A Canadian Family

A Canadian Family Through the Generations: Theriault (Gen.2)

Claude Terriot (Theriault) & Marie Gautrot (Gautrault)

17th Century

Theriault Generation 2

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• CLAUDE TERRIOT was born about 1637 in Port Royal, Acadia.
• He married MARIE GAUTROT in Port Royal about 1661. Marie Gautrot was the daughter of Francois Gautrot and Edmee Lejeune. Marie was born about 1645 in Port Royal, Acadia and died there on the 29^th of November in 1732.
• At the time of the 1671 census, Claude and his wife Marie were living with their family of four young children aged nine and under. They were raising 13 head of cattle and one sheep and had six arpents of land under cultivation. By the 1678 census they had three more children, but a lot less cattle ! Eight years later their family has grown by only one child but they now had thirteen arpents under cultivation, as well as 8 head of cattle and 6 sheep.
• By the time Claude was 55 and Marie 48, they had fifteen arpents of land cleared and had added hogs to their livestock. Marie now had a two year old toddler underfoot, in addition to seven other children still living with her. The 1698 census shows that they continued to enrich themselves. This hardworking family still counted cattle, sheep and hogs among its livestock and had cleared another three arpents of land, but they had also diversified by adding 50 fruit trees to their farm.
• By 1707 Claude was in his seventies and Marie in her sixties. Their farm had shrunk to two arpents but they still have livestock (six each of cattle and sheep and twelve hogs). Claude died in the autumn of 1725, while his wife Marie lived on till the 29^th of November in 1732. She was buried on November 30^th in Port Royal, Acadia.
• The couple had 14 children in all.

GERMAIN TERRIOT is our direct ancestor. He was born about 1662 in Port Royal and married our foremother ANNE RICHARD in 1686 at the settlement of Riviere-aux-Canards in Acadia. Anne Richard was the daughter of Michel Richard dit Sancoucy and Madeleine Blanchard of Port Royale. The couple had at least 13 children.

Marie Terriot was Claude and Marie’s first daughter. She was born about1665 and died by 1693. About 1684 she married Pierre Leblanc, son of Daniel Leblanc and Francoise Gaudet. Marie Terriot died in Port Royal in 1693, while Pierre died on November 3^rd, 1717 also in Port Royal. They had one son Pierre.

Marguerite Terriot was born about 1667 in Port Royal and married Claude Landry about 1683. Claude was the son of Rene (l’aine) Landry and Perrine Bourg. I don’t know her date of birth. The couple had nine children.

Jean Terriot was born about 1670 and he married Jeanne Landry – who was six years younger – about 1691 in Port Royal. Jeanne was the daughter of Rene Landry and Marie Bernard. Jeanne died on May 21^st in Grand Pre. Jean and Jeanne had ten children between the years 1692 and 1763. Read more »

February 1, 2009 Posted by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault | . | Acadian, Genealogy, Theriault | 4 Comments