Jean Caissie was born Abt. 1676 at Port Royal, Acadia, and died Bef. 19 February 1748.
First wife Anne Bourgeois was born Abt. 1678 at Port Royal, Acadia, and died Bet. 1703–1706 in Acadia. They were married Abt. 1695 at Port Royal, Acadia.
Their children were:
1- Marguerite Caissie b: Abt. 1696 Beaubassin, Acadia
+Francois Mangeant b: St. Paul, Paris, France; m: 24 April 1713 Beaubassin, Acadia
2- Anne Caissie b: Abt. 1699 Beaubassin, Acadia
+Michel Joseph Boudrot b: Abt. 1693 Beaubassin, Acadia; m: 16 February 1718 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: 21 May 1718 Beaubassin, Acadia
*2nd Husband of Anne Caissie:
+Germain Hebert b: Abt. 1694 Mines, Acadia; m: Abt. 1720 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: Bef. 7 July 1763
3- Jean Caissie b: Abt. 1703 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: 1 July 1789 Batiscan, Quebec
+Marguerite Bourgeois b: 15 April 1708 Port Royal, Acadia (baptism: 20 May 1708 St. Jean Baptiste, Port Royal); m: 14 October 1728 Port Royal, Acadia; d: Bef. 6 February 1748
*2nd Wife of Jean Caissie:
+Marie Anne Richard b: Abt. 1699 Beaubassin, Acadia; m: 6 February 1748 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: 3 May 1781 Batiscan, Quebec
Second wife Cecile Hebert was born Abt. 1689 at Mines, Acadia, and died Bef. 6 March 1764. They were married Abt. 1706 at Beaubassin, Acadia.
Their children were:
1- Marie Caissie b: Abt. 1707 Beaubassin, Acadia
+Michel Grossin b: Abt. 1705 Carolles, Avranches; m: Abt. 1729; d: 1758 at sea during crossing to France
*2nd Husband of Marie Caissie:
+Charles Hebert b: 3 November 1708 Grand Pre, Acadia; m: 6 March 1764 St. Malo, Bretagne, France
Notes for Marie Caissie:
- 1752 Ile St. Jean census: Michel Grossin, fisherman and ploughman, native of Carolle, bishopric of Avranche, aged 47 years, he has been in the country 25 years. Married to Marie Caissy, native of l'Acadie, aged 44 years. They have nine children, three sons and six daughters: Jacques Grossin, aged 13 years, Louis, aged 10 years, Michel, aged 6 years, Marie Louise, aged 18 years, Marie, aged 16 years, Henriette, aged 7 years, Brigitte, aged 4 years, François, aged 3 years, Marie Magdelaine, aged 6 months. They have in stock two oxen, one cow, one calf, ten wethers, two pigs, and six fowls. The land upon which they are settled is situated to the south of the ponds of Saint-Pierre. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of thirty-two bushels, one part of which they have sown with eight bushels.
- 23 January 1759: Marie Caissy, widow, and children Jacques, Michel, Marie, Henriette, Brigitte, Francoise & Modeste disembarked at St. Malo from one of the ‘Five Ships’. They lived in Parame 1759-1764.
- Remarried, Marie and family lived in St. Malo 1764-1769, and St. Servan 1770-1772.
2- Jacques Caissie b: Abt. 1709 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: Abt. 13 December 1758 in a shipwreck on the way to France
+Marie Josephe Olivier b: Abt. 1710; m: February 1735 Beaubassin, Acadia
3- Brigitte Caissie b: Abt. 1711 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: 19 June 1742 St. Pierre du Nord, Ile St. Jean
+Antoine L'Enfant b: Abt. 1710; m: Abt. 1731
4- Cecile Caissie b: Abt. 1714 Beausejour, Acadia; d: 8 August 1768 Sinnamary, Guyane
+Pierre Grossin b: Abt. 1708 Carolles, Avranches; m: 9 July 1733 St. Pierre du Nord, Ile St. Jean; d: 24 February 1759 St. Malo, Bretagne, France
*2nd Husband of Cecile Caissie:
+Nicolas Bouchard b: Abt. 1714; m: 17 June 1760 Parame, Bretagne, France; d: Bet. April 1764-July 1765
*3rd Husband of Cecile Caissie:
+Alexis Hilairet b: Abt. 1715; m: 2 July 1765 Cayenne, Guyana
Notes for Cecile Caissie:
- 1752 Ile St. Jean census: Pierre Grossin, fisherman and ploughman, native of the parish of Carolle, bishopric of Avranche, aged 44 years, he has been in the country for 25 years. Married to Cecille Caissy, native of l'Acadie, aged 38 years. They have eight children, three sons and five daughters: Michel Grossin, aged 18 years, Jacques, aged 8 years, Pierre, aged 7 years, Cecille, aged 15 years, Magdelaine, aged 14 years, Anne, aged 12 years, Marguerite, aged 6 years, Rose, aged 3 years. Their live stock consists of two oxen, three cows, three bulls, two heifers, one calf, one horse, eleven wethers, four pigs, and three fowls. The land upon which they are settled is situated at les Etangs, and was granted to them by Messieurs de Pensens and Dubuisson and homolgated by Messieurs Duquesnel and Bigot. It contains four arpents frontage by fourty in depth. They have made on it a clearing for the sowing of fourty-five bushels of seed, but they have only sown five bushels of wheat and eight bushels of peas.
- 23 January 1759: Pierre Grossin, wife Cecile Caissy and children Jacques, Louis, Cecile, Madeleine, Anne, Marguerite, Marie Louise & Rose disembarked at St. Malo from one of the ‘Five Ships’. They lived in Parame 1759-1763, and St. Servan 1763-1764.
- 18 April 1764: Nicholas Bouchard, wife Cecile Caissy, their children Nicholas & Marie Bouchard, and her children Anne, Marguerite, Jacques & Louis left France on the ship Le Fort to reside at Cayenne.
5- Marguerite Caissie b: 6 October 1716 Beaubassin, Acadia (baptism: 19 June 1717 Beaubassin, Acadia); d: 2 January 1787 Chantenay, Bretagne, France
+Christophe Delaune b: Abt. 1705 Perier, Avranche, Normandy, France; m: Abt. 1739 Ile St. Jean; d: Bet. 1757 - 1759
*2nd Husband of Marguerite Caissie:
+Joseph Le Prieur b: Abt. 1716; m: 3 October 1759 Tres Ste. Trinite, Cherbourg, Normandie, France; d: Bef. 1775 France
6- Madeleine Caissie b: Abt. 1718 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: 18 August 1765 Sinnamary, Guyane
+Jean Baptiste Habel b: Abt. 1702 St. Michel des Loups, Avranches; m: 26 November 1733 St. Pierre du Nord, Ile St. Jean; d: 29 July 1753 St. Pierre du Nord, Ile St. Jean
*2nd Husband of Madeleine Caissie:
+Louis (Le) Monnier b: Abt. 1730 St. Thomas, d'Evreux, France; m: 28 October 1754 St. Pierre du Nord, Ile St. Jean; d: Aft. 1763
Notes for Madeleine Caissie:
- 23 January 1759: Madeleine Caissy, wife of Louis LeMonnier disembarked with her children at St. Malo from one of the ‘Five Ships’. Her husband Louis was at the siege of Louisbourg. In 1763 Louis arrived at St. Malo from prison in England. The family lived in St. Malo 1759-1760, Parame 1761-1763, and St. Malo 1764.
- 18 April 1764: The family left France on the ship Le Fort to live at Cayenne.
7- Anne Caissie b: 19 January 1720 Beaubassin, Acadia (baptism: 18 January 1720 Beaubassin, Acadia)
+Louis Clemenceau b: 26 April 1712 Port Royal, Acadia; m: Abt. 1739 Acadia
8- Michel Caissie b: Abt. 1721 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: Bet. 1787 - 1791
+Marguerite Henry b: Abt. 1725 Acadia; m: Abt. 1748 Acadia; d: Aft. 1759
Notes for Michel Caissie:
- 1752 Ile St. Jean census: Michel Caissy, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 38 years, he had been in this country two years. Married to Margueritte Henry, native of l'Acadie, aged 21 years. They have two daughters: Marie Caissy, aged 3 years; Marie Genevieve, aged one year. Their live stock consists of one heifer, one sow, three pigs, and one hen. The land upon which they are settled is situated on the south shore of the Rivière du Nord-Est, and was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. They have made a clearing on it of two arpents in extent where they have sown two bushels and a half of wheat, and a half of peas.
- 23 January 1759: Michel Caissy, wife Marguerite Henry and daughter Ozite disembarked at St. Malo from one of the ‘Five Ships’. They lived in St. Servan 1759-1772.
9- Francoise Caissie b: Abt. 1723 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: 22 May 1764 Port au Prince, St. Domingue, West Indies
+Claude Tandau b: Abt. 1716; m: 31 January 1741 Beaubassin, Acadia
10- Marie Blanche Caissie b: Abt. 1726 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: Abt. 13 December 1758 in a shipwreck on the way to France
+Charles Pothier b: 19 January 1725 Port La Joie, Ile St. Jean; m: 15 February 1746 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: Abt. 13 December 1758 in the shipwreck of Violet on way to France
Notes for Marie Blanche Caissie:
- 1752 Ile St. Jean census: Charles Poitier, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 27 years and has been in the country three years. Married to Marie Blanche Caissy, native of l'Acadie, aged 26 years. They have Modeste Poitier, their daughter, aged 3 years. In live stock they have two oxen, two bulls, one cow, one wether, two ewes, one sow, three pigs, and seven fowl. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceeding case and was given them by Monsieur Benoist. They have made no clearing on it for similar reasons to those already given in other cases. They have made a clearing in the Crown lands for sowing eight bushels of seed.
11- Jeanne Caissie b: Abt. 1729 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: Abt. 13 December 1758 in a shipwreck on the way to France
+Jean Baptiste Butteau b: Abt. 1728; m: 19 February 1748 Beaubassin, Acadia
12- Paul Caissie b: Abt. 1731 Beaubassin, Acadia; d: 9 October 1763 hospital, St. Malo, Bretagne, France; burial: 10 October 1763 St. Malo, Ille-et-Villaine
+Marguerite Cyr b: Abt. 1737; m: Abt. 1756 Ile St. Jean; d: Bef. 1760
*2nd Wife of Paul Caissie:
+Marie Anne (Julie) Hache b: Abt. 1733 Ile St. Jean; m: 3 June 1760 Parame, Ille et Villaine, France; d: 22 August 1762 Parame, Ille et Villaine, France
*3rd Wife of Paul Caissie:
+Francoise Cadieux b: Abt. 1740 St. Servan, France; m: 26 July 1763 St. Servan, Bretagne, France
Notes for Paul Caissie:
- 1752 Ile St. Jean census: Paul Caissy, bachelor, fisherman and ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 21 years, has been three years in the country. In stock he has two cows, one calf, and five pigs. The land he occupies is situated to the south quarter south-west of the ponds of Saint-Pierre. He acquired the said land for the sum of 100 livres from Christophle Delanne, his brother-in-law on the 15th of May in the present year. There is a clearing on it for the sowing of twenty-four bushels of grain, but none has been sown, he not having any.
- 21 August 1759: Paul Caissy, widower, and son Paul arrived at St. Malo from Cherbourg. He lived in St. Servan 1759-1760, and Parame 1760-1763.
13- Rosalie Caissie b: Abt. 1733 Beaubassin, Acadia
+Raymond Leger b: Abt. 1733; m: 6 October 1760 Montreal, Quebec
Notes for Jean Caissie:
- 28 August 1714 Beaubassin: Jean Kessis, Cecile Hebert, Anne, Jean, Marie, Jacques, Brigitte.
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