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Biography
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Jeanne Trahan is the ancestral matriarch of the Acadian Bourgeois family.
Jeanne was born in France around 1629 to parents Guillaume Trahan and Françoise Corbineau. Jeanne's place of birth is presumed to be Bourgueil in Anjou, since that is where the family was from in 1636. Her father was an armourer, a maker of weapons and knives. The family was on the ship's roster of the ship Saint-Jehan bound for Acadia on 1 April 1636: "Guillaume Trahan, an edge-tool maker, with his wife and two children, and a valet, also from Bourgeuil".[1][2][3] Jeanne was apparently one of the two children. [4]
She was godmother to Marie Menou d'Aulnay in 1639. [5]
Around 1643, presumably in Port-Royal, Jeanne married Jacques Bourgeois, a surgeon.[6]
Between about 1644 and 1667, she gave birth to 10 children: [6]
- Jeanne (about 1644 – after 1671) .
- Charles (about 1646 – about 1678) .
- Germain (about 1650 – 1711) .
- Marie (about 1652 – Mar 2 1741) .
- Guillaume (about 1655 – before 1693) .
- Marguerite (about 1658 – Aug 8 1732) .
- Françoise (about 1659 – about 1697) .
- Anne (about 1661 – Dec 28 1747) .
- Marie (about 1665 – unknown) .
- Jeanne (about 1667 – Jun 1716)
Her husband, Jacques, was the founder of Beaubassin (Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada)[7], but the family maintained a presence in Port-Royal, as they are listed in the census for the years 1671[8] and 1678.[9]
In 1686, at Port Royal, Jeanne TRAHAN, aged 57, was living with her husband, Jacob BOURGEOIS, aged 67, and their son, Guillaume, aged 31. They were living on 20 arpents of cultivable land. No livestock was listed.[10]
In 1693, at Port Royal, Jeanne TRAHAN, aged 64, was living with her husband, Jacob BOURGEOIS, aged 74, and their granddaughter, Jeanne, aged 3. The family owned 1 gun and was living on 40 arpents of cultivable land with 15 cattle, 20 sheep, and 15 pigs.[11]
Their sons were living in Beaubassin in 1686 and 1693. In 1698[12] Jeanne and Jacques were living at Beaubassin with their son Germain, but Jacques returned to Port-Royal before his death in 1701.[6][13]
Jeanne died sometime after the 1698 Census and before 1700 as she is not listed in Germain's home or in Port Royal at that time.
Timeline
- c1629 Birth, in France
- 1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men[14]
- 1636 Arrival of the first families to settle permanently[15]
- 1636 Arrival, Trahan family, Acadia
- 1643 marriage to Jacques Bourgeois
- c1644 birth, daughter Jeanne
- c1646 birth, son Charles
- c1650 birth, son Germain
- c1652 birth, daughter Marie
- 1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases[16]
- c1655 birth, son Guillaume
- c1658 birth, daughter Marguerite
- c1659 birth, daughter Françoise
- c1661 birth, daughter Anne
- c1665 birth, daughter Marie
- c1667 birth, daughter Jeanne
- 1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes[17]
- 1670’s-1690’s Available farmland decreases; some leave Port-Royal to establish new villages: Beaubassin (1671); Grand-Pré and Pigiguit (1680); Chipoudie (1698), and Cobeguit and Petcoudiac (1699).[18]
- 1671 Residence, Port Royal
- 1678 Residence, Port Royal
- 1678 Residence, Port Royal
- 1687 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) starts between England and France[19]
- 1690 Phipps captures and sacks Port-Royal, coerces inhabitants' oaths of allegiance to English Crown, sets up local Peacekeeping Council and leaves within 12 days.[20][21][22] Seaman from two ships later loot and burn between 28 and 35 homes/habitations including the parish church.[23]
- 1693 Residence, Port Royal
- 1697 Treaty of Ryswick restores Acadia to France; Port-Royal is its capital
- 1698 Residence, Beaubassin
- a1698 death
DNA Research
Jeanne's mother was Françoise Corbineau. The Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project conducts ongoing research to verify their origins. In 2010 and 2020, Stephen White reported Françoise Corbineau had an H1 haplogroup. Leblanc Constantino reported one tree here. Ongoing test results are also reported here. As of May 2024, eight descendants have reported an H haplogroup, indicating European origins. A link to the family tree of a WikTree member`s mtDNA results is provided on the upper right corner of this profile.
Sources
- ↑ White, Stephen A. English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes ,Part I 1636 to 1714; Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 2000, Print. P. 323
1 April 1636: Roster of the Saint-Jehan: "Guillaume Trahan, an edge-tool maker, with his wife, two children, and a valet, also from Bourgueil.
- ↑ Navires venus en Nouvelle-France Jeanne Trahan via Archive.org
- ↑ Guy Perron©2022, "L’expédition du navire Le Saint-Jean pour l’Acadie en 1636", Le blogue de Guy Perron, publié le 20 août 2022. https://lebloguedeguyperron.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/329-lexpedition-du-navire-le-saint-jean-pour-lacadie-en-1636/
- ↑ Griffiths, N.E. S. From Migrant to Acadian: A North American Border People, 1604-1755, McGill-Queens Press - MQUP, 2005, p. 78 With Daughter, Jeanne
- ↑ Geneviève Massignon, "La seigneurie de Charles de Menou d’Aulnay, gouverneur de l’Acadie, 1635-1650" Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française
Volume 16, Numéro 4, mars 1963, p. 483-484 accessed at https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/haf/1963-v16-n4-haf2041/302226ar/
Transcript of baptism record: contenant que Marie fille du sieur Charles de Menou
escuier s.donay lieutenant general pour le Roy en Coste dacadie païs de la Nouvelle france fut baptisée sur les 4 heures du soir ledit jour qu'elle estoit née par la une heure après midy mercredy 21 septembre et que fut consacrée a la Ste Vierge par Claude Petitpas et M. Boudrot premiers sindics du port Royal, ont esté son parrain Pierre fils de Pierre Cachet, sa marraine Jeanne Traihan fille de Guillaume Traihan mareschal et de Françoise Charbonneau - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 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, Print. p=1536-1537;251-253
- ↑ Clément Cormier, “BOURGEOIS, JACQUES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 28, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bourgeois_jacques_2E.html.
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.
Jacob BOURGEOIS, Surgeon, 50; his wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40; Children: (one son and one daughter are married): Jeanne 27, and Charles 25; then Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 16, Marguerite 13, Francoise 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep 24, more or less 20 arpents of cultivated land at two different locations.
- ↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census, noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts. (Only his wife and two youngest daughters are still living with him.)
Jaques Bourgeois & Jeanne Trahan, 20 acres, 15 cattle, 2 girls, age 15- born 1663, age 12 born 1666.
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;
at Port Royal: Jacob BOURGEOIS 67, Jeanne TRAHAN 57; child: Guillaume 31; 20 arpents.
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;
at Port-Royal: Jacob Bourgeois 74, Jeanne Trahan his wife 64, Jeanne his granddaughter 3; 15 cattle, 20 sheep, 15 hogs, 40 arpents, 1 gun. Jeanne (granddaughter) in the 1693 census is Jeanne Bourgeois (abt.1687-bef.1763) , daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois (abt.1655-bef.1693) and Marie Anne (De Martignon) d' Aprendestiguy (abt.1662-aft.1690).
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 110-166
Sieur Jacques BOURGEOIS 82; Jeanne TRAHAN his wife 72; Germain BOURGEOIS 48; Madeleine DUGAS his wife 34; Guillaume 24; Agnes 12; 22 cattle, 15 hogs, 21 arpents, 3 guns, 1 servant.
- ↑ White, Stephen A. Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767 English Translation, Publication: University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online
- ↑ George MacBeath, Biography – RAZILLY, ISAAC DE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20
- ↑ Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes.
- ↑ William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013
- ↑ In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013
- ↑ Pioneer Families, in 1755 l'Histoire et les Histoires, University of Moncton
- ↑ Griffiths, Naomi E.S., From migrant to Acadian : a North-American border people, 1604-1755, Montreal (Québec), McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005, p147-151 (King William’s War); p 267-268 (oaths of allegiance)
- ↑ C.P.Stacey, “PHIPS, SIR WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 20, 2013
- ↑ Biography of William Phipps, Wikipedia
- ↑ C.Bruce Fergusson,“LA TOURASSE, CHARLES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 20, 2013
- ↑ Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p 40, 43
