Pierre (Leger) Léger (abt. 1730 - 1805)

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Unknown — married about 1751 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 29 Jan 1805 at about age 75 in Richibouctou-Village, Kent, Colony of New Brunswick

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Biography

Pierre dit Pierrot was born about 1730. He was the son of Jacques Léger and Anne Marie Amireau.^[1]

He married Marguerite about 1751.^[1]

Children:^[1]

1. Unknown son who died young
2. Esther ca 1755

The 1752 census shows that they were living at Petcoudiac. There was only 1 child in the household, a boy.^[2]

By 1755 there was only 1 girl in the family home in Petcoudiac.^[3]

They were refugees at Camp d'Espérance in Miramichi around 1758-1759.^[4]

The 1761 censuses showed them living in Caraquet. In the census taken in November by Mackenzie, they were on a list of 157 Acadians left in Caraquet because there weren’t enough vessels to take them away. ^{[5] [6]}

In 1763, Pierre, Marguerite and Esther were prisoners at Fort Beauséjour.^[7]

He married Nathalie dite Anastasie Breau (Pierre & Anne-Françoise Dupuis), widow of Jacques LeBlanc, about 1775.^[1]

Children:^[1]

1. Marie-Blanche

He passed away in Richibouctou-Village on 29 Jan 1805.^[1]

Research Note

Stephen White does not mention a last name for Marguerite in 37 families. Karen Theriot Reader gives the last name Grosvalet, but no parents named.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} White, Stephen A. "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), LÉGER, page 1, 11

   16. viii. Pierre dit Pierrot, n v 1730; m (1) v 1751 Marguerite; m (2) v 1775 Nathalie dite Anastasie BREAU (Pierre & Anne-Françoise Dupuis) veuve de Jacques LeBlanc; d Richibouctou-Village 29 janv 1805.

2. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1752 Census The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 277-308, Image 284

   Pierre LÉGER, his wife, 1 boy.

3. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census image 5

   Pierre Léger, 1 male, 1 female, 1 girl.

4. ↑ White, Stephen A. Recensements de Beaubassin et des Trois Rivières de Chipoudie, de Memramcook et de Petcoudiac (1686-1755). Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 50, nos 2-4, juin-décembre 2019, p. 358-359.

   Pierre Léger (son of Jacques #3 DGFA) married to Marguerite (no last name or parents given), were recorded in Petcoudiac in 1752 with 1 son, and in 1755 with 1 daughter. They were refugees at Camp d’Espérance and settled in Richibouctou after the Grand Dérangement.

5. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1761 (July) Gaspesie Refugees Census, page 5 of 6, original record 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Original Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12837, Image 182

   Pierre Léger, his wife, 1 girl

6. ↑ original record 1761 (Nov) Acadians Inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not Surrendered at Fort Cumberland Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12838, Image 1856

   Pierre Legere, 3 people total. An inscription in the margin of the list: "These 157 persons were left at Karaket for want of vessels to carry them away."

7. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. List of Acadian Prisoners at Fort Cumberland as of August 24, 1763, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, original record, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada. / France. Fonds des Archives nationales: Série C12. Correspondance générale; Saint-Pierre et Miquelon : C-9146, vol. 1, f. 22-26. Images 33-47, Page 35, Image 46, accessed September 2020

   Pierre Leger, Marguerite Leger, Ester Leger

See also:

• Karen Theriot Reader Page for Pierre dit Pierrot Léger at Geneanet
• LeBlanc, R.-G. (2012). Les réfugiés acadiens au camp d’Espérance de la Miramichi en 1756-1761 : un épisode méconnu du Grand Dérangement. Acadiensis, 41(1). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/19077 English translation "The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761"