Marie Josephe (Theriault) Thériot (abt. 1707 - 1758)

Born about 1707 in Cobequid, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

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Died 1758 at about age 51 in At sea

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Biography

Marie Josephe Thériot was born about 1707 in Acadie, daughter of Germain Thériot and Anne Pellerin. ^[1]. The family had moved to Cobeguid by 1703^[2] again in Cobequid in 1707 ^[3] and finally, in Cobequit in 1714^[4]

She was married to Jean Benoit around 1728 in Acadie. ^[1]

Their children were:

1. Anne Benoit (about 1729– )
2. Joseph Benoit (about 1731– )
3. Elisabeth Benoit (about 1733– )
4. Osite Blanche Benoit (about 1736–after 1762)
5. Jean Baptiste Benoit (about 1739– )
6. Jean Louis Benoit (about 1741–about 1764)
7. Paul Benoit (about 1743–about 1758)

Widowed Marie Josèphe was listed on the 1752 census at Baye de Mordienne, Isle Royale. ^[5]

During the French and Indian War, the siege of Louisbourg Fortress in 1758 resulted in the British expelling the Acadians from Ile Saint-Jean and Ile Royale. As French subjects they were deported to France. Marie-Josèphe and her children were among the 342 passengers who were forced aboard the Duke William, bound for France. Close to half of the passengers, 146, did not survive the horrific conditions on board and died at sea. Twenty nine died at hospital within 2 months of arrival in Saint-Malo on 1 November 1758.

Marie-Josèphe died in 1758 at sea, during the deportation crossing to France. Her children were on the list of arrivals in St-Malo, France, in the roll of the Duke William which disembarked on 1 Nov 1758. Her son Paul died at the hospital on 5 November. Her sons Joseph and Jean-Louis were hospitalized upon arrival. ^[6][1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), Print, p. 1492, THÉRIOT #8 j -

   Marie-Josèphe THÉRIOT, born around 1707, daughter of Germain (8) THÉRIOT & Anne PELLERIN. On LaRoque census age 45 years. Marie-Josephe died (Archives of Port of St-Servan) at sea in 1758 during the crossing to France.

2. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 212-220.

   Cobequid: Germain TERRIOT, his wife, 4 boys, 3 girls, 1 arms bearer.

3. ↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 221-237.

   Cobequid: Germain THERRIOT and Marie MORIN, 2 boys 14 or older, 3 younger boys, 1 girl 12 or older, 2 younger girls; 6 arpents, 12 cattle, 10 sheep, 8 hogs.

4. ↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 239-261.

   Cobequit: Germain TERRIOT and wife, 5 sons, 5 daughters.

5. ↑ Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home hosted by Lucie Consentino; The 1752 La Roque Census of Isle Royale Original publication by S.E.Dawson, 1906, Transcribed by Maureen McNeil, Sept 2000, accessed March 27, 2020.

   Marie Josephe Teriau, widow of late Jean Benoist, native of la Cadie, aged 45 years.
   Joseph Benoist, aged 21 years
   Baptiste, aged 13 years
   Jean Louis, aged 11 years
   Paul, aged 9 years
   Anne, aged 23 years
   Isabelle, aged 19 years
   Ossitte, aged 19 years
   She has been in the Colony 18 months and has rations for 21 months. One sow and two fowls are her livestock

6. ↑ "Etat des gens de mer, habitans et autres qui ont débarqué à St Malo du paquebot Anglois le Duc Guillaume," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the Duke William, disembarked at Saint-Malo on November 1, 1758 image 137, accessed 4 Jan 2024

   Family # 31
   TERRIOT Marie Joseph, widow Benoist, died at sea
   BENOIST Joseph, 27 years old, son, carpenter, hospitalized from 3/11 to 31/12/1758
   BENOIST Jean Louis, 18 years old, son, sailor, goes to Lorient, hospitalized from 4/11 to 29/11/1758
   BENOIST Paul, son, died at hospital on 5 November
   BENOIST Baptiste, son, sailor, goes to Lorient
   

See also:

• karen Theriot Reader Page for Marie Josèphe Theriot
• http://www.genealogie-acadienne.net/?action=indiDetails&I=2623