Jacques LeBlanc (abt. 1651 - aft. 1731)

Born about 1651 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Hébert — married 1673 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died after 26 May 1731 after about age 80 in St. Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

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Biography

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Jacques LeBlanc was born in Port Royal in about 1651 (based on his age of 20 in 1671, then living with his parents and siblings in Port Royal).^[1] He was the oldest son of Daniel LeBlanc and Marie Françoise Gaudet.

Jacques (21) married Catherine Hébert (16) (born about 1656 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Antoine Hebert and Geneviève Lefranc) in 1673 in Port-Royal, Acadie.^[2] Their known children were:^[2]

1. Jean LeBlanc (abt. 1674–1747) .
2. Marguerite LeBlanc (abt. 1676–aft. 1740) .
3. Jacques LeBlanc (abt. 1677–abt. 1720) .
4. Marie LeBlanc (abt. 1680–bef. 1750) .
5. Anne LeBlanc (abt. 1681–abt. 1770) .
6. Catherine LeBlanc (abt. 1683–bef. 1740) .
7. Pierre LeBlanc (abt. 1684–1745) .
8. René LeBlanc (1685–aft. 1739) .
9. Marie Cécile LeBlanc (bef. 1686–abt. 1731) .
10. Madeleine LeBlanc (abt. 1687–abt. 1761) .
11. François LeBlanc (abt. 1688–1761) .
12. Bernard (Leblanc) LeBlanc (1690–bef. 1763) .
13. Ignace (Leblanc) LeBlanc (abt. 1692– )

By 1678 he and Catherine were living with her parents in Port Royal along with their young son. Catherine was about 18 when he was born. ^[3]

In 1686, at Port Royal, less than a decade later, Jacques LEBLANC, aged 35, was living with his wife, Catherine HEBERT, aged 23, in a busy household with their eight children, including a newborn baby: Jean, aged 12, Marguerite, aged 11, Jacques, aged 9, Marie, aged 6, Anne, aged 5, Catherine, aged 3, Pierre, aged 2, and Rene, aged 1 month. The family owned three guns and was living on six arpents of cultivable land with 25 cattle, 30 sheep and 15 hogs. His immediate neighbors were the brother and the elderly parents of his wife. His own parents were another door away.^[4]

Move from Port Royal to Minas Basin By 1693 Jacques and Catherine had moved to Minas, by then a village just a little smaller than Port Royal. Jacques, Rene, Andre, and Antoine, all sons of Daniel LeBlanc, were among the first colonists of Grand Pré.^[5] Catherine's brother Jean also moved and was just two plots away.^[6] All of their eleven children had been born and ten were still living at home, with Ignace just a toddler.

They are not found in the 1698 or 1700 Censuses but resurface in a nearby (new? or renamed?) location in 1701, living in Riviere St. Antoine, Les Mines.^[7] Three of his sons were identified as able to bear arms. They also lived in Minas in 1707^[8] with two of his brothers nearby. Although Jacques and Catherine were listed in Port Royal in 1714, there is no breakout for the Mines areas, so we don't know if they were in the same house. Seven children were living with them.^[9]

From 1704 to 1710, in the company of his younger brother Pierre, Jacques took an active part in the defense of Port-Royal to counter the incessant attacks of the English.

Several Acadian militiamen, including Jacques Leblanc, discreetly advanced on Port-Royal, along the Dauphin River (Annapolis River), without the British suspecting their presence. About twenty kilometers east of Port Royal, near a bridge spanning a small river, they surprised 80 Englishmen who patrol the countryside in order to prevent any attempt at uprising; a violent fight commenced during which 30 English soldiers were killed and the others made prisoners. Following this victory, two hundred Acadians joined Saint-Castin and lay siege to Port-Royal. But the reinforcements sent from Quebec to help the Acadians hesitated and thereby fail an attempt to retake Port Royal.^[10]

He died in St. Charles des Mines at an unknown date after May 26, 1731. He was noted as present at his daughter, Ceciel's, wedding on that date in Grand Pre.^[2]

Biographie

"Jacques LeBlanc, né à Port-Royal vers 1651, était le fils aîné de Daniel. Il convola vers 1673 avec Catherine Hébert, fille d'Antoine Hébert et de Geneviève Lefranc, qui lui donna treize enfants, dont François, né vers 1688."^[11]Son Occupation: Laboureur et défricheur.

Sources

1. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 3-14;

   . Daniel LeBLANC, 45, wife Francoise GAUDET 48; Children (1 married): Francoise 18; (not married) Jacques 20, Etienne 15, Rene 14, Andre 12, Antoine 9, Pierre 7; cattle 17, sheep 26.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, (Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999) p. 985-986.
3. ↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census, correlations for this census by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census

   Jac Le Blanc Catherine Hebert 1 boy, age 1, born 1677

4. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Jacques LEBLANC 35, Catherine Hébert 23; children: Jean 12, Jacques 9, Pierre 9, Pierre 2, René 1 month, Marguerite 11, Marie 6, Anne 5, Catherine 3, 3 guns, 6 arpents, 25 cattle, 30 sheep, 15 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Pierre, aged 9, was not listed, only Pierre, aged 2.

5. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Acadian Records, Revised - Registers of St. Charles Aux Mines in Acadia, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999) vol. 1a Revised, p. 200;

   First Letter of Placide Gaudet, Weymouth Bridge, Nova Scotia, 14 April 1895

6. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;

   Jacques LEBLANC 42, Caterine HEBERT 32, Jean 19, Jacques 17, Marie 15, Antoine 13, Caterine 11, Genevieve 9, Madeleine 7, Francois 5, Pierre 3, Ignace 1; 12 cattle, 6 sheep, 6 pigs, 11 arpents, 1 gun

7. ↑ Tim Hebert, Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 174-211;

   Jacques LEBLANC, his wife, 4 cattle, 12 sheep, 1 gun,

8. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 221-237.

   Jacques LEBLANC, his wife, 2 boys less than 14, 2 girls less than 12; 7 arpents, 10 cattle, 8 sheep, 10 hogs.

9. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-261;

   Jacques LEBLANC and wife, 3 sons, 4 daughters.

10. ↑ courriel de Claire LeBlanc Lapointe, le 23 août 2014
11. ↑ Stephen A. White, "La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des 'Retrouvailles 94" in Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994) LEBLANC, p. 1, LeBlanc Family

See also:

• Gregor's Gathering: The LeBlanc Family: A well-sourced compiled genealogy.
• Descendant Report