Jacques Bourgeois

Abt 1619 -

• Name	Jacques Bourgeois
  Born	Abt 1619  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Abt 1642	Acadia   [2]
  Misc	1667	Baie Francaise (Bay of Fundy)   [3]
  	and others families chose a site where a new settlement will begin
  Occupation	Acadia   [4]
  	a surgeon
  Occupation	Beaubassin   [5]
  	founder
  Residence	in the fall 1671 and during 1672	Mésagouèche Point, Beaubassin   [6]
  	and transports his family along with the Dugas, Cyr & Melanson families
  Occupation	Abt 1672	the south bank of the Missagouash River   [7]
  	developing a new colony between Pointe Beausejour and present-day Amherst
  Person ID	I529	Annette - Research
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2019

  
  

  Family	Jeanne Trahan,   b. 1629, , France ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1643	Port Royal   [1, 8]
  	Bona Arsenault gives the marriage year as abt 1644. Stephen White gives the marrage year as about 1643.
  Children	1. Jeanne Bourgeois,   b. Abt 1644, Acadia   2. Charles Bourgeois,   b. 1646, Port Royal ,   d. Between 1677 and 1679  (Age 31 years)   3. Germain Bourgeois,   b. 1650, Port Royal ,   d. 1711, Port Royal  (Age 61 years)   4. Marie Bourgeois,   b. 1652, Port Royal ,   d. 2 Mar 1741, Beaubassin  (Age 89 years)   5. Guillaume Bourgeois,   b. 1655, Port Royal   6. Marguerite Bourgeois,   b. 1658, Port Royal ,   d. 8 Aug 1732, Beaubassin  (Age 74 years)   7. Francoise Bourgeois,   b. 1659, Port Royal ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Anne Bourgeois,   b. 1661, Port Royal ,   d. 28 Dec 1747, Grand Pre  (Age 86 years)   9. Marie Bourgeois,   b. 1664, Port Royal ,   d. Les Mines   10. Jeanne Bourgeois,   b. 1667, Port Royal ,   d. 10 Jun 1716, the parish of Port Royal  (Age 49 years)
  Family ID	F404	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S67] Book: Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadienes, Premiere Partie 1636 a 1, ISBN: 0-919691-91-9., p.251. [S66] Book:English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes, ISBN: 0-919241-47-6., p.56. "Acoording to a deposition of July 31, 1699, Jacques Bourgeois had come to Acadia during the year 1642 (sic) 'to settle there and practise surgery.' " [S187] Book:Atlas of the Acadian Settlements of the Beaubassin 1660 to 1755, p.3. "1667 July - By the treaty of Breda, Great Britain returns Acadie to France. Within the year - In the Port Royal, some enterprising Acadians, profiting from the disinterest and neglect of teh English, have for more than a decade managed their own affairs. The news of the return of the French officials therefore gives displeasure,...They begin a settlement at the very bottom of the French (Fundy) bay (baie Francaise), on the tip of an upland ridge, the central one of five, just where the Mésagouèche (Missiquash) river and the river of the Planks (rivière des Planches) run together." [S10] Book:Bona Vol 2 Port Royal, ISBN: 0-7761-5027-8/0-7761-5029-4 (vol.2)., p.456. [S66] Book:English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes, ISBN: 0-919241-47-6., p.57. "Founder of Beaubassin about 1672, the names of Jacques Bourgeois's sons Guillaume and Germain appear on the record of La Vallière's allotment to his tenants, March 20, 1682." [S187] Book:Atlas of the Acadian Settlements of the Beaubassin 1660 to 1755, p.3. [S186] Book:History of the Acadians, ISBN 2-7621-1745-3., p.47. "Jacques Bourgeois, one of the most prosperous inhabitants of Port-Royal, began developing a new colony around 1672 on one of the extensions of Baie Francaise (Fundy), known today as Cumberland Basin, which the Indians called Chignectou... Bourgeois set up two sons and three sons-in-law on his establishment, a grassy slope on the south bank of the Missagouash River between Pointe Beausejour and present-day Amherst... while 22-year old Pierre Arsenault (Arceneaux), who had arrived in 1671 with the first contingent of French settlers since the English occupation of 1654, became Bourgeois' pilot for his coastal trade." [S10] Book:Bona Vol 2 Port Royal, ISBN: 0-7761-5027-8/0-7761-5029-4 (vol.2)., pp.456,817.