Jean LePrince was born to Jacques Le Prince and Marguerite Hebert around 1692 probably in Minas, based on the 1693 census. He could also have been born in Grand-Pré, which is only about 10 miles from various portions of Minas, also known as Les Mines. Grand-Pré was settled about 1680, and Les Mines about 1682. …
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Marie Josèphe LePrince (1715-after 1787), A Grandmother’s Choice to Preserve Acadian Culture – 52 Ancestors #468
The surnames Prince, Le Prince, and LePrince are used interchangeably in Acadian records and genealogical sources, as are Marie Josèphe and Marie-Josèphe, with or without a hyphen. Marie Josèphe LePrince was born to Jean LePrince and Jeanne Blanchard on November 3, 1715, in Port Royal and baptized the same day. In her baptism record, her …