Jean Bénonie Devost b. 7 déc 1809 Saint Basile, New Brunswick, Canada d. 20 Jul 1861 Fort Kent, Aroostook, ME: Our Family History

Jean Bénonie Devost

1809 - 1861 (52 years)

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Name	Jean Bénonie Devost [2, 3, 4]
Birth	7 déc 1809	Saint Basile, New Brunswick, Canada [2]
Baptism	10 déc 1809	St-Basile, Acadie (Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) [2]
Gender	Male
Death	20 Jul 1861	Fort Kent, Aroostook, ME
Person ID	I292175584507	Alwin2025
Last Modified	23 Apr 2025

Father	Antoine Deveaux Devost, b. 2 août 1782, Kamouraska (Saint-Louis Parish), Québec, Canada d. 1860 (Age 78 years)
Mother	Françoise Soucy, b. 1781 d. 1844 (Age 63 years)
Family ID	F11336	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Suzanne Ringuette, b. 21 Nov 1828, Madawaska, New Brunswick, Canada d. 1867 (Age 38 years)

Marriage 1 Jul 1845 Saint Basile, New Brunswick, Canada

Children

	1. Vital Eustace Devost, b. 4 Feb 1848, Frenchville, Aroostook, Maine, USA d. 11 Apr 1891, Eagle Lake, Aroostook, Maine, USA (Age 43 years)
	2. Justine Devost, b. 25 Oct 1857, Fort Kent, Aroostook, Maine, USA d. 1936, Wallagrass Plantation, Aroostook County, Maine, USA (Age 78 years)

Family ID F872 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

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[S1003698794] Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 41.
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My earliest European ancestors in North America were probably Nicolas Marsolet and Louis Hébert. However, one of my 8th great-grandmothers, the wife of Philippe Mius d'Entremont, was a Native North American of the Mi'kmaq tribe. Unfortunately, there is uncertainty about her name. She may have been called Kjipuktuk. In modern times, the name Marie Coyote Blanc has been assigned to her, but there is no evidence that this was actually her name. Her ancestors would obviously been in North America long before Europeans arrived.

The French-Canadian lines of my family tree can be confirmed by literaly thousands of DNA links that support the family tree as mapped out. And, due to a couple of lucky DNA links to 3rd cousins in Sweden, with well-documented family trees of their own, I can extend my Swedish roots back several centuries. The German links have proved much more difficult, and in most cases, I have been unable to trace my German ancestors much further back in time than their arrival in North America.