Pierre Thibodeau was born Abt. 1631 at Marans, La Rochelle, France, and died 26 December 1704 at Port Royal, Acadia. Burial was 27 December 1704 at St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal.
Wife Jeanne Theriot was born Abt. 1643, and died 7 December 1726 at Port Royal, Acadia. Burial was 8 December 1726 at St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal. They were married Abt. 1660 in Acadia.
Their children were:
1- Marie Thibodeau b: Abt. 1661 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bef. 16 February 1711 St. Charles des Mines, Acadia
+Antoine Landry b: Abt. 1660 Port Royal, Acadia; m: Abt. 1681 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bef. 16 February 1711 St. Charles des Mines, Acadia
2- Marie Thibodeau b: Abt. 1663 Port Royal, Acadia
+Pierre Lejeune dit Briard b: Abt. 1656 Port Royal, Acadia; m: Bef. 1678 Port Royal, Acadia
Notes for Marie Thibodeau:
- 1693 Port Royal: Pierre Lejeune 37, Marie Tibeaudeau 30, Marie 6, Pierre 3, Jeanne 2; 10 cattle, 15 sheep, 7 hogs, 8 arpents, 2 guns
- 1698 Port Royal: Pierre Lejeune 48, wife Marie Tibaudeau 37, Marie 12, Pierre 9, Jeanne 8, Germain 5, Marguerite 3, Jean 1; 11 cattle, 14 sheep, 5 hogs, 10 ½ arpents, 10 fruit trees, 1 gun
- 1700 Port Royal: Pierre Lejeune 44, wife Marie Thibaudeau 37, Pierre 10, Germain 2, Jean 1, Marie 13, Jeanne 9, Marguerite 6, Anne 4; 8 cattle, 6 sheep, 8 arpents, 2 guns
- 1701 Port Royal: Pierre Briart (sic Lejeune) 45, wife Marie Tibaudeau 34, Pierre 13, Germain 9, Jean 6, Marie 16, Jeanne 12, Marguerite 8, Anne 6, Jacqueline 1; 9 cattle, 15 sheep, 5 hogs, 8 arpents, 1 gun
- 1714 Pisiquit: Pierre Lejeune, wife, 3 boys, 3 girls
3- Marie Thibodeau b: Abt. 1664 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Abt. 1701 Acadia
+Charles Robichaud b: Abt. 1667 Port Royal, Acadia; m: Aft. 1686 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bef. 18 May 1737
4- Anne Marie Thibodeau b: Abt. 1666 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Abt. 1699 Acadia
+Claude Boudrot b: Abt. 1663 Port Royal, Acadia; m: Abt. 1682 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 7 March 1740 Grand Pre, Acadia; burial: 7 March 1740 St. Charles aux Mines
5- (Marie) Catherine Thibodeau b: Abt. 1667 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bef. 11 November 1721 Acadia
+Claude Landry b: Abt. 1663 Port Royal, Acadia; m: Abt. 1684 Grand Pre, Acadia; d: 4 September 1747 Grand Pre, Acadia
Notes for (Marie) Catherine Thibodeau:
- 1686 Les Mines: Claude Landry 23, Marie Tibaudeau 18, a child one year old; 12 cattle.
- 1693 Les Mines: Claude Landry 30, Caterine Tibaudeau 25, Jeanne 9, Jean-Batiste 7, Rene 5, Claude 4, Eustache 3, Genevieve 1; 12 cattle, 16 sheep, 6 hogs, 9 arpents, 1 gun.
- 1701 Les Mines (Riviere St. Antoine): Claude Landry, wife, 4 boys, 4 girls; 15 cattle, 15 sheep, 10 hogs, 8 arpents, 1 gun.
- 1703 Les Mines: Claude Landry, wife, 1 boy (sic), 1 girl (sic)
- 1707 Les Mines: Claude Landry, wife, 3 boys 14 or older, 1 younger boy, 1 girl 12 or older, 4 younger girls; 18 cattle, 20 sheep, 6 hogs, 6 arpents.
- 1714 Les Mines (Riviere des Habitants): Claude Landry, wife, 1 boy (sic), 3 girls.
6- Pierre Thibodeau b: Abt. 1670 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Pisiquit, Acadia
+Anne Marie Bourg b: Abt. 1668 Port Royal, Acadia; m: Abt. 1690 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Aft. 1725 Pisiquit, Acadia
7- Jeanne Thibodeau b: Abt. 1672 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 7 April 1741 Louisbourg, Isle Royale
+Mathieu de Goutin b: Abt. 1663; m: Abt. 1689 Port Royal, Acadia
Notes for Jeanne Thibodeau:
- 1693 Port Royal: Le Sr. Desgoutins 30, wife Francoise Tibaudeau 21, Francois Marie 3, Martin Alexandre 1, Aymee (Joseph dit Lejeune) servant 15; 8 cattle, 19 sheep, 7 hogs, 30 arpents, 2 guns.
- 1715 Louisbourg: Madame Widow Degoutin, 4 boys, 6 girls, and 2 sons in France, aged 25 to 4, 1 servant, 1 valet.
- 1724 Louisbourg: Widow Desgoutins, 1 boy >15, 3 girls, 1 engage.
8- Jean Thibodeau b: Abt. 1674 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 9 December 1746 Grand Pre, Acadia; burial: 9 December 1746 St. Charles aux Mines, Grand Pre
+Marguerite Hebert b: Abt. 1682 Port Royal, Acadia; m: 7 February 1703 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bet. 1723 - 1727 Acadia
Notes for Jean Thibodeau:
- 1707 Les Mines: Jean Thibeaudeau, wife, 1 boy <14, 1 girl <12; 13 cattle, 15 sheep, 12 hogs, 3 arpents.
- 1714 Les Mines: Jean Tibodeau, wife, 4 boys, 2 girls.
9- Antoine Thibodeau b: Abt. 1676 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bet. 1753 - 1758
+Marie Prejean b: Abt. 1684 Port Royal, Acadia; m: 8 October 1703 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bet. 1753 – 1758
Notes for Antoine Thibodeau:
- 1707 Port Royal: Antoine Thibeaudeau, wife, 2 girls <12; 7 cattle, 15 sheep, 8 hogs, 1 arpent, 1 gun.
- 1714 Port Royal: Antoine Tibodeau, wife, 1 boy, 5 girls.
10- Pierre Thibodeau b: Abt. 1678 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bef. 14 October 1734
+Anne Marie Aucoin b: Abt. 1687 Beaubassin, Acadia; m: 25 November 1706 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 16 October 1757 Quebec
Notes for Pierre Thibodeau:
- 1707 Port Royal: Pierre Thibeaudeau, wife; 7 cattle, 13 sheep, 8 hogs, 1 arpent, 1 gun.
- 1714 Riviere des Canards: Pierre Tibodeau, wife, 2 boys, 3 girls.
11- Cecile Thibodeau b: Abt. 1680 Port Royal, Acadia
+Emmanuel Le Borgne b: Abt. 1676 Acadia; m: Abt. 1698 Port Royal, Acadia
Notes for Cecile Thibodeau:
- 1698 Port Royal: Emanuel Leborgne 22, wife Cecile Tibaudeau 18; 16 cattle, 10 sheep, 8 hogs, 30 arpents, 6 guns.
12- Michel Thibodeau b: Abt. 1680 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 27 November 1734 Port Royal, Acadia; burial: 27 November 1734 Port Royal, Acadia
+Agnes Dugas b: Abt. 1686 Port Royal, Acadia; m: 13 November 1704 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Aft. 1725
Notes for Michel Thibodeau:
- 1707 Port Royal: Michel Thibeaudeau, wife, 2 girls <12; 9 cattle, 6 sheep, 5 hogs, 3 arpents, 1 gun.
- 1714 Port Royal: Michel Tibodeau, wife, 4 boys, 2 girls.
13- Anne Marie Thibodeau b: Abt. 1682 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 2 September 1720 Hotel Dieu, Quebec
+Charles D'Amours b: Abt. 1664; m: Abt. 1697 Acadia
Notes for Anne Marie Thibodeau:
- 1698 Riviere St. Jean: Charles D’Amours 34, wife Anne-Marie Tibaudeau 16, 1 servant; 4 arpents, 1 gun.
14- Claude Thibodeau b: Abt. 1685 Port Royal, Acadia
+Elisabeth (Isabelle) Comeau b: Abt. 1692 Port Royal, Acadia; m: 5 November 1709 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Aft. 1733
Notes for Claude Thibodeau:
- 1714 Port Royal: Claude Tibodeau, wife, 1 boy, 2 girls.
15- Catherine Josephe Thibodeau b: Abt. 1686 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Aft. 1734
+Guillaume Bourgeois b: Abt. 1674 Port Royal, Acadia; m: 17 February 1705 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 7 August 1747 Port Royal, Acadia
Notes for Catherine Josephe Thibodeau:
- 1714 Port Royal: Guillaume Bourgeois, wife, 1 boy, 3 girls.
16- Charles Thibodeau b: Abt. 1689 Port Royal, Acadia; d: 26 August 1756 Port Lajoie, Ile St. Jean; burial: 26 August 1756 Port La Joie, Ile St Jean
+Francoise Comeau b: Abt. 1693 Port Royal, Acadia; m: 19 December 1715 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bet. 1752 - 1755
Notes for Pierre Thibodeau:
- Pierre Thibodeau arrived in Acadia in May 1654 on the ship Chateaufort with Emmanuel LeBorgne de Belle-Isle. He founded Thibodeau village. In the church register recording his burial he is described as "an habitant and miller residing on the upper part of the River Port Royal at the place called Pree Ronde.”
- 1671 Port Royal: Pierre Thibeaudeau 40, Jeanne Terriau 27, Marie 10, Marie 8-9, Marie 7, Anne-Marie 6, Catherine 4, Pierre 1, 12 cattle, 11 sheep, 7 arpents.
- 1686 Port Royal: Pierre Tibaudeau 55, Jeanne Teriot 43, Marie 25, Marie 23, Marie 21, Catherine 19, Anne-Marie 16, Pierre 16, Jeanne 14, Jean 13, Antoine 12, Pierre 10, Michel 8, Cecille 6, Anne-Marie 4, Claude 2; 1 gun, 10 arpents, 14 cattle, 5 sheep, 7 hogs.
- 1693 Port Royal: Pierre Tibaudeau 59, Jeanne Terriot 50, Antoine 17, Pierre 15, Michel 13, Cecille 11, Marie 10, Claude 8, Catherine-Josephe 7, Charles 4; 20 cattle, 30 sheep, 12 hogs, 30 arpents, 2 guns.
- 1698 Port Royal: Pierre Tibaudeau 65, Jeanne Terriot 57, Jean 24, Antoine 22, Pierre 21, Michelle 19, Claude 13, Catherine 11, Charles 7; 20 cattle, 20 sheep, 8 hogs, 32 arpents, 20 fruit trees, 4 guns.
- 1700 Port Royal: Piere Thibaudeau 66, Jeanne Terriot 57, Anthoine 26, Piere 22, Michel 20, Marie 17, Claude 15, Catherine 14, Charles 11, 30 cattle, 28 sheep, 30 arpents, 3 guns.
- 1701 Port Royal: Pierre Tibaudeau 71, Jeanne Thiriot 50, Jean 27, Anthoine 23, Pierre 21, Michel 19, Cecile 19, Claude 16, Catherine 14, Charles 13; 7 guns, 30 cattle, 25 sheep, 12 hogs, 19 arpents.
- 1703 Port Royal: Pierre Thibaudot, wife, 4 boys, 2 girls (sic).
- 1714 Port Royal: Widow Thibodeau, 1 boy.
[Telegraph-Journal, Wednesday, August 10, 1994; p. A8] The ancestor of this family in Acadia, Pierre Thibodeau, is believed to have been born in 1630 in Marans, a village near La Rochelle, France. He followed Emmanuel LeBorgne de Belle-Isle to Acadia as a young man during the middle of the 1650s. Shortly after his arrival he married a young Acadian girl, Jeanne Thériault, who gave birth to 17 children. Pierre Thibodeau settled approximately 17 kilometres from the mouth of the Port-Royal river in a lovely spot called Prée-Ronde. There he built his house, his farm and his flour and grist mill. Pierre was undoubtedly prosperous but he had larger ambitions. On June 20, 1695, Governor de Frontenac granted him on the Kennebec river (Maine), a seigniory two leagues deep and a league on each bank of the Kennebec river along with the islands. At the age of 67, the enterprising Pierre Thibodeau decided to found a new community on the northern part of Baie Française (Fundy) called Chipoudie, now Hopewell Cape. He associated his sons and a few neighbors for this new foundation and had the necessary machinery for a flour and grist mill brought over from Boston. In addition to his occupations as a farmer and a miller, Pierre Thibodeau was also a merchant. He traded furs with the Indians. Pierre Thibodeau died at Prée-Ronde and was buried at Port-Royal on December 27, 1704. His children settled at Port-Royal, Grand-Pré and Chipoudie. [Contributed by Fidele Theriault of Fredericton, New Brunswick.]
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