Jacques Le Prince
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Jacques Le Prince (abt. 1646 - abt. 1692)

Jacques "Jean Jacques" Le Prince
Born about in Normandie, Francemap [uncertain]
Son of [uncertain] and [uncertain]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1671 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 46 in Pisiquit, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
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Biography

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Jacques Le Prince migrated from France to Acadia.
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Jacques Le Prince is the first ancestor of the Prince and Le Prince of Acadian origin.

Jacques Le Prince was born about 1646 in Normandie, France, the uncertain son of Nicolas Leprince (abt. 1625–abt. 1700) and Judith Hurault (abt. 1625–abt. 1700). Some family trees indicate that he was probably born in Saint-Malo to Nicolas Le Prince, seigneur de la Bretonnière, and Judith Hurault, but there is no documented proof to support this claim. Genealogist Stephen White does not give a location for his birth, nor names for his parents.[1]

In an article written by Chantal Gaillardetz Bourque, “Les Prince”,[2] and in many family trees, it is mentioned that Jacques was a soldier in the Carignan-Salières Regiment. (There was a Jacques Leprince or Prince in the regiment's list of soldiers). On 24 May 1665, he boarded the ship "Le Saint-Sébastien" in La Rochelle, and arrived at Quebec on 12 September 1665. Two days later, aboard the ship "La Justice", Jacques and other soldiers of the Laubias Company went to Trois-Rivières where they stayed until 1668. It is also said that Jacques was listed in the 1666 census of Trois-Rivières as single and a servant in the notary Sévérin Ameau's household. (Stephen White wonders if it is the same Jacques Leprince who married Marguerite Hébert[1]). It is also believed that after being discharged from the Regiment, Jacques went to Acadia, around 1667.

On the website migrations.fr, in an article concerning the Laubias Company, it is explained that in a book by Roy and Malchelosse, the name Leprince is not present in the company's list of soldiers, but is indicated elsewhere in the document, and it could be inferred that it was the same person.[3]

Jacques (24) married Marguerite (Hebert) Hébert (18) (born about 1652 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Étienne Hébert and Marie Gaudet) in 1671 in Port-Royal, Acadie.[1]Their children were:

  1. Anne Le Prince (abt. 1678–abt. 1755) .
  2. Antoine Le Prince (abt. 1680–1732) .
  3. Francois Le Prince (abt. 1680–bef. 1751) .
  4. Marguerite Le Prince (abt. 1681–aft. 1734) .
  5. Étienne Le Prince (abt. 1688– ) .
  6. Jean Le Prince (abt. 1692–bef. 1752)

The young bride was listed in the 1671 census of Port-Royal at age 19, in her widowed mother’s household, but Jacque’s name was not mentioned.[4] It was not uncommon at the time to list a woman twice in a census, once with her parents and once with her husband, but that year there is no mention of a Leprince household. Stephen White wonders if it is because Jacques and Marguerite lived far from her family.[1]

The Leprince family settled in Port-Royal, as shown in the census of 1678.[5]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Jacques LEPRINCE [recte Le Prince], aged 40, was living with his wife, Marguerite HEBERT, aged 35, and their 4 children. They owned 5 sheep and 4 hogs.[6].

Between about 1678 and 1692, they had six known children[7]:

  1. Anne Leprince ca 1678-
  2. Francois Leprince (twin) ca 1680-1751
  3. Antoine Leprince (twin) ca 1680-1732/
  4. Marguerite Leprince ca 1681-
  5. Etienne Leprince ca 1688-
  6. Jean Leprince ca 1692-1752/

He died around 1692 or 1693 because Marguerite was listed as a widow in the 1693 census at Les Mines.[8]

Biographie

“La grande majorité des Prince vivant en Amérique aujourd’hui sont des descendants de Jacques Leprince. Il serait probablement le fils de Nicolas Leprince, seigneur de la Bretonnière et de Judith Hurault. Jacques Leprince est né vers 1641 à St-Malo de Bretagne. Il était soldat appartenant à la Compagnie Laubias du régiment de Carignan-Salières. Le 24 mai 1665, il embarquait à La Rochelle sur le bateau «Le Saint-Sébastien», un navire de 350 tonnes de la flotte royale. Il arrive à Québec le 12 septembre 1665 après 110 jours de voyage, en même temps que le gouverneur De Courcelle et de l’intendant Talon. Le 14 septembre, à bord du navire «Le Justice», la Compagnie de Laubias et l’ancêtre Prince se sont rendus jusqu’à TroisRivières où ils ont pris leurs quartiers et où ils y ont cantonné jusqu’à leur départ en 1668. Au recensement de 1666, il était âgé de 25 ans, célibataire et domestique chez le notaire Sévérin Ameau. L’histoire acadienne de la famille Démobilisé en 1667, Jacques Leprince passa en Acadie. Vers 1670, il épousa à Port-Royal Marguerite Hébert née à Port-Royal en 1652, fille d’Étienne Hébert et de Marie-Françoise Gaudet, de la région de Grand-Pré. Le recensement de 1678 pour Port-Royal, nous confirme sa présence en Acadie, qu’ils ont une fille Marguerite née en 1677, 4 acres de terre et 9 bestiaux. Au recensement de 1686, ils ont 4 enfants, ils possèdent également 3 cochons. Jacques Leprince décéda avant 1693 puisqu’au recensement de 1693 pour la région Des Mines, on mentionne Marguerite Hébert, veuve avec enfants : Marguerite 15 ans, François et Jacques (probablement Antoine) (bessons) 13 ans, Estienne 5 ans et François (probablement Jean) 1 an. Leur fille Anne n’est pas mentionnée dans ce recensement. Marguerite Hébert est décédée avant le 30 janvier 1715.”[2]

Relocalisés à St-Grégoire (maintenant Bécancour) au Québec et en Louisiane, les Prince essaimèrent rapidement tant dans les Bois-Francs et l'Estrie que dans le sud des États-Unis.

Entre 1678 and 1692 environ , ils ont eu 6 enfants[9]:

  1. Anne Leprince ca 1678-
  2. Francois Leprince (jumeau) ca 1680-1751
  3. Antoine Leprince (jumeau) ca 1680-1732/
  4. Marguerite Leprince ca 1681-
  5. Etienne Leprince ca 1688-
  6. Jean Leprince ca 1692-1752/

Research Notes

L'hypothèse de son origine normande plutôt que bretonne est formulée par Philippe Prince de St-Boniface, à partir de recherches héraldiques. L'ancêtre de Jacques serait Nicolas Leprince seigneur de la Bretonnière, un Hurault.[10]

Alternate source lists Children of Jacques Nicolas LePrince and Marguerite Hebert : LePrince, d. date unknown. Marguerite LePrince, b. 1678, d. date unknown. Francois LePrince, b. 1680, d. date unknown. Jacques LePrince, b. 1681, d. date unknown. Etienne LePrince, b. 1682, d. date unknown. Antoine LePrince, b. 1683, d. date unknown. Anne LePrince, b. 1685, d. date unknown. Jean LePrince, b. 1693, d. December 31, 1766, St.Servan, France.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, Hector-J. Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p. 1077-1979
  2. 2.0 2.1 Chantal Gaillardetz Bourque, “Les Prince”, Mémoires d’ici, Vol 1, no. 1, Janvier 2024. p. 5-7 accessed at http://www.patrimoinebecancour.com/uploads/memoire-d-ici/kre2dx0hq51nvj2lsfmuxbhm9.pdf
  3. "Compagnie Laubias Du Régiment de Broglia", Migrations.fr https://web.archive.org/web/20230122140545/http://www.migrations.fr/compagniescarignan/compagnielaubias.htm (Archived Link)
    Dans la liste des noms de soldats de la compagnie «Laubias» du volume de Roy et Malchelosse sur le régiment de Carignan, le nom de Leprince n'est pas indiqué comme tel. Par contre, il est indiqué à la page 111 du même volume pour les soldats non compris sur le rôle qui sont retournés en France, ou restés au Canada. Le fait que 11 des surnoms de soldats inscrits à la liste n'ont pas été trouvés, il se peut qu'un de ces surnoms soit attribuable à Jacques Leprince.
  4. 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;
    at Port Royal (with parents): Marie GAUDET, Widow of Etienne HEBERT, 38, Children (married): Marie 20, Marguerite 19; (not married): Emmanuel 17, Etienne 17, Jean 13, Francoise 10, Catherine 9, Martine 6, Michel 5, Antoine 1; cattle 4, sheep 5.
  5. Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census
    at Port-Royal: Folio 18v Jacq La Prence & Marguerite Hebert, 1 girl, 4 acres 9 cattle
  6. 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 LEPRINCE 40, Marguerite HEBERT 35; 4 children; 5 sheep, 3 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Le Prince was listed correctly but transcribed as LEPRINCE.
  7. Karen Theriot Reader Jacques Prince at Geneanet.
  8. 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;
    Margueerite HEBERT (widow of Jacques LEPRINCE) 40, Marguerite 15, Francois & Jacques (probably Antoine) (twins) 13, Estienne 5, Francoise (probably Jean) 1
  9. Karen Theriot Reader Jacques Prince at Geneanet.
  10. http://www.genealogie.org/famille/prince/dict1.html

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Yes, I would appreciate that. I am unclear as to whether or not to correct spellings as they appear in old documents to conform to "Acadian Standard". For sure, by the time I arrived, we had dropped the "Le" prefix.
posted by Norman Prince
Thank you Ralph and Norman for your replay. The standard name would apply to those born in Acadie or to Acadian parents. After that names started to stabilize and take more regular forms.
posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Wow. That was a fast response. Thanks Cindy and Norman. I see Jacques is done. Do I have a go-ahead to do the kids and, if so, where do I stop - what date?
posted by Ralph Geer
I would do it for all who have an Acadian project box (not the sticker). Cindy
posted by Cindy (Bourque) Cooper
Leprince in the profile is Le Prince in the Acadian Standard names. Do you want me to change the lnab for him and his offspring and his grandkids, etc?
posted on Leprince-29 (merged) by Ralph Geer

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