Pierre Trahan (1696 - 1772)

Born 9 Jun 1696 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Madeleine Comeau — married 30 Sep 1716 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1772 at age 75 in Magoric, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Pierre Trahan was born on June 9, 1696 in Pisiguit, Acadie, according to his own declaration at Belle-Isle-en-Mer in 1767. ^[1] His parents were Guillaume Trahan and Jacqueline Benoit. ^[2]

He married Madeleine Comeau on September 30, 1716. ^[1][2]

Together they had these known children:

1. Bruno Trahan (1719)
2. Marie Josephe Trahan (1721)
3. Pierre Trahan (1723)
4. Marie Madeleine Trahan (1725)
5. Anne Trahan (1727)
6. Charles Trahan (1727)
7. Francois Casteigné Trahan (c.1729)
8. Marguerite Trahan (1731)
9. Joachim Trahan (1735)

He was 60 years old when the British began uprooting and deporting their Acadian subjects from Nova Scotia in 1755-56. His ship was evidently first sent to colonial Virginia, where the governor refused to accept the Acadians and sent them on the England, where they were detained until the end of the Seven Years War in 1763. He was "on 1763 list of passengers from Liverpool to France," where they were repatriated after the war. Two years later "he was on 1765 census at Belle-Ile-en-Mer, age 70 years."^[2]

He died at Magoric, at the house of his son Joachim (Locmaria Register) on 18 April 1772, age 78 years.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org Pierre Trahan Declaration, 11 February 1767. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed Feb 2022

   On 11 February 1767 before noon, appeared Pierre TRAHANT, of Acadian origin, presently a planter on this island, living in the village of Borderhouat, accompanied by Charles GAUTROT, Acadian, Miniac DAIGRE, Emilien SEGOILOT, and Charles GRANGER, all Acadians living on this island, said parish of Locmaria and Palais, witnesses to the present statement. Before whom the said Pierre TRAHANT, has declared himself to be issue of Guillaume TRAHANT, his grandfather having come from France after the Treaty of Breda on 31 July 1661, and who married Magdeleine LEBRUN at Port Royal, both of whom died at Port Royal.

   1) Pierre TRAHANT, born 9 June 1696, married in that parish of Assumption on 30 September 1716 to Magdeleine COMEAU, daughter of Jean and Francoise HEBERT of the same place; and Jean COMEAU, son of another Jean COMEAU, who came from France; Francoise Hebert, daughter of Etienne, who came to Port Royal from France with his wife (Jean COMEAU, father and son, Francoise HEBERT and her parents, as well as Madeleine COMEAU wife of Pierre TRAHANT all died at Assumption Parish, Pigiguit.)

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, (Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999) p. 1540

   Text: Pierre TRAHAN, son of Guillaume & Jacqueline (Jacquette) BENOIT, born on 9 Jun 1696 at L'Assomption parish of Pigiguit (Belle-Ile-en-Mer Declaration).

   Text: On 1763 list of passengers from Liverpool to France.

   Text: He was on 1765 census at Belle-Ile-en-Mer, age 70 years.

   Text: Pierre died at Magoric, at the house of his son Joachim (Locmaria Register) on 18 Apr 1772, age 78 years.

See also:

• Ancestry Family Tree: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8553169&pid=-861836520