Person:Jean Labat (1)

Jean dit Le Marquis Labat
b.Abt 1638
m. Abt 1671
Facts and Events
Name Jean dit Le Marquis Labat
Alt Name _____ Labathe
Alt Name[1] Jehan Labatte
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1638
Census[1] 1671 Port Royal, Acadie
Occupation[1] 1671 Port Royal, Acadie
Marriage Abt 1671 Port Royal, , , Acadiato Renee (Jeanne) Gautrot
Death? 1714 , , , Acadia
Burial? 19 Nov 1714 Port Royal, , , Acadia

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CENSUS-OCCUPATION-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; pp. 691 & 882; own copy. Jean LABAT dit LE MARQUIS, born around 1638 [no parents given], married around 1671 to Rene'e GAUTROT, daughter of Francois & Edmee' (Aime'e) LEJEUNE; no children. He was a "laboureur." He was buried (Port Royal Register) on 19 Nov 1714, age 90 years (sic).

!BIRTH-NAME-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 610 (Port Royal); own copy. Jean DE LABATTE dit MARQUIS, born in 1638, arrived in Acadia around 1668, married around 1670 to Rene'e GAUTEROT, daughter of Francois & Edme'e LEJEUNE. Jean died without children in 1714. Name also spelled LABAT or LABATT.

!CENSUS: 1678, Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Recensement de Port-Royal," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE; vol. 22, no. 4; pp. 235; sent by PERSI in Jun 1999. On Folio 20: Jean LABAT, listed with Rene'e GAUTROT [no children]. They live on 10 arpents of land, with 16 head of cattle.

!CENSUS: 1686, La Heve, Acadia, age 50 years, "Habitant de la petite Riviere de la Haine." No land or animals listed. [Check spelling of name.]

!CENSUS: 1693, Port Royal, Acadia, age 60 years (sic).

!CENSUS: 1700, age 67 years (sic).

!CENSUS: 1701, age 70 years (sic).

!LAND: Winston De Ville, THE LOPPINOT PAPERS; 1687-1710; Ville Platte, LA, 1991; p. 9; Salt Lake FHL US/CAN 971.5 N38l; Genealogical abstracts of the earliest notarial records of Acadia. Jean LABAT appeared on 26 Feb [?] 1700 in front of Notary at Port Royal with his wife Rene' GAUTROT to sell 2 arpents of land at the "de'tour du Ruisseau du Gaspareau" to Pierre and Claude LANDRY of Port Royal, for 11 livres. Signed by J. LABAT; X mark of Rene'e GAUTROT; X mark of Pierre LANDRY and of Claude LANDRY; X mark of Jean BABINAU.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nova Scotia, Canada. Recensements d'Acadie (1671 - 1752)
    pg. 7.

    Recensement 1671, Port Royal, Acadie
    "Laboureur - JEHAN LABATTE aagé de 33 ans, sa femme Renée Gautrot aagée de 19 ans, point d'enfant, Leurs bestiaux a cornes 26 pièces et 15 brebis, Leurs terre en Labour 15 arpans."

    !CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 33 years. Karen Theriot Reader