Isaac Pesseley was born Abt. 1604 in Champagne, France, and died 16 April 1645 in Acadia.
Wife Barbe Bajolet was born 22 May 1608 at Piney, Champagne, France, and died 1683 in Acadia. They were married Abt. 1629 at Piney, Champagne, France.
Their children were:
1- Etienne Pesseley b: October 1630 Piney, Champagne
2- Marguerite Pesseley b: Abt. 1633 Piney, Champagne
+Antoine Hervieu b: Abt. 1627; m: 7 May 1652 St. Jean, La Rochelle, Aunis, France
3- Perrette Pesseley b: 1634 Piney, Champagne
4- Jeanne Pesseley b: Abt. 1638 Port Royal, Acadia
5- Charlotte Pesseley b: Abt. 1639 Port Royal, Acadia
6- Henriette Pesseley b: Abt. 1640 Port Royal, Acadia
7- Giles Pesseley b: Abt. 1642 Port Royal, Acadia
8- Marie Pesseley b: Abt. 1645 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 26 December 1707 Port Royal, Acadia; burial: 27 December 1707 Port Royal
+Jean Pitre b: Abt. 1636; m: Abt. 1665 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Abt. 1689 Port Royal, Acadia
*2nd Husband of Marie Pesseley:
+Francois Robin b: Abt. 1643; m: Abt. 1690 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 18 October 1706 Port Royal, Acadia; burial: 19 October 1706 St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal
Notes for Isaac Pesseley:
- Isaac Pesseley was a merchant. He arrived in Acadia on the Saint-Jehan in 1636. His death was probably due to the assault on Fort Saint Jean where d'Aulnay lost many men.
- 1671 Port Royal: Barbe Baiolet, widow of the late Savinien de Courpon, 63. Of her 8 children 2 are in Acadia and 6 are in France. The two in Acadia are married: Marie Pesselet 26 and Mariane LeFebvre 21. She owns 1 cow, 6 sheep.
Notes for Barbe Bajolet:
- Barbe Bajolet’s baptism is recorded: “was baptized Barbe, daughter of Antoine Baiole first muleteer to the Queen de Medecis and Jehanne his wife. Godfather Anthoine Contant. Godmothers Barbe, wife of Pierre Paisseley, and Jeanne widow of Jehan Paisseley”
- Second husband Martin Lefebvre was born at St. Symphorien, Reims, France, and died 15 November 1651 at St. Jean du Perrot, La Rochelle, France. They were married 10 January 1647 at St. Barthelemy de La Rochelle, Aunis, France. He was Sieur de Montespy and Secretaire Ordinaire of the Money Chamber of King Louis XIV.
- Third husband Savinien de Courpon was born (unknown), and died Bef. 1661. They were married 17 October 1654 at St. Jean de La Rochelle, Aunis, France. Admiral Savinien de Courpon was in the Caribbean between 1641 and 1648 where he was taken prisoner by the Turks. France arranged his release in exchange for a famous Corsaire who was detained in Marseilles. His wife at the time was the ex-Baronness Savigny. When she went to meet her husband upon his release on the Island of Saint-Martin, she found him in the company of another woman. The jealous wife stabbed him in the neck with a bayonet when he was asleep in a drunken stupor. De Courpon survived the attack and condemned her to be executed. Barbe Bajolet became the second wife of this widower of Nantes who was Captain of a vessel. (He was a retired Admiral of a fleet named 'Des 100 Associés' who transported supplies & goods between France and Acadia). With her third husband and the children of her two preceding marriages, Barbe Bajolet returned to Acadia. Her family settled on a fief which was conceded to them by Charles de la Tour. A few years later, widowed again, thrice-widowed Barbe asked a vessel from Boston to give passage for her and her family to Port-Royal. It would be soon after that her daughter Marie Pesseley would marry Jean Pitre.
Parents of Isaac Pesseley - unknown
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