Family:Pierre Benoit and Marie DeForest (1)

Pierre Benoit

First son of Martin dit Labriere Benoit and Marie Chaussgros, Pierre was born in c1675. Also called Pierre l'aîné.^S4 Pierre married Marie, daughter of Michel Forest, at Port-Royal in c1695.

Pierre probably died before the Deportation.

Children

According to Aresenault, they had four children.^S3

Another source says they had five children, including two sons who married into the Lejeune and Gaudet families. One of their daughters married into the Hamet [Hamel] family. One son moved across the river at Pigiguit to the parish of Ste.-Famille and then on to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, in c1749, before moving again to Baie des Espangnols on Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, in the early 1750s, probably to escape British rule. Pierre l'aîné's other son remained at Pigiguit.^S1

Pierre's children who survived to 1755 and most of his grandchildren were victims of the British. His daughter, Marguerite, died during the Deportation en route to France. ^S1

Martin's Grandchildren

Martin's grandchildren from his son Martin, were perhaps the most scattered. One grandson, René, was in Maryland in 1763. One grandson of the original Martin Benoist, Pierre-Olivier, the son of Martin, died in Louisiana in 1787. One of Pierre-Olivier’s daughters, born in 1760 in Maryland, married in a second marriage to the nephew of the celebrated Daniel Boone, also named Daniel Boone. Others of Pierre-Olivier’s children settled in the St. Martinville and Petite Anse regions of South Louisiana. Pierre, another of Pierre, the eldest son of Martin and Marie (l’ainé), had three granddaughters, the daughters of his son, Jean-Baptiste, who also settled and married in Louisiana. These grand-daughters, Rosalie married 1770 Louis-Romain de la Fosse, married 1796 Joseph Campeau; Marie-Anne married 1774 Michel Janis; Marguerite married abt 1774 Louis Broussard. All settled in the Opelousas region.^S4

1. ↑ Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s.

   Oldest son Pierre, called Pierre l'aîné, born in c1675, married Marie, daughter of Michel Forest, at Port-Royal in c1695. They had five children, including two sons who married into the Lejeune and Gaudet families. One of their daughters married into the Hamet family. One son moved across the river at Pigiguit to the parish of Ste.-Famille and then on to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, in c1749, before moving again to Baie des Espangnols on Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, in the early 1750s, probably to escape British rule. Pierre l'aîné's other son remained at Pigiguit.

2.   Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Individual Records (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc)
   Birth year: 1675; Birth city: Port Royal; Birth state: Ns.

   Name: Pierre A Benoit
   Spouse: Marie Forest
   Parents: Martin Benoist Benoit, Marie Chaussegros
   Birth Place: Acadia, Port Royal, Ns
   Birth Date: 1675
   Link to record on Ancestry.com

3.   Arsenault, Bona. Histoire des Acadiens. (Montreal, Quebec: Lemeac, c1978)
   4, Pisiquit, pp 1330-1331.

   Pierre Benoit, 1675, fils de Martin dt de Marie Chaussegros, marié vers 1695 a Marie Forest, fille de Michel et de Marie Hebert, de Port-Royal. Enfants: Marguerite, 1696; Martin, vers 1702; Pierre, 1704; Claude, 1706, Il demeurait en la paroisse de L'Assomption.

4.   Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home.

   The family of Martin Benoist dit LaBrière and Marie Chaussegros on www.acadian-home.org