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Portneuf Family Name

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Probable Origins & Usage

Missisquoi^[Day]
a French name
ponáatékw - trap stake^[Day]
found only as a family name

Spellings & Alternate Names

Polnap
Poorneuf
Pournef
Porneut

Places Family is Found

Odanak
Fort Saint-Frederic
Missisquoi
Durham

Earliest Occurrences of the Name

1751 Joseph Portneuf and Marie Jeanne Portneuf of St. Francis are listed in registers at Ft. St. Frederick.
In 1765 Daniel and Marian Poorneuf signed the Robertson lease of Missisquoi land.
1770 Jean Babtest Porneut spoke for the Abenaki at a conference.
1796 Capt. Pournef signed the Bedel deed in 1796.
Simon Portneuf was granted land at Durham in 1805.
Many Portneuf appear on the Odanak roster of 1812 veterans with heirs in 1844.

Notes

The name has French origins possibly originating with the marriage of Jean Baptiste Portneuf and Marie Anne Abenaki, whose daughter was baptized at Sorel in 1748. He was probably a French officer that served with Abenaki companies during the Colonial Wars.

Biographies, Photos, Artifacts, Genealogies, etc.

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