Jean Claude DOUCET

(b. abt. 1665 , Port Royal, Acadia d. 2 November 1738 , L'Assomption, Canada, New France )

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Jean Claude DOUCET was born abt. 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia

Jean Claude DOUCET was the child of Pierre DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Henriette PELLETRET and the grandchild of: (paternal) Germain DOUCET dit LAVERDURE and Marie BOURGEOIS? (maternal) Simon PELLETRET and Perrine BOURG

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

Jean Claude married Françoise BLANCHARD abt. 1692 in Truro, Acadie . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Françoise BLANCHARD was born abt. 1672 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). Françoise died abt. 1752 in New Brunswick, Canada. Françoise was the child of Martin BLANCHARD and Françoise LEBLANC.

Jean Claude DOUCET died 2 November 1738 in L'Assomption, Canada, New France .
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Françoise BLANCHARD-- Date: abt. 1692 Place: Truro, Acadie
Françoise BLANCHARD was the child of Martin BLANCHARD and Françoise LEBLANC

About 1692 Jean, married Françoise Blanchard, daughter of Martin Blanchard and Françoise LeBlanc, in Acadia, Canada.

(White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Famillies Acadiennes. volume I. Moncton, Canada: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999).

Children of Jean Claude DOUCET and Françoise BLANCHARD:

Madeleine DOUCET (b.1693 , , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Claude LANDRY 8 February 1712 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Josephte DOUCET (b.abt. 1694, , Acadia, Canada d. 29 December 1767, L'Assomption, Province of Québec, Canada )
m. François LANDRY 27 May 1711 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Jean DOUCET (b.abt. 1701, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Isabelle HEBERT 23 January 1726 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Françoise DOUCET (b.abt. 1703, , Acadia, Canada d. 22 February 1799, Saint-Ours, Lower Canada )
m. Charles DAIGLE 1723 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Marguerite DOUCET (b.24 September 1708, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Paul BUJOLD (BUGEAUD) 29 July 1726 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

Claire DOUCET (b.abt. 1712, , Acadia, Canada d. , )
m. Louis Armand BUJEAU (BUJOLD) 19 December 1730 in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia)

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Jean, born in c1665, married Françoise, daughter of Martin Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1692. They settled at Minas and had seven children, including a son who married into the Hébert family. Their five daughters married into the Landry, Daigre, and Bugeaud families. In August 1714, after the British gained control of Acadia, Jean applied for and received permission from the French to move to Île Royale, but the marriage records of his children reveal that his family remained at Minas.
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1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1671 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET, bricklayer 50, wife Henriette PELTRET 31; Children: Anne 10, Toussaint 8, Jean 6, Pierre 4, and 1 daughter 3 months; cattle 7, sheep 6.
1671 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1678 Port Royal
Pierre Doucet & Henriette Pelletret

1 1/ 2 acres 10 cattle 1 gun

5 boys 17 1661 Toussaint

12 1666 Pierre

14 1664 Jean

6 1672 Louis

3/ M 1678

2 girls 10 1668 Madeleine

3 1675 Jeanne
1678 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

1686 Port Royal
Pierre DOUCET 55 (sic 65), Henriette PELTRET 40; children: Toussaints 23, Jean 20, Pierre 18, Magdelaine 16, Louis 12, Jeanne 10, Pierre 8, Marguerite 6, Mathieu 1; 2 guns, 5 arpents, 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs.
1686 Acadian Census
Acadian Driftwood: One Family and the Great Expulsion

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

1708 Birth of Child
Marguerite DOUCET was born 24 September 1708, , Acadia, Canada (Acadie)

1711 Marriage of Child
Josephte DOUCET married 27 May 1711, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to François LANDRY

1712 Marriage of Child
Madeleine DOUCET married 8 February 1712, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Claude LANDRY

1715 - September 1 - Louis XV becomes King of France

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

1726 Marriage of Child
Jean DOUCET married 23 January 1726, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Isabelle HEBERT

1726 Marriage of Child
Marguerite DOUCET married 29 July 1726, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Paul BUJOLD (BUGEAUD)

1730 Marriage of Child
Claire DOUCET married 19 December 1730, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada (Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Acadia) to Louis Armand BUJEAU (BUJOLD)