Raising a Family in Exile — Françoise Chiasson

B. about 1668 in (probably) Port-Royal, Acadia¹
M. 8 Nov 1682 in Beaubassin, Acadia²
Husband: Pierre Morin
D. after 7 Jan 1727 in (probably) St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud, New France³

As a young mother, Françoise Chiasson was kicked out of her native land of Acadia for actions she had nothing to do with. In spite of that, she managed to take care of a family that grew as they moved from place to place.

Françoise was born in about 1668 to Port-Royal farmer Guyon Chiasson dit Lavallée and his wife Jeanne Bernard, the second of seven children.¹ By 1671, her family was thought to be among 13 people living at Mouscoudabouet, a tiny settlement on the south shore of Acadia.⁴ Mouscoudabouet was isolated, and must have given Françoise very little contact with anyone outside her family during her early childhood. The family was known to be living there in October 1674;⁴ then about two years later, they moved to Beaubassin,⁴ located on the isthmus that joins present-day Nova Scotia to New Brunswick.

After living in Mouscoudabouet, Beaubassin must have seemed like a city to Françoise, but during the time she was there, the population only consisted of about 20 families.⁴ Her future husband was among them, a man named Pierre Morin, whom Françoise married at age 14 on November 8, 1682.² Around this time, her mother died and her father remarried, eventually giving her at least four half-sisters.

Françoise settled into married life as the wife of a farmer, and by about 1687, she had three children. Then an event happened which completely uprooted her. The teenaged daughter of the wealthiest man in Beaubassin gave birth to an out-of-wedlock child, and Françoise’s brother-in-law was named as the father. For this act, it was decided the whole family would be banished from the settlement, including Françoise, her husband, and their young children.⁵ She had to say goodbye to her father and siblings; her father died in Beaubassin in 1693.⁶

The family needed a place to live, and they received help from Richard Denys, the brother-in-law of the man who had them banished.⁵ Denys had a home on Chaleur Bay, an inlet on the Atlantic Ocean north of Acadia and south of the mouth of the St. Lawrence. The outpost was known as Restigouche, but it was hardly a village, and much like Mouscoudabouet, had only a handful of people living there. The family stayed there through 1692, and in that time, a son was born to Françoise.⁷ It must have been very rough circumstances to go through the experience of childbirth, and seems a miracle that a baby would survive, but he went on to live a normal life.

Chaleur Bay, near where Françoise was in exile. (Source: busand2003, CC BY 3.0)

Françoise’s family decided to leave Restigouche, this time moving all the way to Quebec City.⁸ They were likely aided by Denis Riverin, an important man in Quebec who had fishing interests that may have taken him to Ristigouche. In August 1694, Françoise gave birth to a son at Quebec whom they named Denis, and Riverin was the baby’s godfather.

By March 1697, the family was established at Montmagny, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, and Françoise gave birth to another child.⁹ In about 1699, they moved once again to another remote place, the fishing village of Mont-Louis, and Françoise had another son.¹⁰ Their stay in Mont-Louis only lasted a couple of years, and in 1702, they were back in Montmagny;¹¹ Françoise had her final four children there, with the last one born in 1709.¹²

As far as the records show, Françoise never again returned to Acadia. It isn’t known exactly when she died, but it was sometime between the marriages of son Michel on January 7, 1727 and son Charles on October 21, 1731.^3,13 Her husband Pierre survived her, dying in 1741.¹⁴

Children:
1. Pierre Morin – B. 23 Dec 1683, Beaubassin, Acadia;¹⁵ D. 4 Feb 1767, Montmagny, Quebec;¹⁶ M. Marie Boulé (~1686-1764), 10 Jan 1707, Montmagny, New France¹⁷

2. Barbe Morin – B. about 1685, Beaubassin, Acadia;¹⁸ D. 29 Jan 1753, (probably) New France;¹⁸ M. Michel Harbour (1674-1758), about 1701, (probably) Mont-Louis, New France¹⁸

3. Marie Morin – B. about 1688, (probably) Beaubassin, Acadia;¹⁹ D. after 25 Jan 1728, (probably) Quebec City, New France¹⁹

4. Sébastien Morin – B. about 1692, Restigouche, New France;⁷ D. Nov 1756, St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud, New France;⁷ M. (1) Françoise Blanchet (1694-1742), 3 Nov 1717, Montmagny, New France;²⁰ (2) Marie-Anne Frégeau (1700-?), 25 Feb 1743, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, New France²¹

5. Denis Morin – B. Aug 1694, Quebec City, New France;⁸ D. 20 Sep 1768, St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud, Quebec;²² M. Madeleine Boulet, 20 Nov 1718, New France²³

6. Agathe Morin – B. about Mar 1697, Montmagny, New France;⁹ D. Jul 1733, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, New France;²⁴ M. Jacques Boulet (1689-1771), 6 Jan 1715, Montmagny, New France²⁵

7. Michel Morin – B. about 1699, Mont-Louis, New France;¹⁰ D. Jun 1767, Kamouraska, Quebec;²⁶ M. Marie Frégeau (1702-1797), 7 Jan 1727, Montmagny, New France²⁷

8. Jean-Baptiste Morin – B. 22 Apr 1702, Montmagny, New France;¹¹ D. 19 Apr 1782, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec;²⁸ M. Félicité Lemieux (1720-1786), 25 Jun 1739, Cap-St-Ignace, New France²⁹

9. Antoine Morin – B. Oct 1704, Montmagny, New France;³⁰ D. 3 Mar 1776, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec;³¹ M. Marguerite Daniau (~1716-1788), 25 Oct 1734, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, New France³²

10. Charles Morin – B. Jan 1707, Montmagny, New France;³³ D. 17 Dec 1786, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec;³⁴ M. Claire Destroismaisons (1710-1787), 21 Oct 1731, St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud, New France¹³

11. Marie-Françoise Morin – B. May 1709, Montmagny, New France;¹² D. 6 Apr 1783, Montmagny, Quebec;³⁵ M. Joseph Coté (1704-1777), after 22 Nov 1734, (probably) St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud, New France³⁶

Sources:
1    Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française listing of Françoise Chiasson  
2    Marriage record of Pierre Morin and Françoise Chiasson, La Visitation de Notre-Dame de Château-Richer Religious Records, 1661–1702, FamilySearch.org
3    Marriage record of Michel Morin and Marie Frégeau, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, FamilySearch.org
4    Acadians in Gray (website)  
5    "The Morins of Acadia," French-Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1968
6    Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française listing of Guyon Chiasson  
7    Burial record of Sébastien Morin, Q.C.P.R.
8    Baptismal record of Denis Morin, Q.C.P.R.
9    Baptismal record of Agathe Morin, Q.C.P.R.
10  Baptismal record of Michel Morin, Q.C.P.R.
11  Baptismal record of Jean-Baptiste Morin, Q.C.P.R.
12  Baptismal record of Marie-Françoise Morin, Q.C.P.R.
13  Marriage record of Charles Morin and Claire Destroismaisons, Q.C.P.R.
14  Burial record of Pierre Morin, Q.C.P.R.
15  Baptismal record of Pierre Morin (younger), L.V.d. N.D.d.C.R.R.R.
16  Burial record of Pierre Morin (younger), Q.C.P.R.
17  Marriage record of Pierre Morin and Marie Boulé, Q.C.P.R.
18  Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française listing of Barbe Morin  
19  Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française listing of Marie Morin  
20  Marriage record of Sébastien Morin and Françoise Blanchet, Q.C.P.R.
21  Marriage record of Sébastien Morin and Marie-Anne Frégeau, Q.C.P.R.
22  Burial record of Denis Morin, Q.C.P.R.
23  Marriage record of Denis Morin and Madeleine Boulet, Q.C.P.R.
24  Burial record of Agathe Morin, Q.C.P.R.
25  Marriage record of Jacques Boulet and Agathe Morin, Q.C.P.R.
26  Burial record of Michel Morin, Q.C.P.R.
27  Marriage record of Michel Morin and Marie Frégeau, Q.C.P.R.
28  Burial record of Jean-Baptiste Morin, Q.C.P.R.
29  Marriage record of Jean-Baptiste Morin and Félicité Lemieux, Q.C.P.R.
30  Baptismal record of Antoine Morin, Q.C.P.R.
31  Burial record of Antoine Morin, Q.C.P.R.
32  Marriage record of Antoine Morin and Marguerite Daniau, Q.C.P.R.
33  Baptismal record of Charles Morin, Q.C.P.R.
34  Burial record of Charles Morin, Q.C.P.R.
35  Burial record of Marie-Françoise Morin, Q.C.P.R.
36  Marriage contract of Joseph Coté and Marie-Françoise Morin

French Peasant or Italian Prince — François Savoie

B. about 1621 in (probably) Martaizé, France¹
M. about 1651 in Port-Royal, Acadia¹
Wife: Catherine Lejeune
D. after 1671 in (probably) Port-Royal, Acadia²

François Savoie has perhaps gained more notoriety centuries after his death than he had during his life because some family historians have tried to claim he was an Italian prince.

François had an interesting enough life without any connection to royalty. He was born in about 1621,¹ and he made his way to the colony of Acadia probably during the 1640s.¹ Acadia, which is present-day Nova Scotia, had been seeking French people to engage in fishing and agriculture, and many signed up for it. François settled in Port-Royal, and in about 1651, he married Catherine Lejeune,¹ who is believed to have been born in France in about 1633.³ They had nine children between about 1653 and 1669.

The entire family was listed in the 1671 Acadia census as living in Port-Royal, with François being a farmer.² Despite the large number of people in his household, he only owned 4 cattle and no sheep. Oldest daughter Françoise was listed a second time in the household next door as the 18-year-old wife of Jean Corporan and mother of a newborn daughter. 

1671 Acadia census listing for François and his family.

Those who lived in the French colony of Acadia were always on edge because of the English wanting to control the region. During François’ time, they did take charge in 1654, and ruled Acadia until 1670. This didn’t create a huge hardship, though, for the settlers; military confrontation with the English would come in the next couple generations. It's unknown when François and his wife Catherine died.

Like most early settlers of Acadia, François and Jeanne's descendants scattered to a number of places in America. After the expulsion of 1755, they were exiled temporarily to many places, including the British American colonies, the area around the St. Lawrence River in Canada, and France. A large number of Savoie descendants were said to have arrived in Louisiana in 1765 to settle permanently.⁴ Along with other Acadian refugees, they would evolve into the people of the bayou — the Cajuns.

Among some descendants, stories were said to be passed down claiming François was not a Frenchman — that he was actually the illegitimate son of an Italian nobleman named Tommaso Francesco Savoie, making him a “prince.”⁵ While this story hasn’t been disproven, there’s no documentation to back it up, and Y-DNA evidence seems to refute it.⁵ Other research has shown there was a family named Savoie in the village of Martaizé, France, and other Acadian families appear to be from the same area. This seems a more likely place of origin for François. He was an ancestor of Tom Bergeron and Matt LeBlanc.

Tommaso Francesco Savoie

Children:
1. Marie-Françoise Savoie — B. about 1653, Port-Royal, Acadia;² D. 27 Dec 1711, Port-Royal, Acadia;⁶ M. Jean-François Corporon (~1647-1713), 1668, Port-Royal, Acadia⁷

2. Germain Savoie — B. about 1654, Port-Royal, Acadia;² D. before 24 Nov 1749, Port-Royal, Acadia;⁸ M. Marie Breau (1662-1749), before 1678, Port-Royal, Acadia⁹

3. Marie Savoie — B. about 1657, Port-Royal, Acadia;² D. 10 Mar 1741, Louisbourg, Acadia;¹⁰ M. Jacques Triel (1646-?), about 1676, Acadia¹⁰

4. Jeanne Savoie — B. about 1658, Port-Royal, Acadia;² D. 3 Nov 1735, Port-Royal, Acadia;⁸ M. Étienne Pellerin (~1647-1722), about 1675, Port-Royal, Acadia⁹

5. Catherine Savoie — B. about 1662, Port-Royal, Acadia;² D. after 21 Jan 1725, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹¹ M. François Levron dit Nantois (~1651-1714), about 1676, Port-Royal, Acadia¹⁰

6. François Savoie — B. about 1663, Port-Royal, Acadia;² D. after 1671²

7. Barnabé Savoie — B. about 1665, Port-Royal, Acadia;² D. after 1671²

8. Andrée-Marguerite Savoie — B. about 1667, Port-Royal, Acadia;² M. Jean Prejean (~1651-1733), 1683, Port-Royal, Acadia¹⁰

9. Marie-France Savoie — B. about 1669, Port-Royal, Acadia;² M. Gabriel Pierre Chiasson (1667-1741), 1688, Port-Royal, Acadia¹⁰

Sources:


1    “Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s,” Acadians in Gray (website)
2    1671 Acadian Census
3    WikiTree listing of Catherine Lejeune  
4    “BOOK SIX: The Acadian Immigrants of Louisiana,” Acadians in Gray (website) 
5    Research Notes in WikiTree listing of François Savoie  
6    Find-a-Grave listing of Françoise Savoie 
7    Marriage date based on age of oldest child
8    “An Acadian Parish Remembered: The Registers of St. Jean-Baptiste, Annapolis Royal, 1702-1755” (website)  
9    1678 Port Royal Census  
10  Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, Stephen A. White, 1999, pp. 1351, 1457, 1548-49
11  Burial record of Pierre Levron, Canadiana Heritage (website)

Farm Likely Ruined in War — François Levron dit Nantais

B. about 1651 in (probably) Nantes, France¹
M. 1676 in Port-Royal, Acadia¹
Wife: Agnés-Catherine Savoie
D. 23 Jun 1714 in Port-Royal, Acadia¹

Decades before the expulsion of 1755, English forces were brutally dealing with Acadians. During the first few years of the 18th century, an attack on Port-Royal left many farms destroyed, and François Levron dit Nantais seems to have been one of the victims. ;

François' origins and exact birth year are unknown, but his surname on some records indicates he may have been born in Nantes, France, and records giving his age suggest he was born between 1650 and 1653.¹ His arrival in Acadia was believed to be after the 1671 census, and before 1676, the year he got married.¹ His wife was Agnés-Catherine Savoie, a native of Acadia, who may have been as young as 14-years-old at the time of their marriage.¹ Between about 1677 and about 1700, they had nine children.

After François arrived in Acadia, he seems to have spent the rest of his life in Port-Royal as a farmer. The settlement had around 500 inhabitants and was the largest town in the colony. Censuses taken between 1686 and 1700 show that François’ farm was thriving, with up to 18 sheep and 12 cattle, plus some hogs and 20 fruit trees, on 15 arpents of land.^2,3 But in 1707 his farm was much smaller, with only one-half arpent of land and two cattle. That year, he and his wife had seven children living in the household.

The years between the 1700 Census and the 1707 Census were not peaceful ones in Port-Royal. There was war between France and England that spilled over into their colonies. Forces from New England attacked Acadia several times, trying to take control from the French. This culminated in some fierce fighting in 1707. The New Englanders were defeated, but it was reported that they had “wrought considerable havoc by burning down many houses, killing livestock, and uprooting grain and crops.”⁵ It's likely that one of the farms that was attacked belonged to François.

The English destroyed the farms of French settlers in many parts of New France, especially in Acadia.

The New England forces returned in 1710 and successfully took control of Acadia, which marked the beginning of the end for the French settlers.⁵ François died on June 23, 1714, and the generations of his family that followed were pushed out of Port-Royal. with his descendants migrating to other places in New France. Some went to Ile-St-Jean (Prince Edward Island), some went to Ile-Royal (Cape Breton), and one son went to Boucherville, Quebec. Later generations would migrate to the Great Lakes region, the Illinois territory, and after being exiled from Acadia during the 1750s, New Orleans.⁶

Children:
1. Jacques Levron — B. about 1677, Port-Royal, Acadia;⁷ D. about 1745, Port-Royal, Acadia;⁸ M. Marie-Marian Doucet (~1694-1746), 8 Jan 1710, Port-Royal, Acadia⁷

2. Madeleine Levron — B. about 1678, Port-Royal, Acadia;⁹ M. Clement Vincent (~1674-?), 1698, Port-Royal, Acadia⁹

3. Anne Levron — B. about 1684, Port-Royal, Acadia³

4. Marie Levron — B. about 1685, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹⁰ D. 1 Aug 1727, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹¹ M. (1) Jean Garceau (1678-~1710), 20 Nov 1703, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹⁰ (2) Alexandre Richard (~1686-?), 26 Dec 1711, Acadia¹⁰

5. Elisabeth Levron — B. about 1690, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹² M. (1) Michel Picot (~1685-~1711), 3 Nov 1705, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹² (2) Yves Maucaire (~1680-?), 8 Jan 1712, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹² (3) Etienne Comeau (~1680-1758), 29 Nov 1730, Port-Royal, Acadia¹²

6. Joseph Levron — B. about 1691, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹³ D. after 17 Jan 1752, (possibly) Fort Frontenac, New France;¹⁴ M. (1) Rose Veronneau (1700-1735), 12 Sep 1722, Boucherville, Quebec;¹³ (2) Catherine Brunet (1681-~1756), 26 Jan 1750, Fort Frontenac, New France¹³

7. Jean-Baptiste Levron — B. about 1692, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹⁵ before 2 Mar 1756;¹⁶ M. Françoise Labauve (~1696-?), 13 Jan 1716, Port-Royal, Acadia¹⁵

8. Jeanne Levron — B. about 1694, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹⁷ D. 19 Jan 1751, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹⁷ M. Augustin Comeau (~1688-1741), 12 Feb 17, Port-Royal, Acadia¹⁷

9. Pierre Levron — B. about 1696, Port-Royal, Acadia;⁶ D. Jan 1725, Acadia⁶

Sources:
1    Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of François Levron 
2    1686 Acadian census  
3    1700 Acadian census  
4    1707 Acadian census (listed as le bonhomme Nantois)
5    A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland, John Mack Faragher, 2005
6    Acadians in Gray (website)  
7    Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Jacques Levron 
8    WikiTree listing of Jacques Levron  
9    Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Madeleine Levron 
10  Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Marie Levron 
11  WikiTree listing of Marie Levron  
12  Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Isabelle Levron 
13  Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Joseph Levron
14  Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Marie-Josephte Levron (Joseph’s death was after her marriage)  
15  Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Jean-Baptiste Levron
16  WikiTree listing of Jean-Baptiste Levron  
17  Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Jeanne Levron

Captain at Fort Frontenac — Joseph Levron dit Metayer

B. about 1691 in Port Royal, Acadia¹
M. (1) 12 Sep 1722 in Boucherville, New France²
Wife: Rose Veronneau
M. (2) 26 Jan 1750 in Fort Frontenac, New France¹
Wife: Catherine Brunet
D. after 17 Jan 1752, (possibly) Fort Frontenac, New France³

As a person born in Acadia during the late 17th century, Joesph Levron dit Metayer was destined for a future struggling under the thumb of British rule. But instead he took a different course as a sea captain, bringing him far away from his native colony.

Joseph was born at Port Royal, Acadia in about 1691 to François Levron dit Nantois and Catherine Agnes Savoie,¹ one of nine children. This was during a period of hardship for Acadians, as they faced repeated aggression from the English. Census records indicated that Joseph’s family had a thriving farm in 1700,⁴ but sometime after that date, seemed to have lost that status. This may have been because of an invasion of Port Royal in 1707, with houses burned and livestock destroyed. By 1710, the English fully took over the colony, and the Acadian ties with France were permanently severed.

As he came of age, Joseph must have sought a way to escape living under English authority. He likely began working as a seaman when he was a young man in Port Royal. It was common for a sailor to have a layover in a distant place that turned into resettlement, and Joseph eventually put down roots along the St. Lawrence River near Montreal. On September 12, 1722, he married Rose Veronneau, a native of Boucherville,² a town which became his new home base.

The places Joseph lived during his life.

 
In the early 18th century, Montreal was the launching point for French fur traders who did their business on the American frontier, and Joseph became captain of a ship that served the trade. Joseph and Rose had five children between 1724 and 1738, and the gaps in their ages suggest that he was away from home for extended periods of time. Further evidence of this is in a contract dated June 15, 1741 where Joseph agreed to bring a load of goods to Pointe Chequamegon and remain there for two years in return for 700 livres.⁵ This was a trading post that was very remote — a bay on the southern shore of Lake Superior in present-day Wisconsin. At the time it was the only post in the region.

Joseph’s wife Rose died in Boucherville on December 27, 1748,⁶ and not long after, he relocated to another outpost, Fort Frontenac. He seems to have taken his youngest daughter with him, and his married son Joseph spent time there as well. Fort Frontenac was located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario and was populated with less than 150 people, 50 of whom were part of the military. By this time, it was mainly used as a supply depot and a stopping place for vessels passing through.

1750s layout of Fort Frontenac.

On January 26, 1750, Joseph married a second wife, Catherine Brunet,¹ who was a widow. The wedding took place at Fort Frontenac. Two years later, Joseph’s daughter, Marie-Josephte, also married at the fort.³ Although the parish register said that she was about 17, she was actually just 13-years-old. The marriage record described her father Joseph as a captain in the service of the king, which may denote some sort of military status involving the ship he operated.

This was the last known record of Joseph, and it’s assumed he passed away within a few years. Fort Frontenac was captured by the British in 1758, and his death may have been related to that. If so, it’s a sad commentary that the same force who attacked his community during his childhood finished him off in the end. 

Children (all with Rose Veronneau):
1. Anne Levron — B. 31 Oct 1724, Boucherville, New France;⁷ D. 24 Feb 1754, Varennes, New France;⁸ M. Jacques Lussier (1720-1778), 13 Jan 1744, Boucherville, New France⁹

2. Joseph Levron dit Metayer — B. 18 Jun 1728, Boucherville, New France;¹⁰ D. 29 Jan 1771, Vincennes, Illinois Territory;¹¹ M. Josephe-Amable Cousteau (1728-?), 7 Feb 1747¹¹

3. Louis Levron — B. 31 May 1731, Boucherville, New France¹²

4. Pierre Levron — B. 28 Jan 1736, Boucherville, New France¹³

5. Marie-Josephte Levron – B. 22 Sep 1738, Boucherville, New France;¹⁴ D. 24 Mar 1807, La Malbaie, Quebec;¹⁵ M. Joseph Mercier (1725-1803), 17 Jan 1752, Fort Frontenac, New France³

Sources:
1    Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Joseph Levron  
2    Marriage record of Joseph Levron and Rose Veronneau, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, FamilySearch.org
3    Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Marie-Josephte Levron  
4    1700 Port Royal List of Inhabitants http://www.acadian-home.org/census1700.html
5    Online database of voyageurs contracts, Centre du patrimoine, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
6    Burial record of Rose Veronneau, Q.C.P.R.
7    Baptismal record of Anne Levron, Q.C.P.R.
8    Burial record of Anne Levron, Q.C.P.R.
9    Marriage record of Jacques Lussier and Anne Levron, Q.C.P.R.
10  Baptismal record of Joseph Levron dit Metayer, Q.C.P.R.
11  Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française listing of Joseph Levron (younger)  
12  Baptismal record of Louis Levron, Q.C.P.R.
13  Baptismal record of Pierre Levron, Q.C.P.R.
14  Baptismal record of Marie-Josephte Levron, Q.C.P.R.
15  Burial record of Marie-Josephte Levron, Q.C.P.R.

His Brother’s Crime Changed His Life — Pierre Morin

B. about 1662 in Port-Royal, Acadia
M. 8 Nov 1682 in Beaubassin, Acadia
Wife: Françoise Chiasson
D. April 1741 in St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, New France

Pierre Morin was uprooted from his native Acadia because of the actions of his brother, and corruption in the settlement where he lived.

Pierre was born in Port-Royal, Acadia in about 1662, the son of Pierre Morin dit Boucher and Marie-Madeleine Martin. He was the oldest of their 12 children. At some point, the family migrated to Beaubassin, on the bridge of land where modern-day Nova Scotia joins New Brunswick. Beaubassin had been founded in 1672, and by the 1680s, had a small population of about 20 families.

On November 8, 1682, Pierre married Françoise Chiasson, the 14-year-old daughter of another Beaubassin settler, Guyon Chiasson dit Lavallée. Between 1683 and early 1688, the couple had two or three children born on their Acadian farm. The census of 1686 showed that Pierre had 6 arpents under cultivation, 14 cattle, 6 sheep and 8 hogs.

Then came an event that changed the course of Pierre’s life. In 1687, the 17 year-old daughter of Michel Leneuf, the most important man in Beaubassin, became pregnant out-of-wedlock, and Pierre's brother Louis was named as the father. Leneuf, in collaboration with the parish priest, Father Claude Trouve, sought to punish not just Louis, but all of his close relatives, and it was ruled that the entire clan be banished from Acadia. Louis was sent away on a ship to serve in the French Navy, and he was not heard from again by the family.

The group of people that was exiled consisted of Pierre, his parents and all of his married siblings, plus the wives and children of each. By the spring of 1688, they had all moved to Restigouche, a tiny settlement on a bay north of Acadia, where Pierre's father died within a year. Pierre and his family stayed at Restigouche for at least the next couple of years and had one or two children born there. They relocated to Quebec City, where another son was born, then by March 1697, the family lived on the south shore of the St. Lawrence in Montmagny. At both locations, it’s believed Pierre was helped by a network of family and friends.

Map of the migrations Pierre made during his life.

For a couple of years at the end of the 17th century, Pierre moved his family to a fishing settlement at the mouth of the St. Lawrence called Mont-Louis. In 1699, he was listed in a census of the village along with his wife and children, plus a woman who seems to have been his mother. Two of Pierre’s brothers were also living in the village, and everyone appeared again on the 1700 census.

Mont-Louis was an attempt by French investors to make a permanent fishery close enough to the Atlantic to easily reach it. Just a handful of families settled there, and the venture failed because large ships couldn’t navigate the harbor. Small boats had to take the fish all the way upriver to Quebec City; only then could the fish be loaded on ships going to France. Pierre was listed on the 1700 census as being a boat master, which likely meant he was one of the men taking the fish to Quebec.

During the time at Mont-Louis, Pierre saw the birth of another child, and the marriage of a daughter at age 13. By the spring of 1702, he abandoned the fishing village and moved his family back to Montmagny, where it appears he stayed for the rest of his life. Between 1702 and 1709, four more children were born to complete the family.

On January 17, 1725, Pierre’s family gathered for a meeting to establish the division of his land that the children would inherit. All eleven of the children were in attendance, along wth a priest who recorded the event. All of Pierre’s sons and the wives of his daughters either signed or made their mark on a document defining the agreement. Pierre and Françoise added their marks as well, since neither of them could sign their names.

The signatures and marks of Pierre and his family.

Françoise died sometime between 1727 and 1731. Pierre passed away at St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud in April 1741, and was buried on the 15th of that month.

Children:
1. Pierre Morin — B. 23 Dec 1683, Beaubassin, Acadia; D. 4 Feb 1767, Montmagny, Quebec; M. Marie Boulé (~1686-1764), 10 Jan 1707, Montmagny, New France

2. Barbe Morin — B. about 1685, Beaubassin, Acadia; D. 29 Jan 1753, (probably) New France; M. Michel Harbour (1674-1758), about 1701, (probably) Mont-Louis, New France

3. Marie Morin — B. 1687 or 1688, (probably) Beaubassin, Acadia; D. 8 Apr 1770, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec

4. Sébastien Morin — B. about 1692, Restigouche, New France; D. Nov 1756, St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud, New France; M. (1) Françoise Blanchet (1694-1742), 3 Nov 1717, Montmagny, New France; (2) Marie-Anne Frégeau (1700-?), 25 Feb 1743, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, New France

5. Denis Morin — B. Aug 1694, Quebec City, New France; D. 20 Sep 1768, St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud,, Quebec; M. Madeleine Boulet, 20 Nov 1718, New France

6. Agathe Morin — B. about Mar 1697, Montmagny, New France; D. Jul 1733, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, New France; M. Jacques Boulet (1689-1771), 6 Jan 1715, Montmagny, New France

7. Michel Morin — B. about 1699, Mont-Louis, New France; D. Jun 1767, Kamouraska, Quebec; M. Marie Frégeau (1702-1797), 7 Jan 1727, Montmagny, New France

8. Jean-Baptiste Morin — B. 22 Apr 1702, Montmagny, New France; D. 19 Apr 1782, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec; M. Félicité Lemieux (1720-1786), 25 Jun 1739, Cap-St-Ignace, New France

9. Antoine Morin — B. Oct 1704, St-Thomas, New France; D. 3 Mar 1776, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec; M. Marguerite Daniau (~1716-1788), 25 Oct 1734, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, New France

10. Charles Morin — B. Jan 1707, Montmagny, New France; D. 17 Dec 1786, St-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Quebec; M. Claire Destroismaisons (1710-1787), 21 Oct 1731, St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud, New France

11. Marie-Françiose Morin — B. May 1709, Montmagny, New France; D. 6 Apr 1783, Montmagny, Quebec; M. Joseph Coté (1704-1777), after 22 Nov 1734, (probably)  St-Pierre-de-la-Riviére-du-Sud, New France

Sources:
"The Morins of Acadia," French-Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1968
Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes, Stephen A. White, 1999
Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française (website)
Parks Canada History (website)

1699 and 1700 Mont-Louis Census 

BAnQ

A Pioneer Life in Acadia — Guyon Chiasson dit Lavallée

B. about 1638 in La Rochelle, France
M. (1) 1666 in Port-Royal, Acadia
Wife: Jeanne Bernard
M. (2) 7 October 1683 in Quebec City, New France
Wife: Marie-Madeleine Martin
D. before 1693 (probably) in Beaubassin, Acadia

Guyon Chiasson dit Lavallée not only moved to the colony of Acadia, but he made his home in places very much off the beaten path. He was born in about 1638 to Pierre Chiasson and Marie Péroché in Saint-Sauveur-d'Aunis, France, a town near La Rochelle. Guyon had at least four sisters, but no known brothers, and he was the youngest in the family.

It’s likely that Guyon’s family relocated to La Rochelle by the time he came of age, because in 1657, his sisters Louise and Françoise each got married there. Guyon was a witness to Françoise’s marriage, and because their father wasn’t mentioned in the record, he had probably died by that date. Guyon’s sister Louise was widowed by early 1666, and she was recruited to become a bride in New France as one of the Filles du Roi. About that same year, Guyon also sailed to America, but instead of going to the colony along the St. Lawrence, he went to Acadia.

Guyon arrived at Acadia’s main settlement, the town of Port-Royal, and he married a woman named Jeanne Bernard. Between 1667 and 1680, they had at least seven children. During the first few years of their marriage, Acadia had fallen under the authority of England, but in 1670, France got the colony back. After the British left, the French settlers spread to other parts of the Acadian peninsula, and Guyon’s family moved to the tiny outpost of Mouscoudabouet.

Living in such a place meant Guyon was fairly isolated from the colonial community. Mouscoudabouet was located on an inlet on the southern shore of Acadia, and it’s likely that Guyon saw an opportunity to engage in fishing. But the region was sparsely populated; only 13 settlers made their home there, including Guyon’s family, as evidenced by the 1671 Acadian census. It’s easy to imagine that Guyon built his house from whatever resources he could find, and the family lived off the land as best they could.

A few years later, Guyon left Mouscoudabouet, appearing on a record at Quebec City in 1675. By about a year later, Guyon brought his family back to Acadia to the narrow bridge of land at the northernmost point of the peninsula. A Port-Royal merchant had developed a new settlement there because its salt marshes offered fertile land for farming. The seigneury where the Chiasson family lived was called Beaubassin, and it was run by Michel Leneuf, who held such power that for a short time, he become governor of Acadia.

Guyon’s wife Jeanne died at Beaubassin in about 1682. The following year, he traveled again to Quebec City, and married a woman named Marie-Madeleine Martin on October 7, 1683. He brought her back to Beaubassin, and over the next decade, she gave birth to four daughters. By 1686, Guyon’s farm was thriving, with 40 arpents of cultivated land, 20 cattle, 12 sheep and 15 hogs. Exactly when Guyon died isn’t known, but it was before a census taken in 1693 which showed that his second wife had remarried.

Guyon’s 11 children produced many descendants who were affected by the instability of the Acadian colony during the 18th century. Some of the family migrated to towns along the St. Lawrence River, others to New Brunswick and Île St.-Jean (what is now Prince Edward Island). Those who tried to remain in Acadia were part of the expulsions of 1755, ending up in faraway places like South Carolina and Haiti, and later, in Louisiana — many of today’s Cajuns can count Guyon as one of their ancestors. So can actor Matt LeBlanc. 

The approximate location of Beaubassin, a town which no longer exists.

Children by Jeanne Bernard:
1. Gabriel-Pierre Chiasson – B. about 1667, Acadia; D. 10 Apr 1741, Beaubassin, Acadia; M. Marie-France Savoie (~1670-?), 1688, Port-Royal, Acadia

2. Françiose Chiasson – B. about 1668, Acadia; D. 17 Jan 1724, St-Thomas, Quebec; M. Pierre Morin (~1662-1741), 8 Nov 1682, Beaubassin, Acadia

3. Sébastien Chiasson – B. about 1670, Acadia; D. Chignecto, Acadia; M. Marie Belou (~1671-?), about 1693, Beaubassin, Acadia

4. Jean Chiasson – B. about 1674, Acadia; D. 24 Jan 1719, Montreal, Quebec; M. Marie-Anne Lemoine (1681-?), 12 Nov 1697, Batiscan, New France

5. Michel Chiasson – B. about 1676, Beaubassin, Acadia; D. 19 Mar 1759, Montmagny, New France; M. Marguerite Morier, 30 Jun 1706, St-Jean, Île d'Orléans, New France

6. Marie Chiasson – B. about 1678, Beaubassin, Acadia; M. Michel Poirier (1667-?), 1692, Acadia

7. Anne Chiasson dit La Vallée – B. about 1680, Beaubassin, Acadia; M. Jean Brault (~1678-1751), about 1701, Acadia

Children by Marie-Madeleine Martin:
1. Angelique Chiasson – B. 27 Oct 1684, Beaubassin, Acadia; M. Pierre Carre (~1675-?), 1702,  Beaubassin, Acadia

2. Genevieve Chiasson – B. about 1685, (probably) Acadia

3. Marie-Madeleine Chiasson – B. about 1691, (probably) Acadia; D. 1739; M. (1) Jean Pothier, 1709, Acadia; (2) Joseph De La Forestiere (~1701-?), 1726, Acadia

4. Anne Chiasson – B. about 1693, (probably) Acadia; M. Jean Pineault (~1685-?), 1710, Acadia

Sources:
Généalogie du Quebec et d’Amérique française (website) 
Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes, Stephen A. White, 1999
Acadians in Gray (website)
WikiTree

One of the First Families in Acadia — Pierre Martin

B. about 1601 in St-German de Bourgeuil, France
M. June 1630 in France
Wife: Catherine Vigneau
D. after 1679 in (probably) Port-Royal, Acadia

During the early 17th century, France established two colonies in what is now Canada. The first was tucked into a strategically safe place on the St. Lawrence River. The other was more easily accessible to settlers and enemies alike. This was Acadia, and Pierre Martin was among a handful of families brave enough to break ground there. Pierre was born in about 1601 to René Martin and Étiennette Porier in St-German de Bourgeuil, France, located in the Loire valley. In June of 1630, Pierre married Catherine Vigneau, and they soon had three sons, two of whom died young. Then in 1636, Pierre was recruited for a new life in America. 

Unlike others who were colonizing Quebec, Pierre was tapped for Acadia, and he was among the very first group to migrate as families. Acadia was located in what is now Nova Scotia, first settled by the French 30 years earlier. Up until then, only men had occupied its outposts, but French authorities now saw the need to grow Acadia's population, and sought families willing to live there. On April 1st, Pierre boarded the ship St. Jehan with his wife and son, and they landed at Port-Royal on May 6th. 

Pierre's name on passenger list of the St. Jehan.

A short time later, Pierre's wife Catherine gave birth to a son Mathieu, and the child was credited as the first European born in the colony. Between 1639 and 1642, three more children were added to the family, all daughters. Like many of his fellow colonists, Pierre was a farmer. It was said that he brought apple trees with him from France. This would become a significant part of the agriculture of Port-Royal, and by 1698, there would be 1,200 apple trees in the settlement.

Life in Port-Royal was sometimes challenging. Although the settlers got on well with the Mi’kmaq Indians, the English wanted to gain control of Acadia, and in 1654, they took the fort at Port-Royal. This caused Pierre and others to relocate their farms in salt marshes outside of town. He built his home near the swampy area, and put in a system of dikes to reclaim land he could cultivate. In 1671, Pierre's farm was described as having 2 arpents of land with 7 cattle and 8 sheep. That year, the English ceded control of the region back to the French.

An Acadian farm.

It isn't known exactly when Pierre died; the last record of him was a 1679 land grant awarded for property he was already living on. His two surviving sons and three daughters all married, with only Mathieu having no children. In 1684, Matheiu was granted a title as the seigneury of Cobequid. This was in honor of being the first child born in the colony. Pierre was an ancestor of Matt LeBlanc.

Children:
1.  Étienne Martin – B. Jun 1631, St-Germain de Bourgeuil, France; D. before Apr 1636

2. Pierre Martin – B. Oct 1632, St-Germain de Bourgeuil, France; D. after 1693; M. (1) Anne Ouestnorouest (~1644-bef 1686); (2) Jeanne Rouselier (~1637-?)

3. Urbain Martin – B. Mar 1634, St-Germain de Bourgeuil, France; D. before Apr 1636

4. Mathieu Martin – B. 1636, Port-Royal, Acadia; D. 1733, Cobequid, Acadia

5. Marguerite Martin – B. 1639, Port-Royal, Acadia; D. 24 Apr 1707, Port-Royal, Acadia; M. Jean Bourg (1647-1695), 1667, Port-Royal, Acadia

6. Andree Martin – B. 1641, Port-Royal, Acadia; M. (1) François Pelerin (~1636-~1680); (2) Pierre Mercier (~1646-?), about 1680

7. Marie-Madeleine Martin – B. about 1642, Acadia; D. 16 Sep 1714, Montmagny, New France; M. Pierre Morin dit Boucher (~1634-~1690), about 1661, Port-Royal, Acadia

Sources:
"The Passenger List of the Ship Saint-Jehan and the Acadian Origins," French Canadian and A Great and Nobel Scheme, John Mack Faragher, 2006
Acadian Genealogical Review, 1600-1700, Vol. 1, No. 1, 1968
From Migrant to Acadian: a North American border people, 1604-1755, Naomi Elizabeth Saundaus Griffiths, 2005
Old Families of Louisiana, Stanley C. Arthur and others, 2009
History of the Acadians (Wikipedia article)
WikiTree

Banished From Acadia in 1688 — Pierre Morin dit Boucher

B. about 1634 in Normandy, France
M. about 1661 in Port-Royal, Acadia
Wife: Marie-Madeleine Martin
D. about 1690 in Ristigouche, New France

When we think of Acadia, the first thing that comes to mind is the tragedy of 1755, where English invaders sent thousands of French settlers into exile. But another Acadian, Pierre Morin dit Boucher, was forced to leave with his family many years earlier, and their banishment was at the hands of corrupt Frenchmen.

Pierre was born in about 1634 in Normandy, France; his parents are unknown. He migrated to Port-Royal, Acadia by 1661 where he married Marie-Madeleine Martin. They had 12 children born between about 1662 and 1686. The 1671 census of Port-Royal said that he was a farmer on 1 arpent of land, with 3 cattle and 4 sheep.

In 1680, Pierre moved the family to Beaubassin, a town on the isthmus that connects modern-day Nova Scotia to New Brunswick. It was founded by Michel Leneuf, who had power over the residents there. By 1686, Pierre had 30 arpents of land with 15 cattle, 8 sheep and 12 pigs — a comfortable life. But all that changed when in 1688, Leneuf's 17 year-old daughter became pregnant and Pierre's son Louis was named as the father. This had Louis charged with rape, and Leneuf sought to hold the entire Morin family responsible.

Pierre, his wife and all of his children, including some who were married with spouses, were charged, 19 people in all. Their punishment was awarded by a parish priest named Father Claude Trouve, who acted on behalf of Leneuf. He claimed that he took action against the entire family because one of Pierre's sons-in-law spoke out against him. All of the family's property was handed over to Leneuf and and the Morins were banished from Acadia. Louis was sentenced to a lifetime of service in the French Navy and put on a ship. The family never heard from him again.

The other 18 Morin family members took refuge in a remote place called Ristigouche, an outpost on an inlet north of Acadia. Life there was very harsh, and this likely led to Pierre's death within a couple of years. Michel Leneuf and Father Trouve were unpopular men in Beaubassin after what they did to the Morin family. Their actions were reported to authorities in France, and they were forced to leave town. Lenuef is said to have died at sea in 1705.

Ristigouche: the place of Pierre's exile.

Pierre's wife and children eventually left Ristigouche and most of them settled along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, continuing the family lines there. In this way, Pierre became the ancestor of many people from Quebec, including Céline Dion.

 

Children:
1. Pierre Morin – B. about 1662, Port-Royal, Acadia; D. Apr 1741, St-Thomas, New France; M. Françiose Chiasson (1668-1724), 8 Nov 1682, Beaubassin, Acadia

2. Louis Morin – B. about 1664 Port-Royal, Acadia

3. Antoine Morin – B. about 1666 Port-Royal, Acadia

4. Marie Morin – B. about 1668 Port-Royal, Acadia; M. (1) Jacques Cochu (?-~1710), 8 Nov 1682, Beaubassin, Acadia; (2) Jean Pinet, 3 Feb 1710, Quebec City, New France

5. Anne Morin – B. about 1670 Port-Royal, Acadia; D. Aug 1745, Quebec City, New France; M. (1) René Deneau, about 1687, Beaubassin, Acadia; (2) Jean-Claude Louet (?-1739), 15 Jul 1707, Quebec City, New France

6. Jacques Morin – B. about 1671, Acadia; M. Marie-Anne Lavergne (?-~1754), 13 Feb 1699, Quebec City, New France

7. Charles Morin – B. about 1674, Acadia; D. about Jul 1724, New France; M. Anne-Therese Minet, 23 May 1719, Quebec City, New France

8. Marguerite Morin – B. about 1676, Beaubassin, Acadia

9. Jean-Marie Morin dit Ducharme – B. 10 Aug 1680, Beaubassin, Acadia; D. 30 Jan 1717, Quebec City, New France; M. Marie-Elisabeth Hubert (1697-1717), 17 Nov 1715, Quebec City, New France

10. Jacques-François Morin – B. 23 Sep 1682, Beaubassin, Acadia

11. Simon-Joseph Morin – B. about Jan 1685, Beaubassin, Acadia; D. before 1686, Beaubassin, Acadia

12. Jacques Morin – B. about Mar 1686, Beaubassin, Acadia; D. Apr 1757, St-Pierre-du-Sud, New France; M. Marie-Charlotte Robert-Jeannes (?-1734), 25 Aug 1704, Chambalon, New France

Sources:
"The Morins of Acadia," French-Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, Rev. Archange Godbout, translated by G.P. Hebert, 1968
GeneaStar: Famous Family Tree and Genealogy (website)

Witness at a Witchcraft Trial — Marie-Madeleine Martin

B. about 1642 in Acadia¹
M. about 1661 in Port-Royal, Acadia²
Husband: Pierre Morin
D. 16 Sep 1714 in Montmagny, New France³

Colonial America had many superstitious people who accused others of witchcraft, and this wasn’t limited to Puritan New England. Such cases also happened in the French colonies, and one involved Marie-Madeleine Morin.

Madeleine was born in Acadia in about 1642 to Pierre Martin and Catherine Vigneau,¹ two of the earliest residents of the colony. She was one of seven children. In about 1661, Madeleine married Pierre Morin dit Boucher in Port-Royal.² Between about 1662 and 1686, they had 12 children.

In 1680, the family settled in Beaubassin,⁴ a town on the isthmus that connects present-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. One of their neighbors, a man named Jean Campagna, was accused of using sorcery in 1684 and Madeleine was one of several people who testified against him.⁵ Campagna was said to be responsible for the death of "several men and domestic animals" in town. He was held for nearly a year before the trial started. One accuser was Madeleine's sister Andrée, who claimed among other things that Campagna caused the death of her husband by breathing on his eye. Madeleine took the stand to back-up what her sister said. There were several others who told similar tales on the witness stand, but ultimately Campagna was found not-guilty of the crimes.

Some of Madeleine's testimony. 

In 1688, Madeleine was on the opposite end of the judicial process when her son Louis was accused of raping the daughter of Beaubassin founder, Michel Leneuf.⁴ The family was charged as a whole and 19 people were banished — Madeleine, her husband Pierre, and her children and their families had their property confiscated and were forced to leave Acadia. Son Louis was taken away by ship to serve a lifetime sentence in the French Navy, and was never heard from again. The family lived for a few years in a M'kMaq village called Ristigouche, where Pierre died at the age of 56.⁴

In 1697, Madeleine was able to move to the St. Lawrence River region, and through the family connections of her daughter-in-law Françoise Chiasson, received a land grant on the Gaspé River.⁴ Madeleine died in the village of Montmagny on September 16, 1714 and was buried the following day.³ Descendants of Madeleine include Jack Kerouac, Jim Carrey and Bridget Fonda.⁶

Children:
1. Pierre Morin — B. about 1662, Port-Royal, Acadia;¹ D. Apr 1741, St-Thomas, New France;⁷ M. Françiose Chiasson (1668-1724), 8 Nov 1682, Beaubassin, Acadia⁸

2. Louis Morin — B. about 1664 Port-Royal, Acadia¹

3. Antoine Morin — B. about 1666 Port-Royal, Acadia¹

4. Marie Morin — B. about 1668 Port-Royal, Acadia;¹ M. (1) Jacques Cochu (?-~1710), 8 Nov 1682, Beaubassin, Acadia;⁴ (2) Jean Pinet, 3 Feb 1710, Quebec City, New France⁹

5. Anne Morin — B. about 1670 Port-Royal, Acadia;¹ D. Aug 1745, Quebec City, New France;¹⁰ M. (1) René Deneau, about 1687, Beaubassin, Acadia;¹¹ (2) Jean-Claude Louet (?-1739), 15 Jul 1707, Quebec City, New France¹²

6. Jacques Morin — B. about 1672, Acadia;⁴ M. Marie-Anne Lavergne (?-~1754), 13 Feb 1699, Quebec City, New France¹³

7. Charles Morin — B. about 1674, Acadia;⁴ D. about Jul 1724, New France;⁴ M. Anne-Therese Minet, 23 May 1719, Quebec City, New France¹⁴

8. Marguerite Morin — B. about 1676, Acadia⁴

9. Jean-Marie Morin dit Ducharme — B. 10 Aug 1680, Beaubassin, Acadia;⁴ D. 30 Jan 1717, Quebec City, New France;¹⁵ M. Marie-Elisabeth Hubert (1697-1717), 17 Nov 1715, Quebec City, New France¹⁶

10. Jacques-François Morin — B. 23 Sep 1682, Beaubassin, Acadia⁴

11. Simon-Joseph Morin — B. about Jan 1685, Beaubassin, Acadia;⁴ D. before 1686, Beaubassin, Acadia⁴

12. Jacques Morin — B. about Mar 1686, Beaubassin, Acadia;⁴ D. Apr 1757, St-Pierre-du-Sud, New France;¹⁷ M. Marie-Charlotte Robert-Jeannes (?-1734), 25 Aug 1704, Chambalon, New France¹⁸

Sources:
1    Recensement 1671 Port Royal
2    Estimated marriage date of Pierre Morin and Marie-Madeleine Martin based on age of oldest child
3    Burial record of Marie-Madeleine Martin, Quebec Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979, FamilySearch.org
4    "The Morins of Acadia," French-Canadian and Acadian Genealogical Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1968, pp. 127-142
5    Court records of case against Jean Campagna, BAnQ  
6    FamousKin.com listing for Marie Martin  
7    Burial record of Pierre Morin (younger), Q.C.P.R.
8    Marriage record of Pierre Morin and Françoise Chiasson, Nouvelle-Écosse, Acadie et Gaspésie, 1679-1686, 1751-1757, registres de l’état civil, catholique, FamilySearch.org
9    Marriage record of Jean Pinet and Marie Morin, Q.C.P.R.
10  Burial record of Anne Morin, Q.C.P.R.
11  Estimated marriage date of Anne Morin and René Deneau based on age of oldest child
12  Marriage record of Jean-Claude Louet and Anne Morin, Q.C.P.R.
13  Marriage record of Jacques Morin and Marie-Anne Lavergne, Q.C.P.R.
14  Marriage record of Charles Morin and Anne-Therese Minet, Q.C.P.R.
15  Burial record of Jean-Marie Morin dit Ducharme, Q.C.P.R.
16  Marriage record of Jean-Marie Morin dit Ducharme and Marie-Elisabeth Hubert, Q.C.P.R.
17  Burial record of Jacques Morin (younger), Q.C.P.R.
18  Marriage record of Jacques Morin and Marie-Charlotte Robert-Jeannes, Q.C.P.R.