Re: St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. Lashomb's @1840
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Re: St. Lawrence Co. N.Y. Lashomb's @1840
11/17/00
I thought all of the Lashomb cousins might enjoy seeing this letter sent to me by Liz Pearson. It outlines the Lashomb family history back through the generations. As well, I do have this on disc and can send it to you in a GED COM file.
Mary
My name is Larry LaShomb, Son of Guy LaShomb and Grandson of William LaShomb.
A couple of years ago, on the request of a person from Long Island, I started looking into the LaShomb background for information for him.
Much to my surprise, I became so interested in the name LaShomb that I had to go on digging for all the information I could.
I have almost all the LaShomb families recorded except a few, that I am trying to do now.As soon as I finish, I will give a copy of my findings to the Massena Hist. Society and one copy to the Archives in Albany for any future generations that might want to know some of the background on their hard working, religious and just plain farm folks that helped to settle this great country of ours.The story of our Ancestors is a very sad and bleak one, and with many hardships, never recorded in history books, possibly a hardship that should never have happened to a people.
I cannot give a full account here, because it would take many books to fill with the history of the LaShomb name, but if you have ever read EVANGELINE by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, or if you will look in your encyclopedia on the land known as ACADIA, you might find some information.
You see, the first man to carry the LaShomb name was in the year 1838-1839.Before that we were known as Le shamb, LeJambe and back to Pitre.
The first known ancestor that I have found was Jean Pitre, who left France in 1654 to sail to the newly formed Colony of ACADIA.Acadia was the land of what now is known as Nova Scotia, part of Maine, Prince Edward Islands, New Brunswick and Cape Breton.
This Jean Pitre married in Port Royal Acadia in 1664 to a Marie Pesseley, daughter of Isaac Pesseley and Barbe Baiolet.They had nine children.
One of his sons, Claude Pitre born 1670, married at Port Royal (now known as Anapolis Royal Nova Scotia) to a Marie Comeau, daughter of Pierre Comeau and Jeanne Bourg.They gave birth to 5 children.
The next one of our direct ancestors is Claude’s son Pierre Pitre, born 1703 at Port Royal Acadia, and he married Agatha Doucet, daughter of Rene Doucet and Marie Brassard.They had 5 children.
The next in line is Jean Baptiste Pitre, son of Pierre.He was born is Chipody, (now known as Hopewell hill in New Brunswick) in 1735.He married once in Chipody and we have no record of this marriage.His second marriage, after his first wife died, was to a Marie Anne Thibodeaw.They had two children, when he was dispersed with the other 18,000 Acadians during the great English dispersion of 1755, when Governor Lawrence, action under the direct orders of the King of England, ordered all Acadians dispersed throughout the World to get rid of them from Acadia.For years and through many wars between the French and English for control of Acadia, they (the Acadians) had remained true to their religion and to the King of France.They refused to bow to the King of England and change to his religion.So this ancestor, Jean Baptiste Pitre was deported along with his family to the Colonies along the New England Coast.His wife and children died during the trip, because, after walking some six or seven hundred miles, through wilderness and Indian country, we find Jean Baptiste Pitre in Quebec Canada, a widower and with no children.It was here at St. Pierre les Becques, a place along the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal to Quebec City.Here in 31 March 1761 he married Anne Suret, daughter of Joseph Suret and Marguerite Terriot.They had seven children.
Now the next in line is the son of Jean Baptiste Pitre.His name is Jean Marie Pitre; he was born at Lachine, Quebec, 14 October 1766.Jean Marie married twice.First to Julie LeDuc, daughter of Pierre LeDuc and Joseph LaLonde.They were married at the Ile Perrot, near Montreal, 13, February 1792.They had 3 children.His second marriage was to Marie Louise LeFebvre, daughter of Basile LeFebvre and Marie Louise Carigan.They married 14 November 1803.They had one child.
Here is where the name starts to change for our ancestry.This Jean Marie Pitre was given the nickname LaJambe. (This means the leg.It could be that he was a great runner, a peg leg, or liked to eat leg of lamb, no one knows at this time for sure.)Anyway, he carried the LaJambe after his name as some sort of title, making his name Jean Marie Pitre La Jambe.
Now the next one in line is Jean Marie Pitre LaJambe’s son Pierre.Pierre Pitre LaJambe was the third born child of Jean Marie and his first wife Anne Suret.Pierre was born in the area around Ile Perrot in Quebec, in 1804.He married at St. Regis Quebec and their Baptisms are recorded there in the Catholic Church in St. Regis.In 1838, during the Papineau Rebellion, Pierre and his good friend Amable Quenell (along with his family) who lived nearby in St. Ancet, Quebec, during a blinding snowstorm, left St. Regis Quebec and traveled to the Maple Ridge Area in Brasher N.Y. where they started a new life on new farmlands.
Now Pierre Pitre LaJambe, during the first census in 1849, is recorded as Peter LeShamb.On his gravestone in St. Patricks Cemetery, the old side of the cemetery, his name is on the headstone as Peter LeShamb and buried in the same lot with him and his wife Sophie Moreau is some of his children and their names are spelled LaShomb.By the way, Peter and Sophie had 7 more children after they settled in Maple Ridge area of Brasher N.Y.
My name is Larry LaShomb, Son of Guy LaShomb and Grandson of William LaShomb.
A couple of years ago, on the request of a person from Long Island, I started looking into the LaShomb background for information for him.
Much to my surprise, I became so interested in the name LaShomb that I had to go on digging for all the information I could.
I have almost all the LaShomb families recorded except a few, that I am trying to do now.As soon as I finish, I will give a copy of my findings to the Massena Hist. Society and one copy to the Archives in Albany for any future generations that might want to know some of the background on their hard working, religious and just plain farm folks that helped to settle this great country of ours.The story of our Ancestors is a very sad and bleak one, and with many hardships, never recorded in history books, possibly a hardship that should never have happened to a people.
I cannot give a full account here, because it would take many books to fill with the history of the LaShomb name, but if you have ever read EVANGELINE by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, or if you will look in your encyclopedia on the land known as ACADIA, you might find some information.
You see, the first man to carry the LaShomb name was in the year 1838-1839.Before that we were known as Le shamb, LeJambe and back to Pitre.
The first known ancestor that I have found was Jean Pitre, who left France in 1654 to sail to the newly formed Colony of ACADIA.Acadia was the land of what now is known as Nova Scotia, part of Maine, Prince Edward Islands, New Brunswick and Cape Breton.
This Jean Pitre married in Port Royal Acadia in 1664 to a Marie Pesseley, daughter of Isaac Pesseley and Barbe Baiolet.They had nine children.
One of his sons, Claude Pitre born 1670, married at Port Royal (now known as Anapolis Royal Nova Scotia) to a Marie Comeau, daughter of Pierre Comeau and Jeanne Bourg.They gave birth to 5 children.
The next one of our direct ancestors is Claude’s son Pierre Pitre, born 1703 at Port Royal Acadia, and he married Agatha Doucet, daughter of Rene Doucet and Marie Brassard.They had 5 children.
The next in line is Jean Baptiste Pitre, son of Pierre.He was born is Chipody, (now known as Hopewell hill in New Brunswick) in 1735.He married once in Chipody and we have no record of this marriage.His second marriage, after his first wife died, was to a Marie Anne Thibodeaw.They had two children, when he was dispersed with the other 18,000 Acadians during the great English dispersion of 1755, when Governor Lawrence, action under the direct orders of the King of England, ordered all Acadians dispersed throughout the World to get rid of them from Acadia.For years and through many wars between the French and English for control of Acadia, they (the Acadians) had remained true to their religion and to the King of France.They refused to bow to the King of England and change to his religion.So this ancestor, Jean Baptiste Pitre was deported along with his family to the Colonies along the New England Coast.His wife and children died during the trip, because, after walking some six or seven hundred miles, through wilderness and Indian country, we find Jean Baptiste Pitre in Quebec Canada, a widower and with no children.It was here at St. Pierre les Becques, a place along the Saint Lawrence River from Montreal to Quebec City.Here in 31 March 1761 he married Anne Suret, daughter of Joseph Suret and Marguerite Terriot.They had seven children.
Now the next in line is the son of Jean Baptiste Pitre.His name is Jean Marie Pitre; he was born at Lachine, Quebec, 14 October 1766.Jean Marie married twice.First to Julie LeDuc, daughter of Pierre LeDuc and Joseph LaLonde.They were married at the Ile Perrot, near Montreal, 13, February 1792.They had 3 children.His second marriage was to Marie Louise LeFebvre, daughter of Basile LeFebvre and Marie Louise Carigan.They married 14 November 1803.They had one child.
Here is where the name starts to change for our ancestry.This Jean Marie Pitre was given the nickname LaJambe. (This means the leg.It could be that he was a great runner, a peg leg, or liked to eat leg of lamb, no one knows at this time for sure.)Anyway, he carried the LaJambe after his name as some sort of title, making his name Jean Marie Pitre La Jambe.
Now the next one in line is Jean Marie Pitre LaJambe’s son Pierre.Pierre Pitre LaJambe was the third born child of Jean Marie and his first wife Anne Suret.Pierre was born in the area around Ile Perrot in Quebec, in 1804.He married at St. Regis Quebec and their Baptisms are recorded there in the Catholic Church in St. Regis.In 1838, during the Papineau Rebellion, Pierre and his good friend Amable Quenell (along with his family) who lived nearby in St. Ancet, Quebec, during a blinding snowstorm, left St. Regis Quebec and traveled to the Maple Ridge Area in Brasher N.Y. where they started a new life on new farmlands.
Now Pierre Pitre LaJambe, during the first census in 1849, is recorded as Peter LeShamb.On his gravestone in St. Patricks Cemetery, the old side of the cemetery, his name is on the headstone as Peter LeShamb and buried in the same lot with him and his wife Sophie Moreau is some of his children and their names are spelled LaShomb.By the way, Peter and Sophie had 7 more children after they settled in Maple Ridge area of Brasher N.Y.
This man Pierre or Peter as he was called in the US is the man responsible for every person born with the LaShomb name.