Claire Vincent (abt. 1706 - 1769)

Born about 1706 in Pisiguit, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Wife of Jacques de Forest — married 2 Jul 1731 in Grand Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1769 at about age 63 in Bretagne, France

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Biography

Claire Vincent was born about 1706, in Pisiguit according to the declarations at Belle-Isle-en-Mer. ^[1] She was the daughter of Michel Vincent and Marie Richard. ^[2]

She married Jacques Forest age 22, son of Michel Forest and Marie Bellemare at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia.^[3][4] Her mother was listed as Marie Landry instead of Marie-Josèphe Richard in the marriage record. ^[2] In the transcription of the record, someone added a note in French inserting Marie Richard's name: "sic pour (?) Marie Richard" (Sic for (?) Marie Richard - cannot decipher word between for and Marie). They were granted a dispensation for 4-4 consanguinity. See their relationship here.

Their children were:

1. Victor FOREST ca 1733-
2. Pierre FOREST ca 1734-1768
3. Madeleine Marguerite FOREST ca 1743-1814
4. Jacques FOREST ca 1745-/1763
5. Anne Rosalie De FOREST ca 1748-1794/
6. Ignace FOREST ca 1750-

In 1755, Jacques and Claire were deported from Pisiguit to Virginia aboard the Neptune. ^[5]

The governor there refused to take in the now-impoverished Acadian prisoners. They overwintered in the port, where many died of smallpox before they were sent on to England in the spring. They remained warehoused in England until the end of the Seven Years War; from England they were sent to France in 1763.

Jacques and Claire, and three of their younger children were among the freed prisoners handed over to the French on 16 May 1763 in Southampton, England. ^[6] They were on the list of arrivals in Saint-Malo in 1763. ^[2]

Claire died on March 14, 1769 in Bretagne, France, aged about 62. Her burial took place on March 15, 1769 in Saint-Servan, France.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org Declaration of Pierre Trahant, February 24, 1767. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed Sept 2023

   On February 24, 1767 appeared Pierre Trahant living at the village of goeland, parish of Bangor. The said Michel Vincent father of Magdeleine Vincent wife of the said Pierre Trahant, married a first time at Port Royal to Anne Richard daughter of Richard named Sans Souci, who came from France; of this first marriage were born the following: Claire Vincent born at Pigiguit, married Jacques Forest, son of Michel Forest and Marie Perrine Bellemere, living with their family at Saint Malo.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), Print. p. 632, 1578

   Claire Vincent (daughter of Michel Vincent and Marie-Josèphe Richard), born around 1706 in Pisiguit according to Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations. Married Jacques (de) Forest (Michel & Marie Célestin dit Bellemère) on 2 July 1731 in Grand-Pré. There was a dispensation for 4-4 consanguinity. On 1763 list of passengers from Southampton to France, age 58 (sic). On list of arrivals in St-Malo in 1763, age 47. Died on 14 March 1769. Burial 15 March 1769 in Saint-Servan, France.

3. ↑ Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748; Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA: pp. 72 & 196-197

   Jaque FOREST, age ca. 22, of the parish of Ste Famille of Pigiguit, son of Michel FOREST, deceased & Marie BELLEMERE, married 2 Jul 1731 to Claire VINCENT, of the parish of Ste Famille of Pigiguit, daughter of Michel VINCENT & deceased Marie LANDRY [sic, should be RICHARD]. Witnesses: Jean Baptiste FOREST; Charles FOREST; Jean VOYÉ; Michel VINCENT; Jan SESMER [signed]; bride & groom signed with X (SGA-2, 215).

4. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 657): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/657?r=0&s=5
5. ↑ Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, "Pigiguit: l'impact du Grand Dérangement sur une communauté de l'ancienne Acadie." Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation. Nouvelles perspectives historiques, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc ed. (Moncton, NB, Chaire d’études acadiennes, 2005) p. 238

   Jacques Forest (son of Michel #2) married to Claire Vincent (daughter of Michel #3). Deported from Pisiguit to Virginia aboard the Neptune, 1755. Settled in Bretagne and Louisiana.

6. ↑ Milton P. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, Acadians in France, vol. II: Belle Isle en Mer Register & La Rochette Papers, (Metairie, LA: Authors, 1972) p. 89;

   Text: On the numbered list of 219 French Neutrals delivered by Edw. NOBLE to Sieur DE LA ROCHETTE at Southampton, England.

   [146] Jacq. FORESO [sic], 56;

   [147] Claire [VINCENT] FORESO, 58;

   [148] Madelaine FORESO, 22;

   [149] Anne FORESO, 14;

   150. Ignace FORESO, 13.

See also:

• Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Claire Vincent

• Marcel Walter Landry Claire Vincent at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed 2023 (login required)