• Sources:
  • 1671 Acadie Census - shown to be 42 years old which estimates birth c.1629.
  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lambert-395

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Notes

• Location info: Poitou (birth)
• Pionnier de l'Acadie
• [Uncertain] She is buried in Amherst Cemetary. Her grave establishes birth and death years. (Find A Grave)
• Radegonde Lambert, a girl, should not be confused with Radegonde Blanchard, a boy born in 1621. Radegonde's sibling, Jeanne Blanchard, a girl, was also born in 1621.
• Her first nor middle name is not Jeanne as no document supports this name. The confusion is likely a result of someone translating the words "sa femme Radegonde" on the 1671 census to "sa Jeanne Radegonde". The translation of "sa femme Radegonde" to English is "his wife Radegonde"
• There is much debate on who her parents are, but to date, there are no records supporting who her parents are. Therefore the parents are unknown. Please contact a curator if you have definitive proof and/or documentation of parentage.
• She was born around 1621, or perhaps slightly later, based on census records (Her age varies across censuses). Her exact birth day nor year is not known.

Origins

It has been suggested that Radegonde was a Native American. But mitocondrial DNA testing of her matrilineal descendants has demonstrated that they are haplotype X2b. This strongly suggests that Radegonde was not of Amerindian descent; she was most likely born in France. It is possible that her father was Jehan Lambert.

The Mothers of Acadia maternal DNA project posts its results here. To date, the haplogroup is consistently reported as X2b, indicating European origins. Further, a notation on the DNA results of Paul Katner from Radegonde Lambert

"Whether or not Haplogroup X is Native or European has been debated for sometime. The latest word from Family Tree DNA is: "To distinguish Your mtDNA as Native American it?s necessary to check these mutations, too. "Acadian haplogroup X" belongs in Native American haplogroup X when mutations 8913G, 12397G and 14502C are present." So far those mutations have not been present in all of the people tested whose maternal line goes to Radegonde Lambert. Therefore there is no longer any question but that her heritage was European. A full sequence test such as Paul Katner has had also helps to set the record straight."[4]

Michael Marcotte has acknowledged that the maternal DNA testing supports French origins, with the caveat that the field is evolving.[5]

Biographie Biography

The family of Jean BLANCHARD and Radegonde LAMBERT
[84239] BLANCHARD, Jean (..), ploughman (laboureur ), born about 1611 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between census 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : would be from Martaizé (860149) (nom existe), but records are missing and there is no trace of that person; Error : parents Guillaume and Huguette Poirier found in Rameau de Saint-Père are a mistake coming from a confusion in the Belle-Isle Testimony by Jean Leblanc dit Derico (Origine : serait de Martaizé (860149) (nom existe), mais registres lacunaires et aucune trace de lui; Erreur : les parents Guillaume et Huguette Poirier trouvés dans Rameau de Saint-Père sont une erreur provenant d'une confusion dans la déclaration de Belle-Isle par Jean Leblanc dit Derico)

• married about 1642, from .. (Acadie) LAMBERT, Radegonde (..), born about 1621 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between census 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie)
• 1) Marie Madeleine, born about 1643 (rec. 1671), died between census 1678 and 1684 Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie), married about 1656 Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY
• 2) Anne, born about 1645 (rec. 1671, rec. 1698) or 1644 (rec. 1699), died after census 1714 Beaubassin (bim) (Acadie), married about 1659 François GUÉRIN, married about 1672 Pierre l'aîné GAUDET
• 3) Martin, ploughman (laboureur), born about 1647 (rec. 1671), 1648 (rec. 1686) or 1644 (rec. 1699), married about 1671 Marie Françoise LEBLANC, married before census 1686 Marguerite GUILBAULT
• 4) Guillaume, born about 1650 (rec. 1671), 1651 (rec. 1686, 1693), 1650 (rec. 1698, 1699) or 1649 (rec. 1701), died between 1714-01-16 and 1717-10-18 Port-Royal (Acadie), married about 1673 Huguette GOUJON
• 5) Bernard, born about 1653 (rec. 1671)
• 6) Marie, born about 1656 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), married about 1675 Pierre le jeune GAUDET

http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/084/084239.php

GEDCOM Note

FaG BIO: Radegonde Lambert was born in France; parents unknown. Radegonde Lambert was 21 Years & Jean Blanchard was 31 years old when whey got married around 1642. They were already married when they arrived in Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada. Radegonde and Jean had 3 girls and 3 boys: Madeleine Blanchard - 1643 - 1683; Anne Blanchard - 1645 - 1714; Martin Blanchard - 1647 - 1717; Guillaume Blanchard - 1650 - 1714; Bernard Blanchard - 1652 - 1686; Marie Blanchard - 1656 - 1697. In the 1671 Census: Jean Blanchard is 60, married to Radegonde. They have 6 children. There is no mention of Radegonde Lambert or her husband after the 1686 Census & there is no mention of them in the 1693 Census, so it is assumed that they both died between those years. ;; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66789817#add-to-vc ;; Radegonde LAMBERT, wife of Jean BLANCHARD, had six children in 1671. She was already a grandmother. Her oldest daughter Madeleine BLANCHARD, 28 years old, wife of Michel RICHARD, first of his name in Acadia, had seven children at this time. One of the seven, Catherine RICHARD, married François BROSSARD, ancestor of all of the Brossard or Broussard of America, and especially Louisiana. (Lists of Mothers of the Acadian People) http://www.acadian-home.org/mothers.html ;;

https://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogie=Lamb...

http://larryvoyer.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I93280&tree=...

LifeSketch: Radegonde Lambert came from France with her husband Jean Blanchard, according to Jean LeBlanc, husband of her great-granddaughter Françoise Blanchard (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, p. 43). The deposition of Françoise’s nephews Joseph and Simon-Pierre Trahan is to the same effect (ibid., p. 123). Both depositions mistakenly give Guillaume as the ancestor’s given name. Jean LeBlanc’s makes an additional error regarding the name of Jean Blanchard’s wife, calling her Huguette Poirier. The censuses of 1671 and 1686 meanwhile clearly show that she was named Radegonde Lambert (see DGFA-1, pp. 143-144). The source of these errors is probably a simple confusion arising from the fact that Jean LeBlanc’s wife’s grandfather Martin Blanchard had a brother Guillaume who was married to a woman named Huguette, as this writer explained in an article published in 1984 (SHA, Vol. XV, pp. 116-117). This Huguette was not named Poirier, however, but Gougeon, although her mother, Jeanne Chebrat, had married a man named Jean Poirier before she wed Huguette’s father Antoine Gougeon, and all her male-line descendants in Acadia were Poiriers. Unfortunately, we do not know just what questions Jean LeBlanc asked in trying to establish the Blanchard lineage, but he might certainly have had the impression that Huguette was a Poirier from the fact that so many of her relatives were Poiriers, including her grandnephew Joseph, who was also on Belle-Île in 1767 (see Doc. inéd., Vol. III, pp. 13-15).

According to Father Leopold Lanctot, when the long time Captain Robert du Pont Grave got together with a Native Lady: "many of his men imitated him, because there were no French girls to marry in Acadia; Jehan Lambert and a guy named LeJeune followed suit; we would later find, at La Heve, on the southern part of the Acadian peninsula, a good number of Metis with the names LAMBERT and LeJEUNE".

Born to the union of Jehan LAMBERT and an unknown Native Lady, their Metis daughter Radegonde LAMBERT married Frenchman Jean Blanchard about 1642 in Port-Royal.

Lanctot says: "LAMBERT must have had brothers that continued to live with the Natives and married Native women. They are the originators of the Metis families named LAMBERT that we later find in Acadia.

No proof of Radegonde's origins can be found by her marriage or baptism. According to Stephen White, Radegonde was born about 1621 because it was noted that she was 42 years old during the 1671 Port-Royal Census and she was listed as 65 in 1686. She married Jean Blanchard about 1642 (p. 909, Tome 2).

Radegonde was known by a French name but the marriage of her parents or her baptism have never been found in France. It is therefore quite possible that a Frenchman named LAMBERT married a Native Lady about 1620-1621 and they had Radegonde who perpetuated her father's French name.

One way to prove Radegonde's Metis origins is to verify the origin of the people that her descendants married, because Metis tended to marry within their own community.

If Radegonde was born in 1621, as the census of 1686 states, she wouldhave been the first baby at Port-Royal, on northern bank of the Basin ofPort-Royal. She was only 12 or 13 years at the time of her marriage,which was the custom in Acadie at that time, because the girls to bemarried there are excessively rare. She would have been 20 years old, ifher birth was about 1621. Contrary to what occurs in New France (fils duroi), girls were not sent to be married in Acadie. The marriageable girlswere born there or came with their families.

STEPHEN A. WHITE writes that Radégonde Lambert came to Acadia with her husband Jean Blanchard. His argument draws from a statement by Jean LeBlanc and his two nephews. Please read my blog: GENEALOGIST, STEPHEN A. WHITE WRONG ON RADEGONDE LAMBERT'S ORIGIN

http://newfrancemetis.blogspot.ca/2012/08/radegonde-lambert-metis-o...

The argument I present questions how White came to this conclusion. Errors cannot be arguably corrected after 200 years. They must stand as is! If LeBlanc was that confused how can anything he said be truly factual.

....Roland Belanger BA BEd

References

• Genealogist, Stephen A. White Wrong on Radegonde Lambert's Origin THE MAIN DISSENTER OF RADEGONDE LAMBERT’S NATIVE ORIGIN IS STEPHEN A. WHITE, GENEALOGIST, CENTRE D'ÉTUDES ACADIENNES

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GEDCOM Note

ID: I598
Name: Radegonde LAMBERT
Given Name: Radegonde
Surname: Lambert
Sex: F
Birth: Abt 1621 in , , , France 1 2
Death: 1686/1693 in Port Royal, , , Acadia 3
Reference Number: 1031, 1045
Event: 1165, 2459, 2503 Custom ID+
Event: Haplogroup X2b DNA Results mtDNA 4 5
_UID: EA36493C3EEED411AFD90050DA8458AFF321
Change Date: 28 Nov 2016 at 20:35
Note:
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-CENSUS-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; pp. 143 & 909; own copy.

!BIRTH-FATHER-MARRIAGE: E-mail posting to newsgroup <ACADIAN-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com> #153 on 6 Apr 1999 by Cara MIDDLEBROOK or Robert BIALKOWSKI (jackmid@altech.ab.ca). Radegonde was born in 1628 or 1629 at Cap-de-Sable, daughter of Jean LAMBERT (born in France about 1595) and a native woman. Jean probably came to Acadia on the "Jonas" out of Dieppe, Normandy, leaving 25 Feb 1610, arrived in Port Royal at the end of May. He remained in North America the rest of his life, so was the earliest permanent settler.
[This version of Radegonde's birth is not likely, since her mtDNA shows her of European descent, not native Indian. She was likely born in France.]

!DNA: https://dna-explained.com/2016/09/18/radegonde-lambert-16211629-168...
Radegonde's DNA

Several descendants of Radegonde Lambert through all females have had their mitochondrial DNA tested. Mitochondrial DNA is passed from the mother to both genders of their children, but only females pass it on.
In Radegonde's case, her DNA, for several years, also proved as puzzling as the records regarding her birth and mother's ethnicity. No one but Radegonde's descendants seems to match her DNA. It's like Radegonde wanted to play a joke on all of her descendants. And a fine job she did too!
Fortunately, that question has now been resolved, and Radegonde's DNA, haplogroup X2b4, which is exceedingly rare \endash as in chicken's teeth rare \endash is found only in Europeans, to date, and not in any Native people.
Haplogroup X2b4 was born sometime around 5,500 years ago, in Europe, and given that the Native people migrated to the Americas sometime between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago across the land bridge from Asia into what is now Alaska, it would be impossible for X2b4, born in Europe, to be found among the Micmac women in 1621-1629. There were no European women in Canada in the early 1600s, early enough to be considered Micmac and be bearing children with French men by 1621.

!BIRTH: Arsenault, Histoire et Genealogie, p. 431 (Port Royal, husband's listing). Not listed on own.

!CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 42 years [sic].

!CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, age 65 years.

Marriage 1 Jean BLANCHARD b: Abt 1611 in , , , France
Married: Abt 1642 in Port Royal, , , Acadia 6
Change Date: 21 Sep 2016
Children
Has Children Madeleine BLANCHARD b: Abt 1643 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Anne BLANCHARD b: Abt 1645 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Martin BLANCHARD b: Abt 1647 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Guillaume BLANCHARD b: Abt 1650 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has No Children Bernard BLANCHARD b: Abt 1653 in Port Royal, , , Acadia
Has Children Marie BLANCHARD b: Abt 1656 in Port Royal, , , Acadia

Sources:
Abbrev: "Acadian Origins: According to the Depositions Made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767"
Title: "Acadian Origins: According to the Depositions Made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767"
Author: Stephen A. White
Publication: 17 Jan 2005
Note:
Posted on website of Lucie LeBlanc Consentino.
Repository:
Name: Internet

Quality: 3
Text: Radegonde LAMBERT came from France with her husband Jean BLANCHARD, according to Jean LeBLANC, husband of her great-graddaughter Françoise BLANCHARD. However, the husband's name is mistakenly given as Guillaume, and she is named Huguette POIRIER [sic].
Abbrev: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714
Author: Stephen A. White
Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
Page: pp. 143 & 909
Quality: 3
Text: Radegonde LAMBERT, born around 1621.
Abbrev: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714
Author: Stephen A. White
Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
Page: pp. 143 & 909
Quality: 3
Text: Radegonde LAMBERT died after the 1686 census.
Abbrev: Acadian Ancestral Home
Title: Acadian Ancestral Home
Author: Lucie Consentino LeBlanc
Repository:
Name: Internet

Quality: 3
Text: Haplogroup apparently of European origin.
HVR1:
16145A
16189C
16223T
16278T
16301T
16519C
HVR2
73G
153G
195C
225A
226C
263C
315.1C
Abbrev: E-mail message
Title: E-mail message
Quality: 3
Note: From Roland Belanger (metisinfo12@gmail.com) in Nov 2012.
Text: There's a bit of controversy about Radegonde Lambert

Abbrev: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes
Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes, Première Partie 1636-1714
Author: Stephen A. White
Publication: 2 vols., Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999
Page: pp. 143 & 909
Text: Radegonde LAMBERT married about 1642 to Jean BLANCHARD; six children.

Radegonde Lambert came from France with her husband Jean Blanchard, according to Jean LeBlanc, husband of her great-granddaughter Françoise Blanchard (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, p. 43). The deposition of Françoise’s nephews Joseph and Simon-Pierre Trahan is to the same effect (ibid., p. 123). Both depositions mistakenly give Guillaume as the ancestor’s given name. Jean LeBlanc’s makes an additional error regarding the name of Jean Blanchard’s wife, calling her Huguette Poirier. The censuses of 1671 and 1686 meanwhile clearly show that she was named Radegonde Lambert (see DGFA-1, pp. 143-144). The source of these errors is probably a simple confusion arising from the fact that Jean LeBlanc’s wife’s grandfather Martin Blanchard had a brother Guillaume who was married to a woman named Huguette, as this writer explained in an article published in 1984 (SHA, Vol. XV, pp. 116-117). This Huguette was not named Poirier, however, but Gougeon, although her mother, Jeanne Chebrat, had married a man named Jean Poirier before she wed Huguette’s father Antoine Gougeon, and all her male-line descendants in Acadia were Poiriers. Unfortunately, we do not know just what questions Jean LeBlanc asked in trying to establish the Blanchard lineage, but he might certainly have had the impression that Huguette was a Poirier from the fact that so many of her relatives were Poiriers, including her grandnephew Joseph, who was also on Belle-Île in 1767 (see Doc. inéd., Vol. III, pp. 13-15).

1671 CENSUS
Jehan BLANCHARD, farmer, 60, his wife, Radegonde LAMBERT age 42; their 6 children, 3 are married: Martin 24, Magdeleine 28, Anne 26; those not married: Guillaume 21, Bernard 18, Marie 15; cattle 12, sheep 9, 5 arpents of cultivated land.

geni.com
Marie Jeanne Radégonde Joie / Joy Blanchard (Lambert)
Also Known As: "Jeanne Radegonde Lambert", "Radégonde Lambert"
Birthdate: April 05, 1621
Birthplace: Loudun, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death: 1693 (71-72)
Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Place of Burial: Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Immediate Family:
Wife of Jehan Blanchard
Mother of Marie-Madeleine Blanchard; Anne Blanchard; Martin Blanchard; Jean Blanchard; Guillaume Louis Blanchard, I; Marie Gaudet; Bernard Blanchard; Elizabeth Mauze and Anne Gaudet dit L'Aine (the Elder (born Blanchard) « less
Occupation: Metisse
mtDNA: X2b4 (European)

Also Known As
Jeanne Radegonde Lambert
Reason This Information Is Correct:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~louviere/
Last Changed: October 24, 2020 by
Alternate Name •
Also Known As
Marie Radégonde Lambert
Last Changed: March 16, 2021 by
Alternate Name •
Also Known As
joy lambert
Last Changed: June 22, 2021 by
Alternate Name •
Also Known As
RADEGONDE LAMBERT
Last Changed: July 18, 2021 by
Custom Fact •
Misinformation: Radegonde was not Amerindian
X2b haplogroup (European) mtDNA Results for her descendants
Reason This Information Is Correct:
http://www.acadian-home.org/origins-mtdna.html#Radegonde%20Lambert
https://www.acadienouvelle.com/etc/gensdici/2016/06/19/jean-blancha...
Last Changed: June 13, 2021 by

Radegonde Lambert came from France with her husband Jean Blanchard, according to Jean LeBlanc, husband of her great-granddaughter Françoise Blanchard (Doc. inéd., Vol. III, p. 43). The deposition of Françoise’s nephews Joseph and Simon-Pierre Trahan is to the same effect (ibid., p. 123). Both depositions mistakenly give Guillaume as the ancestor’s given name. Jean LeBlanc’s makes an additional error regarding the name of Jean Blanchard’s wife, calling her Huguette Poirier. The censuses of 1671 and 1686 meanwhile clearly show that she was named Radegonde Lambert (see DGFA-1, pp. 143-144). The source of these errors is probably a simple confusion arising from the fact that Jean LeBlanc’s wife’s grandfather Martin Blanchard had a brother Guillaume who was married to a woman named Huguette, as this writer explained in an article published in 1984 (SHA, Vol. XV, pp. 116-117). This Huguette was not named Poirier, however, but Gougeon, although her mother, Jeanne Chebrat, had married a man named Jean Poirier before she wed Huguette’s father Antoine Gougeon, and all her male-line descendants in Acadia were Poiriers. Unfortunately, we do not know just what questions Jean LeBlanc asked in trying to establish the Blanchard lineage, but he might certainly have had the impression that Huguette was a Poirier from the fact that so many of her relatives were Poiriers, including her grandnephew Joseph, who was also on Belle-Île in 1767 (see Doc. inéd., Vol. III, pp. 13-15).

1671 CENSUS
Jehan BLANCHARD, farmer, 60, his wife, Radegonde LAMBERT age 42; their 6 children, 3 are married: Martin 24, Magdeleine 28, Anne 26; those not married: Guillaume 21, Bernard 18, Marie 15; cattle 12, sheep 9, 5 arpents of cultivated land.

geni.com
Marie Jeanne Radégonde Joie / Joy Blanchard (Lambert)
Also Known As: "Jeanne Radegonde Lambert", "Radégonde Lambert"
Birthdate: April 05, 1621
Birthplace: Loudun, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death: 1693 (71-72)
Beaubassin, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Place of Burial: Port-Royal, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Immediate Family:
Wife of Jehan Blanchard
Mother of Marie-Madeleine Blanchard; Anne Blanchard; Martin Blanchard; Jean Blanchard; Guillaume Louis Blanchard, I; Marie Gaudet; Bernard Blanchard; Elizabeth Mauze and Anne Gaudet dit L'Aine (the Elder (born Blanchard) « less
Occupation: Metisse
mtDNA: X2b4 (European)

Alternate Name •
Also Known As
Jeanne Radegonde Lambert
Reason This Information Is Correct:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~louviere/
Last Changed: October 24, 2020 by
Custom Fact •
Misinformation: Radegonde was not Amerindian
X2b haplogroup (European) mtDNA Results for her descendants
Reason This Information Is Correct:
http://www.acadian-home.org/origins-mtdna.html#Radegonde%20Lambert
https://www.acadienouvelle.com/etc/gensdici/2016/06/19/jean-blancha...
Last Changed: June 13, 2021 by

GEDCOM Note

FamilySearch: Family Tree
Radegonde Lambert
Birth  1621 • Martaizé, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
Death  1690 • Port Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents  Jean-Antoine Lambert • Marie Radegonde Membertou
Spouse  Jean Blanchard
Children  Anne Blanchard • Bernard Blanchard • Guillaume Blanchard • Madeleine Blanchard • Marguerite Blanchard • Marie Blanchard • Martin Blanchard

Lead confidence: 5
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/L18X-R7M

GEDCOM Note

weRelate:
Radegonde Lambert
Birth  1621 • Martaizé, Vienne, France
Death  1686 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Marriage  1642 • Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada
Spouse  jean blanchard
https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Radegonde+Lambert+%281%29

GEDCOM Note

Radegonde Lambert's origin evades us. her birthdate is estimated to beabout 1620. About 1642 she was married in Port Royal to Jean Blanchard. Re: Arsenault, Bona: "Historie et Genealogie des Acadiens"vol2, p.431 Jean Blanchard & Radegonde Lambert, Jehan Blanchard, born at La Chaussee, Loudunois, Fr. in 1611. he came toPort-Royal )with his parents in 1641. The same year that he arrived hemarried, at )Port-Royal, Radegonde Lambert, daughter of Jean Lambert andprobably, of a )Micmac Indian. Radegonde would have been born in 1629,according to the )1671 census, or born in 1621 according to the 1686census, (the 1671 census )is considered the more accurate of the two ).If she was born in 1621, it )would have been in the first fort ofPort-Royal, on the north shore of the )Port-Roya Basin; if she was bornin 1629, she would have seen the light of )day at Fort Lomeron,Cap-de-Sable. Her father was already at Port-Royal in 1612: the 3-13-1612, he is)mentioned as a witness in an affidavit drawn up by Louis Hebert at)Port-Royal ) " We Loys Hebert, by the Commandement of Charles deBiencourt, )squire, lieutenant of Mr.Jean de Biencourt, knight, Sieur dePoutrincourt, )proprietor of the lands under the obedience of the king, Icarried myself )in the vessel o the Capt.L'Abbe where was the priestBiard of the )Compagnie de Jesus, to which I had made commandment by theking an my said )Seigneur to come ashore to talk where he was, to whichhe answered that he only knew the Seigneur as a thief, and that he wouldnot do anything, and that moreover we would take him apart piece by pieceand that he would ex-communicate anyone who will touch him (....) in thepresence of Michel Morel, master of the said vessel, Jean Pointel,seaman, Guillaume Capichat, )Joseph des Monneaux,Noel Belladone, JehanLambert,Vincent Beaudoyn, Nicolas Mauger, Jean hullet,Jacques Langlois,witnesses (...) done at Port-Royal in New France, the 13-03-1612,(signed) Hebert." Jehan Lambert, did he come to Acadia on the vessel ofCapt. L'Abbe, which arrived in Port-Royal the 23-01-1612 ? It is moreprobable that he was brought by Jean de Biencourt, baron of Poutrincourt(father of Charles), the true founder of Acadia. Having left Normandy,2-25-1610, the JONAS arrived at Port-Royal had arrived at the end of May,after a very storm crossing of three months, during which time they hadto consume some of the provisions destined toevitalize the colony.Besides the family of Poutrincourt, aboard the ship were farmers andcraftsmen, among whom we find Jehan Lambert. Receiving nearly no helpfrom France, Poutrincourt returned to France in 1614, with his family andmost of the colonists, discouraged by the rigors of winter and theshortage of provisions. They left at Port-Royal a handful of courageousmen, under the command of his son, Charles de Biencourt, asisted, by hislieutenant and trusted friend and cousin, Charles de St.Etienn de LaTour.In 1624 after the death of Charles de Biencourt, Charles de St.Etiennede LaTour ha transported the colony to Cap-de-Sable, where they built thefort Lomeron. This place was closer to the Grand Banks frequented thBritton and Normand fishing boats and easier to defend against theEnglish attacks, who harrassed the colony. Between times, Charles deSt.Etienne, great friend of the Indians, was elected Grand Sagamo of theSouriquois (Micmacs), Etchemins, Poutegeois and Quenybans", and ha weddedthe daughter of a Micmac chief. Many of his men imitated him, as therewere absolutely no French girls to marry in Acadia; Jehan Lambert and acertain LeJeune were of the number; we find later on, at La Heve, southof the Acadien peninsula, a good number of halfbreeds named Lambert andLeJeune. Some of these marriages, like that of Charles de St.Etienne wereblessed in 1625 by a missionary passing on the Grand Banks; the others bythe Recollets at their return to Acadia in 1630. Radegonde Lambert was born of the union of Jehan Lambert and a MicmacIndian, probably at Cap-de-Sable in 16 28 or 1629. She was only 12 or 13years old at her marriage; this being the custom in Acadia at that time,because the "marrieble girls" were excessively rare. Contrary to what washappening in New France, they did not send girls to marry to Acadia; thegirls were born there or arrivred with their families. Radegonde Lambertmust have had brothers, who continued to live with the Indians and wouldmarry Indians; they are the origines of the Lambert halfbreed familiesthat we will find later on in Acadia. At the 1671 census, Jehan Lambertis deceased; he would have been over 80 at that time. Ref:Familles Acadiannes, pp. 59 - 62. From: Michele Doucette (michele.doucette@nf.sympatico.ca) Again, after perusing notes regarding Stephen's Dictionnaire, there isnothing there to say that the mother of Catherine and Edmée LeJeune wasof native ancestry. Likewise for Radegonde Lambert. Radegonde alsofigures into my tree. According to Stephen, her parents are also unknown,so it one should not automatically accept parents as being Jean Lambertand an Indian mother .

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!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-CENSUS-DEATH: Stephen A. White, DI CTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714 ; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999 , 2 vols.; pp. 143 & 909; own copy. Radegonde LAMBERT, bor n around 1621, married about 1642 to Jean BLANCHARD; six ch ildren. She died after the 1686 census. !BIRTH-FATHER-MARRIAGE: E-mail posting to newsgroup (ACADIA N-CAJUN-L@rootsweb.com) #153 on 6 Apr 1999 by Cara MIDDLEBR OOK or Robert BIALKOWSKI (jackmid@altech.ab.ca). Radegond e was born in 1628 or 1629 at Cap-de-Sable, daughter of Jea n LAMBERT (born in France about 1595) and a native woman. J ean probably came to Acadia on the "Jonas" out of Dieppe, N ormandy, leaving 25 Feb 1610, arrived in Port Royal at th e end of May. He remained in North America therest of hi s life, so was the earliest permanent settler. !BIRTH: Arsenault, Histoire et Genealogie, p. 431 (Port Roy al, husband's listing). Not listed on own. [But Philippe LA MBERT, born 1682, in Arsenault p. 1008 (Beaubassin), migh t be a relative.] !CENSUS: 1671, Port Royal, Acadia, age 42 years [sic]. !CENSUS: 1686, Port Royal, Acadia, age 65 years.

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Radegonde Lambert (1621/1629-1686/1693), European, Not Native, 52 Ancestors #132
This is a well researched argument for Radegonde being from Europe. It lays out all the known sources and possibilities.

https://dna-explained.com/2016/09/18/radegonde-lambert-16211629-168...

This article (written long before the other) refutes the only paper trail document that indicates She was French:

https://newfrancemetis.blogspot.com/2012/08/radegonde-lambert-metis...

And this one gives an unlikely but not impossible explanation for why the rare haplogroup could be in America prior to the French arrival:

https://newfrancemetis.blogspot.com/2012/08/dna-in-is-fallacy-it-am...

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Genetics; Good to Know: REF. Radegonde Lambert
http://newfrancemetis.blogspot.com/2012/08/dna-in-is-fallacy-it-ama...

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Category:MtDNA Haplogroup X2b
Category:Port-Royal, Acadie

Discussion

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There is no documented proof of the parents of Radegonde Lambert. No parents may be added without original sources as proof. If more information is found, please post in the comment section.

Ethnic Origins ≤br/>DNA testing shows that Radegonde Lambert had European, not native ancestry.
Roberta Estes, author of the popular blog www.DNA-eXplained.com is a scientist, National Geographic Genographic affiliate researcher, and founding pioneer in the genetic genealogy field. She speaks and writes widely about DNA and genealogy, includingthe Native Heritage Project at www.nativeheritageproject.com.≤ref> Roberta Estes≤/ref>

In 2016, Roberta analyzed Radegonde's DNA and concluded that:
:“Radegonde’s DNA, haplogroup X2b4, which is exceedingly rare ... is found only in Europeans, to date, and not in any Native people."≤ref name=Estes>Roberta Estes, "Radegonde Lambert (1621/1629-1686/1693), European, Not Native, 52 Ancestors #132", DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy, posted on 18 September 2016, accessed on 11 September 2019 at https://dna-explained.com/2016/09/18/radegonde-lambert-16211629-168...≤/ref>≤br/>
:"It would be impossible for X2b4, born in Europe, to be found among the Micmac women in 1621-1629."≤ref name=Estes/>≤br/>
:“Radegonde Lambert did not have a Native mother. Her mother was very probably French, like the rest of the Acadian immigrants.”≤ref> Roberta Estes, “Haplogroup X2b4 is European, Not Native American,” DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy, posted on 14 September 2016, accessed on 17 September 2019 at https://dna-explained.com/2016/09/14/haplogroup-x2b4-is-european-no...≤/ref>≤br/>
The Mothers of Acadia maternal DNA project posts its results here. To date, the haplogroup is consistently reported as X2b, indicating European origins. Further, a notation on the DNA results of Paul Katner from Radegonde Lambert :"Whether or not Haplogroup X is Native or European has been debated for sometime. The latest word from Family Tree DNA is: "To distinguish Your mtDNA as Native American it?s necessary to check these mutations,too. "Acadian haplogroup X" belongs in Native American haplogroup X when mutations 8913G, 12397G and 14502C are present." So far those mutations have not been present in all of the people tested whose maternalline goes to Radegonde Lambert. Therefore there is no longer any question but that her heritage was European. A full sequence test such as Paul Katner has had also helps to set the record straight."≤ref>Lucie Consentino website Acadian-home.org Radegonde DNA accessed Sept 24, 2019≤/ref>
Michael Marcotte has acknowledged that the maternal DNA testing supports French origins, with the caveat that the field is evolving.≤ref>Marcotte, Michael. “ Métis/Native American Ancestry Sources : Radegonde Lambert”. Accessed April 27 2014 at http://michaelmarcotte.com/radegonde.htm≤/ref>

Place of Birth : Acadia or France?≤br/>
There is an often quoted author, Léopold Lanctôt, who has written that Radegonde was born either in 1621 or in 1628-1629, based on the Acadian censuses. He suggests that a birth in 1621 would mean that she was probably born in Port-Royal, and in 1628-1629 in Cap-du-Sable, Acadie where her presumed father, Jean Lambert was possibly posted. Since there were no French women in Acadie at that time, Lanctôt believes he married a native woman. Therefore, Radegonde is Métis.≤ref>Lanctôt, Léopold o.m.i. Familles acadiennnes. Sainte-Julie, Québec: Éditions du Libre-Échange, 1994; Tome I : Familles Amirault à Jeansone,339 p.; Tome II : Familles Landry à Vincent en passant par les Thriault. 1994, 328 p. - Vol.1 p. 58-61 accessed at https://archive.org/details/famillesacadienn01lanc_0 ≤/ref> Many of this author’s findings have been disputed by professional genealogists and no documentation of such a theory has been produced. ≤ref>“Rebuttal of the Jean-Claude Landry Myth andthe supposed Origin of Landry Family.”. website Histoire et généalogie des Landry hosted by Marcel Landry. ≤blockquote>Stephen White is cited concerning Lanctôt’s work . “In a letter written in early 1998, Stephen A. White, Genealogist, Centre d'etudes Acadiennes writes: ‘ It is most regrettable that Father Lanctôt chose to present his account of the history of our early Acadian families as though allof his points were based on documented facts. And it is reprehensiblethat a publisher saw fit to distribute such an admixture of truth andfantasy, as though it were serious history. The result is particularly invidious insofar as those people who have little or no means to consult the original records are concerned. They are left to suppose thatLanctot's work is a reliable piece of research, where as it is in fact treacherously misleading, because there are some extremely good information mixed in with the bad.’ “≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
In his article “Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia”, Stephen White explains that according to depositions made by relatives in Belle-Isle-en-Mer in 1767, Radegonde’s husband, which they incorrectly named Guillaume Blanchardinstead of Jean Blanchard, “came from France with his wife” Radegonde, who they mistakenly referred to as Huguette Poirier. These relatives, providing information 150 years after Radegonde’s birth, did not mention her parents’ names. He adds: “The depositions also often speak of a first ancestor as having come from France “with his wife” but as Father Archange Godbout pointed out in his article (...) one should not necessarily interpret this as meaning that the two came together, and at the same time. Rather, the expression may be taken tomean simply that both the husband and the wife had come from France.≤ref> White, Stephen A. Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, Accordingto the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767 English Translation, Publication: University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes; Online ≤/ref>. Still, Stephen White does not suggest a location for her birth in his Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes, nor does he name her parents.
Lucie LeBlanc Consentino writes : “Thus far, the results obtained through mtDNA testing have demonstrated that nearly all those first Mothers in Acadia about whom there was speculation were of European descent. This has confirmed the reliability of the depositions at Belle-Île-en-Mer to the extent that they speak to the origins of specific ancestors, and the prudence of trusting documentation over conjecture.”≤ref> “MtDNA Haplogroups ” Genweb website hosted by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino. ≤/ref>
Since the Belle-Isle-en-Mer depositions do suggest that Radegonde camefrom France and that it is supported by DNA research, France is used as her birth location in Radegonde’s profile.

Biography

Birth≤br/>Radegonde Lambert was born around 1621, or perhaps slightly later, ≤ref> Radegonde Lambert's age is not consistent across censuses such that her exact birth year is not known.≤/ref> in France.≤ref name="Whiteetal1999-143"> White, Stephen A., Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert. Dictionnaire Généalogique Des Familles Acadiennes. Moncton, N.-B.:Centre D'études Acadiennes, Université De Moncton, 1999, Print. p. 143-144.≤/ref>

Marriage≤br/>Around 1642, Radegonde married Jean Blanchard. Stephen White remains silent on the location of their marriage. White’s depositions from Belle-Ile-en-Mer document refers to Jean Blanchard coming from France “with his wife”. Father Archange Godbout and Stephen White argue that this phrase should not necessarily be interpreted as meaning the two came together at the same time, but merely that they both came from France. ≤ref>White, Stephen A. Origins of the Pioneers of Acadia, According to the Depositions made by Their Descendants at Belle-Ile-en-Mer in 1767 English Translation, Publication:University of Moncton, Centre d'études acadiennes. Online.≤/ref>

Life in Acadia≤br/>Gervais Carpin seems to estimate the time of emigration to Port-Royal of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert between 1642 and 1644, withoutany mention of Jean Blanchard's father.≤ref name=Carpin="1999-392">Gervais CARPIN, Le réseau du Canada. Étude du mode migratoire de la France vers la Nouvelle-France (1628- -1662), Septentrion, PU Paris-Sorbonne, Québec/Paris, 2001, VII-555 p.≤/ref>
Between around 1643 and 1656, Radegonde gave birth to six children (according to Carpin two of these children were born in France): Madeleine, Anne, Martin, Guillaume, Bernard, and Marie.
The first mention of Radegonde and Jean in Acadia is in the 1671 census of Port-Royal.≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1671 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie. 1671 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752” Images 3-14.≤blockquote>Jean BLANCHARD, 60, wife, Radegonde LAMBERT 42; Children (married): Martin 24, Madeline 28, Anne 26; (unmarried): Guillaume 21, Bernard 18, Marie 15; cattle 12, sheep 9, 5 arpents.≤/blockquote>≤/ref> They are already around 50 and 60 years old respectively, and their 6 children, aged between 15 and 28, are living with them. They own 12 cattle, 9 sheep and 5 "arpents" of land.
Jean Blanchard owned a lot adjoining the side of the old Fort (which, according to Stephen White was expropriated in 1701 to extend the Fort in Port-Royal). It is not clear how long the family lived there.
As shown in the Port-Royal census of 1678, Jean and Radegonde were living with their son Guillaume and his family.≤ref>Tim Hebert; 1678 Port Royal Acadian Census noting that the correlations for this census were done by Rev. Clarence J. d'Entremont, Fairhaven, Massachusetts.1678 Census ≤blockquote>Jean Blanchard & Radegonde Lambert; Guilleaume Blanchard Hugette Gougeon; 6 acres 17 cattle 1 gun; 2 boys 3 1675; 6/M 1678; 1 girl 5 1675.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>
Guillaume's farm was situated miles away from the Fort on the north side of the Dauphin (Annapolis) River, east of the Belisle Marsh.≤ref>1707 homestead location of their son Guillaume Blanchard. In Au Coeur de l'Acadie, Acadian Settlement on the Annapolis River 1707 Map, Parks Canada≤/ref> Dunn≤ref name="Dunn2009"> Dunn, Brenda (2009). A History of Port Royal / Annapolis Royal 1605-1800.Nimbus Publishing, Halifax [See especially pp.15-20 (French Settlement); pp. 23-24 (1654 Capture of Port-Royal); pp. 25-27 (the English period 1654-1670); pp. 27-37 (French Sovereignty)].≤/ref> explains the move of families away from the Fort after it was captured by the British in 1654:
:"During the years of British rule, most of the Port-Royal population moved upriver away from the town. Using the agricultural practices initiated under D'Aulnay, the Acadians dyked and cultivated extensive salt marshes along the river and raised livestock. Through necessity, residents had reached an accommodation with New England traders who had become their sole source for the goods that they could not produce themselves... New England traders exchanged their goods for Acadian produce and furs... There were seventy to eighty families in the Port Royal area in 1665."
In 1686, there are only 2 people in the Blanchard household: Jean 75, and Radegonde 65.≤ref>Tim Hebert; Transcription of the 1686 Acadian Census, at Port-Royal, Acadie 1686 Census Transcribed. The original census can be found at Acadian Census microfilm C-2572 of the National Archives of Canada “Acadie Recensements 1671 – 1752”, Images 15-60.≤blockquote> Jean BLANCHARD 75, Radegonde LAMBERT 65.≤/blockquote>≤/ref>

Death≤br/>Radegonde died after the 1686 census because she does not appear in the 1693 census or any later ones.

Timeline ==:b1605 First Nations Peoples occupy the region around the Te'wapskik (Mi'kmaq name for Dauphin/Annapolis River) for thousands of yearsusing it as an overland route≤ref name=Dunn2009/>:1605 French found first permanent European settlement in North America, north of St. Augustin Florida, and build the Port-Royal Habitation.≤ref name=Dunn2009/>:1613 Virginia English Admiral burns the Port-Royal Habitation, starting a 150 year battle between the French and English in the area.The French continue to maintain a presence≤ref name=Dunn2009/>

:c1621 Birth of Radegonde Lambert, likely in France :1632 Treaty Saint-Germain-en-Laye cedes Acadia to France; Razilly brings ~300 elite men≤ref>George MacBeath, “RAZILLY (Rasilly), ISAAC DE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed September 11, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/razilly_isaac_de_1E.html.≤/ref>:1636 Arrival of the first French families to settle permanently≤ref>Massignon, Geneviève. "Les parlers français d'Acadie, enquête linguistique", Librairie Klincksieck, Paris, 1962, 2 tomes. p. 32≤/ref>
:c1642 Marriage to Jean Blanchard
:c1643 Birth of daughter, Madeleine
:c1645 Birth of daughter, Anne
:c1647 Birth of son, Martin
:c1650 Birth of son, Guillaume
:c1653 Birth of son, Bernard :1654 British capture Port-Royal; French settlement ceases≤ref>William I. Roberts, 3rd, “SEDGWICK, ROBERT,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003, accessed September 11, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sedgwick_robert_1E.html.≤/ref>
:c1656 Birth of daughter, Marie:1667-70 Treaty of Breda cedes Acadia to the French; settlement resumes≤ref>In collaboration, “MORILLON DU BOURG,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval,2003–, accessed September 11, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/morillon_du_bourg_1E.html.≤/ref>
:1671, 1678 & 1686 Resident at Port-Royal, Acadia
:after 1686 Death

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See Also : *familytreedna.com. X2b4 mtDNA - mtDNA Test Results for Members*Note, this link to Find A Grave has inaccurate information: Find A Grave: Radegonde Lambert Blanchard*See WikiTree link's G2G discussion regarding above Find A Grave reference inaccuracies.*Nos Origines 33465: Radegonde Lambert *Arsenault, Bona. L'Acadie des ancêtres, avec la généalogie des premières familles acadiennes. Conseil de la Vie Francaise en Amerique. Université Laval, Québec. 1955 (Les familles de Port-Royal au débutde l'année 1671, p. 56)*French Heritage DNA, signature ancestrale validée par ADN. Lambert Radegonde, Haplogroup(e) ADN-mt X2b4 p. 14*Beauregard, Denis, Dictionnaire généalogique de l'ancienne Acadie, francogene.com , accessed at http://www.francogene.com/dgaa/*Godbout, Archange, Manuscrit - Dictionnaire généalogique des Acadiens, Montréal, non publié, avant 1960. (À la Société généalogique canadienne-française : Fonds Godbout - P.9 - Dictionnaire des Acadiens – Boîte 83 de 84. Trois tomes.) *Hinshaw, Gaylord (online). "Native American DNA of the Shawnee Bluejacket Family". Compilation by G. Hinshaw based onTree DNA's PekowiBlueJacket Project. Accessed July 23, 2018.*LeBlanc Consentino, Lucie (2004, 21 Dec). e-mail with subject: 'From Stephen White re: Radegonde Lambert' (could not access thislink Cormier-1939 02:38, 12 September 2019 (UTC))* Lipson, Mark et al. (16 November 2017). "Parallel Palaeogenomic Transects Reveal Complex Genetic History of Early European Farmers", Nature, vol. 551, pp. 368–372. This paper is cited by Edison Williams in G2G discussion One more time: What is Radegonde Lambert's real origin? * Raff, Jennifer A.; Bolnick Deborah A. (2015) Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation, PaleoAmerica, 1:4, 297-304, DOI: 0.1179/2055556315Z.00000000040. Concluding thoughts: " . . the Beringian migration model remains the best interpretation of the genetic, archaeological, and paleoclimate data to date."* M. Rasmussen et al. (2014 Feb 13). The genome of a late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana, Nature, vol. 506, pp. 225229, doi: 10.1038/nature13025. "D4h3a is one of the rare mtDNA lineages specific to Native Americans, it is distributed along the Pacific coast in North and South America among contemporary populations and isalso present in ancient specimens."* Sykes, Bryan (17 May 2002). The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry, W.W. Norton, 306 pages, ISBN 0-393-02018-5. According to Oxford Ancestors Ltd - Maternal Ancestry: The clan of Xenia is the secondoldest of the seven native European clans. It was founded 25,000 years ago by the second wave of modern humans, Homo sapiens, who established themselves in Europe, just prior to the coldest part of the last Ice Age. Today around 7% of native Europeans are in the clan of Xenia. Within the clan, three distinct branches fan out over Europe. One is still largely confined to Eastern Europe while the other two have spreadfurther to the West into central Europe and as far as France and Britain. About 1% of Native Americans are also in the clan of Xenia.* Wikipedia article. Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas - mtDNA: "This suggests that 95% of Indigenous Amerindian mtDNA is descended from a minimal genetic founding female population, comprising sub-haplogroups A2, B2, C1b, C1c, C1d, and D1. The remaining 5% is composed of the X2a, D2, D3, C4, and D4h3 sub-haplogroups."