BOURGEOIS
Jacques BOURGEOIS was a surgeon, born in France in 1618. He arrived in Acadia on the ship "Aulnay" in 1642, with the rank of Military Doctor. He was the founder of Beaubassin.
Jacques was one of the most prosperous inhabitants of Port Royal. He began to develop a new colony in about 1672, called Chignectou by the Indians, later called Bourgeois, then Beaubassin.
In 1644 Jacques married Jeanne Trahan and had 10 children.
- Jeanne 1645
- Charles 1646
- Germain 1650
- Marie 1652
- Guillaume 1655
- Marguerite 1658
- Francoise 1659
- Anne 1661
- Marie 1664
- Jeanne 1667
By the 1698 census, Jacques and family lived at Beaubassin. They later moved to Port Royal. Many descendants of Jacques migrated from Acadia during the 1755 Expulsion. They married into other families that settled in Acadia and continued their family line into what it is today.