Anne Richard (1671 - 1745)

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Anne Richard is one of twins.

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Anne Richard was born in about 1671 in Port Royal to Michel Richard and Madeleine Blanchard, progenitors of one of the largest Acadian families in North America.^[1]

Anne and her twin sister, Madeleine, were five weeks old in the census of 1671.^[2]

She was counted again in 1678, at age 8.^[3]

Anne (14) married Germain Thériot (23) (born about 1662 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France; son of Claude Thériot and Marie Gautrot) in 1686 in Acadie.^[1]

Their known children were:

1. Claude (Terriot) Thériot (abt. 1686–1730)
2. Jean (Theriot) Thériot (abt. 1689–1751)
3. Jacques Terriot (abt. 1691–bef. 1765)
4. Marie Thériot (abt. 1693–1763)
5. Joseph Thériot (abt. 1695–bef. 1761)
6. Hilarion Terriot (bef. 1701–bef. 1714)
7. Anne Thériot (abt. 1703–abt. 1759)
8. Madeleine Thériot (abt. 1707–abt. 1756)
9. Unknown Thériot (bef. 1707–bef. 1714)
10. Marguerite Thériot (1709–aft. 1767)
11. Germain Thériot (abt. 1713–1737)

In 1686, at Port Royal, Anne Richard, aged 15, lived with her husband, Germain Terriot [sic], aged 23. They owned 1 gun and lived on 6 arpents of cultivable land with 6 cattle and 8 sheep. No children were listed yet.^[4]

In 1693, at Minas in the southeastern arm of the Bay of Fundy, Anne Richard, aged 20, lived with her husband, Germain Terriot [sic], aged 30, and their three sons: Claude, aged 7, Jean, aged 3, and Jacques, aged 1 1/2. They owned 1 gun and lived on 8 arpents of cultivable land with 12 cattle, 12 sheep, and 12 pigs.^[5]

In 1701, at Dans La Grande Prée, Les Mines, Anne Richard, aged 30, lived with her husband, Germain Thériot, aged 39; 5 boys and 1 girl. The family owned 1 gun and lived on 12 arpents of cultivable land with 10 cattle, 14 sheep, and 8 hogs.^[6]

In 1703, at Les Mines, Anne Richard, aged 32, lived with her husband, Germain Thériot, aged 41; 5 boys and 1 girl. The family included 1 arms bearer.^[7]

In 1707, at Les Mines, Anne Richard, aged 36, lived with her husband, Germain Thériot, aged 45; 3 boys 14 or older, 3 younger boys, 1 girl 12 or older, and 1 younger girl. The family lived on 6 arpents of cultivable land with 12 cattle, 10 sheep, and 15 hogs.^[8]

1714 census.^[9]

Anne lived to the age of 75. She died on May 9, 1745, in Grand Pré and was buried the next day.^[1][10][11]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print. P. 1373.

   Anne [Richard] (jumelle) n v debut oct 1671 (Rc PR 1671 5 sem, 1678 8a, 1686 15a, Rc Les Mines 1693 20a); m av Rc 1686 Germain Theriot (Claude & Marie Gautrot); d/s Rg GP 9/10 mail 1745 75 a env.

2. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 3-14.
3. ↑ Tim Hebert, 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census, noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census
4. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 15-60;

   at Port Royal: Germain Terriot 23, Anne Richard his wife 15; 1 gun, 6 arpents, 6 cattle, 8 sheep. In the original 1686 census at Port Royal, Theriot was listed as Terio and transcribed as Terriot.

5. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 62-108;

   at Minas: Germain Terriot 30, Anne Richard 20, Claude 7, Jean 3, Jacques 1 1/2; 12 cattle, 12 shep, 12 pigs, 8 arpents, 1 gun. In the original 1693 census at Minas, Thériot was listed as Terriot and Jacques was listed as Jaques and transcribed as Jacques.

6. ↑ Transcription of the 1701 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1701 Acadian Census Transcript with Corrections The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Image 209;

   at Dans La Grande Prée, Les Mines: Germain Thériot, 39; Anne Richard, 30, his wife; 5 boys, 1 girl, 12 arpents, 10 cattle, 14 sheep, 8 hogs, 1 gun.

7. ↑ Transcription of the 1703 Acadian Census at Les Mines, Acadie 1703 Acadian Census Transcript with Corrections The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Image 216;

   at Les Mines: Germain Thériot, 41; Anne Richard, 32, his wife; 5 boys, 1 girl, 1 arms bearer.

8. ↑ Transcription of the 1707 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1707 Acadian Census Transcript with Corrections The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the Library and Archives Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Image 223;

   at Les Mines: Germain Thériot, 45; Anne Richard, 36, his wife; 3 boys 14 or older, 3 younger boys, 1 girl 12 or older, 1 younger girl; 6 arpents, 12 cattle, 10 sheep, 15 hogs.

9. ↑ Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1714 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie 1714 Census Transcription. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752,” Images 239-261;

   at Les Mines :

10. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Page for Anne Richard citing “Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748,” Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999, p. 170. The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA.

    Anne Richart, age ca. 75, wife of Germain Teriot, buried [sic] 9 May 1745 in the cemetery of the parish of St. Charles. Witnesses: Bernard DAIGRE [signed]; Pierre Doucet [signed]; Joseph Terriot [signed] (SGA-3, 32b).

11. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, "Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869," roll 1, Image 874, Anne Richard Burial, 10 May 1745, accessed September 2020. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.

See also:

• Généalogie du Québec et d'Amérique française (Genealogy of Canada), page for Marie Anne Richard, viewed 25 May 2020