Michel Richard (1713 - abt. 1756)

Born 18 Sep 1713 in Annapolis Royal, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Françoise Thériot — married 1740 in Acadie

Descendants

Died about 1756 at about age 42 in At Sea

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Biography

Michel Richard, son of Michel Richard and Marie Josèphe Bourgeois, was born and baptized on 18 Sep 1713 in Annapolis Royal (Port Royal until 1710).^[1] He was sponsored at baptism by Charles GIROUARD & Francoise BOURGEOIS.

He married Francoise Theriot about 1740, location not presently known. ^[2][3]

Children:^[3][4]

1. Jean Richard
2. Paul Richard
3. Anne Richard
4. Marie Richard
5. Marguerite Richard
6. Elisabeth Richard
7. Joseph Richard
8. Charles Richard

On 5 September 1755, Michel was imprisoned along with hundreds of other Acadian men at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand Pré. On a list of prisoners, he was said to live in the village Claude Thériot with 4 sons and 4 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 6 bullocks, 6 cows, 6 young cattle, 37 sheep, 22 hogs, and 2 horses. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^{[5] [4]}

On 27 October 1755, Michel, Françoise and their children Jean, Joseph, Paul, Charles, Marie, Marguerite, Anne and Elisabeth were deported to Virginia aboard one of the 14 ships that departed on that day. In May 1756, on the Fanny Bovey, they were deported again, from Virginia to England. ^[4] The ship transporting 204 Acadians arrived in Falmouth, England on 18 June 1756. ^[6] From there they were taken to Penryn, England. ^[4]

Michel died in 1756 at sea on the voyage from Virginia to England in 1756.^[2][7]

Jean, Paul and Anne died in Penryn, England in November 1756. Françoise married Charles Trahan in Falmouth England in 1758 and died in Morlaix France in 1773. Their five other children emigrated to Louisiana in 1785.

Sources

1. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives, "An Acadian Parish Remembered - The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755," register RG 1 volume 26 page 123; online database with images, Michel Richard Baptism, 18 September 1713, accessed September 2020
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 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) p. 1391 & 1499
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Karen Theriot Reader Page for Michel Richard citing Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 1283 (Grand Pré).

   Michel RICHARD, born 1713, son of Michel & Marie BOURGEOIS of Port Royal, married around 1740 to Francoise TERRIOT, daughter of Claude & Agnes AUCOIN; five children. He lived at Riviere-aux-Canards. Deported to Virginia, he died in 1757 during the crossing to England. His widow remarried to Charles TRAHAN at Falmouth, England in 1758, and was at Morlaix, France with their children in 1767.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Delaney, Paul. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020), p. 94
5. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand Pre - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand Pre, September the 15th 1755," line 17,

   Michelle Richard, village Dis Terriote de C, 4 sons and 4 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 6 bullocks, 6 cows, 6 young cattle, 37 sheep, 22 hogs, and 2 horses.

6. ↑ Paul Delaney, Chronologie des déportations et migrations des Acadiens (1755-1816). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 36, nos 2-3, septembre 2005, p. 52-86. https://societehistoriqueacadienne.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/3602_total.pdf
   Translation at Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home Translation: "The Chronology of Deportations and Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816."
7. ↑ Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org http://www.acadian-home.org/declarations-BIM.html Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed September 2020

   Marie Josephe Dupuis, declarant : Francoise Theriot, sister germain of Cyprien and Charles Theriot, born at the said place in 1724, married a first to Michel Richard son of Michel richard and anne Bourgeois; the said Michel richard died on the voyage from Virginia to England in 1756.