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CYR, Jean-Baptiste (DIT Crock)

GRAMPS ID	I01981
Birth Name	CYR, Jean-Baptiste (DIT Crock) ^{1 2 3}
Gender	male

Events

Birth	1708-00-00 at Beaubassin, Acadia, NS, Canada ^{4 5}
Death	1785-00-00 ^{6 7}

Parents

Father	CYR, JEAN (Jehan) [I02098] (Birth)
Mother	MELANSON, FRANCOISE [I02100] (Birth)
Siblings	CYR, Pierre-Paul [I02101] CYR, Julien [I02103] CYR, Marie-Anne [I02102] CYR, Marguerite [I02104] CYR, Pierre-Paul [I02108] CYR, Michel [I02105] CYR, M-ANNE [I01091] CYR, Francoise [I02107] CYR, Jean-Baptiste [I02109]

Families

Married	Wife	CORMIER, Anne-Marguerite [I01977]
	Marriage	Marriage of CYR, Jean-Baptiste (DIT Crock) and CORMIER, Anne-Marguerite, 1733-01-26 at Beaubassin, Acadia, NS, Canada ^{8 9}
	Children	CYR, Marguerite [I01991] CYR, Joseph-Francois [I01982] CYR, Jean-Baptiste , Jr. [I01983] CYR, Paul [I01985] CYR, Jacques [I01986] CYR, Pierre [I01987] CYR, Francois [I01988] CYR, Olivier [I01989] CYR, Germain Firmin [I01993] CYR, Firmin Jean-Marie [I01990] CYR, Antoine-Rotatin [I01992] CYR, Anne-Marie [I17009]

Narrative

[E_Cole5H17.GED]

[Cole5H17.GED]

a son of Jean Baptiste Cyr and Francois Melanson, was born in 1708 (or 1710) at Beaubassin, Acadia. On Jan. 26, 1734 at Beaubassin, Jean-Baptiste Cyr married Marguerite Cormier, daughter of Pierre Cormier and Catherine Leblanc..

The origin of the nickname "Crock" is difficult to ascertain. Records indicate that Jean-Baptiste manufactured large quantities of maple sugarand, during the disposal of same he would often ask his customers: "Vont-ils en avoir, de quoi a CROQUER". We know he lived, for a long time,near the French village of Kingsclear, also known as "Crock's Point" and it may be that this is where he acquired the nickname "Crock". By other accounts Crock Point, which is located eleven miles west of Fredericton New Brunswick, was named after Jean-Baptiste who was nicknamed Crock by the Scots, his surname being similar to a Gaelic word for crock. Other legends have it that he was called "Crock" since he cracked nuts with his teeth, declaring that he'd do likewise to the British.

History was soon speeding forward for the CYR family. The time of the "Grand Derangement" was upon them. Around 1750, probably at the instigation of Father Le Loutre, Jean Baptiste Cyr moved from Beaubassin to Fort Beausejour on the Isthmus of Nova Scotia.

However, in 1755, the situation between the British and the Acadians finally erupted and the Acadians were given the ultimatum to "take an unconditional oath of allegiance to the British Crown, or be deported." Although some 8000 people of Acadian origin were deported back to France,or to colonies in Boston, Massachusetts, or Louisiana, the Jean-Baptiste CYR family seems to have been able to elude this "Grand Derangement". Although not deported, he and his family were forced to flee the land.

Just prior to his death in 1785, Jean-Baptiste "Crock" CYR is reported to have walked through his farm one last time. There, bowed with age anddiscouraged with grief, he is reported to have cried out: "My God! Canit be true that there is no place left on earth for a 'cayen' (Acadian)?" He died shortly thereafter.
(DC0016 Early Acadians-horman)

Source References

1.	DC0016 Early Acadians eg Cyr (Horman) [S001753] Confidence: Normal
2.	Cole5H17.GED [S001643] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2004
3.	E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005
4.	Cole5H17.GED [S001643] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2004
5.	E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005
6.	Cole5H17.GED [S001643] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2004
7.	E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005
8.	Cole5H17.GED [S001643] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Apr 11, 2004
9.	E_Cole5H17.GED [S215074] Confidence: Normal Text: Date of Import: Aug 19, 2005