Marie married Louis-Julien Fortin [Group Sheet]

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.

Francois married Marie Madeleine Vignaud Marie was born About 1704, Acadia, New France; died Deceased. [Group Sheet]

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]

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

Notes:

Jean Pitre dit Beneque and Marie Pesselet were married about 1664 in Port-Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia).


Their children born in Port-Royal, Acadia:

Marie Pitre born about 1666.

Catherine Pitre born about 1668.

Claude Pitre born about 1670.

Marc Pitre born about 1674.

Pierre Pitre born about 1677.

Jean Pitre born about 1680.

Jeanne Pitre born about 1680.

Francois Pitre born about 1682.

Marguerite Pitre born about 1684.

Jeanne Pitre born about 1686.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140098353/jean-pitre

Jean married Marie Pesselet About 1664, Port-Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia). Marie (daughter of Isaac Pesseley and Barbe Bajolet) was born 1641, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 26 Dec 1707, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried , Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, CA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140100260/marie-pitre

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140100260/marie-pitre

ean Pitre dit Beneque and Marie Pesselet (Pesseley) were married about 1664 in Port-Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia).

Their children born in Port-Royal, Acadia:

Marie Pitre born about 1666.

Catherine Pitre born about 1668.

Claude Pitre born about 1670.

Marc Pitre born about 1674.

Pierre Pitre born about 1677.

Jean Pitre born about 1680.

Jeanne Pitre born about 1680.

Francois Pitre born about 1682.

Marguerite Pitre born about 1684.

Jeanne Pitre born about 1686.

Notes:

It is believed that Francois Savoie's father is Tomasco Francesco, a/k/a Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano. Francois may have been an illegitimate child, therefore, his mother is not known. That may be a reason why he moved to Acadie, Nova Scotia, Canada.

geni.com

Francois Joseph Savoie
Also Known As: "Savoy"
Birthdate: April 07, 1621
Birthplace: Martaize, Loudun, Vienne, France
Death: 1678 (56-57)
Port Royal, Acadia, NS, Canada
Immediate Family:
Son of Thomas Francis of Savoy, prince of Carignano and controversial Canadian legend
Husband of Catherine Jeanne Savoie
Father of Francoise Corporon; Germain Savoie; Jeanne Marie Pellerin; Catherine Agnès Savoie; Francois Savoie, Jr.; Barnabe Savoie; Andree Prejean dit LeBeton and Marie-Josephte Josephe Savoie « less
Half brother of Louise Christine of Savoy-Carignano; Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, 2nd prince of Carignano; Christine Charlotte of Savoy; Joseph Emmanuel of Savoy-Carignano, count of Soissons; Ferdinando di Savoia; and Eugène Maurice de Savoie Carignan, comte de Soissons « less
Occupation: Laboureur, laborer, Ancêtre des Savoie en Nouvelle France - Arrivé en Acadie vers 1643, "laboureur", Prince



Note NI34!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-COMMENT:

"Histoire Et Genealogie Des Acadiens", by Arsenault, publ. Port Royal, Property of American-Canadian Genealogical Society, Manchester, NH, Vol 2, Page 794.
Arrived in Acadia about 1643. It is suspected that he was of Royal descent.

!COMMENT: HOUSE of SAVOY, S*A*D - Society of Acadian Descendants tidbit #26-A,

"Savoy Heritage" by Louis Germain Savoy, p. 19, Private publ., 1983, also the Columbia Encylcopedia, publ. 1935, and also Grolier Encylcopedia, Prodigy version, 1992, and also Royal research by Michael W. Talbot, Metaire, LA, consisting of computer file on hard disk listing royal ancestors back to the year 960.
"Francois SAVOY was born in 1621 at Turin, Piedmont, Savoy, Italy. His father is believed to be Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Duke of Savoy, 1596 - 1656, and his mother Marie de Soissons de Bourbon, 1606 - 1692. By virtue of his birth, Francois was also a Prince. Turin, Piedmont, Savoy, Italy, is the seat, and residence, of the family of the House of Savoy. It is also where the Shroud of Turin, which belongs to the House of Savoy, is safeguarded. The area is loosely regarded as Savoy. Therefore, an ordinary citizen would be known as de Savoy, [of/from the area of Savoy], also members of the Savoy family are known as de Savoy. Thomas Francis was the 2nd, and youngest son born to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy from 1580 - 1630. His uncle [his father's brother] Victor Amadeus I, became the Duke of Savoy in 1630 and sired two sons who were both very young when he died in 1637. Francis Hyacinthe I, born in 1632 was only 5 years old when his father died, passing the House of Savoy into his hands. His younger brother Charles Emmanuel II was only four when his father died in 1637. Because both of these sons were so young Francois' father, Thomas Francis, challenged the authority of the mother of the Dukes of Savoy to rule in their places, and a war broke out between the two sides of the family. (page 19) Obviously, due to the upheavals of the family, Francois left Turin and the family behind. It was common when a person left their royal family, that the person was disowned and stricken from all records pertaining to that family, completely banished. This would account for the for the lack of records pertaining to our Prince Francois de Savoy. Francois left Turin, Italy, traveled over the Alps and headed for France to a section of Vienne, a city of Loudin, to join a group of Norman families on their way to the New World, to settle in the country of Acadia. Francois is reported to be the son of Prince Thomas Francis of Carigano the 2nd son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy from 1580 - 1630. Francois arrived at Port Royal, Acadia about 1643. He married in Acadia in 1651 to Catherine LeJeune who was born in 1633 at Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia. Both died sometime before 1685. Francois and Catherine are the parents of nine children, four sons and five daughters, born between 1653 and 1669."

Francois married Catherine Lejeune in 1651, in Port Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following (#3 Marie, Francois, and Barnabe were added per the 1671 census):
1) Francoise (1652-1711)
2) Germain (1654-)
3) Marie (1657-)
4) Jeanne (1658-1735)
5) Catherine ( 1662-)
6) Francois (1663-)
7) Barnabe (1665-)
8) Andree (1667-)
9) Marie (1670-)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123968183/francois-savoie

Francois was born in about 1621. He married Catherine Lejeune in 1651, in Port Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following (#3 Marie, Francois, and Barnabe were added per the 1671 census):
1) Francoise (1652-1711)
2) Germain (1654-)
3) Marie (1657-)
4) Jeanne (1658-1735)
5) Catherine ( 1662-)
6) Francois (1663-)
7) Barnabe (1665-)
8) Andree (1667-)
9) Marie (1670-)

Francois married Catherine Jeanne Lejeune 1652, Nova Scotia, Canada. Catherine was born 12 May 1633, Mikmaw Village, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was christened 1633, VILLAGE MIC-MAC Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; died 1672, Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada; was buried 1672, Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, CA. [Group Sheet]