Pierre Morin (abt. 1634 - abt. 1690)

Born about 1634 in Normandie, France

Husband of Marie Madeleine Martin — married about 1661 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Descendants

Died about 1690 at about age 56 in Ristigouche, Canada, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

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Biography

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Pierre Morin migrated from France to Acadia.

Pierre Morin was born in Normandy, France about 1634.^[1] Some attribute the "dit name" Boucher to him as early as 1668.^[2] There are also transcriptions of the marriage register of his son, Pierre, to Françoise Chiasson in 1682, that have his name as Pierre Morin dit Boucher.^[3]

About 1661, he married Marie Madeleine Martin, daughter of Pierre Martin and Catherine Vigneau, in Acadia.

Between about 1662 and 1686, the couple had twelve children: Pierre, Louis, Antoine, Marie, Anne, Jacques the elder, Charles, Marguerite, Jean, Jacques-François, Simon-Joseph, Jacques the younger.^[1]

In 1671, the family was found in Port Royal with five children in the household.^[4][5]

At that time, new villages such as Beaubassin (now Amherst, Nova Scotia) were established, as available farm land at Port Royal decreased. Moreover, some desired to be further away from the French officials who had arrived in Port Royal. The Morin family moved to Beaubassin.

Surette describes the arrival of the Martins and Morins at Beaubassin:

Around 1668... a few young men follow the pioneers to the Beaubassin where they start a colony on the more massive ridge neighbouring the Mesagoueche to the north, on what the Micmacs call the Hardwood point (and that later became the Beausejour's point). This is the case of Pierre Martin the son and of Jean Labarre. Martin's brothers-in-law Pierre Morin called Boucher and Francois Pellerin also join the undertaking."^[2]

"The initial settlement went well, and Beaubassin was soon recognized as a successful village specializing in livestock. A few families stood out for their success. By 1686, the Bourgeois were cultivating nearly 60 acres of land, operating a gristmill, and managing livestock herds numbering over 350 head. Others, however, such as Pierre Morin and Robert Cottard, were just getting by as farmhands."^[6]

The four youngest children were baptised at the Beaubassin church (1680-1686).

In March 1682, the seigneur of Beaubassin Michel Le Neuf de La Vallière sent summons to eleven inhabitants of Beaubassin to appear before the Sovereign Council of Quebec for having refused to accept concession contracts. These inhabitants were: Pierre Morin, Guyon Chiasson, Michel Poirier, Roger Kessy, Claude Dugas, Germain et Guillaume Bourgeois. Germain Girouard, Jean-Aubin Migneaux, Jacques Belou and Thomas Cormier. ^[7] However, his attempt to impose seigneurial dues such as the corvée (obligatory labour) was soon contested by the settlers who won their case in court. ^[6]

In 1686, at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin, Pierre MORIN, aged 51, was living with his wife, Marie MARTIN, aged 44, and their nine children: Louis, aged 22, Antoine, aged 20, Marie, aged 18, Anne, aged 16, Jacques, aged 14, Charles, aged 12, Marguerite, aged 10, Jean, aged 8, and Jacques-Francois, aged 3. The family was living on 30 arpents of cultivable land with 15 cattle, 8 sheep, and 12 hogs.^[8][9]

Around 1687, a major crisis occurred with the entire Morin family:

"The Sieur Michel Leneuf's oldest daughter Marie Josephe (LeNeuf) Leneuf is found to be in the family way. The priest Trouvé accuses Louis Morin, Pierre's second son of having seduced her. LeNeuf imprisons the young man whom he and Trouvé summarily try, condemn, and deport. LeNeuf then expels the whole Morin clan-- father, sons, and sons-in-law-- 19 persons in all, and appropriate their land. The Morin outcasts seek refuge on the bay of Chaleurs."^[2]

Lieutenant General Mathieu De Goutin's account of the crisis in 1690^[10] maintained that it was the priest Trouvé who heard witnesses, pronounced judgement, and had him imprisonsed notwithstanding that officers of the King were available. It was Trouvé who obtained from M. de Meneval an order regarding banishment of the 19 people. De Goutin described the impact of this crisis on the community:

"The property of these families was confiscated to the profit of Leneuf without any formality of justice. Sr. Trouvé was so odious to the inhabitants of Beaubassin that they obliged him to abandon the parish. He wanted to withdraw to Les Mines, but the inhabitants there refused to receive him. This affair has caused a great deal of unrest, these nineteen persons being relatives of a third of the colony. Sr Trouvé was obliged to go to Port-Royal where the authority of M. de Meneval silenced all complaints against him."

In the 1688 Census at the Baie des Chaleurs, Canada, Nouvelle-France, the family is found there: "[Il y a trois habitants.] Le 1er est un nome boucher de normandie et sa famme du port royal. Ils sont habité de 1688 au printemps. Toute cette famille faict trois habitants. Il ont ont (sic) 8 garcon qui sont bien age le plus pettit a 12 ans de ses garçons il y en a un de mariay ou deux et a cinq filles la plus jeune a 8 ans une de ses filles et marie qui a 2 enfans"^[1]

Pierre died around 1690 at the age of 56.^[1]

Timeline

c1634 birth, in France

1636 Arrival of he first French families to settle permanently^[11]

1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases^[12]

c1661 marriage to Marie-Madeleine Martin, in Acadia

c1662 birth, son Pierre

c1664 birth, son Louis

c1666 birth, son Antoine

1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes^[13]

c1668 birth, daughter Marie

c1671 birth, daughter Anne

1671 residence, in Port Royal

c1672 birth, son Jacques the elder

C1671-1672 Village of Beaubassin on the Isthmus of Chignecto founded by Acadian surgeon Jacques Bourgeois, who persuaded five other families to go with him.^[14][15]

c1674 birth, son Charles

c1676 birth, daughter Marguerite

1676-78 Michel Leneuf des Vallières is awarded a large (1000 square miles) seigneury at Beaubassin. “The grant specified that he leave undisturbed any settlers there, together with their lands they used or had planned to use for themselves”. La Vallière builds his homestead on an island (Tonge’s Island) ^[16][15]

1680 birth, son Jean, in Beaubassin

1682 birth, son Jacques-François, in Beaubassin

1682 Eleven men are subpoenaed for refusing to accept the contracts of concessions: Pierre Morin, Guyou Chiasson, Michel Poirier, Roger Kessy, Claude Du Gast, Germaine and Guillaume Bourgeois, Germaine Giroir, Jean Aubin Mignaux, Jacques Belou, and Thomas Cormier.^[15]

1685 birth, son Simon-Joseph, in Beaubassin

1686 birth, son Jacques le Jeune, in Beaubassin

1686 residence, in Beaubassin

1687 banishment from Beaubassin

1688 residence, Baie des Chaleurs

c1690 death

Research Notes

• Because no one has offered credible evidence that we know who Pierre's parents were, Benoît Morin-194 and Thérèse Girard-122 were removed as his parents. If parents are found with a suitable source, please contact the Acadian project for help in adding them to the project.

The following was sent via the private messaging system on WikiTree.com. (Note: most of this information is incorrect)

Pierre was born around 1616 likely in the Coulonges-les-Royaux, Niort, Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes Region in the town of Coulonges-sur-l'Autise or Aulnay-de-Saintonge of France. Information suggests Pierre was hired as a saddlemaker at La Rochelle on 7 April 1642 by William Desjardins for Charles de St-Etienne de LaTour and set sail for Rivière St-Jean, Bay of Fundy Acadie aboard Le Saint Clément captained by J. Descombes. These early migrations were driven by the need for skilled labor in New France so a saddlemaker would have helped fill that need.

I am a descendent and have many birth dates and surmise the date of birth is linked to the Acadie census of 1671 .... but there is a reasonable chance that that information could have been transcribed in error...I’ve seen no birth or christening records but a ship record from La Rochelle France would seem to have some weight since his origins are not far from there and he is listed as a saddlemaker or harness maker which seems to be a skill set that is universally associated with this individual.

I think Pierre was given the dit Boucher alias after he was expelled from Acadie and would not have been his birth name....your thoughts? The sender, Michael Morin, was not logged-in to WikiTree.

Another private message received 7/27/2020
At the 1671 Acadian Census, which according to history books was done between Nov. 1670 and Feb 1671, Pierre claimed to be 37 years old. At the 1686 census, which again according to history books was done early 1686, Pierre was 51 years old. For both declarations to be true, he had to have been born between January 1 and February 28, 1634.

There was apparently a couple, Jacques Morin and Noemie Lejeune married at Saint-Nicolas de Granville in Normandy, August 23, 1629. They had a son which I believe was baptized on May 28, 1634 called Pierre, which would make him 3-6 months old. Could this be our Pierre dit Boucher?

This would explain why our Pierre named 3 of his sons Jacques if this was indeed his father. There is also apparently a reference of Jacques dit Bonsecours (Pierre's son) presenting himself as being from Granville. Perhaps he was identifying to or simply referring his ancestral land, that of his Grandfather.
From Claude Morin who was not logged-in to WikiTree.

Biographie

Naissance et Nom
Pierre Morin, aussi connu sous le nom de Morin dit Boucher est né vers 1634 en Normandie, France.^[1] La première utilisation enregistrée du nom-dit Boucher a peut-être été lors du mariage de son fils Pierre, avec Françoise Chiasson, le 8 novembre 1682.^[3] Le PRDH n'utilise pas de nom-dit.^[17]

Mariage
Vers 1661, il épouse Marie Martin à Port-Royal, Acadie.

Selon Tanguay, le 8 novembre 1682, il aurait épousé Françoise Chiasson, fille de Guyon Chiasson dit Lavallée et Jeanne Bernard à Beaubassin, Acadie, Canada ; mais cette assertion serait fausse puisqu'il s'agit plutôt de son fils.^[18]

Entre 1662 et 1686 environ, le couple a eu douze enfants: Pierre, Louis, Antoine, Marie, Anne, Jacques l'aîné, Charles, Marguerite, Jean, Jacques-François, Simon-Joseph, Jacques le jeune.^[1]

En mars 1682, le seigneur de Beaubassin Michel Le Neuf de La Vallière assigne onze censitaires de Beaubassin à comparaître devant le Conseil souverain de Québec pour avoir refusé d'accepter des contrats de concession. Ces habitants sont: Pierre Morin, Guyon Chiasson, Michel Poirier, Roger Kessy, Claude Dugas, Germain et Guillaume Bourgeois, Germain Giroir, Jean-Aubin Migneaux, Jacques Belou et Thomas Cormier. ^[7] Cependant, sa tentative d'imposer des droits seigneuriaux comme la corvée fut bientôt contestée par les colons qui obtinrent gain de cause devant les tribunaux. ^[6]

Recensement de l'Acadie de 1671
Port Royal: Pierre MORIN, 37, wife Marie MARTIN 35; Children: Pierre 9, Louis 7, Antoine 5, Marie 3, Ann 10 months; bétès à corners 3, moutons 4, 1 arpen.^[4][5]

Recensement d'Acadie 1686
Au recensement de 1686 de Chignectou dit Beaubassin, Pierre MORIN 51, Marie MARTIN 44; enfants: Louis 22, Antoine 20, Marie 18, Anne 16, Jacques 14, Charles 12, Marguerite 10, Jean 8, Jacques-Francois 3; 30 arpents, 15 bêtes à cornes, 8 moutons, 12 cochons.^[8][9]

Recensement de 1688
Au recensement de 1688 de Baie-de-Chaleur, la famille était là. "[Il y a trois habitants.] Le 1er est un nome boucher de normandie et sa famme du port royal. Ils sont habité de 1688 au printemps. Toute cette famille faict trois habitants. Il ont ont (sic) 8 garcon qui sont bien age le plus pettit a 12 ans de ses garçons il y en a un de mariay ou deux et a cinq filles la plus jeune a 8 ans une de ses filles et marie qui a 2 enfans"^[1]

Décès
Vers 1690, il décède à Restigouche, Canada, Nouvelle-France.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print, p 1220-1222.
   • cites Tanguay vol I, p 445; Jetté p 834), no parents given
   • Pierre Morin dit Boucher n Normandie v 1634 (Rc PR 1671 37a, Rc Bbn 1686 51a); laboureur; d (greffe F. Rageot 25 sept 1702) v 1690.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Paul Surette, Atlas of the Acadian Settlement of the Beaubassin 1660 to 1755, (Tintamarre and Le Lac: Tantramar Heritage Trust, 2005) p.__ (arrival of the Martins and Morins at Beaubassin); p. 8 (crisis and banishment of Morin clan).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Canadiana. Héritage. Parish registers: Nova Scotia:C-3021, see Image 43 at Héritage.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 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.

   Port Royal: Pierre MORIN, 37, wife Marie MARTIN 35; Children: Pierre 9, Louis 7, Antoine 5, Marie 3, Ann 10 months; cattle 3, sheep 4, 1 arpen.

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home. Charles Trahan's translations adding land holdings to 1671 Census
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Gregory Kennedy, Thomas Peace, and Stephanie Pettigrew, “Social Networks across Chignecto: Applying Social Network Analysis to Acadie, Mi’kma’ki, and Nova Scotia, 1670-1751,” Acadiensis 47, (2018) Paragraph # 1, https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/26239.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Fonds Beaubassin, Library and Archives Canada, MG9-B9-2, http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=98473&lang=eng (To access the list, select: Record information - Details; Scope and content; Show detail)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 15-60.

   at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin: Pierre MORIN 51, Marie MARTIN 44; children: Louis 22, Antoine 20, Marie 18, Anne 16, Jacques 14, Charles 12, Marguerite 10, Jean 8, Jacques-Francois 3; 30 arpents, 15 cattle, 8 sheep, 12 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Chiqnitou dit Beaubassin, Jean Marie was written as just Jean and Marie Madeleine Martin was written as just Marie Martin.

9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Histoire des canadiens-français, 1608-1880, origine, histoire, religion, guerres, découvertes, colonisation, coutumes, vie domestique, sociale et politique, développement, avenir. Par Sulte, Benjamin, 1841-1923. Tome VI. Montreal. Wilson & Cie Editeurs. 1882. Page 8 (image 42 of 203) Archive.org. Recensement fait far monsieur De Meulles, intendant de la Nouvelle-France, de tous les peuples de Beaubassin, rivière Saint-Jean, Port-Royal, ile Percée et autres côtes de l'Acadie, s'y étant lui-même transporté dans chacune des habitations, au comnteucement de l'année 1 686.
10. ↑ White, Stephen A. English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton NB: Centre D'Études Acadiennes, 2000, p 259-260
11. ↑ Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. p. 32 first French families in Acadia
12. ↑ “Sedgwick, Robert,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003. Canadian Biography
13. ↑ “Morillon du Bourg,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003. Canadian Biography
14. ↑ 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) Bourgeois, p.1 37 Families
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1 15.2} Clark, Andrew Hill, Acadia; The Geography of Early Nova Scotia to 1760. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1968. p141 (Bourgeois founder); p141-142 (seigneury of Beaubassin)
16. ↑ “Leneuf de la Valliere de Beaubassin, Michel (the elder)” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 2, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003. Canadian Biography
17. ↑ Programme de Recherche en Démographie Historique, Université de Montréal (paid subscription) PRDH
18. ↑ Tanguay Vol. 1 p. 445 - fausse assertion.

See also:

• Pierre Morin Nos Origines.
• Site de Francois Marchi