Benjamin Pitre (abt. 1725 - 1782)

Born about 1725 in Cobequid, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Jeanne Moyse — married about 1747 in Acadie

Husband of Marie Marguerite Boudrot — married 27 Nov 1759 in La Gousnière, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1782 at about age 57 in Rezé, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Benjamin Pitre was born around 1725 in Acadie. He was the son of Claude Pitre and Marguerite Doiron. ^[1]

He married Jeanne Moyse, daughter of François (dit Latreille) Moyse and Marie Brun,and widow of Jean Ozelet, around 1747.^[2]

Their children were: ^[1]

1. Marie Agnes Pitre (~1748–<1813) .
2. Francoise Pitre (~1749–~1758) .
3. Canute Pitre (~1754–~1758)

In 1758, during the second wave of deportations that took place on Ile Saint-Jean and Ile-Royale, the family was deported to France. They were forced aboard one of five English ships that left in the fall of 1758, and docked at Saint-Malo on 23 January 1759. Jeanne and two of their daughters died at sea during the crossing. ^[3]

He married Marie Marguerite Boudrot on 27 November 1759 at La Gouesniere, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.^[4][1]

Children:^[5]

1. Marie Pitre (1761–1825) .
2. Marie Madeleine Modeste Pitre (1763–1793) .
3. Jean Baptiste Pitre (1765–1767) .
4. Cecile Olive Pitre (1768–>1789) .
5. Marguerite Charlotte Pitre (1770–<1807) .
6. François Jean Baptiste Pitre, b. 12 Aug 1773, St-Suliac
7. Geneviève Louise Pitre, b. 17 Jul 1775, St-Jean-l'Évangéliste, Châtellerault
8. Etienne Pitre b. 4 Jun 1778, St-Pierre de Rezé
9. Jean Pitre b. 2 Oct 1780, St-Pierre de Rezé
10. Mathurin Pitre, b. 24 jan 1783, St-Pierre de Rezé

Benjamin passed away on 30 September 1782 and his burial was recorded on 1 October 1782 at the church of Saint-Pierre in Rezé, Bretage (today Loire-Atlantique), France.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Karen Theriot Reader Page for Benjamin Pitre citing:
   • Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN CHATELLERAULT; 1773-1785; LA, Hebert Publications, 1983; p. 83, family #164; Salt Lake Family History Library, Europe 944.63 D2r.
   • Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN NANTES; 1775-1785; Harvey, LA, Author, 1978; pp. 142-143, family #259; Salt Lake Family History Library Europe 944.14 Dar.
2. ↑ 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) p. 1242
3. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 208, accessed Oct 2023

   PITRE Benjamin, 34, plowman, lives in St Suliac

   MOÏSE Jeanne, his wife, died at sea

   PITRE Agnès, 11, daughter

   PITRE Françoise, 10, daughter, died at sea

   PITRE Canuse, 4, daughter, died at sea

   OZLET Jean, 16, son of Jeanne Moïse

4. ↑ Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine Marriage Benjamin PItre and Marguerite Boudrot 27 November 1759
5. ↑ Marcel Walter Landry Benjamin Pitre at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed October 2020

See also:

• Family site: Larousse Web Site
• Family tree: Larousse-Bonvillian