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Godbout – Racicot / LeBeuf – LaHaye
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 1713 - 1745 (32 years)
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| Name |
Simon Bradstreet [1, 2] |
| Born |
1713 |
Annapolis Royal, NS (Port Royal), Acadie  |
| Gender |
Male |
| 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 |
5 Jul 1735 |
| Adjutant Simon Bradstreet is commissioned |
| Occupation |
1737-1738 |
| Visited his mother in Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Military |
1739 |
| Secured an ensign's commission and rejoined his company in Canso |
| Occupation |
1742 |
| Travelled to England in the fall of that year |
| Military |
1744 |
| Sold his two commissions (adjutant and ensign) for £600 and purchased the rank of lieutenant in Lieutenant-General Henry Harrison's regiment |
| Military |
21 Mar 1745 |
| Purchased a captain's commission |
| Military |
1 Sep 1745 |
| Promoted to Major in Lt. Genl. Philipps' regiment and Captain of a company, then set sail from England for Louisbourg aboard the "Rousby" |
| Military |
27 Dec 1745 |
| The "Rousby" got stranded two leagues from Louisbourg and was lost |
| Died |
27 Dec 1745 |
At sea off the coast of Cape Breton |
| Cause: Among those who drowned when the ship "Rousby" came to grief |
| Person ID |
I7349 |
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 |
- [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.
- [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.
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.
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