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Claude PETITPAS was born abt. 1663 in Port Royal, Acadia
Claude PETITPAS was the child of Claude PETITPAS and Catherine BUGARET and the grandchild of: (maternal) Bernard BUGARET andSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Claude married Marie Thérèse UNKNOWN abt. 1686 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 7 children.
Marie Thérèse UNKNOWN was born abt. 1663
Claude married (2) Françoise LAVERGNE 7 January 1721 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 4 children.
Françoise LAVERGNE was born 7 April 1703 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Françoise died 30 September 1771 in Nova Scotia, Canada. Françoise was the child of Pierre LAVERGNE (DE LA VERGNE) and Anne BERNON.
Claude PETITPAS died abt. 1734 in Port Toulouse, Acadia .
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Occupation
Claude PETITPAS was a schooner captain, interpreter, known particularly for his collaboration with the English.
Claude PETITPAS was a schooner captain, interpreter, known particularly for his collaboration with the English.
Family and Children of Claude PETITPAS
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Marie Thérèse UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1686 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Claude Petitpas married Marie Therese (?) after 1686 at Port Royal.
Children
Barthelemy Petitpas b. c 1687, d. Jan 1747
Judith Petitpas b. c 1693
Paul Petitpas b. c 1695
Joseph Petitpas b. c 1699
Marie Louise Petitpas b. c 1701
Isidore Petitpas b. c 1703
Francoise Petitpas b. c 1706
Source:
Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 1295.
Children of Claude PETITPAS and Marie Thérèse UNKNOWN:
Barthelemy PETITPAS (b.abt. 1687, , Acadia, Canada d. January 1747, )
Judith PETITPAS (b.abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1752, Port Toulouse, Acadia )
m. Marc-Benard MARRES dit LASONDE 1712 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
Paul PETITPAS (b.abt. 1695, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Joseph PETITPAS (b.abt. 1699, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Marie Louise PETITPAS (b.abt. 1701, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Isidore PETITPAS (b.abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Françoise PETITPAS (b.abt. 1706, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Claude PETITPAS married Françoise LAVERGNE-- Date: 7 January 1721 Place: Port Royal, Acadia
Françoise LAVERGNE was the child of Pierre LAVERGNE (DE LA VERGNE) and Anne BERNON
Claude Petitpas married Francoise Lavergne, daughter of Pierre Lavergne and Anne Bernon, on 7 January 1721 at Port Royal.
Children
Jean Petitpas b. c 1722
Jacques Petitpas b. c 1724
Louis Petitpas b. c 1726, d. a 1 Apr 1788
Joseph Petitpas b. c 1731
Source:
Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 1295.
Children of Claude PETITPAS and Françoise LAVERGNE:
Jean PETITPAS (b.abt. 1722, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Françoise BERTAUD 3 September 1742 in , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean)
Jacques PETITPAS (b.abt. 1724, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Louis PETITPAS (b.abt. 1726, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
Joseph PETITPAS (b.abt. 1731, Port Toulouse, Acadia d. abt. 1819, Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)
m. Marie Louise FOUGERE 1754 in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (Upper Big Tracadie)
m. Marguerite BREAUX (BRAULT) 23 July 1767 in , Nova Scotia, Canada
Marie Thérèse UNKNOWN-- Date: abt. 1686 Place: Port Royal, Acadia Claude Petitpas married Marie Therese (?) after 1686 at Port Royal.
Children
Barthelemy Petitpas b. c 1687, d. Jan 1747
Judith Petitpas b. c 1693
Paul Petitpas b. c 1695
Joseph Petitpas b. c 1699
Marie Louise Petitpas b. c 1701
Isidore Petitpas b. c 1703
Francoise Petitpas b. c 1706
Source:
Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 1295.
Children of Claude PETITPAS and Marie Thérèse UNKNOWN:
Barthelemy PETITPAS (b.abt. 1687, , Acadia, Canada d. January 1747, ) Judith PETITPAS (b.abt. 1693, , Acadia, Canada d. abt. 1752, Port Toulouse, Acadia )m. Marc-Benard MARRES dit LASONDE 1712 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)
Paul PETITPAS (b.abt. 1695, , Acadia, Canada d. , ) Joseph PETITPAS (b.abt. 1699, , Acadia, Canada d. , ) Marie Louise PETITPAS (b.abt. 1701, , Acadia, Canada d. , ) Isidore PETITPAS (b.abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada d. , ) Françoise PETITPAS (b.abt. 1706, , Acadia, Canada d. , )Claude PETITPAS married
Françoise LAVERGNE-- Date: 7 January 1721 Place: Port Royal, Acadia Françoise LAVERGNE was the child of Pierre LAVERGNE (DE LA VERGNE) and Anne BERNON
Claude Petitpas married Francoise Lavergne, daughter of Pierre Lavergne and Anne Bernon, on 7 January 1721 at Port Royal.
Children
Jean Petitpas b. c 1722
Jacques Petitpas b. c 1724
Louis Petitpas b. c 1726, d. a 1 Apr 1788
Joseph Petitpas b. c 1731
Source:
Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Acadiennes, 1295.
Children of Claude PETITPAS and Françoise LAVERGNE:
Jean PETITPAS (b.abt. 1722, , Acadia, Canada d. , )m. Françoise BERTAUD 3 September 1742 in , Prince Edward Island, Canada (Ile Saint-Jean)
Jacques PETITPAS (b.abt. 1724, , Acadia, Canada d. , ) Louis PETITPAS (b.abt. 1726, , Acadia, Canada d. , ) Joseph PETITPAS (b.abt. 1731, Port Toulouse, Acadia d. abt. 1819, Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada)m. Marie Louise FOUGERE 1754 in Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada (Upper Big Tracadie)
m. Marguerite BREAUX (BRAULT) 23 July 1767 in , Nova Scotia, Canada
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PETITPAS, CLAUDE, schooner captain, interpreter, known particularly for his collaboration with the English, third child of a family of 15, son of Claude Petitpas, Sieur de Lafleur, clerk of the court at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.), and of Catherine Bugaret; b. c. 1663 at Port-Royal, d. some time between 1731 and 1733.
During his youth Petitpas was closely associated in his voyages and activities with the Micmacs in the neighbourhood of Port-Royal, where he lived in his father’s home until his marriage. Around 1686 he married an Indian girl of that tribe named Marie-Thérèse, born in 1668, by whom he had at least seven children, according to the 1708 census. On 7 Jan. 1721, after his first wife’s death, he remarried, again at Port-Royal; his second wife was Françoise Lavergne from that town, daughter of Pierre Lavergne, Father Breslay’s servant, and of Anne Bernon. She was only 17; he was about 57. She bore him four children.
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
PETITPAS, CLAUDE, schooner captain, interpreter, known particularly for his collaboration with the English, third child of a family of 15, son of Claude Petitpas, Sieur de Lafleur, clerk of the court at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, N.S.), and of Catherine Bugaret; b. c. 1663 at Port-Royal, d. some time between 1731 and 1733.
During his youth Petitpas was closely associated in his voyages and activities with the Micmacs in the neighbourhood of Port-Royal, where he lived in his father’s home until his marriage. Around 1686 he married an Indian girl of that tribe named Marie-Thérèse, born in 1668, by whom he had at least seven children, according to the 1708 census. On 7 Jan. 1721, after his first wife’s death, he remarried, again at Port-Royal; his second wife was Françoise Lavergne from that town, daughter of Pierre Lavergne, Father Breslay’s servant, and of Anne Bernon. She was only 17; he was about 57. She bore him four children.
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Dictionary of Canadian Biography, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
1671 Port Royal
Claude PETITPAS, 45, wife Catherine BAGARD 33; Children: Bernard 12, Claude 8, Jean 7, Jacques 5, Marguerite 10, Marie 2, Elisabeth 1; cattle 26, sheep 11.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Claude PETITPAS, 45, wife Catherine BAGARD 33; Children: Bernard 12, Claude 8, Jean 7, Jacques 5, Marguerite 10, Marie 2, Elisabeth 1; cattle 26, sheep 11.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1686 Port Royal
Claude PETITPAS, Sr. de lafleur, clerk of the court, 60; Catherine BUGARET his wife 46; children: Claude 23, Jacques 19. Marie 18, Henriette 12, Paul 11, Charles 10, Martin 9, Pierre 5, Anne 2; 2 guns, 12 arpents, 22 cattle 10 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
Claude PETITPAS, Sr. de lafleur, clerk of the court, 60; Catherine BUGARET his wife 46; children: Claude 23, Jacques 19. Marie 18, Henriette 12, Paul 11, Charles 10, Martin 9, Pierre 5, Anne 2; 2 guns, 12 arpents, 22 cattle 10 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion
1695 - Oath of Allegiance to King William III
In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read MORE...
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In August 1695, English authorities imposed on the Acadian inhabitants at Port-Royal an oath of allegiance to King William III. Many family heads signed or made their marks on the document that attested to their having taken the oath. Louis Allain, Jean Babineau, called Babinot, Jean Bastarache, Jean Belliveau, Martin and Guillaume Blanchard, Bernard and Martin Bourg, François Broussard, Pierre Cellier, called Le Cellier, Étienne, Jean l'aîné, Pierre l'aîné, and Pierre le jeune Comeau, Jean Corporon, Pierre Doucet, Claude Dugas, ___ Dupuis, Jean Fardel (an Englishman whose wife was a Gaudet), Pierre Gaudet, Jacob and Alexandre Girouard, Laurent Granger, Giraud (Jérôme) Guérin, Emmanuel Hébert, Claude and Pierre Landry, Daniel LeBlanc, Jacques Léger dit La Rosette, Pierre Martin, fils, Étienne Pellerin, Martin Richard, Charles Robichaud dit Cadet, François Robin, Germain Savoie, Pierre Sibilau, Claude and Bonaventure Thériot, and Jacques Triel dit Laperrière--all made their marks....Read MORE...
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1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France
1721 Marriage / PartnerClaude PETITPAS and Françoise LAVERGNE 7 January 1721, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia)
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