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THE HEBERTS DEPORTED TO WALTHAM, MASS Seven members of the HEBERT family were brought to WALTHAM on January 25, 1756 and joined by seven more on March 22nd including AUGUSTIN HEBERT, his wife and five children, and their spouses and children, totaling 14, and the 17 year old SAMUEL WHITE..... AUGUSTINE HEBERT was a native of Grand Pre and the grandson of immigrant ANTOINE HEBERT of Touraine, France. The Waltham selectman were ordered to provide housing and employment for them. The General Court on April 20th, 1757, sent a message to Waltham, to remove the French inhabitants to the TOWN of BROOKFIELD. In April of 1761, Heberts were spread out in towns surrounding Waltham.
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AUGUST HEBERT and his wife MARGARET, both age 48 lived in Watertown with their children Mary, Joseph, Margaret and Maturin....
PETER HEBERT and his wife MARY-JOSEPHE lived in Newton with their children Peter, Mary, Joseph, Margaret, Marte, John Baptiste and Magdalen....
AUGUST and ANNE HEBERT, aged 17 and 12 were assigned to Stow, but in 1761 were bound out to Watertown....
John Hebert and Samuel White, aged 22 and 20, were in Bedford....
The only two Heberts to remain in Waltham were Margaret Hebert, aged 25 and Margaret-Josephe Hebert, age 23....
In August of 1763, 24 HEBERTS were in Boston and appeared on the list of Acadians who requested to be removed to France....
The fate of the rest of the family is unknown. No record of the two woman who remained in Waltham has been found.
SOURCES: French Neutrals in Massachusetts..Pierre Belliveau
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