Étienne Robichaud (abt. 1640 - bef. 1686)

Born about 1640 in Martaizé, Poitou, France [uncertain]

Husband of Françoise Boudrot — married about 1668 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1686 before about age 46 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

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Étienne Robichaud migrated from France to Acadia.

One of the larger Acadian families^[1] stems from Étienne Robichaud who was born around 1640.^[2] His parents are unknown, although Louis Robichaud is often incorrectly listed as his father. See Discussion.

Around 1663, he married Françoise Boudrot, daughter of Michel Boudrot and Michelle Aucoin^[2] in Acadia.^[3] One descendant claims that Étienne came from France with his wife. White thinks this is unlikely as Françoise Boudrot's parents were established in Acadia before her birth..^[3]

Between about 1664 and 1677, the couple had six children: ^[2]

1. Madeleine (dit Cadet)
2. Charles (dit Cadet)
3. Prudent
4. Marie
5. Alexandre
6. François (dit Niganne)

The family was listed in the 1671 census at Port Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada). Étienne refused to give any information to the census taker.^[4][5] In 1678, an acre of their land was cultivated and they had 19 cattle. ^[6] The location of their farm is uncertain, but in 1707, his son Alexandre's farm was on the north bank of the Dauphin (Annapolis) River east of Goat Island.^[7]

Étienne died in Port Royal before the 1686 Acadian census.^[2]

Timeline

c1640 birth

1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases^[8]

c1663 marriage to Françoise Boudrot in Acadia

c1664 birth, daughter Madeleine

c1667 birth, son Charles

1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes^[9]

c1669 birth, son Prudent

1671 residence, in Port Royal

c1672 birth, daughter Marie

c1675 birth, son Alexandre

c1677 birth, son François

1678 residence, in Port Royal

b1686 Died before the 1686 census, on which his name is spelled Estienne, in his widow's entry.

Biographie

Étienne Robichaud est né vers 1640. Ses parents sont inconnus. ^[2]

Il épousa Françoise Boudrot, fille de Michel Boudrot et de Michelle Aucoin, vers 1663.^[2] fort probablement en Acadie.^[3]

Entre 1664 et 1677, le couple a eu six enfants: ^[2]

1. Madeleine (dit Cadet)
2. Charles (dit Cadet)
3. Prudent
4. Marie
5. Alexandre
6. François (dit Niganne)

Reseaarch Notes

Origins. According to Massignon^[1], Étienne may have originated from La Chaussée, Poitou (today Vienne), France. She posits three arguments in favour of this theory: 1) the spelling of 'Robichau' was unique to the d'Aulnay estates in France; 2) a certain Estienne Robichau appeared in the parish register at La Chaussée; and 3) the deposition of his descendant stated that Etienne brought his wife from France, indicating a bond between the Robichaud and Boudrot before arriving in Acadia. The Boudrot family had already been allied with other Acadian families (Girouard and Aucoin) in France. Stephen White believes that Étienne's marriage took place in Acadia because Françoise Boudrot's parents were established in Acadia before her birth.^[3]

An article by Denis Savard in l'Acadie Nouvelle explains that later records from La Chaussée show that the Étienne found there did not travel to Acadia. ^[10]

Father of Étienne Robichaud. In 1994, Stephen White stated:

"Monseigneur Cyprien Tanguay fait état, dans son Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, du décès à Québec, le 3 janvier 1649, de Louis «Robichau». Selon Placide Gaudet, celui-ci aurait été le père d'Étienne Robichaud, qui se trouvait à Port-Royal, en Acadie, lors du recensement de 1671."^[11] Lucie LeBlanc Constantino's translation: "Cyprien Tanguay states in his Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, that Louis *Robichau* died January 3 1649 in Québec. According to Placide Gaudet, he would have been the father of Étienne Robichaud who was in Port-Royal, Acadia in the 1671 Census."

Since then, White has corrected this; there apparently is no connection between Étienne and the supposed "Louis Robichau". He was not a Robichaud but Louis Rebicher.^[12]

Removed Unknown (Robichaud) Unknown (abt.1620-) as father because the parents are unknown and he does not need a placeholder father that has even a modicum of misleading information.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Geneviève Massignon, Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique (Paris: Librairie Klincksieck, 1962) , 2 tomes. p. 36, 38, 46
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} 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. 1403-1404.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} White, Stephen A. Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767 English Translation, Publication: University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online
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: *Estienne ROBICHAUT, told his wife that he did not want to give account of his cattle and his land. "Laboureur - ESTIENNE ROBICHAUT ne ma pas voulut voir Il a sorty de chez Luy et a dit a sa femme quel me dit quil ne me vouloit point donner le conte de ses bestiaux et terres"

5. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Étienne Robichaud

   CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, name spelled Estienne ROBICHAUT. In a curious entry, he made known to the Franciscan census-taker Laurent MOLIN that he "did not want to see him. He left the house and told his wife to tell me that he did not at all wish to give the count of his animals and lands." [Did he fear a tax, or was he just a difficult man? Was he a Protestant? Two other individual were also not forthcoming.] Etienne was listed as Laborer (Farmer). He did have a wife, and there should have been three young children.

6. ↑ 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: Estienne Robichau, Francoise Boudrot, 1 acre, 19 cattle, 4 boys: age 12-born 1666, 9-1669, 4-1674, 1- 677; 2 girls: 15-1663, 6-1672.

7. ↑ 1707 homestead location of Alexandre Robichaud. In Au Coeur de l'Acadie Acadian Settlement on the Annapolis River 1707 Map Parks Canada
8. ↑ William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013
9. ↑ In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013
10. ↑ Savard, Denis. "Racines Acadiennes - Étienne Robichaud". Acadie Nouvelle, 23 May 2016. https://www.acadienouvelle.com/chroniques/2016/05/23/etienne-robichaud/.
11. ↑ Stephen A. White. ‘’La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des Retrouvailles 94,’’ online articles, Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994), ROBICHAUD, page 1
12. ↑ Correction of Father of Étienne Robichaud

See also:

• The Genealogy of the Thirty-seven Host Families of Homecoming 94