Our Maritime Ties
Augustin Arsenault
Abt 1701 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Augustin Arsenault was born Abt 1701, Beaubassin (son of Pierre Arsenault and Marie Guerin); died Yes, date unknown. Other Events:
- Misc: Apr 1730; took the oath of allegiance
Notes:
Birth:
Stephen White says Augustin's birth date falls between the date that the 1700 census was taken and the date that the1701 census was taken. Bona Arsenault gave his birth year as abt 1703 which made him younger thatn his brother Abraham.
2. Pierre Arsenault was born 1646, , France; died Abt 1710, Beaubassin. Other Events:
- Occupation: coastal pilot who resided at Port Royal in 1686 but owned property at Beaubassin.
- Misc: 1671, Mesagoueche point; rendered important seafaring services to Bourgeois which resulted in land being reserved for Pierre
- Misc: 1671, Port Royal; was not on the 1671 census and perhaps arrived on the ship L'Oranger from Rochefort
- Residence: 1671, Port Royal; , after arriving from Rochefort, France aboard the ship, L'Oranger,
- Occupation: Abt 1672; Jacque Bourgeois' pilot for his coastal trade
- Census: 1686, Port Royal
- Misc: Abt 1687, Beaubassin (formerly named Bourgeois colony); settled with his family
- Census: 1693, 1698, 1700, Beaubassin
- Residence: Abt 1875, Port Royal
Notes:
Misc:
Note that Stephen White indicates that Pierre Arsenault MIGHT have been among the sixty persons who were on the ship L'Oranger that sailed to Acadia from Rochefort in 1871.
Census:
He had one gun, 30 worked acres of land, 4 sheep and 6 pigs.
Residence:
In his Atlas, Surette tells how the land that had been reserved for Pierre Arsenault by the Bourgeois' at Mesagouche point in 1671, is seized back from Pierre around 1675 by Marguerite Bourgeois and her new husband, Jean Boudrot. As a result of this, Pierre must now stay in Port Royal.Pierre married Marie Guerin Abt 1689. Marie (daughter of Francois Guerin and Anne Blanchard) was born 1662, Port Royal; died Aft 25 Apr 1723. [Group Sheet]
3. Marie Guerin was born 1662, Port Royal (daughter of Francois Guerin and Anne Blanchard); died Aft 25 Apr 1723. Notes:
Died:
According to the Beaubassin Register, she died after the 25th April 1723.Notes:
Married:
Marie Guerin was from Port Royal and her husband, Pierre Arsenault, was a widower from Beaubassin when they married.Children:
- Charles Arsenault was born 1690, Beaubassin; died Between 1733 and Feb 1740.
- Jacques Arsenault was born 1691, Beaubassin; died Abt 1745, Malpeque, ile Saint Jean.
- Francois Arsenault was born 1694, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown.
- Anne Arsenault was born 1697, Beaubassin; died Bef 1700.
- Claude Arsenault was born 1699, Beaubassin; died Abt 1750, Malpeque, ile Saint Jean.
- 1. Augustin Arsenault was born Abt 1701, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown.
- Abraham (dit Le Petit Abraham) Arsenault was born 1702, Beaubassin; died Yes, date unknown.
Generation: 3
6. Francois Guerin was born 1635, , France; died Abt 1670. Francois married Anne Blanchard Abt 1658, Port Royal. Anne (daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert) was born 1645; died , Beaubassin. [Group Sheet]
7. Anne Blanchard was born 1645 (daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert); died , Beaubassin. Children:
- Anne Guerin was born 1659, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown.
- 3. Marie Guerin was born 1662, Port Royal; died Aft 25 Apr 1723.
- Jerome Guerin was born Abt 1664; died Yes, date unknown.
- Huguette Guerin was born 1666, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown.
- Francois Guerin was born 1669, Port Royal; died Yes, date unknown.
Generation: 4
14. Jean Blanchard was born 1611, Martaize, Loudun, Vienne, France (son of Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette Poirier); died Yes, date unknown. Jean married Radegonde Lambert Abt 1642, Port Royal. Radegonde was born Abt 1621; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]
15. Radegonde Lambert was born Abt 1621; died Yes, date unknown. Children:
- Madeleine Blanchard was born Abt 1643; died Bef 1683.
- 7. Anne Blanchard was born 1645; died , Beaubassin.
- Martin Blanchard was born 1647; died Yes, date unknown.
- Guillaume Blanchard was born 1650.
- Bernard Blanchard was born 1653, Port Royal.
- Marie Blanchard was born Abt 1656; died Yes, date unknown.