Per Stephen A. White, Jacques' parents are unknown. He was born in about 1619. Jacques was a surgeon by trade. He immigrated to Port-Royal in 1641, becoming the first of the Bourgeois family to arrive in Acadie. He married Jeanne Trahan in 1643, and they are the parents of the following:
1) Jeanne (1644- )
2) Charles (1646-) md Anne Dugas
3) Germain (1650-1711) md Marguerite Belliveau and Madeleine Dugas
4) Marie-Francoise (1652-1741) md Pierre Cyr and Germain Girouard
5) Guillaume (1655-) md Marie-Anne D'Aprendestiguy
6) Marguerite (1658-1732) Jean Boudreau and Pierre Maisonnat
7) Francoise 1659-1697 md Claude Dugas
8) Anne (1661-1747) md Rene Leblanc
9) Marie (1665-) md Antoine Leblanc
10) Jeanne (1667-1716) md Pierre Comeau
Jacques became a farmer and shipbuilder in Port Royal. He traded with Bostonians and learned English, enabling him to become an interpreter. Jacques and Jeanne were granted an island on the Dauphin River, named Ile aux Cochons. This was up the river from port-Royal.
At the Capitulation of Port-Royal on 16 August 1654, Jacques was left as a hostage by his brother-in-law, Germain Doucet La Verdure. This was part of the terms of the capitulation.
He sold part of his holdings in 1672, and settled in the Chignecto Basin, along with his two oldest sons and two of his sons-in-law. He became the first promotor of Beaubassin, by building a flour mill and a saw mill, encouraging more people to settle the area, which became very prosperous. For a more complete history of this family please see his record on
He returned to Port-Royal again before 1699, living there until his death in 1701.
According to the Acadians Project, he died after 1671 in Port Royal.
Per Stephen A. White, Jacques' parents are unknown. He was born in about 1619. Jacques was a surgeon by trade. He immigrated to Port-Royal in 1641, becoming the first of the Bourgeois family to arrive in Acadie. He married Jeanne Trahan in 1643, and they are the parents of the following:
1) Jeanne (1644- )
2) Charles (1646-) md Anne Dugas
3) Germain (1650-1711) md Marguerite Belliveau and Madeleine Dugas
4) Marie-Francoise (1652-1741) md Pierre Cyr and Germain Girouard
5) Guillaume (1655-) md Marie-Anne D'Aprendestiguy
6) Marguerite (1658-1732) Jean Boudreau and Pierre Maisonnat
7) Francoise 1659-1697 md Claude Dugas
8) Anne (1661-1747) md Rene Leblanc
9) Marie (1665-) md Antoine Leblanc
10) Jeanne (1667-1716) md Pierre Comeau
Jacques became a farmer and shipbuilder in Port Royal. He traded with Bostonians and learned English, enabling him to become an interpreter. Jacques and Jeanne were granted an island on the Dauphin River, named Ile aux Cochons. This was up the river from port-Royal.
At the Capitulation of Port-Royal on 16 August 1654, Jacques was left as a hostage by his brother-in-law, Germain Doucet La Verdure. This was part of the terms of the capitulation.
He sold part of his holdings in 1672, and settled in the Chignecto Basin, along with his two oldest sons and two of his sons-in-law. He became the first promotor of Beaubassin, by building a flour mill and a saw mill, encouraging more people to settle the area, which became very prosperous. For a more complete history of this family please see his record on
He returned to Port-Royal again before 1699, living there until his death in 1701.
According to the Acadians Project, he died after 1671 in Port Royal.
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