Michel-Rene [Sansoucy] Richard

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  • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 41 years old which estimates birth c.1630.
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  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Richard-74

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The parents for Michel Richard dit Beaupre dit Sansoucy have been misleading. He is listed as having the parents:

• Jean-Andre Richard and Huguette Poirier
• Jean-Andre Richard and Huguette Gougeon
• Andre Richard and Michelle Paulin
• Andre-Guillaume Richard

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The family of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Marie Madeleine BLANCHARD [44814] RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, Michel (.. RICHARD & .. [85669]), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1630 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : from Saintonge according to GAAQ (information not reliable) (Origine : de Saintonge selon GAAQ (information non fiable))

• married about 1656, from Port-Royal (bim 178) (Acadie) BLANCHARD, Marie Madeleine (Jean & Radegonde LAMBERT [84239]), born about 1643 (rec. 1671), died between census 1678 and 1684 Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie) 1) Alexandre, married about 1690 Isabelle PETITPAS 2) Anne, married about 1685 Germain THÉRIAULT 3) Catherine, married about 1678 François BROSSARD puis BROUSSARD 4) Cécile, married about 1692 Pierre FOREST 5) Madeleine, born about 1671 (rec. 1671 : 5 sem.), 1670 (rec. 1678), 1673 (rec. 1686) or 1671 (rec. 1693) Port-Royal (Acadie), died after 1729-07-10 Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles-des-Mines) (Acadie), married before census 1686 Charles BABIN 6) Marguerite, married about 1698 Jean LEBLANC 7) Marie Josèphe, married about 1689 Michel VINCENT 8) Martin, married about 1691 Marguerite BOURG 9) Pierre, married about 1686 Marguerite LANDRY 10) René, married about 1680 Madeleine LANDRY

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The family of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Jeanne BABIN [47428] RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, Michel (.. RICHARD & .. [85669]), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1630 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : from Saintonge according to GAAQ (information not reliable) (Origine : de Saintonge selon GAAQ (information non fiable))

• married about 1683, from .. (Acadie) BABIN, Jeanne (Antoine & Marie MERCIER [85440])

     1) Alexandre, married Port-Royal (Acadie) 1711-12-26 Marie LEVRON

     2) Michel, married Port-Royal (Acadie) 1707-02-25 Agnès BOURGEOIS

http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/047/047428.php

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The family of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Marie Madeleine BLANCHARD [44814] RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, Michel (.. RICHARD & .. [85669]), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1630 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : from Saintonge according to GAAQ (information not reliable) (Origine : de Saintonge selon GAAQ (information non fiable))

• married about 1656, from Port-Royal (bim 178) (Acadie) BLANCHARD, Marie Madeleine (Jean & Radegonde LAMBERT [84239]), born about 1643 (rec. 1671), died between census 1678 and 1684 Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie)

     1) Alexandre, married about 1690 Isabelle PETITPAS

     2) Anne, married about 1685 Germain THÉRIAULT

     3) Catherine, married about 1678 François BROSSARD puis BROUSSARD

     4) Cécile, married about 1692 Pierre FOREST

     5) Madeleine, born about 1671 (rec. 1671 : 5 sem.), 1670 (rec. 1678), 1673 (rec. 1686) or 1671 (rec. 1693) Port-Royal (Acadie), died after 1729-07-10 Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles-des-Mines) (Acadie), married before census 1686 Charles BABIN

     6) Marguerite, married about 1698 Jean LEBLANC

     7) Marie Josèphe, married about 1689 Michel VINCENT

     8) Martin, married about 1691 Marguerite BOURG

     9) Pierre, married about 1686 Marguerite LANDRY

     10) René, married about 1680 Madeleine LANDRY

Bibliographie : Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (White); Acadian Church Records; Déclarations de Belle-Île-en-Mer; Dictionnaire des Acadiens d'Archange Godbout; Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens (Arsenault); http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html; Mémoires (Société généalogique canadienne-française)

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The parents for Michel Richard dit Beaupre dit Sansoucy have been misleading. He is listed as having the parents: Jean-Andre Richard and Huguette Poirier Jean-Andre Richard and Huguette Gougeon Andre Richard and Michelle Paulin Andre-Guillaume Richard

The family of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Marie Madeleine BLANCHARD [44814] RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, Michel (.. RICHARD & .. [85669]), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1630 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : from Saintonge according to GAAQ (information not reliable) (Origine : de Saintonge selon GAAQ (information non fiable))

• married about 1656, from Port-Royal (bim 178) (Acadie) BLANCHARD, Marie Madeleine (Jean & Radegonde LAMBERT [84239]), born about 1643 (rec. 1671), died between census 1678 and 1684 Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie) 1) Alexandre, married about 1690 Isabelle PETITPAS 2) Anne, married about 1685 Germain THÉRIAULT 3) Catherine, married about 1678 François BROSSARD puis BROUSSARD 4) Cécile, married about 1692 Pierre FOREST 5) Madeleine, born about 1671 (rec. 1671 : 5 sem.), 1670 (rec. 1678), 1673 (rec. 1686) or 1671 (rec. 1693) Port-Royal (Acadie), died after 1729-07-10 Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles-des-Mines) (Acadie), married before census 1686 Charles BABIN 6) Marguerite, married about 1698 Jean LEBLANC 7) Marie Josèphe, married about 1689 Michel VINCENT 8) Martin, married about 1691 Marguerite BOURG 9) Pierre, married about 1686 Marguerite LANDRY 10) René, married about 1680 Madeleine LANDRY http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/044/044814.php

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Michel arrived in Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuel LeBorgne and Guilbault around 1652 with St. Mas, the representative of LeBorgne. Michel was first married to Madeleine Blanchard in 1656 at Port Royal. She was born in 1643 at Port Royal, the daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert. The children born to this couple were

Rene, born 1657; Pierre, 1661; Catherine, 1663; Martin, 1665; Alexandre, 1668; Anne and Madeleine, 1670; Marie, 1674; Cecile, 1676; and Marguerite, 1679. Michel remarried in 1683 to Jeanne Babin, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier. Children of the second marriage were

Alexandre, born 1686, and Michel, born 1684. Michel I died in 1687.

Martin , fourth child of Michel and Madeleine, was born in 1665 at Port Royal. Martin married in 1690 at Beaubassin, Acadia, Marguerite Bourg. She was born in 1667 the daughter of Francois Bourg and Marguerite Boudreaux.

Alexander Richard , son of Martin and Marguerite, was born in 1692 at Quebec. Alexander married in 1722 at Beaubassin a Marie Madeleine Thibodeaux. She was born in 1703 the daughter of Jean Pierre Thibodeaux and Marguerite Hebert.

After the Expulsion from Acadia in 1755, Opelousas and the Attakapas District of Louisiana became the chief centers of Richard families in Louisiana during the eighteenth century and remain so today. There the clan was begun by two Richard brothers, Pierre and Victor , sons of Alexander and Madeleine. Pierre came with his wife Marguerite Dugas and children, whereas Victor did not marry until 1772. Both settled as farmers and stockmen in the Bellevue prairies south of Opelousas. Pierre and his six sons were the main forebearers of the Richards of southwest Louisiana, producing far more progency than his brother Victor, who reared only one son.

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Michel arrived in Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuelle Borgne and Guilbeaux in 1652. He was a soldier in the garrison of PortRoyal.

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Michel arrived on the island of Acadia about 1651-52.

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https://familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/5517484 ichard is a common surname in France, so it is not surprising that there were several Richards who came to Acadia: First came Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, born in the Saintonge region of France in c1630. He appeared at Port-Royal in the early as a young soldier in the entourage of Emmanuel Le Borgne de Bélisle. According to one source, Michel's dit was a regimental nickname, Sansoucy, is interpreted as carefree or free of worries. When his term of service ended, he remained in the colony, took up farming, obtained two grants of land from Le Borgne "at some ten to fifteen miles from the fort" on the upper Rivière au Dauphin, now the Annapolis River, and married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1656. He and Madeleine had 10 children, including four sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own. Their six daughters married into the Broussard, Thériot, Babin, Vincent, Forest, and LeBlanc families. Madeleine died by c1683. Michel remarried to Jeanne, daughter of Antoine Babin, at Port-Royal. Jeanne gave the old soldier two more children, both of them sons, also born at Port-Royal, who also created families of their own: Oldest son René dit Beaupré, by his first wife, born in c1657, married Madeleine, daughter of René Landry l'aîné, at Port-Royal in c1680. They had five children, including three sons who married into the Bourgeois, Girouard, and Thériot families. Their daughter married into the Dupuis family. René died at Port-Royal, date unrecorded. Pierre, by his first wife, born in c1661, married Marguerite, another daughter of René Landry l'aîné, at Port-Royal in c1686. By the early 1790s they had moved to the new settlement at Minas. In August 1714, Pierre and his family received permission to settle on French-controlled Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island. Later in the month, Pierre went to the island aboard La Marie Joseph to look at the land there, but he evidently did not like what he saw. Pierre and Marguerite had 10 children, including six sons who married into the Babin, Dugas, Granger, LeBlanc, Hébert, Gautrot, and Comeau families. Their three daughters married into the Dugas, Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Daigre, and Granger families. Martin, by his first wife, born in c1665, married Marguerite, daughter of François Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1691. By the early 1690s he had taken his family to Chignecto, where they also had 10 children, including six sons who married into the Cormier, Thibodeau, Doucet, Comeau, Girouard, and Martin families. Their three daughters married into the Doucet, Caissie, Arseneau, and Cormier families. Martin died probably at Chignecto in c1748, in his early 80s. In 1755, Richards, descendants of both Michel dit Sansoucy and François of Vannes, could be found at Chignecto and Minas, including Pigiguit, but most of them remained in the Annapolis Royal area, formerly Port-Royal, where their family progenitors had settled.

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RICHARD dit SANSOUCY Genealogy; Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was born abt. 1630 in France. and died abt. 1687 in Port Royal, Acadia.; Married (1st) Madeleine BLANCHARD abt. 1656 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Madeleine BLANCHARD was born abt. 1643 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia. She died abt. 1679 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia. d/o Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT.; He married (M2) Jeanne BABIN abt. 1683 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Jeanne BABIN was born abt. 1668 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). She died abt. 1748 in Acadia, Canada (Acadie). d/o Antoine BABIN and Marie MERCIER.; First came Michel Richard 'dit Sansoucy', a young soldier born in the Saintonge region in ca. 1630. He appeared at Port-Royal in the early 1650s in the entourage of Emmanuel Le Borgne de Bélisle. According to one source, Michel's dit was a regimental nickname. When his term of service ended, he remained in the colony, took up farming, obtained two grants of land from Le Borgne "at some ten to fifteen miles from the fort" on the upper Rivière au Dauphin, now the Annapolis River, He married the twelve-year-old daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert in 1656 in Port Royal, Acadia Canada.; He and Madeleine had 10 children, including four sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own. Their six daughters married into the Broussard, Thériot, Babin, Vincent, Forest, and LeBlanc families. Michel dit Sansoucy's wife Madeleine died by c1683, when he remarried to Jeanne, daughter of Antoine Babin, at Port-Royal. Jeanne gave the old soldier two more children, both of them sons, also born at Port-Royal, who also created their own familie.s"; Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was born 1630 in , France. Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was the child of Michel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1652. Pedigree Submission: CB Peters. Originally from the village of Saintonge, France, Richard came to Acadie as part of the expedition of Emmanuel LeBorge and Guilbaut in 1652. ;; https://greenerpasture.com/Ancestors/Details/916 :: FAG BIO: Michel Richard/Michel Richard dit Sansoucy married (1) Madeleine Blanchard in 1656, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:1) Rene (1657-) md Madeleine Landry2) Pierre (1661-) md Marguerite Landry3) Catherine (1663-) md Francois Brossard4) Martin (1665-) md Marguerite-Marie Bourg5) Alexandre (1668-1709) md Isabelle Petitpas6) Madeleine (1670-1729) md Charles Babin7) Marie-Anne (1671-1745) Germain Theriault8) Marie-Josephe (1672-) md Michel Vincent9) Cecile (1672-) md Pierre Forest10) Marguerite (1677-) md Jean LeblancMichel married (2) Jeanne Babin in 1683, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:1) Michel (1684-) Agness Bourgeois2) Alexandre (1686-) Marie LevronAccording to the 1671 census in Port Royal, he owned 15 cows and 14 ewes.; Gravesite Details Father link provided by Robert Comeau. :: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141481201/michel-richard_dit_sa...

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Firstname: Michel Name: Richard Sansoucy Gender: M Occupation: Laboureur Born: 1630 about Parish/City: Country: France Death: 1689 - Age: 59 Parish/City: Port-Royal, Acadie Country: Canada Burial/Source: Genealogie Acadienne Information, Other Kids, Notes, etc. Militaire, Laboureur. Au recensement de 1671 à Port-Royal, il est propriétaire de 15 vaches et de 14 brebis.(genealogie acadienne) Other Marriages of: Michel Richard Jeanne Babin Port-Royal, Acadie

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Michel Richard dit Sansoucy

Definition of sans souci; without worry, free of care

Father Léopold Lanctôt omi says in a book whose title is: FAMILIES ACADIENNES (Volume II), the following: "Pierre Vincent, was born in France in 1631. He came to Acadia, Canada in 1654, with Emmanuel Le Borgne, Sieur du Coudray, merchant of La Rochelle, just supply the colony, where he has business interests. The Châteaufort, armed in war, made available by Le Borgne by his associate, the Duke of Vendome, from La Rochelle 25 March 1654. It carries on board some new settlers, and Pierre Vincent, Michel Richard, laborers, and Pierre Thibodeau, miller . It is also loaded with supplies, weapons and ammunition, whose value amounts to 75,000 pounds ($ 15,000). the ship of 300 tons arrived in Port-Royal in mid-May 1654."

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Notes for Michel Richard dit Sansoucy:
Michel Richard was born in 1630 at Saintonge, near the western coast of France near LaRochelle. Michel arrived in Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuel le Borgne and Guilbeaux in 1652. He was a soldier in the garrison of Port Royal. There are only few
pioneers who transplanted the name Richard to the valley of Saint Laurent. Some carried it directly from France, while others came indirectly from Acadia, after having been deported by the British.

The first to come to Acadie with this name was Michel Richard who was dit Sansoucy, even though his life wouldn't be so "carefree" after all; ("sans souci" is phonetically the same as Sansoucy, which literally means without care or worry, or care free).

It should be noted tha tyou will often see the preposition "about" when dates are used for
our Acadian ancestors. This is because most of the registers from Acadie were reduced to ashes from the torches of the British, and which were remade thanks to the memories of parents, friends and missionaries.

Michel would have arrived before the capture of Port-Royal by Robert Sedgewick, Littoral Commander of New England. He probably participated in the defense of the place. The
region would have to be ruled for the next 16 years under the grip of the Bostoniens. exchanged his sword for an axe when he had obtained two concessions of land in Belleisle, a few miles up the Port Royal River from Port Royal, since no doubt the beauty of the place captured his heart, and shortly thereafter a young girl of twelve years of age would do the same. Michel married Madeleine Blanchard and they would become one of the ancient families of Acadie.

The British restored Acadie to France in 1670. Under British occupation, Michel didn't just fold his arms and do nothing. He cleared fourteen acres of land and owned fifteen heads of cattle and four sheep, and his family consisted of ten children; Rene, Pierre, Catherine, Martin, Alexandre, a pair of twins - Anne and Madeleine, Marie Josephte, Cecile and Madeleine.

When Michel was widowed, he married in 1683, Jeanne Babin, a young girl of fifteen years who was the daughter of Antoine and Marie Mercier. Jeanne was the sister of Charles Babin, the husband of Michel's daughter Madeleine. As such Michel became the brother-in-law of his daughter. Michel and Jeanne had two more children to add to the fold.

The 1755 Deportation dispersed his descendants thoughout North America and there are Richards everywhere on the continent, from Louisiana to the Maritimes. Michel died in 1687 at the age of 57. Some of his children went to several different parts of Louisiana.

Children of Michel Sansoucy and Madeleine Blanchard are:
20 i. Martin Richard, born 1665 in Port Royal, Annapolis Nova Scotia, Acadia Canada; died Abt. 1748 in Beaubassin, Nova Scotia, Cumberland, Acadia, Canada; married Marguerite Bourg.
ii. René Richard dit Beaupre, born 1657 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; died Bef. 1692 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; married Madeleine Landry Abt. 1680 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
iii. Pierre Richard, born 1661 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; married Marguerite Landry Abt. 1686 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
iv. Catherine Richard, born 1663 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; married François Broussard Abt. 1678 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
v. Alexandre Richard, born 1668 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; married Isabelle (Élisabeth) Petitpas Abt. 1690 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
vi. Anne Richard (Twin), born October 1671 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; died May 09, 1745 in Grand Pre, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; married Germain Theriault Abt. 1686 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
vii. Madeleine Richard (Twin), born October 1671 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; married Charles Babin Abt. 1685 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
viii. Marie Josephte Richard, born 1674 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; died October 02, 1709 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; married Michel Vincent 1689 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
ix. Cecile Richard, born 1675 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; married Pierre Forest Abt. 1692 in Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada.
x. Marguerite Richard, born 1677 in Port Royal, Nova scotia, Acadia, Canada; married Jean Leblanc 1698 in Grand-Pre, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; born 1674 in Grand-Pre, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada; died June 10, 1747 in St-Charles-des-Mines, St-Charles-des-Mines, Grand Pre, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Acadia, Canada, Acadia, Canada.

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ID: I819
Name: Michel RICHARD
Given Name: Michel
Surname: Richard
Suffix: dit Sansoucy 1
Name: dit Sansoucy
Given Name: dit Sansoucy
Surname:
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1630 in , , , France 2
Death: 1686/1689 in Port Royal, , , Acadia 3
Reference Number: 514, 1228
Occupation: plowman 1671 3
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Change Date: 21 Sep 2016 at 10:07
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!CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 41 years1, Laborer. Living with wife Magdeleine BLANCHARD age 28 and their 7 children. They have 15 cattle, 14 sheep, and 14 arpents of land in 2 places.

!CENSUS: 1678, Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Recensement de Port-Royal," in MEMOIRES DE LA SOCIETE GENEALOGIQUE CANADIENNE-FRANCAISE; vol. 22, no. 4; p. 235; sent by PERSI in Jun 1999. On verso of Folio 20: there are two entries for Michel RICHARD, 1st with Madelaine BLANCHARD (no children listed), 2nd alone as Michel RICHARD, with four boys age 22 to 10, and five girls ages given 8 to 1 [daughter Catherine is listed nearby with husband Francois BROSSARD].

!CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia [p. 8]. Age 56 years, married to Jeanne BABIN, 18. There are 6 children listed, ages 19 to 2, and 5 who are married [his, obviously]. The youngest, 2-year-old Michel, is their child. The household owns 2 guns, 12 arpens worked land, 16 cattle, 30 sheep, and 8 pigs.

!BIRTH-NAME-IMMIGRATION-MARRIAGES-CHILDREN-DEATH: Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1625-1810; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols.; p. 753 (Port Royal); own copy. Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, born in 1639, originally from the Saintonge [an old province in the west part of France, now largely Charente-Inferieure. Its capital was Saintes]. Michel arrived in Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuel LE BORGNE and de GUILBAULT in 1652 or 1651; he was with sieur de Saint-Mas, representative of LE BORGNE. (Footnote cites Arsenault's own Histoire des Acadiens; and Louis Richard, in the Me'moires de la Socie'te' Ge'ne'alogique Canadienne-Francoise, vol. VI, no 1 (Jan 1954).) Michel married 1st around 1656 to Madeleine BLANCHARD; ten children listed. He married 2nd around 1683 to Jeanne BABIN; two sons. Michel died around 1687; his widow married Laurent DOUCET.

FATHER: E-mail posting on <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> by Kenneth BREAU (breauk@umoncton.ca) on 31 Jul 1998 questioned the attribution of a father for Michel dit Sansoucy RICHARD. His parents are unknown, and not Andre'.

!FATHER: Listed as Andre RICHARD on Ancestor Chart of Arthur O. KOHN, sent in Jan 1995. Also on PAF file of Gerald CARPENTER, sent in Dec 1995. [Where documented? Recheck Bergeron.] Also Andre on Pedigree Chart of Anne D. BABIN sent in Mar 1996.

!FATHER: In GEDCOM file sent by Brunella Walker MARTIN in Oct 1997. Michel RICHARD, born 1630 in Saintonge, France, son of Guillaume & Huguette POIRIER [sic].

!CHILDREN: "Note: Some genealogist including Bona Arsenault [But not listed in Arsenault, H&G, p. 753 with father's family, either.] place a son Michel, second in birth order, born in 1660 and marries Jeanne BABIN" in Acad. Des., vol. 4, p. 344. Not on the 1671 census with rest of family, when age would have been about 10. Probably due to the reluctance to accept Jeanne BABIN's marriage to this Michel, who was 53 when they married, 38 years older than she.

Marriage 1 Madeleine BLANCHARD b: Abt 1643 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Married: Abt 1656 in Port Royal, , , Acadia 4
Change Date: 21 Sep 2016
Children
Has Children Rene RICHARD b: Abt 1657 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Pierre RICHARD b: Abt 1661 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Catherine RICHARD b: Abt 1663 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Martin RICHARD b: Abt 1665 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Alexandre RICHARD b: Abt 1668 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Madeleine RICHARD b: Oct 1671 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Anne RICHARD b: Oct 1671 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Marie Josephe RICHARD b: Abt 1674 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Cecile RICHARD b: Abt 1675 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Marguerite RICHARD b: Abt 1677 in Port Royal, , , Acadia

Marriage 2 Jeanne BABIN b: Abt 1668 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Married: Abt 1683 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Change Date: 22 Apr 2014
Children
Has Children Michel (dit Lafond) RICHARD b: Abt 1684 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Alexandre RICHARD b: Abt 1686 in Port Royal, , , Acadia

Sources:
Abbrev: Richard Genealogy
Title: \i Richard Genealogy\i0.
Publication: arslanmb.org/richard/richard.html
Page: )
Quality: 3
Text: Michel Richard dit Sansoucy arrived in Acadia by the early 1650s, settling in Port-Royal. (Some say that he was a soldier under Emanuel Leborgne. Can anyone provide a primary source to support that?) Shortly after arriving (ca. 1656), he married Magdeleine Blanchard (daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert). They had 10 children: sons Rene, Pierre, Martin, and Alexandre, and daughters Catherine, Anne, Magdelaine, Marie, Cecile, and Marguerite. The daughters married into the Brossard, Terriot, Babin, Vincent, Forest, and Leblanc families, respectively. After Magdeleine Blanchard's death (sometime between 1678 and the early 1680s), Michel remarried to Jeanne Babin (daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier). Michel and Jeanne had two sons of their own: Michel and (another) Alexandre. Michel Richard dit Sansoucy died (probably in Port-Royal) between 1686 and 1693. His widow Jeanne Babin then remarried to Laurent Doucet. The Richard family lived along the Riviere-Dauphin on the right (southeast) bank upstream of Port-Royal.

Several of the children of Michel Richard and Magdeleine Blanchard left Port-Royal (after his death) and moved to Grand-Pre in the Minas Basin (Baie-des-Mines). The descendants of Michel and his two wives remained (for the most part) in Acadia until the French settlers were expelled from that region by the English in the 1750s. While some of the Richard descendants later made their home in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, others settled in Quebec (primarily Nicolet County area), and some went much further abroad to Louisiana and even back to France.
Abbrev: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714
Author: Stephen A. White
Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
Page: p. 1373
Quality: 3
Note: No place of birth or parents listed.
Abbrev: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714
Author: Stephen A. White
Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
Page: p. 1373
Quality: 3
Abbrev: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714
Author: Stephen A. White
Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
Page: p. 1373

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Pedigree Submission: CB Peters. Originally from the village of Saintonge, France, Richard came to Acadie as part of the expedition of Emmanuel LeBorgne and Guilbaut in 1652. In1656 Richard Married Madeleine Blanchard, daughter of Jean Blanchard andRadegonde Lambert. After Madeleine's death in 1681, Richard marriedJeanne Babin, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier.
Michel Richard/Michel Richard dit Sansoucy married (1) Madeleine Blanchard in 1656, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:

1) Rene (1657-) md Madeleine Landry
2) Pierre (1661-) md Marguerite Landry
3) Catherine (1663-) md Francois Brossard
4) Martin (1665-) md Marguerite-Marie Bourg
5) Alexandre (1668-1709) md Isabelle Petitpas
6) Madeleine (1670-1729) md Charles Babin
7) Marie-Anne (1671-1745) Germain Theriault
8) Marie-Josephe (1672-) md Michel Vincent
9) Cecile (1672-) md Pierre Forest
10) Marguerite (1677-) md Jean Leblanc

Michel married (2) Jeanne Babin in 1683, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:

1) Michel (1684-) Agness Bourgeois
2) Alexandre (1686-) Marie Levron

http://greenerpasture.com/Ancestors/Details/916:
Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was born 1630 in , France. Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was the child of

Michel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1652.

He married Madeleine BLANCHARD 1656 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Madeleine BLANCHARD was born 1643 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia . She died 1679 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia . She was the daughter of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT.

He married (2) Jeanne BABIN 1683 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Jeanne BABIN was born abt. 1668 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) . She died 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia . She was the daughter of Antoine BABIN and Marie MERCIER.

Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY died abt. 1687 in Port Royal, Acadia.

additional:
http://www.acadiansingray.com/

"[He bore the surname of Sansoucy, a regimental nickname which confirms in some degree his occupation as a soldier. * * * He became a settler on the Port-Royal River and obtained there two grants at some ten to fifteen miles from the fort, from the new Seigneur, Leborgne ….”

——

Michel Richard dit Sansoucy came from France and married at Port-Royal Madeleine Blanchard, according to Pierre Doucet, husband of his great-granddaughter Marie-Blanche Richard (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, pp. 53-54). Pierre mistakenly called his wife’s great-grandmother Anne, instead of Madeleine, but the 1671 census shows her true given name. Three other depositions confirm the French origin of Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, although two of these attribute the given names of René to him and Marie to his wife, one from his great-grandson Pierre Richard and the other from Joseph LeBlanc dit Le Maigre, on behalf of his son Joseph, whose wife Angélique Daigre was another great-grandchild of the ancestor.. The last deposition, from Pierre Trahan, whose father-in-law’s first wife was Michel Richard’s daughter, provides no given name for the ancestor and does not mention his spouse at all.

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Michel Richard/Michel Richard dit Sansoucy married (1) Madeleine Blanchard in 1656, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:

1) Rene (1657-) md Madeleine Landry
2) Pierre (1661-) md Marguerite Landry
3) Catherine (1663-) md Francois Brossard
4) Martin (1665-) md Marguerite-Marie Bourg
5) Alexandre (1668-1709) md Isabelle Petitpas
6) Madeleine (1670-1729) md Charles Babin
7) Marie-Anne (1671-1745) Germain Theriault
8) Marie-Josephe (1672-) md Michel Vincent
9) Cecile (1672-) md Pierre Forest
10) Marguerite (1677-) md Jean Leblanc

Michel married (2) Jeanne Babin in 1683, in Port-Royal, Acadie. They are the parents of the following:

1) Michel (1684-) Agness Bourgeois
2) Alexandre (1686-) Marie Levron

http://greenerpasture.com/Ancestors/Details/916:
Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was born 1630 in , France. Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY was the child of

Michel was an immigrant to Canada, arriving by 1652.

He married Madeleine BLANCHARD 1656 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 10 children. Madeleine BLANCHARD was born 1643 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia . She died 1679 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia . She was the daughter of Jean-Baptiste BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT.

He married (2) Jeanne BABIN 1683 in Port Royal, Acadia . The couple had (at least) 2 children. Jeanne BABIN was born abt. 1668 in , Acadia, Canada (Acadie) . She died 1714 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada / Port Royal, Acadia . She was the daughter of Antoine BABIN and Marie MERCIER.

Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY died abt. 1687 in Port Royal, Acadia.

additional:
http://www.acadiansingray.com/

"[He bore the surname of Sansoucy, a regimental nickname which confirms in some degree his occupation as a soldier. * * * He became a settler on the Port-Royal River and obtained there two grants at some ten to fifteen miles from the fort, from the new Seigneur, Leborgne ….”

——

Michel Richard dit Sansoucy came from France and married at Port-Royal Madeleine Blanchard, according to Pierre Doucet, husband of his great-granddaughter Marie-Blanche Richard (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, pp. 53-54). Pierre mistakenly called his wife’s great-grandmother Anne, instead of Madeleine, but the 1671 census shows her true given name. Three other depositions confirm the French origin of Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, although two of these attribute the given names of René to him and Marie to his wife, one from his great-grandson Pierre Richard and the other from Joseph LeBlanc dit Le Maigre, on behalf of his son Joseph, whose wife Angélique Daigre was another great-grandchild of the ancestor.. The last deposition, from Pierre Trahan, whose father-in-law’s first wife was Michel Richard’s daughter, provides no given name for the ancestor and does not mention his spouse at all.

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Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, "Find A Grave Index"
Lead confidence: 2
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-36KC

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Michel Richard Sansoucy
Birth  24 January 1630 • Saintonge, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death  1687 • Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Jean Andre Richard • Michelle Poulin
Spouse  Jeanne Babin • Madeleine Blanchard
Children  Alexandre Richard • Alexandre Richard dit Boutin • Anne Richard • Catherine Richard • Cecile Richard • Cecile Richard dit  Sancoucy • Jean Joseph Richard • Madeleine Richard • Marguerite Richard • Marie Josèphe Richard • Marie Richard Sansoucy • Martin Richard • Michel ( Dit Lafond) Richard II • Michel Richard • Pierre Richard • René Richard dit Beaupré

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/L5DD-8DX

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wikiTrees:
michel richard
Birth  1630 • France
Death  1687 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage  1656 • 1683 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Spouse  jeanne madeleine richard blanchard babin
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/649103

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weRelate:
Michel Richard
Birth  1630 • France
Death  1686 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage  1656 • 1683 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Jean André Richard • Michelle Paullin
Spouse  jeanne marie madeleine blanchard babin
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Michel+Richard+%281%29

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Michel Richard Sansoucy
Birth  about 1630 • St Georges, Saint Ange, LaRochelle, Saint Onge, France
Death  about 1689 • Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Lead confidence: 3
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/LYVR-QQ7

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Michel Richard Or Sansolicy
Death  from 1686 to 1689

Lead confidence: 4
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/MYBW-PSL

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wikiTrees:
michel richard
Birth  1630
Death  1687
Parents  unknown richard
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/16726670

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Birthplace also given as France. Marriage also given as 16 56 Port Royal, Acadia, Canada.

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[11221a.ged] Michel Richard (Andre) was

[11221a.ged]
Michel Richard (Andre) was born 1630 in La Saintonge, France3, and diedAbt. 1687 in Port Royal, Acadia4. He married (1) Madeleine M BlanchardAbt. 1656 in Port Royal, Acadia5, daughter of Jean Blanchard andRadegonde Lambert. He married (2) Jeanne Babin Abt. 1683 in Acadia6,daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier.
Notes for Michel Richard: Bona Arsenault, HISTORE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, Volume 2, Port Royal,Page 753. Arrived with expedition of Emmanuel Le Bourne & Guilbaut in1651-2 OR with the Sieur de Saint-Mas in 1649. Michel arrived in Acadieabout 1652 with the expedition of EmmanuelLEBORGNE and of GUILBAUT, or in 1651 with Sieur de SAINT-MAS,representative of Leborgne. He was a soldier in the garrison at the fortin Port Royal. In the 1671 census he is listed as a plowman having 14arpents of cleared land. the 1678 census shows him with Madeleine, foursons and five daughters on 10 arpents. After Madeleine's death, Michelmarried about 1683 Jeanne BABIN and is shown with her in the 1686 census,along with three sonsand three daughters, having 16 horned animals and30 sheep. Michel and Madeleine had 10 children, all born at Port Royal.
The Port Royal Acadian census of 1671, indicates MICHEL RICHARD and wifeMadeleine Blanchard then owned 15 cattle and 14 sheeps. They also wereparents of three (unnamed) daughters, at the time.

Children of Michel Richard and Madeleine Blanchard are:
Rene Richard, born 1657 in Port Royal, Acadia; died 1693 in Port Royal,Acadia. Pierre Richard, born 1661 in Port Royal, Acadia. Catherine Richard, born 1663 in Port Royal, Acadia; died 1755 in PortRoyal, Acadia. Marguerite Richard, born 1664 in Port Royal, Acadia7. Martin Richard, born 1665 in Port Royal, Acadia; died Abt 1748 inBeaubassin, Acadia. Alexandre Richard, born 1668 in Port Royal, Acadia; died October 04, 1709in Port Royal, Acadia. Marie Anne Richard, born 1670 inPort Royal, Acadia; died May 07, 1745. Madeleine Richard, born 1670 in Port Royal, Acadia. Marie Josephe Richard, born 1672 in Port Royal, Acadia; died November 03,1709 in Pisiguit, Acadia. Cecile Richard, born 1676 in Port Royal, Acadia.Marguerite Richard, born 1679 in Port Royal, Acadia; died November 08,1771 in Martinique.
Children of Michel Richard and Jeanne Babin are:
Michel Richard, born 1684 in Port Royal, Acadia. Alexandre Richard, born 1686 in Port Royal, Acadia; died in Port Royal,Acadia.
above From "Steves Ancestry", German-Acadian Coast Genealogy: http://users.erols.com/someday/steve.html
and translated from Robert Rachons internet site "Liste des Patronymes" :
MICHEL RICHARD known as Sansoucy The first of the name Richard come in Acadie is Michel Richard, who isknown as Sansoucy, even if concern marked the frame of its existence. Oneis unaware of in an unquestionable way his place of origin, possibly ofSaintonge. Many registers were irremediably lost in the fire acadianvillages by the English. Michel Richard was born towards 1630 and arrivedinto 1654, as a soldier, little before the catch of Port-Royal. Thecountry is remained during sixteen years under the influence ofBostonnais. He marries in Port-Royal, towards 1656, a twelve year oldgirl, Madeleine Blanchard, girl of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert,one of the most former families of Acadie. They have together tenchildren, whose elder one, Rene Richard, who is known as Beaupr,̌ borninto 1657, weaves the link of descent for us, in this genealogy. In 1670,the English give again Acadie to France. With the census of 1671, theelder one of his sons,Rene Richard, is already 14 years old. This samecensus makes note as Michel Richard, old hardly 41 years, became one ofthe wealthiest inhabitants of Port-Royal, by the number of arpents whichit A emphasized, fourteen, and by the number of animals which fill itscattle sheds: 15 animals with horns and 14 sheep. Rene Richard marriestowards 1680, Madeleine Landry, girl of Rene Landry, the elder one, andof Perrine Bourg. Seven children are born from this union and that whichbindsus to them, it is their son Rene Richard, born into 1688, whichmarries with Port-Royal, in 1712, Marguerite Terriot, girl of ClaudeTerriot and Marie-Louise Gautrot(Gaudreau). The fourth generation isdone by a girl born in 1724, baptized Judith Richard, who marries in1747, Jean-baptiste LePrince, wire of Jean LePrince and Jeanne Blanchard.Then towards 1679, thegrandmother, Madeleine Blanchard die whereas itdid not reach her fortieth year yet. After a widowhood which it prolongsduring more than three years, Michel Richard marries into 1683, in secondwedding, Jeanne Babin, a 15 year old girl, whose parents are hisneighbors. The ancestor, Michel Richard dies into 1687, then JeanneBabin, his widow, marries towards1689, Laurent Doucet, son of GermainDoucet and Marie Landry.
from Lucie LeBlanc Consentino web-page:
RICHARD
Michel Richard was born about 1630. His place of birth is unknown but itis probable that he came to Acadia as a soldier, from when comes his ditname of Sansoucy. He married first to Madeleine Blanchard about 1656 atPort-Royal. She was thedaughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert.They had ten children. After the premature death of Madeleine, Michelmarried a second time to Jeanne Babin about 1683. She was a young girl offifteen whose mother and father, Antoine Babin and Marier Mercier, wereneighbords of Michel. Two other children were born of this second union.

GIVN Michel dit SanSoucy SURN Richard Michel arrived with the expedition of Emmanuel Le Borgne & Moise Guilbaud in 1652 OR with the Sieur de Saint-Mas (Le Bourne's rep) in 1651. Michel was a soldier in the garrison at Fort Port Royal. DATE24 DEC 2000 TIME 00:09:54

Bona Arsenault, HISTORE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS, Volume 2, Port Royal, Page 753. Michel arrived in Acadie about 1652 with the expedition of Emmanuel LEBORGNE and of GUILBAUT, or in 1651 with Sieur de SAINT-MAS, representative of Leborgne. He was a soldier in the garrison at the fort in Port Royal. In the 1671 census he is listed as a plowman having 14 arpents of cleared land. the 1678 census shows him with Madeleine, four sons and five daughters on 10 arpents. After Madeleine's death, Michel married about 1683 Jeanne BABIN and is shown with her in the 1686 census, along with three sons and three daughters, having 16 horned animals and 30 sheep. Michel and Madeleine had 10 children, all born at Port Royal. The Port Royal Acadian census of 1671, indicates MICHEL RICHARD and wife MadeleineBlanchard then owned 15 cattle and 14 sheeps. They also were parents of three (unnamed) daughters, at the time.

Il serait arrive en Acadie avec l'expedition d'Emmanuel LeBorgne et de Guilbault, en 1652 [Voir Bona Arsenault, "histoire des Acadiens", ainsique Louis Richard, dans les "memoires de la Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise", vol. VI, no:1, janvier 1954.], ou l'anneeprecedente, avec le sieur de Saint-Mas, le representant de LeBorgne.

REFN: 231 Il serait arrive en Acadie avec l'expedition d'Emmanuel LeBorgne etde Guilbault, en 1652 [Voir Bona Arsenault, "histoire des Acadiens", ainsi que Louis Richard, dans les "memoires de la Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise",vol. VI, no:1, janvier 1954.], ou l'annee precedente, avec le sieur de Saint-Mas, le representant de LeBorgne.

REFN: 231 Il serait arrive en Acadie avec l'expedition d'Emmanuel LeBorgne etde Guilbault, en 1652 [Voir Bona Arsenault, "histoire des Acadiens", ainsi que Louis Richard, dans les "memoires de la Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise",vol. VI, no:1, janvier 1954.], ou l'annee precedente, avec le sieur de Saint-Mas, le representant de LeBorgne.

The designation "Dit" masculine, or "Ditte" feminine signifies a secondname. Dit name came into being for the purpose of further identification of aperson or family. The designation could be for : Occupation, Description or objectPhysicaldescription Character description Seigneurial of Fief identification MaternalidentificationMilitary Fiefs and seigneuries were granted to individuals with theunderstanding that they would develop the areas granted to them. Farm land would beconceded to colonist called censitataires. Farms were called rotures, and averaged 40to 80 arpents(acres), with some as large as 100 arpents. A farmer with 80arpents was considered to be well-off. The seigneur would collect acens (rent) from his censitataires in repayment for developing the land. Coins were 20 sous=1 livre. Michel Richard bore the surname of Sancousy, the nickname of theregiment, which confirms in part that he was a soldier by profession. Michel Richard obtained two concessions of land someten to twelve milesfrom the fort on the Port Royal river from the Seigneur LeBorgne.
Michel age de 41 ans, sa femme Magdeleine Blanchard agee 28 ans, leurs.Arrived in Acadia about 1652, Recensement de 1671, 1686 (Census of 1671) Religion: arpans Bestes a Comes15, brebis 14, Terre Labourable eten valeur en deux place14

Michel Richard dit Sansoucy remarie a Jeanne Babin, fille de Antoine B. et Marie Mercier, en 1683
Bona Arsenault commet une erreur concernant Michel Richard dnas son livre : "Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens", vol. 2, p. 394: "Jeanne Babin, fille de Antoine et Marie Mercier, epousa Michel Richard,fils de Michel et Mad. Blanchard; eten secondes noces, Laurent Doucet, fils de Germain et Marguerite Landry." Dans le meme livre, p. 753, il dit: "Michel Richard, marie vers 1656 a Madeleine Blanchard et en secondesnoces vers 1683, a Jeanne Babin, fille d'.... Decede vers 1687, sa veuveepousa..."

!Source: Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens Acadiana Genealogical Exchange
!Michel Richard arrived in Acadie 1649 from France

9th Great Grandfather of Alan Lamoureux

• Not listed as a child in Jette. Drouin list parents as here stated.

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!Richard Michel Richard also known as Sansoucy came to Acadia in 1652 at the age of 22. His first wife was Madeleine Blanchard whom he married in 1656 and his second spouse was Jeanne Babin; he married her in 1683. Jean-Baptiste Richard (3rd generation) was deported to Massachusetts. One of his brothers was exiled to Connecticut while their cousins were sent to England. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/acadian/english/eroots/o-z/richard/rich... !Michel RICHARD, 41, wife Madeleine BLANCHARD 28; Children Rene 14, Pierre 10, Martin 6, Alexandre 3, Catherine 8, Anne and Magdeleine 5 weeks; cattle 15, sheep 14. [1671 Census] !It is said that Michel Richard came to Acadia around 1654 from LaRochelle, France, and he was a soldier under the command of the sieur LaBorgne de Belle-Isle. Michel was granted land at Belle-Isle, a few miles from Port Royal. From his marriage to Madeleine Blanchard, he had some 10 children. A second marriage to Jeanne Babin produced 2 more children.

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Citation: Bona Arsenault
Birth and death information from Arsenault, Vol 2, page 753. He arrived in Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuel LeBorgne and Guilbault, in 1652, or the preceeding year, with Lord deSaint-Mas, the representative of LeBorgne (ibid, with cross reference to Arsenault's Histoire des Acadiens and Louis Richard, Memoires de la Societe Genealogique Canadienne-Francaise, vol VI, No. 1, January 1954).

In the 1678 census, he is enumerated without a wife, living on 10 acres with 21 cattle, four boys ages 22, 19, 13, and 10 (born in 1656, 1659, 1665, and 1668, respectively)and five girls ages 8 (twins), 6, 3, and 1 (born in 1670, 1672, 1675, and 1677, respectively). Presumably Madeleine Blanchard had died following the birth of the one year old.

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He came to Acadia in 1652.

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!SOURCES: 1. Pedigree Resource File

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! Richard was also called ("dit") SANSOUCI. In French SANS SOUCI means
without care or care free.
Source: Steve Natalie's website: German - Acadian Coast Genealogy, 2001.

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!INFORMATION: Michel RICHARD & Madeleine BLANCHARD are listed in a book "Acadian Descendants" by Janet B. JOHN - 971.6 D2 PAGES 100 TO 110, copies in possesion of Renee M. EBERT of Las Vegas, NV.. Also listed in a book "Histoire Et Genealogie Des Acadiens" by Bona ARSENAULT, Tome 1, Pages 491 to 492, also in "Les Conseil De La Vie Francaise en Amerique/Quebes", copies in possession of Renee M. EBERT of Las Vegas, NV..

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Biography and sources for Michel Richard dit Sancoucy Wiki Tree
Biography

(version française ci-dessus)

Michel was born around 1630[6] in France. His parents and exact origins are unknown. Andre Richard and Michelle Paullin are a frequently seen theory of Michel's parents, but there is no real evidence to support this or any other theory, due to the loss of many records from this time.

Michel may have arrived in Acadia around 1652 with the expedition of Emmanuel LeBorgne & Guilbaut, or in 1651 with Sieur de Saint-Mas, representative of LeBorgne. He was a soldier in the garrison at the fort in Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada).[3][1]

Within two years of Michel's arrival, Port-Royal was captured by Robert Sedgwick, who led 300 British soldiers and volunteers.[7]:

"The [French] soldiers at Port-Royal, who numbered about 130 … put up a brief defence against Sedgwick. Setting up an ambush between the landing site of the English troops and the fort, the Frenchmen fired on the attackers but proved no match for the experienced Roundheads. The French soon "took their heels to ye Fort." On August 16 the fort surrendered... Sedgwick granted honourable terms, allowing the defenders to march out of the fort with flags flying, drums beating, and muskets at the ready. The soldiers and employees working at the fort were offered transportation back to France and given enough pelts to cover their wages."[4]

Although the commander of Port Royal left for France, most Acadians, including Michel Richard, remained in Acadia. They were permitted to retain their land and belongings and were guaranteed religiousfreedom.[4]

Two years later (around 1656[8]), Michel married Madeleine Blanchard in Port-Royal.[1] Over the next 20 years, they raised 10 children: René, Pierre, Catherine, Martin, Alexandre, twins Anne and Madeleine, Marie Josephe, Cecile, and Marguerite. 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 Royal area in 1665."

By the time Michel's and Madeleine's twins were born, the British had ceded Acadia to France and French settlement resumed.[9] The Richard family homestead was located on the south shore of the Dauphin (Port Royal) River about 10 to 15 miles east of the Fort.[1][10][11] In 1671,[12] 14 arpents of their land holdings were cultivated (close to 12 acres).[13]. This acreage was fairly large for the settlement. Of the 56 households reporting cultivated land, only 12 had 10 or more arpents. The family also had 15 cattle and 14 sheep.

Sometime between 1678 and 1683, Madeleine died.[14]

Michel married Jeanne Babin in Port-Royal around 1683.[15] At this time, he was about 53 years old, and Jeanne was about 16. They had two children, Michel and Alexandre.

Michel died sometime between the 1686 and 1689.[5] He left a profound legacy. His sons and grandsons would generate one of the largest Acadian families [3]. His daughters and granddaughters would marry into other large Acadian families including the LeBlanc, Arsenau, Cormier, Broussard, Doucet, Landry, Savoie, Theriot, Daigle, Thibodeau, Bourgeois, Breau, Doiron, Cassie, Dupuis, Babin, Dugas, Vincent, Forest, Granger, Bastarache, Lanoue, and Raymond.

Timeline

c1630 Birth, in France

1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men[16]
1636 D'Aulnay brings the first French families to settle permanently[3][4]

c1652 Arrival in Acadia

1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases[17]

c1656 Marriage to Madeleine Blanchard, Port-Royal
c1657 Birth of son, René
c1662 Birth of son, Pierre
c1663 Birth of daughter, Catherine
c1665 Birth of son, Martin
c1668 Birth of son, Alexandre

1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes[18]

1671 Birth of twin daughters, Anne and Madeleine
1671 Residence, Port-Royal
c1674 Birth of daughter, Marie Josephe
c1675 Birth of daughter, Cecile
c1677 Birth of daughter, Marguerite
c1678-1683 Death of wife, Madeleine Blanchard
c1683 Marriage to Jeanne Babin
c1684 Birth of son, Michel
1686 Residence, Port-Royal
c1686 Birth of son, Alexandre
c1688 Death, in Port-Royal, Acadia

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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, p1373-1375.
↑ 2.0 2.1 White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des "Retrouvailles 94", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). (Richard)
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes, p32 first French families in Acadia; p44(Richard family); p42-68(size of families).
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 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).
↑ 5.0 5.1 Michel was alive in the 1686 Census. His widow Jeanne Babin married Laurent Doucet around 1689 (based on birth of their first child, Pierre, who was three years old in the 1693 Census.
↑ Based on age in 1671 and 1686 censuses.
↑ William I. Roberts, 3rd, "SEDGWICK, ROBERT," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 20, 2013
↑ Based on birth of oldest child, René.
↑ In collaboration, "MORILLON DU BOURG," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 20, 2013
↑ 1707 homestead location of their son Alexandre Richard. In Au Coeur de l'Acadie Acadian Settlement on the Annapolis River 1707 Map Parks Canada
↑ Circa 1609 Map of Port Royal showing rivière du Dauphin. Map originally published in Canada: the Empire of the North by Agnes C. Laut
↑ Charles Trahan's translations adding land holdings to 1671 Census
↑ )Statistics Canada defines an arpent as 0.845 acres. According to Clark (Clark, Andrew Hill, Acadia: The Geography of Early Nova Scotia to 1760. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1968, p 87): "The arpent was a basic French unit of land measurement, both linear and areal, but its size at the time is uncertain. In length, 200 feet may be a rough equivalent for an arpent in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; it was later standardized to 192 feet. An areal arpent may have been something less than an acre (the usual equivalent was .845 acres) although it has been given the equivalentof as much as an acre and a half in some twentieth century definitions."
↑ Based on the fact that Madeleine was still alive as of the 1678 census, and Michel remarried around 1683.
↑ Based on birth of their first child, Michel.
↑ George MacBeath, Biography - RAZILLY, ISAAC DE - Volume I (1000-1700) - Dictionary of Canadian Biography Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 20
↑ William I. Roberts, 3rd, "SEDGWICK, ROBERT," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 20, 2013
↑ In collaboration, "MORILLON DU BOURG," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003-, accessed November 20, 2013

1671 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Michel RICHARD, farmer, 41, his wife Madeleine BLANCHARD 28; their seven children: Rene 14, Pierre 10, Martin 6, Alexandre 3, Catherine 8, twins Anne and Magdeleine 5 weeks; cattle 15, sheep 14, 14 arpents of land.

1678 Acadian Census at Port Royal (Michel listed twice): Michel Richard & Madeleine Blanchard / Michel Richard; 10 acres 21 cattle; 4 boys: 22 1656; 19 1659; 13 1665; 10 1668; 5 girls: 8 1670; 8 1670;6 1672; 3 1675; 1 1677.

1686 Acadian Census at Port Royal: Michel RICHARD 56, Jeanne BABIN 18; Children (the first 5 are from a previous marriage to Magdeleine BLANCHARD): Martin 19, Alexandre 17, Marie 12, Cecille 10, Marguerite 7, Michel 2, and 5 others who are married; 2 guns, 12 arpents, 16 cattle. 30 sheep, 8 hogs.

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, p1373.

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2nd Wife Jeanne Babin (1683 ) 2 children

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He got married in 1657 at Port Royal, NS, Canada.

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An Acadian Pedigree by J. Cleveland Fruge 1972.
Ar. page 491.
1. birth, and place, marriage, death, children found at ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/family.aspx?tid=844715&pid=-2040148436...

2. place of marriage at http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp is Saintenge, France middle name also found here (dit Sansoucy)

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French Settlement in Port-Royal, Acadia Michel Richard dit Sansoucy was on first settlers of a French colony in the land of Acadia which is now known as Nova Scotia. Michel and his first wife, Madeleine Blanchard settled in Acadia in the mid-1600's. Two websites were found with history on the Richard surname and Richard Genealogy which are: http://www.acadian-cajun.com/richard.htm and http://arslanmb.org/richard/richard.html. I have attached printouts for each website under documents.

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Explanation of the dit name "The dit name (in French nom-dit [n%C9%94~ di]) was a common French Canadian custom by which families often adopted an alternate surname.[1] The practice lasted until the 19th century.[1] The dit name poses challenges for genealogists confronted with different surnames in different documents, particularly if they are not familiar with the custom.[1] Dit and the feminine formdite translate as "called" and are the past participle of the French word dire "to say". A name such as Adolphe Guillet dit Tourangeau can translate as "Adolphe Guillet, called Tourangeau", where both "Guillet" and "Tourangeau" are used as surnames, sometimes together and sometimes individually in different situations.[1] The dit name carried the same legal weight as the original family name withregard to land transfers and the naming of children.[2] Dit names were chosen for a variety of reasons, such as distinguishing one family from another nearby family with the same surname, or allowingan adopted child to retain both their birth and adopted family names. A family's dit name often derived from a personal attribute, place of origin, or profession.[3] For example, an immigrant to New France from Paris might receive the dit name Parisien, and a person who worked as a blacksmith might receive the dit name Lefebvre. It originated in the military, where those with the same name adopted noms de guerre to distinguish themselves. Children often adopted the dit name, sometimes dropping the original family name. Sometimes some of the children chose to take only the family name and others only the dit name.[4]" Source: Wikipedia

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}}Michel Richard was born around 1630≤ref>Based on age in 1671 and1686 censuses.≤/ref> in France.≤ref name=DGFA>Stephen A. White, Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes, (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999) p. 1373.
≤/ref>His parents and exact place of birth in France are unknown. Andre Richard and Michelle Paullin are a frequently seen theory of Michel's parents, but there is no real evidence to support this or any other theory, due to the loss of many records fromthis time.
Michel may have arrived in Acadia around 1652 with the expedition of Emmanuel LeBorgne & Guilbaut, or in 1651 with Sieur de Saint-Mas, representative of LeBorgne. He was a soldier in the garrison at the fort in Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia,Canada).≤ref name=mass> Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. p.32 first French families in Acadia; p.44 (Richard family); p.42-68 (size of families).
≤/ref>
Within two years of Michel's arrival, Port-Royal was captured by Robert Sedgwick, who led 300 British soldiers and volunteers.≤ref name=Sedgwick>William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1 (University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003)–, accessed November 20, 2013
≤/ref>
≤blockquote>The [French] soldiers at Port-Royal, who numbered about 130 … put upa brief defence against Sedgwick. Setting up an ambush between the landing site of the English troops and the fort, the Frenchmen fired on the attackers but proved no match for the experienced Roundheads. The French soon "took their heels to ye Fort." On August 16 the fort surrendered... Sedgwick granted honourable terms, allowing the defenders tomarch out of the fort with flags flying, drums beating, and muskets at the ready. The soldiers and employees working at the fort were offered transportation back to France and given enough pelts to cover theirwages.≤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> ≤/blockquote>
Although the commander of Port Royal left for France, most Acadians, including Michel Richard, remained in Acadia. They were permitted to retain their land and belongings and were guaranteed religious freedom.≤ref name=Dunn/>
Two years later, around 1656≤ref>Based on birth of oldest child, Ren%C3%A9.
≤/ref> Michel married Madeleine Blanchard in Port-Royal.≤refname=DGFA/> Over the next 20 years, they raised 10 children: René, Pierre, Catherine, Martin, Alexandre, twins Anne and Madeleine, Marie Josephe, Cecile, and Marguerite. Dunn describes life in Acadia during the 16 years of nominal British rule:
≤blockquote>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 saltmarshes 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 produceand furs... There were seventy to eighty families in the Port Royal area in 1665.≤ref name=Dunn />≤/blockquote>
By the time Michel's and Madeleine's twins were born, the British had ceded Acadia to France and French settlement resumed.≤ref name=Morillon>In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1 (University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003)–, accessed November 20, 2013
≤/ref>The Richard family homestead was located on the south shore of the Dauphin (Port Royal) River about 10 to 15 miles east of the Fort.≤ref name=DGFA/>≤ref name=homestead>1707 homestead location of their son Alexandre Richard. In Au Coeur de l'Acadie Acadian Settlement on the Annapolis River 1707 Map Parks Canada≤/ref>≤refname=Dauphin>Circa 1609 Map of Port Royal showing rivière du Dauphin. Map originally published in Canada: the Empire of the North by Agnes C. Laut
≤/ref> In 1671≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can befound at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.≤blockquote>Michel RICHARD, farmer, 41, his wife Madeleine BLANCHARD 28; their sevenchildren: Rene 14, Pierre 10, Martin 6, Alexandre 3, Catherine 8, twins Anne and Magdeleine 5 weeks; cattle 15, sheep 14, 14 arpents of land.≤/blockquote>
≤/ref>14 arpents of their land holdings were cultivated (close to 12 acres).≤ref name=arpent>Statistics Canada defines an arpent as 0.845 acres. According to Clark (Clark, Andrew Hill, Acadia: The Geography of Early Nova Scotia to 1760 (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1968), p 87: "The arpent was a basic French unit of land measurement, both linear and areal, but its size at the time is uncertain. In length, 200 feet may be a rough equivalent for an arpent in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; it was later standardized to 192 feet. An areal arpent may have been something less than an acre (the usual equivalent was .845 acres) although it has been given the equivalent of as much as anacre and a half in some twentieth century definitions."
≤/ref> This acreage was fairly large for the settlement. Of the 56 householdsreporting cultivated land, only 12 had 10 or more arpents. The familyalso had 15 cattle and 14 sheep. These land holdings varied between 1678 and 1686.≤ref>Tim Hebert, 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census, noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census≤blockquote>(Michel listed twice): Michel Richard & Madeleine Blanchard / Michel Richard; 10 acres 21 cattle; 4 boys: 22 1656; 19 1659; 13 1665; 10 1668; 5 girls: 8 1670; 8 1670; 6 1672; 3 1675; 1 1677≤/blockquote>
≤/ref>≤ref>Tim Hebert, "Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census at Port-Royal, Acadie" 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 15-60.≤blockquote>Michel RICHARD 56, Jeanne BABIN 18; Children (the first 5 are probably from a previous marriage to Magdeleine BLANCHARD): Martin 19, Alexandre 17, Marie12, Cecille 10, Marguerite 7, Michel 2, and 5 others who are married;2 guns, 12 arpents, 16 cattle. 30 sheep, 8 hogs.≤/blockquote>
≤/ref>
Sometime between 1678 and 1683, Madeleine died.≤ref>Based on the fact that Madeleine was still alive as of the 1678 census, and Michel remarried around 1683.≤/ref>
Michel married Jeanne Babin in Port-Royal around 1683.≤ref name=DGFA/>≤ref>
Based on birth of their first child, Michel.
≤/ref>At this time, he was about 53 years old, and Jeanne was about 16. They had two children, Michel and Alexandre.
Michel died sometime between the 1686 and 1689.≤ref name=DGFA/>≤ref name=death>Michel was alive in the 1686 Census. His widow Jeanne Babin married Laurent Doucet around 1689 (based on birth of their first child, Pierre, who was three years old in the 1693 Census.
≤/ref>
He left a profound legacy. His sons and grandsons would generate oneof the largest Acadian families.≤ref name=mass/> His daughters and granddaughters would marry into other large Acadian families, including the LeBlanc, Arsenau, Cormier, Broussard, Doucet, Landry, Savoie, Theriot, Daigle, Thibodeau, Bourgeois, Breau, Doiron, Cassie, Dupuis, Babin, Dugas, Vincent, Forest, Granger, Bastarache, Lanoue, and Raymond.

Burial

Garrison Graveyard in
Annapolis Royal, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada

Timeline

:c1630 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 D'Aulnay brings the first French families to settle permanently≤ref name=mass/>≤ref name=Dunn/>

:c1652 Arrival in Acadia
:1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases ≤ref name=Sedgwick/>:c1656 Marriage to Madeleine Blanchard, Port-Royal
:c1657 Birth of son, Ren%C3%A9
:c1662 Birth of son, Pierre
:c1663 Birth of daughter, Catherine
:c1665 Birth of son, Martin
:c1668 Birth of son, Alexandre
:1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes≤ref name=Morillon/>
:1671 Birth of twin daughters, Anne and Madeleine
:1671 Residence, Port-Royal
:c1674 Birth of daughter, Marie Josephe
:c1675 Birth of daughter, Cecile
:c1677 Birth of daughter, Marguerite
:c1678-1683 Death of wife, Madeleine Blanchard
:c1683 Marriage to Jeanne Babin
:c1684 Birth of son, Michel
:1686 Residence, Port-Royal
:c1686 Birth of son, Alexandre
:c1688 Death, in Port-Royal, Acadia

Biographie==Michel Richard est né vers 1630 en France.≤ref name=DGFA/> "Nous ignorons son lieu d'origine, mais il est probable qu'il soit venu en Acadie en tant que militaire, d'où son sobriquet de Sansoucy."≤ref name=SW94>White, Stephen A. La généalogie des trente-sept familles hôtesses des ""Retrouvailles 94"", Les Cahiers de la Société historique acadienne, vol. 25, nos 2 et 3 (1994). RICHARD, 37 Families≤/ref> Ce surnom fait penser qu’il s’agit d’un soldat de la garnison du fort. Un de ses descendantscroit qu’il serait venu avec l’expédition de Le Borgne et Guillebeau, en 1652.≤ref name=mass/>

Lorsque Port-Royal a été capturé par les Britanniques le 16 Août 1654, le commandant de Port-Royal, a quitté pour la France. Michel estresté à Port-Royal comme la plupart des Acadiens.≤ref name=Dunn/> Ils ont été autorisés à conserver leurs terres et leurs biens et ont été garantis la liberté religieuse.≤ref name=Dunn/>
Vers 1656, Michel épousa Madeleine Blanchard, fille de Jean Blanchardet de Radegonde Lambert à Port-Royal.≤ref name=DGFA/> Le couple a eu 10 enfants: René, Pierre, Catherine, Martin, Alexandre, les jumeauxAnne et Madeleine, Marie Josephe, Cecile, et Marguerite.≤ref name=DGFA/>
"Après le décès prématuré de Madeleine, Michel contracta un second mariage vers 1683 avec Jeanne Babin, une jeune fille âgée de quinze ans, dont les père et mère étaient ses voisins; Antoine Babin et Marie Mercier. Deux autres enfants [Michel, Alexandre] sont issus de cette deuxième union."≤ref name=SW94/>
Michel est mort entre 1686 et 1689.≤ref name=death/> Les petit-fils de Michel qui se sont mariés ont eut des grandes familles qui ont assuré que le nom Richard est aujourd'hui un des plus commun en Acadie≤ref name=mass/>. Ses filles et petites-filles se marieraient dans d’autres grande familles acadiennes, y compris LeBlanc, Arsenau, Cormier, Broussard, Doucet, Landry, Savoie, Theriot, Daigle, Thibodeau, Bourgeois, Breau, Doiron, Cassie, Dupuis, Babin, Dugas, Vincent, Forest, Granger, Bastarache, Lanoue, and Raymond.

Sources

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• Familles Richard
• Michel Richard on Nos Origines
• MichelRichard on FamilySearch Family Tree (Caution: His profile there has a lot of incorrect information.)
• Added by Catherine Olmstead

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141481201/michel-richard_dit_sa...