Marguerite is the wife of Etienne Hamel, de La Hougue. She and her three children died en route to France during the Acadian expulsion.
Etienne Hamel, age 59 (only survivor)
Marguerite Benoist
Pierre, age 14
Francois, age 12
Isabelle, age 10
They were traveling on one of the "Cinq Paquebots Anglais" ("Five English Ships") - Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel. They arrived in St-Malo on January 23, 1759.
The following was provided by contributor Bryan Thomas Benoit 49757092:
Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 106 - Marguerite BENOIT, born around 1696, daughter of Pierre & Marie FOREST.
Etienne Hamel, age 59 (only survivor)
Marguerite Benoist
Pierre, age 14
Francois, age 12
Isabelle, age 10
They were traveling on one of the "Cinq Paquebots Anglais" ("Five English Ships") - Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel. They arrived in St-Malo on January 23, 1759.
The following was provided by contributor Bryan Thomas Benoit 49757092:
Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 106 - Marguerite BENOIT, born around 1696, daughter of Pierre & Marie FOREST.
Marguerite is the wife of Etienne Hamel, de La Hougue. She and her three children died en route to France during the Acadian expulsion.
Etienne Hamel, age 59 (only survivor)
Marguerite Benoist
Pierre, age 14
Francois, age 12
Isabelle, age 10
They were traveling on one of the "Cinq Paquebots Anglais" ("Five English Ships") - Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel. They arrived in St-Malo on January 23, 1759.
The following was provided by contributor Bryan Thomas Benoit 49757092:
Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 106 - Marguerite BENOIT, born around 1696, daughter of Pierre & Marie FOREST.
Etienne Hamel, age 59 (only survivor)
Marguerite Benoist
Pierre, age 14
Francois, age 12
Isabelle, age 10
They were traveling on one of the "Cinq Paquebots Anglais" ("Five English Ships") - Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel. They arrived in St-Malo on January 23, 1759.
The following was provided by contributor Bryan Thomas Benoit 49757092:
Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714 - Stephen A. White - 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999 - p. 106 - Marguerite BENOIT, born around 1696, daughter of Pierre & Marie FOREST.
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