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- Jcques was the FIRST Bourgeois to come to Acadie in 1632 Served as LT of garrison at Port Royal under Germain Doucet.
Jacques Bourgeois born 1621 and a surgeon by profession, arrived in Acadia in 1642. In 1644 he married Jeanne Trahan and many of their descendents were deported to Massachusetts.
Jacques Bourgeois was a surgeon. He may have learned this profession in a commandery of the Order of Malta near his home in France. He joined his father and brother, Robert, in Acadia in 1641 (sailing from France aboardthe ship, "Le Saint-Francois."), likely making him the first to practice medicine in the colony. In 1643 at the age of 22, Jacques Bourgeois married Jeanne Trahan, the daughter of Guillaume Trahan and Francoise Corbineau, at Port Royal. Jeanne, who was born at Bourgueil in the French province of Anjou, was only 14 years old at the time of her marriage to Jacques. This union is the progenitor of the present day Acadian family, Bourgeois. In 1646, the Governor d'Aulnay granted Jacques and Jeanne Bourgeois anisland called Isle-aux-Cochons situated in the Dauphin River (today called the Annapolis River) just upstream from Port Royal. The English did not leave a presence at Port Royal and in 1667, the colony was ceded to France, although the French did not take possession until 1670. In the interim, the Acadians governed themselves under acyndic ruled by Guillaume Trahan, the father of Jeanne Bourgeois. By the census of 1670, Jacques and Jeanne had added six children, one son, Guillaume, and five daughters, Marguerite, Francoise, Anne, Marie(the younger) and Jeanne (the younger). In this census Jacques was the richest inhabitant at Port Royal. Also, by this time, Charles, their oldest son had married Anne du Gast (Dugas), and they had one daughter, Marie. The oldest daughter of Jacques and Jeanne was also married by1670, to Pierre Sire (Cyr), and they had a son Jehan. In addition to his profession of surgeon, Jacques was a farmer and marine merchant. His boats followed the coast of the Baie Francaise (Bay of Fundy) to trade with the Mic Mac Indians and descended the coast to New England to trade with the English. In 1671, Jacques, aided by his three sons and his son-in-law, Pierre Sire, and his future son-in-law, Jean Boudreau, founded the settlement of Beaubassin, near the border separating present day New Brunswick from Nova Scotia. Jacques and his son Guillaume, returned to live at Port Royal after the establishment at Beaubassin, although they kept farms at the new settlement. Jacques' other two sons, Charles and Germain, stay at Beaubassin with their families. At the beginning of Sep 1696, the English Colonel Benjamin Church from Boston attacked Beaubassin, which had been left undefended by the French. Jacques was enlisted to negotiate with the English contingent from Boston. Jacques obtained a promise from Col. Church that the residents would be left inpeace, but Church reneged on his promise and the soldiers from Boston burned most of the homes in the region. The Acadians of Beaubassin were forced to flee to the woods; however, the English respected the Acadians' capabilities as marksmen and refused to chase the Acadians out of the reach of their ship's cannons. Jacques died in his late 70's shortly before 1700, as he was not listed in the census of that year. In 1702, the commandant of the fort at Port Royal referred to him in an official report as the late Jacques Bourgeois. At the time of the deportation in 1755, many of Jacques' grandchildren were deported to the American colonies where they suffered greatly. Some eventually made their way back to Canada, and the Bourgeois name is common today in southeastern New Brunswick.
The Bourgeois ancestors of Acadia go back to one person. Their ancestor Jacques, born in France abt 1619, arrived in the colony as a surgeon abt 1641 on the ship Le Francois. About two years later, he married Jeanne Trahan, daughter of Guillaume Trahan and Franoise Corbineau. He settled in Port-Royal. In 1672, he sent some settlers to Beaubassin and is thus considered the founder of that area. His son Charles, born abt 1646, married Anne Dugas, d/o Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet abt 1668. Charles and Anne settled at Beaubassin. Charles Bourgeois II son of Charles I and Anne, born abt 1672, married abt 1692 to Marie Blanchard, d/o Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette Gougeon. Pierre Bourgeois, born abt 1699, was the second son of Charles I and Marie. He married August 18, 1722 Marie-Franoise Cormier at Beaubassin. She was the d/o Pierre Cormier and Catherine LeBlanc. The sixth of their eight sons, Joseph Bourgeois dit Calotte, was born at Beaubassin on March 10, 1741. Abt 1764, he married Felicit Belliveau, daugther of Pierre Belliveau and Jeanne Gaudet. They settled at Pisiguit and then at Memramcook where Joseph died November 20, 1833. All of the other Bourgeois families of southeast New Brunswick, descend from Germain Bourgeois, second son of the first ancestor.
DC0016 Laurant Molin's census (1671) of Acadia, New France (which is today knownas Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia), begins with the Bourgeois Family and indicates that Jacques BOURGEOIS' holdings, included 33 head of cattle, two dozen sheep, a pair of oxen and five acres of land under tillage...a sizeable estate for the times. Pierre Cyr for example, owned but one cow, two sows and six sheep (Massignon, Page 944). Shortly after 1671, Jacques BOURGEOIS, who also engaged in fur trading, moved his family up the Bayof Fundy to Cumberland Basin, which the indians called Chignecto. His three sons-in-law, Pierre Cyr, Germain Girouard and Jean Boudrot accompagnied Jacques on this move. Shortly thereafter, Michel Le Neuf, a Quebecois aristocrat, was granted a Seigneurie in the area. It was he (Michel Le Neuf), who renamed the Bourgeois Settlement, Beaubassin, Acadia (Clark, Pake 141).
Leo Cyr's book, indicates Jacques imigrated to Acadia in 1642, "probably from Couprans-en-Brie (Departement Seine-et-Marne), near Paris France, with 18 families that Sieur D'Aulnay brought with him on one of his many voyages from France to Acadia. Jacques and Jeanne had ten children, three boys and seven girls..
According to Janet Jehn's "Acadian Descendants" Book, the Jacques BOURGEOIS family resided at Beaubassin, Acadia (they were listed in theAcadian Census of 1698) and later moved to Port-Royal, Acadia. Her book also indicates that Jacques was instrumental in the actual development of the Chignectou Colony (in about 1672), which later became known as the"Bourgeois Colony" and then Beaubassin, Acadia.
Based on the book entitled "Remember Us" (A genealogy of the MoultonFamily from Louisiana), "Dr. Bourgeois arrived at Port Royal in about1642, as the personal surgeon of Governor d'Aulmnay. Jacques became theLieutenant (second in command) of Port-Royal, on August 16, 1654. He was one of the most prosperous residents of Port-Royal and owned a schooner used to transport settlers to the new Colony".
The Port Royal Acadian Census of 1678-79 lists "JAQ" BOURGEOIS and JeanneTrahan as owning 20 acres of land and 15 cattle. The Census also lists two girls, one aged 15 (born in 1663) and another aged 12 (born in 1666.These were probably Marie and Jeanne, the two youngest daughters of the BOURGEOIS. He was married to Jeanne (Anne) TRAHAN about 1643/44 in Port Royal, Acadia. (DC0016 Early Acadians-horman) \DC0016
Les Bourgeois en Acadie ne remontent qu'à une seule souche. Leur ancêtreJacque s, né en France vers 1619, est arrivé dans la colonie en qualitéde chirurgien en 1641 sur le navire Le Saint-François. Environ deux ansplus tard, il épousa Jeanne Trahan, fille de Guillaume Trahan et deFrançoise Corbineau. Il s'établi t à Port-Royal. En 1672, il envoya descolons à Beaubassin, a dont il est consi déré comme le fondateur. Sonfils Charles, né vers 1646, convola vers 1668 avec Anne Dugas, filled'Abraham Dugas et de Marguerite Doucet. Charles et Anne se sontinstallés à Beaubassin. Charles Bourgeois fils, né vers 1672, s'est mariévers 1692 à Marie Blanchard, fille de Guillaume Blanchard et d'HuguetteGougeon . Pierre Bourgeois, né vers 1699, était le second fils de Charleset de Marie. Il épousa, à Beaubassin, le 18 août 1722, Marie-FrançoiseCormier, fille de Pie rre Cormier et de C atherine LeBlanc. Le sixième deleurs huit fils, Joseph Bou rgeois dit Calotte, est né à Beaubassin le 10mars 1741. Vers 1764, il épousa F élicité Belliveau, fille de PierreBelliveau et de Jeanne Gaudet. Ils se sont f ixés d'abord à Pisiguit etensuite à Memramcook où Joseph est décédé le 20 nove mbre 1833
I also have a graphic copy of the Original 1671 census at this website.
PORT ROYAL Jacob BOURGEOIS, Surgeon, 50; wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40; C hildren (twomarried): Jeanne 27, Charles 25, Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 1 6,Marguerite 13, Francois 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep24.
Les Bourgeois en Acadie ne remontent qu'à une seule souche. Leur ancêtreJacques, né en France vers 1619, est arrivé dans la colonie en qualité dechirurgien en 1641 sur le navire Le Saint-François. Environ deux ans plustard, il épousa Jeanne Trahan, fille de Guillaume Trahan et de FrançoiseCorbineau. Il s'établit à Port-Royal. En 1672, il envoya des colons àBeaubassin, a dont il est considéré comme le fondateur. Son fils Charles,né vers 1646, convola vers 1668 avecAnne Dugas, fille d'Abraham Dugas etde Marguerite Doucet. Charles et Anne se sont installés à Beaubassin.Charles Bourgeois fils, né vers 1672, s'est marié vers 1692 à MarieBlanchard, fille de Guillaume Blanchard et d'Huguette Gougeon. PierreBourgeois, né vers 1699, était le second fils de Charles et de Marie. Ilépousa, à Beaubassin, le 18 août 1722, Marie-Françoise Cormier, fille dePierre Cormier et de C atherine LeBlanc. Le sixième de leurs huit fils,Joseph Bourgeois dit Calotte, est né à Beaubassin le 10 mars 1741. Vers1764, il épousa Félicité Belliveau, fille de Pierre Belliveau et deJeanne Gaudet. Ils se sont fixés d'abord à Pisiguit et ensuite àMemramcook où Joseph est décédé le 20 novembre 1833
PORT ROYAL Jacob BOURGEOIS, Surgeon, 50; wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40; Children (twomarried): Jeanne 27, Charles 25, Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 16,Marguerite 13, Francois 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep24.
Les Bourgeois en Acadie ne remontent qu'à une seule souche. Leur ancêtreJacques, né en France vers 1619, est arrivé dans la colonie en qualité dechirurgien en 1641 sur le navire Le Saint-François. Environ deux ans plustard, il épousa Jeanne Trahan, fille de Guillaume Trahan et de FrançoiseCorbineau. Il s'établit à Port-Royal. En 1672, il envoya des colons àBeaubassin, a dont il est considéré comme le fondateur. Son fils Charles,né vers 1646, convola vers 1668 avecAnne Dugas, fille d'Abraham Dugas etde Marguerite Doucet. Charles et Anne se sont installés à Beaubassin.Charles Bourgeois fils, né vers 1672, s'est marié vers 1692 à MarieBlanchard, fille de Guillaume Blanchard et d'Huguette Gougeon. PierreBourgeois, né vers 1699, était le second fils de Charles et de Marie. Ilépousa, à Beaubassin, le 18 août 1722, Marie-Françoise Cormier, fille dePierre Cormier et de C atherine LeBlanc. Le sixième de leurs huit fils,Joseph Bourgeois dit Calotte, est né à Beaubassin le 10 mars 1741. Vers1764, il épousa Félicité Belliveau, fille de Pierre Belliveau et deJeanne Gaudet. Ils se sont fixés d'abord à Pisiguit et ensuite àMemramcook où Joseph est décédé le 20 novembre 1833
PORT ROYAL Jacob BOURGEOIS, Surgeon, 50; wife Jeanne TRAHAN 40; Children (twomarried): Jeanne 27, Charles 25, Germain 21, Marie 19, Guillaume 16,Marguerite 13, Francois 12, Anne 10, Marie 7, Jeanne 4; cattle 33, sheep24.
GIVN Jacques Jacob SURN Bourgeois BAPM PLAC France llarrive en 1641 sur le navire Le Saint-Francois.He was a surgeon! Mayhave learned this in community of Order of Malta nr home in FRA. Joinedhis pa/bro bt 1641 likely makng him 1st to practice medicine in colony!In 1646 GOV 'aulnay granted J&Jeanne B an isle ISLE aux Cochons inAnnapolis River just pstrm fr Port Royal! In 1671 he with 3 sons/PierreCyr&futr son-in-l Jean Boudrot found Beaubassin! Acadian Descendants, Vol I, by Janet Jehn Arrived in Port Royal in about1640. Master Surgeon to Sieur d'Aulnay. In about 1672 he began an agriculturaldevelopment which became Beaubassin and set up a flour mill there. Birth: "Historical Genealogy of a Branch of the COMEAU family" by Rev.James Comeau, 1960 Founder of Beaubassin. Before leaving France, Bourgeios had entered themedical profession. He came to Port-Royal in 1642 with 18 families thatGov. Menou d'Aulnay brought with him on one of his voyages, Bourgeois'father, also names Jacques, was an army officer at Port-Royal and thebrother-in-law of Germain DOUCET, Sieur de La Verdure, Aulnay'sassistant.... While Jacques Senior was returned to France, his son remained in Acadiawhere he became the ancestor of a large number of descendants, In 1643 hehad married Jeanne, Guillaume Trahan's daughter, who was born in Francein 1631; they has ten children; seven girls and three boys. AtPort-Royal, Jacques became a farmer and shipbuilder. He traded with theBostonians, particularly with John NELSON and William PHIPS; he learnedtheir language, and was the interpreter for the French in their dealingswith the English. In 1672 he sold part of his holdingsd at Port-Royal inorder to settle, with his sons Charles and Germain, and twl of hissons-in-law, in the Chigneto Basin, thus becoming the first promoter ofsettlement in this region; he built a flour mill and a saw mill there. Afew years later, in 1676, the region was made into a Seigneury, theholder of which was Michel LENEUF de la Valliere (the elder), a noblemanborn at Trois-Rivieres; the new fief, 100 square leagues in extent, wasnames Beaubassin. As LaValliere brought in settlers and indentured employees from Canada, two distinct establishments adjoined each other atBeaubassin; but a clause in the title to the land grant protected the interests of Jacques BOURGEOIS and the otherAcadian settlers established on the domain; it was not long before the two elements of the population mergedinto one.... The distinguished colonist had settled at Port-Royal again before 1699;he died there, an octogenarian, in 1701. The family name was perpetuated by two of his three sons: Charles, bornin 1646, who married Anne Dugas in 1668; and Germain, born about 1650, who married his first wife,Marguerite Belliveau, in 1673 and his second wife, Madeleine Dugas, in 1682; the third son, Guillaume, left only adaughter. Jacques was the first surgeon in N.S. DATE 27 DEC 2000 TIME 21:43:17
2 DATE 1641 2 PLAC Arrive on Ship "Le Saint-Francois"
ARRIVED FROM FRANCE IN ACADIA UNDER d'AULNAY IN 1642 AS A MILITARYSURGEON. FOUNDER OF BEAUBASSIN WHICH WAS FIRST CALLED THE BOURGEOIS COLONY.
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