Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN

(b. abt. 1675 , Acadia, Canada d. 5 December 1754 , Port Royal, Acadia )

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Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN was born abt. 1675 in Acadia, Canada

Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN was the child of Germain DOUCET and Marie Marguerite Dit La Cadette LANDRY and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS? (maternal) René LANDRY L'AÎNÉ [THE OLDER] and Perrine BOURG

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

Claude married Marie COMEAU abt. 1696 in Acadia, Canada . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Marie COMEAU was born abt. 1676 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Marie was the child of Étienne COMEAU and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE.

Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN died 5 December 1754 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)

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Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN married

Marie COMEAU-- Date: abt. 1696 Place: , Acadia, Canada
Marie COMEAU was the child of Étienne COMEAU and Marie-Anne LEFEBVRE

Children of Claude DOUCET dit MAÎTRE JEAN and Marie COMEAU:

Jean Charles DOUCET (b.abt. 1697, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Madeleine PRÉJEAN 12 February 1725 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Marguerite DOUCET (b.abt. 1700, , Acadia, Canada d. 2 November 1749, Port Royal, Acadia )
m. Jean Pierre PRÉJEAN 3 February 1722 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada (Beaubassin, Acadia) (Fort Lawrence)

Marie DOUCET (b.abt. 1702, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Bernard GAUDET dit BLÈCHE 1724 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Anne DOUCET (b.26 August 1703, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. François CHIASSON 3 November 1722 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Joseph DOUCET (b.12 March 1706, Port Royal, Acadia d. December 1757, Cap-de-Sables, Yarmouth, Acadie)
m. Anne Agnes SURETTE 8 December 1730 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

Pierre DOUCET (b.2 November 1709, Port Royal, Acadia d. 27 December 1775, Québec, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. Marie Josephe ROBICHAUD 15 February 1732 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

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Youngest son Claude dit Maître Jean, born in c1674, married Marie, daughter of Étienne Comeau, at Port-Royal in c1696. They had 11 children, including four sons who married into the Préjean, Surette, Robichaux, and Pellerin families. Five of their daughters married into the Gaudet, Préjean, Chiasson, Grosvalet, and Le Borgne dit Cotte families.
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1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1703 Birth of Child
Anne DOUCET was born 26 August 1703, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1706 Birth of Child
Joseph DOUCET was born 12 March 1706, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1709 Birth of Child
Pierre DOUCET was born 2 November 1709, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

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

1722 Marriage of Child
Anne DOUCET married 3 November 1722 , Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to François CHIASSON

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

1730 Marriage of Child
Joseph DOUCET married 8 December 1730, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Anne Agnes SURETTE

1732 Marriage of Child
Pierre DOUCET married 15 February 1732, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia) to Marie Josephe ROBICHAUD

1749 Death of Child
Marguerite DOUCET died 2 November 1749, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1754 Death
5 December 1754
Port Royal, Acadia

Claude 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: 4/10/2015 2:43:21 PM - Updated: 4/3/2022 5:59:03 PM