Germain DOUCET, Sieur De La Verdure^[1]

Abt 1595 - 1654  (59 years)

• Name	Germain DOUCET  [2, 3]
  Suffix	Sieur De La Verdure
  Birth	Abt 1595	Couperans en Brie, France   [4]
  	or Conflans en Brye
  Gender	Male
  _UID	2EDF584507114B8DAF4A286C1A702A6D4837
  Immigration	Abt 1632
  	to Acadia
  Occupation	soldier
  Death	1654	Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I23668	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Children	1. Pierre DOUCET, Dit Laverdure,   b. Abt 1621, Sedan, , Champagne-Ardenne, France d. 1 Jun 1713, Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 92 years)   2. Marguerite Louise DOUCET,   b. 1625, Coupru, , Picardie, France d. 19 Dec 1707, Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 82 years)   3. DOUCET,   b. 1634, France d. Yes, date unknown   4. Germain DOUCET,   b. 1641, Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F7247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1595 - Couperans en Brie, France Death - 1654 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Sieur do La Verdure = Sior (Finder) of the Greenery Germain Doucet came to Nova Scotia in approximately 1632 with his two eldest children. His wife (or wives) are unidentified. While there has been much speculation as to a possible Native American wife for Germain, this seems doubtful; mtDNA analysis on matrilineal descendants of his daughter, Marguerite Louise, confirm her as Haplogroup T2, which is a characteristically European mtDNA signature. While speculation continues that Germain

  
  

• Sources

  [S1152] Gordon BONNET. [S410] Rosaline Guitard - Research, (Sources : - Bathurst Holy Family records - Grande-Rivi). [S1156] Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens, (Editions Lemeac: Montreal, Canada, 1978 via Gordon BONNET). [S438] Dean DOUCETT - www.doucetfamily.org. [S473] Gordon Buck Oneworld Tree, (http://trees.ancestry.ca/owt/person.aspx?pid=-2138828002).