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Louis Benjamin Petitpas (1726 - aft. 1785)

Louis Benjamin Petitpas
Born in Port Toulouse, Ile-Royale, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
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Husband of — married about 1752 in Acadiemap
Husband of — married 1761 [location unknown]
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Died after after age 59 in Boston, Massachusetts, USAmap [uncertain]
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Louis Benjamin Petitpas was born in 1726 in Port Toulouse, Ile-Royale, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Claude Petitpas (~1663 - ~1731) and Françoise Lavergne (1703 - >1771).[1]

Louis Benjamin married Madeleine Pouget (~1729 - <1762) in 1752 in Acadie. Enfants [2]

  1. Pierre-Paul Petitpas (~1760 - ~1837)
  2. Louis-Benjamin PETITPAS c 1753, Port-Toulouse, Richmond, N- E, Canada, Occupation marchand, m. c 1775, MCONNUIE.
  3. Marie-Louise PETITPAS c 1754, Port-Toulouse, Richmond, N-E, Canada, m. c 1772, Paul PELLERIN, n. c 1736, (fils de Alexandre PELLERIN et Jeanne GAUDET). Paul: Né  peut- étre vers 1736.
  4. Joseph PETITPAS c 1757, Port-Toulouse, Richmond, N-E, Canada.
  5. Marie Blandine Petitpas d. Après 10 juin 1837

Louis Benjamin married Marie Josèphe Dugas (1733 - ) in 1761. [1] [3]

Their children were[2] :

  1. Marie Henry Petitpas (~1762 - ~1823)
  2. Marie Hélène Petitpas (1769 - 1850)
  3. Anastasie Petitpas (~1773 - 1844
(google tranlation) the children of Louis: an alliance is sorely sought with the family of Godin dit Bellefontaine, because two of his daughters, Marie-Blandine of the first marriage and Marie-Henriette of the second, married brothers Jean-Baptiste and Alexandre. [2]

He was an interpreter for the Mi'kmaq; aide and commensal of Father Pierre Maillard[4].

He is thought to have become the first Canadian to become an American Citizen. He was granted permission to move and be protected from American disruption on his journey to Massachusetts, a document signed by Governor John Hancock. This trip was not simple, partly due to his own choices. In the end, he sued Nathaniel Webb for having robbed him (his ship and possessions) and damages, a suit he won of 3,500 pounds.

Later, in Boston, he was himself sued for not having paid his tailor or his shoemaker, both of which he ended up paying. The last was resolved on Feb 5, 1785.[5]

Louis Benjamin died after 5 Feb 1785 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA aged >58. Décès Après 1 AVR 1788[1]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://mwlandry.ca/genealog/getperson.php?personID=I4526&tree=03
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Isabelle Ringuet, Les stratégies de mobilité sociale des interpretes en Nouvelle-Écosse et a I'Ile Royale, 1713-1758 Nov 23, 1999, These presentée au département d'histoire et de géographie Faculté des Arts Université de Moncton, pdf p. 79 (thank you given to SAWhite for genealogies), p. 145
    23. Louis PETITPAS c 1726, Port-Toulouse, Richmond, N-E, Canada, m. (1) c 1752, Madeleine POUGET, c 1729, Port-Toulouse, Richmond, N-E, Canada, (fille de Pierre POUGET dit LAPIERRE et Fran aise MOYSE) d. < 1762, m. (2) c 1761, Marie-Josephe dite Rosette DUGAS, n. c 1733, Petit-StPierre, (fille de Joseph DUGAS et Marguerite COSTE). Louis décés : >1 avr 1788. Interpréte pour les Micmacs; aide et commensal de l'abb  Pierre Maillard.
  3. ↑ Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes - Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 1298
  4. ↑ Marcel W. Landry Louis
  5. ↑ d'Entremont, Father Clarence. "The First Canadian to Become An American Citizen", Yarmouth Vanguard, Tuesday, September 26, 1989, Article no: 39. Accessed 10/17/2021

See also:

  • Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. Copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 1298




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