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Lineage from Jean (Jehan) Poirier (through my great grandmother Emily Ann Poirier) to Jasen

Descendants of Jean (Jehan) Poirier

Generation No. 1

JEAN (JEHAN)1 POIRIER was born 1626 in France, and died Bef. 1654. He married JEANNE CHEBRAT Abt. 1647, daughter of ANTOINE CHEBRAT and FRANÇOISE CHAUMORET.

Children of JEAN POIRIER and JEANNE CHEBRAT are:

  1. MICHEL2 POIRIER, b. Abt. 1650.
  2. MARIE-FRANÇOISE POIRIER, b. Abt. 1648, Port-Royal, Acadia.

Generation No. 2

MICHEL2 POIRIER (JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born Abt. 1650. He married MARIE BOUDROT Abt. 1673 in Port Royal, Acadia, daughter of MICHEL BOUDROT and MICHELLE AUCOIN. She was born Abt. 1650.

Children of MICHEL POIRIER and MARIE BOUDROT are:

  1. LOUIS3 POIRIER, b. January 22, 1683/84, Beaubassin.
  2. MICHEL POIRIER, b. Abt. 1674.
  3. CLAUDE POIRIER, b. Abt. 1676.
  4. ANNE POIRIER, b. Abt. 1678.
  5. PIERRE POIRIER, b. Abt. 1680.
  6. JEAN-BAPTISTE POIRIER, b. April 2, 1682.
  7. JEANNE POIRIER, b. February 19, 1685/86.
  8. CHARLES POIRIER, b. Abt. 1688.
  9. FRANÇOIS POIRIER, b. Abt. 1691.
  10. JACQUES POIRIER, b. Abt. 1693.
  11. JOSEPH POIRIER, b. Abt. 1695.

Generation No. 3

LOUIS3 POIRIER (MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born January 22, 1683/84 in Beaubassin. He married CÉCILE MIGNOT DIT AUBIN 1708, daughter of JEAN-AUBIN MIGNOT and ANNE DUGAS.

Children of LOUIS POIRIER and CÉCILE AUBIN are:

  1. CHARLES4 POIRIER, b. Abt. 1722.
  2. JEAN POIRIER.
  3. JEANNE POIRIER.
  4. CATHERINE POIRIER.
  5. MARGUERITE POIRIER.
  6. CÉCILE POIRIER.
  7. PIERRE POIRIER.
  8. FRANÇOIS POIRIER.

Generation No. 4

CHARLES4 POIRIER (LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born Abt. 1722. He married (1) MARGUERITE CHIASSON February 8, 1745/46, daughter of JEAN-BAPTISTE CHIASSON and MADELEINE BOUDROT. He married (2) MARGUERITE VIGNEAU November 15, 1747, daughter of MAURICE VIGNEAU and MARGUERITE COMEAU.

Children of CHARLES POIRIER and MARGUERITE CHIASSON are:

  1. ADRIEN (ANDRE)5 POIRIER, b. April 22, 1762, Arichat, N.S.; d. December 23, 1826, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  2. CHARLES POIRIER.
  3. EULALIE POIRIER.
  4. VICTOR POIRIER.
  5. MARCEL POIRIER.

Generation No. 5

ADRIEN (ANDRE)5 POIRIER (CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born April 22, 1762 in Arichat, N.S., and died December 23, 1826 in Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He married MARIE-BLANDINE BENOIT Abt. 1785, daughter of SIMON BENOIT and LOUISE-GERVAISE DUGAS. She was born September 8, 1763 in D'Escousse, Cape Breton, N.S., and died December 1, 1815 in Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Children of ADRIEN POIRIER and MARIE-BLANDINE BENOIT are:

  1. JOSEPH6 POIRIER, b. Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  2. MARGUERITE POIRIER, b. Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  3. ANDRÉ POIRIER, b. Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  4. CASIMIR POIRIER, b. Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  5. HENRIETTE POIRIER, b. Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  6. BENJAMIN POIRIER, b. Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  7. MARIE POIRIER, b. Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Generation No. 6

JOSEPH6 POIRIER (ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born in Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He married (1) EUPHROSINE DEVEAU Bet. 1808 - 1809 in Cheticamp, N.S., daughter of LOUIS-JOSEPH DEVEAU and ANNE-EUPHROSINE GAUDET. He married (2) LOUISE LONGUEÉPÉE March 30, 1818, daughter of LOUIS LONGUEÉPÉE and MARGUERITE LEBLANC.

Children of JOSEPH POIRIER and EUPHROSINE DEVEAU are:

  1. SIMON7 POIRIER, b. Bet. 1809 - 1810.
  2. CHARLOTTE POIRIER, b. September 3, 1811, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  3. RÉMI POIRIER, b. September 3, 1812, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  4. ROBERT POIRIER, b. May 10, 1814, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  5. SOPHIE POIRIER, b. July 18, 1815, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  6. VÉNÉRANDE POIRIER, b. July 10, 1817, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Children of JOSEPH POIRIER and LOUISE LONGUEÉPÉE are:

  7. MARIE7 POIRIER, b. January 25, 1819.
  8. MARGUERITE POIRIER, b. May 8, 1820.
  9. MARGUERITE POIRIER, b. August 25, 1821.
  10. ANGÉLIQUE POIRIER, b. November 23, 1823.
  11. ISIDORE POIRIER, b. September 9, 1825.
  12. ALEXANDRE POIRIER, b. October 2, 1826.

Generation No. 7

SIMON7 POIRIER (JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born Bet. 1809 - 1810. He married (1) EDESSE CORMIER November 16, 1831 in Cheticamp, N.S., daughter of PIERRE CORMIER and FÉLICITÉ LEBLANC. She was born Abt. 1811 in Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He married (2) EUGÉNIE (VIRGINIA JANE) QUIRK November 12, 1852 in Sandy Point, Nfld..

Children of SIMON POIRIER and EDESSE CORMIER are:

  1. DOMINIC8 POIRIER, b. September 1832, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada; d. Bef. 1920, Marche's Point, Newfoundland.
  2. MARIE-EUPHROSINE POIRIER, b. September 25, 1833, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  3. MARGUERITE POIRIER, b. November 14, 1835, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  4. FÉLICITÉ POIRIER, b. December 18, 1836, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  5. LUCE POIRIER, b. November 8, 1838, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  6. PIERRE-EUSÈBE POIRIER, b. December 16, 1839, Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
  7. LOUISE POIRIER, b. October 1841, Havre-aux-Maisons, Magdalen Islands.
  8. URBAIN POIRIER, b. September 13, 1842, Étang-du-Nord, Magdalen Islands.
  9. URBAIN POIRIER, b. May 23, 1844, Étang-du-Nord, Magdalen Islands.

    Children of SIMON POIRIER and EUGÉNIE QUIRK are:

  10. WILLIAM8 POIRIER, b. June 18, 1877, Sandy Point, NL.
  11. MAXIM POIRIER, b. May 21, 1855, Sandy Point, NL.
  12. ADÉLAÏDE POIRIER, b. Sandy Point, NL.
  13. ANGÈLE POIRIER, b. October 6, 1857, Sandy Point, NL.
  14. MARCELLIN POIRIER, b. May 22, 1860, Sandy Point, NL.
  15. JOSÉPHINE POIRIER, b. February 5, 1863.
  16. FRÉDÉRIC POIRIER, b. January 6, 1865.
  17. AGNÈS POIRIER, b. March 15, 1867, Sandy Point, NL.
  18. THOMAS-FRANCIS POIRIER, b. October 14, 1871, Sandy Point, NL.
  19. ADOLPH POIRIER, b. 1874, Sandy Point, NL.

Generation No. 8

DOMINIC8 POIRIER (SIMON7, JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born September 1832 in Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, and died Bef. 1920 in Marche's Point, Newfoundland. He married BRIDGETTE FELICITE ALEXANDRE November 27, 1860 in Sandy Point, St. Georges, Newfoundland, Canada, daughter of JEAN ALEXANDRE and JULIE MARCHE. She was born May 1831 in St. Georges, Newfoundland, and died Aft. September 1921.

Children of DOMINIC POIRIER and BRIDGETTE ALEXANDRE are:

  1. MARY ALICE3 POIRIER.
  2. EMILY ANN POIRIER, b. March 20, 1881, Stephenville, Newfoundland; d. January 10, 1915, Marche's Point, Port au Port, Newfoundland.
  3. ANGELA POIRIER, b. Abt. 1860, Bay St. George, Newfoundland.
  4. HELENE (ELLEN) POIRIER, b. June 30, 1863, Sandy Point, St. Georges, Newfoundland, Canada; d. Aft. 1921; m. FRANK RENOUF, Stephenville, Nfld; b. August 2, 1855, Cape St. George, Newfoundland, Canada; d. Aft. 1921.
  5. HONORE POIRIER, b. December 25, 1865, Bay St. George, Newfoundland.
  6. EDWARD POIRIER, b. Abt. 1880.
  7. FELICITE (CITLE) POIRIER, b. November 10, 1861, St. George's Mission, Nfld.

Generation No. 9

3. MARY ALICE9 POIRIER (DOMINIC8, SIMON7, JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) She married JOHNY CHAISSON. He was born in Cheticamp, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Child of MARY POIRIER and JOHNY CHAISSON is:

  1. MARGAREAT 10 CHAISSON.

4. EMILY ANN9 POIRIER (DOMINIC8, SIMON7, JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born March 20, 1881 in Stephenville, Newfoundland, and died January 10, 1915 in Marche's Point, Port au Port, Newfoundland. She married JEAN EDWARD (JOHNY MIC) BENOIT June 25, 1900 in Stephenville, Nfld, son of MICHEL BENOIT and DESIREE LAISNE. He was born August 1, 1877 in Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada, and died May 15, 1972 in Red Brook, Port au Port Penninsula, Newfoundland, Canada.

Children of EMILY POIRIER and JEAN BENOIT are:

  1. EDWARD 10 BENOIT, b. May 30, 1909, Red Brook, Nfld; d. March 9, 1985, RED BROOK, NFLD.
  2. ALICE MAUDE BENOIT, b. May 10, 1901, Marche's Point; m. JAMES WALTER JESSO, January 21, 1916, Port au Port, Nfld; b. 1891; d. 1985.
  3. JOHN ALFRED BENOIT, b. September 27, 1903, Loretto, Nfld; d. March 10, 1988, Red Brook, Nfld.
  4. JOSEPH HILLARY BENOIT, b. August 23, 1905, RED BROOK, NFLD.
  5. MICHAEL JOSEPH BENOIT, b. May 18, 1911, Marche's Point.
  6. MARY PHILOMENA BENOIT, b. May 16, 1915, Marche's Point, Nfld.
  7. WILLIAM JAMES BENOIT, b. July 8, 1907, Red Brook, Nfld; d. June 9, 1982, Marche's Point.
  8. DOMONIC JOSEPH BENOIT, b. July 8, 1913, Marche's Point, Nfld; d. December 3, 1989, Stephenville, Nfld.

5. ANGELA9 POIRIER (DOMINIC8, SIMON7, JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born Abt. 1860 in Bay St. George, Newfoundland. She married FRANCOIS SIMON March 19, 1879 in Sandy Point, St. Georges, Newfoundland, Canada. He was born 1857 in Cheticamp, NS..

Children of ANGELA POIRIER and FRANCOIS SIMON are:

  1. NARCAISS 10 SIMON.
  2. JAMES (JIM) SIMON, b. February 1883, Cape St George; d. Aft. 1921, De Grau, NL.

6. EDWARD9 POIRIER (DOMINIC8, SIMON7, JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born Abt. 1880. He married MARY MARGARET CHAISSON, daughter of JULIAN CHIASSON and GENEVIEVE BENOIT. She was born February 5, 1887 in De Grau.

Child of EDWARD POIRIER and MARY CHAISSON is:

  1. BRIDGET 10 POIRIER, b. July 1903.

7. FELICITE (CITLE)9 POIRIER (DOMINIC8, SIMON7, JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born November 10, 1861 in St. George's Mission, Nfld. She married CHARLES JESSO Abt. 1880 in Stephenville, Nfld. He was born 1862 in Sheaves Cove, Port au Port Penninsula, Newfoundland, and died Aft. 1945 in Marche's Point, Newfoundland.

Children of FELICITE POIRIER and CHARLES JESSO are:

  1. WALTER 10 JESSO, b. 1868, Sheaves Cove.
  2. MARY ROSE JESSO, m. ALEXANDER YOUNG; b. March 1863.
  3. ALICE JESSO.
  4. ANGELA JESSO, b. October 1899.

Generation No. 10

JOHN ALFRED10 BENOIT (EMILY ANN9 POIRIER, DOMINIC8, SIMON7, JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born September 27, 1903 in Loretto, Nfld, and died March 10, 1988 in Red Brook, Nfld. He married MILLICENT EUNICE CHAISSON February 8, 1925 in Stephenville, Nfld, daughter of LAWRENCE CHAISSON and JOSEPHINE CHAISSON. She was born September 14, 1911 in Cape St George, Nfld., and died March 7, 1985 in Red Brook.

Children of JOHN BENOIT and MILLICENT CHAISSON are:

  1. LEONARD JOSEPH11 BENOIT.
  2. EMILY BENOIT, b. Marche's Point; d. March 2, 2002, Western Memorial Hospital, Corner Brook, Nfld.
  3. ADEN BENOIT, b. December 4, Loretto, Nfld; m. (1) MONICA YOUNG; b. Marche's Point, Nfld; m. (2) ANNIE,
  4. MARY CLEMENCE BENOIT, b. May 2 Marche's Point.
  5. SYLVESTER JOSEPH BENOIT, b. May 9 Red Brook, Nfld.
  6. LODERICK BENOIT, b. 1937, Loretto, Nfld; d. 1985.
  7. LEONA BENOIT, b. August 9 Marche's Point.
  8. HILLARY BENOIT, b. Marche's Point.
  9. ROSA MARIA BENOIT, b. November 5 Lorettto, Marche's Point, Nfld.
  10. PAUL BENOIT, b. Loretto.
  11. YVONNE BENOIT, b. April 25 Loretto, Nfld.
  12. CLAYTUS JOSEPH BENOIT, b. August 9, 1940, Red Brook, Nfld; d. May 21, 1941, Red Brook, Nfld.
  13. CONRAD BENOIT, b. Red Brook.

19.SYLVESTER JOSEPH5 BENOIT (JOHN ALFRED4, EMILY ANN3 POIRIER, DOMINIC2, SIMON1) was born May 9, in Red Brook, Nfld. He married EDNA MAY BENOIT June 30, 1948 in Cape St George, Nfld., daughter of ADOLPH BENOIT and ANN JESSO. She was born May 12, in De Grau, Nfld.

Children of SYLVESTER BENOIT and EDNA BENOIT are:

  1. MARY PHYLLIS6 BENOIT, b. April 16, De Grau. m. MICHAEL YOUNG
  2. CALVIN BENOIT, b. 1952. d. 1952
  3. MYRA BENOIT, b. January 4, De Grau.
  4. GEORGE BENOIT, b. December 24, De Grau. m. RHODENA FELIX
  5. MATTHEW BENOIT, b. December 24, De Grau.
  6. STEPHEN BENOIT, b. November 1, De Grau. m. CHRISTINE MICASIAC
  7. BARBRA BENOIT, b. December 2, Stephenville, Nfld; m. JIM MCALINDEN.
  8. JASEN SYLVESTER BENWAH, b. July 22, Stephenville Crossing, Nfld.
  9. COLIN JOSEPH BENOIT, b. October 24, Stephenville, Nfld.
  10. BRUCE SCOTT BENOIT, b. February 5, Stephenville, Nfld.
  11. LORY BENOIT, b. March 17, Stephenville, Nfld. m.WARREN JESSO

Generation No. 12

JASEN SYLVESTER12 BENWAH (SYLVESTER JOSEPH11 BENOIT, JOHN ALFRED10, EMILY ANN9 POIRIER, DOMINIC8, SIMON7, JOSEPH6, ADRIEN (ANDRE)5, CHARLES4, LOUIS3, MICHEL2, JEAN (JEHAN)1) was born July 22 in Stephenville Crossing, Nfld.

Child of JASEN BENWAH and DONNA JESSO daughter of ALEXANDER JESSO and ALICE MARCHE is:

  1. SAMANTHA LEE13 JESSO, b. June 7, Stephenville, Nfld.

    Children of JASEN BENWAH and GLENDA BENWAH daughter of JAMES TOUROUT and LILLIAN CHAISSON are:

  2. SUMUR-RAE13 BENWAH, b. February 2, Stephenville, Nfld.
  3. ALYSSA-ASHLEY ANN BENWAH, b. August 1, Stephenville, Nfld.

Sources:

  1. Jasen S. Benwah
  2. Charles D. Roach

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