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Godbout – Racicot / LeBeuf – LaHaye
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 1714 - 1774 (59 years)
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| Name |
Jean Baptiste Bradstreet [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] |
| Born |
21 Dec 1714 |
Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Baptism |
21 Dec 1714 |
Baptisé par le Sieur Spelman, major de ce fort |
| Baptism |
12 Mar 1716 |
Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Annapolis Royal, NS (Prêtre: Justinien Durand) |
| Baptism |
12 Mar 1716 |
Parrain: Sieur Petitot dit Saint Seine, chirurgien |
| Baptism |
12 Mar 1716 |
Marraine: Madame de La Tour (Anne Melanson), femme d'Alexandre Robichaux |
| Military |
1735 |
| His mother bought him a commission in Col. Richard Philipps' 40th Regiment of foot ("The Fighting Fortieth" formed on 25 August 1717) |
| Military |
23 Aug 1735 |
| Ensign John Bradstreet is commissioned |
| Occupation |
1736 |
| Took a leave of absence and visited his mother in Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Military |
1737 |
| Rejoined his company in Canso |
| Military |
1737-1743 |
| Made a number of visits to Louisbourg on behalf of the British because he spoke fluent French and had many family contacts |
| Military |
5 Feb 1744 |
| Captain of the 2nd Company, First Regiment of the Massachusetts Troops (commanded by William Pepperrell) |
| Military |
24 May 1744 |
| Captured when Captain François du Pont Duvivier raided Canso and brought to Louisbourg as a prisoner |
| Military |
6 Jul 1744 |
| Arrived in Boston with a letter from the French for Governor William Shirley suggesting a possible prisoner exchange (returned to Louisbourg mid Sept) |
| Military |
15 Sep 1744 |
| Released and transported to Boston on condition that he was not to bear arms against the French before September 1745 |
| Military |
21 Sep 1744 |
| Canso officers and men (including 340 prisoners of War) arrive in Boston aboard "Three Flaggs of Truce" |
| Military |
1745 |
| Because of his intimate knowledge of the Fortress, he was able to give both Shirley and Pepperell invaluable information about Louisbourg |
| Military |
17 Jun 1745 |
| One of the first officers to make the grand entry into Louisbourg after its defeat and his presence would considerably anger the French |
| Military |
20 Jun 1745 |
| Town Major Commandant of the City and Fortifications of Louisbourg |
| Military |
1 Sep 1745 |
| Adjutant |
| Military |
5 Sep 1745 |
| Obtains a provincial commission of Lieutenant-Colonel in William Pepperrell's "First Massachusetts" Regiment |
| Military |
5 Sep 1745 |
| Received a British Regular Regiment commission of Captain in Pepperrell's 66th Regiment |
| Military |
16 Sep 1746 |
| Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland (to 1751) |
| Military |
1748 |
| In garrison at Louisbourg (Pepperrell's 66th Regiment was disbanded in 1749) |
| Occupation |
1751 |
| Leave of absence in England |
| Military |
6 Sep 1754 |
| Captain with the 51st Regiment of Foot |
| Occupation |
1755 |
| Returns to America with Major-General Edward Braddock |
| Military |
1756 |
| Attached to William Shirley's 50th Regiment of Foot (British regular army) |
| Military |
1756 |
| Regiment stationed at Boston and ordered to garrison the fort at Oswego |
| Military |
3 Jul 1756 |
| Attacked by Louis Coulon de Villiers while leading a supply convoy to Oswego (65 killed or wounded and 40 taken prisoner) |
| Military |
14 Aug 1756 |
| Fort Oswego (Chouagen) falls to the French |
| Military |
14 Aug 1756 |
| Some 618 of the 50th (including 34 women and 23 servants) were taken as prisoners to Canada and eventually to France for exchange |
| Military |
7 Mar 1757 |
| 50th Regiment formally disbanded (in practice had ceased to exist after Oswego) |
| Military |
8 Mar 1757 |
| Captain with the 2nd Battalion, 60th Regiment of Foot |
| Military |
27 Dec 1757 |
| Promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, 60th Regiment of Foot (Royal Americans) |
| Military |
7 Jul 1758 |
| Captured a saw-mill and bridge within 2 miles of Ticonderoga with 6 companies of the Royal Americans (60th), the 44th Regiment and some rangers |
| Military |
7 Jul 1758 |
| Deputy Quartermaster-General in America (44th and 60th Regiments of Foot) |
| Military |
8 Jul 1758 |
| His advice given to General James Abercromby was ignored and the British were soundly defeated by Montcalm at Carillon (Ticonderoga, NY) |
| Military |
8 Jul 1758 |
| Part of 1st and 4th Battalions, 60th Royal Americans, were at Ticonderoga when the French defeated General Abercromby and George-Auguste, Lord Howe |
| Military |
8 Jul 1758 |
| The British casualties numbered 551 killed and 1 356 wounded or captured (including 123 officers) |
| Military |
8 Jul 1758 |
| The French casualties numbered 377 killed or wounded (including 38 officers) |
| Military |
20 Aug 1758 |
| Brevet Colonel (in America) |
| Military |
25 Aug 1758 |
| Crossed Lake Ontario with an army of 3 100 men in 123 bateaux and 95 whaleboats to attack Fort Frontenac (Kingston) which he captured |
| Military |
27 Aug 1758 |
| First and 4th Battalions, 60th Royal American Regiment, were present at the capture of Fort Frontenac |
| Military |
27 Aug 1758 |
| One hundred and ten French prisoners, 60 canons, 16 mortars and large quantities of provisions taken valued at 800.000 livres (also 9 gun-boats) |
| Military |
26 Jul 1759 |
| Accompanied General Amherst as Quartermaster-General in the expedition that captured Fort Ticonderoga (also occupied Crown Point) |
| Military |
1760 |
| Headquarters at Oswego (ill-health prevented him from escorting the troops to Montréal in 1761) |
| Military |
19 Feb 1762 |
| Brevet Colonel (in the Army) |
| Military |
9 Sep 1764 |
| Negotiated a Peace with the Western Tribes at Detroit |
| Military |
11 Sep 1764 |
| Signed a treaty with the Ottawa and Chippewa |
| Military |
25 May 1772 |
| Promoted to Major-General |
| Will |
23 Sep 1774 |
Executors: William Smith (historian) and General Philip Schuyler |
| Will |
23 Sep 1774 |
Surrogate's Office, New York (drawn by William Smith, Esq.) |
| Died |
25 Sep 1774 |
New York City |
| Buried |
26 Sep 1774 |
Trinity Churchyard, 74 Trinity Place, New York City |
| Person ID |
I10098 |
Godbout |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Father |
Edmund Bradstreet, b. Abt 1685, Ireland , d. Dec 1718, Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie (Age ~ 33 years) |
| Mother |
Marie Agathe de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, b. Abt 1690, Cap-de-Sable, Acadie (Pubnico, Yarmouth County, NS) , d. Aft 1765, Kilkenny, Ireland (Age ~ 76 years) |
| Married |
1713 |
Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie |
| Family ID |
F3539 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S117] Registres Paroissiaux (1702-1755), Paroisse Saint-Jean-Baptiste d'Annapolis Royal (Port Royal).
Also: Government of Canada, The National Battlefields Commission, Plains of Abraham, French and British army soldiers in Québec (1759-1760) database (ccbn-nbc.gc.ca).
- [S190] Histoire du Cap-Sable de l'an mil au Traité de Paris, 1763, Père Clarence-J. d'Entremont, (Hebert Publications, Eunice, Louisiana, 1981), Volume 3, p. 874.
- [S644] Dictionnaire général du Canada, Louis Le Jeune, (Université d'Ottawa, Canada; Imprimé en France, Firmin-Didot et Cie., Mesnil, Eure, 1931), Tome 1, pp. 240-241 & Tome 2, pp. 293-294.
Dictionnaire général de biographie, histoire, littérature, agriculture, commerce, industrie et des arts, sciences, moeurs, coutumes, institutions politiques et religieuses du Canada.
- [S643] Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB/DBC), (University of Toronto Press & Les Presses de l'université Laval, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1979 & 1982), Volume II, p. 590; Vol. III, pp. XXV, XXXViii, 495, 507 & Vol. IV (online).
Also: Pursuit of Profit and Preferment in Colonial North America, John Bradstreet's Quest, William G. Godfrey, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1982.
- [S196] NEHGR: New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts), Volume 16 (1862), pp. 315-316 & Vol. 24 (1870), pp. 368, 378.
- [S606] Histoire du Canada, huitième édition, revue et augmentée par Hector Garneau, François-Xavier Garneau, (Éditions de l'Arbre, Montréal, 1944), Tome V, Livre 9, chap. 2, p. 137; chap. 3, pp. 190-204.
- [S586] A History of Nova Scotia, or Acadie, Beamish Murdoch, Esq., Q. C., (James Barnes, Halifax, N. S., 1865-1866), Volume II, pp. 45-70.
- [S737] Réponse au sujet des discussions concernant les échanges de prisonniers, 26 juillet 1744, William Shirley, gouverneur du Massachusetts, à Duquesnel, commandant de l'Île Royale, (Fonds des Colonies, Correspondance générale, Centre des archives d'outre-mer, France), COL C11A 81/fol. 255-259v.
Agents de liaison : François Mangeant dit Saint-Germain et John Bradstreet. Renvoi à Boston de prisonniers anglais; renvoi de prisonniers français : Castaing, Calvary, Jean Boutier et autres; propositions d'échanges concernant les gens de Canseau (Patrick Heron), le lieutenant Royal, des officiers et des matelots français (Joannis-Galand d'Olabaratz), des soldats et des habitants; traitement réservé aux prisonniers de part et d'autre; conditions avantageuses de la capitulation de Canseau.
- [S738] Renvoie Patrick Heron et tous les officiers, soldats et habitants de Canseau, 15 septembre 1744, Duquesnel, commandant de l'Île Royale, à William Shirley, gouverneur du Massachusetts, (Fonds des Colonies, Correspondance générale, Centre des archives d'outre-mer, France), COL C11A 81/fol. 264-266v.
Ces gens se sont engagés à ne pas prendre les armes contre les Français et leurs alliés avant le mois de septembre de l'année prochaine; arme deux bâtiments pour transporter tout ce monde et se sert aussi de la goélette de John Bradstreet (rémunération de celui-ci et de François Mangeant); renvoie par les mêmes bâtiments des capitaines marchands, des corsaires, des Irlandaises et d'autres gens pris sur divers bâtiments, sauf 67 expédiés à Plaisance pour échange contre des pêcheurs français et d'autres prisonniers qui s'y trouvent.
- [S755] Historical Record of the Forty-Fourth, or the East Essex Regiment, Thomas Carter, Adjutant-General's Office, (Gale & Polden, Brompton Works, Chatham, Second Edition, 1887), 14-15.
Also: A regimental chronicle and list of officers of the 60th, or the King's Royal Rifle Corps, formerly the 62nd, or the Royal American Regiment of Foot. Nesbit Willoughby Wallace, Captain, 60th Royal Rifles. Harrison and Sons, 59, Pall Mall, St. Martin's Lane, London, 1879, pp. 9-10.
- [S563] Nova Scotia's Massachusetts, 1630 to 1784, George A. Rawlwyk, (McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal and London, 1973), 134, 149-152, 155-158, 167-168 & 171.
Also: Chronological Annals of the War; from its beginning to the present time, John Dobson, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1763, Part I, p. 63.
- [S757] Yarmouth, Nova Scotia: A sequel to Campbell's History, George Stanley Brown and John Roy Campbell, (Rand Avery Company, Boston, 1888), Appendix K, p. 451.
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