Germain Henry (1686 - 1758)

Born 1686 in Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Cécile Deveau — married about 1720 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 1758 at about age 72 in At Sea, en route to France

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Biography

Germain Henry was born about 1686 in Acadia. He was the son of Robert Henry and Marie-Madeleine Godin. The family was living at Les Mines in 1693, when he was named as "Jacques", age 7, on the Acadian census.^[1][2] He may have moved with his family to Cobeguit by 1714, and then to Ile Royale by 1717, where they are found on various Acadian censuses.^[3]

He married about 1720 to Cécile Deveau, daughter of Michel Deveau and Marie-Madeleine Martin.^[4]

Their children were:

1. Alexis Henry (about 1721–about 1758) b. Cobeguit
2. Marie Henry (about 1723–1807) b. Cobeguit
3. Jean Baptiste Henry (1727–1759) b. Acadie
4. Marguerite Henry (about 1729–after 1793) b. Cobeguit
5. Pierre Henry (1732–after 1785) b. Beaubassin
6. Marie Josephe Henry (1734– ) b. Acadie
7. Rosalie Henry (about 1738–1759) b. Acadie
8. Joseph Henry (1740–1758) b. Beaubassin
9. Marie Magdeleine Henry (1743– ) b. Beaubassin
10. Amand Henry (1745– ) b. Acadie

Germain was listed in the 1752 La Roque census at Port La Joye with his wife Cécile, their 6 children, and an orphan Jean Caissie. The family owned livestock but no land.^[5]

During the French and Indian War, the siege of the 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 aboard the Duc Guillaume.^[6]

Germain and his son Joseph died in 1758 at sea, during the deportation crossing to France.^[7] His wife survived the crossing, but died the following year at St-Servan.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ 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, pp. 840-841, cites Rc Les Mines 1693 Jacques 7a, Rc Lq 1752 66a".
2. ↑ 1693 Acadian census at Mines: Robert HENRY 50, Madeleine GODET his wife 31, Martin 15, Marie 13, Francois 11, Genevieve 9, Jacques 7, Jeanne 5; 12 sheep, 6 arpents.
3. ↑ White, DGFA, cites Acadian censuses for Les Mines (1703, 1707), Cbt (1714), Ile Royale (1717), and Port Toulouse (1717, 1719)
4. ↑ White, DGFA, p. 841
5. ↑ "The Island Register", hosted by Dave Hunter; The 1752 LaRoque Census of Isle St. Jean (Prince Edward Island) updated 1/22/98, accessed 1 September 2019 p. 2

   Germaine Henry, native of l'Acadie, aged 66 years; he has been two years in the country. Married to Cecille Desveaux, native of l'Acadie. They have four sons and two daughters.
   Jean Baptiste, aged 25 years.
   Pierre, aged 18 years.
   Joseph, aged 11 years.
   Armand, aged 7 years.
   Rozalie, aged 14 years.
   Magdeleine, aged 9 years.
   Jean Cayssy, orphan, native of l'Acadie, aged 27 years.
   They have in live stock, one bull, one mare, three sows, four pigs, five geese, and eight fowls. They own no land.

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 136, accessed 3 Jan 2024

   Family # 28
   HENRY Germain, died at sea
   DEVEAU Cécile, his wife, lives in St Servant "dans la cour de la giraudais", very old
   HENRY Rose, 16, daughter, hospitalized from 25/11 to 4/12/1758
   HENRY Madeleine, 15, daughter
   HENRY Armand, 13, son
   HENRY Joseph, son, died at sea
   

7. ↑ White, DGFA, p. 841, cites "Arch Port St-Servan"
8. ↑ White, DGFA, p. 508, cites "d/s Rg St-Servan 11/12 févr 1759 58a"

See also:

• Karen Theriot Reader Germain Henry at Geneanet.
• Ancestry.com, Ancestry Family Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
• Genealogy of Canada (nosorigines.qc.ca), page for Germain Henry