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Ayotte
Posted by Ayotte on Fri, 17 Dec 2004, in response to I can't find what nationality i am.....Ayotte, posted by Echo Ayotte on Thu, 07 Oct 2004
HERE IS SOME MORE INFO I FOUND1. Altered spelling (common in Quebec) of the French occupational name Aillot or Hayot ‘garlic seller’, from ail ‘garlic’.
Jean-Baptiste (II) would settle in the area of Sainte-Anne-des-Pays-Bas (modern day Fredericton, New Brunswick), which had been the scene of one of the only major victories by the Acadians against the British. The only Deportation ship ever captured by the Acadians, the Pembroke, and its settlers fled to the St. John River community in New Brunswick, under the protection of Boishébert. The Acadians cleared land and settled down, hoping to have their land grants approved by the British government after the war with France was over.
In 1784, English Loyalists, fleeing the United States in the aftermath of the American Revolution, would forcibly evict the Acadians from their new homes. Jean Baptiste would sign a number of petitions sent to the officials of Quebec and New Brunswick asking for redress, to no avail. Jean-Baptiste Cyr dit Croque is reported to have said: "My God, can it be true that you have made no lands for the Cayens [Acadians]?" In 1785, the Acadians sent a petition to the officials of Quebec and New Brunswick, to obtain land in the Madawaska area. Twenty-four Acadians and Canadians signed the petition for land grants a mile-and-a-half south of the Madawaska River Falls. The Acadian petitioners were: Louis Mercure, Jean Martin, Joseph Daigle Sr., Joseph Daigle Jr., Daniel Gaudin, Simon Martin, Paul-Francois Cyr, Joseph Cyr Jr., Pierre Cyr, Jean-Baptiste Cyr, Firmin Cyr, Alexandre Ayotte and Francois Martin. The Canadian petitioners were: Pierre Duperry, Jean Lizotte, Pierre Lizotte, Augustin Dube, Robert Fournier and Louis Sansfacon. Another petition in the Canadian Archives, was addressed to the Governor-General of Canada, and was signed by Jean-Baptiste Cyr, his wife Marguerite Cormier and his nine sons, Pierre, Olivier, Francois, Antoine, Paul, Jacques, Joseph, Firmin and Jean-Baptiste Jr., as well as Alexandre Ayotte, Zacharie Ayotte, Joseph Daigle Sr., Joseph Daigle Jr., Olivier Thibodeau and Louis Sansfacon.
After receiving the promise of land grants from the British authorities, Jean-Baptiste Cyr called for a meeting at his home, where it was decided that half of the colony would go to the Madawaska and the other half would be divided among Amon, Memramcook, Miramichi, Tracadie, Caraquet and Bathurst. Jean-Baptiste would not make the trip. He died that same year, and was buried at "Crock's Point".
Determined to live free of further English interference, these families traveled up the St. John Valley, beyond Grand Falls -- where the British ships could not follow -- to the area called "the Madawaska", the Native American word for "the Land of the Porcupine..." They settled in June, 1785, on the banks of the St. John River. The Acadians has finally found a new home. By 1790, the British would finally affirm the land claims for the Acadian families on the banks of the St. John.
By the time of the 1831 Maine survey, Jean Baptiste's son Antoine Rotatine was recorded as living on the south side of the river.
AND AYOTTE MAKES SOME PRETTY GOOD DRUMS I AM TOLD
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