Theriot Reader in her profile of Jeanne Pelletret indicates that she was born in Acadie.^[2] She is found in her mother and step-fathers census entry in 1671 as well as her own entry with Barnabe Martin.^[3]

Jeanne (23) married Barnabé Martin (30) (born about 1636 in France) in 1667 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France.

Their known children were:

1. Marie Martin (abt. 1667–1750) .
2. René Martin (1671–1756) .
3. Unknown Martin (abt. 1672–abt. 1686) .
4. Madelaine Martin (abt. 1674–1756) .
5. Jeanne Martin (abt. 1676–abt. 1728) .
6. Etienne Martin (abt. 1678–1751) .
7. Cecile Martin (1682– ) .
8. Unknown Martin (abt. 1685– )^[4]

Between about 1667 and 1686, Jeanne gave birth to eight children: Marie, René, an unnamed daughter, Madeleine, Jeanne, Etienne, Cécile, and an unnamed child.^[4]

At the time of the first Acadian Census in 1671, the family was living in Port-Royal, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada).^[5] Thirty-five year old Barnabé and 27 year old Jeanne were living with two young children. Two and a half arpents of their land (in two places) was cultivated and they had 2 cattle and 3 sheep. It is not clear where their homestead was situated, although by 1707, their son Etienne's farm was on the south bank of the Dauphin (Annapolis River) east of the fort.^[4][6]

By 1678, there were 6 children in their household, and they owned 6 acres of land, and 4 cattle.^[7]

Jeanne was widowed before the 1686 census.^[8][4]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Jeanne PELTRET [sic], aged 45, the widow of Barnabe MARTIN, was living with her seven children: Marie, aged 18, Rene, aged 15, Madeleine [sic], aged 12, Jeanne, aged 10, Estienne [sic], aged 8, and 2 other children. They were living on 4 arpents of cultivable land with 6 cattle and 4 hogs.^[8]

Jeanne (47) married Jacques Le Vanier (37) (born in 1653 in Port-Royal, Acadie) in 1691 in Acadie. Their known daughter was Elizabeth Le Vanier (1688– ).^[4]

In 1693, at Port Royal, Jeanne PELTRET [sic], aged 52, widow of Barnabe MARTIN, was living with her husband, Jacque LEVANIA [sic], aged 40, and their daughter, Elisabeth [sic], aged 4 and her children with MARTIN: Rene, aged 22, Jeanne, aged 18, Estienne [sic], aged 13, and Cecille, aged 11. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 16 arpents of cultivable land with 10 cattle, 12 sheep, and 6 pigs.^[9]

Jeanne and Jacques were enumerated in the censuses of Port-Royal for the years 1698^[10], 1700^[11], 1701^[12], 1703^[13], and 1707^[14]

Jeanne Pelletray, wife of Lanchevin, died on January 10 1706 aged 63 years at Port Royal and was buried there the next day.^[15][16]

Timeline

c1643 birth

1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases^[17]

c1666 marriage to Barnabé Martin

c1667 birth, daughter Marie

1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes^[18]

1671 birth, son René

1671 residence, in Port Royal

c1672 birth, daughter unknown

c1674 birth, daughter Madeleine

c1676 birth, daughter Jeanne

c1678 birth, son Etienne

1678 residence, in Port Royal

c1682 birth, daughter Cécile

b1686 birth, child unknown

b1686 widowed

c1687 marriage Jacques Le Vanier dit Langevin

1706 death, in Port Royal

DNA Research

Jeanne Pelletret's mother was Perinne Bourg. The Mothers of Acadia Project indicates that Perrine Bourg had an H14b1 haplogroup (updated May 2020). FTDNA Project p 4 also reports this haplogroup as well as HVR1 of T16126C, A16129G, T16187C, C16189T, T16223C, G16230A, T16278C, C16311T, C16519T in all testers. HVR2 differed only in a 309.2C mutation in two of the testers. Results for Perrine Bourg indicate European origins.

Sources

1. ↑ 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, Print, p. 1128

   In marriage entry with Barnabé MARTIN, married v 1666: Jeanne PELLETRET (Simon & Perrine Bourg) n v 1643; m 2 v 1687 Jacques LeVanier dit Langevin; d/s Pg PR 10/11 janv 1706 63a.

2. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Jeanne Pelletret at Geneanet.
3. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader citing 1671 Census at Port Royal, Acadia [p. 11]. Listed in her mother and stepfathers' entry (Rene LANDRY "Lesne" & Perrine BOUR) as married, age 28 [born 1643?]. The first child entered has surname spelled PELLETROT, clearly the child of Perrine BOURG's 1st marriage. But no surname is listed for Jeanne. In her own entry [also on p. 11], Jeanne is living with husband Barnabe MARTIN and 2 children. Name there is listed as Jeanne PELLETROT, age 27 [born 1644?].
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} 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, Print, p1283;1373-1375.
5. ↑ 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:
   *Barnabe MARTIN, 35, wife Jeanne PELLETROT 27; Children: Marie 4, Rene 8 months; cattle 3, sheep 2, 2-1/2 arpents of land
   *In that same census she was also listed in her mother and step-father's household. at Port Royal: Rene LANDRY, 52, wife Perrine BOURC 45; Children (4 married): Henriette PELLETROT 30, Jeanne (PELLETRET) 28, Marie 25, Marie 23; (not married): Magdeleine 15, Pierre 13, Claude 8; cattle 10, sheep 6.

6. ↑ 1707 homestead location of the farm of Etienne Martin. In Au Coeur de l'Acadie Acadian Settlement on the Annapolis River 1707 Map Parks Canada
7. ↑ 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

   at Port Royal: Bernabe Martin, Jeanne Pelletret, 4 beasts, 6 acres, 2 boys: age 7-born 1671, 8/M-1678; 4 girls: 10-1668, 6-1672, 4-1674, 2-1676

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} 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: Jeanne PELTRET, widow of Barnabe MARTIN, 45; children: Marie 18, Rene 15, Madeleine 12, Jeanne 10, Estienne 8, and two other children; 4 arpents, 6 cattle, 4 hogs. The original 1686 census listed Pelletret as Peltret, Madelaine as Magdelaine, and Etienne as Estienne.

9. ↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;

   at Port Royal: Jacque LEVANIA 40, Jeanne PELTRET (widow of Barnabe MARTIN) 52, [MARTIN's children]: Rene 22, Jeanne 18, Estienne 13, Cecille 11, Elisabeth 4; 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 pigs 16 arpents, 1 gun. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Jacques was transcribed as Jacque, Le Vanier was listed as le Vania and transcribed as LEVANIA, Pelletret was listed as Peltret, Etienne was listed as Estienne, and Elizabeth was listed as Elisabet and transcribed as Elisabeth.

10. ↑ 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

    Jacques LEVANIER 33; Jeanne PELLETRET (wife, widow of Barnabe MARTIN) 49; (children of MARTIN) Estienne 19, Cecile 16, Elisabeth 10; 9 cattle, 12 sheep, 2 hogs, 13.5 arpents, 2 guns.

11. ↑ 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.

    Jacques LERAMA (LeVanier) 47; Jeanne PISTRET (wife, widow of Barnabe MARTIN) 59; (children of MARTIN) Rene 29, Estienne 20, Jeanne 24, Cecille 18, Elisabet 11; 10 cattle, 12 sheep, 16 arpents, 1 gun.

12. ↑ 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.

    Jacques LEVANIER 40, Jeanne PELTRET (wife) 55; Etienne 22, Cecile 18, Babete 13; 1 gun, 6 cattle, 7 sheep, 5 hogs, 3 arpents.

13. ↑ 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.

    LANGEVIN, his wife, 1 boy, 1 arms bearer.

14. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 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 221-237.

    LANGEVIN; 4 arpents, 4 cattle, 2 sheep, 6 hogs. 1 servant, 1 gun.

15. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Port-Royal, N.-É.)-1870 C-1870 (image 190) https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1870/190?r=0&s=5
16. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register RG 1 volume 26 page 342; online database with images, Jeanne Pelletray burial 11 January 1706, accessed 20 December 2019

    Jeanne Pelletray died 10 January 1706 , sixty-three years old, wife of Lanchevin, in the absence of Justinien Durand

17. ↑ William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013 at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sedgwick_robert_1E.html.
18. ↑ In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013 at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/morillon_du_bourg_1E.html.

DNA Confirmations

• mtDNA Tester Vincent Courtney is a grandchild of Marie Sarah “Sadie” Fillis who is a 7x ggd of Perrine Bourg through daughter Jeanne Pelletret (abt.1643-abt.1706).
• mtDNA Tester UNK is a great grandchild of Flavie Voisine, who is a 8x ggd of Perrine Bourg through daughter Henriette Pelletret (abt.1641-abt.1694).
• Maternal relationship is confirmed through Mitochondrial DNA test results on Family Tree DNA. Vincent Courtney FTDNA kit # 654156, (a grandchild of Marie Sarah “Sadie” Fillis) and his maternal line cousin UNK (a great grandchild of Flavie Voisine), FTDNA kit # 80680, have a Genetic Distance = 1 in HVR2 at C456T, thereby confirming their direct maternal lines back to their most recent common ancestor, who is Perrine Bourg the 9x great grandmother of Vincent Courtney and the 11x grandmother of UNK.

See also:

• Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports mtDNA Test Results (Accessed 8 Dec 2023), Kits: tester1 654156 tester2 80680. EKA: Perrine Bourg - Spouse of Simon Pelletret. Haplogroup: H14b1.
• Savard, Denis, Administrator, Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project reports this diagram depicting matrilineal descent, from the Mothers of Acadia DNA Project for more information.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 February 2022), memorial page for Jeanne Pelletret (1643–10 Jan 1706), Find a Grave Memorial ID 200159198, citing Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by dcam (contributor 47689721) . Find A Grave: Memorial #200159198