Descendants

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Descendants of Pierre LeJeune/Young
In Cape Breton and Newfoundland

By Lark Szick

Note : what you see here is about 40% of what you will find in the book,LEJEUNE & YOUNGS AN ACADIAN MI’KMAQ FAMILY

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Pierre LeJeune #1, b. ca. 1625 Brie Province, France, d. after 1661 in Acadia m. (poss. Marguerite) Doucet d/o Germain Doucet In 1704 they were living in Peitite Riviere

A. Pierre LeJeune dit Briars/Briard #2, b. 1650 Acadia m. ca. 1682 Marie Thibodeau b. 1661 La Heve, Port Royal d/o Pierre Thibodeau & Jeanne Theriot.
In 1678 living in Port Royal they have no children, 3 acres of land and 4 cattle. In 1686 their situtation changes a little, still no children, no cattle but they have 6 guns, 1 arpents of land. In 1693 they have 3 children and 10 cattle, 15 sheep, 7 pigs, 8 arpents, 2 guns Five years later in 1698 living in Port Royal with 6 children, 11 cattle, 14 sheep, 5 hogs, 10 1/2 arpents, 10 fruit trees, 1 gun. By 1700 they have 7 children and 10 cattle, 15 sheep, 7 pigs, 8 arpents, 2 guns He might have been a gun dealer of some sort, in the space of 22 years he sold 5 guns out of the 8 he purchased.

1. Pierre LeJeune dit Briard #3, b. 1689 Pisiguit, Acadie m. 12/9/1712 in Grand-Pre, Jeanne Benoit b. 1692 ninth child of Martin Benoit Labrierre b. 1643 & Marie Chaussegros b. 1692. In 1752 the family was living in Malpec, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I.

a) Anne LeJeune b. 1724 Pisguit m. Jean Froiquingont b. 1714 Poulanne, St. Malo, France m. ca. 1744 Port Royal. Both d. 13/12/1758 at sea on the ship "Duke of William" while journeying to France. In 1752 the family was living in Malpec, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I.

(1) Joseph Froiquingont b. 1744 Port Royal, NS
(2) Veronique Froiquingont b. b. 1744 Port Royal, NS
(3) Anne-Marie Froiquingont b. 1751 Malpec, Ile Saint Jean

b) Brigitte LeJeune b. ca. 1718 m. ca. 1745 Port Royal, Jacques Guedry dit Girvois b. 1724 Port Royal s/o Paul Guedry & Anne Muis D'Azit. Both d. 13/12/1758 at sea on the ship "Duke of William" while journeying to France. In 1752 the family was living in Malpec, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I.

(1) Marie-Josephe Guedry b. 1745 Port Royal, NS
(2) Victoire Guedry b. 1747 Port Royal, NS
(3) Marie Guedry b. 1749 Malpec, Ile Saint Jean

c) Pierre LeJeune b. 1720 Pisguit m. 24/7/1742 Grand Pre, Marie LeBlanc b. 1/10/1719 Port Royal, d/o Jacques LeBlanc & Catherine Boudrot/ Boudreau. In 1752 the family was living in Malpec, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I.

(1) David LeJeune b. 1744 Port Royal, NS
(2) Anselme LeJeune b. 1745 Port Royal, NS
(3) Annie LeJeune b. 1748 Port Royal, NS
(4)Marie Blanche LeJeune b. _/5/1751 Malpec, Ile Saint Jean

d) Bruno LeJeune b. ca. 1721 Pisguit d. 13/12/1758 at sea on the ship Duke of William while journeying to France m. ca. 1745 Grand Pre, Marie Josephe Levron b. 15/4/1710 Port Royal, w/o Emmanuel Hebert, d/o Jacques Levron & Marie Doucet

(1) Francois LeJeune b. 1746 Port Royal, NS
(2) Marie Magdeleine LeJeune b. 16/5/1748 Grand Pre

e) Marie Joseph LeJeune b. ca. 1723 buried 5/4/1750 PEI m. ca 1741 Paul Hebert dit Benjamin.

(1) Theotiste Hebert arrived at St- Malo on March 9, 1759, with her "uncle" Jean Lejeune, who was a son of Pierre Lejeune and Marie Thibodeau.

f) Eloi LeJeune b. 1722 Pisguit, d. ca. at sea while journeying to France m. 1750 Port Royal, Rosalie Mius D'Entrement b. 8/2/1725 bapt. 28/9/1725 Port Royal, Annapolis, d/o Joseph Mius D'Entrement & Marie Amireault. In 1752 living in Grande Anse, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I.

(1) Francois LeJeune b. 1746 Port Royal d. St Servan, France m. 4/8/1767 St Servanm France, Anne Richard
(2) Jean Baptiste LeJeune b. 1748 Port Royal d. 1759 at sea during the deportation
(3) Marie Josephe LeJeune b. _/2/1651 Grande Anse, Ile Saint Jean, d. 1759 at sea during the deportation
(4) Euphrosine LeJeune b. ca. 1754 Grande Anse, Ile Saint Jean, d. 1759 at sea during the deportation
(5) Ozite LeJeune b. ca. 1758 d. 1759 at sea during the deportation

g) Jean LeJeune b. 1724 Pisguit d. 30/3/1759 St. Servan, France m. ca 1748 Marguerite LeBlanc b. 1720 Port Royal, l'Acadie, d. 1759 at sea during the deportation , d/o Jacques LeBlanc & Catherine Boudrot. In 1752 living in Grande Anse, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I.

(1) Rosalie LeJeune b. 1749 Port Royal d. 1759 at sea during deportation
(2)Mathieu LeJeune b. 1751 Grande Anse, Ile Saint Jean, d. 1759 at sea during deportation
(3) Marie LeJeune b. 1752 Grande Anse, Ile Saint Jean, d. 1759 at sea during deportation
(4) Theotiste LeJeune b. 1756 Grande Anse, Ile Saint Jean, d. 1759 at sea during the deportation
(5) Francois LeJeune b. 1759 d. 1759 at sea during deportation

h) Augustin LeJeune b. 1726 Pisguit d. 1758 at sea on the ship Duke of William while journeying to France m. 23/11/1750 at Port LaJoie, now Charlottetown, PEI, Marie Joseph Chenet b. 1725 d/o Pierre Chenet & Marie Anne Dennis. In 1752 the family was living in Malpec, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I.

(1) Marie-Josephe LeJeune b. 1751 Malpec, Ile Saint Jean

i) Marguerite LeJeune b. 1728 Pisguit, NS
j) Joseph LeJeune b. 1731 St. Charles, Des Mines, Grand Pre, m1) 2/9/1753 in Port La Joye, Ile St-Jean, Ann Theotiste Brasseur d/o Mathieu Brasseur & Anne Marie Pitre, m2) 26/4/1757 in Saint Francois, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, Madeline De Blois dit Gregoire d/o Simon De Blois & Marguerite Guerard

(1) Child from 1st. m. to Ann Theotiste Brasseur
(2) Etienne LeJeune b. 1755.
(3) Children from 2nd. m. to Madeline De Blois
(4) Ambroise LeJeune b. 1758

k) Catherine LeJeune b. ca. 1740

2. Germain LeJeune dit Briard b. 1693 Port Royal d. after 1735 m1) 23/5/1712 in Windsor, Anne-Marie Trahan b. ca. 1698 d. bef. 1729 d/o Alexandre & Marie Pellerin Trahan m2) ca. 1730 Marie Guerdy b. ca. 1691 d/o Jean Baptiste Guerdy & Madeline D'Azy. Germain and his family arrived at Bras D'Or in August 1850

Children from 1st m. to Anne-Marie Trahan
a) Marie Josephe LeJeune b. 2/7/1718 St Charles Parish, Grand Pre. m1) Pierre Serrier m2) 20/9/1751Port LaJoie, Abraham Benoit s/o Pierre Benoit & Elizabeth LeJuge [LeJeune]. Elizabeth is the d/o Guillaume LeJuge [LeJeune] & Marie Mercier
b) Jean Baptiste LeJeune b. 1722 Richmond d. 11/2/1758 at St Charles, m. 1742 Port Royal, Marguerite Clemenceau dit Beaulieu d/o Jean Clemenceau & Anne Le Roy. In 1752 the family settled in Anse au Matelost, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I. and their descendents went to Saint Charles de Bellechasse, Quebec

(1) Joseph LeJeune b. 1743
(2) Jean-Baptiste LeJeune b. 1745
(3) Marie LeJeune b. 1747
(4) François Olivier LeJeune b. 1748
(5) Victor LeJeune b. 1751 Anse au Matelost, Ile Saint Jean, now P.E.I.

c) Anne LeJeune b. 1723 d. 18/4/1759 m. 1746 or 1751 Claude Guedry s/o Jean Baptiste Guedry and Madeleine Mius d'Entremont. The family settled in St. Martinville Church Record: St. Martinville, LA.
d) Amand LeJeune b. 1727 d. 4/5/1784 St Martin de Chantenay m. 1755 Anastasie Leveron. Settled along Bayou Lafourche, La., where they are shown on the 1789 census.

(1) Rosalie Lejeune b. ca. 1783, Chantenay Parish, France
(2) Jean LeJeune b. 1755
(3) Joseph Alexo LeJeune b. _/3/1763 Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 13/8/1798
(4) Paul LeJeune b. 1764 England
(5) Marie Rose LeJeune b. 1768 France
(6) Marie Marguerite LeJeune b. 1769 bapt. 1772 Morlaux, St. Malo, France d. 1823 Houma, Terr. Pr., La.
(7) Alexis Simon LeJeune b. 1773 England bapt. 1776 Morlaix, France d. 30/11/1835 Thibodaux, La, m. 8/1/1794 Plattenville, La, Francisca Maria Barbara Trahan
(8) Adelaide LeJeune b. 1779 Nantes, bapt. 6/10/1779 Chantenay, St Martine, France d. 1827 Thibodaux, La.

e) Joseph Charles LeJeune b. 1729 d. after 1811 m. 5/11/1754 Martine LeRoi (Roy) b. 1732 d. after 1811 d/o Charles LeRoy b. 1700 Paris & Marie Charlotte Chauvet b. 1700 Acadia. Res: In 1752 Baye Des Espagnols, Bras D'Or. Both die in Cape Breton after 1811
- From the land grant petition of their son Francis - Year: 1811 we know that Joseph and Martine are still alive in 1811.
-Petition to Nepean: Petitioner, a native of Cape Breton, has eleven children, his father, and mother all residing with him. He holds 250 acres, and asks further land at Little Bras d'Or adjoining land granted to Francis Marche. Note: French Village. Complied with. Mfm no.: 15791
- From the English Suppliment to Stephen White's Dictionary of Acadian Families: pg 224 The absence of a dispensation for kindred in the record of the marriage of Joseph Lejeune, grand son of Pierre Lejeune and Marie Thibodeau, to Martine Roy, great-granddaughter of Francois Joseph and Jeanne Lejeune, (Register of Louisbourg 5/11/1754), leads to the conclusion that Jeanne Lejeune was not Pierre Lejeune's sister, then a dispensation for the third to the fourth degree of kindred would have been necessary for this marriage.

(1) Paul LeJeune b. 1761 d. 29/7/1761 Notre Dame, Rochefort, France.
(2) Maria Tharsile LeJeune aka "Henriette" b. 13/8/1762 Rochefort, France m1) 17/2/1780 Joseph Comeau b. 1726 d. 3/4/1785 m2) 26/8/1786 Bernard (Lamaud) Briard s/o Jean-Christophe Briard Lejeune b. 1740 & Louise Marguerite Hache dit Gallant b. 1737 m3) James Ross b. ca. 1757 Ireland of Scottish parents.
The family was living in Northeast Margaree by the year 1800. She was known in the community as Harriet, or Granny Ross, and was a midwife and nurse. Marie-Henriette LeJeune m1) 17/2/1780 Joseph Comeau, s/o Jean-Baptiste Comeau & Anne-Marie Thibodeau in the Eglise Saint Nicholas, La Rochelle, France. She m2) 26/8/1786 Lamaud Briard DeGong [L'Amand LeJeune dit Briard] of Little Bras D'Or, at St. George's Anglican Church, Sydney. Marie-Henriette m3) 18/3/1793 from St. Georges Parish Mission, James Ross.

(a) Eusebe Cormier died on the return voyage to Cape Breton.

For a list of Maria Tharsile LeJeune's descendents
see my Ross Family web site

this is just a sample of what is in the book