Jean Prejean dit Le Breton

Abt 1651 - 1733  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Jean Prejean dit Le Breton
  Born	Abt 2 Aug 1651	Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Jun 1733	Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Buried	7 Jun 1733	Garrison Graveyard, Annaplois Royal, Acnnapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Person ID	I9432	OGrady Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Jean Pitre dit Beneque,   b. 1636, Belgium ,   d. 1689, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Marie Pesselet,   b. 1641, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1707, Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	About 1664	Port-Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia)
  Family ID	F2269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Andree Marguerite Savoie,   b. 1667, Port Royal, Annapolis, New France ,   d. 6 Jun 1733, Beaubassin, Acadia, New France  (Age 66 years)
  Married	Abt 1683	New Brunswick, Canada
  Children	+ 1. Francois Prejean,   b. About 1695, Port Royal, Acadia, New France ,   d. Deceased  [Birth] + 2. Joseph Chrisostome Prejean,   b. About 1696, Port-Royal, Acadia, New France ,   d. 1742  (Age ~ 46 years)  [Birth]   3. Anne Prejean dit Le Breton,   b. 16 Apr 1687, Port Royal, Acadia, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 17 Apr 1732, Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 45 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F3551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.