1600. Joseph PURDY
Joseph is the second generation of Francis1 Purdy.
He died sometime between the date of his will, 25 Oct 1709, and the date of his will probate, 26 Oct 1710.
Joseph Purdy is first mentioned in 1677 and in 1678 owning land adjoining his brother, John's children. He was a leading member of the community, being Supervisor of the Town in 1707-08. Justice of the Peace in 1702, and after Representative of the County for many years in the Assembly and one of the chief promoters of the Church.
Joseph Purdy Senior deeded to son Joseph - "all rights of lands in White Plains on the west side of the mamoroneck, River".
Joseph Purdy, Sr., his son Daniel, and John Horton of the town of Rye deeded to Tamison Williams...300 acres of land in the patent granted John Clapp and Co., in Westchester County on May 20, 1707 (Westchester County Deeds, Lib. C, Page 43).
Joseph Purdy was a member of the Colonial Legislature in 1693 and again from 1702 - 1709.
The first settlement in the Town of Rye was made in 1660. Originally Rye was land between the Byram and Blind Brook rivers. Land west of Blind Brook and last of Stonybrook called Budd's Neck, Rye was included in limits of the Colony of Conn. on May 30, 1663. On Sept. 5, 1664 , New Netherlands surrendered and became the Province of New York.
Joseph Purdy, son of Francis Purdy and Mary Brundish, was born about 1653 and died Oct. 29, 1709. His father died when he was five years old and he was reared in the home of his step-father, John Hoyt, in Rye, N.Y. He was prominent in Westchester County, N.Y. which he represented in the Colonial Legislature. He was appointed surveyor by the Crown. He purchased from his father-in-law, Richard Ogden, his house and eight acres of land, "on the highway that goeth to the Mill". He house stood on a knoll just south of the road to Milton. the home was one of comfort and hospitality.
In 1701, he bought lands in North Castle where some of his descendants settled. In 1697, he, with four others, were appointed, "to see to building a house of worship; and the find of a minister". He was devoted to the interests of the Episcopal Church until his death. His will probated on Oct. 1709 and is in the New York Historical Society Collection. Married to Elizabeth Ogden.
Early Wills of Westchester County39. Joseph Purdy - Rye
To wife Elizabeth the use of house and \ of farm where I live. If she do not remarry.
To son Joseph all right of lands in the White Plains Purchase, lying on the west side of Mamaroneck river,
which I had by draft from the town of Rye, and a piece of meadow at the lower end of my neck, by the
Mill creek over against the reed bank, bounded south by my son Daniel. To my son Daniel besides
the land given him by deed, I give him all the land and meadow which shall be taken by running the
same line from the southmost bounds on the east side of his lot to the Mill creek, " which he now
doth, from the rear of his lot to the Country road." To my son Samuel \ the lot and farm where I live,
except my house and barn, and \ my land on Budd's neck not disposed of. To my son David all my
lands on Browns Point. To my sons Jonathan and John all lands in Pondfield, and Lame Wills Pur-
chase, and all the rest of my lands east of Blind Brook, except a small piece near the falls of Blind
Brook, which I order my wife to sell. To son Francis after my wife's death my house and barn and \
of home lot and farm where I live, and \ my land on Budds neck. Mentions daughters Elizabeth," The ancestor of the numerous families of the name was Francis Purdy of Fairfield, Conn. He died in 1658.
He had three sons — John, Joseph, and Francis — all of whom settled in Rye about 1677.
Westchester Co., N. Y., 1 664-1 y 84. 27
Judey Mary and Phebe. Leaves them 20 shillings
each.Oct. 25, 1703.
Proved Oct. 26, 1710.
Liber 7. P. 598.
1602. Daniel STREING
Daniel arrived from France, by way of a year in England, in 1686. He was a refugee from the Roman Catholic persecution of Protestants - a Calvinist. They came from Gien, Orleans, France and settled at New Rochelle, Westchester Co., NY.
1856. Michel GALLANT (dit HACHE)
According to Father Patrice Gallant, his ancestor Michel Haché (or Larcher) dit Gallant was the natural son of Pierre Larcher, originally of Saint-Pierre parish of the city of Montdidier, in Picardie (now the department of Somme). Michel had settled at Beaubassin as of 1682. About 1690, he married Anne Cormier, daughter of Thomas Cormier and of Marie-Madeleine Girouard. In 1720, they were the first family to setle at Ile St-Jean (now Prince Edward Island). Michel Haché dit Gallant drowned at the mouth of the North River on April 10, 1737. The Haché families of the southeast of New Brunswick descend from Michel Haché, son, born abt 1691, who married at Grand-Pré on October 12, 1711 to Madeleine LeBlanc, daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and of Catherine Hébert. Michel Haché, the eldest of this couple, married twice. His first marriage, about 1737, was to Marie-Anne Gravois, daughter of Joseph Gravois and Marie Cyr, and his second marriage, at Port-Royal, June 2, 1749, was to Marie-Madeleine Blanchard, daughter of René Blanchard and Marie Savoie.
1693 Census
Michel HACHE 30, Anne CORMIER his wife 19, Michel 1-1/2, Joseph 2 months; 13 cattle, 10 sheep, 6 hogs, 1 gun.1700 Census
Michel HACHE 38; Anne CORMIER (wife) 27; Michel 9; Joseph 7; Jean 4; Charles 2; Marie 6; 18 cattle, 23 sheep, 7 hogs, 20 arpents, 1 gun.1714 Census
Michel HACHE and Anne CORMIER his spouse; the widow Cormier; Children: Joseph, Marie, Jean-Baptiste, Charles, Pierre, Anne, Marguerite, Francois, Magdelaine, Jacques.
1857. Ann-Marie CORMIER
1693 Census
Michel HACHE 30, Anne CORMIER his wife 19, Michel 1-1/2, Joseph 2 months; 13 cattle, 10 sheep, 6 hogs, 1 gun.1700 Census
Michel HACHE 38; Anne CORMIER (wife) 27; Michel 9; Joseph 7; Jean 4; Charles 2; Marie 6; 18 cattle, 23 sheep, 7 hogs, 20 arpents, 1 gun.1714 Census
Michel HACHE and Anne CORMIER his spouse; the widow Cormier; Children: Joseph, Marie, Jean-Baptiste, Charles, Pierre, Anne, Marguerite, Francois, Magdelaine, Jacques.
1920. Pierre GAUDET
Bernard Gaudet was the eldest of nine children.
2024. Jacques I (dit La Rosette) LEGER
Jacque came to Canada in 1693 at 25 years of age. He lived for 83 years and had 11 children.
In the 1698 Census, he was 30 years old, had 19 cattle, 14 sheep, 6 hogs, 69 arpents, 20 fruit trees, and 1 gun.
Source for information on his children: Le Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles Acadiennes by Stephen White, Genealogist, University of Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada - pp 1043 and 1044
Jacques Leger dit LaRosette was the first Leger ancester from France to settle in Acadia - which is today Nova Scotia. He came as a soldier with the "Troupes de la Marine" that was in garrison at Fort Nachouat (today this is Fredrickton, NB). When he left the military, he married Madeleine Trahan about 1693. Jacque settled at Port Royal, Acadia, where his 11 children were born.
Jacque died on the 27 and was buried on the 28 March 1751 according to the Registers of Port Royale. (Today this is Annapolis Royal, NS).
According to research done by Placide Gaudet, Jacques Léger (dit Larozette) was a soldier in the Marines in garrison at Fort Naxouat. Having taken leave, Jacques married about 1693 at the age of 30, Madeleine Trahan, daughter of Guillaume Trahan and Madeleine Brun. He settled at Port-Royal where his 11 children were born.
Jacques Léger (dit La Rosette), the pioneer of the Léger/Légère family in Acadia was a drummer in the French army. He apparently started his career in Acadia at Fort Naxouat (Nashwaak) on the Saint John river but was found at Port-Royal in 1693 where he later had married a 15-year-old girl, Madeleine Trahan. Thus, at the age of 30, Jacques Léger abandoned military life to become a farmer at Port Royal.
His birth place in France is not known. Like most French soldiers of the time, he adopted a surname, in his case La Rosette (the small rose). He does not appear to be related to the Légers of Quebec who have different roots. Of his three sons, Jacques, Jean and François Léger, the first two escaped the roundup by the British troops. However, François and his family were deported to Connecticut in 1755 and he was later found in the Louisiana Militia in 1770. Jean was later deported with his family to France. Family Coat of Arms Has several symbols. First and foremost, all of the colors are the colors that make up the acadien flag. The drum is to represent the drummer boy. The blue color represents the color of the uniform that soldiers wore at that era. And there are 11 La rosette (Small Rose) to represent the 11 children that Jacques and Madeleine had.
The Légers of New Brunswick descend from two of his sons. The eldest, Jacque II, named after his father, was born abt 1695. He married Anne Amirauut on January 12, 1717. She was the daughter of François Amirault and Marie Pitre. François Léger, the youngest of the sons of Jacques Léger and Madeleine Trahan, was the ancestor of the other Léger descedants of southeast New Brunsiwck.The Légers of New Brunswick descend from two of his sons. The eldest named after his father, was born abt 1695. He married Anne Amirault on January 12, 1717. She was the daughter of François Amirault and Marie Pitre. François Léger, the youngest of the sons of Jacques Léger and Madeleine Trahan, was the ancesotr of the other Léger descedants of southeast New Brunswick. He was born at Port-Royal on October 14, 1714, and he had married at the same place, on May 25, 1739, Madelein Comeau, daughter of Abraham Comeau and Marguerite Pitre. He was deported from Acadia to Connecticut with his whole family except for his son Charles that his godmother, Marguerite Grosvalet had taken with her.
LÉGER dit LA ROSETTE, Jacques, was a soldier and drummer from France who married Madeleine Trahan, according to Madeleine’s nephew Pierre Trahan (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, p. 8). Pierre mistakenly called his aunt Anne, and simply named her husband “La Rozette,” but the censuses and parish records of Port-Royal clearly show that Jacques Léger married Madeleine Trahan (see DGFA-1, pp. 1043-1044). The nickname La Rosette appears from time to time in records concerning Jacques and Madeleine’s children and grandchildren.
1698 Census
Jacques LEGER 30; Madeleine, TRAAN (wife) 21; Jacques 3; Anne 3; 9 cattle, 14 sheep, 6 hogs, 69 arpents, 20 fruit trees, 1 gun.1700 Census
Jacques LEGER 37; Madelaine BEZIER (Trahan) (wife) 22; Jacques 5; Marie 2; 4 cattle, 7 sheep, 3 arpents, 1 gun.
2025. Anne Madeleine TRAHAN
Port Royale became Annapolis Royal, NS