Françoise (Lebrun) Brun (abt. 1761 - 1843)

Born about 1761 in Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of André Joseph (Petit) Petit dit Bruneau — married 23 Jan 1786 in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1843 at about age 82 in Maskinongé, Bas-Canada

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Biography

Françoise was born about 1761, likely in Connecticut where her parents Charles Brun and Marie Josephe Lord had been deported in 1755. ^[1] She was baptized on 6 September 1767 in Louiseville with her siblings Marie Josèphe, Charles and Anne. Their dates and location of birth were omitted in the register. ^[2]

On 14 August 1763, her father Charles, head of a family of 5, was on a list of Acadian families in Connecticut who desired to go to France. ^{[3] [4]}

After the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763, the Acadians detained in the Anglo-American colonies were finally free to leave. On 1 March 1765, James Murray, Governor of the Province of Quebec, issued a proclamation offering free land to new immigrants. Between 1765 and 1775, 1306 Acadians deported to New England immigrated to Quebec. ^[4]

Two years later, after saving enough money to pay for their transportation, Françoise and her family boarded the brigantine Pitt that left New London in Connecticut on 26 June 1767 and disembarked at the port of Québec on 31 July 1767. ^[4]

Among the passengers of the brigantine Pitt were: ^[4]

Charles Brun 42

Marie-Josèphe Lord, his wife, 34 

Marie-Josèphe Brun, daughter, 14

Louise-Anne Brun, daughter, 8

Françoise Brun, daughter, 6

Charles Brun, son, 1 

The first mention of the family in Québec records occurred when the children were baptized in Louiseville on 6 September 1767. ^[4]

Françoise married André Joseph Petit (born in Maskinongé, Québec, Canada; son of Joseph Francois Petit Bruneau and Marie-Anne Vanasse) on 23 January 1786 in Maskinongé, Québec. ^[5]

Their children were: ^[6]

1. Marie Petit (1786– ) .
2. Joseph Petit (1788–1838) .
3. Antoine Petit dit Bruneau (1790– ) .
4. Paul Petit (1792–1792) .
5. Felix Petit (1792–1792) .
6. Louise Petit Bruneau (1793– ) .
7. Euphrosine Petit (1795– ) .
8. Pierre Bruneau (1797–1857) .
9. Louis Petit dit Bruneau (1801–1896) .
10. Charles Petit dit bruneau (1803– )

Françoise died on 5 August 1843 in Maskinongé, Bas-Canada. Her burial took place on 7 August 1843. She was given 82 years of age. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ PRDH: Le Programme de recherche en démographie historique (membership): Individu: 215164
2. ↑ "Québec, registres paroissiaux catholiques, 1621-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L99S-29Y2?cc=1321742&wc=HC69-T38%3A15688901%2C15688902%2C15688903 : 16 July 2014), Louiseville > Saint-Antoine-de-la-Rivière-du-Loup > Baptêmes, mariages, sépultures 1714-1770 > image 273 of 315; Archives Nationales du Quebec (National Archives of Quebec), Montreal.
3. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. Connecticut Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home,"General List of the Acadian Families Distributed in the Government of Konehtoket (Connecticut) Who Desire To Go To France". Accessed Feb 2024

   Charle LEBRUN, five persons

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} André-Carl Vachon, Les Acadiens déportés qui acceptèrent l'offre de Murray, (Tracadie-Sheila, N-B., La Grande Marée, 2016 Kindle edition), p. 128, 247, 249
5. ↑ Marriage: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1091 #105188252 (accessed 29 February 2024)
   Francoise Lebrun marriage to Joseph Petit in 1786 in Maskinonge (Maskinongé), Québec (Quebec), Canada.
6. ↑ PRDH - Programme de recherche en démographie historique.
7. ↑ Burial: "Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968"
   Institut Généalogique Drouin; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Drouin Collection; Author: Gabriel Drouin, Comp
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1091 #12808125 (accessed 29 February 2024)
   Francois Lebrun Petit Bruneau burial (died in 1843) in 1843 in Maskinonge (Maskinongé), Québec (Quebec), Canada.

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