Person:Martin Benoit (2)

Martin dit Labriere Benoit
b.1643 France
m. 1672
  1. Jacqueline (Jacquette) BenoitAbt 1673 - 1755
  2. Pierre Benoit1675 - 1751
  3. Clement BENOIT1677 - Bef 1748
  4. Marie Benoit1680 - 1714
  5. Jean Benoit1681 - 1772
  6. Pierre a la Cadet Benoit1683 - 1759
  7. Claude BenoitAbt 1686 - Bef 1743
  8. Catherine Benoit1689 - 1760
  9. Francoise Benoit1694 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Martin dit Labriere Benoit
Alt Name Martin dit Labriere Benoist
Gender Male
Birth? 1643 France
Alt Birth? Eu, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Marriage 1672 Port Royal, Acadiato Marie Chaussegros
Residence[4] 1678 Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Residence[5] 1686 Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Residence[6] 1693 Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Alt Death? Aft 1694 Acadia
Residence[7] 1698 Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Residence[8] 1700 Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Residence[9] 1701 Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Residence[10] 1703 Nova Scotia, Canada
Residence[11] 1707 Nova Scotia, Canada
Residence[12] 1714 Nova Scotia, Canada
Death? 1714 Pisiguit, Acadie, Canada

Martin Benoit and his wife, Marie Chaussgros departed La Rochelle in the spring of 1671 on board the L'Orange with 60 other colonists

References
  1. "Familles Acadienne" by Leopold Lanctot; Editions du Libre-Echange, Inc.; Ottawa: 1994.
  2.   Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home.
  3.   Martin Benoist dit LaBrière left La Rochelle, France, for Acadie in the Spring of 1671 aboard l’Oranger. He was 28 yars old. Marie Chaussegros, who was 15 at the time, was also aboard l’Oranger. Marie was from Rochefort, a city not far from La Rochelle. She and Martin Benoist married, either at La Rochelle just before boarding the ship, or shortly after their arrival in Port-Royal, Acadie. Martin Benoist and Marie Chaussegros, along with their family, spent their first 30 years in Acadie in the vicinity of Port-Royal. Their ten children were born there. In the period between 1690 and 1700 it is known that Martin lived just inland from Port-Royal on the north bank of the Rivière-des-Dauphins (Annapolis River).'Martin Benoist and Marie Chaussegros had five girls and five boys. The family of Martin Benoist dit LaBrière and Marie Chaussegros on www.acadian-home.org
  4. 1678 Census, Port Royal
    Martin Benoist Labriere; Marie Chaussegros; 2 boys 5 1673; 2 1676; 2 girls 7 1671; 1 1677
  5. 1686 Census - Port Royal
    Martin BENOIST 42, Marie CHAUSSEGROS 30; children: Pierre 11, Pierre 3, Clement 9, Jean 5, Jacquette 13, Marie 8; 4 hogs.
  6. 1693 Census - PORT-ROYAL
    Martin BENOIT 43, Marie CHAUSEGROS his wife 39, Pierre 18, CLement 15, Marie 13, Jean 11, Pierre 9, Claude 7, Catherine 4, Anne 1; 7 cattle, 10 sheep, 6 hogs, 8 arpents, 1 gun.
  7. 1698 Census - Port Royal
    Martin BENOIT 57; Marie CHAUSSEGROS (wife) 43; Clement 21; Marie 19; Pierre 15; Claude 11; Catherine 8; Jeanne 6; Francoise 4; 2 cows, 8 sheep, 3 hogs, 40 arpents, 200 fruit trees.
  8. 1700 Census - Port Royal
    Martin BENOIT [dit Labrière] 50; Marie CHOSSEGROS [Chaussegros] (wife) 46; Clement 22; Jean 18; Pierre 16; Claude 14; Marie 20; Catherine 11; Anne 8; 15 cattle, 20 sheep, 10 arpents, 1 gun.
  9. 1701 Census - Port Royal
    Martin BENOIST 58, Marie CHENDROS [Chaussegros] (wife); Clement 24, Jean 21, Pierre 15, Claude 13, Marie 21, Jacqueline 13, Jeanne 9, Francoise 8; 2 guns, 8 cattle, 15 sheep, 3 hogs, 10 arpents.
  10. 1703 Census - Les Mines
    Martin BENOIT, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl, 1 arms bearer.
  11. 1707 Census - Les Mines
    Martin BENOIST, his wife, 1 boy 14 or older, 3 younger boys, 1 girl 12 or older; 4 arpents, 1 hog.
  12. 1714 Census - Des Mines, de la Riviere Pisiguit
    Martin BENOIST and his wife, 1 daughter.