François PITRE, Dit Nordest

Abt 1682 - 1725  (43 years)

• Name	François PITRE  [1]
  Suffix	Dit Nordest
  Birth	Abt 1682	Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	BA4F9DC07175451B9A3E0EB139CF51C76394
  Death	6 Dec 1725  [1]
  Person ID	I23794	Ryeland Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Jean PITRE,   b. Abt 1636   d. 1693 (Age 57 years)
  Mother	Marie PESSELEY,   b. Abt 1641   d. 26 Dec 1707 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1665  [1]
  Family ID	F7327	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne PRÉJEAN, Le Breton,   b. 1687   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Jul 1705	Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Antoine PITRE,   b. 19 Jul 1706   d. Between 1755 and 1763 (Age 48 years)   2. Marie Josephe PITRE,   b. 28 Dec 1708   d. Bef 19 Jan 1767 (Age 58 years)   3. Jean Baptiste PITRE,   b. 1711, Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. 9 Jun 1758, Quebec, , Québec, Canada (Age 47 years)   4. Marie Madeleine PITRE,   b. 1 Mar 1713   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Marguerite PITRE,   b. 16 Jun 1715   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Simon Eustache PITRE,   b. 20 May 1717, Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   7. Agnès PITRE,   b. 10 Jun 1719   d. 2 Jun 1781, Ile aux Coudres, Quebec, Canada (Age 61 years)   8. Judith PITRE,   b. 13 Oct 1721, Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1 May 1790, Ile aux Coudres, Quebec, Canada (Age 68 years)   9. François Joseph PITRE,   b. 31 Jul 1723   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Anne PITRE,   b. 30 Aug 1725   d. 7 Oct 1725 (Age 0 years)   11. Théotiste PITRE,   b. 30 Aug 1725   d. 10 Nov 1725 (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F7314	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1682 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada Marriage - 27 Jul 1705 - Port Royal, Annapolis, , Nova Scotia, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Son of Jean Pitre and Marie Pesselet, François dit Nordest was born around 1682 in Port-Royal. He was still young in 1690 when Phipps and his Soldiers arrived in his region. At the age of 11, in 1693, he lost his father and his family lived through difficult times. By 1697, peace returns to Acadia with the Treaty of Ryswick , which makes Acadia French soil again and the New Englanders leave. François lived during the period considered as the Golden Age of Acadian History. At the age of twenty-three, François Pitre marries Anne Préjean in Port Royal on July 27th, 1705. The young couple settles in Port Royal where all their children are born. François Pitre and Anne Préjean are not found in the census of 1707 or 1710 but it is most likely that they lived with or near Anne's family. They are listed on the 1714 census as the immediate neighbours of Jean Préjean dit le Breton. After five years, this family finds itself in danger again when the New Englanders seized Port-Royal. Even with the resistance of 258 soldiers, the Fort was lost in mid-October of 1710. The 481 inhabitants again surrendered to the English. Three years later, by the Treaty of Utreck in 1713, Acadia becomes Nova Scotia but the surrounding Ile Royale (Cap Breton) & Ile St-Jean (P.E.I.) and part of what is now New Brunswick, remained part of France. Acadians were given the right to practice their religion, own and keep their properties, but they became British Subjects. As British Subjects, François Pitre and his family lived a relatively peaceful life for the next few years. However on December 6th, 1725, François passed away leaving his wife and ten children in mourning. Like his father before him, he died young, at only 43 years old. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S481] The PITRE Family History by Diane Pitre Werner, (http://www.geocities.com/pitre_family/index.html).