Marie Pesseley married Jean Pitre around 1665 when Acadia was still under English occupation. She had eleven children and she lost her husband of over twenty years.
From the 1686 Census where she was listed as being 45, we know that Marie Pesseley was born around 1641, probably in Acadia. She is the daughter of Isaac Pesseley and Barbe Bajolet.
Although there is no doubt that life as a widow with eleven children would have been difficult for Marie, she would not remain a widow for too long as she is listed in the 1693 Census as being married to François Robin. Many of her children appear to still be living with her including Claude the eldest at 22 and Francois Pitre our ancestor, said to be 11.
Ten years later, in the 1703 Census, François Robin and his wife, Marie Pesseley are still living together but with no children. Marie shows up as the Widow Robin in the 1707 census. Her last year, as she dies on December 26, 1707. She would have been 66 years old.
According to Archange Godbout, Marie's father Isaac Pesseley was from the French Comté of Champagne in France. This first husband of Barbe was a Merchant from Piney. Isaac Pesseley was married to Barbe Bajolet, also Champenoise and daughter of Antoine Bajolet, First mule-driver of Queen Marie de Médicis and of Jeanne Beaudinet. Source:
Isaac Pesseley and Barbe Bajolet are believed to have married in 1629 based on the fact that in October 1630 they baptized their first child Etienne. In 1633 one finds the birth of Marguerite; then in 1634 that of Perrette.
Isaac Pesseley was on the list of passengers of the St-Jehan departing for Acadia in 1636. Under the governorship of Sieur d'Aulnay, the St-Jehan ship arrives. It is one of the first ships carrying families, women and children to Acadia. Isaac was named Major of Port-Royal, then Colonel which gave him a defensive function.
Isaac Pesseley is said to have been an associate of Sieur de Rasilly who had died in 1635 and was replaced by Sieur d'Aulnay. Our ancestor Colonel Pesseley was killed during a three-day battle at Fort Jemseg between Lieutenant Governors Sieur D'Aulnay and Charles Latour from April 15 to 17, 1645.
The following register has been translated from the parish registers of Pineau on May 22, 1608 : «was baptized Barbe, daughter of Antoine Baiole and Jehanne his wife. Godfather Anthoine Contant. Godmothers Barbe, wife of Pierre Paisseley, and Jeanne widow of Jehan Paisseley»
After 16 years of marriage and the death of her first husband Isaac Pesseley in Acadia, Barbe returned to France with her children.
On December 16th, 1646, we find Barbe Bajolet at La Rochelle, France where she married her second husband, Martin Lefebvre, Sieur de Montespy and Secretaire Ordinaire of the Money Chamber of King Louis XIV. The church marriage ceremony was held on the 10th of January 1647.
In 1652, Barbe was still in La Rochelle when her second husband died, leaving two more children.
On October 17, 1654 in St-Jean-du-Perrot, France, she married a man she had known from Acadia, Savinien de Courpon.
Barbe Bajolet became the second wife of this widower of Nantes (Savinien de Courpon) who was Captain of a vessel. In fact, he was a retired Admiral of a fleet named 'Des 100 Associés' who transported supplies & goods to and from France and Acadia.
With her third husband and children of her two preceding marriages, our ancestor, Barbe Bajolet returned to Acadia. Her family settled in Cap Sable on land conceded to them by Charles de la Tour, lieutenant-general of the south of Acadia.
A few years later, Barbe Bajolet was widowed again when Savinien de Courpon died. In 1661, this third time widow asked a vessel from Boston to give passage for her and her family from Cap Sable to Port-Royal. It would be soon after that her daughter Marie Pesseley would marry Jean Pitre.
It was also there that she probably died after 1678, leaving numerous descendants in the families of Hervieux, Pitre, Bertrand, Amirault, Doiron, Mius d'Azy, Léger, Comeau, Girouard, LeBlanc, etc. in both continents.
Source: 1. Le Réveil Acadien - The Acadien Cultural Society, Volume XII - November 1996
2. L'informateur - Association des Comeau d'amérique, Volume 3 no. 2 - décembre 1998
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