Jean Baptiste FOREST

(b. abt. 1677 , Acadia, Canada d. 20 January 1729 , Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) )

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Jean Baptiste FOREST was born abt. 1677 in Acadia, Canada

Jean Baptiste FOREST was the child of Michel DEFOREST and Marie HÉBERT and the grandchild of: (maternal) Étienne HÉBERT and Marie GAUDET

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Jean Baptiste married Marie Elisabeth LABARRE abt. 1698 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children.
Marie Elisabeth LABARRE was born 3 October 1681 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence). Marie Elisabeth was the child of Jean LABARRE and Catherine LABAUVE? COURSEAU?.

Jean Baptiste FOREST died 20 January 1729 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) .
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Jean Baptiste FOREST married

Marie Elisabeth LABARRE-- Date: abt. 1698 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Marie Elisabeth LABARRE was the child of Jean LABARRE and Catherine LABAUVE? COURSEAU?

Children of Jean Baptiste FOREST and Marie Elisabeth LABARRE:

Alexandre FOREST (b.abt. 1701, , Acadia, Canada d. 27 October 1757, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, Canada, New France)
m. Marie BABINEAU 17 June 1724 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Jean Joseph FOREST (b.abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada d. 22 December 1757, Québec, Canada, New France )
m. Marie Josephte PITRE 24 May 1734 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Jacques FOREST (b.abt. 1705, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite GIROUARD 11 February 1726 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite FOREST (b.abt. 1707, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Joseph LANDRY 1727 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

François FOREST (b.abt. 1711, , Acadia, Canada d. 16 March 1761, Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Canada)
m. Marie Josephe GIROUARD 1737 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Joseph FOREST (b.abt. 1714, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. , )
m. Marie Anne GIROUARD 1730 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Marie Anne FOREST (b.April 1715, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. abt. 1795, Nappan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Pierre DOIRON 23 November 1733 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Charles FOREST (b.abt. 1722, Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence) d. 23 March 1783, , Territory of Orleans)
m. Marie Marguerite POIRIER 4 June 1742 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)
m. Marguerite SAULNIER 1747 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

Pierre FOREST (b.abt. 1724, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Marguerite HEBERT 28 April 1746 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Catherine FOREST (b.abt. 1726, Port Royal, Acadia d. 16 December 1815, Saint-Grégoire, Nicolet, Lower Canada )
m. Jean BLANCHARD 1744 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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

1715 Birth of Child
Marie Anne FOREST was born April 1715, Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1724 Marriage of Child
Alexandre FOREST married 17 June 1724, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie BABINEAU

1726 Marriage of Child
Jacques FOREST married 11 February 1726, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marguerite GIROUARD