Germain (dit Laverdure) DOUCET
Dit Laverdure. Shirley sent some genealogy that said he was born in Couperons, En Brie, France.
The birthplace of Germain Doucet (Sieur de La Verdure) has not yet been established. According to researcher / genealogist F. Rene Perron of Sevres, France, La Verdure lies 10 kilometers north of Coutran, in the Bassevelle Parish. La Verdure was the fiefdom of Germain Doucet. Commander of Port Royal. It is located in Champagne Brie, 10 kilometers north of La Ferte-Gaucher.
Germain Doucet came to Acadia in 1632, with Commander Isaac de Razilly, by order of Cardinal Richelieu (Minister of State to King Louis XIII) They came to re-occupy the colony after the St. Germain-en-Laye Treaty of March 29, 1632.
According to author, Andrew Hill Clark, regarding ACADIA: THE GEOGRAPHY OF EARLY NOVA SCOTIA TO 1730 (page 91): "Razilly ... sailed from France on July 4,1632, in L'Esperance a Dieu, shepherding two transports, and disembarked some three hundred people, (mostly men) and a variety of livestock, seeds, tools, implements, arms,munitions, and other supplies at La Have (LaHeve, at the mouth of La Have River in the present Lunenburg County) on September 8."
Razilly was a cousin of Richelieu and a royal councillor. One of the leaders of The Company of New France, called "Canada" and the Governor of "Acadia".
According to Authors, Sally Ross and Alphonse Deveau, regarding THE ACADIANS OF NOVA SCOTIA - PAST AND PRESENT (page 16): "In September, Isaac de Razilly arrived in Acadia with three sailing vessels, 300 hand-picked men , three Capuchin Fathers and a few women and children."
While in correspondence with Jacques Comeau, I have come across the name of another vessel, which may have been part of the original 1632 voyage, namely the St. Jehan.
On a document signed July 14, 1640, Germain Doucet was at Port Royal and Captain of the Army of Pentagoet, as well as the right-hand man of Governor of Acadia (Charles de menou d'Aulnay de Charnizay).
After the death of the Governor, in 1650, Germain was the Commander at the fort of Port Royal and Deputy Guardian of the Governor's children.
On August 16, 1654, when 500 Bostonian soldiers, under the command of Robert Sedgewick, attacked the fort of Port Royal, Germain found it wise to give up without a struggle, as he had only 100 men to oppose them.
All military personnel were repatriated back to France.
Germain left his brother-in-law, Jacques Bourgeois, surgeon, as Lieutenant of {Port Royal and as a witness to see that the conditions of the treaty were carried out.
Germain and his wife returned to France in 1654.
Dit Doucet-Laverdure
Marriage Notes for Germain (dit Laverdure) Doucet and Marie BOURGEOIS-339153
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from HGDA, doc D-45-1, pp 524:"Martin Dugas, 1656, son of Abraham and
Marguerite Doucet, married around 1676, Marguerite Petitpas, daughter of Claude
and Catherine Bugaret. Children: Abraham, around 1677. He died around 1679; his
widow married Claude Guedry."
from Doc F-132-5, "The German Coast" by Glenn R. Conrad, USL, R929.37633 C754G
page 5:"Receipt. George Toups declared, in the presence of Edmond Wiltz and
Louis Lambert, that he received from Guillaume Beauvais a sum of $320 due his
wife from the succession of Joseph Beauvais, her first husband, and due her
children by her first marriage, namely Ste-Geme and Marie-Louise."
from Doc F-132-5, "The German Coast" by Glenn R. Conrad, USL, R929.37633 C754G
page 102:"LAND SALE. Charles Falgout declared, in the presence of Charles
Perret and Charles Aime Darensbourg, that he sold a farm located on the right
bank of the river about 22.5 miles above New Orleans, measuring 3 arpents wide
by 40 arpents deep, bounded above by the property of Camus and below by that of
Chrales Rixner. Sold to Pierre Troxler for $6,500. 1-25-11"
page 32:"LAND SALE. Charles Falgout declared, in the presence of Guillaime
Beauvais and Ambroise Brou, that he sold a farm 3 Aprents wide (being one-half
the farm owned jointly by Charles and George Falgout), located on the left bank
of the river about 22.5 miles above New Orleans, bounded below by the property
of Pierre Troxler and above by that of Charles Falgout. He sold everything on
the farm except the rice mill which belonged exclusively to Charles Falgout.
The farm sold for $3,000. Sold to Chrales Rixner."
see Doc F-146-1, FHGF, pages 191-197
see chart of Cecilie M. Toups for birth/death date Doc F-147-5 filed under
Falgouts.
Marriage Notes for Antoine Geodeon and Jeanne CHEBRAT-341677
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from Doc B-107-6, FCAR, v 7, # 1, Spring 1979,page 52,"Census of Port Royal,
Acadia, 1678", lists Bonaventure Terriot and Jeanne Boudrot 1 acre, 7 cattle 1
gun with daughters Marie age 10, Anne 5, unknown 3." with footnote that Marie
married Claude Gautrot.
from Doc B-115-6, ACR, v 3, page 78:"May 9, 1710 Death Jeanne Boudrot wife of
Bonadventure Teriot about sixty years old died yesterday after having the
sacrament."
from Doc B-50-2, HGDA, pp 471:"Jean-Francois born in 1654 arrived from France
in Acadia, married around 1681 Catherine Richard, daughter of Michel and
Madeleine Blanchard. Children: Marie, 1682; Pierre, 1684; Catherine, 1686;
Francois, 1692; Elizabeth, 1693; Claude, 1697; Joseph, 1702; Alexandre, around
1703; Jean-Baptiste, 1705."
from Doc B-107-6, FCAR, v 7, # 1, page 59,"Census of Port Royal, Acadia, 1678"
lists Francois Brossard and Catherine Richard with 5 cattle. this means they
must have been married at least by this date.
from Doc R-45-1, HGDA, pp 753:"Catherine Richard, 1663, daughter of Michel and
Madeleine Blanchard, wed Jean-Francois Brossard."
from AGE vol XX # 3, page 76:"Catherine Richard b. ca. 1663 (1671 & 1868 Census
of Port Royal) m. ca. 1680 at Port Royal (age of children taken from the 1686
census) Francois Broussard (1686 Census of Port Royal)(Arsenault p 471)(Rieder
Ve-p12)(Rieder v3-p63)(listed on both 1686 and 1714 census)."