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Joseph "dit le Petit Homme" Henry was born around 1707 in Acadie. He was the son of Robert Henry and Marie Madeleine Godin. [1]
He married Catherine Pitre, daughter of Jean Pitre and Françoise Babin, around 1729 in Acadie. [1]
Children:[2]
They lived in Cobeguit for some time since in their daughter Marguerite Modeste's baptism record they are mentioned as being from that place.
By 1750 they were living on Isle Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island), where Marguerite Modeste was born.
They were listed in the 1752 La Roque census at Rivière-du-Ouest, Isle Saint-Jean, with their 8 children.[3]
He passed away before 27 January 1761.[1] His son Charles was married on that day and his father was listed as deceased in the register.
Joseph Henry dit le petit homme, native of l'Acadie, ploughman, aged 45 years, has been in the country two years and nine months. Married to Catherine Pitre, native of l'Acadie, aged 40 years.
They have eight children, three sons and five daughters:-
Joseph Henry, aged 17 years.
Bazille, aged 13 years.
Jean Baptiste, aged 6 years.
Marie, aged 19 years
Sephrose, aged 14 years.
Anne, aged 13 years.
Margueritte Modeste, aged 2 years.
Margueritte Joseph, aged 3 months.
In live stock, they have four oxen, one cow, one sheep, three sows, and two pigs. The land upon which they are settled is situated on the north side of the said Rivière du Ouest and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have a clearing on which they have sown two bushels of wheat and one bushel of oats.
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