Mathurin Picard was born at Pléhérel, Bretagne (today Fréhel, Côtes-d'Armor), France. He was the son Bertrand Picard and Anne Bouquin.
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Mathurin was noted as being 35 years old on the census report of 1752 (from which his birth is calculated to be about 1717).
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Mathurin Picard is listed at St. Esprit with his wife, but no children in July-Aug 1753. [3]
He was still alive in August 1757 when his son Jean Baptiste was baptized in Louisbourg. [4]
Research Notes
There was a Mathurin Picard in the Compagnie Ste-Marie in Louisbourg in 1759:
Les Troupes de Louisbourg faites prisonnières et ramenées ou déportées à Saint Malo et autres lieux par les Anglais
"Mathurin Picard - Canonnier (Cannon shooter: Sailor in charge of the shooting of the guns.) - Arrivé à bord du Guillaume et Marie -Débarqué le 28/03/1759" [5]
Sources
↑ Karen Theriot Reader Maturin Picard citing Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 175
Mathurin Picard, fisherman, native of Pléhérel, bishopric of St. Brieux, aged 35 years - married to Angélique Romain [sic], native of St. Esprit, aged 21 years [no children listed]
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mathurin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mathurin: