Catherine Bugaret

• Sources:
  • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 33 years old which estimates birth c.1638.

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Claude married Catherine Bugaret (sometimes Bagard) Jan 12, 1658. Her father Bernard Bugaret was a Basque carpenter working in Port-Royal. Her mother's name is unknown, but was no doubt French (not Micmac, as some sources suggest) because Catherine was apparently born in France about 1638 (the family was from Villefranche du Queyran in the Basque region.

After Claude Petitpas died, Catherine married Charles Chevalier in 1692.

http://martinrealm.org/genealogy/petitpas.htm

Fille de Bernard Bugaret, charpentier basque, revient en Acadie en 1648 pour s'établir définitivement à Port-Royal. Bernard était accompagné de son épouse (nom inconnue). En deuxième noce, Catherine épouse Charles Chevalier, dit la Tourasse (avant 1690). Catherine meurt durant un voyage à Boston.

http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Cathe...

GEDCOM Note

!A.G.E. Vol XXIII pg 118 "Progenitors - Those Most Misunderstood"
BUGARET - Catherine, wife of Cluade PETITPAS was very possibly the daughter of
Bernard BUGARET, a Basque who arrived 1636 on the St. Jehan.
May have been born in France.

geni.com
Catherine Briard Petitpas (Bugaret)
French: Catherine Bugaret
Birthdate: 1637
Birthplace: Villefrance Du Queyran,Gascogne,Gironde,France
Death: 1693 (55-56)
Annapolis Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, CA (during a voyage to Boston to negotiate exchange of prisoners)
Place of Burial: Canada
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Bernard Bugaret de Saint-Martin and Catherine Bugaret

Wife of Claude Petitpas Sieur-de-LaFleur

Mother of
Bernard Petitpas;
Marguerite Grivoire-Laverdure Guedry dit Grivios;
Claude Petitpas, Jr.;
Jean Petitpas;
Jacques Petitpas;
Marie Madeleine de Forest;
Élizabeth Petitpas;
Henriette H. Robichaud;
Paul Petitpas; Charles Petitpas;
Martin Petitpas;
Pierre Petitpas and
Anne Girouard « less

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Name • •
Catherine Bugaret
Last Changed: January 16, 2021 by
Sex • •
Female
Last Changed: March 22, 2020 by
Birth • •
about 1638
Villefranche-du-Queyran, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France
Last Changed: August 12, 2021 by
Christening
Death • •
January 1693
At Sea enroute To Boston
Reason This Information Is Correct:
Death Record
Last Changed: April 1, 2021 by
Burial • •
Abt 1693
Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
Reason This Information Is Correct:
Find a grave Index.

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Geni:
Catherine Bugaret
Birth  1637 • Gironde, France
Death  1693 • Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Bernard Bugaret • Catherine Bagard
Spouse  Claude Petitpas Sieur Delafleur
Children  Anne Petitpas • Bernard Petitpas • Charles Petitpas • Claude Petitpas • Elizabeth Petitpas • Henriette Petitpas • Jacques Petitpas • Jean Petitpas • Marguerite Petitpas • Marie Petitpas • Martin Petitpas • Paul Petitpas • Pierre Petitpas

Lead confidence: 1
Catherine Bugaret

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FamilySearch: Family Tree
Catherine Bugaret
Birth  about 1638 • Gironde, Aquitaine, France
Death  January 1693 • Boston, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Parents  Bernard Bugaret dit Saint-Martin • Catherin Begard
Spouse  Charles Chevalier • Claude Petitpas sr.
Children  Anne Petitpas • Bernard Petitpas • Charles Petitpas • Claude Petitpas Jr • Elizabeth Petitpas • Henriette Petipas • Jacques Petitpas • Jean Baptiste Petitpas • Marguerite Petitpas • Marie Margueritte Petit • Marie Petitpas • Martin Petitpas • Paul Petitpas • Pierre Petitpas

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/M2RG-6Y2

GEDCOM Note

!BIRTH: Information from Beauregard, Généalogie de l'Ancienne Acadie, available at http://www.francogene.com/dgaa/dgaa-b5.phpon (gives father's name but not mother's name; says year of birth is from the Acadian Census of 1671 [says she was born in 1638] and from the Acadian Census of 1686 [says she was born in 1640]); see also Bergeron, Le Grand Arrangement des Acadiens au Quebec, La Famille des Petitpas, Volume IV, page 252; Montreal, 1981; available at the Library of Congress, Local History & Genealogy Room, open stacks area, call number CS88.Q4B47 (1981).

!CHRISTENING: Information based on estimated date of birth.

!MARRIAGE: (Two Marriages) First Marriage: Approximate date from information on ages of children as listed in the 1671 census of Port Royal, Acadia; see census information, below.
Second Marriage: See data reported in the St. John, New Brunswick Telegraph- Journal newspaper, 9 August 1994 edition at page A6, reproduced on the Internet at http://degaulle.hil.unb.ca/acadian4.html(source says her second husband was 26 years her junior, and that she died on a trip to Boston, MA).

!CENSUS: 1671 Census of the parish of Port Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia); shows Claude Petit Pas, 45, with wife, Catherine Bagard, 4 named sons and 3 unnamed daughters (presumably including Marguerite, then age 10); census published in LeBlanc, The Acadian Miracle, page 23; Evangeline Pub. Co., Lafayette, LA, 1966, Library of Congress catalogue number 65-28646, available at the Fairfax County Library, Fairfax, VA, call number 971.6 L.
1686 Census of the parish of Port Royal, Acadia (Nova Scotia); shows Claude Petitpas, with wife, Catherine Bugart, no ages given, with 4 named sons and 5 unnamed daughters; census published in Leblanc, above, at page 377.

!DEATH: Information as to date not found, but occurred after the 1686 Acadian census; place assumed to be at Port Royal, Acadia.

!BURIAL: Information as to date not found, but occurred after the 1686 Acadian census; place assumed to be at Port Royal, Acadia.

• Reference: Filae Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 19 2023, 17:34:27 UTC

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Category:MtDNA Haplogroup H1c3

Category:Port-Royal, Acadie

Biography ==NOTICE: this profile is protected by the Acadian Project because of she is an historically important person as ancestral matriarch of the Acadian Petitpas family. Please contact the Acadian Project before making any substantive changes. Thanks for helping make WikiTree the best site for accurate information.

Catherine Bugaret was one of the first children of French settlers to be born in Acadie. Her father Bernard Bugaret arrived in Acadia in 1636. He was a Basque carpenter and is isn't clear that he ever really settled in Acadie; he was a seaman who travelled between La Rochelle, France and Acadie. Her mother was not identified. Catherine was born around 1638.≤ref name=DGFA/>
Catherine is the ancestral matriarch of the Acadian Petitpas family. Around 1658 she married the ancestral partriarch Claude Petitpas. Between about 1659 and 1684, Catherine gave birth to 13 children: Bernard, Marguerite, Claude, Jean, Jacques, Marie, Isabelle (Elizabeth), Henriette, Paul, Charles, Martin, Pierre, and Anne.≤ref name=DGFA>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 300 (Bugaret) 1295-1296 (Petitpas).≤/ref>
Around 1671≤ref name=1671Land>Charles Trahan's translations adding land holdings to 1671 Census≤/ref>, the family homestead had 30 arpents≤ref name=arpent>Statistics Canada 1 arpent= 0.845 acres≤/ref> under cultivation and they had 26 cattle and 11 sheep.≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original censuscan be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.≤blockquote>Claude PETITPAS, 45, wife Catherine BAGARD 33; Children: Bernard 12, Claude 8, Jean 7, Jacques 5, Marguerite 10, Marie 2, Elisabeth 1; cattle 26, sheep 11, 30 arpents of land.≤/blockquote>≤/ref> It is notclear where the farm was located. By 1707, their son Claude had a farm upriver near present-day Bridgetown, east of the fort on the north bank of the Dauphin (Annapolis River).
The Petitpas family was also recorded in the Port-Royal censuses of 1686≤ref>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.≤blockquote>ClaudePETITPAS, Sr. de laFleur, clerk of the court, 60; Catherine BUGARET his wife 46; children: Claude 23, Jacques 19. Marie 18, Henriette 12, Paul 11, Charles 10, Martin 9, Pierre 5, Anne 2; 2 guns, 12 arpents, 22cattle 10 hogs.≤/blockquote>≤/ref> and 1693. ≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1693 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1693 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found atAcadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 62-108≤blockquote>Le Sr. Charles CHEVALIER 30, Catherine BUGARET 56, children of Dm. Bugaret: Paul (PETITPAS) 22, Charles 18, Martin 15, Pierre 10, Anne 9; 10 cattle,6 sheep, 8 hogs, 28 arpents, 3 guns.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
By 1690, the family would be deeply affected by King William's War (1689-1697) with France. In May 1690, Sir William Phipps≤ref name=biophips/> captured Port Royal, destroyed the church, plundered the settlement, and forced the inhabitants to swear an oath of allegiance to the Englishcrown. He appointed Charles La Tourasse, a former sergeant of the French garrison, to serve as English commandant and leader of a council to keep the peace and administer justice.≤ref name=biotourasse/> Phippsleft Port-Royal within 12 days of arrival. He took with him the Governor de Meneval, the priests, and 56 soldiers back to Boston. Before the end of the summer, seaman from two ships looted Port-Royal and burned and looted between 28 and 35 homes and habitations including the parish church.≤ref name=Dunn/>
An English garrison was never established, possibly because the inhabitants refused to guarantee that the Indians would not attack if one was formed.≤ref name=biotourasse/> French authorities decided to leave Port Royal under nominal English rule. Charles Latourasse, as council president, capably balanced the demands of his English and French masters.
Claude died around 1691 and Catherine married Charles Chevalier dit La Tourassearound 1692. Sadly, her marriage would be short lived. The deadly role Catherine played in negotiating an exchange of prisoners≤ref name=DGFA/> is described by Dunn≤ref name=Dunn/>::"Apparently well acquainted with the merchants of Boston, she set outon a voyage there in 1693 to carry out a mission and demonstrate her loyalty to France. A skeptical Villebon questionned her sincerity but sympathized with her position "caught between a hammer and an anvil," a metaphor which aptly describes the position of Acadians during this period. She died at sea before reaching Boston. After his wife's death Chevalier abandoned his leadership role and moved to Fort Nashwaak to resume his sargeant's duties. The minister of the Marine had finally accepted that the soldiers taken to Boston by Phips would not be returning to Acadie, and had set up a new garrison with new soldiers from France. "
DNA. The Mothers of Acadia Maternal DNA project is conducting ongoing research to verify their origins. In 2015, Stephen White reported Catherine Bugaret had an H1c3b haplogroup. It is not know how many of her descendants were tested to support this report. Lucie Leblanc Constantino reported four results with H haplogroup indicating European origins as well as maternal family trees here. Ongoing test results are also reported here showing, as of October 2019, four results with H haplogroup and three results with H1c3b haplogroup.

Timeline

:1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men≤ref>George MacBeath, Biography – RAZILLY, ISAAC DE – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20≤/ref>
:1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanently≤refname=mass> Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. p. 32 first French families in Acadia≤/ref>

:c1638 birth, in Acadia
:1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases≤ref>William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref>

:c1658 marriage to Claude Petitpas, in Acadia
:c1659 birth, son Bernard
:c1661 birth, daughter Marguerite
:c1663 birth, son Claude
:c1664 birth, son Jean
:c1666 birth, son Jacques
:1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes≤ref>In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref>

:c1669 birth, daughter Marie
:c1670 birth, daughter Isabelle
:1671 residence, in Port Royal
:c1674 birth, daughter Henriette
:c1675 birth, son Paul
:c1676 birth, son Charles
:c1677 birth, son Martin
:c1681 birth, son Pierre
:c1684 birth, daughter Anne
:c1686 residence, in Port Royal
:1687 War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) starts between England and France≤ref name=Griffiths2005>Griffiths, Naomi E.S.,From migrant to Acadian : a North-American border people, 1604-1755, Montreal (Québec), McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005, p147-151 (King William’s War); p 267-268 (oaths of allegiance)≤/ref>
:1690 Phipps captures and sacks Port-Royal, coerces inhabitants' oaths of allegiance to English Crown, sets up local Peacekeeping Council and leaves within 12 days.≤ref name=biophips>C.P.Stacey, “PHIPS, SIR WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref>≤ref name=biowikiphips>of William Phipps≤/ref>≤ref name=biotourasse>C.Bruce Fergusson,“LATOURASSE, CHARLES,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed November 20, 2013≤/ref> Seaman from two ships later loot and burn between 28 and 35homes/habitations including the parish church.≤ref name=Dunn>Dunn, Brenda. A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800. Nimbus Publishing, p vii,ix,1-12 (early European settlement); p13 (1629 Food abundance Scottish settlement); p32 (Church and School 1686));p 40,43 (1693 PR raid); p44-45 (1697 Treaty of Ryswick); p52-53(1702 Queen Anne’s War); p61-62 (Blockade of PR); p 71-73(1707 Attack on PR); p82-85(1710 Siege of PR).≤/ref>”

:c1692 marriage to Charles Chevalier dit La Tourasse
:1693 residence, in Port Royal
:1693 death, at sea

Sources

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See also:*Karen Theriot Reader Catherine Bugaret* https://www.myheritage.com/site-family-tree-278315491/thomas-family...

• St Boniface Historical Society Records

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sandra Gifford for creating WikiTree profile Bagard-1 through the import of Boudreau Family Tree.ged on Aug 19, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Sandraand others.