Jean Doucet

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  • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 6 years old which estimates birth c.1665.

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jean Claude Doucet, person ID LY6M-GQ8. 3

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jean Claude Doucet, person ID LY6M-GQ8. 3

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jean Claude Doucet, person ID LY6M-GQ8.

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Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=62861010&pid=32 39 3

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BIO: According to Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, Jean Doucet was born about 1665, likely in Port Royal, Acadia, as the son of Pierre Doucet and Henriette Pelletret. In about 1692 he married Francoise Blanchard, the daughter of Martin Blanchard and Francoise LeBlanc and settled in Les Mines. In the summer of 1714, Jean visited Île Royale (Prince Edward Island) and then received permission to settle there. His apparently widowed wife is listed on the 1752 census of Rivière-du-Nord-Est, Île St-Jean, with her daughter Claire and her husband, Amand Bugeaud. Children of Jean Doucet & Francoise Blanchard:*Madeleine (~1693- ); m. Claude Landry (Claude & Catherine Thibodeau) 8 Feb 1712 in Grand Pré.(SGA-1,3)*Marie-Josephe (~1694-1767); m. Francois Landry (Antoine & Marie Thibodeau) 27 May 1711 in Grand Pré.(SGA-1,51)*Jean (bef. 1701- ); m. Isabelle Hebert (Jacques & Marguerite Landry) 23 Jan 1726 in Grand Pré. (SGA-2,243)*unknown son born before the 1707 census*Marguerite (24 Sep 1708-bef. 1756); m. Paul Bugeaud (Alain & Elisabeth Melanson) 29 Jul 1726 in Grand Pré. (SGA-2,236) *Claire (~1712- ); m. Louis-Amand Bugeaud (Alain & Elisabeth Melanson) 19 Dec 1730 in Grand Pré.(SGA-2,217)In some family trees, he is called Jean Claude Doucet and shown as dying in Port Royal / Annapolis Royal in 1754, but this is Claude Doucet, the son of Germain Doucet (~1641- bef. 1698) and Marie Landry (~1646- ). I have found no indication of him using the name Claude.

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Census listings for Jean Doucet:*1671 in Port Royal: Pierre DOUCET, bricklayer 50, wife Henriette PELTRET 31; Children: Anne 10, Toussaint 8, Jean 6, Pierre 4, and 1 daughter 3 months; cattle 7, sheep 6.*1678 in Port Royal: Pierre Doucet & Henriette Pelletret, 5 sons (ages 17, 12, 14, 6, 3 mos.), 2 daughters (ages 10, 3). Corresponding to Toussaint, Pierre fils, Jean, Louis, Rene, Madeleine & Jeanne.*1686 in Port Royal: Pierre DOUCET 55 (sic 65), Henriette PELTRET 40; children: Toussaints 23, Jean 20, Pierre 18, Magdelaine 16, Louis 12, Jeanne 10, Pierre 8, Marguerite 6, Mathieu 1; 2 guns, 5 arpents, 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs.*1693 in Minas: Jean DOUCET 27, Francoise BLANCHARD 20, Madeleine 4 months; one servant; 5 cattle, 9 sheep, 5 pigs, 8 arpents, 1 gun*1701 in Grand Pré, Les Mines: Jean DOUCET. his wife, 2 boys, 1 girl, 12 cattle, 15 sheep, 10 hogs, 8 hogs, 1 gun.*1703 in Les Mines: Jean DOUCET and his wife. (Oddly, the children aren't listed)*1707 in Minas: Jean DOUCET, his wife, 2 boys 14 or older, 2 girls 12 or older; 4 arpents, 6 cattle, 14 sheep, 15 hogs.*1714 in Les Mines: Jean DOUCET and wife, 2 sons, 3 daughters. :: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154422014/jean-doucet#add-to-vc

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Jean Doucet ^*
Birth  1665 • Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
Death  about 1752 • Grand Pré, Acadia, New France
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet dit Laverdure
Spouse  Francoise Blanchard

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G365-BD4

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weRelate:
Jean Doucet
Birth  1665 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1753 • Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage  1692 • Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet
Spouse  francoise blanchard
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jean+Doucet+%281%29

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weRelate:
Jean Doucet
Birth  1666
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jean+Doucet+%285%29

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wikiTrees:
jean doucet
Birth  1665 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1752
Marriage  1692 • Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  henriette pelletret • pierre doucet
Spouse  francoise blanchard
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/138955

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Jean Doucet
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet dit Laverdure
Spouse  Anne Pinet

Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G3HZ-HSL

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Jean Doucet
Birth  1665 • Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1752 • Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet dit Laverdure

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G3HZ-HJM

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wikiTrees:
jean doucet
Birth  1665 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1752
Marriage  1692 • Colchester, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  henriette pelletret • pierre doucet
Spouse  francoise blanchard
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/138955

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Jean Doucet ^*
Birth  1665 • Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
Death  about 1752 • Grand Pré, Acadia, New France
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet dit Laverdure
Spouse  Francoise Blanchard

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G365-BD4

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Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909
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weRelate:
Jean Doucet
Birth  1666
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet
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Jean Doucet
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet dit Laverdure
Spouse  Anne Pinet

Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G3HZ-HSL

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Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909
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Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909
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Jean Doucet
Birth  1665 • Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1752 • Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet dit Laverdure

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/G3HZ-HJM

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weRelate:
Jean Doucet
Birth  1665 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1753 • Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage  1692 • Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet
Spouse  francoise blanchard
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jean+Doucet+%281%29

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weRelate:
Jean Doucet
Birth  1666
Parents  Henriette Pelletret • Pierre Doucet
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jean+Doucet+%285%29

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weRelate:
Claude Doucet
Spouse  marie comeau
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Claude+Doucet+%282%29

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Sources: Other : Arsenault, Bona (Book in lib at Tolland, CT.

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After Jean's death, his widow and daughter Claire moved to Isle St. Jean.

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Jean Doucet dit Laverdure, 1665, fils de Pierre et de sa deuxieme femme,henriette Pelletret, s'est etabli a Grand-Pre. Re: Bona Arsenault Histoire et Genealogie Des Acadiens 2 page 506 Port-Royal Annapolis Royal, Nouvelle-Ecosse

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Biography
Jean Doucet was born about 1665 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France, son of Pierre Doucet (abt. 1621–1713) and Henriette Pelletret (abt. 1641–bef. 1694).[1]

He was listed as age 6 in 1671 census[2]

Presumably, he was one of 5 boys in 1678 census[3]

In 1686, at Port Royal, Jean, aged 20, was living with his parents, Pierre DOUCET, aged 55 [recte 65], and Henriette PELTRET [sic], aged 40, and his eight siblings: Toussaints [sic], aged 23, Pierre, aged 18, Magdelaine [sic], aged 16, Louis, aged 12, Jeanne [recte Louise], aged 10, Pierre [recte Rene], aged 8, Marguerite, aged 6, and Mathieu, aged 1. The family owned 2 guns and was living on 5 arpents of cultivable land with 8 cattle, 12 sheep, and 6 hogs.[4]

Jean married Françoise Blanchard (born in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; daughter of Martin Blanchard and Françoise LeBlanc) around 1692 in Acadie.[1]

Their children were:[1]

Madeleine Doucet (about 1693–after 1756) .
Marie Josephe Doucet (about 1694–1767) .
Jean Doucet (before 1701– ) .
Unknown son born before 1707 census
Françoise Doucet (about 1705–1799) .
Marguerite Doucet (1708– ) .
Claire Doucet (about 1712– )
In the 1693 census at Les Mines, Jean and Françoise were counted with their daughter Madeleine (4 months), and one servant.[5] In the 1701 census in Grand-Pré, the census taker did not indicate the correct number of children as noted by Stephen White. He counted two boys and one girl. The children who were likely in the household at that time were Madeleine (born around 1693), Marie-Josèphe (born around 1694) and Jean (born before 1701).[6] They appeared in the subsequent censuses at Les Mines in 1703,[7] 1707[8] and 1714.[9]

25 Jun 1714: Jean Doucet from Les Mines was among the inhabitants of Acadia who went with Father Gaulin to view land on Île Royale.[1]

25 Aug 1714: in a letter from L'Hermite at Louisbourg, Jean Doucet from Les Mines received permission "to settle on Ile-Royale at the good pleasure of the King."[1]

He died before the La Roque census of 1752 taken on Ile Saint-Jean in which his wife is living with their daughter Claire and her family. Jean is not mentioned.

Research Notes
Notes by Stephen White in his Dictionnaire p. 539 concerning the censuses:[1]

In the 1701 census, the number of boys and girls are incorrect.

In the 1703 census, the children were omitted.

In the 1707 census transcriptions, 1 girl younger than 12 was omitted.

Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes. (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), Print. p.529, 538-539
↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 3-14;
Pierre DOUCET, bricklayer 50, wife Henriette PELTRET 31; Children: Anne 10, Toussaint 8, Jean 6, Pierre 4, and 1 daughter 3 months; cattle 7, sheep 6.
↑ 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
Pierre Doucet & Henriette Pelletret 1 1/2 acres 10 cattle 1 gun 5 boys 17 1661 14 1664 12 1666 6 1672 3/M 1678 2 girls 10 1668 3 1675
↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;
at Port Royal: Pierre DOUCET 55 (sic 65), Henriette PELTRET 40; children: Toussaints 23, Jean 20, Pierre 18, Magdelaine 16, Louis 12, Jeanne 10, Pierre 8, Marguerite 6, Mathieu 1; 2 guns, 5 arpents, 8 cattle, 12 sheep, 6 hogs. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Pelletret was listed as Peltret, Toussaint was listed as Toussaints, Madeleine was listed as Magdelaine, Louise was listed as Jeanne, and Rene was listed as Pierre.
↑ 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;
Les Mines: Jean DOUCET 27, Francoise BLANCHARD 20, Madeleine 4 months; one servant; 5 cattle, 9 sheep, 5 pigs, 8 arpents, 1 gun
↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, census transcript, "Census of the Colonies Established in the Province of Acadia, 1701,"
DANS LA GRAND PRÉ: Jean DOUCET, his wife, 2 boys, [sic] 1 girl, [sic] 12 cattle, 15 sheep, 10 hogs, 8 hogs, 1 gun
↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 212-220;
Les Mines: Jean DOUCET and his wife. (The children were omitted)
↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 221-237;
Les Mines: Jean DOUCET, his wife, 2 boys 14 or older, 2 girls 12 or older; 1 younger girl; 4 arpents, 6 cattle, 14 sheep, 15 hogs.
↑ 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 Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-261;
Les Mines: Jean DOUCET and wife, 2 sons, 3 daughters.