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Facts and Events
| Name |
Sir William Winniett |
| Alt Name |
OUINET Guillaume WINNET |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Abt 1685 |
, , , England |
| Marriage |
Abt 1711 |
Port Royal, , , Acadiato Marie Madeleine Maisonnat, (dit Baptiste) |
| Occupation[3][4] |
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Port Royal, , , AcadiaSub-lieutenant; Merchant |
| Death[1][2] |
Apr 1741 |
Boston, , MA |
!BIRTH-NAME-OCCUPATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; pp. 707-708 (Port Royal); own copy. Also spelled WINET, OUINET. Born in 1690, William was an English officer at the fort of Port Royal, and a merchant. He married around 1711 to Madeleine MAISONNAT, daughter of Pierre & Judith SOUBIROU [sic, mother must have been 2nd wife Madeleine BOURG]. Six children are listed. A footnote refers to an article on this family in FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW, vol. 1, no. 4.
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: E-mail posting at <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> #190 on 21 Oct 1998 by Fredrica GIVAN (givan@brunnet.net).
References
- ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
p. 1588.
Drowned in the harbor at Boston in Apr 1741 (according to C.-J. d'ENTREMONT & H. HÉBERT).
- ↑ Clarence J. d'Entremont & Hector J. Hébert. "Parkman's Diary and the Acadian exiles in Massachusetts". (in FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW,vol. 1, no. 3 (Winter 1968), pp. 241-294.)
p. 257.
"He died in 1741 by drowning in Boston harbour while on a business visit, giving all his estate, real and personal, which was considerable, 'to my beloved wife Magdleine Winniett', whom he had appointed sole executrix."
- ↑ Stephen A. White. Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes. (2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999)
p. 1588.
He was sub-lieutenant in the New Hampshire regiment. Bourgeois merchant at Port-Royal. Member of the Council of Nova Scotia.
- ↑ Clarence J. d'Entremont & Hector J. Hébert. "Parkman's Diary and the Acadian exiles in Massachusetts". (in FRENCH CANADIAN AND ACADIAN GENEALOGICAL REVIEW,vol. 1, no. 3 (Winter 1968), pp. 241-294.)
p. 257.
"Born around 1685, most likely in France [sic], William Winniett would have followed his Huguenot parents to London after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. As Lieutenant, he was a member of the New England troops raised for the expedition against Port Royal in 1710. He soon resigned his military position to become the leading merchant in the Province. His trade covered practically all of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and had its ramifications as far as Boston. In 1729, he received the title of Honourable when he became a member of the Governor's Council at Annapolis, where oftentimes he manifested his sympathy towards the Acadians, to a point of being disliked and suspected by his colleagues."
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