Rene Richard 1688
René Richard dit dit Beaupré
8th great-grandfather (via Leblanc line) and 8th great-uncle, brother of 7th-great-grandfather, Michel Richard (b. 1680)
- Birth: 1688 - Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Marriage: 26 January 1712 - Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Death: 26 December 1776 - Becancour du Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
- Burial: Nativité-de-Notre-Dame-de-Bécancour, Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
Rene Richard (Rene, Michel, Andre) was born 1688 in Port Royal, Acadia,and died December 26, 1776 in Quebec, Canada.
He married Marguerite Theriot daughter of Claude Terriot and Marie Gautrot on January 12,1711/12 in Port Royal, Acadia. Witness: Rene Richard, Marguerite Terriot, Michel Richard, Pierre Lanque Acadian Church Records Volume III Port Royal 1702-1721 Register of Baptism, Marriages and Deaths of the parish of St. Jean Baptiste of Port Royal beginning in the month of Sept 1702.
Children of Rene Richard and Marguerite Theriot are:
- Marie Josephe Richard, born 1713 in Port Royal, Acadia. She married Paul LeBlanc October 06, 1732 in Port Royal, Acadia. * Marguerite Francoise Richard, born 1714 in Port Royal, Acadia.
- Madeleine Richard, born 1717 in Port Royal, Acadia.
- Joseph Richard, born 1718 in Port Royal, Acadia; died 1757 in Quebec, Canada. He married Madeleine LeBlanc 1743 in Port Royal, Acadia.
- Rene Richard, born May 25, 1726 in Port Royal, Acadia; died February 22,1811 in Memramcouk, New Brunswick, Canada.
Rene and Marguerite were deported to Massachusetts in 1755, and rejoined other members of the family in Quebec after 1766. Later they came to Becancour, QC.
Alternately, Rene escaped deportation and finally reached Becancour, where he died in 1776.
