MarieChaussegrosaka Benoît, Chosegros, Chausegros
Daughter
of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife ofMartin (Benoit) Benoît— marriedabout 1672 [location unknown]
Descendants
Mother ofJacqueline (Benoit) Benoît, Pierre Benoit, Clément Benoit, Marie Benoit, Jean Benoit, Pierre Benoit, Claude Benoit, Catherine Benoit, Jeanne Benoit and Françoise Benoit
Died after after about age 60in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
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Biography
Marie Chaussegros migrated from France to Acadia.
Marie Chaussegros and her husband, Martin Benoit dit LaBrière, came from France, according to their descendants in the declarations of Belle-Ile-en-Mer.[1] They left France for Acadie perhaps aboard l’Oranger. The names of the colonists who travelled on the l'Oranger are not known since the passenger list has not survived. However, “later documents occasionally provide enough information to suggest an individual, or their ancestor, might have been on board this ship [L’Oranger]."[2][3][4]
Marie (17) married Martin (Benoit) Benoit dit Labriere (28) (born about 1643 in France) in 1672[5], either in France just before boarding the ship, or shortly after their arrival in Port-Royal, Acadie.[6] Stephen White did not give a location for the marriage.[4] It is clear she was born around 1654-1656, according to the reported ages in several Acadian censuses. Her parents are unknown.
Marie Chaussegros and Martin Benoit along with their family, spent their first 30 years in Acadie in the vicinity of Port-Royal. Their ten children were born there:
- Jacqueline Benoit (abt. 1673–abt. 1755) .
- Pierre Benoit (abt. 1675– ) .
- Clément Benoit (abt. 1677–bef. 1748) .
- Marie Benoit (abt. 1678–1714) .
- Jean Benoit (abt. 1681–abt. 1772) .
- Pierre Benoit (abt. 1683–bef. 1751) .
- Claude Benoit (abt. 1686–bef. 1743) .
- Catherine Benoit (1689–1760) .
- Jeanne Benoit (abt. 1692– ) .
- Françoise Benoit (abt. 1694–aft. 1755)
They did not appear on the first census of Port-Royal in 1671 but on the following one in 1678 with their four children. No possessions were listed.[7]
In 1686, at Port Royal, Marie Chaussegros, aged 30, lived with her husband Martin Benoist [sic], aged 42 [sic], and their six children: Jacquette [sic], aged 13, Pierre, aged 11, Clement, aged 9, Marie, aged 8, Jean, aged 5 and Pierre, aged 3. No land was listed in the 1686 census, but they owned 4 pigs.[8]
In the period between 1690 and 1700, Marie and Martin lived just inland from Port-Royal on the north bank of the Rivière-des-Dauphins (Annapolis River).
In 1693, at Port Royal, Marie Chausegros [sic], aged 39, lived with her husband, Martin Benoit, aged 43 [recte 50], and their 8 children: Pierre, aged 18, Clement, aged 15, Marie, aged 13, Jean, aged 11, Pierre, aged 9, Claude, aged 7, Catherine, aged 4, and Anne [recte Jeanne], aged 1. The family owned 1 gun and lived on 8 arpents of cultivable land with 7 cattle, 10 sheep, and 6 pigs.[9]
They owned 40 arpents 5 years later, including 200 fruit trees.[10]
Their landholdings decreased to 10 arpents in 1700[11] and 1701.[12]
By 1703, they lived at Les Mines, as shown in the censuses of 1703[13] and 1707.[14] Stephen White, in his Dictionnaire p. 106, noted that there were errors in the 1703 and 1707 censuses. In the 1703 census, 2 boys and 1 girl were counted. However, by 1703, the children likely living in the household were Clément, Marie, Jean, perhaps Pierre, who married that year, Claude, Catherine, Jeanne, and Françoise: 3 or 4 boys, and 3 girls. Two years earlier, in 1701, these children appeared in the census, and married after 1703. In the 1707 census, 1 boy over 14, 3 boys younger than 14 and 1 girl older than 12 were counted. White wonders if the census taker meant to write 3 girls younger than 14, instead of 3 boys. In 1707, still living in the family home were possibly Marie (age 29), Claude (age 21), Catherine ( age 18), Jeanne (age 15) and Françoise (age 13) = 1 boy, 3 girls.
Martin and Marie later moved to Pisiguit, as the marriage records of their children, Catherine, Claude, and Jeanne, who married in 1711 and 1712, showed the parents lived as "habitans de Pigiguit."[15] By 1714, all the children except for Marie were married and had left the home. The census of 1714 at Pisiguit showed Marie and Martin lived with one daughter.[16]
According to the declarations at Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Marie died in Port-Royal, but the date is unknown.[5][17]
DNA Research
The Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project conducts ongoing research to verify their origins. In 2020, Stephen White reported Marie Chaussegros had a K1c1d haplogroup. Lucie Leblanc Constantino does not report any results or maternal family tree here. Ongoing test results are also reported here. As of May 2024, three out of three descendants have reported a K haplogroup, indicating European origins.
Sources
- ↑ White, Stephen A., Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767 English Translation, University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online
CHAUSSEGROS, Marie, married Martin Benoit, and both of them were from France, according to their grandson Pierre Trahan (ibid., Vol. III, p. 8). As might be expected, the depositions of Pierre's son Pierre (ibid., p. 110) and nephews Joseph and Simon-Pierre Trahan (ibid., p. 123) agree, as does that of Jean Doiron, who was married to Martin and Marie's granddaughter Anne Thibodeau (ibid., p. 17).
- ↑ "The l'Oranger". Doiron / Arsenault Family Story citing (Griffiths, N. E.S. P. p. 108)accessed at https://doironarsenaultstory.wordpress.com/loranger-documentation/
- ↑ Biography of Martin and Marie taken from "The Advertiser Sunday" - January 12, 1997. The Advertiser used as its source a book by Louis Benoit entitled Histoire, Notes et Généalogie sur la Famille Acadienne Benoit. Les Éditions Faye, 1996.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 White, Stephen A., English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, Part I 1636 to 1714; Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 2000, Print. P. 20
Martin Benoit, who first appears in the 1678 census at Port-Royal, and his wife Marie Chaussegros, are said to have both "come from France' in order to settle at Port-Royal
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 105-106 (Benoit dit Labrière)
1. Martin Denoit det Labriere n v 1643 (Rc PR 1686 43a, 1693 [sic] 43a, 1698 57a, 1700 [sic] 50a, 1701 58a); d (Décl BIM) PR married Marie Chaussegros (no parents given) about 1672 (no location given). No death date or location given for either.
and p. 335 (Chaussegros)Marie Chaussegros n v 1654 (Rc PR 1686 30a, 1693 39a, 1698 43a, 170 46a, 1701 48a); m v 1672 Martin Benoit dit LaBriere; d (Décl BIM) PR.
- ↑ Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Source number: 633.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JTW.
- ↑ Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census
Martin Benoist Labrierre & Marie Caussegros; 2 boys: Pierre 5 years and Clément 2 years; 2 girls: Jacqueline 7 years and 1 year
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;
at Port Royal: Martin Benoist 42, Marie Chaussegros 30; children: Pierre 11, Pierre 3, Clement 9, Jean 5, Jacquette 13, Marie 8; 4 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Benoit was listed as Benoist, Chaussegros was listed as Chosegros and transcribed as Chaussegros, and Jacqueline was listed as Jacquette. Benoit was listed as age 43 but transcribed as age 42.
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;
at Port Royal: Martin Benoit 43, Marie Chausegros 39, Pierre 18, CLement 15, Marie 13, Jean 11, Pierre 9, Claude 7, Catherine 4, Anne 1; 7 cattle, 10 sheep, 6 pigs, 8 arpents, 1 gun. In the original 1693 census at Port Royal, Benoit was listed as Benoist and transcribed as Benoit, Chaussegros was listed as Chausegros, and Jeanne was listed as Anne. Martin, aged 50, was listed as 43.
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1698 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie1698 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 110-166;
"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"
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1700 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1700 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 167-173;
"Martin Benoit 50; Marie Chossegros (wife) 46; Clement 22; Jean 18; Pierre 16; Claude 14; Marie 20; Catherine 11; Anne 8; 15 cattle, 20 sheep, 10 arpents, 1 gun"
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 174-211;
"Martin Benoist 58, Marie 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"
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1703 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 212-220;
"Martin Benoit, his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl [sic], 1 arms bearer."
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 221-237;
"Martin Benoist, his wife, 1 boy 14 or older, 3 younger boys, [sic for 3 girls?], 1 girl 12 or older; 4 arpents, 1 hog."
- ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records: Acadian Records 1707-1748, Volume 1a Revised. P.23-24.
- ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-;
"Martin Benoit and wife, 1 daughter"
- ↑ Declarations de Belle-Ile-en-Mer, Acadian-Home.org Event for Person, Date of Event. Brother Jerôme Lepré, S.C., accessed Date
On 11 February 1767, before noon, appeared Pierre Trahant, of Acadian origin, presently a planter on this island, living in the village of Borderhouat, accompanied by Charles Gautrot, Acadian, Miniac Daigre, Emilien Segoilot, and Charles Granger, all Acadians living on this island, said parish of Locmaria and Palais, witnesses to the present statement. Before whom the said Pierre Trahant, has declared himself to be issue of Guillaume Trahant, his grandfather having come from France after the Treaty of Breda on 31 July 1661, and who married Magdeleine Lebrun at Port Royal, both of whom died at Port Royal. From the marriage of Guillaume Trahant and Magdeleine Lebrun, his wife, the following were born at Port Royal:1) Guillaume Trahant - father of the informant, married at Port Royal to Jacqueline Benoist, daughter of Martin and Marie Chaussegros, both from France, who died at Port Royal
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