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Godbout – Racicot / LeBeuf – LaHaye
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 Abt 1700 - Abt 1763 (~ 63 years)
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| Name |
John Handfield [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Born |
Abt 1700 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military |
Apr 1731 |
| Lieutenant in the 40th Regiment - "The Fighting Fortieth" |
| Military |
1736 |
| Appointed to sit on Council |
| Military |
1740 |
| Captain |
| Occupation |
1 Jul 1740 |
| Esquire and member of H. M. council (Annapolis Royal) |
| Military |
1744 |
| At Annapolis Royal when the French put it under siege |
| Military |
1749 |
| Sent from Annapolis Royal with 100 men to establish a stronghold at Minas |
| Military |
15 Aug 1752 |
| Commanding officer at Annapolis |
| Occupation |
15 Aug 1752 |
| Esquire and justice of the peace for the province of Nova Scotia |
| Military |
1754 |
| Major |
| Military |
1755 |
| Commandant of the garrison who superintended the deportation of Elizabeth's mother's close relatives onto the transports at Annapolis |
| Military |
1758 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel of the 40th Regiment |
| Military |
2 Jun 1758 |
| With Amherst at the second siege of Louisbourg |
| Military |
26 Jul 1758 |
| Louisbourg surrenders |
| Died |
Abt 1763 |
| Person ID |
I10102 |
Godbout |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Family |
Elizabeth Winniett, b. 17 Aug 1714, Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie  |
| Married |
Bef 1731 |
Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Family ID |
F5196 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S94] Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, Stephen A. White, (Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999), 1588.
- [S643] Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB/DBC), (University of Toronto Press & Les Presses de l'université Laval, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1979 & 1982), Volume III, pp. 277, 421 & 665.
- [S753] Généalogie des familles acadiennes avec documents, Placide Gaudet, (Document de la session N° 18, Ottawa, 1906), vii, ix, 73, 87 & 91.
- [S93] Série d'articles, Père Clarence-J. d'Entremont, (Yarmouth Vanguard, Yarmouth, Nouvelle-Écosse, 3 janvier 1989 - 27 novembre 1990), 21 mars 1989.
- [S586] A History of Nova Scotia, or Acadie, Beamish Murdoch, Esq., Q. C., (James Barnes, Halifax, N. S., 1865-1866), Volume II, pp. 4, 211 & 332-348.
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