Marie Claire Fortin
1744 - 1815 (70 years)1. Marie Claire Fortin was born 10 Oct 1744, L'Islet, L'Islet, Quebec (daughter of Louis-Julien Fortin and Marie Prejean); died 17 Mar 1815, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, L'ISLET, Québec, Canada; was buried 19 Mar 1815, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, L'ISLET, Québec, Canada. Marie married Jean Germain Mignot dit Larby 8 Jan 1770, L'Île-d'Orléans, Canada. Jean was born 19 Feb 1745, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Kamouraska, Québec, Canada; died 20 Jan 1775, Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada; was buried 20 Jan 1775, St Jean, Port Joli, Quebec. [Group Sheet]
Children:- Françoise MIGNAULT LABRIE was born 7 Mar 1772, St Jean Port Joli, Quebec, Canada; died 25 Mar 1859, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, L'ISLET, Québec, Canada; was buried 29 Mar 1859, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, L'ISLET, Québec, Canada.
2. Louis-Julien Fortin was born 10 Jan 1717, Notre Dame, L'Islet, L'Islet, Quebec; was christened 17 Jan 1717, L'Islet, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada; died 3 Nov 1802, L'Islet, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada; was buried 4 Nov 1802, L'Islet, L'Islet, Quebec, Canada. Louis-Julien married Marie Prejean Marie (daughter of Francois Prejean and Marie Madeleine Vignaud) was born About 1728, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada; died 15 Apr 1796, L'Islet, Québec, Canada; was buried 16 Apr 1796, L'Islet, Québec, Canada. [Group Sheet]
3. Marie Prejean was born About 1728, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada (daughter of Francois Prejean and Marie Madeleine Vignaud); died 15 Apr 1796, L'Islet, Québec, Canada; was buried 16 Apr 1796, L'Islet, Québec, Canada. Children:
- 1. Marie Claire Fortin was born 10 Oct 1744, L'Islet, L'Islet, Quebec; died 17 Mar 1815, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, L'ISLET, Québec, Canada; was buried 19 Mar 1815, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, L'ISLET, Québec, Canada.
Generation: 3
6. Francois Prejean was born About 1695, Port Royal, Acadia, New France (son of Jean Prejean dit Le Breton and Andree Marguerite Savoie); died Deceased. Francois married Marie Madeleine Vignaud Marie was born About 1704, Acadia, New France; died Deceased. [Group Sheet]
7. Marie Madeleine Vignaud was born About 1704, Acadia, New France; died Deceased. Children:
- 3. Marie Prejean was born About 1728, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada; died 15 Apr 1796, L'Islet, Québec, Canada; was buried 16 Apr 1796, L'Islet, Québec, Canada.
Generation: 4
12. Jean Prejean dit Le Breton was born Abt 2 Aug 1651, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (son of Jean Pitre dit Beneque and Marie Pesselet); died 6 Jun 1733, Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 7 Jun 1733, Garrison Graveyard, Annaplois Royal, Acnnapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Notes:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155724676/jean_baptiste-(dit_le_breton)-prejean
from Prejean Genealogy web-site
Jean Prejean dit LeBreton was the first Prejean to settle in Acadia (what is now Nova Scotia). He was born in France about 1651 and died on June 6, 1733 in Port Royal, Acadia. He married Andree Marguerite Savoie, daughter of Francois Savoie and Catherine LeJeune, in Port Royal.
Jean settled on the west bank of the Annapolis River about 17 miles east of Port Royal near what is now Paradise, formerly Paradise Terrestie (Earthly Paradise).
There, he and his wife raised eight sons and four daughters.
It is from Jean that most Prejean's in North America descend. All Cajun Prejean's in Louisiana descend from Jean through his grandsons - Amand and Joseph.
Although there were four Prejean brothers to migrate to Louisiana after "Le Grand Derangement" of the Acadians in 1755, only Amand and Joseph produced male heirs that propagated the Prejean name in Louisiana.
The Prejeans in Louisiana can be split into two groups - the "Southwest Louisiana Prejeans" originating from Amand Prejean in the areas of Carencro and Opelousas, and the "Bayou Lafourche Prejeans" originating from Joseph Prejean in the area surrounding Bayou Lafourche.Jean married Andree Marguerite Savoie Abt 1683, New Brunswick, Canada. Andree (daughter of Francois Joseph Savoie and Catherine Jeanne Lejeune) was born 1667, Port Royal, Annapolis, New France; died 6 Jun 1733, Beaubassin, Acadia, New France; was buried , Garrison Graveyard, Annaplois Royal, Acnnapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. [Group Sheet]
13. Andree Marguerite Savoie was born 1667, Port Royal, Annapolis, New France (daughter of Francois Joseph Savoie and Catherine Jeanne Lejeune); died 6 Jun 1733, Beaubassin, Acadia, New France; was buried , Garrison Graveyard, Annaplois Royal, Acnnapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada. Notes:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144150022/andree-savoie
Andree married Jean Pregent in 1683, in Port-Royal, Acadie (he was 43 and she was 16). They are the parents of the following:
1) Marie (abt 1684-) md Antoine Thibodeau
2) Anne (abt 1687-) md (a) Francois Pitre and (b) Michel Boudreau
3) Pierre dit L'aine (abt 1690-) md Marguerite Doucet
4) Jean-Baptiste (abt 1692-) md Marie Gaudet
5) Francois (abt 1695-) md Marie-Madeleine Virgneau
6) Madeleine (about 1699-) md Jean-Charles Doucet
7) Joseph Christome (abt 1697-) md Mariel-Louise Comeau
8) Marie-Josephe (abt 1702-) md Joseph Mius
9) Nicolas (1704-1765) md (a) Marguerite Broussard and (b) Anne Samson
10) Charles (1706-) md (a) Francoise Boudreau, (b) Catherine Brossard, and (c) Marguerite Simon
11) Pierre (1708-1768) md Marguerite Brun
12) Honore (1711-1758) md Marie Broussard
Children:
- 6. Francois Prejean was born About 1695, Port Royal, Acadia, New France; died Deceased.
- Joseph Chrisostome Prejean was born About 1696, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France; died 1742.
- Anne Prejean dit Le Breton was born 16 Apr 1687, Port Royal, Acadia, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 17 Apr 1732, Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada.