Francois Vécot (abt. 1715 - 1758)

Born about 1715 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Marie Arseneau — married 13 May 1743 in St. Pierre du Nord, Isle St. Jean, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Died 4 Nov 1758 at about age 43 in St. Malo, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Francois Vécot was born about 1715 in Beaubassin, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia, son of Jean Baptiste Vecot and Marie Chiasson. ^[1]

Francois married Anne Marie Arseneau (born in Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Pierre Arseneau and Marguerite Cormier) on 13 May 1743 in St. Pierre du Nord, Isle St. Jean, Acadie. ^[1]

Their children were:

1. François Vécot (abt.1745-1758)
2. Michel Vécot (abt.1748-1758)
3. Marie Vecot (abt.1750-1758)
4. Geneviève Vécot (abt.1753-1758)
5. Jean Charles Vécot (abt.1755-1758)

The family was recorded on the 1752 La Roque census at Rivière-du-Nord-Est, Ile Saint-Jean (now Prince Edward Island). There were 3 children in the family home: 2 sons and 1 daughter. ^[2]

During the French and Indian War, the siege of Louisbourg Fortress in 1758 resulted in the British expelling the Acadians from Ile Saint-Jean and Ile Royale. As French subjects they were deported to France aboard the Duc Guillaume. Close to half of the passengers, 146, did not survive the horrific conditions on board and died at sea. Twenty nine died at hospital within 2 months of arrival in Saint-Malo.

The whole family was deported. Four of their children died at sea during the crossing, and Anne-Marie died on the ship while in harbor in Saint-Malo. François and his only surviving child François disembarked on 1 November 1758. The father died at the hospital. The fate of his son François is uncertain. Certain sources indicate that he died upon arrival in France. Others show possible marriages in French Guyana.^[3]

Francois died on 4 November 1758 at the hospital of St. Malo, Bretagne, France. He was buried the next day. ^[1][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), Print. p. 1558

   No place given for birth. Married Anne Marie Arseneau on May 13, 1743 in Saint-Pierre-du-Nord. Died at the St-Malo hospital on 4 Nov 1758 (Archives of Port St-Servan). Also died age 43 years (St-Malo Register).

2. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 92

   François Vescot, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 37 years, and has been in the country 34 years. Married to Anne Marie Arceneau, native of l'Acadie, aged 26 years.

   They have two sons and one daughter:-

   François Vescot, aged 7 years.

   Michel, aged 4 years.

   Marie, aged 2 years.

   Their live stock consists of four oxen, four cows, four bulls, one heifer, one calf, one mare, eight wethers, three ewes, four sows, four pigs, and twelve fowls. The land upon which they are settled is situated on the south side of the Rivière du Nord-Est. They hold it by grant from Monsieur Benoist. They have made a clearing on which they have sown fourteen bushels of wheat, two bushels of oats, and one bushel and a half of peas.

3. ↑ "Etat des gens de mer, habitans et autres qui ont débarqué à St Malo du paquebot Anglois le Duc Guillaume," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the Duke William, disembarked at Saint-Malo on November 1, 1758 image 139, accessed 23 Jan 2024

   Family # 40
   VECO François, from Québec, inhabitant of Ile Saint-Jean, died at hospital on 4 November 1758
   ARSENAU Marie, his wife, died in the harbor and buried at St Servan
   VECO François, son, died at the hospital on 3 November 1758 (Uncertain- see his profile)
   VECO Michel, son, died at sea
   VECO Marie, daughter, died at sea
   VECO Geneviève, daughter, died at sea
   VECO Jean Charles, son, died at sea

4. ↑ Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, 0 NUM 35288 978 > SAINT-MALO > 1758 > Sépultures > GREFFE, image 39 of 50 Burial François Veco

• Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, Francois Vecot
• Marcel Walter Landry François Vécot at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed 2024 (login required)

• BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 1070 (Beaubassin); own copy. Francois VE'CO, born 1720, son of Jean-Baptiste & Marie CHIASSON, married at St. Pierre-du-Nord on 13 May 1743 to Anne-Marie ARSENAULT, daughter of Pierre & Marguerite CORMIER of Malpeque; three children.

• !BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-1785; pt 1, vol. II, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; p. 776, family #914

• MARRIAGE: Donald J. Hebert, ACADIANS IN EXILE; 1755-1785; Cecilia, LA, Hebert Publications, 1980; pp. 13 & 431; own copy. Francois VECO, son of Jean Baptiste & Marie CHIASSON, married on 3 May 1743 to Anne Marie ARSENEAUD, daughter of Pierre & Marguerite CORMIER. Recorded at St. Pierre du Nord, Isle St. Jean (p. 176).