Person:Pierre Benoit (9)

Pierre Benoit

First son of Martin dit Labriere Benoit and Marie Chaussgros, Pierre was born in c1675. Also called Pierre l'aîné.^S4

Pierre probably died before the Deportation.

Children

Pierre 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.^S4

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. ^S3

Pierre's Grandchildren

His 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.^S3

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Births (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc)
   Birth year: 1675; Birth city: Port Royal; Birth state: Ns.

   Name: Pierre A Benoit
   Father: Martin Benoist Benoit
   Mother: Marie Chaussegros
   Birth Date: 1675
   City: Port Royal
   County: Acadia
   State: Ns
   Country: Canada
   Link to record on Ancestry.com

2.   Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Individual Records (not a reliable source). (Ancestry.com Operations Inc)
   Source Citation: 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.   Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home.

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

   1678 Census, Port Royal
   Martin Benoist Labriere [34]; Marie Chaussegros [22];
   2 boys 5 1673
   2 1676
   2 girls 7 1671
   1 1677
   
   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.
   
   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.

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