 1708 - 1770 (62 years)
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| Name |
Michel Thibodeau |
| Birth |
2 May 1708 |
Port Royal, Acadia, (Maritime Provinces, Canada)  |
| Christening |
3 May 1708 |
Port Royal, Acadia, (Maritime Provinces, Canada |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
10 Jun 1770 |
Ste-Marie, Beauce, Québec, Canada |
| Person ID |
I2182 |
Laval+ |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Father |
Michel Thibodeau, b. 1678, Round Hill Pre Ronde, Port Royal, Acadia, (Maritime Provinces, Canada) d. 27 Nov 1734, Round Hill Pre Ronde, Port Royal, Acadia, (Maritime Provinces, Canada) (Age 56 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Agnes Dugas, b. abt. 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, (Maritime Provinces, Canada) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Marriage |
13 Nov 1704 |
Port-Royal, Acadia, Canada |
| Family ID |
F845 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Anne-Marie Richard, b. 20 May 1709, Grand Pre, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada d. About 24 Jan 1763 (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Sep 1729 |
Grand Pre, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Type: Catholic |
| Family ID |
F923 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2015 |
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| Sources |
- [40444 ] 24 Feb 2012 (Reliability: 2).
Taken from following e-linK:
http://www.lachance.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I40444&tree=lachance01
Probably a relative will try to contact him via email and maybe phone depending on response.
- [LARRY LACHANCE] 25 Nov 2015 (Reliability: 2).
Elink to MS live:
https://hs2e4q.dm2302.livefilestore.com/y3mdNIfBdyx4wwgxABa1tjhxOeDZImkfLr-R1Qv21Mu4H57aD-DJWzei5uxaTDiwaAriJc88X7lxlEHdDQMJeKwp_A1XL_GkRa7MGCxFgRx6Tx7jiMymh-mmeBHl57ZL_bTj1_WQp91lUTH2cS5yrfejA/lavals%20ancestors.pdf?psid=1
70 pages of Michel Thibodeau ancestors and decendents to long to input here.
- [ STEVEN A. CORMIER] 2007-15, http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-THIBODEAUX.htm#THIBODEAUX (Reliability: 1).
Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s
Pierre Thibodeau, born in c1631 perhaps in the Poitou region of France, was a young lieutenant of Emmanuel Le Borgne de Bélisle when he came to Acadia in 1654. In c1660, he married 17-year-old Jeanne, older daughter of Jean Thériot, at Port-Royal. Being a miller by trade, Pierre built a built at Pré-Ronde, above Port-Royal, "and soon became prosperous." In the late 1680s, Pierre was briefly imprisoned by Acadian governor Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval and had to pay a small fine for trading brandy to the Indians. Despite these troubles, in 1695 the governor of New France, Louis de Buade, comte de Palluau et de Frontenac, granted Pierre land between Mount Desert and Machias in present-day Maine "with a league on either side of the said river [then called K8askag8she] by two leagues depth, to be measured from its mouth, with the islands and islets if any be found there." But Pierre and his sons probably never settled there. Instead, in the late 1690s, under orders from Acadian commander Joseph Robinau de Villebon, Pierre explored the northern shore of Baie de Chignecto, an arm of the Bay of Fundy. In the spring of 1698, he founded the Acadian settlement of Chepoudy on the estuary of a wide river that flowed into the bay, and Villebon granted him a seigneurie there. In 1702, Pierre, along with fellow Acadian Pierre Gaudet l'aîné, refused to recognize the authority of the seigneur of nearby Chignecto, former Acadian governor Michel Le Neuf de la Vallière et de Beaubassin, who had granted control of the area to his son-in-law, Claude-Sébastien de Villieu. De Villieu claimed that the Chepoudy, Petitcoudiac, and Memramcook settlements, whom the locals would call the trois-rivères, were in his father-in-law's fiefdom. The case was referred to France. Meanwhile, the King's representative in Port-Royal, Mathieu de Goutin, one of Pierre's sons-in-law, noted in a report to the King's ministers in October 1702 that Pierre "had 'equipped and borne the expedition of the first exploration there [at Chepoudy] under the late M. de Villebon's orders. There are presently seven hundred toises of ditch made. He has made a trial planting of wheat, which grew well. He now has six grown boys, as well as one already settled, and eight married daughters who have children in a condition to develop the settlement. There are in addition a grist-mill and a sawmill ready to run. ...'" In March 1703, a decree from the Council of State at Port-Royal granted the settlers of Chepoudy, Petitcoudiac, and even Chignecto "possession of the settlements they had made ...," but, a biographer of Thibodeau adds, "The final verdict [on the legitimacy of Pierre's seigneurie] did not reach Acadia until after the pioneer's death. A decree of the Conseil d'État, dated 2 June 1705, defining more precisely that of 20 March 1703, confirmed La Vallière's [and de Villieu's] claim. The dream of a seigneury at Chipoudy was dispelled." Pierre died at Pré-Ronde in December 1704, in his early 70s.
Pierre and Jeanne had 16 children, all born at Port-Royal. Amazingly, all of their children--including seven sons--survived childhood and created families of their own. Their nine daughters married into the Landry, Lejeune dit Briard, Robichaud dit Cadet, Boudrot, de Goutin, Le Borgne de Bélisle, D'Amours de Louvières, and Bourgeois families.
Oldest son Pierre l'aîné, born at Port-Royal in c1670, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Jean Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1690. In the early 1690s they lived at Minas but eventually moved to the L'Assomption side of the river at nearby Pigiguit. Pierre l'aîné died at L'Assomption, but the date of his death was unrecorded. He and Anne-Marie had a dozen children, including seven sons who married into the Vincent, Benoit, Boudrot, Comeau, and Bourgeois families. Their five daughters married into the Comeau, Barrieau, Lanoue, Breau, and Girouard families.
Jean, born in c1674, married Marguerite, daughter of Emmanuel Hébert, probably at Chepoudy in February 1703. Jean also took his family to Minas, where he died at Grand-Pré in December 1746, in his early 70s. He and Marguerite had 11 children, including five sons who married into the LeBlanc, Cormier, Melanson, and Doiron families. Their four daughters married into the Richard, Cormier, LeBlanc, and Aucoin families. (Daughter Cécile, born at Minas in November 1712, married Pierre dit Palette Cormier at Grand-Pré in July 1730 and went with him to the Rivière-des-Hébert settlement at Chignecto. She died a widow in her late 70s during Le Grand Dérangement.)
Antoine, born in c1676, married Marie, daughter of Jean Préjean, probably at Chepoudy in October 1703. Antoine died sometime in the 1750s, in his late 70s or early 80s. He and Marie had 11 children also, including three sons who married into the Landry and Girouard families. Seven of their daughters married into the Breau, Boudrot, Hébert, Gaudet, Doiron, and Robichaud families.
Pierre le jeune, born in c1678, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Martin Aucoin, probably at Chepoudy in November 1706. Pierre le jeune died probably at Chepoudy in October 1734 in his mid-50s. He and Anne-Marie also had 11 children, including three sons who married into the Trahan, Melanson, and Saulnier families. Six of their daughters married into the Comeau, Blanchard, Brasseur dit Brasseux, Cormier, Pitre, Morvan, Savoie, Guénard or Gainer, Rivard, and Loisseau dit Francoeur families.
Michel, born in c1680, married Agnès, daughter of Claude Dugas, probably at Chepoudy in November 1704. Michel died probably at Chepoudy in November 1734 also in his mid-50s. He and Agnès had 14 children, including six sons who married into the Richard, Lefebvre, Trahan, Savoie, Breau, Thibodeau, and Lanoue families. Their two oldest daughters, Marguerite, born probably at Chepoudy in December 1705, and Agnès, born probably at Chepoudy in November 1706, married brothers: Marguerite married Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil of haute rivière, Annapolis Royal, in February 1724, and Agnès married Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil, also of haute rivière, in September 1725; the two families settled at Chepoudy and then at Petitcoudiac during the following decades. Four of Michel's other daughters married into the Girouard, Comeau, Martin, Aucoin, and Darois families.
Claude, born in c1685, married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Comeau l'aîné, probably at Chepoudy in November 1709. Claude and Élisabeth had 13 children, including two sons who married into the Doucet and Guilbeau families. Six of their sons either did not survive childhood or never married. One of their daughters married into the Lemire family.
Youngest son Charles, born in c1689, married Marie-Françoise, another daughter of Pierre Comeau l'aîné, probably at Chepoudy in December 1715. Charles died at Port-Lajoie, Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, in August 1756. He was a widower and in his late 60s at the time of his death. Two of his sons, Olivier and Amand, both born at Chepoudy in c1733 and c1734, followed Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil to Louisiana in February 1765.
In 1755, descendants of Pierre Thibodeau could be found at Annapolis Royal; L'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the Minas Basin; Chignecto; Chepoudy and Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area; and at Port-Lajoie on Île St.-Jean.
LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT
Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this large family to the winds. ...
The Thibodeaus who were shipped to Virginia endured a fate worse than most of the other refugees deported from Minas in the fall of 1755. In mid-November, when five transports appeared unexpectedly at Hampton Roads, the Virginia governor, Robert Dinwiddie, protested their deportation to his colony without his consent. Many of the exiles died on the filthy, crowded ships anchored in Hampton Roads while the Virginia authorities pondered their fate. Finally, Acadians from one vessel were moved up to Richmond, two of the vessels were unloaded at Hampton, and two more at Norfolk. A hand full of young Acadians managed to slip away and trek overland through fields and forests and across the mountains, to French Canada, but most of the exiles remained in Virginia. Finally, in the spring of 1756, Virginia's House of Burgesses made its decision ... the Acadians must go! In May, the first shipment of Acadians in hired vessels left for England, and in two weeks all of them had gone--299 to Bristol, 250 to Falmouth, 340 to Southampton, and 336 to Liverpool--1,225 of the original 1,500. Their ordeal only worsened in the English ports, where they were grossly neglected and treated like common criminals. By 1763, more than half of them were dead. In May of that year, after prolonged negotiations between the French and British governments, the Acadians in England, including Thibodeaus, were repatriated to France. ...
LOUISIANA: WESTERN SETTLEMENTS
Thibodeaus were among the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana. Three Thibodeau families, one led by a widow, five Thibodeau wives, and several individuals--19 members of the family in all, including several newborns--reached New Orleans in February 1765 with the large party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, led by Alexandre and Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil, who had married granddaughters of Pierre Thibodeau, the family's progenitor. After a brief respite in the city, the Thibodeaus followed their Broussard cousins to the Attakapas District, where they helped create La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche:
Marguerite Thibodeau, age 60, came with husband Alexandre Broussard dit Beausoleil of Petitcoudiac, age 66, and four children, ages 24 to 14. Marguerite and Alexandre were victims of the epidemic that struck the Bayou Teche settlement in the summer and fall of 1765. She died in early September, two weeks before he died, and was buried au dernier camp d'en bas, as the Acadians called it--the camp lower down, at what came to be called Fausse Pointe.
Brigitte Breau of Grand-Pré, age 45, widow of Charles Thibodeau, came with three children--Jean-Anselme, called Anselme, age 15, Anne dite Nanette, age 10, and Marie-Louise, age 2. Brigitte also was a victim of the epidemic of 1765. Her Thibodeau children survived and remained in the Attakapas District. Her daughters married into the Dugas and Louviere families. Her son married twice and settled on Bayou Vermilion. Daughter Marie-Louise, wife of François Louvière, died at Attakapas in December 1796, in her early 30s. Anne dite Nanette, wife of Pierre Dugas, died at her home near the bridge at La Butte, St. Martin Parish, in November 1817, in her early 60s.
Paul Thibodeau of Port-Royal, age 37, came with wife Rosalie Guilbeau, age 24, son André-Paul, age unrecorded, and Anne Thibodeau of Pigiguit, age unrecorded, probably an orphaned cousin. Paul and Rosalie had more children in Louisiana.
Olivier Thibodeau of Chepoudy, age 32, Paul's first cousin, came with wife Madeleine Broussard, age unrecorded, and four children--stepdaughters Anne and Isabelle Landry, age 11 and unrecorded, daughter Marie, age 2, and son Théodore, age 1. Madeleine was pregnant when they reached Louisiana. Daughter Marguerite-Anne was born on the Teche in May--the first recorded Acadian birth west of the Atchafalaya Basin. Daughter Marie, wife of Joseph Sonnier, died at her home at La Butte, St. Martin Parish, in June 1815, in her early 50s; her succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following January.
Amand Thibodeau of Chepoudy, age 31, Olivier's brother, came with his fiancée, Gertrude Bourg of Île St.-Jean, age 16, whom he married at New Orleans on 17 February 1765--the first recorded Acadian wedding in Louisiana. They had many children on upper Bayou Teche.
Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Thibodeau, age 27, came with husband Charles dit Lasers Pellerin of Port-Royal, age 35. She became pregnant on the voyage to Louisiana. Her daughter was born on the Teche in August or September 1765. Élisabeth remarried to fellow Acadian Joseph Martin at Attakapas in c1770.
Marie Thibodeau, age 25, came with husband Pierre Surette of Petitcoudiac, age unrecorded, and a 3-year-old daughter. Marie also became pregnant on the voyage to Louisiana. Her son was born on the Teche in June 1765. Marie remarried to Jean-Baptiste, son of fellow Acadian Germain Semer of Grand-Pré, at Attakapas in c1768 and died at her home at La Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche in July 1810, age 70.
Madeleine Thibodeau, age 15, probably an orphan, came alone. She married Jean-Athanase, son of fellow Acadian Michel Trahan, probably at Attakapas in the late 1770s.
Baptiste Thibodeau, age unrecorded, came alone.
Catherine Thibodeau, age unrecorded, came with husband Simon LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, age 28, and two children, ages 5 and 3. Catherine was pregnant when they left Halifax and gave birth to a daughter aboard ship in January 1765; the baby was baptized at New Orleans on February 20. Catherine died on the Teche the following November, probably one of the last victims of the epidemic that struck the Acadians there that summer and fall.
Joseph Thibodeau, age unrecorded, came alone. He died at Attakapas in September 1765, probably a victim of the Teche valley epidemic.
Louise Thibodeau, age unrecorded, came with husband Pierre Gautrot, age unrecorded, and a 10-month-old daughter. Pierre died in New Orleans soon after the family reached New Orleans. Louise took her daughter to Bayou Teche.
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Most of the Thibodeaus who went to Bayou Teche with the Broussards survived the epidemic of 1765 and remained at Attakapas. Four of them, including two brothers and a first cousin, created vigorous family lines on the western prairies:
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