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About René Bernard le Jeune
Établi à Beaubassin. On le dit "sans doute" le fils d'André...
René Bernard was born around 1663. His origins are unknown (see Discussion below).
René's arrival in Acadia is unknown, but he was there around 1698 when he married Madeleine Doucet, daughter of Pierre Doucet and Henriette Pelletret. Between about 1690 and after 1703, the couple had eight children: René, Joseph, Marie, Jean-Baptiste, Anne, Marguerite, Joseph and Michel.
The family settled in Beaubassin (Amherst Nova Scotia Canada), as they are listed in the Acadian Census of 1693, 1698, 1700, 1701, 1703, and 1707 (see details in Sources).
René and Madeleine would likely have been affected by two wars between France and England: 1687-1697 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War); and, 1702-1713 War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War).[1][2] During that period, the family would have witnessed the effects of two English raids at Beaubassin by Benjamin Church.
In 1696, around the time of the birth of their son Jean Baptiste, Benjamin Church's raid lasted 9 days. Once the English ships were seen, the inhabitants fled, carrying their more valuable possessions. Church recorded that the settlers’ ”cattle sheep, hogs, and dogs” were left ”lying dead about their houses, chopped and hacked with hatches". The church and some of the houses were also burnt.[1]
The second raid took place in 1702:
"The Acadians were in arms and an indecisive skirmish ensued. After the Acadians retreated into the woods, Church and his men found that the inhabitants had removed as much of their household and farm goods as possible. Church set the buildings on fire... and killed about 100 cattle before leaving to return to Boston" [1]The year before the birth of their last child, the family would have witnessed the effects of the Church's 1696 raid of Beaubassin. Once the English ships were seen, the inhabitants fled, carrying their more valuable possessions. In Beaubassin, the church was burned along with some houses and animals were slaughtered. By 1707, the family's farm appeared to have been restored, based on their cultivated land and livestock: 8 arpents of cultiv ated land, 15 cattle, 12 sheep, 9 hogs.
Sadly, René died in his forties after the 1707 Census, possibly at Beaubassin. His wife Madeleine remarried around 1709. Although he died, young he became the Ancestral partriarch of a large number of Acadian descendants, notably in Gaspésie Québec [3]and Louisianna.
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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 Rene Bernard, person ID L83X-Y4R. 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 Rene Bernard, person ID L83X-Y4R.
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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 Rene Bernard, person ID L83X-Y4R. 3
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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 Rene Bernard, person ID L83X-Y4R. 3
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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 Rene Bernard, person ID L83X-Y4R. 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 Rene Bernard, person ID L83X-Y4R. 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 Rene Bernard, person ID L83X-Y4R.
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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 Rene Bernard, person ID L83X-Y4R. 3
Possibly duplicate of René Bernard le Jeune
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@R703549614@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
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Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=159754148&pi...
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René Bernard le Jeune's Timeline
| 1663 |
1663
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Port-Royal, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]
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| 1690 |
1690
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Beaubassin, Port-Royal, Acadie (New Brunswick, Canada
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| 1692 |
1692
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| 1693 |
1693
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Beaubassin, Acadie, New France
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| 1697 |
November 5, 1697
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Beaubassin, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]
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1701
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Fonclaireau, Angouleme, Angoumois, France
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1703
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Beaubassin, Port-Royal, Acadie, Canada
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1703
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Chignecto, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada
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1707
Age 44
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Beaubassin, Acadie, [Nouvelle-France]
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