Joseph Christome Prejean was born about 1700 in Port Royal, Acadia. He was the son of Jean Prejean and Andrée Savoie. He was age 5 months on the 1701 census of Port Royal.
Joseph Prijan married Marie Louise Como, daughter of Abraham Como and Marguerite Pitre, 28 September 1723 at Port Royal.[1][2]
Known Children:
Amand PREJEAN ca 1724-1787
Marguerite PREJEAN ca 1725-1777
Anne PREJEAN ca 1729-
Joseph PREJEAN 1731-/1771
Charles PREJEAN 1735-1805
Amable dit Pierre-Cadien PREJEAN 1738-1810
Abraham PREJEAN 1741-ca 1785
Basile PREJEAN ca 1745-1823
female PREJEAN ca 1747-
CENSUS: 1701, Port Royal, Acadia: Jean PREJAN 52, Andree SAVOYE (wife) 35; Pierre 12, Jean 10, Francois 8, Joseph 5 (sic for months), Marie 17 Anne 14, Magdeleine 3; 1 gun 16 cattle, 10 sheep, 12 hogs, 3 arpents.
BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CENSUS-DEATH: 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. 1351
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA test-takers in his direct paternal line.
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