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Person Page 15796
Louis Allain1 b. circa 1670, d. 16 July 1737, #15796
| Birth | circa 1670 | Louis was born circa 1670
at France. He may have been born as early as 1655 per
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kingharry&id=I12434.1 |
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1687 | He was a blacksmith and merchant. It appears that
he first came to Port Royal about 1687. In 1685 he made a trip to Maine
from France and bought 100 acres with house and mill in Wells, Maine.
He owned 1/3 of the mill. The he bought an interest, possibly as much
as 50%, in the ship Endeavor. Since he could speak English fairly well, he could trade with the English colonies easily.2 |
| Marriage | circa 1689 | Louis Allain married Marguerite Bourg, daughter of Antoine Bourg and Antionette Landry, circa 1689 in Acadia, Canada.2 |
| 1720 | Sometime after 1720 Louis sold his property in
Wells, Maine and settled in Bellaire, near Port Royal, Acadia. He had a
grain mill and a saw mill and continued to trade in a coastal vessal
with the New England merchants.2 |
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| Louis formed a partnership with Jean-Baptiste
Naquin dit L'toile - who had also married a Marguerite Bourg and who
lived on the upper part of the Port-Royal river. When Jean-Baptiste
Naquin died in 1706, Louis Allain bought his property. Louis corresponded with the governor of New France, Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil. However some of his letters sent by the French governor fell into the hands of the British governor of Annapolis Royal, Jean Doucett. Recognized as a businessman with a strong character, Louis was used by the French authorities as a negociator for the exchange of French and Acadian prisoners in Boston.2 |
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| Death | 16 July 1737 | Louis died on 16 July 1737 at Port Royal, Acadia Canada.2 |
| After the death of Louis his property, including mills, ships and houses went to daughter Marie. This is strange as son Pierre died in about 1745. Why did the land etc not go to him?? Nicolas Gauthier, husband of daughter Marie, continued his father-in-law's commerce and became one of the wealthiest Acadians in Port-Royal. |
| Family | Marguerite Bourg | b. circa 1667 |
| Children | 1. | Pierre Louis Allain 2 |
| 2. | Marie Allain 1 |
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