Marguerite Leger (abt. 1757 - aft. 1791)

Born about 1757 in Acadie [uncertain]

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Biography

Marguerite was born about 1757 in Acadie.

Not long before Marguerite's birth, her parents were living in Petitcoudiac as shown in the 1755 census. There were 2 boys and 2 girls in the family home. (Likely Anne, Joseph, Anastasie and perhaps an unknown son). ^{[1] [2]}

On 13 October 1755, her father Joseph was deported to South Carolina without his family. He was forced aboard the Endeavour in Chignectou, and disembarked in South Carolina on 19 November 1755. With a group of other Acadian exiles, he managed to quickly make his way back to Acadie and was reunited with his family. ^[3]

During the winter of 1756-1757, the family had to flee the turmoil around Petitcoudiac and found refuge at Camp d'Espérance which was established at the end of the summer of 1756 in the Miramichi area to protect from famine and from the roundups of the British soldiers the approximately 1400 Acadians who fled there. ^[4] Her maternal grand-parents René LeBlanc and Anne Thériot starved to death at that camp.^{[5] [6][4]} In 1761 they were on a list of refugees at Caraquet. ^[7] That same year, in November, Joseph Léger and his family were counted in Caraquet with a group of Acadians who were left there because there were not enough ships to deport them. ^[8]

“During the following months, Acadians still in the area either surrendered to, or were captured by the British, who held them in prison compounds in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. One of these compounds was Fort Edward, built by the British in 1750 at Pisiquid (Windsor NS) to control Acadians and Mi'kmaq. In 1762, British officials counted brothers Joseph Léger and his family of six, Paul Léger and his family of three, and Jean Léger and his family of three at Fort Edward.“ ^[9][10]

Marguerite and her family were also held prisoners in Halifax in 1763. ^[4]

The prisoners in Halifax were released after the treaty of 1763. The British authorities permitted Acadians to remain in the Colony of Nova Scotia as long as they took an oath of allegiance. Many refused and went to Louisiana, Québec, or French-controlled colonies. The Léger family decided to stay in their homeland. They were one of the first families to settle in Minoudie, Nova Scotia.

From: The History of Minoudie, including Franklin Manor, Nappan & Maccan beginning in 1764 ^[11]

"Two groups of Acadians settled on these fiefs of Cumberland County. The most important of all the locations was Champs-Élysés - Ménoudie - where Charles Forest was the leader. The Estate of Menoudie or the Elysian Fields consists of 7/8 of a tract of 8,000 acres. It contains nearly 3,000 of dyked Lands, cleared upland and orchard. In 1768, I settled 10 family hereon. their number speedily increased. to each family was allowed 200 acres including a Proportion of dykeland, cleared upland, wood, to themselves and their heir forever. the following is the list of the original Tenants..

"Desbarres list only contains names of individuals with no other information. In this work originally done by La Société historique acadienne in October, 1966, the names of the spouses have been added. The names are listed as DesBarres listed them and then as corrected by the Société:

John Burg, Jean Bourg spouse of Marie Terriot

John Burg Jun., Jean Bourg, son, spouse of Marie Hébert

Peter Melançon, Pierre Melanson spouse of Marie Granger

Peter Babin, Pierre Babin spouse of Madeleine Bourg

Charles Forêt, Charles Forest spouse of Marie Poirier

Joseph Léger spouse of Claire LeBlanc

Joseph Como, Joseph Comeau spouse of Madeleine Hébert

Peter Brin, Pierre Brun spouse of Théodose Boudrot

John Brin, Jean Brun - not married

Many families were forced out of Minoudie or chose to move out. Joseph and Claire moved to Saint-Anselme

Marguerite married Sylvain Babineau (Jean & Isabelle Breau) about 1777.^[12]

She passed away after 1791 (last child born 1791).

Research Notes

Various dates and locations of birth mentioned in family trees, without sources:

• March 6, 1751 - La Rosette, Hillsborough (NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA) ^[13]
• About 1750 in Saint-Anselme, New Brunswick. ^[14]
• 1757, no location given. ^[15]
• About 1757 in Acadie ^[16]

Stephen White in the "La généalogie des trente-sept familles" does not give a date or location of birth for Marguerite. In the list of children, she is placed between Anastasie born in 1753 in Petitcoudiac, and Rosalie born in 1764 in Pisiguit. The family moved to Saint-Anselme, New Brunswick (then called Ruisseau des Renards and later Fox Creek) only after 1764. Based on her marriage around 1777, and her rank in the children's list, her year of birth is estimated at around 1757. The location of birth is in Acadie, but the exact location is unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino;1755 Census p. 5 of 32

   Joseph Léger, his wife, 2 boys, 2 girls

2. ↑ Stephen A. White, 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, pp. 356-357
3. ↑ Paul Delaney, "The Acadians Deported from Chignectou to 'Les Carolines' in 1755: Their Origins, Identities and Subsequent Movements," Du Grand Dérangement à la Déportation: Nouvelles perspectives historiques, Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, ed., (Moncton, NB: Chaire d’études acadiennes, 2005) p. 314
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Ronnie-Gilles LeBlanc, “List of Refugee Acadian Households at Camp Espérance on the Miramichi, 1756-1757: Appendix to ‘The Acadian Refugee Camp on the Miramichi, 1756-1761’”. English translation & glossary of place name by John Estano DeRoche. PDF accessible online for download at The Official Blog of the Association des Acadiens-Métis Souriquois, dated March 30, 2018, https://acadiens-metis-souriquois.ca/aams-blog/news-and-reflections-the-acadian-refugee-camp-on-the-miramichi-1756-1761-march-30-2018
5. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader René LeBlanc Anne Thériot citing 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. p. 990, p. 1490

   He died on the shores of Miramichi in 1759 (Belle-Ile-en-Mer Declarations). /Anne died (Belle-Ile-en-Mer Declaration) on the Miramichi coast in 1759.

6. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader René LeBlanc Anne Thériot citing Arsenault, Bona. Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens. 6 vols. Montreal, Canada: Lemeac, 1978. p 1223.

   They both died of hunger on the shores of Miramichi River, New Brunswick in 1759.

7. ↑ Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home"; 2005 – Present, hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino; 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Census, original record 1761 Gaspesie Refugees Original Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12837, Images 176-184, p. 557 of PDF

   Joseph Fluzan (Leger) his wife, 3 boys, 3 girls

8. ↑ original record 1761 Acadians Inhabiting from Gaspay to Bay Verte not Surrendered at Fort Cumberland Amherst Papers (WO 34) : C-12838, Images 1855-1857

   Joseph Légere 8 people

9. ↑ Cormier, Steven A., Acadians in Gray, Book Six: “The Acadian Immigrants of Louisiana” accessed at http://www.acadiansingray.com/Acadians%20of%20LA-Intro-3.htm#LégerB6
10. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. List of Acadian Prisoners at Fort Edward, 1761-1762, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home.

    Joseph Leger - 6

11. ↑ Author Glen Adams; Lucie LeBlanc Consentino Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home; 1998 - Present; acadian-home.org
12. ↑ White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Léger)

    iv. Marguerite, m v 1777 Sylvain BABINEAU (Jean & Isabelle Breau)

13. ↑ Goiset Family Tree at Geneanet.org Marguerite Léger
14. ↑ (Unsourced Family Tree) https://www.geni.com/people/Marguerite-Leger/4692160300520011526
15. ↑ Léandre Maillet, Généalogie acadienne, Marguerite Léger
16. ↑ https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Marguerite_Leger&pid=709177&lng=en

See also

• Gilles Pinet, My Acadian Family | Ma famille acadienne, Marguerite Léger No date or location given for birth.