Individual Details

Michel Richard, son of Andre Richard, born 1630, in La Saintonge, France, died about 1687, in Port Royal, Acadia; married Port Royal, Acadia, 1658, Madeleine Blanchard, daughter of Jean and Radegonde Joy (Lambert) Blanchard, born 1643, in Port Royal, Acadia, died 1680, in Port Royal, Acadia. Michel arrived in Acadie about 1652 with the expedition of Emmanuel LeBorgne and of Guilbaut, or in 1651 with Sieur de Saint-Mas, representative of Leborgne. He was a soldier in the garrison at the fort in Port Royal. In the 1671 census he is listed as a plowman having 14 arpents of cleared land. the 1678 census shows him with Madeleine, four sons and five daughters on 10 arpents. After Madeleine's death, Michel married about 1683 Jeanne Babin and is shown with her in the 1686 census, along with three sons and three daughters, having 16 horned animals and 30 sheep. Michel and Madeleine had 10 children, all born at Port Royal. The Port Royal Acadian census of 1671, indicates Michel Richard and wife Madeleine Blanchard then owned 15 cattle and 14 sheeps. They also were parents of three (unnamed) daughters, at the time.
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Birth	1630	Saintonge, France
Marriage	Abt 1656	Port Royal, Acadia - Madeleine Blanchard
Marriage	Abt 1683	Port Royal, Acadia - Jeanne Babin
Death	1687	Port Royal, Acadia

Spouse	Madeleine Blanchard (1643 - 1683)
Child	René Richard (1657 - 1700)
Child	Pierre Richard (1661 - )
Child	Catherine Richard (1663 - )
Child	Alexandre Richard (1663 - )
Child	Martin Richard (1665 - )
Child	Magdelaine Elizabeth Richard (1670 - )
Child	Anne Richard (1670 - )
Child	Marie Richard (1674 - 1702)
Child	Cécile Richard (1676 - )
Child	Marguerite Richard (1679 - )
Child	Michel Richard (1684 - )

Spouse	Jeanne Babin (1668 - )
Child	Michel Richard (1684 - )
Child	Alexandre Richard (1686 - )

Father

Andre Richard (1600 - )