Pierre LeBlanc 1664

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He married (1) Marie, daughter of Claude Theriot, in Port Royal in about 1684. They had one son named Pierre.

He married (2) Madeleine, daughter of Francois Bourg, in Port Royal in about 1697. They are the parents of at least the following:

1) Joseph (1698-1775) md Marguerite Bourg 2) Anne (1700-1792) md Josephe Bourg 3) Jean-Simon (1703-) md Jeanne Dupuis 4) Marie-Angelique (1706-1781) md Claude Bourg 5) Pierre (1708-) md Marie-Josephte Richard 6) Madeleine (1714-1715) 7) Charles (1716-1805) md Madeleine Girouard

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According to the 1686 census, Pierre was on the paternal farm as well as his brothers André, René and Antoine. Shortly afterwards, however, he settled in Grand-Pré, in the Mines Basin, where his first wife, Marie-Elisabeth, died.

According to the 1693 census Pierre was still widowed, and living with his parents in the parish of Port-Royal, he is 28 years old. In 1694 he married Magdeleine Bourg who was only 16 years old.

On August 2, 1695, Captain Fleetwood Emes, commander of two English frigates, seized Port-Royal. Under the threat of the ships cannons of war, he forced the 47 heads of families of Port-Royal to take an oath of allegiance to the King of England. Pierre and his father Daniel are among these heads of families. With the parish priest of Port-Royal, the Abbe Louis Petit and the lord Emmanuel Le Borgne they take this oath.

According to the 1698 census, Pierre inherited the paternal farm; his father had died a year or two earlier and his 75-year-old mother lives with him. Pierre became an officer in the militia and fought for Port-Royal on 5 July 1704, against the invaders Bostonnais (Bostonians). In 1707, the Bostonnais tried again to seize Port-Royal. Several battles are taking place. On August 28, 1707, Pierre was wounded in the hip during a violent fight near the Moulin Brook. The Bostonnais re-embarked without taking Port-Royal, but not without causing much damage.

In 1710, the Bostonnais seized Port-Royal and left a garrison of 450 men. In the spring of 1711, the Acadians of the Bassin des Mines, who were not concerned by the clauses of the capitulation of Port-Royal, planned to retake Fort Port-Royal with the help of the Indians. Pierre Leblanc, along with four other Acadian militia officers and the parish priest of Port-Royal, were accused of complicity with the Acadians of the Mines Basin. They are imprisoned and sent to Boston where they remain captive until the autumn of 1711.

One of the companions of Pierre died immediately after his return to Port Royal, victim of the privations endured during the captivity.

Pierre died at Port-Royal on November 4, 1717, at the age of 53 years.