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Michel De Foret (Forest)

Also Known As: "Michel de Forest", "Michel Forets", "Michel Desforest", "Michel Forrets"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Port-Royal, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]
Death: circa 1730 (54-71)
Acadie, Pisiguit, Colony of Nova Scotia, [British Colony]
Immediate Family:

Son of Michel de Foret and Marie Hébert
Husband of Marie-Madeleine Petitpas and Marie Célestin dit Bellemère
Father of Michel Foret, III; François Foret; Marie Josèphe Le Mire; Jean-Baptiste Michel de Foret; Son de Foret and 5 others
Brother of Geneviève-Gabriel Foret; Pierre de Foret; René Pierre de Foret; Gabrielle de Forest; Marie Foret and 4 others
Half brother of Marguerite Foret

Managed by: Lynn Ann BLANKE
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About Michel De Foret

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Michel Forest, person ID 9QRV-GDV. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: Name: Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);;;

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Michel Forest, person ID 9QRV-GDV. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: Name: Name: Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);;;;

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Michel Forest, person ID 9QRV-GDV.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: Name: Name: Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);;;;

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jean-Baptiste Dupuis, person ID M1RN-BD2. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: Name: Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);;;

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Michel Forest, person ID 9QRV-GDV. 3

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: Name: Name: Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);;;;

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Michel Forest, person ID 9QRV-GDV.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch Name: Name: Name: Name: (https://www.familysearch.org);;;;

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accessed 12 Jun 2018), entry for Jean-Baptiste Dupuis, person ID M1RN-BD2. 3


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FamilySearch: Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909
Michel Forets, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909"
Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5J-1LT

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FamilySearch: Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909
Michel Forest, "Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711-1909"
Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PT-JXS

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
Michel Forest II
Birth  1666 • Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
Death  2 September 1731 • Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Marie Hébert • Michel de Forest
Spouse  Marie Celestin Bellemere • Marie Petitpas
Children  Anne Forest • Brigitte Forest • Forest • Francois Forest • Jacques Forest • Jean Baptiste Forest I • Madeleine Josephe Forest • Magdeleine Forest • Marguerite Forest • Marie Josephe Forest • Michel Forest III • Son Forest

Lead confidence: 5
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1678 Census of Port Royal, Acadia; gives age 3, name not given.

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1701 Acadian Census
Riviere de L'Acension Les Mines:
Michel Forest, his wife, 4 boys, Michael 11, Francois 9, Jean Baptiste 7, son 3, 1 girl, Marie Josephe 5
8 arpents, 12 cattle, 17 sheep, 6 hogs.

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1703 Acadian Census
Les Mines:
Michel Forest, his wife, 2 boys, 4 girls,
3 arms bearer.

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12 children.

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1707 Acadian Census
Les Mines:
Michel Forest, 2 boys 14 or older, 3 younger boys, 1 girl 12 or older, 1 younger girl,
4 arpents, 9 cattle, 8 Sheep, 2 hogs.

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1714 Acadian Census
River of Pisiguit:
Michel Foret and wife, 4 sons, 4 daughters.

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BIRTH & MARRIAGE RECORDED IN LDS INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX REF: ROGER NEWMAN OLYMPIA, WA JULY 1992

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1693 Acadian Census
Les Mines:
Michel Forest 25, Marie Petitpas 24, Children: Michel 3, Francois 1,
10 cattle, 10 sheep, 5 pigs, 4 arpents.

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!BIRTH-PARENTS-CENSUS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Stephen A. White , DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1500-1 800; Univ. of Moncton, Centre d'etudes Acadiennes, 1999; pp . 631 & 638; own copy. #5: !BIRTH-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIR E ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions L emeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 960 (Beaubassin); own copy. Name J ean FOREST, born1677, son of Michel & Marie HEBERT of Por t Royal, Jean married around 1698 to Elizabeth LABARRE; ele ven children. !CENSUS: 1678, Port Royal, Acadia, age 3 years. !CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, age 9 years. !CENSUS: 1693, as Jean LAFOREST, age 15 years, a domestic i n home of Daniel LeBLANC. !CENSUS: 1714, Beaubassin. !MARRIAGE: Jean Baptiste FOREST married Elizabeth LABARRE i n Acadia around 1702? See Jarvis Ahnentafel in FCAGR, vol . 7, no. 2 (Summer 1979).


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Category:Port-Royal, Acadie
Acadian

Biography ==NOTICE: this profile is protected by the Acadian Project because of frequent name misspellings and use of non-standard names. Please contact the Acadian Project before making any substantive changes. Thanks for helping make WikiTree the best site for accurate information.

:Michel de Forest, son of Michel Gereyt de Forest and Marie Hebert, was born about 1667 in Port Royal Acadie. He married Marie Petitpas about May 1669 in Port-Royal. ≤ref>Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999. Copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard; p. 630,:2. a. Michel n v 1667 (Rc PR 1671 4yrs, 1678 12yrs, 1686 19yrs. Rc Les Mines 1693 27yrs); m (1) about 1689 Marie Petitpas (Claude & Catherine Bugaret); m (2) Rg GP 29 oct 1708 Marie Celestin dit Bellemere (Andre & Perrine Basile); d before 2 jJuly 1731.: p. 1295≤/ref> ≤ref>Title: Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748; Author: Diocese of Baton Rouge; Publication: Diocese, 1999. The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from GrandPré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. Personal copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard
:p. 72; Note: Discrepancy in year given, compared to DGFA (1708/1709):Text: Michel FORETS, resident of Pigiguit, widow of Marie PETITPAS (parents not given), married 29 Oct 1709 [sic] Marie BELLEMERE, daughterof André BELLEMERE, deceased & Perrine BASILE, living at Grand Pré.Witnesses: Jacques BELLEMERE; Pierre de FOUNAIS [sic] [signed]; Michel FORRET [groom, signed]; bride made X (SGA-1, 60). Note: Some of the text is from the 1895 transcription, due to very faint entry.≤/ref>

:CENSUS: 1671 Port Royal, Acadia, age 4 years.
:CENSUS: 1678, Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Recensement de Port-Royal," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE; vol. 22, no. 4; p. 230; sent by PERSI in Jun 1999. On verso of Folio 18: In household of Michel FOREST, widower, oldest at age 12 of the four boys. There are also two girls in the household.
:CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, age 19 years, living with father and his father's 13-year-old bride, with 5 siblings.

:CENSUS: 1693, Les Mines, Acadia, age 27 years.

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Michel De Foret's Timeline

1667
1667
Port-Royal, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]
1690
1690
Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada
1692
1692
Pisiguit, NS, Canada
1693
1693
Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia, Canada
1695
1695
Les Mines, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
1697
1697
Pisiguit, Acadie, Canada
1707
1707
1708
1708
Pisiquid, Nova Scotia, Canada