FIFTH GENERATION

16. Joseph Fougere ⁽⁵⁾ was born on 25 Apr 1720. He appeared on the census in 1752 in Port Toulouse, Ile Royale (St. Peter's, Cape Breton). ⁽⁴⁾  

Joseph Fougere, coaster, native of Port Royal, aged 36 years; married to Marguerite Coste, native of Port Toulouse, aged 32 years. They are in the colony 28 years. they have one child, Modeste Fougere, aged 4 years. They have Marie Madeleine, aged 12 years, native of Acadia, as a domestic. They have one ox, one cow, hone heifer, two geese, four fowls and a share in a vessel. The dwelling in which he is settled was sold to him by Claude Dugas." He appeared on the census in 1771 in Petit Degrat. ⁽⁴⁾ "

 While Joseph Fougere and Marguerite Coste had only once child at the time of LaRoque's census, they went on to have eleven more children. Joseph and his family were living in Petit de Grat at the time of a census taken by the British government in 1771. The fortress at Louisbourg fell to the British in 1758, but it does not appear that the Fougeres were involved in the hostilities. However, the French settlers at Port Toulouse did lose Louisbourg as a commercial trading center. The settlers had been able to exchange dried fish, firewood and props at Louisbourg for food and clothing. After the fall of Louisbourg, the Jersey Island traders moved into the Ile Madame area to fill the void left by the collaps of Louisbourg." 

He owned lot of land on 15 Feb 1790 in Arachat, Nova Scotia.⁽⁶⁾ From Ron Fraser;
Joseph was, in fact years old at the time of LaRoque's census because the record of his baptism has survived. It is interesting to note that Joseph purchased his dwelling from Claude Dugas. Claude Dugas married Joseph's step mother, Madeline, in 1750. Joseph's father, Jean, died around 1744. He was married to Margurite Coste in 1747.

17. Margurite Coste. From Ron Fraser..info is also apparently in book by Donald and Marg MacKinnan, "Our Acadian Heritage"

Joseph's wife, Marguerite Coste, was one-quarter Indian. Marguerite's mother, Francoise Petitpas, was one-half Indian and Marguerite's grandmother, Marie Therese, was a full blooded Mic Mac Indian (Incorrect spelling of Mic Mac...more like M'ic Macq.." which mean's friendly human..my note)
who married Claude Petitpas, the son of the village clerk at Port Royal. Children were:

i. Modeste Fougere was born about 1748 in Port Toulouse, Ile Royale (St. Peter's, Cape Breton).
ii. Joseph Fougere was born about 1750 in Port Toulouse, Ile Royale (St. Peter's, Cape Breton). He died before 1752. He appeared on the census in 1791 in Havre Boucher area. The "Census of Nova Scotia Poll Taxes" in 1791 for the Tracadie and Havre Boucher area reveals the following Fougeres in the Havre Boucher area:

Name Property Description Shillings Pence

Joseph Fougere Shallop 5 0
John Fougere 1 0
James Fougere Shallop 1 0
Charles Fougere 5 0
Marcel Fougere

In an email from; dated October9, 2000 she quotes the above (that I'd already received from Ron Fraser) then says;
" I remember reading somwhere that the FOUGERE individuals who were called
SHALLOP or FOUGERE SHALLOP, were of Amerindienne descent, but I can't find
that reference right now."
iii. Jean (John) Baptiste Fougere was born about 1753 in Petit Degrat. He died about 1762. He owned 200 acres of land from George III, King of England in 1787 in Barrio Beach area of East Tracadie, Nova Scotia, Canada. He died in 1819. ⁽⁴⁾ In his 'Third Generation' of Fougere Genealogy Ron writes;
"John Fougere died in 1819, without leaving any children. The other three brothers, Jacques, Charles, and Marcel, all had families and these three brothers are the ancestors of all the Fougeres in Havre Boucher, as well as most of the Fraziers who settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, and the surrounding area"

So I'm not sure, without checking with Ron, when John died.
iv. Theotiste Fougere was born about 1754 in Petit Degrat.
v. Louis Fougere was born about 1756 in Petit Degrat.
vi. Jacques (James) Fougere was born about 1759 in Petit Degrat. He owned 200 acres of land by George III in 1787 in Barrio Beach area of East Tracadie, Nova Scotia, Canada.⁽⁴⁾ He was living late 1700's in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
vii. Joseph Fougere was born about 1759 in Petit Degrat.
viii. Charles Fougere was born on 30 Nov 1760.⁽⁴⁾ the information on Charles and his children came from Ron Fraser, and has not been double checked by me. He was baptized on 26 Jul 1771. He owned 300 acres of land by crown grant in 1809 in Frankville area. He appeared on the census in 1817 in ?.⁽⁴⁾ There is listed one person over 50, 3 persons 16 to 49, 3 boys, 5 women, 0 girls, a total of 12 Acadians. He appeared on the census in 1827 in ?. ⁽⁴⁾ Charles was listed as head of household for 3 males and 1 female, with a total of 4 in the family. He was listed as a mariner, Roman Catholic, with 18 acres of cultivated land (cleared as opposed to wooded, with wooded not being listed), 3 tons of hay, 4 horned cattle, 13 sheep, 5 swine, and 140 bushels of potatoes. (and a partridge in a pear tree. My note)
ix. Agathe Fougere was born on 23 Aug 1764.
x. Therese Marguerite Fougere was born on 15 Oct 1768 in Petit Degrat. She died after 1833.
8 xi. Marcel (Marshall) Fougere.
xii. Marthe Fougere was born after 1771.

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