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Guillaume Trahan
Born about 1601 in Montreuil-Bellay, Anjou, Francemap [uncertain]
Son of Nicolas Trahan and Renée Desloges
Brother of Anne Trahan, Nicolas Trahan, François Trahan, Renee Trahan and Lucrece Trahan
Husband of Françoise Corbineau — married 13 Jul 1627 in Chinon, Touraine, Francemap
Husband of Madeleine Brun — married about 1666 in Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Jeanne Trahan, Unknown Trahan, Guillaume Trahan, Jean Charles Trahan, Alexandre Joseph Trahan, Marie Trahan, Unknown Trahan, Marie-Jehanne Trahan and Madeleine Trahan
Died before 1685 before about age 84 in Port Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-Francemap [uncertain]
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Biography
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Guillaume Trahan migrated from France to Acadia.
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Guillaume Trahan is the Ancestral Patriarch of the Acadian Trahan Family.
Guillaume Trahan was born in France about 1601 to parents Nicolas Trahan and Marie Renée Desloges. His precise place of birth is not noted in the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes (DGFA)[1]. Guillaum's later record as a passenger aboard the Saint-Jehan, on which he travelled from France to Acadie in 1636, lists him among laborers coming from Bourgueil (in Anjou currently Indre-et-Loire), along with his wife and two children[2] - but sources indicate that he and his parents were from Montreuil-Bellay (which was also in Anjou but currently Maine-et-Loire), around 20km southwest of Bourgueil. [3] [4] [5]
When Guillaume was 26, he married Françoise Corbineau on 13 July 1627 at the church of Saint-Étiennne in Chinon, Touraine (today Indre-et-Loire) France. [6] They had two children, Jeanne and a child whose name is not identified.[1]
The family was on the ship's roster of the ship Saint-Jehan bound for Acadia on 1 April 1636: "Guillaume Trahan, an edge-tool maker, with his wife and two children, and a valet, also from Bourgeuil".[2] [7]
Guillaume eventually owned a lot adjoining the side of the old Fort at Port-Royal (Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia). It is not clear how long the family lived there. It was expropriated in 1705 to extend the Fort in Port-Royal).[7] [8]
In 1654, Guillaume was a syndic during the capture of Port-Royal by the British. In August of that year it was captured by Robert Sedgwick, who led 300 British soldiers and volunteers:
The 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. The articles of capitulation were signed abord Sedgwick's ship Auguste, anchored opposite the fort. Sedgwick granted honourable terms , allowing the defenders to march out of the fort with flags flying, drums beating, and muskets at the ready. ... The capture of Port-Royal obviously had an impact on the French settlement that had grown up around the fort. During the attack Sedgwicks men had slaughtered the settlers' livestock. By the terms of the capitulation, which Guillaume Trahan signed on their behalf, the settlers were offered a ship to return to France. Those who chose to remain were permitted to retain their land and belongings and were guaranteed religious freedom"[8]
Guillaume and his family remained in Port-Royal, as did most Acadians.[8]
Around 1666, when Guillaume was 65 years old, he married a second time. His bride was 21 year old Madeleine Brun, daughter of Vincent Brun and Renée Breau. Between about 1667 and 1678, the couple had seven children: Guillaume, Jean-Charles, Alexandre, Marie, daughter unknown, Jeanne, and Madeleine.[1]
The 1671 census of Port-Royal shows that Guillaume, age 60 (sic) and Madeleine, 25 have 3 sons living at home, age 1 to 4. They own 8 heads of cattle, 10 sheep and 5 "arpents" of land.[9]
Seven years later the Trahan household in Port-Royal has 3 boys and 3 girls.[10]
Guillaume died in Port-Royal before the end of 1684.[1]
Timeline
c1601 Birth, France
c1627 Marriage, to Françoise Corbineau
c1629 Birth, daughter, Jeanne
a1629 Birth, child Unknown Trahan
1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men[11]
1636 Arrival of the first families to settle permanently[12]
1636 Arrival, Trahan family, Acadia
1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases[13]
1654 As syndic, Guillaume signs the terms of capitulation on behalf of the settlers
c1666 Marriage, to Marie Madeleine Brun
1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes[14]
c1667 Birth, son Guillaume Trahan
c1668 Birth, son Jean Charles Trahan
c1670 Birth, son Alexandre Trahan
1671 Residence, in Port-Royal
c1672 Birth, daughter Marie Anne Trahan
c1673 Birth, child Unknown Trahan
c1674 Birth, daughter Jeanne
1678 Residence, in Port-Royal
c1678 Birth, daughter Anne Magdaleine Trahan
before end 1684 Death, Port Royal
Sources
? 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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. 1535-1537
? 2.0 2.1 Passagers du Saint Jehan 1636
? Genevieve Massignon, "Les Trahan d'Acadie," in CAHIER DE LA SOCIETY HISTORIQUE ACADIENNE; no. 4 (1964);
Guillaume TRAHAN, born around 1611, probably at Montreuil-Bellay (at present in Maine-et-Loire), France. He married 1st around 1630 to Francoise CHARBONNEAU, daughter Jeanne born around 1631. He embarked for Acadia on the "Saint-Jehan" in 1636. Married 2nd to Madeleine BRUN around 1666; six children
Karen Theriot Reader Guillaume TRAHAN
? Massignon, Genevieve. (translated by Pearl Mary Segura). The Trahans of Acadia. Attakapas Gazette, Vol 23, Fall 1988. p 116. Available online at archive.org: The Trahans of Acadia
? Arsenault, Bona. Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens: 1625-1810. Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, 6 vols. p. 816 (Port-Royal) cited by Karen Theriot Reader Guillaume TRAHAN
? 1627 Marriage Record Collection communale. Baptêmes, sépultures, 1622-1632 - Célébration du mariage de Guillaume Trahan et Françoise Corbineau le 13 juillet 1627 qui ont émigré en Acadie.6NUM7/072/018, Archives d'Indre-et-Loire (Image 180/230)
? 7.0 7.1 White, Stephen A. English Supplement to the Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, New Brunswick. Centre d'Études Acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 2000, p 4
? 8.0 8.1 8.2 Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p 21-25(Death of D'Aulnay; 1654 Capture of Port-Royal) p 53-56(Delebat Fort and Local Landowners)
? 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 :
Guillaume TRAHAN, 60 [sic], his wife Madelaine BRUN 25; Children: Guillaume 4, Jehan-Charles 3, Alexandre 1; cattle 8, sheep 10, 5 arpents of land.
? 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:
Guillaume Trahan, Madelenne Brun, 4 acres, 6 cattle, 3 boys 10-1668, 8-1670, 7-1670; 3 girls 6-1672, 5-1673, 4-1674.
? George MacBeath, Biography – RAZILLY, ISAAC DE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20
? Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes.
? 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
See Also :
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.
Pierre JOAN (Pierre(dit Joan dit Larivière) Bézier) 60, Magdelaine BRIN [Brun] his wife 47; children by her first marriage (to Guillaume Trahan): Guillaume 19, Jean 17, Jean-Charles 15, Jeanne 12, Magdelaine 9, Marie 14; (children with Pierre) Susanne Joan 2 months; 2 guns, 8 arpents, 10 cattle, 10 sheep.
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