Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON

(b. abt. 1651 , France d. 6 June 1733 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON was born abt. 1651 in France

Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON was the child of ? and ?

Jean was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1671.

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Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Jean married Andree SAVOIE abt. 1683 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 14 children.
Andree SAVOIE was born abt. 1667 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Andree died 6 June 1733 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Andree was the child of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE.

Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON died 6 June 1733 in Port Royal, Acadia .
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Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

Family and Children of Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON

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Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON married

Andree SAVOIE-- Date: abt. 1683 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
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Andree SAVOIE was the child of François SAVOIE and Catherine LEJEUNE

Jean Préjean dit Le Breton, evidently from Brittany, married Andrée, a daughter of François Savoie and Catherine Lejeune, in c1683. De Meulles counted them at Port-Royal in 1686. Jean was age 35, and Andrée was 21. They were living with a two-year-old daughter on an arpent of land. They owned 2 guns and 1 hog. Andrée gave Le Breton a dozen children, including eight sons who created families of their own.

Children of Jean PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) dit LEBRETON and Andree SAVOIE:

Marie PREJEAN (b.abt. 1684, Port Royal, Acadia d. abt. 1755, )
m. Antoine THIBODEAU 8 October 1703 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne PRÉJEAN (b.abt. 1687, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. François PITRE 25 July 1705 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Michel BOUDROT 15 April 1732 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Pierre PRÉJEAN (b.abt. 1689, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite DOUCET 3 February 1722 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Jean Baptiste PRÉJEAN (b.abt. 1691, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie GAUDET 8 February 1716 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

François PRÉJEAN (b.abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

François PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) (b.abt. 1695, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Madeleine VRIGNEAU (VRIGNAUD) 1722 in Saint Peters, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Toulouse, Acadia)

Joseph PRÉJEAN (b.abt. 1696, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marie Louise COMEAU 28 September 1723 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Madeleine PRÉJEAN (b.abt. 1698, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Jean Charles DOUCET 12 February 1725 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marie Josephe PRÉJEAN (b.22 April 1702, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Joseph MIUS D'ENTREMONT 9 September 1726 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Nicolas PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) (b.7 July 1704, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Marguerite BROUSSARD 1733 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Charles PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) (b.24 July 1706, Port Royal, Acadia d. , )
m. Catherine BROUSSARD (BROSARD) 21 February 1729 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
m. Françoise BOUDROT (BOUDREAU) 18 August 1732 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)
m. Marguerite SIMON dite BOUCHER 7 January 1739 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) (b.17 December 1708, Port Royal, Acadia d. 22 May 1768, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marguerite BRUN 25 November 1743 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Honore PRÉJEAN (b.abt. 1711, , Acadia, Canada d. , )

Marguerite PREJEAN dite LEBRETON (b.abt. 1712, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. René DUGUAY 7 October 1733

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Biography
'Jean Préjean dit Le Breton, born probably in Brittany, France, in c1651, came to Acadia soon after the first census was taken in 1671. In c1683, in his early 30s, he married Andrée, daughter of Francois Savoie, at Port-Royal. He died at Port-Royal in June 1733, in his early 80s. He and Andrée had a dozen children, including eight sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own.'

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Acadian Ancestors, The Lewiston Daily Sun, Lewiston, Maine, November 12, 1983

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1702 Birth of Child
Marie Josephe PRÉJEAN was born 22 April 1702, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1703 Marriage of Child
Marie PREJEAN married 8 October 1703, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Antoine THIBODEAU

1704 Birth of Child
Nicolas PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) was born 7 July 1704, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1705 Marriage of Child
Anne PRÉJEAN married 25 July 1705, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to François PITRE

1706 Birth of Child
Charles PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) was born 24 July 1706, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1708 Birth of Child
Pierre PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) was born 17 December 1708, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1716 Marriage of Child
Jean Baptiste PRÉJEAN married 8 February 1716 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie GAUDET

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1722 Marriage of Child
Jean Pierre PRÉJEAN married 3 February 1722, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence) to Marguerite DOUCET

1723 Marriage of Child
Joseph PRÉJEAN married 28 September 1723, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Louise COMEAU

1725 Marriage of Child
Madeleine PRÉJEAN married 12 February 1725, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Jean Charles DOUCET

1726 Marriage of Child
Marie Josephe PRÉJEAN married 9 September 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Joseph MIUS D'ENTREMONT

1729 Marriage of Child
Charles PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) married 21 February 1729, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Catherine BROUSSARD (BROSARD)

1732 Marriage of Child
Anne PRÉJEAN married 15 April 1732, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Michel BOUDROT

1732 Marriage of Child
Charles PRÉJEAN (PREGENT) married 18 August 1732 , Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Françoise BOUDROT (BOUDREAU)

Death
Jean Préjean dit Le Breton died at Annapolis Royal in June 1733, in his early 80s.

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Jean is buried at: Garrison Graveyard
St. George St.

Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

From ameriquefrancaise.org: "Very few 18th century documents refer to the appearance of Acadian cemeteries, but those that do indicate that Acadians before the Deportation marked their graves with wooden crosses."

Added: 5/7/2014 2:02:29 PM - Updated: 5/28/2024 2:01:09 PM