Joseph (Theriot) Thériot (abt. 1728 - bef. 1759)

Born about 1728 in Acadie

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Josephe Pitre — married 1750 in Cobequit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Died before 8 Dec 1759 before about age 31 in Cherbourg, Normandie, France [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph Theriot was born about 1728 in Acadie, son of Joseph Theriot and Françoise Melanson. ^[1][2]

Joseph married Marie Josephe Pitre (born in Acadie; daughter of Claude Jean Pitre and Marguerite Doiron) around 1750 in Cobequit, Acadie, Nouvelle-France. ^[1]

Children

1. Pierre Paul THERIOT b: ABT 1751 in Isle St. Jean, , Acadia
2. Isabelle Ozite THERIOT b: ABT 1753 in Acadia
3. Anne THERIOT b: ABT 1755 in Acadia

They were on the 1752 census on Ile Saint-Jean. ^[1]

Joseph TERRIAUD dit le Bonhomme, "habitant laboureur," native of Acadia, age 24 years, has be en here in the country 13 months. Married to Marie Joseph PITRE, native of Acadia, age 21 years; they have one son. They have livestock: 2 beef, 1 cow, 1 horse, 1 sheep, 1 hog. The land on which they have settled is on the north of the Bedecq River, and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de BONNAVENTURE. They have made a clearing where they hope to plant 3 bushels this spring. With them is Paul PITRE, their brother, native of Acadia, age 10 years.

Joseph, Marie Josephe Pitre, his wife, and their three children were deported from Isle Saint Jean in 1758. Joseph arrived in St-Malo alone; all the others had died at sea.^[3]

Joseph died in December 1759. He was buried on 8 December 1759 in Cherbourg, Normandie, France. ^[1][4]

sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Joseph dit le Bonhomme Theriot citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) p. 51 - #40

   Joseph (dit Le Bonhomme), son of Joseph THÉRIOT & Françoise MELANSON, born around 1728. Joseph (dit Le Bonhomme) THÉRIOT married around 1750 Marie-Josèphe PITRE, daughter of Claude & Marguerite DUON. On 1752 census: "habitant laboureur," native of Acadia, age 24 years, has been here in the country 13 months. Married to Marie Joseph PITRE, native of Acadia, age 21 years; they have one son. They have livestock: 2 beef, 1 cow, 1 horse, 1 sheep, 1 hog. The land on which they have settled is on the north of the Bedecq River, and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de BONNAVENTURE. They have made a clearing where they hope to plant 3 bushels this spring. With them is Paul PITRE, their brother, native of Acadia, age 10 years. Buried (Register of Très-Ste-Trinité of Cherbourg) on 8 Dec 1759, age 27 years (sic).

2. ↑ Title: Acadian Historic Atlas--Nova Scotia; Note: Part of "Canada's Digital Collections, including maps, current and historical, plus biographies of the persons who once lived there. Note: In section on Cobequid, Details on Joseph TERRIOT 1729.

   Text: Joseph TERRIOT "said" Bonhomme, son of Joseph & Françoise MELANSON, took refuge in Bédèque, Ile Saint-Jean, in 1750. He married near 1751 to Marie PITRE; one son Pierre-Paul born 1752.

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 213, accessed 9/22/2023

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   THERIOT Joseph, 30 ans, ploughman, lives on street Des Petits Degrez. Has permit to go to Cherbourg on 8 March 1759. Gave death certificate of his wife and 3 children.
   PITRE Marie Josèphe, wife, died at sea
   TERRIOT Pierre Paul, 7, son , died at sea
   TERRIOT Isabelle Ozite, 5, daughter, died at sea
   TERRIOT Anne, 3, daughter, died at sea

4. ↑ Donald J. Hebert, Acadians in Exile, (Cecilia, LA: Hebert Publications, 1980) - p. 414

   Text: Joseph THERIOT of Acadia died 8 Dec 1759 at age 27 years [so born 1732]. Recorded at Cherbour g, church of Tres Ste.-Trinite.