Other Events:

• Fact 3 (2): 2062
• Occupation: Capitaine d'armes
• _UID: 02E42C2AAB8B49BCBBD16FD37417547094EE
• _UID: 6DC046CB76BE624FBF254E94D88FA8AAA23A
• Immigration: 1632, Acadia, New France
• Move: 1654, France

Notes:

[Brderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #4512, Date of Import: Nov 12, 2000]

He came to Acadia in 1632 from the parish of Conflans-en-Brie, perha
Savoie or Sedan, France with his wife and son Pierre. Germain was a captain of
the Army under Governor Charles d'Aulnay in Acadia and mayor of Port Royal.
He returned to France after the fall of Port Royal to the British troop
Whether or not he remained in France is not known.
Sieur de Verdure.
(IGI)
(DICTIONNAIRE NATIONAL DES CANADIENS FRANCAIS)

2 SOUR S492


Acadian Descendants, Vol I, by Janet Jehn - immigrated about 1639 Adjutant of Governor D'Aulnay. Was Port Royal Commandant at time of surrender to Robert Sedgwick on 16 Aug 1654. Following the terms of the act of capitulation, he returned to France where he died.

beau-frere of Jacques Bourgeois. (brother-in-law or step-brother)

The birthplace of Germain Doucet (Sieur de La Verdure) has not yet been established. According to researcher/genealogist F. René Perron of Sèvres, FRANCE, La Verdure lies 10 kilometers north of Coutran in the Bassevelle Parish. La Verdure was the fiefdom of Germain Doucet, Commander of Port Roya l. It is located in Champagne Brie, 10 kilometers north of La Ferté-Gauche r. Germain Doucet came to Acadia in 1632 with Commander Isaac de Razilly by order of Cardinal Richelieu (Minister of State to King Louis XIII). They came to re-occupy the colony after the St. Germain-en-Laye Treaty of March 29, 1632.

According to author Andrew Hill Clark re ACADIA: THE GEOGRAPHY OF EARLY NO VA SCOTIA TO 1760 (page 91): "Razilly ... sailed from France on July 4, 1632 in L'Espérance à Dieu, shepherding two transports, and disembarked so me three hundred people (mostly men) and a variety of livestock, seeds, to ols, implements, arms, munitions, and other supplies at La Have (LaHèv e, at the mouth of La Have River in present Lunenburg County) on Septemb er 8." Razilly was a cousin of Richelieu and a royal councillor. One of the leaders of The Company of New France, he was designated Lieutenant-General of a ll the parts of New France called "Canada" and the Governor of "Acadia."

According to authors Sally Ross and Alphonse Deveaure THE ACADIANS OF NO VA SCOTIA ~ PAST AND PRESENT (page 16): "In September Isaac de Razilly arrived in Acadia with three sailing vessels, 300 hand-picked men, three Capuchin Fathers and a few women and children." On a document signed July 14, 1640, Germain Doucet was at Port Royal and Captain of the Army of Pentagoët as well as the right-hand man of the Governor of Acadia (Charles de menou d'Aulnay de Charnizay). After the death of the Governor in 1650, Germain was the Commander at the fort of Port Royal and Deputy Guardian of the Governor's children. On August 16, 1654, when 500 Bostonian soldiers under the command of Robert Sedgewick attacked the fort of Port Royal, Germain found it wise to give up without a struggle as he had only 100 men to oppose them. All military personnel were repatriated back to FRANCE. Germain left his brother-in-law, Jacques Bourgeois, surgeon, as Lieutenant of Port Royal and as a witness to see that the conditions of the trea ty were carried out. Germain and his wife returned to FRANCE in 1654.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Germain

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1595, LaVerdure, France.

Germain married Bourgeois, Marie Louise 1621, Bue, France. Marie (daughter of Bourgeois, Nicolas and Bourgeois, Marguerite, daughter of Bourgeois, Jacques) was born 1597, Coupvraie-En-Brie, Couperans, En-Brie, France; died 1654, Loudun, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet]

1. Doucet dit Laverdure, Pierre was born 1 Jan 1621, Sedan, France; was christened , France; died 1 Jun 1713, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried 2 Jun 1713, Port Royal, Acadia, New France.
2. Doucet, Louise Judithe Marguerite was born 1625, Couperans Brie, Champagne, France; died 19 Dec 1707, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried 20 Dec 1707, Chapelle St Laurent, Port Royal, Acadia, New France.
3. Doucet, Marguerite Louise was born 1634, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; died WFT Est 1668-1729.
4. Doucet, Germain was born 1641, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; died 1696, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; was buried , Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Other Events:

• AFN: T579-4T
• Reference Number: xs-3579
• _UID: 2A8B92841961F245B0665AEBA49C88A948C7