Joseph dit P'tit Houpe Leger

1745 - 1815  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Joseph dit P'tit Houpe Leger
  Born	Aug 1745  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Misc	's sons established themselves at Barachois, New Brunswick at the beginning of the 19th century. By 1850 to 1890 their descendants were well established in that region.  [1]
  Residence	Abt 1775	Memramcook   [1]
  Died	30 May 1815	Memramcook   [1, 2]
  	His burial entry gives his age as 65 years 10 months at his death.
  Buried	31 May 1815	the parish of Memramcook   [2]
  	Present at his burial were Simon LeBlanc and Joseph Suret.
  Notes	J02-p.177-gives b.dt as Jul 1749;marr.info.;d.dt&loc. B26-p.93,94-b.yr as 1745;marr.info. Document from Mass. Archives, in Boston, reveals that Joseph dit p'tit Houpe was, in 1776, in the service of Captain Issac(a Pierre) Boudreau who, himself, was in the service of Colonel Jonathan Eddy, an american army officer. The latter, with other companions, was secretly planning the American independence. For three months of service, Joseph Leger received the sum of eight pounds sterling...On May 29,1789,he obtained a concession to occupy land-lot no.3 in Petcoudiac;d.dt. T20-b&d yrs,marr info.
  Person ID	I3533	Annette - Research
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	Joseph Leger,   b. 25 Oct 1720, Port Royal ,   d. 1806  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Claire LeBlanc,   b. Abt 1724,   d. 5 Jun 1817, Memramcook  (Age ~ 93 years)
  Family ID	F1139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marguerite Maillet,   b. 4 Mar 1755, Petitcoudiac ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1775	Memramcook   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Children	1. Marie Leger,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Simon Leger,   b. 1780,   d. 1852  (Age 72 years)   3. Francois Leger,   b. 1781,   d. 23 Aug 1843  (Age 62 years)   4. Etienne Leger,   b. Abt 1782,   d. 13 Aug 1846, Barachois, , New Brunswick  (Age ~ 64 years)   5. Apolline Leger,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Amable Leger,   b. 1785,   d. 1860  (Age 75 years)   7. Thaddee Leger,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S92] Periodical: La Societe Hist. Acad., Mar 1967, Vol II, No.4,(J03), p.123. [S264] Ancestry.com. Drouin Collection(Acadia French RC Church Records),1670-1946, Memramcook, NB; St Thomas Parish;1815,S.49-burial. [S40] Info:Charts from Leger family Tree (T20). [S90] IT Data: Acadian Data,base, University of Moncton, Retrieved Aug 1994(M01), p.101. [S7] Book:Leger History and Genealogy (B26), ISBN: 2-89372-017-X., p.93. [S9] Periodical:les cahiers vol 25 nos 2 et 3 (J02), ISSN: 0049-1098., p.188.