Pierre Oliver Benoit (abt. 1730 - 1811)

Born about 1730 in Pisiguit, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Victorie Dugas — married about 1760 in Bras D'Or, Isle Royale, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died 1811 at about age 81 in East Tracadie, Antigonish, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

Pierre Oliver Benoit was born about 1730 in Pisiguit, Acadia. He was the son of Guillaume "dit Perrochon" Benoit and Marie-Josephte Gautrot.

Pierre Oliver Benoit married Victoire Dugas about 1760 in Bras D’Or, île Royale (now Cape Breton), Acadia. ^{[citation needed]} Their marriage was revalidated in Arichat, Ile Madame, on August 12, 1771. ^[1] The date and location of their marriage before witnesses were omitted in the register. This will need to be resolved against the recorded births of their children beginning with twins in 1764. This biography and vital data will be updated pending ongoing research. Otherwise what is represented herein is the best known information to date commensurate with known events including estimated marriage year of 1760 as represented by RootsWeb WorldConnect Project (Source & Web link below).

Pierre and Victoire had ten children including twins: Pierre-Paul and Marie-Josèphe (twins), b. September 1764 in Arichat, Richmond Co., Nova Scotia; Marie Jeanne "Jeanette," b. abt. 1765 in Bras D’Or, île Royale (now Cape Breton); Jean-Baptiste, b. October 6, 1767 in Arichat, Richmond Co., Nova Scotia; René, b. April 15, 1770 in Arichat, Richmond Co., Nova Scotia; Jean, b. abt. 1772; Madeleine, b. abt. 1778; Ignace, b. abt. 1779 in Tracadie, Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia; Louis, b. abt. 1783 in Tracadie, Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia; and Angelique, b. abt. 1787 in Tracadie, Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia.

Pierre died in 1811 in East Tracadie, Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia.

Birth

Date: 1730

Place: Acadia^[2]

Death

Date: 18 APR 1811

Place: East Tracadie, Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Sources

1. ↑ Registre de l'abbé Charles-François Bailly, 1768 à 1773 (Caraquet), transcrit sous la direction de Stephen A. White, Moncton, s.n., 1978, 221 pages, p. 64, Pierre Benoist and Victoire Dugas Marriage Revalidation 12 August 1771, accessed April 2021

   Le 12 aout 1771 apres avoir les annonces des mariages suivans trois dimanches de suite a Neireichak, nous les avons ce dit jours rehabilitez en faisant renouveller aux epoux leur mutuel consentement de mariages, et leur donnent la benediction selon le rite de notre mere Le sainte eglise Romaine. en presence de plus de cents témoins entre autres Rene Theuriau et Alexis Landry. À savoir: Pierre Benoist avec Victoire Dugas, sans aucun parentage.

2. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree Birth, Parents for Pierre Benoit No spouse listed

• RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: Avery & Deslauriers [and allied families], Entries: 171969; Updated: 2017-05-10 23:01:18 UTC (Wed); Owner: Eileen; Rosa Lane (descendant & Acadian Project member) Accessed 1/14/2019; Lists parents, spouses and children of Pierre Oliver Benoit; Includes backup/sources: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ib4eexcept&id=I8094

ROOTSWEB SOURCES:

• White, Stephen A., English supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; 1636-1714; Publication: Centre D’études Acadiennes - Université de Moncton, p. 21.

• PANS: Land Deeds Volume A-B; Date: 1785-1799; Location: FHC film 0802096, Page: [pg. 55_?, Dec 1790]

• Benoit, Louis, Periodical: Histoire, Notes et Genealogie sur la Famille Acadienne Benoit.

• Lloyd Boucher, Title: research compiled from Antigonish Co.: Roman Catholic parish records of St. Peter’s, Tracadie, & St. Paul’s Havre Boucher; census records; civil records; and data from other researchers including Stephen A. White [SAW].

• Registre de L’Abbe Charles-François Bailly; Ed Galvin’s loose English translation; Date: 1771; Place: Ile Madame, Richmond Co., Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, CAN.

Note (Borne-LeBleu Family Tree) shows wife as Suzanne Boudreau 1740 New Brunswick Canada - 1765 Maryland USA.

Record ID Number: MH:N500029

PRIN MH:I500002