Founding Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project

 The following list was compiled by
Stephen A. White,  Genealogist

Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Updated 10 June 2010

The following list has been revised in order to incorporate into it the haplotypes that have been determined to date by mtDNA testing of descendants, as well as an indication of those women for whom it is known that there would be no female-line descendants living. In the following, the latter situation is marked with "nflp" for "no female-line posterity."

This list is not intended to be exhaustive, but has only been compiled to give a general idea of how small a number of women became forebears of the Acadian people, while at the same time showing for which of these women mtDNA test results either have been obtained to date, or may be hoped to be obtained in the future. Unfortunately, a dozen women on this list are believed to have no female-line posterity (nflp), so no such results may be expected for them.

1. AIMÉE, Jeanne (m1 v 1685 Julien Aubois dit Saint-Julien; m2 1719 Julien Guyon dit Saint-Julien).
2. ARNAULT, Marie (m1 v 1688 Jacques Carne; m2 1729 Martin Lejeune dit Briard).
3. AUBOIS, Marie (Christine) (m v 1686 Jean Roy dit Laliberté).	A2i
4. AUCOIN, Jeanne (m v 1647 François Girouard)	H
5. AUCOIN, Michelle (m v 1641 Michel Boudrot)	H
6. BAJOLET, Barbe (m1 v 1629 Isaac Pesseley; m2 1647 Martin Lefebvre de Montespy; m3 1654 Savinien de Courpon)	X2b
7. BASILE, Perrine (m v 1685 André Célestin dit Bellemère).
8. BASTINEAU dit PELTIER, Louise (m v 1684 Louis Saulnier).
9. BAYON, Rose (m v 1649 Pierre Comeau)	J*
10. BERNON, Anne (m v 1693 Pierre Lavergne).	H
11. BERTEAU (BERTRAND), Cécile (m v 1703 Jean Denis).
12. BILLOT, Geneviève (m 1670 Jean Denis)	nflp
13. BISSOT, Marie (m1 1682 Claude Porlier; m2 1691 Jacques Gourdeau)	nflp
14. BOILEAU, Marguerite (m v 1663 Jean Serreau de Saint-Aubin).
15. BOURG, Perrine (m1 v 1640 Simon Pelletret; m2 v 1645 René Landry l'aîné)	H14
16. BOURGET, Françoise (m 1714 Jean Doucet)	nflp
17. BREAU, Renée (m v 1644 Vincent Brun)	H13a1a
18. BRUNET, Marie (m 1710 Nicolas Pugnant dit Destouches).
19. BUGARET, Catherine (m1 v 1658 Claude Petitpas; m2 v 1692 Charles Chevalier dit LaTourasse)	H1
20. CANOL, Marie-Anne (m v 1671 Jean Doiron)	W3
21. CAPLAN, Catherine (m v 1730 Pierre Huard).
22. CAPLAN, Madeleine (m v 1740 Olivier Michel)	nflp
23. CAPLAN, Marguerite (m v 1719 François Laroque)	C
24. CAPLAN, Marie-Louise (m1 v 1729 François Hyard dit Saint-Louis; m2 v 1740 Claude-Louis Lalande dit Saint-Louis)
25. CHAUSSEGROS, Marie (m v 1672 Martin Benoit).
26. CHEBRAT, Jeanne (m1 v 1647 Jean Poirier; m2 v 1654 Antoine Gougeon).	HV*
27. COLLESON, Nicole (m v 1652 Jean Gaudet)	nflp
28. CORBINEAU, Françoise (m 1627 Guillaume Trahan)	H1
29. (D'AMOURS) de CHAUFFOURS, Louise (m v 1703 Jean Auger).
30. DOUCET, ------ (m v 1650 Pierre Lejeune dit Briard)	nflp
31. DOUCET, Marguerite (m v 1647 Abraham Dugas)	T2b
32. DUGARD, Marie-Antoinette (m 1692 Pierre de Saint-Vincent).
33. FOREST, Geneviève (m1 v 1689 François Savary; m2 v 1692 Louis Mazerolle).
34. GAUDET, Françoise (m1 v 1644 ------ Mercier; m2 v 1650 Daniel LeBlanc)	J1b2
35. GAUDET, Marie (m1 v 1650 Étienne Hébert; m2 v 1676 Dominique Gareau)	J1b2
36. GAUTHIER, Martine (m v 1645 Denis Gaudet).	J1b1
37. GAUTROT, Anne (m v 1688 Joseph Prétieux).
38. GUYON, Andrée (m1 v 1644 ------ Bernard; m2 v 1651 Antoine Belliveau)	T2
39. GUYON, Louise (m1 1684 Charles Thibault; m2 1686 Mathieu D'Amours de Freneuse)	nflp
40. HÉLIE, Madeleine (m v 1649 Philippe Mius d'Entremont)	J*
41. HENRY, Jeanne (m v 1680 Jean Gaudet).
42. HOUSSEAU, Marguerite (m 1670 Jean Meunier).
43. JAROUSELLE, Susanne (m1 1655 Simon Lereau; m2 1671 Robert Cottard).
44. JEANNE, Andrée-Angélique (m 1690 Gabriel Godin dit Bellefontaine).
45. JEAN dit MADELON, Isabelle-Madeleine (m v 1709 Martin Giboire Duvergé dit LaMotte).
46. JUDIC, Madeleine (m v 1660 Jean Huret dit Rochefort)	nflp
47. KAGIGCONIAC, Jeanne (m v 1684 Martin Lejeune).
48. LAMBERT, Radegonde (m v 1642 Jean Blanchard	X2b
49. LANDRY, Antoinette (m v 1642 Antoine Bourg).	H
50. LAVACHE, Anne (m v 1712 Louis Labauve).
51. LEFRANC, Geneviève (m v 1648 Antoine Hébert)	W1
52. LEJEUNE, Catherine (m v 1651 François Savoie)	U6a7a1
53. LEJEUNE, Edmée (m v 1644 François Gautrot)	U6a7a1
54. LEJEUNE, Jeanne (m v 1673 François Joseph)
55. LEJEUNE, Marie-Josèphe (m v 1689 Pierre Cellier dit Normand)	nflp
56. MARTIN, Marie-Madeleine (c 1683 Guyon Chiasson and 2 c 1693 Michel Deveau dit Dauphiné).	nflp
57. MICHEL, Jacquette (m1 1660 Jean Gardin and 2 23 October 1668 André Mignier dit Lagassé)	T1
58. MOTIN de REUX, Jeanne (m1 v 1638 Charles de Menou d'Aulnay de Charnisay; m2 1653 Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour)	H3
59. NICOLAS, Élisabeth (m v 1646 Amand Lalloue)
60. OUESTNOROUEST dit PETITOUS, Anne (m v 1660 Pierre Martin)
61. PATARABEGO, Anne (m v 1680 Richard Denys de Fronsac)
62. PÉRAUD, Marie (m v 1635 Robert Cormier)	nflp
63. PIDDIWAMISKWA, Marie (m v 1685 Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie de Saint-Castin)
64. RAU, Perrine (m v 1636 Jean Thériot)	H4
65. ROUSSELIÈRE, Jeanne (m1 1654 Pierre Godin dit Châtillon; m2 1686/1693 Pierre Martin)	H
66. SAINT-ÉTIENNE de LA TOUR, Jeanne de (m v 1655 Martin d'Aprendestiguy de Martignon)
67. SOUBIROU, Isabeau dite Judith (m v 1685 Pierre Maisonnat dit Baptiste)
68. TOUPIN, Françoise (m avant 1702 Pierre-Paul de Labat)
69. VIGNEAU, Catherine (m 1630 Pierre Martin)	T*
70. -------, ------ (m v 1678 Philippe Mius d’Azy)	A
71. -------, Anne-Marie (m1 v 1653 ------- Pinet; m2 v 1655 René Rimbault)	A2f
72. -------, Catherine (m1 v 1680 Jean Labarre; m2 v 1691 Étienne Rivet
73. -------, Marie (m v 1701 Nicolas Denys de Fronsac)	nflp
74. -------, Marie (m v 1635 François Gautrot)	J1b1
75. -------, Marie (m v 1687 Philippe Mius d’Azy)
76. -------, Marie-Thérèse (m v 1686 Claude Petitpas)
77. -------, Mathilde (m v 1670 Jean-Vincent d’Abbadie de Saint-Castin)	A
78. -------, Priscilla (m1 v 1631 Pierre Melanson dit LaVerdure; m2 1680 William Wright)	nflp

Does your maternal line go back to one of the Mothers for whom an mtDNA test has not yet been done? If so, and if you are interested in participating in the Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project, please contact me at LucieMC at gmail dot com.  (Change the at to @ and dot to .)

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