Étienne Antoine Hébert

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  • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be the deceased husband of Marie-Anne Gaudet

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The Heberts of Acadia have come from two sources Etienne Hebert,whose date of birth is unknown to us, died before the census of1671,was married at Port Royal around 1650 to Marie Gaudet, daughter of Jean Gaudet and an unknown wife, and Antoine Hebert, born between1614 and 1621, and married around 1640 to Genevieve Lefranc, probably a widow,who was born in 1613. The dispensations which were sought by their descendants suggest that they were brothers. These two brothers traveled to Acadia in 1640.

We don't know exactly when they arrived in Acadia. Some have placed the date as 1640. I would place the date closer to 1648, since Antoine's oldest son was born in 1649. There was a ship, La Verve, that arrived at that time. Depending on which census (1671/1686) you consult, Antoine was born in 1614 or 1621. He arrived with his wife, Genevieve LEFRANCE (b. 1613 or 1606). His brother, Etienne, was supposedly born about 1630 and married Marie GAUDET around 1650. We do not know exactly where these brothers came from or who their parents were. For a long time, it was thought that their parents were Jacques and Marie JUNEAU of Haye-Descartes of Touraine; but that has been shown to be incorrect.

The following is from www.acadian-cajuns.com/hebanet.htm:

Brothers - Yes ... Children of Jacques & Marie - No

    The misconception began with Father Adrien Bergeron's article entitled "Deux grandes familles acadiennes" [Memoires de la Societe genealogique canadienne-francaise (Vol. VI, No. 8, Oct 1955, pp. 393-394)].  Father Bergeron tried to say that Antoine and Etienne were brothers of a Jacques HEBERT, son of Jacques and Marie JUNEAU. The following year, Father Archange Godbout showed the connection to be incorrect (Vol. VII, No. 2, April 1956, pp. 122-123). An examination of Jacques' (the son) marriage contract showed his name to be HABERT, not HEBERT.  Thanks to Stephen White for sending me the dates for the these 2 articles. Godbaut's article also shows evidence (derived from marriage dispensations) that Antoine and Etienne were indeed brothers. 

Stephen White sent me a letter in which he said the origin of Acadian HEBERTs can be summed up in one word: unknown.

The family of Étienne HÉBERT and Marie GAUDET

[44468] HÉBERT, Étienne (.. & .. [84045]), died about 1671 Port-Royal (Acadie)

• married about 1650, from .. (France)

GAUDET, Marie (Jean & .. [85509]), born about 1633 (rec. 1671), 1626 (rec. 1686) or 1628 (rec. 1698) France (bim) (France), buried 1710-07-30 Port-Royal (Acadie)

     1) Marie, married about 1666 Michel FOREST

2) Marguerite, married about 1677 Jacques LEPRINCE ou PRINCE
3) Emmanuel, born about 1652 (rec. 1699) or 1651 (rec. 1701), buried 1744-12-01 Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles-des-Mines) (Acadie), married about 1678 Andrée BRUN
4) Étienne, born about 1654 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686) or 1657 (rec. 1693) Port-Royal (Acadie), buried 1713-11-02 Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles-des-Mines) (Acadie), married about 1679 Jeanne COMEAU
5) Jean, married about 1692 Jeanne DOIRON
6) Françoise, married about 1675 Jean COMEAU
7) Catherine, married before census 1678 Philippe PINET
8) Martine, married before 1684 Nicolas BARIAU
9) Michel, married about 1691 Isabelle PELLERIN
10) Antoine, married about 1691 Jeanne CORPORON, married Port-Royal (Acadie) 1737-02-25 Anne ORION
http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/044/044468.php

http://larryvoyer.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I82213&tree=...

One of the very first French that went to Acadia in what is now Nova Scotia in the 1840's. More can be found at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/lwjones/hebert.htm

Arrive en Acadie vers 1640.

Firstname: Etienne

Name: Hebert

Gender: M

Occupation: laboureur- cultivateur

Born: 1629 about

Parish / City: Loudun , Martaize

Country: France

Death: 1670 about - Age: 41

!SOUR: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=katheriot...

!BROTHER-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES AC ADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 80 0; own copy. #2: [No birthdate is given for him.]

!BIRTH-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-DEATH: Arsenault, H&G, p. 600 (Port Royal). Born aroun d 1625, brother of Antoine, he arrived in Acadia in 1640. First wife not mentioned. He married at Port Royal in 1650. His widow married Dominique GARAUT.

!PARENTS-MARRIAGE: Janet B. Jehn, CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS TO ARSENAULT'S HISTOIRE ET GENEALOG IE DES ACADIENS; 1630-1830; by author, 863 Wayman Branch Road, Covington, KY 41015, 1988; p . 10 (reference to Arsenault's p. 600). "Antoine Hebert and Etienne HEBERT were not the son s of Jacques and of Marie JUNEAU (ref. Stephen A. White, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes). Etienne 's wife Marie GODET was daughter of Jean and his second wife, Nicole COLESON, and not of firs t marriage. Pp. 554 and 555 [of Arsenault say it correctly."

!NAME: Also Estienne.

!DEATH: Widow had remarried and had a child Marie GARAULT by 1677.

10 enfants :

1.1. Marie HÉBERT, naissance env 1651 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès env 1677 à en Acadie. Marié(e) env 1666 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Michel I FOREST, naissance 18 jun 1637 à Leyde, Hollande, (fils de Henri FOREST) décès 1690 à Port-Royal, Acadie. Michel: Arrive en Acadie vers 1659. Avait obtenu une concession considérable s'étendant sur un mille de profondeur, à une dizaine de milles à l'est du fort de Port-Royal BA p 544.

1.1.1. Michel II FOREST, naissance env 1667 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès env 1731 à Pisiguit, Acadie. (1) Marié(e) env 1687 à en Acadie, Marie PETITPAS, (fille de Claude PETITPAS et Catherine BUGARET). (2) Marié(e) 1709, Marie CÉLESTIN=BELLEMERE, (fille de André CÉLESTIN=BELLEMERE et Perrine BASILE=BLANCHET).

1.1.2. Pierre FOREST, naissance env 1669 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès 12 jun 1730 à Pisiguit, Acadie. Marié(e) env 1695 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Cécile RICHARD=SANSOUCY, (fille de Michel RICHARD et Madeleine BLANCHARD).

1.1.3. René FOREST, naissance 11 jan 1670 à Port-Royal, décès 20 avr 1751 à Port-Royal. Des membres de cette famille se sont établis en Lousianne. Marié(e) env 1695 à Port-Royal, Françoise DUGAS, (fille de Claude DUGAS et Françoise BOURGEOIS).

1.1.4. Gabrielle FOREST, naissance env 1673 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès 9 nov 1710 à Grand-Pré, Acadie.

1.1.5. Marie FOREST, naissance env 1675 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès env 1703. Marié(e) env 1697 à Acadie, Pierre BENOIT, (fils de Martin BENOIT et Marie CHAUSSEGROS).

1.1.6. Jean-Baptiste FOREST, naissance env 1677 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès à Beaubassin, Acadie. Marié(e) env 1697, Élisabeth LABARRE, (fille de Jean LABARRE et Catherine RAIMBAULT).

1.2. Marguerite HÉBERT, naissance env 1652 à Port-Royal, Acadie. Marié(e) env 1678 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Jacques LEPRINCE, naissance env 1646 à en France, décès env 1692 à Acadie.

1.2.1. Jean LEPRINCE. Marié(e) 30 jan 1715 à Port-Royal, Jeanne BLANCHARD.

1.3. Étienne HÉBERT, naissance env 1654 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès 1 nov 1713 à Grand-Pré, Acadie. Marié(e) env 1679 à Piziquid, Acadie, Jeanne COMEAU, naissance env 1662 à Port-Royal, Acadie, (fille de Pierre COMEAU et Rose BAYOLS).

1.3.1. Jean-Baptiste HÉBERT, naissance 24 jan 1692 à Grand-Pré, Acadie, décès 11 jul 1787 à Nicolet. Marié(e) 9 jan 1719 à Grand-Pré, Acadie, Élisabeth GRANGER, naissance 1699 à Grand-Pré, Acadie, (fille de Pierre GRANGER et Elisabeth GUILBAULT) décès 3 oct 1767 à Trois-Rivières.

1.4. Emmanuel HÉBERT, naissance env 1654 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès 1 déc 1744. Marié(e) env 1675 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Andrée BRUN=BRAULT, naissance env 1647, (fille de Vincent BRUN=BRAULT et Renée BRODE).

1.4.1. Jean HÉBERT. Marié(e) 25 jan 1704 à Port-Royal, Madeleine DUGAST, (fille de Claude DUGAST et Françoise BOURGEOIS).

1.4.2. Alexandre HÉBERT. Marié(e) 26 jan 1712 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Marie DUPUIS, (fille de Pierre DUPUIS et Madeleine LANDRY).

1.5. Jean HÉBERT, naissance env 1658 à Port-Royal, Acadie. Marié(e) env 1693 à Grand-Pré, Acadie, Jeanne DOUARON, naissance env 1678.

1.6. Françoise HÉBERT, naissance env 1661 à Port-Royal, Acadie, décès fév 1713 à Port-Royal, Acadie. Marié(e) env 1677 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Jean COMEAU, naissance env 1657 à Port-Royal, Acadie, (fils de Pierre COMEAU et Rose BAYOLS) décès 13 nov 1720 à Port-Royal, Acadie.

1.6.1. Anne COMEAU. Marié(e) 29 oct 1710 à Port-Royal, François RICHARD, (fils de Jean RICHARD et Anne CHRISTIN).

1.6.2. François COMEAU, naissance env 1691 à de Port-Royal, Acadie, décès 21 nov 1717 à Québec à 26 ans, sépulture 22. Marié(e) 7 jan 1715 à Québec, contrat de mariage 3 ct LaCetière, Jeanne SOULARD, (fille de Jean SOULARD et Adriane ROLLANDdeST-GEORGES) 3 enfants.

1.6.3. Anne COMEAU. Marié(e) 17 jan 1708 à Port-Royal, en Acadie, Claude-Louis DAMOURS, naissance 18 jan 1666 à Québec, (fils de Mathieu DAMOURSsrCHAUFOURS et Marie MARSOLET) baptême 19, enseigne. Claude-Louis: Serait installé à Port-Royal en 1708.

1.6.4. Étienne COMEAU. Marié(e) 1701 à Grand-Pré, Acadie, Marguerite FOREST, naissance env 1687 à Port-Royal, Acadie, (fille de Michel I FOREST et Jacqueline BENOIT) décès env 1730.

1.6.5. Françoise COMEAU, naissance env 1693 à de Port-Royal, Acadie, décès 2 jan 1717 à Québec à 24 ans, 3 enfants. Marié(e) 10 fév 1710 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Jean-Baptiste SOULARD, naissance 1 oct 1678 à Québec, (fils de Jean SOULARD et Catherine BOUTET) baptême 2, décès 15 mai 1723 à L'Ange-Gardien, armurier, arquebusier.

1.7. Catherine HÉBERT, naissance env 1662 à Port-Royal, Acadie. Marié(e) env 1679, Philippe PINET, naissance env 1654.

1.8. Martine HÉBERT, naissance env 1665 à Port-Royal, Acadie. Marié(e) env 1682, Nicolas BARILLOT, naissance env 1642.

1.9. Michel HÉBERT, naissance env 1666, décès 19 jan 1736. Marié(e) env 1691, Isabelle PELLERIN, naissance env 1674 à Port-Royal, Acadie.

1.10. Antoine HÉBERT, naissance env 1670, décès avt 12 aoû 1760. (1) Marié(e) env 1694 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Jeanne CORPRON, naissance env 1674, décès 11 aoû 1735, 16 enfants. (2) Marié(e) 28 fév 1737 à Port-Royal, Acadie, Anne ORILLON, naissance env 1710, décès avt 12 aoû 1760.

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~meilleuro/54933-01.htm

Controversy over the Origins in France of Antoine and Etienne Hébert

December 16, 2012===
The origins of Antoine and Etienne Hébert have been studied for a century and debated for half a century. There are many opinions and explanations pertaining to our current knowledge-base, none completely definitive or satisfactory. The first three items listed below are quoted/paraphrased from Tim Hebert's Hebert Family Data Book and web site: http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hebanet.htm (c) Tim Hebert. The fourth is quoted from fancogene (c) Denis Beauregard. The fifth is from Placide Gaudet's notes, transcribed by Tim Hebert. The last paragraph is commentary.

"We do not know exactly where these brothers came from or who their parents were. For a long time, it was thought that their parents were Jacques and Marie Juneau of Haye-Descartes of Touraine; but that has been shown to be incorrect."

1. These early records suggest that Antoine Hébert was born abt 1621 and married abt 1639 (Age:18) at Balesmes, La Haye-Descartes, Indre-et-Loire, Touraine, Centre, France to Genevieve Lefrance. Antoine+Genevieve were said to have married at the parish of Balesmes church. Further, these early records suggested that Antoine and Etienne were the sons of Jacques Hebert and Marie Juneau of the same parish. Etienne was said to be born about 1630, marrying in abt 1650 to Marie Gaudet at Balesmes, La Haye-Descartes.

In 1956, Father Archange Godbout disputed the connection between a purported brother Antoine and Etienne, Jacques HABERT, based on Jacques' marriage contract. Father Godbout maintained however that Antoine and Etienne were still brothers. S.A. White reviewed the evidence, agreed, but went a step further, maintaining that "the origin of Acadian HEBERTS can be summed up in one word: unknown."

2. Another possible origin was that the brothers were from south of Loudon (LaChaussee, Martaize, etc.), since Charles Menou d'Aulnay's family had land in that vicinity. If he recruited settlers from that area, there is a chance that they came from there, but there is no proof of where they (or most other) Acadians came from. The linguistic studies by Genevieve Massignon tried to say that they were from the Loudon area, but perhaps she was focusing too much. It is probably true that they came from western France. But the lack of documentation in the Loudon region means that perhaps we're looking in the wrong place (remark by Tim Hebert). Denis Beauregard (francogene) now states that there is no evidence that ANY Acadians originated from Martaize.

3. Michael Poirier has suggested that Antoine and Etienne came from west of Loudon at the coast ... near Baie de Bourgneuf. He bases this on: - the location of the monastery of the Assumption (on the island Chauvet), which was regularly attended by Richelieu and was the property of his brother, Alphonse. - Port-Royal and the church of St Jean-Baptiste - salt-water marshes in the area were drained ... much like the dyke system utilized in Acadia - it was a zone surrounded by Protestants and enclosing Catholics.

4. francogene.com (c) Denis Beauregard (This francogene record may have been the basis for S.A. White's conclusion that a Jacques HABERT was the purported brother of Antoine and Etienne, thus contributing to the rejection of the parentage of all 3 'brothers.' Text reads:)

"Genealogy of French in North America The family of Jacques HABERT and Marie JUSTEAU [2391] HABERT, Jacques (..) * married before 1638, from La Haye-Descartes com Descartes (Saint-Georges) (Indre-et-Loire : 370115), France JUSTEAU, Marie (..) 1) Jacques, baptized 1638-09-02 La Haye-Descartes com Descartes (Saint-Georges) (Indre-et-Loire : 370115), France, married Québec (Qc) 1668-04-19 Françoise CHEVALIER, marriage contract 1672-10-22 (depositary Gilles Rajotte) Marie LECOMPTE Bibliographie : PRDH-RAB; Parchemin Marriages of ancestors of that couple: None in our database Marriages of descendants of that couple: Over 1 generation 1600-1699 = 2 Genealogy of French in North America ©Copyright 2005-2008 - All Rights Reserved - Tous droits réservés - Denis Beauregard"

5.Placide Gaudet's Notes on HEBERT Acadian Families

Source: http://www.acadian-cajun.com/gaudet.htm 2407 from France Etienne HEBERT and Marie GAUDET (a) b in France m 1649 in France
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Many of us seeking our valid Hébert progenitor, the father of Antoine and Etienne, do not consider the search for our geographical and biological origins closed. The search should simply adopt a new paradigm. The truest route to the origins of Antoine and Etienne Hébert is in their DNA code ~ in the males who have carried their Hébert DNA through France, Acadia, French-Canada, Michigan, the East Coast of the United States, Louisiana, and locales around the world. Progress toward solving the conundrum of the parentage of Antoine and Etienne Hébert is most likely available only through the science of DNA.

Patricia Louise Hebert patricia.hebert@live.com

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Biography == The Acadian branch of the Hébert family stems from two brothers: Étienne and Hebert-54|Antoine.<ref name=DGFA>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. 798-801.</ref>Etienne Hébert was possibly born in France. <ref name=origins/> His birth date is unknown as he died before the 1671 Census. His brother was born around 1621. The brothers are often believed to be the sons of Hebert-552|Jacques Hebert and Juneau_Hebert-1|Marie Juneau, but this is most likely false. (See discussion above.)

Around 1650, Etienne married Marie Gaudet, daughter of Jean and an unknown mother.<ref name=DGFA/> According to depositions from his descendents, Antoine came to Acadia with his wife from France.<ref name=origins>White, Stephen A. Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767 English Translation, Publication: University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online .</ref> However, the language does not necessarily mean that they cametogether. Between 1651 and 1670 the couple had 10 children: Marie, Maguerite, Emmanuel, Etienne, Jean, Françoise, Catherine, Martine, Michel, and Antoine.
Etienne died between 1669 and 1671.<ref name=DGFA/> His wife is listed as a widow in the 1671 Census.<ref>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.

Marie GAUDET, Widow of Etienne HEBERT, 38, Children (married): Marie 20, Marguerite 19; (not married): Emmanuel 17, Etienne 17, Jean 13, Francoise 10, Catherine 9, Martine 6, Michel 5, Antoine 1; cattle 4, sheep 5.

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Timeline

:c1621 birth, in France
:1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men<ref>George MacBeath, Biography – RAZILLY, ISAAC DE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20</ref>:1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanently<refname=mass/>

:c1650 marriage to Marie Gaudet :c1651 birth, daughter Marie :c1652 birth, daughter Marguerite :c1653 birth, son Emmanuel :c1654 birth, son Etienne :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>

:c1659 birth, son Jean :c1661 birth, daughter Françoise :c1662 birth, daughter Catherine :c1665 birth, daughter Martine :c1666 birth, son Michel :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>

Discussion ==Parentage. There is a debate concerning the parents of the Hébert brothers.<ref name=DGFASupplement>White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, Ajouts Et Corrections. Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada: University of Moncton, Centre D'études Acadiennes, 2011. "Ajouts et corrections".</ref> According to Godbout, the Hébert brothers may have been the children of Hebert-552|Jacques Hebert and Juneau_Hebert-1|Marie Juneau.<ref>Godbout, Archange. "Origine des Hébert Acadiens," in Mémoires of the Société généalogique canadienne-française, vol. VII (1956), pp. 122-123</ref> The evidence supporting this claim is a link between: a) the presence of a Jacques Hébert in Acadia 30 years before the presence of the brothers Etienne and Antoine; and b) the April 15 1688 marriage contract at Quebec (Notary Lecompte; witness Louis Hébert's daughter Marie-Guillemette Hébert) between Françoise Chevalier and a Jacques Hébert from Le Haye in the Touraine parish of Balsesne, who was the son of Jacques and Marie Juneau. Stephen White argues that the connection is tenuous.<ref name=DGFA/> The name of the Jacques in the aforementioned contract had a surname Habert.Moreover, the presence of the witness Marie-Guillemette Hébert was likely due to the fact that Françoise Chevalier was her servant.

Location of Birth. Stephen White remains silent presumably due to the lack of birth records. In contrast, Massignon <ref name=mass>Massignon-1|Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. p. 50,47, 38.</ref> argues that a number of famillial alliances that existed among the first Acadian settlers PRIOR to their arrival from France points to a common French origin. She believes they lived in the Acadian Governor d'Aulnay's seigneury in France near Loudun (comprising of the villages of Angliers, Aulnay, Martaizé and La Chausée). In the case of the Hébert family, it was allied with the Gaudet through Antoine's marriage to Marie. Marie's sister Francoise was also allied with the LeBLanc family through her marriage to Daniel. Evidence of their marriages in France is found in the Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations in 1767. Moreover, a certain Jean Gaudet, was censistaire in 1634 on land at Martaizé (Vienne) in the Seigneurie owned by the mother of Acadian governour Charles d'Aulnay. However, Massignon's research failed to find any relevant baptismal or marriage records.
DNA. The French Heritage yDNA project, including Acadian lines, is posted here. Validated ancestral signatures for Acadians including brothers Etienneand Antoine Hébert are found here. As of June 2014, there were results from ten of their descendants including four family trees of Etienne and two family treesof Antoine. Arrival in Acadia. No evidence has been found supporting the couple's arrival in Acadia. It was certainly before 1671, as Etienne's widow is listed there. Therefore it is not clear how the historical events in Acadia, provided in the timeline below, may have affected Etienne and his family.

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See Also :*Cormier, Steven. "Hébert Family". Acadians in Gray. accessed at http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-HEBERT.htm. Note thereis a discrepancy in location of marriage of the brothers (Port Royal); source of this info?

• Les Grandes Familles accessed at www.grandesfamilles.org *Arsenault, Bona. Histoire Et Généalogie Des Acadiens. 6 vols. Montreal, Canada: Lemeac, 1978.*Dictionnaire généalogique de l'ancienne Acadie accessed at https://www.francogene.com/dgaa/
• Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600-1900

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Etienne Hebert, "Find A Grave Index"
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-Z14N

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Etienne Hebert, "Find A Grave Index"
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FamilySearch: France, Calvados, Civil Registration, 1792-1942
Etienne Hebert in entry for Jean Baptiste Colville and Marie Anne Madeleine Hebert, "France, Calvados, Civil Registration, 1792-1942"
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Étienne Hébert
Birth  1623 • Balesmes, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Death  1670 • Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
Parents  Jacques Hébert • Marie Juneau
Spouse  Marie Gaudet
Children  Antoine Hebert • Catherine Hébert • Emmanuel Hébert • Françoise Hébert • Jean Hebert • Marguérite Hébert • Marie Hébert • Martine Hébert • Michel Hébert • Étienne Hébert

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weRelate:
Etienne Hebert
Birth  1629 • Bueil-en-Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, France
Death  1670
Parents  Jacques Hebert • Marie Juneau
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Etienne+Hebert+%2817%29

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FamilySearch: Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979
Etienne Hébert in entry for Jean Baptiste Hébert and Marguerite Mainville, "Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979"
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Geni:
Etienne Hebert
Spouse  Marie Gaudet
Children  Jean Hebert
Étienne Antoine Hébert

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!Arrived in Acadia on Jul 1640 (under guidance of Germain Doycet, Lord of LaVerdure, Captain of the arms of Pentagoet;from a new recruitment conducted by Charles de Menous of Aulnay of Charnisay; Tehyare the ancestors of all the Acadian families by that name;

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Meanwhile, Antoine's brother Étienne, whose birth year is unknown, married Marie, daughter of Jean Gaudet, at Port-Royal in c1650. Étienne is not found in the first Acadian census of 1671 because he died a year or two before it was taken. Before he died, he fathered 10 children, including four sons who started families of their own:
Oldest son Emmanuel, born at Port-Royal in c1653, married Andrée, daughter of Vincent Brun and widow of Germain Thériot, at Port-Royal in c1680. They settled at Port-Royal then moved to Minas and had six children, including four sons who married into the Dupuis, Dugas, and Landry families. Emmanuel died at Grand-Pré in late 1744 in his 90s. Many of his descendants used the dit Emmanuel or Manuel to distinguish themselves from their many cousins.
Étienne, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1654, married Jeanne, another daughter of Pierre Comeaux, at Port-Royal in c1679. They moved to Minas, where they had 11 children, including two sons who married into the Dugas and Granger families. Étienne, fils died at Grand-Pré in November 1713, age 57.
Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1659, married Jeanne, daughter of Jean Doiron, in c1692 at either Port-Royal or Minas. They settled at L'Assomption, Pigiguit, and had 12 children, including six sons who married into the Sonnier, Mius d'Azy, Trahan, Courtenay, Boudreaux, Lejeune, and Michel families.
Youngest son Michel, born at Port-Royal in c1666, married Isabelle, daughter of Francois Pellerin, in c1691 at either Port-Royal or Minas. They settled at Minas, where they had 16 children, including five sons who married into the Caissie, Gautreaux, Boisseau, Levron, Thibodeaux, and Boudreaux families. Michel died at Grand-Pré in January 1736, age 69.
By the mid-1700s, this large family could be found in many of the major Acadian communities of present-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, including Port-Royal, Grand-Pré, Pigiguit, Cobeguit, Chignecto, and Chepoudy, as well as on Île St.-Jean. And like most old Acadian families, Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this huge family even farther. ...

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Person note
1-FIRST ACADIAN HEBERTs-The land of Acadia was owned by France in the 1630's. For years, France wanted to settle the area with its own people. Although they had sent men to start a settlement as earlyas 1604, no women were sent for over 30 years. In the mid 1630's, France started sending men and women to colonize the land. Among those settlers were two brothers, Antoine and Etienne Hebert.

We don't know exactly when they arrived in Acadia. Some have placed the date as 1640. I would place the date closer to 1648, since Antoine's oldest son was born in 1649. There was a ship, La Verve, that arrived at that time. Depending on which census (1671/1686) you consult, Antoine was born in 1614 or 1621. He arrived with his wife, Genevieve Lefrance (b. 1613 or 1606) His brother, Etienne, was supposedly born about 1630 and married Marei Gaudet around 1650. We do not know exactly where these brothers came from or who their parents were. For a long time, it was thought that their parents wereJacques Hebert and Marie Juneau of Haye-Descartes of Touraine; but that has been shown to be incorrect.

Father Archange Godbaut's article ["Memoires de la Societe genealogique canadienne-francaise" Vol. VII, No.2, April 1956, pp. 122-123] showed the connection to be incorrect. Godbaut's article also shows evidence (derived from marriage dispensations) that Antoine and Etienne were indeed brothers. Stephen White sent me a letter in which he said the origin of Acadian heberts can be summed up in one word: unknown.

(Info from HEBERT Genealogy: The First Acadian Heberts, http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hebanet.htm) copied October 2006

2-TOD SP- 1 Nov 2002 given in IGI, but so far there is no proof jacques Hebert and Marie Juneau are Etienne's parents

3-BIRTH PLACE listed in IGI La-haye-Descartes, Touraine, Indre-Et-Loire, France

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bio
ID: I323
Name: Etienne HEBERT
Surname: Hebert
Given Name: Etienne
Sex: M
Birth: 1625 in France 1
Reference Number: 224

Marriage 1 Marie GAUDET b: 1633 in Martaize,France

Married: 1650 in Port Royal,Acadia

Children

Has Children Marie HEBERT b: 1651 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Marguerite HEBERT b: 1652 in Port Royal,Acadie,Acadia
Has Children Emmanuel HEBERT b: 1654 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Etienne HEBERT b: 1654 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Jean HEBERT b: 1658 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Francoise HEBERT b: 1661 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Catherine HEBERT b: 1662 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Martine HEBERT b: 1665 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Michel HEBERT b: 1666 in Port Royal,Acadia
Has Children Antoine HEBERT b: 1670 in Port Royal,Acadia

Sources:

Title: "Histoire et Genealogie des Acadien; Volume #2
Author: Bona Arsenault

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Among Maryland families who settled near St. Gabriel was Pa ul Hebertm. 1736 Marguerite Melancon - great-grandson of Etienne. Pa ul's 6sons remained in Iberville area, by 1790s had acquired land alon griver in West Baton Rouge Parish.

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Memorial on find a grave
Etienne Hebert
Birth: 1623 Touraine, Departement d'Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Death: 1670 (aged 46-47) Port Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Burial: Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Memorial #: 59836542
Bio: Etienne was born about 1623 in Balesmes (Touraine) France and died in Port-Royal, NS, Canada. He married Marie Gaudet in 1649 in Port-Royal, NS, Canada.
Family Members
Spouse
Marie Gaudet Hébert 1626-1710
Children
Marie Hébert Forest 1651-1677
Emmanuel Hebert 1653-1744
Étienne Hébert 1654-1713
Jean Hébert 1659-1744
Françoise Hébert 1661-1713
Catherine Hébert 1662-1727
Martine Hébert 1665-Unknown
Antoine Hébert 1670-Unknown
Created by: Bob Brien (47246444)
Added: 9 Oct 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59836542
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 July 2019), memorial page for Etienne Hebert (1623-1670), Find A Grave Memorial no. 59836542, citing Garrison Graveyard, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada ; Maintained by Bob Brien (contributor 47246444) .

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Etienne was a cooper and arrived in Acadia in Jul 1640 under arecruitment by
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay. He and his brother were the progenitors ofall of
the Acadian Hebert's and their descendants. They were under the commandof
Germain Doucet, Sieur la Verdure, Captain of Arms of Pentagoet.

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Etienne Hebert came from France with his wife Marie Gaudet, according to nine depositions: one from his grandson Jean Hébert (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, p. 11), one from Pierre Trahan, husband of his granddaughter Madeleine Comeau (ibid., p. 8), one from Pierre and Madeleine's son Pierre Trahan (ibid., pp. 110-111) and one from their nephews Sylvestre and Simon Trahan (ibid., p. 30), two from husbands of Étienne's great-granddaughters (ibid., Vol. II, p. 182; Vol. III, p. 90), one from a great-great-grandson (ibid., Vol. III, pp. 93-94), and two from husbands of his great-great-granddaughters (ibid., pp. 45, 92-93). Seven of these depositions name his wife as Marie Gaudet; only those of the two Pierre Trahans, father and son, do not.White

"The Héberts in Acadia go back to two ancestors: Antoine and Étienne Hebert, whose birthdate is unknown because he died before thr 1671 census and who married about 1650 Marie Gaudet. the dispensationfor the third degree of kindred granted upon the marriage of Antoine's grandson Jean Hebert to Étienne's granddaughter Marguerite Leprince, and another for the fourth degree granted upon the marriageof Étienne's great-grandson Pierre Forest to Antoine's great-granddaughter Marguerite Hebert proved that Antoine and Étienne were brothers." (P. Gallant)

"A worthy article that appeared in our periodical (Memoires, vol. VI, p. 393) thought it possible to establish--at least it claimed--that the Hebert brothers were the sons of Jacques Hebert and Marie Juneau of La Haye-Descartes in Touraine.
"Here then in brief is its argument: an immigrant named Jacques Hebert, son of Jacques and Marie Juneau, from La Haye in Touraine, parish of Balesne, made a contract at Québec ... to marry Francoise Chevalier. This contract was witnessed by Louis Hebert's daughter Marie-Guillemette Hebert.

"Now, before settling at Québec this same Louis Hebert stayed for a while at Port-Royal, where the two Acadia Hebert brothers would live thirty years later.

"Thus the immigrant Jacques Hebert in Québec was the brother of the Acadian Héberts.

"One must confess that the connection between these premises is tenuous. and even more tenuous than one might think.

"The immigrant Jacques Hebert was not an Hebert at all, but an Habert, as a correct reading of his marriage contract proves. and if Guillemette Hebert, widow of Guillaume Couillard, appeared on this occasion, it was because the intended bride was her servant. the Acadian Héberts with their different family name have nothing in common with Jacques Habert." (A. Godbout

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http://www.acadian-cajun.com/hebanet.htm
he had a brother Antoine,from the same parish,Balesne..
hebert means combat or bright..

ESTIENNE HÃ(U+0089)BERT

Deux frères Hébert arrivent au Port-Royal, en Acadie, entre les années 1645 et 1650. L�aîné, Antoine Hébert est né entre 1614 et 1621. Il arrive avec son épouse Geneviève LeFrance. Le cadet, Estienne Hébert est né vers 1630.

Nous ignorons le nom de leurs parents, ni le lieu de leur origine exacte. Peut-être originaire de Tourraine ou du Loudunois, de La Chaussée, à Mortaizé.

Il n�existe aucun lien avec le pionnier des pionniers, Louis Hébert. La présente description, porte principalement sur l�ancêtre Estienne Hébert, qui nous crée des liens de descendance, dans cette généalogie.

Estienne Hébert, laboureur et cultivateur, épouse à Port-Royal, en 1650, Marie Gaudet, née entre 1626 et 1633, fille de l�ancêtre Jehan Gaudet et Marie Daussay.

Ã(U+0089)tienne Hébert et Marie Gaudet ont dix enfants, cinq fils et cinq filles, entre 1651 et 1669, à Port-Royal, en Acadie. Une fille et un fils ont de la descendance qui nous concerne, dans cette généalogie.

Marguerite Hébert est née en 1652, à Port-Royal et devient l�épouse en 1678, de l�ancêtre Jacques-Nicolas LePrince, né en 1646, originaire de St-Malo de Bretagne.

Le fils, Ã(U+0089)tienne Hébert, né jumeau avec Emmanuel, en 1654, épouse en 1678, à Port-Royal, Jeanne Comeau, née en 1662, sÅ(U+0093)ur de Pierre Comeau, dit L�Esturgeon et fille des ancêtres Pierre-Estienne Comeau et Rose Bayol. Ã(U+0089)tienne Hébert et Jeanne Comeau ont huit enfants, six filles et deux garçons, dont Jean-Baptiste Hébert, né en 1692. Jean-Baptiste épouse à Grand-Pré, vers 1711, Jeanne-Anne Boudrot, puis, après le décès de celle-ci, il épouse le 9 janvier 1719, Ã(U+0089)lisabeth Granger, fille de Pierre Granger et Ã(U+0089)lisabeth Guillebourg. Ã(U+0080) la quatrième génération, Honoré Hébert, né en 1738, à Pisiguit, épouse le 4 novembre 1771, Madeleine Prince. Ã(U+0080) la cinquième génération, Jean-Chrysostome Hébert, né en 1779, épouse le 20 avril 1807, à Nicolet, Marie-Anne Héon, née en 1787, à Bécancour. Leur fille, Marie-Zoé Hébert, épouse le 11 janvier 1836, Moïse Boisvert, lien qui se poursuit jusqu�à ma mère, Pierrette Boisvert.

L�ancêtre Estienne Hébert décède en 1670. L�aïeule, Marie Gaudet épouse en secondes noces Dominique Garaut.

La signification du nom Hébert, dérivé en Normandie de Herbert, lui-même issu du nom germanique Hari-Berht, soit de Hari = armée, peuple et de Berht = brillant, illustre.

also...
Source: Volume II, pp. 800-801 Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes Stephen A. White Centre D'Ã(U+0089)tudes Acadiennes

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Category:Acadians
Category: Acadia, Immigrants from France
Category:Port-Royal, Acadie


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| destination = Acadia
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Biography == The Acadian branch of the Hébert family stems from two brothers: Étienne and Antoine.≤ref name=DGFA>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. 798-801.≤/ref>Etienne Hébert was possibly born in France. ≤ref name=origins/> His birth date is unknown as he died before the 1671 Census. His brother was born around 1621. The brothers are often believed to be the sons of Jacques Hebert and Marie Juneau, but this is most likely false. (See discussion above.)

Around 1650, Etienne married Marie Gaudet, daughter of Jean and an unknown mother.≤ref name=DGFA/> According to depositions from his descendents, Antoine came to Acadia with his wife from France.≤ref name=origins>White, Stephen A. Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767 English Translation, Publication: University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online .≤/ref> However, the language does not necessarily mean that they cametogether. Between 1651 and 1670 the couple had 10 children: Marie, Maguerite, Emmanuel, Etienne, Jean, Françoise, Catherine, Martine, Michel, and Antoine.
Etienne died between 1669 and 1671.≤ref name=DGFA/> His wife is listed as a widow in the 1671 Census.≤ref>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.≤blockquote>Marie GAUDET, Widow of Etienne HEBERT, 38, Children (married): Marie 20, Marguerite 19; (not married): Emmanuel 17, Etienne 17, Jean 13, Francoise 10, Catherine 9, Martine 6, Michel 5, Antoine 1; cattle 4, sheep 5.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>

Timeline

:c1621 birth, in France
:1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men≤ref>George MacBeath, Biography – RAZILLY, ISAAC DE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20≤/ref>:1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanently≤refname=mass/>

:c1650 marriage to Marie Gaudet
:c1651 birth, daughter Marie
:c1652 birth, daughter Marguerite
:c1653 birth, son Emmanuel
:c1654 birth, son Etienne
: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>

:c1659 birth, son Jean
:c1661 birth, daughter Françoise
:c1662 birth, daughter Catherine
:c1665 birth, daughter Martine
:c1666 birth, son Michel
: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>

Discussion ==Parentage. There is a debate concerning the parents of the Hébert brothers.≤ref name=DGFASupplement>White, Stephen A. Dictionnaire Gnéalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, Ajouts Et Corrections. Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada: University of Moncton, Centre D'études Acadiennes, 2011. "Ajouts et corrections".≤/ref> According to Godbout, the Hébert brothers may have been the children of Jacques Hebert and Marie Juneau.≤ref>Godbout, Archange. "Origine des Hébert Acadiens," in Mémoires of the Société généalogique canadienne-française, vol. VII (1956), pp. 122-123≤/ref> The evidence supporting this claim is a link between: a) the presence of a Jacques Hébert in Acadia 30 years before the presence of the brothers Etienne and Antoine; and b) the April 15 1688 marriage contract at Quebec (Notary Lecompte; witness Louis Hébert's daughter Marie-Guillemette Hébert) between Françoise Chevalier and a Jacques Hébert from Le Haye in the Touraine parish of Balsesne, who was the son of Jacques and Marie Juneau. Stephen White argues that the connection is tenuous.≤ref name=DGFA/> The name of the Jacques in the aforementioned contract had a surname Habert.Moreover, the presence of the witness Marie-Guillemette Hébert was likely due to the fact that Françoise Chevalier was her servant.

Location of Birth. Stephen White remains silent presumably due to the lack of birth records. In contrast, Massignon ≤ref name=mass>Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. p. 50,47, 38.≤/ref> argues that a number of famillial alliances that existed among the first Acadian settlers PRIOR to their arrival from France points to a common French origin. She believes they lived in the Acadian Governor d'Aulnay's seigneury in France near Loudun (comprising of the villages of Angliers, Aulnay, Martaizé and La Chausée). In the case of the Hébert family, it was allied with the Gaudet through Antoine's marriage to Marie. Marie's sister Francoise was also allied with the LeBLanc family through her marriage to Daniel. Evidence of their marriages in France is found in the Belle-Isle-en-Mer declarations in 1767. Moreover, a certain Jean Gaudet, was censistaire in 1634 on land at Martaizé (Vienne) in the Seigneurie owned by the mother of Acadian governour Charles d'Aulnay. However, Massignon's research failed to find any relevant baptismal or marriage records.
DNA. The French Heritage yDNA project, including Acadian lines, is posted here. Validated ancestral signatures for Acadians including brothers Etienneand Antoine Hébert are found here. As of June 2014, there were results from ten of their descendants including four family trees of Etienne and two family treesof Antoine.
Arrival in Acadia. No evidence has been found supporting the couple's arrival in Acadia. It was certainly before 1671, as Etienne's widow is listed there. Therefore it is not clear how the historical events in Acadia, provided in the timeline below, may have affected Etienne and his family.

Sources

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See Also :*Cormier, Steven. "Hébert Family". Acadians in Gray. accessed at http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-HEBERT.htm. Note thereis a discrepancy in location of marriage of the brothers (Port Royal); source of this info?

• Les Grandes Familles accessed at www.grandesfamilles.org *Arsenault, Bona. Histoire Et Généalogie Des Acadiens. 6 vols. Montreal, Canada: Lemeac, 1978.*Dictionnaire généalogique de l'ancienne Acadie accessed at https://www.francogene.com/dgaa/
• Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600-1900