Edmée [Aimée] Lejeune

• Sources:
  • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 47 years old which estimates birth c.1624.

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• AKAN: Aimée
• Nickname: dit Briard
• Census: 1671; 1693 Port-Royal
• Edmee is listed as a Metis woman, having been born in a Metis village, as well as having the title of "Sauvagesse".
• Edmee is believed to be the daughter of Pierre Lejeune b. 1595 in France.

Regarding DNA

DNA Haplogroup U6A7a1. This is from the Iberian Peninsula area, although a mutation of it, this particular cluster evolved in Acadia 500 years ago. This indicates some degree of blood from there. There are multiple reasons this could be but none can be proven absolutely. She was born in a Metis village and raised as such, indicating she is Metis. The possible reasons for her mtDNA having the haplogroup:

• Her mother's side may have a Basque woman on it at some point.
• Her mother's side may have a Basque man whose mtDNA crossed over, as it does happen, albeit rarely.

Notes: mtDNA does not often cross over from the paternal line, though it can and does happen, albeit rarely. Basque women did not go on voyages with the men and the Basque never attempted to settle the area with families, thus causing the problems of how either is possible. It is likely we will never know exactly how this occured, and people will have their own theories.

Her records all come with the title "Sauvagesse" It's the feminine form of Sauvage, a French description of the native peoples, that translates in English as "savage."

Edmee's parents are unknown, though all that is known is thus:

• She was born in a Metis settlement, and given the title of "Sauvagesse".
• She has Portuguese ancestry from her mother's side.
• Her mother likely was Metis herself, or else mostly Mi'kmaq with some Basque blood in her.
• Her father is believed to have been Pierre Lejeune, a frenchman who is rumoured to have come with his family, including Edmee, though all records suggest he came alone and list Edmee as having been born in a Metis village in Acadia.

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Born 1624 at Micmac Village near Port Royal, Acadie, NS, Canada. Mother Micmac Indienne (I03533), Father Pierre Lejeune (I03326). Siblings Catherine Jeanne Lejeune, Pierre Lejeune. Marriage of Francois Gautrot and Edmee Legune 1635 at Martaize, Loudun, Vienne, France. Children: Marie Francois Louise Gaudrot, Claude Gautrot, Charles Gautrot, Anne Gautreaux.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~treeleavesbycole/NWEB1/ppl...

GEDCOM Note

!1st husband - POTET
2nd husband - Gautreaux

Do not confuse with her husband's first wife, Marie. Both wives had a daughter named Marie. Also read all the notes in Discussions. This woman was not Amerindian, nor was she the daughter of Pierre Lejeune. Please do not attach her as a child.

Please see Edmee's WikiTree profile for more complete information and discussion: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lejeune-21

Edmée Lejeune was born about 1624 in France. She was most likely the sister of Catherine Lejeune (m. Francois Savoie) since Edmee's and Catherine's descendants share the haplogroup U6a71a, although it's also possible they could have had the same grandmother.

The names of Edmee's parents are unknown. It is a frequent assumption that Catherine and Edmee Lejeune's mother was of Amerindian descent, however the mtDNA haplogroup U6a71a is of European descent which disproves this theory. See the ongoing mtDNA test results of Acadian mothers here: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mothersofacadia?iframe=mtresults

It is often assumed that Pierre Lejeune dit Briard is the brother of Catherine and Edmee, but considering the lack of dispensation for kindred in the 1760 marriage between a granddaughter of Pierre & a grandson of Catherine Lejeune, we can conclude Pierre is not the brother of either Catherine or Edmee.

Edmee Lejeune married François Gautrot about 1644 in Port Royal. François was previously married to a woman named Marie and he had 2 children with her. Edmee and François had the following children:

1) Marie (c1645-1732) m. c1661 Claude Theriot
2) Jean (c1648-___)
3) Renee (c1652-1737) m. c1671 Jean Labat dit Le Marquis
4) Marguerite (c1654-1727) m. c1670 Jacques dit Jacob Girouard
5) Francois (c1657-bef.1683) m. c1677 Marie Brun
6) Claude (c1659-1733) m. c1684 Marie Theriot
7) Charles (c1661-c1724) m. c1684 Francois Rimbault
8) Jeanne (c1665-1749) m. c1682 Pierre Lanoue
9) Germain (c1668-___)

Edmee's death is not recorded but she died sometime between the 1693 and 1698 Port Royal census.

mtDNA for Edmee Lejeune
HVR1: 16172C 16219G 16278T
Reason This Information Is Correct:
acadian-home.org, go to mtDNA section
or DNA Haplogroup U6A7a1
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Merge/Change Carefully: Do not confuse with first wife, Marie. Not Amerindian, not daughter of Pierre
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Unknown Parents
The names of Edmee's parents are unknown. All we know is that Edmee is most likely the sister of Catherine Lejeune, since their descendants share the mtDNA haplogroup U6a7a [European descent]. Please do not add Pierre Lejeune as their father since this has never been proven.
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haplogroup U6a71a
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weRelate:
Edmée Lejeune
Birth  1624 • Nova Scotia, Canada
Death  1693 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage  1644 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Catherine • Pierre LeJeune
Spouse  francois gautrot
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Edm%C3%A9e+Lejeune+%282%29

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
?
Spouse  Francois Gautrot

Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/4JHZ-J1P

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Geni:
Edmee Lejeune
Birth  1624 • Canada
Spouse  Francois Gaudreau

Lead confidence: 1
Edmée [Aimée] Lejeune

GEDCOM Note

Geni:
Edmee Lejeune
Birth  1624 • Canada
Death  Canada
Parents  Radegonde Lejeune
Spouse  Francois Gaudreau

Lead confidence: 1
Edmée [Aimée] Lejeune

GEDCOM Note

Geni:
Edmee Lejeune
Spouse  Francois Cormier
Children  Marie Agnes Cormier

Lead confidence: 1
Edmee Lejeune

GEDCOM Note

REFN: 15099

GEDCOM Note

!BIRTH: Date and place of birth in France not found; the approximate year of birth is based on information in the 1671 Acadian census of the parish of Port Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia); shows Francois Gauterot 58, and his wife, Edmee Lejeune, and children (see below); the 1686 census shows Francois Gotoro as age 71 with wife Aimee Lejeune; census information found in LeBlanc, The Acadian Miracle, pages 23 & 378; Evangeline Pub. Co., Lafayette, LA, 1966; Library of Congress catalogue number 65-28646; available at the Fairfax County Library, Fairfax, VA, call number 971.6 L (1966).

!CHRISTENING: Information based on age as listed in the 1671 and 1687 census, above.

!MARRIAGE: Marriage date and place to Francois Gauterot based on 1671 Acadian census data listing children and their ages (see census data, below); that this person is a parent of Anne-Marie is found in the 1671 census data and in a letter dated 4 October 1983 in reply to an inquiry to La Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise, Montreal from Dolores Desjardins; BUT SEE additional new information in Beauregard, Dictionnaire Genealogique de l'Ancienne Acadie; available on the Internet at http://www.cam.org/~beaur/dgaa-gk.html (this source lists an earlier marriage for Francois to a person whose name is unknown, the mother of Francois' first two children).

!IMMIGRATION: Information not found.

!CENSUS: 1671 Census of the parish of Port Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia); shows Francois Gauterot, age 58, wife Edmee Lejeune, with children Marie, 35, Charles, 34, Marie, 24, Reme, 19, Marguerite, 16, Jean, 23, Francois, 19, Claud, 12, Charles, 10, Jeanne, 7, and Germain, 3; census information published in LeBlanc, The Acadian Miracle, page 23; Evangeline Pub. Co., Lafayette, LA, 1966, Library of Congress catalogue number 65-28646, available at the Fairfax County Library, Fairfax, VA, call number 971.6 L (1966).
1686 Census of the parish of Port Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia); lists Francois Gotro, age 71, wife Aimee Lejeune; published by LeBlanc, above, at page 378.

!DEATH: Information not found, but occurred after the 1686 Acadian census, place assumed to be at Port Royal, Acadia.

!BURIAL: Information not found, but occurred after the 1686 Acadian census; place assumed to be at Port Royal, Acadia.

GEDCOM Note

!Arrived Acadia abt 1636 from France. Info Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens bk #2, p 556. RELATIONSHIP: 9 G G SON

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!Edmee was 12 years old when she accompanied her parents to Acadia.

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REF; BOB WAY--FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. SEPT 1992

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An Acadian Pedigree by J. Cleveland Fruge 1972.

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1693 Acadian Census: Aimee LeJeune (widow of Francois Gotrot) 71 Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 19:24:35 -0330 From: Michele Doucette (michele.doucette@nf.sympatico.ca) Cuzin Annabel wrote: " I am more confused about the LeJeune family now than I was before. Hasanyone contacted Steven White concerning Catherine LeJeune (m. FrancoisSavoie) and Edmee LeJeune ( m. Francois Gauderot) to find out if theseare the 2 LeJeune daughters who had an Indian mother?" When I met personally with Stephen White in August, he stated thatCatherine an Edmée were sisters. He stated that they shared no connectionto the Pierre LeJeune dit Briard who married a daughter of Germain Doucetdit LaVerdure about 1650. The parents of Catherine and Edmée have notbeen proven. After persuing copious notes re his upcoming Dictionnaire, Isaw nothing to indicate the parents of Pierre LeJeune dit Briard (asnoted above). I clearly remember Ken Breau stating that the parents ofCatherine and Edmée were not Pierre Lejeune and a Micmac mother. Thegirls also do not have a brother Pierre. Me thinks tha anything else paybe pure conjecture. These are just my personal thoughts. Cuzin Annabel also went on to say: "When I read the first note that Steven White had said their mother wasIndian, I was very excited and wrote to my daughter right away to tellher. We have 2 documented Indian ancestors and possibly a third ifRadegonde Lambert (daughter of Jean Lambert) had an Indian mother butthat seems to remain questionable. So I am anxious to find out about theleJeune girls!" Again, after perusing notes regarding Stephen's Dictionnaire, there isnothing there to say that the mother of Catherine and Edmée was of nativeancestry. Likewise for Radegonde Lambert. Radegonde also figures into mytree. According to Stephen, her parenst are also unknown, so it oneshould not automatically accept parents as being Jean Lambert and anIndian mother . *******************************************************************************

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!INFORMATION: was taken from Historire ET Généalogie Des Acadiens by Bona ARSENAULT, Tome1 page 516. THERIAULT et THERIOT aussi: TERRIAULT, TERRIO, TERRIOT, THERRIO, THERRIOT. Claude TERRIOT né en 1637, fils de Jean et de Perrine BOURG, marié vers 1661, a Marie GAUTEROT, fille de Francois et d'Edmée LEJEUNE. ENFANTS: Germain 1662; Marie 1665; Marguerite 1667; Jean 1670; Anne 1672; Jeanne 1674; Claude 1678; Marie 1679; Madeleine 1681; Pierre 1684; Elizabeth 1685; Joseph 1687; Marie 1691. Claude TERRIOT a été inhumé à Port Royal, le 17 Se 1725 et Marie GAUTEROT, sa veuve, a été inhumé, le 30 Nov1732.

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!"GENEALOGY OF THE ACADIENS", p. 411

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!BIRTH: "Generations...Past to Present",by Phobe Chauvin Morrison: p. 186 Published by Terrebonne Genealogical Society, Houma, LA. Book located in main public library in Dallas, Texas. !MARRIAGE: "Generations...Past to Present",by Phobe Chauvin Morrison: p. 186 Published by Terrebonne Genealogical Society, Houma, LA. Book located in main public library in Dallas, Texas.

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!INTERIM SOURCE NOTE: This person is part of the generation that came to Acadia from France or was a member of the first few succeeding generations who lived in Acadia in the 1600s and early 1700s.
Information on this person is from one or more of the secondary sources listed below. Until I find the time to add the specific source information (volume/page and exact source) this interim note willhave to suffice. The sources are:
Denis Beauregard's Dictionnaire Genealogique de la Ancienne Acadie is located at http://www.francogene.com/dgaa/index.php (explanation in both English and French at viewer's option; dictionnaire in French). His Francogene, an extensive list of Acadian genealogical sources and bibliography is located at http://www.francogene.com/acadia/resources.php (in English).
Acadian History and Genealogy website (gives brief history of Acadia and some selected Acadian family trees), at http://www.craftconn.com/genealogy/acadianh.htm (in English).
Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home (a searchable data base of web sites with information on early Acadian families, at http://www.acadian.org/ (in English).
Center for Acadian Studies, University of Moncton (New Brunswick), has short genealogies of 37 Acadian families, at http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/55 (in French).
See also, Stephen White's Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes (in French, but available with an English supplement), the best and most recent secondary source for Acadian family information, described and available for purchase at http://www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ceaac/node/38

GEDCOM Note

Edmée Aimée Lejeune
Birth: 1624, Canada
Death: 1698, Canada

Edmee was baptized in about 1624. She married Francois Gaudreau in 1644, in Port Royal, Acadia. They had the following children:

1) Marie (1645-1732) md Claude Theriault
2) Renee (1652-1737) md Jean Labatte
3) Marguerite (1654-1727) md Jacques-Jacob Girouard
4) Francois (1657-) md Marie-Sebastienne brun
5) Claude (1659-1733) md Marie-Elizabeth Theriault
6) Charles (1661-) md Francois Raimbault
7) Jeanne (1665-1749) md Pierre Lanoue

Edmée is the sister of Catherine Lejeune.

Family links:
Spouse:
François Gaudreau (1613 - 1693)*

Do not confuse with her husband's first wife, Marie. Both wives had a daughter named Marie. Also read all the notes in Discussions. This woman was not Amerindian, nor was she the daughter of Pierre Lejeune. Please do not attach her as a child.

Please see Edmee's WikiTree profile for more complete information and discussion: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lejeune-21

Edmée Lejeune was born about 1624 in France. She was most likely the sister of Catherine Lejeune (m. Francois Savoie) since Edmee's and Catherine's descendants share the haplogroup U6a71a, although it's also possible they could have had the same grandmother.

The names of Edmee's parents are unknown. It is a frequent assumption that Catherine and Edmee Lejeune's mother was of Amerindian descent, however the mtDNA haplogroup U6a71a is of European descent which disproves this theory. See the ongoing mtDNA test results of Acadian mothers here: https://www.familytreedna.com/public/mothersofacadia?iframe=mtresults

It is often assumed that Pierre Lejeune dit Briard is the brother of Catherine and Edmee, but considering the lack of dispensation for kindred in the 1760 marriage between a granddaughter of Pierre & a grandson of Catherine Lejeune, we can conclude Pierre is not the brother of either Catherine or Edmee.

Edmee Lejeune married François Gautrot about 1644 in Port Royal. François was previously married to a woman named Marie and he had 2 children with her. Edmee and François had the following children:

1) Marie (c1645-1732) m. c1661 Claude Theriot
2) Jean (c1648-___)
3) Renee (c1652-1737) m. c1671 Jean Labat dit Le Marquis
4) Marguerite (c1654-1727) m. c1670 Jacques dit Jacob Girouard
5) Francois (c1657-bef.1683) m. c1677 Marie Brun
6) Claude (c1659-1733) m. c1684 Marie Theriot
7) Charles (c1661-c1724) m. c1684 Francois Rimbault
8) Jeanne (c1665-1749) m. c1682 Pierre Lanoue
9) Germain (c1668-___)

Edmee's death is not recorded but she died sometime between the 1693 and 1698 Port Royal census.

lternate Name •
Birth Name
Edmee Aimee Briard dit Lejeune
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Alternate Name •
Nickname
Edmee Aimée Briard
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Alternate Name •
Also Known As
Aimée LeJeune
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Residence •
1671
Nova Scotia, Canada
Reason This Information Is Correct:
GEDCOM data
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Residence •
1686
Nova Scotia, Canada
Reason This Information Is Correct:
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mtDNA for Edmee Lejeune
HVR1: 16172C 16219G 16278T
Reason This Information Is Correct:
acadian-home.org, go to mtDNA section
or DNA Haplogroup U6A7a1
Last Changed: January 29, 2020 by
Custom Fact •
Merge/Change Carefully: Do not confuse with first wife, Marie. Not Amerindian, not daughter of Pierre
Review the notes in the records at Collaborate - Discussions - References before making ANY changes to this record.
Last Changed: March 17, 2021 by
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Unknown Parents
The names of Edmee's parents are unknown. All we know is that Edmee is most likely the sister of Catherine Lejeune, since their descendants share the mtDNA haplogroup U6a7a [European descent]. Please do not add Pierre Lejeune as their father since this has never been proven.
Last Changed: April 8, 2021 by
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haplogroup U6a71a
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GEDCOM Note

FamilySearch: Family Tree
Mrs. Marie Gautrot
Birth  1622 • Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death  1687 • Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Spouse  François Gaudreau
Children  Charles Gautrot • Marie Gautreau

Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/L272-RVB

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
Marie
Birth  1622 • Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Spouse  François Gautrot
Children  Gaudreau • Marie Gautreau

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/GSGT-71V

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weRelate:
Marie
Death  1644
Marriage  1635 • France
Spouse  francois gautrot
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Marie+Unknown+%288%29

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Category:MtDNA Haplogroup U6
Category: Acadia, Immigrants from France
Category:Port-Royal, Acadie

Discussion ==NOTICE: this profile is protected by the Acadian Project because of frequent duplication, variant name spelling, attempts to add unsourced parents or is an historically important person, and is in the Top 100 highly viewed Acadian profiles. Please contact the Acadian Project before making any substantive changes. Thanks for helping make WikiTree the best site for accurate information.

Why is Edmée called "the ancestral matriarch of the Acadian Gautrot family"? Isn't Marie Gautrot, daughter of Francois and his first wife (Unknown) also an ancestral matriarch of the Acadian Gautrot family? Looking at Acadians born roughly before 1763 (5 generations) Edmée hasabout 3100 people born in Acadia on Wikitree. The first wife of Francois, Marie Unknown (who may or may not have come to Acadie) has 649 descendents in 5 generations).
Edmée and Catherine Lejeunes parents are NOT KNOWN. If you find solid evidence of their parents, please post on this profile in the comments. It is often written that Pierre Lejeune was their father, but this is not known.
Ethnic Origins. Some have speculated that Edmée had an Amerindian mother. The Mothers of Acadia maternal DNA project posts its ongoing Maternal DNA results here. To date, the haplogroup of both sisters is consistently reported as U6a7a, indicating European origins.
Another group known as Ancestry Out of Acadia DNA PROJECT, posts its results here. They too report that Catherine and Edmee have European haplogroups, in particular, basic testing has revealed U6a and more complete testing U6a7a. Thus, there is a growing body of consistent and concordant results indicating European origins and nothing to the contrary.
Birthplace. Regarding the Lejeune siblings' specific location ofbirth in France, there are no birth records. Massignon≤ref name=mass>p=p32 (first French families in Acadia) p37 (Lejeune sisters' origins)≤/ref> argues that a number of familial alliances existed among the first settlers of Acadia PRIOR to their arrival in Acadia, which points to a common French origin. She believes they lived in the Acadian Governor d'Aulnay's seigneury in France near Loudon (comprising of the villages of Angliers, Aulnay, Martaizé and La Chausée). Regarding the Lejeune sisters, Massignon claims that they were allied with the Savoie through Catherine's marriage and the Gautrot through Edmee's marriage. It is not clear that the sisters married prior to their arrival in Acadia. Stephen White claims that Catherine married Savoie in Acadia.≤ref name="DGFA"/> Edméee's marriage around 1644 to Gautrot may have taken place in Acadia as he was among the first settlers and was already a widower at the time of his marriage to Edmée and was definitely in Acadia prior to 1650≤ref name="DGFA"/> (some claim 1636).
D'Entremont in his "Histoire du Cap-Sable, 1763", states the first Lejeune and his French wife arrived in Acadia before or during the time of Isaac de Razilly. Isaac de Razilly was appointed Governor of Acadia in 1632 and died three years later in 1635. D'Entremont implies that the Lejeunes arrived in Acadia sometime prior to 1636. D'Entremont alsonotes the first Lejeune couple had three children at the time of their arrival in Acadia: Aimee Lejeune, born between 1622 & 1625, Pierre Lejeune, born after Aimee and before Catherine Lejeune, who was born about 1633. D'Entremont further states that Pierre Lejeune II married anAmerindienne.

Biography

{{Migrating Ancestor
| origin = France
| origin-flag = Flags.png
| destination = Acadia
| destination-flag = Acadie-1.png
}}Edmée Lejeune is the ancestral matriarch of the Acadian Gautrot family. She was born in France around 1624.≤ref name="DGFA">Dictionnaire Gnéalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. p. 1048, 691-2≤/ref>The 1671 Port Royal Census lists Edmee's age as 47, which puts her birth at around 1624. She was the sister of Catherine Lejeune and Pierre II Lejeune.
Edmée and her siblings made their way to Acadia. Around 1644, Edmee married widower François Gautrot.≤ref name="DGFA" /> Between 1645 and 1668, the couple had nine children: Marie, Jean, Renée, Marguerite, François, Claude, Charles, Jeanne and Germain.
In 1654, the family would have witnessed Port-Royal's capture by Robert Sedgwick, who led 300 British soldiers and volunteers.≤ref>William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref> The soldiers and employees working at the fort were offered transportation back to France and given enough pelts to cover their wages."≤ref name=Dunn>Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p 23-24(1654 Capture of Port-Royal); p25-27;29 (the English period 1654-1670).≤/ref> Most Acadians, including the Gautrot family, remained in Acadia. They were permitted to retain their land and belongings and were guaranteed religious freedom.≤ref name=Dunn/> Dunn describes life in Acadia during the 16 years of nominal British rule:
:"During the years of British rule, most of the Port-Royal population moved upriver away from the town. Using the agricultural practices initiated under D'Aulnay, the Acadians dyked and cultivated extensive salt marshes along the river and raised livestock. Through necessity, residents had reached an accommodation with New England traders who had become their sole source for the goods that they could not produce themselves... New England traders exchanged their goods for Acadian produce and furs... There were seventy to eighty families in the Port Royalarea in 1665."
In 1671 the family homestead had six arpents under cultivation and they had 16 cattle and 6 sheep.≤ref>1671 Censes≤blockquote>Port Royal: Francois GAUTEROT, 58, wifeEdmee LeJEUNE 47; Children (married): Marie 35, Charles 34, Marie 24,Rene 19, Marguerite 16; (not married): Jean 23, Francois 19, Claude 12, Charles 10, Jeanne 7, Germain 3; cattle 16, sheep 6.≤/blockquote> ≤/ref> In 1678 the family was still in Port Royal, owning 6 arpents of land.≤ref>1678 Census≤blockquote>Francois Gautreau & Aymee LeJeune, 6 acres, 8 cattle 2 boys: age 20- born 1658 Claude, 18 1660 Charles≤/blockquote>≤/ref> Nine years later, all the children had fledged and Francois and Edmée lived together in Port Royal≤ref>1686Census≤blockquote>Francois GOTRO 71, Emee LEJEUNE 61; 3 guns, 4 arpents, 8 cattle, 5 sheep, 8 hogs.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
By 1693, Edmée was now a widow (the Census used her nickname Aimée)≤ref>1693 Census≤blockquote>
Aimee LEJEUNE (widow of Francois GOTROT) 71≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
Edmée appears to have died between the 1693 and 1698 census. She is thought to be buried in the Garrison Graveyard at Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada though graves at that time were marked with wooden crosses which have long disintegrated.≤ref>sameas=yes Created by: AW Added: 7 Dec 2014 ≤/ref>
Francois owned a lot adjoining the side of the old Fort (which was expropriated in 1705≤ref name="DGFA"> to extend the Fort in Port-Royal). It is not clear how long the family lived there. ≤blockquote>expropriation of a site "joining the side of the old fort" of Port-Royal. As Francois Gautrot etiat died since more than twelve years, it must be supposed that his heirs were the owners of this land in 1705.≤/blockquote>

Timeline

:c1624 birth, in France
:c1644 marriage to widower François Gautrot
:c1645 birth, daughter Marie
:c1648 birth, son Jean
:c1652 birth, son Renee
:c1654 birth, daughter Marguerite
:1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases≤ref>William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref>

:c1657 birth, son Francois
:c1659 birth, son Claude
:c1661 birth, son Charles
:c1665 birth, daughter Jeanne
:1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes≤ref>In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref>

:c1668 birth, son Germain
:1671 residence Port Royal
:1678 residence Port Royal
:1686 residence Port Royal
:1687 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) starts between England and France≤ref name=Griffiths2005>Griffiths, Naomi E.S.,From migrant to Acadian : a North-American border people, 1604-1755, Montreal (Québec), McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005, p147-151 (King William’s War); p 267-268 (oaths of allegiance)≤/ref>:1690 Phipps captures and sacks Port-Royal, coerces inhabitants' oaths of allegiance to English Crown, sets up local Peacekeeping Council and leaves within 12 days.≤ref name=biophips>C.P.Stacey, “PHIPS, SIR WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref>≤ref name=biowikiphips>of William Phipps≤/ref>≤ref name=biotourasse>C.Bruce Fergusson,“LATOURASSE, CHARLES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref>

:b1693 Francois died
:1693 residence, Port Royal
:a1693 death

Sources

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See also:* John Austin Young, The Lejeunes of Acadia and the Youngs of Southwest Louisiana, J.A. Young, 1991.