But one could
make a case that Acadian cultural unity had become elusive, if not illusion, by
its "golden age." A subtle fracturing began early in the culture's
development. Acadians moved from Port-Royal to other communities as early as
1672, primarily because of the shortage of dykable marshes on
Rivière-au-Dauphin, but also to escape the prying eyes of French officials.
Nevertheless, Chignecto, Minas, Pigiguit, Cobeguit, even the trois-rivières,
emerged as thriving communities where Acadians built more aboiteaux to
tame the raging tides. The subtle socioeconomic differences that had
developed among the Fundy settlements beginning in the 1680s was, by the 1730s,
overshadowed by an even more pronounced contrast between the Acadians still
living along the Fundy marshes and their cousins who had left the bay entirely.
Beginning in the mid-1710s, French officials in their new Maritimes colony of
Île Royale, headquartered at Louisbourg, did their best to lure Acadian farmers
from British Nova Scotia to the new French province. The Fundy Acadians
would provide an agricultural base for Louisbourg, which the French intended to
transform into a stone-walled fortress, and for the island's fisheries, its
chief economic pursuit. Despite the spectre of British rule over their
Fundy settlements, few Acadians responded at first to the temptation of living
in French territory. Not even their priests could coax many into going.
Acadians preferred to trade illicitly with Louisbourg rather than move their
families to a rocky, wooded island where weak tides prevented construction of
more aboiteaux. In the 1720s and 1730s, however, more and more
Fundy Acadians, determined to escape British rule, as well as the pressures of a growing
population, packed up and moved to Île
Royale and took up farming and fishing there. Beginning in the 1720s,
following the lead of Michel Haché dit Gallant of
Chignecto, Acadians began to settle on Île St.-Jean, the other, closer island in the
Maritimes colony. From Port-La-Joye on the island's south coast, they moved
up the valley of what the French called Rivière-du-Nord-Est or joined French
fishermen on the island's north shore in and around Havre-St.-Pierre.
Here, by the time
of their "golden age," was more than just a political dichotomy--British control
on the peninsula, French control on the islands. Here also was more than an
economic divergence--reliance on aboiteaux along the
Fundy shore, upland farming combined with fishing on the islands. Acadian
migration, like the struggle over neutrality, was alienating Acadians from one another, even within their own families. In contrast to
the earth-shattering temblors of their Grand Dérangement, only half a
generation away, this familial splintering between bay and islands was a much
more subtle thing. Still, there was pain and suffering in it, and most
Acadian families were touched by this fracturing of their culture. How
painful it must have been to see
loved ones pack up and move away, perhaps never to return to their ancestral
village. One can imagine the aging patriarch of the "golden age" about to
breathe his last, lifting his head up to see his children and grandchildren,
nieces and nephews, crowded around his deathbed. But many are gone now,
sadly unaware of their loved one's passing. Here was a not-so-golden side
of this short, peaceful period in the history of the Acadians--just one example
of the cultural transformations burdening these people.
Among the established families of greater Acadia were the colony's economic,
social, political, and military elite, some among the oldest, others among
the newest, peninsula Acadians. After the loss of the
colony to Britain in the early 1710s, many of these
elites moved on to the French Maritimes, where they
continued their service to imperial France. Others
remained on their Acadian seigneuries, which
the British tolerated until Le Grand Dérangement:02a
The First Family
of Acadia was still in the colony during the "golden age," but barely. No
longer as influential as it had been when its progenitor, Charles de
Saint-Étienne, sieur de La Tour, was governor of French Acadia the
century before, the family still clung to its seigneuries despite
attempts by the British to wrest them away. Charles La Tour's first
wife, the Mi'kmaq woman whose name has been lost to history, gave him three
daughters, two of whom became nuns in France, but his oldest daughter Jeanne
remained in the colony and
married Martin d'Aprendestiguy of Ascain,
Guyenne, in c1655. In October 1672, the intendant of New France
awarded Martin and Jeanne a seigneurie at the mouth of Rivière St.-Jean
once held by Jeanne's father. A few years later, they received another
seigneurie farther upriver at Jemseg.
Charles's second wife, the heroic Françoise-Marie,
daughter of gentleman physician Jacques Jacquelin and Hélène Lerminier,
gave him a son whose name has been lost to history. The boy died young.
Charles's third wife, Jeanne, daughter of Louis Motin de Reux and Marie
de Salims and widow of former governor Charles de Menou d'Aulnay de
Charnizay, gave Charles five children, two sons and three daughters. Their
daughters married into the Le Borgne de Bélisle, Mius de Pleinmarais,
Villate, and Mius d'Entremont de Pobomcoup families, three of them
also members of the colony's seigneurial class. Both of Charles's younger
sons married. His female descendants remained with their families at
Annapolis Royal and Cap-Sable, but his male heirs moved on to Île Royale, where
they served in the French army. None of the governor's descendants who
emigrated to Louisiana took the family's name there.
Doucet
The Doucets,
whose progenitor arrived in 1632, were a small family in the beginning.
Germain
Doucet, sieur de La Verdure, married twice, first in France
in c1620 and then in Acadia in c1654. Stephen A. White says that, between
1621 and 1641, his first wife, whose name has been lost to history, gave the
sieur four children, two sons and two daughters, all but the younger son
born in France. She likely did not join Germain in Acadia until after 1636, when families were
introduced into the French colony.
The couple's daughters married in Acadia, into the Dugas and
Lejeune
dit
Briard families, and both of Germain's sons also created their own families
there. According to genealogist Stephen A. White, if Germain's second
wife, perhaps the younger daughter of Guillaume Trahan and his
first wife François Corbineau and sister-in-law of Jacques
Bourgeois, gave him any children, they cannot be traced.
Moreover, some Doucet descendants, with substantil yDNA proof,
insist that Germain, fils may not have been a biological son of the
sieur but rather a full-blooded Mi'kmaq adopted by Doucet perhaps when he
married the boy's mother in c1654. Germain's sons and most of their children remained at Port-Royal/Annapolis
Royal, but his grandchildren settled also at Chignecto, at Chepoudy in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, at Minas, in
Canada
(before Le Grand Dérangement), and in
the French Maritimes. At least 23 of the old soldier's descendants emigrated
to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, from French-St.-Domingue in the late 1760s, and
from France
in 1785. Most of the sieur's descendants, however, could be found in Canada and greater Acadia,
as well as France and the French Antilles, after Le Grand Dérangement.
Older, or perhaps
only, son Pierre, born in France in c1621,
came to the colony perhaps with his mother and sisters
in the late 1630s, while still young, and worked as a mason when he came of age.
Genealogist Bona
Arsenault speculates that, after the fall of Port-Royal to the English in 1654
and the deportation of his father,
Pierre, now in his early 30s, retreated to Québec and spent a few years there before returning to Port-Royal.
In his late 30s, he married Henriette, daughter of Simon Pelletret
and Perrine Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1660, when the English still
controlled the colony. Between 1661 and 1685,
Henriette gave Pierre 10 children,
six sons and four daughters.
Pierre died at Annapolis Royal, formerly Port-Royal, in June 1713, in his
90s. His daughters married into the Hébert,
Bernard, Doiron, Chênet Dubreuil, and Comeau families.
Five of his six sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Toussaint dit
François,
also called Toussaint dit Laverdure, born probably at Port-Royal in c1663,
married Marie, daughter of Roger Caissie and Marie-François Poirier,
in c1690 and settled at Chignecto, where Toussaint died by August 1733.
Between 1691 and 1717, Marie gave Toussaint 11 children, six sons and five
daughters. Their daughters married into the
Girouard, Gaudet, Bertrand, Doiron, Richard, and
Bourel families. Three of Toussaint's sons also created their own
families.
Toussaint's oldest son
François,
born probably at Chignecto in c1691, married
Marie-Anne, daughter of Michel Poirier and Marie Chiasson, at
Beaubassin in November 1715. They remained at Chignecto. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1716 and 1734, Marie-Anne gave François eight
children, four sons and four daughters. Other records give them another
son. They evidently escaped the British
roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. François
died in December 1757, in his early or mid-60s, a victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck Acadian refugees in the Québec
area between the summer of 1757 and the spring of 1758. Three of his daughters married
into the Cormier, Vacher dit Lacerte,
and Girouard families at Chignecto and at Trois-Rivières and
Deschambault on the upper St. Lawrence. Four of his sons also created
their own families at Chignecto and settled in Canada and what became
northeastern New Brunswick.
Oldest son
François, fils, born probably at Chignecto in c1716, married
Marie-Anne, called Anne,
daughter of Michel Haché dit Gallant
and Madeleine LeBlanc, at Beaubassin in July 1744.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1745 and 1747, Anne gave François, fils
two children, a son and a daughter. They escaped the roundup at Chignecto
in the fall of 1755 and took refuge in Canada. Anne died at Trois-Rivières
in August 1762, in her early 40s. Her and François, fils's son created his own family on
the upper St. Lawrence.
Only son
François
III, born probably at Chignecto in c1745, followed his family into exile and to
Canada, where he married Geneviève, daughter of Joseph-Michel Beaudet
and Angélique Bélanger of Lotbinière, at Trois-Rivières in
January 1777. They settled across the river at Bécancour. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1778 and 1801, Geneviève gave François III 11
children, six sons and five daughters.
François,
père's second son Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in c1718, married
Germaine, daughter of Germain Cormier and Marie LeBlanc,
probably at Chignecto in c1741. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1743
Germaine gave Pierre a son. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
François,
père's third son Charles, born probably at Chignecto in c1725, married
Anne, daughter of François Arseneau and Marguerite
Bernard, at Beaubassin in January 1746. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1748 and 1768, Anne gave Charles nine children, four
daughters and five sons. They, too, evidently escaped the British in the
fall of 1755, but they likely escaped to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
After the war, they settled at Nepisiguit, today's Bathhurst, New
Brunswick, where Charles died in September 1782, in his late 50s. One of
their daughters married into the Haché dit
Gallant family. Four of Charles's sons also created their own
families.
Oldest son
Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in c1751, followed his family to the upper
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Jacques Haché dit Gallant and Josette
Boudreau and widow of Joseph Arsenault, on Île
Miscou at the entrance to the Baie des Chaleurs in September 1773.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1776 and 1782, Marie gave Pierre five
children, three sons and two daughters. The family lived at Miscou from
1776 to 1780 and moved westward to Bathurst by 1782.
Charles's second
son Michel, born probably at Chignecto in c1754, followed his family to the
upper Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He married Anne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Boudreau and Anne Haché
dit Gallant, "before witnesses" in September 1776 and
"rehabilitiated" the marriage at Bonaventure in Gaspésie in November 1779.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1777 and 1793, Anne gave Michel five
children, three sons and two daughters.
Charles's third
son Joseph, born in exile in c1756, followed his family to the upper Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore and married Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Bujold and Marguerite Cormier, at Bonaventure in April
1779. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1780 and 1800, Victoire gave
Joseph five children, four sons and a daughter. They lived at Bonventure
from 1779 to 1783 and crossed the Baie des Chaleurs to Bathurst by 1793.
Charles's fourth
son Charles, fils, born in exile in 1758, followed his family to the
upper Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and married cousin Marie Arsenault.
They settled at Bathurst. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1792 and 1793,
Marie gave Charles, fils two sons.
François,
père's youngest son Jean, perhaps the
Michel that Bona Arsenault gives him
and Marie-Anne at Chignecto in c1732, married Françoise, another daughter of
Michel Haché dit Gallant
and Madeleine LeBlanc, probably at Chignecto on the eve of
Le Grand Dérangement. They, too, escaped the British roundup at
Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and followed their family to Canada.
Françoise died at Québec in November or December 1757, victim, perhaps, like
her father-in-law, of the smallpox epidemic that killed hundreds of her fellow
exiles. One wonders if she gave Jean any children and if he remarried
after her death. Did he survive the war and settle in Canada or greater
Acadia? Arsenault does not say.
Toussaint's
second son Michel, born probably at Chignecto in c1694, married, according to
Stephen A. White, Anne, daughter of Mathieu Brasseur dit
Mathieu and Jeanne Célestin dit Bellemère, in c1725.
(Bona Arsenault, however, says Michel, son of Louis Doucet,
married Anne, daughter of Mathieu Brasseau and Jeanne Bellemère,
probably at Chignecto in c1733. White is followed here.) According
to Arsenault, in 1734 and 1742, Anne gave Michel two children, a daughter and a
son. According
to White, this Michel died probably at Chignecto by January 1752, in his late 50s.
The British evidently deported his family to South Carolina in the fall of 1755.
In August 1763, daughter Madeleine, age 16, appeared on a repatriation list in
that colony as
an orphan. She married into the Dumoulin and
Mauge families and settled in French St.-Domingue.
Toussaint's third son
Pierre,
born probably at Chignecto in the late 1690s or early 1700s, married Marie,
daughter of Germain Cormier and Marie LeBlanc, in c1724 and
remained at Chignecto. (Bona Arsenault, confusing this Pierre with his
cousin Pierre, son of Louis, says Pierre à Toussaint married Marie,
daughter of Martin Richard and Marguerite Bourg,
but Stephen A. White, followed here, says this Pierre married Marie
Cormier.) According to Arsenault, between 1725 and 1748, Marie
gave Pierre seven children, three sons and four daughters. One of their
daughters married into the Bourgeois family. One of their
sons also created his own family.
Oldest son
Pierre, fils, born probably at Chignecto in c1725, married Marie,
daughter of Paul Boudrot and Marie Hébert, at
Beaubassin in November 1746. They had at least one son.
Jean, born
probably at Chignecto in c1751, followed his family into exile, perhaps to South
Carolina or Georgia, and ended up on French St.-Domingue probably in the early
1760s. He died at Môle St.-Nicolas in the sugar colony in May 1782, age
31. One wonders if he married.
Toussaint and
Marie had triplet sons, names unrecorded, in c1707, but they did not survive childhood.
Pierre's second son
Jean,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1665, married
Françoise, daughter of Martin Blanchard and Françoise LeBlanc, in
c1692 and settled at Minas. Between 1693 and 1712, Françoise gave Jean seven children,
five daughters and two sons. Bona Arsenault gives them two more sons in
1719 and 1721, but Stephen A. White, followed here, does not. (The two
other sons Arsenault gives this Jean were, in fact, sons of another Jean
Doucet and that Jean's first wife Françoise Bourget,
not Blanchard.) Jean's daughters married into the Landry, Daigre, and
Bugeaud families. Only one of his two actual sons created his own
family.
Older son
Jean, fils,
born probably at Minas in c1701, married Isabelle,
or Élisabeth, daughter of Jacques Hébert and Marguerite Landry, at
Grand-Pré in January 1726 and remained at Minas. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1743 and 1748, Isabelle gave Jean, fils four
children, two sons and two daughters. In the fall of 1755, the
British deported the family to Pennsylvania. In June 1763, Jean, fils, now a widower,
appears on a repatriation list with four children.
One of his sons emigrated to Louisiana.
Older son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Grand-Pré in August 1743, followed his family to
Pennsylvania, was listed there with his widowed father in June 1763, moved on
to Maryland soon afterwards, and emigrated to Louisiana from the Chesapeake
colony in 1766 or 1767. He was counted at New Orleans with other Acadian
exiles in July 1767. At age 29, Jean-Baptiste married Marianne, called
Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Comeau and Madeleine
Henry, at San Gabriel on the river above New Orleans in January
1773. He died at St.-Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1814, age 70.
His daughter married into the Dupuis and Wells
families. His younger son married into the Rils or
Wiltz family on the river and settled on upper Bayou Teche.
Jean, père's
younger son, name unrecorded, born in the early 1700s, did not survive childhood.
Pierre's third son,
Pierre, fils, born probably at Port-Royal in c1667, survived childhood but did not marry.
Pierre, père's fourth
son Louis, born probably at Port-Royal in c1674, married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Girouard and Marguerite
Gautrot, in c1702 and, like oldest bother Toussaint, settled at
Chignecto. Between the early 1700s and 1722, Marguerite gave Louis seven children,
three sons and four daughters. Bona Arsenault gives them two more sons in
1710 and 1712. Three of their four
daughters married into the Poirier, Richard, Gaudet, and
Orillon dit Champagne families. Stephen A. White says two, and
Bona Arsenault says three, of Louis's sons also
created their own families.
Oldest son
Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in the early 1700s, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Martin Richard and Marguerite
Bourg in c1724 and remained at Chignecto. (Bona Arsenault days Marie, daughter of Germain Cormier
and Marie LeBlanc, married this Pierre, but Stephen A. White,
followed here, says Marie Cormier married Pierre's cousin
Pierre, son of Toussaint.) According to
Bona Arsenault, in 1725 and 1742, Marie gave Pierre two sons. Stephen A.
White, followed here, says Pierre, husband of Marie-Anne Richard,
died by November 1746, in his early 20s. One of Pierre's sons created his
own family.
Older son
Bénoni,
born probably at Chignecto in c1725, married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph
Poirier and Anne Bernard, at Beaubassin in
November 1746. Marguerite gave Bénoni at least three children before 1755.
The British deported the family to South Carolina aboard the transport
Dolphin in the fall of 1755. Bénoni died in the southern colony by
August 1763, when his widow Marguerite and their 13-year-old son appeared on a
repatriation list there. The son, perhaps following his mother, moved on to
French St.-Domingue.
François, born
probably at Chignecto in c1750, followed his family to South Carolina, where, at
age 13, he
was counted with his widowed mother in August 1763. He emigrated to French
St.-Domingue either later that year or in 1764 and became a carpenter when he
came of age there. He
married Marie-Anne, daughter of Antoine Paris and Jeanne
Batiny of St.-Louis Parish, Rochefort, at Môle St.-Nicolas in May 1779. Between 1781 and 1786, at Môle, Marie-Anne gave
François two sons and a daughter. The older son died young.
Louis's second son
Louis, fils,
born probably at Chignecto in the early 1700s, evidently did not survive childhood.
Louis's putative
son François, born in c1710, married, according to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Anne,
daughter most likely of Pierre Poirier and Agnès
Cormier, probably at Chignecto in c1732. According to Arsenault,
in 1733 and 1740, Marie-Anne gave François two children, a daughter and a son.
The family evidently escaped the British in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge
in Canada. According to Arsenault, who seems to have confused her with a
cousin of the same name, this François's daughter Madeleine married into the
Cormier and Girouard families at Chignecto and
on the upper St. Lawrence. According to Arsenault, this François's son
also created his own family in Canada.
Only son
François
dit Maillard, born probably at Chignecto in c1740, evidently followed
his family to Canada, where he married Jeanne, daughter of Pierre Lafond
and Marie-Jeanne Lefebvre, at Trois-Rivières on the upper St.
Lawrence in January 1763. According to Bona Arsenault, Jeanne gave
Maillard a daughter in 1763. He remarried to fellow Acadian Hélène
Hébert at Trois-Rivières in July 1764. According to Arsenault, in
1765 and 1767, Hélène gave Maillard two children, a son and another daughter.
His daughter by first wife Jeanne married into the Pépin family
at Québec.
Louis's putative
son Michel, born in c1712, married, according to Bona Arsenault, Anne, daughter
of Mathieu Brasseau and Jeanne Bellemère,
probably at Chignecto in c1733. (Stephen A. White, however, says Anne, daughter of Mathieu Brasseur dit
Mathieu and Jeanne Célestin dit Bellemère, married Michel,
son of Toussaint Doucet, in c1725.) According to Arsenault, in 1734 and 1742,
Anne gave Michel two children, a daughter and a son. According to White,
the Michel who married Anne Brasseau died probably at Chignecto by January 1752, in his late 50s.
The British evidently deported his family to South Carolina in the fall of 1755.
In August 1763, daughter Madeleine, age 16, appeared on a repatriation list
there as
an orphan. She married into the Dumoulin and
Mauge families and settled in French St.-Domingue.
Louis, père's third son
Joseph,
born probably at Chignecto in c1716, married
Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Carret and Angélique
Chiasson, in c1738 probably at Chignecto and moved on to Île St.-Jean. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1746, Isabelle gave Joseph five
children, three daughters and two sons. Joseph died on the island in c1747. Isabelle remarried to a Martin at St.-Pierre-du-Nord on
the island. In August 1752, a French official counted Isabelle Carret, her
husband Joseph Martin, and six children, including her two sons
Joseph Doucet, fils, age 12 (actually 10), and Pierre
Doucet, age 9 (actually 7), from her first marriage, on the
southside of Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the island's interior. The British
deported at least one of Isabelle's Doucet sons, if not the
rest of the family, to France in late 1758.
Older son
Joseph,
fils, born on Île St.-Jean in August 1742, was counted with his
remarried mother and younger brother on the island in August 1752 and deported to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. He had become a seaman by
then. In April 1759, soon after his arrival in the mother country, he went to Brest on the other
side of Brittany to work on the ship Northumberland, on which he served
for four months and 19 days. He also worked on L'Apale for
three months and 17 days. He returned to St.-Malo in May 1760 and
disappears from the historical record. One wonders if he married. He
did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Pierre, père's fifth son
René,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1678, married
Marie, daughter of François Broussard and Catherine Richard,
probably at Port-Royal in
c1702 and remained there. Between 1703 and 1728, Marie gave René 10 children,
four sons and six daughters. Five
of their daughters married into the Landry, Pitre, Garceau,
Arseneau, Babineau, and Bourg families. All of René's
sons also created their own families.
Oldest
son Pierre dit Maillard, born at Port-Royal in December 1703, married Françoise, daughter of Claude Dugas and Jeanne
Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in September 1725. According to Bona
Arsenault, they settled at Chepoudy in the trois-rivières area west of
Chignecto and, between 1730 and 1754, Françoise gave Pierre nine children, seven
sons and two daughters, including a set of twins. The British deported the
family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. After the war with Britain,
members of the family settled at Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence. At
least three of Pierre's sons created their own families at Annapolis Royal, in
Massachusetts, and at Yamachiche.
Oldest son
Joseph, born in c1730, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Melanson
and Anne Granger, at Annapolis Royal in January 1752.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and 1759, Anne gave Joseph three
children, a son and two daughters. They may have followed his family to
Massachusetts, where they appeared on a repatriation list in August 1763, and
resettled in Canada. Joseph remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis
Thibeau and Jeanne Picot, at Yamachiche in May
1770. According to Arsenault, between 1771 and 1776, this Anne gave Joseph
four more children, a daughter and three sons. Joseph remarried again--his
third marriage--to Marie Girardeau at Yamachiche in c1790.
According to Arsenault, she gave him another son in 1791.
Pierre's third
son Benoît-Béloni, born in c1738, followed his family to Massachusetts, where he
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Bénoni Melanson and
Marie Benoit of Grand-Pré, in c1762. The marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Trois-Rivières, Canada, in July 1767. In August 1763,
they appeared on a repatriation list in the Bay Colony; they had no children.
A few years later, they followed his family to Canada. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1767 and 1772, Marie gave Benoît three children, a daughter
and two sons. Benoît remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Jacques Raymond and Marguerite Pellerin, at
Yamachiche in February 1775. According to Arsenault, between 1775 and
1782, this Marie gave Benoît five more children, three sons and two
daughters--eight children in all by two wives.
Pierre's sixth
son Charles, born in c1750, followed his family to Massachusetts and to Canada.
He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Babineau
and Cécile Comeau, at Pointe-du-Lac near Trois-Rivières in
October 1773. They settled at Yamachiche. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1774 and 1799, Marguerite gave Charles a dozen children, four
sons and eight daughters.
René's second son
François,
born at Annapolis Royal in May 1715, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of Denis
Petitot dit Saint Seine and Marguerite Landry, at Annapolis
Royal in January 1742 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1742 and 1760, Marguerite gave François eight children, three daughters
and five sons. In the fall of 1755, the British deported the family to
Massachusetts. They were still in the Bay Colony in
August 1763; with them were nine children. A few years later, they
returned to Nova Scotia and settled on Baie
Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay, on the peninsula's west coast, where
British officials counted them in c1767. One of their daughters married
into the Amireau family. At least one François's sons
also created his own family on St. Mary's Bay.
Second son
Joseph, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1748, followed his family to
Massachusetts and Nova Scotia. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadian Pierre LeBlanc, at Baie Ste.-Marie in c1772, and
remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Dugas and
Brigitte Melanson.
René's third son
Charles, born probably at Annapolis Royal in the early 1720s, married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Préjean and Marie-Louise
Comeau of Chepoudy, in c1746 probably at Annapolis Royal and settled at
Tintamarre, today's Upper Sackville, Chignecto, where French authorities counted them
in 1752.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1751 and 1756, Marguerie gave Charles two children, a son and a
daughter. (Arsenault notes that Acadian historian Édouard Richard, one of
Charles's descendants, accepts the legend that Charles's son, born in 1751, was
the "natural" son of Colonel Edward How, a member of the Nova
Scotia colonial Council and Lieutenant Governor Lawrence's commissary;
How, whose second wife was an Acadian, was "stationed" at Fort
Lawrence, Chignecto, when he was murdered by Mi'kmaq near the fort in October
1750.) Charles died in exile before August 1763, in late 30s or early 40s.
Members of the family were living at Trois-Rivières on the upper St. Lawrence above Québec in
c1767. Charles's daughter married into the Boivin family
at Trois-Rivières. His son also created his own family there.
Only son
Jean
le jeune, born probably at Tintamarre in c1751, followed his family into
exile and to Canada. He married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians François Amireau and Marguerite Robichaud
of Pobomcoup, at Trois-Rivières in February 1778. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1779 and 1800, Marie-Madleine gave Jean le jeune 11
children, six sons and five daughters, including a set of twins. Four of
their daughters married into the Blondin, Hélie,
Dumoulin, and Prince families at
Trois-Rivières. At least two of Jean le jeune's sons also created
their own families at Trois-Rivières, one became a priest, and the other a
physician.
Third son
Nicolas-Benjamin, born probably at Trois-Rivières in c1781, married
Marie-Euphrosine, daughter of Pierre Kimber and Marie-Josèphe
Robitaille, at Trois-Rivières in August 1807.
Jean le jeune's
fourth son André, born probably at Trois-Rivières in c1782, was ordained a
priest in December 1805 and served as curé at Québec between 1807 and
1814.
Jean le jeune's
fifth son François-Olivier, born probably at Trois-Rivières in c1787, became a
physician, practiced at Kinsgton, Jamaica, and New York, and settled at Vera
Cruz, Mexico, where he died.
Jean le jeune's
sixth and youngest son Basile, born probably at Trois-Rivières in c1789, married
Julie, daughter of Pierre Aubry and Catherine Thibeau,
at Trois-Rivières in October 1810.
René
fourth son Jean, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1725, married Anne, daughter of Joseph Bourg and Louise
Robichaud, at Annapolis Royal in January 1749 and probably
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1750 and 1755, Anne
gave Jean three children, a daughter and two sons. The British deported the family to Connecticut in the fall
of 1755. Jean died at St.-Chriostophe, Antigua, in 1756 "de la
picoté"--of
the smallpox, so one wonders if he accompanied his family to Connecticut.
Anne remarried to an Hébert in Connecticut in 1762. After
the war with Britain, she settled with him at Laprairie across from Montréal.
Her Doucet daughter married into the Dupuis
family in Connecticut, and the marriage was "rehabilitated" at Laprairie in
April 1769. Oddly, Anne's Bourg's remarriage was not
"validated" until October 1774. One wonders what happened to her
Doucet sons.
Pierre, père's sixth and youngest son
Mathieu,
born probably at Port-Royal in 1685,
married Anne, daughter of Julien Lord and Anne-Charlotte Girouard,
at Annapolis Royal in June 1712 and remained there. Between 1713 and 1732,
Anne gave Mathieu seven children, three sons and four daughters. Mathieu
died in exile probably in Canada before July 1760, in his early 70s. Two
of his four daughters married into the
Thibodeau and Comeau families. His sons also created their
own families.
Oldest son
Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in July 1713,
married Anne, daughter of Pierre Bourg and Élisabeth Broussard, at
Annapolis Royal in November 1735 and remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1737 and 1761, Anne gave Joseph a dozen children, seven
daughters and five sons. In the fall of 1755, the British deported the
family to Massachusetts. Colonial officials counted them at Salisbury in
1758. In July 1760, Joseph, Anne, and four of their children were living
at Dansbury. They moved on to Connecticut by
1763. After the war with Britain, they settled at Bécancour across from
Trois-Rivières on the upper St. Lawrence, where British officials counted them
in c1767. Joseph died at Trois-Rivières in May 1795, age 81. Four of
his daughters married into the Michel, Bourgeois,
Belliveau, and Rheau families in New England
and Canada. Four of his five sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1743, followed his
family to Massachusetts, where he married Marie-Josèphe-Luce, daughter of fellow
Acadians Paul LeBlanc and Madeleine Forest, in
c1760; their marriage was "rehabilitated" in September 1767 at Bécancour, where
they settled after leaving New England. They also had been counted by
British authorities at nearby Trois-Rivières. According to Bona Arsenault,
in 1766 and 1768, Marie-Josèphe-Luce gave Joseph, fils two children, a
daughter and a son. Joseph, fils remarried to Marie-Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Pellerin and Madeleine
Robichaux, at Québec in April 1771. His son by his first
wife created his own family.
Only son
Joseph
III, by first wife Marie-Josèphe-Luce LeBlanc, born in Canada
in c1771, married Marie Bouret, widow of François
Cormier, at Bécancour in October 1791, and remarried to Marie, daughter
of Alexis Blais and Marie-Josèphe Bellefeuille,
at Bécancour in June 1794.
Joseph, père's
second son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1745, followed
his family to New England and Canada. He married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Grégoire Richard and Hélène Hébert,
at Trois-Rivières in August 1768. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1769 and 1787, eight children, four daughters and four sons. They settled
at Trois-Rivières. Three of their daughters married into the Bourg,
Lacourse, and Pinel dit Bellefeuille
at Trois-Rivières. Three of Jean-Baptiste's sons also created their own
families around Trois-Rivières.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, fils, born probably at Trois-Rivières in c1771, married
Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Abraham Vigneau and Marie
Bourg of Chignecto, at Bécancour in February 1795.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's second son Joseph le jeune, born probably at
Trois-Rivières in c1782, married Marguerite Martel at
Trois-Rivières in July 1811.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's fourth and youngest son Augustin, born probably at
Trois-Rivières in c1787, married Théotiste-Catherine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Simon Bourg and Reine Part, at
Trois-Rivières in October 1808.
Joseph, père's
third son Louis, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1749, followed his family
to New England and Canada. He married Marguerite, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Belliveau and Marguerite Melanson,
at Bécancour in January 1773. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1771
and 1798, Marguerite gave Louis a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters,
including a set of twins. The family also settled at Trois-Rivières and at
nearby Nicolet and St.-Grégoire. Three of their daughters married into the
Prince, Bourg, and Richard
families at Nicolet and St.-Grégoire. At least four of Louis's sons also
created their own families in the area.
Second son
Louis,
fils, born in Canada in c1780, married Angélique, daughter of fellow
Acadians Ovila Bourgeois and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc,
at St.-Grégoire in July 1806.
Louis, père's
third son Pierre, born in Canada in c1782, married Marie-Angèle Bergeron,
probably at fellow Acadian, at St.-Grégoire on the same day his older brother
Louis, fils married in July 1806.
Louis, père's
fourth son Joseph, born in Canada in c1786, married Marie-Desanges, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles Prince and Marie Babineau,
at Nicolet in February 1801.
Louis, père's
seventh and youngest son Charles, born in Canada in c1792, married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Cormier and Marie Champoux, at St.-Grégoire in October
1818.
Joseph, père's
fifth and youngest son Pierre-Abel, born in New England in c1761, followed his
family to Canada and married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Prince and Marie-Madeleine Bourg, at Bécancour in
February 1784. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1784 and 1803, Marie
gave Pierre-Abel nine children, seven sons and two daughters. They also
settled at nearby Trois-Rivières. At least two of their sons created their
own families in the area.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born in Canada in c1784, married Madeleine,
daughter of Nicolas Grondin and Marie Dumas, at Nicolet
in September 1811.
Pierre-Abel's
second son Joseph le jeune, born in Canada in c1786, married Marie,
daughter of Antoine Marier and Marie Ducharme,
at Bécancour in November 1813.
Mathieu's
second son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1715, married Françoise, daughter of Abraham Comeau and
Marguerite Pitre, at Annapolis Royal in January 1742 and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1743 and 1746 Françoise gave Pierre two
daughters. Pierre died probably at Annapolis Royal before January
1752, in his late 30s, and Françoise remarried to a Comeau.
Mathieu's third and youngest son
Charles,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1732, evidently moved
to the French Maritimes, was deported to France in late 1758, and married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Lavergne
and Françoise Pitre, probably in France in c1759. French officials
counted them at La Havre on the Norman coast in 1772 and 1791, so they did not emigrate to Louisiana
in 1785. Charles died at Le Havre in December 1795, age 63.
Germain's younger
"son" Germain, fils (who Bona Arsenault insists was his brother Pierre's oldest son, but
Stephen A. White, followed here, says he was Germain, père's second son
by his first wife), was born probably in Acadia in c1641 and, as previously
stated, may have been an adopted Mi'kmaq and not a biological son. Germain, fils was a farmer at Port-Royal
when he married Marie, daughter of René Landry
l'aîné and Perrine Bourg and widow of Simon Pelletret, at the
Acadian capital
in c1664. (Perrine Bourg was Germain, fils's older
brother Pierre's mother-in-law.) Between 1665 and 1685, Marie gave Germain,
fils nine children, seven sons
and two daughters. Germain,
fils died at Port-Royal in c1698, in his late 50s. His line of the
family was even larger than his older brother's. Both of Germain, fils's daughters
survived childhood, but only one of them married, into the Loppinot
family. Five of his seven sons also created their own families at Port-Royal, but some of his grandsons moved on to Canada
before Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Charles,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1665, worked as a sailor and carpenter. He married Huguette, daughter of François Guérin
and Anne Blanchard, probably at Port-Royal in c1684. Between 1685
and 1706, Huguette gave Charles nine children, eight sons and a daughter.
According to Bona Arsenault, Charles was counted with his family at
Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1725. If so, he returned to Annapolis
Royal, where he died in May 1739, in his mid-70s. His daughter
married into the Lavigne family. Six of his eight sons also created
their own families.
Oldest
son Claude, born probably at Port-Royal in c1785, survived childhood but did not marry.
Charles's second son
Charles, fils, born probably at Port-Royal in c1688, married Cécile, daughter of Michel Poirier and Marie
Chiasson, at Beaubassin in February 1718 and settled at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1720 and 1722, Cécile gave Charles, fils
two children, a daughter and a son. Charles, fils died probably at Chignecto by July 1733, in his mid-40s.
Arsenault says Cécile remarried to a Caissie after Charles,
fils's death in c1730.
Charles, fils's daughter married into the Caissie
family. His son also created a family of his own.
Only son
Charles
III, born probably at Chignecto in c1722, married Jeanne, daughter of François
Boudrot and Jeanne Landry of Annapolis Royal,
probably at Chignecto in c1747. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1748 and
1750, Jeanne gave Charles III two daughters. They moved on to Malpèque on
the northwest shore of Île St.-Jean in c1741. In August 1752, a French
official counted Charles III, Jeanne, and their daughters at Malpèque. One
wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Charles's third son
Jean,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1690, married Marie, daughter of Prudent Robichaud and
Henriette Petitpas, at Annapolis Royal, formerly Port-Royal, in February 1714 and remained there.
In 1715 and 1717, Marie gave Jean two sons. Jean died probably at
Annapolis Royal in 1718, in his late 20s, and Marie remarried to a
Thériot widower. Both of Jean's sons
created their own families.
Older son
Jean dit Jean Prudent,
born at Annapolis Royal in January 1715, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean
Thériot and Madeleine Bourg, at Grand-Pré January 1738.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1738 and 1746, Madeleine gave Jean Prudent
four children, two sons and two daughters. In the fall of 1755, the
British deported the family to Virginia. In the spring of 1756, Virginia
authorities deported all of the Acadians in the colony to
England. Jean Prudent and his family were held at Southampton, where his
older son married. One wonders what happened to other members of the
family in England.
Older son
Pierre, born at Grand-Pré in c1738, followed his family to Virginia and England
and married Marie-Blanche, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard
and Marguerite LeBlanc, at Southampton in April 1763. The
following month, they were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport
L'Ambition. They settled in the St.-Malo surburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer and may have moved on to
Boulogne-sur-Mer on the northern French coast. In November 1765, Pierre took his family to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany, where they settled at
Anvort near Sauzon. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1772,
Marie-Blanche gave Pierre five children, four sons and a daughter, at St.-Servan
and on Belle-Île-en-Mer. In 1785, they did not emigrate to Louisiana with other Acadians
in France.
Jean's second son
Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in August 1717, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Thériot and
Marguerite Cormier, at Grand-Pré in November 1742. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph three children,
two daughters and a son. They moved on to Chignecto in 1743 and were still
there in 1748. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Charles's fourth
son François, born probably at Port-Royal in c1692, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Carret and Angélique
Chiasson, at Beaubassin in February 1722 and settled at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1749, Marie gave François a dozen
children, six sons and six daughters. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in
c1741. In August 1752, a French official counted François, Marie, and
eight of their children at Malpèque on the north shore of the island, next to
their oldest son and his family. They evidently escaped the British
roundup on the island in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. After the war with Britain, members of the family returned to St.
John's Island, formerly Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, and settled
at Rustico on the north shore of the island near their old home at Malpèque.
François died at Rustico in c1765, in his early 70s. Four of his daughters married into
the Beaulien, Comeau, Renaud dit Provençal,
Haché, and Gallant dit Mignon
families, two of them probably at Rustico. One of them emigrated to Louisiana
from France in 1785. Three of François's sons also created their own
families, and two of them settled at Rustico.
Second son
François, fils, born probably at Chignecto in c1726, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean. He married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre
Jacquemin and Marguerite Haché dit
Gallant of the island, at Port-La-Joye in November 1750.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave François, fils a daughter
in 1752. In August of that year, a French official counted François, fils,
called a Dousset, Marguerite, and no children, so their
daughter was born probably later in the year, at Rivière-de-Peugiguit in the
island's interior. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
François,
père's third son Michel, born probably at Chignecto in c1734, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Malpèque in August 1752.
He followed them to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in 1758, unless he remained
in hiding on the island. He married Louise, daughter of Louis
Belliveau and Louise Haché dit
Gallant, "before witnesses" probably at St.-Louis on the island in
c1762 before the war with Britain ended and validated the marriage on Île
Miquelon in August 1765 after the war. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1763 and 1774, Louise gave Michel nine children, six sons and three
daughters, probably on Miquelon. In 1778, during the American Revolution,
the British deported the family, with dozens of other island Acadians, to La
Rochelle, France. A four-month-old son died in the French port in August
1779. Both Michel and Louise died at La Rochelle in August 1779 within
days of one another. Members of the family returned to
greater Acadia and settled at Rustico.
François,
père's fifth son Jean, born probably at Chignecto in c1744, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Malpèque in August 1752.
He followed them to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in 1758 and, after the war
with Britain, followed his older brother to Île Miquelon. He married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Gaudet and Anne
Richard, on Miquelon in August 1767. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1768 and 1782, Marguerite gave Jean nine children, three sons
and six daughters. They, too, resettled at Rustico probably after
returning to greater Acadia from France.
Charles's fifth son
Germain le jeune,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1697,
married cousin Françoise, daughter of Alexandre Comeau and Marguerite
Doucet, at Annapolis Royal in November 1726. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1727 and 1734, Françoise gave Germain le jeune four
children, three daughters and a son. At age 44, Germain le jeune remarried
to Françoise, daughter of Thomas
Sauvage dit Forgeron and Anne Lapierre, at Beaubassin in October
1741. According to Arsenault, in 1746 and 1750, this Françoise gave
Germain le jeune two more sons. Other sources give them another
son. According to Arsenault, the
family also settled at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, but they evidently returned to Annapolis Royal, where Germain le
jeune died in July 1747, age 50. One of his sons by his second wife
created a family of his own.
Oldest son
Pierre, by first wife Françoise Comeau, born at Annapolis Royal
in c1740 or 1741, became a sailor. He died at Basse-Terre on the French
island of Guadeloupe in November 1771, age 30. One wonders if he married.
Germain le
jeune's third and
youngest son Simon, by second wife Françoise Sauvage, born
perhaps posthumously in c1748 (Bona Arsenault says c1750, which would have been
three years after his father's death), married Suzanne, daughter of
Jacques-Joseph Villers and Françoise Miet, at
Beauport near Québec in July 1778. One wonders where Simon went after
1755, between his likely escape from Annapolis Royal and his time in Canada.
Charles's sixth son
Joseph,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1699, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of
François Robichaud and Madeleine Thériot, at Annapolis Royal in
November 1725. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726 and 1739,
Marie-Madeleine gave Joseph six children, five daughters and a son. Other
sources give them two more daughters and another son. Members of the
family moved to Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, probably after 1752, and may have
moved on to Port-Dauphin on the eastern shore of the island. In late 1758,
the British deported the family to Le Havre, France. Joseph died at Le Havre in July 1764, age 66. Three of his daughters married into
the Demar, perhaps Demarets, Bunel, and Michel
dit Saint-Michel families, and
three of them died at Le Havre between 1764 and 1811. His older son emigrated to Louisiana from France
in 1785. His younger son remained in the mother country with his sisters.
Older son
Joseph,
fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1730, married Marguerite,
daughter of Gabriel Moulaison and Marie Aubois
of Pobomcoup, at Annapolis Royal in July 1753 and settled at Cap-Sable.
Marguerite gave Joseph, fils a daughter in c1756. In the fall of
1758, the British captured them and other Acadians at Cap-Sable, hold them
in the prison compound at Georges Island, Halifax, and then deported them to Le Havre, France, later that year.
In February 1759, soon after they reached the Norman port, their daughter died
at age 2 1/2 probably from the rigors of the crossing. From 1759 to 1770,
at Le Havre, Marguerite gave Joseph, fils six more children, four
daughters and two sons--seven children, five daughters and two sons, between
1756 and 1770, in greater Acadia and France. In 1773, Joseph
and Marguerite, with hundreds of other Acadians languishing in the coastal
cities, became part of the settlement venture in Poitou. They settled near
Cenan near Châtellerault. When, after two years of effort, most of the Poitou Acadians
retreated to the port city of Nantes, Joseph and his family remained at Cenan.
Oldest surviving daughter Emmanuelle-Victoire married into the Jaunon
family at Cenan in September 1778, and daughter Adélaïde-Véronique married
into the Arnaud family there in January 1781. Wife
Marguerite died at Cenan in April 1784, age 57. The following year,
Joseph, fils, having joined his fellow Acadians at Nantes, took his three youngest children,
two daughters and a son, to Spanish Louisiana aboard the
last of the Seven Ships from France. They chose to settle at Cabahannocer on the
river above New Orleans--among the few exiles from France who sent there. Joseph, fils died at New Orleans in
April 1797. The St.-Louis Parish priest who recorded his burial said that
Joseph, fils died at age 75. He was in his late 60s. His daughter Marie-Marguerite remained at New Orleans,
where she married into the Arnaud family; her husband seems to
have been a half-brother of older sister Adélaïde-Véronique's husband back in
Poitou, France.
The younger children, including son Ange, evidently did not marry, so this line
of the family, except perhaps for its blood, did not endure in the Bayou State.
Younger son
Jean,
born probably in greater Acadia, followed his family to Le Havre, where he
became a sail maker. Like at least one of his sisters, he did not follow
his older brother Joseph, fils to Louisiana in 1785. A Le Havre
civil record, dated 29 December 1811, notes that his sister Cécile, widow of Basile Michel,
died "at 3:00 A.M. in the house of Jean Doucet, her
brother--a sail maker; on the small quai Notre Dame." One wonders if Jean married.
Charles's seventh son
Michel,
born at Port-Royal in April 1703, married Angélique, daughter of
Claude Pitre and Marie Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in November
1732. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1739, Angélique gave
Michel three children, a daughter and two sons. Other records give them
another son and three more daughters from 1743 to 1753. Michel and
Angélique also moved to the French Maritimes probably after 1752.
In late 1758, the British deported them to France. Michel died in
Notre-Dame Parish, Le Havre, in February 1760, age 56. Two of his younger
daughters--Élisabeth, age 7; and Catherine, age 15--died at Le Havre in February
and September 1760, so one wonders if the family was caught up in an epidemic in
the Norman port. Son Joseph died at Le Havre in July 1764, age 21.
An older son married at Le Havre in c1766. Michel's daughter Euphrosine
died at Chantenay near Nantes, France, in June 1785, age 41. She evidently
did not marry. Michel's married son emigrated to Louisiana in 1785.
Second son
Michel, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1744, followed his
family to the French Maritimes and to Le Havre, France, where he worked as a
carpenter. He married Marie-Blanche, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Cousin and Judith Guédry of Ministigueshe near
Cap-Sable at Le Havre in c1766. Between 1768 and 1773, at Le Havre, Marie-Blanche gave
Michel, fils three children, two daughters and a son. In 1773, they
became a part of the settlement scheme in Poitou. Another daughter was
born to them at Cenan in March 1775. That November, after two years of
effort, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Another son was born
at nearby Chantenay in February 1777 but died the following April--five
children, three daughters and two sons, between 1768 and 1777. In 1785, Michel,
fils, Marie-Blanche, and their three remaining children, two
daughters and a son, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana aboard the last of the Seven Ships. They
were among the hand full of Acadians who chose to settle at San Bernardo, also
called Nueva Gálvez, an Isleño community on the river below New Orleans. Michel,
fils died at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, in September 1792.
The St.-Louis Parish priest who recorded the burial said he
died at age 54. He was in his late 40s. One wonders if any of his children married in the Spanish colony.
Charles's eighth
and youngest son Louis, born at Port-Royal in February 1706, probably died young.
Germain, fils's second
son Bernard dit Laverdure, born probably at Port-Royal in c1667, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Corporon
and François Savoie, probably at Port-Royal in c1690 and settled there.
Between 1692 and 1698, Madeleine gave Bernard four
children, a son and three daughters. Bernard
died at Port-Royal in August 1709, in his early 40s. One of his daughters married into
the Savary family. His son also created his own family, in Canada.
Only son
Jean,
born probably at St.-Royal in c1692, moved to Canada perhaps after the fall of
the Acadian capital in 1710 and
married Françoise, daughter of Claude Bourget and Marie Couture,
at Québec in April 1714. Between 1714 and 1725, at Québec, Françoise gave Jean six
children, four sons and two daughters. Neither of their daughters married.
Jean remarried to Catherine, daughter of Joseph Prieur and Hélène Méchin, at Québec in
October 1726. Between 1727 and 1736, Catherine gave Jean three more children, a son and two daughters,
at Québec. Their
older daughter married into the Birolle family at Louisbourg, Île Royale.
Jean's sons by first wife Françoise created their own families. Two
remained in Canada. The other two "returned" to greater Acadia before they
married and, as a result, were scattered to the winds.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste,
by first wife Françoise Bourget, born at Québec in July 1717,
remained in Canada. At age 30, he married Marie-Louise, daughter of Jean-François
Delage dit Lavigeur and Marie-Madeleine Loisel, at
Charlesbourg near Québec in January 1748 and remained there. Jean-Baptiste died at Québec in November 1792, age 75.
Jean's
second son Augustin
dit Justice, by first wife Françoise Bourget,
born at Québec in July 1719, returned to greater Acadia and settled on Île
St-Jean in c1734. Justice married
Cécile, daughter of Acadians Joseph Mius d'Azy and Marie Amireau, probably
on the island in c1742. According to Bona Arsenault, from 1743 to 1750, Cécile gave Justice
four children, three sons and a daughter.
Cécile died on the island in January 1751, in her early 30s. Justice remarried to Marie-Anne, daughter of
Acadians Joseph Prétieux and Anne Haché, at Port-La-Joye in
February 1752. The following August, a French official counted Justice,
Marie-Anne, and two of his sons by first wife Cécile on the north side of Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the
island's interior. (One wonders what happened to his two younger
children.) In 1753 and 1755 on the island, Marie-Anne gave Justice
two more children, a son and a daughter. In late 1758, the British
deported Marie-Anne and two of their children, Pierre and Marie, to St.-Malo,
France, aboard the transport Tamerlane. Augustin dit
Justice crossed to the Breton port on another, unidentified, vessel.. They settled at St.-Énogat,
today's Dinard,
across the harbor from St.-Malo. Between 1760 and 1770, at
St.-Énogat and nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Marie-Anne gave Justice six more
children, two daughters and four sons--a dozen children, eight sons and four
daughters, by two wives, between 1743 and 1770, in greater Acadia and France. Three of his
younger children, two daughters and a son, died at St.-Servan while still very
young. In 1773, Justice and his
family, along with hundreds of other Acadian exiles languishing in the coastal
cities, became part of a new settlement scheme in the interior of Poitou. Augustin dit
Justice, in fact, was one of the Acadian leaders at St.-Malo invited by the
Marquis de Pérusse to inspect his lands near Châtellerault, where the exiles
would settle. Augustin reported favorably on what he saw. Despite
his dit, he likely had been paid to exaggerate the quality of the soil on
the marquis's estate. Ironically, Justice's son Pierre remained
at St.-Servan, where he married in January 1775. Meanwhile, Justice's
second son by Marie-Anne died in Poitou in April 1774, age 9. Their only
surviving daughter, Marie, married into the Samie family at
Cenan, Poitou, near Châtellerault, in April 1777, a year after most of the Poitou Acadians
retreated to the port city of Nantes. As the date of his daughters's
marriage reveals, Justice and his family remained in Poitou. Justice died
probably at Cenan in the late 1770s or early 1780s, in his late 50s or early
60s. By September 1784, his widow Marie-Anne and their unmarried children
had joined their fellow Acadians at Nantes. In 1785, Marie-Anne and two of her
Doucet sons, but not oldest son Pierre or daughter Marie,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. They followed their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where both of the sons created
families of their own.
Third son
Pierre,
by second wife Marie-Anne Précieux, born probably at
Rivière-du-Nord-Est, Île St.-Jean, in c1753, followed his family to St.-Malo,
France. He married Jeanne, daughter of locals Jean Dautoville
and Perrine Bellotte, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in January 1775, while his family was in
Poitou. In 1775 and 1779, Jeanne gave Pierre two sons, Auguste-Pierre and
Pierre-Michel, at St.-Servan. In 1785, they did not follow his widowed
mother and two younger brothers to Louisiana but likely remained in the St.-Malo
area.
Augustin dit
Justice's fifth son Jean-Baptiste, by second wife Marie-Anne Précieux,
born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in September 1766, followed his family to Poitou and his
widowed mother to Nantes and Louisiana, where he married Marie-Anne-Barbe,
called Barbe, daughter of Nicolas Daublin and Catherine, a
"free Indian," at Ascension in June 1789. They settled on
upper Bayou Lafourche. Their daughters married into the Hébert,
Lenée, and Martin. Jean-Baptiste's only
son married into the Hébert family and remained on the
Lafourche.
Augustin dit
Justice's seventh and youngest son François, by second wife Marie-Anne
Précieux, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in September 1770, followed his family to
Poitou and his widowed mother to Nantes and Louisiana, where he married
Marie-Adélaïde, daughter of Étienne-Joseph Angilbert or
Engilbert of Nantes and his Acadian wife Félicité Hébert,
at Assumption on the upper Lafourche in May 1802. Their daughters married
into the Barrios, Bernard, Lejeune,
Molaison, Parks, and Scanlen
families. Two of François's three sons married into the Guidry
and Bourg families. One remained in the Bayou Lafourche
valley, and the other moved on to lower Bayou Teche.
Jean's third son
Germain le jeune,
by first wife Françoise Bourget, born at Charlesbourg, Canada, in August
1721, also returned to greater Acadia and married
Marguerite, daughter of Acadians François LeBlanc and Cécile Boudrot, at
Grand-Pré in October 1742. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1743 and 1745,
Marguerite gave Germain le jeune two children, a daughter and a son, at
Grand-Pré. Other records give them two other sons in c1748 and c1750. They evidently moved to Chignecto. In the
fall of 1755, the British deported the family to South Carolina. At age
40, Germain
le jeune remarried to Acadian Marguerite Comeau in c1761 probably in the
southern colony. Germaine, Marguerite, and
three sons, ages 20, 15, and 12, appeared on a repatriation list in South
Carolina in August 1763. They followed other Acadians from the southern
colonies to French St.-Dominque later in the year or in 1764. Germain le jeune
died probably in the sugar colony by February 1776, in his early or mid-50s.
Two of his three sons married there.
Oldest son
Joseph, by first wife Marguerite LeBlanc,
born in Nova Scotia in
c1743, followed his family to South Carolina in 1755 and was listed with his
father, stepmother, and two younger brothers there in August 1763. He
likely followed his family to French St.-Domingue. One wonders if he
married.
Germain le
jeune's second son Anselme, by first wife Marguerite LeBlanc,
born in Nova Scotia in c1748, followed his family to South Carolina and French
St.-Domingue, where he married Acadian Marie-Josèphe Melanson
probably at Môle St.-Nicolas. Between 1777 and 1785, she gave
Anselme four children, a son and three daughters.
Germain le
jeune's third and youngest son
Simon, by first wife Marguerite LeBlanc,
born in Nova Scotia in c1750, followed his family to South Carolina and French
St.-Domingue, where he married cousin Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians
Pierre LeBlanc and Claire Benoit of Grand-Pré,
at Môle St.-Nicolas, St.-Domingue, in February 1776. Between 1777 and 1780,
Madeleine gave Simon at least three children, two daughters and a son, the younger
daughter borned posthumously. Simon died at Môle in August 1780, age 30.
Jean's fourth son,
François-Clément, by first wife Françoise Bourget,
born at Charlesbourg in October 1723, remained in Canada and married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of
Pierre Garand and Marie-Madeleine Masson, at St.-François-du-Sud
below Québec in November 1750. François-Clément died at nearby
St.-Pierre-du-Sud in April 1769, age 45.
Jean's fifth and
youngest son Charles-Joseph, by second wife Catherine Prieur,
born at Québec in July 1734, died there at age 10 months in March 1736.
Germain, fils's third son
Laurent,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1669, married
Jeanne, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier and widow of
Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, probably at Port-Royal in c1689.
The settled on the haute rivière above Port-Royal. Between 1690 and 1713, Jeanne gave Laurent a dozen children, seven sons and five
daughters. Laurent died at Annapolis Royal by January 1728, in his late 50s.
Two of his daughters married into the Lord, Levron, and Garceau dit
Boutin families. Six of his sons also created their own families, one of
them in Canada before Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Pierre,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1690, moved to Canada perhaps after the fall of
Port-Royal to the British in 1710 and married
Élisabeth, daughter of Nicolas Sylvestre and Barbe Neveu, at
Pointe-aux-Trembles near Montréal in February 1716. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1718 and 1738, Élisabeth gave Pierre nine children, five
daughters and four sons. They settled at Chicot, Berthierville, on the
upper St. Lawrence between Trois-Rivière and Montréal in 1721. Three of
their daughters married into the Chevalier, Moreau,
and Pasquin families at nearby Sorel and Île Dupas. Three
of Pierre's four sons also created their own families in Canada.
Oldest son
Athanase, born perhaps at Pointe-aux-Trembles in c1724, married Marie-Louise
Boyer probably in Canada in November 1752.
Pierre's second
son Pierre, fils, born perhaps at Pointe-aux-Trembles in c1724, married
Véronique, daughter of François Plante and Marie-Louise
Joly, probably in Canada in February 1756.
Pierre, père's
fourth and youngest son Michel, born perhaps at Pointe-aux-Trembles in c1724,
married Marie-Agathe Frappier, widow of François Plante,
probably in Canada in January 1760, and remarried to Marguerite
Aubin-Lambert probably in Canada in January 1779.
Laurent's second son
Laurent, fils, born probably at Port-Royal in c1696, married Marie-Anne, called Anne, daughter of Étienne
Pellerin and Jeanne Savoie and widow of Abraham Brun, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1722 and remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1722 and 1727, Anne gave Laurent, fils three
children, two sons and a daughter. Their daughter married into the
Breau family. Both of Laurent, fils's sons also created
their own families. The older one
emigrated to Louisiana in 1765.
Older son
Michel-Laurent, born at Annapolis Royal in November1722, married Marguerite,
daughter of Charles Martin and Jeanne Comeau,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1749. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1749
and 1751, Marguerite gave Michel-Laurent two children, a son and a daughter.
Other sources give them five children, four sons and a daughter, between
1752 and 1764. They escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in
the fall of 1755 and fled to the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. From Miramichi, they made their way up to the French
stronghold at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. By then,
they may have had more than three sons in their household, or they had taken in
a number of orphans. In late October 1760, Michel and his family of nine
appear on a list of 1,003 Acadians who surrendered with the Restigouche
garrison. The British held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for
the rest of the war. At least one of their sons was born there. Michel-Laurent,
Marguerite, and eight children appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. A daughter was born soon
after the counting. Michel-Laurent,
Marguerite, and five of their children, four sons and a daughter, emigrated to
Louisiana with the Broussards in 1764-65, the first members of
the family to go there. Their daughter died at age 1 in a Teche valley
epidemic. The family did not retreat to the river to escape the epidemic
but remained on Bayou Teche. By the 1790s, however, they had moved north
to Opelousas. Michel Laurent died at Opelousas in October 1805. The
priest who recorded the burial said that Michel was age 105 when he died.
He probably was in his early 80s. All four of his sons married, into the Landry,
Comeaux, and Voorhies familes, and settled on the prairies,
but not all of the lines endured. Most of the Acadian Doucets of
South Louisiana are descendants of Michel and three of his sons, especially the
oldest one.
Laurent, fils's
younger son Laurent III, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1727, married
Ursule, daughter of Étienne Martin and Marie Comeau,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1752. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1752
Ursule gave Laurent III a son. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Laurent's third son
Jean, born probably at Port-Royal in c1699, married Marie, daughter of Charles Doiron and François Gaudet,
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1723 and remained there. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755.
Laurent's fourth son
Pierre-Paul dit Paul Laurent, born at Port-Royal in March 1704, married Anne, daughter of Claude Brun
and Cécile Dugas, at Annapolis Royal in February 1738 and remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and 1751, Anne gave Paul
Laurent seven children, five sons and two daughters. They evidently
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755. Did
they follow other Acadian exiles to Canada? After the war with
Britain, they settled at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière on the St. Lawrence
below Québec by 1770. Paul Laurent died by November 1773, in his late 60s.
His daughters married into the Ouellet and Langlois
families at St.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and nearby Rivière Ouelle. One of his
sons also created his own family on the lower St. Lawrence.
Fourth son
Amable, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1744, followed his family into
exile and to Canada. He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians
Alexis Landry and Madeleine Bergeron, at
Kamouraska below Rivière Ouelle in October 1775.
Laurent's fifth son
Joseph,
born on the haute rivière at Port-Royal in January 1708, may not have survived childhood.
Laurent's sixth son
Michel,
born on the haute rivière at Port-Royal in October 1710, married, in
his late 30s, Marie-Josèphe, daughter of René Babineau
and Marie-Madeleine Savoie and widow of Olivier Egan, at Annapolis
Royal in October 1748 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, in
1749 and 1755 Marie-Josèphe gave Michel two daughters. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755.
Laurent's
seventh and youngest son Claude le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in
July 1713, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of Étienne
Martin and Marie-Jeanne Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in December
1742 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and
1753, Marguerite gave Claude le jeune three children, two daughters and
a son. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. Claude died during exile before August 1763, in
his late 40s or early 50s.
Germain, fils's fourth son
Jacques dit Maillard, born probably at Port-Royal in c1671, married Marie,
another daughter of Étienne Pellerin
and Jeanne Savoie, in c1695 probably at Port-Royal and remained there.
Between 1696 and 1723, Jeanne gave Jacques 11 children, three sons and eight daughters.
Three of their daughters married into the Lord, Simon dit
Boucher, and Landry families. Jacques's sons also created families
of their own.
Oldest son
Jean,
born at probably at Port-Royal by c1703, married
Judith, daughter of Alexandre Bourg and Marguerite Melanson, by
April 1728 and settled at Minas. One wonders what happened to them in
1755.
Jacques's second son
Alexis,
born at Port-Royal in October 1704,
married Madeleine, daughter of Jacques Léger and Madeleine Trahan,
in c1729 and probably remained at Annapolis Royal. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1730 and 1748, Madeleine gave Alexis 10 children, six sons
and four daughters. Evidently the family escaped the British in the fall
of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. The family was counted at Sorel on the upper St.
Lawrence between Trois-Rivières and Montréal in 1762. Alexis died by
February 1762, perhaps at Sorel, in his mid- or late 50s. Two of his sons
created their own families.
Oldest son
Jacques le jeune, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1730, married
Anne, daughter of Jean Landry and Anne Petitot
dit Saint-Seine, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1754, on the eve of
Le Grand Dérangement. The family evidently escaped the British in
the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Members of the family were
counted at Québec in 1757. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1757 and
1778, Anne gave Jacques le jeune five children, three sons and two
daughters. British authorities counted the family at Rivière-du-Loup,
today's Louiseville, on the upper St. Lawrence above Trois-Rivières, in 1776,
and at nearby Maskinongé in 1782. One of their daughters married into the
MacRay family at Maskinongé. Two of Jacques le jeune's
three sons also created their own families in the area.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at Québec in c1757, married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jacques Raymond and Marie-Claire Pellerin,
at Rivière-du-Loup in January 1786.
Third and yongest
son Pierre, born probably at Rivière-du-Loup in c1778, married Marguerite
Davis in March 1802.
Alexis's fourth
son Charles-Élisée, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1736, followed his
family into exile and to Canada, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean Landry and Anne Petitot dit
Saint-Seine, at Sorel in February 1762.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1768 and 1779, Marguerite gave
Charles-Élisée seven children, four sons and three daughters. They settled
at Maskinongé. At least two of their sons created their own families
there.
Oldest son
Michel, born perhaps at Maskinongé in c1768, married Geneviève Généreux
there in c1791.
Charles-Élisée's
fourth and youngest son Louis, born probably at Maskinongé in c1779, married
Hélène, daughter of Alexis Baril and Marie-Anne
Thibodeau, perhaps a fellow Acadian, at Maskinongé in November 1802.
Jacques's third and
youngest son Pierre
dit Maillard, born at Port-Royal in February 1707, married Anne-Marie, daughter of François
Dugas and Claire Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in January 1749 and
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1750 and 1762,
Anne-Marie gave Pierre six children, three daughters and three sons. One
wonders what happened to them in 1755. The
family was counted at
Pointe-aux-Écureuils, today's Donnacona, on the upper St. Lawrence above Québec,
in 1759, and upriver at Batiscan in 1762. Pierre died in Canada between 1761 and 1766, in his early
50s. One of his daughters married into the Gélinas family
at Rivière-du-Loup, today's Louiseville. Did any of his sons marry?
Germain, fils's fifth son
Claude dit
Maitre Jean, born probably at Port-Royal in c1674, married Marie, daughter of Étienne Comeau and Marie-Anne
Lefebvre, probably at Port-Royal in c1696 and remained there. Between
1697 and 1722, Marie gave Claude 11 children, five sons and six daughters.
Claude died at Annapolis Royal in December 1754, in his late 70s, on the eve of
exile. Five of
his
daughters married into the Gaudet, Préjean, Chiasson,
Grosvalet, and Le Borgne dit Cotte families. Four of his
five sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Charles,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1697, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Préjean and Andrée
Savoie, at Annapolis Royal in February 1725 and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726 and 1745, Madeleine gave Charles seven
children, three daughters and four sons, including a set of twins. The
British deported the family to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. After the
war with Britain, they resettled at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence below
Montréal, where British officials counted them in 1767. Two of their
daughters married into the Simon and Granger
families in Nova Scotia and Connecticut. At least one of Charles's sons
created his own family.
Fifth and
youngest son Jean, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1745, followed his
family to Connecticut and Canada. He married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians François Amireau and Marguerite Robichaud
of Pobomcoup, at Trois-Rivières in February 1778. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1779 and 1800, Madeleine gave Jean 11 children, six sons and
five daughters, including a set of twins. They remained at Trois-Rivières.
Claude's second son
Joseph,
born at Port-Royal in March 1706, married Anne-Agnès, daughter of Pierre Surette and
Jeanne Pellerin, at Annapolis Royal in January 1731 and may have remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1754, Anne gave
Joseph 13 children, 10 sons and three daughters, including a set of
twins. Another source gives them another son--their eleventh son and
fourteenth child--in c1758. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
Colonial officials counted Joseph, Anne, and 10 of their children at Gloucester in July 1760. After the war with Britain, the family returned to Nova
Scotia and settled at Yarmouth, formerly Cap-Forshu, north of Cap-Sable, on the peninsula's
southwest coast. Two of their daughters married Mius d'Entremont
brothers of nearby Pobomcoup. At least six of Joseph's sons also created
their own famliies in the area.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born in c1731 perhaps
at Annapolis Royal, married cousin Ludivine, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Mius d'Entremont and Marie-Josèphe
Surette, in c1754. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Did they follow his family to Massachusetts? According to Bona Arsenault, between 1755 and
1760, Ludivine gave Joseph, fils four children, two sons and two
daughters. They also settled at Yarmouth.
Joseph, père's
third son Dominique, born perhaps at
Annapolis Royal in c1733, followed his family to Massachusetts and
married cousin Madeleine, another daughter of Jean-Baptiste Mius
d'Entremont and Marie-Josèphe Surette, in c1760
probably in Massachusetts. They appeared on a repatriation list in the Bay Colony in August 1763. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1768 and 1769,
Madeleine gave Dominique two sons. Other records give them a child by
August 1763. After the war with Britain, they returned to Nova Scotia and
settled on Baie
Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay. Their sons created their own families
there.
Older son
Dominique, fils, born probably on Baie Ste.-Marie in c1768, married
Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Dugas and Brigitte
Melanson, probably on the bay in c1788, and remarried to
Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine-Salomon Maillet
and Marguerite Blanchard, probably on the bay in April 1799.
The remained at Cap Ste.-Marie and settled at today's Marvillette, near the mouth of St. Mary's
Bay.
Dominique,
père's younger son Isidore, born probably on Baie Ste.-Marie in c1769,
married Rosalie, daughter of Pierre Hériard and his Acadian
wife Marie-Cécile Mius, in c1790.
Joseph, père's
fourth son Charles, born perhaps at Annapolis
Royal in c1735, evidently followed his family to
Massachusetts and Yarmouth. He married Félicité, daughter of fellow
Acadians Charles Mius d'Entremont and Marie-Marthe
Hébert of Pobomcoup, in c1770. According to Bona Arsenault,
Félicité gave Charles a daughter in c1772. Their daughter married into the
Corporon family.
Joseph, père's
sixth son Athanase, born perhaps at Annapolis
Royal in c1740, followed his family to Massachusetts and
Yarmouth. He married fellow Acadian Marie LeBlanc in
c1763 and settled on Baie Ste.-Marie.
Joseph, père's
eighth son Magloire, born perhaps at
Annapolis Royal in c1745, evidently followed his family to
Massachusetts and Yarmouth. He married Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadians
Charles Amireau and Claire Dugas of Pobomcoup,
in c1770.
Joseph, père's
tenth son Michel, born perhaps at Annapolis
Royal in c1754, followed his family to Massachusetts and
Yarmouth. He married Marie-Susanne, another daughter of Charles Mius
d'Entremont and Marie-Marthe Hébert, in c1775.
Claude's third son
Louis,
born at Port-Royal in August 1708, died there a few days after birth.
Claude's
fourth son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in November 1709, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Prudent Robichaud
and Henriette Petitpas, at Annapolis Royal in January 1732 and remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1753, Marie-Josèphe
gave Pierre eight children, four sons and four daughters. Arsenault says
French officials counted them at Québec in 1758, but they likely were deported
to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted Pierre,
Marie-Josèphe, and eight children at Marblehead in July 1760. After the
war with Britain, some of them chose to settle in Canada, and others returned to
British Nova Scotia. British officials counted members of the family at Trois-Rivières in 1772. Pierre died of smallpox at Québec in late December 1775, age 66.
Two of his daughters married into the Loranger and
Hébert families at Trois-Rivières and Québec. At least one of his
sons created his own family and settled in Nova Scotia.
Second son
Amable, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1737, followed his family to
Massachusetts but evidently not to Canada. He married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Gaudet and Gertrude LeBlanc,
at Baie Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay, on the western coast of Nova Scotia.
One of their daughters married into the Saulnier and
Dugas families. Did Amable father any sons?
Claude's fifth and youngest son
Claude, fils,
born at Annapolis Royal in November 1714, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Pellerin and Marie Martin,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1739 and remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1740 and 1751, Marguerite gave Claude, fils five
children, four sons and a daughter. Claude, fils
died in exile before August 1763, in his late 40s. One wonders where.
Germain, fils's sixth
son Alexis, born probably at Port-Royal in c1682, evidently did not survive childhood.
Germain, fils's
seventh and youngest son Pierre, born probably at Port-Royal in c1685, evidently died as a young man before he
could marry.334
Comeau
Pierre
Comeau
the cooper, another 1632 arrival, started his family late in life. He and his young
wife Rose Bayon, 33 years his junior, nevertheless helped create a large, influential
family in the colony. Between 1650 and 1665, at Port-Royal, Rose gave Pierre nine
children, six sons and three daughters. Pierre died at Port-Royal, date
unrecorded. His daughters married into the Gaudet, Hébert,
and Rivet families. All six of his sons survived childhood, and five
of them created families of their own. Pierre and Rose's descendants settled not only at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but also at Minas and Pigiguit in the Minas Basin; Chignecto; the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, especially at Chepoudy; and in the
French Maritimes and Canada
(before Le Grand Dérangement).
At least 54 of the cooper's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765, from French St.-Domingue and Maryland in the late 1760s, and from France
in 1785. Most of the cooper's descendants, however, could be found in
British-controlled Canada and greater Acadia, as well as France and the French
Antilles, after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Étienne, born probably at Port-Royal in c1650, became a farmer at Port-Royal.
He married Marie-Anne, daughter of Martin Lefebvre and
Barbe Bajolet, probably at Port-Royal in c1670. Between 1671 and
1676, Marie-Anne gave Étienne three children, two daughters and a son.
Genealogist Bona Arsenault gives them another son. Their daughters married into the Michel
dit Saint-Michel and Doucet families. Étienne, in his late
40s, remarried to
Marie, daughter of René Landry l'aîné and Perrine Bourg and widow
of Germain Doucet, fils, probably at Port-Royal in c1698. She gave him no more children. Étienne
died at Annapolis Royal in January 1723, age 73. His son
created a family of his own.
Only son
Alexandre, by first wife Marie-Anne Lefebvre, born probably at
Port-Royal in c1674, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Doucet and Henriette
Pelletret, in c1700. They remained at Port-Royal. Between 1703
and 1725, Marguerite gave Alexandre six children, three daughters and three
sons. In August 1715, Alexandre, called André in the record, received
permission to go to French-controlled Île Royale, formerly Cape Breton Island,
to look at land there, but he chose to remain in British Nova Scotia. Alexandre died
at Annapolis Royal, formerly Port-Royal, in July 1725, in his early 50s; his
youngest child was born the following October. His daughters married into
the Doucet, Guilbeau, and Bourg
families. His three sons also created their own families at Annapolis
Royal and in exile.
Oldest son
Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in June 1714, married Anne-Marie, daughter of
Abraham Bourg and Marie Dugas, at Annapolis
Royal in November 1835. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and
1752, Anne-Marie gave Joseph eight children, six daughters and two sons. In 1755, the British deported the
family to New York. Joseph, his wife, and eight
children appeared on a repatriation list there in 1763. One wonders what happened to them after Le
Grand Dérangement.
Alexandre's
second son François, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1722, married Françoise,
daughter of Thomas Le Sauvage dit Forgeron and Anne
Lapierre and widow of Gilles Massé and Germain
Doucet, at Annapolis in February 1749. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1749 and 1752, Françoise gave François three children, two
sons and a daughter. The British deported François and his family to New York in 1755.
François, his wife, and 10
children also appeared on a repatriation list there in 1763. They moved on to Champflore, Martinique, where
colonial officials counted François, wife Françoise, and six of their children in January
1766. François died on the island the following June, age 44. Two of
his daughters died on the island in June and July, and a stepdaughter died
there the following November. Widow Françoise evidently remained on the island.
Alexandre's third
and youngest son Charles, born posthumously at Annapolis Royal in October 1725,
was still a bachelor when the British deported him
to Connecticut in 1755. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Babineau
dit Deslauriers and Marguerite Dugas,
in that colony in c1758. Their marriage was "rehabilitated" at Mirebalais,
near Port-aux-Prince, French St.-Domingue, in September 1764, where they had gone with
dozens of other fellow Acadians the year before to work on coffee and indigo
plantations. Marguerite used the surname Deslauriers, not Babineau.
Two of their sons, probably twins, died at age 5 at Mirebalais in September
and October 1764. Another son, born at Mirebalais in November 1766,
died probably soon after his birth. They were among the few Acadians who
emigrated to Louisiana directly from St.-Domingue, probably in the late 1760s,
perhaps with one of the Acadian parties from Maryland that transshipped at
Cap-Français in 1767 or 1768. With them was daughter Anne, who had been
born probably in Connecticut in c1762. They settled in the established
Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans and had more
children there, including another son. Spanish officials counted them on
the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabahannocer in 1777. Daughter Anne married into the Bernard, Gaudet, and Levert
families. Only one of Charle's four sons--François, the one born in Louisiana--created a family of his
own. He married into the Charpentier family and remained at
Cabahannocer, later St. James Parish, one of the few
Comeauxs to settle there. His sons and grandsons settled
near Convent.
Pierre's second
son Pierre l'aîné
dit L'Esturgeon, born probably at Port-Royal in
c1652, married Jeanne, daughter of
Antoine Bourg and Antoinette Landry, probably at Port-Royal in c1677. They
settled on the haute rivière. Between 1678 and 1705, Jeanne gave
L'Esturgeon 18 children, eight sons and
10 daughters. Bona Arsenault gives them another daughter. Pierre dit L'Esturgeon died at Annapolis Royal in
April 1730, in his late 70s. Eight of his daughters married into the Pitre,
Vigneau, Raymond, Thébeau, Langlois, Lord, and
Thibodeau families. Five of his eight sons also created
famililes of their own.
Oldest son
Abraham,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1680, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Pitre and
Marie Pesseley, probably at Port-Royal in c1701 and remained at Port-Royal.
Between the early 1700s and 1727, Marguerite gave Abraham 13 children, eight daughters
and five sons, including a set of twins. Their daughters married into the Préjean,
Saulnier, Léger, Vincent, Giraud, Doucet,
Brun, and Bourgeois families. Only two of Abraham's sons created
their own families. His two younger sons may have been casualties of King
George's War in the late 1740s.
Oldest son
Jean
le jeune, born at Port-Royal in September 1704, married Marguerite-Brigitte, called
Brigitte, daughter of François Savoie and
Marie Richard, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1732 and settled at
Chepoudy in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1751, Brigitte gave Jean five
children, two sons and three daughters. Other records give them another
son. Jean le jeune took his family to Île St.-Jean perhaps to escape the British in
1755. He died on the island soon after they arrived, in his early 50s. His widow
promptly remarried to his cousin Maurice Comeau le jeune at Port-La-Joye
in August 1756. Brigitte, her new husband, and her children escaped the British roundup on Île St.-Jean in late
1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Most members of the family moved on to Canada and settled
there. Two of Jean's daughters married into the Landrot
and Saintonge families at Trois-Rivières and Yamachiche.
His oldest son also settled there. His younger sons, however, having
becoming separated from the family, emigrated to Louisiana in 1765.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at Chepoudy in c1738, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and his mother and stepfather to Canada. Joseph married cousin Élisabeth,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Lord and Madeleine
Comeau, at Québec in February 1759. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1760 and 1784, Élisabeth gave Joseph a dozen children, seven sons and
five daughters. Joseph, in his early 50s, remarried to Amable, daughter of
Pierre Saint-Cerny-Montour and Marie-Anne Camirand,
at Yamachiche near Trois-Rivières in November 1790. Arsenault says Amable
gave Joseph another son in c1795.
Jean le jeune's second son
Victor, born probably at Chepoudy in c1740
(Bona Arsenault says c1733), followed his family to Île St.-Jean and into exile,
but he probably did not follow his mother and stepfather to Canada. In the
late 1750s or early 1760s, he either surrendered to, or was captured by, the
British and held in a prisoner-of-war compound in Nova Scotia. He married
Anne, 30-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Michel
and Jeanne Breau and widow of Michel Brun,
probably at Halifax in c1763. Anne gave him a son soon after their
marriage. In late 1764 and early 1765, they followed the Broussard
dit Beausoleil party to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue.
Another son was born to them either aboard ship or at Cap-Français. The
boy was baptized in the island port, and the family, with the Broussards,
reached New Orleans in February 1765. They followed the Broussards
to lower Bayou Teche and survived the mysterious epidemic that struck the Teche
valley Acadians that summer and fall. Victor died either in Attakapas or
nearby Opelousas by April 1771, when Anne remarried--her third marriage--to
widower Joseph Cormier of Chignecto and Prairie Bellevue, at
Opelousas. One of Victor's sons, the younger one, married into the
LeBlanc family and created a vigorous family line at
Carencro at the northern edge of the Attakapas District.
Jean le jeune's third and
youngest
son Charles le jeune, born probably at Chepoudy in c1742, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and into exile, but, like older brother Victor, probably
did not follow his mother and stepfather to Canada. He, too, ended up as a
prisoner of war in Nova Scotia. He married cousin Anastasie, daughter fellow
Acadians Paul Savoie and Judith Michel of
Chepoudy, probably at Halifax in c1763 or 1764. They, too, emigrated to Louisiana via French St.-Domingue in 1764-65. If
they followed his brother Victor and the Broussards to lower
Bayou Teche, they did not remain there. By the spring of 1766, Charles
le jeune and Anastasie were living in the
Opelousas District, where they remained. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1765 and 1781, Anastasie gave Charles eight children, five sons and
three daughters, but Louisiana records give them three daughters and only four sons. Charles
died at Opelousas in August 1705, in his early 60s. His daughters married
into the Broussard, Langlinais, Mouton,
and Sonnier families. All four of his sons married, into
the Broussard, Langlois, Sonnier,
Préjean, and Mouton families, and created
vigorous lines on the western prairies.
Abraham's
second son Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in September 1708, married Angélique, daughter of Jacques Carne and
Marie Arnault, at Grand-Pré in September 1729 and likely settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1743, Angélique gave Jean-Baptiste
five children, three sons and two daughters. One wonders what happened to
them in 1755.
Abraham's third son
Charles,
born at Annapolis Royal in November 1718, died young.
Abraham's
fourth son François, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1722, died there a
bachelor in June 1747, in his
mid-20s. His death occurred in June 1747 during the final year of King George's
War, so one wonders if he was a casualty of that conflict. He did not
marry.
Abraham's fifth
and youngest son Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1724, also died at
Annapolis Royal in June 1747, in his early 20s, two weeks before his older
brother François died, so he, too, may have been a casualty of war. He
also did not marry.
L'Esturgeon's
second son Joseph
dit Grandjean, born probably at Port-Royal in August
1685, married Marie, daughter of Jean Roy
dit La Liberté and Marie Aubois, at Annapolis Royal in November
1710 and settled on the haute rivière. Between 1712 and the late 1740s, Marie gave him seven children, five daughters
and two sons. Three of their daughters married into the Richard,
Savoie, and Levron families, the youngest at Beaubassin.
One of Grandjean's two sons married. One wonders what happened to
members of the family in 1755.
Older son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1716, probably died
young.
Grandjean's younger son Simon, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1722,
married in c1746 probably at Annapolis Royal a woman whose name has been lost to
history.
L'Esturgeon's third son Pierre, born probably at Port-Royal in c1688, died at
Port-Royal in December 1710, still a bachelor, in his early 20s, and was buried
at the St.-Laurent chapel on the haute rivière. One wonders if
he was a casualty of the fight at Port-Royal the previous September.
L'Esturgeon's fourth son Jean, born probably at Port-Royal at c1696, married Madeleine, daughter of François
Amireau and Marie Pitre, at Annapolis Royal in October 1719 and
settled at Chepoudy. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1720 and 1736, Madeleine gave Jean five children, two
daughters and three sons. Jean and members of his family evidently
escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières area in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Jean
died at Québec in early December 1757, age 60, a victim perhaps of the smallpox
epidemic that struck Acadian refugees in the area that fall and winter.
One of his daughters married into the Savoie family. Two of his
three sons also created their own families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana in
1765.
Oldest son Grégoire, born probably at Chepoudy in c1723, married Marie
Thibodeau probably at Chepoudy in c1750. They evidently
escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières area in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave
Grégoire a daughter in 1757, probably in Canada. Sadly, both Grégoire, age
34, and wife Marie died at Québec in 1757, victims of the smallpox epidemic that
struck Acadian refugees in the area that fall and winter. One wonders if
their infant daughter also succumbed to the disease.
Jean's second son Michel, born probably at Chepoudy in c1733, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Michel Girouard and Marie
Thibodeau, at Chepoudy in May 1756, so they likely had escaped the
British roundup in the trois-rivières area the previous fall.
They probably sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore soon after their
marriage. In the late 1750s, they either were captured by, or surrendered
to, the British and were held in the prisoner-of-war compound at Halifax, where Marie-Madeleine gave Michel a son in c1760. Michel, Marie-Madeleine, and three children
appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in
August 1763. Late the following year, they emigrated to Louisiana via
Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and reached New Orleans in the spring of 1765.
They brought only a single child with them. However, Marie-Madeleine was
pregnant on the voyage, and another son was born to them in late April 1765
either aboard ship, at La Balize, or in New Orleans. After baptizing their
newborn son at New Orleans on May 16, they followed 200 other Acadians to lower Bayou Teche but
did not remain there. They settled, instead, on upper Bayou Teche in the
Opelousas District, where Marie-Madeleine gave Michel more children.
Michel died at Opelousas in the spring of 1804, in his early 70s. His
daughters married into the Bellard and Doucet
families. Only his youngest son, born at Opelousas, created a family of
his own. He married into the Latiolais family and created a
vigorous line on the western prairies.
L'Esturgeon's fifth son François, born probably at Port-Royal in c1699, married Anne,
daughter of Alexandre Lord and Marie-Françoise Barrieau, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1724 and also settled
at Chepoudy. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1725 and 1754, Anne
gave François 11 children, six daughters and five sons. François and his
family evidently escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières area in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. François died at Québec in late April
1758, age 58, a victim perhaps of the smallpox that struck Acadian refugees in
the area the previous fall and winter. Four of his daughters married into
the Rousse dit Languedoc, Michel
dit Bécot, and Rivard-Dufresne families in Canada.
Four of his five sons also created their own families on the upper St. Lawrence.
Oldest son Maurice le jeune,
born probably at Chepoudy in c1732, evidently moved, or was driven, to Île
St.-Jean after August 1752. He married Marguerite-Brigitte, called
Brigitte, daughter of François
Savoie and Marie Richard of Annapolis Royal
and widow of his cousin Jean Comeau,
at Port-La-Joye on the island in August 1756. They evidently escaped the
British roundup on the island in late 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore, or perhaps they went directly from the island to Canada.
However way they went, Brigitte did not
survive the ordeal. Maurice le jeune remarried to Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Gaudet and
Marie-Josèphe Darois of Pigiguit, at Yamachiche near
Trois-Rivières in February 1766. According to
Bona Arsenault, in 1767 and 1769, Marie-Josèphe gave Maurice le jeune
two sons. He remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Isabelle,
daughter of fellow Acadians Mathieu Doucet and Anne
Lord of Annapolis Royal, at Yamachiche in November 1771.
Evidently Isabelle gave Maurice le jeune no more children. One of
his two sons created his own family at Trois-Rivières.
Older son Joseph, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Gaudet, born
probably at Yamachiche in c1767, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Duplessis and Françoise Laure, at
Pointe-du-Lac near Trois-Rivières in November 1787.
François's second son François, fils, born probably at Chepoudy in
c1738, may have followed his parents to Canada in the late 1750s. He
married Françoise, daughter of Louis Paris dit
Lamadeleine and Michelle David, at Bécancour, across from
Trois-Rivière, in October 1767. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1768
and 1772, Françoise gave François, fils three daughters. He
remarried to Geneviève, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Clément
dit Dubois and Josephte Bourbeau, at Bécancour in June
1774. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1791, Geneviève gave
François, fils nine more children, six daughters and three sons, at
Bécancour. Six of François, fils's daughters by both wives
married into the LeBlanc, Dubois,
Bélanger, Tourigny, Piché,
Deshaies, and Lacourse families at Bécancour.
His three sons also created their own families in the area.
Oldest son François III, by second wife Geneviève Clément,
born probably at Bécancour in c1783, married Marie, daughter of François
Bourbeau-Beauchène and Marie-Anne Provencher, at
Bécancour in September 1808. In his early 50s, he remarried to Angélique,
daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Cormier and his Canadian wife
Marie-Angélique Ducharme, at Bécancour in September 1834.
François, fils's second son Charles, by second wife Geneviève
Clément, born probably at Bécancour in c1787, married
Geneviève, daughter of Michel Beaudet and Louise Michel,
at Gentilly in August 1812.
François, fils's third and youngest son
Michel-Jérôme, by second
wife Geneviève Clément, born probably at Bécancour in c1791,
married Angèle, daughter of Louis Provencher-Nourri and
Angélique Roger, at Nicolet in c1814.
François, père's fourth son Joseph le jeune, born
probably at Chepoudy in c1745, evidently followed his parents to Canada in the
late 1750s. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Vincent and Marie Daigle, at Yamachiche in
1774.
François, père's fifth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born
probably at Chepoudy in c1754, followed his parents to Canada in the late 1750s.
He married Marie-Josèphe Boucher there probably in the 1770s
and remarried to Marie-Josèphe Houde-Desruisseaux probably later
in the decade. They were living at Bécancour in 1783, at nearby Nicolet
from 1785 to 1792, at St.-Pierre-les-Becquets below Bécancour in 1793, and at
nearby Gentilly in 1797. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1780 and
1797, the second Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste 10 children, four sons and six
daughters, including two sets of twins. One of Jean-Baptiste's daughters
married into the Lévesque family at Nicolet. One of his
sons also created his own family there.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, by second wife Marie-Josèphe
Houde-Desruisseaux, born probably at Bécancour in c1780, married Ursule
Lacharité at Nicolet in October 1804.
L'Esturgeon's sixth son Maurice, born probably at Port-Royal in c1699, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau
le jeune and Anne-Marie Aucoin, in c1732 and settled at Chepoudy.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1733 and 1737, Marguerite gave Maurice two
children, a daughter and a son. If
the family escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières area in 1755,
they likely were captured by, or surrendered to, the British in the early 1760s
and ended up as prisoners in Nova Scotia. They appeared on a repatriation
list at Chédabouctou, present-day Guysborough, Nova Scotia, in 1763. They
joined other Acadian refugees on Île Miquelon in 1764 and were counted there in
1767. That year, due to overcrowding on the island, French authorities
evidently pressured them into emigrating to France. Maurice
died in the Hôpital de St.-Pol-de-Léon, Brittany, France, in January 1768, age
60. His son created this own family in greater Acadia and emigrated to Louisiana from
France.
Only son Benoît, born at Chepoudy in c1737, followed his parents into
exile and into imprisonment in Nova Scotia. Benoît married fellow Acadian Anne Blanchard of Petitcoudiac
at Halifax in c1762. They evidently followed his parents to Chédabouctou and to
Île Miquelon in 1764. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Benoît two
sons in 1763 and 1765. They followed his parents to France in 1767 and
settled at Cherbourg, where, from 1769 to 1773, Anne gave Benoît three
daughters. He worked at Cherbourg as a carpenter. Along with
hundreds of other Acadians in the coastal cities, Benoît and his family may have
been part of a settlement scheme in the interior of Poitou in the early 1770s and
retreated to the port city of Nantes in late 1775 or early 1776. Anne gave
Benoît another daughter at Chantenay, near Nantes, in 1779. The family,
which now included a son and three daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Anne was pregnant on the voyage and give
birth to another daughter at sea. They followed the majority of their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Benoît's daughters married
into the Richard, Hébert, LeBlanc,
Guillot, and Chiasson families on the bayou
and the river. One of his daughters settled in the Opelousas District.
His youngest daughter was one of the last Acadian immigrants in Louisiana to
join her ancestors. His only surviving son Jean, age 19 when he came to
Louisiana. evidently did not create a family of his own.
L'Esturgeon's seventh son Ambroise, born at Port-Royal in February 1704, married Marguerite, daughter of
Germain Cormier and Marie LeBlanc of Chignecto, in c1732 and
settled at Chepoudy.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1756, Marguerite gave Ambroise
nine children, four sons and five daughters. They, too, evidently escaped
the British roundup in the trois-rivières area in the fall of 1755.
If they went to Canada with Ambroise's older brothers, they did not remain
there. After the war, they settled at Carleton on the north shore of the
Baie des Chaleurs, present-day Québec Province. Three of Ambroise's
daughters married into the Brun, Bourg, and
Allard families. Three of his four sons also created their own
families on the shores of the Baie des Chaleurs.
Second son Jean, born probably at Chepoudy in c1743, followed his
family into exile. He married Esther, daughter of fellow Acadians Ambroise
Babin and Anne Cyr, at Carleton probably in
the late 1770s. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1778 and 1780 Esther gave
Jean two children, a daughter and a son. Jean died at Carleton in November
1780, in his late 30s. His son created his own family.
Only son Jean, fils, born probably at Carleton in c1780, married
Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Landry and Marthe
Dugas, at Carleton in January 1802. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1802 and 1821, Angélique gave Jean, fils nine
children, five daughters and four sons.
Ambroise's third son François dit L'Aîné, born probably at
Chepoudy in c1745, followed his family into exile and to the shores of the Baie
des Chaleurs. He married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
LeBlanc and Madeleine Girouard of Carleton,
probably at Carleton in c1767. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1768
and 1793, Marie gave L'Aîné a dozen children, seven daughters and five sons.
Four of L'Aîné's daughters married into the Berthelot,
Dugas, Mercier, and Goulet families
at Carleton. At least three of his five sons created their own families
there.
Oldest son Olivier, born probably at Carleton in c1779, married Euphrosine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Amand LeBlanc and Marie
Duon, at Carleton in November 1799. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1800 and 1822, Euphrosine gave Olivier 10 children, five sons and five
daughters.
L'Aîné's third son Grégoire, born probably at Carleton in c1781, married
Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Cormier and Marie
LeBlanc, at Carleton in April 1808. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1809 Rosalie gave Grégoire a daughter. Grégoire remarried to
Angélique, daughter of François Tardif and Angélique
Boivin of Québec, at Carleton in April 1814.
L'Aîné's fourth son Moïse-Osée, born probably at Carleton in c1784, married
Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Bariault and
Élisabeth Landry, at Carleton in January 1811. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1812 and 1824, Adélaïde gave Moïse-Osée eight
children, five daughters and three sons.
Ambroise's fourth and youngest son François dit Le Jeune, born in
exile in c1756, followed his family to the shores of the Baie des Chaleurs and
married Marie, daughter of François Beaudry and Madeleine
Boiselle, at Carleton in July 1778. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1779 and 1790, Marie gave Le Jeune six children, three
daughters and three sons. Le Jeune remarried to fellow Acadian Isabelle
Boudreau, widow of Michel Frenette, at
Bathurst, New Brunswick, formerly Nepisiguit, on the south shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs, in c1795. According to Arsenault, in 1796 Isabelle gave Le Jeune
another daughter. Le Jeune's four daughters by both of his wives married
into the Ferlatte, Beaudry, and Comeau
dit Maza
families at Carleton. One of his three sons also created his own
family there.
Third and youngest son Jean le jeune, by first wife Marie
Beaudry, born probably at Carleton in c1786, married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Johnson, probably
Jeanson, and Geneviève Doiron, at Carleton in January
1808. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1809 and 1813, Marguerite gave
Jean le jeune three children, two sons and a daughter.
L'Esturgeon's eighth and youngest
son Jacques, born at Port-Royal in October 1705, died three weeks after his
birth.
Pierre's third
son Jean l'aîné, born probably at Port-Royal in c1656, married Françoise, daughter of Étienne
Hébert and Marie Gaudet, probably at Port-Royal in c1675 and remained
there. Between 1678 and 1705, Françoise gave Jean l'aîné
19 children, including eight sons and nine daughters.
Jean
l'aîné, in his mid-60s, remarried to Catherine, daughter of
François Joseph dit Lejeune and Jeanne Lejeune, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1720. After a lengthy illness, he
died at Annapolis Royal the following November.
Catherine gave him another child, a
posthumously-born daughter, who married into the Daniel family.
Jean l'aîné's line of the Comeau family, through seven of his
sons, was the largest of all. Seven of his
and Françoise's daughters married
into the Girouard, D'Amours de Chauffours, Richard,
Soulard, Trahan, Melanson, and Gisé dit Des
Rosiers families. One of them settled in Canada before Le Grand
Dérangement and another at Minas. The
others remained at Annapolis Royal. Seven of Jean l'aîné's sons created
famililes of their own, but not all of the lines endured.
Oldest son
Pierre le jeune, by first wife Françoise
Hébert, a twin, born probably at Port-Royal in c1680, married Susanne, daughter
of Pierre Bézier dit Joan dit Larivière and Madeleine
Brun, at Port-Royal in January 1704. They lived for a time at Minas before
returning to the Annapolis valley. Between 1705 and 1731, Susanne gave Pierre 13 children, eight
sons and five daughters, including a set of twins. Four of their five
daughters married into the Thibodeau, Dupuis, Lord,
Dupaul, Bourgeois, and Mouton families. One of them
emigrated to Louisiana from the French Antilles. Six of Pierre le jeune's eight sons
also created their own families. Three of them married sisters.
Oldest son Alexandre, born at
Grand-Pré in November 1707, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and
Jeanne Dupuis, at Annapolis Royal in January 1737. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and 1753, Marie-Josèphe gave Alexandre six
children, four sons and two daughters. Alexandre and his family evidently
escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Alexandre died
perhaps still in exile before October 1764, place unrecorded. His
daughters married into the Dufault and Labossière
families at St.-Ours on lower Rivière Richelieu northeast of Montréal.
Three of his four sons created their own families at St.-Ours and in coastal
Nova Scotia.
Oldest son Alexandre, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1739,
followed his family to Canada in the late 1750s, where he married fellow Acadian
Anne-Marie Pothier. They did not remain in Canada but
helped pioneer the new Acadian settlement on Baie-Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's
Bay, on the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia.
Alexandre, père's second son Joseph-Amable, born probably at Annapolis
Royal in c1741, followed his family to Canada and married Josephte dite
Maranda ____ perhaps at St.-Ours, where he died in March 1814, in his late 60s
or early 70s.
Alexandre, père's third son Charles, born probaby at Annapolis Royal in
c1747, followed his family to Canada and married Marie-Catherine, daughter of
Joseph Plouffe and Marie-Ursule Rondeau, at
St.-Ours in March 1772.
Pierre le jeune's second son Pierre,
fils, born at
Grand-Pré in February 1712, married, according to Bona Arsenault,
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Alexandre Lord and Marie-Françoise Barrieau,
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1734 (he also calls her Élisabeth Lord). Arsenault says Marie-Madeleine/Élisabeth gave
Pierre, fils a daughter in c1735. According to Stephen A. White, Pierre, fils
married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter
of Alexandre Lord and Marie-Françoise Barrieau, at Annapolis Royal
in November 1739. According to Arsenault, between 1730 and 1752,
Élisabeth gave Pierre, fils eight children, five sons and three
daughters. Pierre, fils died perhaps while still in exile before
August 1763, place unrecorded. Arsenault says his widow remarried to
Pierre Derayer of Beaubassin, widower of Françoise
Arseneau, no place or date given. One of Pierre, fils's daughters married into the
Gaudet family perhaps while in exile; Arsenault says the
marriage was "rehabilitated" "à Annapolis," perhaps in Maryland, in
October 1769. Arsenault says Pierre, fils's daughter Anne ended
up at Bordeaux, France, where she married fellow Acadian Joseph Haché,
a ship's carpenter, date unrecorded. One wonders what happened to Pierre,
fils's many sons.
Pierre le jeune's third son Étienne le
jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in January 1717, married Anne-Hélène, another daughter of Guillaume Blanchard
and Jeanne Dupuis, at Annapolis Royal in January 1744. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1752, Anne-Hélène gave Étienne le jeune
four children, all daughters. In the
autumn of 1755, Étienne le jeune and his family escaped the British
roundup at Annapolis and sought refuge in Canada. Étienne le jeune
died at Québec in December 1757, age 40, a victim of the smallpox
epidemic that
struck Acadian refugees in the area that fall and winter. Wife
Anne-Hélène died 10 days later.
Pierre le jeune's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis
Royal in December 1720, died at age 3 1/2 in May 1724.
Pierre le jeune's fifth son Guillaume, born at Annapolis Royal in
May 1723, married Élisabeth, yet another daughter of
Guillaume Blanchard and Jeanne Dupuis, at Annapolis Royal February
1749. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and 1754, Élisabeth gave
Guillaume three children, two daughters and a son. Guillaume and his family escaped the British roundup at Annapolis in
the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Guillaume died at Québec in
December 1757, age 34, a victim, like his older brother,
of the smallpox epidemic that
struck Acadian refugees in the area that fall and winter; the brothers, in
fact, died on the same day.
Pierre le jeune's sixth son
Prudent, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1727,
died four days after his birth.
Pierrele jeune's seventh son
Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1728, married Madeleine, daughter of Charles Girouard and Anne
Bastarache, at Annapolis Royal in February 1749. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1750 and 1752, Madeleine gave Joseph three children, all
daughters. Joseph and his family also may have escaped the British roundup
at Annapolis in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Joseph remarried to
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Cormier and Marie Arseneau of
Chignecto, in c1762, place unrecorded, while in exile.
Pierre le jeune's eighth
and youngest son François
dit Maza, born probably at Annapolis Royal in
c1731, evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in 1755 and
followed his family to Canada. He married Félicité, daughter of Charles
LeBlanc and Madeleine Girouard, in Canada in c1764. The
marriage was "rehabilitated" at Caraquet, present-day northeastern New Brunswick,
in September 1769. François dit Maza died between 1819 and 1823,
in his late 80s, place unrecorded. One of his daughters married into the
Dugas family.
Jean l'aîné's second son
Étienne l'aîné,
by first wife Françoise Hébert, brother Pierre le
jeune's twin, was born probably at Port-Royal in c1680. He
married
Marguerite, daughter of Michel Forest and
Jacqueline Benoit, probably at Port-Royal in c1705.
Between 1706 and 1722, Marguerite gave
Étienne l'aîné nine children, four sons and five daughters. Four of
their daughters married into the Granger and Benoit families,
three of them to Benoits.
Étienne l'aîné
remarried to Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of
François Levron and Catherine Savoie and widow of Michel Picot
dit La Rigeur and Yves or Yvon Maucaïre, at Annapolis Royal in November
1730. If she gave him anymore children, their names and gender have been
lost to history. According to Bona Arsenault, Étienne l'aîné
and his family also settled at Minas and Pigiguit. Three of Étienne l'aîné's
four sons, by first wife Marguerite, created their own families. One of
them emigrated to Louisiana.
The oldest
son, whose name has been lost to history, from first wife Marguerite
Forest, born probably at Port-Royal in c1706, did not live past 1714.
Étienne l'aîné's second son
Charles, by
first wife Marguerite Forest, born probably at Port-Royal in
c1709, married Madeleine, daughter of Germain Landry and
Marie Melanson, in c1744 and settled at Pigiguit. The British
deported Charles and his family to Maryland in 1755. Charles, now a widower, and three of his children, two sons and a
daughter, appeared on a repatriation list at Port Tobacco on the lower Pototmac in July 1763. They, along
with a Comeau orphan, emigrated to Louisiana
from Maryland in 1767. Charles's daughter married into the Doucet
family. One of his sons married into the Dugas and
Boush families, settled on the river in Iberville Parish, and
created the most vigorous Comeaux family line on what became
known as the Acadian Coast.
Étienne l'aîné's third son
Jean, by first wife
Marguerite Forest, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1715,
married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Turpin and Catherine Bourg,
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1735. He and his family emigrated to the
French Maritimes in the late 1740s. Marguerite died probably on Île Royale
soon after they arrived. In late February 1752, a French official counted
Jean, still unmarried, and five of his children, three sons and two daughters,
ages 16 to 4, on north shore of Île Madame off the southern coast of Île Royale.
One of his daughters married into the Dupont family of
Louisbourg, Île Royale. In c1754, Jean remarried on Île Royale to a woman
whose name has been lost to history. The British deported the family to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Jean died probably in France before May
1765. His youngest son emigrated to Louisiana in 1785.
Second son David, by first wife Marguerite Turpin, born
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1746, followed his family to Île Madame, where
he was counted with his widowed father and siblings in February 1752. In
1758, he was deported to France aboard the British transport Duc Guillaume
with married sister Marguerite, her husband Jean Dupont, and
his younger brother Charles. Despite a mishap at sea that killed many
passengers, the Comeaus reached St.-Malo in December settled in
the port city. In March 1760, at age 14, David embarked from
Lorient, on the south coast of Brittany, aboard the privateer Tavignon. The Royal Navy captured
the vessel, and the British held the young Acadian in prison for the rest of the
war. In May 1763, David, now age 17, was repatriated back to St.-Malo with
dozens of other Acadians being held in English prison compounds. He was
counted at St.-Malo the following year but then disappears from the
historical record. He likely remained in France. One thing is certain--he did not emigrate to
Spanish Louisiana
with his younger brother Charles.
Jean's third and youngest son Charles le jeune, by first wife Marguerite
Turpin, born at Annapolis Royal or on Île Royale in c1747, was counted with his
widowed father and four siblings on
the north shore of Île Madame off the southern coast of Île Royale in
February 1752; the French official who found the family there said Charles was
age 4. In late 1758, the British deported him to France with his sister Marguerite, her husband
Jean Dupont of Louisbourg, and his older brother David aboard Duc
Guillaume, which reached St.-Malo the first of
November. Charles resided at St.-Malo from 1758 to 1761 before moving to Plouër-sur-Rance
on the west side of the river south of the Breton port. In April 1764,
still in his teens, he followed other exiles in France to the new French colony
of Guiane on the northern coast of South America aboard Le Fort. He
did not remain. He returned to France and married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Clossinet
dit Moulin and Marguerite Longuépée and widow of
Pierre-Mathurin Girard dit Dumoulin.
Marie was 20 years older than her second husband! She had married her
first husband on Île St.-Jean in September 1751, when Charles would have been
age 4, followed her husband to St.-Malo and lived with him at nearby Châteauneuf
and St.-Servan-sur-Mer before following him to Guiane aboard Le Fort .
She also returned to France, perhaps alone. She and Charles likely knew
one another in the tropical colony and may have returned to France together.
She gave him no children. He worked as a
carpenter in the mother country. The rather odd couple emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and probably followed their fellow passengers to
Baton Rouge. Charles evidently fathered no children, so his line of the family
died with him.
Étienne l'aîné's
fourth and youngest son Alexis, by first wife Marguerite Forest,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in the late 1710s or early 1720s, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Babin
and Marie Landry, in c1752 and settled at Minas. The British
deported the family to Maryland in 1755. Alexis, his wife, and four of their children, three sons and a daughter,
also appeared on a repatriation list at
Port Tobacco, near the family of his older brother Charles, in July 1763.
Alexis died in Maryland before December 1767, when his widow and four children
left Port Tobacco for Louisiana with the party of Acadian exiles led by the
Breau brothers of Pigiguit. Alexis's daughter married
into the LeBlanc family. His three sons married into the
Landry, Blanchard, and Breau
families and settled on the Mississippi and on upper Bayou Lafourche, but not
all of the lines endured.
Jean
l'aîné's third son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife
Françoise Hébert, born probably at Port-Royal in c1683,
married
Anne-Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau
l'aîné and Anne-Marie Bourg, at Grand-Pré in November 1713 and
settled at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit. Between 1714 and 1726, Anne-Marie gave Jean-Baptiste five
children, three sons and two daughters. Their daughters married into the
Martin dit Barnabé and Caissie dit Roger
families. One of them settled at Chignecto. All three of
Jean-Baptiste's sons created their own families, at Pigiguit, Chignecto, on the
French Maritimes, and in France.
Oldest son Honoré, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1714, married Marguerite, daughter of
Michel Poirier and Marie Chiasson of Beaubassin, at Beaubassin in January 1735
and settled there or at Pigiguit before moving on to the French Maritimes in
c1741. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1737 and 1751, Marguerite gave
Honoré seven children, five daughters and two sons. In August 1752, a French official
counted Honoré, his wife, and six children, five daughters and a son, at
Malpèque on the north shore of Île St.-Jean. The family escaped the
British roundup on the island in late 1758 and may have waited out the war
somewhere in the Maritimes, or, more likely, they escaped from Île St.-Jean to
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, fell into British hands, became prisoners of war
in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s, and followed other Acadians from Halifax to
Île Miquelon in c1763, after the war had ended. French officials counted Honoré, Marguerite, and
four of their children--Anne, Monique, Marguerite, and Joseph--on the island in
1767. Soon Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre became overcrowded. In
1767, French officials insisted the Acadians there be resettled in France.
By 1772, Honoré, now a widower, was living at Cherbourg. A year later, he
and his son Joseph participated in the settlement scheme in the interior of Poitou. When the venture collapsed in
1775, they retreated with dozens of other Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes. Meanwhile, Honoré's daughter Marguerite married into the Broussard
family at Cherbourg in
July 1773. Honoré's daughter Anne, widow of Grégoire Morin,
remarried into the Le Clerc family of St.-Malo on Île Miquelon
in October 1774, so some of his family must have returned there after the French
"deportation" of the late 1760s. Honoré, at
age 70, remarried to
Anastasie, 45-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Célestin
dit Bellemère and Marie Landry and widow of
Jean-Baptiste Boudrot, at St.-Martin de Chantenay near
Nantes in August 1784. She gave him no more children. Honoré, his wife, and two Boudrot
stepsons emigrated to Louisiana in 1785 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Honoré, in fact, was one of the oldest Acadian exiles to go to the Spanish
colony. He died there by January 1788, in his early 70s, when his wife was
called a widow in a Bayou Lafourche census. His surviving son created a
family in France, returned to Île Miquelon, and was deported to France again.
Older son Pierre, by first wife Marguerite Poirier, born probably at Malpeque, Île St.-Jean, in March 1744,
died by August 1752, when his family was counted at Malpèque without him.
Honoré's younger son Joseph le jeune, by first wife Marguerite Poirier,
born probably at Malpèque in c1748 (Bona Arsenault says c1724!), was counted with his family
at Malpèque, age 4, in August 1752. He followed his family into exile in 1758, to Île
Miquelon in c1763, and to Cherbourg, France, in c1767. He married Anne,
daughter of fellow Acadians François Doucet and Marie
Carret, in France, place and date unrecorded. According to
Arsenault, Anne gave Joseph le jeune a son, Jean, in 1769. Joseph
and his family accompanied his
widowered father to Poitou in the early 1770s, and retreated to Nantes with his
father and other Poitou Acadians in December 1775. He did not remain at
Nantes. He and Anne returned to Île Miquelon soon after the venture in
Poitou, and Anne died on the island. During the American Revolution, in
1778, the British deported Joseph, his son, and other island Acadians to La Rochelle, France.
According to a French church record, Joseph, son of Honoré Comeau
and Marguerite Poirier, died in St.-Nicolas parish, La Rochelle, in September 1782, age
33, three years before his father emigrated to Louisiana. Arsenault
insists that Joseph, son of Honoré, returned with his son Jean to Île Miquelon
in c1783 and remarried to a much younger woman there. Arsenault also
insists that Joseph's son remained in France.
According to Bona Arsenault, only son Jean, born in France in c1769,
married Thérèse, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Mouton and
Angélique Héningre of Île Miquelon, at Bordeaux, France, in
c1797. Arsenault says Angélique gave Jean three children, perhaps at
Bordeaux, by 1801.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Jean-Baptiste,
fils, born probably at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1720,
married Marie, daughter of Germain Henry dit Robert and Cécile
Deveau, at Beaubassin in February 1744. They settled at Chignecto before
moving on to the French Maritimes in c1750. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1745 and 1762, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste, fils four children,
two sons and two daughters. In August 1752, a French
official counted Jean-Baptiste, fils, his wife, and two
of their children, a son and a daughter, ages 7 and 2, at Malpèque near his
older brother Honoré. Jean-Baptiste, fils and his family also escaped the British roundup on the island in
late 1758. They, too, may have fallen into British hands and become prisoners of war in Nova Scotia,
or they may have moved on to Canada after escaping from Île St.-Jean and then
returned to greater Acadia after the war. According to Arsenault, in 1768
British officials counted Jean-Baptiste, fils and his family on
Rivière-St.-Jean. By 1770, they had moved across what became the province
of New Brunswick to Rivière Memramcook, near
their former home at Chignecto.
Jean-Baptiste's third and youngest son
Joseph, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1726, married Anne, daughter of François Doucet and Marie Carret,
at Beaubassin in May 1747 and also settled at Chignecto before moving to Île
St.-Jean in the early 1750s. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1751 and
1769, Anne gave Joseph six children, three daughter and three sons. In August 1752, a French official, calling
Joseph an Arceneau, counted him, his wife, and their
18-month-old daughter at Malpèque on the north shore of the island near his older brothers.
Joseph and his family evidently escaped the British roundup on the island in
late 1758 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Perhaps
after enduring a prisoner-of-war camp in British Nova Scotia in the early 1760s,
they chose to move on to Île Miquelon, where French officials counted them in
1765, 1767, and
1776. Anne died on the island in November 1776. In 1778, during the
American Revolution, the British captured Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre and
deported the island Acadians to La Rochelle, France, including Joseph and his
children. He remarried to Marie-Henriette, daughter of Joseph Lejeune
and Martine Roy, at La Rochelle in February 1780. They returned to
Île Miquelon by 1784. Joseph died on the island in April 1785, age 55.
Evidently one of his children chose to remain in France: daughter
Louise, by first wife Anne, who would have been age 19 in 1785, married
into the Brian family in France and died at Bordeaux in March
1808, age 42.
Jean
l'aîné's fourth son Augustin, by first wife
Françoise Hébert, born probably at Port-Royal in the late
1680s,
married
Jeanne, daughter of François Levron dit
Nantois and Catherine Savoie, at Annapolis Royal in February 1714.
Between 1714 and 1735, Jeanne gave Augustin 10
children, two sons and eight daughters. Augustin died at Annapolis Royal
in April 1741, in his early 50s. Five of his daughters married
into the Hébert, Boudrot, Moulaison, Duon, and
Semme dit Siroux dit Saint-François families. One of his
two sons also created a family of his own.
Older son
Jean-Baptiste le jeune,
born at Annapolis Royal in February 1724, married Anne, daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois and
Catherine-Josèphe Thibodeau, at Annapolis Royal in February 1749.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and 1753, Anne gave Jean-Baptiste
three children, two sons and a daughter. The British deported the family
to Connecticut in 1755. Jean-Baptiste and 12
other persons in his household appeared on a repatriation list in that colony in 1763. Later
in the decade, Jean-Baptiste followed other Acadian exiles from the New England
colonies to Canada, where he died at L'Acadie near St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu on the
middle Richelieu in February 1797, age 73. His daughter married a
Bourgeois cousin from Chignecto at Laprairie across from Montréal.
Augustin's younger son
Joseph was born at Annapolis Royal in May 1730. If he survived childhood, he did not
marry.
Jean
l'aîné's fifth son Claude, by first wife
Françoise Hébert, born probably at Port-Royal in c1690, was
counted there in 1700, age 10. If he survived childhood, he did not marry.
Jean
l'aîné's
sixth son François, by first wife Françoise
Hébert, born probably at Port-Royal in c1691, moved to Canada when he
came of age and married
Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Jean Soulard and Adrienne Rolland de
Saint-Georges, at Québec in January 1715. François died
at Québec in November 1717, age 26.
One wonders if he fathered any children.
Jean
l'aîné's seventh son Alexandre, by first wife
Françoise Hébert, born probably at Port-Royal in c1695,
married Marie, daughter of Claude Bertrand and Catherine Pitre, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1722. Alexandre died there in c1724, in his late 20s.
One wonders if he fathered any
children.
Jean
l'aîné's eighth and youngest son
Joseph, by first wife Françoise Hébert, born at Port-Royal in
July 1703, married Brigitte, daughter of Jacques Levron and Marie Doucet,
at Grand-Pré in August 1736, and remarried to Madeleine, daughter of Jacques
Girouard and Anne Petitpas, at Annapolis Royal in November 1739.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1752, Madeleine gave Joseph seven
children, five daughters and two sons.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Pierre's fourth
son
Pierre
le jeune dit Des Loups-Marins,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1658, married Jeanne, daughter of Jacques Bourgeois and Jeanne Trahan,
probably at Port-Royal in c1689 and remained there. One wonders how Pierre
le jeune earned his remarkable nickname. Between 1690 and 1712,
Jeanne gave the "Sea Wolf" 10
children, five or six sons and four or five daughters. Three of their
daughters married into the Martin and Brun families. One,
perhaps two, of the Sea Wolf's sons created families of their own, and one of
his daughters fathered a "natural" son who may have carried his mother's surname.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born probably at Port-Royal in c1690, died by 1703, age
11 or 12.
Des Loups-Marins's third daughter Anne, born probably at Port-Royal in
c1696, gave birth to "natural" son Pierre at Grand-Pré in July 1709, when she was
in her early teens. The priest who recorded the boy's baptism in December
1710 evidently did not name the father. Anne drowned in the flood of
November 1713, still in her teens. Pierre evidently retained his mother's
surname.
Des
Loups-Marins's second son
François, born probably at Port-Royal in c1701, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Alexandre Lord and
Marie-Françoise Barrieau, at Annapolis Royal in February 1726 and settled at
Chepoudy in the trois-rivières
area in the early 1730s. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1727 and
1742, Marie-Madeleine gave François eight children, a daughter and seven sons.
François and his family evidently escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières
area in 1755. They were counted probably with other Acadian partisans at
Petitcoudiac, near their old home at Chepoudy, in 1760. François remarried to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jean Pitre dit Marc and
Judith Thériot, in c1762 or 1763, place unrecorded. According to
Arsenault, Marie-Madeleine gave François another son in 1764. François died after October 1784,
in his late 70s or early 80s, place unrecorded. His daughter married into
the Bastarache family. All eight of his sons by both
wives created their own families. After the war with Britain, they settled
in Nova Scotia and Canada.
Oldest son Justinien, by first wife Marie-Madeleine Lord,
born probably at Chepoudy in c1729, married Natalie, daughter of Pierre
Bastarache and Marguerite Forest, at nearby
Petitcoudiac in February 1756, which means they escaped the British roundup in
the trois-rivières area the previous fall. They could not remain
there. They sought refuge probably on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore,
where they may have escaped the British again. After the war, British
authorities counted them at Annapolis Royal in 1769. They then moved south
to Yarmouth near Cap-Forchu on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1775, Natalie gave Justinien seven
children, four sons and three daughters. Three of Justinien's sons created
their own families in the area.
Second son Bruno, born probably at Yarmouth in c1773, married Nathalie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Amirault and Marie
Belliveau, probably at Yarmouth in c1795. Two of their daughters
married into the Dugas family.
Justinien's third son François le jeune, born probably at Yarmouth
in c1774, married Colette, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Lanoue
and Marie Melanson, probably at Yarmouth in c1798.
Justinien's fourth and youngest son Joseph, born probably at Yarmouth in
c1775, married fellow Acadian Perpétué Babin at Lower Eel Brook
east of Yarmouth in c1800.
François's second son Amand, by first wife Marie-Madeleine Lord,
born probably at Chepoudy in c1730, married Marie, daughter of René
Babineau and Madeleine Savoie, at Annapolis Royal in
May 1752. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and 1757, Marie gave
Amand two children, a son and a daughter. Amand and his family escaped the
British roundup at Annapolis in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Amand
remarried to Marie, daughter of Alexis Coulombe and
Marie-Madeleine Groissart, at Berthier, today's
Berthier-sur-Mer, on the south bank of the St. Lawrence below Québec City, in
January 1757. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1759 and 1764, this
Marie gave Amand three more children, a son and two daughters. Amand
remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie-Anne, daughter of Jacques Taillon
and Marie-Anne Béchard, at St.-Charles de Bellechasse, across from Québec City,
in c1772. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1773 and 1795, Marie-Anne
gave Amand five more children, three daughters and two sons. (By 1795,
when Amand would have been in his mid-60s, he had fathered 10 children, four
sons and six daughters, by three wives). In his late 70s, Amand remarried
again--his fourth marriage--to Marie-Louise, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Jacques and Marie-Josèphe Bouchard, at nearby
St.-François de Montmagny. Arsenault says she gave him no more children.
Four of Amand's six daughters by two of his wives married into the
Lacroix, Daigle, Pénin, and
Brisson families on the lower St. Lawrence. Three of his four
sons by two of his wives also created their own families in the St. Lawrence
valley.
Oldest son Antoine-Firmin, by first wife Marie Babineau, born
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1753, followed his parents into exile in Canada.
He married Marie-Antoinette, daughter of Jacques Aubry and
Marie-Anne Baudet, at Trois-Rivièvers in November 1775.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1777 and 1805, Marie-Antoinette gave
Antoine-Firmin 16 children, 11 daughters and five sons.
Amand's third son Joseph, by third wife Marie-Anne Taillon,
born probably at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in c1776, married Agathe
Pénin at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in c1801.
Amand's fourth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, by third wife Marie-Anne
Taillon, born probably at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in c1780, married
Marie-Josèphe Mercier at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in c1807.
François's third son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marie-Madeleine
Lord, born probably at Chepoudy in c1732, escaped the British in 1755
and sought refuge probably on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He married
fellow Acadian Marie-Rose Robichaud in c1758, place unrecorded,
while in exile. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1771,
Marie-Rose gave Jean-Baptiste five children, three sons and two daughters.
After the war with Britain, they joined other Acadians at Baie-Ste.-Marie on the
southwest coast of Nova Scotia, where Jean-Baptiste pioneered the village of
Comeauville south of Pointe-de-l'Église, today's Church Point. Two of
Jean-Baptiste's three sons created families of their own in the area.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born in exile in c1762, married
Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Yves Thibault and
Françoise Melanson, probably at Baie-Ste.-Marie in c1785, and
remarried to fellow Acadian Marie Doucet probably at
Baie-Ste.-Marie, date unrecorded.
Jean-Baptiste, père's second son Joseph, born in greater Acadia in
c1766, married fellow Acadian Anne Thibodeau probably on
Baie-Ste.-Marie in c1788.
François's fourth son Pierre, by first wife Marie-Madeleine Lord,
born probably at Chepoudy in c1733, married Anne-Marie Amirault
in c1754, place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne-Marie gave Pierre a son,
Pierre, fils, in 1755. They settled at nearby Petitcoudiac.
One wonders what happened to them after 1755.
François's fifth son Salvator, by first wife Marie-Madeleine Lord,
born probably at Chepoudy in c1738, escaped the British in 1755 and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He married Anastasie, daughter
of Jean Belliveau and Marie-Madeleine Gaudet
of Annapolis Royal, at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in June
1760, on the eve of the British attack there. They may have escaped the
British again, unless they were held at the prison compound at Annapolis Royal
in Nova Scotia. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1775,
Anastasie gave Salvator four children, two daughters and two sons. After
the war, British authorities counted them at Annapolis Royal in 1769. They
then moved south to Baie-Ste.-Marie, where the British counted them in 1770 and
1774. One of their daughters married into the Dugas
family. Salvator's two sons also created their own families in the area.
Older son Jean, born probably at Baie-Ste.-Marie in c1774, married fellow
Acadian Marie LeBlanc probably at Baie-Ste.-Marie in c1795.
Salvator's younger son Frédéric dit Breau, born
probably at Baie-Ste.-Marie in c1775, married Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Melanson dit Barteau and Anne
Trahan, probably at Baie-Ste.-Marie in c1798.
François's sixth son Joseph, by first wife Marie-Madeleine Lord,
born probably at Chepoudy in c1740, may have escaped the British in 1755 and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He married Marguerite,
daughter of Guillaume Jeanson and Marie Aucoin,
in c1762 while in exile. After the war with Britain, their marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Pigiguit, today's Windsor, Nova Scotia, in August 1769.
One wonders if they were allowed to remain there.
François's seventh son François, fils, by first wife
Marie-Madeleine Lord, born probably at Chepoudy in c1742, may
have escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. After the war with Britain, he married fellow Acadian Félicité
LeBlanc in c1764, place unrecorded. The marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Baie-Ste.-Marie in September 1769 probably after they settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1774, Félicité gave
François, fils five children, three sons and two daughters. One
of François, fils's three sons created his own family in the area.
Third and youngest son Charles-David, born probably at Baie-Ste.-Marie in
c1769, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Lanoue
and Marie Melanson, probably at Baie-Ste.-Marie in c1795.
The marriage was "rehabilitated" at Baie-Ste.-Marie in August 1799.
François, père's eighth and youngest son
Firmin, by second wife
Marie-Madeleine Pitre, born in c1764 soon after the war with
Britain, married fellow Acadian Isabelle Dugas, place
unrecorded, in October 1784. One wonders where they settled.
Des Loups-Marins's third son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in June 1706, died
at Annapolis Royal, age 8, in March 1715.
Des Loups-Marins's fourth and youngest son Alexandre, born at Annapolis
Royal in July 1712, married, according to Bona Arsenault, a woman whose name has
been lost to history. Arsenault says Alexandre settled at Minas and was
the father six children, four sons and two daughters, in 1755 on the eve of
Le Grand Dérangement. One wonders what happened to them after 1755.
Pierre's fifth son Antoine, born probably at
Port-Royal in c1661, was counted at Port-Royal in 1686,
age 24. He evidently did not marry.
Pierre's sixth
and youngest son
Jean
le jeune dit Jean-Augustin, born
probably at Port-Royal in c1665,
married Catherine, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier, in
c1686 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. Between 1687 and 1710,
Catherine gave Jean-Augustin 15 children, five sons and
10 daughters. Eight of their daughters married into the Breau,
Boudrot, Landry, Saulnier, Aucoin, and Pitre
families. All of Jean le jeune's sons created families of their
own.
Oldest son Claude, born perhaps at Rivière-aux-Canards in the early 1700s, married Claire, daughter of Claude Landry and
Catherine Thibodeau, at Grand-Pré in November 1721 and remained at
Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1723 and 1724, Claire gave
Claude two sons. Other records give them five sons and a daughter between 1723 and 1747. In 1755, the British deported Claude, Claire, and
some of their children to Virginia, and Virginia authorities deported to England
in the spring of 1756. Claude died in England, place and date unrecorded. In May 1763, Claire,
two of her unmarried children, and a granddaughter were repatriated to St.-Malo,
France, aboard La Dorothée with the family of one of her married sons.
They setted at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where daughter Marguerite died in November
1768, age 21. Claire, still an unmarried widowed, was counted at
St.-Servan in 1772. At least three, maybe four, of her and Claude's sons
created their own families in greater Acadia, England, and France, but not all
of the lines endured.
Oldest son Eustache, born at Minas in May 1723, married Marie
Landry probably at Minas in the late 1740s. They had at least one
children, daughter Marie-Josèphe, in c1750. The British deported the
family to Virginia in 1755 and the Virginians deported them to England in the spring of 1756. If they
were still alive, Eustache and Marie did not survive the ordeal in England.
In May 1763, Marie-Josèphe was repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée
with the family of her uncle Alexis. She settled with them at St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
where she died in April 1769, age 19.
Second son Joseph, born at Minas in November 1724, married Anne, daughter of René
Aucoin and Madeleine Bourg, probably at Minas
in c1750. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1752 and 1756, Anne gave
Joseph two children, a son and a daughter. One wonders what happened to
them in 1755. After the war with Britain ended in 1763, Joseph, perhaps
now a widower, settled on Rivière Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières
area. He remarried to Madeleine Hébert, widow of Jean
Bourgeois, in the late 1760s, place unrecorded. The marriage was
"rehabilitated" at
Pigiguit, now Windsor, Nova Scotia, in August 1768. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1768 and
1772, Madeleine gave Joseph three more children, a son and two daughters.
By 1774, Joseph had joined other Acadians on Baie-Ste.-Marie on the southwest
coast of Nova Scotia.
Claude's third son Alexis, born at Minas in c1733, followed his parents and
younger siblings to Virginia in 1755 and to England in the spring of 1756.
Alexis married Dorothée, daughter of fellow Acadians François Richard
and Marie Martin, in England in 1757. Dorothée gave
Alexis a son in England in c1758. In May 1763, Alexis and his family
followed his widowed mother to St.-Malo, France, aboard La Dorothée and
settled with them at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Alexis died at St.-Servan in April
1767, age 35. Dorothée remarried to a LeBlanc, twice
widowed, at St.-Servan in June 1768 and joined him on Belle-Île-en-Mer off the
southern coast of Britanny. Alexis's son created his own family in France.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, born in England in c1758, followed his parents to
St.-Malo, France, settled with them at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, and followed his mother and
stepfather to Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1768. He did not remain there. He
married Marie-Madeleine-Adélaïde, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Landry and his first wife Blanche LeBlanc, at
St.-Jacques parish, Nantes, in southern Brittany, in January 1783. Madeleine was a native of
Boulogne-sur-Mer on the northern French coast, where her family had landed from
the Maritime islands in 1759. She gave Jean-Baptiste a son in St.-Similien parish,
Nantes, the following December. Jean-Baptiste may have been a sailor.
He may also have abandoned his family. Madeleine and their son emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 without him. They followed their fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche, where Madeleine remarried to a French Canadian in August
1798 and to a Mexican in February 1803. Her son Jean-Baptiste
Comeau, fils, who would have been age 1 1/2 when he reached
Louisiana, if he survived the crossing may not have survived childhood.
Claude's fourth son Simon, born at Minas in c1738, evidently followed his
parents and siblings to Virginia in 1755 and to England in the spring of 1756.
He evidently was the Simon Comeau who married Marie-Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Thériot and Françoise
Landry, in England in c1759. Their son Mathurin was born
at Bristol in August 1760. Simon died probably at Bristol in the early 1760s.
In May 1763, Marie-Madeleine and her son were repatriated to St.-Malo, France,
aboard La Dorothée and settled at Plouër-sur-Rance on the west side of
the river below the Breton port before moving to
the St.-Malo suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1764. Marie-Madeleine remarried to a Thériot
cousin at St.-Servan in July 1765, but she died in May 1766, age 28. Her
Comeau son, raised by relatives, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785.
Only son Mathurin, born at Bristol, England, in August 1760, followed his
widowed mother to the St.-Malo area, where he lived with her and her second
husband until his mother's death. He likely was raised by relatives.
He became a sailor in France. In 1785, still a bachelor, he emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana. He married Sophie-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Hébert and his second wife Marie Benoit, at
New Orleans in October 1785, soon after they reached the colony on the same
ship. They followed their fellow passengers, including her family, to
upper Bayou Lafourche, where they raised a large family. Mathurin died
there by May 1805, when his wife remarried at Assumption. Two of his daughters
married Bélanger
brothers from Baton Rouge on the upper bayou. Only one of his four sons married, into the Crochet
family, and was the first Comeaux to settle in Terrebonne Parish.
Jean le jeune dit Jean-Augustin's second son
Étienne, born perhaps at
Rivière-aux-Canards in the
early 1700s, married
Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of
Claude Landry and Catherine Thibodeau,
at Grand-Pré in February 1728 and also remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1730 Marie-Josèphe gave Étienne a daughter. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755. Étienne died
probably in exile before August 1763.
Jean le jeune dit Jean-Augustin's third son
Pierre, born perhaps at
Rivière-aux-Canards in the early 1700s, married Marguerite, daughter of Martin Aucoin and Catherine
Thériot, at Grand-Pré in October 1729 and remained at Minas. According
to Bona Arsenault, in 1730 Marguerite gave Pierre a son. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755. Pierre
died perhaps in exile before January 1766.
Son Amand, born at Minas in c1730, married Marie-Claire Thibodeau
probably at Minas in c1752. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Claire gave
Amand a son in 1755. They evidently escaped the British roundup at Minas in 1755
and sought refuge in Canada. Amand and Marie-Claire died at Québec in
1757, victims of the smallpox epidemic that struck Acadian refugees in the area
that fall and winter. One wonders what happened to their son.
Jean
le jeune dit Jean-Augustin's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, born at Grand-Pré in November 1712, married Marie Aucoin
probably at Minas in c1740. They, too, remained at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1748 Marie gave Jean, as he calls him, a
daughter. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France gives the couple three sons at Rivière-aux-Canards
between 1741 and 1750. In 1755, the British evidently deported the family
to Virginia, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England in the spring of
1756. Jean-Baptiste and Marie, if they had survived the deportations,
probably died in England. In the spring of 1763, their sons were
repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard La Dorothée. They settled
at nearby Plouër-sur-Rance on the west side of the river south of the Breton
port and in the St.-Malo suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Two of Jean-Baptiste's three sons
created their own families in England and France, and one of them, along with
his sister-in-law and her Comeau children, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Simon, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards, in c1741, followed
his family to Virginia in 1755 and to England in 1756. He married cousin Marguerite-Geneviève Aucoin in England in c1763, on the
eve of repatriation. In May 1763, Simon, his bride, and his two younger
brothers sailed aboard La Dorothée to St.-Malo, France, with dozens
of other Acadian refugees who had been held in England and repatriated to
France. Simon took his family to
Plouër-sur-Rance and to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1766. Between 1764 and 1785, Marguerite
gave Simon 11 children, six daughters and five sons, only one of whom, a son,
died very young. Two of their daughters also may have died young.
They did not follow their fellow exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer in
November 1765, nor did they participate in the settlement scheme in Poitou in
the early 1770s. Instead, they remained at St.-Servan, where Simon may have worked
in the maritime trade. Simon, Marguerite, and eight of their children,
four sons and four daughters, ages 21 to infant, emigrated from St.-Malo to Louisiana in 1785.
They followed most of their fellow passengers to the new Acadian
community of Bayou des Écores north of Baton Rouge, but they did not remain
there. In the early 1790s, they moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Marguerite either did not survive the voyage or their time at Bayou des Écores;
she died by December 1795, when Simon was counted in an upper Lafourche census
without a wife. Simon died in Assumption Parish on the upper bayou in June
1818, age 77. Three of his daughters married into the Bourg,
Aucoin, Marion, Renaud, and
Poulosky or Pulasky families at Bayou des
Écores and on Bayou Lafourche. All four of his sons married, into the
Bourg, Blanchard, Simoneaux,
and Hébert families at Bayou des Écores and on the Lafourche.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Joseph, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1744,
followed his family to Virginia and to England and his brothers to St.-Malo,
France. He settled with them at Plouër-sur-Rance, where he married Marie, daughter
of fellow Acadians Charles Thériot and Françoise Landry,
in October 1764. Between 1765 and 1779, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Marie gave
Joseph nine children, six sons and three daughters. Two of them, a son and
a daughter, died as infants. Joseph died at St.-Servan in June 1784, age
40. A year later, Marie, who never remarried, and five of her
Comeau children,
three sons and two daughters, ages 20 to 6, the older ones still unmarried,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. If Marie survived the voyage, she and her
children followed their fellow passengers to Bayou
des Écores. Neither of her and Joseph's daughters married. Only one
of their three sons created a family of his own in the Spanish colony.
Oldest son Élie-Marie, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
France, in November 1765, followed his
widowed mother and younger siblings to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. He did not
remain at Bayou des Écores. He married Marie-Renée, called Irène, daughter
of fellow Acadians Simon-Pierre Trahan and Marie-Josèphe
Granger, at nearby Baton Rouge in April 1795. Irène's
parents also were from Minas and had been exiled to Virginia, England, and
St.-Malo during Le Grand Dérangement. Irène was a native of
Bangor, Belle-Île-en-Mer, where her family had gone in November 1765. She
and Élie remained at Baton Rouge, where he died by July 1815, when she remarried
there. Their daughters married into the Lopez and Martinez
families. Élie's only son may have died young, so only the blood of this
family line endured.
Jean-Baptiste's third and youngest son Charles, born probably at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1750, followed his family to Virginia and England,
his older brothers to St.-Malo, France, and settled with them at Plouër-sur-Rance and St.-Servan-sur-Mer. In 1770, at age
20, Charles, evidently a sailor now, embarked on L'Americain and
deserted the ship in French St.-Domingue. He evidently remained there,
settling perhaps among the Acadians at Môle St.-Nicolas or Mirebalais.
Jean le jeune dit Jean-Augustin's fifth and youngest son
Joseph, born probably at
Rivière-aux-Canards in the 1710s, married Marguerite Hébert
probably at Minas in c1743 and likely
remained at Minas. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. Joseph died before May 1763,
probably in exile.335
Brun
Vincent
Brun came to Acadia with Razilly in the early 1630s, returned to France, married,
and resettled in Acadia in the late 1640s. Between 1645 and 1658,
at La Chaussée, France, and Port-Royal, Acadia, Renée gave Vincent five children, four daughters
and a son. Their daughters married into
the Trahan, Bézier dit Joan dit Larivière,
Thériot, Hébert, Bourg, and Gautrot families.
Their son also married. Unlike most of the early Acadian families, whose
members spread out to other settlements, Vincent and Renée's descendants, with
one exception, remained at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal until 1755. At least two of Vincent's and
Renée's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, but the great
majority of them could be found in Canada and greater Acadia after Le Grand Dérangement.
Only son
Sébastien, born at Port-Royal in c1655, married Huguette, daughter of Antoine Bourg and Antoinette
Landry, at Port-Royal in c1675. Huguette gave him six children, five sons and two daughters,
between 1676 and 1687. Huguette died probably at Port-Royal between 1687
and 1693. Sébastien did not remarry. He died at Annapolis Royal in
August 1728, in his early 70s. His daughters married into the Pitre and Moyse dit
Latreille families. Four of his sons also created families of their
own.
Oldest son
Claude,
born at Port-Royal in c1678, married, in his early 30s, Cécile, 17-year-old daughter of Claude Dugas and Françoise Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in
November 1709. Between 1710 and 1736, at Annapolis
Royal, Cécile gave Claude 13
children, four daughters and nine sons. Claude died during exile at Rivière-Ouelle, on
the St. Lawrence below Québec, in March 1760, in his early 80s. His daughters married into the
Martin, Doucet dit Paul Laurent, Lapierre, and
Melanson families. Six of his sons also married.
Oldest son
Joseph-Vincent, called Vincent, born at Annapolis Royal in June 1712, married Marie, daughter of Jacques Léger
dit La Rosette and Anne Amireau, probably at Annapolis Royal in
c1737. Vincent died by May 1749, probably at Annapolis Royal. Did he
father any children?
Claude's second son
Michel,
born at Annapolis Royal in October 1716, died there in February 1727, age 11.
Claude's third son
Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in April 1719, married Marguerite, daughter of Bernard
Pellerin and Marguerite Gaudet, at Annapolis Royal in July 1743
and likely remained. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and 1758,
Marguerite gave Joseph four children, two daughters and two sons, the youngest,
a son, born in exile. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Members of the family were living at Québec in c1767. Joseph's oldest
daughter Agnès-Eulalie may have been deported to Massachusetts in 1755, married
a Doucet there, or perhaps she had married at Annapolis Royal,
returned to Nova Scotia as a widow with a daughter at war's end, followed the
Broussards to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, French
St.-Domingue, in 1764-65, and remarried into the Thibodeaux
family in Louisiana in the late 1760s--one of only two members of the family
(both women) who settled in that colony. If this was her, she died at
Grande Pointe on upper Bayou Teche in October 1809, in her late 60s, a widow
again. Joseph's two sons also created families of their own.
Older son
Jean,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1745, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Canadians Jacques Brisard and Marie-Charlotte Cottin
dit Dugal, at Québec in January 1767.
Joseph's younger
son Joseph, fils, born in exile in c1758, married Félicité, daughter of
Canadians Jean-Bernard Saucier and Félicité Ruelland,
at Cap-St.-Ignace on the lower St. Lawernce in November 1784.
Claude's fourth son
Simon,
born at Annapolis Royal in February 1721, died the following May.
Claude's fifth son
Charles dit Lebrun,
born at Annapolis Royal in February 1725, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Charles Lord and Marie Doucet, in c1750 probably at Annapolis
Royal. The British deported them to Connecticut in 1755, and they
resettled in Canada by 1767, when they were counted at Maskinongé on the St.
Lawrence above Québec. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1755 and 1774,
Marie-Josèphe gave Charles eight children, four daughters and four sons, during
exile and in Canada. Charles died at Maskinongé in January 1807, age 81.
His four daughters married into the Marchand, Bergeron,
Petit, and Fauteux de Saint Cuthbert families
at Maskinongé and nearby Yamachiche and at Rivière-du-Loup on the lower St.
Lawrence. Three of his sons also married.
Oldest son
Charles, fils, born probably in Connecticut in c1758, followed his
family to Canada. He married Madeleine, daughter of Canadians Charles
Lesieur-Desaulniers and Marie Carbonneau, at
Yamachiche in November 1791, and remarried to Marie-Louise, daughter of Gabriel
Lemire dit Gourville and Angélique Désilets,
at Maskinongé in October 1799.
Charles dit
Lebrun's second son Louis, born probably in Connecticut in c1760,
followed his family to Canada and married
Marie-Étienne Belair at Maskingongé in November 1794.
Charles dit
Lebrun's fourth and youngest son Pierre-René, born in Canada in c1771, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Canadians Joseph Grenier and Rosalie
Marcotte, at Maskinongé, in January 1805.
Claude's sixth son
Ambroise dit Lebrun,
born at Annapolis Royal in October 1726, married Marie,
daughter of Michel Bergeron and Marie-Jeanne Hébert,
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1750. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1753 and 1760, Marie gave Ambroise five children, three daughters and two sons.
They evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. They were at Rivière-Ouelle, on the St. Lawrence below
Québec, in 1759 and on Rivière St.-Jean, present-day western New Brunswick, in 1763.
Three of their daughters married into the Bérubé and
Lévesque families at Rivière-Ouelle. One of Ambroise's sons also
married.
Younger son
Basile, born probably at Rivière-Ouelle in c1760, married Marie-Anne, daughter
of Canadians Dominique Lévesque and Marie-Anne Dionne,
there in June 1782, and remarried to Marie-Louise, daughter of Canadians Jean
Bérubé and Geneviève Miville, at
Rivière-Ouelle in November 1785.
Claude's seventh son
Claude, fils,
born at Annapolis Royal in May 1728,
evidently escaped the roundup at Annapolis Royal in 1755. He
married Anastasie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Melanson and Marie Thériot, in c1756, during
exile, place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, Anastasie gave
Claude, fils a daughter in 1760, the year they were living at
Kamouraska, on the St. Lawrence below Québec. According to Stephen A.
White, Claude, fils died between August 1760 and August 1761, in his
early 30s, place unrecorded, but it may have been on the lower St. Lawrence.
Claude, père's eighth son
Michel,
born at Annapolis Royal in April 1730, married
Anne, daughter of Jacques Michel and Jeanne Breau, in c1754
probably at Annapolis Royal.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Claude, père's ninth and youngest son Pierre-Paul, born at Annapolis
Royal in April 1736, may not have survived childhood.
Sébastien's
second son Abraham, born at Port-Royal in c1680, married Anne, daughter of Étienne Pellerin and Jeanne
Savoie, probably at Port-Royal in c1701, where he worked as a fisherman.
Between 1702 and 1712, Anne gave
Abraham seven children, five daughters and two sons. Abraham died at
Annapolis Royal in July 1713, in his early 40s. His widow remarried to a
Doucet. Three of Abraham's
daughters married into the Gaudet dit Varquel, Poirier, and
Amireau dit Tourangeau families. Both of his sons also married.
Older son Charles, born at Port-Royal in November 1706, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Michel Caissie and
Madeleine Gaudet, in c1732 and, according to Bona Arsenault, settled at
Chignecto. According to Arsenault, between 1733 and 1745, Anne gave
Charles six children, three sons and three daughters. At least one of
their daughters, Marie-Madeleine, was deported from Île St.-Jean in late 1758,
married into the Labauve family at Morlaix, France, in
September 1770, and died at Nantes, France, before 1785. Two of their sons
created their own families during exile.
Oldest son Michel, born at Chignecto in c1733, evidently escaped the
British roundup there in 1755 and took refuge on French-controlled Île St.-Jean.
He married Marguerite, daughter of Ambroise Comeau and
Marguerite Cormier, at Port-La-Joye on the island in January
1757. They evidently eluded the British there in late 1758, crossed Mer
Rouge, and took refuge
on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1760 and 1785, Marguerite gave Michel five children, four sons and a daughter.
They were living in the British-controlled fishery at Carleton in Gaspésie in
1777 and moved on to Memramcook in present-day southeastern New Brunswick a few
years later. One of their sons returned to Gaspésie.
Fourth and youngest son Augustin, born in c1785,
place unrecorded, married, at age 30,
Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Basile LeBlanc and
Victoire Bourg, at Carleton in May 1815. Augustin was
back at Memramcook by September 1849. One of his daughters married into
the Hickey family at Carleton. Did he father any sons?
Charles's second son Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1739, evidently escaped
the British roundup there in 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. He married Théodose, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Boudrot and Catherine Brasseau of Pigiguit, at
Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in January 1760, several months
before a British naval force from Louisbourg attacked the French stronghold.
After the surrender at Restigouche in October 1760, Pierre and Théodose either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1771, Théodose gave Pierre
six children, four sons and two daughters, including a set of twins.
After the war, they chose to remain in greater Acadia. They were counted
on Baie Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, in October 1774, where
they baptized three of their children.
Abraham's younger son
Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in December 1712, married, at age 39, Françoise, daughter of Abraham Comeau and
Marguerite Pitre and widow of Pierre Doucet, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1752. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1753 and 1754, Françoise
gave Joseph two sons. The British deported them to Massachusetts in 1755
and were holding them at Newbury there in 1760. They resettled in Canada
later in the decade. Joseph died at St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu, on the lower
Richelieu, in July 1768, age 55. One of his sons married.
Older son Joseph, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1753,
followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada. He married Marie-Anne,
daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Dupuis and Marie-Anne
Boudrot, at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie across from Montréal in
February 1781.
Sébastien's third son Vincent, born at Port-Royal in c1682, became a fisherman.
He died at Port-Royal, "having arrived from France sick," in April 1708, in his
mid-20s. He did not marry.
Sébastien's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at Port-Royal in
c1684,
married Anne, daughter of Claude Gautrot and Marie Thériot, at
Port-Royal in October 1708. Between 1710 and 1730, Anne gave Jean-Baptiste
nine children, four daughters and five sons, at Annapolis Royal.
Jean-Baptiste died at Annapolis Royal in June 1751, in his late 60s. One
wonders what happened to his family in 1755. His daughters married into
the Bourgeois, Préjean, Orillon dit Champagne, and
Thibeau families. Four of his sons also married.
Oldest
son Jean-Baptiste,
fils, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1712, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Bernard
Pellerin and Marguerite Gaudet, at Annapolis Royal in November 1737.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and 1755, Marie-Madeleine gave
Jean-Baptiste, fils seven children, three sons and four daughters.
One wonders what happened to the family in 1755. Jean-Baptiste, fils
died at Québec in October 1767, age 56. One of his sons married.
Second son Amand-Grégoire le jeune, who called himself a
Lebrun, born at Annapolis Royal in c1741, followed his family into
exile, wherever that may have been. He married Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Gourdeau and Marguerite
Robichaud of Annapolis Royal, at St.-Pierre de île d'Orléans, Canada,
below Québec, in August
1770. According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Amand-Grégoire a
daughter, Marguerite, in c1772 who married into the Jolin
family at Québec in October 1794.
Jean's second son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1722, married
Nathalie, daughter of Pierre Lanoue and Françoise Thibodeau, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1749. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1750 and 1753, Nathalie gave Joseph three children, a daughter and two sons.
The British deported them to Connecticut in 1755. They were still there in
1763. Did they remain? If so, they were among the few Acadian exiles
who did. Or did they follow members of his family to Canada in the late
1760s?
Jean's third son Pierre-Paul, born at Annapolis
Royal in December 1727, probably
did not survive childhood.
Jean's fourth son Amand-Grégoire, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1730
(Bona Arsenault says Amand was born in c1734, son of Antoine, not Jean; Stephen
White is followed here). The British deported Amand to Connecticut in
1755. He married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Thibeau and Marie-Jeanne Picot,
in c1758, probably in Connecticut. They were still there in 1763.
They followed other Acadians in New England to Canada in c1766. Their
marriage was "rehabilitated" at Bécancour, on the St. Lawrence above Québec, in
September 1767. According to Arsenault, between 1759 and 1771, Marie gave
Amand five children, three sons and two daughters. One of their daughters
married into the Houle family at Pointe-du-Lac near
Trois-Rivières in October 1788.
Jean's fifth and youngest son
François, born probably at Annapolis Royal in the 1730s, married in c1755 a woman whose name had been lost to history.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755. He died before August 1763 in
exile, place unrecorded.
Sébastien's fifth and youngest son
Antoine, born at Port-Royal in c1685, married Marie-Françoise, daughter of Pierre Comeau le jeune
and Jeanne Bourgeois,
at Port-Royal in October 1709. Between
1710 and 1737, at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Marie-Françoise gave Antoine nine children, five sons and four
daughters. What happened to them in 1755? Their daughters married into the Lord, Dupuis,
Blanchard, and Lanoue families. Four of Antoine's sons also married.
Oldest son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1710, probably did not survive childhood.
Antoine's second son
François dit
Lebrun, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1712, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Dupuis and
Anne Richard, at Annapolis Royal in October 1735. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1737 and 1755, Madeleine gave François three children, a
daughter and two sons. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
François remarried to Marguerite-Gertrude, daughter of Canadians François Deblois
and Gertrude Vérieul, at Ste.-Famille, Île d'Orléans, below Québec, in
November 1765, a hint that François and his family escaped the roundup at
Annapolis in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. François died at Ste.-Marie
de Beauce, on the St. Lawrence below Québec, in March 1767, age 54. His two sons married.
Older son Joseph, by first wife Madeleine Dupuis, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1738, followed his family into exile, wherever that may have
been, and married Ursule, daughter of Paul Benoit-Livernois, at
Verchères, across from Repentigny below Montréal, in October 1785.
François's younger son François, fils, by first wife Madeleine
Dupuis, born at Annapolis Royal or in exile in c1755, followed
his family into exile, wherever that may have been, and married Marie, daughter of Joseph Charon
and Marie-Josèphe Benoit, at Verchères in c1780.
Antoine's third son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1715, married Marguerite, daughter of Bernard Gaudet and
Marguerite Pellerin, at Annapolis Royal in January 1742. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1756, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste four
children, two sons and two daughters. They escaped the British roundup in
1755, spent a hard winter on the Fundy shore, crossed to Chepoudy the following
spring, and made their way up to
Canada. Jean-Baptiste died at Québec in May 1758, age 42, a victim,
perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the refugees in and around the
Canadian capital from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758. Members of
his family were counted at Yamaska on the eponymous river above Québec in 1767
and 1769. Widow Marguerite married into the Caron family
at Cap-St.-Ignace on the lower St. Lawrence in May 1760. One of her
Brun daughters married into the Couturier
family at St.-Michel-d'Yamaska in January 1769. One of her Brun
sons also married.
Older son Bonaventure, born at Annapolis Royal in c1745, followed his
family to Canada. He married Canadian Marie-Josèphe-Marguerite
Couturier at St.-Michel-d'Yamaska in January 1769.
Antoine's fourth son Charles, born at Annapolis in February 1729, married in c1752, probably at
Annapolis Royal, to a woman whose name had been lost to history. One
wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Antoine's
fifth and youngest son Simon, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1731, married in c1750, probably at Annapolis Royal, to a
woman whose name has been lost to history. The British deported them to
Connecticut in 1755. They were still there in 1763. One wonders what
happened to them after 1763.344
Martin
Pierre
Martin
and his wife Catherine Vigneau, 1636 arrivals, created the first of the
Martin family lines in the colony. Although colonists Germain
Doucet, Pierre Comeau,
and Vincent Brun came to L'Acadie a few years before Pierre
Martin, the earlier arrivals did not bring a family, as in the
case of Doucet, or create families, as in the case of
Comeau and Brun, until the late 1630s or 1640s.
Pierre Martin, on the other hand, brought three sons to the
colony, and he and wife Catherine had more children there. Only
Governor Charles La Tour and his two Mi'kmaq wives could claim
precedence in the creation of an Acadian family over that of Pierre
Martin and his wife. Between 1631 and 1649, at St.-Germain de
Bourgeuil, France, and Port-Royal, Catherine gave Pierre seven children, four
sons and three daughters, five of whom survived childhood--three daughters and
two sons.
Pierre and Catherine died between the censuses of 1671 and 1678. Their three daughters married into the Morin dit
Boucher, Bourg, Pellerin, and Mercier dit Caudebec
families in Acadia. One of them, the wife of Pierre Morin
dit Boucher, suffered expulsion from the colony in the late 1680s
because of an indescretion of one of her sons with a daughter of the
seigneur of Chignecto; they resettled in Gaspésie before moving on to
Canada. Both of Pierre and Catherine's surviving sons
married, but only one of them created a family line that endured. Pierre and
Catherine's descendants settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, in
the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, at Pigiguit and Cobeguit
in the Minas Basin before moving on to the French Maritimes in the 1710s, and in
Canada and France before Le Grand Dérangement. Probably none of the 20 Acadian Martins who emigrated to Louisiana
belonged to this branch of the
family. During and after exile, they could be found, instead, in greater Acadia, Canada, and France,
and on Martinique and Ste.-Lucie in the French Antilles.
Oldest
son Étienne, born at St.-Germain de Bourgeuil, Touraine, France, in June 1631, followed
his family to La Hève aboard St.-Jehan in 1636 and died at age 5 soon
after the family reached Acadia.
Pierre's second
son Pierre, fils, born at St.-Germain de Bourgeuil, in October 1632,
followed his family to La Hève aboard St.-Jehan in 1636 and to
Port-Royal later in the decade. He married Anne Ouestnorouest
dit Petitous, an Abenaki, perhaps at Port-Royal in c1660. Between 1661 and
1680,
Anne gave Pierre,
fils nine children, five sons and four daughters, many of whom did not
survive childhood. Anne died in c1786, in her early 40s, and Pierre,
fils remarried soon after to Jeanne, daughter of Louis Rousselière and Isabelle Parisé
and widow of Pierre Godin dit Chatillon, probably at Port-Royal.
Jeanne was the mother-in-law of Pierre, fils's oldest son Pierre III.
Jeanne gave Pierre, fils no more children. One of his daughters married into the Pellerin family. Four of his sons
survived childhood, but only two of them, the oldest and youngest, created
families of their own.
Oldest son
Pierre III,
born at Port-Royal in c1661, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Godin dit
Châtillon and Jeanne Rousselière, in c1686 probably at Port-Royal and
remained there. Pierre III worked as a farmer. Between 1687 and
1716, Anne gave Pierre III 17 children, eight sons and nine daughters, at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal. In the early 1730s, Pierre III took his family
to Île St.-Jean, where he farmed the uplands and also fished. He died at
Havre-St.-Pierre on the north shore of Île St.-Jean in December 1739, in his late 70s. Four
of his daughters married into the
Bertaud dit Montaury, de Glain dit Cadet, Fortin
dit La Fortune, Gourdon, Blouet, Martinez dit
Espagnol, and Le Metayer families, and all of them settled in the French
Maritimes. Six of his sons married, and several joined their sisters
in the French Maritimes. Bona Arsenault says Pierre III's oldest son
married an Indian and resettled on the lower St. Lawrencre before Le Grand
Dérangement.
Oldest son
Étienne,
born at Port-Royal in c1691, was counted with his family there in 1701.
According to Bona Arsenault, Étienne married Charlotte, a Mi'kmaq, in c1736, no
place given. Stephen A. White says nothing of the marriage.
Arsenault says that between 1736 and 1742, Charlotte gave Étienne five children,
three daughters and two sons, and that the family was living at Kamouraska on
the lower St. Lawrence between 1739 and 1748.
Pierre III's second son
Pierre IV,
born at Port-Royal in c1693, moved on to the French Maritimes probably in the
1710s and was living on Île St.-Jean in c1726. His going to the French
Maritimes may have motivated his father and younger brothers to go there as
well. Pierre IV married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Jean Clémenceau and Anne Roy, at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in
c1727. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1727 and 1746, Marie-Josèphe
gave Pierre IV nine children, six daughters and three sons. Arsenault says that by 1748 Pierre IV and his
family moved to Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area west of
Chignecto. According to Stephen A. White, Pierre IV died before January 1752,
place unrecorded. Was he the Pierre à Pierre who died on Île
St.-Jean in December 1739? If so, he would have died in his late 40s. Two of his daughters married into the Bertel and LeRoy
families on Île Royale in the 1740s and 1750s; two of them into the Labardier and
Bertrand families at Fort Royal, Martinique, in the 1760s; and one of
them into the Monpeza and Dauty or
Doty familes at Le Carénage on Ste.-Lucie in the French Antilles during
the 1760s before dying there in March 1771. One wonders what happened to
Pierre IV's sons after 1755.
Pierre III's third son
François,
born at Port-Royal in c1693, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, returned to Nova Scotia,
and married
Angélique, daughter of Claude Bertrand and Catherine Pitre, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1725. According to Bona Arsenault, Angélque
gave François a son. François died at Annapolis Royal in April 1726, in his early
30s. Angélique remarried to a Blanchard the following year
and settled at Petitcoudiac, where she gave him many children. Her
Martin son also settled in the trois-rivières area.
Only son
Simon,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1726, followed his widowed mother to
Petitcoudiac. He married Théotiste, daughter of Pierre Amireau
and Anne Brun, at nearby Chepoudy in c1752. They settled
at Petitcoudiac. According to Bona Arsenault, Théotiste gave Simon two
children, a daughter and a son, in 1754 and 1757. Other records give them
three more children. The family evidently escaped the British roundup in
the trois-rivières area in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. During the late 1750s or early 1760, they
either surrendered to, or were captured, by local British forces and held in a
prisoner-of-war compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Siemon Martin, his unnamed wife, and five
children appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. This likely was them.
They did not follow other exiles from Halifax to Louisiana in 1764-65, so one
wonders where they settled during and after exile.
Pierre III's fourth son
Joseph,
born at Port-Royal in c1697, moved on to Île St.-Jean by c1722. In his
early 50s, he married Isabelle, or Élisabeth,
daughter of Pierre Carret and Angélique Chiasson and widow of
Joseph Doucet, at Port-La-Joye on the island in April 1750. Two
years later, in August 1752, a French official counted Joseph, Élisabeth, and
six children, four daughters and two sons, four of them Doucets,
the younger daughters Martins, on the south side of
Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the interior of the island, near two of his younger
brothers. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1750 and 1764, Élisabeth
gave Joseph seven children, three daughters and four sons. Arsenault says
Joseph took his family to Petitcoudiac soon after the August 1752 counting.
If Joseph and his family were still at Petitcoudiac in the fall of 1755, they
likely escaped the British roundup there and took refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. Stephen A. White says that Joseph, who would have been in
his early 60s, remarried to Anne-Marie Michel in c1758, no place given.
It may have been on the Gulf shore. According to Arsenault, one of his
daughters by first wife Élisabeth married into the Gauthier
family at Rustico on the north shore of St. John Island, formerly Île St.-Jean, in c1785.
Arsenault says his sons by first wife Élisabeth also created families there.
Oldest son
Pierre, born in exile in c1759, settled on St. John Island after the war with
Britain. He married fellow Acadian Anne Haché-Gallant at
Rusico in c1780. According to Bona Arsenault, they had five sons and two
daughters in 1798.
Joseph's second
son Bonaventure, born in exile in c1760, settled on St. John Island after the
war with Britain. He married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Blanchard and Marie-Rose Haché-Gallant, at
Rustico in c1782.
Joseph's third
son Firmin, who Arsenault also called
Pierre, born in exile in c1761, settled on
St. John Island after the war with Britain. He married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Poirier and Marguerite
Lavigne of Chignecto, at Rustico in c1783.
Joseph's fourth
and youngest son Joseph, fils, born in exile in c1762, settled on St.
John Island after the war with Britain. According to Bona Arsenault, he
was serving as guardian of his niece, Judith, daughter of brother Firmin, when
she married at Rustico in November 1820.
Pierre III's fifth
son Barthélémy, born at Port-Royal in February 1704, followed his brother Joseph to Île
St.-Jean in c1722 and married Madeleine, another daughter of Pierre Carret and Angélique Chiasson,
there in c1731. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1751,
Madeleine gave Barthélémy 10 children, six sons and four daughters. In August 1752, a French official counted Barthélémy,
Madeleine, and their 10 children on the south side of
Rivière-du-Nord-Est near two of his brothers. Unlike his older brothers,
who left the island in the early 1750s, Barthélémy remained there. His
oldest son married on the island in c1755. The British deported
Barthélémy, Madeleine, and their unmarried children to Cherbourg, France, in
late 1758. Their oldest son died on the crossing. Barthélémy died probably at Cherbourg before August 1761, when
French authorities counted his widow and children in the Norman port. He
would have been in his early 50s at the time of his death. Madeleine
remarried to a Landry widower at Cherbourg in June 1763 and
died probably at Chantenay near Nantes in southern Brittany before February 1777, when her husband
remarried there. None of her Martin children followed him
and his third wife to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. At least one of her
Martin children returned to greater Acadia.
Oldest son
Pierre-Paul, born on Île St.-Jean in c1732, was counted with his family at
Rivière-du-Nord-Est in August 1752. He married Marie-Josèphe Duval
on the island in c1755. She gave him two daughters there before
1758, when the British deported them to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport
Duc Guillaume, which suffered a shipboard mishap during the crossing. Pierre-Paul, age 26, and his daughters, ages
unrecorded, died at sea. Marie-Josèphe made it to the Breton port the
first of November 1758 but died in a local hospital in March 1759, age 22,
perhaps from the rigors of the crossing.
Barthélemy's
fifth son Joseph, born on Île St.-Jean in April 1741, was counted with his
family at Rivière-du-Nord-Est in August 1752 and followed them to Cherbourg,
France, in 1758. He married Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul
Richard and Renée Boudrot of Chignecto, in
c1767, place unrecorded, perhaps in greater Acadia. According to Bona
Arsenault, they settled at Rustico on St. John Island, formerly Île St.-Jean,
near many of his cousins. Arsenault says Geneviève gave Joseph three sons
between 1768 and 1772, probably at Rustico. Arsenault says all three of
the sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Charles, born probably at Rustico in c1768, married Agnès, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean Blanchard and Marie-Rose Haché-Gallant
in c1790, probably at Rustico, where they settled.
Joseph's second
son Benjamin, born probably at Rustico in c1770, married fellow Acadian
Théotiste Haché-Gallant in c1792, probably at Rustico, where
they settled.
Joseph's third
son Jean-Félix, born probably at Rustico in c1772, married Claire
Roussel in c1794 probably at Rustico, where they settled.
Pierre's
III's sixth son Paul, born at Port-Royal in June 1707, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean but did not remain there. He married Geneviève, daughter of Jean Dubois and Anne
Vincent, in c1739, place unrecorded. They settled at Annapolis
Royal and at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1755, Geneviève gave Paul five
children, three daughters and two sons. The family evidently escaped the British roundup in Nova Scotia in the fall of
1755 and took refuge on Île St.-Jean. They evidently escaped the roundup
there in 1758, or left the island before that date, crossed the Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf
of St. Lawrence shore before moving on to Canada. Paul died at St.-Charles de Bellechasse,
below Québec, in Apirl 1758, age 40, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic
that killed hundreds of Acadian exiles in the area from the fall of 1757
to the spring of 1758. One of his daughters married into the
Gautrot family at Montmagny, below Québec, in January 1769. One of
his sons also created a family of his own in Canada.
Older son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1752, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean and Canada, where he married Françoise Belley
at St.-Vallier, below Québec, in August 1775.
Pierre III's seventh son Charles, born at Port-Royal in October 1709,
followed his older brothers to Île St.-Jean in c1722 and married Françoise, yet another daughter of
Pierre Carret and Angélique Chiasson,
in c1742 probably on the island. In August 1752, a French official counted
Charles, Françoise, and no children on the south side of Rivière-du-Nord-Est
near two of his older brothers. According to Bona Arsenault, they had no
children. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Pierre III's eighth and youngest son
Jean le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal, formerly Port-Royal, in October
1711, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, and was counted with them at
Port-La-Joye on the island in 1734. He does not seem to have married.
He was not counted with his older brothers on Île St.-Jean in August 1752, when
he would have been in his early 40s. One wonders where he was and what
happened to him in 1755.
Pierre, fils's second son
René,
born at Port-Royal in c1663, was counted with his family at Port-Royal in 1671
then disappears from the historical record.
Pierre, fils's
third son André, born at Port-Royal in c1666, was counted with his family at
Port-Royal in 1671 and 1686 then disappears from the historical record.
Pierre, fils's
fourth son
Jacques, born at Port-Royal in c1669, was counted with his family at Port-Royal
in 1671 and 1686. He served as a domestic for fellow colonist Pierre
Thériot at Minas in the late 1780s, became a habitant
there in the 1690s, and was working as a fisherman in the early 1700s, but he
did not marry.
Pierre, fils's
fifth and youngest son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1671,
married Madeleine, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier, in
c1696, settled at Pigiguit, and by c1715 moved on to Île Royale, where they
settled at Port-Toulouse. Between c1697 and 1724, at Pigiguit and
Port-Toulouse, Madeleine gave Jean 13 children, six sons and
seven daughters. Jean died probably at Port-Toulouse in September 1732, in
his early 60s. The Louisbourg priest who recorded the burial noted that
the maladie that killed Jean dit not allow him to be transported to the
nearest cemetery, so he was buried "above" his habitation. Madeleine remarried to a Sauneuf on Île
Royale the following November. Six of Jean's daughters married into the Plessis or
Précis, Trunet dit Francoeur, Jehannot, Bourhis,
Pineau dit Lajeunesse, and Guiton dit La Roche
families and settled on Île Royale or in Canada. Only one of his sons created his own family,
and he evidently did not remain in greater Acadia.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste,
born probably at Pigiguit in April 1709, probably died
young.
Jean's second son
Joseph,
born in c1713 probably at Pigiguit, followed his family to Île Royale, but he
did not remain there. He married Julienne, daughter of Noël Paul
and Marie de La Vigne, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, in January
1735. Noting the place and time of their marriage, one wonders if Joseph was a
sailor or a merchant and if he and his family remained in France.
Jean's third son
François, born at Port-Toulouse in c1715, may have died young.
Jean's fourth
son, whose name has been lost to history, born at Port-Toulouse between 1717 and
1724, may have died young.
Jean's fifth son
Pierre, born at Port-Toulouse in c1722, may have died young.
Jean's sixth and
youngest son Louis, born at Port-Toulouse in c1724, may have married Anne
Le François on Île Royale. She may have given him a
daughter in c1753. The British likely deported them to France in 1758-59,
and they landed at Rochefort. Their daughter died there in August 1759,
age 6. Anne may have died at Rochefort as well. Perhaps as a widower
(the French record says nothing of a wife), he moved on to St.-Malo in
1763, lived briefly at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, and left later in the year probably
with other Acadian exiles "to reside at St. Pierre and Miquelon,"
French-controlled fishery islands off the southern coast of Newfoundland. One
wonders what happened to him in greater Acadia? Did he remarry?
Pierre, père's third
son Urbain, born at St.-Germain de Bourgeuil,
France, in March 1734, followed his family
to La Hève aboard St.-Jehan in 1636. Like his oldest brother Étienne,
Urbain died soon after the family reached the colony, age 2.
Pierre, père's
fourth and youngest son Mathieu, "the first Frenchman born in Acadia"--at
Port-Royal in c1639--though he worked in the colonial capital as a simple weaver, became
the seigneur of Cobeguit in the Minas Basin in March 1689. In the 1690s, while in his
50s, he married at Port-Royal, but his wife, whose name has been lost to
history, died only a few years after their wedding. She gave him no children.
Mathieu did not remarry. By the 1710s, he was living on his seigneurie
at Cobeguit, where he died before April 1724. Having no natural heirs, he
left his grant to several of the
original habitants who had settled on his seigneurie in the early 1700s.336
Trahan
Guillaume
Trahan and his first wife François Corbineau, 1636 arrivals, brought two
daughters on St.-Jehan who married a Bourgeois and a Doucet. Guillaume
remarried in his mid-60s to Madeleine, 19-year-old daughter of fellow
habitants Vincent Brun and Renée Breau of La
Chaussée south of Loudun, France. Between 1667 and 1678, Madeleine gave
Guillaume
his three sons and four more daughters--eight children, six daughters and three
sons, in all by two wives. After serving as a King's marshal and a syndic
at Port-Royal, Guillaume died there by the end of 1684, in his early 80s.
Three of his four daughters
by second wife Madeleine married into the Doiron, Vincent, and Léger dit La
Rosette families. All three of his sons married, settled at Minas and
Pigiguit, and created large families. They were especially numerous at
Pigiguit. Some of their descendants moved on to Petitcoudiac in the
trois-rivères area west of Chignecto or to the French Maritime islands.
At least 126 of Guillaume's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765, Maryland in the late 1760s, and especially from France in 1785. Others
could be found in Canada, French Guiane, the French Antilles, and France, especially on Belle-Île-en-Mer, after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Guillaume, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1667, married Jacqueline dite Jacquette,
daughter of Martin Benoit and Marie Chaussegros and widow of
Michel de Forest, at Port-Royal in c1691. They helped pioneer the
settlement at Pigiguit and settled on the l'Assomption side of the river.
Between 1692 and 1711, at l'Assomption, Jacquette gave Guillaume, fils eight children, two
daughters and six sons. Bona Arsenault gives them another daughter in
c1706. Guillaume, fils died at Pigiguit in
September 1755, in his late 80s, on the eve of the family's deportation to
Virginia. Jacquette died
in Virginia later that year, in her early 80s. Their daughters married into the LePrince and
LeBlanc families. Five of
Guillaume, fils's six sons also married.
Most of them and their families also were deported to Virginia and England in
1755-56, but some went to Maryland.
Oldest son
Pierre,
born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in June 1696, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean
Comeau l'aîné and Françoise Hébert, at l'Assomption, Pigiguit,
in September 1716 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1719 and 1735, Madeleine gave Pierre eight children, five sons and three
daughters. The British deported members of the
family to Maryland and Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Pierre and other members of his
family were sent to Virginia, and Virginia authorities sent
them on to England in the spring of 1756. They were held at Liverpool.
Their youngest daughter died there in 1757. In the spring of 1763, they were repatriated to Morlaix, France,
via Southampton.
In November 1765, they followed other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer
off the southern coast of Normandy and settled at Bordrehouat near Locmaria on
the south end of the island. French officials counted them there in 1767. Pierre died at the home of
his youngest son Joachim-Hyacinthe at
Magoric near Locmaria in April 1772, age 78. His daughters married
into the Melanson, Breau, and LeBlanc
families before Le Grand Dérangement, and one of them, the second one,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1768. Four of his sons
also married. Three of them emigrated to Louisiana from France in
1785.
Oldest son
Bruno,
born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1719, married Marguerite, daughter
of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Marguerite Forest
at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in October 1740. The British deported them to
Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Bruneau, called, a "widower," with five children,
appeared on a repatriation list in the colony in June 1763. One wonders if they remained
there or
if they resettled in Canada later in the decade.
Pierre's second
son Pierre, fils, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1723,
married Marguerite, daughter of Jean LeBlanc and Jeanne
Bourgeois, at Minas in the late 1740s. The British deported them to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England
the following spring. In September of that year, kinsman Alexis
Trahan and his wife Anastasie Landry of Pigiguit died
probably of smallpox at Falmouth. Pierre, fils, perhaps already a
widower, took in Alexis and Anastasie's 2 1/2-year-old son François. At age 35, Pierre, fils remarried to
Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Étienne Darois and Anne
Breau, at Liverpool in February 1758, and, at age 37, remarried
again--his third marriage--to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel
Vincent and Anne-Marie Doiron and widow of
Jean-Baptiste Duon, at Liverpool in May 1760. She was a
mid-wife. None of his three wives gave him children, but he continued to
raise young François. The family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in
the spring of 1763 and followed other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer
in late 1765. They settled at Goélan
near Bangor on the south end of the island. French officials counted
Pierre, fils and Madeleine still on the island with François in
1767. They likely did not follow other Acadians to Poitou in 1773, but they did join
other exiles at Nantes by September 1782, when third wife Madeleine died in
St.-Similien Parish in the port city, age 58. At age 59, Pierre, fils
remarried yet again--his fourth marriage--to Marie, 32-year-old daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean-Pierre Clémenceau and his second wife
Françoise Gautrot of Grand-Pré, in St.-Donatien Parish, Nantes,
in February 1783. Marie gave Pierre, fils a daughter,
Louise-Renée, at nearby
Chantenay in January 1784. The following year, Pierre, fils,
Marie, and their daughter--but not François Trahan, who would
have been in his early 30s, "destiny unknown"--emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
From New Orleans, Pierre, fils and Marie followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where
Spanish officials counted them in January 1788. Marie gave Pierre,
fils another daughter, Clara-Marguerite, by May 1788. She married into the Pichoff
family. Older daughter Louise-Renée evidently had died soon after the
family reached Louisiana. Marie gave Pierre, fils no
sons.
Pierre, père's
third son Charles, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1727, married
Brigitte, daughter of Pierre Landry and probably Anne-Marie
Doucet, in the early 1750s probably at Pigiguit. Brigitte
may have given him a daughter soon after their marriage. The British
deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Brigitte gave Charles
another daughter in the colony in 1757. Charles remarried to fellow
Acadian Marguerite Thibodeau in Maryland in the late 1750s or
early 1760s. Charles, Marguerite, and two
daughters appeared on a repatriation list at Princess Anne, Maryland, in July 1763. Marguerite gave him two sons in
the colony in 1764 and 1766. They followed other exiles to Spanish
Louisiana in 1767-68. Marguerite was pregnant on the voyage and gave
Charles another daughter at New Orleans in June 1768--five children, three
daughters and two sons, by two wives. Charles and Marguerite followed their
fellow passengers to the distant Spanish settlement at Fort Luìs de Natchez,
where Charles may have died. If not, he took his famiy downriver to the
established Acadian community of Cabahannocer, where he died by September 1769,
when Spanish officials noted that his older daughter Brigitte was living with
another family and called her an orphan. One wonders if wife Marguerite
also survived the ordeal at Fort St. Luìs. Daughter Brigitte, from Charles
first wife Brigitte, married into the Landry, Boudier,
and Gousman families on the river. Younger daughter
Marie-Madeleine by second wife Marguerite evidently died young. Only
Charles's younger son Charlitte married, into the Andro or
Landraud family at Attakapas on the western prairies, where he
created a vigorous family line.
Pierre, père's
fifth and youngest son Joachim, also called Joachim-Hyacinthe, born at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in March 1735, married Marguerite, daughter of Germain Landry
and Anne LeBlanc, at Minas in c1754. They settled at
l'Assomption. Marguerite gave
Joachim a daughter there in September 1755. A month later, the British deported
the family to Virginia, and Virginia authorities sent them on England the
following spring. They were held at Liverpool, where Marguerite died in
1757. Joachim remarried to Marie-Madeleine, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean-Baptiste Duon and Madeleine Vincent, at
Liverpool in October 1759. Marie-Madeleine gave Joachim two sons there in August 1760 and December 1761 or 1762. The family was
repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. Marie-Madeleine
gave Joachim another daughter, in St.-Mathieu Parish, Morlaix, in September 1764. In
late 1765, they followed other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer
and settled at Magouric near Locmaria on the southeast end of the island.
Between 1766 and 1784, Marie-Madeleine gave Joachim seven more children, five daughters
and two sons, on the island--11 children, seven daughters and four sons, by two wives
between 1755 and 1784. Joachim's two older sons
married local women on the island in 1783. Joachim and Marie-Madeleine
took their younger children to Chantenay near Nantes soon after
the birth of the youngest daughter on the island in April 1784.
Joachim's oldest daughter Marie-Blanche from his first wife Marguerite married a
Frenchman named Caillo at Nantes that November.
Wife Marie-Madeleine died at Chantenay in April 1785, in her late 40s. Joachim and his six younger children,
four daughters and two sons, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana two months later.
Daughter Marie-Blanche
and her half-brothers Joseph and Simon
remained in France, the brothers on Belle-Île-en-Mer. From New Orleans,
Joachim and his children followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche. He did not remarry. He died before January 1788, in his
early 50s, when two of his unmarried children were listed in a Valenzuela
District census without him. Three of
his younger daughters married into the
Boudreaux, Broussard, Meanx,
and Breaux famililes on the upper Lafourche and on the western
prairies. His younger sons Augustin and Jean-Marie also married in the colony, into the
Fostin and Duhon families on the western prairies.
Oldest son
Joseph, by second wife Marie-Madeleine Duon,
born at Liverpool, England, in August 1760, followed his family to Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer,
where he married Françoise, daughter of locals Luc Thomas and
Françoise L'Hermite of Kerdonis, at Locmaria in June 1783 and
settled at Kerdonis.
They did not follow his father and younger siblings to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1784 and 1800, Françoise gave
Joseph eight children, three daughters and five sons. Joseph died on
the island in 1819, in his late 50s.
Joachim's second son Simon, by second wife Marie-Madeleine
Duon, born at Liverpool, England, in December 1761 or 1762, followed
his family to Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Michel Droual and Marie-Michelle
Galonne or Gallen, of Liverpool, at Locmaria in June 1783;
the marriage also was recorded at Lorient in southern Brittany.
They settled at Magoric near Locmaria and did not follow his father and
younger siblings to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1784 and 1803, Marie-Josèphe gave Simon nine children, five
daughters and five sons, on the island.
Guillaume, fils's second son
Jean,
born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in 1698, married Marie-Charlotte,
called Charlotte, another daughter of
Jean Comeau l'aîné and Françoise
Hébert, in c1720 probably at Pigiguit and likely remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1722 and 1740, Marie-Charlotte gave Jean
six children, three daughters and three sons. The British deported the
family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. They were held at Bristol. In the
spring of 1763, they were repatriated to Morlaix, France. French officials
counted them there two years later. In late 1765, members of the family followed
other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer. Two of Jean's daughters
married into the Boudrot family at Pigiguit and Bristol.
His three sons also married, at Minas and in France.
Oldest son Sylvestre, born probably at Pigiguit in c1724, married Ursule,
daughter of Jérôme Darois and Marie Gareau, at
Minas in 1747 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1748 and 1754, Ursule gave Sylvestre four sons. The
British deported them to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to England the following spring. Ursule gave Sylvestre
another son in 1756. The family was held at Liverpool
and repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. In late 1765,
they followed other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at
Triboutoux near Sauzon on the north end of the island. Ursule died on the
island in 1776, and Sylvestre, at age 53, remarried to Françoise, daughter of
fellow Acadians Michel Martin and Madeleine Girouard,
at Sauzon in June 1777. Françoise gave Sylvestre twins sons in 1781--seven
sons in all by two wives. The twins died soon after their birth, as did
Françoise. Sylvestre did not remarry again. No member of the family
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Sylvestre died near Sauzon in
April 1786, in his
early 60s. Four of his older sons married on the island, two of them to
sisters. Members of the family were still on the island and at Locmariaquer in
southern Brittany in 1792 during the early years of the French Revolution.
Second son Mathurin, by first wife Ursule Darois, born at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in May 1750, followed his family to Virginia, England,
Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married Nicole-Marie-Louise, daughter of
locals Pierre
LeLuc or Le Luch and Jeanne Thomas, at Sauzon in January 1777.
They also settled at Triboutoux. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1777 and
1791, Nicole-Marie-Louise gave Mathurin nine children, six sons and three daughters,
on the island.
In 1792, during the French revolution, Mathurin worked as a "national customs"
employee at Locmaria, with four sons and two daughters.
Sylvestre's third son Jean-Charles, by first wife Ursule Darois,
born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in August 1752, followed his family to Virginia,
England, Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married Marie-Renée, another
daughter of Pierre LeLuc and Marie-Jeanne Thomas, at Sauzon in May 1783.
They settled at Kergostio near Sauzon. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1784 and 1799, Marie-Renée gave Jean-Charles eight children, seven
daughters and a son. Jean-Charles died on the island in 1835, age 83.
Sylvestre's fourth son Simon le jeune, by first wife Ursule Darois,
born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in November 1754, followed his family to
Virginia, England, Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married local
girl Marie-Françoise Querel at Sauzon in October 1788.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Françoise gave Simon le jeune a
daughter in 1781. He died near Sauzon in 1810, age 56.
Sylvestre's fifth son Romain, by first wife Ursule Darois,
born probably at Liverpool, England, in April 1756, followed his family to
Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married local girl Anne Kédonis
at Sauzon in February 1783. They settled at Triboutoux. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1784 and 1801, Anne gave Romain six children, four daughters and two
sons. Their sons--Pierre, born in 1794; and Dominigue in 1797--both died
before the age of 20. In the early 1800s, they moved on to Quiberon in
southern Brittany, where Romain died in 1806, age 50.
Jean's second son Blaise, born
probably at Pigiguit in c1726, married Madeleine, daughter of Joseph
Boudrot and Anne LeBlanc, at Minas in 1748.
The British deported them to "New England"--Massachusetts? Connecticut?--in the
fall of 1755. One wonders what happened to them after that date.
Jean's third and youngest son Simon,
born probably at Pigiguit in c1740, followed his parents to Virginia and England,
and a married sister to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763. He joined his family at Morlaix, where he married Catherine-Josèphe
dite Josette, daughter of fellow Acadians
Pierre Richard and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, in
St.-Martin de Champs Parish in June 1765. Later that year, they followed
other exiles from England, including older brother Sylvestre and his family, to
Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled near them at Triboutoux. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1766 and 1777, Catherine-Josette gave Simon five children,
three sons and two daughters, on the island. Simon died near Sauzon in c1780, in his late
30s. Catherine-Josette remarried to a Davaux from
Champigny, Vienne, Poitou. No member of the family emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. Members of the family were still on Belle-Île-en-Mer in
1792. Simon's daughters married into the Oudin and
Vallières families on the island.
Guillaume, fils's third son
Joseph, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in 1700, married Marie, daughter of René Blanchard and Anne Landry,
at Grand-Pré in November 1731 and settled at l'Assomption. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1751, Marie gave Joseph five sons and a
daughter, but it may have been only four sons and a daughter. The British deported
the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them
on to England the following spring. Joseph died at Falmouth in September
1756, age 56, victim, most likely, of smallpox, and was buried at nearby
St.-Gluvias church, Penryn. Marie also died there soon after their
arrival. At least three of their sons married at Falmouth. One,
perhaps two, of his sons and many of his grandchildren emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Putative oldest son Marin, sans doute son of this couple, Bona
Arsenault avers, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1732, married
Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc in c1755 probably at Pigiguit.
They evidently escaped to Île St.-Jean soon after their marriage. The
British deported them to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in late 1758. By 1765,
they were living at Baincthun east of the port, but they did not remain.
They were at Morlaix, France, by November 1767, when a daughter was born in
St.-Martin des Champs Parish, and there they remained. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1759 and 1772, Marie-Madeleine gave Marin six children, four
sons and two daughters, but none of the ones listed accompanied him later to
Louisiana. French records show that between 1762 and 1779, at
Boulogne-sur-Mer and Morlaix, Marie-Madeleine gave Marin nine children, five
daughters and four sons. Marin was a widower by September 1784, when he was listed
by a Spanish official with six children but no wife at Morlaix.
In his early 50s, he remarried to Marguerite, 20-year-old daughter of Jean
Juon and Anne Le Borgne, in St.-Martin des
Champs Parish, Morlaix, in January or February 1785. She gave him no more
children, at least none who survived infancy. Later that year, Marin, his
new wife, and his six children by first wife Marie-Madeleine emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana. They followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche, where two of his daughters married into the Durocher
and Lejeune families. His three sons married into the
Pinet dit Pinel, Lejeune,
LeBoeuf, and Thibodeaux families on the
Lafourche, but only two of their family lines endured.
Joseph's second, or perhaps oldest, son Joseph, fils,
born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in September 1733, followed his family to
Virginia and England, where, at age 23, he married Anne, 20-year-old daughter of
fellow Acadians François Granger and Anne Landry
of Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas, at Falmouth in August 1757. Anne gave Joseph two
daughters at nearby Penryn in December 1758 and October 1760. The
family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. Anne
gave Joseph a son at Morlaix that September. In late 1765, they
followed other exiles from England, including three of his brothers, to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at Kerguenolay near Bangor on the south end of the island.
Between 1766 and 1776, Anne gave Joseph five more children, two sons and three
daughters--eight children, five daughters and three sons, in all.
They did not remain on the island. Joseph, fils sold his
concession at Kerguenolay in 1776 and moved to Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes,
where their youngest daughter died in April 1777, age 1. Joseph, fils
died there in December 1778, age 45. His widow Anne did not remarry.
In September 1784, she was listed with five of their children at Paimboeuf.
Oldest daughter Marie-Madeleine married into the Archier family
there in April 1785 and remained in France. In June, Anne Granger and five of her
Trahan children, three daughters and two sons,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Paimboeuf. Daughter Marie-Marguerite married
aboard ship to stowaway Joseph Acosta of St.-Tropez. From
New Orleans, Anne and
her children, including her married daughter and her daughter's husband, followed most of
their fellow passengers to Baton Rouge, where Anne died in January 1806, age 69.
Her younger Trahan daughters
Marie-Anne and Marie-Julie married into the Prevost and Daigre families
at Baton Rouge. Her Trahan sons Joseph III and
François-Marie also married, into
the Doiron and LeBlanc families on the river.
Their family lines endured.
Joseph's second or third son Simon-Pierre or Pierre-Simon, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in May 1735, followed
his family to Virginia and England, where, at age 23, he married 20-year-old
Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of François Granger and Anne
Landry, at Falmouth in November 1758. In March 1760 and
September 1761, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre-Simon two sons. The family was
repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. That June and in
August 1765, at Morlaix, Marie-Josèphe gave Simon-Pierre two more sons. In
late 1765, they followed other exiles from England, including three of his
brothers, to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled near two of the brothers at
Kerguenolay near Bangor. One of Pierre-Simon's older sons died near Bangor
in December 1768, age 6. Between 1766 and 1776, Marie-Josèphe gave
Pierre-Simon five more
children on the island, a son and four daughters, most of whom died young.
The family did not remain on the island. Pierre Simon sold his concession
at Kerguenolay by March 1777, when a daughter, Marie-Marguerite, was baptized at
Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes, age unrecorded. In May 1779,
Marie-Josèphe, at age 40, gave Pierre-Simon another son at Paimboeuf, but the
boy died the following December--11 children, six sons and five daughters, between 1760 and 1779, less than half of whom survived childhood. Pierre-Simon
died at Paimboeuf in February 1781, age 45. Marie-Josèphe did not remarry.
A son and a daughter, ages 14 and 11, died within days of one another at
Paimboeuf that April. In 1785, Marie-Josèphe and four of her
Trahan children, two sons and two daughters, followed her
widowed sister Anne and Anne's Trahan children to Spanish Louisiana. Marie-Josèphe
may not have survived the crossing. Her and Pierre
Simon's two daughters Marie-Renée and Marie-Marguerite married into the Comeaux, Lelong,
Donnet, and Ardouin and families at Baton
Rouge, and one of them followed her second husband to the western prairies.
Marie-Josèphe's Trahan sons Jean-Baptiste and Paul-Raymond, who
had worked as carpenters in France, also married, to Daigre
sisters at Baton Rouge. The older son's family line did not endure, but
the younger son's line survived on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Joseph's third or fourth son Chrysostôme,
born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1740, followed his family to Virginia
and England, where, at age 23, he married Anne-Françoise, 19-year-old daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean Granger and Madeleine Landry
of Rivière-aux-Canards, at Falmouth in January 1763. That spring they were repatriated
to Morlaix, France, where, in St.-Martin des Champs Parish, Anne-Françoise gave Chrysostôme a daughter
in July 1765. Later that year, they followed other exiles from England,
including three of his brothers, to Belle-Île-en-Mer, where they settled at
Kerlan near Bangor, not far from his brothers. Between 1768 and April
1777, Anne-Françoise gave Chrysostôme four more children, two daughters and two sons, on the island.
Chrysostôme sold his concession at Kerlan in 1777 and resettled at Chantenay
near Nantes,
where, between 1778 and 1784, Anne-Françoise gave Chrysostôme two
daughters--seven children, five daughters and two sons, in France. In 1785,
Chrysostôme, Anne-Françoise, and their seven children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. From New Oreans, they followed their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. They had no more children in
the colony. Wife Anne-Françoise died in Assumption Parish in July 1811, age 68.
Chrysostôme died there in November 1815, age 75. Their daughters married
into the LeBlanc, Boudeloche, Daigre,
Maitrejean, and Breaux families on the river
and the upper Lafourche. Chrysostôme's sons also married, into the
Guidry and LeBlanc families on the upper bayou.
Both of the lines endured not only on the Lafourche, but also in the Terrebonne
country and on the Acadian Coast.
Joseph's fourth or fifth and youngest son Paul,
born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in September1751, followed his family to
Virginia, England, Morlaix, France, and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where, according to
Bona Arsenault, he settled with sister Aimée, probably older sister Anne, born
in c1745, at Kerguenolay near their older brothers.
French officials counted them there in 1767. Another source says Anne and
Paul were back at Morlaix in 1773, "destiny unknown." Neither of them
followed their kin to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Arsenault says Paul, at
age 35, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Arsenault
and Madeleine Boudrot, at Bangor on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1786 and that between 1788 and 1802, Marie gave Paul five children, three sons
and two daughters, two of whom died young. According to Arsenault, Paul
died near Sauzon on the island in 1826, in his mid-70s. Widow Marie died
in at the home of a son-in-law at Triboutous on the island in 1841.
Guillaume, fils's fourth son
François, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in 1702, married Angélique, daughter of Philippe Melanson and Marie
Dugas, in c1728 at Minas or Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1731 and 1751, Angélique gave François seven children, three daughters
and four sons. The British deported the family
to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. François died at Liverpool in August 1756,
age 54, soon after their arrival. Widow Angélique died there in 1757.
Older daughters Marie and Anne-Geneviève and François and Angélique's oldest son
married at Liverpool, the daughters into the Moreau and
Duon families. Members of the family were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763
and followed other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer in late 1765, where
youngest daughter Cécile married into the De La Croix family.
Oldest son Louis-Athanase, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in February
1734, followed his family to Virginia and England, where, at age 22, he married
Marguerite, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc
and Madeleine Lalande of Pigiguit, at Liverpool in December
1756. The couple were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of
1763. Marguerite gave Louis-Athanase two sons at Morlaix that October and
in June 1765. Later that year, they followed other exiles from England to
Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at Borderun near
Sauzon on the north end of the island. A younger brother and sister also
followed them there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1771,
Marguerite gave Louis-Athanase three more children, two daughters and a son, on
the island. Other records give them another daughter there. The family was
back at Morlaix in 1773. Later that year or in early 1774, they followed
other Acadians in the port cities to Poitou, where Marguerite gave
Louis-Athanase another daughter, at Châtellerault, in July 1775--seven
children, three sons and four daughters, in France. Louis-Athanase died in
St.-Jacques Parish, Châtellerault, in September 1775, age 41. Widow Marguerite
and six of her children, two sons and four daughters, retreated with other
Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in December 1775. They settled
at nearby Chantenay, where Marguerite remarried to a Scott from
the Isle of Guernsey in November 1782 and remained in France. Older daughter Marie-Blanche
married into the Breau family at St.-Martin de Chantenay in May
1785 and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana later that year. Either in 1785 or
later in the decade, an older brother
followed her there.
Second son Jean-Marie, born in St.-Martin des Champs Parish, Morlaix,
France, in June 1765, followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer, back to Morlaix,
and to Poitou, and his widowed mother to Chantenay near Nantes. He either followed a
married sister to Louisiana aboard one of the Seven Ships in 1785, or he made
his way to the Spanish colony later in the decade and settled near his sister
and her family at Baton Rouge. At age 24, he married Adélaïde, 21-year-old
daughter of René LeTuillier/Tuillier of Coutances, lower
Normandy, and his Acadian wife
Colette Renaud of Île St.-Jean, probably at Baton Rouge in
February 1790; the marriage was recorded at nearby Pointe Coupée because Baton
Rouge did not get a church parish of its own until 1792. Adélaïde, a native of Cherbourg, France, had come to
Louisiana with her widowed mother and two brothers in 1785. Jean-Marie
died at Baton Rouge in November 1803, age 38. His daughter married a
LeBlanc cousin. His only son also married, to a
Renaud, probably only a very distant cousin, and settled in West Baton
Rouge Parish, where the blood of the family line endured.
François's second son Polycarpe, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in
c1743, followed his family to Virginia and England and his siblings to Morlaix.
If he followed his younger brother to French Guiane in 1764, he does not appear
on the 1 March 1765 census at Sinnamary in the district of Cayenne. Perhaps he had settled
in a different part of the district. According to Bona Arsenault, Polycarpe
was at Cayenne in 1767 and never married.
François's third son Ange-Marin, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in
c1745, followed his family to Virginia and England and his siblings to Morlaix.
He evidently followed other Acadian exiles to the new colony of French Guiane in
1764, perhaps accompanied by an older brother. He likely is the Marin
Trahan, age 19, on the 1 March 1765 census at Sinnamary,
Cayenne. According to Bona Arsenault, he, too, never married.
François's fourth and youngest son Philippe, born probably at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in June 1751, followed his family to Virginia and England and his
siblings to Morlaix. He and older sister Cécile-Pélagie followed oldest
brother Louis-Athanase and his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer, where they settled
with them at Borderun. Sister Cécile married there. One wonders what
happened to Philippe, "destiny unknown." Did he also remain on the island
and marry? Neither he nor sister Cécile followed their kin to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Guillaume, fils's fifth son
Charles, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the early 1700s, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Étienne Hébert and Jeanne
Comeau, at Grand-Pré in October 1725. According to Bona Arsenault,
Anne-Marie gave Charles a son in 1730, who married in 1752. The British deported the family,
including the married son,
to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. They were held at Falmouth, where wife Anne-Marie
died in 1757. Charles remarried to Françoise, daughter
of fellow Acadians Claude Thériot and Agnès Aucoin and widow of Michel Richard,
at Falmouth, England, in 1758. Charles died there in 1761, in his late 50s.
According to Arsenault, a daughter was born posthumously in 1762 probably at
Falmouth.
Wife Françoise and their daughter were repatriated
to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. Françoise died at Morlaix in
August 1773, age 51. Daughter Anne dite Nanette, married into the
Levron family at Morlaix in February 1785 and followed him and
his family to Spanish Louisiana.
Only son Alexis, by first wife Anne-Marie Hébert, born at
Minas in c1730, married Anastasie, daughter of François Landry
and Dorothée Bourg, in c1752 probably at Pigiguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, Anastasie gave Alexis a son there in 1753.
They followed Alexis's family to Virginia and England and were held at Falmouth,
where Alexis, in his late 20s, and wife Anastasie died, perhaps of smallpox, in
September 1756.
Only son
François, born at Pigiguit in November 1753, followed his parents to
Virginia and England. After his parents' death--he was only age 2 1/2--he lived with kinsman
Pierre Trahan. He followed Pierre and Pierre's third wife
Madeleine Vincent to Morlaix, France, in
the spring of 1763 and to Belle-Île-en-Mer in late 1765 and lived with them at Goélan near Bangor on the south end of the island--"destiny
unknown." One thing is certain: if he were still alive in 1785, when
he would have been in his early 30s, François did not follow
Pierre and Pierre's fourth wife Marie Clémenceau to Spanish Louisiana.
Guillaume, fils's sixth and youngest son,
name unrecorded, born
probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the early 1700s, died young.
Guillaume,
père's
second son Jean-Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1668, married Marie, daughter of Charles Boudrot and
Renée Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1693 and settled on Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas.
Between 1693 and 1718, Marie
gave Jean-Charles a dozen children, six sons and six daughters.
Jean-Charles died at Rivière-aux-Canards in October 1729, in his early 60s.
Five of his daughters married into the Saulnier, Aucoin, Dupuis,
and Thibodeau families. All of
his
sons also married.
Oldest son
René,
born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1694, married
Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of Jérôme Darois and Marie Gareau,
at Grand-Pré in November 1717. They evidently moved on to Petitcoudiac in
the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto during the late 1720s.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1719 and 1724, Isabelle gave René three
children, two sons and a daughter. Other records hint that there were three more
children, two sons and a daughter, six children, four sons and two daughters, in
all. René died by June 1734, age unrecorded, when
his wife remarried to a Breau from Petitcoudiac at Chignecto.
Three of René's sons married before Le Grand Dérangement, two of them
to Broussards, and his younger daughter married a Broussard
during exile, so the family was inextribably related to that family of Acadian
resistance fighters. René's widow Isabelle, with her second husband and
four of her married Trahan children,
three sons and a daughter, emigrated to Louisiana with the
Broussards in 1764-65. Only one of René's sons' lines endured
there.
Oldest son
Jean,
born at Minas in c1719, followed his family to Petitcoudiac and married
Marguerite, daughter of Alexandre Broussard dit
Beausoleil and Marguerite Thibodeau of Petitcoudiac, at
Beaubassin in December 1744. Jean's younger sister Ursule married
Marguerite's brother Joseph-Grégoire. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1750 and 1758, Marguerite gave Jean three children, two daughters and a son.
The family escaped the British roundup in the Chignecto/trois-rivières
area in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore,
where Jean may have participated in the Acadian resistance with his
father-in-law. Wife Marguerite died during exile, date and place
unrecorded. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, he and his family either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia. Jean, "a widow,"
with three unnamed children appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763.
In 1764-65, they followed their Broussard kin from Halifax to
Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and settled with them on lower
Bayou Teche Jean, who never remarried, remained in the
Attakapas District, where he died in April 1799, age 80. His daughters
Madeleine and Marguerite married into the Hébert and
LeBlanc families on the prairies. His son Germain also married
there, into the Castille family, and moved to San Gabriel on
the river by the early 1780s. Germain and his wife were that rare Acadian
couple who had no children, but the blood of the family line endured.
René's second son
Paul, born at Minas in c1723, probably followed his family to Petitcoudiac, but
his fate was far different than his brothers. If he escaped the British
roundup in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 he evidently did not seek refuge with
his family on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He likely made his way to
one of the French Maritimes islands, where Le Grand Dérangement caught
up to him. What is certain is that he died in Notre-Dame Parish, Le Havre,
France, in late November 1759, age 36. He did not marry.
René's putative third son
Michel, born at Minas in c1726, followed his family to Petitcoudiac. He
married Anne-Euphrosine Vincent probably at Minas in c1750 but may have settled at Chignecto or in the trois-rivières. From
1751 to 1754, Anne-Euphrosine gave Michel three children, two sons and a
daughter. They escaped the British roundups in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were
captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotia. Anne-Euphrosine gave Michel another daughter in c1762 perhaps at
Fort Edward, Pigiguit--four children, two sons and two daughters, in all.
In October 1762, British officials counted Michel and his family of six at Fort
Edward, so their younger daughter likely had been born by then. In 1764-65, they followed the Broussards from
Halifax to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, settled with them on lower Bayou Teche. Michel
died "at Vermillon" in the Attakapas District in January 1784, in his late 50s. His daughters
married into the Fostin, Daigle, and
Trahan families on the prairies. His two sons also married there, into
the Hugon and Thibodeaux families, and created vigorous lines in what became St. Martin, St. Landry,
Lafayette, and Vermilion parishes.
René's putative fourth and
youngest son René, fils, born at Petitcoudiac in c1728, married
Isabelle, daughter of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil
and Agnès Thibodeau of Petitcoudiac, place and date unrecorded,
but it probably was at Petitcoudiac in the early 1750s.
Isabelle gave René, fils at least one son, in c1755. They escaped
the British roundup in the trois-rivières area in the fall of 1755 and
took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where René, fils may have
participated in the Acadian resistance under his father-in-law. Sometime
in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured
by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia.
In 1764-65, they followed his father-in-law and other kin from Halifax to
Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and settled with them on lower
Bayou Teche. Isabelle gave René, fils more children in the
Attakapas District: two more sons in c1767 and 1772, and two daughters in
1769 and 1771--five children, three sons and two daugthers, in all.
René, fils served as co-commandant of the Attakapas District from 1767-70.
His succession will was filed at what became the St. Martin Parish courthouse in
1790. He would have been in his early 60s that year. One of his
daughters married a Broussard cousin. Only one of his
sons, Louis, the youngest, married, into the Thibodeaux family,
but he and his wife had no children.
Jean-Charles's second son
Jean,
born at Rivière-aux-Canards in 1697, married Marie,
daughter of Étienne Hébert and Jeanne Comeau, in c1720
probably at Minas and settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1721 and
1748, Marie gave Jean seven children, four daughters and three sons. The
British deported members of the family to Massachusetts and Virginia in the fall
of 1755. Jean and members of his family appeared on a repatriation list in the Bay Colony in July 1763. Later in the decade, they followed other
exiles in New England to British-controlled Canada. British officials
counted them at St.-Philippe de Laprairie across from Montréal in 1767.
Jean died there in April 1778, in
his early 80s. Two of his daughters married into the Thériot,
Daigre, and Hébert families at Minas, in
England, and in Canada. Two of his sons also married, and they, too,
resettled in Canada.
Oldest son Joseph le jeune, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards
in c1728, married Anne LeBlanc probably at Minas in c1750.
The British evidently deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1755 and 1759, Anne gave Joseph three sons.
His wife, perhaps a widow, and their sons followed his family to British Canada
in the 1760s. Their sons were baptized at Laprairie in November 1766.
Jean's third and
youngest son Pierre le jeune, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1732, married Marie Richard, widow of Pierre Boudrot,
probably at Minas in c1755. The British deported them to Massachusetts in
the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them with three children
still in the colony in 1764. They followed his family to
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie soon after.
Jean-Charles's third son Joseph, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1704, married Élisabeth, daughter of Jean
Thériot and Jeanne Landry, at Grand-Pré in November 1725 and settled
at Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726 and
1738, Élisabeth gave Joseph six children, four daughters and two sons.
Other records give them a third son in c1743--seven sons, four daughters and
three sons. The British deported
Joseph and members of his family to Virginia in the fall of 1755,
and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
Family members also were sent to Massachusetts. Joseph died at Liverpool in April 1757, age unrecorded; it likely was in his
early or mid-50s. Members of the family were repatriated from England to
Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763 and were still there in 1767.
Others resettled on Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany.
Three of Joseph's daughters married into the Granger,
LeBlanc, and Thériot families at Minas, in England,
and in France. His sons also married, and two of them emigrated to
Louisiana from France.
Oldest son Charles le jeune, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1730, married
Marie-Anne Landry in c1750 probably at Minas. According
to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Anne gave Charles le jeune two children, a daughter and a son,
in 1751 and 1752. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them at Concord. Between
1756 and 1768, Marie-Anne gave Charles le jeune six more children, three daughters and
three sons--eight children, four daughters and four sons, in all. The
family followed other exiles in New England to British-controlled Canada in the
mid-1760s and settled at Yamachiche on the north shore of Lac St.-Pierre above
Trois-Rivières. Charles le jeune died there in May 1785, in his mid-50s. His
daughters married into the LeBlanc, Pellerin,
Vincent, and Caron famililes at Yamachiche.
Three of his sons also married, two of them in Canada.
Oldest son Grégoire, born probably at Minas in c1752, evidently followed
his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755, but he did not follow them to
Canada in the mid-1760s. He married fellow Acadian Marguerite
Bourque at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in September 1780 and died there
in September 1811, in his late 50s. One wonders if he and his wife had
children.
Charles's third son Jean-Baptiste, born probably in Massachusetts in c1760,
followed his family to Canada. He married Marie, daughter of Jacques
Bellemare and Marie-Louise Gélinas, at
Yamachiche in March 1785.
Charles's fourth and youngest son Étienne, born probably in Canada in
c1768, married, in his early 30s, Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Michel
Grenier and Marguerite Boisvert, at Yamachiche in
February 1800.
Joseph's second son Jean-Baptiste, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in January
1735, followed his family to Virginia and England. He married cousin
Madeleine-Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Hébert and
Marguerite Trahan, at Liverpool in January 1757.
Madeleine-Modeste gave Jean-Baptiste a son there in 1761. In the spring of
1763, they were repatriated to Morlaix, France, where, in 1764, she gave him
another son. In late 1765, they followed other exiles from England to
Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at Borménahic near Locmaria on the southeast end of
the island. Between 1766 and 1777, Marie-Modeste gave Jean-Baptiste six
more children, three sons and three daughters, on the island, but only one of the
sons and two of the daughters survived childhood. The family did not
remain on Belle-Île-en-Mer. By 1777, they had moved to Nantes, where, in 1779,
Madeleine-Modeste gave Jean-Baptiste another daughter--nine children, five sons and four daughters, in all
between 1761 and 1779, only half of whom survived childhood. The oldest son,
Jean-Baptiste, fils, evidently emigrated to Spanish Louisiana before
1785, perhaps as a sailor. Jean-Baptiste, père, Madeleine-Modeste, and four of
their children, two sons and two daughters,
emigrated to Louisiana in 1785 and followed Jean-Baptiste, fils to the Attakapas
District west of the Atchafalaya Basin.
Jean-Baptiste, père's succession was filed at the St. Martin Parish
courthouse, St. Martinville, in September 1808. He died "suddenly at the
residence of ... his son-in-law of Vermillion" the following November, a widower, age 73. His
daughters married Bourg brothers on the prairies. His
sons also married, into the Trahan, Pitre,
Fostin, and Aucoin families on the prairies,
but only the oldest son's family line endured.
Joseph's third and youngest son Paul, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1743,
followed his family to Virginia, England, and Morlaix, where he married cousin
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians René Trahan and
Marguerite Melanson of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in St.-Martin
des Champs Parish in March 1767. Between 1768 and 1779, in St.-Martin
Parish, Marie-Josèphe gave Paul six children, four sons and two daughters.
Paul and Marie-Josèphe were still at Morlaix in September
1784, but with only two sons in their household; the other children--half of
their sons and all of their daughters--evidently had died by then. The
couple and their two sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana the next year
and followed
their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Marie-Josèphe evidently
gave Paul no more children in the colony. Neither of their sons, if they
survived the crossing or its rigors, created families of their own there.
Jean-Charles's fourth son Pierre, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1708, married
Jeanne, daughter of Olivier Daigre and Jeanne Blanchard, at
Grand-Pré in October 1729 and settled on Rivière-aux-Canards. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1730 and 1750, Jeanne gave Pierre seven children, three
daughters and four sons. The British deported the family to Virginia in
the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following
spring. Joseph died at Liverpool in August 1756, in his late 40s or early 50s,
soon after their arrival. Three of his children, two sons and a daughter,
married at Liverpool. Family members were repatriated to Morlaix and
St.-Malo, France, in
the spring of 1763. Some remained in the St.-Malo area, while others
followed fellow exiles from England to
Belle-Île-en-Mer, where French officials counted them in 1766.
French officials counted members of the family at St.-Suliac on the east side of
Rivière Rance south of St.-Malo in 1767. Pierre's three daughters married into
the Aucoin and Hébert families at Grand-Pré,
Rivière-aux-Canards, and Liverpool. The youngest, Françoise, became a
widow in French Guiane in the mid-1760s and settled with her older brother
Pierre on Belle-Île-en-Mer after returning to France. Two of Pierre's
daughters, including Françoise, emigrated to Louisiana in
1785. Two of his sons also married, in England and on Belle-Île-en-Mer,
and one of them followed his sisters to Louisiana.
Oldest son René, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in December 1734,
followed his family to Virginia and England. He married Anne, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean LeBlanc and Françoise Blanchard,
at Liverpool in February 1758. Anne gave René a son at Liverpool in
December 1761. The family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the
spring of 1763. Wife Anne died at Morlaix in 1764. In late 1765, René and
son Raphaël followed other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled
at Calastren near Bangor at the south end of the island. René remarried
to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians René Landry and
Marie-Rose Rivet of Grand-Pré, at St.-Gérand-du-Palais on the
island in February 1766. Between 1767 and 1770, Madeleine gave René two
more children, a daughter and a son--three children, two sons and a
daughter, in all by both wives. René died near Sauzon on the island in
January 1770, age 35. Only the older of his sons survived
childhood and married. No member of the family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Members of the family were still living on the
island in 1792, in the early years of the French Revolution.
Older son Raphaël, born at Liverpool, England, in December 1761, followed
his family to Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married, at age 42, local
girl Christine L'Hermite near Sauzon in 1803. According
to Bona Arsenault, Christine gave Raphaël two children, a daughter and a son, in
1805 and 1814. Raphaël died at Loqueltas south of Sauzon in 1828, age 67.
Pierre's second son Pierre, fils, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in
March 1737, followed his family to Virginia and England. He married
Marguerite, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Duon and
Madeleine Vincent, at Liverpool in May 1758. Marguerite
gave Pierre, fils two daughters at Liverpool in March 1759 and December 1762. The family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of
1763. Marguerite gave Pierre, fils a son there in April 1764.
In late 1765, they followed other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer and
settled near his older brother at Calestran near Bangor. In 1767, Bona
Arsenault contends, they were living near Bormanahic near Locmaria on the
southeast end of the island, where sister Françoise may have joined them. Between 1767 and 1777, Marguerite gave Pierre, fils seven more
children, six daughters and a son, on the island--10 children, eight daughters and two sons, in all,
most of whom survived childhood.
In 1777, Pierre, fils sold his island concession to his uncle Cypien
Duon and resettled St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, where a
daughter died, and at nearby Chantenay, where older son Jean-Baptiste died at
age 21 in March 1785. Three months later, Pierre, fils, Marguerite, and six of their children, five daughters and
a son, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. From New Orleans, they followed his
first cousin Jean-Baptiste Trahan to the Attakapas District. Pierre, fils died
at Attakapas in September 1803, age 66. His daughters married into the
Morin, Boudreaux, Hébert,
Thibodeaux, and Broussard families on the
prairies. His younger son Joseph-Marie, if he survived the crossing from
France, did not marry, so only the blood of
this family line endured in the Bayou State.
Pierre's fourth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born
probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1750, followed his family to Virginia
and England. In the spring of 1763, he was repatriated to France not with
his married brothers, who went to Morlaix, but with his older sister Madeleine
and her Aucoin husband, who went to St.-Malo. Jean settled with them at Plouër-sur-Rance on
the west bank of the river south of the Breton port. French officials
counted him there in 1767. Evidently when he came of age he worked as a
sailor. French officials noted in 1772, when Jean-Baptiste would have been
in his early 20s, that he had "died at America." France's role in the American Revolution would not begin until
1778. One wonders in what part of "America" the young Acadian died.
Was it in one of the British-run fisheries at Gaspésie or in Newfoundland, or in
the French-run fishery at îles St.-Pierre and Miquelon? Or was it in the
French Antilles or even in Spanish Louisiana? One also wonders if he
married before his untimely death.
Jean-Charles's fifth son Charles, born at Minas in January 1710, married
Madeleine Aucoin in c1736 probably at Minas and likely remained
there. According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., between 1736 and 1753,
Madeleine gave Charles at least four children, two daughters and two sons. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England the following spring. Charles
died in England before late May 1763, when exiles there, including his widow and
four children, were repatriated to
St.-Malo, France. Madeleine, who never remarried, and their children
settled at Plouër-sur-Rance south of St.-Malo, moved to St.-Servan-sur-Mer near
St.-Malo in 1767, and returned to Plouër the following year. No member of
the family resettled on Belle-Île-en-Mer, not did any of them seem to have gone
to Poitou in 1773 or to Nantes in the late 1770s. In 1785, Madeleine and her daughters, Marie and
Marguerite, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from St.-Malo. They followed
their fellow passengers to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores in the
New Feliciana District north
of Baton Rouge. Neither of the daughters married either in England,
France, or Louisiana. One wonders what happened to Madeleine
Trahan's sons Laurent and Joseph, who would have been ages 35 and 32 in
1785. Did they survive childhood? Did they marry in France?
Jean-Charles's sixth and youngest son
Alexis, also called Alexandre le jeune, born probably at Minas in c1716, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Levron and
Françoise Labauve, in c1743 probably at Minas and likely remained.
Marie-Josèphe gave Alexis a daughter in c1748. The British deported the
family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. The English held them at Liverpool with
other members of his family. Marie-Josèphe gave Alexis two sons there, in
c1757 and c1759. They were repatriated probably to Morlaix, France, in the
spring of 1763, but they did not follow other exiles from England to
Belle-Île-en-Mer in late 1765. They went,
instead, to the new French colony of Guiane on the northerneastern coast of South
America, where, in March 1765, Alexis and Marie-Josèphe were counted with three
children at Sinnamary in the district of Cayenne. One wonders what happened to
them after the counting. Did they remain in the tropical colony, or did
they return to France?
Guillaume,
père's third
and youngest son Alexandre, born at Port-Royal in c1670, married Marie, daughter of François Pellerin
and Andrée Martin of Pigiguit, at Port-Royal in c1689. They settled at
Minas before moving on to Île St.-Jean. Between 1690 and 1713, Marie gave Alexandre 14 children, nine sons and five daughters,
including a set of twins.
Alexandre died on the southern end of Île St.-Jean in May 1751, in his early 80s. His daughters married into the Lejeune, Hébert, Massier,
Breau, and Benoit families, and one of them emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1768. Eight of his sons also married.
Oldest
Jean,
a twin, born probably at Minas in c1690, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Girouard and Marie Comeau,
in c1714, place not given, and settled at Minas and Pigiguit. Between 1715 and 1743, Marie gave Jean a dozen children, seven daughters and
five sons. Bona Arsenault gives them a sixth son. In c1749, Jean, Marie, and their unmarried children moved to
Île Royale. In April 1752, a French official counted the couple and
four of their children, a son and three daughters, at Baie-des-Espagnols on the island's Atlantic coast.
Some of them left the island soon after the counting, escaped the British roundups in Nova
Scotia in the fall of 1755, and sought refuge in Canada. They reached
Québec by the fall of 1756. Jean died at St.-Charles de Bellechasse across
from Québec City in March 1758, victim, most likely, of the smallpox epidemic
that struck Acadian refugees in the area from the summer of 1757 through the
spring of 1758. Marie had died 11 days earlier, perhaps also a victim of
the dread disease. Six of their daughters married into the
Daguerre, Carret, Pinet, Boudrot, Princhard
dit Potvin, Grénard, and Gosselin families. One of
them, along with a brother, and their families, perished on the crossing from
the French Maritimes to
St.-Malo, France, in December 1758 aboard the transport Violet, which
sank in a mid-December storm off the southwest coast of England; there were no
survivors.
Another daughter, who married at Louisbourg, settled on Ste.-Lucie in the French Antilles. Three of
Jean's sons also married, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from
France in 1785.
Oldest son
Benjamin,
born at Minas in October 1716, died there in November.
Jean's second son
Charles,
born probably at Pigiguit in c1721, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean
Boudrot and Cécile Corporon, in c1748 probably at Pigiguit before
following his family to Île Royale in c1749. In April 1752, a French
official counted Charles, Marguerite, a daughter, and her younger brother near
his family at Baie-des-Espagnols. One wonders what happened to them in
1758.
Jean's third son
Paul-Benjamin,
called Benjamin, the second with the name, born probably at Pigiguit in c1725, followed his family to Île Royale in c1749.
He married
Cécile, daughter of Joseph Lejeune and Cécile Pitre, on the island
in October 1750. They moved over to Île St.-Jean. Cécile gave Benjamin
a son, Jacques, at Havre-St.-Pierre on the north side of the island in May 1757. The British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in
late 1758 aboard the ill-fated transport Violet.
Jean's fourth son
Olivier,
born probably at Pigiguit in c1731, followed his family to Île Royale in c1749
and married
Isabelle, or Êlisabeth, daughter of Jean Lejeune and Françoise Guédry,
at Louisbourg in November 1751. In April 1752, a French official counted
Olivier, Isabelle, and her father at Baie-des-Espagnols. Between 1752 and
1757, Isabelle gave Olivier three children, a son and two daughters, one of them
baptized at Trois-Rivières on the eastern end of the island. The British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. All three of the
children died in the crossing. Olivier and Isabelle settled at Châteauneuf
on the west bank of the Rance south of St.-Malo, before moving downriver to St.-Servan-sur-Mer
near St.-Malo. Between 1760 and 1766, Isabelle gave Olivier three more
children, two daughters and a son--six children, two sons and four daughters,
in all. Only the two youngest children survived childhood. Olivier
and his family were still at St.-Servan in 1772. In 1773, he took
them to Poitou. In December 1775, Olivier, Isabelle, and their two
children retreated with other Poitou Acadians from Châtellerault to the lower
Loire port of Nantes.
Isabelle died in St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in September 1783, age 50. In
1785, Olivier and his two children, a daughter and a son, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana. From New Orleans, they followed their fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche. In his late 50s, Olivier remarried to
Marie, 38-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Brasseur and Marie-Rose Daigre, at Ascension on the river in January 1788.
Marie was a native of Minas who had followed her family to Virginia, England,
St.-Malo, Poitou, and Nantes, and had crossed to Louisiana on the same ship
Olivier had taken. Despite her age, this was her first marriage.
They probably had known one another in France. She gave
him no more children. He died in Assumption Parish on the upper Lafourche in June 1819, in his
late 80s. His daughter Annette married into the Desormeaux family
on the Lafourche. His son Grégoire-Olivier evidently did not marry, so the
family line, except perhaps for its blood, did not endure in the Bayou State.
Jean's fifth son
Paul, born probably at Pigiguit in c1733, followed his family to
Île Royale and was counted with them at Baie-des-Espagnols in April 1752.
He left the island with his parents soon after the counting and died at Québec
in October 1756, age 23, before he could marry.
Jean's putative
sixth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, sans doute son of Jean and Marie,
Bona Arsenault insists, born in c1740, evidently followed his family to
Baie-des-Espagnols, though he was not counted with them there in April 1752,
and to Canada. Arsenault says he married fellow Acadian Élisabeth
Levron in c1760, no place given, and that she gave him a son that year.
Only son
Charles,
born probably in Canada in c1760, married, according to Bona Arsenault,
Marie-Proxède, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste Lebrun
and Marie-Madeleine Pellerin, at Québec City in May 1779.
Alexandre's
second son Étienne, Jean's twin,
born probably at Minas in c1690, married, in his mid-30s,
Marie-Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of Jean Roy and Marie Aubois, in c1725
probably at Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit. Arsenault says that between 1730 and 1736, Françoise gave
Étienne three children, a daughter and two sons. Other records give them
another son in c1726 and an older daughter in c1727--five children, two daughters and three sons,
in all. The older daughter married into the Lejeune
family at Pigiguit on the eve of the family's move to
Île Royale in c1749. Their younger daughter married into the Benoit
family on Île Royale in May 1751. In April 1752, a French official counted Étienne,
Françoise, their two unmarried sons, Charles and François, and 17-year-old Osite
Corporon, described as a cousin, at Baie-des-Espagnols
near oldest son Honoré. Also close by were older daughter Marguerite and
her Lejeune family, and younger daughter Anne and her
Benoit husband. Like twin brother Jean, Étienne, Françoise, and
one of their sons left the island after the counting, escaped the British
roundups in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755, and sought refuge in Canada.
Their oldest son and two daughters and their families returned to
British-controlled Nova Scotia. Their second son remained on Île Royale
and was deported to France in late 1758. Their youngest son followed them
to Canada. Étienne died at St.-Pierre-du-Sud near St.-Pierre-de-Montmagny,
below Québec City, in January 1758, in his late 60s, victim, perhaps, like his
brother, of the smallpox epidemic that struck Acadian refugees in the area from
the summer of 1757 through the spring of 1758. Wife Françoise had died there
earlier in the month, age 54, victim, most likely, of the dread disease.
Their older daughter Marguerite and her Lejeune husband
followed her older brother to British-controlled Nova Scotia, North Carolina,
and Maryland, where she and her husband died, leaving five orphans in the care
of relatives. Étienne's younger daughter Anne and her Benoit
husband returned to Pigiguit soon after the counting at
Baie-des-Espagnaols. The British deported them to Maryland in the fall
of 1755, she remarried into the Latier family there, and in
1769 she emigrated with her older brother to Spanish Louisiana, where she
remarried again into the Campo family. Étienne's middle son
who had gone to France married there but resettled in French Guiane, where he died. Étienne's youngest son remained on the lower St. Lawrence
after his parent died.
Oldest son
Honoré,
born probably at St.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1726, married, at age 20, Marie,
27-year-old daughter of Martin Corporon and his second wife
Marie-Josèphe Viger, in c1746 probably at Pigiguit. Marie
gave Honoré a daughter in 1747. They followed his family to Île Royale in
c1749. Marie gave Honoré a son on the island in c1750. Honoré,
Marie, and their three children, the youngest a daughter only three weeks old,
were counted at Baie-des-Espagnols in April 1752. They, too, left the
island soon after the counting, but they did not follow his family to Canada.
They took a boat, instead, to Halifax, where they hoped to convince British
authorities to let them return to their homes at Pigigut. After taking an unconditional oath of allegiance,
Lieutenant-Governor Lawrence ordered them to resettle, instead, on the Atlantic
coast. In 1754, British officials counted them with other Acadians from Pigiguit
and Baie-des-Espagnols at Mirliguèche near Lunenburg, down the coast from
Halifax. Their oath did not protect them from the upheaval in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755. In September, the British
rounded up the Acadians at Mirliguèche and sent them to the prison compound on
Georges Island, Halifax harbor. That December, the British deported them
to North Carolina aboard the sloop Providence. They likely were
held at Edenton on the Albemarle Sound. After they received permssion to
leave the colony, they made their way up the coast to Maryland in c1760.
In July 1763, Honoré, Marie, daughter Marie, son Pierre, and two
Lejeune orphans, children of Honoré's sister, appeared on a
repatriation list at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac. The couple's younger daughter Marguerite, who would have been age 11
at the time, evidently had not survived the rigors of exile. Older
daughter Marie married a Bellard from Picardie, France, in
Maryland soon after the counting. The family, including their married
daughter and her husband and the five Lejeune orphans in his
care, were part of the fourth and final expedition from
Maryland to Spanish Louisiana. Their transport, the British schooner
Britannia, left Port Tobacco in January 1769 bound for New Orleans, but
the captain and his officers failed to find the mouth of the Mississippi.
The ship foundered, instead, on the Texas coast at Espirtu Santo Bay near the Spanish
presidio of La Bahia. After their adventure in coastal Texas and
their trek to Natchitoches on the Red River, which they reached in late October,
in April 1770 they settled on the river below Bayou Plaquemine in the San Gabriel District,
but they did not remain. They moved on to the Opelousas District, where they appeared
in a census in October 1774. Marie gave Honoré no more children in the colony.
Honoré died at Attakapas in July 1791, in his mid-60s. Wife Marie died at Opelousas
in August 1810, in her early 90s. Son Pierre also married, into the
Brasseur dit Brasseaux and
Gautreaux families, at Opelousas. His family line was a robust
one.
Étienne's second
son Charles, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1734, followed his
parents to Baie-des-Espagnols, where he was counted with them in April 1752.
Unlike his parents and brothers, Charles did not abandon Île Royale; perhaps he
found employment at Louisbourg. The British deported him to St.-Malo,
France, in
late 1758. The passenger list of the transport Tamerlane, on
which he crossed, noted that he was age 23 and a "laboureur et un peu
charpentier," that is, a farmer and an apprentice carpenter. He was
probably a couple of years older. He settled at Châteauneuf on the east
bank of Rivière Rance south of St.-Malo. Soon after his arrival, he married
Marie-Louise, 24-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Closquinet
dit Dumoulin
and Marguerite Longuépée of Louisbourg and widow of Charles Savary,
at Châteaueuf in August 1759. In April 1760, Charles embarked on the
corsair Hercules out of St.-Malo. The Royal Navy soon captured
the vessel and held Charles and his fellow corsairs in England for the rest of
the war. He was back at St.-Malo in June 1763. Meanwhile, his first
child, daughter Louise, had been born at Châteauneuf in October 1760.
Wife Marie-Louise and their daughter had moved to St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo in
1762, so they were close by when Charles returned the following year. In
March 1764, Marie-Louise gave Charles another daughter,
Marie-Josèphe. That April, Charles took his family to the new French
colony of Guiane on the northeastern coast of South America aboard Le Fort.
None of them appear in the 1 March 1765 census at Sinnamary in the district of
Cayenne, so they may have settled in another part of the district. Charles
died by August 1765, in his early 30s, when Marie-Louise remarried to Frenchman
Antoine-Joseph-Christophe Verge of Perpignan in St.-Saviour
Parish, Cayenne. One wonders what happened to her Trahan
daughters, who would have been ages 5 and 1 at the time of their mother's
remarriage. Did they survive childhood? Did they marry? Did
they return to France?
Étienne's third
and youngest son François, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1736,
followed his family to Baie-des-Espagnols and to Canada.
François married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Nicolas
Barrieau, fils and Ursule Gautrot, at
St.-Charles de Bellechasse below Québec City in January 1759. According to
Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave François a son, Pierre, in 1759.
François, at age 32, remarried to Marie-Ursule, daughter of Joseph
Gaudreau and Ursule Chouinard, at St.-Thomas de
Montmagny below Québec City in January 1768. François, at age 36,
remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie-Geneviève, daughter of Paul
Boulet and Claire Miville, at St.-Thomas de
Montmagny in April 1772. Did his second and third wives give him anymore
children? Did son Pierre survive childhood and marry?
Alexandre's third son Alexandre,
fils, born probably at Minas in the
early 1690s,
married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Lejeune and Marie Thibodeau,
at Grand-Pré November 1714 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit.
Between 1719 and 1732, Marguerite gave Alexandre, fils five sons, all of whom
married, three of them to sisters.
Alexandre, fils died probably at l'Assomption by July 1746, in his mid-50s.
Oldest son Claude
le jeune, born at Minas or Pigiguit in c1719, married Anne, daughter of
Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine Boudrot, at Grand-Pré in July 1746.
They settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. In 1747 and 1748, Anne gave Claude two sons. They moved on to Île St.-Jean
in c1750. Anne gave Claude another son on the island that year. In
August 1752, a French official counted Claude, Anne, and their three young sons
at Anse-au-Matelot on the island's south shore. In 1753 and 1755, Anne
gave Claude two daughters. The British deported the family to France in
late 1758. They landed in the northern fishing center at Boulogne-sur-Mer, where, in 1761 and 1764, Anne
gave Claude two more children, a son and a daughter--seven children, four sons
and three daughters, in all. In May 1766, they sailed on the brigantine
Hazard to St.-Malo and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. They were
still there in 1771. In April of that year, they took the ship
Bonne-Marie to Morlaix down the coast in northern Brittany. The
following year, in a general census of the Acadians in France, an official noted
that Claude le jeune had been blinded, by what the record did not say.
Claude nevertheless took his family to Poitou in 1773. Wife Anne either
died at Morlaix or in Poitou. In November 1775, Claude, now a widower, and
four of his unmarried children, two sons and two daughters, retreated with other
Poitou Acadians to the lower Loire port of Nantes. Claude died at nearby
Chantenay in November 1777, in his late 50s. Second daughter Anne married into
the Brety family at Chantenay in August 1784 but did not follow
her brother Joseph to Spanish Louisiana. Did daughters Marguerite and
Marie-Anne-Josèphe survive childhood and marry? Marguerite, who would have
been age 22 in 1775, was not in the convoy to Nantes with her widowed father and
siblings, but Marie-Anne-Josèphe, called Marie-Josèphe,
who would have been age 11 in November 1775, was in the convoy. Neither of them
went to Louisiana. One of Claude le jeune's sons and a grandson
did go to the Spanish colony in 1785.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1747,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean, Boulogne-sur-Mer, and St.-Malo. At
age 21, he married Marguerite, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Vincent
dit Clément and Marguerite Hébert, at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer in February 1768 and worked as a seaman. In 1769 and 1770, at St.-Servan,
Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste two children, a son and a daughter. The
daughter evidently died young. The family moved on to Morlaix, northern
Brittany, aboard La Bonne-Marie in April 1771. In 1772 and 1774,
in St.-Martin des Champs Parish, Morlaix, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste two more
daughters. Jean-Baptiste took his family to Poitou in 1774. In
November 1775, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes and settled at nearby Chantenay, where he resumed his work as a sailor.
Marguerite gave him
another son in March 1777--five children, two sons and three daughters, in all.
Their younger daughters died at Chantenay in February and April 1777, leaving
them only two sons. Neither Jean-Baptiste, Marguerite, nor their younger
son Fréderic, who would have been age 8 in 1785, followed younger brother Joseph and
other Acadians to Spanish Louisiana, but their other son went there.
Older son Jean-Paul, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in March 1769, followed his
family to Morlaix, Poitou, and Chantenay. In 1785, at age 16, he followed
his uncle Joseph and hundreds of other Acadians in France to Spanish Louisiana.
(His uncle crossed on an earlier vessel.) Jean-Paul, perhaps a sailor like his father, may have gone to San Bernardo, an Isleño community south of New Orleans, before moving to the Baton Rouge
area, where his uncle settled. Jean-Paul married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Grégoire Lejeune and his second wife Hélène
Dumont, at Baton Rouge in March 1788. Their daughters married into the Barnett, Daigre, Lejeune, and
Thibodeaux families. One of Jean-Paul's five sons married into the
Thibodeaux family at Baton Rouge and settled across the river
in West Baton Rouge Parish, where his line endured.
Claude le jeune's second son Joseph-Firmin, called Firmin, born at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1748, followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
Boulogne-sur-Mer, St.-Malo, and St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married Anne,
daughter of locals Michel Tardivet and Marie Pointel
of St.-Servan, in January 1770. In April 1771, they followed his
parents to Morlaix aboard
Bonne-Marie. Did they remain? They did not emigrate to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Claude le jeune's third son Joseph, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1750, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean, Boulogne-sur-Mer, St.-Malo, Morlaix, Poitou, and Nantes, where,
in St.-Nicolas Parish, "below La Fosse," he worked as a domestic and a
carpenter. At
age 28, he married Marguerite, 25-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Lavergne and his first wife Anne Lord, in
St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in October 1778. In 1780 and 1782, Marguerite gave
Joseph two children, a son and a daughter.
Joseph and his family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and followed their fellow passengers to Baton Rouge. Marguerite was pregnant
on the voyage and gave birth to another son at Baton Rouge in December 1785.
Only their younger son François-Antoine married, into the Thériot
and Labauve families at Baton Rouge. In the 1810s, he
took his family to the Bayou Teche valley, where the line endured.
Claude le jeune's fourth and youngest son
Pierre-Jacques, also
called René-Jacques, born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in c1761, if he survived
childhood, followed his family to St.-Malo, St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Morlaix, Poitou, and
Chantenay. If he were still alive in 1785, when he would have been age 24,
he did not follow his older brother Joseph and a nephew to Spanish Louisiana.
Alexandre, fils's second son
Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born at Minas or Pigiguit in c1723, married in
c1748 to a woman whose name has been lost to history. Bona Arsenault says
he married Anne LeBlanc in c1750; Stephen A. White is followed here.
Between 1751 and 1755, the first wife gave Jean-Baptiste three children, two sons and a daughter. The British
deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to England the following spring. Jean-Baptiste's wife died
either in Virginia or in England. The English
held him and his children at Liverpool,
where he likely remarried to Élisabeth, another daughter of
Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine Boudrot,
in c1756.
Élisabeth gave Jean-Baptiste two more daughters at
Liverpool in 1758 and 1760. The family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in
the spring of 1763. Élisabeth gave him another son there in January 1764,
but the boy did not survive infancy. In 1764, Jean-Baptiste took his
family to the new French colony of Guiane on the northeastern coast of South
America, where they were counted at Sinnamary in the Cayenne district on 1 March 1765.
They did not remain. They returned to France the following year, landed at
Bordeaux, and moved on to St.-Malo, where they arrived in October 1766.
They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where, in December of that year and in 1769,
Élsabeth gave Jean-Baptiste two more sons, one of whom died at the hospital in
St.-Malo. Jean-Baptiste and his family followed his
older brother Claude le jeune and his family to Morlaix aboard Le Bonne-Marie in
April 1771. Élisabeth gave him another son in St.-Martin des Champs Parish
there
in 1772. They also followed Claude le jeune and his family to Poitou in 1773, where Élisabeth gave
him another son at Châtellerault in March 1775. Later that year,
Jean-Baptiste and his family of seven also retreated with other Poitou Acadians
to Nantes, where they buried two more sons within a month of one another in the
summer of 1777. Élisabeth gave
Jean-Baptiste two more daughters at nearby Chantenay in 1778 and 1782, but they
also died young--a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters, by two wives
between 1751 and 1782, but only four of his children, two older sons by his first wife and
two older daughters
by his second, seemed to have survived childhood. Jean-Baptiste died at
Chantenay in February 1783, age 60. No member of his family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Did any of his surviving children marry in France?
Alexandre, fils's third son Alexis, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit,
in 1727, married
Madeleine, daughter of Jérôme Darois and Marie Gareau, in c1749
probably at Minas and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. Bona Arsenault says
they settled at l'Assomption. Madeleine gave
Alexis at least one son, in August 1752. The British deported the family
to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. Alexis died at Liverpool in July 1756, soon
after their arrival. Wife Madeleine remarried to fellow Acadian and widower
Claude-Marie Pitre at Liverpool in May 1760. The blended
family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763, and they moved
on to Belle-Île-en-Mer with other exiles from England in November 1765.
They settled at Triboutoux near Sauzon on the north shore of the island.
No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Only son Paul, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in August 1752, followed his family
to Virginia and England and his mother and stepfather to Morlaix and
Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he died in c1826, in his early 70s. One wonders if
he married.
Alexandre, fils's fourth
son Joseph, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1729, married Anne, daughter of Joseph Boudrot and Anne LeBlanc,
at Grand-Pré in c1748 and settled on Rivière-aux-Canards. In 1749 and
1752, Anne gave Joseph two children, a daughter and a son. The British
deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to England the following spring. The English held them at
Liverpool, where Anne gave Joseph another son in c1762. Bona Arsenault
would have us believe that Joseph remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Antoine Leprince and Judith Boudrot, in
c1762; Stephen A. White, followed here, says Joseph's only wife was Anne Boudrot
(Arsenault is confusing Joseph à Alexandre, fils with his
younger cousin Joseph, fils, born in c1737). Joseph à
Alexandre, fils and his family were repatriated probably to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763 and
followed his older brother Jean-Baptiste to French Guiane in 1764. French
officials counted Jean, as he was called, Anne, a son and three daughters, at
Sinnamary in the Cayenne district on 1 March 1765. Son Jean-Joseph, called an
"Englishman of nationality," another way of saying he was born in England, died
at Sinnamary in November 1765, age 3. Arsenault says the family returned
to France and that Joseph died at Rochefort in October 1769. White,
followed here, says Joseph died near Cayenne in c1767, in his late 30s, so the
family remained in Guiane. Daughter Madeleine, at age
20, married Canadian André-Joseph Jacquet in July 1769 in
St.-Joseph Parish, Sinnamary, and remarried, at age 24, to fellow Acadian
Joseph Saunier there in January 1773. Madeleine died at Sinnamary in July 1775, age 26.
Her mother Anne had died by then.
Alexandre, fils's fifth
and youngest son Pierre-Isidore, called Isidore, born probably at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1732, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, another daughter of
Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine Boudrot,
in c1752 probably at Minas and settled there. Madeleine gave
Pierre-Isidore a son in c1753. The British deported the family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. They, too, were held at Liverpool, where
Madeleine gave Isidore a daughter in c1761. They were repatriated to
Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763, where Isidore worked as a laborer. Madeleine gave Isidore two more
sons in St.-Mathieu and St.-Martin des Champs parishes, Morlaix, in 1764 and
1766. Their daughter died in St.-Mathieu Parish in July 1764, and their
youngest son died in St.-Martin Parish in March 1766. In November of that
year, Isidore took his family to St.-Malo. They settled at nearby
St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where, between 1767 and 1772, Madeleine gave him four more children,
three sons and a daughter. Two of the sons died young. Isidore
followed older brothers Claude and Jean-Baptiste to Poitou in 1773.
Madeleine gave him another son at Châtellerault in March 1774. In March 1776, they, too,
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to Nantes, where, in St.-Jacques Parish in
1776 and 1778,
Madeleine gave Isidore two more daughters--11 children, seven
sons and four daughters, from 1753 to 1778. The youngest daughter
also died young. Isidore died in Ste.-Croix Parish, Nantes, in August
1782, age 50. In 1785, his widow Madeleine and five of their children, three sons
and two daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. From New
Orleans, they followed their
fellow passengers to Manchac south of Baton Rouge but did not remain there.
Madeleine died near Carencro in the Attakapas District in November 1804, in her
early 70s. One of her Trahan daughters, Marie-Jeanne, married into the Boutin
and Marks families at Opelousas in the 1790s.
None of her three Trahan sons seems to have married.
Alexandre, père's fourth son
Claude l'aîné, born probably at Minas in c1694, married Marie-Louise, daughter of François Tillard
and Marguerite Leprince,
in c1724 probably at Minas. Bona
Arsenault places the family at Pigiguit and says that, between 1726 and 1745, Marie-Louise gave Claude nine children, seven
daughters and two sons. They moved on to
Île St.-Jean in c1750. Claude may have become a widower by then.
In August 1752, a French official counted Claude and his nine children at
Anse-au-Matelot on the island's south shore and said nothing about wife Marie-Louise.
Two daughters married into the Henry and
Daigre families on the island soon after the counting. The British deported
members of the family from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, Boulogne-sur-Mer, and
Rochefort, France, in late 1758. Claude
died on the crossing to St.-Malo, in his early or mid-60s. His younger son
also died from the rigors of the crossing. A daughter married into the LeBlanc family at St.-Servan-sur-Mer
near St.-Malo in 1763, and another into the Seillon family of
Toulouse at Rochefort in August 1767. His older son also married in France.
Four of Claude l'aîné's children, a son and three daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
from France in 1785, where the unmarried daughter married into the
Hébert family.
Older son Auguste or Augustin, born probably at Minas in c1735, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean. The British deported him to Boulogne-sur-Mer,
France, in 1758-59, when he was in his early 20s. At age 28, he married Bibianne, 20-year-old daughter
of fellow Acadians Pierre LeBlanc and Marguerite
Gautrot of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in St.-Nicolas Parish,
Boulogne-sur-Mer, in July 1764. They moved on to Île d'Aix near Rochefort
by March 1767, when a daughter was born there.
They moved to Rochefort by November 1768, when a
son was born in Notre-Dame Parish. Another daughter was born in c1773,
perhaps at Rochefort. Later that year the family went to Poitou, where
another son was born in c1775.
They retreated with other Poitou Acadians to Nantes in December
1775. Between 1776 and 1779, Bibianne gave Augustin three more children,
two sons and a
daughter--seven children, three daughters and four sons, in all. By 1785,
only their oldest daughter, then age 12, was still living.
That year, Augustin, Bibianne, and their daughter emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana and followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.
They had no more children in the colony. Bibianne died by December 1795,
when Augustin was listed in an upper Lafourche census without a wife. He
was still alive in April 1797, in his early 60s, when he was counted with his
daughter in another Valenzuela District census on the upper Lafourche. Daughter Marie-Modeste married into the Maurice family on the
Lafourche, so the blood of the family line may have endured.
Claude l'aîné's younger son Fiacre, born probably at Minas in
c1740, followed his family to Île St.-Jean. In late 1758, the British
deported Fiacre with his father and the family of Marie Trahan
and her husband Jean Pineau to St.-Malo, France, aboard the
ill-fated transport Duc Guillaume, which suffered a mishap on the
crossing. His father died on the crossing, but Fiacre made it to the Breton
port. Six days after the ship's arrival, Fiacre died in a local hospital,
age 18, probably from the rigors of the crossing.
Alexandre, père's fifth son, name unrecorded, born probably at
Minas in the 1690s, died young.
Alexandre
père's sixth son
René, born
probably at Minas in c1701, married Marguerite,
daughter of Philippe Melanson and Marie Dugas, at Grand-Pré in
October 1725 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, who also places the family at Pigiguit, Marguerite gave René a
daughter, Marguerite, in c1730. Other records give them two more daughters
in c1741 and c1745, and three sons, birth years undetermined--six children,
three sons and three daughters, in all. The British deported
the family
to Virginia in the fall of 1755, Virginia authorities sent them on to England
the following spring, and they were repatriated to Morlaix and Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in
the spring of 1763. René died in St.-Martin de Champs Parish, Morlaix, in May
1769, in his late 60s. Wife Marguerite died there in March 1772, in her
late 60s. Their younger daughters married into the Trahan
and Gautrot
families at Morlaix and Boulogne-sur-Mer. They and a brother emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Alexis, born probably at Pigiguit, birth year unrecorded,
married cousin Marguerite, 30-year-old daughter of Antoine Leprince and
Anne Trahan, in c1755. The British
deported them to Virginia soon after their marriage, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to England the following spring. They were repatriated to
Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. Marguerite gave him a daughter in
St.-Martin Parish, Morlaix, in February 1765. Marguerite died there in April 1778,
age 53. Alexis promptly remarried to Françoise-Thomase Menier,
perhaps a local, widow of Guillaume-Gilles Poupon, in
St.-Martin Parish in April 1779. They did not follow his siblings to
Louisiana in 1785.
René's son René, fils, born probably at Pigiguit, birth year
unrecorded, probably followed his family to Virginia and England.
According to a church service record from St.-Joseph Parish, Boulogne-sur-Mer,
dated 18 April 1763, René, "Acadien mort en Angleterre au il était
prisonnier de guerre suivant les nouvelles qu'on en a recu," that is, he
was an Acadian prisoner of war who died in England before that date. One
suspects that he was not so much a prisoner of war as one of the hundreds of
Acadian exiles being held in England and that he died on the eve of repatriation
to France. Though most members of his family were repatriated to Morlaix,
one of his sisters, Anne-Pélagie, landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer in the spring of
1763. The church record says nothing of his being married.
René's son Eustache, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, birth year
unrecorded, followed his family to Virginia, England, and Morlaix, where he
married Marie, daughter of Grand-Pré notary René LeBlanc and
his second wife Marguerite Thébeau and widow of Cyprien
Leprince, in St.-Martin des Champs Parish in February 1766. They were still
at Morlaix in September 1784, made their way down the coast to St.-Malo, and followed his sisters to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785.
Alexandre
père's seventh son
Paul, born
probably at Minas in c1703,
married Marie, daughter of Jean Boudrot and Cécile Corporon,
in c1735 probably at Minas and likely remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1749, Marie gave Paul seven
children, five daughters and two sons. They, too, moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752,
a French official counted Paul, Marie, and their seven children at
Anse-au-Matelot near older brother Claude on the south end of the island. Marie gave Paul another son
probably on the island in 1752. Their oldest daughter married on the
island in February 1754. The family evidently left the island soon
afterwards and
sought refuge in Canada. Marie gave Paul yet another son in 1757, perhaps
in Canada--nine children, five daughters and four sons, in all. Marie died
at St.-Charles de Bellechasse across from Québec City in late February 1758,
victim, most likely, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the exiles in the area
from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758. Paul died at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in April 1761, in his late 50s.
His children remained in the area. Four of his daughters married into the
Marquis, Daigle, Mazerolle,
Turgeon, and Dallaire families on Île St.-Jean
and at Québec and St.-Charles de Bellechasse. Two of his sons also married
in Canada.
Older son Charles, born probably at Minas in c1740, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and Canada. He married Marie, daughter of Marc Isabel
and Marthe Couture, at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in
1766. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1780 and 1792, Marie gave
Charles four daughters, who married into the Coté,
Batouel, Cabot, and Guillot families
at St.-Charles de Bellechasse.
Paul's third son Pierre-Janvier,
born probably on Île St.-Jean in c1752, followed his family to Canada.
He married Cécile, daughter of Antoine Rousseau and Cécile
Noël, at St.-Michel de Bellechasse across from Québec City, in
November 1778.
Alexandre
père's eighth son
Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1705, married
Catherine-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Boudrot
and Marie Corporon, in c1735 probably at Minas. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1736 and 1754, Catherine-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste 10
children, seven daughters and three sons. They, too, moved on
to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official counted
Jean-Baptiste, Catherine, and eight of their children, two sons and six
daughters, at Anse-au-Matelot near
older brothers Claude and Paul. Their two older daughters married on the
island in 1753 and 1756. They, too, evidently left the island before 1758 and sought
refuge in Canada. Jean-Baptiste died at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in
February 1758, in his early 50s, victim, most likely, of the smallpox epidemic
that killed hundreds of his fellow exiles in the area from the summer of 1757
through the spring of 1758. His older brothers Jean and Étienne and
brother Paul's wife also were likely
victims of the epidemic. Jean-Baptiste's widow Catherine-Josèphe remarried
to a Girouard at Québec in 1762. Some of her
Trahan children remained in the area. Three of her and
Jean-Baptiste's daughters married into the Deschamps, Pinet, and
Cyr families on
Île St.-Jean and at St.-François-du-Sud below Québec City. At least one of
Jean-Baptiste's sons also married in Canada.
Second son Pierre-Élie, born probably at Minas in c1745, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and Canada. He married felllow Acadian
Marie-Madeleine Brun in c1770, place unrecorded. She gave
him a daughter, Louise, in 1771 and died at Québec in June 1790. Did Pierre-Élie
remarry? His daughter married into the Martin dit
Beaulieu family at Québec in 1798, so the blood of the family line may have
endured.
Alexandre
père's ninth and
youngest son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1713, married Anne, daughter of Claude Thériot and
Marguerite Cormier, at Grand-Pré in October 1735. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1736 and 1752, Anne gave Joseph five children, three sons and
two daughters. They also moved
on to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official counted
Joseph, Anne, and their five children at Anse-au-Matelot near his older
brothers. They did not leave the island before its dérangement. The British deported the family to France in late
1758. Joseph died at Boulogne-sur-Mer in November 1759, in his mid-40s,
soon after his arrival. His older daughter Marie-Modeste married into the
Boudrot family in France and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
All three of Joseph's sons married, two of them in France, one in Louisiana. A
grandson also emigrated to the Spanish colony. One wonders what happened
to younger daughter Marguerite.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born probably at Minas in c1737, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean and to France, where he worked as a sailor. He married Marie-Sophie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Leprince le jeune
and his first wife Judith Boudrot of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in
St.-Nicolas Parish, Boulogne-sur-Mer, in November 1762. In 1764, they
followed other Acadians to the new French colony of Guiane on the northeastern
coast of South America but did not remain. Back in France, they settled at
Rochefort before moving on to Île d'Aix near La Rochelle by 1766, when Marie
gave Joseph, fils a son and a daughter. They returned to Rochefort by
April 1769, when she gave him another son in Notre-Dame Parish there, but the boy
evidently died young--three children, two sons and a daughter, only one
of whom survived childhood. Joseph, fils died by September 1772,
in his late 20s or early 30s, when Marie, called a widow, and their older son
arrived at St.-Malo from Rochefort. Marie-Sophie evidently took her
Trahan son to
Poitou soon after reaching St.-Malo and retreated with other Poitou Acadians to
Nantes in 1775. Her son became a day laborer there.
They were still at Nantes in September 1784, when they appeared on a list of
Acadians who agreed to go to Spanish Louisiana the following year. From
New Orleans, they did not follow most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche but chose to settle in the Attakapas District west of the Atchafalaya
Basin. Marie-Sophie, who did not remarry, died by September 1798, when the priest who recorded
her son's marriage noted that the mother of the groom was dead. She would
have been in her early 50s that year.
Older son Antoine-Joseph, born on Île d'Aix near La Rochelle, France, in
c1766, followed his parents to Rochefort and his widowed mother to St.-Malo,
Poitou, and Nantes, where he worked as a day laborer. He followed his
mother and a maternal aunt to Spanish Louisiana and settled with them on the western
prairies. In his early 30s, he
married Marie-Françoise-Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon
Mire and Madeleine Cormier of Cabahannocer and Côte
Gelée, at Attakapas in September 1798. They settled on upper Bayou
Vermilion. He died in Lafayette Parish in February 1834, in his late 60s.
His daughter married into the Hébert family. His two sons
also married, into the Landry, Broussard, and
Hébert families, and perhaps into the Guidry
family as well.
Joseph, fils's younger son Firmin, baptized in Notre-Dame Parish,
Rochefort, April 1769, age not given, died by September 1772, when his widowed
mother and older brother, but not him, reached St.-Malo from Rochefort.
Joseph, père's second Mathurin,
born probably at Minas in c1744, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and to
Boulogne-sur-Mer France, where he worked as a sailor. He did not remain in
the northern French fishing port. In his late 20s, he married Thérèse-Marguerite,
daughter of locals Pierre Lahaye and Thérèse Chevallier,
in Notre-Dame Parish, Rochefort, in August 1773. Soon after their
marriage, they followed other Acadians in the port cities to Poitou, where, at
Châtellerault in July 1774 and August 1775, Thérèse gave Mathurin two daughters.
In December 1775, while Mathurin likely was at sea, Thérèse and their two
daughters retreated with other Poitou Acadians to Nantes, where
the younger daughter died in May 1776. Mathurin joined them at nearby
Chantenay by July 1777, when son Mathurin, fils was baptized there; the boy died the
following October. Thérèse gave Mathurin another daughter at Chantenay in
January 1779, but this daughter, too, died in infancy--four children, three daughters and
a son, in all, only one of whom, oldest daughter Marie-Modeste, may have survived
childhood. No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785.
Joseph, père's third and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean,
born probably at Minas in c1749, followed his family to Île St.-Jean soon
after his birth and to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in 1758. He did not
remain there, nor at Rochefort, where he likely worked as a sailor and where he
witnessed brother Mathurin's marriage in Notre-Dame Parish in August 1773.
By September 1784, when he would have been a bachelor in his mid-30s, he
evidently was the Jean-Bte. Trahan who appeared with the family
of Jean-Bte. Boudrot and Marie-Magdeleine Trahan,
likely his older sister Marie-Modeste, on a list of Acadians at Nantes who
agreed to emigrate to Spanish Louisiana. He evidently followed his sister
and her family to the colony the following year and likely was the Jean-Baptiste
Trahan who, in his late 30s, married cousin Élisabeth, also
called Isabelle, 36-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Richard
and François Thériot, at Ascension on the river in May 1788 and settled on
upper Bayou Lafourche. Élisabeth also had come to Louisiana from France,
with two of her older unmarried sisters. Jean died at Lafourche by January
1791, in his early 40s, when his wife was listed as a widow in a Valenzuela
District census. They evidently were that rare Acadian couple who had no children.337
Gaudet
Jean
Gaudet,
who arrived in the late 1630s, became the colony's oldest and most long-lived
family progenitor. He married twice, first to a woman whose name has been
lost to history, and then to Nicole Colleson in Acadia. His first
wife gave him three children, a son and two daughters, born in France.
Jean's daughters from his first wife married into the Mercier, LeBlanc, Hébert, and Gareau
families. Jean's son from his first wife also created a family of his own.
Second wife Nicole gave Jean another son, who also created his own family.
Jean died at Port-Royal after 1678, at age about 103. His descendants settled at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Chignecto, Minas, in Canada (before Le Grand Dérangement),
and on Île St.-Jean in the French Maritimes. At least 13 of Jean's
descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and five from France in
1785. However, the majority of Jean's descendants could be found in Canada and greater
Acadia, as well as in France, after Le Grand Dérangement.
Older son
Denis, by Jean's first wife, born in France in c1625, came to Acadia with his
family in the late 1630s and married Martine Gauthier at Port-Royal in
c1645; she was six years older he was. Between 1646 and 1657, Martine gave Denis five children, two sons and three daughters, all of whom married.
Martine died probably at Port-Royal after 1678, in her late 60s or early 70s. Denis,
who did not remarry, died at Port-Royal in October 1709, in his mid-80s. His daughters married into the Vincent, Daigre, Fardel, and Aucoin
families. Though he fathered only two sons, Denis's
line of the family was by far the larger one.
Older
son Pierre l'aîné, born at Port-Royal in c1652, married Anne, daughter of Jean Blanchard and
Radegone Lambert and widow of François Guérin, at Port-Royal in c1672.
Between 1673 and 1690, Anne
gave Pierre l'aîné nine children, six sons and three daughters, including
a set of twin daughters. According to genealogist Bona Arsenault, Pierre l'aîné
and his family were living at Chignecto 1714. His daughters married
into the Mirande, Lavielle, Caissie dit Roger,
and Arseneau families. One of them settled at La Baleine on Île
Royale.
All of his
sons created their own families.
Oldest son Bernard dit le Vieux, born at Port-Royal in c1673, married
Jeanne, daughter of Claude Thériot and Marie Gautrot, at
Port-Royal in c1693 and settled on the haute-rivière. Between 1695 and 1720, Jeanne gave
Bernard eight children, three sons and five daughters. In June 1714,
Bernard and his family, along with cousins Guillaume Gaudet and
Denis Gaudet le jeune, sailed to
Île Royale to look at land there. They evidently did not care for what
they saw on the French-controlled island. Bernard died at
Annapolis Royal in March 1751, age 77. Wife Jeanne died four days later, age
75. Four of their daughters married
into the Belliveau and LeBlanc families, two of them to brothers
and another to their sisters' cousin. Youngest daughter Isabelle, wife of
Joseph LeBlanc of Grand-Pré, emigrated
to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. Two of Bernard's three
sons also created their own families. One of them joined his sister in
Louisiana.
Oldest
son Pierre dit Pitre, born at Port Royal in c1695, married Marie, daughter of Charles Belliveau
and Marie Melanson, at Annapolis Royal in November 1720 and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1742, Marie gave Pierre eight
children, six sons and two daughters. One wonders what happened to them in
1755. Oldest daughter Anne married into the Dupuis
family, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
in 1765, and remarried into the Boudreaux family there. Pierre dit Pitre died after November 1767, place
unrecorded. All six of his sons created their own families in greater
Acadia and Canada.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1723, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of René Aucoin and Madeleine
Bourg of Rivière-aux-Canards, at Grand-Pré in 1747. According to
Bona Arsenault, Marie-Madeleine gave Pierre, fils a son in 1763.
After exile, the family settled at Memramcook,
present-day Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Pierre, fils was an
ancestor of noted Acadian genealogist Placide Gaudet of nearby Cap-Pelé.
Pierre dit Pitre's second son Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1726, married Scholastique, daughter of Alexandre Hébert and
Marie Dupuis, at Annapolis Royal in January 1750, and remarried
to Nathalie Robichaud in 1755. The British deported the
family to Connecticut in 1755. In 1763, Charles and his household of eight
appeared on a repatriation list of Acadian families in Connecticut
"who desire to go to France." They went, instead, to Canada and settled at L'Assomption
on the upper St. Lawrence below Montréal. Charles died at L'Assomption in 1805, in his late
70s.
Pierre dit Pitre's third son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1730, married cousin Jeanne Gaudet probably
while in exile. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1768, Jeanne
gave Jean four children, all daughters. The family was counted at
Cap-des-Maringouins, today's Cap Maringouin, southeastern New Brunswick, in
1769.
Pierre dit Pitre's fourth son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1732, married Anne-Gertrude, daughter of Charles LeBlanc and
Madeleine Girouard, in c1756 during exile, place unrecorded. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1758 and 1772, Anne-Gertrude gave Joseph seven children,
four sons and three daughters. Arsenault says that the family was living
"at Annapolis," probably Annapolis Royal, in 1769 and had moved on to Baie
Ste.-Marie, Nova Scotia, in 1774. Joseph died on Bay St. Mary in 1802, age
about 70.
Pierre dit Pitre's fifth son René-Poncy, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1735, married Félicité, daughter of Pierre Comeau and
Marie-Madeleine Lord, in c1766 while still in exile. The
marriage was revalidated at Baie Ste.-Marie, Nova Scotia, in October 1769.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1770 and 1773, Félicité gave René-Poncy two
sons. The family was counted at Baie Ste.-Marie in 1774.
Pierre dit Pitre sixth and youngest son Bonaventure, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1742, married Marie, daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois
and Anne Hébert, in a civil ceremony in 1766 evidently while
still in exile, place unrecorded, and revalidated the marriage at L'Assomption, Canada, in November
1767. Bonaventure died at nearby St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in 1816, in his
early 70s.
Bernard's second son Claude, born at Port-Royal in c1698, evidently did not survive
childhood.
Bernard's third and youngest son, also named Claude, born at Annapolis
Royal in November 1713, married
Catherine-Josèphe, daughter of René Forest and Françoise Dugas, at
Annapolis Royal in August 1737 and likely remained there. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755. Claude, Catherine, and two of their sons
emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and settled at Cabahannocer on the
river above New Orleans. Both of their
sons married twice, into the Bourgeois, LeBlanc,
and Comeaux families, but only one of the lines endured.
Pierre
l'aîné's second son Pierre,
fils, born at Port-Royal in c1675, married Cécile, daughter of
Jean-Aubin Mignot dit Aubin and Anne Dugas, in c1700
probably at Port-Royal. According to genealogist Stephen White, in the early 1700s, Cécile gave Pierre, fils
a daughter and a son. Pierre, fils died at Port-Royal between 1707 and 1708, in his early 30s,
during Queen Anne's War, so one wonders if his death was war-related.
Cécile remarried to Louis Poirier in c1708. Pierre's daughter
married into the Haché dit Gallant
and Caissie families and
settled at Chignecto. One wonders what happened to her and her family in
1755. Pierre, fils's son also created a family of his own.
Only
son Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in c1707, married
Marie, daughter of Louis Doucet and Marguerite Girouard, probably
at Chignecto in c1731 and likely remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1742, Marie gave
Jean-Baptistet six children, three sons and three daughters. The family
escaped the British in 1755 and took refuge in Canada. They were living at
Québec in 1759. According to Stephen White,
Jean-Baptiste died after September 1762 probably in Canada.
After the war with Britain, his family settled at Nicolet, across the St.
Lawrence from Trois-Rivières.
His daughters married into the Ratier, Richard,
Simoneau, and Orillon families at Nicolet and
at St.-Pierre-les-Becquets downriver from Nicolet. One of his
sons also created his own family.
Second son Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1733, followed his family into
exile in 1755 and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Comeau
and Brigitte Savoie, at Québec in January 1759.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and 1776, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph
seven children, four sons and three daughters. They settled at Nicolet.
Two of their daughters married into the Orillon and
Lemire families there. One of Joseph's sons also created his
own family there.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born in exile in c1760,
probably in Canada, and married
Geneviève, daughter of Charles Orillon and Marie-Anne
Richard, at Nicolet in February 1781.
Pierre l'aîné's
third son Claude, born at Port-Royal in c1677, married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Blou and Marie
Girouard, probably at Chignecto in c1700 and remained there.
According to Stephen White, between 1703 and 1721, Marguerite gave Claude eight children, three sons and
five daughters. Bona Arsenault awards the couple two more sons, the
youngest born in c1724. Claude died after 1754-55 probably in exile.
According to Stephen White, Claude's daughters married into the Bernard, Boudrot, Hébert,
Richard, and Gauthier families. Arsenault insists that two
of Claude's daughters married into the Poirier and
Girouard families as well. All of his sons
created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre
le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1703, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Hébert and
Isabelle Landry, probably at Chignecto in c1721 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1724 and 1733, Marguerite gave Pierre le
jeune a son and two daughters. Pierre le jeune died probably at
Chignecto before June 1740, when Marguerite remarried to Pierre Cyr
at Beaubassin. One of Pierre's daughters married into the Poirier
family. His son created a family of his own.
Only son Michel, born at Chignecto in c1730, married Madeleine
Arseneau probably at Chignecto in c1751. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1752 and 1780, Madeleine gave Michel seven children, six sons
and a daughter. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. Michel died at Lotbinière, on the upper St. Lawrence
between Québec and Trois-Rivières, in April 1800, in his late 60s or early 70s.
Two of his sons created their own families in Canada.
Oldest son Michel, fils, born at Chignecto in c1752, followed his
family into exile and married Françoise, daughter of Joseph LeMay
and Marie-Geneviève Auger, in January 1782, place unrecorded. They settled
at Bécancour, farther upper the St. Lawrence from Lotbinière and across from
Trois-Rivières. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1783 and 1805,
Françoise gave Michel, fils 11 children, seven sons and four daughters.
Michel, père's sixth and youngest son Pierre, born in Canada in c1780,
married Thérèse, daughter of Antoine Auger and Marguerite
Auger of St.-Jean-Deschaillon, at St.-Pierre de Montmagny on
the lower St. Lawrence in November 1807 but settled on the upper river at
Lotbinière.
Claude's son Claude,
fils, born at Port-Royal in c1706 (Arsenault says 1712), married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Germain Girouard and
Marie Doucet, at Beaubassin in September 1734 and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1748, Marie-Madeleine gave Claude,
fils four children, two sons and two daughters. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755. Claude, fils died at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, in January
1762, age 56. His daughters married into the Cyr and
Banlier families at St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu and
St.-Antoine-de-Chambly on the Richelieu. Both of his sons also created
their own families.
Older son Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1740, followed his family into
exile in 1755, one wonders where, and married Marie-Josephe, daughter of Denis Petitot
dit Saint-Seine III and Marie-Josèphe Granger, in
Canada in c1765. Joseph remarried to Catherine, daughter of Charles
Bussières and Catherine LeBrodeur, at
St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Canada, in September 1800.
Charles, fils's younger son François, born at Chignecto in c1742, followed his family into
exile in 1755, one wonders where, and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Bousquet
and Marie-Judith LeBrodeur, at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly, Canada, in
January 1768.
Claude, père's son
Charles dit Marin, born
at Chignecto in September 1716, married
Marie, daughter of Pierre Cormier and Marie-Anne Cyr, probably at
Chignecto in c1739 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1739 and 1758, Marie gave Charles seven children, three sons and four
daughters. One wondered what happened to them, in 1755. Charles dit Marin
died at Bécancour, across from Trois-Rivières on the upper St. Lawrence, in December 1794, in his late 70s.
Three of his daughters married into the Bourg,
Belliveau, and Delisle families at Bécancour and
St.-Charles-sur-Richelieu. Two of his sons also created their own families
at Bécancour and on the Richelieu.
Second son François, born at Chignecto in c1743, followed his family into
exile in 1755, one wonders where, and married Marie-Françoise, daughter of Antoine Poisson
and Charlotte Deshaies-Tourigny, at Bécancour in January 1773.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and 1794, Marie-Françoise gave
François a dozen children, five sons and seven daughters. In his early
50s, François
remarried Geneviève, daughter of Alexis Poisson and Madeleine
Lavigne, at Bécancour in 1794. One wonders if she gave
him anymore children. Three of his daughters by first wife Marie-Françoise
married into the Dubois-Lafrance, Durand, and
Desilets families at Gentilly and nearby St.-Grégoire above and
below Bécancour. Two of his sons also created their own families in the
area.
Second son François, fils, by first wife Marie-Françoise
Poisson, born in Canada in c1781, married Marie-Didace, daughter of
Alexis Beaudet and Agnès Brunelle, at Gentilly
in September 1805.
François, père's third son Charles, by first wife Marie-Françoise
Poisson, born in Canada in c1786, married Marguerite, daughter
of Joseph Panneton and Françoise Rocheleau, at
Gentilly in July 1805.
Charles dit Marin's third and youngest son
Charles, fils,
born at Chignecto in c1747, followed his family into exile in 1755, one wonders
where, and married
Marguerite-Marie, daughter of François Phaneuf and Marguerite
Forget-Despaties, at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in February
1773.
According to Bona Arsenault, Claude, père also had a son named
Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in c1724, who married Anne, daughter of
Charles Bourgeois and Madeleine Cormier, in
c1756 while in exile. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. According to Arsenault, between 1757 and 1775,
Anne gave Joseph six children, three sons and three daughters. Joseph died
at St.-Ours on lower Rivière Richelieu, in June 1809, in his mid-80s. Two
of Joseph's daughters married into the Thibault and
Ayot families at St.-Ours. His sons also created their own
families on the lower Richelieu.
Oldest son Félix, born in exile in c1757,
place unrecorded, married Marie-Thérèse, daughter
of Joseph Blanchard and Marguerite LeBlanc, at
St.-Ours in November 1779.
Joseph's second son Amable, born in exile in c1761,
place unrecorded, married Élisabeth,
daughter of Joseph Benoit and Françoise Daigle,
at St.-Ours in March 1782, and remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph
Duguay and Marie Forest, at St.-Ours in
October 1791.
Joseph's third and youngest son Jean, born in c1768,
place unrecorded, married Marguerite,
another daughter of Joseph Benoit and Françoise Daigle,
at St.-Ours in June 1794.
Pierre l'aîné's
fourth son Abraham, born at Port-Royal in c1679, married Agnès, daughter of Germain Girouard and Marie
Bourgeois, probably at Chignecto in c1701 and settled there.
Between 1703 and 1714, Agnès gave Abraham six children, three sons and three
daughters. In the summer of 1714, Abraham, along with fellow Acadians
Charles and François Arseneau from Chignecto, sailed to Île
Royale to look at land there. Abraham evidently did not care for what he
saw on the French-controlled island. That same year, in his mid-30s, he remarried to Marie, daughter of Vincent Breau and
Marie Bourg, probably at Chignecto. Between 1716 and 1723,
Marie gave him five more children, a son and four daughters--11 children, four
sons and seven daughters, by two wives. Abraham
witnessed a burial at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in August 1723, so he may have
moved his family from Chignecto to the French-controlled island before taking
them to Canada. He died
at Berthier-sur-Mer on the lower St. Lawrence in November 1728, in his late 40s.
His daughters from his first wife married into the Grenier or Garnier, Guénet,
Giquet or Giguet, and Le Paulmier families in Canada.
Only one of his daughters from his second wife married, into the Huret dit
Rochefort family at
L'Islet on the lower St. Lawrence. Only one of his four sons created his
own families, also in Canada.
Abraham's oldest son, name unrecorded, from first wife Agnès Girouard,
was born at Chignecto in c1703 and died there four years later.
Abraham's second son
Pierre, by first wife Agnès Girouard, born at Chignecto in
c1706, followed his family to Canada and married Marie-Angélique, daughter of Noël Pelletier and
Madeleine Matte, at Québec in January 1733. He died at the
Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, the following
April, in his late 20s. His line of the family evidently died with him.
Abraham's third son Paul, by first wife Agnès Girouard, followed his family to Canada and died at Québec in April 1733, age 20.
He did not marry.
Abraham's fourth and youngest Jean-Baptiste, by second wife Marie Breau,
born probably at Chignecto in c1716, followed his family to Canada. He married
Marie-Félicité, another daughter of
Noël Pelletier and Madeleine Matte,
at Pointe-aux-Trembles, below Montréal, in September 1742 and remained there.
Jean-Baptiste died probably in Canada after January 1797, in his early 90s.
Pierre, l'aîné's fifth son Augustin, born at Port-Royal in c1786, married Agnès, daughter of Sébastien
Chiasson and Marie Blou, at Beaubassin in February 1713 and
remained at Chignecto. Between the early 1710s and 1742, Agnès gave
Augustin 14 children, six sons and eight daughters. Augustin died after
1754-55 probably in exile. One wonders what happened to him and his family
in 1755. Five of his daughters married into the Poirier,
Girouard, Gaudet, and Cormier families. All six of his
sons created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre, born at Chignecto in December 1719, married Anne, daughter of Germain
Girouard and Marie Doucet, at Beaubassin in November 1740 and
remained at Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and 1764,
Anne gave Pierre six children, two sons and four daughters. The family escaped the British in 1755 and took refuge on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By 1760, they had taken refuge at
Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs, where daughter
Catherine
married into the Bonnevie family in July of that year.
Pierre and his family of four were among the 1,003 Acadians who surrendered at
Restigouche with the French garrison there in October 1760. The British held
them at Fort Cumerland, formerly French Fort Beauséjour, near their home at Chignecto,
for the rest of war.
After the war, they followed other Acadians to Île Miquelon, a
French-controlled island off the southern coast of Newfoundland, where French
officials counted them in 1767. To relieve overcrowding on the island, the
French transported them to France later in the year. Pierre worked as a
sailor in the mother country. Wife Anne died in St.-Nicolas Parish, La
Rochelle, in April 1770. Pierre and his family were still in the coastal
city in 1772. A year later, they went to Poitou with hundreds of other
Acadians to settle on land owned by an influential nobleman near the city of
Châtellerault.
Pierre's daughter Marie died at Archigny south of Châtellerault in September 1774, age 12 1/2. Pierre remarried to Marie-Henriette, daughter of Louis Pothier
and Cécile Nuirat and widow of Jean-Baptiste Rassicot,
at Châtellerault in October 1775. Marie-Henriette gave him no
more children. In November 1775, Pierre, his new wife, and his two
remaining daughters from first wife Anne retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Pierre died at Nantes in July 1781,
age 61. In 1785, wife Marie-Henriette emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with three of her Rassicot
children. None of Pierre's daughters followed their stepmother there. One of them, in fact, Catherine, widow of Amand
Bonnevie, returned to Île Miquelon in 1784.
Older son Joseph, by first wife Anne Girouard, born at
Chignecto in c1744, followed his family into exile in 1755. According to Bona
Arsenault, he married Jeanne Arseneau in c1765, place
unrecorded, and she gave
him a son named Joseph, fils that year, again place unrecorded.
One wonders what happened to them after that date.
Augustin's second son Michel, born at Chignecto in c1725, married Marie-Josèphe, another
daughter of Germain Girouard and Marie
Doucet, probably at Chignecto in c1750 and remained in the area.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1752 and 1774, Marie-Josèphe gave Michel
nine children, five sons and four daughters. One wonders what happened to
them in 1755. Michel died at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, in February 1789, age 64.
Three of his daughters married into the Buteau, Caron,
and Bernard families at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly farther up the
Richelieu. Two of his older sons also created their own families in the
Richelieu valley.
Oldest son Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1752, followed his family into
exile in 1755 and married Théotiste, daughter of Pierre Henry
and Marguerite Brasseau, at St.-Charles-sur-Richelieu in
February 1773.
Michel's second son Michel, fils, born in exile in c1759, married
Geneviève, daughter of Jean Brasseau and Geneviève Roy,
at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in January 1782.
Augustin's third son Louis, born at Chignecto in c1728, married Marie, daughter of François Hébert and
Anne Bourg, probably at Chignecto in c1751 and remained in the area.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1752 and 1770, Marie gave Louis seven
children, two sons and five daughters. The family escaped the British in
1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By 1760, they were at Restigouche at the head
of the Baie des Chaleurs, where one of their daughters was baptized in July of
that year. They either surrendered to, or were captured by, the
British in the early 1760s and also were held at Fort Cumerland at Chignecto. After the
war with Britain, they followed other Acadians, including older brother Pierre, to Île Miquelon,
where French officials counted them in 1767. To relieve overcrowding on
the island, the French transported them to France later in the year.
French officials counted them at La Rochelle in 1770 and 1772. By 1773,
they had moved to Nantes, where their youngest son was born--among the earliest
Acadians to settled in that port. A Spanish
official counted them at Nantes in September 1784. Unlike brother
Pierre, Louis survived his time in France. He, wife Marie, and three of
their children, two daughters and a son, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Oldest daughter Marie, who had married Frenchman
Guillaume Gaubert in St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in January
1783, remained in France. One wonders what happened to Louis's older sons,
Jean and Pontiff, counted with the family at Fort Cumberland in August 1763.
Did they die in exile or on Île Miquelon or did they choose to remain in greater
Acadia or France? They did not accompany their family to Louisiana.
From New Orleans, Louis and his much smaller family followed their fellow
passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Louis's succession, probably post-mortem, was
filed at what became the Lafourche Parish courthouse in August 1801. He
would have been in his early 70s that year. Daughter Marguerite
married into the Arseneaux family in Louisiana. His son François-Louis married into
the Caissie dit Roger and
Falgout families, settled on the river and on upper Bayou Lafourche,
and created a vigorous line.
Augustin's fourth son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1730 (Arsenault says
1747), may have followed his family into exile in 1755, and imprisonment in Nova
Scotia in the early 1760s, but he evidently did not follow them to Île Miquelon.
He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Melanson
and Marie-Josèphe Granger, in c1767 and revalidated the marriage at
Caraquet, present-day northeastern New Brunswick (Bona Arsenault says the
marriage was revalidated at Pigiguit, now Windsor, Nova Scotia), in August 1768.
According to Arsenault, between 1767 and 1770, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean four
children, a son and three daughters. Nova Scotia officials counted them at
Tintamarre, today's Upper Sackville, New Brunswick, in 1763, and at Windsor in
1772. They moved on to Village des Beaumont, today's Boudreau Village, on
the lower Petitcoudiac River in today's southeastern New Brunswick. Jean died at
nearby Memramcook in August 1822, in his early 90s.
Augustin's fifth son Paul
dit
Paul-Augustin, born at Chignecto in January 1733, escaped the British in 1755
and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He, too, took refuge at Restigouche by 1760. He married Marie dite Manette, daughter of François Bourg
and Marie Belliveau, at Restigouche in January
1760. Between 1760 and 1766, Manette gave Paul two children,
a son and a daughter. Paul, Manette, and their infant son either
surrendered to, or were captured by, the British in the early 1760s and also
were held at Fort Cumberland. They, too, chose to go to Île Miquelon and
were counted there in 1766. Paul remarried to Rose, daughter of
Pierre Gautrot and Agnès LeBlanc, on the island in August 1767.
Between 1768 and 1777, Rose gave Paul four more children, another son and three
more daughters. The family was counted on the island in 1776, perhaps having
returned from France after being sent there in the late 1760s. In 1778, during
the American Revolution, the British captured the island and deported the Acadians
there to France. French officials counted Paul and his
family at St.-Malo later in the year. Like older brother Pierre, Paul did
not survive his sojourn in France. He died at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, a suburb of
St.-Malo, in April 1779, age 48. None of his children followed their
kinsmen to Louisiana in 1785. Paul's widow Rose returned to North America
in 1784 and settled on Île St.-Pierre, near Île Miquelon. Her oldest
daughter Appolonie-Rose married into the Girardin family on Île
Miquelon in 1788 and
died on Île St.-Pierre in July 1848. Rose's son also survived childhood
and created his own family in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region.
Second son Joseph le jeune, by second wife Rose Gautrot,
born on Île Miquelon in c1775, followed his family to France in 1778 and his
widowed mother back to North America in 1784. He married Marguerite,
daughter of Joseph Boudreau and Anne Arsenault,
on îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in October 1797.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1798 and 1818, Marguerite gave Joseph seven
children, three sons and four daughters. At least one of their sons
created his own family on the islands.
Oldest son Jean-Joseph, born in the islands in c1798, married Pélagie,
daughter of François Lapierre and Anne Cormier,
in the islands in August 1819. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1820
and 1822, Pélagie gave Jean-Joseph three children, a son and two daughters.
Augustin's sixth and youngest son Joseph
dit Chaculot, born at
Chignecto in c1740, escaped the British in 1755, sought refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore, and probably was held with his family at Fort Cumberland in the
early 1760s. Chaculot married
Marie-Blanche, daughter of Michel Bourg and Marguerite-Josèphe
Bourgeois, in a civil marriage carried out by Joseph Guegeun
in August 1763 perhaps at Fort Cumberland. Chaculot and Marie-Blanche also
chose to go to Île Miquelon, where their marriage was revalidated in June 1766.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1764 and 1767, Marie-Blanche gave Joseph dit
Chaculot two children, a daughter and a son. They did not remain
on Île Miquelon. Nova Scotia officials
counted them at Jolicoeur on Rivière Missaguash, today's Jolicure,
New Brunswick, not far from their old home at Chignecto, in the late 1760s. They remained there until 1784, when
British authorities removed the Acadians from the Chignecto area and gave their
lands to American Loyalists recently expelled from the United States.
Joseph and his family crossed Mer Rouge, now Northumberland Strait, to St.
John Island, formerly Île St.-Jean, now Prince Edward Island, and settled at Malpèque on the island's
northwest coast, which before 1758 had been an Acadian settlement on French Île St.-Jean. Joseph dit Chaculot died after September 1812,
in his late 60s or early 70s, probably on Prince Edward Island.
Pierre, l'aîné's sixth and youngest son
Jean,
born at Port-Royal in c1690,
married Marie, daughter of François Breau and Marie Comeau,
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1729 and likely remained there. In
1755, the family escaped the British at Annapolis Royal and took refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the early 1760s, they either
surrendered to, or were captured by, the British and ended up a prison compound
in Nova Scotia. Jean died either during exile or in prison. His
widow Marie and three of their children, two sons and a daughter, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
via French St.-Domingue in
1765. Her daughter survived childhood but did not marry, but both of her
Gaudet sons married in the Spanish
colony. One of the lines thrived on what became known as the Acadian
Coast, but the other line did not endure.
Older son Charles, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1730, followed his
famliy into exile and imprisonment. In 1765, he emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax with
his widowed mother and siblings and settled with them at Cabahannocer on the
river above New Orleans, where he married cousin Cécile Breau,
widow of George Clouâtre, in May 1768. They remained on
the river. Their three sons married, into the Bergeron,
Bourgeois, and Lacroix famliies and created
vigorous lines in what became St. James and Ascension parishes.
Jean's younger son Jérôme, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1740, followed his
family into exile and imprisonment and his widowed mother to Louisiana in 1765.
He settled with them at Cabahannocer and married fellow Acadian Marie
Doucet there in the 1770s. They, too, remained on the Acadian
Coast and evidently were that rare Acadian couple who had no children of their
own.
Denis's younger son Pierre
le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1654, married Marie, another daughter of
Jean Blanchard and Radegone Lambert, at Port-Royal in c1675 and remained there;
Pierre le jeune's older brother had married Marie's sister Anne. Between 1676 and 1698, Marie gave Pierre le jeune
10 children,
seven sons and three daughters. Pierre le
jeune died at Annapolis Royal in December 1741, in his late 80s. Two of
his daughters married into the Pellerin and
Préjean families. Six of his seven sons
created their own families, but not all of the line endured.
Oldest son Pierre
dit Will Denis, born at Port-Royal in c1676, married Madeleine,
daughter of Étienne Pellerin and Jeanne Savoie and widow of
Charles Calvé dit La Forge, at Port-Royal in
January 1707 and remained there, but they had no children. (Madeleine also
had given no children to her first husband.)
Pierre le
jeune's second son Antoine, born at Port-Royal in c1678, married Marie dite Louise-Marie, daughter
of Michel Bourg and Élisabeth Melanson, in c1712 and settled at
Tintamarre, Chignecto. According to Stephen White, between the early 1710s
and 1735, Louise-Marie gave Antoine eight children, including three sons and
four daughters. Bona Arsenault gives them another son. Antoine died probably at Chignecto after October 1740, in
his 60s.
His daughters married into the Belliveau, Bourgeois, Richard,
and Poirier families. Two of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son Charles, born at Chignecto at 1718, survived exile.
One wonders what happened to him in 1750 and 1755. He died at Bécancour, Canada, in January 1787, in his late 60s.
He did not marry.
Antoine's second son Pierre-Antoine, born at Chignecto in November 1722, may not have
survived childhood.
Antoine's third son Michel, born probably at Chignecto in the
1720s, married
Madeleine, daughter of Paul Arseneau and Madeleine Hébert,
probably at Chignecto in c1752 and likely remained in the area. One
wonders what happened to them in 1750 and 1755.
Michel died at Lotbinière, Canada, in April 1800.
Antoine's fourth and youngest son Joseph, born, according to Arsenault, in c1723, married Madeleine
Dugas in c1749 probably at Chignecto. Arsenault says that between
1750 and 1764, Madeleine gave Joseph five children, four sons and a daughter.
The family escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf
of St. Lawrence shore. By 1759, they had found refuge at Restigouche at
the head of the Baie des Chaleurs, where their daughter was baptized in November
of that year. One wonders what happened to them after the the fall of Restigouche
in 1760. After the war with Britain, they followed other
Acadians to Île Miquelon off the southern coast of Newfoundland, where French
officials counted them in 1765. What happened to them after that date?
Pierre le jeune's third son Germain, born at Port-Royal in c1680,
lived to adulthood but did not marry.
Pierre le jeune's fourth son Guillaume, born at Port-Royal in
c1683,
married Marie, daughter of Abraham Boudrot and Cécile Melanson, at
Port-Royal in October 1709
and moved on to Chignecto by the 1720s.
Between 1712 and the 1720s, Marie gave Guillaume seven children,
three sons and four daughters. Bona Arsenault gives the couple another son
in the early 1730s. In June 1714, Guillaume, along with younger
brother Denis le jeune, cousin Bernard Gaudet, and
their families, sailed from Annapolis Royal to Île Royale in a charroi,
probably piloted by Guillaume, to look at land there. They evidently did
not care for what they saw on the French-controlled island. Guillaume died between 1735 and 1741, in his 50s,
place unrecorded, but it likely was Annapolis Royal. His daughters married into the Poirier,
Cormier, Bernard, and Deveau families, and one of them
moved on to Île St.-Jean. Two of Guillaume's three sons created their own families.
Older son Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1712, married Anne, daughter of
Martin Richard and Marie Cormier, at Beaubassin in February 1735
and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1751,
Anne gave Charles three children, a son and two daughters.
One wonders what happened to them in 1750 and 1755. Their daughter Marguerite married into Doucet
family on Île Miquelon in August 1767.
Charles died probably on the island after his daughter's marriage.
Guillaume's second son Jean, born at Annapolis Royal or Chignecto in c1723, married cousin
Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Gaudet and Marguerite Hébert, at
Beaubassin in February 1748 and remained at Chignecto. According to Bona
Arsenault, Jean remarried to another couisn, Anne Gaudet, who
gave him a daughter in 1768, place unrecorded. Jean and his family escaped
the British in 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In
the early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, the British
and held at Fort Cumberland, formerly Beauséjour, near their home at Chignecto,
until after the war with Britain. One wonders where they settled after
exile.
Guillaume's third and youngest son, name unrecorded, born probably at
Chignecto between 1724 and 1726, evidently died young, unless he was the
Joseph
Gaudet born in c1732 who, Bona Arsenault says, married Anne
Richard, place and date unrecorded. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755. According to Arsenault, between 1760 and 1772,
Anne gave Joseph six children, two sons and four daughters. Arsenault says
the family settled at Lande à Decoux, Île Madame, off the southern coast of Cape
Breton Island in 1771 and was counted at St.-Pierre on Cape Breton Island the
following year.
Pierre le
jeune's fifth son Denis le jeune, born at Port-Royal in November
1685, sailed to Île Royale with older
brother Guillaume, a navigator, and cousin Bernard Gaudet and
their families in June 1714 to look at land there. Denis evidently did not
care for what they saw. He married Anne, daughter of Toussaint Doucet
and Marie Caissie, in c1717 probably at Annapolis Royal. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1718 and 1728, Anne gave Denis six children, three
sons and three daughters. They resettled at Chignecto. Denis le jeune
died probably at Chignecto
between April 1730 and 1731, in his mid-40s. His daughters married into
the Poirier, Nuirat, and Deveau
families.
His sons created
their own families at Chignecto.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1718, married
Marie-Marguerite, daughter of François Arseneau and Marguerite
Bernard, at Beaubassin in November 1740 and remained in the
area. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1741 and 1744, Marie-Marguerite gave
Pierre two children, a son and a daughter. One wonders what happened to
them in 1750 and 1755.
Denis le jeune's second son Joseph, born probably at Annapolis
Royal in c1723, married cousin Jeanne, daughter of Augustin Gaudet
and Agnès Chiasson, at Beaubassin in January 1746.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1747 and 1750, Jeanne gave Joseph two children,
a daughter and a son. One wonders where they went in 1755. Joseph's
son created a family of his own after the war with Britain.
Only son Joseph, fils, born at Chignecto in c1750, followed his
family into exile in 1755, one wonders where, and married Charlotte, daughter of Charles
Lavigne and Madeleine Petitpas, on Île Miquelon off
the southern coast of Newfoundland in November 1773. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1774 and 1781, Charlotte gave Joseph, fils three
daughters. In 1778, during the American Revolution, the British
deported them to La Rochelle, France. Arsenault says Joseph, fils
died at La Rochelle before 1784, when his widow returned to Île Miquelon with
two of their daughters.
Denis le jeune's third and youngest son
Charles dit
Chayé, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1727, married Marguerite, daughter of François Bourg
and Catherine Cormier, at Beaubassin in February 1748.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1764, Marguerite gave Charles six
children, three sons and three daughters. The family escaped the British
in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. They were at
Miramichi in 1762; were either captured by, or surrendered to, the British soon
afterwards; and were held at Fort Edward, formerly Pigiguit, until
the end of the war with Britain. Nova Scotia officials counted them at
Pointe-à-Beauséjour, Chignecto, in 1764. They moved on to Île Miquelon by 1765. One of their daughters,
Rosalie, married into the Briand family on the island in
February 1770. Charles and his family remained on the island
until 1778, when, during the American Revolution, the British captured the
island and deported the Acadians there to La Rochelle, France.
Charles died at La Rochelle in February 1779,
in his early 50s. His oldest son died there the same month, and his middle
son, who became a sailor, died at La Rochelle three years later. If
any of Charles's other children were still in France in 1785, none followed their cousins to
Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son Félix, born at Chignecto in c1748, followed his family into
exile in 1755 and to Île Miquelon, where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of
François Cormier and Marie Bourgeois of
Chignecto, in October 1774. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Anne gave
Félix at least one son on the island. Félix and his family also were deported to La
Rochelle in 1778. Another son was born there in 1778. Félix died at
La Rochelle in February 1779, in his late 20s. His widow evidently
returned to North America with their young sons, but only one of the lines survived.
Older son
Pierre, born on Île Miquelon in c1775 or 1777, followed his
parents to La Rochelle in 1778. His widowed mother returned to North
America perhaps in 1784 with other Acadian exiles who did not care to remain in
the mother country. Pierre settled on the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, where he married Appoline, daughter of Michel Boudreau
and Modeste Boudreau, in August 1801. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1802 and 1820, Appoline gave Pierre nine children, three sons
and six daughters.
Félix's younger son Joseph, born probably at La Rochelle, France, in c1778, likely
followed his widowed mother back to North America, but he did not remain there.
He died at Le Havre, France, in November 1802, age 24, still a bachelor.
Charles dit Chayé's second son Pierre, born,
according to Bona Arsenault, on Île Miquelon in
c1758 (it likely was later), and followed his family to France, where he worked as a sailor. He died
at La Rochelle in September 1782, age 24. He probably did not marry.
Pierre le jeune's sixth son Jean
dit
Varouël, born at Port-Royal in c1690, married
Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Abraham Brun
and Anne Pellerin, at Annapolis Royal in November 1718 and
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1720 and 1750,
Madeleine gave Jean a dozen children, six sons and six daughters. Jean and
members of his family escaped the British in 1755 and
took refuge in Canada. He died at Québec in July 1757, age 67, perhaps a victim of smallpox.
Three of his daughters married into the Arsenault and
Bastarache families. At least one of his sons created his own
family.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste dit Varouël, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1720, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Bastarache and
Marguerite Forest, at Annapolis Royal in February 1751.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1754 and 1766, Anne gave Jean-Bapiste three
children, all daughters. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. In 1769, British authorities counted the family
at Cap-des-Maringouins, today's Cap Maringouin, southeastern New Brunswick.
Pierre le jeune's seventh and youngest son
Bernard dit Blèche, born at Port-Royal in c1681, married Marguerite, another daughter of Étienne
Pellerin and
Jeanne Savoie, at Annapolis Royal in January
1716; his oldest brother Pierre dit Will Denis had married Marguerite's
sister Madeleine. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1717 and 1724, Marguerite gave
Bernard four children, three sons and a daughter. Bernard remarried to Marie, daughter of Claude Doucet and Marie
Comeau, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1724. According to Arsenault,
between 1725 and 1739, Marie gave Bernard eight more children, four sons and
four daughters--a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters, by both wives. Bernard died probably at
Annapolis Royal after January 1747, in his 50s. His oldest daughter by
first wife Marguerite married into the Brun and Caron
families. Four of his sons by both wives created their own families.
Second son Germain, by first wife Marguerite Pellerin,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1719, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean
Bastarache and Angélique Richard, at Annapolis Royal
in January 1747. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and 1752,
Marguerite gave Germain four children, three sons and a daughter. Germain
remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Thibodeau and
Marie Préjean, at Annapolis Royal in November 1753.
According to Arsenault, in 1754 and 1755, this second Marguerite gave Germain
three more children, twin sons and a daughter--seven children, five sons and two
daughters, by two wives. The British deported the
family to New York in 1755. Germain, his wife, and six children appeared
on a repatriation list in the colony in 1763. When the British allowed
them to leave, the family chose to go not only to Canada, where most of them settled at
Yamachiche, below Trois-Rivières, in c1767, but also to the French Antilles.
Germain's daughter Marie, by first wife Marguerite, was a merchant on the
French-controlled island of Martinique in July 1782 when she married into the
Framery family at Le Mouillage on the island. According to Bona
Arsenault, at least one of Germain's sons created his own family in Canada.
Third son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marguerite Bastarache,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1752, followed his family to New York and Canada.
He married Marie-Louise, daughter of Joseph
Rocheleau and Marie Rivard, at Yamachiche in
November 1785.
Bernard dit Blèche's third son Amand-Grégoire, by first wife
Marguerite Pellerin, born at Annapolis Royal in c1724, married
Marie, daughter of Joseph Bourg and Louise Robichaud,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1750. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1751
and 1753, Marie gave Amand-Grégoire three children, a son and twin daughters.
What happened to them in 1755?
Bernard dit Blèche's fourth son Joseph-Bernard, by second wife
Marie Doucet, born at Annapolis Royal in c1726, married Cécile,
another daughter of Antoine Thibodeau and Marie Préjean,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1748. According to Bona Arsenault, Cécile
gave Joseph-Bernard a daughter in 1749.
What happened to them in 1755?
Bernard dit Blèche's fifth son Charles-Alexandre, by second wife
Marie Doucet, born at Annapolis Royal in c1728, married
Nathalie, daughter of Prudent Robichaud, fils and
Françoise Bourgeois, in c1755. One wonders what happened
to them in 1755. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1766 and 1768, Nathalie gave Charles-Alexandre two sons, place
unrecorded. The
family was counted at St.-Sulpice, Canada, in 1767 and further down at
Pointe-aux-Trembles, near Montréal, in 1770.
Jean's younger
son Jean, fils, by second wife Nicole Colleson, born at
Port-Royal in c1653, married
Françoise, daughter of Pierre Comeau and
Rose Bayon, at Port-Royal in c1672. In 1673 and 1674, Françoise gave him
a daughter and a son. Their daughter married into the Doiron
family.
Jean, fils remarried to Jeanne Henry
at Port-Royal in c1680. She gave him three more children, all daughters,
two of whom married into the Lejeune dit Briard and Benoit
families. Jean, fils remarried again--his third marriage--to Jeanne
Lejeune dit Briard, widow of François Joseph, at Port-Royal
in c1694. She gave him no more children. Despite his many marriages, Jean, fils's line of the family
was substantially smaller than that of older half-brother Denis. According
to Bona Arsenault, Jean, fils resettled at Pigiguit.
Only son Jean III, by first wife François Comeau, born at
Port-Royal in c1675, married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Jean
Bourg and Marguerite Martin, at Port-Royal in c1697.
Between 1698 and 1702, Élisabeth gave Jean III three children, two sons and a
daughter. By 1701, Jean III and his family were living on
Rivière-Kenescout at Minas, where he died after 1707, in his 50s. By 1714,
his widow had moved the family to nearby Pigiguit. Both of their sons
created their own families, but only one of the lines seems to have endured.
Did Jean III's daughter marry?
Older son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Marie-Madeleine,
called Madeleine, daughter of François Pitre
and Anne Préjean, at Annapolis Royal in May 1728. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1729 and 1750, Marie-Madeleine gave Pierre ten children,
seven sons and three daughters. They moved to Île St.-Jean in c1750.
Pierre died on the island in August 1752, in his mid-50s. A few days after
his death, a French official counted Marie-Madeleine and nine of their children,
six sons and three daughters, on
the north side of Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the island's interior. The
official described Pierre's widow as "poor." One of her
daughters married into the Boudrot family on the island in
October 1755, was deported to Cherbourg, France, in 1758, and remained in the
mother country in 1785 when some of her cousins emigrated to Louisiana.
One, perhaps two, of Pierre's sons married on Île St.-Jean before the
deportation. At least one of them also was deported to Cherbourg in 1758.
Third son Dominique, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1733, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean in 1750 and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Denis
Boudrot and Agnès Vincent, on the island in October 1755;
Marie-Josèphe was a sister of Dominique's sister Dorothée's husband Alexandre.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Dominique a daughter in 1757.
The British deported them to Cherbourg, France, in 1758. Twin sons Dominique,
fils and Prosper were baptized at Très Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in
late November 1759 but died the following day. Two daughters were born at
Cherbourg in c1761 and March 1763, but the yonunger one did not survive
childhood. Dominique took his family to Le Havre by 1765, when another son
was born there. Two more daughters were born at La Havre in 1768 and 1771--at
least eight children, five daughters and three sons, between 1757 and 1771, in
greater Acadia and France.
In 1785, Dominique, if he was still alive, chose to remain in France. His
daughters married into the La Perrelle, Robert,
and Hertevent families at Le Havre. His surviving son
also created his own family there.
Third and youngest son Jean-Charles, born at Le Havre in c1765, was a 32-year-old
sailor when he married Marie-Rose, 49-year-old daughter of Guillaume-Antoine
L'Hurier and Anne-Geneviève LeVerdier, at Le
Havre in March 1797.
Charles, who Bona Arsenault insists was one of Pierre's sons, born,
Arsenault says, in c1734, place unrecorded, but it likely would have been
Annapolis Royal, married Marie-Rose Bastarache at
Port-La-Joye on Île St.-Jean in c1755. Arsenault says Marie-Rose gave
Charles a daughter on the island in 1756. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Pierre's son François, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1737, followed
his family to Île Ste.-Jean and Cherbourg, France, where he died in December
1759, age 22. He evidently did not marry.
Jean III's younger son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in c1702, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jérôme Darois and Marie
Gareau, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1727 and resettled at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and
1749, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste seven children, two sons and five
daughters. They, too, moved on to Île
St.-Jean in 1750. In August 1752, a French official counted Jean-Baptiste,
wife Marie-Josèphe, and six of their children, two sons and four daughters, at
Anse-du-Nord-Est on the south shore of the island. The official noted that
Jean-Baptiste was "always ill, and poor." Two of his daughters married into the Thibodeau
and Brousse families on the island before 1758. The British deported Jean-Baptiste and his family
to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Not all of them survived the crossing. Jean-Baptiste died at Hôtel-Dieu, St.-Malo, in November 1759, in
his late 50s, perhaps from the rigors of the crossing. Daughter
Marie-Blanche, widow of Breton tailor Louis-Julien Brousse,
remarried into the Boullot family at St.-Malo.
Marie-Blanche's younger brother Joseph-Ignace emigrated to
Louisiana in 1785 but did not marry. Sister Marie-Josèphe married into
the Comeau family at Yamachiche, Canada, in February 1766, so
she must have eluded the British in 1758.
Older son Joseph-Ignace, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1743,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean in 1750 and to St.-Malo, France, in 1758.
In October 1761, he embarked on the ship Duchesse de Grammont
probably as a privateer, was captured by the British and held as a prisoner of
war in England until the spring of 1763. Back in France, he settled at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer, a suburb of St.-Malo, working probably as a sailor. Still a
bachelor in his early 40s, he emigrated to Louisiana in 1785 from St.-Malo aboard La Ville
d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, and followed his
fellow passengers to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores in the New
Feliciana District north of
Baton Rouge. He does not seem to have married in the Spanish colony, so
his father's line of the family, except for its blood, likely died with him.
Jean-Bapitste's
younger son Paul-Marie, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1749, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean in 1750 and to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. He
died at the hospital at St.-Malo in November 1758, age 11, probably from the
rigors of the crossing.338
Gautrot
François
Gautrot, a late 1630s arrival, married twice. The Acadian branch of
his line comes from his second wife. François's first wife Marie, her
family name unrecorded, who he married in France, gave him two children, a
daughter and a son--Marie, who married into the Potet and Dupuis families and who
settled in Acadia; and Charles, who did not remain in the colony.
François's second wife
Edmée or Aimée Lejeune gave him nine more
children, four daughters and five sons. Their daughters married into the
Thériot, Labat dit Le Marquis, Girouard, and
Lanoue families. Three of their sons married and, like their
sisters, settled in Acadia. François died probably at Port-Royal before
1693, probably in his 70s. His descendants settled in Canada (before
Le Grand Dérangement);
at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal; Minas, Pigiguit, and Cobeguit
in the Minas Basin; and in
the French Maritimes. At least 48 of François's descendants emigrated to
Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, from Maryland in the late 1760s, and especially from France
in 1785--the largest concentration of Gautrots in the
Acadian diaspora. However, descendants of François of Martaizé and
Port-Royal, in much smaller numbers, also could be found in greater Acadia,
Canada, and France after
Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Charles l'aîné, by first wife Marie ____, born at
Port-Royal in c1639, one of the first French children born in the colony, left Acadia after he
came of age and married Françoise, daughter of Martin Cousin and Marie
Hubert of St.-Nicolas-des-Champs, Paris, at Québec in October 1665.
He favored the family name Gottreau. He and Françoise lived for a
time at Beauport before settling at Charlesbourg near Québec. Between 1669
and 1681, Françoise gave Charles six children, at least three sons and two daughters.
Charles died at Charlesbourg in December 1714, age 74. Only one of his daughters
married, into the Brousseau and Valade families at Charlesbourg.
Two of his three sons reached adulthood, but neither married. They both died
at Charlesbourg in their early 20s, so this line of the family, except for its
blood, did not endure.
François's second
son Jean, by second wife Edmée Lejeune, born at Port-Royal in
c1648, was counted in the first census of Port-Royal in 1671 in his early 20s,
but he did not marry.
François's third
son François, fils, by second wife Edmée Lejeune, born
at Port-Royal in c1657, married Marie, also called Sébastienne, daughter of
Vincent Brun and Renée Breau, at Port-Royal in c1677 and remained
there. In c1678, Marie dite Sébastienne gave François, fils a son. François, fils died at Port-Royal by 1683, in his
mid-20s. Marie remarried to Abraham Bourg.
François, fils's son survived childhood, married, and created a
vigorous line at Cobeguit in the Minas Basin.
Only son
François III,
born at Port-Royal in c1678, married Louise, daughter of Martin Aucoin
and Marie Gaudet, at Port-Royal in 1708 and settled at Cobeguit.
Between 1709 and 1727, Louise gave François III nine children, seven sons and two daughters.
Françoise III took his family to Île St.-Jean in c1751. In August 1752, a
French official counted François III, Louise, and an unmarried daughter at
Anse-à-Pinnet on the island's south shore, near three of his sons and their
families.
Louise may have died on the island a few years later. The British deported
François III and members of his family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
He sailed with one of his daughters and her family and survived the crossing,
but he died in a St.-Malo hospital, in his early 80s, soon after he reached the
Breton port. Both of his daughters survived childhood, but only one of
them married, into the Bourg
family. Six of François III's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Pierre,
born probably at Cobeguit in c1709, married
Agnès, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Françoise Landry, at
Grand-Pré in October 1731 and settled on Rivière-aux-Canards at Minas before returning to
Cobeguit. Between 1732 and 1749, Agnès gave Pierre at least 10 children,
seven sons and three daughters. He likely was the Pierre Gotrau who represented Cobeguit
before the reconstituted Nova Scotia Council at Halifax at the end of July 1749. Pierre moved his family
to Île St.-Jean in c1750, perhaps after Agnès's death, and remarried to Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of
Pierre Thériot and Marie Bourg and widow of ___ Landry and
Pierre Melanson, probably on the island in c1752. In August 1752, a French official
counted Pierre, Élisabeth, eight of his children by his first marriage, and two
of her children by her previous marriages--20-year-old Pierre Landry
and 17-year-old Pierre Melanson--at Anse-à-Pinnet near his
parents and younger brothers. (His oldest son Charles, who would have been
age 16 at the time, was not with them; he may have remained at Minas.)
According to Bona Arsenault, Élisabeth gave Pierre another daughter in 1753--11
children, seven sons and four daughters, by two wives. They evidently left the island before 1758
or escaped the British roundup on the island that year, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By 1760, they have joined hundreds of other
Acadian refugees at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. The
British attacked the French stronghold there in late June 1760 but failed to
capture the place. The following October, another naval force, this one
from Québec, appeared at Restigouche to accept the garrison's, and the
Acadians', surrender. Pre.
Gautrau and his family of 10 appear on a list of Acadians at
Restigouche dated 24 October 1760, on the eve of formal surrender. They
were held as prisoners of war at Chédabouctou on the Atlantic coast of Nova
Scotia. After the war finally ended, Pierre, Élisabeth, and their unmarried children
followed other Acadians to the French-controlled fishery island, Miquelon, off the southern coast of
Newfoundland, where French officials counted the couple and five of their
children in 1767. That year, to alleviate overcrowding on the island,
French officials coaxed many of the Acadians, including the Gautrots,
to move on to La Rochelle, France. Pierre died in St.-Nicolas Parish, La
Rochelle, in September 1769, age 61. Two of his daughters by his first wife
Agnès evidently remained on
Miquelon or returned to the island from their short sojourn in France, where they married into the
Gaudet and Barbier families in August 1768 and June
1769. Three of Pierre's sons created families of their own in France and greater Acadia, and one
of them emigrated to Louisiana from France in 1785.
Oldest son
Charles, born at Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas,
in October 1736, may not have followed his family to Île St.-Jean in 1750 but
remained at Minas, or if he followed them to the island he may have returned to British Nova Scotia before they were counted at
Anse-à-Pinnet in August 1752. The British deported Charles from Minas to Virginia in
the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent him on to England in the spring of
1763. He married fellow Acadian Catherine Michel either
at Minas or, more likely, in England, but she did not survive the ordeal there.
A young widower now, in May 1763 Charles was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard
the repatriation transport La
Dorothée with the family of Jean Melanson, perhaps a
kinsman of his stepmother Élisabeth Thériot.
Charles remarried to Madeleine, daughter of Jean Melanson and Cécile
Aucoin of Minas, at St.-Suliac near St.-Malo in September 1763.
She gave him a son there in 1764. In November 1765, Charles, Madeleine,
and their infant son followed her widowed father to recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the
southern coast of Brittany. They settled at Le Coquet near Locmaria.
Between 1766 and 1781, Madeleine gave Charles five more children there, three
sons and two daughters. One of the sons died young. Charles's oldest
son married a local French girl on the island. In 1785, Charles,
Madeleine, and their three youngest children, two sons and a daughter, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where one of the sons already had gone.
Two of their oldest children, a son
and a daughter, chose to remain in the mother country. Charles and
Madeleine's daughter Rosalie-Charlotte married into the Aucoin family
on the upper Lafourche. Their youngest son also married there.
Wife Madeleine died by January 1788, when Charles was listed in an upper Lafourche
census without a wife. At age 53, he remarried again--his third
marriage--to Luce-Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadians François Bourg
and Marie-Madeleine Hébert and widow of Pierre Hébert
and Félix Boudrot, at Ascension on the river in November 1789.
Luce-Perpétué, in her mid-50s at the time of their marriage, also was a native
of Minas, had been deported to France from Île St.-Jean, and had come to
Louisiana in 1785 with her first husband. She gave Charles no new
children.
Oldest son
Jean-Charles, by second wife Madeleine Melanson, born at
St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in July 1764, followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer.
He married local Frenchwoman Marie-Madeleine Galoudec at Bangor on the
island in 1784. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1785 and 1798,
Marie-Madeleine gave Jean-Charles seven children, five daughters and two sons,
on the island.
They did not follow his family to Louisiana in 1785 but remained at
Grand-Cosquet on Belle-Île-en-Mer. Jean-Charles died there in 1804, age 40.
One of his sons also created a family of his own there.
Younger son
Pierre-Charles, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1798, worked as a sailor. He
married Marie-Élisabeth, daughter of Marc Leport and
Marie-Michelle Clément of Kerseau near Locmaria, at Locmaria on
the island in 1826. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1826 and 1836,
Marie gave Pierre-Charles three children, two daughters and a son, on the island.
Charles's second
son Jean-Pierre, by second wife Madeleine Melanson, born on
Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1766, died young.
Charles's third
son Joseph-Benoît, by second wife Madeleine Melanson, born at
Locmaria, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in October 1786, followed, or, more accurately,
preceded, his family to Louisiana in 1785 and followed his fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche. He married Marie-Françoise, daughter of Frenchman
Guillaume Montet and his Acadian wife Marie-Josèphe
Vincent of Belle-Île-en-Mer, at New Orleans in May 1789. They may
have known one another on the Breton isle. Marie-Françoise died soon after
they married, and Joseph-Benoît remarried to Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter
of fellow Acadian Germain Bergeron and Marie LeBlanc,
at Ascension on the river in November 1790. They settled on the upper
Lafourche. Their daughters married into the Cedotal,
Daigle, Mazerolle, Templet,
Theriot, and Trahan families.
Joseph-Benoît's two sons married on the upper bayou into the Arceneaux
and Coupelle families.
Charles's fourth
and youngest son François-Marie, by second wife Madeleine Melanson,
born near Locmaria, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in February 1771, followed his parents to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and settled with them on upper Bayou Lafourche. He
married Félicité-Jeanne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Hébert and Laure Bourg, at Ascension in
March 1792. They settled on the upper Lafourche in what became Assumption Parish.
François-Marie died there in December 1824, age 53. His daughters married
into the Arceneaux, Aucoin, Daigle,
Delaune, and Hébert families. Two of his
four sons married on the upper bayou, into the Coupelle and
Aucoin families.
Pierre's second
son Joseph, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards,
Minas, in c1737, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean in 1750 and was counted with them at Anse-à-Pinnet two years
later. He evidently followed his father and stepmother to the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore and to Restigouche. Probably while still in exile, perhaps
in the prison compound at Halifax, he married Marie Bourg.
According to Bona Arsenault, she gave him a son in 1764. They followed his
famiy to Île Miquelon and were counted there in 1767. One wonders what
happened to them after that date.
Pierre's third
son Basile, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1741, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean in 1750 and was counted with them at Anse-à-Pinnet two years
later. He evidently followed his father and stepmother to the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore and to Restigouche. Sometime in the early 1760s, he either
was captured by, or surrendered, to British forces in the area, who held him
in the prison compound at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, for the rest of the war.
After the war, if he followed his family to Île Miquelon he did not
remain there. He married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean Girouard and Madeleine LeBlanc,
in c1766, place unrecorded, perhaps on Miquelon. However, the marriage was "rehabilitated"
not on the island but at Halifax in Nova Scotia in May 1771. One
wonders what happened to them after that date.
Pierre's fourth
son Honoré le jeune, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards
in c1743, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in 1750 and was counted with them
at Anse-à-Pinnet two years later. He evidently followed his father and
stepmother to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, to Restigouche, and perhaps into
the
British prison compound at Chédabouctou. He followed his parents to Île Miquelon and probably to La
Rochelle, France. If he went to La Rochelle, he did not remain there.
He returned to Miquelon by 1770 and married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Comeau and
Anne Doucet, on the island in May 1771. According to
Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Honoré le jeune two children, a son and a
daughter, in 1771 and 1773. In 1778, after the French joined the Americans
in their struggle against Britain, the redcoats captured Miquelon and nearby Île
St.-Pierre and
deported the Acadians there to La Rochelle. Honoré and Anne's son
Jean-Baptiste was born in St.-Nicolas Parish, La Rochelle, in June 1783, but the
family did not remain. They were back on Miquelon later in the year and then moved to
nearby Île St.-Pierre.
François III's second son
Charles dit Maringouin (Mosquito),
born probably at Cobeguit in c1711, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jacques Hébert and Marguerite Landry,
at Grand-Pré in October 1737. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe
gave Maringouin a daughter in 1741. Other records give them two sons in
the early 1740s. They evidently moved on to the French Maritimes after August
1752, and the British deported them to Boulogne-sur-Mer, Picardie, France, in late 1758.
Charles died in St.-Joseph Parish there in July 1760, age 48. His sons
married in France, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Older son
Charles,
fils, born probably at Minas in c1741, followed his family to the French Maritimes and
to Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1758-59. He married Anne-Pélagie, called Pélagie,
daughter of fellow Acadians René Trahan and Marguerite
Melanson, in St.-Joseph Parish, Boulogne-sur-Mer, in August 1763.
They settled in St.-Nicolas Parish in the northern fishing center before moving to St.-Martin des Champs
Parish, Morlaix, in Brittany in 1765. They were still at Morlaix in
September 1784. Between 1764 and 1784, in both cities, Pélagie gave Charles 11
children, four daughters and seven sons. The oldest child, a daughter,
died soon after her birth. In 1785, Charles, Pélagie, and six of their
children, four sons and two daughters, emigrated to Louisiana
and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. Three of their sons, who would have
been ages 16, 14, and 10 in 1785, did not go with them. Did they, too,
died young? Their infant son who went with them to the Spanish colony may
not have survived the crossing. The couple had no more children in
Louisiana. Their daughters married into the
LeBlanc and Havard or Navarre
families on the upper Lafourche. Only one of Charles's sons in Louisiana
married, into the Seville or Silvy family, and
created a vigorous family line in Terrebonne Parish.
Maringouin's
younger son Gervais, born probably at Minas in c1744, followed his family to the
French Maritimes and to Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1758-59, but, like his family, he did not remain. He married Marguerite, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Antoine Leprince le jeune and his fist wife Judith
Boudrot, on Île d'Aix near La Rochelle in February 1766, when
other members of his family were at Morlaix in Brittany.
One wonders what brought Gervais to La Rochelle and if he and his wife had any children. If they were still alive in 1785,
they did not follow their kinsmen to Spanish Louisiana.
François
III's third son, name unrecorded, born probably at Cobeguit before 1714, probably died
young.
François III's fourth son
Honoré, born at
Cobeguit in c1716, married
Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Robichaud and Claire LeBlanc, in
c1745 probably at Cobeguit. Between 1746 and 1753, Marguerite gave Honoré
at least three children, two sons and a daughter. Despite becoming an
appeaser to British rule after the construction of Halifax in 1749, Honoré
and his family evidently followed other Cobeguit
habitants across Mer Rouge to Île St.-Jean sometime between the summer of 1755
and the spring of 1756 to escape the British roundups in the area. Marguerite
died on the island by 1758. The British deported Honoré and his children to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
One of his sons married into the Bourg family at nearby
St.-Suliac. Honoré remarried to Jeanne, daughter of Jean Lebert
dit Jolycoeur and
Jeanne Breau, at Plouër-sur-Rance near St.-Malo in January 1761. They settled
at nearby Pleslin. Between 1761 and 1765, at Pleslin, Jeanne gave Honoré
three more children, two sons and a daughter--at least six children, four sons
and two daughters, by two wives, in greater Acadia and France. Wife Jeanne died at Hotel-Dieu,
St.-Malo, in February 1767, age 45. Honoré did not remarry again and may
have died in France before 1785. Three of his sons by both wives, one of
them married, and a daughter by his first wife, emigrated to Louisiana in 1785.
Honoré's daughter married into the Hébert family on upper Bayou
Lafourche. His three sons also created their own families in the Spanish
colony, but, except for their blood, none of the lines endured.
Oldest son
Marin,
by first wife Marguerite Robichaud, born probably at Cobeguit
in c1747, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and his widowed father and younger
siblings to St.-Malo, France. They settled at Pleslin on the west side of
the river south of the Breton port. Marin
married Gertrude, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Bourg and
Françoise Benoit, at St.-Suliac, across the river, in May 1768.
Between 1769 and 1773, at St.-Suliac, Gertrude gave Marin three children, a
daughter and two sons. Their daughter died young. They may have gone
to Poitou in 1773 and retreated to the port city of Nantes with other Poitou
Acadians later in the decade. Gertrude gave Marin at least two more
children, a son and a daughter, in 1774 and 1776, perhaps in Poitou. Spanish officials
counted Marin, Gertrude, and their youngest children at Nantes in September
1784. They emigrated to Spanish Louisiana the following year, followed
most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, and had more
children there. Marin remarried to Marguerite-Ange, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph-Ange Dubois and Anne Michel
and widow of Jean Daigle and Charles Granger,
at Ascension on the river in January 1792. They settled on the upper
Lafourche, where she gave him three more children--10 children, four daughters
and six sons, by two wives, in France and Louisiana. Marin died in Assumption
Parish in May 1808, in his early 60s. His daughters by both wives married
into the Barrilleaux and Granger families.
Sadly, none of his four sons either taken to or born in Louisiana created their
own families.
Honoré's third
son Jean-Charles, by second wife Jeanne Lebert,
was born at
Pleslin, France, in November 1761, where he became a sailor. He followed
his siblings to Louisiana in 1785 on a later ship and settled with them on upper
Bayou Lafourche. Soon after his arrival, he married Françoise-Hélène,
daughter of fellow Acadians François Blanchard and
Hélène-Judith Giroir, at Ascension on the river in February
1786. Françoise-Hélène also was a native of the St.-Malo area and had come
to Louisiana on the same vessel Jean-Charles had taken. They settled on
the upper Lafourche, where they had two sons. Jean-Charles died at Lafourche in February 1793, age
32. Neither of his sons seems to have married, so his line of the family
may have died with him.
Honoré's fourth
and youngest son Pierre-Joseph, by second wife Jeanne Lebert,
born at Pleslin, France, in March 1763, followed his siblings to Louisiana in
1785 and settled with them on upper Bayou Lafourche. At age 33, he married
Geneviève-Charlotte-Marguerite of Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, daughter of fellow Acadians
Amand Giroir and Marie-Marguerite Daigle, at
Assumption on the upper Lafourche in March 1796. Pierre Joseph died in
Assumption Parish in August 1816, age 53. Two of his four daughters married into the
Aucoin and LaFontaine families. Only one
of his four sons married, into the Theriot family, but the son and
his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
François III's fifth son
Alexandre,
born probably at Cobeguit in c1718, married Marguerite,
daughter of Jean Hébert and Marie-Claire Dugas, probably at
Cobeguit in c1744. Between 1745 and 1751, Marguerite gave Alexandre four
children, three sons and a daughter. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1751.
In August 1752, a French official counted Alexandre, Marguerite, their four children,
and a 13-year-old Gautrot nephew at Anse-à-Pinnet near his
parents and brothers. Marguerite gave Alexandre two more children, a son
and a daughter, on the island in 1754 and 1756. The British deported the
family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Five of their six children died
at sea! They settled on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo at Ploubalay, Trigavou, and Pleslin,
where, between 1760 and 1772, Marguerite gave Alexandre seven more children,
four sons and three daughters, two of whom died in childhood. Two of
Alexandre and Marguerite's sons married in France, and one of them died there.
Alexandre also died in France. Widow Marguerite, three of her Gautrot
children--a married son, an unmarried son, and an umarried daughter--along with a Gautrot grandson, emigrated to Louisiana in
1785. Marguerite never remarried. Her daughter Victoire-Andrée
married into the Boudreaux family in the Spanish colony.
Marguerite's unmarried Gautrot son and grandson also married
there.
Oldest son
François-Hilaire, born probably at Cobeguit in c1745, followed his family to Anse-à-Pinnet and to St.-Malo, France.
He was the only one of their six children who survived the crossing to
France. He settled with his parents at Ploubalay, Trigavou, and Pleslin
and married Hélène-Catherine, daughter of fellow Acadians François Daigle
and Marie Boudrot, at Trigavou in November 1764. Between
1766 and 1773, Hélène gave François-Hilaire four children, a son and three
daughters. He took his family to Poitou in 1773. Hélène gave him
four more sons there from 1774 to 1780, but the youngest two died as infants.
As their birth dates reveal, when most of the Poitou Acadians retreated to the
port city of Nantes in late 1775 and 1776, François-Hilaire and his family remained in
Poitou. Hélène died at Leigné-les-Bois, Poitou, in September 1780, age 40,
perhaps from the rigors of childbirth. François-Hilaire died there in
April 1782, in his late 30s. At least one of his children joined his
kinsmen at Nantes by September 1784. When François-Hilaire's widowed
mother emigrated to Louisiana in 1785, she took with her not only three of her
children, but also François-Hilaire's oldest son. One wonders what
happened to François-Hilaire's other surviving children, who, if they were still
living, would have been ages 14, 12, 11, and 8 in 1785. They did not follow their kinsfolk to the Spanish colony.
Oldest son
Charles, born at Trigavou, France, in January 1766, followed his family to
Poitou, his paternal grandmother to Nantes and Louisiana, and settled with her
and his other kin on upper Bayou
Lafourche. He married Marie-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Anselme
Pitre and his first wife Isabelle Dugas, at
New Orleans in June 1789. They settled at Ascension on the river. He
and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
Charles died in Ascension Parish in June 1836, age 70.
Alexandre's fifth
son Pierre-Grégoire, born at Trigavou, France, in March 1760, became a carpenter
when he came of age. One wonders if he followed his older brother to
Poitou in 1773. If not, he made his way to Nantes by September 1784 and
joined his widowed mother and siblings there.
He married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Michel and Marguerite Pitre, probably at
Nantes in late 1784 or 1785. When they emigrated to Louisiana in 1785 with
his widowed mother, younger siblings, and a nephew, wife Madeleine was pregnant.
She gave birth to a daughter aboard ship. They baptized her at New Orleans
in October and named her Martina or Martine after Spanish Intendente
Martin Navarro, who stood as godfather for Acadian newborns. The daughter
probably died young. Pierre-Grégoire and Madeleine settled with their
relatives on upper Bayou Lafourche, and Madeleine gave Pierre-Grégoire more
children in Louisiana. Their surviving daughter married into the
Waguespack family. She died by May 1805, when Pierre-Grégoire
remarried to Sophie Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert
and his second wife Marie Benoit and widow of Mathurin
Comeaux, at Assumption on the upper bayou. Sophie was a native of
St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo and had come to Louisiana on the same ship Pierre-Grégoire had taken.
She gave him more children--eight children, four daughters and four sons, by two
wives, in Louisiana. Pierre-Gregoire and Sophie's daughter married into the
Chataignier family. Only one of his four sons
married, the youngest one by second wife Sophie, into the Guidry
family and settled in Terrebonne Parish.
Alexandre's sixth
son Jean-Alain, born at Pleslin, France, in September 1764, also followed his widowed mother to Nantes by
September 1784. The following year, he followed her and his siblings to
Louisiana. Soon after they reached the Spanish colony, he married
Madeleine-Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Benjamin Pitre
and his second wife Marguerite Boudrot, at New Orleans in
January 1786. They settled with his family on uper Bayou Lafourche and may
have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
François
III's sixth son Joseph, born probably at Cobeguit in c1723, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Hébert
and Marguerite Bourg, probably at Cobeguit in c1749 and moved on to Île
St.-Jean after 1752, perhaps with other Cobeguit habitants in 1755 or
1756. Between 1749 and 1756, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph four children,
three daughters and a son, at Cobeguit and on the island. The British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. All of their
children died at sea. Joseph and Marie-Josèphe settled near St.-Malo at St.-Servan-sur-Mer and St.-Suliac, where,
between 1759 and 1763, she gave him four more children, three daughters and
another son, all but one of whom died in childhood. Wife Marie-Josèphe died
at St.-Suliac in February 1764, age 30. Joseph remarried to Anne, daughter of Germain Pitre and
Marie-Josèphe Girouard and widow of Louis Bourg, at St.-Suliac
in November 1764. Between 1765 and 1771, Anne gave Joseph four more
children, a daughter and three sons, one of whom died young. Joseph took
his family to Poitou in 1773. Anne gave him another son there--13 children
in all by both wives. In March 1776, after nearly three years of effort, Joseph,
Anne, and seven of their children retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the
port city of Nantes. Joseph, Anne, and six of their children, five sons
and a daughter, emigrated to Louisiana in
1785. Their daughter, in her early 20s, may not have survived the
crossing. Joseph and his family followed their fellow
passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Joseph died there by January 1788,
when wife Anne was called a widow in a Valenzuela District census. She did not
remarry. Her and Joseph's sons married into the Thériot,
Arcement, Gautreaux, Borne,
Ozelet, and Aucoin familes on the upper bayou,
and all but one of their lines endured.
François III's seventh and
youngest son François IV, born probably at Cobeguit in c1724, married Marie, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and
Françoise Landry, at Grand-Pré in July 1748 and followed his family to
Île St.-Jean in c1751. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1748 and 1751,
Marie gave François IV two sons on the island. In August 1752, a French official counted François
IV, Marie, their two sons, and
17-year-old orphaned nephew Charles Gautrot, son of oldest
brother Pierre, at Anse-à-Pinnet near his parents and older brothers. François IV remarried to Françoise,
daughter of Jean Daigre and Marie-Anne Breau, in c1754 probably on
Île St.-Jean. She gave him two more sons in 1755 and 1756. François
IV died probably at Anse-à-Pinnet in 1757 or 1758, in his early 30s, on the eve
of the island's dérangement. The British deported his widow and
children to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Françoise crossed with two of her Gautrot
sons, who died at sea. She died in a St.-Malo
hospital soon after reaching the Breton port. One wonders what happened to
François IV's sons by first wife Marie.
François,
père's fourth
son Claude, by second wife Edmée Lejeune, born at Port-Royal in
c1659, married Marie, daughter of Bonaventure Thériot and Jeanne
Boudrot, probably at Port-Royal in c1684 and moved to Minas by the early
1690s. Between 1685 and 1709, Marie gave Claude 13 children, 10 daughters
and three sons.
Claude died at Minas in March 1733, age 76. Nine of his daughters married into the LeBlanc, Hébert, Brun,
Landry, Babin, Daigre, Benoit, Breau, and
Richard families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in
1768. Two of
his sons created families of their own at Minas.
Oldest son
Jean,
born perhaps at Minas in c1697, married Anne, daughter of Jacques à
René LeBlanc and Catherine Landry, at Grand-Pré in January 1719
and remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1721 and 1736, Anne gave Jean six children,
five daughters and a son. Jean died at Minas in November 1747, age 50.
The British deported his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Two of his daughters
married into the Granger, Landry, and
Forest families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland
in 1766. One wonders what happened to his son Joseph.
Claude's second son
Charles, born perhaps at Minas in c1704, married Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of
Jacques à René LeBlanc and Catherine
Landry, at Grand-Pré in October 1725 and remained. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and 1747, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles eight
children, seven sons and a daughter. The British
deported members of the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Charles
died in Maryland before July 1763, in his late 50s or early 60s. Two of his
sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1765 and 1766.
Oldest son Joseph, born at Minas in c1728, married Claire, daughter of
Joseph Boudrot and Anne LeBlanc of Pigiguit,
in c1752. The British deported them to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755.
One wonders what happened to them there and after the war.
Charles's third son Amand-Paul, born at Minas in January 1732, may have
served as a domestic in the household of Sr. Louis-Amand
Bugeaud at Minas. Amand-Paul was still a bachelor when the
British deported him to Maryland in the fall of 1755. He married fellow
Acadian Marie Landry there in c1758. Amand-Paul, Marie, a daughter, and a LeBlanc orphan
appeared on a repatriation list at Newtown on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July
1763. They emigrated to Louisiana in 1766 and settled in the established
Acadian communities of Cabahannocer, where his younger brother had gone the year
before, and at Ascension, all above New Orleans on what became known as the
lower Acadian Coast. They had more children in the
Spanish colony. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1780, Marie
gave Amand six children, four daughters and two sons. In the 1790s,
Amand-Paul acquired land on the upper Vermilion across the Atchafalaya Basin in the Attakapas District.
His daughters married into the Allain, Brasseaux,
Dugas, and Hébert families on the river.
His surviving son Jérôme, born at Ascension, moved to Attakapas, married into
the Dugas family, and established a western branch of the
Gautreaux family.
Charles's fourth son Charles, fils, born at Minas in c1734,
escaped the British roundup at Minas in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. During the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either was
captured by, or surrendered to, British forces and was held in a prison compound
in Nova Scotia. He married Françoise, daughter of Michel Bourg
and Marguerite Bourgeois, probably in one of those compounds in September
1762. According to Bona Arsenault, Françoise gave Charles, fils a
son in 1764. Their marriage was "rehabilitated" on Île Miquelon in May
1766, so they had gone to the French-controlled island off the southern coast of
Newfoundland after the war. One wonders why the family did
not appear in the French census of the island's residents in 1767. Had
they resettled elsewhere?
Charles, père's fifth son Simon, born at Minas in March 1736, escaped the British
roundup at Minas in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
During the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either was captured by, or surrendered
to, British forces and was held at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, for the rest of the
war. He married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Ambroise
Breau and Marie-Madeleine Michel of Chepoudy,
probably at Fort Edward before July 1762. They emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1765 and, still
childless, settled at
Cabahannocer. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and 1778,
Madeleine gave Simon six children, five sons and a daughter, but Louisiana
records give them more. Through grant and purchase, Simon created a large
plantation near Welcome, present-day St. James Parish. The property, used
primarily for sugar production, was held by the family for over a century.
Simon died in St. James Parish in November 1814. The priest who recorded
the burial said
that Simon died at "age about 80 yrs." His daughters
married Breaux and Gautreaux cousins.
All eight of his sons married, into the LeBlanc, Breaux,
Richard, Melançon, Duhon,
Landry, and Babin families on the river, and
most of them remained there. One of his sons and some of his grandsons,
however, joined the Acadian exodus
from the river to the Bayou Lafourche
valley, and another grandson joined his first cousin on the western prairies.
Claude's third and youngest son Joseph, born at Minas in June 1708,
evidently died young.
François,
père's fifth
son Charles le jeune, by second wife Edmée Lejeune,
born at Port-Royal in c1661, married Françoise, daughter of René Rimbault and Anne-Marie
____, at Port-Royal in c1684. They moved on to Minas and settled on
Rivière Gaspereau. Between 1685 and
1710, Françoise gave Charles 11 children, five sons and six daughters.
Charles died at Minas between April 1723 and October 1725, in his early 60s.
Four of his daughters married into the Célestin, Breau, Daigre,
and Hébert families. All of his sons created families of
their own at Minas.
Oldest son
François le jeune, born probably at Port-Royal in June 1685, followed his
family to Minas and married Marie, daughter of Michel Vincent and
Marie-Josèphe Richard, at Grand-Pré in October 1709. They lived at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in the late 1710s and early 1720s.
Between 1710 and 1734, Marie gave François le jeune 11 children, four
sons and seven daughters. In c1750, Françoise le jeune took his
family to Île St.-Jean. In August 1752, a French official counted
François le jeune, Marie, and six of their unmarried children, three
sons and three daughters, at Anse-au-Comte-St.-Pierre on the island's south
coast. The British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
François le jeune died in the crossing, in his early 70s. Wife
Marie also died in the crossing, in her late 60s. Five of their daughters married into the Cyr, Barrieau,
Thibodeau, Bouard, Boudrot, and Aucoin families, and
one of them emigrated to Louisiana from France. All of François le
jeune's sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean,
born at Minas in November 1710, married Élisabeth,
daughter of Louis Cyr and Marie-Josèphe Michel, probably at Minas
in c1735. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1751. In August 1752, a
French official counted Jean, Élisabeth, and five of their children, a son and
four daughters, at Anse-au-Comte-St.-Pierre near his
parents. One wonders what happened to Jean and his family in 1758.
Jean died in February 1767, place unrecorded, in his late 50s.
François le jeune's second son François,
fils, born at Minas in August 1724, married in c1746 probably at Minas a
woman whose name had been lost to history. She gave him a son in c1746.
In c1750, perhaps a widower now, he followed his parents to Île St.-Jean was
counted with them at Anse-au-Comte-St.-Pierre in August 1752. Later that
year, he remarried to Anne, daughter of François Naquin and Angélique
Blanchard, probably on the island. Between 1752 and 1756, Anne gave François, fils
three more children, two daughters and a son, there. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Their four children died at sea.
François, fils and Anne settled at nearby Plouër-sur-Rance, where, in 1761 and 1762,
she gave him two more daughters. They also lived at St.-Suliac across the
river from Plouër and
St.-Méloir-des-Ondes in the countryside northeast of St.-Suliac.
François, fils may have signed up for privateer duty soon after
the birth of his youngest daughter. If so, he may have been captured by
the Royal Navy and held in England as a prisoner of war. He died in England in April 1763, age 39,
on the eve of the Acadians' repatriation to France. Anne remarried to a
Dugas at St.-Suliac in September 1765. Twenty years
later, daughter Rose-Marie Gautrot
followed her mother and stepfather to Louisiana and married into the
Daunis family there.
François le jeune's third son Charles
le
jeune, born at Minas in December 1729, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
in c1750, and was counted with them at Anse-au-Comte-St.-Pierre in August 1752.
He married Marie Boudrot probably on the island in
c1755. They evidently left the island before late 1758 or ecaped the
British roundup there, crossed Mer Rouge, and took refuge in Canada. Charles le jeune remarried to Anne, daughter of Claude Bourg and Judith Guérin
and widow of Charles Melanson, at St.-Charles de Bellechasse below
Québec in November 1758, and remarried
again--his third marriage--to Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Jean Ringuet and
Marie-Geneviève Duchesne, at Baie-St.-Paul below Québec in June 1764.
Charles le jeune died in Canada in
November 1793, age 64.
François le jeune's fourth and youngest son
Pierre-Mathurin, born probably at Minas in c1734, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean in c1750 and was counted with them at Anse-au-Comte-St.-Pierre in
August 1752. He married Anne-Rosalie, daughter of Jean Daigre and
Marie-Anne Breau, probably on the island in c1755. One wonders what
happened to them in 1758. Pierre-Mathurin died between June 1795 and
August 1798, in his early 60, place unrecorded.
Charles le jeune's second son Charles,
fils, born probably
at Port-Royal in c1686, married Madeleine,
daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette Gougeon, at Annapolis
Royal in May 1712 and followed his family to Minas, where they also settled on
Rivière Gaspereau. From the early 1710s
to 1730, Madeleine gave Charles, fils
eight children, four sons and four daughters. The family evidently moved
on to the French Maritimes after August 1752. The British deported them to
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in late 1758. Charles, fils died there
in November 1759, age 75. Three of his daughters
married into the LeBlanc, Landry, and Dupuis families.
Only two of his sons created families of their own.
His oldest son, name
unrecorded, born at either Annapolis Royal or Minas before 1714, probably died in infancy.
Charles, fils's
second son Joseph, born at Minas in November 1719, probably died
young.
Charles, fils's third son Charles III, born probably at Minas in
the 1720s, married Marie, daughter of Charles Dupuis
and Élisabeth LeBlanc, in c1755 perhaps at Minas. One wonders what
happened to them that year and during Le Grand Dérangement.
Charles, fils's
fourth and youngest son Alexis, born probably at Minas in c1730, followed his
family to the French Maritimes after August 1752 and to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France,
in late 1758. He married Marguerite-Louise, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Haché and Anne-Marie Gentil and widow of Pierre
Deveau, at Boulogne-sur-Mer in January 1761. Between 1763 and 1765,
Marguerite-Louise gave Alexis three daughters, the oldest of whom died seven
days after her birth. In May 1766, Alexis, Marguerite-Louise, and their
surviving daughters sailed from Boulogne-sur-Mer to St.-Malo and settled in the
suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. In 1767 and 1770, Marguerite-Louise gave Alexis two
more children, both sons. Alexis took his family to Poitou in 1773.
Both of his sons died there. In December 1775, Alexis, Marguerite-Louise,
and their two daughters followed other disgruntled Poitou Acadians to the port
city of Nantes, where he worked as a laborer and carpenter. Alexis died at
Chantenay near Nantes in July 1782, in his early 50s. Wife Marguerite-Louise
died there in June 1784, age 55. Their daughters, now in their early 20s,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785, and one of them married into the
Molaison family there, so the blood of this family line survived in the
Bayou State.
Charles le jeune's third son Claude, born probably at Port-Royal
in c1692, followed his family to Minas and married
Marguerite, daughter of Claude Landry and Catherine Thibodeau, at
Grand-Pré in August 1713. They also settled on Rivière Gaspereau. Between 1714 and 1737, Marguerite gave Claude a
dozen children, seven sons and five daughters. Only two of their daughters
married, into the Richard dit Sapague (Sapin) dit Turpin
and Clémenceau (Clémenson) dit Corporon families. Six of
Claude's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Claude,
fils, born at Minas in c1714, married
Geneviève-Salomé, daughter of Antoine Hébert and Jeanne Corporon,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1737. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in
c1750. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1738 and 1751, Geneviève gave
Claude, fils seven children, two daughters and five sons.
In August 1752, A French official
counted Claude, fils, Geneviève, and five of their children at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in the island's interior. Evidently members of
Claude, fils's family left the island and returned to peninsula Nova
Scotia before 1755. In the fall of that year, the British deported sons
Jean-Baptiste and Michel, and perhaps others members of the family, from Minas
to Virginia, and Virginia officials sent them on to England in the spring of
1756. According to son
Jean-Baptiste's marriage record, dated 1 September 1764 at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France,
both Claude, fils and Geneviève were deceased by then. One wonders when
and where they died and what became of their other children counted on Île
St.-Jean.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born perhaps at Annapolis Royal in the early 1740s, was counted with his family
at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie on Île St.-Jean in August 1752; the French official who conducted the survey
said Jean-Baptiste was age 7, but he
probably was older. Perhaps after the death of his parents, Jean-Baptiste
followed relatives to peninsula Nova Scotia, most likely to Minas.
The British deported him and a younger brother to Virginia in the fall of 1755,
and Virginia officials sent them on to England in the spring of 1756. In May 1763, aboard
L'Ambition, Jean-Baptiste, his brother, and their paternal aunt Cécile, a
widow, and her Richard family, were repatriated with other
Acadian exiles in England to St.-Malo, France. Jean-Baptiste and his
brother followed their aunt to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where
Jean-Baptiste worked as a seaman. He married Anne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean Lejeune and Françoise Guédry, at
St.-Servan in September 1764. Between 1765 and 1773, Anne gave
Jean-Baptiste five children, all daughters. One of them died young.
In 1773, Jean-Baptiste took his family to Poitou. In November 1775, after
over two years of effort, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port
city of Nantes. Wife Anne died at Chantenay near Nantes in November 1782, age
42. Jean-Baptiste may have died soon after. His three surviving
daughters emigated with relatives to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. One of the older
daughters, Marie-Geneviève, married into the
Goloa famiy on the river, and the youngest daughter, Pélagie-Marie
(one of the author's maternal ancestors),
married a Trahan at Opelousas.
Claude, fils's third and youngest son Michel, born probably on Île
St.-Jean in c1751, was counted with his family at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie on the island in August 1752; the
French official said he was age 9 months. Perhaps after his parents died,
Michel was taken by relatives to peninsula Nova Scotia, most likely
to Minas. He followed an older brother to Virginia in the fall of 1755, to
England in the spring of 1756, and to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763, while he
was still young. He
settled with a widowed aunt at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer and was still there in
1772. One wonders what happened to him after that date. If he was
still living in 1785, he did not accompany his kinsmen to Louisiana.
Claude, père's second son Benoît
dit Bénoni, born at Minas in
January 1718, married Marie-Josèphe
Labauve in c1745 perhaps at Minas and died by 1754.
One wonders what happened to his family in 1755.
Claude, père's third son Jean, born probably at Minas in c1719, married
Euphrosine, daughter of Louis Labauve and Anne LaVache, probably
at Minas in c1740. In 1741 and 1748, Euphrosine gave Jean at least two children, a daughter
and a son. The British deported them to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and
Virginia officials sent them on to England in the spring of
1756. Wife Euphrosine died in England. In May 1763, Jean and his children
were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard La Dorothée. They
settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where daughter Marie-Madeline married a
Benoit widower in July 1763. In April 1764, Jean and son
Joseph embarked on Le Fort to settle at Cayenne in the South American
colony of French Guiane. Neither of them appears on the list of Acadians
at Sinnamary, Cayenne, dated 1 March 1765. One wonders what happened to
them. Did they die there, or did they return to France like other Acadians
who went to Guiane did? They did not go to Louisiana.
Claude, père's fourth son
Charles, born at
Minas in May 1723, married in
c1750, probably at Minas, a woman whose name has been lost to history.
One wonders if the British deported them to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and if Virginia officials sent them on to England
in the spring of 1756. If so, they may have had a son named Mathurin.
Mathurin, born in c1756 either in Virginia, on the voyage to England, or
in England, became an orphan at an early age. He was raised in England by
paternal aunt Cécile Gautrot, widow of Jean-Baptiste
Richard dit Sapin of Minas. In May 1763, along with his
aunt and his Richard and Gautrot cousins,
Mathurin was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard L'Ambition.
He followed his aunt to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he was still living in 1772.
His aunt died at Cenan, Poitou, France, in March 1780, age 65. Did
Mathurin follow her and his cousins there in 1773, when he would have been in
his late teens? Did he marry and have a family of his own? If he was
still living in 1785, in his late 20s, he did not follow his Gautrot
and Richard kinsmen to Spanish Louisiana.
Claude, père's fifth son Alexis, born at Minas in August 1729, married in
c1749,
probably at Minas, a woman whose name has been lost
to history.
One wonders if the British deported them to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and if Virginia officials sent them on to England
in the spring of 1756. If so, they may have been the parent of Mathurin,
born in c1756.
Claude, père's sixth son Joseph, born at Minas in May 1731, married in
c1752, probably at Minas,
a woman whose name has been lost to history.
One wonders if the British deported them to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and if Virginia officials sent them on to England
in the spring of 1756.
If so, they may have been the parent of Mathurin,
born in c1756.
Claude, père's seventh and youngest son Pierre, born at Minas in
March 1734, died the following November, age 8 months.
Charles le jeune's fourth son Pierre, born probably at Port-Royal
in c1694, followed his family to Minas, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre-Alain Bugeaud and
Élisabeth Melanson, in c1716. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1717 and 1735, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre seven children, three daughters and
four sons. Wife Marie-Josèphe died at Minas in June 1735, perhaps from the
rigors of childbirth. In his early 50s, Pierre remarried to
Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Lejeune and Marie Thibodeau and
widow of Alexandre Trahan, in c1747 perhaps at Minas.
Probably a widower again, Pierre moved on to Île
St.-Jean by August 1752, when a French official counted him, now age 58 and a
widower, with the family of
Claude Trahan le jeune, his stepson, at
Anse-au-Matelot on the island's south shore. In late 1758, the British
deported Charles le jeune and his family to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
One wonders if Pierre went with them. His three daughters by first wife
Marie-Josèphe married into the Granger, Daigre,
and LeBlanc families at Minas and in England, and one of them
emigrated to Louisiana from France. One of his sons also emigated to the
Spanish colony. One wonders what happened to Pierre's other sons.
Second son Pierre, fils, by
first wife Marie-Josèphe Bugeaud, born at Minas in June 1730, followed
his father to Île St.-Jean in the early 1750s, probably after August 1752.
Pierre, fils married Marie-Louise,
daughter of Claude-Antoine Duplessis and Catherine
Lejune, on the island in c1758, on the eve of the island's
dérangement. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, later that year. Pierre and
Marie-Louise survived the crossing, she despite her pregnancy.
Their son Nicolas was born at St.-Malo in March 1759, two months
after they reached the Breton port, but he died a few months later. Pierre
worked as a farm hand and a carpenter in France. Between 1761 and
1772, at Châteauneuf on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo and and at St.-Servan-sur-Mer
next to the port, Marie-Louise gave Pierre eight more children,
five daughter and three more sons. Most of them died young, two of them, ages 9
and 4, when the family was part of the settlement effort in
the Poitou region. They also had another daughter there in 1774.
In December 1775, after two years of effort, Pierre, Marie-Louise, four of their
children, and Marie-Louise's widowed mother retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Wife Marie-Louise gave Pierre,
fils another daughter there in 1778, but she also died young. She
was their eleventh child. In 1785, Pierre, fils, Marie-Louise,
and Marguerite-Adélaïde, age 11, their youngest surviving child, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana. If still living, daughter Reine-Anastasie, who would have been
age 20, son Joseph-Marie age 18, and Louise-Modeste age 13 that year, chose to
remain in France. From New Orleans, Pierre, fils, his wife, and
his daughter
followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.
He and Marie-Louise had no more children in Louisiana. Pierre, fils
died in Assumption Parish in March 1804, in his early 70s. His daughter
married into the Friou family.
Charles le jeune's fifth and youngest son
Jean, born probably at Port-Royal in c1704, followed his family to
Minas and married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Hébert and Isabelle
Pellerin, at Grand-Pré in October 1725. They remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726 and 1745, Marguerite gave Jean seven
children, five daughters and two sons. Jean died at Minas between 1745 and
1749, in his 40s. One wonders what happened to his family in 1755.
François,
père's sixth
and youngest son Germain, by second wife Edmée Lejeune, born at
Port-Royal in c1668, probably died young.340
Thériot
Jean
Thériot
and his wife Perrine Rau, late 1630s arrivals, created a large and
influential family in the colony. Between 1637 and 1654, Perrine gave Jean seven children, five
sons and two daughters, all of whom married, but not all of the sons had
children. Their daughters married into
the Thibodeau and Guilbeau families. Their oldest son's line
was especially robust. Jean and Perrine's descendants settled at
Port-Royal/Annapolis; Minas and Cobeguit in the Minas Basin; Chignecto; and in the French Maritimes.
They were especially numerous at Minas, where Jean's youngest son was a pioneer
settler. At least 43 of Jean's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from
Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the late 1760s, and especially from France in 1785.
Others of his descendants, probably in greater numbers, could be found in
Canada, greater Acadia, France, and the French Antilles after Le Grand Dérangement.
They were especially numerous in France, where, despite the blandishments of
kinsman Olivier Terriot, many refused to resettle in Louisiana.
Oldest son
Claude, born in c1637 perhaps at Martaizé, France, or aboard ship on the eve of
his parent's arrival at La Héve, followed his family to Port-Royal, where he married Marie, daughter of François Gautrot and his second
wife Edmée Lejeune,
in c1661. Between 1662 and 1693, at Port-Royal, Marie
gave Claude 14 children, five sons and nine daughters. Claude died at Annapolis Royal in
September 1725, in his late 80s. His line of the Thériot
family was the largest. Eight of his daughters married into the LeBlanc,
Landry, Babin, Gaudet, Belliveau dit Blondin,
Robichaud dit Niganne, Blanchard, and Richard dit
Beaupré families. Three of his sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Germain le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1662, married Anne, daughter of Michel Richard and Madeleine
Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1686 and followed his uncle Pierre to Minas,
where he and Anne settled at Rivière-aux-Canards.
Between 1687 and 1713, Anne gave
Germain 11 children, seven sons and four daughters, there. In August
1714, Germain received permission from authorities on Île Royale to settle
on the French-controlled island, but he and Anne remained at Minas. She died there in May 1745, in
her early 70s; her burial record does not call her a widow, nor had she
remarried, so Germain le jeune likely was still living. If so, he
would have been in his early 80s at the time of her death. Their daughters
married into the Melanson, LeBlanc, and Blanchard families,
and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1767. Five of
Germain le jeune's seven sons
also created
families of their own.
Oldest son
Claude le
jeune, born at Port-Royal or Minas in c1687, married Marguerite, daughter of François Cormier and Marguerite
LeBlanc, in c1710 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. Between 1711 and 1731, Marguerite
gave Claude le jeune 11 children, including seven daughters and three
sons. Claude le jeune died at Minas in May 1730, in his
early 40s. Six of his daughters married into the Surette,
Benoit, Bourg, Trahan, and Doucet families, and one of
them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785. All three of
Claude le jeune's sons created their own
families.
Oldest son
Paul,
born probably at Minas in c1716, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Hébert
and Marie-Josèphe Blou, at Grand-Pré in c1739 and, according to Bona
Arsenault, settled at Chignecto.
According to Arsenault, between 1741 and 1759,
Anne gave Paul eight children, four daughters and four sons. The family
evidently escaped the roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. In 1765, Paul was a miller at Rivière-Ouelle on
the lower St. Lawrence. He died at nearby Kamouraska in August 1792, in his late 70s.
His daughters married into the Lévesque, Bernard,
Richard, and Paradis families at
Rivière-Ouelle and Kamouraska. His sons also married there.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Chigencto in c1742, followed his
family to Canada and married Louise-Geneviève, daughter of Étienne
Gauvin, at Rivière Ouelle in January 1766. According to Bona
Arsenault, Louise-Geneviève gave Pierre two sons in 1768 and 1770. Both of
his sons married.
Older son Paul le jeune, born probably at Rivière Ouelle in
c1768, married Françoise, daughter of Pierre Dancosse and
François Fournier, at Kamouraska in October 1790.
Pierre's younger son Joseph, born probably at Rivière Ouelle in c1770,
married Marie-Rose, daughter of Toussaint Michaud and
Marie-Rose Côté, at Kamouraska in January 1793.
Paul's second son Jean, born probably at Chigencto in c1744, followed his
family to Canada and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Bérubé,
at Rivière-Ouelle in January 1769.
Paul's third son Paul, fils, born probably at Chigencto in c1752,
followed his family to Canada and married Genèviève, another daughter of
François Bérubé, at Rivière-Ouelle in January 1776. At age
44, remarried to Véronique, another daughter of Pierre Dancosse
and Françoise Fournier, at Kamouaska in April 1796.
Paul, père's fourth and youngest son Jacques, born in exile in c1759,
followed his family to Canada and married Madeleine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Grandmaison and his Acadian wife Marguerite Thibodeau,
at Kamouraska in January 1781.
Claude le jeune's second son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1719 married
cousin Agnès, daughter of Pierre Cormier and Catherine LeBlanc, in c1746
and likely settled at Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1747
and 1765, Agnès gave Joseph 10 childen, five sons and five daughters. The
family evidently escaped the roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. After 1759, they moved on to
Canada, perhaps following his older brother Paul, and settled near him on the
lower St. Lawrence. Joseph died at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
near Kamouraska in November 1765, in his mid-40s. Three of his daughters
married into the Sénéchal, Dutremble, and
Dufour families in the area. Three of his sons also
married there.
Oldest son Jacques-Léon, born probably at Chignecto in c1747, followed his
family to Canada and married Marie-Françoise, daughter of Joseph Fortin
and Claire Dumontier, at St.-Jean-Port-Joli near
Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in February 1786.
Joseph's second son Anselme, born probably at Chignecto in c1748, followed
his family to Canada and married Marie-Romaine, daughter of Joseph-François
Thibault and Marie-Claire Jean, at L'Islet
above St.-Jean-Port-Joli in January 1775.
Joseph's fifth and youngest son Antoine, born probably at
St.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in c1765, the year of his father's death, married
Madeleine, daughter of Joseph Dionne Marguerite Hudon,
at Kamouraska in October 1794, and remarried to Apolline, daughter of Laurent
Leclerc and Josèphte Samson of Lévis and widow
of Michel Jean, at St.-Jean-Port-Joli in October 1796.
Claude le jeune's third and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in March 1721, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Germain Girouard and
Jeanne Barrieau, at Beaubassin in June 1745 and likely remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste a son in c1746. One wonders what happened to the
family in 1755.
Germain
le jeune's second son
Jean, born
probably at Minas in c1690,
married Madeleine, daughter of Michel Bourg and Élisabeth Melanson,
at Beaubassin in October 1712 and settled at Minas. Between 1713 and 1739, Madeleine gave him 11 children, five daughters
and six sons. Jean died at Minas in December 1751, in his early 60s.
All of his children, meanwhile, moved to Aulac, Chignecto, by 1744. His daughters married into the Granger, Doucet dit Jean
Prudent, Cormier, Landry, and LeBlanc families. Three
of his sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Minas in April 1726, followed his family to Aulac, Chignecto, by 1755
and married Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Bourgeois and Marie-Françoise Cormier, in c1749,
place not given, but it likely was Chignecto, where, at Aulac, between 1750 and 1755,
Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste at least three children, a son and two daughters.
They evidently were the John Terieau family the British deported
from Chignecto to South Carolina in the fall of 1755. In September 1756, colonial
authorities agreed to let them live with a "Mr. Peter Sinkler" in St. Philip's
Parish, Charles Town. Jean-Baptiste died before August 1763, when wife
Marguerite, a widow, son Joseph Teriau,
age 13, and daughter Magdelaine Teriau, age 8, appeared on a
repatriation list circulating in the colony. Evidently
daughter Théotiste, called Totice, also had died by then. One wonders what
happened to them after 1763. They did not join his younger brother
in Spanish Louisiana.
Jean's second son Pierre, born at Minas in June 1730, probably died young.
Jean's third son Joseph, born at Minas in June 1732,
followed his family to Aulac, Chignecto, by 1744. He evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf
of St. Lawrence shore. He married Madeleine, another daughter of
Pierre Bourgeois and Marie-Françoise
Cormier, in c1758, place unrecorded. During the late 1750s or early
1760s, he and his family either surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the area and held in a Nova Scotia prison compound for the rest of the
war. Joseph, Madeleine, and their two young daughters
emigrated to Louisiana in 1765 from Halifax via French St.-Domingue and
settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans, where Madeleine gave him
six sons. Joseph died probably at Cabahannocer before November 1796, in his
early 60s. His daughters married into the Bourgeois and
LeBlanc families. Four of his sons married into the
Berteau, Michel, Richard, and
LeBlanc families on the river. One of his grandsons
became a prominent sugar planter at the edge of the coastal marshes in
Terrebonne Parish.
Jean's fourth son Charles, born at Minas in January 1736, evidently died
young.
Jean's fifth son
Alexis, born at Minas in July 1738, also died young.
Jean's sixth and
youngest son Hilarion-Charles, born at Minas in October 1739,
followed his family to Aulac, Chignecto, by 1744. He evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either
surrendered to, or was captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. He married Marie, daughter of Jean Belliveau
and Madeleine Gaudet, in c1761, no place given. They were at Annapolis Royal,
probably in a prison compound there, in 1763. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1763 and 1772, Marie gave Hilarion four children, a daughter and three
sons. They did not follow his older
brother Joseph to Louisiana but settled on Baie Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's
Bay in eastern Nova Scotia.
Germain
le jeune's third son
Jacques,
born at Minas in c1691,
married Marie, also called Marguerite, daughter of René LeBlanc and Anne
Bourgeois, at Grand-Pré in October 1713 and remained there.
Between 1714 and 1725, Marie-Marguerite gave Jacques five children, three sons
and two daughters. Jacques, in his mid-30s, remarried to Marie, daughter of
Prudent Robichaud and Henriette
Petitpas and widow of Jean Doucet, at Annapolis Royal in
June 1726 but settled at Minas. Between 1727 and 1733, Marie gave him four
more children, a daughter and three sons--nine children, six sons and three
daughters, by two wives. His daughters by
first wife Marie-Marguerite married into the Landry and Babin
families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in 1766. Three of his six sons by both wives created
their own families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from France in 1785.
His oldest son, name unrecorded, by first wife Marie LeBlanc, born at Minas
in c1714, died young.
Jacques's
second son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marie LeBlanc,
born at Minas in September 1723, also died young.
Jacques's third son Étienne, by first wife Marie LeBlanc,
born at Minas in January 1725, married Hélène, daughter of Abraham Landry
and Isabelle Blanchard, in c1747 probably at Minas. Hélène gave
Étienne a son at Minas in May 1748. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in
c1750. Hélene gave him a daughter there in November 1751. In August
1752, a French official counted Estienne, as he called him, Helenne, and their
two children on the south side of Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in the island's
interior. In 1755 and 1757, Hélène gave Étienne two more sons. The
British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. They all
survived the crossing and settled at Pleudihen-sur-Rance on the east side of the
river below St.-Malo, where in 1760 and
1765, Hélène gave Étienne two more sons--six children, five sons and a daughter,
in all between 1748 and 1765.
Only three of the sons, including Olivier le jeune, the future
shoemaker of Nantes who would coax hundreds of his fellow Acadians to emigrate
to Spanish Louisiana, seem to have survived childhood. Olivier, the oldest
surviving son, "studied Latin between 1770-1772," while in his late teens,
perhaps under Abbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre, now a champion of the Acadians
exiled in France, probably at Nantes. After the abbé died at Nantes in September
1772, Olivier returned to his father at Pleudihen. Meanwhile, Hélène died
at la Ville de Coquenais near Pleudihen in August 1769, age 45, and Étienne, at
age 45, remarried to Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Bourgeois and Marie LeBlanc and
widow of Joseph Robichaud and Charles Boudrot, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in February 1770,
but they settled at Pleudihen. She gave him no more children.
Daughter Françoise by first wife Hélène married Jacques Valoir,
a local boy, at Pleudihen in November 1773. That same year, Étienne took
his wife and three sons to Poitou. After two years of effort,
they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where
wife Madeleine died in May 1780, age 53. Étienne, at age 55, remarried again--his third marriage--to local Frenchwoman Marguerite Vallois, widow of
Pierre Dubois and Olivier Dubois, at Chantenay near Nantes in
November 1780. She gave him no more children. Étienne died in St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in
November 1781, age 56. His widow Marguerite remarried to a Boudrot
widower--her fourth marriage!--at Chantenay in September 1782. Étienne's sons Olivier,
a shoemaker, and Jacques,
a calico-printer, both
by first wife Hélène, married into the
Aucoin and Guérin families at Chantenay and Nantes in
1777 and 1783. They, with
younger brother Jean-Charles, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785,
as did their stepmother Marguerite Vallois and her
Boudrot husband. However, brothers Joseph and Pierre, who would
have been ages 37 and 28 in 1785, if they were still living, chose to remain in
France, as did sister Françoise and her family. Jean-Charles married into the Landry
family in Louisiana and settled near brother Jacques on the upper Lafourche.
Olivier settled at Ascension on the river, where he became a
respected member of his community.
Jacques's fourth son Jean-Jacques, by second wife Marie Robichaud,
born at Minas in May 1728, married in
c1749, probably at Minas, a woman whose name has been lost to history. The
British deported them to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to England the following spring. Jean-Jacques, at age 34, remarried
to Marguerite-Josèphe, 24-year-old daughter of Charles Richard and Catherine-Josèphe
Gautrot, in c1762 probably in England. They were repatriated from
Southampton to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
where, between 1763 and 1778, Marguerite-Josèphe gave Jean-Jacques eight children, six
daughters and two sons. Three of the children, a daughter
and both sons, died as
infants. The family did not go to Poitou or to Nantes in the 1770s but
remained at St.-Servan, where wife Marguerite-Josèphe died in July 1782, age 43.
Jean-Jacques emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with five daughters in 1785.
They settled on the river above and below Baton Rouge. He did not remarry.
Two of his daughters married into the Dupuis and Kling
families on the river.
Jacques's fifth son Olivier, by second wife Marie Robichaud,
born at Minas in November 1730, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean LeBlanc and Anne Landry, in c1754 probably at
Minas. The British deported the couple to Virginia in the fall of 1755,
and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
They were repatriated from Southampton to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and
settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where wife Marguerite soon died. Olivier, at age
35, remarried to cousin Madeleine, 27-year-old daughter of Charles
Thériot and Françoise Landry and widow of Simon Comeau, at
St.-Servan in July 1765. Madeleine gave Olivier a daughter at St.-Servan
in April 1766. Wife Madeleine died in May, age 28, probably from the rigors of childbirth.
The daughter, Natalie-Marie, died at St.-Servan in November 1772, age 6 1/2. Olivier,
who did not remarry, died at St.-Servan in June 1773, age 42. He fathered
no sons, so his family line died with him.
Jacques's sixth and youngest son Pierre, by second wife Marie
Robichaud, born at Minas in August 1733, probably
died young.
Germain
le jeune's fourth son
Joseph
le jeune,
born probably at Minas in the 1690s,
married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Melanson and Marguerite Dugas,
probably at Minas in c1720 and likely remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, who confuses this Joseph with his uncle Joseph à Claude,
between 1720 and 1743, Marguerite gave him 13 children, eight sons and five
daughters. One of their daughters married into the Hébert
family. At least three of Joseph le jeune's sons created families of their own in
greater Acadia and France.
Oldest son René, born at Minas in c1720, married Anne, daughter of notary
René LeBlanc and his second wife Marguerite Thébaut,
at Minas in November 1744. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1748 and 1749,
Anne gave René two sons. One wonders what happened to the family in 1755.
One of their sons married in greater Acadia.
Older son Joseph, born at Minas in c1748, followed his family into exile.
He married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel dit Miqueteau
Boudrot, fils and Anne dite Jeanne
Fougère, at Neireichak, today's Arichat on the south shore of Île
Madame, Nova Scotia, in November 1771.
Joseph le jeune's third son Joseph, fils, born at Minas
in c1723, married Angélique Landry in c1746. According to
Bona Arsenault, she gave him a son in 1747. The family evidently escaped
the British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge either on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore or in Canada. Joseph, fils remarried
to Marie-Josèphe Girouard in c1759, place unrecorded.
According to Arsenault, between 1760 and 1771, she gave Joseph, fils
six more children, three sons and three daughters--seven children, four sons and
three daughters, by two wives. They were living on Rivière St.-Jean
in 1768, perhaps having come down from Canada. They resettled at Caraquet on the
Gulf shore in present-day northeastern New Brunswick. One of their
daughters married into the Godin family at Caraquet. Four
of their sons also married.
Oldest son Joseph III, born at Minas in c1747, followed his family into
exile. He married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Thibodeau and Marie LeBlanc, on Rivière St..-Jean in
April 1768. One wonders if they remained there or followed his family to
Caraquet. According to Bona Arsenault, Madeleine gave Joseph III two sons
in 1772 and 1773.
Joseph, fils's second son Pierre, born in exile in c1760, married
fellow Acadian Marie-Louise Godin in c1781, place unrecorded,
and remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Pinet
and his Canadian wife Marie Vienneau, at Caraquet in
June 1789.
Joseph, fils's third son Victor, born in exile in c1761, married
Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Thibodeau and Anne
Landry, at Caraquet in November 1789.
Joseph, fils's fifth and youngest son François, born probably at
Caraquet in c1771, married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians René
Haché and Marguerite Blanchard, at Caraquet in
June 1795.
Joseph le jeune's fourth son Isaac, born at Minas in February 1730,
married Madeleine Broussard, date and place unrecorded, perhaps
at Minas. They moved on to the French Maritimes, date unrecorded, from which the British
deported them to Cherbourg, France, in 1758-59. Isaac, evidently now a
widower, moved on to St.-Malo, which he reached in February 1759. He
settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer and promptly signed up for corsair duty aboard
Le Duc de Choiseul, which left St.-Malo in December. The ship was
"disarmed," probably by the French, in February 1761, and Isaac returned to St.-Servan. He
remarried to Marie, 26-year-old daughter of François Priou and Marie
Lemordant of Louisbourg, Île St.-Jean, at St.-Malo in August
1761. He was still in the Breton port in 1764, when he, perhaps with his
wife, sailed to Île Miquelon, a French-controlled island off the southern coast
of Newfoundland. In 1767, to ease overcrowding on Miquelon, French
authorities coaxed the fisher/habitants on the island to resettle in
France. Isaac, and perhaps his wife, were among them. Many of
the islanders returned to the Newfoundland islands in 1768, but Isaac remained
in France. He died at Hotel-Dieu, St.-Malo, in January 1769, age 38.
One wonders if he fathered any children.
Germain le jeune's fifth son, name unrecorded, born probably at
Minas in the early 1700s, died young.
Germain le jeune's sixth son, name unrecorded, born probably at
Minas in the early 1700s, also died young.
Germain le jeune's seventh and youngest
son Germain, fils, born at Minas in c1713, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude Boudrot
and Catherine Hébert, at Grand-Pré in November 1734. According to
Bona Arsenault, in 1736 and 1737 Marguerite gave Germain, fils two
children, a daughter and a son. Germain, fils
died at Minas in July 1737, in his mid-20s. One wonders what happened
to the family in 1755.
Claude's second son
Jean le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1670, married Jeanne, daughter of René Landry and Marie Bernard, at
Port-Royal in c1691. They followed his older brother and uncle to Minas,
where he and Jeanne settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. Between 1692 and June 1710, at
Minas, Jeanne gave Jean 10
children, six daughters and four sons. Their daughters married into the
LeBlanc, Bourg, Babin, and Trahan families. Three
of Jean's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son François, born at Minas in c1694, died there in
January 1710, age 16.
Jean, le jeune's second son Jean,
fils, born probably at Minas c1696,
married Marie, daughter of Olivier Daigre and Jeanne Blanchard, at
Annapolis Royal in October 1722 but likely settled at Minas. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1744, Marie gave Jean, fils 10
children, nine daughters and a son. The
British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England the following spring. The English held
them at Falmouth. Jean, fils
died there in c1758, in his early 60s, perhaps of smallpox. Eight of his daughters married into
the Landry, Aucoin, Granger,
and Querel
families, six of them to Grangers. His son also
married a Granger.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in c1740, followed his family to
Virginia and England, where, in October 1760, he married Marie-Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Granger and Madeleine
Landry. Marie-Marguerite
gave Jean-Baptiste a daughter in England in 1761. They were repatriated to Morlaix,
France, in the spring of 1763. Marie-Marguerite gave him another daughter
there in 1764. In November 1765, they followed other exiles from England,
including an uncle,
to recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Le Cosquet
near Locamaria at the southern end of the island. In 1766 and 1769, Marie-Marguerite gave
Jean-Baptiste two sons there. They did not remain; soon after the birth of
the younger son, the family returned to Morlaix. Between 1772 and 1783, at Morlaix,
Marie-Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste six more daughters--10 children, eight
daughters and two sons, between 1761 and 1783. Well-versed in
English, Jean-Baptiste served as an interpreter for Jean Rosten, "who abjured
Calvinism." No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jean le jeune's
third son Charles, born probably at Minas in c1706, married Françoise, daughter of Antoine Landry and
Marie-Blanche LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in November 1727 and likely remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, Françoise gave Charles a son in 1733. Other
records say it was c1737 and give them two daughters and another son in 1735,
1745, and 1746. The
British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England the following spring. The English held
them at Bristol, where their older son and older daughter married, the daughter
into the Aucoin family in c1758. The family was repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, in the spring of 1763. They may have settled at Plouër-sur-Rance
on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo. Their daughter Anne married into the Dupuis
family there in July 1764. Evidently Charles and Françoise followed other
Acadian exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765. According to Arsenault, French officials
counted Charles and Françoise there in 1767. There is no evidence that
their children also lived on the
island.
Older son Jean-Charles, called Charles, fils, born at Minas in c1737, followed his
parents to Virginia and England. He married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians François Boudrot and Angélique Doiron
of Pigiguit, at Bristol in 1757 or 1758. According to Albert J. Robichaux,
Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France, Marie gave Charles, fils a son
and a daughter in England in 1758 and 1760. They were repatriated to
St.-Malo, France,
in the spring of 1763 and settled in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where Charles,
fils worked as a seaman. They did not follow his parents to Belle-Île-en-Mer
in November 1765. Between November 1765 and 1773, Marie gave Charles,
fils four more children, two daughters and two sons--six children, three
sons and three daughters--at St.-Servan. Two of the younger children, a daughter
and a son, died young. Charles, fils took his family to Poitou in
1773 and, after two years of effort,
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Oldest
daughter Osite-Perpétué, called Perpétué, married a Spiger/Garnier
from Switzerland at Nantes in October 1782, and second daughter Marie-Madeleine
married a Thibodeau there in February 1783. Oldest son
Joseph also married, into the Aucoin family at Nantes in 1783.
Joseph's infant son died there in April 1784. Meanwhile, Charles, fils's
youngest son
Louis-Alexandre died at nearby Chantenay in July 1783, age 10. Charles, fils died by 1785, when
wife Marie, now his widow, and their three
married children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. Marie and her family
followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where daughter Perpétué
remarried to a Mallet and daughter Marie-Madeleine to a Gautrot.
Marie did not remarry. Son Joseph and his wife, who crossed to Louisiana
on separate ships, had more children on the Lafourche,
but, except for its blood, his family line did not endure.
Charles, père's younger son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in c1746,
followed his parents to Virginia, England, and St.-Malo, France. He
settled at Plouër-sur-Rance probably with his parents. He was still
there in 1772, so he evidently did not follow them to Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1765.
Was he the Jean-Baptiste Thériot who married Anne-Angélique Briand,
probably a local, at Plouër in c1772 and fathered a son, Jean-Baptiste,
fils, that same year? If so, they remained at St.-Malo and emigrated
from there to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. From New Orleans, they followed
their fellow passengers to Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District above Baton Rouge, but their son did not remain there.
In 1797, Jean-Baptiste Thériot, fils, now age 25, was
working as an engagé with the family of Widow Isabelle Dugas
on upper Bayou Lafourche. One wonders if he had left the river after his
parents died and if he married.
Jean le jeune's fourth and youngest son
Germain le jeune, born at Minas in
November 1707, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Michel
Hébert and Isabelle Pellerin, in c1729 probably at
Minas and likely remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
Marie-Josèphe gave Germain a daughter in 1730. One wonders what happened
to the family in 1755.
Claude's third son Claude,
fils, born at Port-Royal in c1678,
married Agnès, daughter of Martin Aucoin and Marie Gaudet, in
c1703 probably at Minas, where he had followed his older brothers and uncle
Pierre. Claude, fils and Agnès settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. Between 1704 and 1728, Agnès gave Claude, fils 11
children, six sons and five daughters. Claude, fils died at
Rivière-aux-Canards in October 1752, in his early 70s. His daughters married into the
Landry, LeBlanc, Daigre, Richard, and Trahan
families. Five of his sons also created families of his own, and four of
them, along with their widowed mother and one their sisters, died from smallpox in England in
1756 only weeks apart.
His oldest
son, name unrecorded, born probably at Minas in c1704, died young.
Claude, fils's
second son
Jean-Baptiste dit Janis, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in April 1709, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre
Landry and Marguerite Forest, probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in May
1734 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1737 and
1753, Marie-Josèphe gave Janis eight children, six daughters and two sons. The British deported the family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England
the following spring. Janis died at Falmouth, England, in August 1756,
victim, most likely, of the smallpox epidemic that killed many Acadian exiless there,
and was buried at St.-Gluvias church in nearby Penryn. Three of his daughters
married into the Granger and Daigre families
at Falmouth in 1758, 1760, and 1762. His older son also married there.
Janis's family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763.
Another daughter married into Boudrot family at Morlaix.
In November 1765, his widow, their younger children, and all of their married children, followed
other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of
Brittany, where they settled at Kerxo or Kerso, Kervellant, and
Lanno near Sauzon on the northern end of the island, and at Bortemont near
Bangor in the island's interior. No member of the family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Older son Jean, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in February 1741, followed his
family to Virginia and England. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadians François Granger and Anne Landry, at
Falmouth in c1762. Marguerite gave Jean a son in August 1763 at Morlaix,
France, where they were repatriated the previous spring. They
followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765 and settled at
Bortémont near Bangor. Between 1766 and 1785, Marguerite gave Jean seven more children
on the island,
five daughters and two sons--eight children, three sons and five
daughters, in all. No member of the family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. French officials counted them still on the
island in 1791, but the following year Jean, Marguerite, and seven of their
children were counted at Auray in
southern Brittany.
Claude, fils's third son Pierre, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in
1714, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Antoine Dupuis and Marie-Josèphe Dugas,
at Rivière-aux-Canards in October 1738 and remained there. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1751, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre six
children, four daughters and two sons.
The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England the following spring. Joseph died at
Falmouth, England, in November 1756, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic
that killed many Acadian exiles there, and, like older brother Janis, was buried at
St.-Gluvias church in nearby Penryn. His widow Marie-Josèphe and their children
were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. Her oldest
daughter married into the LeBlanc family at Morlaix in
September 1765. In November, Marie-Joséphe and her children followed other
exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer and
settled at Parlavant near Bangor.
Her third daughter married into the Jacquier family near Le
Palais on the eastern shore of the island in October 1780. No member of the family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Older son Pierre, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1750, followed his family
to Virginia and England and his widowed mother to Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer.
In 1792, during the French Revolution, Pierre, at age 42, was serving as a
soldier on Île de France in India. One wonders if he married and if he
survived his service in India.
Pierre's younger son Charles-Grégoire, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1751, followed his family to Virginia and England and his widowed mother to
Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer. In 1773, he was working as a sailor at
Morlaix and requested to join other Acadian exiles in Poitou. One wonders
if he went there and if he married.
Claude,
fils's fourth son Cyprien, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in February 1718, married Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Landry
and Marie Melanson, at Rivière-aux-Canards in June 1741 and remained
there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1750, Marguerite gave
Cyprien five children, a son and four daughters. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of
1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
Cyprien died at Falmouth, England, in December 1756, victim, perhaps, of the
smallpox epidemic that killed many Acadians there, and, like his older brothers, was
buried at St.-Gluvias church in nearby Penryn. Marguerite remarried to a Daigre
at Falmouth in 1757. She and her family, including her Thériot
children, were repatraited to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. Her
son married in France but did not remain.
Only son Pierre, born at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1743, followed his family to Virginia and England and
his widowed mother to Morlaix, France. They did not follow relatives to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765. Pierre
married cousin Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Trahan
and Élisabeth Thériot, in St.-Martin des Champs Parish,
Morlaix, in January 1766. Élisabeth gave Pierre a son there
in July 1769. Pierre took his family to Poitou in 1773. Élisabeth
gave him another son at Pouthume near Châtellerault in July 1775, but the boy
died the following February. In March 1776, Pierre and his family
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Between
1777 and 1781, in St.-Jacques and St.-Similien parishes, Nantes, Élsabeth gave
him four more children, two sons and two daughters--six children, four sons and
two daughters, in all. All four of the youngest children born at Nantes
died young, leaving Pierre and Élisabeth only their oldest son, Pierre-Marie.
Wife Élisabeth died in St.-Similien
Parish in July 1784, age 38. The following year, Pierre and his son
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana and followed their fellow passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche. Pierre remarried there twice, to a Daigle
and a Breaux, in 1786 and 1790. His son also married, into the Hébert
family on the upper Lafourche, created a vigorous line, and was among the
last of the Acadian immigrants in Louisiana to join his ancestors.
Claude, fils's fifth son Charles, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in
1720, married Élisabeth, daughter
of Jean Trahan and Marie Hébert, at Rivière-aux-Canards in March
or May 1758 and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, Élisabeth gave Charles a daughter in
1749. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and
Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring. Charles
died at Falmouth, England, in October 1756, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox
epidemic that killed many Acadians there, and, like his older brothers, was
buried at St.-Gluvias church in nearby Penryn. Élisabeth remarried to a
Daigre widower at Falmouth in September 1762. She and her family,
including her Thériot daughter Marie, were repatriated to
Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763 and followed other exiles from England to
Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765. They settled at Chubiguer near Le
Palais. Daughter Marie married a Daigre at Le Palais in 1773
and remarried to a local Ferry there in 1776.
Neither she nor her husband emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Claude, fils's sixth and youngest
son Simon-Joseph, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in 1728, married Françoise, daughter of Olivier Daigre and
Françoise Granger, at Rivière-aux-Canards in May 1748. According to
Bona Arsenault, in 1749 and 1753, Françoise gave Simon-Joseph two children, a
son and a daughter. Simon-Joseph died at Minas in October 1752, in his
mid-20s. The British deported his widow and children to Virginia in the
fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England in the spring of
1756. They were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763.
Widow Françoise remarried to a Daigre
widower there in October 1763 and, with her two Thériot
children, followed him and other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer in
November 1765, where they settled at Kerbellec near Le Palais. Françoise's
daughter Élisabeth Thériot married a Landry on
the island in 1774. Françoise Daigre, her second husband Pierre Richard,
and four of her Richard children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785. Daughter Élisabeth Thériot and her family
evidently stayed in the mother country. Françoise's Thériot son also married, but not in France.
Only son Paul, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1749, followed his widowed
mother and younger sister to Virginia, England, and Morlaix and his mother and
stepfather to Le Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1765. He did not remain
there. He didn't even remain in France. According to Bona Arsenault,
Paul, at age 33, married Marie-Charles, daughter of Edmé Hurpeau
and Marie-Charlotte-Danielle Brassard, at Québec City in
November 1782. Was he a sailor? Did he remain in Canada?
Claude, père's fourth son
Pierre le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1684, died at Annapolis Royal
in 1711, age 27. He did not marry.
Claude, père's fifth and youngest son Joseph, born at Port-Royal
in c1687, also, according to Stephen A. White, died at Annapolis Royal in
1711, age 24. He, too, did not marry. Bona Arsenault, however, confusing this
Joseph with his nephew Joseph, fourth son of brother Germain le jeune,
insists that Joseph à Claude settled at Minas, where his wife was
giving him children as late as 1743. White is followed here.
Jean's second son
Jean, fils, born probably at Port-Royal in c1639, married at Port-Royal in c1671 a woman whose name has been
lost to history. Wherever they may have settled, the names and fate of
their children, if they had any, also have been lost.
Jean's third son
Bonaventure dit Venture, born at Port-Royal in c1641, married Jeanne, daughter of Michel Boudrot
and Michelle Aucoin, at Port-Royal in c1666 and settled there.
Between 1667 and 1679, at Port-Royal, Jeanne gave Venture four children, all daughters.
Jeanne died at Port-Royal in May 1710, age 65. Venture never remarried.
He evidently followed a daughter to Minas and died there in
May 1731, age 90. Three of his daughters married
into the Gautrot, Landry, and Granger families.
Jean's fourth son
Germain was born at Port-Royal in c1646.
He married Andrée, daughter of Vincent Brun and Renée Breau and a native of La Chaussée, France, at Port-Royal in c1668 and moved on to Minas.
Between 1669 and 1673, Andrée gave Germain three
children, two sons and a daughter. Germain died at Port-Royal in c1676,
in his late 20s or early 30s. Andrée remarried to an Hébert.
Germain's daughter
married into the Aucoin family at Minas. Both of his sons also created
families of their own.
Older son
Germain, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1669,
married Anne, daughter of François Pellerin and Andrée Martin,
in c1690 probably at Minas and resettled at Cobeguit in c1702. Between 1691 and 1710,
at Minas and Cobeguit, Anne gave Germain, fils 11 children, six daughters
and five sons. They moved on to Île St.-Jean probably in the late 1740s. Germain, fils died at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in
August 1750, in his early 80s. Five of his daughters married into the Doiron,
LeBlanc, Henry dit Le Neveu, Benoit, Boisseau,
and Vigneron families. Three of them settled in the French
Maritimes.
All of Germain, fils's sons created families of their own, and all of
them moved on to the French Maritimes in c1750. Four of them settled in
the same community on the Atlantic shore of Île Royale.
Oldest son
Charles,
born at Minas in c1692,
married Angélique, daughter of Charles Doiron and Françoise Gaudet
of Pigiguit, at Grand-Pré in October 1718 and, according to Bona Arsenault,
settled at Cobeguit. According to Arsenault, between 1719 and 1740,
Angélique gave Charles eight children, four daughters and four sons, including a
set of twins. Their oldest daughter married into the Thibodeau
family at Pigiguit in 1738. Members of the family moved on to Île
St.-Jean in c1750. Another daughter married into the Quimine
family on the island in Novembr 1751. In August 1752, a French official counted Charles,
Angélique, and six unmarried children at Anse-aux-Morts on the southeast shore
of Île St.-Jean. Two more daughters married into the Richard
and Thibodeau families on the island in November 1753
and c1755, and their twin sons also married there. The British deported
members of the family from Louisbourg to France
in late 1758. Charles died on the crossing, in his mid-60s. All of his sons married.
Oldest son Honoré, born at Cobeguit in c1730, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean, was counted with them at Anse-aux-Morts in August 1752, and married
Isabelle, daughter of Alain Bugeaud Mardeleine Boudrot
of Minas, on the island in c1754. According to Bona Arsenault, Isabelle
gave Honoré a daughter and a son in 1755 and 1757. The British deported
them to Cherbourg, France, in late 1758. One wonders if Isabelle and their
children survived the crossing. Honoré moved on to St.-Malo in February
1759 and settled at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, on the east side of the river south of
St.-Malo. He remarried to Marie-Judith,
24-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Fouquet and
Marie-Judith Poitevin of Île St.-Jean, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
February 1760. They settled at Pleudihen. Between 1761 and 1774,
Marie-Judith gave Honoré seven more children, two sons and five daughters--nine
children, three sons and six daughters, by two wives. None of the sons
survived childhood, nor did two of the daugthers. The family evidently
remained at Pleudihen when other exiles in the area ventured to the interior of Poitou
in 1773-74, nor did
they join other Acadian exiles at Nantes in the late 1770s. Moreover, no
member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Charles's second son Charles, fils, Honoré's twin, born at
Cobeguit in c1730, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean, was counted with them at Anse-aux-Morts in August 1752,
and married Marguerite, another daughter of Alain Bugeaud and
Madeleine Boudrot, on the island in c1756. According to
Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Charles, fils a son on the island in
1757. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Charles's third son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at Cobeguit in c1736,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean, and was counted with them at Anse-aux-Morts
in August 1752. The British deported him to Cherbourg, France, in late
1758. In his early 30s, he married Charlotte Le Baron of
Normandy in c1769 probably at Cherbourg. Their daughter had been born
there in 1768. In October 1769, they arrived "with a passport" at St.-Malo
and settled at Pleudihen-sur-Rance near his older brother Honoré.
Charlotte gave Jean two more children, another daughter and a son, there in 1770
and 1772. The younger daughter died an infant. Jean evidently did
not follow other Acadian exiles to Poitou in 1773 or join other Acadian exiles
at Nantes in the late 1770s. Like brother Honoré, no member of this family
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Charles's fourth and youngest son Joseph, born at Cobeguit in
c1741, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, and was counted with them at
Anse-aux-Morts in August 1752. The British deported him to Cherbourg,
France, in late 1758. In July 1759, he arrived at St.-Malo from Cherbourg
and settled near two of his older brothers at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, where he married Madeleine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Broussard and Osite Landry,
in November 1767. Madeleine gave Joseph two sons at La Coquenais near
Pleudihen in 1769 and 1771. They both died young. Wife Madeleine died at
La Coquenais in January 1772, age 24. Joseph, in his early 30s, remarried
to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Étienne Melanson and
Françoise Granger, at Pleudihen in February 1774. Between
1774 and 1776, at La Coquenais and Villeaubel, Marie gave Joseph three more
children, two sons and a daughter--five children, four sons and a daughter, by two wives. Only the youngest son survived childhood. As the
birth of his younger children reveal, Joseph did not take his family to Poitou
in 1773, nor did they join other Acadian exiles at Nantes later in the decade.
Like his older brothers, no member of Joseph's family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Germain, fils's second son Pierre, born at Minas in c1694, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jérôme Guérin and Isabelle Aucoin, in
c1724 perhaps at Cobeguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and
1748, Marguerite gave Pierre 10 children, five sons and five daughters. They moved on
to Île Royale probably in c1750,
where one of their sons married.
In April 1752, a French official counted Pierre,
Marguerite, and nine children at Baie-de-Mordienne on the Atlantic coast of the
big island. Second daughter Marie-Madeleine married into the Blain
family on Île Royale in February 1755. The British deported Pierre,
Marguerite, five of their unmarried children, and the married daughter and her family to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
Pierre, in his early 60s, died on the crossing, as did two of his unmarried
children, a daughter and a son. Another son died from the rigors of the
crossing. Fourth daughter Françoise married into the Benoit
family at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo in February 1760. Neither she nor any of her siblings
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785, though one of Françoise's Benoit
sons did go there and created a robust family line on the southwest prairies.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Cobeguit in c1727, followed his family
to Île Royale and was counted with them at Baie-de-Mordienne in April 1752.
Jean-Baptiste evidently left the island soon after the counting, returned to
Nova Scotia, and was deported to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. In his
early 30s, he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Cyr
and Madeleine Poirier of Chignecto, in the Bay Colony in
November 1760. Marie gave Jean-Baptiste two
children, a son and a daughter, in 1762 and 1763, the older child born at
Roxbury, Massachusetts. At war's end,
Jean-Baptiste took his family to Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the
southern coast of Newfoundland, where his and Marie's marriage was
"rehabilitated" in November 1763 and their daughter was baptized the
following month. Between 1765 and
1781, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste nine more children, six sons and three, including
a set of twins--11 children, seven sons and four daughters, in all. In 1767, to
relieve overcrowding on the island, the French coaxed many of the fisher/habitants
on Miquelon
to resettle in France. Jean-Baptiste and his family sailed to St.-Malo aboard the schooner
Creole, reached the Breton port in November, but returned to the
island aboard the same vessel the following March. They buried three of
their young children, two sons and a daughter, on Miquelon in 1770, 1774, and 1776. In 1778, during the American Revolution,
the British captured Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre and deported the
fisher/habitants to France. Jean-Baptiste and his family
arrived at St.-Malo aboard the Jeannette in November 1778 and settled
in nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where their two youngest children were born and buried.
One of them died of smallpox two months after his birth. They also buried
a 6-year-old daughter there. The family could not
return to the Newfoundland islands until 1784. They did not remain on the
fishing island.
By the 1790s, Jean-Baptiste and most of his family joined other Acadians from
the Newfoundland islands in
the îles-de-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, now a part of Québec
Province, Canada. At least three of his sons
married and settled there.
Oldest son Louis, born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, in October 1762, followed his
family to Île Miquelon and to France and back. He married fellow Acadian Anastasie
Cormier in c1785 probably on Miquelon. They evidently followed his family to
the Madeleines. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1793 and 1809,
Anastasie gave Louis nine children, four sons and five daughters. At least
one of their sons married.
Oldest son Louis-Michel-Hyppolite, called Hyppolite, born on Île Miquelon
or in the
Madeleines in c1793, married Anne, daughter of Michel Gould and
Sophie Penn, in October 1816 probaby in the Madeleines.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1817 and 1821, Anne gave Hyppolite three
children, two sons and a daughter.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Jean-Baptiste, fils, called Jean,
baptized on Île Miquelon in August 1765,
age not given, followed his family to France and back. He married Anne, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and Anne-Agnès Poirier,
on Miquelon in November 1788. They most likely followed his family to the
Madeleines. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1792 and 1796, Anne-Agnès
gave Jean four children, two daughters and two sons. Their two sons
married.
Older son Pierre-Sébastien, born on Île Miquelon or in the Madeleines in c1793,
married Gracieuse, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Arsenault
and Geneviève Boudrot, probably in the Madeleines in September
1815. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1817 and 1821, Gracieuse gave
Pierre-Sébastien three children, a daughter and two son.
Jean's younger son Jean-Gratien, born probably in the Madeleines in c1796,
married Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Vigneau and
Marie Arsenault, in September 1815 probably in the Madeleines.
According to Bona Arsenault, beween 1818 and 1821, Julie gave Jean-Gratien three
children, two daughters and a son.
Jean-Baptiste's fifth son Pierre, twin of brother Xavier, who died a week
after his birth, was born on Île
Miquelon in April 1774. Pierre followed his family to France and back and to the Madeleines,
where he married Catherine, daughter of Germain Montigny and
Marie-Catherine Audy, in October
1798. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1799 and 1817, Catherine gave
Pierre six sons. At least one of them married.
Oldest son Marcel, born probably in the Madeleines in c1799, married
Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Richard and Rosalie
Briand, in September 1820 probably in the Madeleines.
According to Bona Arsenault, Ursule gave Marcel a daughter in 1822.
Pierre's second son Joseph, born at Cobeguit in c1729, followed his family
to the French Maritimes in c1750. He married Marie-Rose, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Gaudet and Marie-Josèphe Darois
of Pigiguit, at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in September 1751. They
settled with his family at Baie-de-Mordienne, where a French official counted
the childless couple in April 1752. Between 1753 and 1758,
Marie-Rose gave Joseph three children, two daughters and a son, on the island.
The British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
Marie-Rose and their three children died on the crossing. Joseph settled
at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, but he did not remain. In March 1760, he signed up
for privateer service and left St.-Malo in March 1760 aboard the ship Hardy.
The Royal Navy captured the vessel and held its crew, including Joseph, in a
prison compound in England until the end of the war. After his
release in 1763, he returned to St.-Servan and remarried to Jeanne-Françoise, daughter
of Robert Guilbert and Gilette-Anne Visez of
Plevenon, Diocese of St.-Brieuc, Brittany, in February 1764 at St.-Malo.
He worked as a sailor out of the Breton port. In March 1764, soon after
their marriage, Joseph shipped out on Les Trois Frères for Île Miquelon
and returned to St.-Malo in January 1766. He likely spent time
with his older brother Jean-Baptiste at Miquelon. Jeanne-Françoise gave
Joseph two daughters at St.-Malo in 1765 and 1766, the older daughter conceived
before Joseph left for the Newfoundland islands. In 1770-71, he was reported to be in the
Indies "in the capacity of a wheelwright." He was back with his family at
St.-Malo in 1772. He did not take his family to Poitou in 1773, nor did he
join other Acadian exiles at Nantes later in the decade. Unsurprisingly,
neither he nor any member of his family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Pierre's third son Anselme, born at Cobeguit in c1738, followed his family
to Île Royale and was counted with them at Baie-de-Mordienne in April 1752.
He was still unmarried when he crossed to St.-Malo in 1758 with his parents and
four siblings. He died at sea, age 20.
Pierre's fourth son Fabien, born at Cobeguit in c1742, followed his
family to Île Royale and was counted with them at Baie-de-Mordienne in April
1752. He did not cross with them to St.-Malo, however, so he likely died
on the island before 1758, in his teens.
Pierre's fifth son Brisset, born at Cobebuit in c1744, followed his family
to Île Royale and was counted with them at Baie-de-Mordienne in April 1752.
He crossed with his family to St.-Malo but died in a hospital there in early
December 1758, age 15, soon after reaching the Breton port.
Germain, fils's third son Claude, born at Minas in c1696, married
Marie, another daughter of .Jérôme Guérin and Isabelle
Aucoin, in c1726 perhaps at Cobeguit. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1727 and 1746, Marie gave Claude nine children, six daughters and three
sons. They, too, moved on to Île Royale in c1750. In April 1752, a
French official counted Claude, Marie, and nine children at Baie-de-Mordienne
near older brother Pierre. Four of their
daughters married into the Thomas, Boutin, and
Quemener families on Île Royale in 1752 and 1753 and into the
Lacase family at Rochefort, France, in June 1763, so at least
one member the family was deported to France in 1758-59. One wonders what
happened to the rest of them then.
Germain, fils's fourth son François, born probably at Cobeguit in c1703, married Françoise, yet
another daughter of
Jérôme Guérin and Isabelle Aucoin, in
c1729 perhaps at Cobeguit. Between 1730 and
1750, Françoise gave François 11 children, seven daughters and four sons. They, too, moved on to Île Royale in c1750.
In April 1752, a French official counted François, Françoise, and their 11 children at
Baie-de-Mordienne near older brothers Pierre and Claude. Between 1752 and
1758, Françoise gave François two more children, a daughter and a son--13
children, eight daughters and five sons. The British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. François, in his
mid-50s, along with five of his children, including the youngest three, died in the crossing
or from its rigors. Françoise, who never remarried, settled with her eight
remaining children at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Three of her daughters married
into the Henry, Blanchard, Landry,
and Granger families at St.-Servan in 1761, 1766, 1767, and
1776, and one of them, Gertrude, died there in 1772. Françoise and three
of her daughters--Marie, who never married; Marguerite-Josèphe and her
Henry husband; and Anne and her Granger husband--emigrated to Louisiana from France
in 1785. Anne remarried there--her third marriage--to an Italian named
Barbero. Françoise's only surviving married son chose to
remain in France, but the widow of her younger married son did go there with a
daughter and remarried in the Spanish colony.
Oldest son Pierre, born at Cobeguit in c1734, followed
his family to Île Royale and his widowed mother to St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married
Jeanne-Louise, daughter of locals Louis-Laurent LeBlond and
Marie-Anne Feste, in November 1760. They were still at
St.-Servan in 1772, without children. Did they have any children or leave
the St.-Malo area? They did not follow his widowed mother and sisters to
Spanish Louisiana.
François's second son Théodore, born at Cobeguit in
c1742, followed his family to Île Royale and his widowed mother to St.-Servan.
At age 34, he married Anne-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Henry and Marie-Madeleine Pitre, at nearby Pleurtuit
in February 1777. They settled at St.-Servan, where she gave him two
daughters in 1778 and 1780, but the older daughter probably died young.
Théodore died probably at St.-Servan in the early 1780s. Anne-Josèphe and
their younger daughter Anne-Angélique followed her widowed mother-in-law and
Théodores's sisters to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Anne-Josèphe promptly
remarried to a Boudrot widower there. Daughter Anne-Angélique
married into the Julien family on upper Bayou Lafourche.
François's third son Cirille, born at Cobeguit in c1744,
followed his family to Île Royale and his widowed mother to St.-Servan, where he
worked as a sailor. He embarked on the ship Americain at St.-Malo
in February 1769 and landed at Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, later in the
year. He died there in his mid-20s. He did not marry.
François's fourth son Joseph, born probably at
Baie-de-Mordienne in c1750, died, at age 8, with his father and four siblings on
the crossing to St.-Malo.
François's fifth and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste, born
probagly at Baie-de-Mordienne in the mid-1750, died with his father and siblings
on the crossing to St.-Malo.
Germain, fils's fifth and youngest son
Germain III, born probably at Cobeguit in c1705, married
Catherine-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Benoit and Marie-Anne Breau,
in c1732 perhaps at Cobeguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733
and 1749, Catherine-Josèphe gave Germain III 10 children, six daughters and four
sons. They, too, moved on to Île Royale in c1750.
In April 1752, a French official counted Germain III, Catherine-Josèphe, and 10
children at Baie-de-Mordienne near older brothers Pierre, Claude, and
François. One wonders what happened to them in 1758. Three of their
daughters married into the Georges or Georget,
Dailli or Duhier, and Perchet
families on Martinique in the French Antilles in 1765 and 1766, and two of them died there in 1767 and
1789. Did the rest of the family also settle on the French island?
Germain,
père's younger son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1671, married Marie, daughter of Martin
Bourg and Marie Potet, at Minas in c1698 and settled briefly on
Rivière-St.-Antoine before moving on to Cobeguit by 1703. Between 1699 and
1720, at Minas and Cobeguit, Marie gave Pierre 10 children, four sons and six daughters.
Their daughters married into the Arsement, Pitre, Boudrot,
Landry, Melanson, Gautrot, and Girouard families,
and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. Only one of Pierre's sons created
a family of his own.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1699, married Françoise, daughter of Pierre Melanson and
Marie Blanchard, at Grand-Pré in October 1725 and, according to Bona
Arsenault, settled at Cobeguit. Joseph
was recorded as having taken the oath of allegiance to the British crown in
April 1730. According to Arsenault, between 1726 and 1754, Françoise
gave Joseph a dozen children, nine sons and three daughters. He took his family,
including a married son and his family, to Île St.-Jean in c1750.
They had another son on the island in 1751, and their second son married there that year.
Their daughter married into the Henry family on the island. In August 1752, a
French official counted Joseph, Françoise, and seven unmarried children at
Rivière-de-l'Ouest on the south side of the island. Françoise gave Joseph
another son probably on the island in 1754--at least 11 children, seven sons and four
daughters, in all. The family evidently
left the island before its dérangement in 1758 and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. During the late 1750s or early 1760s, the family either surrendered
to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and were held in a prison
compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Joseph died during exile,
no date or place given. In 1764-65, his widow
Françoise and four of her unmarried sons emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via French
St.-Domingue. They settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans,
where the sons married into the Daigre, Granger,
Henry, Guillot, and Mouton
families on the river. One of them settled on the western prairies.
Françoise and Joseph's oldest sons also married, but they did not follow their
widowed mother to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son Alexis, born at Minas in c1726, married
Madeleine, daughter of Jean Robichaud and Marie Léger,
probably at Minas in c1747. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and
1751, Madeleine gave Alexis four children, two daughters and two sons.
Other records say they had a fifth child. They, too, moved on to Île
St.-Jean in c1750 but did not settle near his family. In August 1752, a
French official counted Alexis, Madeleine, and three children at Bédec on the
island's southwestern shore. They likely left the island before its
dérangement in 1758 or escaped the British roundup that year, crossed Mer
Rouge, and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Alexis died during exile. Widow
Madeleine was counted with five children on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763.
Neither she and nor any of her Thériot children emigrated to
Louisiana. One wonders where they settled. Île Miquelon?
Greater Acadia? The French Antilles?
Joseph's second son Joseph dit Le Bonhomme,
born at Minas in c1728, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in c1750 and married
Marie-Josèphe Pitre there in c1751. Marie-Josèphe gave Bonhomme a son
soon after their marriage. In August 1752, a French official counted
Bonhomme, Marie-Josèphe, and their 7-month-old son at Bédec near his older
brother Alexis. Unlike his brother, Bonhomme remained on the island,
where, in 1753 and 1758, Marie-Josèphe him two daughters. The British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Only Bonhomme
survived the crossing. In March 1759, soon after his arrival in late
January, he received permission to go to Cherbourg in Normandy. Was he the
Joseph Thériot, Acadian, who died at Cherbourg in December
1759. The Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish priest who recorded the burial did not
give Joseph's parents' names or mention a wife and says he died at age 27.
Bonhomme would have been age 31.
Pierre's second son
François, born probably at Cobeguit in the early 1700s, survived childhood but did not marry.
He and brothers Joseph
and Pierre, fils are recorded as having taken the oath of allegiance to
the British crown in April 1730. Did he marry? One wonders what
happened to him in 1755, if he was still living.
Pierre's third son Pierre,
fils, born at Cobeguit
in September 1712, may have settled at Minas, where he was recorded as
having taken the oath of allegiance with his older brothers in April 1730.
He did not marry. Was he still living in 1755?
Pierre's fourth and youngest son,
name unrecorded,
born probably at Cobeguit in c1713, evidently died young.
Jean's fifth and youngest son
Pierre, born at
Port-Royal in c1654, married
Cécile, daughter of René Landry and Marie Bernard, at Port-Royal
in c1678. Soon after their marriage, they pioneered the settlement on Rivière St.-Antoine, later
called Rivière-des-Habitants, at Minas. Jean served as a
judge at Minas, where he and Cécile became that rare Acadian couple who had no
children. Pierre died at Minas in March 1725, in his early 70s.341
Boudrot
Michel
Boudrot,
the long-time colonial judge at Port-Royal, a late 1630s arrival, and his wife
Michelle Aucoin created one of the largest and most influential families
in the colony. Between 1642 and 1666, Michelle gave Michel 11 children, seven sons and four
daughters, all of whom married. Their daughters married into the
Robichaud, Thériot, Bourg, Babineau, and Poirier
families. Michel and Michelle's descendants settled at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Minas and Pigiguit, Chignecto, and in the French
Maritimes, on Île Royale as well as Île St.-Jean. At least 103 of the
judge's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the
late 1760s, Île St.-Pierre in 1788, and especially from France in 1785.
However, a substantial number of Michel's descendants could be found in Canada, greater
Acadia, France, and the French Antilles after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1646, married Renée, daughter of Antoine Bourg and Antoinette
Landry, at Port-Royal in c1672. Between 1673 and 1683, Renée gave
Charles eight children, five sons and three daughters. Charles remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean
Corporon and Françoise Savoie, probably at Port-Royal in c1686 and
settled at Minas and Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit. Between 1688 and 1707, Marie
gave Charles a dozen more children, seven sons and five daughters.
Charles, who fathered 20 children by his two wives, died at Ste.-Famille after 1714, in his
late 60s. Six of his daughters from
both wives married into the Trahan, Babin, Thibodeau,
Bugeaud, and Girouard families. Eight of his 12 sons from both
wives created their own
families, but not all of the lines endured.
His oldest son,
by first wife Renée Bourg, born at Port-Royal in c1673,
name unrecorded, probably died young.
Charles's second son
Charles, fils, by first wife Renée, by first wife Renée Bourg, born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Marie, daughter of Étienne Rivet and Marie Comeau,
in c1700 probably at Rivière-de-l'Ascension, Minas, where they settled.
In c1714, Marie gave Charles, fils one child, a son, whose name has been lost to
history and who likely died young, so this line of the family did not endure.
Charles, père's third
son René, by first wife Renée Bourg, born at Port-Royal in c1678, married in c1701, according to Stephen
White, a woman whose name has been lost to history. Bona Arsenault insists
René's wife was Agnès, sans doute daughter of Pierre Vincent
and Anne Gaudet of Port-Royal, and that René married her in
c1712. They settled at
Rivière-de-l'Ascension in the Minas Basin.
According to White, René fathered a
single child, a daughter named Élisabeth or Isabelle, born in c1701, who married into the Pitre
family in c1724. Arsenault calls René's daughter Madeleine, says she was
born in c1724, and that she married into the Boisseau family in
c1748. René died at Minas in June 1748, age 69. Except for its
blood, this line of the family died with him, though one wonders what became of
his daughter after 1755.
Charles, père's fourth son Claude,
a twin, by first wife Renée Bourg, born at Port-Royal in c1683, probably died young.
Charles, père's
fifth son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, Claude's twin, by first wife Renée
Bourg,
married Cécile, another daughter of Jean Corporon and Françoise Savoie,
probably at Port-Royal in c1702 and settled at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit.
Between 1703 and 1721, Cécile gave Jean-Baptiste nine children, six sons and
three daughters. Jean-Baptiste remarried to Louise, daughter of
Louis Saulnier and Louise Bastineau dit Peltier, in c1722
and settled at Minas. Between 1723 and 1742, Louise gave Jean-Baptiste
seven more children, three sons and four daughters--16 children, nine sons and
seven daughters, by both wives.
Jean-Baptiste took his family to Île St.-Jean in 1751. In August 1752, a
French official counted Jean-Baptiste, Louise, and three of their unmarried children at La
Traverse on the island's south shore. The British deported Jean and his
family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Jean, age 56 at the time, did not
survive the crossing, nor did wife Louise. His daughters by both wives married into the Trahan, Hébert,
Davoux, Landry, Roussin, and Pineau or Pinaud families
in greater Acadia and France.
Seven of his nine sons created families of their own at Minas, Pigiguit, and in
the French Maritimes.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste,
fils, also called Jean, by first wife
Cécile Corporon, born probably at Minas in the early
1700s, married
Catherine, daughter of Pierre Brassaud and Gabrielle Forest, at
Grand-Pré in October 1729 and settled at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1740,
Catherine gave Jean-Baptiste, fils three children, all daughters. According to Stephen White,
Jean-Baptiste, fils died probably at Ste.-Famille by 1752, age unrecorded.
Arsenault, however, insists that Jean-Baptiste, fils took his family to
Île St.-Jean, escaped the British in 1758, and found refuge at Restigouche on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Arsenault says that Jean-Baptiste, fils's daughters married into the
Denis, Brun, and Landry
families at Port-La-Joye on Île St.-Jean and Restigouche at the head of the Baie
des Chaleurs. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study
of the Acadians in France notes that Marguerite, born in c1741, daughter of Jean
Boudrot and Catherine Brasseau, married into
the Pitre family at La Gouesnière near St.-Malo in November
1759, became a widow in 1782, and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 with six of her
Pitre chldren. She settled with them on upper Bayou
Lafourche and did not remarry. So the blood of Jean's family line survived
in greater Acadia and in the Bayou State.
Jean's second son Pierre, by first wife Cécile Corporon, born probably at Minas in
c1708, married Anne, daughter of Michel
Hébert and Isabelle Pellerin, at Grand-Pré in February 1732 and
settled at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1748,
at Minas and Ste.-Famille, Anne gave Pierre eight children, four sons and four
daughters, including a set of twins. Other sources hint that she gave him
two more sons, in 1737 and c1755. Pierre died by 1755.
At least two of his sons created their own families in France and Louisiana.
Older son
Pierre, fils, baptized at Grand-Pré in October 1737, evidently moved to
the French Maritimes after his father died, likely after 1752, and was deported to St.-Malo, France,
in 1758. In February 1759, he received permission to move on to Rochefort
to find work, but he was unsuccessful. He returned to St.-Malo in October
and "settled" at nearby Trigavou on the west side of Rivière Rance. He married cousin Françoise, daughter of
François Daigre and Marie Boudrot of
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, at Trigavou in November 1763. Between 1764 and
1771, Françoise gave Pierre, fils four children, a son and three
daughters. Pierre, fils took his family to Poitou in the early
1770s. Having eschewed the intrigues of his fellow Acadians against their
benefactor the Marquis de Pérusse, when 900 of the Acadians in Poitou retreated to Nantes in
late 1775, Pierre, fils and Françoise were among the 300 Acadians who
chose to remain. Between 1773 and 1780, at Châtellerault and
Bonneuil-Matours, she gave him four more children, three sons and a daugher, but
the two older children, a son and a daughter, died young. No member of the
family emigrated to Louisiana, so they likely remained in Poitou. One
wonders if Pierre, fils's surviving sons--Isaac, born in October 1764; Benjamin,
baptized in October 1777; and Paul, baptized in January 1780--as well as his
daughters--Marie-Josephe, born in October 1766; and Françoise-Mathurine in April
1769--created their own families in France.
Pierre, père's younger son
Augustin-Rémi, born at Minas or Pigiguit in c1755, evidently was deported to
Maryland in 1755 perhaps with his widowed mother and older
siblings. If so, his mother died in the Chesapeake colony. In July
1763, a repatriation list noted that an orphan named Rémis
Budro was living at Port Tobacco on the lower
Potomac with the family of Acadian Jean-Charles Bro. Rémi
followed the Breaus to Louisiana in 1767-68 and went with them
to Fort San Luìs de Natchez on the river above Baton Rouge, where, again called Rémi, he was described soon after
his arrival as a 13-year-old orphan. The following year, Spanish
Governor-General O'Reilly released the Acadians from the isolated settlement.
None of them remained. Rémi, perhaps after following the Breaus
to one of the Acadian settlements downriver, chose to settle in the Attakapas
District,
where, after 1781, he was consistently called Augustin by the census takers.
He married Judith-Philippe, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Martin and
Jeanne Comeau of Annapolis Royal, probably at Attakapas in
c1777. As a 12-year-old orphan, she had come to Attakapas with the
Broussards in the spring of 1765.
She gave Rémi all of his
children. Called Augustin-Rémi by the recording priest, he remarried to cousin Madeleine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Olivier Benoit
and his first wife Susanne Boudreaux and widow of Amand
Martin and André Favron, at Opelousas, north of
Attakapas, in July 1815. Augustin dit Rémi died in St. Landry Parish in June
1830. The Opelousas priest who recorded the burial called him Rémi and noted that he
died at age 85. He probably was in his late 70s. His daughters, all by
his first wife, married into the Boone
and Prejean families. Three of his four sons, also by his
first wife, married into the Ritter, Caruthers,
and Lacase families and settled near Grand Coteau.
Jean's third son Honoré l'aîné, by first wife Cécile
Corporon, born at Pigiguit in December 1708,
likely died young.
Jean's fourth son Benjamin, by first wife Cécile Corporon, born probably at Pigiguit in the early 1710s, married Cécile, daughter of
Jean Melanson and Marguerite Dugas and widow of Claude Richard,
in c1754, perhaps at Minas. The British
deported them to Maryland in 1755. Cécile gave Benjamin at least one
child, a daughter, in c1755, either at Pigiguit or in Maryland. He and Cécile evidently died in Maryland before July
1763, when daughter Marie, now an 8-year-old orphan,
appeared on a repatriation list with the family of François Hébert at
Fredericktown/Georgetown on the colony's Eastern Shore. Marie followed
relatives to Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San Gabriel on the Mississippi
above New Orleans. She married cousin Amand, son of Paul Hébert and
Marguerite-Josèphe Melançon, probably at San Gabriel in September
1776, so the blood of this family survived. Amand also had come to Louisiana from Maryland in 1767 and probably
had known Marie from childhood.
Two of their grandsons became
prominent men in Louisiana affairs: Paul Octave Hébert served as governor of Louisiana in the early
1850s, and Paul Octave and his first cousin Louis Hébert rose to the rank of brigadier general
in the Confederate army during the War
of 1861-65. Marie died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1847,
a widow in her early 90s.
Jean's fifth son Antoine, by first wife Cécile Corporon, born probably at Pigiguit
in c1717,
married Brigitte, daughter of Jean-Michel Apart and Élisabeth Hébert,
at Grand-Pré in July 1747 and moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1751.
According to Bona Arsenault, in c1748 Brigitte gave
Antoine a son, Jean-Baptiste le jeune. In August 1752, a French
official counted Antoine, Brigitte, son Jean-Baptiste, and Brigitte's infirm
brother Alexis Apart near Antoine's father and his brother
Zacharie at La Traverse on the island's south shore. The British deported
the family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. In February 1759, soon after the
family reached the port, son Jean-Baptiste died in a St.-Malo hospital, age 11.
Between 1760 and 1772, at Trigavou near St.-Malo, Brigitte gave Antoine eight
more children, five sons and three daughters, one of whom, a daughter, did not
survive childhood. In 1773, Antoine took his family to Poitou and retreated with
other disgruntled Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in December 1775.
He died at St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, France, in April 1776, age 58.
Brigitte did not remarry. She took five of her
unmarried children, three sons and two daughters, to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Her married son also went there. One of her daughters married into the
Rassicot family in Louisiana. Three of her sons created their own families in France and Louisiana.
Only one of the lines survived in the Bayou State, but it did so magnificently.
Second son François-Xavier, born at Trigavou, France, in
March 1760, followed his family to Poitou and Nantes. He married
Marguerite, daughter of Claude Dugas and his second wife
Marguerite Cyr of Boulogne-sur-Mer, at St.-Martin de Chantenay,
near Nantes, in May 1785. They emigrated to Louisiana in 1785 and settled
at Manchac on the river south of Baton Rouge. François-Xavier
remarried to Marie-Françoise, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc and
Anne Hébert, at nearby San Gabriel in May 1787 and died at San
Gabriel in February 1798, age 27. His daughters married into the
Acoste, Tircuit, and Trosclair
famiies. Only one of François-Xavier's four sons married, into the
Edelmer family at St. Gabriel, but the line does not seem to have
survived.
Antoine's
third son Charles-Michel, born at Trigavou in October
1761, followed his famliy to Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother to
Louisiana. He settled on upper Bayou Lafourche near his siblings, but he
did not marry.
Antoine's
fourth son Joseph, born at Trigavou in February 1765,
followed his famliy to Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother to Louisiana.
He married Marie-Jeanne Langlinais, a native of France, at
Ascension on the Mississippi above New Orleans in February 1791. One
wonders if he fathered any children.
Antoine's
fifth son Étienne, born at Trigavou in December 1766,
followed his family to Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother to Louisiana.
He married Victoire-Andrée, daughter of Alexandre Gautrot and
Marguerite Hébert, at Ascension in January 1788 and settled on
Bayou Lafourche. Their daughter married into the Martin
and Stephen families. Nine of Étienne's 10 sons married
into the Toups, Pontiff, Lefevre,
Thibodeaux, Barbier, Brunet,
and Broussard families and created on Bayou Lafourche one of
the largest Boudreaux families lines in the Bayou State.
Antoine's sixth and youngest son Jean-Pierre, born at Trigavou in
December 1772, may have followed his family to Poitou and Nantes. Though
he would have been only age 12 when his widowed mother and five older
siblings left Paimboeuf for New Orleans in late August 1785, he not accompany
them to the Spanish colony, so he may have died in France.
Jean's sixth son Zacharie, by first wife Cécile Corporon, born at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit, in c1721,
married Marguerite, daughter of Charles Daigre and Françoise Doucet,
in c1748 perhaps at Ste.-Famille and moved on to
Île St.-Jean in 1751.
Between 1749 and 1758,
Marguerite gave Zacharie five children, three sons and two daughters, on the
island.
In August 1752, a French official counted Zacharie, Marguerite, two of their children,
and orphan Marguerite Boudrot next to his parents at La
Traverse on the island's south shore. The British deported the family to
St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Zacharie and Marguerite survived the voyage
aboard one of the Five Ships, but all of their children died at sea! They
settled at Trigavou near St.-Malo and created another family. Between 1760
and 1770, at Trigavou, Marguerite gave Zacherie six more children, five sons and
a daughter--11 children, eight sons and three daughters, in all--but two of the younger sons and the daughter did
not survive childhood. Zacharie took his family to Poitou in the early
1770s and in October 1775 retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. At age 61, Zacharie remarried to Frenchwoman Marguerite Vallois, widow of
Pierre and Olivier Dubois and Étienne Thériot, at Chantenay near
Nantes in September 1782. She gave him no more children. Zacharie took his second wife, his youngest
son, and a stepson to Louisiana in 1785 aboard L'Amitié and settled on upper
Bayou Lafourche. All three of his remaining
sons married into the Landry, Gautrot,
and Ferguson families in France and Louisiana.
His oldest son's line of the family was especially vigorous.
Jean's seventh son, another
Jean-Baptiste, fils, by second wife Louise Saulnier, born at Minas in
August 1723, married Lucie,
daughter of Jean Trahan and Marie Girouard, at Louisbourg, Île
Royale, in October 1752. Between 1754 and 1755, Lucie gave Jean-Baptiste,
fils three children, a daughter and two sons, on the island. The British
deported them to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. All three of their children
died at sea. They lived for a time at La Martin on the Rue des Fougeurs in
St.-Malo before moving to La Rochelle in February 1759. One wonders what
happened to them after that date. They did not emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Jean's eighth son Honoré
le jeune, by second wife Louise Saulnier, born at Minas in March 1728, married Élisabeth, daughter of Jean Hébert and Marie-Claire
Dugas, in c1753 probably in the French Maritimes and settled there.
In c1754 and c1758, Élisabeth gave Honoré two children, a son and a daughter. The British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758.
Both of the children died at sea. Honoré, age 29,
and Élisabeth, age 24,
died in a hospital at St.-Malo in March 1759, probably from the rigors of the
crossing, so the deportation to France wiped out the entire family.
Jean's ninth and youngest son
Mathurin, by second wife Louise Saulnier, born probably at Minas in c1742, probably died young.
Charles, père's sixth son Jérôme, by second wife Marie
Corporon, born
probably at Minas in c1688, evidently died young.
Charles, père's
seventh son Denis, by second wife Marie Corporon, born probably at Minas in c1690, married Agnès,
daughter of Michel Vincent and Marie-Josèphe Richard, at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1709 and moved on to the French Maritimes.
Between 1710 and 1731, Agnès gave Denis 10 children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom married.
Denis
died at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in February 1754, in his mid-60s. His daughters married into the Richard, Boisseau, Hébert
dit Manuel, Livois, and Gaudet families.
Oldest son
Charles le jeune, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1710, married Cécile, daughter of Pierre Thériot and Marie Bourg,
in c1735 and moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1751.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1745,
Cécile gave Charles three children, two sons and a daughter.
A French official counted
Charles, Cécile, and their three children at Anse-à-Pinnet on the island's
south shore in August 1752. The British deported them to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in 1758.
Charles remarried to Marie-Madeleine,
called Madeleine, daughter of Claude Bourgeois and Marie LeBlanc and widow of Joseph-Prudent
Robichaud, at Très-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, in August 1762, but they
returned to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where Madeleine gave him another son in 1764. In May
1766, Charles took his family to St.-Malo aboard the ship Le Hazard.
They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Charles died at
the Hôtel-Dieu, St.-Malo, in November 1766, age 55. His youngest son was
born posthumously at St.-Servan in May 1767--five children, four sons and a
daughter, by two wives. Widow Madeleine remained at
St.-Servan until 1769, when she moved to neary Pleudihen-sur-Rance. She remarried to
widower Étienne Térriot at St.-Servan in February 1770 and
became the stepmother of Étienne's son Olivier, the cobbler of Nantes who, 15
years later, would help coax hundreds of his fellow Acadians in France to go to Louisiana.
Two of Charles's children--his only daughter, who had married into the
Richard family at Nantes, and his youngest son,
who he never knew--emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 with second wife
Madeleine and her new family. One wonders what
happened to Charles's older sons Charles-Olivier and François from his first
wife who, as teenagers, had been counted with their parents on Île St.-Jean in 1752.
Charles le jeune's fourth and youngest son
Joseph, by second wife Marie-Madeleine
Bourgeois, born
posthumously at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in May 1767, followed his widowed mother to
Nantes, Louisiana, and the Attakapas District west of the Atchafalaya
Basin. He married Élisabeth- or Isabelle-Apolline, daughter of Pierre
Trahan and Marguerite Duhon of Pigiguit and
Belle-Île-en-Mer, at Attakapas in November 1792. They settled on Bayou
Vermilion. Joseph died in
Lafayette Parish in December 1838, age 71. His daughters married
into the Landry and Simon families. His three sons married
into the Labauve and Simon families and created vigorous lines
on the prairies.
Denis's second son Olivier, born probably at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit, in June 1712, married Henriette, daughter of
Jérôme Guérin and Isabelle Aucoin, in c1740 and moved on to Île
St.-Jean in 1750.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1749,
Henriette gave Olivier five children, two sons and three daughters.
A French official counted Olivier, Henriette, and their five children at Anse-à-Pinnet in August 1752. The British deported
the family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. By then, the couple had seven
children, four sons and three daughters. All but one of their children
died at sea or from the rigors of the crossing. Wife Henriette died at St.-Malo
in March 1759, age 45, two months after reaching the port. Olivier remarried to Anne, daughter of Charles Dugas and
Anne-Marie Benoit, at St.-Énogat, today's Dinard, across from St.-Malo in May 1762. Between
1763 and 1767, at nearby Trigavou, Anne gave Olivier three more children, two
sons and a daughter--10 children, six sons and four daughters, by two wives. They also lived at Ploubalay and Langrolay,
on the west side of the river south of St.-Énogat, between 1759 and 1772. Olivier's daughter
Madeleine-Josèphe by first wife Henriette married into the Guillot
family at Trigavou. Olivier, Anne, and their two youngest children emigrated to Louisiana on La Caroline, the
last of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Olivier's oldest daughter Madeleine-Josèphe and her family
had gone to the Spanish colony on an earlier
ship. Olivier died by January 1788, when his wife was listed in a Bayou
Lafourche census as a widow. Daughter Marie married into the Brunet
family in the Spanish colony, and his son Jean-Baptiste married into the
Pitre family and settled on Bayou Lafourche.
Denis's third son Jean, born probably at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit, in c1714, married Marguerite,
daughter of August Comeau and Jeanne Levron, at Annapolis Royal in
February 1738.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1738 and 1747,
Marguerite gave Jean six children, four sons and two daughters. They
settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. Jean drowned in the river there in
1747, age 33. Marguerite remained at Pigiguit. The British deported
most of the family to Massachusetts in 1755. After the war with Britain
ended, members of the family chose to emigrate to Canada, where Jean's daughters
married into the Létourneau and Cailla
families at Trois-Rivières and Baie-du-Fèvre across Lac St.-Pierre from
Trois-Rivières. One of Jean's sons, however, did not go to Massachusetts
or to Canada.
Second son Félix le jeune, born at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1742, was
deported to Virginia in 1755 and then sent on to England the following year.
The British held him with other Acadian exiles at Falmouth until 1763, when he
and other Acadians in England were repatriated to France. He landed at
Morlaix in Brittany and married Anne-Gertrude, called Annette, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Thériot and Marie-Josèphe Landry
of Rivière-aux-Canards, in St.-Martin des Champs Parish, Morlaix, in July 1764.
Anne gave Félix le jeune a son, Simon-Bruno, at Morlaix, in May
1765. That November, they followed Anne's family to recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off
the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Kerxo, Sauzon. Anne
gave Félix a daughter there in August 1767. The family left the island in
the late 1760s or early 1770s and moved on to Quimper in southwestern Brittany,
where Félix served as "commis des Fermes du Roi" at l'Aberlidut in the Parish of
Poasponder. Anne gave Félix another daughter at Quimper in November 1773
and another son there in May 1777. Félix remarried to Frenchwoman Marie
Lagatu at Quimper in the late 1770s or early 1780s. She
gave him two more daughters at Quimper in 1783 and 1792, so when hundreds of his
countrymen, including one of his paternal uncles and several first cousins,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785, Félix and his family remained in France. Rising through the ranks of the Breton bureaucracy, he served as a customs officer at Douanes
near Quimper during the early years of the French Revolution.
Denis's fourth son Anselme, born probably at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit, in c1719, married Geneviève Girouard
in c1744.
Between 1745 and 1758, Geneviève gave Anselme six
children, four sons and two daughters. Anselme took his family
to Île St.-Jean in 1750. In August 1752, a French official
counted him, Geneviève, and three of their children at Rivière-du-Nord-Est
in the island's interior. The British deported the
family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Anselme, age 39, and five of his children died
during the crossing. His oldest daughter died in a
St.-Malo hospital in late November 1758, age 10, soon after reaching the port.
wife Geneviève, left alone by the death of her husband and all of her children, died
probably in the same hospital in late December, age 38, so the North Atlantic
crossing wiped out the entire family.
Denis's fifth son Félix, born probably at Ste.-Famille in c1723,
married Jeanne, daughter of François Boisseau and Marie-Anne Saulnier,
at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in September 1752, after the counting there.
According to Bona Arsenault, in c1754 Jeanne gave
Félix a daughter, Élisabeth.
The family either
returned to peninsula Acadia after 1755 or escaped the British roundup on the
island in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge in Canada. Félix died at Québec in December 1757, victim, perhaps, of
the smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian refugees there that fall and
winter. His family remained in Canada. Daughter Élisabeth married
into the Richard family at Cap-Santé on the upper St. Lawrence
between Québec and Trois-Rivières, so the blood of this family endured.
Denis's sixth and
youngest son Alexandre, born probably at Ste.-Famille in the 1720s, married Anastasie-Dorothée, daughter of Pierre Gaudet
and Marie-Madeleine Pitre, at Port-La-Joye in October 1755.
According to Bona Arsenault, in c1757, Anastasie
gave Alexandre a son, Pierre. One wonders what happened to them after 1758.
Charles, père's eighth son Paul, by second wife Marie
Corporon, born, according to Stephen
White, in c1692, evidently died young.
According to Bona Arsenault,
however, Charles's son Paul, born in c1703, married Marie-Josèphe Doiron
in c1731. Arsenault says that, between 1732 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave
Paul six children, two sons and four daughters, and that the oldest daughter,
Marie-Josèphe, married into the Closquinet family at
Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in January 1751. Arsenault evidently confused this Paul with the younger Paul dit
Petit Paul, son of Charles's younger brother Claude.
Charles, père's ninth son Pierre, by second wife Marie
Corporon, born probably at Minas in the c1693, married Madeleine, daughter
of Jean Hébert and Marie-Anne Doucet,
at Grand-Pré in November 1714 and settled at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit. Between the mid-1710s and 1733, Madeleine gave Pierre six children, two sons and
four daughters, all of whom married. Their daughters married into the Doiron,
Thibodeau, Landry, and Clouâtre families, and
three of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland and France. Pierre's
two sons created families of their own but did not go to Louisiana.
Older son Basile, born probably at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit, in June 1718, married
Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Girouard and Marie Doiron, in c1745
perhaps at Pigiguit and moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1750. Between
1746 and 1758, Marguerite gave Basile eight children, four sons and four
daughters. In August 1752, a French official counted Basile, Marguerite,
and their three oldest children in the household of a Sr. Emard
at Havre-St.-Pierre on the island's north coast.
The British deported Basile and his family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758 aboard
the transport Supply.
Three of their children died at sea. Between 1760 and 1764, at Pleudihen-sur-Rance
south of St.-Malo, Marguerite gave Basile three more
children, a son and two daughters. One of his older daughters married into
the Moyse family in France and remained there. Two of
his sons created their own families in France and also remained.
Oldest son Pierre-Paul, born probably at Pigiguit in c1746, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo, where he worked as a seaman. He
married Marie, daughter of Jean Moyse and Marie
Blanchard, at St.-Suliac on the west side of the river south of
St.-Malo in January 1765. Between 1766 and
1771, at La Chapelle de Mordreux, today's Mordreuc, near Pleudihen-sur-Rance,
south of St.-Suliac, Marie gave Pierre-Paul four
children, three daughters and a son. Pierre-Paul took his family to Poitou
in the early 1770s, and Marie gave him another son there in 1774. In early
1776, they retreated with other disgruntled Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes. Between 1777 and 1783, Marie gave Pierre-Paul three more children,
a son and two daughters, at Nantes and buried the son who had been born in Poitou.
They did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Basile's fifth and youngest son Jean-Cyprien, born at Mordreux near Pleudihen in
August 1761, was living with his parents there into the early 1770s and followed
them to Poitou and Nantes. While
a resident of St.-Donatien Parish, Nantes, he
married Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre Broussard and Madeleine
Landry and widow of Joseph Melanson, at
Pleudihen in November 1784. They remained there. In August 1785,
Élisabeth gave Jean-Cyprien twins, a daughter and a son, at La Coquenais, near Pleudihen.
They did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Pierre's younger
son Augustin, born probably at Pigiguit in c1731, moved to the French Maritimes,
was deported to St.-Malo, France, in 1758, and married Osite dite Dosithée,
daughter of Jean Landry and Madeleine Melanson and widow of Jean
Broussard, at Pleudihen-sur-Rance near St.-Malo in August 1760.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1773, Osite gave Augustin five
daughters, and says the family was counted at St.-Malo in c1762 and 1772.
Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., in his study of the Acadians in France, says that between 1761 and 1773, Osite gave Augustin eight children, a son and seven
daughters, all but two of the daughters dying in childhood. Osite died at
La Coquenais, near Pleuidhen, in September 1779, age 48. Augustin remarried to Madeleine, daughter of Étienne
Comeau and Marie-Josèphe Landry, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
January 1781. Madeleine gave him another daughter at La Coquenais in 1782.
Arsenault, who says nothing of Augustin's remarriage, implies that he emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785, but Louisiana records say otherwise:
the two Augustin Boudrots who did go to the Spanish
colony did so in the 1760s from Halifax or Maryland, when Augustin à
Pierre was living in France.
Charles, père's tenth son Antoine, by second wife Marie
Corporon, born probably at Minas
in c1694,
married Cécile, daughter of Pierre Brassaud and Gabrielle Forest,
in c1719 probably at Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1721 and 1739, Cécile gave Antoine eight children, six sons and two daughters.
The family moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1750. Two years later, in August
1752, a French official counted Antoine, Cécile, five of their younger children, and an
orphaned nephew at Grande-Anse on the south shore of the island.
Some members of the family escaped the British in 1758,
but Antoine, Cécile, and two of their sons, one married, the other still a
bachelor, did not. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, which they
reached aboard the transport Supply in March 1759. Antoine died
at nearby St.-Servan in March 1768, age 75. Cécile died there in February
1761, age 75. At least four of their sons created their own families, and
one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. A nephew, likely a grand nephew, the
identity of whose parents is difficult to determine, also created a family of
his own and emigrated to Louisiana in 1785.
Second son
Charles, born probably at Pigiguit in c1724, married Marie-Josèphe
Doucet, place and date unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1770,
Marie-Josèphe gave Charles nine children, five sons and four daughters.
The family moved to Île St.-Jean in 1750. In August 1752, a French
official counted Charles, Marie-Josèphe, and three of their daughters at
Anse-à-Dubuisson in the island's interior. They escaped the British
in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge in Canada. They were counted at Ste.-Foy near
Québec in 1759 and at Repentigny near Montréal in 1768. One of their sons
created his own family.
Fifth and youngest son Charles, fils, born probably at Repentigny
in c1770, married Marie, daughter of Amable Jetté and
Marie-Anne Mauriceau, at Repentigny in November 1791.
Antoine's third son Antoine, fils, born probably at Pigiguit in c1725, married Marie
LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1752 and 1772,
Marie gave Antoine, fils six children, two sons and four daughters. They moved
to Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area in 1755, escaped the
British, and sought refuge in Canada. They were counted at
St.-Charles de Bellechasse in the interior south of Québec in 1758, at
St.-Antoine-de-Chambly on Rivière Richelieu east of Montréal in 1761, and at
St.-Philippe-de-Lapierre across from Montréal in 1774. Two of Antoine,
fils's daughters married into the Brault and
Boudrot families at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie and nearby L'Acadie.
One of his two sons created his own family.
Older son Firmin, born in c1752, followed his family
to the trois-rivières
and Canada and married Marie, daughter of Alexis Brault and
Marguerite Barriault, at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in February
1776.
Antoine, père's fourth son Victor, born probably at Pigiguit in c1728,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and married Catherine-Josèphe,
daughter of Jean Hébert and Marie-Madeleine Doiron,
at Port-La-Joye on the island in January 1752. A French official counted
them with a 17-year-old Boudrot orphan at Grande-Anse on his
father's homestead on the south shore of the island in August of that year.
Between 1752 and 1758, on the island, Catherine gave Victor three children, a
son and two daughters. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in
1758. Their second daughter died at sea. They settled at St.-Suliac
on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo, where Victor worked as a carpenter. Between 1760 and
1770, at St.-Suliac, Catherine gave Victor six more children, three sons and
three daughters--nine children, four sons and five daughters, in greater Acadia
and France. Two of the younger children died as infants. Catherine died at
Hôtel-Dieu, St.-Malo, in April 1772, age 40. Victor
remarried to Geneviève, daughter of Charles Richard and
Catherine Gautrot of Grand-Pré and widow of Simon dit
Pierre Pitre, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in August
1773. Perhaps because he was a carpenter and not a farmer, Victor did not
follow dozens of his fellow Acadians to Poitou. Between 1774 and 1785, at
St.-Servan, Geneviève gave him five more children,
three sons and two daughters--14 children, seven sons and seven daughters, by
two wives. Two of his Geneviève's children died as infants. Victor's
oldest daughter by first wife Catherine married into the
LeLorre family in France. One wonders if second son
Pierre, born at St.-Suliac in August 1764, was still alive in 1785. That
summer, from St.-Malo, Victor took his family--wife Geneviève, six of his
unmarried children by both wives, a son-in-law, and a stepdaughter--to
Spanish Louisiana. From New Orleans, they followed their fellow passengers aboard
La Ville d'Archangel to Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge. Victor died there
in his late 50s by September 1787, when his wife remarried. Victor's three
younger daughters by both wives married into the Calegan,
Silvi or Silvy, Clément, and
Navarre families at Baton Rouge and on Bayou Lafourche.
The older son by his first wife who had come with him to Louisiana did not marry, but
the younger son by second
wife Geneviève married into the LeBlanc family and settled on
the upper Lafourche. Three
years after Victor took his family to Louisiana and a year or so after his
death, his fourth son, Jean-Baptiste, appeared in the colony, one of the few to go there
directly from greater Acadia, in this case from Île St.-Pierre off the southern
coast of Newfoundland. This son also married, into the LeBlanc
and Benoit families, and settled on the Lafourche.
Antoine, père's fifth son Prudent, born probably at Pigiguit in c1734, followed his parents
to Île St.-Jean, and aboard the Supply
to St.-Malo in 1758. He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Étienne
Comeau and Marie Landry of Grand-Pré, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
near St.-Malo, in October 1763. In 1765 and 1767, at St.-Servan,
Marie-Josèphe gave Prudent two children, daughter Marguerite and son
Jean-Baptiste. Prudent died at St.-Servan in February 1782, age 47.
One wonders what happened to his family after his death. Did he take his
family to Poitou in the early 1770s and return to the St.-Malo suburbs? Was his son the Jean-Baptiste
Boudrot who married Anastasie Benoit in c1775?
The couple had a son, Jean, at Cenan, Poitou, in May 1776. No member of
this family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Antoine, père's nephew--likely a grand nephew--Ignace, born in c1748,
probably at Pigiguit, was counted with
Antoine Boudrot's family at Grande-Anse, Île St.-Jean, in
August 1752. The French official making the survey noted that Ignace
was "their nephew, orphan, without father and mother." Ignace followed his
relatives to France in 1758 aboard the transport Supply and settled
with them at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where, like his first cousin Victor, he worked as a
carpenter. In January 1772, Ignace, now age 24, received permission to work at
Morlaix, on the northwest coast of Brittany. Later that month, he was
working in the Royal Artillery Corps, one wonders in what capacity. At age
32, Igance married Frenchwoman Anne Pierson in c1780. In
1781 and 1783, Anne gave Ignace two sons. They were counted in St.-Nicolas
Parish, Nantes, in 1783. Their second son was baptized there in September,
and their first son died there in October, age 2. They then moved on to
Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Britanny, where they were counted in
September 1784. Ignace followed his cousin Victor to Louisiana in 1785
aboard a later ship and
also settled at Bayou des Écores north of Baton Rouge. Anne gave him another son in the Spanish
colony--three sons in all, in France and Louisiana--but the youngest son probably died young. Only one of Ignace's sons, Charles, born at
Nantes in September 1783, seems to have survived childhood, but there is no evidence in Louisiana
records that he created his own family. Ignace's line of the family, then,
probably did not endure.
Charles, père's eleventh son François, by second wife Marie
Corporon, born probably at Minas
in the 1690s,
married Angélique, daughter of Abraham Doiron and Anne Babin,
in c1720 probably at Pigiguit and settled on the
l'Assomption side of the river. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1721 and 1737, Angélique gave François seven children, five sons and two
daughters. The family was deported to Virginia in 1755, sent on to England
in 1756, and held at Bristol. François's daughters married into the
Vincent and Thériot families at Pigiguit and
in England. All five of his sons, including one with a serious handicap, created their own families.
Did François die in England, in his 60s or 70s?
Oldest son Alexandre, born probably at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1723, married
Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Vincent
and Marie Richard, probably at Pigiguit in c1753. In
c1754, Madeleine gave Alexandre a son, Jean-Baptiste. The British deported
them to Virginia in 1755, sent them on to England in 1756, and held them at
Bristol, where Alexandre died soon after their arrival, victim, perhaps, of a
smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian exiles there. Madeleine
remarried to a Breau widower at Bristol in c1760.
Madeleine was
again a widow in May 1763, when she and her two sons, Jean-Baptiste
Boudrot, who would have been age 9 at the time, and Joseph
Breau, fils, only a few years old, were repatriated to France
aboard the transport La Dorothée. Marguerite and her sons settled at
St.-Suliac on the river south of St.-Malo. She remarried again--her third marriage--to a
Dugas widower at nearby St.-Servan in January 1764. Her
Boudrot son created his own family.
Older son Jean-Baptiste, born at Pigiguit in c1754, lived with his mother and
stepfather at St.-Suliac until 1772 and then followed them to Poitou. He married
Marie-Modeste, daughter of Joseph Trahan and Anne
Thériot, at St.-Jean-L'Evangeliste, Châtellerault, Poitouk in October 1774.
Marie-Modeste gave Jean-Baptiste a son at Châtellerault in 1775, but the boy
died nine days after his birth. In December, Jean-Baptiste and
Marie-Modeste retreated with other disgruntled Poitou Acadians to
the port of Nantes, where she gave him four more children, two sons and two daughters, but
the younger son did not survive childhood. In 1785, Jean-Baptiste,
Marie-Modeste, and their three remaining children, a son and two daughters, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana aboard the
first of the Seven Ships from France. They settled at Manchac near Baton
Rouge, where Jean-Baptiste remarried to Anne-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Henry
and his first wife Marie-Madeleine Pitre of l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, and widow of Théodore Thériot, in February 1786, not
long after his arrival, so first wife Marie-Modeste may have died soon after
reaching New Orleans. Anne-Josèphe evidently gave Jean-Baptiste no more
children. He and his family joined the Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou
Lafourche in the 1790s, and he died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June or July
1832, age 78. His two daughters, from his first wife, married into the Aucoin, Dubois, and
Henry families in Louisiana. His surviving son
Jean-Constant married into the Henry family and settled on the
upper Lafourche.
François's second son Germain, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1724, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean Trahan and Charlotte
Comeau, probably at l'Assomption in c1745. The British deported
them to Virginia in 1755, sent them on to England in 1756, and held them at
Bristol. According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite and died at Bristol in 1757
"avec tous ses enfants," but he does not say how many children they had.
Albert J. Robichaux, in his study of the Acadians in France, says Marguerite
died at Bristol in August 1756 but mentions no children. One wonders if
she was a victim of smallpox. Germain
remarried to Anne, daughter of Jacques Hébert and Marguerite
Landry and widow of Charles-Honoré LeBlanc, at
Bristol in c1758. Between 1759 and 1768, Anne gave Germain four more
children, a son and three daughters, in England and France. They were
repatriated to France in May 1763, reached St.-Malo aboard La Dorothée, and
settled at Plouër-sur-Rance on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo until March 1773, when they joined other Acadian exiles
on the British-controlled Isle of Guernsey off the west coast of Brittany.
Returning surreptitiously to North America,
they engaged in the fisheries in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with other refugees.
Arsenault says Anne gave Germain two more children, a son and a daughter, in
c1775 and c1778 probably in greater Acadia. Arsenault also hints that, by
October 1792, Germain had become a pioneer settler at Chéticamp on the west
coast of Cape Breton Island, present-day Nova Scotia.
Youngest son Joseph, born in c1775, married cousin Anne, daughter of Paul
Chiasson and Louise Boudrot, at Chéticamp in
c1810.
François's third son Félix, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in April 1729, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean LeBlanc and Jeanne
Bourgeois, at l'Assomption in May 1748.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and 1764, Marie-Josèphe gave Félix two
children, a daughter and a son, at Pigiguit and in France. The British deported the family to
Virginia in 1755, sent them on to England in 1756, held them at Bristol, and in
1763 repatriated them to France, where Félix worked as a carpenter. The
family was counted at St.-Mathieu-de-Morlaix Parish, Brittany, in 1764, where they had
come in, and at Boudrun,
Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in 1767, where they had gone with other exiles from
England in November 1765. Marie-Josèphe died at Sauzon in 1773,
and Félix remarried to Madeleine
Hébert, perhaps widow of Pierre Blanchard. She
evidently gave him no more children. His
daughter Félicité by first wife Marie-Josèphe married into the Lejeune
family at Nantes, France, in November 1782. His son by his first wife also created a family
of his own in France. Félix took his second wife but
no children to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. His married daughter Félicité crossed with her husband on the same transport, Le St.-Rémi,
and his son Joseph-Simon crossed on the last of the Seven Ships with his wife. At
age 58, Félix
remarried again--his third marriage--to Luce-Perpétué, daughter of François
Bourg and Marie-Madeleine Hébert and widow of
Pierre Hébert, at Ascension on the river above New
Orleans in August 1787. She gave him no more children. Félix died by November 1789, age 60, when his wife
remarried at Lafourche. His married daughter and her husband proved to be that rare
Acadian couple who would have no children. However, his only son Joseph-Simon by first wife Marie-Josèphe married into the Brossier
family in France and created
a substantial family line in Louisiana.
François's fourth son Amand, born at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1730, became blind at the age of 12. The
British deported him to Virginia in 1755, sent him on to England in 1756, and he
was repatriated to France in May 1763. He arrived at St.-Malo aboard La Dorothée with
younger brother Jean-Charles and his family and lived with them at Plouër-sur-Rance,
near St.-Malo. In spite of his infirmity, at age 39, Amand married Marie, daughter of
Guillaume Couillard and Marie Hesry of Plouër
in April 1769. Between 1770 and 1776, Marie gave Amand four children, all
sons, two of whom died young. One wonders how he supported his family
beyond the French dole. He remarried to Marie-Perrine, daughter of Charles Nogues
and François Raimond of nearby La Fresnais at Plouër
in February 1777. Marie-Perrine gave Amand another son in 1777, but the
boy died nine days after his birth. She also gave him two daughters at
Plouër. They did not follow other Acadians to Poitou in 1773 nor to Nantes
in 1775-76. Amand, wife Marie-Perrine, and five
children, three sons and two daughters, sailed to Louisiana aboard La Ville
d'Archangel directly from St.-Malo in late 1785. From New Orleans, they either followed
their fellow passengers to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores north
of Baton Rouge or went directly to upper Bayou Lafourche. One of his daughters from
second wife Marie-Perrine married into the
Aucoin family on Bayou Lafourche. All three of his
surviving sons from both
of his wives also married, into the Boudreaux, Thibodeaux,
and Billardin families, on the upper Lafourche, but two of the
lines did not endure.
François's fifth and youngest son Jean-Charles, born at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in 1733, was deported to Virginia in 1755, sent on to England in 1756,
and held with his family at Bristol. He married Agnès, daughter of Jean
Trahan and Charlotte Comeau, at Bristol in
1758. In England, in 1760 and 1761, Agnès gave Jean-Charles two children,
a son and a daughter. They were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May
1763 aboard the La Dorothée. Jean-Charles worked as a wood polisher and
wigmaker in France. Between 1765 and 1772, at Plouër-sur-Rance, Agnès gave
him four more children, two sons and two daughters. Jean-Charles took his
family to Poitou in the early 1770s and, with other Poitou Acadians, retreated to Nantes in
December 1775. Agnès gave Jean-Charles another daughter at Nantes in
February 1776 but died there the following June, age 34, perhaps from the rigors
of childbirth. Jean-Charles remarried to Marguerite-Victoire, daughter of Charles Guédry
and his first wife Adélaïde-Madeleine Hébert of Île Royale, in
St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, in August 1780. Between 1781 and 1785,
Marguerite-Victoire gave Jean-Charles three more children, two sons and a daughter,
at Nantes, but the daughter did not survive childhood. Jean-Charles also
buried two of his sons at Nantes--third son Pierre, age 9, in August 1777; and
oldest son Jean-Charles, age 23, in June 1783--both from his first wife Agnès.
His oldest daughter Marie, born in England, married into the Havard
family at Nantes. In 1785, Jean-Charles, Marguerite-Victoire, and four of
his younger unmarried children, two sons and two daughters, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana with his married daughter Marie, who was pregnant on the voyage,
and oldesst son Joseph-Marie. They followed their fellow passengers
to Bayou Lafourche. Marguerite-Victoire gave
Jean-Charles another daughter on Bayou Lafourche--11 children, five sons and six
daughters, by two wives, in England, France, and Louisiana. One of his daughters married into the Heusé family in
Louisiana, and his oldest daughter Marie may have remarried into the
Forgeron family there as well. All three of Jean-Charles's
surviving sons married, into the Darois, Duhon,
and Henry families Louisiana, and two of them
created substantial lines.
Charles, père's twelfth and
youngest son Joseph, by second wife Marie Corporon, born at Ste.-Famillie, Pigiguit, in 1700, married Anne, daughter of Jean LeBlanc and Marguerite
Richard, in c1723 probably at Ste.-Famille and also lived at Grand-Pré.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1724 and 1745, Anne gave Joseph 10
children, four sons and six daughters. The British deported members of the family to
Pennsylvania in 1755. Four of Joseph's daugthers married into the
Trahan, Gautrot, and LeBlanc families
at Minas and in Pennsylvania. Oldest son Joseph, fils, born in
c1724, went to Pennsylvania with younger sisters Claire and Catherine but may
not have married. Only one of Joseph, père's sons seems to have
created his own family, in France.
Second son
Pierre, born in c1735, evidently moved on to the French Maritimes after 1752 and
was deported to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. He "settled" at St.-Énogat,
today's Dinard,
across the harbor from St.-Malo and married cousin Anne, daughter of
Claude Boudrot and Judith Belliveau and widow
of Jacques-René Haché dit Gallant,
there in November 1763. Anne gave Pierre a son in October 1765, on the eve of their going to Belle-Île-en-Mer off
the southern coast of Brittany. Between 1767 and 1771, Anne gave Pierre
three more children, at least one son and one daughter, on the island. The
family, including four children from Anne's first marriage, did not emigrate to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785 but remained on Belle-Île. Pierre died at Bangor in
c1791. Members of the family, including two married children, Joseph and
Anne-Marie-Michelle, moved on to Lorient on the mainland of Brittany, where they
were counted in 1792 during the French Revolution. Others remained on
Belle-Île-en-Mer. Wife Anne died at Le Palais on Belle-Île in 1804. The
name of daughter Anne-Marie-Michelle's husband has been lost.
Both of Pierre's sons created their own families.
Older son
Joseph-Ian, born at St.-Énogat in October 1765, married on Belle-Île-en-Mer a
woman whose name has been lost to history. After his father's death, they
moved to Lorient, Brittany, where they were counted in 1792.
Pierre's younger son
Jean-Marie, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1771, remained on the island with his
widowed mother after 1792 and married cousin Marie-Augustine, daughter of
Étienne Clavey and Élizabeth Granger, at
Bangor in 1801. Jean-Marie died at Antoureau near Le Palais on
Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1816, age 45.
Michel's second
son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1655, married Marguerite, daughter Jacques Bourgeois and Jeanne
Trahan, at Port-Royal in c1676 and settled at Minas, where Marguerite gave
him only one child, a daughter named Marie-Anne, who married into the Arseneau family,
so the blood of this family line survived.
Jean died at either Minas or Chignecto by November 1679, when his wife remarried
at Chignecto.
Michel's third
son Abraham, born at Port-Royal in c1657, married Cécile, daughter of Charles Melanson and Marie
Dugas, at Port-Royal in c1686 and remained there. He spoke English as well as French, was
literate in both languages, and worked as a
pilot and merchant at the colonial capital, trading extensively with New
Englanders, with whom he got along well. In early 1693, during King William's War, Acadian Commander
Villebon sent Abraham to Boston to obtain information from the New Englanders--a
dangerous assignment, considering that England and France were still at war.
Abraham was successful in obtaining valuable information for the Acadian
commandant. Cécile gave Abraham six children, three sons and
three daughters, all of whom married. Abraham died at Port-Royal in c1701,
in his early 40s. His daughters married into the
Gaudet, Mius d'Entremont, and Bourg families. All three
of his sons married Landry sisters.
Oldest son
Charles dit Charlot, born at Port-Royal in c1687, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Landry
and Marguerite Thériot, at Port-Royal in February 1707 and moved on to
Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, formerly Fort St.-Pierre, in the mid-1710s, where he worked as a navigator and
boat builder. Between 1707 and 1724, Marie-Josèphe gave Charlot
eight children, three sons and five daughters, at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal and
Port-Toulouse. Charlot died at Port-Toulouse in
c1726, in his late 30s. Two of his daughters
married into the Richard and Bourg families at Port-Toulouse.
One of them--Anne, widow of Charles Bourg, and six of her
children--emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1764-65. All three of
Charlot's sons created
their own families in the French Maritimes.
Oldest son
Charles, fils,
born at Annapolis Royal in January 1714,
followed his family to Île Royale, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Fougère and Marie Bourg,
at Port-Toulouse in c1740, and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1741 and 1747, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles, fils three children,
a son and two daughters. Charles, fils died before October 1760
either on the island or in exile. One wonders what happened to the family
in 1758. One of Charles, fils's daughters married into the
Clergé family and settled at Chezzetcook, near Halifax, Nova
Scotia, in the late 1760s. One wonders what happened to his son and other
daughter.
Charlot's second son
Joseph,
born at Port-Toulouse in c1717,
a navigator like his father, married Marie-Rosalie, called Rosalie or Rose, daughter of Charles Arseneau and Cécile Breau
of Malpèque at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île St.-Jean, in May 1743 and likely remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1774, Rose gave Joseph nine
children, four sons and five daughters. In August 1752, a French official
counted Joseph, Rose, and six of their children at Malpèque on the island's
northwest coast, next to Rose's parents and younger siblings. They escaped
the British in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
After the war, perhaps after spending time at Restigouche at the head of the
Baie des Chaleurs, they settled in the British-controlled fishery at Carleton in Gaspésie on the
north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs, present-day Québec Province.
Two of Joseph's daugthers married into the LeBlanc family at
Carleton. Two of his four sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born probably on Île St.-Jean in c1744, married
Marguerite, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc and Madeleine
Girouard, in c1760 during exile. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1777 and 1786, Marguerite gave Joseph, fils five children, two
sons and three daughters, at Carleton.
Joseph, père's
fourth son
François, born perhaps in Gaspésie in c1764, married Charlotte, daughter of
Charles Bernard and Élisabeth LeBlanc, at
Carleton in May 1787. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1788 and 1818,
Charlotte gave François a dozen children, six sons and six daughters, at
Carleton.
Charlot's third and youngest son
Pierre,
born at Port-Toulouse in c1722, married, according to Stephen White, Cécile, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Vécot and Marie Chiasson, in c1749. Bona
Arsenault says the Pierre who married Cécile Vécot was sans
doute a son of Charlot's youngest brother François dit Manne.
White, of course, is followed here. Arsenault says that between 1749 and 1760, Cécile gave
Pierre six children, four sons and two daughters. A
French official counted Pierre, Cécile, and two of their children--Marie-Josèphe,
age 19 months; and Félix, age 2 months--at Tracadie on
the north shore of Île St.-Jean in
August 1752. Both White and Arsenault agree that Pierre, whoever
his father may have been, remarried to Madeleine Bourg, though Arsenault
calls her Marie-Madeleine. Arsenault
says the remarriage was in c1762, but White says it was in c1758, on the eve of the islands' dérangement.
Neither Arsenault nor White reveal the fate of Pierre and his family when the
British struck in 1758. One wonders if Pierre's
son Félix by first wife Cécile was still alive then.
Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., in his study of the Acadians in France, notes that
second wife Madeleine gave Pierre two sons, Jean and Louis, and
that Jean was "born about 1759 in the Parish of
Saint-Pierre of Chiboutou[sic] in Acadie," which may have been
Chebouctou, the original name for Halifax, Nova Scotia, or Chédabouctou, where
Acadians were held in the final days of the war. Arsenault gives
the couple a daughter, Céleste, in c1760. Arsenault says
Pierre and his family were counted on Île Miquelon in c1765, the destination of
many detainees in Nova Scotia. White says
Pierre à Charlot was on the island in 1767 and died in
Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in September 1771, in his late 40s.
Arsenault places Pierre à François in France in c1772 but says nothing
of his death. Pulling this and other data together, the likely scenario
for the family is: They escaped the British roundup on Île St.-Jean in
1758, crossed Mer Rouge, but were captured soon afterwards and held in Nova
Scotia until the war with
Britain ended in 1763. Pierre's oldest son Félix
may not have survived exile or imprisonment. From Halifax or Chédabouctou,
probably in 1764, Pierre and his famliy--Madeleine, daughter Marie-Josèphe, and
sons Jean and Louis--followed other Acadian refugees from Nova Scotia to Île
Miquelon to work in the French-controlled fishery
there. While living on the island, Madeleine gave Pierre another daughter,
Célestine-Sibilias, in c1765, though Arsenault insists daughter Céleste, as he
calls her, was born in c1760. Later in the decade, overcrowding on the island
compelled Pierre and other Acadians to try their luck in France. They may
have been among the Miquelonois sent to France by French officials in 1767 to
relief overcrowding on the island. Pierre
died at Cherbourg in 1771, so he and his family did not return to Miquelon with
other deported fisher/habitants in 1768.
In early 1773, Widow Madeleine, still at Cherbourg, took her children to
Poitou, where Pierre's daughter Marie-Josèphe married into the
Delaune family. In October 1775, Madeleine, her three
Boudrot children, and stepdaughter Marie-Josèphe and her family retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Stepdaughter Marie-Josèphe and her husband, with her
half-sister Célestine, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785, and Célestine married into the Guidry and
Augeron families there. According to Robichaux, both of Pierre's
remaining sons by second wife Madeleine created their own families in France, but neither of the sons went
to Louisiana. Arsenault would have us believe that two of Pierre's
sons by first wife Cécile--Félix, born in c1752 (the one counted with Pierre and
his first wife at Tracadie); and Jean, born in c1757--went to Louisiana in 1785
and married into the Hébert and LeBlanc
families on Bayou Lafourche, but Louisiana records say otherwise: none of
the Félix and Jean Boudrots who went to the Spanish colony had
a father named Pierre. One wonders what happened to Pierre's widow
Madeleine Bourg in France. She did not accompany her
daughters to Louisiana.
Oldest son
Félix,
by first wife Cécile Vécot, born at Tracadie, Île St.-Jean, in c1752, may have died on
Île St.-Jean before 1758 or in Nova Scotia during imprisonment, on Île Miquelon, or in France during
exile.
Pierre's second son
Jean, by
second wife Madeleine Bourg, born in exile in c1759, followed his parents to
Île Miquelon and Cherbourg and his widowerd mother to Poitou and Nantes, where he married Anne-Léonore, daughter of Jean
Granger and Madeleine Melanson of Grand-Pré,
in St.-Pierre-de-Réze Parish, Nantes, in November 1785. As the date of
their marriage reveals, they did not go to
Louisiana that year.
Pierre's third
and youngest son
Louis, by
second wife Madeleine Bourg, born in exile in c1760, followed his parents to Île Miquelon
and Cherbourg and his widowed mother to Poitou and Nantes, where he worked as a
seaman. He married Perpétué,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Dugas and Marguerite Benoit,
in St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, in November 1777. In 1779 and 1780,
at Nantes, Perpétué gave Louis two children, a son and a daughter. The
daughter, Marie-Adélaïde, was listed as an orphan in a Spanish census at Nantes in September
1784. She emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 with her maternal grandfather
Jean-Baptiste Dugas aboard the same ship on which two of her paternal aunts crossed. She
married into the
Carret and Blanchard families on upper Bayou
Lafourche. The rest of her family, including her brother, if they were
still alive, remained in France.
Abraham's
second son Michel
dit Miquetau, born at Port-Royal in c1689, like his older brother a navigator and
boat builder, married Anne, another daughter of
Claude Landry and Marguerite Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1714. They followed his older brother to Port-Toulouse,
Île Royale.
Between 1714 and 1725, Anne gave Miquetau seven children, four sons and three
daughters. Miqutau remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Broussard and
Marguerite Bourg, at Port-Toulouse in c1727. She evidently gave him
no more children. He died between November 1732 and May 1733,
in his early 40s. One of his daughters married
into the Pothier family on Île St.-Jean. According to Bona
Arsenault, another daughter married into the Richard family.
All four of Miquetau's sons created
their own families.
Oldest son Michel
dit Miquetau,
fils, born at Annapolis Royal or
Port-Toulouse in c1717, married Anne dite
Jeanne, daughter of Jean Fougère and Marie Bourg, in c1749 in the French Maritimes and remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1750 and 1753, Jeanne gave Miquetau, fils three
children, a son and two daughters. One wonders what happened to them in 1758. One of their daughters married into the Thériot
family at Arichat on the south shore of Île Madame in November 1771, so that may
give a clue.
Miquetau, père's
second son Joseph
dit Castor, born
probably at Port-Toulouse in c1721, married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques
Chiasson and Marie-Josèphe Arseneau, in c1749 on one of the Maritime
islands. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1750 and 1770, Marguerite
gave Castor a dozen children, six sons and six daughters. They settled at
Étang-des-Berges on the north coast of Île St.-Jean, where a French official
counted with them with a 2-year-old daughter in August 1752. Arsenault
says Joseph dit Castor and his family were still living on Île St.-Jean
in 1761, so they evidently had escaped the British roundup on the island in
1758 and either hid in the woods for the nex few years or crossed Mer Rouge to
the mainland, avoided the British again, and made their way back to the island
in the final months of the war. Or Arsenault may be wrong in his date. After the war with Britain ended in 1763,
British officials counted Castor and his family at Chédabouctou on the
upper Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia in 1764, which hints that they had escaped
the British on Île St.-Jeanin 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, sought refuge on the Gulf
of St. Lawrence shore, but either surrendered to, or were captured by British
forces in the area, and held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the
rest of the war. In 1764, they moved on to Île Miquelon off the southern coast of
Newfoundland, but they did not
remain. Perhaps escaping overcrowding on the French fishing island, they
followed other Acadians to the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Joseph dit Castor died there in August 1808, in his late 80s.
Five of his six sons created their own families there.
Oldest son Michel le jeune, born on
Île St.-Jean or in exile in c1758, married cousin Modeste Boudreau
probably in the Madeleines in c1782. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1783 and 1802, Modeste gave Michel seven children, five sons and two daughters.
Four of their five sons created their own families.
Oldest son Charles, born probably in the Madeleines in c1785, married Marie,
daughter of Jean Richard and Charlotte Vigneau,
probably in the Madeleines in September 1810. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1811 and 1822, Marie gave Charles eight children, five sons and three
daughters.
Michel le jeune's second son Placide, born probably in the Madeleines in c1792, married Victoire,
daughter of Louis Terrieau and Anastasie Cormier,
probably in the Madeleines in October 1813. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1815 and 1821, Victoire gave Placide four daughters.
Michel le jeune's third son Joseph le jeune, born probably in the Madeleines in c1794,
married Hélène, daughter of Mélème Cyr and Marguerite
Briand, probably in the Madeleines in August 1814, and remarried to
Margaret, daughter of Morgan Doyle and Anne Power,
probably in the Madeleines in July 1819.
Michel le jeune's fourth son Michel-Firmin, called Firmin, born probably in the Madeleines in
c1796, married Pélagie, daughter of Hyppolite Cormier and Anne
Gaudet, probably in the Madeleines in September 1820.
According to Bona Arsenault, Pélagie gave Firmin a daughter in 1821.
Joseph dit Castor's third son François, born in
exile in c1762, married cousin Marie Boudrot
probably in the Madeleines in c1782. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1782 and 1793, Marie gave François six children, three sons and three daughters.
Their sons created their own families.
Oldest son Lazare, born probably in the Madeleines in c1788, married Rose,
daughter of Jacques Vigneau and Anastasie Cyr,
probably in the Madeleines in November 1809. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1811 and 1821, Rose gave Lazare five children, two sons and three
daughters.
François's second son Joseph le jeune, born probably in the Madeleines in c1790,
married Anne, daughter of Jean Terriot and Anne Richard,
probably in the Madeleines in September 1810. According to Bona Arsenault,
Anne gave Joseph three children, two sons and a daughter.
François's third and youngest son Joachim, born probably in the Madeleines in c1793,
married Mélanie, daughter of Hyppolite Cormier and Anne
Gaudet, probably in the Madeleines in August 1817. According to
Bona Arsenault, in 1818 and 1820, Mélanie gave Joachim two daughters.
Joseph dit Castor's fourth son Firmin, born in
exile in c1763, married another cousin Marie Boudrot
probably in the Madeleines in c1786. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1787
and 1788, Marie gave Firmin two sons, one of whom created his own family.
Younger son Joseph
le jeune, born probably in the Madeleines in c1788,
married Marguerite Landry probably in the Madeleines in c1796.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1796 and 1801, Marguerite gave Joseph three
children, two sons and a daughter.
Joseph dit Castor's fifth son Jean, born in c1768, married Victoria Terriot
probably in the Madeleines in c1791. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1792 and 1810, Victoria Jean 10 children, three sons and seven daughters.
Two of their sons created their own families.
Oldest son Jean-Léandre, called Léandre, born probably in the Madeleines in
c1792, married cousin Julienne, daughter of Antoine Arsenault
and Louise Boudrot, probably in the Madeleines in October 1816.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1818 and 1820, Julienne gave Léandre two sons.
Jean's second son Damas, born probably in the Madeleines in c1793, married cousin
Marie, daughter of Marie, another daughter of Antoine Arsenault
and Louise Boudrot, in October 1822.
Joseph dit Castor's sixth and youngest son Joseph, fils, born
in c1770 perhaps on Île Miquelon, married Marie, daughter of Paul Gaudet and Marie
Gautrot, probably in the Madeleines in October 1794.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1795 and 1814, Marie gave Joseph, fils
nine children, two sons and seven daughters.
Miquetau, père's third son Jean
dit
Miquetau, born at Port-Toulouse in c1723, married
Françoise, daughter of Abraham Arseneau and
Jeanne Gaudet, at Beaubassin in February 1746 but returned to
Port-Toulouse in 1750 to engage in the wood-carrying trade to Louisbourg.
In February 1752, a French official counted Jean, Françoise, and three of their
children at Port-Toulouse. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and
1771, Françoise gave Jean a dozen children, at least five sons and six
daughters. They escaped the British in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf
of St. Lawrence shore. One of their daughters was baptized at Restigouche
at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in July 1760. One suspects that the British
either captured them or accepted their surrender in the early 1760s and
held them as prisoners in Nova Scotia. After the war ended, they moved on to Île Miquelon,
the French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast
of Newfoundland. If the French deported them to France in 1767 to relieve
overcrowding on the island, they likely returned the following year. The British may have deported them to La Rochelle,
France, in 1778 during the American Revolution. If so, they again refused to
remain in the mother country. They returned to North America and settled
at Cascapédia, today's New Richmond, a British-controlled fishery in Gaspésie, present-day Québec Province. Jean
dit Miquetau died at Cascapédia in August 1798, age 75. Four of his daughters married into the
Poirier, Bourgeois, Cyr, and
Caissie families on Miquelon, at La Rochelle, and in Gaspésie. Two of his sons
also married, but one of the line may not have endured.
Second son Jean, fils, born at Port-Toulouse in c1750, married Louise,
daughter of Paul Cyr and Marie-Josèphe Richard,
on Île Miquelon in May 1774.
He died on the island before 1776, so his family line probably died with him.
Jean dit Miquetau's fourth son Joseph, born in
probably on Île Miquelon in c1768, settled on the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Miquetau, père's fourth and youngest son
Charles dit Madousse, born at Port-Toulouse in c1724, married
Marguerite, daughter of Abraham Dugas and
Marguerite Fougère, at Port-Toulouse in c1754 and likely remained there.
One wonder what happened to them 1758.
Abraham's third and youngest son
François dit Manne, born at Port-Royal in c1692,
married Jeanne, yet another daughter of
Claude Landry and Marguerite Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1717 and moved on to the French Maritimes in the
1720s. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1717 and 1744,
Jeanne gave François 15 children, five sons and 10 daughters, including a set of
twins. François and his growing family were counted at St.-Pierre-du-Nord
on the north shore of Île St.-Jean in 1727 and at Port-Toulouse on Île Royale in 1739. Five of
François's daugthers married into the Haché dit
Gallant, Arsenault, and Doucet
families. At least one of François dit Manne's sons created his
own family.
Oldest son Pierre, twin of
his brother Basile, born at Annapolis Royal
in c1722, according to Bona Arsenault,
followed his family to the French Maritimes and married Cécile,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Vécot and Marie Chiasson
of Île St.-Jean, probably on the island in c1748. However, according to
genealogist Stephen White, it was Pierre, third and youngest son of Charles
dit Charlot, François dit Manne's oldest brother, who married
Cécile Vécot. According to Arsenault, between 1749 and 1752, Cécile gave
François dit Manne's Pierre three children, a daughter and two sons. In August 1752, a French official counted Pierre, Cécile,
and two of their children, the daughter and the younger son, at Tracadie on the north shore of Île St.-Jean. Both White and Arsenault agree that the Pierre who married
Cécile Vécot remarried to Marie-Madeleine or
Madeleine Bourg. Arsenault says they
married in c1762, but White says it was in c1758.
Arsenault says, in 1759 and 1760, during exile, that Marie-Madeleine gave
Pierre three more children, two sons and a daughter.
Both genealogists agree that Pierre and his family settled on Île Miquelon off the
southern coast of Newfoundland, where, Arsenault says, they were counted in c1765.
White says Pierre à Charlot and second wife Madeleine
Bourg were counted on Miquelon in 1767 and that he died at
Cherbourg, France, in September 1771, in his late 40s. Arsenault places
Pierre in France in c1772 but says nothing of his death there.
Michel's fourth
son Michel, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1659, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Thomas Cormier
and Marie-Madeleine Girouard, probably at Chignecto in c1690.
Between 1691 and the early 1700s, Marie gave Michel, fils seven
children, four sons and three daughters, all of whom married. Michel,
fils
died at Chignecto between 1707 and February 1714, in his late 40 or early 50s.
His daughters married into the Lambert, LeBlanc,
and Chiasson families.
Oldest son
Michel-Joseph,
born at Port-Royal in c1693, married Anne,
daughter of Jean Caissie and Anne Bourgeois, at Beaubassin in
February 1718 and died there the following May, evidently before he could father
any children.
Michel, fils's
second son Anselme, born in 1700 or 1701 probably at
Port-Royal, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude
Gaudet and Marguerite Blou, in c1725 probably at Chignecto and
likely settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and 1747,
Marguerite gave Anselme seven children, five sons and two daughters.
Anselme died probably at Chignecto before February 1765.
Four of his five sons created their own families.
Oldest son François, born probably at Chignecto in c1728, married Marie,
daughter of Michel Bourgeois and Marguerite Girouard,
at Beaubassin in February 1748. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Anselme's second son Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in c1739, escaped the British
in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and perhaps at
Restigouche at the head of the Baie-des-Chalours. He married
cousin Jeanne-Marie, daughter of Jacques Haché dit
Gallant and Marie-Josèphe dite Josette Boudrot
of Île St.-Jean, at Restigouche in January 1761, three months after the French
garrison there surrendered. The British likely held them in the area. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1761 and 1780, Jeanne-Marie gave Joseph five children, four
sons and a daughter. After the war with Britain ended, they settled at
nearby Miscou, where they were counted in 1778, and were among the pioneers
settlers at Petit-Rocher, present-day New Brunswick, on the south shore of the
Baie des Chaleurs west of Miscou.
Anselme's fourth son Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in c1743, escaped the British
in 1755 and found refuge in Canada. He married Marie-Ursule, daughter of
Étienne Allaire and Josèphe Arniel-Lusignan,
at St.-Ours on lower Rivière Richelieu in February 1765.
Anselme's fifth and youngest son Étienne, born probably at Chignecto in c1747, also
found refuge in Canada. He married cousin Marie, daughter of Pierre
Boudreau and Marie Richard, at
St.-Philippe-de-La Prairie, in the interior south of Montréal, in June 1771.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1772 and 1774, Marie gave Étienne two sons at
St.-Philippe, where the family remained.
Michel,
fils's third son
Claude le jeune, born in c1703
probably at Port-Royal, moved to the French Maritimes in the
early 1720s and married Marie-Judith, called Judith, daughter of Jean
Belliveau and Cécile Melanson of Chignecto, at Port-Toulouse, Île
Royale, in c1724. They moved on to the north shore of Île St.-Jean
in 1732 and were still there in 1743. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1727 and 1743, Judith gave Claude le jeune nine children, three sons
and six daughters. In August 1752, a French official counted Claude le jeune,
Judith, and six of their children at Tracadie on the north shore of Île St.-Jean. They
escaped the British roundup of 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, found refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the early 1760s, and held as
prisoners at Fort Cumberland, formerly French Fort Beauséjour, in Nova Scotia
until the end of the war. In 1764, they chose to go to Miquelon, a French-controlled
fishery island off the
southern coat of Newfoundland. Claude le jeune died before October 1765,
when his family was counted on Miquelon. His widow Judith died on the island in
December 1774. His
daughters married into the Haché dit Gallant,
Boudrot, Arseneau, Chiasson,
Cyr, and Hébert families on Île St.-Jean, in
France, and on Île Miquelon. All three of his sons created their own
families. None emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son André-Claude dit Le Petit Claude, born at
St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île St.-Jean, in September 1732,
evidently escaped the British roundup on the island in 1758 and married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Osselet or Ozelet and Jeanne
Moyse, in c1760 while in exile. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1763 and 1771, Madeleine gave Petit Claude four children, all
daughters. They were at Fort Cumberland in 1764 and followed his
family to Île Miquelon, where they were counted in 1765, 1776, and 1778.
The British captured the island during the American Revolution and deported them
and dozens of other island Acadians to La Rochelle, France, in late 1778. Wife
Madeleine died in St.-Nicolas Parish, La Rochelle, in June 1779 not long after
reaching the Aunis port. Daughter Marie
married into the Vigneau family in St.-Jean's Parish, La
Rochelle, in January 1783. Petit Claude took two of his daughters, Anne
and Geneviève, back to Île Miquelon in 1784. One wonders if daughter Marie
and her husband went with them. Louisiana records show that they did not
emigrate to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
Claude le jeune's second son Michel, born probably at Tracadie, Île St.-Jean, in c1733,
evidently escaped the British on the island in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and
sought refuge on the mainland. He married Angélique, daughter of Claude Poirier and Marguerite
Cyr, at Pointe-à-Beauséjour, Chignecto, in December 1764, after
the war had ended and perhaps while being held in Fort Cumberland there.
They followed his family to Île Miquelon after the British released them and
"rehabilitated" their
marriage on the island in October 1765. Perhaps to escape overcrowding on
the island, they moved to France in 1767 and settled at Nantes, where Angélique died
soon after their arrival.
Later in the decade, Michel joined other Acadians on Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of
Brittany. He was counted at Runello, in the forest near Bangor, in 1768.
He remarried to Marie-Anne, daughter of Charles Granger and
Françoise LeBlanc, at Bangor on the island in
January 1769. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1772 and 1779,
Marie-Anne gave Michel four children, a son and three daughters. The
family was counted at Coquet on the island in 1773. They did not emigrate to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
They were counted at Kernest on the island in 1791, in the early years of the
French Revolution. Michel died probably on the island in 1811, in his late
70s. Two of his daughters married into the Granger and
Labado families on Belle-Île in 1795 and 1801.
Claude le jeune's third and youngest son
Pierre dit Chaculot, born probably at Tracadie, Île St.-Jean, in
c1743, followed his family into exile, into imprisonment in Nova Scotia, and to
freedom on Île Miquelon. He likely was deported to France in 1767 to
relieve overcrowding on the island and returned with other Miquelonois the
following year. Still a bachelor, now in his mid-30s, he, too, was deported by the
British to La Rochelle in 1778. Like older brother Petit Claude, he
refused to remain in the mother country. He returned to Île Miquelon in
1784, but he did not remain there either. He moved on to the ïles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
and married Rose Gautreau, widow of Paul Gaudet,
in July 1799.
Michel, fils's fourth
and youngest son Paul, born in early 1700s at
Port-Royal or Chignecto, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Hébert and
Isabelle Landry,
in c1731 perhaps at Chignecto, where they may have
remained. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and 1747, Marie gave
Paul seven children, five sons and two daughters. One of their daughters
married into the Doucet family. One wonders what happened
to Paul and Marie and their large family in 1755.
Michel's fifth
son Olivier, born at Port-Royal in c1661, married Isabelle, daughter of Claude Petitpas and Catherine
Bugaret, in c1686 probably at Port-Royal and remained there.
In c1687, Isabelle gave Olivier a son, Jean-Baptiste, who survived childhood but
probably did not marry, so this line of the family likely died with him.
Michel's sixth
son Claude, born at Port-Royal in c1663, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau and Jeanne
Thériot, perhaps at Port-Royal in c1682 and moved to Minas, where they
settled on Rivière-des-Habitants. Between
1683 and 1698, Anne-Marie gave Claude eight children, three sons and five
daughters. Claude remarried to
Catherine, daughter of Jean Meunier and Marguerite Housseau, in
c1700 perhaps at Minas. From the early 1700s to 1725, Catherine gave
Claude 13 more children, six sons and seven daughters. Claude remarried again--his third marriage--to Madeleine,
daughter of Jean Corporon and Françoise Savoie and widow of
Bernard Doucet dit Laverdure and François Leclerc dit
Laverdure, at Annapolis Royal in August 1735. She gave him no more
children. Claude, who fathered 21 children, nine sons and 12 daughters, by his first two wives, died at Minas in March 1740,
in his late 70s. His daughters by both wives married into the Hébert,
Aucoin, LeBlanc, Daigre, and Doiron families,
including three sets of brothers. All of his sons by his first two wives created their own families.
Oldest son
Claude, fils,
by first wife Anne-Marie Thibodeau, born at Port-Royal in c1683, married Catherine, daughter of Jean Hébert
and Marie-Anne Doucet and the sister of three of his sister's husbands,
probably at Minas in c1706 and settled on Rivière-des-Habitants. Between 1708 and 1734, Catherine gave Claude,
fils 10 children, six sons and four daughters. Their daughters married
into the Dugas, Thériot, Landry, LeBlanc, and
Clouâtre families, and one of them, Élisabeth, wife of Étienne
LeBlanc, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. Five of Claude, fils's six sons created
their own families in Nova Scotia and Canada.
Oldest son
Claude III, born at Minas in December 1708, married Judith, daughter of Claude Landry and Madeleine
Doucet, at Grand-Pré in December 1747 in his late 30s and likely settled
there.
The British deported them to Massachusetts in 1755. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1757 and 1760, Judith gave Claude III three children, a son
and two daughters. After the war with Britain, the family returned to
greater Acadia and settled on Baie
Ste.-Marie on the western coast of British Nova Scotia with other Acadian
exiles.
One of Claude III's daughters married into the Thibault family.
Claude, fils's second son
Joseph,
born at Minas in December 1718, married Hélène, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Landry and Marguerite Comeau, at Grand-Pré in
September 1743 and likely settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1745 and 1747,
Hélène gave Joseph two daughters. Stephen White says Joseph died before April 1769.
One wonders what happened to Joseph's daughters in 1755.
Claude, fils's third son Pierre, born at Minas in November 1723, married
Marie, daughter of Germain Richard and Marguerite Daigre, in c1749
probably at Minas and likely remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
in 1751 and 1754, Marie gave Pierre two children, a daughter and a son.
Arsenault says Pierre died in c1754, but genealogist Stephen White says he died between February 1765
and October 1766 in exile. One wonders where. Arsenault says members of the family settled at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Canada, in 1771. Pierre's daughter married a
Boudrot cousin at St.-Philippe.
Claude, fils's fourth son
Jean, born at
Minas in June 1725, never married.
According to Bona Arsenault, he settled at
St.-Philippe-de-La-Prairie, Canada, in June 1771, probably with older brother
Pierre. He died at L'Acadie, today's
St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu, east of Montréal, in May 1796, age 70.
Claude, fils's fifth son Olivier, born probably at Minas in c1730, married
Ludivine Landry probably at Minas in c1754. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755. Olivier remarried to
Euphémie-Anastasie, daughter of Joseph Breau and Marie-Blanche Boudrot,
in c1779 perhaps at Memramcook, present-day southeastern New Brunswick, where he
died after October 1786.
Claude, fils's sixth and youngest son
Charles, born at Minas in June 1734, married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Clouâtre and Marguerite
LeBlanc, in c1753 probably at Minas. One wonders what happened to them
in 1755. Charles remarried to Marie-Louise, daughter
of Canadians Laurent Perrault and Louis Boileau, at St.-Luc above
Québec in November 1802, in his late 60s.
Claude, père's
second son Michel le jeune, by first wife Anne-Marie Thibodeau, born
probably at Minas in c1685, married Cécile, daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and
Catherine Hébert, in c1708 probably at Minas and also settled on
Rivière-des-Habitants.
Between 1709 and 1728, Cécile gave Michel le jeune 11 children, seven
sons and four daughters, all of whom married. At age 47, Michel le
jeune remarried to Anne, daughter of Jean Préjean and Andrée Savoie and
widow of François Pitre dit Nordest at Annapolis Royal in April
1732. She gave him no more children. His daughters married into the
Daigre, Préjean, Pellerin, and Dupuis families.
Oldest son François
dit Lami, by first wife Cécile LeBlanc, born at Minas in August 1710, married Marguerite, daughter of François
Pitre and Anne Préjean, in c1731 probably at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1754, Marguerite gave Lami
nine children, three sons and six daughters, including a set of twins.
Arsenault insists that the British deported the family to New York in 1755. According to Stephen White,
François dit Lami
died at Québec in late November 1757, age 47, victim, perhaps, of a smallpox
epidemic that struck Acadian refugees there that fall and winter, so he probably did not go to New York. Arsenault says
his widow Marguerite
remarried at Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières, Canada, in January 1768.
One suspects that she and her Boudrot children had been in
Canada all along. Five of Lami's daughters married into the
Vallée, Ricard, Desfossés,
Provencher dit Villebrun, and Beaulaurier
families at Nicolet and Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade, between Québec and
Trois-Rivières. All three of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son Charles, born probably at Minas in c1735, married, according to
Bona Arsenault, Madeleine,
daughter of Pierre Clouâtre and Marguerite LeBlanc,
in c1756 during exile, though Arsenault also says Charles, fils, sixth
and youngest son of Michel le jeune's older brother Charles, married
Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Clouâtre, in
c1753.
Arsenault insists that between 1757 and 1770, Madeleine gave this Charles
seven children, four sons and three daughters, that they settled at
Trois-Rivières in 1767 and at L'Acadie on Rivière Richelieu southeast of
Montréal in 1768. Arsenault says two of their daughters married into the
Labrecque and Cyr families at L'Acadie, and that three of
Charles's four sons created their own families.
Oldest son Mathurin, born in exile in c1757, married Marie, daughter of Michel
Lanoue and Madeleine Brun, at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in the interior southeast of Montréal in July 1780.
Charles's third son Joseph, born in c1764, married Marguerite, daughter of Charles
Lanoue and Marie-Josèphe Brun, at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in January 1784.
Charles's fourth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born in c1766, married Marguerite,
daughter of François Boissonneau and Josephte Lefebvre, at nearby L'Acadie in
February 1803.
François dit Lami's second son Athanase, born probably at Minas in c1736,
evidently escaped the British there in 1755 and likely found refuge in Canada.
He married Félicité,
daughter of Charles Orillon and Anne Richard
of Annapolis Royal, in c1760 during exile.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1771, Félicité gave Athanase
six children, two sons and four daughters. They were counted at
Deschambault between Québec and Trois-Rivières in 1761, Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade
farther upriver in 1763, Nicolet in 1765, nearby Baie-du-Fèbvre in 1771, Nicolet
again in 1778, and moved on to Petit-Rocher on the south shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs near today's Bathurst in northeastern New Brunwick.
François dit Lami's third and youngest son
Osias, born probably at Minas in c1743,
evidently escaped the British there in 1755 and found refuge in Canada. He married
Marie-Anne, another daughter of Charles Orillon and Anne
Richard, at Nicolet, Canada, in November 1764.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and 1789, Marie-Anne gave Osias
eight children, four sons and four daughters, at Nicolet. His daughters
married into the Poirier, Simonneau,
Bourg, and Villate dit Beausoleil families at
Nicolet. All four of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son François, born probably at Nicolet in c1768, married Élizabeth,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Foucault-Lemire and Angélique
Loisseau, at Nicolet in June 1793.
Osias's
second son Joseph, born probably at Nicolet in c1770, married Marguerite,
another daughter of Jean-Baptiste Foucault-Lemire and Angélique
Loisseau, at Nicolet in August 1796.
Osias's third son Louis, born probably at Nicolet in c1776, married Marie
Deshaies at Nicolet in July 1800.
Osias's fourth and youngest son Pierre, born probably at Nicolet in c1780, married
Marguerite Bourg at Nicolet in January 1801.
Michel
le jeune's
second son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Cécile LeBlanc, born probably at Minas in c1715, married Agnès, another daughter of
François Pitre and Anne Préjean, in
c1738 probably at Minas and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and 1745, Agnès gave
Jean-Baptiste three children, two sons and two daughters. The family
evidently escaped the British in 1755 and took refuge in Canada. While in
exile or after Le Grand Dérangement, Jean-Baptiste took his family to
Baie-St.-Paul on the lower St. Lawrence. One of his daughters married into
the Guérin family at St.-Joachim above Baie-St.-Paul. One
of his two sons created his own family.
Second son François, born probably at Minas in c1744,
followed his family into exile in 1755 and married Marie-Sophie,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Martel and Marie-Clotilde
Desbiens, at Baie-St.-Paul in July 1769.
Michel le jeune's third son Michel,
fils, by first wife
Cécile LeBlanc, born probably at
Minas in c1716, married, according to Stephen White, Claire, daughter of Jean Comeau le jeune and Catherine Babin,
in c1742 probably at Minas. Between 1742 and 1748, Claire gave Michel,
fils at least three children, two sons and a daughter. The British deported
the family to Virginia in 1755
and
Virginia authorities sent them on to England in 1756. Michel, fils and Claire died there.
In late May 1763, as part of the repatriation of the Acadians in England to
France, sons Joseph and Michel and daugther Marguerite took the ship
Dorothée to St.-Malo and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. One wonders what
became of daughter Marguerite. Only one of Michel, fils's two sons seems
to have created his own family.
Older son Joseph, born at Minas in c1742 or 1744, followed his parents to
Virginia and England and his siblings to St.-Malo. He married Marguerite,
daughter of Jean Richard dit Sapin and Cécile
Gautrot, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in June 1763, soon after their arrival from
England, so they may have known one another in England and perhaps at Minas.
Between 1764 and 1773, at St.-Servan and nearby Plouër-sur-Rance, Marguerite gave Joseph
seven children, at least four sons and two daughters, only three of whom, the
oldest daughter and two sons, survived childhood. Joseph took his family
to Poitou in 1773. Marguerite gave him another daughter there
in 1774. In November 1775, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Between 1776 and 1782,
Marguerite gave Joseph four more children at Chantenay near Nantes, two sons and
two daughers, but only one of the sons and one of the daughters survived
childhood. They also buried their daughter who had been born in Poitou. In 1785,
Joseph, Marguerite, and their remaining four children, two sons and two
daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. Marguerite was pregnant on the voyage,
and another son was born to them probably at New Orleans. They moved on to
upper Bayou Lafourche. Joseph's
daughters married into the Crochet and Dagbert
families in Louisiana. Two of his three sons married into the
LeBlanc, Bertrand, and Dugas
families, and two of them created substantial lines on the Lafourche.
Michel, fils's younger son Michel III, born at Minas in c1748,
followed his family to Virginia and England and his siblings to St.-Malo aboard
La Dorothée. In March 1767, now age 18, he "went to England,"
which means he likely joined other Acadian exiles in the British-controlled
Channel Islands who were making their way back to North America. One wonders
what happened to him there.
Michel le jeune's fourth son
René, by first wife Cécile
LeBlanc, born at Minas in
1717, married
Judith, yet another daughter of
François Pitre and Anne Préjean, in
c1745 probably at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, in c1753 Judith gave René a son, Pierre.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755. Did they escape the British at
Minas and seek refuge in Canada? Stephen White says
René died between 1756 and 1757, likely in exile, perhaps in Canada. Arsenault says René died in c1758, and
that Judith remarried at St.-Joachim below Québec in November 1760, during
exile. René's son created his own family.
Only son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1753,
probably followed his family to Canada, where he married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Canadians François Tremblay and Marie-Josèphe Dufour,
on Île-aux-Coudres in the lower St. Lawrence in July 1774.
Michel le jeune's fifth son Pierre, by first wife Cécile
LeBlanc, born at Minas in December
1720, married
Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Dupuis and Marie-Josèphe Dugas, in
c1750 probably at Minas. Stephen White says Pierre died before August 1763,
probably in exile. According to
Bona Arsenault, Pierre, son of Michel le jeune, first married Marie, daughter of Joseph
Préjean and Marie-Louise Comeau of Chepoudy in
c1743; she gave him a son, Augustin, in c1745; and then he remarried to
Marguerite Dupuis in c1750. Arsenault says Pierre died in
either Maryland or Connecticut in c1760; that his son Augustin accompanied his
maternal uncle, Amand Préjean, to Louisiana; and that Pierre's
second wife Marguerite was counted in Connecticut in 1763 with five unnamed
children. Louisiana records show no Augustin, son of Pierre
Boudrot and Marie Dupuis, in Louisiana. One
wonders what were the names of Pierre's other children.
Michel le jeune's sixth son Honoré, by first wife
Cécile LeBlanc, born at Minas in January 1724, married in c1753
a woman whose name has been lost to history. One wonders what happened to
them in 1755.
Michel le jeune's seventh and youngest son
Olivier, by first wife Cécile LeBlanc, born at Minas in May 1728, married Anne-Marie, another daughter of
Antoine Dupuis and Marie-Josèphe Dugas,
in c1752 probably at Minas.
Anne-Marie gave him a son, Simon, at Minas in c1753. They escaped the
British roundup there in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore and at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs.
They evidently had more children in exile. In October 1760, Olivier and
his family of five were among the 1,003 Acadians who surrendered to a British
naval force at Restigouche and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the
rest of the war. British officials counted Olivier and his family of six
at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in August 1762. In 1764-65, now a widower,
Olivier emigrated to Louisiana with his 12-year-old son Simon. One wonders
what happened to the rest of his children and who they were. He and his
son settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans, on what came to be known as the Acadian Coast.
Olivier, at age 39, remarried to Anne,
daughter of Pierre Gaudet and Marie Belliveau and widow of Michel
Dupuis, at Cabahannocer in October 1767. She gave him no
more children. Olivier died at Cabahannocer in
November 1782, age 54. His son Simon created
a vigorous line on the Acadian Coast.
Claude, père's
third son Joseph, by first wife Anne-Marie Thibodeau, born in c1687, married Françoise, daughter of
Jean Comeau le jeune and Catherine
Babin, at Grand-Pré in July 1712 and settled on Rivière-des-Habitants and
Rivière-aux-Canards. Between 1714 and the 1730s, at Minas, Françoise gave Joseph 14 children, seven
sons and seven daughters, including a set of twins. Members
of the family was deported from Village des Comeau at Minas to
Virginia in 1755 and sent on to England in 1756. Joseph died in England
before the repatriation of May 1763, in his late 60s or early 70s. Widow Françoise
accompanied her twin sons to St.-Malo aboard the ship La Dorothée late
that May and died at Hotel-Dieu, St.-Malo, the following July, in her early 70s.
Three of their daughters married into the Saulnier and Dupuis
families. Four of Joseph's seven sons created their own families, but only
one, if any, of their lines eundued.
Oldest son Joseph,
fils, born probably at Minas in the 1710s,
married in c1749 a woman whose name had been lost to history. One wonders
what happened to them in 1755.
Joseph, père's second son Antoine, born probably at Minas in the 1720s, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre
LeBlanc and Anne Thériot, in c1750. They evidently eluded the
British in 1755 and, either during exile or after Le Grand Dérangement,
found refuge in Canada. One wonders if Marie-Josèphe gave him any
children, or if any of the ones she may have given him survived the rigors of
exile. Antoine, perhaps in his 70s, remarried to Françoise,
daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Françoise Landry and widow of
Louis-Sylvain Dupuis, at L'Acadie in the interior east of Montréal in September 1801.
Joseph, père's third son Jean-Baptiste,
a twin, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1732, followed his family to Virginia,
England, and France. He, his widowed mother, his twin brother, and his
brother's wife, arrived at St.-Malo from England aboard the transport
Dorothée in late May 1763. After his mother's death at St.-Malo,
Jean-Baptiste settled at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Daigre and Marguerite
Granger, at nearby Plouër-sur-Rance in March 1764.
Between 1764 and 1773, at Plouër and St.-Servan, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste five children, two sons
and three daughters, three of whom, a son and two daughters, died in childhood.
Jean-Baptiste took his family, including twin brother Pierre, to Poitou in 1773, and Marie-Josèphe
gave him another son there in May 1775. The following March, after the
death of his younger brother, Jean-Baptiste and his family followed
other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where, between 1777 and 1782,
Marie-Josèphe gave him four more sons, all of whom died
in childhood. They also buried the son who had been born to them in
Poitou, leaving only two children, daughter Marie-Rose and son Jean-François, of
the 10 they had been given. Jean-Baptiste died in St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in November 1783, age 51. His
two remaining children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 with their widowed mother, who
remarried to a Thériot widower soon after their arrival.
Marie-Josèphe died on upper Bayou Lafourche by June 1790, when her second
husband remarried again; she would have been in her mid- or late 40s at the time
of her passing. Daughter Marie-Rose married into the
Bourg family in the Spanish colony and settled on upper Bayou
Lafourche.
Only surviving son Jean-François, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in September
1773, followed his family to Poitou and Nantes and his sister and widowed mother
to Louisiana. He lived with his mother and stepfather on upper Bayou
Lafourche and remained there after he came of age. In January 1798, at age
24, he was living alone on his six-arpent lot fronting the bayou.
He never married, so his father's line, except for its blood, did not endure in the
Bayou State.
Joseph, père's fourth son Pierre,
his brother Jean-Baptiste's twin, married Marie Thériot in c1755 probably at Minas on
the eve of Le Grand Dérangement. They were deported to Virginia in
1755, sent on to England in 1756, repatriated to France in the spring of 1763,
and went to St.-Malo with his widowed mother and twin brother. Pierre,
likely a widower now, followed his twin brother Jean-Baptiste to Poitou and died at Châtellerault
there in February 1776,
age 44, on the eve of his family retreat to Nantes. His family line evidently died with him.
Joseph, père's fifth son Abraham, born
probably at Minas, as well as his sixth and seventh sons, their names lost to
history,
evidently died young.
Claude,
père's fourth son
Étienne, by second wife Catherine Meunier, born at Minas in November 1725, married Marie-Claire, daughter of Martin
Aucoin and Catherine Thériot of Rivière-aux-Canards, at Grand-Pré in
November 1725 and likely remained at Minas. From 1730 to 1742,
Marie-Claire gave Étienne at least three sons at Minas. The British
evidently deported the family to Virginia in 1755, sent them on to England in
1756, and Étienne, and perhaps Marie-Claire as well, died there before May 1763,
when the the Acadians in England were repatriated to France. Three of
their sons, still bachelors, arrived at St.-Malo aboard the Dorothée in May 1763.
Two of these sons created their own families in France.
Oldest son Marin, born at Minas in c1732, followed his family to Virginia
and England and his younger brothers Charles and Étienne, fils to
St.-Malo aboard La Dorothée. He settled at Pleudihen-sur-Rance on
the river south of the Breton port and married Pélagie, daughter of Pierre Barrieau and
Véronique Girouard, there in May 1765. Between 1767 and
1772, at Pleudihen, Pélagie gave Marin four children, three sons and a daughter,
but their daughter died an infant. Marin took his family to Poitou in 1773. Pélagie gave him another son there, and they buried two
others. In December 1775, Marin, Pélagie, and their remaining sons
retreated with dozens of other Poitou Acadians to the Nantes. Pélagie gave Marin four more children at Nantes, two sons and two
daughters--nine children, six sons and three daughters, between 1767 and
1783, most of whom died young. Marin, Pélagie, and their remaining two
children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Marin died at Ascension on the
river above New Orleans in October 1786, age 54. His daughter Marie-Anne married into
the Pitre family in the Spanish colony. Hs only
surviving son Étienne le jeune married into the Doiron
family and created an impressive family line on Bayou Lafourche.
Étienne's second son Charles, born at Minas in c1737, followed his family to Virginia
and England and his brothers Marin and Étienne, fils to St.-Malo aboard La
Dorothée. Charles lived at nearby Pleudihen-sur-Rance from 1763 to
1767 and moved on to Nantes, on the other side of Brittany, where he died in
July 1767, age 30--one of the first Acadian exiles to go there. He did not marry.
Étienne's third and youngest son Étienne, fils, born at Minas in c1743,
followed his family to Virginia and England and his brothers Marin and Charles
to St.-Malo, where Étienne, fils worked as
a seaman and a joiner. He married Marguerite, daughter of Antoine
Thibodeau and Susanne Comeau, at Pleudihen-sur-Mer in May
1764.
Between 1765 and 1771, Marguerite gave Étienne, fils four
children in the Pleudihen area. Étienne, fils
took his family to Poitou in 1773, and Marguerite gave him
another son there.
In December 1775, after two years of effort, they retreated
with other Poitou Acadians to Nantes and
settled in several church parishes there. Marguerite gave Étienne, fils
four more children in the lower Loire port:. They also buried their youngest
son. In 1785, Étienne,
fils, Marguerite, and seven of their children, four sons
and three daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana and
followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Marguerite gave Étienne, fils another daughter there--10 children, five
sons and five daughters, between 1765 and 1790 in France and Louisiana. Étienne, fils died in Lafourche
Interior Parish in January 1825, age 84. His daughters
married into the Ayo, LeBlanc, and Boudreaux families on Bayou Lafourche.
Four of his sons
also married, into the Pitre,
Barrieau, Hébert, and Caissie dit
Roger family, but not all of the lines
endured.
Claude, père's fifth son Paul
dit Petit Paul, by second wife
Catherine Meunier, born at Minas in October 1707, married
Madeleine-Josèphe, called Josette, daughter of Charles Doiron
and Françoise Gaudet, in c1730 probably at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault (who says the Paul Boudrot who
married Madeleine-Josèphe Doiron was a son of Charles, not
Claude), between 1732 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave Paul six children, two sons
and four daughters. According to genealogist Albert J.
Robichaux, Jr. in his study of the Acadians in France, between 1735 and 1754,
Marie-Madeleine gave Paul seven children, four sons and three daughters.
Petit Paul took his family to Île St.-Jean in
1750.
Arsenault says oldest daughter Marie-Josèphe, born in c1732, who Robichaux
does not mention, married into the Closquinet family at
Port-La-Joye on the island in January 1751.
In August 1752, a French official counted Petit Paul, Madeleine-Josèphe, and five of their children--Marguerite;
Françoise; Jean-Charles, called Charles; Anne; and Basile--at Rivières-des-Blonds in
the island's interior near younger brother Pierre. The British deported the family to
St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Petit Paul, age 51, and two of his youngest children--Basile, age 10; and Mathurin--did
not survive the crossing. Widow Marie-Madeleine died in a St.-Malo hospital in late
November 1758, age 54, soon after reaching the port. Youngest son Joseph
died probably in the same hospital in late December, age 4. Daughters
Marguerite, Françoise-Marie, and Anne married into the Hébert,
Landry, Closquient, Dugas,
Haché dit Gallant, and Daigre families in
France and Louisiana, and all three of them emigrated to the Spanish colony in 1785. Petit Paul's only remaining son
created his own family in France and Cayenne.
Oldest son Jean-Charles, called Charles, born at Minas in c1740, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo, France. He married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Pierre Haché dit Gallant
and Cécile Lavergne, at St.-Énogat, today's Dinard, across from St.-Malo, in November
1763. The following April, he, Marie-Josèphe, and other Acadian exiles
took the ship Le Fort to French Guiane on the
northeastern coast of South America. Marie-Josèphe did not survive the
venture, and she evidently gave Charles no children there. At age 35
(the recording priest said 38), Charles remarried to Marie-Marguerite, daughter
of François-Robert Du Mesnil and Thérèse Le Botte
and widow of Sr. Regnauldin, at St. Joseph de
Sinnamary, Guiane, in February 1775. One wonders what became of him after
his remarriage.
Claude, père's sixth son François, by second wife Catherine Meunier, born at Minas in July 1709, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Antoine Thibodeau and
Marie Préjean, at Annapolis Royal in October 1730 and evidently moved on
to Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1747, Anne-Marie gave
François six children, four sons and two daughters. The British deported
the family to Virginia in 1755, sent them on to England in 1756, and held them
there with hundreds of other Acadians until the French repatritated them to France in 1763. François
died probably in England before May 1763. One wonders if wife Anne-Marie Thibodeau
also died there. A married son and three of their unmarried children--Anselme,
age 25; François, fils, age 22; and Anne, age 16--took the transport L'Ambition
from England to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763. Daughter Anne married
into the LeBlanc in France and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785. At least three of
François's sons created their own families at Minas and in France, but none of
them emigrated to Louisiana. A grandson, however, may have gone there.
Oldest son Jean-Zacharie, born probably at Minas in c1730, married
Marguerite Hébert probably at Minas in c1754. Either
there or in exile, Marguerite gave Jean-Zacherie a son, Joseph, in c1755.
They, too, were deported to Virginia in 1755, sent on to England in the spring
of 1756, and held there until May 1763, when they took L'Ambition to
St.-Malo, France. They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where Marguerite died in July
1764, age 26. Jean-Zacharie died at St.-Servan in April 1765, age 35.
Only son Joseph, born at either Minas or aboard ship in c1755, followed
his family to Virginia in 1755, to England in the spring of 1756, and to France in May 1763.
After the death of his father in April 1765, Joseph, now age 10, went to
live with Joseph
Célestin dit Bellemère, husband of
Marguerite Boudrot. Joseph's stay with the family was
brief. Joseph Bellemère died at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in August
1767, age 39, and Marguerite Boudrot followed her husband to
the grave the following month, at age 30, leaving behind three young children.
Joseph was still only 12. One wonders if he was the Joseph
Boudrot who married Marie-Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of
Germain Semer and Marie Trahan of Grand-Pré
and Le Havre, at St.-Martin de Chantenay, near Nantes, in May 1785, when he
would have been age 30. If so,
he emigrated to Louisiana later that year, though not on the same ship as his
wife; between 1786 and 1790, she gave him three sons in the Spanish colony; and
he died by August 1796, in his early 40s, when his wife remarried at Attakapas.
If this was him, two of his three sons, both born at
Attakapas, married into the Savoie and Broussard
families and created lasting lines on the prairies.
François's third son François-Anselme, called Anselme, born probably at Minas in
c1738, followed his family to Virginia and England and, with his siblings, took the ship L'Ambition to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763.
He married Ursule, daughter of Jean Daigle and Anne
Breau, at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, near St.-Malo, in January 1764. They lived
at Pleudihen in 1763-65 and at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer from 1765 to 1772.
Between 1764 and 1768, at Pleudihen and St.-Servan, Ursule gave Anselme four children, three sons and a
daughter. One wonders what happened to the family after 1772. They did not go to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
François's fourth and youngest son Joseph-François, called François,
fils, born probably at Minas in c1742, followed his family to Virginia and
England and his siblings to St.-Malo, France, aboard L'Ambition in May 1763.
François, fils married Marguerite,
daughter of Joseph Landry and Marie Comeau, at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo in 1765. He worked as a sailor. Marguerite died at St.-Servan in
January 1767, age 26, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth. François,
fils
remarried to Euphrosine, daughter of Pierre Barrieau and
Véronique Giroir, at nearby Pleudihen in April 1768.
Between 1769 and 1773, at St.-Servan, Euphrosine gave François, fils four sons, the
oldest of whom did not survive childhood. François, fils took his family to
Poitou in 1773, and Euphrosine gave him another son there in 1775.
In November of that year, François, fils, Euphrosine, and their four sons retreated with other Poitou Acadians
to Nantes, where the couple buried two more of their sons in 1777 and 1780. François,
fils
also died there before June 1784, when wife Euphrosine remarried to widower Charles
Broussard at St.-Martin de Chantenay. In 1785, she and
her older remaining Boudrot son followed her second husband and
his five sons to Louisiana. Euphrosine's Boudrot son
created his own family in the Spanish colony. One wonders if Jean-Louis, her younger remaining
Boudrot son, who would have
been only age 12 in 1785, died at Nantes or Chantenay before the family sailed to
Louisiana.
Third son Paul-Marie, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in October 1771, followed
his parents to Poitou and Nantes and his mother, older brother, stepfather, and
stepbrothers to Spanish Louisiana.
He settled with them at Manchac on the river above New Orleans before
moving to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Élisabeth- or Isabelle-Modeste,
daughter of Charles Pitre and Anne Henry of
St.-Malo, at Assumption in September 1794. He died a
widower in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1846, age 75. His
daughters married into the Aucoin, Naquin, and
Thibodeaux families. The older of his two sons married a
Boudreaux cousin and created a vigorous line on Bayou
Lafourche.
Claude, père's seventh son
Jean dit Lami,
by second wife Catherine Meunier, born probably at Minas in c1710, married
Agathe, another daughter of
Antoine Thibodeau and Marie Préjean,
at Annapolis Royal in October 1731 and evidently settled at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1748,
Agathe gave Lami seven children, three sons and four daughters, but other
records give them a fourth son. The British
deported the family to Virginia in 1755 and Virginia authorities sent them on to England in 1756.
One of their sons may have married there in c1758. A daughter married into the Daigre
family at Southampton in c1761. Jean dit Lami and Agathe may not
have survived the ordeal in England; by 1763; half of the exiles who had gone
there were dead. When the family and hundreds of other
Acadians being held in England were repatriated to France in May 1763, four of
Jean dit Lami and Agathe's unmarried children--Charles, Joseph, Amand,
and Anastasie--went to St.-Malo, but their parents were not with them. Married
son Jean-Baptiste and his family, as well as married daughter Marie-Flavie and
her family, may have gone from England to St.-Malo on another vessel. Only
one of Jean dit Lami's sons seems to have
created a family of his own.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1735 or 1736, may have
been the Jean-Baptiste Boudrot who married Anastasie, daughter
of Jacques dit Jacob Célestin dit
Bellemère and Marie Landry of Minas, at Southampton,
England, in c1758. After the Acadians in England were repatriated to
France, Jean-Baptiste and his family reached St.-Malo aboard the L'Ambition in May
1763 and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Between 1759 and 1772, in England
and France, Anastasie gave Jean-Baptiste six children, four sons and two
daughters, but both of their daughters and their youngest son died young.
Jean-Baptiste took his family to Poitou in 1773. When most of
the Poitou Acadians retreated to Nantes in late 1775 and early 1776,
Jean-Baptiste and his family remained in Poitou. In 1774 and 1779, in
Poitou, Anastaise gave Jean-Baptiste two more daughters, but the younger one died
young. Their oldest son married a local girl in Poitou in June 1778.
Jean-Baptiste may have died there in the early 1780s, or he may have taken his
family to Nantes soon after the birth of his youngest daughter and died in the
port city by August 1784, when wife Anastasie remarried to a Comeau
widower. One wonders what happened to Jean-Baptiste and Anastasie's
remaining daughter. Two of their remaining three sons
married in France and Louisiana, but only one of the lines endured.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born in England in October 1759,
followed his family to St.-Malo and Poitou. He married Marguerite,
daughter of François Bedel dit Picard and Jeanne
____ of Targé, Poitou, at Targé in June 1778. In 1779 and 1783,
in Poitou, Marguerite gave
Jean-Baptiste, fils two children, a daughter and a son, but
the daughter died young. They moved on to
Nantes by September 1784. Another son was born at Chantenay near Nantes in
February 1785. Later that year, Jean-Baptiste, fils, Marguerite,
and their two young sons followed his mother, stepfather, and younger brothers to Louisiana.
They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, and Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste,
fils more children, including four sons, in the Spanish colony.
Jean-Baptiste, fils died at Assumption on the upper Lafourche in August
1799, age 39. His
daughters married into the Lis and Williamson
families. Hs two older sons died young; they
may not have survived the crossing from France. Two of his four sons
born in Louisiana married into the Michel
and Boudreaux families and created vigorous lines on bayous
Lafourche and Terrebonne.
Jean-Baptiste, père's second son Joseph-Marie, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in March 1766,
followed his family to Poitou and Nantes, became a sailor, and followed
his mother, stepfather, and brothers to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. He married
Anne-Isabelle, daughter of Joachim-Hyacinthe Trahan and his
second wife Marie-Madeleine Duhon, at Ascension on the river above New Orleans in February 1786, soon after his arrival, and
followed his family to upper Bayou Lafourche. Anne-Isabelle gave
Joseph-Marie only one son, who probably died young, so the family line died with
him.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third and youngest son
Charles, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in January
1769, followed his family to Poitou and Nantes and also became a sailor.
He followed his mother, stepfather, and brothers to Spanish Louisiana in 1785
and settled
on upper Bayou Lafourche with them, but he did not marry.
Jean dit Lami's second son Charles, born probably at Minas in c1737, followed his family to
Virginia and England and three of his younger siblings to St.-Malo, France,
aboard La Dorothée in May 1763. He lived at nearby Pleudihen-sur-Rance and
at St.-Malo, perhaps with his siblings. Charles, perhaps a sailor, and
still a bachelor, died at sea in September 1770, age 32.
Jean dit Lami's third son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1742, followed his family to
Virginia and England and three of his siblings to St.-Malo, France, aboard
La Dorothée in May 1763. He lived at St.-Malo from 1763 to 1770.
In May 1770, he was reported aboard the ship L'Heureux in Guinea and
died at "la Coste," perhaps in Guinea, in January 1771, age 29.
Jean dit Lami's fourth and youngest son
Amand,
born probably at Minas in c1748, followed his
family to Virginia and England and three of his older siblings to St.-Malo,
France, aboard La Dorothée in May 1763. Amand, and perhaps his
siblings, lived at nearby Pleudihen-sur-Rance and St.-Malo from 1763 to 1771. One
wonders what happened to Amand after 1771.
Claude, père's
eighth son Pierre, by second wife Catherine Meunier, born probably at Minas in c1712, married Marie, daughter of Louis Doiron and Marguerite
Barrieau,
at Grand-Pré in August 1733 and moved on to Île
St.-Jean in 1750. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1752,
Marie gave Pierre 10 children, two sons and eight daughters, though they may
have had a third son named Augustin. In August
1752, a French official counted Pierre, Marie, and nine of their children at
Rivière-des-Blonds in the island's interior near his older brother Petit Paul. Pierre remarried to Madeleine, daughter of François Gautrot and
Marie Vincent, at Port-La-Joye on the island in November 1753.
The family was deported to France in 1758.
Pierre died at Cherbourg in June 1759, age 47, probably from the rigors of the
crossing. According to Bona Arsenault, Pierre's daughter Anastasie from
his second wife Madeleine (though he says Anastasie was born in c1744) married
into the Vigneau family on Île Miquelon in June 1771, so Pierre's widow may have taken her family there
from France in the 1760s.
Third son
Augustin, by first wife Marie Doiron, born at Minas or Pigiguit
probably in the 1740s, may have become separated from his family before they moved
on to Île
St.-Jean in 1750, or perhaps he went there with them but returned to the Minas
Basin before August 1752. He first appears in Louisiana
records in January 1771 when he married Osite, daughter of Jacques Hébert
and Marguerite Landry and widow of Alexandre Melanson,
at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. Osite had come to
Louisiana from Maryland in 1766, a widow with six of her Melanson
children. Augustin died by January 1777, when his wife was listed in a
Cabahannocer census with four of her Melanson children but no
husband. Stephen White calls the Augustin
who married Osite Hébert at Cabahannocer Augustin-Rémi
Boudrot, the name of a young Acadian who came to Louisiana from
Maryland in February 1768. Records in the Spanish colony, however, make it
evident that the Augustin, son of Pierre Boudrot
and Marie Doiron, who married the 40-year-old widow on the
river, was not the Augustin-Rémi who, after leaving Spanish Fort San Luìs de
Natchez on the river above Baton Rouge, settled on the western prairies. Louisiana records reveal
that the Augustin who remained on the river likely died in the 1770s not long after his
marriage, while Augustin-Rémi, who was age 13 when he came to the colony from
Maryland, lived to a ripe old age.
Claude, père's
ninth and youngest son Charles, by second wife Catherine Meunier, born at Minas in October 1725, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Doucet
and Marie Doiron, in c1747, and moved on to Île St.-Jean with his older
brothers in 1750. In August 1752, a French official counted Charles,
Marie-Josèphe, and their three daughters at Anse-à-Dubuisson in the
island's interior. One wonders what happened to the family in 1758. Charles died before August 1781,
place unrecorded.
Michel's seventh
and youngest son François, born at Port-Royal in c1666, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Belliveau
and Jeanne Bourg, in c1692 probably at Port-Royal. Between 1694 and
1715, Madeleine gave François nine children, six
sons and three daughters. François died at Annapolis Royal, formerly
Port-Royal, in September 1733,
in his late 60s. His daughters married into the LeBlanc,
Michel, and Dugas families. Only three of his six sons
created their own families. A grandson emigrated to Louisiana in 1765.
Oldest son
Jean, born probably at Port-Royal in c1694, evidently died young.
François's second son
Joseph,
born at Port-Royal in c1697,
moved on to the French Maritimes and married Marguerite, daughter of Abraham
Dugas and Marie-Madeleine Landry, at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in
c1722. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1722 and 1738, Marguerite gave
Joseph five children, four sons and a daughter, on the island. Joseph died at
Port-Toulouse before 1752. In August of that year, a French official counted
Marguerite with their three youngest children at La Briquerie near
Port-Toulouse. Joseph's daughter married into the LeBlanc
family. All four of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born probably at Port-Toulouse in c1722, married Judith,
daughter of Jean Fourgère and his first wife Marie
Bourg, in c1751 probably at Port-Toulouse, where he worked as a
coaster. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1752 and 1771, Judith gave
Joseph, fils six children, a son and five daughters. They, too,
were counted at La Briquerie in August 1752 with their infant daughter.
One wonders what happened to them in 1758. After Le Grand Dérangement, they returned to Cape Breton Island,
formerly Île Royale, and settled at Petit-de-Grat on the southeast coast of Île
Madame, Nova Scotia.
Joseph, père's
second son
Pierre, born probably at Port-Toulouse in c1727, married cousin Marie-Josèphe,
called Josette, Dugas in c1752 and remained on Île Royale.
They, too, were counted near his widowed mother at La Briquerie in August 1752.
One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Joseph, père's
third son Louis,
called Louison, born probably at Port-Toulouse in c1733, was counted with his
widowed mother at La Briquerie in August 1752. One wonders what happened
to him in 1758. He married Barbe, daughter
of Jean Fougère and his second wife Madeleine Belliveau,
probably on Île Royale in c1760, during exile. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761
and 1770, Barbe gave Louis four children, three sons and a daughter. They,
too, returned to Cape Breton Island after the Great
Upheaval and settled at Petit-de-Grat.
Joseph, père's
fourth and youngest son Charles, born probably at Port-Toulouse in c1738, was
counted with his widowed mother at La Briquerie in August 1752. He
marrried Madeleine, daughter of Jacques Chiasson and Marie
Arseneau of Chigecto, probably at Port-Toulouse in c1755.
What wonders what happened to them in 1758. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1756 and 1772, Madeleine gave Charles five
children, four sons and a dauthter. Arsenault says they were counted on Île St.-Jean in
1762, so one wonders if they had escaped the
British round up there or on Île Royale in 1758. After the war with Britain finally ended,
they moved on to Île Miquelon off the southern coast of Newfoundland, where they
were counted in 1764, 1765, and 1767, and probably returned to the island from
France in 1768. They
then resettled on the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where they
were counted in 1772. Charles died in the Madeleines in September 1810, in
his early 70s. All four of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Louis,
born in c1756, place unrecorded, married Louise Dugas probably in the Madeleines
in c1785. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1785 and 1809, Louise gave
Louis 11 children, three sons and eight daughters. Three of their
daughters married Boudrot first cousins. At least one of
Louis's sons created his own family.
Oldest son
Louis-Jean-Marie, born probably in the Madeleines in c1793, married Marie,
daughter of Jacques Vigneau and Anastasie Cyr,
probably in the Madeleines in October 1816. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1817 and 1822, Marie gave Louis three children, a son and two daughters.
Charles's second son
Firmin, born in c1763, place unrecorded, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Bourg
and Madeleine Cyr, probably in the Madeleines in February 1795.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1796 Anne gave Firmin two sons, both of whom
created their own families.
Older son
Joseph
le jeune, born probably in the Madeleines in c1796, married Batilde,
daughter of Jean Vignot and Marie Terriot,
probably in the Madeleines in September 1815. According to Bona Arsenault,
Batilde gave Joseph a son in 1820.
Firmin's younger son
Jean,
born probably in the Madeleines in c1796, married Esther, another daughter of
Jean Vignot and Marie Terriot, probably in the
Madeleines in November 1819. According to Bona Arsenault, Esther gave Jean
a daughter in 1821.
Charles's third son
Joseph
le jeune,
born probably on Île Miquelon in c1765, married cousin Élisabeth Boudrot
probably in the Madeleines, date unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1787 and
1796, Élisabeth gave Joseph eight children, five sons and eight daughters,
probably in the Madeleines.
All five of their sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Benoît, born probably in the Madeleines in c1787, married first cousin
Geneviève, daughter of his Louis Boudrot and Louise
Dugas, his uncle and aunt, probably in the Madeleines in September 1803.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1807 and 1822, Geneviève gave Benoît six
children, three sons and three daughters.
Joseph le
jeune's second son
Placide, born probably in the Madeleines in c1788, married Céleste, daughter of
Étienne Vignot and Louise Cyr, probably in the
Madeleines in September 1808. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1811
and 1816, Céleste gave Placide three sons.
Joseph le
jeune's third son Joseph,
fils, born probably in the Madeleines in c1789, married Marguerite,
daughter of Amant Chiasson and Marguerite Doucet,
probably in the Madeleines in November 1809. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1811 and 1821, Marguerite gave Joseph, fils five sons.
Joseph le
jeune's fourth son
Charles le jeune, born probably in the Madeleines in c1793, married
first cousin Sophie, another daughter of Louis Boudrot
and Louise Dugas, probably in the Madeleines in August
1814. According to Bona Arsenault, Sophie gave Charles two daughters in
1816 and 1819.
Joseph le
jeune's fifth and
youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably in the Madeleines in c1796, married
first cousin Élizabeth, yet another daughter Louis Boudrot
and Louise Dugas, probably in the Madeleines in September
1817. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1821 Élizabeth gave Jean-Baptiste a
son.
Charles's fourth
and youngest son Thomas, born perhaps in the
Madeleines in c1772, married Marie Landry
probably in the Madeleines in c1795. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1802
and 1804, Marie gave Thomas two children, a son and a daughter.
François's third son
François, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1701, may have died young.
François's fourth son
Michel le jeune, born at Port-Royal in July 1706, married, according to Bona Arsenault,
Anne-Marie, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Marie
Thériot, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1725. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726
and 1740, Anne-Marie gave Michel four children, three sons and a daughter.
One wonders wha happened to the family in 1755. Their daughter married into the Dupuis
family. All three of
Michel's sons created their own families. Two of them in fact married sisters
of their sister's husband. One of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son
Pierre,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1728, married Marguerite, daughter of
Antoine Dupuis and Marie-Josèphe Dugas of
Grand-Pré, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1750. The British deported them
to New York in late autumn of 1755. One wonders what happened to them
after 1755.
Michel, le
jeune's second son
Michel, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1729, married
Anne-Marie, another daughter of Antoine Dupuis and
Marie-Josèphe Dugas, in c1758 perhaps on Île Royale on the eve
of the island's dérangment. What happened to them after 1758? According to Bona Arsenault, Michel,
fils emigrated to Spanish Louisiana, but records there say otherwise.
Michel, le
jeune's third and youngest son Jean, born probabaly at Annapolis Royal in c1740,
evidently escaped the British roundup there in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawernce shore. He married Marguerite, daughter of
Joseph dit L'Officier Guilbeau and Madeleine
Michel, in the late 1750s during exile. Sometime in the early
1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the
area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. The couple, sans children,
appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763.
Their son Jean-Charles dit Donat was born there soon after the
counting. In late 1764-65, Jean, Marguerite, and
their infant son followed her parents to Louisiana. In April 1765, at
New Orleans, Jean's name appeared on a list of members of
the recently-arrived Broussard party who
sought to exchange their Canadian card money for legitimate French funds.
Later that month, Jean, Marguerite, and their son
followed the Broussards to lower Bayou
Teche in the Attakapas District, where they survived the epidemic that devastated
the Teche valley community that summer and fall. The
couple had no more children in Louisiana. Jean died by the late 1760s, in
his mid- or late 20s, when his wife remarried at Attakapas. Jean's son
married into the Comeaux family
and created a vigorous line of the family on the western
prairies.
François's fifth son
Charles,
born at Port-Royal in March 1709, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Denis Petitot dit Saint-Seine and
Marguerite Landry, at Annapolis Royal in November 1734 and
likely settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1754,
Marie-Josèphe gave Charles 10 children, three sons and seven daughters,
including a set of twins. They escaped the British in 1755 and made their
way to Canada, where they were counted at Québec in 1758. Charles died at
Dechambault on the upper St. Lawrence between Québec and Trois-Rivières in March
1778, age 68. One of his daughters, Nathalie, married into the de
Fleury family at Deschambault. According to Bona Arsenault, at
least one of Charles's sons created his own family.
Oldest son
Isaïe,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1746, followed his family to Canada and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Eustache Bélisle and Marie Rolet, at
Deschambault in January 1773.
François's sixth and youngest son
Pierre dit Grand Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in June 1712, married Madeleine, daughter of Ambroise
Melanson and Françoise Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in January 1735.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1749, Madeleine gave Grand Pierre
six children, all sons. Grand Pierre remarried to Madeleine, daughter of Charles Belliveau and Marguerite
Granger, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1753. What happened to the
family in 1755? According to Bona
Arsenault, one of Grand Pierre's sons by his first wife created his own family.
Third son Basile, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1739, evidentyl moved on
to the French Maritimes and was deported to France in 1758. He married
Madeleine, daughter of Charles Mius d'Entremont and Marguerite
Landry of Pobomcoup, at Très-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, in May
1764 and died there, age 32, in September 1771.356
Bourg
Antoine
Bourg,
a late 1630s arrival, and his wife Antoinette Landry created one of the
largest and most influential families in Acadia. Between 1643 and 1667, Antoinette gave Antoine
11 children, five sons and six daughters, all of whom married. Antoine
died at Port-Royal between October 1687 and 1693, in his late 70s or early 80s.
His daughters married into the Breau, Belliveau, Boudrot,
Brun, Comeau dit L'Esturgeon, and Allain families.
All five of Antoine's sons married and created vigorous lines. His and Antoinette's
descendants settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Chignecto, Minas and Cobeguit
in the Minas Basin,
Rivière St.-Jean, and in the French Maritimes, and their youngest son and a
grandson became important colonial officials. At least 116 of Antoine's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
in 1765, Maryland in the late 1760s, and France in 1785. Ninety-five of them came on six of the Seven
Ships from France. Only the Héberts and the Trahans
outnumbered the Bourgs in the Seven Ships expedition. However, a substantial number
of Antoine's descendants could be found in Canada, greater Acadia, France, and the French Antilles after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son François, born at Port-Royal in c1643, married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Boudrot and Michelle
Aucoin, at Port-Royal in c1665 and remained there. Between 1666 and
1684, Marguerite gave
François seven children, three sons and four daughters.
François died at Port-Royal in c1684,
in his early 40s, and his wife remarried to a Babineau.
Three of François's
daughters married into the Richard, Maissonat dit Baptiste,
LeBlanc, and Melanson families. Two of his three sons
created their own families. The younger married son became an important colonial official.
Oldest
son Michel dit Michaud, born at Port-Royal in May 1666, married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of
Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas, at Port-Royal in c1689 and
settled at Chignecto. Between 1690 and the early 1700s, at Port-Royal and
Chignecto, Élisabeth gave Michaud 11 children, six sons and
five daughters. Michaud died probably at Chignecto between 1714 and
November 1721, in his early 50s. His five daughters married into the Cyr,
Vigneau dit Maurice, Gaudet, Bourgeois, Thériot,
and Hébert families. Four of Michaud's five sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Michel, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1692, married Marie, daughter of Alexis
Cormier and Marie LeBlanc, at Beaubassin in October 1713 and remained
at Chignecto. From the 1714 to 1737, Marie gave Michel, fils
11 children, six sons and five daughters, all of whom married. Michel,
fils died probably at Chignecto between February 1746 and August 1754, in
his late 50s or early 60s. His daughters married into
the Poirier, Bourgeois, Richard, Leprince,
Bergeron, and Vigneau families.
Oldest
son Michel dit Michaud
le jeune, born at Chignecto in May 1719, married Marguerite-Josèphe,
daughter of Claude Bourgeois and Anne Blanchard, at Beaubassin in
January 1741 and settled there.
According to genealogist Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1759, at Chignecto,
Marguerite-Josèphe gave Michaud le jeune six children, two sons and
four daughters. One wonders what happened to them in 1750 and 1755.
They likely escaped the roundup at Chignecto in 1755, took refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore, were captured by, or surrendered to, the British in the
early 1760, held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war,
and chose to resettled in French territory. In 1767, the family was counted on Île Miquelon,
a French-controlled fishery island off the
south coast of Newfoundland, before moving to Pigiguit, today's Windsor, in Nova Scotia.
According to Stephen White, Michaud le jeune, at age 61, remarried to Anne, daughter of Jacques Léger
and Anne Amireau and widow of Louis Allain, in c1780 perhaps in
Nova Scotia. One suspects she gave him no more children. Michel
dit Michaud le jeune died at Cumberland, Nova Scotia, in
November 1790, age 71. Two of his daughters married into the
Gautrot and Gaudet families. One wonders if any
of his sons created their own families.
Michel, fils's second son
Pierre dit
Canique, born probably at Chignecto in c1722, married Anne dite Nanette, daughter of Pierre Cormier and
Marie-Anne Cyr, at Beaubassin in February 1746.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1747 Nanette gave Canique a daughter.
According to Stephen White, Pierre remarried to Marguerite,
daughter of Jacques Vigneau and Marguerite Arseneau, probably at
Chignecto in c1750. They evidently escaped the British in 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. White
says Pierre remarried again--his third marriage--to Anne Richard,
widow of Bénoni Granger, in c1756 while in exile. Arsenault records
this as Pierre's second marriage and says it occurred in c1750, perhaps a typo.
According to Arsenault, between 1757 and 1771, Marie-Anne, as he calls her,
gave Pierre eight more children, six sons and two daughters, including a pair of
twins--nine children in all. The family was counted at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence
across from Trois-Rivières in 1765 and at St.-Charles-sur-Richelieu in the
interior east of Montréal in c1771.
Pierre dit Canique died at St.-Charles-sur-Richelieu in June
1790, age 68.
One of his daughters by third wife Anne married into the Hogue
family at St.-Charles. Two of his six sons by third wife Anne created
their own families.
Oldest son
Pierre, fils, born in exile in c1757,
perhaps in Canada, where he married Marie-Louise, daughter of Canadians Jean Archambault and
Marie-Charlotte Bousquet, at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly upriver
from St.-Charles on the Richelieu in November 1785.
Pierre dit
Canique's second son
Basile, born in exile c1758, perhaps in
Canada, where he married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Canadians Jacques Denis dit Lafrance
and Marie-Françoise Fournier, at Lavaltrie on the upper St.
Lawrence below Montréal in June 1778.
Michel, fils's third son
Antoine-Bénoni,
called Bénoni, born, according to Stephen White, in c1724 probably at Chignecto, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter
of Jacques Hébert and Jeanne Gautrot, probably at Chignecto in
c1752.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Bénoni a son, Joseph, in
c1756 during exile.
They likely escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. Bénoni remarried to Félicité, daughter of Joseph Bourgeois and Anne
LeBlanc and widow of Pierre Leprince, at Bécancour on the upper
St. Lawrence in November 1760 while still in exile.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1766, Félicité gave Bénoni
three more children, a son and two daughters. They were counted on Rivière
St.-Jean in 1763 but returned to Canada. They were counted at Bécancour
again in 1765.
Bénoni died at
St.-Grégoire de Nicolet downriver from Bécancour in December 1813, age 89.
One of his daughters, Rosalie, by second wife Félicité, married into the
Prince family, probably fellow Acadians, probably at Bécancour; Rosalie's son Jean-Charles
Prince (1804-60) became the first bishop of the diocese of
St.-Hyacinthe, Canada, in 1852. Bénoni's son by first wife Marie-Josèphe created
his own family.
Older son
Joseph,
born in exile in c1756, perhaps in Canada, followed his family to Rivière St.-Jean and
back to Canada, where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of Antoine
Desilets and Françoise LeBlanc, at Bécancour in
January 1785.
Michel, fils's fourth son
Jacques dit Canique,
born at Chignecto in May 1732, married Marguerite,
another daughter of
Pierre Cormier and Marie-Anne Cyr, at
Chignecto in August 1754.
They evidently escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1755 and 1768, Marguerite gave Jacques six children, two sons
and four daughters. They were counted at Québec in 1758 and remained in
Canada.
Jacques dit Canique died at St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu in January 1789, age 56.
Two of his daughters married into the Lafrenaye-Leclerc and
Painchaud families at St.-Ours. One wonders if any of
Jacques dit Canique's sons created their own families in the northern
province.
Michel, fils's fifth son Jean
dit
Jeannotte, born at Chignecto in October 1734, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of François Arseneau and
Anne Bourgeois, in c1760 during exile.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1765, Marie-Madeleine gave
Jeannote four children, two sons and two daughters. They may have eluded
the British in 1755 but were captured later. They appeared on a
repatriation list in the prison barracks at Halifax in August 1763. After the war, they
followed other Acadian refugees to Île Miquelon, off the south coast of Newfoundland, where they
were counted in 1766. Perhaps to escape overcrowding on the island soon
after their arrivaal, or perhaps, having been sent by French officials to France
in 1767 to relieve overcrowding on the island, they returned to North America in
1768 and
moved on to Cocagne on the lower Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where they were
counted in c1770.
Jeannotte died near Cocagne, New Brunswick, in January 1811, age 76. One
of Jeannotte's daughters married into the Hébert and
Bourgeois dit Vielland families probably at Cocagne. One
of his sons created his own family there.
Younger son Fabien, born at either Halifax or on Île Miquelon in c1764, followed
his family perhaps to France and back to North America, and certainly to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
He married Anne, daughter of
Michel Richard dit Laplate and Marguerite
Babineau, in c1785 probably at Cocagne.
Michel, fils's sixth and youngest son Joseph, born probably at
Chignecto in c1737, evidently escaped the British roundup there in 1755, sought
refuge in Canada, and married Marie, daughter of
Michel Bergeron dit d'Amboise, in the early 1760s in Canada. Joseph died at Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières in June 1797, age 60.
Michaud l'aîné's second son François
le jeune, born at Port-Royal or
Chignecto in c1698,
married Catherine, daughter of François Cormier and Marguerite LeBlanc,
at Beaubassin in November 1721. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1722
and 1724, at Chignecto, Catherine gave François three children, a son and two
daughters. François remarried to Marie, daughter of Antoine
Belliveau dit Blondin and Marie Thériot, probably at Chignecto
in c1730, and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1733 and 1746, at Chignecto, Marie gave
François nine more children, six sons and three daughters--a dozen children in
all. The family escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
They were counted at Québec in 1758. François died at Bécancour across
from Trois-Rivières in January
1771, in his early 70s. His five daughters by both wives married into the
Gaudet, Blanchard, and Bergeron
families. Six of his seven sons by both wives created their own families.
Oldest son François, fils by first wife Catherine
Cormier, born at Chignecto in
c1723, followed his family to Canada, where he married Marie, daughter of Honoré
Prince and Élisabeth Forest and widow of Jean
Bourgeois, at Bécancour in February 1767 in his mid-40s. According
to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave François, fils a son in 1768.
François, fils remarried to Madeleine, another daughter of Antoine
Belliveau and Marie Thériot, at Nicolet below
Bécancour in August 1783. François, fils died at St.-Grégoire near Nicolet
in May 1808, age 85. His son created his own family.
Only son Michel, by first wife Marie Prince, born at Bécancour in c1768, married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre
Brassard and Marie-Antoinette Pinard, at
Nicolet in November 1791.
François, père's second son Pierre, the oldest by second wife Marie
Belliveau, born at Chignecto in c1733,
followed his family to Canada, where he married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph
Bourgeois and Anne LeBlanc of Annapolis Royal and
widow of Joseph Dupuis, at Bécancour in February 1775 in his
early 40s.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1776 and 1786, Marguerite gave Pierre five
children, three sons and two daughters. Pierre died at St.-Grégoire in
September 1807, age 74. One of Pierre's daughters married ia
Belliveau cousin at St.-Grégoire. Two of his three sons also
created their own families in the area.
Oldest son Simon le jeune, born at Bécancour in c1776, married Rosalie,
daughter of Charles Bergeron and Madeleine Poirier,
at nearby Nicolet in June 1802.
Pierre's second son Jean-Baptiste, born at Bécancour in c1779, married Louise, daughter
of Jean Bruneau and Anne Babin, at
St.-Grégoire in October 1802.
François, père's third son
Simon, born at Chignecto in c1735, followed his family to Canada,
where he married Rosalie, daughter of Charles Gaudet and Marie
Cormier, at Bécancour in February 1762 during exile.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and 1779, Rosalie gave Simon nine
children, six sons and three daughters, including a set of twins. Simon
died at Nicolet downriver from Bécancour in June 1799, age 64. One of his
daughters married into the Bourgoies family at Nicolet. Three of his six
sons also created their own families.
Oldest son François-Simon, born at Bécancour in c1763, married Marie-Anne
Comtois in c1785.
Simon's second son Charles, born at Bécancour in c1767, married Marguerite, daughter of
Michel Richard, at Nicolet in 1799, and remarried to
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of François Belliveau and Marie
LeBlanc, at nearby St.-Grégoire in October 1803.
Simon's sixth and youngest son Vital, born probably at Bécancour in c1777, married
Marie, daughter of Antoine Rivard and Marie Beaudry,
at St.-Grégoire in February 1804.
François, père's fourth son
Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1737, followed his family to
Canada, where, at age 26, he married 17-year-old Marie Bergeron
in c1763. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1786, Marie
gave Joseph a dozen children, eight sons and four daughters, including a set of
twins. Joseph died at Nicolet in June 1797, age 60. Three of his
daughters married into the Desilets, Richard,
and Bergeron families. Six of his eight sons created
their own families.
Second son Joseph, fils, born in Canada in c1764, married Marguerite,
daughter of Jean Prince and Marie Thibodeau,
at Nicolet in November 1790.
Joseph, père's fourth son Grégoire, born in Canada in c1768, married Marguerite, daughter of
Jean Prince and Madeleine Forest, at Nicolet
in February 1797.
Joseph, père's fifth son Michel, born in Canada in c1770, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter
Jean-Baptiste Doucet and Marie Richard, at
Trois-Rivières in February 1800.
Joseph, père's sixth son Pierre, born in Canada in c1776, married Louise, daughter of Louis
Doucet and Marguerite Belliveau, at St.-Grégoire in July 1806.
Joseph, père's seventh son David, born in Canada in c1778, married Madeleine, daughter of
Honoré Hébert and Madeleine Leprince, at
St.-Grégoire in January 1806.
Joseph, père's eighth and youngest son François
le jeune, born in Canada in c1786, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Hébert and Perpétué
Landry, at St.-Grégoire in February 1803.
François, père's fifth son
Jean, born at Chignecto in c1742, followed his family to Canada,
where he married Marguerite, daughter of Claude Poirier and
Marguerite Cyr, at Québec in August 1764. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1768, Marguerite gave Jean three children,
two sons and a daughter. Jean died at St.-Denis on Rivière Richelieu east
of Montréal in May 1770, age 28. One of his sons created his own family.
Younger son Joseph le jeune, born in Canada
in c1766, married Marie-Madeleine Lauzière at Nicolet across
from Trois-Rivières in August 1805.
François, père's
seventh and youngest son
Raphaël, born at Chignecto in c1746, followed his
family to Canada, where he married Marie, daughter Jean Poirier
and Madeleine Forest, at Bécancour in November 1771.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1772 and 1795, Marie gave Raphaël 11
children, seven sons and four daughters. Arsenault says that Raphaël helped establish the
settlement of Godefroy near Bécancour. One of his daughters married into
the Hébert family at nearby Nicolet. His three oldest
sons created their own families.
Oldest son Raphaël, fils, born at Bécancour in c1772, married
Marie, daughter of Louis Desilets and Catherine Frigon,
at Trois-Rivières in August 1802.
Raphaël, père's second son Pierre-Noël, born at Bécancour in c1775, married Marie
Brassard in c1798.
Raphaël, père's third son François le jeune, born at Bécancour in c1783, married
Marguerite, daughter of David Belliveau and Marie
Gaudet, at St.-Grégoire in January 1809.
Michaud
l'aîné's third son
Pierre, born
probably at Chignecto in the early 1700s,
married Cécile, another daughter of
François Cormier and Marguerite LeBlanc,
probably at Chignecto in c1722 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1741, at Chignecto, Cécile
gave Pierre four children, a daughter and three sons. One wonders what
happened to the family in 1755. They may have escaped the British roundup,
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, were captured by, or
surrendered to, British forces in the area, held in a Nova Scotia prison
compound for the rest of the war, and, after the war ended, chose to resettle on
the French-controlled fishery island of Miquelon. Pierre's daughter married into the
Poirier family, no place given. Two of his three sons also created their own families,
one of them on one of the Newfoundland islands.
Older son Pierre-Paul, born at Chignecto in c1738, followed his family into
exile, perhaps to the Gulf shore, and married Madeleine, daughter of Paul Sire or
Cyr and Marie-Josèphe Richard, on Île Miquelon off the southern coast of Newfoundland in
January 1764 after imprisonment in Nova Scotia. They were counted on the island on 1767 and 1776.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1775, Madeleine gave Pierre
six children, four sons and two daughters.
After the British captured the island in 1778 during the American War for
Independence, they deported Pierre and his
family to La Rochelle, France, where he died in 1779, age 41. His widow
and children--Arsenault does not name them--returned to North America pobably in
1784 and
settled on the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Three of
her four sons created their own families on the islands.
Second son Joseph, born on Île Miquelon in c1767, followed his family to France
and back to North America and married Madeleine Haché probably
in the Madeleines in c1792.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1793 and 1808, Madeleine gave Joseph
eight children, five sons and three daughters. At least one of their sons
created his own family.
Second son Joseph-Constant, born probably in the Madeleines in c1796, married
Julie, daughter of Joseph Gaudet and Marguerite Boudrot,
probably in the Madeleines in September 1820.
According to Bona Arsenault, Julie gave Joseph-Constant a daughter in 1822.
Pierre-Paul's third son Mèlem, born on Île Miquelon in c1773, followed his family to
France and back to North American and married Brigitte, daughter of Joseph
Boudrot and Louise Arsenault, probably in the
Madeleines in October 1798.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1799 and 1815, Brigitte gave Mèlem six
children, three sons and three daughters.
Pierre-Paul's fourth and youngest son
Pierre, born on Île Miquelon in c1775, followed his
family to France and back to North America and married Angélique, daughter of
Joseph Bourgeois and Angélique Boudrot,
probably in the Madeleines in July 1800.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1801 and 1811, Angélique gave Pierre
five children, a son and four daughters.
Pierre's younger son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1740, followed his family into exile and
married Jeanne Chiasson in c1763, no place given.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1764 and 1766, Jeanne gave Jean two
children, a son and a daughter. They were counted on Île Miquelon in 1764
and 1766. One wonders what happened to them in 1767 and 1778.
Michaud l'aîné's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at
Chignecto in the early 1700s,
married Marie, daughter of Claude Thériot and Marguerite Cormier,
probably at Chignecto in c1733 and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1748, Marie gave
Jean-Baptiste three children, a son and two daughters. They were counted
at Aulac west of Rivière Missaguash in 1754. One wonders what happened to
them the following year. One of their daughters married into the Thibodeau
family
from Chepoudy after Le Grand Dérangement.
Michaud l'aîné's fifth son Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in the
late 1700s or early 1710s, married
Anne, daughter of Alexis Cormier and Marie LeBlanc,
probably at Chignecto in c1733 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1746, at Chignecto, Anne gave
Joseph six children, four sons and two daughters. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755. One of their daughters
married into the Bourgeois family on Île St.-Jean and emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana
from Halifax in 1765. Two of Joseph's four
sons created their own families and remained in greater Acadia.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Chignecto in c1733, followed his
family into exile, perhaps to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, and married Catherine, daughter of Ambroise Comeau
and Marguerite Cormier of Chepoudy, in c1760 while in exile,
perhaps on the Gulf shore.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1783, Catherine gave Joseph,
fils 10 children, five sons and five daughters, including a set of
twins. After the war, they settled in the British-controlled fishery at
Bonaventure in Gaspésie on the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs, present-day
Québec Province. Joseph, fils's daughters married into
the Landry, Robichaud, Arsenault,
Guignard, and Bourdages families at
Bonaventure. Two of his five sons created their own families.
Oldest son Joseph III, born probably at Bonaventure in c1776, married
Jeanne-Rebecca, daughter of Pierre Loubert and Euphrosine
Landry, at Bonaventure in January 1799.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1800 and 1823, Jeanne gave Joseph III
a dozen children, nine sons and three daughters. Their daughters married
into the Lavache, Poirier, and
Gauthier families at Bonaventure. Three of Joseph III's sons
created their own families there.
Fourth son Joseph IV, born at Bonaventure in c1806, married Rose, daughter of
Alexandre Bernard and Élizabeth Arsenault, at
Bonventure in 1834.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1837 and 1847, Rose gave Joseph IV
five children, two sons and three daughters.
Joseph III's eighth son Hubert, born at Bonaventure in c1816, married Rose, daughter of
Alain Bujold and Geneviève Cayouette, at
Bonaventure in August 1841.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1842 and 1857, Rose gave Hubert eight
children, five sons and three daughters.
Joseph III's ninth and youngest son
Pierre, born at Bonaventure in c1819, married
Monique, daughter of Hilarion Albert and Marie Landry
of Grande-Anse, New Brunswick, at Bonaventure in May 1849.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1849 and 1859, Monique gave Pierre six
children, five sons and a daughter.
Joseph, fils's third son Jean-Urbain, born probably at Bonaventure in c1779, married
Julienne, daughter of Pierre Poirier and Marguerite
LeBlanc, at Bonaventure in January 1802.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1803 and 1807, Julienne gave
Jean-Urbain three children, two sons and a daughter. Their daughter
married into the Bujold family at Bonaventure, and both of
their sons created their own families there.
Older son Pierre-Joseph, born at Bonaventure in c1803, married Louise, daughter
of Jean Goulet and Appoline Comeau of Maria,
at Bonaventure in September 1831.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1834 and 1849, Louise gave
Pierre-Joseph eight children, five sons and three daughters.
Jean-Urbain's younger son Jean-Ubald, born at Bonaventure in c1805, married Lucille, daughter
of Jean-Marie Bernard and Lutine Babin and
widow of Joseph Cayouette, at Bonaventure in October 1833.
Joseph, père's fourth and youngest son
Jean, born at Chignecto in c1746, followed his
family into exile, perhaps on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, and married Marie, daughter of Pierre Surette
and Catherine Breau of Minas, in c1765, place unrecorded. The marriage was
blessed at Halifax in June 1769.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1765 and 1766, Marie gave Jean two
daughters. They settled on Rivière St.-Jean, present-day New Brunswick, in
1770.
Michaud l'aîné's sixth and youngest son
Alexandre, born probably at Chignecto in the late 1700s or early 1710s, evidently did not survive childhood.
François's second son Alexandre
dit Bellehumeur, born at Port-Royal in c1671, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Melanson and
Marguerite Mius d'Entremont, at Port-Royal in c1694 but settled at Minas,
where, from 1711 to 1744, Alexandre served as a surveyor, a delegate to the colonial Council, and as a judge and
notary. Between 1695 and 1722, at Minas, Marguerite gave Bellehumeur 15
children, seven sons and eight daughters. A widower, he followed his
daughter Anne, wife of resistance fighter Joseph LeBlanc
dit Le Maigre, to Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, where a French official
counted them in February 1752; the official said Bellehumeur was age 84.
Probably in 1758, after the fall of Louisbourg that July, Bellehumeur followed
his daughter's family across Mer Rouge into refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He died
at Richibouctou on the Gulf shore in 1760, in his late 80s (his burial record
says he was 102!). His daughters married into the LeBlanc, Babin, Doucet, Godin dit Lincour and dit
Châtillon dit Préville, and Landry families. One of the younger
ones
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1766. Five of Bellehumeur's eight sons created their own families.
His youngest son emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
in 1765.
Oldest son
Pierre, born at Minas in the early 1700s, may not have survived childhood.
Bellehumeur's second son Alexandre,
fils, born at Minas in October 1709,
married Marie, daughter of René Hébert and Marie Boudrot, at
Grand-Pré in January 1734.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1755, Marie gave Alexandre,
fils seven children, five sons and two daughters. They evidently
escaped the British in 1755 and found refuge in Canada. Arsenault says Alexandre, fils was
a flour vendor at St.-François-du-Sud near Montmagny on the St. Lawrence below Québec in 1768.
He died at St.-François-du-Sud in June 1770, age 60. One of
his daughters married into the Dumas family at Montmagny.
Four of his five sons created their own families there.
Alexandre, fils's second son Joseph le jeune, born probably at Minas in c1747,
followed his family to Canada, where he married Marie-Félicité, daughter of Jean
Morin and Félicité Lemieux, at Montmagny in
January 1776.
Alexandre, fils's third son François, born probably at Minas in c1749, followed his family to
Canada, where he Marie-Louise, daughter of Charles Doyon and
Marie-Louise Rancourt, at St.-Joseph-de-Beauce on Rivière
Chaudière in the interior south of Québec City in November 1775, and remarried
to Marie-Louise Dion at Ste.-Marie-de-Beauce farther downriver
in February 1794.
Alexandre, fils's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1750, followed his
family to Canada, where he married Marie-Françoise, daughter of Antoine
Morin and Marguerite Daviau, at Montmagny in October
1770.
Alexandre, fils's fifth and youngest son
Paul, born at either
Minas or in exile in 1755, followed his family to Canada, where he married
Marguerite Bernard at Montmagny in September 1787.
Bellehumeur's
third son Paul, born at Minas in c1715, married Judith, daughter of Guillaume Hébert and
Marie-Josèphe Dupuis, at Grand-Pré in February 1740 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1747, Judith gave Paul four
children, two sons and two daughters. The British deported them to
Pennsylvania in 1755. They were still there in June 1763.
Paul died probably in Pennsylvania before November 1771.
One wonders why they remained in the Quaker colony.
Bellehumeur's fourth son Michel, born at Minas in c1717, married Jeanne, also called Anne,
daughter of Étienne Hébert and Anne Dugas, probably at Minas in
c1743 and settled at Village des Aucoin at Rivière-aux-Canards.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1754, at Minas, Jeanne gave
Michel seven children, three sons and four daughters. The British deported
them to Virginia in 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to England in 1756.
Wife Jeanne died
there, and Michel remarried to Brigitte, daughter of René Martin
and Marie Mignier and widow of Séraphin Breau, in England in
January 1759. They were repatriated to France aboard La Dorothée
in May 1763 with other Acadians in England and settled at St.-Suliac, on the
river south of
St.-Malo. They were counted at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1766 but did not remain in France. In 1771, one of their married daughters returned
to North America, followed by a son in 1772 via one of the British-controlled Channel Islands off the western coast
of Brittany. The rest of the family followed in 1774. Back in North
America, they helped establish the Acadian settlement at the British-controlled
fishery at Carleton in Gaspésie on
the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs, where their oldest son was serving as
a missionary. According to Stephen White, Michel died soon after the
family reached the warm water bay. His daughters from both wives married into the
Gravois, Bourg, LeBlanc,
Richard, and Arsenault families in France and
Gaspésie, and one of them, Marie-Madeleine by first wife Jeanne, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from Île St.-Pierre in 1788. One of Michel's three sons became a
priest in France and served as a missionary in Gaspésie, and another of
Michels's son created his own family in Gaspésie.
Oldest son
Joseph-Mathurin, called Mathurin, born at Minas in c1744, followed his
family to Virginia, England, and France. In 1767, at age 23, he went to
Paris with stepbrother Jean-Baptiste Breau to study for the priesthood with Father du Saint-Esprit.
Mathurin and Jean-Baptiste were sent to
Canada in 1772 to serve as a missionaries on the Baie des Chaleurs, where their
family joined them two years later. Mathurin remained at his post on Chaleur Bay until
1795 and died at St.-Laurent near Montréal in August 1797, age 53.
Michel's second son Charles, born at Minas in c1750, followed his family to
Virginia, England, and France. In March 1772, with the purpose of
returning to North America, he slipped away to the British-controlled Isle of
Jersey off the western coast of Brittany, and his family followed two years
later. Charles married Théotiste, daughter of Jean Savoie
and Anne Landry of Miramichi, at Carleton in Gaspésie in June 1778, where his
older brother was serving as a missionary.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1779 and 1792, Théotiste gave Charles
five children, two sons and three daughters. His three daughters married
into the Bernard, Degrâce, LeBlanc,
and Caissie families at Carleton. His two sons also
created their own families there.
Older son Édouard-Jean-Michel, born at Carleton in c1781, married
Henriette, daughter of Claude Landry and Hélène Dugas,
at Carleton in November 1810.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1811 and 1813, Henriette gave Édouard two
children, both daughters. He remarried Félicité, daughter of Pierre
Audet and Louise Arsenault, at Carleton in
January 1817.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1818 and 1821, Félicité gave Édouard
three more daughters.
Charles's younger son Constant-Amand, born at Carleton in c1792, married Clarisse,
daughter of Joseph LeBlanc and Françoise Dugas,
at Carleton in November 1810, on the same day his older brother Édouard married
his first wife.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1813 and 1826, Clarisse gave Constant
eight children, two sons and six daughters.
Michel's third and youngest son Pierre, born at Minas in c1752, followed his family
to Virginia, England, and France. Did he also accompany them to North
America in the 1770s, or did he remain in the mother country?
Bellehumeur's fifth son
Bénoni, born at Minas in November 1718, married Françoise, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Anne Thériot,
at Grand-Pré in January 1745 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1745 and 1747, Françoise gave Bénoni two
children, a daughter and a son. The British deported them to Pennsylvania
in 1755. They were still there in June 1763.
Bénoni died probably in Pennsylvania before November
1771. Why did they remain in the British colony?
Bellehumeur's sixth son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in October 1720, may not have survived childhood.
Bellehumeur's seventh and
youngest son Joseph, born at Minas in May 1722, married Marie Landry probably at Minas in c1744
and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1748, Marie gave Joseph three
children, two sons and a daughter, but other records hint that she gave him at
least six children. The British deported them to Pennsylvania in 1755.
They were still there in June 1763, when Joseph wife Marie and six
children appeared on a repatriation list circulating in the colony. Perhaps soon after the counting they slipped away and returned
to Nova Scotia. Joseph, Marie, and five of their children, four sons and a
daughter, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.
Joseph died before July of that year, when his wife remarried to a Savoie
widower in New Orleans, so Joseph may not have survived the voyage. Marie
took her children to the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the
river above New Orleans and died by
October 1766, when her second husband remarried at New Orleans. Joseph's
daughter Marguerite married into the Cormier family at
Cabahannocer and followed her husband across the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas District, where, still in
her 20s, she died by January 1779, when her husband remarried. Two,
perhaps three,
of Joseph's four sons created their
own families on the river and the prairies.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Minas in December 1745, followed
his family to Pennsylvania, Nova Scotia, and Louisiana, settled with them at
Cabahannocer, and may have married fellow Acadian Marie Dugas at New
Orleans in c1768. One wonders if he fathered any children and if he
remained at Cabahannocer.
Joseph's second son Pierre, born at Minas in c1750, followed his family to
Pennsylvania, Nova Scotia, and Louisiana. He married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Cormier, père and Madeleine Richard
of Chignecto and sister of his sister Marguerite's husband, at St.-Jacques of
Cabahannocer in January 1772. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1771[sic] and 1778, Anastasie gave Pierre six children, a son
and six daughters, but Louisiana records give them two more sons in 1781 and
1788. Their daughters married into
the Guidry and LeBoeuf families. Two of
Pierre's three sons married into the Oubre and Belmere
families on the river, but only one of the lines endured.
Joseph's third son Jean, born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in c1759, followed his
famliy to Nova Scotia and Louisiana and settled with them at
Cabahannocer on the river, but he did not remain there. He
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Richard and Marguerite
Dugas, at Opelousas west of the Atchafalaya Basin in March
1784. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1786 and 1810, Marguerite gave
Jean 13 children, six sons and seven dauthters, but Louisiana records give them
seven sons. Jean died at his home at La Prairie Basse du Grand Coteau at the
southern edge of St. Landry Parish in January 1814, age 55. His daughters
married into the Babineaux, Beard,
Benoit, Breaux, Caruthers, and
Royer families on the prairies. Five of his seven sons
married into the Mayhe, Léger,
Desormeaux, Savoie, and Richard
families, but not all of the lines endured.
Joseph's fourth and youngest son
Charles, born c1762 probably in
Pennsylvania, followed his parents to
Nova Scotia and Louisiana and settled with them at Cabahannocer, where, at age 15, he was
counted with brother Pierre in January 1777. He then
disappears from the historical record. He probably did not marry.
François's third and youngest son
Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1683, survived childhood but did not marry.
Antoine's second
son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1646, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Martin and Catherine
Vigneau, at Port-Royal in 1667. Between 1668 and
1690, Marguerite gave
Jean nine children, two sons and seven daughters. Jean died at Port-Royal
between 1693 and 1698, in late 40s or early 50s. Six of their daughters
married into the Thibodeau, Naquin dit L'Étoile, Dubois,
Robichaud dit Cadet, Gaudet, Turpin dit La
Giroflée, Triel dit Triquel dit Patron, and Guérin
dit Laforge families. Both of Jean's sons created families of their
own at Minas and Cobeguit.
Older son
Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1684, married Marie-Catherine, daughter of Nicolas Barrieau and
Martine Hébert, probably at Port-Royal in c1706 and settled at Minas.
Between 1707 and 1717, at Minas, Marie-Catherine gave Jean, fils six children, four
sons and two daughters, all of whom married.
Jean, fils remarried to Françoise, daughter of Martin Aucoin and
Marie Gaudet, probably at Minas in c1719. Between 1720
and 1732, at Minas, Françoise gave Jean, fils six more children, two sons and four
daughters. Jean, fils took his family to Île St.-Jean in 1750. In August
1752, a French official counted Jean, fils, Françoise, and four of their unmarried
children at Rivière-de-l'Ouest on the south side of the island near son Charles
and his family. Jean, fils died on the island in February 1757, age 74.
His daughters by both wives married into the Dugas,
Breau, LeBlanc, Doiron, Pitre, and Landry families at Cobeguit and
on Île St.-Jean. Five of his six sons from both wives created their own families,
most of them devastated by the deportations of 1758.
Oldest son
Jean III (who Bona Arsenault attributes to Jean's first cousin Michel dit
Michaud), by first wife Marie-Catherine Barrieau, born at Minas in c1707, married Marie,
daughter of Marc Pitre and Jeanne Brun and widow of Charles
Lapierre, in c1733 probably at Minas and moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1751.
According to Arsenault, between 1735 and 1748, Marie gave Jean III five children, three sons and two daughters. In
August 1752, a French official counted Jean III, Marie, and their five children at Rivière-des-Blonds on the south shore of the island near his
brothers Alexandre and François.
The British deported Jean III and his family to France in 1758. Wife Marie
died at sea. Oldest daughter Marguerite died in a St.-Malo hospital in
March 1756, age 26, probably from the rigors of the crossing. Jean III died at Village aux Génilles
near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, on the river south of St.-Malo, in April, age
52, probably from the rigors of deportation. His remaining daughter,
Marie,
married into the Henry family in France. All three of his
sons created their own families in the mother country, and one of them, along
with a nephew, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son Jean IV, born probably at Minas in c1735, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean. He married Marie Aucoin in c1758 on the
eve of the island's dérangement. They survived the deportation to
St.-Malo and settled at nearby Pleudihen-sur-Rance. Between 1760 and 1764, Marie
gave Jean IV three children, a son and two daughters, but the younger daughter
died young. Jean IV remarried to Anne-Josèphe, daughter of Jean
Daigre and Marie Breau, at Pleudihen in May 1767.
Between 1768 and 1785, at Pleudihen, Anne-Josèphe gave Jean IV 13 more children,
four sons and nine daughters, four of whom, a son and three daughters, died
young. As the birth dates of his younger children indicate, Jean IV did not take his family to Poitou in the early 1770s nor to
Nantes later in the decade. In 1785, only a few weeks after their youngest
daughter was born, Jean IV, Anne-Josèphe, and eight of their children, three
sons and five daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. His oldest
children from first wife Marie--Joseph-Firmin and Rose-Perrine, who would have
been ages 25 and 24 in 1785--and a daughter from his second wife--Anne-Jeanne,
only age 10 in 1785--either died in France or chose to remain in the mother
country (one suspects that the 10-year-old was dead by then). From New
Orleans, Jean IV and his family followed most of their fellow passengers to Bayou des
Écores in the New Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge. Anne-Josphe
gave Jean IV no more
children in Louisiana. Their three youngest children, two sons and a
daughter, evidently died at Bayou des Écores. When the Acadians abandoned
the settlement in the early 1790s, Jean IV took his family to upper Bayou
Lafourche. Four of his daughters, all from second wife Anne-Josèphe, married into the Comeaux,
Albert, Aucoin, and Henry
families on the river and on the upper Lafourche. Only one of his sons
married, into the Comeau family, but his family line did not survive.
Jean III's second son François, born probably at Minas in c1738, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean and married Anne Aucoin, perhaps the sister of
his older brother, in c1758 on the
eve of the island's dérangement. They survived the deportation to
St.-Malo and settled at Pleudihen-sur-Rance. Between 1760 and 1774, Anne gave
François seven children, a son and six daughters, but the son and three of
youngest daughters did not survive childhood. François, evidently a
sailor, died at age 36 "on le Roche de L'isle Aigot" in March 1775 and
was buried at Pleudihen. His two older daughters married into the
Daigre family in France. None of them, nor their mother Anne,
emigrated to Louisiana in 1785.
Jean III's third son Charles, born probably at Minas in c1746, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo, France, where he worked as a seaman. He married
Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Thibodeau and Susanne Comeau,
at Pleudihen-sur-Rance in January 1768. Between 1769 and 1771, at Pleudihen, Anne
gave Charles three children, a son and two daughters, but the daughters died
young. Charles took his family to Poitou in 1773, and Anne gave him two
more children there, a daughter and a son, but they lost this daughter as well.
Charles, Anne, and their two sons retreated to the port city of Nantes with
dozens of other Poitou Acadians in November 1775. She gave him two more
sons there in 1776 and 1779, but both of them died in childhood. Charles
died at Nantes by December 1781, when Anne remarried in Ste.-Croix Parish to a
Frenchman from Rennes, Brittany. She and her second husband remained in
France in 1785. Her younger Bourg son, Alexis, born at Châtellerault
in July 1774, evidently remained with her. Her older
Bourg son, however, emigrated to the Spanish colony.
Oldest son Pierre-Jean, born at La Villeger
near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in August
1770, followed his family to Poitou and Nantes. Still in his teens, he was
the only member of his immediate family to go to Louisiana, likely aboard one of
the Seven Ships in 1785. He first appears in Louisiana
records on upper Bayou Lafourche in January 1791. He worked as an
engagé, or hired hand, with several families into the late 1790s and
married Madeleine-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre-Olivier Pitre and
Rosalie Hébert of Nantes, at Assumption on the upper bayou in
June 1798. Their daughter married into the Guillot
family. Seven of Pierre-Jean's eight sons also married, into the Roger,
Thibodeaux, Boudreaux, Hernandez,
Guillot, LeBlanc, and Lopez
families, and most of the lines endured in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley.
Jean, fils's second son Alexandre, by first wife Marie-Catherine Barrieau, born at Minas in January 1709, married Ursule, daughter of Jacques
Hébert and Marguerite Landry, at Grand-Pré in October 1735 and moved
on to Île St.-Jean in 1750. Between 1736
and 1757, Ursule gave Alexandre eight children, three sons and five daughters. In August 1752, a French official counted
Alexandre, Ursule, and six of their chldren at Rivière-des-Blonds near his
brothers Jean and François on the south shore of the island. Alexandre died during the deportation to
St.-Malo, France, in 1758, age 49. Four of his younger children also died
at sea; only a married son and his son's wife, and two of Alexandre's daughters, survived the crossing with wife Ursule.
She settled with her son and daughters at St.-Énogat, today's Dinard, across
from St.-Malo and remarried to a
Melanson widower there in April 1761; she gave him no more
children. Two of Alexandre's daughters married into the Doiron
and Henry families in France, and one of them emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Only one of Alexandre's three sons created a family of
his own.
Oldest son Joseph le jeune, born probably at Minas in c1736, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and married Marguerite Aucoin in c1758, on the eve
of the island's dérangement. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, soon after their marriage, they survived the crossing and settled at St.-Énogat near
his widowed mother and two sisters. Between 1760 and 1777, at St.-Énogat, Marguerite gave Joseph 10
children, three sons and seven daughters, but three of them died young.
Joseph le jeune did not take his family to Poitou or Nantes, nor did he and his family
emigrate to Spanish Louisiana. He may have been the Joseph Bourg,
an aging fisherman, counted at Pleurtuit near St.-Énogat in 1793 during the
French Revolution. One wonders how many of his remaining children--Joseph,
fils, born in May 1760; Jean-Christophe, born in December 1761;
Hélène-Germain in March 1765; Marguerite-Josèphe in August 1767; Anne-Françoise
in May 1769; Isabelle-Laurence in August 1773; and Charles-Simon in July
1777--created their own families in the mother country.
Jean, fils's third son Joseph, by first wife Marie-Catherine Barrieau, born at Minas in c1711,
married Françoise, daughter of Joseph Dugas and Claire Bourg,
probably at Minas in c1735 and moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1751.
(Bona Arsenault attributes Joseph to Jean, fils's cousin Pierre à
Martin.)
According to Arsenault, between 1736 and 1752, Françoise gave Joseph eight
children, four sons and four daughters.
In August 1752, a French official counted Joseph, Françoise, and their eight children
on the north side of Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the interior of the island.
Joseph remarried to
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Henry and Marie Hébert, at
Port-La-Joye on the island in July 1754.
According to Bona Arsenault, who does not mention Joseph's first marriage, Marie
gave Joseph another son on the island in c1756.
The British deported them to France in 1758. Joseph died in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish,
Cherbourg, France, in December 1758, age 47, probably from the rigors of
the crossing.
One of Joseph's younger daughters married into the Longuépée
family in France and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785.
His oldest son emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765,
so he may not have accompanied his family to France.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, by first wife Françoise Dugas,
born probably at Minas in c1735, was counted with his family at
Rivière-du-Nord-Est in August 1752. He may have returned to British Nova Scotia sometime between then and 1755,
escaped the British roundup in 1755, and joined other Acadian refugees on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, or he may have left Île St.-Jean between 1755 and
1758 and gone from the island directly to the Gulf shore.
It is also possible, but not likely, that he followed his family to France in
1758 but managed to return to North America soon after his arrival. He
married Anne-Marguerite or Marguerite-Anne Léger in the late
1750s or early 1760s while in exile, either was captured by, or surrendered to
the British, and ended up in a Nova Scotia prison camp with hundreds of
other Acadians. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1761 and 1763,
Anne-Marguerite gave Joseph three children, twin daughters and a son. In
1765, now a widower with two young children (one of his twin daughters having died by
then), he followed other Acadian refugees in Nova Scotia to Louisiana and settled at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. He
remarried to fellow Acadian Marie LeBlanc, widow of Joseph Richard,
at Cabahannocer in March 1767. Arsenault says that between 1766[sic]
and 1771, Marie gave Joseph four more children, two sons and two daughters.
Louisiana records show that in May 1771 Marie gave Joseph a set of twins, a son
and a daughter. She may have died giving birth to them. Joseph
remarried again--his third marriage--to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
La Croix dit Durel and Judith Chiasson
of Île St.-Jean and widow of Joseph Préjean, at Ascension on
the river above Cabahannocer in June 1772. They remained at Cabahannocer,
later called St.-Jacques and St. James.
Arsenault says Marguerite gave Joseph another daughter in 1774. Joseph died in St. James Parish in January 1812, in his late 70s. His daughters
by his three wives married into the Vesiers, Torbert,
Gravois, Causin, and Verret
families. Two of his sons by his first two wives--the older one born in
Nova Scotia, the younger one the twin born at Cabahanncoer--married into the
Blanchard and Mire families and created
lasting lines on the river. The younger son's line was especially
vigorous.
Jean, fils's fourth son François
l'aîné, by first wife Marie-Catherine Barrieau, born at Minas in c1717, married Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of
Jacques Hébert and Marguerite Landry,
at Grand-Pré in November 1739, settled at Cobeguit and moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1751.
Between 1740 and 1754, at Cobeguit and on Île St.-Jean, Marie-Josèphe gave François
seven children, three sons and four daughters. In August 1752, a French official counted François, Marie-Josèphe (he called
her Marguerite), and five of their children at Rivière-des-Blonds on the south
shore of the island near his
brothers Jean and Alexandre.
Marie-Josèphe died on the island soon after 1754. The British
deported François and his children to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. François,
age 41, died during the crossing, as did his three youngest children, a
son and two daughters. Another daughter died in a St.-Malo hospital in March
1759. His only remaining daughter,
Françoise, married into the Henry family in France. His two older
sons also created their own families there and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana, but
neither of the lines seems to have survived there.
Older son Charles le jeune, born at Cobeguit in c1740, followed his
family to Île St-Jean and his widowed father to St.-Malo, France. He
settled at St.-Énogat, today's Dinard, across from St.-Malo, and married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc
and Françoise Thériot, at nearby Pleurtuit in February
1767. They remained at St.-Énogat. In 1773, they did not go to Poitou with most
of the other Acadians in the St.-Malo area, nor did they move on to Nantes in 1775-76
when most of the Poitou Acadians resettled there. They did emigrate to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and followed most of their fellow passengers to Bayou des
Écores on the river above Baton Rouge. In the early 1790s, when most of
the Acadians at Bayou des Écores abandoned the settlement, Charles and
Marguerite resettled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where they evidently spent their
final days. They evidently were that rare Acadian couple who had no
children.
François
l'aîné's younger son Jean le jeune, born probably at Cobeguit in c1743, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and his widowed father to St.-Malo, France. He settled at
nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. In March 1760, he signed on for corsair duty aboard La
Biche, was captured by the Royal Navy, and held in an English prison-of-war
compound until the end of the war. In May 1763, he was repatriated to France
with other Acadians in England and returned to St.-Malo. He joined his older brother
at St.-Énogat and married Marie, daughter of Ambroise Dupuis
and Anne Aucoin of Minas, at Plouër-sur-Rance, south of
St.-Énogat, in February 1768.
Between 1769 and 1772, at St.-Énogat, Marie gave Jean le jeune four
children, a son and three daughters, but the son and one of the daughters died
young. Jean le jeune took Marie and their two daughters to Poitou
in 1773. In 1774, Marie gave him another daughter there, but
the baby died in September 1775. Three months later, Jean le jeune,
Marie, and their two remaining daughters retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where Marie gave Jean le jeune
another daughter in October 1776. They were back at St.-Énogat, probably
by ship, in August 1778. From then until 1785, at St.-Énogat, Marie gave
Jean le jeune four more children, three sons and a daughter--10
children in all--but the
daughter and one of the sons evidently died young. Jean le jeune,
Marie, and their five remaining children, two sons and three daughters,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. They followed the most of their fellow
passengers to Bayou des Écores on the river above Baton Rouge. When the
Acadians abandoned the settlement in the early 1790s, Jean le jeune and
his family were among the minority of them who remained. Sons Yves-Jean
and Jean-Baptiste-Simon-Louis, ages 6 and 1 in 1785, may not have survived
childhood or even the crossing from France; Louisiana records reveal no
marriages for them. Nor do any of Jean le jeune's three daughters--Marguerite-Marie, Isabelle-Germaine, and Marie, ages 16,
12, and 8 in 1785--appear in Louisiana marriage records. Daughter Isabelle-Germaine
may have resettled on upper Bayou Lafourche and lived to a ripe old age.
Jean, fils's fifth Charles, by second wife Françoise Aucoin, born at Minas in c1720, married Madeleine-Marguerite Blanchard perhaps at Minas in c1746
and moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1750.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and 1755, Madeleine-Marguerite gave
Charles five children, two sons and three daughters. In August 1752, a French official
counted Charles, Madeleine, and three of their children at Rivière-de-l'Ouest
on the south side of the island near his father. They evidently left the island before the British roundup
of 1758 and sought refuge in Canada. Charles died at Québec in December
1757, age 37, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian
refugees there that fall and winter.
Jean, fils's sixth and youngest son François
le jeune,
by his second Françoise Aucoin, born at Minas in c1732, survived childhood but did not marry.
Jean, père's younger son Louis (who Bona Arsenault calls
François-Louis and attributes to Jean's younger brother Martin), born probably at Port-Royal in
c1690, married Cécile, daughter of
François Michel and Marguerite Meunier, in c1721, place
unrecorded, and moved on to
Île St.-Jean in 1750. According to Arsenault, between 1722 and 1744,
Cécile gave Louis eight children, four sons and four daughters. In August
1752, a French official counted Louis, Cécile, and seven of their children at
Rivière-aux-Crapauds on the south shore of the island near his married son
Jean-Baptiste. Louis died in 1758 during the crossing to France, in his
late 50s. Wife Cécile did not remarry in France. After burying three of her sons
there, she may have followed her youngest son from Pleudihen-sur-Rance to Poitou
and Nantes in the 1770s and died at St.-Martin de Chantenay, near Nantes, in
August 1781, age 86. Two of her daughters married into the Guillot,
Metra, and Hamon families in France. All
four of her sons created their own families on Île St.-Jean and in France.
None of them, including the youngest, were still living when hundreds of their fellow Acadians emigrated
to Louisiana in 1785, but Cécile's
married daughters, as well as her youngest son's widow and three of her sons, did go to the Spanish
colony.
Oldest son Eustache, born in Nova Scotia in c1722, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and married Marguerite, daughter of Abraham Daigre
and Marie Boudrot, at Port-La-Joye on the island in October
1752, two months after a French official had counted him with his parents and
siblings at nearby Rivière-aux-Crapauds.
Between 1752 and 1757, Marguerite gave Eustache three children, two sons and a
daughter, on the island. The British deported them to St.-Malo,
France, in 1758. Eustache, age 36, and all of his children died during the
crossing. Eustache, in fact, died in the English port of Plymouth when
their ship took refuge there before moving on to St.-Malo. Widow Marguerite,
alone now, survived the crossing. In April 1759, three months after
reaching St.-Malo, she secured permission to move on to Cherbourg in Normandy.
In November 1763, at Le Havre, where she evidently resettled, she
remarried to a Lavergne from Chignecto.
Louis's second son Jean-Baptiste, born in Nova Scotia in c1723, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and married Marie-Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of Thomas
Doiron and Anne Girouard, at Port-La-Joye in
January 1751.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1752 and 1753, Françoise gave Jean-Baptiste two
children, a son and a daughter. In August 1752, a French official counted
Jean-Baptiste, Françoise, and their 7-month-old son at Rivière-aux-Crapauds on
the south shore of the island near his parents and siblings. One wonders
what happened to them in 1758.
Louis's third son Louis, fils, born in Nova Scotia in c1731, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and married Anne, daughter of Germain Pitre,
in c1758 on the eve of the island's dérangement. The British
deported them to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Louis, fils died at
the hospital in St.-Malo in March 1759, age 28, from the rigors of the crossing,
before he could father any children. His widow Anne Pitre remarried to a Gautrot
widower at St.-Suliac, south of St.-Malo, in November 1764, gave him more
children, and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Louis, père's fourth and youngest son
Charles, born in Nova Scotia in c1738, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo, France, where he married Madeleine
Blanchard in c1759 soon after reaching the port. Between 1760 and
1773, at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo, Madeleine gave Charles seven children, three sons and four daughters, four
of whom, three daughters and a son, died young. Charles took his family,
likely including his mother Cécile, to
Poitou in 1773. Madeleine gave him another son there in 1776, but the boy
died less than a week after his birth. In early 1776, Charles, Madeleine,
and their three remaining children, probably with his mother Cécile in tow, retreated with dozens of other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Madeleine gave Charles another son
there in 1777--nine children in all. Charles died at Nantes before September 1784, in his 40s.
Oldest son Lucien married probably at Nantes in the early 1780s. In 1785,
Widow Madeleine, who never remarried, took her two unmarried sons to Louisiana.
Her married son also took his family there. The younger sons created their own families in the Spanish colony. One wonders if Charles
and Madeleine's oldest daughter Cécile-Jean[sic], born at Pleudihen-sur-Rance in
April 1760, survived childhood, and, if so, did she marry in France; she did not
go with her family to Louisiana.
Oldest son
Lucien, born at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in October 1763, followed his family to
Poitou and Nantes and became a carpenter. He married Marie-Élisabeth or
-Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Trahan and Marguerite
Duhon of Rivière-aux-Canards, probably at Nantes in the early 1780s.
They followed his widowed mother and two younger brothers to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785, but they did not follow them and most of their fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche. Instead, they followed Marie-Élisabeth's family to
the Attakapas District west of the Atchafalaya Basin and settled on upper Bayou
Vermilion. Marie-Élisabeth was pregnant on the voyage and gave birth to
their first child, a son, at Attakpas in April 1786. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1786 and 1803, Marie-Isabelle gave Lucien six children, three
sons and three daughters. Lucien died in
Lafayette Parish in September 1841, age 77. His daughters married into the
Broussard, Duhon, and Montet
families. All three of his sons married, into the Duhon,
Landry, and Parr families, and established
lasting lines on the western praires.
Charles's third son
Jean-Charles, called Charles, born at Pleudihen-sur-Rance in July 1773, followed his
family to Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother and younger brother to
Spanish Louisiana. He lived with his mother and younger brother on upper Bayou
Lafourche until 1798, when he followed her to the Attakapas District, where his older
brother had settled in 1785. Charles, at age 34, married Marie-Louise,
daughter of Jean Trahan and Madeleine Hébert
of Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, at Attakapas in October 1798, on the same day and
at the same place where his younger brother Joseph-Florent married Marie-Louise's
sister. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1802 and 1803, Marie-Louise gave
Charles two daughters. He died "of dropsy" in Lafayette Parish in January 1824, age
50. One of his daughters married into the Frederick
family. Having had no sons, this family line, except for its blood, did
not endure in the Bayou States.
Charles's fifth
and youngest son Joseph-Florent, the second with the name, baptized at
St.-Martin de Chantenay, near Nantes, in October 1777, followed his widowed
mother and older brother to Spanish Louisiana. He lived with his mother and brother on upper Bayou Lafourche until 1798, when he followed them to the Attakapas District, where his
oldest brother had settled in 1785. At age 21, Joseph married
Jeanne-Félicité, called Félicité, another daughter of Jean Trahan
and Madeleine Hébert, at Attakapas in October 1798, on the same
day and at the same place where his older brother Jean-Charles married Félicité's
sister. According to Bona Arsenault, from 1799 to 1810, Félicité gave
Joseph four children, two sons and two daughters, but Louisiana records give
them a third son. Joseph died in Lafayette Parish in March 1840, age 62. His
daughters married into the Desormeaux and Mire
families. Two of his three sons married into the Thibeaux
and Landry families and established vigorous lines on the
prairies.
Antoine's third
son Bernard, born at Port-Royal in c1648, married Françoise, daughter of Vincent Brun and Renée
Breau, at Port-Royal in c1670 and remained there. Between 1671 and
1692, Françoise gave
Bernard 13 children, two sons and 11 daughters. Bernard died at
Port-Royal, date unrecorded. Nine of his daughtesr
married into the Daigre, Dugas, Guilbeau, Melanson,
Babineau dit Deslauriers, and Granger families. Only one of his two sons
created his own family, but the line was a vigorous one.
Older son
René,
born at Port-Royal in c1676,
survived childhood but did not marry.
Bernard's younger son
Abraham le jeune,
born at Port-Royal in c1685, married Marie, daughter of
Claude Dugas and Françoise Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in November
1709 and remained there. Between 1712 and 1735, Françoise gave Abraham le jeune 11
children, seven sons and four daughters, all of whom married. Abraham
le jeune died at Annapolis Royal in April 1751, age 66. His
daughters married into the Comeau, Babineau dit
Deslauriers, Pellerin, and
Amireau families.
Oldest son
François,
born at Annapolis Royal in March 1712, married
Madeleine, daughter of Alexandre Comeau and Marguerite Doucet, at
Annapolis Royal in November 1735. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1736 and 1750, at Annapolis Royal, Madeleine gave François seven children, four
sons and three daughters. According to Stephen White,
François died at Annapolis Royal in April 1751, age 39, on the
same day and at the same place where his father died. According to
Arsenault, at least one of François's sons created his own family.
Oldest son
Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1736, escaped the British in 1755 and married Marie Girouard
in c1759 during exile. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Joseph a
daughter at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in September 1760, soon after the British attacked the
French stronghold. Joseph likely was one of the Joseph Bourgs
counted with a thousand other Acadians at Restigouche in late October 1760.
One wonders what happened to him and family after 1760.
Abraham le jeune's second son Claude,
born at Annapolis Royal in January 1716, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Alexandre Lord and Marie-Françoise Barrieu,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1748.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and
1754, at Annapolis Royal, Marie-Josèphe gave Claude three children, all sons.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755. Did they escape the British,
seek refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, surrender to, or were captured
by, British forces in the area, and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia? Claude died
in exile before 1760, in his 40s, while being held in the prison compound at Halifax.
One wonders what happened to his wife and sons.
Abraham le jeune's third son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in
March 1718, married
Marguerite-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Charles Blanchard and
Madeleine Girouard, at Annapolis Royal in January 1744. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1758, at Annapolis Royal, Petitcoudiac, and in
exile, Madeleine gave Joseph five children, all daughters. One wonders
what happened to them in 1755. According to
Stephen White, Joseph died
between 1754 and 1757, place not mentioned, but Arsenault contends that Joseph à Abraham
settled at Batiscan on the upper St. Lawrence between Québec and Troise-Rivières
in c1766 after Le Grand Dérangement. According to Arsenault, four
of Joseph's daughters married into the Caissie,
Thifault, and Lemnay families at Batiscan.
Abraham le jeune's fourth son Honoré, born at Annapolis Royal in
January 1720, married
Madeleine, daughter of François Amireau and Madeleine Lord of
Pobomcoup, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1749 and settled there.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Abraham le jeune's fifth son Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in
March 1726, married
Cécile, daughter of René Doucet and Marie Broussard, at Annapolis
Royal in January 1752. According to Bona Arsenault, Cécile gave Charles a
daughter in 1753. Arsenault says the British deported Charles and his
family to Massachusetts in 1755, but Charles appeared on a repatriation list in Connecticut in 1763.
Cécile and their daughter, whose name, Arsenault says, has been lost to history,
died either at Annapolis Royal or in New England during exile. Charles remarried to Anne, daughter of Joseph Richard
and Anne Bastarache, in Connecticut in February 1764 and sanctified the
marriage
at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, today's Chambly, east of Montréal, in October 1768.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1779, in New England and Canada,
Anne gave Charles nine more children, seven sons and two daughters.
According to Bona Arsenault, at least four of Charles's sons, all by second wife
Anne, created their own families in Canada.
Second son Jean-Joseph, born perhaps in Connecticut in c1766, followed his
parents to Canada and married Louise, daughter of Pierre Dumas
and Charlotte-Perrine Boutin, at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in
September 1793.
Charles's fourth son Joseph, born probably at Chambly,
Canada, in c1772, married Marguerite,
daughter of Nicolas Arcan and Marguerite Frenet,
at nearby St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in July 1799.
Charles's fifth son Pierre, born probably at Chambly in c1773, married Marie-Émery,
daughter of Marie-Ours Coderre and Josephte Casavant,
at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in October 1794.
Charles's sixth son Alexis-Amable, born probably at Chambly in c1774, married
Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Renaud and Marguerite
Audet-Lapointe, in September 1797.
Abraham le jeune's sixth son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in
February 1731, evidently escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge in
Canada. He married
Marie-Thérèse, daughter of Pierre Daunay and Marie-Josèphe Denoyon,
at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Canada, in February 1772.
Abraham le jeune's seventh and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in February 1735, likely escaped the
British in 1755, sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore, but may have surrendered to, or been captured by,
them in the early 1760s. After the war with
Britain ended in 1763, he moved to Île St.-Pierre, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of
Newfoundland, where he married Jeanne, daughter of Claude Chaillou and Marthe
Bastrate and widow of Nicolas Cuomel, in October 1763.
In 1764 and 1767, she gave him a son and a daughter on
Île St.-Pierre and on nearby Île Miquelon.
In 1767, French authorities compelled Jean-Baptiste and
other island Acadians to emigrate to La Rochelle,
France, to ease overcrowding on the
Newfoundland islands. They did not return to the
fishery islands with other Acadians in 1768. In 1769 and 1771, Jeanne
gave Jean-Baptiste two more sons probably at La Rochelle. In
1773, Jean-Baptiste took his family to Poitou. Sadly, their oldest son died at
Monthoiron near Châtellerault, in July 1774, but Jeanne
gave Jean-Baptiste another son there in June 1775--five
children, four sons and a daughter, in all. In March 1776,
Jean-Bapiste, Jeanne, and their four remaining children
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes. Jean-Baptiste died at the Hôtel-Dieu there in August 1777, age 42.
Widow Jeanne, still unmarried, emigrated with her four
children to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. They
followed their fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche, where Jeanne died before December
1795, when her children were counted in a Lafourche
valley census without her. Daughter
Marie-Geneviève married into the Moulard
family at New Orleans soon after they reached the
Spanish colony and followed her family to upper Bayou
Lafourche. Jeanne's three remaining
Bourg sons reached adulthood in Louisiana, but
only two of them created their own families there.
Second son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born at La
Rochelle, France, in c1769, followed his family to
Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother to Louisiana.
He married François-Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadians François
Blanchard and Hélène-Judith Giroir
and widow of Jean-Charltes Gautrot, at
Ascension on the river above New Orleans in
February 1793 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Jean-Baptiste, fils died in Assumption Parish
in April 1831, age 62. Two of his eight sons
married Moulard and Bourg
cousins on the river and on Bayou Lafourche, and the
lines likely survived.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third son
André, born in France in c1771, followed
his famliy to Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother
to Louisiana. He was counted with her on upper
Bayou Lafourche in January 1791, age 19, but then
disappears from the historical record. He
probably did not marry.
Jean-Baptiste, père's fourth and youngest son
Charles, born at
Monthoiron, Poitou, France, in June 1775, followed his
family to Nantes and his widowed mother to Louisiana.
He married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph
Dupuis and his second wife Marie
Landry of Minas, at Assumption on the
upper Lafourche in
February 1797; Élisabeth also had been born in Poitou.
Charles died in Assumption Parish in November 1828, age
54. Two of his five sons married into the
Thériot and Dupuis on the
upper bayou, and the lines likely endured.
Antoine's fourth
son Martin, born at Port-Royal in c1650, married Marie, daughter of ___ Potet and Marie Gautrot,
at Port-Royal in c1674 and settled at Cobeguit in the early 1700s. Between
1676 and the early 1700s, Marie gave Martin 11 children, seven sons and four daughters.
Martin died at Cobeguit, no date given. His daughters married into the Thériot and Aucoin families.
Five of his seven sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Abraham
le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1678, married Anne, daughter of
Claude Dugas and Françoise Bourgeois, probably at Port-Royal in
c1704 and settled at
upper Cobeguit, where he served as a delegate to
the colonial Council. Between 1707 and 1710, Anne gave him three
children, a son and two daughters. Abraham le jeune remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean Thériot and Jeanne Landry,
probably at Cobeguit in 1711. Between 1712 and the early 1730s, at
Cobeguit, Marie gave Abraham le jeune six more children, four
sons and two daughters--nine children in all. His daughters by both wives married into the Robichaud, Hébert,
and Dugas families. Four of his five sons by both wives created their own
families.
Oldest son
Pierre,
by first wife Anne Dugas, born at Cobeguit in October 1707, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François
Gautrot and Louise Aucoin, probably at Cobeguit in c1735, though Bona
Arsenault insists that Pierre à Abraham married Marie Landry
in c1728.
According to Arsenault, Marie gave Pierre a daughter in c1730 who married into the Vécot family on Île St.-Jean.
According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France, between
1737 and 1747, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre four children, two sons and two
daughers. Stephen White says Pierre died before 23 January 1759,
which implies that his entire family had moved on to the French Maritimes,
probably Île St.-Jean, and was
deported to France in 1758. Robichaux agrees: Pierre, age 51, died
at sea during the crossing. Younger daughter Marguerite-Josèphe, age 12,
died at St.-Malo in early February 1759, soon after reaching the Breton port, and older
son Ambroise, age 19, died at St.-Malo in March, most likely from the rigors of
the crossing. Widow Marie-Josèphe took her two remaining children to Pleslin
on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo. She did not remarry. Daughter Françoise-Josèphe emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana with her younger brother, lived to a ripe old age, and never
married, but her brother did.
Second son
Jean-Pierre le jeune, also called Pierre, fils, born probably at Cobeguit in c1743, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and St-Malo and settled with his widowed mother and older sister at
Pleslin. In 1768, at age 25, he began studying for the priesthood under
the notorious Abbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre but ended his studies in 1772
after the abbé died. Jean-Pierre le jeune evidently returned to Pleslin to
live with his mother and sister. He worked as a foreman. In 1785,
now age 42 and still single, he emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with his older sister and an
umarried cousin, Élisabeth, daughter of Claude Bourg. They followed
most of their fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche. At age 46, in June 1789, Jean-Pierre le jeune
married Marguerite, 46-year
old daughter of Michel Richard and Françoise Thériot,
at St.-Jacques of Cabahannocer on the river, but they settled on upper Bayou
Lafourche. Despite her age, Marguerite gave Jean-Pierre a son,
Jean-Pierre, fils, who died in May 1806, age unrecorded, but he could
not have been more than 15 or 16. This line of the family died with him.
Abraham le
jeune's second son, name unrecorded,
from second wife Marie Thériot, born at
Cobeguit in the early 1710s, died an infant.
Abraham le
jeune's third son Jean-Pierre,
by second wife Marie Thériot, born at Cobeguit in the late 1710s, married Élisabeth, daughter of Jean Hébert and
Marie-Marguerite Landry, probably at Cobeguit in c1742. According
to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France, Marie-Josèphe,
age 9, and Théodore, age 12, orphan children of Jean Bourg and
Isabelle Hébert, were deported to St.-Malo, France, probably
from Île St.-Jean in 1758 with the family of François Bourg and survived the crossing. Stephen White says
Jean-Pierre à Abraham died before 23 January 1759, so the childrens'
parents evidently did not survive the crossing. Robichaux says
Marie-Josèphe lived with her brother at Pleslin near St.-Malo until she died
there in December 1762, age 13. Her brother, on the other hand, survived childhood
and created his own family.
Only son
Théodore, born
probably at Cobeguit in c1746, accompanied his family to Île St.-Jean and his
younger sister to St.-Malo in 1758 and settled at nearby Pleslin. He
married Anne, daughter of Joseph Granger and Marguerite
Gautrot and widow of Pierre Bonnière, at St.-Coulomb,
in the countryside east of St.-Malo, in June 1764 and settled there. Between 1765 and 1770, Anne
gave Théodore four children, a son and three daughters, but the youngest
daughter died young. Théodore, Anne, and their three remaining children
did not go to Poitou in 1773 or to Nantes with other St.-Malo-area Acadians
later in the decade,
but they did emigrate to Louisiana in 1785, directly from St.-Malo. From New Orleans, they
followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Anne gave Théodore no more
children in the Spanish colony. Their daughters married into the
Simoneaux and Daunis families on the Lafourche.
Théodore's only son married into the LeBlanc family and settled
on the bayou.
Jean à Abraham
le jeune, Bona Arsenault insists, married Marie-Anne
Térriot in c1735 and that she gave him two sons in c1741 and 1742,
perhaps at Cobeguit. One wonders what happened to the family in 1755. Arsenault says both of Jean's sons by Marie-Anne created their own families
during and after Le Grand Dérangement.
Older son
François, born probably at Cobeguit in c1741, married Isabelle, daughter of Jean
Broussard and Anne LeBlanc, at Windsor,
formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in August 1768. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1771
and 1772, Isabelle gave François two children, a son and a daughter.
Arsenault gives no clue as to François's comings and goings during and after
Le Grand Dérangement.
Jean's younger son
Jean,
fils, born probably at Cobeguit in c1742, married Marie Hébert
in c1762 during exile. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1769,
Marie gave Jean, fils three children, all sons. Jean, fils
remarried to Anne, daughter of Louis Belliveau and Louise
Haché of Annapolis Royal, in c1770. According to Bona
Arsenault, Anne gave Jean, fils a daughter in 1773. Again, Arsenault
gives no clue as to Jean, fils's comings and goings during and after
Le Grand Dérangement.
Abraham le
jeune's fourth son Alexandre, by second wife Marie Thériot, born at Cobeguit in c1719, married Marguerite-Josèphe Hébert
probably at Cobeguit in c1747 and moved on to the French Maritimes after 1752.
Between 1747 and 1754, at Cobeguit and in the Maritimes, Marguerite-Josèphe gave
Alexandre four children, all daughters. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, in 1758. The two younger daughters died at sea.
Alexandre, Marguerite-Josèphe, and their remaining daughters settled at St.-Suliac
on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo, and Marguerite-Josèphe gave him no more children there. Alexandre took
his family to Poitou in 1773 and died at Senillé near Châtellerault in October
1774, age 55. Marguerite-Josèphe and her two Bourg
daughters retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where
her younger daughter Marguerite married into the Aucoin family,
bore a son, and soon became a widow, too. Older daughter Marie-Rose died
in St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in February 1782, age 33.
Marguerite-Josèphe, her widowed daughter, and grandson Firmin Aucoin
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. The daughter remarried into the
Garidel family in the Spanish colony, but her mother never remarried.
Abraham, le
jeune's fifth and youngest son Joseph, by second wife Marie Thériot, born at Cobeguit in c1733,
followed his family to the French Maritimes and married Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of Paul Dugas
and Anne-Marie Boudrot, probably on Île St.-Jean in c1758 on the eve of
the island's dérangement. The British deported them to St.-Malo,
France, soon after their marriage, and Marguerite-Josèphe died at sea. She gave
him no children. Joseph remarried to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Joseph
Granger and Anne Richard and widow of Alain Bugeaud of
Grand-Pré, at Pleurtuit on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo in June 1760. They settled
across the river St.-Coulomb before moving to the St.-Malo suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Between 1761 and 1770,
Marie-Madeleine gave Joseph six children, four sons and two daughters, but the
oldest son died in childhood. Joseph took his family to Poitou in the
early 1770s. In March 1776, they retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where their oldest surviving son married.
In 1785, Joseph, Marie-Madeleine, and four of their unmarried children, two sons and two
daughters, emigrated to Louisiana. Their married son and his family also
went there on the same vessel. They followed their fellow
passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Wife Marie-Madeleine, age 54 when they reached
New Orleans, gave Joseph no more children in the Spanish colony. Their older daughter
Marie-Josèphe married into the Bujole family on the river.
Their younger daughter Élisabeth-Blanche lived to a ripe old age but never
married. Three of Joseph's sons married into the Dugas,
Bujole, Landry, Boudrot, and
Hébert families in France and in Louisiana, and two of
them created substantial lines on Bayou Lafourche.
Martin's second son
Pierre,
born at Port-Royal in c1682, married Marguerite, daughter of Martin
Blanchard and Marguerite Guilbeau, in c1706 and also settled at
Cobeguit. According to Stephen White, between 1708 and the mid-1710s, Marguerite gave Pierre five
children, all sons, three of whom married. Bona Arsenault insists that
Marguerite gave Pierre another son named Joseph in c1711 (White attributes him
to Pierre's cousin Jean, fils) and a daughter named Anne in c1722 who married two
Blanchard cousins. Pierre died at Cobeguit before Le Grand
Dérangment, date unrecorded.
Oldest son
Pierre, fils,
born at Cobeguit in July 1708,
if he survived childhood may not have married.
Pierre, père's
second son François,
born at Cobeguit in c1709 (Bona Arsenault says c1717), married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean Hébert and Marie-Marguerite Landry,
in c1735 probably at Cobeguit.
Arsenault says Marguerite gave François a daughter in 1738. Albert J.
Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France shows that Marguerite gave him
two sons as well in c1741 and c1744. Their daughter Marguerite- (Arsenault
calls her Madeleine-)Josèphe married into the
Robichaud family probably at Cobeguit.
François remarried to Émilie, also called Émilienne,
daughter of Philippe Thibodeau and Isabelle Vincent and widow of
Pierre Doiron, in c1746 probably at Cobeguit and moved on to Île St.-Jean
perhaps in late 1755 or early 1756 to avoid the British roundups in Nova Scotia.
Between 1748 and 1756, at Cobeguit and on the island, Émilie gave François four
more children, a son and three daughters--seven childrens in all. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Wife Émilie and all four of their children
either died at sea or in a St.-Malo hospital soon after the family reached the
Breton port. François died in the hospital at St.-Malo in February 1759, age 50, probably from the rigors of the crossing. Only François's older children
from his first marriage survived the crossing, but all of his Robichaux
grandchildren also died at sea. Both of his remaining sons created their
own families in France, and his daughter Marguerite-Josèphe and son-in-law
Alexandre Robichaux had many more children there. One of
François's sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. The other one
remained in France.
Older son
Athanase, by first wife Marguerite Hébert, born probably at Cobeguit in c1741, followed his father and stepmother
to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo and settled at St.-Énogat, today's Dinard, across
from St.-Malo, where he worked
as a sailor and navigator. He married cousin Luce or Louise, daughter of
Joseph Breau and Ursule Bourg, at nearby
St.-Suliac in February 1768. In 1769 and 1773, Luce gave Athanase three
sons, but two of them died young. He took his family to Poitou in 1773,
and Luce gave him another son there in 1775. In December of that year,
Luce and her sons followed other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
Athanase was not with them. He likely had become so frustrated with
providing a living for his family in Poitou that he returned to sea. When
his third son died in St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in June 1776, age 3, one
wonders if Athanase was back with his family to mourn the loss of another child.
In 1779 and 1785, at Nantes, Luce gave him two more children, another son and a
daughter--six children in all. These youngest children also did not
survive childhood. Athanase, Luce, and their remaining son emigrated to
Louisiana in 1785. The death of their daughter, Marie-Rose, in late June
1785, in fact, forced the family to take a later ship to the Spanish colony.
When they reached Louisiana, they followed their fellow passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche, where Athanase died by January 1788, when his wife was listed
in a Lafourche valley census as a widow. She had given him no more
children there. Their remaining son married, into the Melanson
family, and settled on the upper Lafourche.
François's
younger son Joseph, by first wife Marguerite Hébert, born at Cobeguit in c1744, followed his father and
stepmother to Île St.-Jean and his older married sister and her family to
St.-Malo. He settled near them and his older brother at St.-Énogat and
married cousin Anne, daughter of Joseph Melanson and Anne
Bourg, at St.-Énogat in January 1767. Between 1768 and
1779, Anne gave Joseph ten children, three sons and seven daughters, but six of
them, all of the sons and three of the daughters, died young. Joseph did
not take his family to Poitou or Nantes, nor did he and his family emigrate to
Spanish Louisiana. One wonders how many of his remaining
children--Marguerite-Théodose, born in November 1768; Jeanne-Perrine in August
1772; Josèphe-Marguerite in September 1773; and Anne in January 1775--married in
the mother country.
Pierre, père's
third son,
his name unrecorded, born at Cobeguit in the early 1710s, died probably as an
infant.
Pierre, père's
fourth son Jean,
born at Cobeguit in c1713, married Françoise,
daughter of Jean Benoit and Marie-Anne Breau, in c1740 probably
at Cobeguit and moved on to Île Royale in the late 1740s or early 1750s.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1756, at Cobeguit and in the
French Maritimes, Françoise gave Jean six
children, two sons and four daughters, but other records give them two more
sons--eight children in all.
In late March 1752, a French official counted Jean, Françoise, and six of their
children at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse in the interior of Île Royale near his first
cousin Pierre à Ambroise. The British deported Jean and his
family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. One of their daughters died at sea.
Jean, age 46, Françoise, age 35, and youngest son Théodore, age 7, died at
St.-Suliac near St.-Malo in June 1759, three months after reaching the port.
Six of Jean and Françoise's children survived the crossing, but two of the
younger sons, Joseph and Jean-Baptiste, ages 8 and 6 in 1758, may have died in
France, dates unrecorded. Jean's three remaining daughters married into the
Hébert and Gautrot families at St.-Suliac and
Nantes. The youngest, Marie, died at Nantes in November 1780, and her older sisters,
Luce-Perpétué and Gertrude, emigrated to Louisiana in 1785, where Luce-Perpétué
remarried into the Mazerolle family. Jean's oldest son created his own family
in France and also emigrated to the Spanish colony.
Oldest son
Marin, also
called Martin, born at Cobeguit in c1741,
followed his family to Île Royale
and St.-Malo. He lived with his parents and younger siblings at St.-Suliac,
remained there after his parents died, and married
Marie-Osite, called Osite, daughter of Olivier Daigre and Angélique
Doiron of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, at Plouër-sur-Rance, across the river
from St.-Suliac, in January 1763. Between 1764 and 1781, at Plouër,
Marie-Osite gave Marin nine children, five sons and four daughters, all of whom,
amazingly, survived the rigors of childhood in a refugee community. Marin
did not take his family to Poitou or Nantes, but he did take them to Louisiana
directly from St.-Malo in 1785. They followed mosts of their fellow passengers to Bayou des Écores
in the New Feliciana District above Baton Rouge. Marie-Osite gave him had
no more children in the Spanish colony. Like most of their fellow Acadians
at Bayou des Écores, they did not remain. In the mid-1790s, after a series
of hurricanes caused extensive flooding along the bayou, most of Marin's family
followed other Acadians to upper Bayou Lafourche; one of the daughters and her
husband, as well as a son and his wife, resettled at Baton Rouge. Marin died at either Bayou des Écores
or on the upper Lafourche by December 1795, when Marie-Osite was counted in a
Lafourche valley census without a husband. Their daughters married into
the Aucoin, Dupuis, Felteman,
and Landry families at Bayou des Écores, Baton Rouge, and on
Bayou Lafourche. All five of Marin's sons married, into the Aucoin,
Blanchard, Bertrand, and Breau
families, and settled on the river and Bayou
Lafourche.
Pierre, père's
fifth
and youngest son Claude, born probably at Cobeguit in the 1710s, married Anne, daughter of Joseph Henry and
Christine Pitre, in c1751 (Bona Arsenault says c1755) probably at
Cobeguit. Arsenault says Anne gave Claude a son, Jean-Michel, in c1757.
If Stephen White's marriage date is followed here, and it is, they may also have had
a daughter, Élisabeth/Isabelle, born at Cobeguit in c1752. Claude, Anne, and
their daughter may have escaped the British roundup in the Minas Basin between
the summer of 1755 and the spring of 1756 and sought refuge, along with the entire population of Cobeguit,
on Île St.-Jean. If Claude and Anne were still alive, the British likely
deported them to France in 1758. Their infant son may
not have survived the crossing, but daughter Isabelle, who would have been age 6
in 1758, certainly did. If she was an orphan when she reached the mother
country--the port of her arrival unknown--she probably lived with relatives
until she came of age. In her early 30s, still unmarried, perhaps
motivated by a widower she had met at
Nantes, she emigrated to Louisiana with two older Bourg
cousins. She married François, son of locals Jean Friou and
Antoinette Pru of Paimboeuf, France, and widower of Susanne
Robichaux, at New Orleans in September 1785 soon after they
reached the Spanish colony aboard the same vessel. She settled with her
French husband and teenage stepson on upper Bayou Lafourche, where she gave
François more children, including at least two more sons. Isabelle died in
Assumption Parish in December 1819. The priest who recorded the burial said she was age 76 at the time of her death, but he likely meant to write 67.
If she was the daughter of Claude Bourg and Anne
Henry of Cobeguit, the blood of that family line, at least,
survived in the Bayou State.
Martin's
third son Ambroise, born at Port-Royal in c1686, married Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre Melanson and
Marie Blanchard, in c1714 probably at Annapolis Royal and may have
remained there. After 1717, Élisabeth gave Ambroise five children, three sons and two
daughters, all of whom married. Their daughters married into the
LeBlanc, Daigre, and Pitre dit Marc families.
Oldest son
Ambroise, fils,
born in the mid- or late 1710s, probably at Annapolis Royal, married Anne, daughter of Antoine
Breau and Marguerite Dugas, in c1745 probably at Cobeguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Ambroise, fils a son, Ambroise
III, in c1757, place unrecorded.
Ambroise,
père's second son Pierre
le jeune,
born in c1717, married Madeleine, daughter of Charles
Hébert and Marguerite Dugas, in c1751 at either Cobeguit or in the
French Maritimes.
According to Bona Arsenault, Madeleine (he calls her Marguerite) gave Pierre a
daughter in c1756.
In late March 1752, a French official counted Pierre
le jeune, Madeleine, and their infant child, as yet unnamed, at
Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse in the interior of Île Royale near his first cousin Jean à Pierre. Pierre
le jeune and his family perished aboard the British transport
Duke William, which sank in a North Atlantic storm in December 1758 on
its way to St.-Malo, France.
Ambroise, père's third and youngest son
Joseph
married Julie Arseneau in c1769. One wonders where.
Martin's fourth son
François,
born at Port-Royal in c1688, married Madeleine, daughter of Michel
Hébert and Isabelle Pellerin, at Grand-Pré in 1717 and remained
there. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France, as
well as Stephen White's work and
Louisiana records, reveal that François and Madeleine had, between 1721 and
1744, at least seven children, four sons and three daughers, that the family
moved on probably to Île St.-Jean after 1752, and that François and Madeleine's children, at least, were
deported to France in 1758. All three of their daughters married:
Anne into the Blanchard family either at Minas or on Île
St.-Jean and the Dugas
family in France; Françoise into the Naquin family on Île
St.-Jean and the Guillot family in France; and Luce-Perpétué into the
Hébert family in France and the Boudrot and
Gautrot families in Louisiana. Daughter Anne also emigrated to
the Spanish colony. Three of François's four sons
created their own families, but only one of the lines survived, in Louisiana.
Oldest son
Michel, born, Albert Robichaux insists, "on Isle St. Jean" in c1721, but it
likely was at Minas late in the decade, married Cécile, daughter of François
Moyse dit Latreille, fils and Marie
Brun, probably at Minas in c1749 and followed his family to Île
St.-Jean. Between 1751 and 1758, at Minas and on the island, Cécile gave Michel four children, two
sons and two daughters. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in
1758. All four of their children died at sea, and Michel died in St.-Malo
in March 1759, probably from the rigors of the crossing. Widow Cécile, now
alone, settled at St.-Suliac on the east side of Rivière Rance, where she remarried to a Dugas
widower in June 1768. She gave him no more children, at least who appeared
in French records, and died in St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, in December 1776,
age 52.
François's second son
Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1730, followed his family to Île St.-Jean.
He was still single when the British deported him to St.-Malo, France, in 1758.
He traveled on a different ship from most of the rest of the family--they on one
of the so-called Five Ships, he, younger sister Françoise and her family on
Supply. He reunited with his family at St.-Suliac after he reached St.-Malo
in March 1759. He married Anne-Marie, daughter of Jacques Naquin
and Jeanne Melanson, sister of his sister Françoise's first
husband Joseph, at St.-Suliac in January 1761. Between 1763 and 1772,
Anne-Marie gave Pierre six children, two sons and four daughters, but all but
one of the daughters and the younger son died young; the oldest
daughter, in fact, died of smallpox at age 10. The family lived for a time
in La Rochelle, where Anne-Marie gave Pierre another daughter in c1774. Pierre and
his family went to Poitou that year, but, like most of the
Acadians who had gone there, they did not remain. They retreated with
other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in March 1776.
In 1779 and 1781, Anne-Marie gave Pierre two more children, a daughter and a
son--nine children in all--but the two youngest ones also died young. They also buried their 16-year-old
daughter Marguerite in St.-Nicolas Parish in October 1784. Pierre,
Anne-Marie, and their remaining three children, a son and two daughters,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. They followed their fellow
passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Pierre died by January 1788, when his
wife was listed in a Lafourche valley census as a widow; one wonders if he even
survived the crossing to Louisiana. Widow Anne-Marie did not remarry. She
died in Assumption Parish in September 1822, in her mid-80s. Older
daughter Jeanne remained a spinster and died in Assumption Parish in February
1839, age 73. Younger daughter Georgine-Victoire married into the
Daigle family on Bayou Lafourche. Anne-Marie and Pierre's
surviving son married into the Livois family in the Spanish colony
and settled on the Lafourche.
François's third son
Anselme, born probably at Minas in c1736, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and St.-Malo, France. Less than a week after his arrival, he died in the hospital at
St.-Malo in February 1759, age 33, probably from the rigors of the crossing.
He did not marry.
François's fourth and youngest
son Alain, born probably at Minas in c1741,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo, France. He settled with
his family at St.-Suliac, where he worked as a day laborer. In 1761, now
age 20, he signed up for corsair service aboard Le Tigre and was promptly captured by the British. He
remained in an English prison from March of that year until the end of the war
two years later. After his return to St.-Malo in June 1763, he lived with
younger sister Luce-Perpétué at St.-Sulaic. He married
cousin Anne-Marie, daughter of Joseph Comeau and Marguerite
Hébert, at St.-Suliac in January 1764. From 1764 to 1773,
Anne-Marie gave Alain seven children, three sons and four daughters, but only
three of them, a son and both daughters, survived childhood. Alain took
his family to Poitou in 1773, and Anne-Marie gave him another son there.
In 1775 or 1776, they followed other Poitou Acadians to the port
city of Nantes, where they appear on a church record in July 1776. Between
1776 and 1783, in St.-Similien and St.-Nicolas parishes, Anne-Marie gave Alain
five more children, all of them sons. All but one of them died young.
They also buried 12-year-old Marguerite-Tarsile in St. Nicolas Parish in August
1782, and their son who been born in Poitou also died at Nantes. When
Alain and Anne-Marie emigrated to Louisiana in 1785, only three of their 13
children, a son and two daughters, followed them there. Daughter Marie-Geneviève married into the
Dugas family in the Spanish colony. Youngest son
Louis-Alexis, called Alexis, age 2, appears on the embarkation but not the
debarkation record of Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, so the
boy evidently died at sea. Alain died in Assumption Parish in October
1827, age 86. Only the blood of this long-suffering family survived in the
Bayou State.
Martin's fifth son
Charles,
born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Cécile, another
daughter of Pierre Melanson and Marie Blanchard, probably at Minas
in c1720 and moved to Cobeguit by the 1730s. From the early 1720s to the
late 1730s, at Minas and Cobeguit, Cécile
gave Charles at least four children, two sons and two daughters. Older
daughter Cécile married into the Breau family in the early
1740s. According to Stephen White, Charles died before 1750, likely at
Cobeguit. Daughter Cécile and her family moved on to Île Royale,
where a French official counted them at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse in the interior of
the island in March 1752. From the summer of 1755 to the spring of 1756, the entire population of
Cobeguit escaped the British roundup in Nova Scotia by fleeing across Mer Rouge to Île St.-Jean.
Charles's widow Cécile, if she was still alive, and her three younger children
may have been among the ones who fled. Her younger daughter
Marguerite-Josèphe married into the Henry family on Île
St.-Jean in May 1756. Her older son married there a year later. The
British deported members of the family to France in 1758. Cécile likely
had died by then. Her children sailed aboard different vessels and landed
in Cherbourg in Normandy as well as St.-Malo in Brittany. Older daughter Cécile died at St.-Malo
in November 1758, one of the many passengers who died from the rigors of
crossing aboard the transport Duc Guillaume. Charles and Cécile's
three younger children survived their sojourn in France and emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Older son Ambroise le jeune, born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1732
(Bona Arsenault says c1736), followed his family to Île St.-Jean and married
Anne-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Pitre and Isabelle
Guérin at Port-La-Joye on the island in June 1757. The British
deported them to Cherbourg, France, in 1758. Anne-Josèphe gave Ambroise a
daughter in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in December 1759. Five
days after their daughter was born, Anne-Josèphe died, evidently from the rigors
of giving her birth. Ambroise remarried to Marie-Modeste, daughter of Jacques
Molaison and Cécile Melanson of Pobomcoup, at
Très-Ste.-Trinité in July 1763. They lived for a time across the bay at Le Havre
before moving on to St.-Malo in January 1773. Between 1764 and 1783, at Le
Havre, Cherbourg, and Pleurtuit on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo, Marie-Modeste gave Ambroise 11
more children, three sons and eight daughters. Only two of them died
young. When hundreds of other Acadians in the St.-Malo area went to Poitou
in the early 1770s, Ambroise and Marie-Modeste remained at Pleurtuit. When
most of the Poitou Acadians retreated to Nantes in late 1775 and early 1776,
Ambroise and his family did not join them there. Ambroise and
Marie-Modeste did, however, emigrate to Spanish Louisiana, directly from
St.-Malo in 1785, taking nine of their children with them; only two of their
remaining children were sons. They followed most of their fellow passengers to a new Acadian settlement at Bayou des
Écores in the New Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge. Marie-Modeste gave
Ambroise another daughter there in March 1786--their 13th child-- so she must have been pregnant on
the voyage from St.-Malo, but the couple also buried their younger son Ambroise,
fils and daughter Modeste at the bayou settlement. Ambroise died at Bayou des
Écores by July 1790, when Marie-Modeste remarried to 24-year-old Joseph-Constans
Granger there; she was age 40 at the time of her remarriage.
Ambroise would have been in his mid- or late 50s at the time of his death. Four of his seven
remaining daughters, all by second wife Marie-Modeste, married into the Bernard du Montier,
Blanchard, Seguin, and Thibodeaux
families at Bayou des Écores or Baton Rouge. His only remaining son
married into the LeBlanc family and, like his sisters, was among the few Acadians at
Bayou des Écores who did not resettle on the lower river or on upper Bayou
Lafourche. He went, instead, to what became West Baton Rouge Parish.
Charles's younger son François-Xavier, born at Cobeguit in c1738, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, was deported to St.-Malo, France, in
1758, and settled at nearby Pleurtuit. In May 1760, Françoix-Xavier signed
up for corsair duty aboard Le Jason, was captured by the Royal Navy,
and was held in England as a prisoner of war. In May 1763, he was
repatriated to France with other Acadians in England and returned to Pleurtuit,
where he married Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Anne
Thériot, in September 1763. Between 1764 and 1780, at
Pleurtuit, Élisabeth gave François-Xavier at least nine children, six sons and
three daughters, but two of the sons died as infants at nearby Crehen.
François-Xavier did not take his family to Poitou in the early 1770s, nor did he
and Élisabeth join other Acadians in Nantes when the Poitou venture failed in
1775. They remained at Pleurtuit, where François-Xavier remarried to
Marguerite-Pélagie, daughter of Pierre Henry and
Marie-Madeleine Pitre, in July 1781. In 1783 and 1785,
Marguerite gave François-Xavier two more children, a son and a daughter.
François-Xavier, Marguerite, and seven of their children--four sons and three
daughters--emigrated to Louisiana in 1785 directly from St.-Malo. One of their older sons,
François-Xavier or Augustin-Xavier, who would have been age 17 in 1785, either
had died by then or chose to remain in the mother country. François-Xavier
and his family followed his older brother Ambroise to Bayou des Écores on the
river above Baton Rouge. Marguerite gave François-Xavier more children
there, including another son, but the couple also buried their year-old
daughter, Anne-Victoire, who had been born only weeks before they left St.-Malo.
François-Xavier either died at Bayou des Écores in the early 1790s, or, when
most of the Acadians abandoned the bayou settlement, he led his family to upper
Bayou Lafourche and died there. His daughters married into the Hébert,
Colonne, and Fremin families on the upper
Lafourche. Four of his sons by both wives, all born in France, married
into the Schmitt or Smith, Canade,
Rentrop, and Berthelot families and settled on
the bayou.
Martin's sixth and seventh sons, their names unrecorded, born probably at Port-Royal
in the early 1700s, evidently died in infancy.
Antoine's fifth
and youngest son Abraham, born at Port-Royal in c1662, married Marie dite Sébastienne, daughter of
Vincent Brun and Renée Breau and widow of François Gautrot,
fils, at Port-Royal in c1683. Between 1684 and
1697, Marie dite
Sébastienne gave Abraham eight children, six sons and two daughters.
Abraham served as a delegate to the Nova Scotia Council at Annapolis Royal from
1720 until 1726, when he asked to be relieved of his duties "because of lameness
and infirmity." In September 1727, he and two other Acadian delegates ran
afoul of Lieutenant-Governor Lawrence Armstrong, who accused them of encouraging
their fellow Acadians to refuse to take an unqualified oath of allegiance to the
new King Geogre II. Armstrong threw the younger delegates into the Fort
Anne dungeon but allowed Abraham, "'in consideration of his great age'"--he was
65--"'to leave the province as soon as possible, but without his goods.'"
Abraham likely remained. He died probably at Annapolis Royal after April 1736,
when his wife's burial record called her his wife, not his widow. He would
have turned 74 that year. His
daughters married into the Broussard and Fougère families.
Five of his six sons created their own families at Minas, Annapolis Royal, and
in the French Maritimes.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in c1684, survived childhood but did not marry.
Abraham's second
son Claude, born at Port-Royal in c1688, married Judith, daughter of Jérôme Guérin
and Isabelle Aucoin of Cobeguit, at Grand-Pré in 1717. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1718 and 1741, at Annapolis Royal, Judith gave Claude a
dozen children, six sons and six daughters. Three of their daughters
married into the Babineau dit Deslauriers,
Melanson, Gautrot, and Michel
families, and another may have married into the Naquin family
and emigrated to Louisiana from France. At least two of Claude's sons created their own families.
Second son
Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1726, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Pierre Doucet and Françoise Dugas, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1750. One wonders what happened to them in
1755.
Claude's third son
Claude,
fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1728, married Marie, daughter of
Pierre Guilbeau and Madeleine Forest, at
Annapolis Royal in November 1751. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1753 and 1772, at Annapolis Royal, in exile, and in Canada, Marie gave Claude,
fils seven children, two sons and five daughters. They escaped
the British in 1755 and took refuge in Canada, where they were counted at
St.-Joachim below Québec City in 1760 and 1765, at St.-Ours on the lower
Richelieu east of Montréal in 1767, and at St.-Denis farther up the Rivière
Richelieu in 1770. Two of their daughters married into the
Carpentier and Leclave families at St.-Denis.
One of Claude, fils's two sons created his own family.
Younger son
Jean-Baptiste, born probably at St.-Denis,
Canada, in c1772, married Marie-Louise,
daughter of Pierre Liré and Marie-Louise Phaneuf,
at St.-Denis in April 1773 [Arsenault probably meant 1793], and remarried to
Élizabeth, daughter of François Gareau-Saintonge and Élizabeth
Dufault, at St.-Ours, Canada, in January 1804.
Abraham's third son Pierre,
born at Port-Royal in c1689,
married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of François Broussard and
Catherine Richard, at Annapolis Royal in January 1714. Between 1715 and 1718, Élisabeth gave Pierre three children, all
daughters, two of whom married into the Guérin and Doucet
families. Élisabeth died at Annapolis Royal in December 1718, and Pierre
moved on to the French Maritimes, motivated, perhaps, by what happened to his
father in 1727. Pierre remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Landry
and Marguerite Thériot and widow of Charles dit Charlot
Boudrot, at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1727. In 1729, Marie-Josèphe
gave Pierre another daughter at Port-Toulouse. She remained in the French
Maritimes and married into the Vécot family on Île St.-Jean. Pierre died probably at Port-Toulouse before
1734.
Abraham's fourth son Michel,
born at Port-Royal in c1693, became a carpenter. He
married Anne, daughter of Abraham Boudrot and Cécile Melanson,
at Annapolis Royal in April 1720. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1722 and 1739, Anne gave Michel eight children, five
sons and three daughters. In the late 1720s, motivated, perhaps, by the
fate of his father, Michel took his family to
Tracadie on the north shore of Île St.-Jean, where they were counted in 1734.
In August 1752, a French official counted Michel,
Anne, and seven of their children at Tracadie near brother Charles. One
wonders what happened to them in 1758. Michel
died before 1761 perhaps while in exile. Two of his daughters married into
the Doucet and Hébert families, one of them on
Île Miquelon off the southern coast of Newfoundland in 1766. At
least one of Michel's sons created his own family.
Son Michel, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1722, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and married Anne Belliveau there.
According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Michel, fils a son, Pierre, in
1741. Oddly, when a French official counted Michel, fils's famliy
at Tracadie in August 1752, Michel, fils, age 30, was listed with them,
but the official said nothing of his wife or son. One wonders what
happened to him in 1758.
Abraham's fifth son Charles,
born at Port-Royal in c1695,
followed his older brothers to the French Maritimes. He married Anne, daughter of Charles
dit Charlot Boudrot and Marie-Josèphe Landry,
at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1726, and
moved to Tracadie on the north shore of Île St.-Jean, where he and his
family were counted in 1734. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1727 and 1750, Anne gave Charles 10 children, six sons and four
daughters, on the islands, but other records show them with 11 children.
In August 1752, a French official counted Charles, Anne, and 11 of their
children, six sons and five daughters, at Tracadie near his brother Michel.
Three of their older sons married on the island between 1752 and 1755.
Charles and his family escaped the British in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge at Restigouche
at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. In late October 1760, Charles, called le vieux, the elder, was counted at
Restigcouhe with a family of 13--among the 1,003 Acadians recently surrendered
to a British naval force from Québec. The British held them in a prisoner
compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. In August 1763, Charles,
Anne, and their 11 children appeared on a repatriation list with hundreds of other Acadian refugees
at Halifax. Charles must have died soon after. In
1764-65, Anne, now a widow, and six of her children, two sons and four
daughters, followed the Broussards from Halifax to Louisiana
and settled on Bayou Teche. Her daughters married into the
Thibodeaux, Pitre, Guilbeau,
Sonnier, Savoie, and Landry families
at Attakapas and Opelousas (daughter Gertrude's marriage to Amand
Thibodeau at New Orleans in February 1765 was, in fact, the earliest
recorded Acadian marriage in Louisiana). Both of Anne's sons who accompanied her to
Louisiana also created their own families in the Opelousas District, but only one of the lines
endured. Anne was still alive in 1771, when a Spanish census taker found
her with daughter Gertrude in Attakapas. Anne would
have turned 62 that year.
Oldest son Charles, fils, born in the French Maritimes in c1727,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean. He married Angélique, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Vécot and Marie Chiasson of
Chignecto, at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, the church for Tracadie, in November 1753, and
remarried to Marguerite Landry in c1755.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1756 and 1757, Marguerite gave Charles, fils
two children, a son and a daughter. Evidently the British deported
Charles, fils and his family to France in 1758. A Catherine,
daughter of Charles Bourg and Marguerite Landry
married into the Bertrand family at Cherbourg in February 1764.
Catherine, her husband, and their seven children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785
and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. One wonders what happened to her
brother in France. He did not go to Louisiana.
Charles's second son Sylvain, born in the French Maritimes in c1728, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean and married Madeleine Landry in c1752.
One wonders where they were on the island that August; they do not appear in the
Franch census.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1754 and 1757, Madeleine gave Sylvain two
children, a son and a daughter. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Charles's fourth son Claude, born in the French Maritimes in c1732, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and married Anne Henry in c1755.
According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Claude a son, Jean-Michel, in 1757.
One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Charles's seventh son L'ange, born at Tracadie in c1748, followed his family into exile
and imprisonment and his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana. He
married Anne-Marie, called Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeaux
and Françoise Sonnier, probably at Opelousas in c1776.
Marie gave L'ange two daughters but no sons. He died at Opelousas in June
1788, age 40. Except perhaps for its blood, his line of the family died
with him.
Charles's eighth and youngest son Joseph, born at Tracadie in c1750, followed his family into
exile and imprisonment and his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana.
He married Susanne, another daughter of Pierre Thibodeaux and
Françoise Sonnier, probably at Opelousas in c1780.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1782 and 1809, at Opelousas, Susanne gave
Joseph 10 children, six sons and four daughters. Their daughters married into the Figurant and Lavergne
families and perhaps into the Rous family as well. Four
of Joseph's six sons also married, into the ____, Hébert,
Guidry, and Lavergne families, and another took up with a mulatresse libre and fathered a "natural" son
by her.
Two, perhaps three, of the family lines endured.
Abraham's sixth and youngest
son Joseph, born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Louise, daughter of Alexandre Robichaud and Anne
Melanson, at Annapolis Royal in November 1733. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1724 and 1744, at Annapolis Royal, Louise gave Joseph nine
children, two sons and seven daughters. Two of their daughters married
into the Savoie and Gaudet families. At
least one of Joseph's sons created his own family.
Older son Joseph,
fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1738, was deported to
Massachusetts in 1755. He married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph
Amireau and Marguerite Lord of Pobomcoup, at Boston,
and the marriage was validated at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence between
Trois-Rivières and Montréal in 1767.339
Bourgeois
Jacques
dit
Jacob Bourgeois, founder of the Chignecto settlement, came to Acadia
aboard the St.-François in 1641. He and his wife Jeanne Trahan created one of the most influential
families in the colony. Jeanne gave Jacob 10 children, three sons and
seven daughters. Six of their daughters married into the Cyr,
Girouard, Boudrot, Mirande dit Tavarre, Maissonat
dit Baptiste, Dugas, LeBlanc, and Comeau dit
Des Loups-Marins families. Daughter Marguerite's third husband Pierre
Maissonat dit Baptiste, a widower from Bergerac, France, was a
notorious privateer who fought the English during King William's and Queen
Anne's wars. All three of Jacques dit Jacob's sons married, but
family lines came only from the two older ones. Jacob and Jeanne's descendants settled at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Chignecto, and in the French Maritimes. At
least 20 of his descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and the French
Antilles in the late 1760s and 1770s.
But most of Jacques dit Jacob's progeny could be found in Canada and greater Acadia
after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1646, married Anne, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite
Doucet, in c1668 at Port-Royal and may have followed his father to Chignecto
in the early 1670s. Between 1670 and 1678, Anne gave Charles four children, two sons and two daughters.
Charles died between 1677 and 1679, in his
early 30s. One of his daughters married into the Caissie family.
Both of his sons created their own families. His older son's line was
especially vigorous. Many of the Acadian
Bourgeoiss who emigrated to Louisiana came from the younger son's branch of the
family.
Older son
Charles, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1673, married Marie, daughter of
Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette Gougeon, at Port-Royal in c1692
and settled at Chignecto. Between 1693 and 1713, Marie gave Charles, fils 10 children, six
sons and four daughters, all of whom married. Their daughters married into
the Nuirat, Héon, Poirier, and Sire or Cyr families.
All six of Charles, fils's sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Charles III,
born at Chignecto in c1695, married Madeleine, daughter of Alexis Cormier and
Marie LeBlanc, at Beaubassin in February 1718. According to
genealogist Bona Arsenault, between 1719 and 1737, Madeleine gave Charles III
six children, five sons and a daughter. Charles III remarried to Marie dite
Louise-Marie, daughter of Michel dit Michaud Bourg and Élisabeth
Melanson and widow of Antoine Gaudet, at Beaubassin in July 1741.
She may not have given him anymore children. Charles III died at Chignecto by October 1754.
His daughter married into the Carret family. One of his
sons was deported to South Carolina in 1755, but most of them escaped the
British roundup. All five of them created families of their own.
Oldest son
Charles IV, born at Chignecto in c1719, married Anne, daughter of Michel
Poirier and Françoise Arseneau, at Beaubassin in
February 1743.
They settled at Aulac west of Rivière Missaguash.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1751, Anne gave Charles four
children, two sons and two daughters. Charles remarried to Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of François Pitre and Anne Préjean of
Annapolis Royal and widow of Charles Simon dit
Boucher and Charles Girouard, probably at Chignecto in
c1752. She gave him at least three more children, two sons and a daughter,
born at Chignecto and in exile. The British deported Charles, Marie, and
their children to South Carolina in 1755. In August 1763, Charles, Marie, three of his children from first wife Anne
(only son Jean, who would have been age 18, was missing) and three children
from Marie's second marriage to Charles Girouard appeared on a
repatriation list in the southern colony. One wonders what happened to
them after 1763.
Charles III's
second son Michel le jeune, born at Chignecto in c1722, married
Marguerite, daughter of Martin Richard and Marie
Cormier, in c1750 probably at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1754 and 1768,
Marguerite gave Michel seven children, five sons and two daughters. Other
sources note that their oldest son was born in c1750, soon after their marriage. The
family
escaped the British roundup in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. They were counted
at Québec in 1757 and settled at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly on Rivière Richelieu
east of Montréal. Their daughters married into the Guertin
and Cottard families. Three of Michel le jeune's five sons
also created
their own families.
Oldest son Félix, born at Chignecto in c1750, followed his family to Canada
and married Marie, daughter of Jean Chiasson and
Marguerite-Anne Bernard, at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in January
1777. Félix died at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in November 1812, in his
early 60s.
Michel le jeune's second
son David, born at Chignecto in c1754, followed his family to Canada
and married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jean Cormier and
Marie-Madeleine Bernard, at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in January
1780. David died at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in January 1808, in his
mid-50s.
Michel le jeune's fifth son Michel, fils, born at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu,
Canada, in September 1767, married Marguerite, daughter of
Louis Quay dit Dragon and Marguerite Cartier,
at St.-Dénis-sur-Richelieu in January 1792, and remarried to Marie-Louise,
daughter of Joseph Goguet and Monique Goulet,
at St.-Hyacinthe-les-Maskoutains in March 1810.
Michel le jeune's sixth and youngest son
Joseph, born in Canada in c1768, married
Marie-Louise,
daughter of Jacques Girouard and Marie-Françoise Gaudet,
at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in January 1792, and remarried to Marie-Desanges, daughter
of Jacques Gauvin and Marie Paquet, at
St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in August 1814.
Charles III's third son Pierre, born at Chigencto in c1723, married Marie,
another daughter of Martin Richard and Marie Cormier,
at Beaubassin in February 1746.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Pierre a
daughter in c1748. They, too, escaped the British roundup in 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. Pierre remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Bernard and Cécile Gaudet and widow of Jean
Mignault, at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in February 1763.
Pierre's daughter by first wife Marie married into the Migneau
family at Chambly.
Charles III's fourth son Claude, born at Chignecto in c1734, may also have
escaped the British roundup in 1755, sought refuge on the Gulf of St.-Lawrence
shore, and was captured by them a few years later and held as a prisoner in Nova
Scotia. After the war with Britain ended, he followed other Acadian exiles
to Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of
Newfoundland. He married Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Vigneau
and Anne Poirier, on the island in January 1764.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1782,
Marie gave Claude eight children, four sons and four daughters. French
authorities coaxed them and other habitants/fishermen into leaving the island in 1767 to relief
overcrowding. They were counted at La Rochelle, France, in 1768, but they
returned to Île Miquelon soon after their arrival or sometime in the 1770s. In 1778, during the
American Revolution, the British captured the Newfoundland islands and deported
the inhabitants to La Rochelle. Claude and his family were still living at
the French port in 1782,
but, again, they did not remain there. Claude took his family back to Île
Miquelon in 1784, but this time they moved on to Canada. They settled at Nicolet on the upper St.
Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières, where Claude died in October 1801, in his
late 60s. Three of his daughters married into the Richard,
Bergeron, and Benoit families at Nicolet.
Three of his four also sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, born probably on Île Miquelon in c1766, followed his family to
France twice and then to Canada and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Poirier
and Marguerite Thibodeau, at Nicolet in October 1797.
Claude's third son
Jacques, born probably at La Rochelle, France, in c1777, followed his family to
Canada and married cousin Éléonore Vigneau probably at Nicolet
in March 1813, and remarried to Madeleine Bourque in February
1816.
Claude's fourth
and youngest son Joseph, born probably at La Rochelle in c1779, followed his
famliy to Canada and married Madeleine, daughter of Charles Bergeron
and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, at St.-Grégoire near Nicolet in July
1807.
Charles III's
fifth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in c1737, evidently
escaped the British roundup there in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. He
married Marie-Élisabeth, daughter of Honoré Prince and Isabelle
Forest, at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence across from
Trois-Rivières in February 1762.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and 1765,
Marie-Élisabeth gave Jean-Baptiste three children, two sons and a daughter.
Jean-Baptiste died in c1765, perhaps at Bécancour. One of his sons created
his own family.
Younger son
Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Bécancour in c1765, married Françoise, daughter
of Joseph Richard and Françoise Cormier, at
Bécancour in October 1789, remarried to Monique, daughter of Simon Bourg
and Rosalie Gaudet, at nearby Nicolet in January 1796, and
remarried again--his third marriage--to Françoise, daughter of Pierre
Rouillard and Thérèse Lemire, at Nicolet in May 1801.
Charles, fils's second son
Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1699, married Marie-Françoise, daughter of Pierre Cormier and Catherine
LeBlanc, at Beaubassin in August 1722 and settled at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1725 and 1747,
Marie gave Pierre seven children, five sons and two daughters. Pierre was
counted at Aulac west of Rivière Missaguash in 1754. One wonders if he was
a widower by then and if he had moved to Aulac from the east sise of Missaguash
in 1750. At least one of his married sons moved on to Île
St.-Jean either before or after 1755. In the fall of that year, the
British deported Pierre to South Carolina. The following spring, the governor of that colony allowed Acadians sent there
to return to greater Acadia if they could acquire their own boats.
Pierre's younger brother Michel led a group of 78 refugees north; Pierre was
among them. In August, the British intercepted them at Long Island, New
York, and promptly dispersed them to various communities in the lower part of
the colony. Colonial officials sent Pierre to North Castle, Westchester
County, on the lower Hudson, where he was counted without a wife or children in
late August 1756. He died during exile probably in New York. His
daughters married into the Babin, Thériot, and
Berteau families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from
Halifax in 1765. All of his five sons created their own
families, and two of them emigrated to Louisiana in 1765.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in c1733, either escaped the
British in 1755 and sought refuge on Île St.-Jean or went to the island between
1752 and 1755. He married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter
Joseph Bourg and Anne Cormier of Chignecto, at
Port-La-Joye on the island in February 1757. They evidently escaped the
British roundup there in 1758, crossed Mer-Rouge, sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore,
fell into British hands a few years later, and were held as prisoners in Nova
Scotia until the end of the war. Jean-Baptiste, Madeleine,
and their two sons emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in 1765. Madeleine was pregnant on the voyage and gave birth
to a third son at New Orleans soon after the family reached the colony.
They settled at Cabahannocer on the Mississippi above New Orleans. Jean-Baptiste remarried to Osite, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Melançon
and Madeleine LeBlanc and widow of Jean-Pierre LeBlanc,
at Cabahannocer/St.-Jacques in February 1776. In his early 70s, Jean-Baptiste remarried
again--his third marriage--to Rosalie LeBlanc, widow of cousin
Paul Bourgeois, fils, at St.-Jacques in January 1804.
Jean-Baptiste died in St. James Parish in March 1816, in his early 80s.
Five of his six sons, all by first wife Madeleine, two born in greater Acadia,
the others in Louisiana, married into the
Sonnier, LeBlanc, Arceneaux, and
Godin families and created vigorous lines on the river.
Pierre's second son Michel, born at Chignecto in c1734, married Marie
Le____. They escaped the British in 1755, took
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, fell into British hands a few years
later, and were held as prisoners in Nova Scotia until the end of the war. Probably a childless widower now, Michel emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and followed older brother
Jean-Baptiste and his family to Cabahannocer. Michel remarried to Rose-Osite, called Osite, Gautrot
of Grand-Pré, widow of Olivier Forest, at New Orleans in May
1767. They settled at Cabahannocer.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1769 and 1775, Osite gave Michel four
children, two sons and two daughters. Michel's daughters married into the Duhon and Michel
families. His older son married into the Thibodeaux
family and created a vigorous line on the river.
Pierre's third son Claude, born at Chignecto in c1736, escaped the British
in 1755 and married Anne Bourg in c1761 during exile.
One wonders where they sought refuge after 1755. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1762 and 1765, Anne
gave Claude two children, a daughter and a son. They were counted on
Rivière St.-Jean in 1768.
Pierre's putative fourth son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1739, escaped the British
in 1755 and, according to Bona Arsenault, married Madeleine Hébert in c1762 during exile.
Arsenault says Madeleine gave Jean a
daughter in c1763, that Jean died in c1765, no place given, and Madeleine remarried to a Comeau,
who took her to Pigiguit, present-day Windsor, Nova Scotia, by April 1768, where
their marriage was "rehabilitated." Arsenault also says Jean's daughter Marie-Anne was baptized on Rivière
St.-Jean in July 1768, age 5. But Arsenault was referring to the wrong
Jean Bourgeois. According to Stephen A. White, Jean à
Pierre did not die in 1765 but emigrated to Louisiana with three of his siblings
from a prison compound in Nova Scotia that year. He settled with them at Cabahannocer on the
river above New Orleans and was counted there in April
1766 with a woman and two slaves in his household, so he evidently married
during exile or soon after he reached the colony, his wife's name unknown, and
was one of the earliest Acadian slaveholders in the colony. One wonders if
this first wife gave Jean any children. In
January 1768, Jean remarried to fellow Acadian Louise-Ludivine, called Ludivine,
Granger at Cabahannocer. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1770 and 1775, Ludivine gave Jean three children, two
sons and a daughter, but Louisiana records say she gave him five children, four sons
and a daughter, between 1770 and 1787. Jean's daughter married into the Arceneaux
families. His four sons married at Cabahannocer/St. James into the Mire,
Thibodeaux, and LeBlanc families, but only two of the lines
endured.
Pierre's fifth and youngest son Joseph, born at Chignect in c1741,
evidently escaped the British in 1755 and married Félicité, daughter of Pierre
Belliveau and Jeanne Gaudet of Annapolis
Royal, in c1764, place unrecorded. The marriage was "rehabilitated" at Pigiguit, now Windsor,
Nova Scotia, in August 1768.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1765 and 1766,
Félicité gave Joseph two children, a daughter and a son, but they had many more
children, especially sons, during the following years. Joseph died at
Memramcook, present-day southeastern New Brunswick, in November 1833, in his
early 90s.
According to Bona Arsenault, six of his sons
settled in the Memramcook area.
Charles, fils's third son Honoré, born at Chignecto in c1702, married
Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Michel Richard and Agnès Bourgeois, at
Annapolis Royal in July 1726.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and 1745,
Marie gave Honoré six children, three sons and three daughters.
Perhaps as a widower, Honoré moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1750 and remarried to
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jean Pichard and Claudine Deron and
widow of Henri L'Hôtellier, on the island before August 1752. That
month, a
French official counted him, Marie-Madeleine, and two of his children from his
first marriage on the south side of Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the island's interior.
The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in
1758. Honoré and his family, along with dozens of other Acadian
exiles, perished that December aboard the British transport Violet
which sank in a North Atlantic storm. Meanwhile, Marie, one of Honoré's oldest
daughters, married into the Girouard and LeBlanc
families at Annapolis Royal and Massachusetts and was not with her father and
stepmother when they were deported to France in 1758. Marie and her second
husband survived Le Grand Dérangement and were counted on Île Miquelon
in 1767, so the blood of Honoré's line survived.
Charles, fils's fourth son Michel, born at Chignecto in the early
1700s, married
Marguerite, daughter of Germain Girouard and Jeanne Barrieau, in
c1728 perhaps at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and 1746,
Marguerite gave Michel seven children, two sons and five daughters. Their
sons escaped
the British in 1755 and fled to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. The
British deported the rest of the family to Georgia. With permission from
Georgia authorities, in the spring of 1756 Michel headed north to greater
Acadia, stopping at Charles Town, South Carolina, on the way. The governor
of that colony also approved the venture, so Michel gathered a group of 78
refugees, including his older brother Pierre, and resumed the long voyage home. In
August, after months of effort, British forces intercepted them at Long Island, New York, and dispersed
them to various communities in the lower Hudson valley. Colonial officials
sent Michel to Eastchester, Westchester County, where he was counted with a wife
and four children in late August 1756. They were still in New York in
1763, when Michel, père, called le vieux, or old man, a
widower now, appeared on a repatriation list with two children. According to Stephen White,
Michel died before February 1782, place unrecorded. His oldest daughter married into the
Boudrot family. His two sons also created families of their
own.
Older son Joseph dit Jean, born at Chignecto in c1734, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Hébert and Anne
Arseneau, at Beaubassin in c1755.
According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1756 and 1773, Marguerite gave Joseph seven children, a son
and six daughters.
They escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge
on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. During the fall of 1760, they endured
another British roundup at
Restigouche, at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs.
One of their daughters was baptized there the following December. Joseph
and his family may have surrendered to the redcoats soon afterwards; British
officials counted them at Chédabouctou near Canso on the Atlantic coast in 1764,
one of several prison compounds in British Nova Scotia.
They moved on to Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern
coast of Newfoundland, where French officials counted them in 1767 and 1776. By
the latter date, Joseph had become of widower. The British captured the
Newfoundland islands in 1778 during the American Revolution and deported the
inhabitants to La Rochelle, France. Joseph and his family were among them.
Joseph died in France in March 1779, in his mid-40s, soon after he reached the
mother country. His children returned to Île
Miquelon in 1784. Two of his daughters married into the
Chaignon and Poirier families on the island.
Back on Miquelon, Joseph's only son Joseph dit Jean, age 17 in 1784, went to live with his sister
Marguerite and her husband Jacques Poirier, who had married on
the island in January 1774. One wonders if son Joseph dit Jean
created his own family.
Michel's younger son Michel, fils,
born at Chignecto in c1736, escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Like older brother Joseph, he made his way up
to Restigouche, where he also endured another British roundup in the fall of 1760. He may have been the Michel Bourgeois
counted with a thousand other Acadians at Restigouche in late October 1760.
Michel, fils married Marie, daughter of Jean Haché
dit Gallant and Marguerite Gravois of
Chignecto, at Restigouche
in January 1761. One wonders what happened to them after their
marriage.
Charles, fils's fifth son Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in c1706,
married Anne, daughter of René Bernard and Anne Blou, at
Beaubassin in February 1733 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1746,
Anne gave Jean-Baptiste six children, four sons and two daughters. They
escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. They were counted
among the Acadian refugees at Québec in 1757 and moved on to Montréal, where
Jean-Baptiste died in January 1789, age
85. One of his daughters married into the Blache family
at Montréal. At least one of his sons created his own family in Canada.
Son Michel le jeune, born at Chignecto in c1742, followed his family
to Canada and married Thérèse, daughter of Joseph Laberge and
Louise-Madeleine Ladouceur, at Île de Jésus, today's Laval,
northwest of Montréal in October 1768.
Charles, fils's sixth and youngest son
Jean-Jacques dit Petit Jacques, born at Chignecto in c1709, married Marie, daughter of Michel Bourg,
fils and Marie Cormier, at Beaubassin in February 1733 and
remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1746,
Marie gave Petit Jacques six children, two sons and four daughters. The
British deported them to South Carolina in 1755. They may have been among
the Acadian exiles the South Carolina governor allowed to return to greater
Acadia during the spring of 1756. In July and August, the boats of some of
the north-bound Acadians were intercepted in New York and Massachusetts.
Petit Jacques and his family may have been among the exiles detained in
Massachusetts. Petit Jacques, Marie, and two of their children appeared on
a repatriation list at Boston in
August 1763. When colonial authorities allowed them to leave, Petit
Jacques, Marie, son Joseph, and a Bourg niece chose to go to Miquelon, a French-controlled
fishery island off the
southern coast of Newfoundland, where they were counted in 1767. In 1778,
during
the American Revolution, the British deported the Acadians on the
Newfoundland islands to La Rochelle, France. Petit
Jacques died in St.-Jean Parish, La Rochelle, in April 1779, age 70. Two
of his daughters married into the Vigneau family, place not
given. His son
did not remain in France.
Only surviving son Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1746, followed his family to South Carolina, Massachusetts,
and Île Miquelon, where he married Angélique, daughter of Jean Boudrot
and Françoise Arsenault, in January 1771.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1771 and 1787,
Angélique gave Joseph nine children, six sons and three daughters. Other
sources give them more sons. The
British deported them from Miquelon to La Rochelle, France, in 1778, but they did not remain.
They returned to North America probably in the early 1780s and settled on
the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Six of their sons created their own famililes
on the remote Gulf islands.
Oldest son Joseph,
fils, born on Île Miquelon in c1771, died later
in the year.
Joseph, père's second son, also named Joseph, fils, born
on Île Miquelon in c1772, followed
his family to France and the îles-de-la-Madeleine, where he married double cousin
Madeleine, daughter of François Boudrot and Marie
Boudrot, at Havre-Aubert in October 1794.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1795 and 1817,
Madeleine gave Joseph, fils 11 children, five sons and six daughters.
Joseph, fils died at Havre-Aubert in March 1830, in his late 50s.
Joseph, père's third
son Jean-Baptiste, born on Île Miquelon in c1774, followed his family to
France and the îles-de-la-Madeleine, where he married Marie, daughter of Amand
Chiasson and Marguerite Doucet, at Havre-Aubert in January 1794. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1794 and 1814,
Marie gave Jean eight children, four sons and four daughters. Jean-Baptiste
remarried to Marie, daughter of Jacques Deveau and Théotiste
Lapierre, at Havre-Aubert in August 1819.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1820 Marie gave
Jean another daughter. Jean-Baptiste died at Havre-Aubert in May 1839, in
his mid-60s.
Joseph, père's sixth
son Simon or Siméon, born on Île Miquelon in August 1776, followed
his family to France and the îles-de-la-Madeleine, where he married cousin Angélique, daughter of
Jean Cormier and Marie Boudrot, at
Havre-Aubert in September
1803. Simon died at Havre-aux-Maisons in the islands in May 1856, age 80.
Joseph, père's seventh son Jacques, born on Île Miquelon in November
1787, followed his family to the îles-de-la-Madeleine, where he married double cousin Barbe, daughter of Joseph
Boudrot and Élisabeth Boudrot, at Havre-Aubert in
January 1811. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1811 and 1820,
Barbe gave Jacques four children, three sons and a daughter. Jacques
remarried to Anne-Esther, daughter of Charles Hébert and
Rosalie Vigneau, at Havre-Aubert in April 1826. Jacques
died at Bassin in the islands in December 1854, age 67.
Joseph, père's eighth and youngest son Charles-Hyacinthe, born on Île
Miquelon in December 1789, followed his family to the îles-de-la-Madeleine,
where he married Françoise,
daughter of Joseph Bourg and Modeste Haché,
at Havre-Aubert in August 1811. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1812 and 1820,
Françoise gave Charles five children, four sons and a daughter. Charles
drowned in April 1831, age 41, when a schooner owned by Louis
Chiasson capsized in a storm.
Charles, père's younger son Claude, born at Port-Royal in
c1674, married
Anne, another daughter of
Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette Gougeon,
probably at Chignecto in c1701 and settled there. Between 1702 and 1732, Anne gave Claude 10
children, six sons and four daughters, all of whom married. Their
daughters married into the Hugon, Arseneau, Bourg,
Gravois, and de Saint-Julien de La Chaussée families, and one of them
emigrated to Louisiana in 1765.
Oldest son Paul, born at Chignecto in
c1705, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Jean Brun and Anne Gautrot, at Annapolis Royal in November 1727.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1748,
Marie gave Paul eight children, five sons and three daughters.
Paul remarried Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Cormier and Marie-Anne Cyr,
in c1749 probably at Chignecto. She gave him another son. According
to Arsenault, Paul and his family were counted at Malpèque on northwest coast of Île
St.-Jean in 1757, which means they either had gone
to the island from Chignecto after 1752 or escaped the British at Chignecto in
1755 and took refuge on the island, where their son was born. They
evidently escaped the British again in
1758, after the fall of the French fortress at Louisbourg that year, crossed Mer
Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. According to Stephen A.
White, Paul died during exile
at Miramichi on the Gulf shore in c1760, age 55 (which means he, and most of his
family, were not deported to France in 1758; not so his youngest son). Two of
his
daughters, by first wife Marie-Josèphe, married into the Darois
and Broussard families and followed the Beausoleil
Broussards from
Halifax to Louisiana in 1764-65. Paul's sons from his first wife also created their own
families, and four of them emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.
Oldest son Paul, fils, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Brun, born at Chignecto in c1732, followed his
family into exile on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He married Rosalie LeBlanc
in c1760, was imprisoned with her in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s, and
emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via French St.-Domingue in 1765. They
settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans,
where they were joined later in the year by his three younger brothers.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1770 and 1778, Rosalie gave Paul, fils
four children, a son and two daughters. Louisiana records give them more
children.
Paul died at Cabahannocer/St.-Jacques in March 1797, age 66. His daughters married into
the Bergeron, Breau, LeBlanc,
and Part families. All four of his sons married, into the
Babin, Henry, Gautreaux, and
Part families. Three of them joined the Acadian exodus
from the river to upper Bayou
Lafourche, where, like their brother who remained on the river, they created
vigorous lines.
Paul, père's second son Joseph, by first wife Marie-Josèphe
Brun, born at Chignecto in c1736,
followed his family into exile and married Marie, daughter of Claude
Girouard and Madeleine Vincent of Pigiguit, at
Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in November 1759.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Joseph a
daughter in 1760. After the fall of Restigouche, they eithier surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the area and held as prisoners in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war.
With one daughter, but perhaps not their first one, they
followed the Broussards to Louisiana from Halifax in 1764-65
and settled with them on lower Bayou Teche west of the Atchafalaya Basin, but they did
not remain. An epidemic struck the Teche valley Acadians that
spring and summer, compelling Joseph to take his family to Cabahannocer on the river, where older
brother Paul, fils had settled. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1763 and 1774, in imprisonment and in Louisiana, Marie gave Joseph three more children, all
daughters. Louisiana records give them two sons as well.
Joseph died in St. James Parish, formerly Cabahannocer, in December 1812, in his late 70s. His
daughters married into the Landry, Melançon,
and Picou families. His sons married into the
Pitre and Judice families on the river.
Paul, père's third son Michel le jeune, by first wife
Marie-Josèphe Brun, born at Chignecto in
c1741, followed his family into exile and imprisonment, and his brothers and the
Broussards to Louisiana in 1764-65. He also went to Bayou Teche
and retreated to the river with his brothers that fall. He married Anne-Osite, daughter of
Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry and probably his first
wife Élisabeth LeBlanc, at Cabahannocer on the river in May 1768 and moved
on to upper Bayou Lafourche in the early 1790s. Oddly, Bona Arsenault says
Michel le jeune married twice, to Osite Landry and
Anne Landry, when in truth he married only once, to Anne-Osite.
Arsenault says that between 1769 and the late 1770s, she gave him six children,
two sons and four daughters, but Louisiana records give them more sons.
Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Foret,
Haché, Louvière, Pitre, and
Savoie families. Three of Michel le jeune's four
sons married into the Thériot, Stiven, and
LeBlanc families on the river. Two of them followed their
father to the upper Lafourche and another moved on to the western prairies.
They all created vigorous lines.
Paul, père's fourth son Pierre, by first wife Marie-Josèphe
Brun, born at Chignecto in January 1745,
followed his family into exile and imprisonment and his brothers and the Broussards
to Louisiana in 1764-65. He followed his brothers from Bayou Teche to the
river in the fall of 1765 and married Marie, daughter of Michel Bergeron
and Marie Hébert of Annapolis Royal and Rivière St.-Jean, at
Cabahannocer on the river in November 1767. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1769 and 1777, Marie gave Pierre three children, two
sons and a daughter, but Louisiana records give them many more children.
Pierre died in St. James Parish in January 1815, in his late 60s. His
daughters married into the Chole or Jolie,
Gaudet, Gravois, LeBlanc, and
Moulard families. Four of his six sons married, into the
Savoie, Langlinais, Bergeron,
and Landry families. One of them resettled on upper Bayou
Lafourche and two of them on the western prairies. They all created
vigorous
lines.
Paul, père's fifth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, by second wife
Madeleine Cormier, born perhaps at La Planche, Chignecto, in
the late 1740s, followed his family to the west, or French, side of Chignecto in
1750 and to Malpèque on Île St.-Jean by 1757, perhaps after escaping the British
roundup at Chignecto in 1755. In 1758, Jean-Baptiste, still a boy, somehow
became separated from his family during the island's dérangement and
was deported to France. He either landed at, or moved on, to
the naval port of Rochefort, where a local Frenchman, Nicolas-Gabriel
Albert, who had lived at Louisbourg, Île Royale, until the early 1750s
and whose second wife was an Acadian Benoit, served as
Jean-Baptiste's "curator" until he came of age. Jean-Baptiste had been a
resident of Rochefort for at least four years when, in his early 20s, with
permission from his "curator," he married 25-year-old Henriette
Bonneau of St.-Denis d'Oléron on Île
d'Oléron, east of Rochefort, at the naval port in 1770.
She gave him three children there: Marie, or Mary,
in c1771; Guillaume in c1772; and Jean-Baptiste-Antoine in February 1774.
Jean-Baptiste and his family, along with Nicolas Albert and his
family, went from Rochefort to Poitou in 1774 with hundreds of other exiles
languishing in the port cities. Henriette gave Jean-Baptiste another son,
Jacques-Augustin, in St.-Jean l'Evangeliste Parish, Châtellerault, in July 1775.
After two years of effort, Jean-Baptiste "and [his] family of 5 persons"
were slated in March 1776 to retreat with other Poitou Acadians in the fourth
and final convoy from Châtellerault to the lower Loire port of Nantes, but they
did not go there. They went, instead, to La Rochelle, which was closer
than Nantes to
Henriette's family on Île d'Oléron. They then likely returned
to Rochefort. One wonders which of their four children had died by then.
Though he likely knew that his four older half-brothers had settled in Louisiana
20 years earlier, Jean-Baptiste, probably because he had married a French woman
who had no intention of leaving her family again, did not follow over 1,500 of his fellow Acadians to
the Spanish colony in 1785. His and Henriette's daughter married into the
Barriteau family at Rochefort in 1789.
Claude's second son Claude,
fils, born at Chignecto, according to
Stephen A. White, in c1707,
married Anne-Marie, daughter of Germain Cormier and Marie LeBlanc,
in c1730 probably at Chignecto and settled at Rivière La Plance.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1749,
Anne-Marie gave Claude, fils six children, all sons. Family
historian Marc Bourgeois gives them five sons. Members of the family
evidently escaped the British at Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada,
settling at La
Prairie across from Montréal.
Claude, fils may have died at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade below
Trois-Rivières in January 1770, age 62, though Marc Bourgeois suspects this is
another Claude Bourgeois, "accadien." It is
certain that wife Anne died at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie, in the interior
southeast of Montréal, near her younger sons, in May 1777. Four of her and
Claude, fils's sons married and settled on the upper St. Lawrence.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste dit Bercas, born at Chignecto in c1733,
evidently escaped the roundup at Chignecto and also sought refuge in Canada.
He married Marguerite Cyr in
c1758, place unrecorded, during exile.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1760 and 1770,
Marguerite gave Bercas five children, four sons and a daughter, in Canada. According
to Marc Bourgeois, between 1760 and 1780, the couple had 10 children,
seven sons and three daughers, all in Canada. The family was
counted at Kamouraska on the lower St. Lawrence in 1764 and 1767 and at L'Acadie
on Rivière Richelieu southeast of Montréal in c1770. Their daughters
married into the Melanson, Marseault, and
Remiard families in Canada. Five of Jean-Baptiste dit
Bercas's seven sons also created their own familes in Canada.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born perhaps on the lower St. Lawrence in c1760, married Marie-Julie, daughter of Eustache
Panneton and Marie-Julie Peladeau, at Montréal in
February 1795. Jean-Baptiste, fils died at Montréal in June 1822,
in his early 60s.
Jean-Baptiste dit Bercas's second son Joseph-Antoine, born at
La-Pocatière, Kamouraska, on the lower St. Lawrence, in March 1762, married
Rosalie, also called Marie-Rose, daughter of Olivier Dupuis and
Marie-Anne Boudreau, at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie, across from
Montréal, in February
1783. Joseph-Antoine died at nearby L'Acadie in September 1825, age 63.
Jean-Baptiste dit Bercas's third son Henri, born at Kamouraska in May
1767, married Marie, daughter of Joseph Coupal or
Coupel dit Lareine and Marie Jourdonnet, at
L'Acadie in April 1800. Henri died at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, northeast
of Montréal, in December
1843, age 76.
Jean-Baptiste dit Bercas's fifth son Ambroise, born at Laval,
Île-Jésus, in September 1771, married Marie-Marguerite, daughter of Pierre
Montminy and Marie-Françoise Rémil, at
L'Acadie in November 1793, and remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Joseph
Vincent and Marie Daigle, at L'Acadie in
February 1803.
Jean-Baptiste dit Bercas's seventh and youngest son
Michel le jeune,
born at Lachine near Montréal in December 1774, married Françoise,
daughter of Nicolas Antoine and Catherine Magnan
dit Champagne, at L'Acadie in January 1798.
Claude, fils's son Clément, born at Chignecto in c1744, followed his
family to Canada and married Agnès, daughter of Pierre Lanoue
and Ursule Brun, at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in July 1780.
Claude, fils's son Michel le jeune, born at Chignecto in
c1748, followed his family to Canada and married cousin Nathalie, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Comeau and Anne Bourgeois, at
Laprairie in February 1773.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and 1776,
Nathalie gave Michel three children, a son and two daughters.
Claude, fils's fifth and youngest son Pierre, born at Chignecto in
c1749, followed his family to Canada and married Apolline, daughter of Pierre
Brosseau and Marie-Anne Deneau, at Laprairie
in August 1778.
Claude, père's third son Joseph, born in c1711 at Chignecto, married Marie, daughter of Guillaume
Cyr and Marguerite Bourg, at Beaubassin in February 1733.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1745,
Marie gave Joseph three children, two sons and a daughter. They escaped
the British in 1755, sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, and made
their way to Restigouche, at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs, where they
encountered another British roundup in the fall of 1760. The British
likely held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Their daughter married into the Arsenault dit Bénéry
family at Restigouche in July of 1760. After the war, she settled
with her family on Miquelon, the French-controlled fishery island off the
southern coast of Newfoundland. One of Joseh's sons died during exile.
Second son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1739, followed his family into exile in
1755. According to Bona Arsenault, he married Madeleine Hébert
in c1762, no place given, perhaps in one of the prison compounds in Nova Scotia, and she gave him a daughter in c1763. Arsenault
says Jean, husband of Madeleine Hébert, died in c1765, no place
given, and that
she remarried to a Comeau,
who took her to Pigiguit, present-day Windsor, Nova Scotia, by April 1768, where
their marriage was "rehabilitated." Arsenault also says Jean's daughter
Marie-Anne by Madeleine was baptized on Rivière St.-Jean in July 1768, age 5, so
the blood of the line endured in greater Acadia.
Claude, père's fourth son Michel, born at
Chignecto in the early 1710s, married
Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Gaudet and Marie Bourg, at
Beaubassin in November 1734.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1742 and 1745,
Marguerite gave Michel two children, both sons.
Michel remarried to Marie, daughter of Pierre
Doucet and Marie Cormier, at Beaubassin in June 1748.
They may have been deported to Georgia or
South Carolina in 1755 and joined other Acadians the following spring in a
valiant attempt to return to greater Acadia by boat. They, too, may have
been intercepted at Long Island, New York, and detained in that colony for the
rest of the war. In
1763, Michel Bourgeois with his wife and seven children
appeared on a repatriation list in New York. According to Stephen White, Michel died before February 1780,
no place given. One wonders where they went after 1763. To Canada,
where most of the exiles from New York resettled? To the French Antilles,
where some of them went? They did not go to Spanish Louisiana.
Claude, père's fifth son Olivier, born at Chignecto in c1723, married
Marguerite, daughter of Paul Cyr and Agnès Cormier, at Beaubassin
in November 1747, and remarried to Marie Cormier in c1754 probably at
Chignecto. The British deported them to Georgia in 1755. According
to a repatriation list, they were still there, with four of their children, in
1763. The following year, they were among the dozens of Acadians from the
seaboard colonies who French officials lured to St.-Domingue to help construct a
new French naval base at Môle St.-Nicolas on the north shore of the island.
Marie did not survive the ordeal in the tropical wilderness. When in late
1764 and 1765 some of Olivier's kinsmen passed through Cap-Français on their way to
New Orleans, Olivier did
not join them. He remarried again--his third marriage--to Françoise Vincent,
widow of ____ and Pierre Martin, in c1766 probably at Môle St.-Nicolas
and died there in October
1778, age 55.
Claude, père's sixth and youngest son
Jean-Jacques, born at Chignecto in the mid-1720s, married Claire Bourg in
c1745 probably at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1746,
Claire gave Jean-Jacqeus three children, a son and two daughters.
Jean-Jacques remarried to Marie, daughter Pierre Cyr and Claire Cormier,
probably at Chignecto in c1754. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Jacques dit Jacob's second
son Germain, born at Port-Royal in c1650, married Madeleine, daughter of Antoine Belliveau
and Andrée Guyon, at Port-Royal in c1673 and followed his father to
Chignecto. Between 1674 and 1679, Madeleine gave
Germain three children, two sons and a daughter. He remarried to Madeleine,
daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite Doucet, probably at
Chignecto in c1682. Between 1683 and 1708, Madeleine gave Germain 10 more
children, two sons and eight daughters. Germain was a habitant
at Chignecto and also a merchant at Port-Royal and was active against the British in
both King William's and Queen Anne's wars. He died in captivity at Boston,
Massachusetts, in 1711, in his
early 60s. His
daughters from both wives married into the Breau, Poirier,
Richard dit Lafond and dit Beaupré, Girouard,
Robichaud dit Prudent, and LeBlanc families, three of them to
brothers. Three of Germain's four sons by both wives created their own
families.
Oldest son
Guillaume
le jeune, by first wife Madeleine Belliveau, born probably at Chignecto in c1674, married Marguerite,
daughter of Abraham Mius de Pleinmarais and Marguerite de
Saint-Étienne de La Tour, in c1700. In 1702, Marguerite gave Guillaume
a daughter. He remarried to Catherine-Josèphe,
daughter of Pierre Thibodeau and Jeanne Thériot, at Port-Royal in
February 1705. Between 1708 and 1734, Catherine-Josèphe gave Guillaume 11
more children, four sons and seven daughters. Guillaume died at Annapolis
Royal in August 1747, age 73. Seven of his eight daughters by both wives married into the
Thibodeau, Caissie, Breau, Cottard,
Comeau, Maillet, and Forest families. Three of his four sons, all by second wife
Catherine, created their own families.
Oldest son
Michel, born at Minas in January 1713, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Dugas and Claire
Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in January 1739. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1741 and 1753, Anne gave Michel seven children, two sons and
five daughters. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Guillaume le
jeune's second son
Sylvain, born at Annapolis Royal in January 1715, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Comeau and Susanne Bézier,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1749. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1749
and 1751, Anne gave Sylvain two children, a son and a daughter. Sylvain
died at Annapolis Royal in May 1751, age 36. Anne remarried to Charles
Mouton perhaps at Chignecto in c1755 and, with her two children, followed him into exile, to
South Carolina or Georgia. In early 1756, with permission of the colonial
governor, they, with other exiles, attempted to return to their homes by boat.
They got as far as Long Island, New York. Colonial officials refused to
let them go any farther, so they were detained at La Rochelle for the rest of
the war. They chose to resettle in the French Antilles. Charles,
Anne, and her Bourgeois children, son Joseph and daughter
Anne-Esther, were counted at Champflore, Martinique, in
January 1766. Joseph evidently died at Champflore the following August,
age 17. Later in the decade, Anne-Esther, still in her teens, followed her
mother, stepfather, and stepbrother to Spanish Louisiana, settled with them at
Cabahannocer/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans, and, at age 18, married into the
Blanchard family there in c1769, so the blood of this line endured, in
the Bayou State.
Guillaume le
jeune's third son Guillaume,
fils, born Annapolis Royal in May 1717, married Anne, daughter of Alexandre Hébert and Marie Dupuis,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1741. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1741 and 1752, Anne gave Guillaume, fils six children, two sons and
four daughters. The British deported the family to Connecticut in 1755.
In 1767, they moved on to Canada and settled at St.-Jacques-de-l'Achigan north of
Montréal. Guillaume, fils died at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in November 1794, age 77. One of his daughters
married into the Lanoue family.
Guillaume le
jeune's fourth and youngest son Amand, born at Annapolis Royal in September
1721, evidently died young.
Germain's second
son Michel, by first wife Madeleine Belliveau, born at Chignecto in c1679, evidently died young.
Germain's third son
Joseph
dit Jacques, by second wife Madeleine Dugas, born at Chignecto in c1691, married Anne, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc
and Madeleine Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in January 1719 and settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1720 and 1746, Anne gave
Joseph 13 children, four sons and nine daughters. In the early 1730s,
Joseph served as a delegate from Annapolis Royal to the colonial Council.
The British deported him and his family to Massachusetts in 1755. In
August 1763, Joseph, Anne, four of their children,
two sons and two daughters, appear on a repatriation list circulating in that
colony. Joseph died at Beverly, northeast of Boston, in 1764, in his early
70s. In 1767, most of his family followed their fellow exiles to Canada.
Widow Anne and her children settled at Bécancour on the upper St.
Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières. Six of her and Joseph's daughters married
into the Prince, Richard, Benoit,
Robichaud, and Dupuis families. Three of
Joseph's sons also created their own families, at Annapolis Royal, in Massachusetts,
and in Canada.
Oldest son
Joseph-Grégoire, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1722, married Catherine, daughter
of Abraham Comeau and Marguerite Pitre, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1749. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1752 and 1765, Catherine gave Joseph-Grégoire seven children, four sons and
three daughters. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in 1755.
In 1767, Joseph-Grégoire followed his family to Canada, where he settled at
St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu in the interior northeast of Montréal and then moved up
to Nicolet on the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières. He
remarried to Thérèse, daughter of Simon Hubert and Marie-Anne
Larue and widow of François Précourt, at
Nicolet in June 1774. She evidently gave him no more children.
Joseph-Grégoire died at Nicolet in April 1803, in his early 80s. One of his
daughters married into the Précourt family at Nicolet.
All four of his sons created their own families at Nicolet and in the Richelieu
valley.
Oldest son
Grégoire, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1753, followed his family to
Massachusetts and Canada, where he married Marie-Séraphique, daughter of
Jean-Simon LeBlanc and Marie Landry, at
St.-Jacques-de-l'Achigan in February 1777.
Joseph-Grégoire's
second son
Jean-Baptiste, born perhaps at Annapolis Royal in c1755, followed his family to
Massachusetts and Canada, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph
Lamoureaux and Marie-Josèphe Goulet, at
St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu northeast of Montréal in November 1779.
Joseph-Grégoire's
third son Joseph,
born probably in Massachusetts in c1756, followed his family to Canada, where,
Bona Arsenault contends, he married Marie-Séraphie, daughter of Jean-Simon
LeBlanc and Marie Landry, at
St.-Jacques-de-l'Achigan in February 1777. They settled at
St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu.
Joseph-Grégoire's
fourth and
youngest son Jean-François, born probably in Massachusetts in c1758, followed
his family to Canada, where he married Marie-Ursule, daughter of Étienne
Desaultels and Marie-Anne Meunier, at
St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu near St.-Antoine.
Joseph dit
Jacques's third
son Pépin-Gauthier, born at Annapolis Royal
in February 1734, followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada, where he settled near his family at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet.
Pépin married Marie, daughter of Joseph-Pierre Poirier and
Madeleine Doiron and widow of Olivier Thibodeau,
at Bécancour above Nicolet in February 1783.
Joseph dit
Jacques's fourth son Claude, born at Annapolis Royal in c1736, followed his
family to Masschusetts but not to the St. Lawrence River valley. He married
Anne dite Nanette, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Bourque
and Marie Thériault of Chignecto in c1760, place unrecorded.
Claude died at Menoudie, Nova Scotia, in c1769, in his early 30s, so he
evidently returned to greater Acadia in the 1760s, when his family moved on to
Canada.
Joseph dit
Jacques's fifth
and youngest son Joseph-Timothée, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1739, followed his
family to Massachusetts. He married Isabelle, daughter of Guillaume
Ouinet, actually Winniett, and Louise dite Lisette Robichaud,
at Boston in January 1769; Isabelle was a granddaughter of the Nova Scotia shaker and mover
William Winniett, Sr. She and Joseph-Timothée followed
his family to Canada and "rehabilitated" the marriage at Pointe-aux-Trembles
above Montréal in December 1775. According to Bona Arsenault, Isabelle gave Joseph-Timothée a
daughter in c1770. They resettled at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of
Pointe-aux-Trembles, where Joseph-Timothée died in c1777, in his late 30s.
Germain's fourth
and youngest son Claude
le jeune, by second wife Madeleine Dugas, born at Chignecto in c1695, married
Marie, also called Marguerite, another daughter of
Pierre LeBlanc and Madeleine Bourg,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1721 and settled there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1726 and 1749, Marie gave Claude 11 children, five sons and
six daughters, including a set of twins. In 1755, the British deported Claude
le jeune and members of his family from Annapolis Royal to
Massachusetts, where they were counted at Amesbury in September 1756, having
come there from Newbury the previous January. The couple were still at
Amesbury in 1760, with three sons and two daughters, ages 25 to 17, all
unmarried. The family may have joined other exiles at Boston in 1762 or
1763. Marc Bourgeois places Claude, wife Marguerite, and youngest son
Germain with son Abel and his family and daughter Marguerite and her
Gaudet husband in Connecticut in 1763. If so, they did not remain
in that colony. Claude le jeune died in Massachusetts, perhaps
back at Amesbury, by March 1766, in his late 60s or early 70s. In 1767 and
c1773, members of his family moved from Massachusetts to Canada and settled at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, L'Assomption, and Bécancour below
Montréal. Widow Marguerite, who did not remarry,
died probably at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in c1781. Three, perhaps four, of her and
Claude le jeune's daughters
married into the Robichaud, Boudrot,
Thériot, Dupuis, and Gaudet families
in Canada, one of them in France,
and another at Boston, the marriage validated at New Orleans, where she and her
Gaudet husband had gone in 1765--the only member of her
immediate family to settle in the Spanish colony.
All five of Claude le jeune's sons created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre-Benjamin, born at Annapolis Royal in c1726, married
Cécile, daughter of René Aucoin and Madeleine Bourg
of Grand-Pré, in c1752. They moved to Petitcoudiac in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto on the eve of Le Grand Dérangement.
According to Bona Arsenault, Cécile gave Pierre-Benjamin a daughter in 1755.
They escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières later that year and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. Pierre-Benjamin remarried to Anne, daughter of René LeBlanc
and Anne Thériot, in c1761 during exile, no place given. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1768, Anne gave Pierre-Benjamin four more
children, two sons and two daughters. Pierre-Benjamin took his family to
Rivière St.-Jean in 1768 and then to Memramcook, present-day southeastern New
Brunswick, in 1770. He remarried--his third marriage--to Anne, daughter of
Jacques Thébeau and Anne Melanson, in c1770,
place unrecorded.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1771 and 1778, third wife Anne gave
Pierre-Benjamin seven more children, three sons and four daughters.
Pierre-Bejamin remarried twice more, his fourth marriage, date unrecorded, to a
woman whose name has been lost to history, and his fifth marriage to Anne
Thibodeau in c1780. Pierre-Benjamin died at Grande-Digue on the coast north of
Memramcook in November 1821, in his mid-90s. Five of his daughters by his
first three wives married into the Arsenault, LeBlanc,
and Thébeau families. All five of his sons by his second
and third wives created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre Nabor, by second wife Anne LeBlanc, born in c1766, married
Henriette, daughter of Germain Thibodeau.
Pierre-Benjamin's second son Joseph-Romain, by second wife Anne
LeBlanc, born in c1768, married Marie
Arsenault.
Pierre-Benjamin's fourth son Mathurin, by third wife Anne Thébeau, born in c1776, married Marie
Robichaud.
Pierre-Benjamin's fifth and youngest son Allain, by third wife Anne
Thébeau, married Marguerite
Bourque.
Claude le jeune's second son Joseph-Abel, called Abel, born at Annapolis Royal
in c1733, followed his family to Massachusetts, was as Amesbury in 1760, and married Marguerite,
daughter of Joseph Doucet and Anne Bourg of
Salisburty, Massachusetts, by secular priest François Landry in
c1762. After appearing on a repatriation list in Connecticut in 1763 and a
colonial census in Massachusetts in
June 1766, they moved on to Canada, where they validated their marriage at Bécancour on
the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières in September 1767.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and 1788, in New England and
Bécancour, Marguerite gave Abel nine children, five sons and four
daughters. Two of his daughters married into the Desilets
and Leduc families at Trois-Rivières. Three of his five
sons created their own families.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably in New England in c1763, followed
his family to Canada and married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph
Provencher dit Ducharme and Marie-Pélagie Bellefeuille,
at Bécancour in October 1788.
Abel's third son Pierre, born probably at Bécancour in c1774, married Marguerite,
daughter of Joseph Levasseur and Marie-Anne Dahornay,
at Bécancour in January 1801, and remarried to Marguerite, daughter of François
Cormier and Marie Bouvet.
Abel's fifth and youngest son Louis, born probably at Bécancour in c1782, married
Julie, daughter of Joseph Arsenault and Marie Vigneau,
at nearby St.-Grégoire in November 1813.
Claude le jeune's third son Amand, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1735, followed his family to Massachusetts in 1755, was at Amesburg in 1760, and married Marguerite, daughter of
Claude Dugas and Marie-Josèphe Melanson,
living in Sturbridge, probably by secular priest Louis Robichaud
at Cambridge, Massachusetts,
in c1764. They moved on to Canada, validated their marriage at
L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence between Trois-Rivières and Montréal in
July 1767, and settled at nearby St.-Jacques de l'Achigan. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1780, Marguerite gave Amand nine children, four
sons and five daughters, including a set of twins. One of their daughters
married into the Dupuis family. Three of their four sons
created their own families.
Oldest son Abraham, born at St.-Jacques
de l'Achigan in c1770, married Marie-Angélique,
daughter of Joseph Breau and Anastasie Benoit,
at St.-Jacques in March 1794.
Amand's second son Claude le jeune, born at St.-Jacques de
l'Achigan in c1774, married
Isabelle, daughter of Charles-Benjamin Martin and Marie-Thérèse
Robichaud, at St.-Jacques in June 1798.
Amand's third son Jean-Baptiste, born at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in c1778, married
Marie-Vénérade, daughter of Hilaire Poirier and Marie-Angélique
Dugas, at St.-Jacques in February 1807.
Claude le jeune's fourth son Amable, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1737, followed his family to Massachusetts and may have been counted at
Amesbury with the rest of the family in 1760. He married Marie-Louise,
called Louise, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Richard and Marguerite Robichaud,
probably at Cambridge, Massachusetts, by secular priest Louis Robichaud in the
early 1760s. They also moved on to Canada, perhaps as late as the early
1770s, validated their marriage at
L'Assomption in August 1774, and settled at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan.
Claude le jeune's fifth and youngest son
Germain, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1749, followed his family to Massachusetts, was at Amesbury
in 1760, followed his widowed mother to Canada in 1767, and
married Ludivine-Élisabeth, daughter of Charles Belliveau and
Osite Dugas, at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in June 1776.
Jacques dit
Jacob's third and
youngest son Guillaume, born at Port-Royal in c1655, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Martin d'Aprendestiguy
de Martignon and Jeanne de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, probably on
Rivière St.-Jean after 1686. In c1690, Marie-Anne gave
Guillaume a daughter, who married into the LeBlanc family at Port-Royal.
Guillaume died by 1693, in his late 30s. His family line, except for
its blood, died with him.354
Poirier
Fisherman
Jean
Poirier
and his wife Jeanne Chabrat, 1641 arrivals, created what became a large family in
the colony although Jeanne gave him only
two children, a son and a daughter. Jean died in the colony in c1654, in
his late 20s. His daughter married into the Caissie
dit Roger
family. His son created a family of his own, and his son's many sons transformed the family into a fairly
large one in the colony. Jean and Jeanne's descendants settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis
Royal, Chignecto, Minas, and in the French Maritimes. They were especially
numerous at Chignecto. At least 10 of the fisherman's descendants emigrated to
Louisiana from Georgia in 1764, Halifax in 1765, and Haiti via Cuba in 1809. Even more of them could be found in Canada,
greater Acadia, France, and the French Antilles after Le Grand
Dérangement.
Only son
Michel,
born at Port-Royal in c1650 or 1651,
married Marie, daughter of Michel Boudrot and Michelle Aucoin, in
c1673 probably at Port-Royal. They settled at Chignecto, which they helped
pioneer. Between 1674 and 1695, Marie gave
Michel 11 children, nine sons and two daughters. Michel died at Chignecto,
date unrecorded. One of his daughters
married into the Pothier family. Seven of his nine sons created
families of their own.
Oldest son
Michel, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Madeleine, daughter of Germain
Bourgeois and Madeleine Dugas, probably at Chignecto in c1698 and
remained there. Between 1700 and the mid-1720s, Madeleine gave Michel, fils 13 children, eight sons
and six daughters, including a set of twins. Their daughters married into the Arseneau,
Cyr, Cosset, and Vigneau dit Maurice families.
Seven of Michel, fils's eight sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Michel III,
born at Chignecto in c1700, married
Françoise, daughter of Abraham Arseneau and Jeanne Gaudet, in
c1723 probably at Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1720 and
1723, Françoise gave Michel III two daughters. Michel III remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Abraham Brun and Anne
Pellerin, at Annapolis Royal in July 1726. According to Arsenault,
between 1733 and 1750, Marie-Josèphe gave Michel III seven more children, five
sons and two daughters--nine children, four daughters and five sons, by
two wives. Michel III died by January 1752,
place unrecorded.
His daughters married into the Carret, Bourgeois,
Tousignant, and Lemay families in Nova Scotia
and Canada. Three of his sons also married.
Second son
Grégoire, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Brun, born at Chignecto
in c1735, evidently escaped the British roundup there in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. He married Geneviève, daughter of Thomas
Guenet and Marie-Anne Maheu, at St.-Charles de
Bellechasse across from Québec in January 1759.
Michel III"s
third son Michel IV, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Brun, born at
Chignecto in c1736, evidently escaped the British roundup there with his older
brother but may have remained on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore instead of
moving on to Canada. Michel IV
married fellow Acadian Judith Richard in c1759, place
unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1760 and 1769, Judith
gave Michel IV four children, two sons and two daughters. They were at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs
when their family of five appeared on a list of surrendered Acadians
there dated 24 October 1760. The British held them in a prison compound in
Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. They probably were one of the
families headed by a Michel Poirye listed on a repatriation
list at Halifax
in August 1763. British officials counted them at Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in
1771. One wonders what happened to them after that date. Did they
remain in greater Acadia or join his brothers in British Canada?
Michel III's
sixth and youngest son Pierre, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Brun,
born at Chignecto in c1750, evidently escaped the British roundup there with his
older brothers and, with one of them, sought refuge in Canada. Pierre
married Marie-Louise, daughter of Joseph Gagné and Josette
Landry, at Beauce on upper Rivière Chaudière south of Québec
City in c1772.
Michel, fils's second son
Jean-Baptiste
le jeune, born at Chignecto in c1702, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter
of Germain Savoie and Marie Breau, at Annapolis Royal in October
1727. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1745, Marie-Josèphe
gave Jean-Baptiste le jeune six children, four sons and two daughters.
The family evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall
of 1755 and took refuge in Canada. Arsenault says Jean-Baptiste le jeune died
in c1756, place unrecorded, and his widow died at Québec in December 1757,
victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadians in the Québec
area in the summer, fall, winter, and spring of 1757-58. One of their daughters married into the Proux
family at Montmagny. Three of Jean-Baptiste's sons also married in Canada.
Oldest son
Jacques, born at Chignecto in c1742, followed his family to Canada and married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Fournier and
Marie-Madeleine Morin, at St.-Thomas de Montmagny below Québec
in January 1769. Jacques remarried to Véronique, daughter of Joseph
Bouchard and Marguerite Côté, at Montmagny in
October 1779.
Jean-Baptiste
le jeune's third son Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1743, followed his
family to Canada and married Élisabeth, daughter of Charles Couture
and Élisabeth Fournier, at St.-Thomas de Montmagny in
January 1764.
Jean-Baptiste
le jeune's fourth and youngest son Sébastien, born at Chignecto in c1745,
followed his family to Canada and married Marie-Anne, daughter of Jean
Petit and Marie Carette, in c1775, place unrecorded.
They settled at Rimouski on the south shore of the lower St. Lawrence. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1778 and 1792, Marie-Anne gave Sébastien seven children, two
daughters and five sons. Sébastien died at Rimouski in April 1821, in his
mid- or late 70s. His daughters married into the Gagné
and Richard families there. Four of his five sons also
settled on the lower St. Lawrence.
Oldest son
Pierre-Sébastien, born probably at Rimouski in c1780, married Agathe, daughter
of Jean Ruest and Rosalie Gagnon, there in
February 1803 and settled on the north shore of the lower St. Lawrence.
Jean-Baptiste
le jeune's second son Joseph, born at Rimouski in c1785, married Appoline,
another daughter of Jean Ruest and Rosalie Gagnon,
there in February 1806 and also settled on the north shore.
Jean-Baptiste
le jeune's third son Germain, born at Rimouski in c1785, married Geneviève,
daughter of Gabriel St.-Laurent and Brigitte Bernier,
there in May 1809 and joined his brothers on the north shore.
Jean-Baptise
le jeune's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, born at Rimouski in c1788, married
Anastasie Mignot-Labrie there in November 1809 and joined his
brothers on the north shore.
Michel, fils's third son
Joseph,
born at Chignecto in c1705, married Jeanne, daughter of
Guillaume Gaudet and Marie Boudrot of Annapolis Royal, in c1730,
place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1748,
Jeanne gave Joseph five children, four daughters and a son. The family moved on to Île Royale in 1750. In February
1752, a French official counted Joseph, Jeanne, and their four children
at Port-Toulouse on the island. One wonders what happened to them in 1758. Joseph's son created a family of his own.
Only son
Joseph,
fils, born probably at Chignecto in c1737, followed his family to
Port-Toulouse. He may have left the island before 1758 or escaped the
British roundup there later that year. He married Marguerite, daughter of
Nicolas Lavigne and Marie-Anne Clémenceau of
Port-Toulouse, in c1760, place unrecorded, but it could not have been on the
island. One wonders what happened to
them after that date.
Michel, fils's fourth son Ambroise, born at Chignecto c1708, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Augustin Gaudet and Agnès Chiasson, in c1732,
place unrecorded.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and
1744, Marie gave Ambroise five children, three sons and two daughters. One
wonders what happened to them in 1755. At least one of their
sons married.
Second son Joseph dit Maître, born at Chignecto in c1738,
evidently escaped the British roundup there in 1755 and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Maître married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Abraham Arsenault and Marie-Josèphe
Savoie of Île St.-Jean, in c1760, place unrecorded. After
the war, they settled with Grande-Digue, present-day eastern New Brunswick.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Maître two children, a son and a
daughter, in 1767 and 1770. Their daughter married into the LeBlanc
family. Their son also married.
Only son Raphaël, born in c1767, place
unrecorded, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians
Pierre LeBlanc and Marguerite Saulnier and
sister of his sister Marguerite's husband, in c1788, place unrecorded, but it
probably was in the Grande-Digue area.
Michel, fils's fifth son Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1711,
according to Stephen A. White, evidently
died young.
Bona Arsenault insists that Pierre à
Michel, fils married Cécile, daughter of Jean-Jacques Nuirat
and Marie-Jeanne Bourgeois, in c1732, place
unrecorded. Arsenault says Cécile gave Pierre a son in
c1732 probably at Chignecto. White, followed here, says it was Pierre, fils à Pierre,
Michel, fils's nephew, not his son, who married Cécile.
Michel, fils's sixth son Claude
dit
Glodiche, born at Chignecto in c1715, married Anne, daughter of Michel Bourg and Marie Cormier,
at Beaubassin in November 1734. She evidently gave him no children. Glodiche remarried to Marguerite, daughter of
Guillaume Cyr and Marguerite Bourg, in February 1740 probably at
Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and
1754, Marguerite gave Glodiche eight children, five daughters and three sons. The family escaped the British roundup at
Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Arsenault says Marguerite gave Glodiche three more children, a son and two
daughters, in 1758 and 1760, including a set of twins. By 1760, they had
moved up to Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. Claude and
his family of 10 appear on a list of surrendered Acadians still at Restigouche,
dated 24 October 1760. The British held them in the prison compound at Fort
Cumberland, formerly French Beauséjour, not far from their home, where Glodiche and his family of 10
appeared on a repatriation list in August 1763. Marguerite
gave Glodiche two more daughters in 1763 and 1765--13 children, nine daughters
and four sons, in all. To avoid British rule, the family resettled on Miquelon, a French-controlled
fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland, where French officials counted
them in 1767. On orders from the King to relieve overcrowding, the French sent the fisher/habitants
on Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre to France later that year, but Glodiche
and his family, like the majority of the islanders, returned to Miquelon the
following year. French officials counted them on the island in 1776.
Two years later, during the American Revolution, the British captured the
Newfoundland islands and deported the Acadians there to France. In 1784, after the war
had ended and the British returned the islands to France, Glodiche and his
family returned to Île Miquelon a second time. Glodiche and Marguerite
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage in 1790. Glodiche died on the island
in June 1791, in his late 70s. Three of his daughters married into the
O'Nell, Boudrot, and Hébert
families in greater Acadia and on Île Miquelon. Three of his sons also
married, on Miquelon. One of them became a ship captain and returned to
France, as did two of Glodiche's grandsons by an older son.
Oldest son Alain, born at Chignecto in c1744, followed his family into exile, to
Fort Cumberland, to Île Miquelon, and to France and back and married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadian Jean Boudrot and Françoise Arsenault,
on the island
in September 1770. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1771 and 1782,
Marie gave Alain six children, four daughters and two sons.
They were counted on Miquelon in 1776, deported to La Rochelle, France, in 1778,
and returned to the island in 1784, where they remained.
Glodiche's second son Jacques, born at Chignecto in c1749, followed his family
into exile, to Fort Cumberland, to Île Miquelon and to France and back.
Jacques worked as a ship's
carpenter on the island when he was there and married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Bourgeois and
Marguerite Hébert, in January 1774. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1775 and 1782, Marguerite gave Jacques three children, two
daughters and a son. Other records give them another son. The family
was counted on Miquelon in 1776 and deported to La Rochelle, France, in 1778.
One of their daughters died there at age 2 in June 1784. The family
returned to Île Miquelon soon after their daughter's death. Marguerite
gave Jacques another son on the island in c1785, but they did not remain.
They returned to France, where another daughter was born at Ingouville northeast
of Le Havre in 1797--at least six children, three daughters and three sons.
His remaining sons created families in the Le Havre area.
Oldest son Charles, born in St.-Sauveur Parish, La Rochelle, in March 1779, died
in St.-Jean Parish there the following August.
Jacques's second son Jacques, fils, born in St.-Jean Parish, La
Rochelle, in c1780, returned with his family to Île Miquelon and, when he was
old enough, became a sailor. He did not remain on the island.
Jacques, fils married Marguerite, 26-year-old daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean Blin and Madeleine Terrio of Île
St.-Pierre, Newfoundland, at Ingouville near Le Havre, where he worked as a
ship's carpenter, in September 1800. Between 1801 and 1813, at Ingouville, Marguerite gave Jacques, fils
10 children, six daughters and four sons, including a set of twins. Many of their children died young.
Jacques, père's third and youngest son Joseph, born on Île Miquelon in
c1785, soon after his family returned there, also moved on to France. He married, at age 31, Catherine-Victoire, 24-year-old daughter of
Jean-Guillaume Leard or Liard and Marie
Godefroy of Gravville, France, at Graville near Le Havre,
France, in July 1816. He became a "captain of ships."
Catherine-Victoire gave him daughters at Ingouville in 1819 and 1820.
Joseph, at age 37, remarried to 22-year-old Joséphine-Désirée
Gentil of Fecamp at Etretat, France, in August 1822. Joséphine
gave Joseph a son at Ingouville in 1824.
Glodiche's third son Louis, born at Chignecto in c1752, followed his family into
exile, to Fort Cumerland, Île Miquelon, France, back to Miquelon, and back to
France, where he married Jeanne, 19-year-old daughter of Bernard
Darrochy
or Arroguy
and Geneviève Dingle of Rochefort, in St.-Nicolas Parish, La Rochelle, in
April 1780. They followed his family back to Miquelon in 1784. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1781 and 1784,
at La Rochelle and back on Miquelon, Jeanne gave
Louis three daughters. They did not remain on the island. Louis
became a ship's carpenter and "captain of ships," and his work took him back to
France. They settled at Ingouville near Le Havre. Jeanne gave Louis
two sons there in c1790 and July 1798, but they both died young. One of
Louis's daughters married into the Vigneau family at Ingouville
in November 1802. Jeanne, now age 44, gave her 52-year-old husband another
son at Ingouville in October 1805--at least six children, three daughters and
three sons.
Michel, fils's seventh son François, born at Chignecto in Auguste
1722, married
Geneviève, another daughter of Jean-Jacques Nuirat and Marie-Jeanne Bourgeois,
at Beaubassin in October 1746 and likely remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, Geneviève gave
François a son, Félix, in 1748. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Michel, fils's eighth and youngest son
Abraham, born at Chignecto in c1725, married Marie-Josèphe Bourg probably at Chignecto by January
1752. The family evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Marie-Josèphe gave Abraham a daughter, Marie, in c1756. They moved on to Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs,
where Abraham, in his
late 30s, remarried to Agnès, daughter of Charles Belliveau and Marie
Melanson and widow of Honoré Lanoue, in January 1761.
They either were captured by, or surrendered to British forces in the area, who The held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the
war. Agnès gave Abraham a son, Pierre, in c1764 in one of the compounds.
His daughter and son, now young orphans, emigrated to Louisiana probably from Halifax via
Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1765 and settled in the established
Acadian community Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. Daughter
Marie married into the Dupuis family at Cabahannocer and died
on the river in March 1855, age 99, one of the last Acadian immigrants in
Louisiana to join her ancestors. Abraham's son also married, on the
western prairies, and created a vigorous line.
Only son Pierre, by second wife Agnès Belliveau, born in
Nova Scotia in c1764, evidently followed his older half-sister from Halifax to
Louisiana via French St.-Domingue and settled with her at Cabahannocer. He
first appears in Louisiana records at Cabahannocer in January 1777, when a
Spanish official counted him on the left, or east bank, of the river, an orphan
living with the family of Jean-Baptiste Léger and Cécile
Poirier, his second cousin. Probably after he came of
age, he crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakpas District, where he married
Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis-Charles Babineaux
and Anne Guilbeau, in September 1787. They settled at
Grande Pointe on the upper Teche. Their daughters married into the
Cohem, Dugas, Dupuy, Guilbeau,
Richard, and Theriot families. Pierre's only
son also married, into the Theriot family, and created a
vigorous family line.
Michel, père's second son Claude, born at Port-Royal or Chignecto in
c1676, lived at least into his early 20s but
did not marry.
Michel, père's third son Pierre, born at Port-Royal or
Chignecto in c1680,
married Agnès, daughter of Thomas Cormier and Marie-Madeleine Girouard,
probably at Chignecto in c1705. Between the 1706 and the late 1720s, Agnès gave Pierre 10 children, nine sons and a daughter.
Joseph died at Chignecto in July 1744, in his mid-60s. His daughter married into the Bugeaud family.
All of his sons also married.
Oldest son Pierre,
fils, born at Chignecto in c1706, married, according to Stephen A. White, Cécile, daughter of Jean-Jacques Nuirat and
Marie-Jeanne Bourgeois, in c1728 probably at Chignecto. According
to Bona Arsenault, the Cécile Nuirat who married Pierre
Poirier gave him a son in c1732. White says this
Pierre, fils died at Chignecto by
February 1733, age unrecorded. Members of the family moved on to Île
St.-Jean.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in c1732, moved on to Île St.-Jean
perhaps after August 1752 and married Anne, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Vécot and Marie Chiasson, on the island in either
November 1752 or February 1757. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Pierre, père's second son Bernard, born at Chignecto in c1708, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of François Michel dit La Ruine and
Marguerite Meunier, in c1732 probably at Chignecto and likely remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1756, Marie-Madeleine
gave Bernard five children, three daughters and two sons. The family
evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. Bernard died by November 1758, place unrecorded,
probably in Canada. French officials counted members of the family at St.-Charles
de Bellechasse across from Québec that year and at St.-Thomas de Montmagny below
Québec in 1766. Two of Bernard's daughters married into the Hébert
and Lefebvre families in those communities. Two
of his sons also married in the area.
Older son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1741, followed his family to Canada and
married Marie-Élisabeth, daughter of Claude-Joseph Bouchard and
Élisabeth Thibault, at St.-Thomas de Montmagny in February
1766.
Bernard's younger son François, born in exile,
perhaps in Canada, in c1756, married Louise
LeGuerre at St.-Pierre de Sorel on the upper St. Lawrence between Trois-Rivières and
Montréal.
Pierre, père's third son Michel le jeune, born at
Chignecto in c1710, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of René
LeBlanc and Jeanne Landry, at Grand-Pré in October 1735, but they
may have settled at Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1748,
Marie-Madeleine gave Michel le jeune four children, two sons and two
daughters. Other records give them another son. Arsenault says the
British deported the family to "Carolina" in the fall of 1755, but
their oldest son evidently did not go with them. According to
Stephen A. White, Michel le jeune died by April 1779, place unrecorded,
perhaps in French St.-Domingue. His daughter Marie married into the
Cormier and Michaut families, the second time
in French St.-Domingue. His youngest son also married there, but his
oldest son ended up in Louisiana.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in c1740, escaped the British
roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755, sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore, and married fellow Acadian Marie-Anne, called Anne, Bourgeois,
date and place unrecorded.
In the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were
captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotial for the rest of the war. They came to Louisiana from Halifax via
French St.-Domingue in 1765 and settled
near his cousins at Cabahannocer on the river, where Spanish officials
counted them on the left, or east, bank of the Mississippi in January 1777.
Two years later, they owned a slave. All of their children were born in
Louisiana. Joseph died near Convent, St. James Parish, formerly
Cabahannocer, in January 1811.
The priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was age 68 when he
died. He was closer to age 71. His daughters married into the Gaudet and Part
families. His only son Jean does not seem to have
survived childhood, so, except for its blood, this family line may
have died with Joseph.
Third and youngest Michel, fils, born perhaps in South Carolina, date
unrecorded, married Victoire dite Delle, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Jourdain and Marie-Anne Werling, at Môle
St.-Nicolas, French St.-Domingue, in February 1783. Delle gave Michel,
fils a daughter there in October 1786.
Pierre, père's fourth son Guillaume, born at Chignecto in c1712, married,
according to Bona Arsenault, Marie, daughter
of Jean-Baptiste Forest and Marie-Élisabeth Labarre, in c1739
probably at Chignecto and settled there. According to Arsenault,
between 1740 and 1744, Marie gave Guillaume three children, two daughters and a
son. The British deported the family to Georgia or South Carolina in the
fall of 1755. Guillaume, evidently a widower,
and five children appeared on a repatriation list in South Carolina in August 1763. Later that year or in
1764, members of the family resettled in French St.-Domingue, today's Haiti. Guillaume died by August 1776,
when wife Marie remarried to a Ronval from France at Môle
St.-Nicolas, site of the new French naval base on the northwest tip of the island. One of Guillaume's daughters married into the Giroir
family there in August 1776 11 days after her mother remarried.
Pierre, père's fifth son François, born at Chignecto in c1716,
married Anne, daughter of Germain Girouard and Jeanne Barrieau, at
Beaubassin in September 1740. They settled at Pointe-à-Beauséjour,
Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741
and 1747, Anne gave François three children, two daughters and a son.
According to Stephen A. White, François remarried to Madeleine Dugas in
c1749 probably at Chignecto. In 1749 and 1750, Madeleine gave François two
more sons. The British deported the family to South
Carolina in the fall of 1755. François remarried again--his third marriage--to Théotiste dite Catherine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Breau and Catherine-Josèphe Bourgeois,
in c1760 probably in South Carolina. She gave him another daughter in
c1761--six children, three daughters and three sons, by three wives.
François, Théotiste, sons Louis, age 15, and Joseph,
age 13, and daughter Victoire, age 2, along with a 15-year-old Breau
orphan, perhaps Théotiste's younger sister, appeared on a repatriation list in
South Carolina in August 1763. After the war ended, François
took his family to the French Antilles. Wife Catherine died at Fort-Royal, Martinique,
in September 1769, age unrecorded. François died there September 1772, in his late 50s or early 60s.
His youngest daughter by third wife Théotiste married into the Sasamy
family in French St.-Domingue. One of his sons also married there.
Third and youngest son Joseph, by second wife Madeleine Dugas,
born at Pointe-à-Beauséjour in c1750, followed his family to South Carolina and
to the French Antilles. If he followed his father and stepmother to
Martinique, he did not remain there. In his late 30s, he married
Marie-Louise, daughter of Marie-Catherine Dubay, at Bombarde,
French St.-Domingue, in November 1787.
Pierre, père's sixth son Joseph, born at Pointe-à-Beauséjour in c1717, married Marguerite, daughter of Germain Girouard
and Jeanne Barrieau, at Beaubassin in September 1740 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Joseph a daughter in 1744. The British deported the family to one of the seaboard colonies,
probably a southern one, in the fall of
1755. After the war ended, François took his family to French
St.-Domingue. He died at Môle St.-Nicolas on the island in October 1776,
in his late 50s, a widower.
Pierre, père's seventh son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born
at Chignecto in April 1720, married Marie, daughter of Jean Hébert
and Isabelle Bourg, at Beaubassin in February 1746 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste le jeune a
daughter in 1748. The British deported the family to Georgia in the fall
of 1755. They appeared on a repatriation list in Georgia in August 1763.
What happened to them after that date?
Pierre, père's eighth son Claude le jeune, born at Chignecto in February
1723, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Arseneau and
Marguerite Hébert, at Beaubassin in January 1746 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Claude le jeune a daughter in
1748.
One wonders what happened to the family in the fall of 1755.
Pierre, père's ninth and youngest son Paul, born at Chignecto in
c1726, married Marguerite, daughter of Paul
Doiron and Marguerite Doucet, at Beaubassin in June 1747.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Paul a daughter in 1748. The
British deported the family to South Carolina in the fall of 1755. Paul remarried
to Thérèse Carret probably in South Carolina in c1762. They
appeared on a repatriation list in South Carolina in August 1763.
What happened to them after that date?
Michel, père's fourth son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in April 1682, married Marie, another daughter of
Thomas Cormier and Marie-Madeleine
Girouard, probably at Chignecto in c1706. Between the 1700s and 1733, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste
nine children, three sons and six daughters.
Jean-Baptiste died at Chignecto by September 1748, in his late 60s. His daughters married into the Chiasson, Hébert,
Doiron, Landry, and Léger families. One of them was
among the first Acadian exiless to go to Louisiana. All of Jean-Baptiste's sons also
married. One of them, like his older sister, was
among the first Acadian exiles in Louisiana, but most of his sons resettled in
Canada.
Oldest son Joseph le jeune, born at Chignecto in c1711,
married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Doiron and Anne LeBlanc, in
c1732, place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and
1742, Madeleine gave Joseph le jeune five children, three sons and two
daughters. In the fall of 1755, the British deported the family to
Pennsylvania, so they may have been living at Minas. Joseph's widow remarried to a Thibodeau
widower from Minas in July 1764, probably in the Quaker colony. In 1766 or
1767 she led her family to Canada. They settled on the upper St.
Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières, where many of the exiles from the seaboard
colonies, including Doirons, settled. One of their
daughters married into the Thibodeau and Bourgeois
families at Bécancour. Their three sons also settled in the area.
Oldest son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1733, married Marie, daughter of François
Forest and Marie-Josèphe Girouard, in c1750,
place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Jean a daughter
in 1751. The British deported them to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755.
They appeared on repatriation list in that colony in June 1763. They followed his family to Canada in the late 1760s. Arsenault says Marie
gave Jean two more children, a son and a daughter, in 1765 and 1771, the younger
one probably in Canada--three children, two daughters and a son, in all. Jean died at Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières in
January 1823, in his late 80s. His daughters married into the
Bourque family there. His son also settled in the area.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, born probably in Pennsylvania in c1765, followed his
family to Canada and married Marie, daughter of Ignace Caron
and Marie-Anne Thibodeau, at Rivière-du-Loup, today's
Louiseville, across Lac-St.-Pierre from Nicolet.
Joseph le jeune's second son Pierre dit Canique, born at
Chignecto in c1734, evidently escaped the British roundup there in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. He married Madeleine, another daughter
of François Forest and Marie-Josèphe Girouard,
in c1758, place unrecorded. British authorities counted them at
Rivière-Ouelle on the lower St. Lawrence in 1759. They had moved up to
Bécancour across from Trois-Rivières by 1771. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1759 and 1774, Madeleine gave Canique seven children, three daughters
and four sons. They were living at nearby St.-Grégoire de Nicolet in 1780.
Canique died there in February 1821, in his late 80s.
His daughters married into the Benoit and Pellerin
families at Nicolet, two of them to brothers. Three of his sons married
sisters and settled in the area.
Oldest son Pierre dit Doiron, born in Canada in c1760, married
Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Bergeron and
Madeleine Bourg, at Nicolet in January 1787.
Pierre dit Canique's second son Jean-Baptiste dit Canique,
born in Canada in c1765, married Madeleine, another daughter of Michel
Bergeron and Madeleine Bourg, at Nicolet in January
1787, and, at age 44, remarried to Josette, daughter of Joseph Belliveau
and Marie Bibeau, at St.-Grégoire de Nicolet in June 1809.
Pierre dit Canique's third son Joseph, born probably at Bécancour in
c1771, married Marguerite, yet another daughter of Michel Bergeron
and Madeleine Bourg, at Nicolet in August 1792, and, at age 31,
remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Héon and Marie
Rhault, at Nicolet in July 1804.
Joseph le jeune's third and youngest son Joseph, fils, born at
Chignecto in c1738, evidently escaped the British roundup there in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. He was counted at
Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière near Rivière-Ouelle on the lower St. Lawrence in 1759
and married fellow Acadian Marguerite Thibodeau that year,
place unrecorded. They had moved up to Bécancour by 1770 and were living
at St.-Grégoire de Nicolet in 1780. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1759 and 1782, Marguerite gave Joseph, fils 10 children, seven daughters
and three sons. Joseph, fils, called Pierre by the recording
priest, died at Nicolet in November 1825, in his his late 80s. Six of his
daughters married into the Belliveau, Rèche,
Pellerin, Morin, Bourgeois,
and Pinard families at Nicolet. One of his sons also
married there.
Second son Joseph III, born probably at Bécancour in c1771, married Louise, daughter
of Joseph Morin and Marie-Louise Pinard-Lauzier,
at Nicolet in January 1795.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Pierre le jeune, born at Chignecto in March 1720, married
Marie, daughter of Pierre Gaudet and Marguerite Hébert, at
Beaubassin in June 1745 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1746 and 1766, Marie gave Pierre le jeune 10 children, five
sons and five daughters. They escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in
the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. French officials counted
them at Québec in 1757 and at Cap-St..-Ignace below the city in 1765. They
moved upriver to Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières by 1767. Pierre died at Nicolet in March 1785, age 65.
Four of his daughters married into the Bergeron, Forest,
and Lemire families at Nicolet. Three of his sons also
married in the area.
Second son Pierre, fils, born at Chignecto in c1753, followed his
family to Canada and, at age 38, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Osias
Boudrot and Anne Orillon, at Nicolet in
February 1791.
Pierre le jeune's third son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born
probably at Chignecto in c1754, followed his family to Canada and, at age 32,
married Marie-Agathe, daughter of Joseph Genest dit
Labarre and Agathe Bourbeau dit Verville, at Bécancour
in May 1786.
Pierre le jeune's fifth and youngest son François, born in Canada in
c1766, married Marie-Julie, called Judith, daughter of Joseph Morin
and Marie Saucier, at Pointe-du-Lac near Trois-Rivières in March
1794, and, at age 48, remarried to Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadians Régis
Part and Marie Belliveau, in August 1814.
Jean-Baptiste's third and
youngest son Jean-Baptiste,
fils, called Jean, born at Menoudy, Chignecto, in February
1733, was still unmarried in the fall of 1755 when the British deported him to
one of the southern colonies. He may have been among the exiles in South
Carolina and Georgia who, the following spring, were allowed by those colonies'
respective governors to return to
greater Acadia by boat but did not make it any farther
than Long Island, New York. He married cousin Marie-Madeleine, called
Madelene, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Richard and Catherine Cormier of
Chignecto, in
c1759, place unrecorded. One wonders if it was in New York. Madeleine
gave Jean
two sons in May 1760 and June 1762, perhaps in New York. If so, they did
not remain after the war ended. Having consulted three related families
with them in New York, they evidently chose to follow them not back to greater
Acadia but southward, perhaps to the French Antilles. Jean and Madeleine
appeared on a repatriation list at
Charles Town, South Carolina, in August 1763, with three children, and they also
were counted in Georgia that year, as were the other three families. In December 1763, Jean,
his wife, and their two young sons, along with the three other
related families--the Cormiers, Landrys, and
Richards (Jean's wife was a Richard remember),
21 exiles in all--ventured from Savannah, Georgia, to Mobile, Alabama, where his
and Madeleine's marriage was "rehabilitated" by the priest there.
With the other families, they then moved on to New Orleans, which they reached in February 1764--the first
documented Acadian exiles in Louisiana. In April, French officials sent the
four families to Cabahannocer on
the river above New Orleans, where other exiles, including Poiriers
and Richards, joined them from Halifax the following year (one
wonders if the four families had contacted the exiles at Halifax and coaxed them
into coming to the Mississippi valley settlement).
Madeleine gave Jean more children in Louisiana,
including three more sons--at least eight children, five sons and three
daughters, between 1760 and the early 1780s. Jean died at
Cabahannocer in January 1785, age 51. His daughters, all born in
Louisiana, married into the Bernard, Clouâtre,
Part, and Picou families. One of his
younger sons, Michel, also born in Louisiana, married into the Landry
family and created a vigorous line on the river.
Michel, père's fifth son Louis, born at Chignecto in January 1684,
married Cécile, daughter of Jean-Aubin Mignot dit Aubin and Anne
Dugas and widow of Pierre Gaudet, in c1708 probably at Chignecto.
Between the late 1700s and 1722, Cécile gave Louis seven
children, two sons and five daughters. Louis died at Chignecto by November
1747, in his early 60s. Three of his daughters married
into the Caissie dit Roger, Mouton, and Arseneau
families. Both of his sons married and remained in greater Acadia after
Le Grand Dérangement.
Older son Pierre, born at Chignecto in January 1719, married Marguerite, daughter of Charles
Arseneau and Françoise Mirande, at Beaubassin in February 1740 and
likely settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1748,
Marguerite gave Pierre five sons. Pierre died in c1749, probably at
Chignecto, and Marguerite remarried to a Bernard widower there.
The family evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. After the war,
they resettled at Bonaventure and Carleton, British-controlled fisheries in Gaspésie along the north shore of the
Baie des Chaleurs. Three of their sons settled there.
Second son Charles dit Commis, born at Chignecto in c1741, followed his
family into exile and to Gaspésie, where he married cousin Claire, daughter of
fellow Acadians Paul Bujold and Marie Poirier,
in c1768. They settled at Bonaventure. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1769 and 1792, Claire gave Commis 13 children, six daughters and seven
sons.
Four of their daughters married into the Babin, Arbour,
and Henry families at Bonaventure. Four of Commis's sons
also settled there.
Oldest son Pierre le jeune, born at Bonaventure in c1771, married Euphrosine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Ambroise Babin and Anne Cyr,
there in January 1796. Pierre captained his own goélette, or schooner.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1797 and 1819, Euphrosine gave Pierre 11
children, four daughters and seven sons. Three of their daughters married
into the Forest, Couture, and Gauthier
families, two of them at Bonaventure. Four of their sons also married at
Bonaventure.
Oldest son Charles le jeune, born at Bonaventure in c1799, married, at
age 35, Marie Louise, daughter of Charles Cavanagh and Louise
Loubert, there in September 1834. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1835 and 1839, Marie Louise gave Charles le jeune
three children, two sons and a daughter. Charles, who worked as a merchant
at Bonaventure, died there in May 1839, age 40.
Pierre le jeune's third son Félix, born at Bonaventure in c1807, became
a cobbler. He married Angélique, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Boisvert and Marguerite Janel of St.-Hyacinthe, Québec
Province, at Bonaventure in January 1830. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1831 and 1849, Angélique gave Félix five children, four sons and a
daughter.
Pierre, le jeune's fifth son Polycarpe, born at Bonaventure in c1813,
married Frances-Isabella, daughter of John Rafter and Anne
Burton, there in October 1837. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1842 and 1849, Frances-Isabella gave Polycarpe five children,
two sons and three daughters. They settled at nearby Cacapédia, now New
Richmond, by 1847.
Pierre, le jeune's seventh and youngest son Pierre-Alexis, born at
Bonaventure in c1814, married cousin Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Poirier and Charlotte Arseneau, there in January 1845.
Commis's third son Maximien or Maxime, born at Bonaventure in c1776, married
cousin Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians François-Placide Bujold
and Marie-Josèphe Bernard, there in July 1803. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1804 and 1818, Scholastique gave Maximien seven
children, three daughters and four sons.
Commis's fourth son Charles, born at Bonaventure in c1780, married, at age 30,
Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Charlemagne Arbour and
Angélique Babin, there in January 1810. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1810 and 1830, Angélique gave Charles 10 children, two
daughters and eight sons.
Commiss's sixth son Paul, born at Bonaventure in c1789, married Oliviette,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Arsenault and
Anne-Blanche Robichaud, there in January 1813. According
to Bona Arsenault, Oliviette gave Paul a daughter in 1814. Paul, at age
41, remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Cormier
and Mathurine LeBlanc, at Bonaventure in August 1830.
Arsenault says between 1831 and 1848, Marguerite gave Paul nine more children,
four daughters and five sons--10 children, five daughters and five sons, by two
wives.
Pierre's third son Pierre dit Chiche, born at Chignecto in c1743,
followed his family into exile and to Gaspésie, where he married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Marie-Josèphe
Daigle, in c1772. They also settled at Bonventure.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1773 and 1789, Marguerite gave Chiche nine
children, five sons and four daughters.
Three of their daughters married into the Bujold, Bourg,
Ferlatte, and Gauthier families at
Bonaventure. Four of their sons also married there.
Second son Fabien,
born at Bonaventure in c1774, married Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph Gauthier, fils and Théotiste Landry, there in
January 1799. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1799 and 1822,
Angélique gave Fabien 13 children, six sons and seven daughters.
Chiche's third son David,
born at Bonaventure in c1776, married Madeleine, fellow Acadians
François-Placide Bujold
and Marie-Josèphe Bernard, there in July 1799. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1800 and 1815, Madeleine gave David seven children,
five daughters and two sons.
Chiche's fourth son Jean-Baptiste,
born at Bonaventure in c1779, married, at age 31, Élisabeth-Charlotte, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean Arseneau and Anne-Marie
Robichaud, there in January 1810. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1810 and 1822, Élisabeth-Charlotte gave Jean-Baptiste eight children,
seven sons and a daughter.
Chiche's fifth and youngest son Ange,
born at Bonaventure in c1780, married, at age 32, Louise, daughter fellow
Acadians Charlemagne Arbour and Angélique Babin,
there in January 1812. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1812 and 1833,
Louise gave Ange nine children, five children and four daughters, including a
set of twins.
Pierre, père's fifth and youngest son Hilaire, born at Chignecto in
c1748, followed his family into exile and to Gaspésie, where he married
Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Dugas and Anne
LeBlanc, at Carleton in October 1773. They settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and 1792, Angélique gave Hilaire 10
children, six children and four sons.
Louis's younger son Charles, born at Chignecto in c1722, married Marguerite, daughter
of Jean-Baptiste Chiasson and Madeleine Boudrot, at Beaubassin in
February 1746. She gave him no children. Charles remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Maurice Vigneau and
Marguerite Comeau, at Beaubassin in November 1747 and moved on to Île
Royale in c1750. Marguerite gave Charles a son that year. In February 1752, a French official counted Charles,
Marguerite, and their young son at Port-Toulouse on the island. They
either left Île Royale after the counting or escaped the British roundup there
in late 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the mainland. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1762 and 1771, Marguerite gave Charles four more children,
three sons and a daughter. British officials counted them at Windsor,
formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in 1771.
Michel, père's sixth son Charles, born at Chignecto in c1688, probably died young.
Michel, père's seventh son
François, born at Chignecto in c1691, married Marie, daughter of Michel Haché dit Gallant and
Anne Cormier, at Beaubassin in November 1715. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1716 and 1726, Marie gave François six children, two
daughters and four sons. François died at
Chignecto in c1727, in his mid- or late 30s. Widow Marie remarried to a
Rassicot on Île St.-Jean, the Acadian settlement on which her
parents pioneered in 1720. François's daughters married into the
Massier dit Ladouceur and Olivier
families perhaps on Île St.-Jean. Three of his sons also married.
Oldest son François, fils, born at Chignecto in c1719, married Cécile,
daughter of François Labauve and Madeleine Belou,
at Beaubassin in February 1746. Between 1746 and 1750, Cécile gave
François four children, three daughters and a son. In 1750, François,
fils took his family to Île St.-Jean. Cécile gave him another
daughter in early 1752. That August, a French official counted François,
fils, Cécile, and their five children at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in
the island's interior. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and 1757,
Cécile gave François, fils three more children, two daughters and a
son--eight children, six daughters and two sons, in all, at Chignecto and on the
island. Arsenault says
they were living lower down at Petite-Ascension on Île St.-Jean in 1757. The British
deported them to Cherbourg, France, in late 1758. They lost two daughters
there in December 1758, soon after their arrival, and in January 1764.
They did not follow François, fils's younger brother Joseph dit
Gourdiec to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765, nor did they follow other
Acadian exiles to Poitou in 1773. .
François, père's second son Joseph dit Gourdiec, born at
Chignecto in c1721, married Isabelle, daughter of Mathieu Brasseau
and Jeanne Célestin dit Bellemère, at
Beaubassin in November 1746. She gave him no children. Gourdiec
remarried to Ursule, daughter of Louis Renault or
Renaud and Marie
Lapierre of Minas, at Beaubassin in October 1748. Ursule
gave him a daughter in 1750. The following year, he took his family to Île
St.-Jean. In August 1752, a French official counted Joseph, Ursule, their
daughter, and Ursule's mother and brother on the south side of
Rivière-de-Peugiguit in the island's interior. Between 1754 and 1758,
Ursule gave him four more children, three daughters and a son. In late
1758, the British deported them to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport
Supply. Three of their children died at sea or in a St.-Malo hospital
soon after their arrival. They settled in the suburb of St.-Énogat,
today's Dinard, across from the Breton port.
Between 1760 and 1764, at St.-Énogat and nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Ursule gave Gourdiec
three more children, two sons and a daughter--eight children, five daughters and
three sons, on Île St.-Jean and in France. In November 1765, Gourdiec took his family to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany, where many of the exiles
recently arrived from England chose to go. Joseph dit Gourdiec and his family settled
at Kersau near Locmaria on the island's southeast coast. Joseph died at
Locmaria in June 1776, in his mid-50s. One of his daughters died there in
March 1785. Despite Bona
Arsenault's assertion, no member of this family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
later that year or ever.
François, père's fourth and youngest son Michel, born at Chignecto in
c1726, married Pétronille, daughter of Pierre Mire and Marie
Forest of Pigiguit, at Beaubassin in February 1748. One
wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Michel, père's eighth son Jacques, born at Chignecto in c1693,
married Anne, daughter of François Cormier and Marguerite LeBlanc,
at Beaubassin in January 1716. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1717 and
1724, Anne gave Jacques two children, a son and a daughter. Jacques died at Chignecto by 1728,
in his early 30s. His daughter married into the Hébert
family. His son also married.
Only son Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1717, married Isabelle, daughter probably
of Joseph Hébert and Marie-Anne Boudrot, at
Chignecto in August 1742. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and
1747, Isabelle gave Pierre three children, a son and two daughters. One
wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Michel, père's ninth and youngest
son Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1695, married Anne, daughter of René Bernard and Madeleine Doucet,
at Chignecto in October 1719 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1722 and 1744, Anne gave Joseph five
children, three sons and two daughters. The British deported members of the family to South Carolina in the fall of 1755.
Joseph died before February 1762, in his mid- or late 60s, place unrecorded, but
it probably was South Carolina. One of his daughters married into the
Doucet family. Two of his sons also married.
Oldest son Paul, born at Chignecto in c1722, married Anne, daughter of Germain
Hébert and Anne Caissie of Minas, at
Beaubassin in October 1743. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1745 and 1747,
Anne gave Paul two sons. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Joseph's second son Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1723, married Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Bourg and Cécile Cormier,
at Beaubassin in November 1743.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1748, Marguerite gave Pierre
three sons. Other records give them a daughter. The family evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto
in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
After the war, they settled at Gaspésie on the north shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs. Their daughter evidently did not escape the roundup at
Chignecto, was sent to one of the southern seaboard colonies, and ended up in
French St.-Domingue, where she married into the Thioulet and
Bordassy families and remained. At least one of Pierre's sons married
in Gaspésie.
Oldest son Pierre dit Parrot,
born at Chignecto in c1744, followed his family into exile and to Gaspésie,
where he married fellow Acadian Anne Gaudet in c1766.
They settled at Carleton. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and
1785, Anne gave Parrot seven children, three daughters and four sons. Their
daughters married into the Arseneau and Hébert
families at Bonaventure. Their sons also settled in the area.
Oldest son Hilaire, born at Carleton in c1775, married Scholastique, daughter of
fellow Acadians Claude Arseneau and Marguerite
Thériault, at nearby Bonaventure in November 1801. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1802 and 1821, Scholastique gave Hilaire eight children,
four daughters and four sons. Hilaire, at age 60, remarried to Émilie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Cyr and Louise
Boudreau, at nearby Cascapédia, today's New Richmond, in August 1835.
Parrot's second son
Nicolas, born at Carleton in c1778, married fellow Acadian Victoire
Léger at Caraquet, New Brunswick, on the south shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs, in August 1796. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1798 and
1814, Victoire gave Nicolas seven children, five sons and two daughters.
Parrot's third son Pierre-René, born at Carleton in c1780, married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Isaac Bernard and Victoire
Robichaud, at Bonaventure in January 1809. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1814 and 1826, Marguerite gave Pierre five children, four
daughters and a son.
Parrot's fourth and youngest son Vital,
born at Carleton in c1782, married Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph Gauthier, fils and Théotiste Landry, at
Bonaventure in January 1812. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1812 and
1827, Louise gave Vital seven children, four daughters and three sons.
Vital, at age 49, remarried to fellow Acadian Julienne Thériault,
widow of Jules Pitre, of Grande-Anse on the south shore of the
Baie des Chaleurs, at Bonaventure in September 1831. According to
Arsenault, between 1832 and 1845, Julienne gave Vital six more children, three
daughters and three sons--13 children, seven daughters and six sons, by
two wives.355
Dugas
Abraham
Dugas,
the gunsmith-turned-justice, an early 1640s arrival, and his wife Marguerite
Doucet created a large family in the colony. Marguerite
gave Abraham eight children, three sons and five daughters. Their
daughters married into the Melanson, Bourgeois, Mignot
dit Châtillon, Arseneau, and LeBlanc
families. All of Abraham's sons created families of their own. His
oldest son's line was especially vigorous. Abraham died at Port-Royal by
1700, in his late 70s or early 80s. His and Marguerite's descendants
settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Chignecto, and Minas and Cobeguit in the
Minas Basin, in British Nova Scotia; and on Rivière St.-Jean, Île St.-Jean, and Île
Royale, controlled by the French before Le Grand Dérangement. At least 89 of Abraham's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765,
French St.-Domingue in the late 1760s, and especially from France in 1785. Perhaps
most
of the gunsmith's descendants, however, could be found in Canada, greater
Acadia, and France after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Claude, born probably at Port-Royal in c1649, married Françoise, daughter of Jacques Bourgeois and Jeanne
Trahan, at Port-Royal in c1673. Between 1674 and 1692, Françoise gave
Claude a dozen children, nine daughters and three sons. Claude remarried to Marguerite, daughter of
Bernard Bourg and Françoise Brun, at Port-Royal in 1697.
Between 1698 and 1715, this Marguerite gave Claude 10 more children, five
daughters and five sons--22 children, 14 daughters and eight sons, by both wives. Claude died
at Annapolis Royal in October 1732, in his early 80s. His daughters by both wives married into the Melanson,
Forest, Bourg, Part dit La Forest, Thibodeau,
Hébert, Broussard, Brun, Aubois dit Dubois,
Bergeron dit d'Amboise, Amireau, and Belliveau
families. One of them emigrated to Louisiana in 1765. All of eight of his sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Claude, fils,
by first wife Françoise Bourgeois,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1677, married Jeanne, another daughter of Bernard Bourg and Françoise Brun,
probably at Port-Royal in the early 1700s, settled at Cobeguit, and died there
by November 1723, in his mid-50s. From the early 1700s to 1709, Jeanne gave Claude, fils five
children, three sons and two daughters. Their daughters married into the
Babineau dit Deslauriers and Doucet families. All of
Claude, fils's sons married.
Oldest
son
Claude III, born in the early 1700s, married, according to Stephen A. White, Anne, daughter of Jean
Hébert and Marie-Marguerite Landry, in c1727. They likely settled at
Cobeguit. However, Bona Arsenault insists that Claude III, sans doute
son of Claude Dugas, fils and Jeanne
Bourg, married Marguerite, daughter of François Coste
and Madeleine Martin of Annapolis Royal, in c1725, no place
given; that, between 1728 and 1747, Marguerite gave Claude III five children,
four sons and a daughter; and that Claude III remarried to Marie-Madeleine
Fougère in c1750, no place given. According to White,
Marguerite, daughter of François Coste and Madeleine
Martin, married Joseph dit le jeune, son of Claude
Dugas, père and his second wife Marguerite Bourg
and Claude III's uncle, at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1725. Arsenault
places Claude III and his family at Plouër-sur-Rance on the west side of the
river south of St.-Malo, France, in
1762, which means the British deported them from the French Maritimes, probably
Île St.-Jean, to France
in late 1758. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France
notes that three of Claude Dugas's sons (Robichaux does not
name their mother) ended up in France, but they may have been sons of Joseph
dit le jeune, not Claude. Two, perhaps three, of the brothers ended
up in Louisiana.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Cobeguit in c1728, married Marguerite Daigre
in c1752. Between 1753 and 1757, Marguerite gave Pierre three daughters.
They evidently escaped to Île St.-Jean after the
summer of 1755. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. They
settled at nearby Plouër-sur-Rance, where Pierre worked as a carpenter and where Marguerite gave him two more daughters in 1761
and 1764. In 1773, they became part of the settlement scheme in the
interior of Poitou. In March 1776, after two years of effort, Pierre,
Marguerite, and three of their daughters retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the lower
Loire port of Nantes. The two oldest daughters, Anne-Osite and
Marguerite-Blanche, married into the Hébert and Bourg
families at Nantes and nearby Chantenay in 1778 and 1784. In 1785, Pierre,
Marguerite, and their two unmarried daughters, Anne-Marie and Marie-Victoire,
along with their married daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana and settled on the
Opelousas prairies west of the Atchafalaya Basin. Pierre and Marguerite
had no more children in the colony. Pierre died there by
March 1808, when wife Marguerite was described as a widow in her burial record.
Second daughter Marguerite-Blanche and her husband evidently settled on upper
Bayou Lafourche. Pierre and Marguerite's youngest daughter Marie-Victoire
married into the Richard family at Opelousas. Oldest
daughter Anne-Osite remarried into the Granger family at nearby
Attakapas. So the blood of the family endured in the Bayou State.
Claude III's
third son Charles, born probably at
Cobeguit in c1737, evidently escaped with his family to Île St.-Jean after the summer of 1755. The British
deported him to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in late 1758, where he married fellow
Acadian Marguerite Granger in c1761. In 1762 and 1764, at
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Marguerite gave Charles two children, a daughter and a son.
In May 1766, Charles, Marguerite, and their two children took the brigantine
Hazard to St.-Malo. They settled in the suburb of St.-Servans-sur-Mer before moving
upriver to Plouër-sur-Rance, near his brothers, in 1769. Between 1766 and 1772,
Marguerite gave Charles four more children, two sons and two daughters, but one
of the daughters died young. Wife Marguerite died at la Ville de La Croix
Guguel near Plouër in March 1773, age 35. Later in the year, Charles took
his five children to Poitou.
His youngest daughter died there in July 1774, age 2. In September 1775,
Charles remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Daigre and Marguerite Granger, in St.-Jean-Baptiste
l'Evangeliste Parish,
Châtellerault, Poitou. In November, after two years of effort, Charles,
Marguerite, and his four remaining children retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the
lower Loire port of Nantes. Between 1776 and 1781, this
Marguerite gave Charles three more children, two sons and a daughter, but both
of the sons died young. Wife Marguerite died at Nantes in April 1784, age 32.
The following year, Charles, still unmarried, and his five children, two
daughters and three sons, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. They settled in the
Attakapas District west of the Atchafalaya Basin near older brother Pierre.
At age 60, Charles remarried--his third marriage--to Françoise, 50-year-old
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Trahan and Jeanne
Daigle and widow of Pascal Hébert, at Attakapas in
July 1797. Françoise also had come to Louisiana from France in 1785.
Needless to say, she gave Charles no more children. Charles died in St.
Martin Parish in January 1809, in his early 70s. His daughters married
into the Richard family at Opelousas and Attakapas. His
sons married into the Martin, Gautreaux, and
Dugas families at Attakapas. Two of the lines endured
there.
Claude III's
fourth and youngest son Amand, born, according to Bona Arsenault, probably at Cobeguit in
either c1747 or c1755, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and his oldest brother Pierre and his family to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. He settled with them at
Plouër-sur-Rance, moved to St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1766, and returned to Plouër in
1771. He may have been the Amand Dugas who ventured to Louisiana by January 1779,
when an Acadian of that name married Geneviève,
daughter of fellow Acadians René
Robichaux
and Marguerie Martin dit Barnabé, at
Attakapas west of the Atchafalaya Basin.
The couple settled at Anse La Butte on upper Bayou Vermilion between
present-day Lafayette and Breaux Bridge, near two of Amand's Dugas cousins.
Amand
died at his home at La Butte in October 1823 after a long illness. The
Vermilionville priest, who called him Armand and did not give his parents'
names, says he died "at age 68 yrs.," but Amand, son of Claude III, would,
according to the birth year given in Arsenault's Cobequit section, have been age
76. Amand was one of the first to be buried behind the new church,
St. John the Evangelist, in Vermilionville.
His succession was filed at the
Vermilionville courthouse in August 1824.
His daughters married into the Cormier and Sonnier families.
Four of his five sons married into the Sonnier,
Brasset or Brasseaux, Dugas, and
Chiasson families, and three of them created vigorous lines. During
the late antebellum period, some of his descendants moved to East Texas, but
most of them remained on the southwest Louisiana prairies. Note that
the two older brothers of Amand, sons of Claude III, emigrated to Louisiana from
France in 1785 and also settled on the prairies west of the Atchafalaya Basin, a
move perhaps inspired by their youngest brother.
Claude, fils's
second son Charles, born in the early 1700s, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Jean Benoit and
Marie-Anne Breau, in c1730 probably at Cobeguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1733 and 1749, Anne-Marie gave Charles eight children, four
daughters and four sons. Other records give them two more children, another
son and another daughter. They moved on to Île
St.-Jean perhaps in 1755 or 1756.
The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in
late 1758. Charles died on the crossing, in his late 50s. His two youngest children
also died at sea. Widow Anne-Marie moved the family to St.-Énogat, today's
Dinard, across from St.-Malo,
where she died in September 1772, age 70. Two of Charles's daughters
married into the Boudrot and Quimine families
in France and emigrated to Louisiana in 1785. A younger daughter followed
her sisters to the Spanish colony and married into the Aillet
family there. At least two of Charles's sons married in France, and one of them
followed his sisters to Louisiana.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Cobeguit in c1737, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and to France and his widowed mother to St.-Énogat, where he worked as
a fisherman. In the early 1760s, following the war with Britain,
Jean-Baptiste signed on to the ship L'Aimable-Thérèse and was reported as
having deserted the vessel at New Orleans in July 1765. He would have been
there about the time some of his Dugas cousins from
Halifax arrived in the colony. He did not remain there. He had
returned to Le Havre, France, by October 1767 and was back at St.-Malo in
November. At age 30, he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel
Grossin and Marie Caissie of Île St.-Jean, at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer, across from St.-Énogat, in February 1768. Between 1768 and
1774, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste four children, three daughters and a son, two of
whom died young. In
1773, Jean-Baptiste and his family went to Poitou. In November 1775, after two years of effort, they retreated with
other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
Another son was born to them there in December 1775, but he also died young. They also lost their older son there. Jean-Baptiste,
Marie, and their surviving daughter Marie-Josèphe emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
They followed most of their fellow passengers to Baton Rouge on the
river above New Orleans and had no more children there. Marie died at Baton Rouge in July 1809, in
her early 70s. Jean-Baptiste was still alive and also in his early 70s at
the time.
His daughter married into the Lebert family at Baton Rouge, so
the blood of the family may have endured there.
Charles's second son Pierre-Ignace, born at Cobeguit in c1743, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and to France and his widowed mother to St.-Énogat.
In January 1761, when he would have been age 17 or 18, he was an engagé
with the Compagne des Indes, place unrecorded. He was still alive in 1771,
in his late 20s. One wonders what happened to him after that date.
He did not follow his siblings to Louisiana in 1785.
Charles's fourth son Antoine, born at Cobeguit in c1747, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and to France and his widowed mother to St.-Énogat, where he
married Véronique, daughter of Énogat Cholus and Anne
Jagoux of St.-Énogat, in June 1775. They remained at St.-Énogat
and did not follow Antoine's family to Louisiana in 1785.
Claude, fils's third and youngest son Pierre, born at Cobeguit in
c1709,
married Isabelle, called Élisabeth, daughter of Abraham Bourg and Marie
Thériot, in c1733 probably at Cobeguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1734 and 1751, Élisabeth gave Pierre eight children, five
daughters and three sons. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1752.
In August 1752, a French official counted Pierre, Élisabeth, and their eight
children, ages 18 to 1, at Anse-à-Pinnet on the island's southeast coast.
Another son was born to them on the island in c1755. The British deported
Pierre, Isabelle, and six of their children to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758,
so one wonders if three of their children died before the island's
dérangement. Élisabeth died at nearby
St.-Servan-sur-Mer in February 1759, age 46, probably from the rigors of the crossing.
Their son Pierre, fils, age 13, died the following month. Pierre
took his surviving children to nearby St.-Suliac on the east side of the river
south of St.-Servan. In his early or mid-50s, he remarried to Marie-Madeleine,
39-year-old daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Vincent and Marie
Granger and widow of Alexandre Boudrot and Joseph Breau, at
St.-Servan in January 1764. They settled at St.-Suliac. She gave him
no more children. Pierre died at St.-Suliac in April 1771, in his early
60s. Two of his daughters married into the Blanchard and
Pitre families in France, and one of them emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. One wonders if his surviving son Prosper also married
in the mother country.
Claude, père's second son Joseph, by first wife Françoise Bourgeois,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1680, married Claire, yet another daughter of Bernard Bourg and Françoise Brun,
probably at Port-Royal in c1699 and settled at Cobeguit. Between 1700 and
1724, Claire gave
Joseph a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters. Their daughters
married into the Dupuis, Hébert, Bourg, and LeBlanc
families. One of them, along with her family, perished on the crossing to
St.-Malo, France, in December 1758, so she and her family likely had gone to one
of the French Maritime islands before that date. All seven of Joseph's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Joseph
dit
Petit Jos, born probably at Port-Royal in c1700, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Jean Hébert and
Marie-Marguerite Landry, in c1720 probably at Cobeguit. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1720 and 1747, Anne-Marie gave Petit Jos a dozen
children, seven sons and five daughters. Other records give them two more
children, a son and a daughter, in 1744 and 1747. They moved on to Île
St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official counted Petit Jos,
Anne-Marie, and four of their children, two daughters and two sons, ages 18 to
5, at Grande-Ascension on the southeast coast of the island. In 1755,
Petit Jos acted as a courier for Abbé Le Loutre probably between Le
Loutre's headquarters at Chignecto and Île St.-Jean. Nova Scotia
Lieutenant-governor Charles Lawrence offered 20 pounds sterling to any Acadian
who captured Petit Jos or any of the other Acadian couriers, but none of his
fellow Acadians took up the offer. The British deported Petit Jos and his family,
along with hundreds of other island Acadians, to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Petit Jos died on the
crossing, in his late 50s. So did wife Anne-Marie and their 14-year-old
son Jean. Two of their daughters married into the Henry
and Hébert families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana in
1785. Four of Petit Jos's sons and a grandson also emigrated to the
Spanish colony, but only two of the lines endured there.
Second son Charles, born at Cobeguit in c1724, married Euphrosine
Thériot probably at Cobeguit in the 1740s. They
may have followed his parents to Île St.-Jean after August 1752 or escaped to
the island with the rest of the Acadians still at Cobeguit after the summer of 1755. The British deported
Charles, Euphrosine, and 6-year-old niece Perpétué Dugas to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Wife Euphrosine died at the St.-Malo hospital
in February 1759, age 34, from the rigors of the crossing. Charles settled
at nearby St.-Suliac, where he remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians
François Naquin and Angélique Blanchard of
Cobeguit and widow of François Gautrot, in September 1765.
They settled at nearby St.-Méloir-des-Ondes and seem to have been that rare
Acadian couple who had no children. They evidently did not go to Poitou in
1773. Charles, Anne, her 22-year-old daughter Rose-Marie Gautrot
from her first marriage, and a 9-year-old orphan emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
They followed most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Charles died there by January 1788, in his 60s, when wife Anne was listed in a
census as a widow.
Petit Jos's third son Alexis le jeune, born at Cobeguit in c1726, married Anne
Bourg in c1745 probably at Cobeguit. Between 1746 and
1758, in greater Acadia, Anne gave Alexis le jeune six children, two daughters and four sons. They
may have followed his parents to Île St.-Jean after August 1752 or escaped to
the island with the rest of the Acadians still at Cobeguit after the summer of 1755. The British
deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Wife Anne and all of their
children but the eldest daughter died at sea. Alexis le jeune and 20-year-old
daughter Anne-Josèphe settled at St.-Suliac, where he remarried to
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians François Moyse dit
Latreille, fils and Marie Brun of Cobeguit, in June
1760. Marguerite gave Alexis le jeune another daughter in May 1762.
Wife Marguerite died of complications of giving birth at St.-Suliac the day her
daughter was born. Alexis le jeune did not remarry again. Daughter
Anne-Josèphe married into the Hébert family at St.-Suliac in
1768. Alexis le jeune and his younger daughter did not follow Anne-Josèphe and
her husband to Poitou in 1773, but they did join them at Nantes by September
1784 and followed them Spanish Louisiana in 1785. From New Orleans, they followed
the Héberts and most of their fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche, where Alexis le jeune died in September 1795, in his late 60s.
His younger daughter married into the Juncal family on the
upper Lafourche.
Petit Jos's fourth son Ambroise, born at Cobeguit in c1728, married
Marguerite Henry probably at Cobeguit in c1750.
Marguerite gave Ambroise a son in c1751, soon after they moved on to Île
St.-Jean. In August 1752, a French official counted Ambroise, Marguerite,
and their 10-month-old son near Ambroise's parents at Grande-Ascension on the
southeast coast of the island.
Between 1754 and 1757, Marguerite gave Ambroise three more children, two
daughters and a son, on the island. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in
late 1758. Two of the younger children died at sea, and the youngest
child, a son, died at St.-Malo soon after their arrival. Wife Marguerite died
in March 1759, age 30, probably from the rigors of the crossing. Ambroise
took his remaining child, son Ambroise, fils, now age 7, to St.-Suliac,
where père died in October 1760, age 32. His son was raised by
relatives.
Oldest son Ambroise, fils, born at Cobeguit in c1751, followed his
parents to Grande-Ascension, Île St.-Jean, and to St.-Malo. After his
father died at nearby St.-Suliac in 1760, Ambroise, fils lived with
relatives. When he came of age, he worked as a sailor. He married
Marie-Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Pitre and
Geneviève Arcement of Cobeguit, at St.-Suliac in March 1773.
Later that year, they went to Poitou. A daughter was born there in
December 1774. In December 1775, after two years of effort, they retreated
with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
Between 1776 and 1784 at Nantes, Marie-Victoire gave Ambroise, fils
four more children, two daughters and two sons, but the older son died young.
Their oldest child also died in the Loire port. In 1785, Ambroise,
fils, Marie-Victoire, and their three children, two daughters and a son,
emigrated to Louisiana. Another daughter was born to them aboard ship.
From New Orleans, they followed mosts of their fellow passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche, where they had more children. Ambroise, fils
died in Assumption Parish in March 1816, age 65. His daughters married
into the Boudreaux, Daniau, Doiron,
Fernandes, Matherne, and Plaisance
families. Three of his five sons also married, into the Berthelot,
Bernard, and Bourgeois families, and remained
on the Lafourche.
Petit Jos's fifth son Pierre, born at Cobeguit in c1733, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean in c1750, and married Anne-Josèphe Henry
of Cobeguit in c1752. A French official counted them near his parents and
older brother Ambroise at Grande-Ascension that August. Between 1754 and 1757,
Anne-Josèphe gave Pierre three children, a son and two daughters. The
British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. All of their
children died at sea. Pierre and Anne-Josèphe settled at St.-Suliac near
his family. Between 1760 and 1764, she gave Pierre three more children,
two daughters and a son, but the daughters died in infancy. Wife Anne-Josèphe
died at St.-Suliac in May 1766, age 35, and Pierre remarried to Cécile, another
daughter of François Moyse dit Latreille, fils
and Marie Brun of Cobeguit and widow of Michel Bourg,
at St.-Suliac in June 1768. Pierre, Cécile, and his surviving son Joseph,
age 11, also went to Poitou. In March 1776, after
nearly three years of effort, they reteated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Wife Cécile died at Nantes in December
1776, age 52. Pierre remarried again--his third marriage--to Rose,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques LeBlanc and Marguerite
Labauve, at St.-Martin de Chantenay, near Nantes, in August
1779. In 1782 and 1785, Rose gave Pierre two more children, both
daughters. Pierre, Rose, and their young daughters emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785. Pierre's son Joseph, if he was still living, would have been age
23. He did not go with them. From New Orleans, Joseph and his family
followed most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. They had
another daughter in Louisiana, who married into the Thibodeaux
family. Pierre's older daughters evidently died young, one of them,
perhaps, on the crossing to the Spanish colony. Pierre died in Assumption
Parish in October 1813, age 79 1/2. His family line, except perhaps for
its blood, did not endure in the Bayou State.
Petit Jos's sixth son Joseph, fils, born at Cobeguit in c1742,
followed his family to Grande-Ascension, Île St.-Jean, where he was counted with
them in August 1752. The British deported him with his family to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. He followed his older brothers and younger sister to
St.-Sulaic, where he worked as a pit sawyer. At age 19, he married Anastasie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Henry and Anne
Aucoin, in June 1761 at St.-Suliac. Between 1762 and 1768, Anastasie gave
Joseph, fils four children, a son and three daughters. Wife Anastasie
died at St.-Suliac in March 1769, age 29. Joseph, fils remarried
to Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Barrieau and
Véronique Giroir, at nearby Pleudihen-sur-Rance in May 1770. They
settled at St.-Suliac. In 1771 and 1773, this Anastasie gave Joseph,
fils two more children, a son and a daughter. In 1773, Joseph,
fils and his
family followed older brother Pierre to Poitou, where Anastasie gave
Joseph, fils
another son in January 1775. That December, after two years of effort,
Joseph, fils, Anastasie, and their seven children retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. There, between
1778 and 1783, Anastasie gave him three more children, two daughters and a son,
but the son died in infancy--the only one of Joseph, fils's 10 children
to die in the mother country. In 1785, Joseph, fils, Anastasie, and their nine
children, three sons and six daughters, followed three of his older brothers to
Louisiana and to upper Bayou Lafourche. He and Anastasie had no more
children there. He died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1833, age
91. Five of his daughters married into the Daigle,
Prejean, Caruthers, Guillot,
Aucoin, and Lerois familes, and one of them
settled on the western prairies. His three sons married into the
Landry, Clément, and Naquin families.
The oldest son settled on the western prairies, but his brothers remained on
Bayou Lafourche.
Petit Jos's seventh and youngest son Jean, born at Cobeguit in c1744,
followed his family to Grande-Ascension, Île St.-Jean, where he was counted with
them in August 1752. The British deported him with his family to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. He died on the crossing, age 14, with his father and
mother.
Joseph, père's second son Alexis, born at Cobeguit in June 1708, married
Marie, daughter of Jean Bourg and Marie-Catherine Barrieau, in
c1731 probably at Cobeguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1730 and
1751, Marie gave Alexis 11 children, six daughters and five sons. They
moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1751. In August 1752, a French official
counted Alexis, Marie, and nine of their children, five sons and four daughters,
ages 20 to 3, at Malpèque on the island's northwest coast. One wonders
what happened to them in 1758. According to Arsenault, two of Alexis's
daughters married into the Richard family.
Joseph,
père's third son Paul, born probably at Cobeguit in c1709, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Claude Boudrot
and Catherine Hébert,
at Grand-Pré in June 1734. They may have
settled at Cobeguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1737 and 1753,
Anne-Marie gave Paul four children, two sons and two daughters. Other
records give them seven children, five daughters and two sons, between 1738 and
1753. They moved on to Île St.-Jean probably after August 1752, perhaps
after the summer of 1755.
Two of their daughters married into the Henry and
Hébert families in c1758, on the eve of the island's dérangement. The British deported the
family to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Paul's older son, 19-year-old Paul,
fils, died soon after they reached the Breton port. Wife Anne-Marie died
at the hospital at St.-Malo in February 1759, age 47, also from the rigors of
the crossing. Paul took his family to Pleurtuit on the west side of the
river near St.-Malo. In
1760, they crossed Rivière Rance to St.-Coulomb, in the countryside east of
St.-Malo. Two more of Paul's daughters married into the Giroir
and Pitre families St.-Coulomb and Pleurtuit.
Meanwhile, Paul remarried to Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Blanchard and
Françoise Breau and widow of Alexis Aucoin, at Ploubalay, near
Pleurtuit, in June 1760. In 1761 and 1764, Hélène gave Paul two more daughters.
In 1773, Paul took his family to Poitou.
In March 1776, after nearly three years of effort, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where wife Hélène died,
age 65, in October 1782. Paul did not remarry again. In November 1784, at
nearby Chantenay, his and Hélène's older daughter Marie-Osite married into the
Dupuis family. Paul and two unmarried children, a son from his
first wife and a daughter from his second, along with three of his married daughters
from both of his wives, one of them now a widow, along with their families, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785 on the same vessel. From New Orleans, they
followed most
of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Paul's younger
daughter Anne married into the Dumene family there. His son Simon,
at age 39, married into the Bourg family on the upper Lafourche
and created a successful line there.
Joseph, père's fourth son
Claude le
jeune, born at Cobeguit in c1712, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Michel Aucoin and Jeanne Bourg,
in c1732 probably at Cobeguit. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave Claude le jeune
eight children, five sons and three daughters. They moved on to Île
St.-Jean in c1751. In August 1752, a French officials counted Claude
le jeune, Marie-Josèphe, and their eight children, ages 16 to 4, on the north side of Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the
island's interior. Wife Marie-Josèphe died soon after the counting, and Claude le jeune remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Louis Cyr
and Marie-Josèphe Michel, on the island in September
1753.
The British deported the family to
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in
late 1758. One of Claude le jeune's daughters died in the
northern fishing
port from the rigors of the crossing. Between 1759 and 1766, at
Boulogne-sur-Mer and on Île d'Aix, near La Rochelle, Marguerite gave Claude le jeune five more children,
three sons and two daughters, but two of the sons died young. In 1773,
Claude le jeune took his family to Poitou. Wife Marguerite died there. In March 1776, after
nearly three years of effort, Claude le jeune and three of his children
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Claude le jeune
died probably at Nantes in the late
1770s or early 1780s, in his 60s or 70s. His daughter Marguerite by his
second wife married into the Boudrot family at Chantenay near
Nantes in May 1785, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana later that year, and died at Manchac
south of Baton Rouge, age 26, within a year of her arrival. She was the
only member of her immediate family to go to the Spanish colony.
Second son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Aucoin,
born probably at Cobeguit in c1738, followed his parents and siblings to Île
St.-Jean, where he married fellow Acadian Marguerite-Josèphe Doiron
perhaps on the eve of the island's dérangement. The British
deported them with his father, stepmother, and siblings to Boulogne-sur-Mer,
where he became a sailor. Between 1759 and 1764, Marguerite-Josèphe gave
Jean-Baptiste le jeune four children in the northern fishing port, three sons and
a daughter. Their daughter died young. In 1765, they followed
Jean-Baptiste's father and
stepmother to Île d'Aix, La Rochelle, where, in 1765 and 1766,
Marguerite-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste le jeune two more children, a daughter and a son.
They moved on to Rochefort, where she gave him another son in 1770. One
wonders if Jean-Baptiste le jeune and Marguerite-Josèphe followed his father and
stepmother to Poitou in 1773. Jean-Baptiste le jeune died by
September 1784, when his wife was called a widow on a Spanish list of Acadians
at Nantes who intended to emigrate to Louisiana. Three unnamed sons also
appeared on the list. Marguerite-Josèphe, who never remarried, emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 aboard one of the Seven Ships. She was listed singly
on the passenger list, but a Dugas who may have been a younger
son crossed on the same vessel with his French wife, and an older son crossed to Louisiana on a later
vessel, but neither of the lines seems to have endured in the Bayou State.
Oldest son Claude-Bernard, born at St.-Nicolas, Boulogne-sur-Mer, in
August 1759, followed his family to Île d'Aix and Rochefort and his widowed
mother to Nantes. In late August 1785, he stowed away on one of the Seven
Ships from France and followed most of his fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche, where, at age 26, he married Marguerite, 34-year-old daughter
of fellow Acadians Claude Benoit and Élisabeth Theriot
and widow of Joseph Précieux, in February 1786.
Marguerite, a native of Anse-au-Matelot, Île St.-Jean, also had crossed from
France on the same vessel, so she and Claude-Bernard likely had met aboard ship.
His widowed mother, who in August 1785 had gone from New Orleans to Baton Rouge
with mosts of her fellow passengers, was living with Claude-Bernard and
Marguerite on the upper Lafourche by January 1791. Claude-Bernard and
Marguerite seem to have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
Jean-Baptiste le jeune's third son Jean-Pierre, born at
St.-Nicolas, Boulogne-sur-Mer, in July 1764, followed his family to Île d'Aix
and Rochefort and his widowed mother to Nantes, where he married French woman
Jeanne Cabon, date unrecorded. They crossed to Spanish Louisiana on the same
vessel as his mother and followed most of their fellow passengers to
Baton Rouge on the river. They then disappear from Louisiana records, so
the family line may not have endured.
Joseph, père's fifth son Olivier, born probably at Cobeguit in the
1710s, married
____, daughter of Jérôme Guérin and Isabelle Aucoin, in c1754.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Joseph, père's sixth son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Cobeguit in
c1719,
married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Benoit and Marie-Anne Breau,
in c1740 probably at Cobeguit. Between 1742 and 1753, Marguerite gave
Jean-Baptiste six children, three sons and three daughters. Jean-Baptiste remarried to Madeleine, daughter of François
Moyse and Marie Brun, in c1754 or 1755 probably at Cobeguit, on the
eve of their going to Île St.-Jean. In 1756 and 1758, Madeleine gave
Jean-Baptiste two more daughters on the island. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France,
in late 1758. Wife Madeleine and their two youngest daughters died at sea.
Jean-Baptiste took his surving children to nearby St.-Suliac, where he remarried again--his third marriage--to Anne, daughter of
fellow Acadians François Bourg and Madeleine Hébert and widow of Jean-Baptiste
Blanchard,
in September 1760.
They settled at nearby St.-Méloir-des-Ondes, where, between 1761 and 1764, Anne
gave Jean-Baptiste three more children, two daughters and a son, including a set
of twins. Two of his sons by first wife Marguerite married at St.-Suliac
and nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. In 1773, they went to Poitou. In March 1776, after nearly three years of effort, they
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
Son Mathurin died there, age 17, in August 1780. Jean-Baptiste, third wife
Anne, 21-year-old daughter Anne, and granddaughter Marie-Adélaïde
Boudrot, daughter of his daughter Perpétué by first wife Marguerite, emigrated to Louisiana
from France in 1785.
They followed most of their fellow passengers to Manchac on the
river below Baton Rouge before joining the Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Daughter Anne married into the Crochet
family there. Neither of Jean-Baptiste's surviving sons followed him to the Spanish
colony, but one of his Dugas grandsons did.
Oldest
Jean-Baptiste, fils, by first wife Marguerite
Benoit, born probably at Cobeguit in c1742, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and to St.-Malo, France. He settled with his widowed father and
siblings at St.-Suliac, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Séraphin Breau and Brigitte Martin of
Annapolis Royal, in February 1764. Marie had come to
France with her family via Virginia and England the year before. In 1765,
she and Jean-Baptiste, fils settled
near his father's family at St.-Méloir-des-Ondes, returned to St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
1766, were back at St.-Méloir in 1768, at nearby La Gouesnière in 1770, and at
Château Malo in 1771. Between 1764 and 1772, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste,
fils five children, three sons and two daughters, one of whom died young.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste, fils another son
in 1780. They evidently did not join his father and younger brother in Poitou in the
early 1770s, nor did they follow his father to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. At least
one of ther sons married in France.
Fourth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste III, born in France in c1780,
married, according to Bona Arsenault, Angélique, daughter of Pierre Robillard and
Marguerite-Gauthier Landreville, at St.-Sulpice, perhaps in the
south of France, in September 1803.
Jean-Baptiste, père's second son Marin, by first wife Marguerite
Benoit, born probably at Cobeguit in c1748, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and to St.-Malo, France, and settled with his widowed father and
siblings at St.-Suliac and St.-Méloir-des-Ondes. Marin married Françoise,
daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Boudrot and Marie-Josèphe
Doiron and widow of Joseph Clossinet, at
nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in November 1766. Between 1767 and 1773, at St.-Servan,
Françoise gave Marin four children, all sons, all but one of whom died young.
In 1773, they followed his father and stepmother to Poitou, where a daughter was
born to them in May 1775. That November, after two years of effort, Marin,
Françoise, his two children, and two of her children from her first marriage,
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes, where, between 1776 and 1779, they lost their daughter born in Poitou
and Françoise gave Marin two more children, a daughter and a son, both of whom
died young. Marin died at nearby Chantenay in November 1783, age 36.
His widow Françoise and her remaining Dugas son emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in
1785. They followed most of their fellow passengers to Manchac on
the river below Baton Rouge, where François remarried to a Daigre
widower--her third marriage. She and her Dugas son
followed her new husband to upper Bayou Lafourche, where the son created a
family of his own.
Fourth, youngest, and only surviving son Jean-Pierre-Marin, called Pierre,
born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in October 1773, followed his parents to Poitou, to
Nantes and Chantenay, and his widowed mother to Louisiana in 1785. They
settled at Manchac near Baton Rouge, where she remarried, and he followed her
and his stepfather Charles Daigre to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Pierre married Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Arcement
and Marie Hébert, at Ascension on the river in May 1794 and
settled on the upper Lafourche. Pierre died in Lafourche Interior Parish in
October 1832, age 59. His daughters married into the Boudreaux,
Maillet, Richard, and Talbot
families. One of his two sons married into the Robichaux
family and remained on the Lafourche.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third son
Olivier, by first wife Marguerite
Benoit, born probably at Cobeguit in c1750, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and to St.-Malo, France, and settled with his widowed father and
siblings at St.-Suliac and St.-Méloir-des-Ondes. According to Bona
Arsenault, Olivier became a navigator and was recorded in Newfoundland in 1767
and 1768. He did not follow any of his family to Louisiana in 1785.
Joseph, père's seventh and youngest son
Charles dit le jeune, born probably at Cobeguit in c1724, married Euphrosine, daughter of Joseph Thériot
and Françoise Melanson,
in c1752 perhaps at Cobeguit and moved on to Île
St.-Jean probably in 1755 or 1756. The British deported them to France in late
1758. Charles remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians François Naquin and
Angélique Blanchard and widow of François Gautrot, at St.-Suliac
near St.-Malo
in September 1765.
Charles died before 1788, in his 60s, place
unrecorded. Did he have children by either of his wives?
Claude, père's third son
François, by first wife Françoise Bourgeois, born probably at
Port-Royal in c1688, married Claire, another daughter of
Bernard Bourg and Françoise Brun, at
Annapolis Royal in October 1713 and remained there. Between 1714 and 1734, Claire gave François
11 children, four sons and seven daughters. Six of their daughters married
into the Bourgeois, Orillon dit Champagne, Lord dit Gold,
Doucet dit Maillard, Trottier, Robichaud, and Marant
families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from French St.-Domingue in
1765. Three of François's sons
created families of their own.
Oldest son Louis
dit Plaisent, born at Annapolis Royal in August
1714, married Cécile,
daughter of Alexandre dit de Ru Girouard and Marie Le Borgne de
Bélisle, at Annapolis Royal in February 1740. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1741 and 1747, Cécile gave Louis five children, two daughters
and three sons. Louis died at Annapolis Royal in July 1747,
in his early 30s. What happened to the family in 1755?
François's second son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in February 1716, married Anne, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste David and Marguerite Lapierre, at Annapolis Royal in
February 1743. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1743 Anne gave Joseph a
daugher. He died at Annapolis Royal in January 1746, age 30. What
happened to his family in 1755?
François's third
son François, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1720, died at Annapolis Royal
in October 1740, age 20, before he could
marry.
François's fourth and youngest son Paul, born at Annapolis Royal in March
1725, married
Brigitte, daughter of Ambroise Melanson and Marguerite Comeau, in
c1751 probably at Annapolis Royal. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1752 and 1775, Brigitte gave Paul a dozen children, six daughters and
six sons. They may have escaped the British roundup in 1755 and sought
refuge on lower Rivière St.-Jean before moving on to the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. In the early 1760s, they either were captured by, or surrendered
to, British forces in the area and held in the prisoner compound at Fort Edward,
Pigiguit. After the war, the family followed other Acadians to Grosses-Coques
on Baie St.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay, on the western coast of Nova Scotia.
Four of Paul's daughters married into the Thibodeau,
Doucet, Saulnier, and Gaudet
families. Four of Paul's sons also created their own families on Baie
Ste.-Marie.
Third son Charles dit Berquette, born in c1769,
perhaps on Baie Ste.-Marie, married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Doucet and Anastaise
Amirault, in c1794, and remarried to Geneviève, daughter of fellow
Acadians Bruno Comeau and Nathalie Amireau, in
c1814, probably on Baie Ste.-Marie.
Paul's fifth son Pierre dit Pilon, born in c1773,
perhaps on Baie Ste.-Marie, married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Denis Doucet and his
Anglo-Canadian wife Marie Walsh; remarried to Rosalie,
another daughter of Bruno Comeau and Nathalie Amireau,
place and date unrecorded;
remarried again--his third marriage--to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians
Amable Doucet and Marie Gaudet and widow of
Joseph Saulnier, place and date unrecorded; and remarried yet again--his fourth
marriage--to Marcelline, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis Thériault
and Appoline Bastarache and widow of Joseph Krolin
dit l'Écosse, place and date unrecorded, all probably on Baie Ste.-Marie.
Paul's sixth and youngest son Paul, fils, born in c1775,
perhaps on Baie Ste.-Marie, married
Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Deveau and
Marie-Austère Batarache, place and date unrecorded They settled at Météghan on Baie
Ste.-Marie.
Claude, père's fourth son Joseph
dit le jeune, by second wife
Marguerite Bourg, born probably at Port-Royal in c1699, moved to Île Royale, where,
according to Stephen A. White, he
married Marguerite, daughter of François Coste and Madeleine Martin,
at Port-Toulouse in c1725. According to Bona Arsenault, however,
Marguerite, daughter of François Coste and Madeleine
Martin of Annapolis Royal, married Claude III, son of Claude
Dugas, fils and Jeanne Bourg,
who would have been Joseph dit le jeune's nephew. What
happened to this family in 1755? (See
Claude III's line for the possible
sons of Joseph dit le jeune.)
Claude, père's fifth son
Louis, by second wife
Marguerite Bourg, born at Port-Royal in November 1703, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Alexandre Girouard
dit de Ru and Marie Le Borgne de Bélisle, at Annapolis Royal in
October 1734. Between 1737 and 1740,
Marie-Josèphe gave Louis three children, two daughters and a son. Louis
died at Annapolis Royal in July 1740, in his late 30s. In the fall of 1755, the British
deported members of the family to Connecticut. Daughter Marie-Josèphe married
into the
Lanoue dit Laguerre family in Connecticut in a civil ceremony in
c1764 and "rehabilitiated" the marriage at L'Assumption, British Canada, in
September 1767.
Meanwhile, Louis's daughter Marguerite married into the Richard
family probably at Malpeque, Île St.-Jean, in c1752. They then evidently crossed Mer Rouge
to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in the 1750s, ended up in a prison compound in
Halifax, emigrated from there to Spanish Louisiana in 1765 via Cap-Français, French
St.-Domingue, and settled in the Opelousas District west of the Atachafalaya
Basin.
Only son
Pierre, born, according to Stephen A. White, at Annapolis Roayl in July
1737, did not marry and may not have survived childhood.
According to Bona Arsenault,
Joseph Dugas, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1739,
also was a son of Louis Dugas and Marie-Josèphe
Girouard, but Stephen A. White, followed here, says otherwise. In
1755, Joseph, in his mid-teens, was deported to Connecticut, where, at age 25,
he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter
of fellow Acadians Prudent Robichaud and Marie-Josèphe
Richard, in c1764. After the Connecticut
authorities allowed the exiles to leave,
Joseph and his family chose to return to greater Acadia, settling at what
became Anse-aux-Belliveau on
Baie Ste.-Marie on the western shore of Nova Scotia. Joseph, in fact, is celebrated as the first
Acadian exile to settle in the Baie St.-Marie area, arriving there in 1768.
His and Marie-Josèphe's marriage was "rehabilitiated" on Baie Ste.-Marie in September 1769.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1780, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph
seven children, four daughters and three sons, including a set of twins, in
Connecticut and on Baie Ste.-Marie.
Three of their daughters married into the Comeau and
Belliveau families on the bay. Their sons also created families
there.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born in c1768, married Scholastique, daughter
of fellow Acadian Frédéric dit Soudic Belliveau and
Marguerite LeBlanc, in c1792 probably on Baie Ste.-Marie.
The marriage was "rehabilitated" at Grosses-Coques on Baie Ste.-Marie in July
1799.
Why did the marriage need "rehabilitation"?
Joseph, père's second son Jean dit Bonhomme, born probably on
Baie Ste.-Marie in c1771, married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians François
dit Maza Comeau and Félicité LeBlanc, in
c1794 probably on Baie Ste.-Marie.
Joseph, père's third and youngest Basile, born probably on Baie
Ste.-Marie in c1777, married Marie-Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Salvador
Comeau and Anastasie Belliveau, in c1805
probably on Baie Ste.-Marie.
Claude, père's sixth son
Charles, by second wife
Marguerite Bourg, born at Port-Royal in February 1709, married Anne, daughter of François Robichaud dit Niganne
and Madeleine Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1732 and remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1750, Anne gave Charles
nine children, four daughters and five sons. Four of their sons created
their own families. Three of the sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1765.
Oldest son Joseph
le jeune, born probably at Annapolis Royal in
c1734, evidently escaped the British in 1755, followed his family into exile in 1755, and married fellow Acadian Madeleine
Melanson in c1757, place unrecorded, perhaps in Canada. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1758 and 1762, Madeleine gave Joseph le jeune three
daughters. They were at St.-Charles de Bellechasse across from Québec City
when the Canadian citadel fell in September 1759. They evidently remained in Canada.
One of their daughters married into the Barbeau family at
Québec.
Charles's second son Charles, fils, born probably at Annapolis
Royal in c1736, followed his family into exile, and, according to Bona
Arsenault, married fellow Acadian Cécile Landry in c1760, place
unrecorded (he likely was confusing this Charles with Charles-Ignace, also born
in c1736, son of Charles, père's brother Claude le jeune).
Arsenault says that between 1765 and 1780, Cécile gave Charles, fils
four children, a daughter and three sons, says the family was counted by British
officials at Québec in 1771, and that they were living at Rivière-du-Loup,
today's Louisville, above the city, in 1791. Other sources, however,
including Arsenault himself, paint a different picture. Charles dit
Charlitte, as he is called in Louisiana records, son of Charles
Dugas and Anne Robichaud dit Niganne of
Annapolis Royal, married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Broussard
dit Beausoleil and Agnès Thibodeau of
Peticoudiac, place and date unrecorded. They may have been the couple held
at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in July 1762. They may also have been the couple
with two others in the family at Fort Edward in August of that year. They
followed her family to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, French
St.-Domingue, in 1764-65 and to lower Bayou Teche that spring. They brought no children to
Louisiana but had at least three of them there. According to Arsenault, between 1773 and 1776, Marguerite gave Charles three
children, a daughter and two sons. Charlitte died at Fausse Pointe on the
lower Teche in September 1808, in his early 70s. His sons married into the
Bonin and LeBlanc families and created
vigorous lines on the Teche.
Charles, père's third son Jean, born probably at Annapolis Royal
in c1739, followed his family into exile and his brothers to Louisiana in
1764-65 but did not remain on the lower Teche. In the fall of 1765, he
evidently retreated with other Attakapas Acadians to Cabahannocer on the river
above New Orleans to escape a Teche Valley epidemic. Jean married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dupuis and
Isabelle LeBlanc, at Cabahannocer in the late 1760s and returned
to Attakapas. They settled near one of his brothers at Anse La Butte on
upper Bayou Vermilion and at nearby Grand Prairie.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1770 and 1794, Marguerite gave Jean 11
children, six sons and five daughters. Jean died at Grand Prairie in
September 1809, in his late 60s. His daughters married into the
Babineaux, Dugas, Gautreaux,
Guilbeau, and LeBlanc families. Four of his six
sons married into the Duhon, Poirier,
Gautreaux, and Breaux families and created lasting
lines on the prairies.
Charles, père's fifth and youngest son Pierre, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1750, followed his family into exile and his older brothers
to Louisiana in 1764-65. He remained on lower Bayou Teche despite the
epidemic that struck down many of his fellow Teche Valley Acadians. Pierre
married Anne dite Nanette, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Thibodeaux and Brigitte Breaux, at Attakapas in July
1772. They settled at Anse La Butte and Grand Prairie near older brother
Jean. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and 1800, Nanette gave
Pierre nine children, six daughters and three sons. Pierre died in
Lafayette Parish in the late 1820s, in his late 70s. His daughters married
into the Bernard, Breaux, Dupleix,
Markham, Martin, and Mouton
families. Two of his sons married into the Mouton,
Milhomme, and Guidry families, but only one of
the lines endured.
Claude, père's seventh son
Claude le jeune, by second wife
Marguerite Bourg, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1712, married
Marguerite, daughter of François Boudrot and
Madeleine Belliveau, at Annapolis Royal in November 1734 and likely
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1752,
Marguerite gave Claude le jeune seven children, four sons and three
daughters. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of
1755. Colonial officials counted Claude le jeune,
Marguerite, and son Jean, probably Jean-Baptiste, at Grafton in August 1761.
They were still in the colony in August 1763, when they appeared on a
repatriation list with three sons and two daughters. In June 1766, Glaude, as he was called, and his family of seven,
were listed among "the French" still in Massachusetts "Who Wish to go to
Canada." British
officials counted them at Ste.-Foy near Québec in 1772. Claude le
jeune died of smallpox at Québec in April 1786, age 73. At least two
of his sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Charles-Ignace, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1736, followed
his family to Massachusetts and married fellow Acadian Cécile Landry
in c1762 probably in that colony. According to Bona Arsenault, they may have
been the couple who, between 1765 and 1780, had four children, a daughter and
three sons; were counted by British officials at Québec in 1771; and were living at
Rivière-du-Loup, today's Louiseville, above the city in 1791.
Their daughter married into the Leclair family at Louiseville.
One of their sons also created his own family there.
Oldest son Charles, fils, born probably at Québec in c1771, married
Angélique, daughter of Alexis Leclair and Angélique
Renaud, at Louiseville in January 1798.
Claude le jeune's fourth and youngest son Joseph, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1752, followed his family to Massachusetts and to Canada, and
married Louise Rouillard at Québec in January 1786.
Claude, père's eighth and
youngest son Michel, by second wife
Marguerite Bourg, born at Annapolis Royal in November 1715, married
Élisabeth, daughter of Prudent Robichaud and
Henriette Petitpas, at Annapolis Royal in February 1743 and settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1754, Élisabeth gave
Michel five children, two sons and three daughters. The British deported
them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. In July 1760, officials in
Essex County, Massachusetts counted Michel, "a sickly man," wife Élisabeth, and
children Amand, Marie-[Josèphe], Modeste, Joseph, and Anne in that community.
After the war ended, the family followed other exiles in New England to
Canada. They settled at Rimouski on the lower St. Lawrence.
Michel, despite being "a sickly man," died probably in Canada after January
1786, in his 70s. One of his
daughter married into the Rolet family in Canada. At
least one of his sons created his own family there.
Older son Amand, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1744, followed his
family to Massachusetts and to Canada. He married Madeleine, daughter of
Augustin Marin and his Acadian wife Marie Doiron
of L'Îsle-Verte on the lower St. Lawrence in c1772. The marriage was "rehabilitated" at Cap-Chat
on the north shore of the Gaspé peninsula in September 1800. They settled
upriver at Rimouski.
Abraham's second
son Martin, born probably at Port-Royal in c1656, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude Petitpas and Catherine
Bugaret,
probably at Port-Royal in c1677. In 1678 and
1680, Marguerite gave Martin two children, a son and a
daughter. Martin died at Port-Royal in c1680, in his mid-20s. His
wife remarried to a Guédry. Martin's daughter married into Cressonnet dit Beauséjour family. His
son also created a family of his own.
Only son Abraham
dit Grivois, born probably at Port-Royal in c1678, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Claude
Landry and Marguerite Thériot, in c1702 probably at Port-Royal.
Between 1703 and 1714, Marie-Madeleine gave Grivois
six children, two daughters and four sons. Marie-Madeleine died at
Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1717, so they lived on the island in the 1710s.
They did not remain. After a long illness, Grivois died at Annapolis Royal
in May 1720, in his early 40s. His daughters married into
the Bergeron dit de Nantes and Boudrot families, and one of
them settled at Port-Tolouse. All four of his sons also married. One
of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.
Oldest son Joseph, born at Port-Royal in April 1705, followed his family to
Port-Toulouse and back to Nova Scotia. He married Marguerite, daughter of
Alexandre Robichaud and Anne Melanson, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1728 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1730
and 1751, Marguerite gave Joseph 11 children, seven daughters and four sons.
Maguerite died at Annapolis Royal in c1752. Joseph evidently did not
remarry. The British deported Joseph and his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
In 1756, colonial officials counted Joseph and five of his children--Anne, Mary,
Elizabeth, Mohach?[Monique], and Peter--at Marblehead. After the
war ended, they chose to go to Canada. Joseph died at St.-Jacques de
l'Achigan north of Montréal in April 1788, age 83. Six of his daughters married into the Thibodeau,
Gourdeau, Petitpas, Forest, and
Pellerin families. One of his sons also created his own
family in the area.
Second son Alexandre, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1732, followed
his family into exile in Massachusetts. He married Marie-Josette, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Brossard and Cécile
Babin, in c1758 probably in New England. According to Bona
Arsenault, Marie-Josette gave Alexandre a son in 1774. They settled at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, where their son created a family of his own.
Only son François, born probably at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in c1774,
married fellow Acadian Angélique Dupuis at at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan
in September 1803.
Grivois's second son Claude, born at Port-Royal in January 1710, followed
his family to Port-Toulouse and back. He married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Melanson and Anne Granger, at
Annapolis Royal in May 1731 and remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1732 and 1760, Marie-Josèphe gave Claude 10 children, six
daughters and four sons. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755 aboard the transport Helena. They were held at Salem
until January 1757, when they were reassigned to Sturbridge, from which some
of their children were parceled out to other communities and where Claude
received a half-interest in a sawmill. Claude "and his wife" were counted at Huxbridge
[actually Sturbridge] in August 1761. In 1764 and 1765, Claude and his
family appeared on lists of Acadians who chose to leave the province.
Again, in June 1766, Claude and his family of nine were
listed among "the French" still in Massachusetts "Who Wish to go to Canada."
They left soon after. British officials counted them at L'Assomption on
the upper St. Lawrence above Trois-Rivières with a large contingent of exiles
from New England in July 1767. They helped pioneer the Acadian community
of nearby St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, where Claude
died in September 1792, age 82. One of his daughters married into
the Belliveau family. What about his sons?
Grivois's third son Jean, born at Annapolis Royal in June 1712, followed
his family to Port-Toulouse and back to Nova Scotia. He
married Marie-Charlotte, daughter of Gabriel Godin and Andrée-Angélique
Jeanne of Rivière St.-Jean, in c1734 at either Annapolis Royal or on
Rivière St.-Jean and settled at Ékoupag on the river, where French officials
counted them in 1739 with three children, one of them perhaps Joseph, who
married into the Bergeron family on the river. They evidently escaped the
British on the river in 1758-59 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By
1760, they were at Restigouche at head of the Baie des Chaleurs. In late October
of that year, after the French surrendered the outpost to the British, Jean Dugas "fils de
Pre.," as he was called, with eight people in his household, appears on a list
of 1,003 Acadians still at Restigouche. In the early 1760s, they were held as prisoners of war
in Nova Scotia. In August 1763, Jean, his wife,
and eight children appeared on a repatriation list in the prison barracks at
Halifax. In
1764-65, they emigrated with other Rivière St.-Jean Acadians to Louisiana via
Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue. In the spring of 1765, Jean, Marie-Charlotte, and six of their
children, five sons and a daughter, along with their putative son Joseph and his
family, followed the Broussards
from New Orleans to lower Bayou Teche.
Marie-Charlotte died on the Teche that July, age unrecorded. Jean
died in September, age 43, probably in the same epidemic that killed his wife, and was buried at "the first camp
lower down." Son Joseph also died in the epidemic. Jean and
Marie-Charlotte's surviving children, along with son Joseph's widow and their
children, retreated with other Teche valley
Acadians to Cabahannocer on the river. Jean's daughter married into the
Landry family on the river and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. His
younger sons married into the Babin, LeBlanc, and
Forest families, remained on the river, and created vigorous
lines there.
Grivois's fourth and youngest son Abraham, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in July
1714, followed his family to Port-Toulouse and back to Nova Scotia. He
settled at Chignecto before returning to Île Royale,
where he married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean Fougère and his first wife Marie Bourg,
in c1735. They also lived for a time at today's D'Escousse on the north
shore of Île Madame. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1753,
Marguerite gave Abraham, fils eight childern, four daughters and four
sons. In February 1752, a French official counted Abraham (he called
him Habraham Du Gas), Marguerite, and five of their children,
three daughters and two sons, ages 16 years to 18 months, at Port-Toulouse, Île
Royale, with the notation that they had been in the colony since 1719, probably
referring to Abraham, fils's father's presence there decades earlier.
One wonders what happened to them in 1758. Abraham, fils died at
Arichat on the south shore of Île Madame in October 1771, age 56, so he may have
escaped the British roundup of 1758 on the island and sought refuge somewhere in
greater Acadia. Two of
his daughters married into the Richard and Landry
families on Île Madame. One of his sons also created his own family there.
Oldest son Jean, born in c1739, was counted with his family at
Port-Toulouse in February 1752 and followed them into exile. He married
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Landry and
Josette LeBlanc, before witnesses, place unrecorded, in c1766,
and "rehabilitated" the marriage at D'Ecousse, Île Madame, in October 1771.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and 1771, Marie gave Jean four
children, three sons and a daughter. They remained on Île Madame.
Abraham's third
and youngest son Abraham,
fils, born probably at Port-Royal in c1661, married Jeanne, daughter of Pierre
Guilbeau and Catherine Thériot, probably at Port-Royal in c1685,
where he worked as a navigator and carpenter before moving to Minas.
Between 1686 and the 1710s, Jeanne gave Abraham, fils six children, four
daughters and two sons.
Their daughters married into the Hébert, Breau, Landry,
Richard, and LeBlanc families. Only one of Abraham, fils's
sons created his own family.
Older son
Joseph,
born at Minas in c1690, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Richard and Marguerite Landry,
at Grand-Pré in January 1711. A few years later, they moved to
Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, where Joseph worked as a royal carpenter, navigator,
builder, and merchant, which allowed him to become wealthy enough to own
West-African household slaves. Between 1711 and 1731, Marguerite gave Joseph nine children, four sons and five daughters. Joseph
died probably at Port-Toulouse in September 1733, in his early 40s, evidently of
smallpox; three of his children also died in the epidemic. Widow
Marguerite remarried to Sieur Philippe-Chares de Saint-Étienne de La
Tour, great-grandson of former Acadian governor Charles La Tour,
place and date unrecorded. With some of her Dugas children, she returned to Grand-Pré.
Daughter Jeanne Dugas married into the Bois family at
Port-Toulouse, to which she had returned, perhaps with a brother, by 1752.
Jeanne and her husband, Pierre, a "coaster," escaped the British roundup on Île
Royale in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and took refuge probably at Miramichi on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and then at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des
Chalours with two of her brothers and their families. In the early 1760s, they
either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area. The British held her and
her family in the prison compound at Fort Cumberland, Chignecto, until the end of the war. They
resettled first at Cascapédia in the British fishery at Gaspésie, north of Restigouche, then became
pioneer settlers of Chéticamp on the Gulf shore of Île Royale, another
British-controlled fishery, where Jeanne
served as the fishing community's midwife until her death in 1817 at age 86.
Three of Joseph and Marguerite's
four sons
also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Charles,
born at Minas in December 1711, married cousin Anne, daughter of Pierre
LeBlanc and Françoise Landry, at Grand-Pré in January 1739 and worked
there as a ship's carpenter. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and
1755, Anne gave Charles 10 children, five sons and five daughters, including a
set of twins. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. British
officials counted them at Restigouche in January 1761, so they likely had
escaped the British roundups of the late 1750s and took refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. After the
war, they settled at the British-controlled fishery at Carleton in Gaspésie on the north shore of the
Baie des Chaleurs, where, during the absence of missionaries, Charles presided
over religious ceremonies. He died at Carleton in January 1801, age
89. Four of his daughters married into the LeBlanc,
Landry, and Poirier families at Carleton.
Four of his sons also created their own families in the Baie des Chaleurs
region.
Oldest son
Charles, fils, born probably at Minas in c1739, followed his family
into exile and to Gaspésie, where he married Félicité, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Bugeaud and Marie-Josèphe Landry,
at Bonaventure, east of Carleton, in c1772. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1772 and 1790, Félicité gave Charles, fils six children, all
sons. They settled near his family at Carleton.
Charles, père's
second son Joseph, a twin, born probably at Minas in c1742, followed his family
into exile and to Gaspésie, but he did not remain there. He married fellow
Acadian Agathe Landry and settled at Caraquet, on the south
shore of the Baie des Chaleurs in present-day northeastern New Brunswick.
Charles, père's
third son Pierre, Joseph's twin, followed his family into exile and to Gaspésie,
where he married Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Robichaud
and Claire LeBlanc, at Carleton in April 1776. According
to Bona Arsenault, in 1777 and 1781 Françoise gave Pierre two children, a son
and a daughter.
Charles, père's
fifth and youngest son Abraham le jeune, born probably at Minas in
c1747, followed his family into exile and to Gaspésie, where he married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Bujold and
Marguerite Cormier of Bonaventure, at Carleton in April 1776, a
week after his brother Pierre's marriage.
Joseph's second son
Joseph, fils,
born at Grand-Pré in c1714, was brought to Île Royale as an infant. While
still a teenager, he commanded a ship, the Nouveau Commerçat, in the
coasting trade between Île Royale and Île St.-Jean. He married
Marguerite, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc dit Le Maigre and Anne Bourg, in c1740
probably on the island, where he continued his maritime trade. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1749, Marguerite gave Joseph, fils
seven children, six daughters and a son, including a set of twins. From 1737
to 1745, Joseph, fils and a partner fulfilled a contract to suppy meat
from British Nova Scotia to the French at Louisbourg and became even wealthier
in the coastal trade. Like his father-in-law, a notorious smuggler and
Acadian partisan, Joseph, fils provided the French governor at
Louisbourg with intelligence on the British in Nova Scotia. He continued
his impromptu espionage for the French, and sometimes for the British, even
during King George's War of the 1740s. This continued until Mi'kmaq from
Île Royale plundered his ship at Tatamagouche on the north shore of Nova Scotia
and forced him to retire to his native Minas. He returned to Port-Toulouse
in 1749, after the British returned Île Royale to the French. In February 1752, a
French official counted Joseph, fils, now a widower, and five of his
children, four daughters and a son, ages 10 to 3, and a 22-year-old
Breau niece, at Port-Toulouse, living on land deeded to his father.
Giving up on farming, he returned to the sea and, until 1756, engaged in the
business of ferrying Acadian refugees and their provisions from embattled Nova
Scotia to the south shore of Île St.-Jean. In 1758, after the fall of
Louisbourg, he and his family escaped the British roundup on Île Royale and
sailed up to Québec, where the governor-general commissioned him as a privateer.
He also engaged in espionage and, again, escaped capture. He was operating
out of Richibouctou on the Gulf shore in early 1760, after the fall of Québec
and before the fall of Montréal, which, for all practical purposes, ended the
war in the region. By then he was a major in the Restigouche partisan
militia. The British counted him and his family at Restigouche in January
1761, three months after the French garrison there surrendered to a British
naval force from Québec. As a partisan leader as well as a privateer, he,
along with his family, were transported to Nova Scotia on Governor Belcher's
orders and held there as prisoners, at first at Fort Cumberland at Chignecto and
then at Halifax, from which he escaped. In October 1762, his late 40s, Joseph, fils remarried to Louise, also called Isabelle, daughter
of Abraham Arseneau and Jeanne Gaudet and widow of Jean Vigneau
dit Maurice, at Chédabouctou on the Atlantic shore of Nova Scotia.
Louise gave him no more children. After the war, he
and Louise, refusing to remain under British rule, chose, along with many other
Acadians, to settle on Miquelon, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland. They were
on the island in May 1766 when their marriage was
"rehabilitated" at the church there. In 1767, in response to
overcrowding on the island and a royal decreee, French officials coaxed many of the Acadians there
to emigrate to France. That November, Joseph, fils, Louise, and two of
his children, Joseph III and Marie, along with dozens of other island fisher/habitants, reached St.-Malo aboard Joseph, fils's schooner
Creole, but they did not remain in France. They returned to Île
Miquelon the following March, but he was unable to regain his fortune. In 1778, during the American Revolution, the
British captured the island and deported the island Acadians, including Joseph,
fils and wife Louise, to France. They crossed on the transport
Jeannette and reached St.-Malo that November. Joseph, fils died at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo, France, in January 1779,
age 63, perhaps from the rigors of the crossing. Louise died at St.-Servan
the following June, age 63. Three of Joseph, fils's daughters
married into the Cyr, Babin, and
Vigneau families in Nova Scotia and on Île Miquelon. His son also
created his own family on Miquelon.
Only son
Joseph
III, by first wife Marguerite LeBlanc, born probably at Port-Toulouse in c1747, was counted with his widowed
father and four sisters there in February 1752. He followed his family into
exile and to Île Miquelon, where he married Anastasie, daughter of fellow
Acadian Pierre Bourg and Marguerite Vigneau,
in April 1772. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1774 and 1776 Anastasie
gave Joseph III two children, both daughters. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, in 1778 aboard La Jeannette. A third daughter
was born to them that year, but she died an infant. Wife Anastasie died at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer in June 1779, age 27. Joseph III and his
daughters may have remained in France.
Joseph, père's third son
Abraham
le jeune, born at Port-Toulouse in c1726, after the death of his father
in the early 1730s "returned" to Grand-Pré with his mother, some of
his siblings, and his stepfather and married Marguerite, daughter of Bernard LeBlanc and Marie Bourg,
there in July 1748. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and
1774, Marguerite gave Abraham le jeune nine children, eight daughters
and a son. They escaped the British roundup of 1755 and sought refuge on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des
Chalours. In October 1860,
Abraham le jeune and his family of 10 were among the 1,003 Acadian
refugees still at Restigouche. Abraham, in fact, was named as one of the seven
capitaines of the garrison's militia. Afterwards, the British held
them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. In August 1763, Abraham, his
wife, and seven children appeared on a repatriation list in the prison barracks at Halifax. After the
war,
they chose to follow their kinsmen to Île
Miquelon, where French officials counted them in 1766. By the following
year, the French-controlled fishery island had become so overcrowded
that French officials, obeying a roya decree, urged many of the fisher/habitants to move on to France. Abraham
le jeune and his family were among them. They evidently returned
to the island later in the decade or in the early 1770s. Four of Abraham
le jeune's daughters married into the Landry,
Melays, Briand, and Vigneau families
on the island in the 1760s and 1770s. In 1778, during the American
Revolution, the British deported them to La Rochelle, France. One wonders
if they remained in the mother country or returned to Miquelon in 1784, after
the British retroceded the island to the French.
Joseph, père's fourth
and youngest son Étienne, born probably at Port-Toulouse in February 1729, died
there in November 1730, age 1 1/2.
Abraham, fils's younger son,
name unrecorded,
born probably at Minas in the 1700s or early 1710s, died young.350
Girouard
François
Girouard dit La Varenne and his wife Jeanne Aucoin, early
1640s arrivals, created a large, influential family in the colony. Between
1648 and 1660, at Port-Royal, Jeanne
gave François five children, two sons and three daughters. Their daughters
married into the Blou, Cormier, and Lord dit
Lamontagne families. Both of François and Jeanne's sons created families of their
own. The older son's line was especially vigorous. François died at
Port-Royal before 1693, in his late 60s or early 70s. Wife Jeanne did not
remarry. She died at Annapolis Royal in April 1718, in her late 80s.
Her and François's descendants settled at
Chignecto, Minas, and in the French Maritimes, but most of them remained at
Annapolis Royal. At least 17 of François dit La Varenne's
descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and especially from
France in 1785. A significant number of François's descendants, probably
most of them, could be found also in Canada, greater Acadia, and the
French Antilles after Le Grand Dérangement.
Older
son Jacques dit Jacob, born at Port-Royal in c1648, married Marguerite, daughter of François Gautrot
and Edmée Lejeune, at Port-Royal in c1670. Between 1671 and 1698,
Marguerite gave Jacob 14 children, 10 sons and four
daughters. Jacob died at Port-Royal in October 1703, in his mid-50s.
Three of his daughters married into the Granger,
Doucet, and Richard dit Beaupré families. Nine of his sons
also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Alexandre dit de Ru,
born at Port-Royal in November 1671, married
Marie, daughter of former Acadian governor Alexandre Le Borgne de Bélisle and
Marie de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, daughter of another former governor,
at Port-Royal in c1694 and remained there. Alexandre earned the honorific
sieur. Between 1695 and 1721, Marie gave Sr.
Alexandre
11 children, eight daughters and three sons. Sr. Alexandre died
at Annapolis Royal in September 1744, in his early 70s. Six of his daughters
married into the Mouton, Blanchard, Forest, Guilbeau,
Dugas, and Johnson dit Jeanson families. Two
of his sons also created their own families in the Annapolis valley, but neither
of the lines seems to have survived Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Bernard dit
de Ru, born at Port-Royal in April 1697, died there in October 1703, age 6 1/2.
De Ru's second son
Louis,
born at Port-Royal in January 1705, married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Antoine Blanchard and Élisabeth Thériot, at Annapolis
Royal in October 1727 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1729 and 1751, Marie-Josèphe gave Louis 10 children, four daughters and
six sons. The British deported Louis and
his family to New York in the fall of 1755. Their ship was blow off course
to Antigua in the West Indies, and they did not reach New York Harbor until the
following May. Soon after their arrival, colonial
officials counted Louis Giroid, his wife, and six children at
Huntington on Long Island. In 1763, Louis
Girouart, his wife, and five children appeared on a repatriation list
in the colony. After the war ended that year, Louis and his family chose to resettle not in Canada but in the French Antilles. Louis died at Champflore,
Martinique, in March 1766, age 61. Two of his daughters married into the
Dumont and Breguera families at St.-Pierre on
the island, and one of them died there in November 1776. One wonders if
any of Louis's sons created their own families on the island, or if they even
survived exile.
De Ru's third and youngest son
Pierre,
born at Annapolis Royal in November 1718,
married Jeanne, daughter of Charles Martin and Jeanne Comeau, at
Annapolis Royal in September 1743. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1744 and 1752, Jeanne gave Pierre four children, three daughters and a
son. Arsenault says the British deported the family to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755--a
unique destination for Annapolis valley exiles, so they may have moved on to
Minas before Le Grand Dérangement. They, too, chose to go to the
French Antilles. According to Stephen A. White,
Pierre died before September 1783 perhaps in French St.-Domingue, today's Haiti.
Meanwhile, oldest daughter Natalie married into the Bujeaud
family at Philadelphia in February 1763. In June of the year, she, her husband, and their child
appeared on a repatriation list in the colony. Pierre's
daughter Félicité married into the Demars and Baritau
families, the second marriage at Môle St.-Nicolas, French St.-Domingue,
in February 1786, and daughter Josèphe married into the Castille
family there in September 1783, so Pierre evidently had taken his family from
Pennsylvania to the sugar colony in 1764.
Jacques dit Jacob's second son
Pierre,
born at Port-Royal in c1673, married Marie, daughter of Jean Comeau
l'aîné and Françoise Hébert, in c1697 and, according to Bona
Arsenault, settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit.
Between 1698 and 1708, Marie gave Pierre six children, two daughters and four
sons. Pierre remarried to Marie,
daughter of Jean Doiron and Marie Trahan, at Grand-Pré in November
1709. They remained at Minas. Between 1710 and 1731, this Marie gave
Pierre nine more children, four
sons and five daughters--15 children, seven daughters and eight sons, by both wives. Arsenault gives Pierre
and second wife Marie a son named Pierre, fils, born in c1727, but
Stephen A. White disagrees. Pierre, père's daughters by both
wives married into the
Trahan, Doiron, Barrieau, Pitre, LeBlanc, Boudrot,
Benoit, and Landry families. Four of his eight sons by both
wives, as well as his putative son, also created
families of their own.
Oldest son
Claude,
by first wife Marie Comeau, born perhaps at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1699, married Madeleine, daughter of Clément Vincent and
Madeleine Levron, at Annapolis Royal in June 1726. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and 1747, Madeleine gave Claude seven children,
four sons and three daughters. They moved on to Île Madame off the
southern coast of French-controlled Île Royale in c1749. In late
February 1752, a French official counted Claude, Marie, and eight of their
children on Île Madame. Second daughter
Marie-Josèphe married into the Larot family probably on the
island in c1755. The family evidently escaped the British roundup in the
French Maritimes in 1758 and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore before moving on to Canada. Daughter Marie-Josèphe remarried into the
Bourgeois family at Restigouche at the head
of the Baie des Chaleurs in March 1761. British officials counted Claude
and rest of his family at Beaumont below Québec City in 1765. Claude died
at St.-Charles de Bellechasse southeast of Beaumont in March 1768, in his late
60s.
Pierre's second son
Pierre, fils,
by first wife Marie Comeau, born perhaps at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1701, died at Minas in January 1719, age 18 or 19, before he could
marry.
Pierre's third son
Jacques dit
Jacob le jeune, by first wife Marie Comeau,
born perhaps at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1707, married Marie, daughter of François Boisseau dit
Blondin and Marie-Anne Saulnier, at Grand-Pré in July 1730 and settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Jacques no children, that
he remarried to Marie-Josèphe Arseneau, place and date not
given, and that, between 1739
and 1755, she gave him four children, two daughters and two sons. Stephen
A. White recognizes only the first marriage, which produced at least seven
children. At least one, perhaps two, of Jacques's sons by Marie
Boisseau moved on
to the French Maritimes between 1752 and 1755. The British deported
members of the
family from Minas to Connecticut in the fall of 1755 and may have deported one of their
sons from Minas to Virginia that fall. In 1763, Jacque Guirroire or Giroire,
his unnamed wife, and five unnamed children appeared on a repatriation list in
Connecticut. According to Arsenault, however, two of
Jacques's children by Marie-Josèphe, a daughter and a son, married at
Cap-St.-Ignace, Canada, in 1761 and 1763, the daughter into the Bernier
family. According to White, after the war ended in 1763, instead
of following most of his fellow exiles in New England to
Canada, Jacques went, instead, to French St.-Domingue, taking his wife and children with him.
Daughter Marie-Josèphe married into the Richard family at Mirebalais in
the island's interior in September 1764. The same month, Jacques's daughter
Marguerite, born in Connecticut, died at Mirebalais, age 8. Jacques
died there the following December, in his late 50s. No member of his family
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in the mid-or late 1760s. Daughter Marguerite married into the Delahaye
family at La Croix-des-Bouquets on St.-Domingue in October 1770. Several of
Jacques's sons also created their own families, in France, Canada, and
Louisiana.
Jacques's son
Charles, by first wife Marie Boisseau, born probably at Minas in c1731, evidently moved on to the French
Maritimes between 1752 and 1755, before the roundups in Nova Scotial. The British deported him to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758 with his paternal aunt Anne Girouard, her
Doiron husband, and their large family. He settled at
nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married local Frenchwoman Michelle Patru,
widow of Pierre Pirou, in June 1761. He worked as a
calker. He and his wife evidently had no children. They did not
remain in the St.-Malo area. In September 1784, a Spanish official counted
them at Nantes on the other side of the Breton peninsula. Charles and his
wife emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and settled on the river below New Orleans,
away from most of his fellow Acadians.
Jacques's putative older
son Pierre, by supposed second wife Marie-Josèphe Arseneau,
born in c1740, followed his family into exile and, according
to Bona Arsenault, married Louise, daughter of Jean Fournier
and Marie-François Dumas and widow of Louis Richard,
at Cap-St.-Ignace on the St. Lawrence below Québec City in April 1763. In
his late 50s, Pierre remarried to Marie-Anne, daughter of Pierre Gamache
and Geneviève Bélanger, at Cap-St.-Ignace in November 1799.
Jacques's son
Amand, born probably at Minas in c1741, may have been deported
to Virginia in the autumn of 1755. If so, Virginia officials sent him on
to England the following spring with the other exiles held in the Old Dominion. In May
1763, after months of negotiations between the British and French governments,
the Acadians in England were repatriated to France. Albert J.
Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France notes that "Amand ...," son of
Jacques Giroire and Marie Boisseau, "arrived
at St. Malo from prison in England in 1763." This implies that Amand may
have been a captured privateer, not a refugee, at the time of his repatriation.
He settled in the St.-Malo suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer and married Marie-Marguerite,
called Marguerite, 20-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Daigre
and his second wife Anne-Marie Breau of Minas and
Rivières-des-Blancs, Île St.-Jean, at nearby Pleudihen-sur-Rance, on the east
side of the river south of St.-Malo, in May 1764. Between 1765 and 1769,
at nearby Mordreuc and La Gravelle, Marguerite
gave Amand four children, three sons and a daughter. The oldest son died young.
Robichaux notes that Amand "drowned on a ship off the coast of Guernsey in
January 1769," so he evidently was a sailor. His youngest child, a
daughter, was born posthumously in May. Marguerite remarried to a
Clossinet in November 1774. In 1785, Marguerite emigrated with her
new husband and
her Girouard daughter, Geneviève-Charlotte-Marguerite, to
Louisiana. Marguerite's two surviving Girouard sons,
Jean-Yves and Michel-Jean, would have been ages 19 and 18 that year. If
they were still living, they chose to remain in the mother country. Their
sister Geneviève married into the Gautrot
family in the Spanish colony.
Pierre's fourth son
Étienne,
by first wife Marie Comeau, born perhaps at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in December 1708,
evidently died young.
Pierre's
fifth son Charles, by his second wife Marie Doiron, born
perhaps at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in November 1710, also died young.
Pierre's sixth son
Honoré, by second wife Marie Doiron, born perhaps at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit,
in c1714, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Thériot and Marie
Bourg, probably at Minas in c1740. Between 1742 and 1758,
Marie-Josèphe gave Honoré six children, three daughters and three sons.
They moved on to the French Maritimes after August 1752, and the British deported
them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Their three youngest children, a
daughter and two sons, died on the crossing. The family settled at Pleslin
on the west side of Rivière Rance southwest of the Breton port, where, in September 1761, Marie-Josèphe gave Honoré
another daughter. They also settled at St.-Suliac across the Rance. Their
oldest daughter married into the Blanchard family at Pleslin in
October 1763 and emigrated with her husband and children to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. Prosper's oldest son also married in the St.-Malo area and emigrated to
Louisiana. Honoré died in France by September 1784, in his 60s, when a Spanish
official counted his wife and their two younger daughters at Nantes without him and
called Marie-Josèphe a widow. She and the two daughters also emigrated to
Louisiana, and the daughters married into the Hébert and
Landry families there.
Oldest son
Prosper-Honoré, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1744, followed his family to the
French Maritimes and France and settled with them at Pleslin and St.-Suliac.
He married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Dugas and
Marie Boudrot, at St.-Coulomb, in the countryside southeast of
St.-Malo, in February 1764.
Between 1765 and 1771, she gave him five children, three daughters and two sons.
All survived childhood except the older son. Prosper-Honoré took his
family to Poitou in 1773. Marie gave him another daughter there in
December 1774, but she died the day after her birth. In November 1775,
after two years of effort, Prosper and his family retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Marie gave him two more sons there in
1776 and 1778, but the older son died young. In 1785, Prosper, Marie, and
their six surviving children, three daughters and three sons, emigrated to
Louisiana and followed their relatives and most of their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Their daughters married into
the Guillot, Landry, and Blanchard
families on the upper bayou. Two of Prosper's three surviving sons married
into the Landry and LeBlanc families and also
settled on Bayou Lafourche.
Pierre's seventh son
Louis dit Paul,
by second wife Marie Doiron, born perhaps at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in
c1716, married
Marie, daughter of Charles Thibodeau and Françoise Comeau,
probably at Minas in c1736. Between 1737 and 1752, Marie gave Louis
dit Paul at least six children, three daughters and three sons. They
moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official
counted the family at Malpèque on the northwest shore of the island. They
evidently escaped the British roundup on the island in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, they
either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and were
held in the prison compound Halifax for the rest of the war.
Paul Gripeoire, actually Louis
dit Paul, and five children appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. No wife
was attributed to Paul, so he likely was a widower by then. According to Bona Arsenault, one of Louis dit Paul's daughters married
into the Arsenault and Soly families during
exile, the second marriage at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in
November 1760. Two of his sons also created their own families. One of
them emigrated to Louisiana in
1765, where he created one of the largest lines of the family there.
Oldest son
Gervais, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1744, followed his family
to Malpèque, into exile, and to the prison compound at Halifax, but he did not
follow his younger brother to Louisiana. Gervais married Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis Thériot and Madeleine
Robichaud, in c1766 probably in Nova Scotia (the marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Halifax in July 1768). According to Bona Arsenault, in
1767 and 1768, Madeleine gave Gervais two children, both sons, probably in Nova
Scotia.
Louis dit
Paul's second son
Firmin dit La Prade, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1749, followed his family to Malpèque, into
exile, and to the prison compound at Halifax, where he was listed with his
family in August 1763. He was the only member of his immediate family to
go to Louisiana. He arrived at New Orleans sometime in 1765 and settled at
the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer, where he married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Cormier, père
and Madeleine Richard of Chignecto, in January 1771.
Madeleine and her family had come to the colony in February 1764, among the
first Acadian exiles to settle there. The couple
were still on the east bank of the river at Cabahannocer in January 1777.
In the early 1780s, they crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and settled at Côte Gélée
in the Attakapas District, where they established a western branch of the
Girouard family. Firmin died "at his home at La Côte
Gelée," then in St. Martin but now in Lafayette Parish, in July 1820, age 72.
His daughters married into the Bernard,
Breaux, Granger, Landry, and
Thibodeaux families. All five of his sons married, into the Broussard, Thibodeaux,
Landry, Derouen, and Valleau
families on the prairies, but only two of the lines endured beyond the 1830s.
Pierre's putative
son Pierre, fils, by second wife Marie Doiron, born
probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1727, married, according to Bona
Arsenault, Cécile, daughter of Joannis D'Etchevery and
Françoise Rhault, in c1750 perhaps on Île Madame. In late
February 1752, a French offiical counted Pierre, fils, Cécile, their
unnamed infant, and her sister Madeleine, age 17, at Petit Degrat on the
southeast side of Île Madame. According to Arsenault, between 1752 and
1771, Cécile gave Pierre, fils eight children, six sons and two
daughters. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Pierre's eighth
and youngest son Jean, also called
Jean-Baptiste, from second wife Marie Doiron, born
perhaps at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in June 1729, married, according to Bona
Arsenault, Madeleine, daughter of Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine
Boudrot, in c1749, perhaps at Pigiguit. Arsenault says
that, between 1750 and 1772, Madeleine gave Jean six children, three daughters
and three sons. The family evidently escaped the British roundup at Minas
in the fall of 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In
the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by,
British forces in the area and held in the prison compound at Halfiax for the rest of the war. According to Arsenault,
they were counted at Halifax in 1763 and at Tracadie, northeastern Nova
Scotia, in 1785. Arsenault says one of their daughters married into the
Gautrot family at Halifax in November 1770. According to
Arsenault, Jean/Jean-Baptiste's three sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Nicolas, born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1753, followed his family into exile and
into a prison compound in Nova Scotia. He married fellow Acadian Angélique
Petitpas in c1776, place unrecorded.
Jean/Jean-Baptiste's second son François, born in exile in c1762, perhaps in
the prison compound at Halifax, married fellow Acadian Marie Petitpas
in c1785, place unrecorded.
Jean/Jean-Baptiste's third and youngest son Joseph, born probably in Nova Scotia
in c1772, married Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph LeBlanc
and Angélique Daigle, in c1796, place unrecorded.
Jacques dit Jacob's third son
Jacques, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Anne, daughter of Claude Petitpas and
Catherine Bugaret, at Port-Royal in November 1704. Between 1705 and
1717, Anne gave Jacques, fils seven children, six daughters and a son.
Jacques, fils remarried to
Jeanne, daughter of François Amireau dit Tourangeau and Marie
Pitre, at Annapolis Royal in November 1725. Between 1727 and 1729,
Jeanne gave Jacques, fils three more sons. Jacques, fils
drowned
in the Annapolis Royal in June 1741, in
his late 60s. Five of his
daughters married into the Forest, Doiron,
Lambert, and Comeau families. All four of his sons from both
wives created
families of their own, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son
Charles,
by first wife Anne Petitpas, born at Port-Royal in December
1707, married Anne, daughter of Jean-Jacques Nuirat and
Marie-Jeanne Bourgeois, in c1739, place unrecorded.
According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at Chignecto and, between 1740 and
1745, Anne gave Charles four children, three daughters and a son. Charles died between 1752 and November 1754, in his mid-40s,
probably at Chignecto (Arsenault says he died in c1750).
According to Arsenault, Charles's widow remarried
to a French Canadian at Québec in November 1754, so the family evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in 1755. Charles's
second daughter married into the Chamberland family at Québec
in October 1763. One wonders what happened to his son Eusèbe.
Jacques, fils's second son Pierre, by second wife Jeanne
Amireau, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1717, married Marie-Blanche, daughter of René Granger and
Angélique Comeau, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1752. According
to Bona Arsenault, in 1753 Marie-Blanche gave Pierre a son. One wonders
what happened to them in 1755.
Jacques, fils's third son
Jean, by second
wife Jeanne
Amireau, born at Annapolis Royal in November 1728, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean Mouton and Marguerite Poirier, at
Chignecto in 1755. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Jacques, fils's fourth and youngest son
Joseph, by second wife Jeanne
Amireau, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1729, evidently escaped
the British roundup in Nova Scotia in 1755 and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either
surrendered to, or was captured by, British forces in the region and held in a
prisoner compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. In 1764-65, he followed the
Broussards to Louisiana from Halifax to via Cap-François,
French St.-Domingue. At age 35, Joseph married Ursule, daughter of René Trahan and Élisabeth Darois
and widow of Joseph-Grégoire Broussard, at New Orleans in April 1765,
one of the earliest Acadian marriages in the colony. They followed the Broussards
to lower Bayou Teche soon after their
marriage. Both of them died in late October, victims of a mysterious
epidemic that struck the Teche valley Acadians that summer and fall.
Joseph fathered no children, so his line of the family died with him.
Jacques dit Jacob's fourth
son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1676, was still being counted with his family
at Port-Royal in 1700. He did not marry.
Jacques dit Jacob's fifth son
François, born at Port-Royal in c1680, married Anne, daughter of Germain Bourgeois and Madeleine
Dugas, at Port-Royal in February 1708. Between 1708 and 1733, Anne
gave François 10 children, six sons and four daughters. François, in his
late 50s, remarried to Marie, daughter of
Charles Guilbeau and Anne Bourg and widow of Joseph Forest,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1737. In 1740 and 1743, Marie gave François
two more daughters--a dozen children by both wives. François died
at Annapolis Royal between
February 1746 and November 1752, in his late 60s or early 70s. Three of
his six daughters by both wives
married into the LeBlanc, Benoit, and Blanchard families. Three of his six sons
also created families of their own.
Oldest son François,
fils, by first wife Anne Bourgeois, born at Port-Royal on
Christmas night 1708, died at Annapolis Royal in October 1720, age 11.
François's second son Charles, by first wife Anne Bourgeois,
born at Annapolis Royal in March 1714, died there in April 1716, age 2.
François's third son Charles, the second with the name, by first wife Anne Bourgeois,
born at Annapolis Royal in March 1719, also died young.
François's fourth son Pierre
dit
Malouin (an odd nickname for someone who never went to France), by first wife Anne Bourgeois, born at Annapolis Royal
in October 1721, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Forest and Marie
Guilbeau, his stepsister, at Annapolis Royal in February 1743.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1755, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre
six children, three sons and two daughters. According to Arsenault, the
family moved to Memramcook in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto
in 1752, to nearby Petitcoudiac in 1755, escaped the British roundup in the area
that year, and sought refuge in Canada, where they were counted at Québec in
1758. Marie-Josèphe and one of their sons died at L'Assomption on the
upper St. Lawrence soon after. Pierre remarried
to Madeleine, daughter of François Doucet and Marie Poirier and
widow of François Cormier, at Deschambault above Québec in February 1760.
According to Arsenault, in 1760 and 1762, Madeleine gave Pierre three more
children, a daughter and two sons, including a set of twins. Pierre died
at L'Assomption
in October 1763, age 42. Four of his daughters by both wives married into
the Martin and Picot families. At least
one of his sons created his own family.
Third and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, by second wife Madeleine
Doucet, born in Canada in c1762, married Marie-Agathe, daughter of
Louis Boissel and Marie Desnoyers, place
unrecorded, in May 1785.
François's fifth son
Jean-Baptiste dit Mangeau, by first wife Anne Bourgeois,
born at Annapolis Royal in June 1725, married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre
LeBlanc and Françoise Thériot, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1751.
Jean-Baptiste died at Tracadie, Nova Scotia, in c1808, in his early 80s.
François's sixth and
youngest son Joseph
dit Malouin, by first wife Anne Bourgeois,
born at Annapolis Royal in January 1731, married Françoise, daughter of Guillaume
Blanchard and Jeanne Dupuis, at Annapolis Royal in November 1752.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1754 Françoise gave Joseph a son. They evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada, where they were counted at Québec in 1757.
Wife Françoise died there that year, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that
struck the Acadian refugees in the area that fall and winter and into the
following spring. Joseph remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Paul Arseneau and Madeleine
Hébert, at Québec in July 1758. According to Arsenault, between
1760 and 1771, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph six more children, three daughters and
three sons. British officials counted them at Deschaillons below
Trois-Rivières in 1761, at Repentigny near Montréal in 1768, and at L'Assomption in
1771. Joseph dit Malouin died at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in October 1792, age 61.
Jacques dit Jacob's sixth son
Claude, born at Port-Royal in c1684, married Élisabeth, daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and Huguette
Gougeon, at Port-Royal in February 1709. Between 1710 and 1720, Élisabeth gave Claude four children, two
daughters and two sons.
Claude died at Annapolis Royal in March 1738, in his mid-50s. His daughters married into the Landry, Thibodeau, and Hébert
families. Only one of his sons created a family of his own.
Older son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1717, married
Rosalie, daughter of Alexandre Hébert and Marie Dupuis, at Annapolis
Royal in January 1742. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1742 Rosalie gave
Joseph a son. Joseph remarried to Nathalie dite Anastasie, daughter of
Jean-Simon LeBlanc and Jeanne Dupuis, at Annapolis Royal in
February 1748 and likely remained there. According to Arsenault, between
1749 and 1772, Anastasie gave Joseph nine more children, five daughters and
four sons. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of
1755. In August 1763, Joseph Guiroire,
wife Natalis, and six unnamed children, a son and five daughters, were listed on
a French repatriation list in the Bay Colony. They followed most of their fellow exiles in New England
to Canada and settled at St.-Ours on lower Rivière Richelieu, where British
officials counted them in 1767. They had more children there. Joseph
died at St.-Ours in August 1776, age 61. Three of his daughters married into the
Vel-Sansoucy, Gazaille-Saint-Germain, and
Duhamel families there. Three of his sons also
created their own families on the lower Richelieu.
Third son Jean-Baptiste, by second wife Nathalie LeBlanc,
born probably in Massachusetts in c1763, followed his family to Canada and
married Agathe, daughter of François Allaire and Marie
Labossière, at St.-Ours in November 1784.
Joseph's fourth son Pierre, by second wife Nathalie LeBlanc,
born probably at St.-Ours in c1769, married Marie-Charlotte, daughter of Pierre
Duhamel and Marguerite Dupré and sister of his
older sister Élisabeth's husband François, at St.-Ours in February 1791.
Joseph's fifth and youngest Joseph, fils, by second wife Nathalie
LeBlanc, born probably at St.-Ours in c1772, married Véronique,
daughter of Joseph Hamelin-Leganière and Véronique Ayot,
at St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu above St.-Ours in February 1796.
Claude's younger son François, born at Annapolis Royal in June 1720,
evidently died young.
Jacques dit Jacob's seventh
son Guillaume, born at Port-Royal in October 1685, married Marie, daughter of René Bernard dit Renochet
and Madeleine Doucet, in c1713 probably at Annapolis Royal, where they
remained. Between 1714 and the early 1730s, Marie gave Guillaume eight children, six daughters
and two sons.
The family evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Guillaume died at Québec in late
November 1757, age 72, victim, perhaps, of a smallpox epidemic that struck the
Acadian refugees in the area that fall and winter and into the following spring. Five of his daughters married into the Martin
dit Barnabé, Aubois,
Richard, Blanchard, and Dupuis families. Both of
his
sons created families of their own.
Older son Guillaume,
fils, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1721, married Anne, daughter of
Pierre Blanchard and Anne Robichaud, at Annapolis Royal in
February 1745 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1746 and
1748, Anne gave Guillaume, fils two daughters. Other records hint
that they had more children. Arsenault says the
family moved to Memramcook in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto
by 1752. They likely escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières
in the summer and fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, the family either surrendered to,
or was captured by, British forces in the area, who held them in a prisoner
compound in Nova Scotia. They may have been Guillaume Giro
and his family of six listed on a repatriation list at Fort Edward, Pigiguit,
in the summer of 1763. In August 1763, Guillame Giroy, his unnamed wife, and five unnamed
children appeared on another repatriation list, this time at Halifax, so they may have been transferred there. They were among the relatively few Acadians held in Nova Scotia who
chose to resettle in Canada, perhaps because so many of their loved ones had
gone there. British
officials counted the family at Ste.-Croix-de-Lotbinière, today's St. Croix, on the upper St.
Lawrence in 1767. Guillaume, fils died there in June 1795, age 73.
His daughters married into the Leclerc and Boisvert
families there. He evidently had no sons, at least none who created their
own families.
Guillaume, père's younger son
Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in Ocotber 1726, married Théotiste, daughter of Pierre Dupuis and Jeanne Richard,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1751. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1752 and 1774, Théotiste gave Pierre seven children, four sons and three
daughters. They likely escaped the British roundup at Annapolis in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. British
officials counted them at Lotbinière in 1762 and at St.-Ours in 1767.
Pierre's daughters married into the Duhamel, Gariépy,
and Valentin families at St.-Ours. Three of his sons also
created their own famiies there.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in
c1752, followed his family to Canada and married Scholastique, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean LeBlanc and Marie Landry,
at St.-Ours in September 1775.
Pierre, père's third son Jean-Baptiste, born probably in Canada in
c1760, married Marie-Angélique, daughter of Joseph Blouin and
Madeleine Turcot, at St.-Ours in June 1780.
Pierre, père's fourth and youngest son Joseph, born probably at
St.-Ours in c1769, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Lord and Marie-Josèphe Garceau, at St.-Ours in
September 1791.
Jacques dit Jacob's eighth
son Denis, born at Port-Royal in c1688, married Marguerite, daughter of Nicolas Barrieau and Martine
Hébert, at Grand-Pré in October 1709 but died there two months after their marriage,
having fathered no children. Marguerite remarried to a Doiron
at Cobeguit.
Jacques dit Jacob's ninth son
Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1689, married Anne, daughter of Jean Bastarache and Huguette Vincent,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1713. Between 1716 and 1731, Anne gave
Charles eight children, five sons and three daughters. Anne died at
Annapolis Royal in September 1737, age 43. At age 55, Charles remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
François Pitre and Anne Préjean and widow of Charles Simon
dit Boucher, at Annapolis Royal in June 1744.
Between 1745 and 1751, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles four more children, three sons and a daughter--a
dozen children by two wives.
His daughters from his first wife married into the Blanchard, Pellerin,
and Comeau families. Four of his older sons created families of their own.
Charles died in his late 50s or early 60s by April 1751, when Marie-Josèphe
remarried to a Bourgeois widower at Annapolis Royal. The
British deported the family to South Carolina in the fall of 1755.
Oldest son Charles,
fils, by first wife Anne Bastarache,
born at Annapolis Royal in July 1716, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Michel Thibodeau and Agnès Dugas,
at Annapolis Royal in May 1739. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740
and 1753, Marie-Madeleine gave Charles, fils six children, three sons
and three daughters. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. Did
Charles, fils and his wife get deported to South Carolina along with
his stepmother and her family and a younger brother and his family?
Arsenault says Charles, fils died in exile before August 1763, in his 40s,
perhaps in the southern colony.
One of his daughters married into the Poirier and
Bonnefon families, the second marriage at Môle St.-Nicolas, French
St.-Domingue, in November 1778, a clue that she may have come to the big island
from a southern British colony. At least one of Charles, fils's sons created a family of his own,
in Canada.
Oldest son Charles III, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1740, may have escaped the British roundup at Annapolis
Royal in 1755 and married fellow Acadian Marie Granger
probably at Québec in c1768. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave
Charles III a daughter in 1769. Marie died in late January 1769, soon
after her daughter's birth, place unrecorded.
Charles, père's second son Joseph
dit Bistet, by first wife Anne Bastarache, born at
Annapolis Royal in August 1720, married Anne, daughter of François Doucet and Marie Poirier,
at Beaubassin in July 1743. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1749 Anne gave
Bistet a daughter. The family evidently escaped the British roundup at
Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area, who held them
in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Joseph
dit Bistet remarried to Jeanne dite La Touchenette,
daughter of Pierre Belliveau and Jeanne Gaudet, in c1761 during
exile, place unrecorded. Bistet and his family appear on a repatriation
list in the
prison compound at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in 1763. According to
Arsenault, in 1763 and 1767, Jeanne gave Bistet two more daughters.
British officials counted them on lower Rivière St.-Jean in 1767, so after the
war they chose to remain in greater Acadia. They
moved on to Bouctouche on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, today's northeastern
New Brunswik, where Joseph dit Bistet died in 1803 or 1804, in his early 80s.
His three daughters married into the Belliveau, LeBlanc,
and Bastarache families, one of them at Windsor, formerly
Pigiguit, Nova Scotia.
Charles, père's third son François, by first wife Anne Bastarache,
born at Annapolis Royal in July 1726, married
Claire, daughter of René Richard and Marguerite Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1745.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1751, Claire gave François three
children, two sons and a daughter. François remarried
to Catherine-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Martin and Jeanne Comeau,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1754. According to Arsenault, in 1754
Catherine-Josèphe gave François another daughter. The British evidently deported the
family to South Carolina in the fall of 1755. François remarried
again--his third marriage--to Marguerite Poirier probably in
South Carolina before August 1763, when François, wife
Marguerite, and sons Joseph, age 17, and François, fils, age 15,
appeared on a repatriation list in the southern colony. At least one of his sons created a family of his
own in the French Antilles.
Older son Joseph, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1745, followed his
family to South Carolina and to Môle St.-Nicolas, French St.-Dominguie, where he
married fellow Acadian Madeleine Poirier probably in the late
1760s. She gave him at least two sons there in the 1770s, but both of them
died young. Joseph remarried to Marie, daughter of Stephen Hosmin
or Hoffman and Marie Staipe of
Empabard, Diocese of Speyer, Germany, at Môle St.-Nicolas in May 1780.
Between 1781 and 1785, Marie gave Joseph at least three more children, two sons
and a daughter, but the second son died young. Joseph died at Môle
St.-Nicolas in May 1785, age 40.
Charles, père's fourth son
Basile, by first
wife Anne Bastarache, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1728, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Doucet and Marie Poirier,
in c1754 probably at Annapolis Royal.
According to Bona Arsenault, the family moved to Petitcoudiac in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto. Arsenault says that
Marie-Josèphe gave Basile a daughter in 1755. According to Arsenault, the
British deported Basile to South Carolina in the fall of 1755 without his wife
or daughter. Basile died in the southern colony between January 1756 and July 1758,
in his late 20s. Wife Marie-Josèphe, meanwhile, took refuge in Canada, where
French officials noted that daughter Anastasie, age 2, died at Québec in 1757,
victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian refugees in
the area that fall and winter and into the following spring. After learning of the fate of her husband,
Marie-Josèphe remarried to a French Canadian at nearby Ste.-Foy in January 1760.
Charles, père's fifth son Grégoire, by first wife Anne Bastarache,
born at Annapolis Royal in November 1731, died there in June 1734, age 2 1/2.
Charles, père's sixth son
Anselme, by second
wife Marie-Josèphe Pitre, born at Annapolis Royal in January
1747, probably died young.
Charles, père's seventh son Grégoire, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Pitre,
born at Annapolis Royal in August 1748,
followed his family to South Carolina in 1755 and was listed on a
repatriations list with his mother, stepfather, and siblings there
in August 1763. Where did he go after that date?
Charles, père's eighth and youngest son
Bonaventure,
by second wife Marie-Josèphe Pitre, born at Annapolis Royal in
June 1751, followed his family to South
Carolina in 1755 and was listed with his mother, stepfather, and siblings there
in August 1763. Where did he go after that date?
Jacques dit Jacob's tenth and
youngest son Germain
le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1691, married Marie, daughter of Toussaint
Doucet and Marie Caissie, in c1710 and settled at Chignecto.
Between 1711 and the late 1730s, Marie gave Germain le jeune 10 children, six sons and four daughters.
Bona Arsenault gives them a seventh son named François, born in c1722.
Germain le jeune and members of his family escaped the British roundup
at Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Germain le jeune
died at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in July 1760, in his
late 60s, perhaps during the British attack on the French stronghold there.
His daughters married into the Gaudet and Poirier families.
All six of his sons, and his putative son as well, created families of their own.
Oldest son Germain
dit Jacques, born probably at Chignecto in c1711, married
Marie, daughter of Charles Arseneau and Françoise Mirande, at
Beaubassin in November 1733. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and
1755, Marie gave Germain dit Jacques five children, two sons and three
daughters. The family evidently escaped the British
roundup at Chignecto in the summer and fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
In his early 50s, Germain dit Jacques remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Pierre
Henry and Marguerite Brasseur, at L'Islet on the St. Lawrence below Québec in July
1763. According to Arsenault, between 1767 and 1785, Marguerite gave
Gemain dit Jacques five more children, two daughter and three sons--10
children by two wives. Germain dit Jacques died at St.-Hyacinthe on Rivière
Yamaska northeast of Montréal in May 1779, in his late 60s. Three of his
daughters by both wives married into the Dupont,
Cloutier, and Blanchet families on the lower St.
Lawrence and at St.-Hyacinthe. Two of his sons by both wives also created
their own families at St.-Hyacinthe.
Second son Victor, by first wife Marie Arseneau, born
probably at Chignecto in c1748, followed his family to Canada, and married
Marie-Marguerite Lacoste-Languedoc, widow of François
Archambault, in c1775, place unrecorded, perhaps St.-Hyacinthe.
Germain dit Jacques's fifth and youngest son
Alexis, by second wife
Marguerite Henry, born probably at L'Islet in c1785, married
Marie-Charlotte Sanschagrin at Présentation near St.-Hyacinthe
in November 1809.
Germain le jeune's second
son Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in c1719, married Marguerite, daughter of Augustin Gaudet and Agnès
Chiasson, at Beaubassin in November 1740 and settled there. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1755, Marguerite gave Pierre four children,
two sons and two daughters. Other records give them another son in c1751. Arsenault says the family was at Port-La-Joye,
Île St.-Jean, in 1755, so they may have escaped the British roundup at Chignecto
that year and crossed Mer Rouge to the French-controlled island. The British deported at least one member of the
family to France in late 1758. Pierre
died in exile, place unrecorded, before August 1763.
Second son Dominique, born probably at Chignecto in c1751, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and evidently was deported to France in late 1758.
One wonders where he landed. He became a sailor in the mother country and, in the early 1770s, followed
hundreds of fellow Acadians to Poitou. While a resident of Cenan, Poitou,
he married Agnès, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Broussard
and Ursule LeBlanc, at Archigny, Poitou, in February 1775.
In December, with other Poitou Acadians, they retreated to the port city of
Nantes. In 1776 and 1778, Agnès gave Dominique two children, a daughter
and a son, in the lower Loire port. The daughter and perhaps the son
died young. Dominique died at nearby Chantenay in December 1778, age 27.
Agnès remarried to a Pothier widower at Chantenay in November
1783 and followed him and his children by his first marriage to Spanish Louisiana two
years later. Her Girouard son, Jean-Dominique, who would have
been age 7 in 1785, did not go with them, so he likely had died young like his
older sister.
Germain le jeune's putative son François, born at Chignecto in
c1722, according to Bona Arsenault, married Marguerite Poirier
in c1745 probably at Chignecto. Arsenault says in 1746 and 1748, Marguerite gave François two
children, a son and a daughter. Other records give them two sons.
The British deported the family to South
Carolina in the fall of 1755. In August 1763, François, wife Marguerite, and sons Joseph, age 17, and François, fils,
age 15, appeared on a repatrition list in the southern colony. One wonders where they resettled
after that.
Germain
le jeune's third son Michel, according to Stephen A. White, was born probably at Chignecto in c1723.
According to White, Michel, son of Germain le jeune, married Marguerite, daughter of Michel
Haché and Madeleine LeBlanc, in c1744 probably at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault,
Michel à Germain le jeune was
born in c1710, married Marie Thibodeau in c1735, that between
1736 and 1747 Marie gave Michel à Germain le jeune five
children, three daughters and two sons, that the family settled at Chepoudy in
the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, and
that their oldest daughter married into the Comeau family there
in March 1756, which would have been during exile.
Arsenault would have us believe that the Michel born in c1723 who married
Marguerite Haché was the fifth son of Germain le jeune's
older brother François, not of Germain le jeune, and that, between 1749 and 1756, Marguerite gave Michel à François
four children, two daughters and two sons. Arsenault hints that the family
of Michel à François escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada,
that French authorities counted the family at Québec in 1757, and that two of
their children, Marguerite and Pierre, died there, victims, perhaps, of the
smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian refugees in the area that fall and
winter. White says Michel à Germain le jeune, born in
c1723, died at Gentilly on the upper St. Lawrence
near Trois-Rivières in March 1797, in early 70s. According to Arsenault,
Michel à François's surviving son created his own family.
Younger son Joseph, born in exile in c1756, followed his family to Canada,
where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Grandbois
and Félicité Baillargeon, at Bécancour on the upper St.
Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières in February 1777. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1778 and 1786, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph five children, two
sons and three daughters. Joseph remarried to Josèphe, daughter of Jacques
Normandeau dit Deslauriers and Marie-Catherine
Tinon, at nearby Gentilly in February 1790. They settled at
Bécancour. According to Arsenault, between 1790 and 1808, Josèphe gave
Joseph seven more children, five daughters and two sons--a dozen children by two wives.
Germain le jeune's fourth son Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in
the mid-1720s, married
Agnès, daughter of Claude Gaudet and Marguerite Blou, in c1750
probably at Chignecto. They evidently escaped the roundup there in 1755
and sought refuge in Canada. Joseph died at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu northeast
of Montréal in January 1767, in his early 40s, and that his widow remarried to a
Richard at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in February 1768.
Germain le jeune's fifth son
Claude, born
probably at Chignecto in c1728, married
Marie, daughter of Michel Bernard and Marie Brasseur, in c1754
(Bona Arsenault says c1759), probably at Chignecto.
The family evidently escaped the British roundup
at Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. According to Arsenault, between 1760 and 1779,
Marie gave Claude nine children, a son and eight daughters. Claude died at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in July
1816, in his late 80s. Four his daughters married into the
Langlois, Phaneuf, and Archambault
families, two of them to brothers, at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly. His son also
created his own family there.
Only son Justinien, born probably in Canada in c1762, married Charlotte,
daughter of Louis Sasseville and Charlotte Archambault,
at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in October 1784.
Germain le jeune's sixth and youngest son
Jacques, born at Chignecto in November 1733, married Françoise, another daughter of
Augustin Gaudet and Agnès Chiasson,
in c1754 (Bona Arsenault says c1761) probably at Chignecto. The family
evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. According to
Arseanult, between 1762 and 1776, Françoise gave Jacques eight children, three
sons and five daughters. Jacques died at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
in April 1813, age 79. Four of his daughters married into the
Chartier, Bernard, and Bourgeois
families at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly. Two of his sons also created their own
families there.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably in Canada in c1762, married Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Dumas and Charlotte-Perrine Boutin,
at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in January 1788.
Jacques's third and youngest son François married Osithe, daughter of
Thierry Langlois and Marie-Osithe Bernard, at
St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in February 1794.
François's
younger son Germain, born at Port-Royal in c1656, followed two of his
brothers-in-law to Chignecto in c1672 and helped pioneer a new Acadian
settlement there. Germain married Marie, daughter of Jacques Bourgeois and
Jeanne Trahan and widow of Pierre Cyr, at Beaubassin in June 1680
and remained. Between 1681 and 1685, Marie gave Germain three
children, a son and two daughters. Germain died at Chignecto in c1686,
in his early 30s. One of his daughters married into the Gaudet
family. His son also created a family of his own at Chignecto.
Only son
Germain, fils,
born at Chignecto in April 1681, married Jeanne, daughter of Nicolas Barrieau and
Martine Hébert, probably at Chignecto in c1703 and settled there.
From the early 1700s to the 1720s, Jeanne gave Germain, fils nine children, six daughters
and three sons,
including a set of twins. Four of their daughters married into the
Bourgeois, Poirier, and Thériot families. All three of
Germain, fils's
sons created families of their own at Chignecto.
Oldest son
Michel,
born at Chignecto in the early 1700s, married Anne-Marie, daughter of
Jean-Jacques Nuirat and Marie-Jeanne Bourgeois, at Chignecto in
February 1733, and, according to Stephen A. White, remarried to Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau
l'aîné and Anne-Marie Bourg, in c1735, probably at Chignecto.
Bona Arsenault says Michel, son of Germain, fils, married only once, to
Anne-Marie Nuirat, and that it was Michel, son of Germain
le jeune, who married Marie Thibodeau, that they settled
at Chepoudy, and that, between 1736 and 1747, Marie gave Michel à
Germain le jeune five children, three daughters and two sons.
White says Michel à Germain, fils died probably at Chignecto
in c1735. According to Arsenault, Michel à Germain le jeune's
older daughter Marie married into the Comeau family at Chepoudy in
March 1756, which would have been during exile.
Germain, fils's second son
François dit Menu,
born at Baie-Verte, Chignecto, in c1710, married Marie, daughter of
Michel Poirier and Jeanne Bourgeois, at Chignecto in January
1735 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1738 and
1746, Marie gave Menu five children, three daughters and two sons. The family evidently escaped the British roundup at
Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canda. Menu, in his
early 50s, remarried to Catherine-Josèphe, daughter of Charles
Boudrot and Marie Corporon and widow of Jean-Baptiste Trahan,
at Québec in November 1762. She evidently gave him no more children. François dit
Menu died at Québec in May 1790, age 80. One of his daughters married into
the Benet dit Ollier family at Québec. One of his sons also
created his own family there.
Older son
Joseph,
by first wife Marie Poirier, born probably at Chignecto in
c1742, followed his family to Canada and married Marie-Anne, daughter of Joachim
Desmolliez and Marie-Josèphe Auger, at Québec
in January 1766. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1769 and 1771,
Marie-Anne gave Joseph three children, all son. At least one of their sons
created his own family.
Oldest son
Jean,
born probably at Québec in c1769, became a river pilot and drowned near Île du Bic in
the St. Lawrence estuary, date unrecorded. He evidently did not marry.
Joseph's second
son Joseph, fils, born probably at Québec in c1770, became an
architect, engineer, and navigator. He married Marie-Anne, daughter of
Jean Baillargé and Louise Parent, at Québec in
February 1793.
Joseph, père's
third and youngest son François, born probably at Québec in c1771, drowned off
the coast of Spain, date unrecorded. He evidently did not marry.
Germain,
fils's third and youngest son Jacques, born at Chignecto probably in the
1720s, married Marie, daughter of Honoré
Bourgeois and Marie-Jeanne Richard, at Chignecto in August 1748.
He died in exile before April 1760, place unrecorded. Did he and his wife
have any children?345
Hébert
Antoine, older of
the Hébert brothers who arrived in the early 1640s, and his
wife Geneviève Lefranc created a smaller branch of the family in the
colony. Between 1649 and 1656, Geneviève gave Antoine three children, two sons and a daughter.
Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family. Both of their sons were named Jean, and both survived childhood, but only the
younger one created a family of his
own. Antoine
and Geneviève's descendants settled at Grand-Pré and Cobeguit in the Minas Basin,
at Chignecto, and in the French Maritimes. At least 162 Héberts
from both branches of the family, many from this one, emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the late 1760s, and especially from France in
1785. Significant numbers of Antoine's descendants, perhaps most of them, also could be found in greater Acadia, France, the French
Antilles, and especially in Canada after Le Grand Dérangement.
Older
son Jean l'aîné, born at Port-Royal in c1649, was counted in the first
Acadian census of 1671 at age 22, so he survived childhood, but he did not marry.
Antoine's younger
son Jean le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1653, married Marie-Anne,
called Anne, daughter of Pierre Doucet
and Henriette Pelletret, at Port-Royal in c1676. By 1693 they had
resettled at Minas.
Between 1677 and the early 1700s, Henriette gave Jean le jeune 14 children,
eight sons and six daughters. Jean le jeune died probably at
Minas by 1707, in his early 50s. Bona Arsenault says Jean le jeune
died at Minas in November 1710. Four of his daughters married into the
LeBlanc, Boudrot, and Saulnier families. Seven of his
eight sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Jacques, born at Port-Royal in c1677, married Jeanne, daughter of Claude Gautrot and Marie Thériot,
in c1703 probably at Minas but moved on to Chignecto.
Between 1704 and 1735, Jeanne gave Jacques 10 children, five sons and five daughters.
Jacques died at Québec in November 1756, age 80, evidently having escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. His
daughters married into the Arseneau, Bergeron dit de
Nantes, Bernard, Bourg, Doucet, and Ricard families.
Four of his five sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Jacques dit Boudiche,
born in c1704,
married Anne, daughter of Abraham Arseneau and Jeanne Gaudet, in
c1728 probably at Chignecto, but they may have moved on to Minas or returned to
Annapolis Royal. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1731 and 1750, Anne gave Jacques dit Boudiche 11
children, seven sons and five daughters. In the fall of 1755, the British
deported members of the family to Massachusetts. They appeared on a
repatriation list in the Bay Colony in August 1763. They chose to resettle on Miquelon, a French-controlled
fishery island off the southern
coast of Newfoundland, where French officials counted them in 1767 and 1776.
They likely went to France in 1767 and returned to the island in 1768. In 1778, during the American Revolution, the British captured Miquelon and
nearby Île St.-Pierre and deported the Acadians there to La Rochelle, France,
including the Héberts.
Jacques dit Boudiche died at St.-Nicolas Parish, La Rochelle, in June
1779, age 75. His widow returned to Miquelon in 1784. Two of his daughters married into the Cyr
and Melanson families in Massachusetts and on Miquelon.
Five of his sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1731, evidently left greater Acadia on the eve of
exile and married Jeanne, daughter of René dit
Renochet Bernard and Anne Blou of Chignecto,
at Québec in January 1755. They remained in Canada. Pierre died at
Lobinière on the upper St. Lawrence between Québec and Trois-Rivières in July
1776, in his mid-40s. His wife remarried to one of his Hébert
first cousins also named Pierre.
Jacques dit
Boudiche's second son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1736, followed his family to
Massachusetts in 1755 and to Île Miquelon after 1763. He married Rose, daughter of Jean
Cyr and Anne Bourgeois, on the island in March 1764.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1792, Rose gave Jean 10 children,
six sons and four daughters. Other records give them another son.
They were counted on Miquelon in 1767, on the eve of their going to La Rochelle,
France, to reduce overcrowding on the island. One of their sons was born at La
Rochelle in c1768. The family was back on Miquelon in 1776. The British deported them to La
Rochelle in 1778. One of their daughters was born in St.-Jean
Parish, La Rochelle, in December 1782. They probably returned to North
America with his widowed mother in 1784. Jean and his family
settled not on Miquélon but at Bonaventure, a British-controlled fishery in Gaspésie on the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs.
Jean died there in October 1810, in his early 70s. One of his daughters
married into the Bujold family at Bonaventure. His oldest
son stayed in France, but his younger sons settled at Bonaventure.
Second son
Jean,
fils, also called Jean-François, born at La Rochelle in c1768, followed his family back to Île
Miquelon, returned to France with them in 1778, returned with them to North
America in 1784, likely followed them to Gaspésie later in the decade, and, now
a sailor,
married fellow Acadian Geneviève Briand of Miquelon at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, in the mid-1790s. They returned to France by March 1799, when
a son was born at Ingouville northeast of Le Havre. Jean,
fils worked as a ship's carpenter as well as a sailor in the mother country. He died at Ingouville in October 1811, in his early 40s.
One wonders if any of his children created their own families in the mother
country.
Oldest son
Jean-François, born at Ingouville in March 1799, died there in November 1800,
age 1 1/2.
Jean, fils's
second son Joseph-Hippolyte was born at Ingouville in November 1800.
Jean, fils's
third son Pierre-Prosper was born at Ingouville in August 1802 and died at his
widowed mother's house in Ingouville in June 1824, age 23. He evidently
did not marry.
Jean, fils's
fourth son
Alphonse-Honoré was born at Ingouville in May 1810 and died there in July 1819,
age 9.
Jean, père's
fifth son
François, born probably on Île Miquelon in c1776,
followed his family to France and back, and married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Poirier and Anne
Gaudet, at Bonaventure in May 1809. According to Bona Arsenault,
Marie gave François a son, Jean, in c1812. François died at Bonaventure in
May 1855, in his late 70s.
Jean, père's
sixth son
Joseph, born at La Rochelle in c1783,
returned to North America and married Marguerite, another
daughter of Pierre Poirier and Anne Gaudet, at
Bonaventure in May 1805. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1807 and
1820, Marguerite gave Joseph seven children, two sons and five daughters.
Joseph died at Bonaventure in October 1828, in his mid-40s.
Jean, père's
seventh and
youngest son Louis-Victor, born at La Rochelle or at Bonaventure in the 1780s, married
Olivette, daughter of fellow Acadians François-Placide Bujold
and Marie-Josèphe Bernard, in January 1818, place unrecorded. According to
Bona Arsenault, Olivette gave Louis-Victor two children, a daughter and a son,
in 1820 and 1824.
Jacques dit
Boudiche's third son Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1739, did not follow his
family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. After being held at Fort
Beauséjour that autumn, he escaped and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He married
Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Boudrot and Judith
Belliveau, in c1760, place unrecorded, but it probably was on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762
and 1772, Louise gave Joseph seven children, five daughters and two sons.
They were counted at Shippagan on south shore of the Baie des Chaleurs in 1762,
moved on to Île Miquelon in 1765 and were still living there in 1776. The
British deported them to La Rochelle, France, in 1778. One of their
daughters married into the Turgot family at La Rochelle.
Joseph and his family evidently
returned to Miquelon in 1784. In the summer of 1794, during yet another
war between France and Britain, the British recaptured îles St.-Pierre and
Miquelon and detained the islanders at Boston and Halifax for three years.
In 1797, the British deported the islanders at Halifax to Bordeaux and Le Havre,
where they arrived in July and August. Joseph and his family were sent to
Le Havre and were living at Les Pentents there in April 1798 when they petitioned the French
government to allow them to return to La Rochelle. One wonders if their
request was granted and if they returned to the Newfoundland islands in the 1810s with other
Acadian refugees.
Jacques dit
Boudiche's fifth son Jacques, fils, born at Chignecto in c1744,
followed his family to Massachusetts, Île Miquelon, and La Rochelle, France,
where he died in St.-Nicolas Parish in July 1779, age 35, a month after his
father died there. Jacques, fils evidently did not marry.
Jacques dit
Boudiche's sixth son Charles, born at Chignecto in c1748, followed his family to
Massachusetts and Île Miquelon. He married Rosalie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Vigneau and Madeleine Cyr, on
the island in January 1771. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1772 and
1794, Rosalie gave Charles 10 children, four daughters and six sons. Other
records give them another son. They were still on Miquelon in 1776.
The British deported them to La
Rochlle, France, in 1778, and they returned to Miquelon in 1784. They then moved on to the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence. At least four of their sons created families there.
Second son
Isaac,
born on Île Miquelon in c1776, followed his family to La Rochelle and to the
Madeleine islands. He married Claire, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand
Chiasson and Marguerite Doucet, there in July
1800.
Charles's third
son Pierre-Roche, born probably in La Rochelle in the late 1770s, followed his family
back to Île Miquelon and to the Madeleine islands, where he married Émilie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Bourgeois and Angélique
Boudreau, in August 1804. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1805 and 1820, Émilie gave Pierre-Roche six children, five daughters and
a son.
Charles's fourth
son Étienne, born in St.-Jean Parish, La Rochelle, in April 1780, died there at
age 2 in June 1782.
Charles's fifth
son Jean, born probably at La Rochelle on c1782, followed his family back to Île
Miquelon and to the Madeleine islands, where he married Adélaïde, another
daughter of Amand Chiasson and Marguerite Doucet,
in November 1809. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1810 and 1822,
Adélaïde gave Jean six children, two daughter and four sons.
Charles's sixth
son Simon, born on Île Miquelon or in the Madeleine islands in c1788, married
Amarie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Arsenault and
Geneviève Boudreau, in September 1811, and remarried to fellow
Acadian Julie Bourgeois in c1815. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1817 and 1822, Julie gave Simon three children, a daughter and two sons.
Jacques dit
Boudiche's seventh and youngest son Ambroise, born at Chignecto in c1750,
followed his family to Massachusetts and Île Miquelon, where he married Marie,
daughter of Claude Poirier and Marguerite Cyr,
in January 1774. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1776 and 1783, Marie
gave Ambroise four children, two sons and two daughters. They were still
living on Miquelon in 1776. The British deported them to La Rochelle,
France, in 1778, and they returned to Miquelon in 1784.
Jacques's second
son Pierre dit le Jeune, born probably at Chignecto in the early 1700s, married Marie-Anne, daughter of René dit
Renochet Bernard
and Anne Blou, in c1737 probably at Chignecto and settled at Tintamarre
easat of the Missaguash.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1740 and 1742, Marie-Anne gave Pierre dit
le Jeune two children, a daughter and a son. Other records give them an
older son born in 1739. Pierre dit le Jeune died probably at
Chignecto before 1752, in his late 40s or early 50s. His widow Marie-Anne
may have taken her children to the French Maritimes soon after Pierre dit
le Jeune's death, and the British may have deported them to France in late 1758.
One son married at Chantenay near Nantes and, along with his younger
brother, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France and settled on the western
prairies.
Older son
Pierre,
fils, born at Tintamarre, Chignecto, in c1739, may have followed his widowed mother to the
French Maritimes and to France, where he worked as a day laborer. One
wonders where. At age
44, he married Charlotte, daughter of fellow Acadians Christopher
Pothier and Anne Boudrot and widow of Paul
Patry, at St.-Martin de Chantenay near Nantes, France, in November 1783.
In 1785, Pierre, fils, Charlotte, their infant son Pierre-Joseph, a Patry
stepdaughter, and his bachelor brother emigrated to Spanish Louisiana and settled on the
western prairies. Pierre, fils and Charlotte had no more children in the Spanish
colony. Pierre died at his home at Carencro in February 1818, in his late
70s. His only son Pierre-Joseph married into the Guilbeau
family at Carencro, but the family line did not endure.
Pierre dit
le Jeune's younger son Jean-Baptiste, born at Tintamarre in c1745,
may have
followed his widowed mother to the French Maritimes and to France, where he also
worked as a day laborer. One wonders where. In 1785, at age 40, he followed
his older brother to Spanish Louisiana and settled with him on the western
prairies. Jean-Baptise did not marry. He died at Attakapas in October 1801, in his mid- or late 50s.
Jacques's third son
Magloire,
born probably at Chignecto in c1715, married Anne, daughter of Guillaume Cyr and
Marguerite Bourg, in c1743 probably at Chignecto and likely settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1768, Anne gave
Magloire six children, three sons and three daughters. In the fall of 1755, the British deported the family to
Massachusetts, so they may have moved from Chignecto to Annapolis Royal or Minas
before 1755. Magloire and his family appeared on a repatriation list in
the Bay Colony in
August 1763. They, too, chose to resettle not in Canada but on Île Miquelon, where French
officials counted them between 1773 and 1776. The British deported them to La
Rochelle, France, in 1778. A son died in St.-Jean Parish, La Rochelle, in
October 1780. Magloire died there the following December, age 66, and
widow Anne died there in January 1781. One of their daughters married into the
Coste family on Île Miquelon and another into the same family at La
Rochelle. One of their sons also married on the island
but moved on to Canada.
Oldest son
Félix,
born at Chignecto in c1744, followed his family to Massachusetts and Île
Miquelon, where he married Esther, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Vigneau
and Anne Poirier, in November 1771. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1773 and 1795, Esther gave Félix 11 children, seven sons and
five daughters. They were still on the island in 1776. The British
deported them to La Rochelle, France, in 1778, and they evidently were among the
islanders who returned to North America in 1784. If they returned to
Miquelon, they did not remain there. They were
living at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières in
1789. One of their daughters married into the Vigneau
family at Bécancour in 1801. Three of Félix's sons also created families in
the area.
Oldest son
Félix,
fils, born probably on Île Miquelon in c1773, followed his family to
France and Canada and married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Joseph Baudon-Larivière
and Marie-Louise Tessier, at Bécancour in June 1801.
Félix, père's
second son Amand, born probably on Miquelon in c1776, followed his family to La
Rochelle, France, in 1778. He died in St.-Jean Parish. La Rochelle, in May
1779, age 3.
Félix, père's
third son Jacques, born probably at La Rochelle in c1780, followed his family to
Canada and married Marie-Angélique, daughter of fellow
Acadians Vincent Cyr and Marie-Angélique Vigneau,
at Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières and above Bécancour in October 1804.
Félix, père's
fourth son François, born in St.-Jean Parish, La Rochelle, in July 1783,
followed his family to Canada and married Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Prince and Marie-Madeleine
Bergeron, at nearby St.-George-de-Nicolet in January 1809.
Magloire's second son
Charles,
born at Chignecto in c1751, followed his family to Massachusetts, Île Miquelon,
and La Rochelle. He died in St.-Jean Parish, La Rochelle, in October 1780,
age 24. He probably did not marry.
Jacques's fourth son
Joseph,
born probably at Chignecto in c1719, married Marie-Louise, daughter of
Jacques Chiasson and Marie-Josèphe Arseneau, at Beaubassin in
August 1740 and likely settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1741 and 1755, Marie-Louise gave Joseph four children, two daughters and two
sons. One of their sons was baptized at St.-Pierre-du-Nord on Île St.-Jean
in May 1751, so the family may have gone there to escape the chaos at Chignecto
after 1750. They may have returned to peninsula Nova Scotia soon after
they reached the island (they were not counted in the French census on the
island in August 1752), escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755, and
headed up to Canada. Joseph died at St.-Jean-Deschaillons on the
upper St. Lawrence between Québec and Trois-Rivières in February 1803, age 84.
One of his daughters married into the Mailhot at nearby
Lobinière in 1774. His two sons also married in Canada.
Older son
Pierre,
born at Chignecto in c1747, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and Canada.
He married Jeanne,
daughter of fellow Acadians René dit
Renochet Bernard
and Anne Blou and widow of Pierre Hébert, one of
this Pierre's first cousins, at Lotbinière in November 1779.
Joseph's younger
son Jacques, born on Île St.-Jean in April 1751, followed his family to Canada and
married fellow Acadian Angélique Bernard in c1772, no place
given.
Jacques's fifth
and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, also called
Jean dit Gros Jean, born at Chignecto in January 1723, according to
Stephen A. White did not marry. However, Bona Arsenault insists that
Jean dit Gros Jean married cousin Anne-Marie Hébert in
c1753, place unrecorded. According to Arsenault, between 1754 and 1771,
Anne-Marie gave Gros-Jean three children, a daughter and two sons.
Arsenault says the British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of
1755 (few, if any, of the Chignecto exiles went to that colony), and they resettled on Île Miquelon, where French officials counted them
in 1765 and 1776. The British deported them to La Rochelle, France,
in 1778. Jean died in St.-Nicolas Parish there in September 1779, in his
mid- or late 50s. His widow and children returned to Miquelon in 1784.
Jean le jeune's
second son Pierre
dit Laprade or La Pradelle, born at Port-Royal in
c1679, married Isabelle (Bona Arsenault calls her Jeanne), daughter
of Antoine Landry and Marie Thibodeau of Chignecto, in c1702.
They settled at Chignecto. Between 1704 and 1708, Isabelle/Jeanne gave Pierre four children, two sons
and two daughters. He remarried to
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jacques Blou and Marie Girouard,
probably at Chignecto in
c1710. Between 1713 and the 1720s, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre six more children, four sons and two
daughters--10 children from both wives. Pierre dit Laprade died after 1754-55, place unrecorded. His daughters married into the Gaudet,
Cyr, Boudrot, Thériot, and Cormier families. All
six of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean dit Laprade,
by first wife Isabelle Landry, born probably at Chignecto in
the early 1700s, married, according to Stephen A. White, Isabelle,
or Élisabeth, daughter of Michel Bourg and Élisabeth Melanson, in
c1723, probably at Chignecto. Bona Arsenault insists that Jean à
Pierre dit Laprade's wife was
Claire Dugas and that they married in c1730, place unrecorded,
but, according to White, Arsenault is confusing this Jean with his first cousin
Jean III, son of Jean, fils, who married Marie-Claire Dugas in
c1727. Arsenault says the Jean Hébert who married
Isabelle Bourg was sans doute son of Joseph à
Jean le jeune; that, between 1733 and 1744, Isabelle gave him
four children, three sons and a daughter; the British deported the family
to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755 (the destination of few, if any, Chignecto
exiles); and, after the war with Britain, they
chose to settle on Île Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern
coast of Newfoundland, where French officials counted them in 1767.
Evidently their daughter married into the Poirier and
Flamerie de Marquisant families, the second marriage at Môle
St.-Nicolas, French St.-Domingue, to a French surgeon. One of
Jean's sons created his own family.
Second son
Paul
dit Laprade,
born at Chignecto in c1738, followed his family to Massachusetts and Île
Miquelon. He married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Marc
Villalon or Villalong and Jeanne Osselet or Ozelet
of Île Royale, on Miquelon in January 1765. Between 1766
and 1778, Marie-Anne gave Paul seven children, three daughters and four sons.
In 1778, during the American Revolution, the British captured Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre and deported the
island Acadians to France. Most went to La Rochelle, but Paul and his
family were sent aboard the schooner Marie-Anne to St.-Malo via
Cancale. They reached the Breton port in November. The following
January, their youngest daughter Marie died at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. In
October of that year, Marie-Anne gave Paul another son--eight children in all,
but the boy was born posthumously. Paul died at St.-Servan in March 1779,
in his early 50s. His youngest son, Gabriel-Simon, died the following
year. According to Arsenault, Widow Marie-Anne and daughter Rosalie also died at
St.-Servan. Her and Paul's remaining five
children--daughter Cécile, age 17, and sons Charles, age 15, François, age 13,
Jean, age 11, and Paul, fils, age 9--returned to Île Miquelon with other Acadian refugees in 1784.
One wonders what happened to them after that date.
Pierre dit Laprade's second son
Pierre dit Perroche, by first wife Isabelle Landry, born
probably at Chignecto in the early 1700s, married Marie-Madeleine, called
Madeleine, daughter of Claude Gaudet
and Marguerite Blou, in c1730 probably at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and 1754, Madeleine gave Pierre 10
children, four sons and six daughters. The family evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and took refuge in
Canada. Arsenault says French officials counted them at Québec in 1767 and
that they were living at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly on Rivière Richelieu east of
Montréal in 1767. Stephen A. White says Pierre died between December 1758 and February
1764, place unrecorded. Perhaps it was at Chambly. Four of his
daughters married into the Lacoste, Archambault,
Goguet, and Marest families at
St.-Antoine-de-Chambly. Two of his sons also married in Canada.
Second son of Pierre, fils, born at Chignecto in c1734, followed his
family to Canada and married cousin Marie-Félix Hébert in
c1759, place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Félix gave
Pierre, fils a daughter in 1770. They were living at
St.-Michel-d'Yamaska on lower Rivière Yamaska between Trois-Rivières and
Montréal that year.
Pierre dit Perroche's fourth and youngest son
Jacques, born at
Chignecto in c1748, followed his family to Canada and married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Trahan and Marie Hébert
of Pigiguit, at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie across from Montréal in September
1769. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Jacques a son in 1770.
Pierre dit Laprade's third son Joseph, by
second wife Marie-Josèphe Blou, born at Chignecto in c1713, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Poirier and
Marie Cormier, at Beaubassin in January 1734. According to Bona
Arsenault, Madeleine gave Joseph a daughter in 1741. Joseph drowned in April
1742, age 29; his death was recorded by the Beaubassin priest.
One wonders what happened to his family in 1755.
Pierre dit Laprade's fourth son François, by second wife
Marie-Josèphe Blou, born at Chignecto in c1714,
married Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Poirier and Marie Cormier,
in c1740 probably at Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe
gave François a son in 1741. François also drowned in the spring of 1742, age 28;
his death was recorded at Beaubassin the following September. His son
created a family of his own.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in c1741, likely escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Or the British may have deported him to
one of the seaboard colonies in 1755. After the war with Britain, he chose
to resettle on Île Miquelon, where he married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Michel Bourg and Anne Boudrot, in
June 1766. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1772, Madeleine
gave Jean-Baptiste three children, two sons and a daughter.
Pierre dit Laprade's fifth son Claude, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Blou,
born at Chignecto in March 1720,
married Marguerite, yet another
daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Poirier and Marie Cormier,
at Beaubassin in November 1741.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Claude two children, a daughter and
a son, in 1756 and 1757.
Pierre dit Laprade's sixth and youngest son
Paul, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Blou, born probably at
Chignecto in the 1720s, married Marie Bourg in c1750 probably at Chignecto.
The British deported them to South Carolina in 1755. With six children, two sons and four daughters,
they appeared on a repatriation list in South Carolina in August 1763 and
evidently followed other Acadians in the seaboard colonies to French
St.-Domingue in 1764. Paul died by November 1777, place unrecorded. When one of his daughters married an
Hébert cousin from Minas at Môle St.-Nicolas on the island in early
November 1777, the recording priest noted that the bride's father was deceased.
Jean le jeune's third son
Jean, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1681, married Marie-Marguerite, another daughter of
Antoine Landry and Marie Thibodeau,
in c1701 perhaps at Minas. According to Stephen A. White, between 1702 and 1725, Marie-Marguerite gave
Jean, fils a dozen children, five daughters and seven sons. Jean,
fils remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Jacques
Leprince and Marguerite Hébert and widow of François Tillard,
at Grand-Pré in April 1734. They moved across the basin to Cobeguit, where she gave him
no more children. Jean, fils and Marguerite died at Cobeguit, dates unrecorded.
According to Stephen A. White, Jean, fils's daughters married into the Dugas, Bourg,
and Hébert families. Bona Arsenault gives Jean, fils and
first wife Marie-Marguerite two more daughters who married into the
Henry and Guédry families. All seven of his sons created families of their
own. Five of them emigrated to Île Royale in the early 1750s, and one of
them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
Oldest son
Charles l'aîné, by first wife Marie-Marguerite Landry,
born at Minas in c1703, married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Dugas and
Claire Bourg, in c1723 probably at Cobeguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1730 and 1747,
Marguerite gave Charles l'aîné seven children, three sons and four daughters.
Other records give them an older son in 1724. In c1751, the family joined
other Acadians from Cobeguit at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse in the interior of Île
Royale, where, in March 1752, a French official counted Charles, Marguerite, and
their seven children. Their two older sons married at Cobeguit in c1750
and on Île Royale in c1754, and their second daughter may
have married into the Aucoin family on the island. In late 1758,
the British deported Charles l'aîné, Marguerite, and their unmarried
children to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport
Duke William that sank in a North Atlantic storm in mid-December.
All of the family, and nearly all of the exiles, aboard the vessel perished. Charles l'aîné's
two married sons, their wives and children, and his married daughter and her
husband were deported to the Breton port at the same time but on other vessels.
Both sons and the daughter survived the crossing, so the entire family
did not perish in the crossing. The married daughter and one of
the married sons, along with the other son's widow, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785,
but no new Hébert family lines came of it there.
Oldest son Pierre le jeune, born at Cobeguit in c1724, married Marie
Robichaud probably at Cobeguit in c1750. They joined his family
in the French Maritimes after 1752, perhaps along with other Cobeguit
habitants, in 1755-56. Between 1751 and 1756, Marie gave
Pierre le jeune four children, three sons and a daughter. The British deported them
to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758; they not cross on the same vessel as his
parents and younger siblings. Three of their children died at sea.
Three and a half months after they reached the Breton port, Marie and their
oldest son died of smallpox at Ploubalay, on the west side of the river south of
St.-Malo, leaving Pierre le
jeune without a
family. He remarried to cousin Luce-Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadians
François Bourg and Madeleine Hébert, at nearby
Trigavou in January 1762. They settled at nearly Pleslin before moving to
nearby Tréméreuc. Between 1763 and 1780, Luce-Perpétué gave Pierre le
jeune a new
family--eight children, three sons and five daughters. Four of them, two
daughters and two sons, died young. Pierre le jeune did not take his family to
Poitou in 1773, nor did he join his younger brother and other Acadian exiles at
Nantes in the late 1770s. Pierre le jeune died at la Ville Hervy near Tréméreuc in
September 1781, in his late 50s. In 1785, widow Luce-Perpétué and her three
Hébert daughters emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. Her
surviving son, Pierre-Joseph, would have been age 22 in 1785. If he was
still alive, he chose to remain in the mother country. Luce-Perpétué and
her daughters followed most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where
Luce-Perpétué remarried twice, into the Boudrot and
Gautrot families. Her Hébert daughters married
into the Cedotal, Dominguez, Thériot,
and LeBlanc families on the bayou, so the blood of this family
endured in the Bayou State.
Charles l'aîné's second son Ambroise le jeune, born probably at Cobeguit in c1730, followed his
family to Île Royale. He married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Lejeune and Françoise Guédry of Minas, probably on the
island in c1755. Félicité gave Ambroise le jeune two daughters in
1755 and 1757. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758; happily, they, too, did not cross on the same vessel as his parents and
unmarried siblings. Unhappily, although Ambroise le jeune and Félicité survived the
crossing, their daughters did not. The now-childless couple settled at Ploubalay and moved to nearby Pleslin soon afterwards. Between 1760 and 1774, Félicité gave Ambroise 10 more
children in the St.-Malo area, six sons and four daughters. Five of the children,
three sons and two daughters, died young. Ambroise le jeune took his family to
Poitou in 1773. Félicité gave him another daughter--their thirteenth
child--at Châtellerault in 1775. In March 1776, the family retreated with
other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. One of their sons died
there. Between 1777 and 1781, Félicité gave Ambroise le jeune three more children,
the last one their sixteenth, at nearby
Chantenay, but these children also died young. Ambroise
le jeune and his family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. They were supposed to have taken
the fifth ship but crossed instead on the last of the Seven
Ships. Astonishly, Ambroise le jeune and Félicité took
with them only one of their children, 16-year-old daughter Gertrude. They
had lost two children on the crossing from the Maritimes to France, buried four children at
St.-Malo-area villages and four more at Nantes--10 in all. Five of their other children,
if they were still alive, would have been ages 25, 24, 22, 11, and 10 in 1785.
Perhaps the three older children chose to remain in France. One suspects the
two younger children, like so many of the others, had not survived childhood. When Ambroise
le jeune,
Félciité, and Gertrude, accompanied by a 20-year-old Gautrot
niece, reached the Spanish colony, they chose to settle in the Isleño community
of San Bernardo on the river below New Orleans, where few of their fellow
Acadians had gone. Ambroise le jeune died there in the late 1780s, in his late 50s.
His long-suffering widow Félicité remarried to a Salier
probably at New Orleans, where she died in September 1792, in her early 50s.
Daughter Gertrude married into the Tardit
family, so the blood of this remarkable family may have endured in the Bayou
State.
Jean, fils's second son Jean III, by first wife Marie-Marguerite Landry,
born at Minas or Cobeguit in the early 1700s, married, according to Stephen A.
White, Marie-Claire, called
Claire, another daughter of
Joseph Dugas and Claire Bourg, in
c1727 perhaps at Cobeguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and
1747, Claire gave Jean nine children, seven daughters and two sons. Jean
died perhaps at Cobeguit before 1751. His oldest daughter married into the
Blanchard family probably at Cobeguit. In 1751, Claire
took their children to Île St.-Jean. A French official counted her and
eight unmarried children at Grande-Anse on the island's southeastern shore in
August 1752. The older son and second daughter married into the
Blanchard family on Île St.-Jean. The British deported Claire and
her family, including her married daughters and son, to St.-Malo, France, in
late 1758. Her younger son died at sea, as did her
daughters' husbands. Claire died in a St.-Malo hospital in February 1759,
age 62, soon after reaching the Breton port. Four of her Hébert
daughters married or remarried into the Aucoin and
Briand families in France. Her older Hébert son and a daughter
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Her four other daughters, if they were
still alive that year, chose to remain in France.
Older son Pierre le jeune, born probably at Cobeguit in c1736, followed his widowed
mother and siblings to Île St.-Jean in 1751 and married Madeleine
Blanchard there in c1755. She gave him two daughters on the
island in 1756 and 1758. The British deported them to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. The daughrers died at sea, and wife Marguerite died
at St.-Malo soon after she and Pierre le jeune reached the Breton port. Pierre
le jeune, now
without a family, settled at Ploubalay southwest of St.-Malo and remarried to Susanne,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Pitre and Marguerite
Thériot and widow of Jean-Baptiste-Olivier Henry, at
nearby Pleutuit in June 1760. They settled at Ploubalay, where, between
1761 and 1774, Susanne gave Pierre le jeune seven more children, two daughters and five
sons. They then resettled at nearby Tréméreuc, where another daughter was
born in 1775--eight children in all--but she died there at age 7 in 1783.
As the birth and death of his younger child shows, Pierre le jeune did not take his
family to Poitou in 1773, nor did he join other Acadian exiles at Nantes in the
late 1770s. Pierre le jeune, Susanne, six of their children, a daughter and five
sons, and a 35-yar-old Henry stepdaughter from Susanne's first
marriage, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana directly from St.-Malo in 1785. Their second daughter
Anne-Josèphe, who would have been age 20 in 1785, did not go with them.
One wonders why not. From New Orleans, Pierre le jeune and his
large family followed most of their fellow passengers to Bayou des Écores, in
the New Feliciana District on the river north of Baton Rouge. Pierre
le jeune's daughter married into the Aucoin family at
Manchac below Baton Rouge. His sons married into the Aucoin,
Henry, Thibodeau, and Bourg
families on the river and upper Bayou Lafourche, and all of them settled on the
Lafourche.
Jean III's younger son Jean IV, born probably at Cobeguit in c1740, followed
his widowed mother and siblings to Île St.-Jean in 1751. In late 1758 or
early 1759, at age
19, he died during the crossing to France.
Jean, fils's third son Pierre, by first wife Marie-Marguerite Landry,
born at Minas or Cobeguit in the early 1700s, married
Marguerite, daughter of Abraham Bourg and Anne Dugas, in c1730
perhaps at Cobeguit. Between 1734 and 1746, Marguerite gave Pierre at
least two children, a daughter and a son.
Their daughter married into the Gautrot
family probably at Cobeguit. Pierre took his family to Île St.-Jean after
1752, perhaps with other
Cobeguit habitants who escaped the British roundup in Nova Scotia in
1755-56 by crossing Mer Rouge.
The British deported Pierre's children, at least, to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758. The son traveled with his married sister, so Pierre and Marguerite
may have died on Île St.-Jean before the islands dérangement. Their daughter Marie-Josèphe and her
Gautrot husband, along with her brother, survived the crossing, but the
couple lost all of their children at sea. They settled at St.-Suliac, on
the east side of the river south of St.-Malo. After giving her husband three more children, two of whom died
young, Marie-Josèphe died at St.-Suliac in 1764, age 30. Her brother
joined them at St.-Sulaic and created his own family.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Cobeguit in c1746, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and his older sister to St.-Malo, France. He
married Luce-Perpétué, 22-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean Bourg and Françoise Benoit of Cobeguit,
at St.-Suliac in April 1766. Between 1767 and 1774, Luce-Perpétué gave
Jean-Baptiste four children, three daughters and a son. Jean-Baptiste worked as a
shoemaker in the mother country. He took his family to Poitou
in 1774 and retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in
March 1776. In 1776 and 1778, Luce-Perpétué gave Jean-Baptiste two more daughters,
but they died young. Jean-Baptiste died in St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in September
1779, age 33. In 1785, Luce-Perpétué and her four older children
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana and followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche, where she remarried to a Mazerolle in 1788.
Her Hébert daughters married into the Blanchard,
Gautreaux, and Landry families on the upper bayou.
Her Hébert son also created his own family there.
Only son Jean-Olivier-Marie, born at St.-Suliac, France, in March 1769,
followed his family to Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother and sisters to
Louisiana. He married Nathalie-Marie, called Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Olivier Aucoin and his second wife Cécile
Richard, at Ascension on the river above New Orleans in October 1787. They settled on the upper
Lafourche. Jean-Olivier died by April 1816, when he was recorded as
deceased in a daughter's marriage record. His daughters married into the
Aucoin, Breau, and Delaune
families. His two sons married into the Judice,
Aucoin, and Landry families and settled on the river
and the upper bayou.
Jean, fils's fourth son Joseph, by first wife Marie-Marguerite Landry,
born at Minas or Cobeguit in c1710, married
Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of Jean Benoit and Marie-Anne Breau,
in c1733 perhaps at Cobeguit. Between 1735 and 1744, Isabelle gave Joseph
at least seven children, four sons and three daughters, including a set of
twins. Joseph remarried to Cécile, daughter of Pierre
Melanson and Marie Blanchard and widow of Charles Bourg,
in c1750 perhaps at Cobeguit. The following
year, they followed older brother Charles
l'aîné to Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale,
where, in March 1752, a French official counted Joseph, Cécile, and his seven
children. Joseph died between October 1756 and August 1763, place
unrecorded. One of his sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, by first wife Isabelle Benoit,
born probably at Cobeguit in c1735, followed his father and stepmother to Île
Royale. In late 1758, the British deported him, still a bacherlor, to
St.-Malo, France. None of his siblings accompanied him on the transport he
took. He settled
at St.-Énogat, across from St.-Malo, before moving to nearby Pleurtuit, where he married
Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Étienne Comeau and Marie
Landry, in August 1763. They settled at nearby
St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Between 1764 and 1777, at St.-Servan and nearby Plouër-sur-Rance,
Françoise gave Joseph, fils 10 children, six daughters and four sons.
Six of the children, three daughters and three sons, died young. Joseph,
fils did not take his family to Poitou or join his fellow exiles at
Nantes. Wife Françoise died at St.-Servan in December 1778, age 35.
Joseph, fils remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians
Olivier Daigre and Angélique Doiron of
Cobeguit and widow of Jean-Baptiste Landry and Honoré
Richard, place and date unrecorded, but it probably was at St.-Servan
in the late 1770s or early 1780s. She gave him another son in 1785.
Later that year, Joseph fils, Marguerite, his three surviving children
by first wife Françoise, their infant son, and a Richard
stepdaughter from Marguerite's second marriage, emigrated to Louisiana directly
from St.-Malo. They followed most of their fellow passengers to Bayou des Écores above
Baton Rouge. Joseph, fils's older son married into the
Longuépée family on the river.
Joseph, père's third son Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, from
first wife Isabelle Benoit, born probably at Cobeguit in c1745,
followed his father and stepmother to Île Royale. In 1758, the British
deported Baptiste and a sister to Cherbourg, France, and they moved on to
St.-Malo to join members of their family in July 1759. Baptiste resided at Pleurtuit and died at
the Hôtel-Dieu, St.-Malo, in May 1768, in his early 20s. He did not marry.
Jean, fils's fifth son Ambroise, by first wife
Marie-Marguerite Landry, born at Cobeguit in c1712,
married
Marie-Madeleine, another daughter of Abraham
Bourg and Anne Dugas, in c1735 probably at Cobeguit. Between
1736 and 1750, Marie-Madeleine gave Ambroise at least six children, two
daughters and four sons. In c1751, they followed his older brothers to
Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale, where, in March 1752, a French official
counted Ambroise, Marie-Madeleine, and their six children. Between 1753
and 1757, Marie-Madeleine gave Ambroise three more children, two sons and a
daughter. Their older daughter married into the Moyse
family on the island. In late 1758, the British deported Ambroise,
Marie-Madeleine, and their younger children, along with their married daughter
and her family, to St.-Malo, France. Wife Marie-Madeleine and the three younger
children died at sea, and their married daughter died from the rigors of the
crossing. Ambroise, at age 52, remarried to Hélène, daughter of Pierre Aucoin and
Catherine Comeau and widow of Claude Trahan, at Plouër-sur-Rance
on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo in March 1764. She gave him no more children. One of his
sons studied for the priesthood in the mother country but did not complete his
studies. Ambroise took his family to Poitou in 1773 and retreated with
other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in December 1775.
He died in St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in January
1778, in his mid-60s. In 1785, his three surviving sons emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana, but only one of them created an enduring family line
there.
Second son Ambroise, fils, by first wife Marie-Madeleine
Bourg, born probably at Cobeguit in c1745,
followed his family to Île Royale and St.-Malo, France, where he worked as a house
carpenter. He followed his family to Poitou in 1773 and retreated with
them to Nantes in December 1775. He emigrated with his younger brother
Jean-Pierre to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Ambroise, fils never married. Area church records reveal that he
witnessed many marriages at the Assumption church on the upper Lafourche, so he may have been a
lay official of the parish. He died at Assumption in May 1813, in his late
60s.
Ambroise, père's third son Jean-Pierre,
by first wife Marie-Madeleine Bourg, born probably at Cobeguit in c1747, followed his family to Île Royale and
St.-Malo, France. He followed his family to Poitou in 1773 and retreated with
them to Nantes in December 1775. He emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with older
brother Ambroise, fils in 1785 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
At age 40, he married Eudoxile, 40-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré
Girouard and Marie-Josèphe Thériot, at
Ascension on the river in October 1787 and settled on the upper Lafourche.
They had no children. Jean-Pierre died at Assumption in
November 1824, in his late 70s.
Ambroise, père's fourth and youngest son
Isaac, by first wife
Marie-Madeleine Bourg, born probably at
Cobeguit in c1750, followed his family to Île Royale and St.-Malo, France.
From
1768 until 1772, with other young Acadian exiles, Isaac studied for the priesthood under Abbé Jean-Louis Le
Loutre; Isaac's studies ended with the death of the notorious priest in
September 1772. He probably followed his family to Poitou in 1773 and
retreated with them to Nantes in December 1775. In July 1780, at age 30, Isaac married Marie-Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadians Eustache Daigre and Madeleine Dupuis
of Minas, at St.-Nicolas Parish "a Gigant," Nantes. Between
1782 and 1785, Marie gave Isaac three children, a son and two daughters.
The older daughter died young. Soon after the birth of their second
daughter, the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana and settled on upper Bayou
Lafourche. Isaac's older brothers soon joined him
there. Marie-Margeruite gave Isaac many more children in the Spanish
colony. Isaac died at Assumption on the upper Lafourche in April 1822, in
his early 70s. His daughters married into the Aucoin,
Barrilleaux, Cedotal, Doiron,
Landry, and Potier families on the bayou.
His four sons married into the Guidry, Comeaux,
Doiron, and Malbrough families on the
Lafourche,
and one of them settled on the river.
Jean, fils's sixth son François, by first wife Marie-Marguerite Landry,
born at Cobeguit in c1714, married
Isabelle Bourg in c1738 probably at Cobeguit. Between 1739 and
1749, Isabelle gave François seven children, four sons and three daughters.
In c1751, they followed his older brother Ambroise to Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale,
where, in March 1752, a French official counted François, Isabelle, and eight
children, the youngest one, a daughter, still unnamed. The British
deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Wife Isabelle and four of
their children died in the crossing. François took his three surviving
children, a son and a daughter, to Pleslin on the west side of the river south
of St.-Malo, where he worked as a carpenter.
His
daughters married into the Doiron and LeBlanc
families in France. His surviving son also married there, too.
François took his family to Poitou in 1773. After two years of effort,
they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. In 1785, still an unmarried widower,
François and his three married children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
He and his two daughters followed their fellow passengers to Manchac on the
river below Baton Rouge. François died at Manchac in May 1787, age 75.
His surviving son, with his family, crossed on a later
ship and followed their fellow passengers to a new settlement on the river above
Manchac.
Second son Joseph, born at Cobeguit in c1744, followed his family to Île Royale
and St.-Malo and settled with his widowered father and sister at nearby Pleslin.
Joseph married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Aucoin and Anne Trahan, at nearby Plouër-sur-Rance in
March 1764. Between 1765 and 1778, at Plouèr, Marie-Madeleine gave Joseph
eight children, six daughters and two sons. Three of the children, a son and
two daughters, died young. Joseph did not take his family to Poitou or
join his fellow exiles at Nantes but remained in the St.-Malo area. In 1785, he, Marie-Madeleine, and two of
their daughters emigrated to Louisiana directly from St.-Malo. Three of their other
children, two daughters and a son, who would have been ages 20, 14, and 13 in 1785, if they were still
alive, chose to remain in the mother country; one suspects that the two younger
ones were dead when their parents and sisters sailed to the Spanish colony.
From New Orleans, Joseph and his family followed most of their fellow
passengers to the new Acadian settlement of Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana
District north of Baton Rouge. Joseph and Marie-Madeleine had no more
children in the colony. Did their daughters
marry there?
Jean, fils's putative son Jean, born, according to Bona Arsenault,
at Cobeguit in c1722, married Anne Bourg in c1744.
According to Arsenault, between 1745 and 1750, Anne gave Jean three children, a
daughter and two sons, including Basile, born in c1747. Arsenault says
they followed his brothers to Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale, but Jean and his
family do not appear in the March 1752 counting there. If they did go to
the island, the British likely
deported them to France in 1758. If so, one wonders where they landed.
Older son Basile, born probably at Cobeguit in c1747, followed his family
to Île Royale and France, where he may have married fellow Acadian
Marie-Marthe Dupuis and became a merchant ship officer at
Morlaix in northwest Brittany. They did not emigrate to Louisiana in 1785. Marie-Marthe
gave Basile two daughters in St.-Martin Parish, Morlaix, in1786 and 1788.
Jean, fils's seventh and youngest son
Charles
le jeune, by first wife
Marie-Marguerite Landry, born at Cobeguit in c1725, married Marguerite-Josèphe
Bourg of Chignecto in c1749 probably at Cobeguit. In 1750 and 1751,
Marguerite-Josèphe gave Charles le jeune two sons. They, too,
followed his older brothers to Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale, where, in March
1752, a French official counted Charles le jeune, Marguerite-Josèphe,
and their two young sons next to brother François. In 1754,
Marguerite-Josèphe gave Charles le jeune a daughter. In late 1758, the
British deported them to St.-Malo, France. Charles le jeune, his
younger son Athanase, age 7, and daughter Marie-Rose perished on the crossing.
Widow Marguerite-Josèphe and their surviving son settled at Pleslin. In 1773, they
went to Poitou,
and, after two years of effort, retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port
city of Nantes. Marguerite-Josèphe, who never remarried, died in
St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in December 1776, age 49. Children of one of
her sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Older son Charles, fils, born at Cobeguit in c1750, followed his
family to Île Royale and to St.-Malo and his widowed mother to
Pleslin, Poitou, and Nantes, where he resided in St.-Nicolas Parish and worked as a joiner. He married Anne-Osite, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Dugas and Marguerite Daigre of
Cobeguit, in St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, in October 1778. Between 1779
and 1782, in St.-Similien, Anne-Osite gave Charles, fils three
children, a son and two daughters. Charles, fils died probably in
St.-Similien between September 1784 and May 1785, in his early 30s. In May
1785, Anne-Osite, called a widow, and their three children emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana aboard the second of the Seven Ships. They did not follow most of
their fellow passangers to upper Bayou Lafource but settled, instead, on the
western prairies, where Anne-Osite remarried to a Granger
widower in 1791. Her older Hébert daughter married into
the Broussard family at Attakapas. Her younger daughter
lived to age 50 but never married. Her Hébert son also
created his own family in what became St. Martin and Lafayette parishes.
Only son Charles dit Charlot, baptized in St.-Similien, Parish,
Nantes, in August 1779, age unrecorded, followed his widowed mother and sisters
to New Orleans and Attakapas. He married stepsister Anne-Geneviève, called
Geneviève, daughter of Joseph Granger and his first wife
Anne-Geneviève Babin of Opelousas, at Attakapas in May 1802.
Charlot died in Lafayette Parish in November 1760, in his early 80s--one of the
last of the Acadian immigrants in Louisiana to join his ancestors. His
daughters married into the Hébert, LeBlanc,
Leger, and Trahan families on the prairies.
Four of his eight sons also married, into the Landry, Trahan,
and Thibodeaux families.
Jean le jeune's fourth son
Joseph, born at Port-Royal in November 1685, married Anne Marie or Marie-Anne, daughter of Claude Boudrot and
Anne-Marie Thibodeau, in c1707 perhaps at Minas and settled at Chignecto.
Bona Arsenault calls Joseph's first wife Marguerite Thibault
and insists that Marie-Anne Boudrot was his second wife. Anne-Marie/Marie-Anne gave Joseph a dozen children, five sons and seven
daughters. When did Joseph die? His daughters married into the Pothier, Levron,
Arseneau, Melanson, Poirier, Babin, Forest,
and Daigre families. Four of his sons created families of
their own.
Oldest son Joseph,
fils, born perhaps at Chignecto in c1708, married Anne, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Poirier and Marie Cormier, at Beaubassin in February 1733.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1741, Anne gave Joseph, fils
five children, two daughters and three sons. The family evidently escaped
the British roundup at Chignecto in the summer and fall of 1755 and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. During the late 1750s or early
1760s, they were either captured by, or surrendered to, British forces in the
area and were held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Joseph, fils died
during exile before August 1763, place unrecorded. One of his daughters
married into the Chalet and Pittalugue
families, the second marriage in French St.-Domingue in 1778. One of his
sons married during exile. Joseph, fils's wife evidently died before 1765,
when three of her sons emigrated to Louisiana
Oldest son François, born at Chignecto in c1735, followed his family into
exile in the fall of 1755 and into a prison compound in Nova Scotia in the early
1760s. He was still a bachelor when he emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax via Cap Français, French St.-Domingue, with his younger
brothers. They settled at the established Acadian community of
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. François married probably to a
fellow Acadian, her name lost to history, at Cabannocer in the 1760s, and
remarried to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Trahan and
Marie-Louise Tillard, at Cabahannocer in January
1771. All of François's children were from this marriage. At age
59, he remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Osite, daughter of fellow
Acadians Paul Landry
and Marie Hébert and widow of Pierre Chiasson, at
Cabahannocer in November 1794. François died at Cabahannocer in November 1798.
The St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer priest who recorded the burial said that
François was age 70 when he died, but he was closer to 63. His
older son married into the Poirier family and settled in
what became St. James Parish.
Joseph, fils's second son Joseph III, born at
Chignecto in c1736, followed his family into exile in the fall of 1755 and
into a prison compound in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s. He evidently
married in exile, but the name of his wife has been lost to history. He
followed his brothers from Halifax to Louisiana in 1765 and settled with them at
Cabahannocer, where he remarried to fellow Acadian Anne Préjean,
widow of Joseph Savoie, in December 1767. Anne also had
come to Louisiana from Halifax. Joseph III's older son married into the
Landry and Trosclair families and remained in St.
James Parish.
Joseph, fils's third and youngest son Pierre le jeune,
born at Chignecto in c1738, followed his family into exile in the fall of
1755 and into a prison compound in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s. He
followed his older brothers to Louisiana in 1765 and settled with them at
Cabahannocer, where he married Anne-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel
dit de Nantes Bergeron and his second wife Marie
Dugas of Rivière St.-Jean, in July 1767. They moved
upriver to San Gabriel in the 1770s and settled on the right bank of the
river there. Their daughter married into the Migott
family. None of their three sons married.
Joseph, père's second son Pierre, born at Chignecto in the 1710s, married Isabelle, daughter of François
Cormier and Marguerite LeBlanc, in c1741 probably at Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, who says Pierre was born in c1720, between 1742 and
1750, Isabelle gave him three children, two sons and a daughter. Pierre remarried in c1753 probably at Chignecto to a woman whose name has been lost to history.
The family evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. During
the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to,
or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia
for the rest of the war.
His younger son emigrated to Louisiana perhaps in 1765, in his late teens, and
married there in the early 1770s. Pierre died before April 1773, when the
Louisiana priest who recorded the son's marriage noted that the groom's parents
were deceased.
Older son Paul, by first wife Isabelle Cormier, born at Chignecto in c1742,
may have died young.
Pierre's younger son Prosper-Sébastien, called Sébastien, from first wife
Isabelle Cormier, born at Chignecto in c1749, followed his
family into exile and into a prison compound in Nova Scotia. Still in his
teens, he may have followed other exiles from Halifax to Louisiana via
Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue in 1765. If so, he likely would have
settled in the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above
New Orleans. In May 1773, he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean-Baptiste Dupuis and Anne Richard, at
Ascension on the river above Cabahannocer. Marie had come to Louisiana
with her family from Maryland in 1768. In April 1777, Prospe-Sébastien and
Marie held seven arpents on the left, or east, bank of the river at
Ascension and owned a single slave. Prosper-Sébastien died by January 1787, when his wife
remarried to a Part at San Gabriel, just upriver from Ascension. Their daughter married an Hébert
cousin. Three of Sébastien's five sons also married, into the Robeau,
Babin, and Braud families, but, except for the blood,
none of their family lines seems to have endured in the Bayou State.
Joseph, père's third son François
dit Canadien, born at
Chignecto in May 1719, married Marie-Anne,
daughter of Abraham Arseneau and Jeanne Gaudet, at Beaubassin in
August 1742 and likely settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1743 and 1760, Marie-Anne gave François six children, four sons and two
daughters. The family escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and took refuge in Canada. They were at
St.-Charles de Bellechasse across from Québec in 1758. They then moved up
to
Châteauguay on the upper St. Lawrence below Montréal, where François died in April 1780, age 60.
Members of the family were still at
Châteauguay in 1786. One of Canadien's daughters married into the
Brunet family at Lachine near Montréal. One of his sons
also created his own family in the area.
Fourth son Adrien, born in Canada in c1760, married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Pierre Leduc and Marie-Josèphe Lalonde,
at Les Cèdres above Montréal in November 1767.
Joseph, père's fourth son Jean le jeune, born probably at Chignecto in the
early 1730s, married
Madeleine, daughter of Jean Bertrand le jeune and Anne Doucet,
probably at Chignecto in the early 1750s. One wonders what happened to
them in 1755. Jean le jeune died by September 1763,
place unrecorded.
Joseph, père's fifth and youngest son,
name
unrecorded, died young.
Jean le jeune's fifth son
René dit Groc, born perhaps at Minas in c1689, married Marie, daughter of Claude Boudrot and
Anne-Marie Thibodeau, in c1707 and settled at Rivière-des-Habitants, Minas. Between 1708
and 1731, Marie gave Groc a dozen children, nine sons and three daughters.
The British deported members of the family to Connecticut in the fall of 1755.
They appeared on a repatriation list in the colony in 1763. After 1766,
they chose to resettle in Canada. Groc died at Laprairie across from
Montréal in August 1768, age 80. His daughters
married into the Bourg, LeBlanc, and Dupuis families, and
one of them died in French St.-Domingue.
Eight of his nine sons also created their own families, three of them marrying
Dupuis sisters. One son ended up in
France, another in St.-Domingue, but the others resettled in Canada.
Oldest son Jean le jeune, born at Minas in April 1708, married
Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Charles Doiron and
Françoise Gaudet, in c1730 probably at Minas and settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1749,
Madeleine gave Jean eight children, three sons and five
daughters. In c1750, Jean le jeune, perhaps a widower, took his family to Île
St.-Jean, where, at age 43, he remarried to Véronique, daughter of Louis Cyr and Marie-Josèphe Michel,
at Port-La-Joye in January 1752. In August 1752, a French official counted
Jean le jeune, Véronique, and seven of his children at Grand-Anse on the island's
southeastern shore. In 1754, Véronique gave Jean le jeune another daughter--nine children by two wives. His older daughters married into the
Boudrot and Arcement families on the island. The
British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. One of Jean
le jeune's daughters died in the crossing, and wife Véronique and another
daughter died soon
after the family reached the Breton port. Jean le jeune died at St.-Sulaic
on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo in April 1774, age 66.
Two of his daughters married into the Robichaux and
Pitre families in France. Two of his sons also married in the
mother country, on the same day and at the same place, in fact. Five of his children, three daughters and two sons, most
of them married, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785. His
oldest daughter Catherine-Josèphe had died at St.-Malo in April 1772, but her
Boudrot husband, his new wife, and many of his children also
went to Louisiana. One of Jean le jeune's daughters who went to
Louisiana and remarried into the LeBlanc family there.
Two of Jean le jeune's sons established families on upper Bayou Lafourche, and a grandson by his
oldest son established another vigorous line of the famiy at Manchac on the
river below Baton Rouge.
Oldest son Pierre, by first wife Marie-Madeleine Doiron,
born at Minas in c1732, followed his family to Grande-Anse, Île St.-Jean, and
married Anne, daughter of Pierre Benoit and Élisabeth
LeJuge, on the island in c1753. In 1754 and 1757, Anne gave
Pierre two children on the island, a son and a daughter. The British
deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. That settled at Châteauneuf
on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo. Pierre died there in April 1759, age 27, three
months after their arrival, and daughter Élisabeth, age 2, died in May.
The following year, widow Anne took her son to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where she remarried
to Jean-Baptiste Hébert, a widower and distant cousin of
Pierre, in February 1770. Soon after the marriage, Anne and her new
husband received permission to move from St.-Malo to La Rochelle, but they did
not remain there. They were at Locmaria, Belle-Île-en-Mer, off the
southern coast of Brittany in January 1772; at Rochefort near La Rochelle later
in the year; and followed other Acadian exiles to Poitou in 1773, where they
remained after 1776, when most of the Poitou Acadians had moved on to
the port city of Nantes. Anne's second husband died at Cenan, Poitou, in June 1778,
and her son from her first marriage married at Cenan the following year.
By September 1784, she, along with her two Hébert sons, by both
husbands, had
joined other Acadian exiles at Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes, and they followed
her to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Only son Jean-Pierre, born probably at Grande-Anse, Île St.-Jean, in c1754, followed his parents
to St.-Malo, France. After his father's death at Châteauneuf, he followed
his mother to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer and was age 16 when his mother remarried there
to another Hébert. Jean-Pierre likely followed them to La
Rochelle, Belle-Île-en-Mer, Rochefort, and Poitou. When most of the Poitou
Acadians retreated to the port city of Nantes in late 1775 and early 1776,
Jean-Pierre remained in Poitou with his mother, stepfather, and
their family. His stepfather died at Cenan, Poitou, in June 1778, and his
twice-widowed mother evidently remained in the province. At age 25,
Jean-Pierre married Marguerite, daughter fellow Acadians Pierre
Moulaison and Marie-Josèphe Doucet, in January 1779 at
Cenan. Wife Marguerite died the following October, age 30, perhaps from the
rigors of childbirth. Jean-Pierre, his mother, a widow again, and his
Hébert half-brother did not remain in Poitou. By 1784, they had joined
other Acadian exiles at Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes, where, at age 30,
Jean-Pierre remarried to Anne-Dorothée, 22-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean Doiron and Anne Thibodeau, in May 1784. Anne-Dorothée was
a native of St.-Énogat, today's Dinard, across the harbour from St.-Malo. She gave Jean-Pierre a daughter at Paimboeuf
in January 1785. Later that year, Jean-Pierre, Anne-Dorothée, and their
infant daughter, along with his mother and her other Hébert
son--12-year-old Jean-Charles from her second marriage--emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
aboard the same vessel. They
followed their fellow passengers to Manchac south of Baton
Rouge, where Anne-Dorothée gave Jean-Pierre more children.
Their daughters married into the Breau, Dupuis,
and Lopez families on the river. Three of Jean-Pierre's
seven sons also married, into the Landry, Gareuil,
and Templet familes and settled in what became Iberville Parish.
Jean le jeune's second son
Joseph-Ignace,
by first wife Marie-Madeleine Doiron, born at Minas in
c1747, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and to St.-Malo, France, and settled with his
widowered father and siblings at St.-Suliac, on the east side of the river south
of St.-Malo. Joseph-Ignace
married cousin Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dugas
and Marie Hébert, at St.-Suliac in February 1768. Between
1769 and 1774, Anne gave Joseph-Ignace four children, three sons and a daughter,
but two of them died young. In 1774, he took his family to Poitou, and
they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in December
1775. Between 1776 and 1783, Anne gave Joseph-Ignace four more children, a
daughter and three sons, but two of the sons died young.
In 1785, Joseph-Ignace, Anne, and their four surviving children, three sons and
a daughter, emigated to Spanish Louisiana. They followed most of their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where they had more children,
including another son. Wife Anne died by May 1805, when, in his late 50s,
Joseph-Ignace remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand
Pitre and Geneviève Arcement and widow of Jean-Nicolas
Bertrand, at Assumption on the upper bayou. Joseph-Ignace
died in Lafourche Interior Parish on the middle bayou in September 1821, in his
early 70s. His daughters married into the Boudreaux and
Roger families. Three of his four sons also married, into the
Comeaux, LeBlanc, and Préjean
families. The oldest one, with an unmarried brother, resettled on the
western prairies.
Jean le jeune's third and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marie-Madeleine Doiron,
born at Minas in c1748, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and to St.-Malo, France, and
settled with his widowered father and siblings at St.-Suliac.
Jean-Baptiste married Anne-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis
Dugas and Anne Bourg, at St.-Suliac in February
1768--on the same day and at the same place his older brother
Joseph-Ignace married Anne-Josèphe's Dugas cousin. Between 1788 and 1772,
Anne-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste three sons. He took his family to Poitou
in 1774. Anne-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste another son at Leigné-les-Bois,
Poitou, in
October 1774, but the boy died four days after his birth. In December
1775, the family retreated with other Poitou Acadians to Nantes. Their oldest son
Alexis-Toussaint died in Ste.-Croix Parish, Nantes, in 1776, and, between 1776
and 1782, Anne-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste four more children, two daughters and
two sons, but the daughters died young.
In 1785, Jean-Baptiste, Anne-Josèphe, and their four surviving sons followed his
older brother Joseph-Ignace to Louisiana. Another son was born aboard ship or at New
Orleans--nine children by two wives. They followed his brother to upper Bayou Lafourche and had no more children in Louisiana. Jean-Baptiste died in Ascension Parish
on the river in March 1819, in his early 70s. Three of his five sons married into the
LeBlanc, Guillot, and Thibodeaux
families and created vigorous lines in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley.
René dit Groc's second son Pierre, born at Minas in April 1710,
married Élisabeth, daughter of Jean Dupuis and Marguerite Richard,
in c1735 probably at Minas and also settled at Rivière-aux-Canards.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1750, Élisabeth gave Pierre four
children, two sons and two daughters. The British deported the family to
Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Pierre, Élisabeth, and nine children
appeared on a repatriation list in that colony in
1763. After 1766, they resettled in Canada. Pierre died
at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie across from Montréal in March 1788, age 78.
His daughters married into the LeBlanc and Smith
families in Connecticut, and one of them followed her family to
Laprairie. Pierre's sons also created their own families, in Connecitcut and
at Laprairie.
Older son Fabien, born at Minas in c1741, followed his family to
Connecticut, where he married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Germain
Landry and Cécile Forest of Pigiguit, in
c1762. They followed his family to Laprairie. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1768 and 1772, Anastasie gave Fabien three children, a son
and two daughters.
Pierre's younger son Simon-Pierre, born at Minas in c1750, followed his
family to Connecticut, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians
François Richard and Marie-Geneviève David of
Annapolis Royal, at New Haven in November 1771. They followed his family
to Laprairie, where their marriage was "rehabilitated" in February 1775.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Simon-Pierre two daughers in 1772
and 1774.
René dit Groc's third son Joseph, born at Minas in November 1711, married Madeleine,
daughter of Antoine Dupuis and Marie-Josèphe Dugas, at
Rivière-aux-Canards in 1740. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1740 and
1742, Madeleine gave Joseph two children, a son and a daughter. The British deported the family to
Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Joseph remarried to Anne, daughter of Joseph Bourg
and Louise Robichaud and widow of Jean Doucet, probably in
Connecticut in 1762. According to Arsenault, between 1762 and 1773, Anne
gave Joseph five more children, two sons and three daughters. Joseph,
Anne, and nine children appeared on a repatriation list in Connecticut in 1763.
After 1766, they resettled in Canada; their marriage was "rehabilitated" at
Laprairie across from Montréal in October 1774. Joseph died at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in March 1780, age 68. His daughter by first
wife Madeleine married into the Forest family in Connecticut.
His three sons by both wives created their own families in Canada.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, by first wife Madeleine Dupuis,
born at Minas in c1740, followed his family to Connecticut and Canada, where he
married cousin Madeleine-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier
Hébert and Cécile Dupuis, at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie
in October 1769. Joseph, fils died at Laprairie in August 1827,
in his late 80s.
Joseph, père's second son David, by second wife Anne Bourg,
born in Connecticut in c1762, followed his family to Canada, where he married
Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Landry and
Marguerite Landry, at L'Acadie on Rivière Richelieu southeast of St.-Philippe in February 1787.
Joseph, père's third and youngest son Jacques,
by second wife Anne Bourg, born in Connecticut or Canada
in c1767 and married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Landry
and Madeleine Landry, at L'Acadie in February 1793.
René dit Groc's fourth son Charles, born at Minas in c1715,
married Marguerite, daughter of René LeBlanc and Jeanne Landry, at
Grand-Pré in January 1739. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1739 Marguerite
gave Charles a son. Charles remarried to Ursule, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Forest and Madeleine Célestin dit Bellemère of
Pigiguit, in c1745
probably at Minas. According to Arsenault, between 1746 and 1765, Ursule
gave Charles seven more children, two daughter and five sons--eight children by two wives. The British deported the family to Connecticut in
the fall of 1755. They appeared on a repatriation list in that colony in
1763. After 1766, they also resettled in Canada. Charles died at
Laprairie in January 1770, age 55. Three of his sons by his second wife created their own families.
Second son Simon-Pierre, by second wife Ursule Forest,
born at Minas in c1752, followed his family to Connecticut and Canada, where he
married Marie-Louise, daughter of Pierre Mombleau and Marie
Laroche, at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in October 1773.
Charles's third son Paul-Olivier, by second wife Ursule Forest,
born at Minas in c1754, followed his family to Connecticut and Canada, where he
married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Lanoue and
Ursule Brun, at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in February 1776.
Paul-Olivier remarried to fellow Acadian Marie-Anne Granger at
nearby L'Acadie in September 1795. He was named captain of the L'Acadie company
of militia in April 1821 and died there in September 1836, in his early 80s.
Charles's fourth son Charles, fils, the second with the name, by second wife Ursule
Forest, born in Connecticut in c1761, followed his family to Canada,
but he did not remain there. He married Julie Hubert at
St.-Louis, present-day Missouri, then a Spanish outpost on the upper
Mississippi, in September 1792.
René dit Groc's fifth son Olivier, born at Minas in March 1723, married Cécile-Josèphe,
another daughter of Jean Dupuis and Marguerite Richard, in c1744
probably at Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1771,
Cécile gave Olivier nine children, six daughters and three sons. According
to Stephen A. White, the British deported the family to Connecticut in the
fall of 1755. Arsenault says they went to Boston, Massachusetts. In
17663, Olivier Hébert, "his wife," and six children appeared on
a repatriation list in Connecticut. In August of that year, Olivier Heber,
with no wife and six children, appeared on a repatriation list in Massachusetts,
so they may have moved from Connecticut to Massachusetts that year after wife
Cécile passed. After 1766, they also chose to resettle in Canada. Olivier died at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in August 1798, age 75. Four of his daughters
married into the Dupuy, Hébert,
Lanctôt, and Barbeau families at St.-Philippe.
Two of his sons also married there.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably in
Connecticut in c1757, followed his family to
Massachusettes and Canada and married Catherine Guertin probably at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in c1782. He served as the first captain of that
community's company of militia
Olivier's second son Joseph-Ignace, born
probably in Connecticut in c1758, followed
his family to Massachusetts and Canada and married Josèphte Beauzet at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in c1781. He remarried Josèphte Dantaye,
widow of Captain Guillaume Lamothe, probably at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in c1801.
René dit Groc's sixth son Jacques, born at Minas in March 1725, married Marie, daughter of
Germain Landry and Cécile Forest, in c1748 probably at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and 1770, Marie gave Jacques six
children, four daughters and two sons. According to Stephen A. White, the British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
Arsenault says they went to Connecticut. In August 1763, Jacques Hébert, wife Marie,
and eight children, two sons and six daughters, appeared on a repatriation list
in Massachusetts. After 1766,
they, too, resettled in Canada. Jacques died at Laprairie in January 1770,
age 45.
His daughters married into the Bourassa, Hébert,
Surprenant, and Robert families there.
His sons also married.
Older son Jacques, fils, born probably in Massachusetts in c1758, followed
his family to Canada and married Louise Demers in c1782, place
unrecorded.
Jacques, père's younger son Joseph, born probably at Laprairie in
c1770, married cousin Marie Hébert in c1795, and remarried to
Suzanne Bluteau in c1801, place unrecorded.
René dit Groc's putative son Paul, born at Minas in c1726,
married, according to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite, daughter of Jacques
Lapierre and Marie Saulnier, probably at Minas in
c1752. According to Arsenault, Marguerite gave Paul a son, Pierre, in
1748. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
René dit Groc's seventh son François, born at Minas in March 1727, died three weeks
after his birth
René dit Groc's eighth son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in October 1728, married
Ephrosine or Éphigénie, yet another daughter of Jean Dupuis and Marguerite Richard,
probably at Minas in c1750. The British deported them to Connecticut in
the fall of 1755. In 1764, they followed fellow
exiles not to Canada but to French St.-Domingue. Their daughter married into the Delphin
family at Mirebalais in the interior of the island February 1775, so the family remained in the sugar
colony.
Son Joseph, born in Conneciticut in c1763, followed his family to French
St.-Domingue and was baptized at Mirebalais in December 1764, age 18 months (one
record of his birth says he was baptized at age 18 years, obviously an error).
Did he create a family of his own?
René dit Groc's ninth and youngest son
Amand, born at Minas in February 1731, married Françoise, daughter of Jean Gautrot and Anne LeBlanc,
in c1753 probably at Minas. The British deported them to Connecticut in
the fall of 1755. They appeared on a repatriation list in that colony in
1763. According to Bona Arsenault, Françoise gave Amand a son, Paul, who
other records call Paul-Hippolyte, in 1761. After 1766, they resettled in Canada. They were counted
at Laprairie-de-la-Madeleine across from Montréal in 1768. Amand died at
nearby L'Acadie in the Rivière Richelieu valley in January 1807, age 75.
His son emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Only son Paul-Hippolyte, called Hippolyte, born in Connecticut in c1761, followed his family
to Laprairie, but he did not remain there. He may have followed a first
cousin to St. Louis on the upper Mississippi after he came of age and then moved
down to lower Louisiana in the late 1780s--one of the few Acadians to come to
the Spanish colony via the upper Mississippi. He married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Michel and his second wife Marie Léger,
at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans in February 1790.
Their daughters married into the Desormeaux and Pertuit
families. Though Paul-Hippolyte's older son survived childhood,
he did not marry, so, except for its blood, the family line did not endure in
the Bayou State.
Jean le jeune's sixth son
Augustin, born probably at Minas after 1693, married Anne, another daughter of Claude Boudrot and Anne-Marie
Thibodeau, at Grand-Pré in September 1712 and settled at
Rivière-des-Habitants before moving to Rivière Gaspereau near Grand-Pré in the
early 1720s.
Between 1713 and 1737, Anne
gave Augustin 10 children, seven sons and three daughters. One of their
daughters married into the Landry family. Six of Augustin's seven
sons created families of their own. The British deported Augustin and his
family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted
Augustin and Anne at Waltham in 1756, with the notation: "unfit for
business." They were still at Waltham the following year. In
1761, now in their late 60s, they were living at Lexington in Middlesex County
near two of their sons.
Oldest son Augustin,
fils, born at Minas in c1713, married Marguerite-Bonne,
daughter of Claude Landry and Madeleine Doucet, at Grand-Pré in
August 1736 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1737
and 1753, Marguerite-Bonne gave Augustin, fils seven children, six sons
and a daughter. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of
1755. Colonial officials counted them with six unmarried children, two
daughters and four sons, at Watertown, Middlesex County, in 1761. The
family appeared on a repatriation list in the Bay Colony in August 1763. After 1766, they resettled
in Canada, at Trois-Rivières on the upper St. Lawrence above Québec. Augustin, fils
died by October 1773 probably at Trois-Rivières. Two of his sons created
families in Canada.
Second son Joseph, born at Minas in c1741, followed his family to
Massachusetts, where he married Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians
René Thibodeau and Anne Boudrot of Pigiguit,
in February 1763. They followed his family to Trois-Rivières, where their
marriage was "rehabilitated" in July 1767. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1764 and 1771, Marguerite-Josèphe gave Joseph four children, a son and
three daughters. Joseph remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph
Corriveau and Marie Simoneau, at Yamaska southwest of Trois-Rivières in June 1775, and, in his late
60s, remarried again--his third marriage--to Madeleine, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Blais and Anne Godard, at
Yamaska in August 1809.
Augustin, fils's fifth son Charles, born at Minas in c1747,
followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada and married Anne-Modeste,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Doucet and Marie-Josèphe
Robichaud, at Québec in October 1773.
Augustin, père's second son Pierre, born at Minas in c1718,
married Marie-Josèphe, called Josèphe and Joséphine, daughter of Pierre Clouâtre and Marguerite
LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in October 1747 and settled there. According to
Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre a son in 1748. Other records
give them three more children, two daughters and another son, between 1751 and 1755.
The British deported them to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755, where they had at least three more children. Colonial officials counted Pierre, Marie-Josèphe, and five children, two sons and three daughers, at Waltham in 1756, with the
notation that Pierre was "fit for business" but Marie-Josèphe was "unfit for
business by reason of her being with child." Colonial officials counted
them with seven children, three sons and four daughters, at
Newton, Middlesex County, in 1761. They were still in the colony in August 1763.
The following year they followed other Acadians in New England not to Canada but to French
St.-Domingue. Pierre died by January 1777, place unrecorded, but it
probably was on St.-Domingue. One of his daughters
married into the Poirier and Guenewer
families, the second marriage at Môle St.-Nicolas on the big island.
Younger son Jean, born at Minas in the early 1750s, followed his family to
Massachusetts and to French St.-Domingue. He married cousin
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Hébert and
Marie Bourg of Chignecto and South Carolina, at Môle
St.-Nicolas in November 1777; the priest who recorded the marriage noted that
the groom's father was deceased.
Augustin, père's third son Jean
dit
Jean-Augustin, born at Minas in May 1721, moved to Chignecto and married Anne, daughter of Jacques
Poirier and Anne Cormier, at Beaubassin in July 1744. According
to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Jean-Augustin two sons, Joseph and Basile, in 1746 and 1748.
The British deported them to Georgia in the fall
of 1755. They appeared on a repatriation list in that colony in 1763.
One wonders what happened to them after that date. Was the Basile
Hébert who married Marie-Marthe Dupuis in France,
who became a merchant ship officer, and who chose to remain at Morlaix Jean dit
Jean-Augustin's younger son? If so, how did he get from Georgia to France?
Augustin, père's fourth son Charles, born at Minas in November 1723, married
Marguerite-Monique, daughter of Germain Landry and Cécile Forest,
in c1755 probably at Minas. Soon after their
marriage, the British deported them to Massachusetts, where colonial officials
counted them at Andover in July 1760. With them were three children, two
daughters and a son, ages 4, 2, and 1. They appeared on a repatriation
list in the Bay Colony with
four children, a son and three daughters, in August
1763. After 1766, they resettled in Canada. Charles died
at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence above Montréal in April 1770, age 46.
One wonders what happened to his children.
Augustin, père's fifth son
Joseph, born at
Minas in May 1726, married
Anne dite Nanette, daughter of Charles Dugas and Anne Robichaud,
in c1753 probably at Minas.
The British deported them to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them at Lincoln in 1760.
They were still in the colony in August 1763.
One wonders if he was the Joseph Hébert,
"an Acadian," who died at Mirebalais in the interior of French St.-Domingue in
January 1765, age 38.
Augustin, père's sixth son Olivier, born at Minas in August 1728, married
Marie-Josèphe ____ in c1752 probably at Minas.
The British deported them to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them at Newton in 1757.
They were still in the colony in August 1763.
One wonders what happened to them after that date.
Augustin, père's seventh and youngest son
Antoine, born at Minas in
May 1731, was deported to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755 and married a woman
there whose name has been lost to history. Colonial officials counted them
at Waltham in 1756, with the notation that the wife was age 25 and both were
"fit for business." One wonders what happened to them after 1763.
Jean le jeune's seventh son
François, born probably at Minas in the early 1700s, married Anne, daughter of Michel Bourg and Élisabeth Melanson,
in c1726, place unrecorded. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755. François died
before October 1762, place unrecorded.
Jean le jeune's eighth and
youngest son, whose name has been lost to history, born probably at Minas in the
early 1700s, died young.
Hébert
Antoine's younger
brother Étienne and his wife Marie Gaudet created a larger
branch of the Hébert family in the colony. Between 1651 and 1670, Anne gave Étienne 10 children, five daughters
and five sons. Étienne died in c1670, on the eve of the first Acadian
census. Marie remarried to army sergeant Dominique Gareau
at Port-Royal in c1676 and gave him a daughter. Her and Étienne's daughters married into
the Forest, LePrince, Comeau, Pinet, and
Barrieau families. All of Étienne's sons also created their own
families. His and Anne's descendants settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis
Royal; Grand-Pré and l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the Minas Basin; at Memramcook
in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto; at Pobomcoup
near Cap-Sable; and in the
French Maritimes. Many of his descendants were among the 162 Héberts
who emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the late 1760s,
and France in 1785. Significant numbers of Étienne's descendants, perhaps
most of them, also could be found
in greater Acadia, France, the French Antilles, and especially in Canada after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Emmanuel, perhaps a twin, born at Port-Royal in c1653, married Andrée, daughter of Vincent Brun and Renée Breau,
at Port-Royal in c1680. They moved on to Minas. Between 1681 and
1687, Andrée gave Emmanuel six children, five sons and a daughter. Emmanuel died
at Minas in November
1744, in his early 90s. His daughter married into the Thibodeau family. Four
of his sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Guillaume,
born at Port-Royal in c1681, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Martin
Dupuis and Marie Landry, at Grand-Pré in January 1711 and settled
there. Between
1712 and 1726, Marie-Josèphe gave Guillaume eight
children, five sons and three daughters. Guillaume died at Minas before
October 1732, in his late 40s or early 50s. His daughters married into the
Landry, Bourg, and LeBlanc families. All five of his
sons created their own families. Three of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana--two
from Maryland and another from France.
Oldest son
Paul,
born at Minas in April 1712, married Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of
Philippe Melanson and Marie Dugas, at Grand-Pré in May 1736 and
settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1737 and 1758,
Marguerite-Josèphe gave Paul 11 children, eight sons and three daughters.
The British deported the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. They
appeared on a repatriation list at Georgetown on the Eastern Shore in July 1763.
Two of Paul's older sons married into the LeBlanc and
Landry families in the Chesapeake colony. Paul,
Marguerite-Josèphe, and seven of their unmarried children, three daughters and
four sons, along with their two married sons and their families, emigrated to Louisiana in 1767 and settled
at San Gabriel on the river
above New Orleans. Paul died at St.-Gabriel on the river in July 1805, in his early 90s.
Two of his daughters married into the Dupuis,
Brunneteau, Moreno, and Guidry
families on the river. His younger sons married into the Forest,
Richard, Boudrot, and Breau
families in the Spanish colony and settled on the river. Two of his descendants
by sixth son Amand graduated from West Point, became Confederate generals, and
one of them served as governor of Louisiana in the 1850s.
Guillaume's second son
Simon-Pierre, born at Minas in May 1717, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Allain and Marguerite
LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in February 1746 and settled there.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Guillaume's third son
Bénoni,
born at Minas in August 1720, married Madeleine, another daughter of
Pierre Allain and Marguerite LeBlanc,
in c1752 probably at Minas. In the fall of 1755, the British deported them
to Virginia, and Virginia authorities sent them on the England in the spring of
1756. They were held at Southampton, where wife Madeleine died. In May
1763, Bénoni was repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, aboard the ship L'Ambition. He did
not remarry, nor did he join other Acadian exiles from England on
Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany in November 1765. He died at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo at the end of February 1767, age 46.
e and his wife evidently were that rare Acadian family who had no children.
Guillaume's fourth son Charles, born at Minas in c1722, married
Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Jeanne Thériot, at
Grand-Pré in August 1748 and settled there. The British deported them to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England
the following spring. They, too, were held at Southampton, from which they
were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in the spring of 1763. Two of their daughters
married into the Landry and Henry families in France.
They may have joined other Acadians in Poitou in the early 1770s. They
certainly joined them at Nantes by the early 1780s. Wife Élisabeth died in
St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in February 1784, age 63. The following year, Charles, with
his
younger widowed daughter and a Henry grandson, emigrated to Louisiana. They followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche. Charles did not remarry. His older daughter
Marie-Josèphe, who, if still alive, would have been a widow in 1785, did not
follow her father and sister to the Spanish colony, but her Landry
son, Pierre-Joseph, age 15 in 1785, did follow his relatives there and became an artist and a
successful planter in what became Iberville Parish.
Guillaume's fifth and
youngest son Ignace, born at Minas in November 1724, married Marie LeBlanc in c1752 probably at Minas.
The British deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755. They appeared
on a repatriation list at Georgetown on the Eastern Shore in July 1763. A
widower, Ignace emigrated to Louisiana in 1767 with son Jean-Baptiste and daughter
Marie and settled at San Gabriel. At
age 49, he remarried to Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Babin
and Marie Landry and widow of Joseph Babin, at San Gabriel in January 1773. She
gave him no more children. Ignace
died at San Gabriel in November 1783, age 59. Neither his son nor his
daughter married, so his line of the family died with him.
Emmanuel's second son
Jean-Emmanuel, born at Port-Royal in c1683, married Madeleine, daughter of Claude Dugas and Françoise
Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in January 1704 and settled on the haute
rivière above Port-Royal before moving
on to Minas (Bona Arsenault says Pigiguit) by the early 1720s. Between 1706 and 1731, Madeleine gave
Jean-Emmanuel 14 children, 10 sons and four daughters. Bona Arsenault
gives them an eleventh son. Jean-Emmanuel died
probably at Minas before February 1748, in his early or mid-60s. One
wonders what happened to his widow and children in 1755. Widow Madeleine
died at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence above Trois-Rivières in August 1766,
in her late 70s. Her and Jean-Emmanuel's daughters married into the Daigre, Pageot,
Cyr, LeBlanc, Richard, and Doucet dit
Maillard families. Nine of Jean-Emmanuel's sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Charles dit Emmanuel or Manuel, born at Port-Royal in January 1706, married Marie-Claire,
called Claire, daughter of Bernard Daigre
and Marie-Claire Bourg, in c1728, perhaps at Minas and settled at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit. Between 1731 and 1744, Marie-Claire gave Charles
seven children, six sons and a daughter. In c1750, Charles, Claire, and
most of their family moved on to Île St.-Jean, where, in August 1752, a French
official counted Charles, who he called Charles Emanuel, Claire, and six of
their children at St.-Pierre-du-Nord on the island's north shore. In late
1758, the British deported Charles dit Manuel, Claire, and most of their
unmarried children to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport
Violet,
which sank in a North Atlantic storm off the coast of southwest England during
the second week of December. All of them aboard the
vessel perished. Charles dit Manuel's daughter Marie, who evidently
crossed to France on a different vessel, married into the Haché
dit Gallant family at Cherbourg in January 1761.
Two of Charles dit Manuel's sons also crossed on a different vessel and lived to tell of it.
Neither of his them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son Charles dit Manuel, fils, born at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in February 1731,
married Marie, daughter of Joseph Poirier and Jeanne
Arseneau of Chignecto, at Memramcook in the trois-rivières
area in November 1751. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1754 and 1758,
Marie gave Charles, fils three children, two sons and a daughter. They escaped
the British roundup in the trois-rivières/Chignecto area in 1755 and joined his family at St.-Pierre-du-Nord
on Île St.-Jean by June 1756, when
a daughter was baptized there at age four months.
In late 1758, the British deported them aboard the transport Ruby
destined for St.-Malo, France. In mid-December, a North Atlantic storm
drove the Ruby to the Portuguese Azores, where it was wrecked on the
rocks of Pico Island. Marie and their children perished in the mishap.
Charles, fils was among the 87 survivors the Portuguese transported
aboard Santa Catarina to Portsmouth, England, which they reached in
early February 1759. The British loaded them aboard the Bird and
sent them on to Le Havre, France, where they arrived a week and a half later.
From Le Havre, Charles, fils went to Cherbourg and then moved on to
St.-Malo, which he finally reached in mid-September, 10 months after he and his
family had left Chédabouctou Bay. He remarried to local Frenchwoman Jeanne Lucas at St.-Servan near St.-Malo in May 1763.
That year and in 1765, she gave him two more daughters; the youngest daughter died a few weeks after her birth.
Wife Jeanne died in February 1765 probably from the complications of childbirth, and
Charles, fils remarried again--his third marriage--to Frenchwoman Marie-Jeanne-Louise-Madeleine,
daughter of Jacques LeCoq and Madeleine Laurent
of Châteauneuf on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer
near St.-Malo in July 1765. In November of that year,
Charles, fils, Marie, and his surviving daughter Marie-Théotiste followed other
Acadian exiles to recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and
settled Kervarigeon near Bangor in the island's southern interior. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766
and 1773, Marie gave Charles, fils three more children, two daughters and a son. In
February 1767, Charles, fils gave his declaration to French authorities on his line of
the Hébert family in Acadia. He died on the island before
1773, when his widow and children moved to Morlaix in northwest Brittany.
No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Charles dit Manuel, père's fifth son
Alexis, born at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1742, was counted with his family at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île
St.-Jean, in August 1752. In 1758, in his mid-teens, he did not cross with
his parents and siblings on Violet but made the crossing to France on
another vessel. He was at Le Havre in May 1765 when he married cousin
Marie-Anastasie, 22-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Charles-Paul
Hébert and Claire Mius d'Azy of Cap-Sable, in
Notre-Dame Parish. Marie-Anastasie gave Alexis two sons there in 1765 and
1767. The family did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jean-Emmanuel's second son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in October 1707, probably died young.
Bona Arsenault confuses this Pierre with Pierre le jeune, fourth son
of Antoine le jeune.
Jean-Emmanuels's
third son
Jean-Baptiste dit Manuel, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1711, married Claire, daughter of Charles Robichaud
dit Cadet and his second wife Marie Bourg, in c1735 probably at Annapolis Royal.
Bona Arsenault says the family resettled at Petitcoudiac in the
trois-rivières area. According to
Arsenault, between 1750 and 1755, Claire gave Jean-Baptiste three children, two
daughters and a son, but other records give them two older sons. The family
evidently escaped the British roundup in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, they were
captured by, or surrendered to, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia. They appeared on a repatriation list at
Halifax in August 1763. A daughter married into the
Bourgeois and Richard families while in exile.
An older son also married during Le Grand Dérangement. Jean-Baptiste dit
Manuel died probably at Halifax before late 1764 or early 1765, when his widow,
three unmarried daughters, an unmarried son, an Hébert grandson,
and a married son and daughter emigrated to
Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue. His daughters married
into the Martin, Verret, Hébert,
Oubre, and Milhomme families in the Spanish
colony. His son and grandson also created families there, on the western prairies.
Oldest son Joseph dit Pepin, born in c1739,
followed his family into exile. He married cousin Françoise Hébert
probably in the prison compound at Halifax in c1762. She gave him a son,
Louis, in c1764. Soon after their son's birth, they followed his widowed
mother and siblings to Louisiana via Cap-Français and settled with them in the
established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans.
Françoise gave Pepin many more children in the Spanish colony. In the
1770s, they followed his widowed mother and siblings across the Atchafalaya
Basin to the Attakapas District
and settled at Fausse Pointe on the lower Teche. Pepin died of a stroke probably at Fausse Pointe in October
1790, in his early 50s. His daughters married into the Guilbeau,
Hébert, Labauve, Landry, and
LeBlanc families. Four of his five sons, including Louis,
married into Broussard, Guilbeau,
Prevost dit Collet, Fostin, and
Hébert families on the prairies.
Jean-Baptiste dit Manuel's second son Jean, born in the 1740s, followed his family into exile and into a prison compound
in Nova Scotia. He married Madeleine Gaudet during exile.
She gave him a son probably at Halifax in c1763. Jean and Madeleine
evidently died in the prison compound by late 1764 or early 1765, when their son
followed his widowed grandmother to Louisiana.
Only son Jean-Louis, born probably at Halifax in c1763, was a very young
orphan when he followed his widowed paternal grandmother and his paternal aunts
and uncles to Louisiana via Cap-Français, in 1764-65. He lived with his
grandmother, two aunts, and an uncle at Cabahannocer and followed them to the
Attakapas District in the 1770s. He married first cousin Marie-Rose, called Rose
and Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and
Agnés Hébert of Cabahannocer, at Attakpas in April 1790; Rose's
mother was Jean-Louis's paternal aunt.
They settled near his uncle at La Côte-aux-Puces, the Flea Coast, on the lower
Teche near the Spanish settlement of Nueva Iberia. Their daughters married into the Labauve
and LeBlanc families. Their three sons married into the
Bonvillain, Hébert, and Bourgeois
families on the lower Teche.
Jean-Baptiste
dit Manuel's third and youngest son Mathurin,
born probably in
c1754, followed his family into exile and into a prison compound in Nova Scotia
and his widowed mother and sisters to Louisiana in 1765. He settled with
them at Cabahannocer and then followed his widowed mother and siblings to the
Attakapas District in the 1770s. At age 33, he married Catherine, daughter
of Gaspard Doré and Marguerite Crebe of
St.-Charles des Allemands on the river, at Attakpas in January 1787 and settled
at La Côte-aux-Puces. Their daughter married into the Paynne
family. Two of their three sons married into the Romero
and Garyo or Gary families from Nueva Iberia.
Jean-Emmanuel's fourth son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in January 1715, married
Madeleine, daughter of Alexandre Trahan and Marie Pellerin and
widow of Jean-Baptiste Massier or Massié, in c1735 perhaps at Annapolis Royal.
According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1736 and 1747, Madeleine gave Joseph five children, three
daughters and two sons, including a set of twins. The British deported the
family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to
England the following spring. They were held at Liverpood, where Joseph
likely died before June 1763, in his mid- or late 40s. Widow Madeleine and
her family were repatriated to France in the spring of 1763 and followed other
Acadian exiles who had been held in England to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the
southern coast of Brittany in November 1765. Two of Joseph's daughters married into the LeBlanc
and Tiernay families at Liverpool and followed their widowed mother to
Belle-Île-en-Mer. Madeleine died there in 1766, age 62. One of her
and Joseph's sons also had married at Liverpool but did not follow his family to
Belle-Île-en-Mer. According to Bona Arsenault, Joseph and Madeleine's
second daughter Madeleine-Pélagie emigrated to Louisiana with her Irish huband in 1785,
but neither appears on the passenger lists of any of the Seven Ships. She,
in fact, was counted at Morlaix, France, a widow, in December 1791.
Older son Olivier, born probably at Pigiguit in c1738, followed his family
to Virginia and England, where he married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph LeBlanc and Madeleine Lalande, in
December 1757. Two daughters were born in England in c1758 and 1759. They were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763.
A daughter was born in St.-Mathieu Parish there in July 1764. Later that
year, they followed other Acadians to Sinnamary in French Guiane, where
French officials counted them and two daughters, ages 8 and 6, in March 1765.
They did not remain; French officials counted the family back at
Morlaix in 1767. Another daughter was born in St.-Mathieu Parish, Morlaix,
in August 1770. None of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Daughter Rose married into the Le Bechee family in St.-Martin
des Champs Parish, Morlaix, in August 1786; the recording priest noted that her
father was deceased.
Joseph's younger son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Pigiguit in c1745,
followed his family to Virginia, England, and France and his
widowed mother to Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1766, but he did not remain there. He
evidently became a sailor in the mother country and was reported at sea in 1767.
He was at Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes, Brittany, in 1773, and evidently joined
other Acadian exiles in Poitou soon afterwards. One wonders if
he married.
He did not emigrate to Louisiana Spanish in 1785.
Jean-Emmanuel's fifth son
Michel dit Manuel,
born at Annapolis Royal in January 1717,
married
Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Claude
Benoit and Jeanne Hébert, in c1748 probably at Annapolis Royal.
According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at
Chignecto. Arsenault says that between 1751 and 1755, Élisabeth gave
Michel three children, a son and two daughters.
They evidently escaped the British roundup in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. Michel remarried to Anne, daughter of Jean Darois and Marguerite Breau,
in c1756 perhaps in Canada. She evidently gave him no more children.
Michel remarried again--his third
marriage--to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Denis Boudrot and Agnès
Vincent and widow of Pierre Boisseau, at Québec in May 1758.
According to Arsenault, Marie-Madeleine gave Michel a son in 1762.
Michel died at Champlain on the upper St. Lawrence
above Trois-Rivières in May 1796, age 79. His daughters married into the
Grenier, Pichet, and Marion
families at Louiseville above Trois-Rivières and at Québec. His two sons also
created their own families in the Trois-Rivières area.
Older son Joseph, by first
wife Élisabeth Benoit, born at Chignecto in c1751,
followed his family to Canada and married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Paul Landry and Marie Bourg, at Bécancour
across from Trois-Rivières in January 1774. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1775 and 1787, Marie gave Joseph five children, three sons and two
daughters.
Michel's younger son Pierre, by third wife Marie-Madeleine Boudrot,
born in Canada in c1762, married Marie, daughter of Jacques Lefebrve
dit Lacroix and Marie Roy, at Cap-de-la-Madeleine
across from Bécancour in January 1792.
Jean-Emmanuel's sixth son Claude
dit Manuel, born at Annapolis Royal
in February 1719,
married Marguerite, another daughter of Charles Robichaud dit
Cadet and Marie Bourg, in c1748 probably at Annapolis Royal.
According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at
Chignecto. Arsenault said that between 1753 and 1761, Marguerite gave Claude
six children, three sons and three children. They evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
They were living at Québec in 1757, at St.-Laurent on Île d'Orléans below Québec
in 1758, and at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières
in 1761. Claude died at
Bécancour in January 1799,
age 80. Two of his daughters married into the Élie and
LeMay dit Poudrier families. One of his sons
also created his own family in the area.
Oldest son Amable, born at Chignecto in c1753, followed his family to
Canada and married Marie-Monique, daughter of Pierre Coulombe
and Marie-Anne Côté, at Bécancour in October 1774.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1797, Marie-Monique gave Amable 11
children, eight daughters and three sons. Four of their daughters married
into the Deshaies, Rheau, Cormier,
and Provencher families at Bécancour. Amable's three sons
also created families in the area.
Oldest son François-Amable, born probably at Bécancour in c1783, married
Victoire Rivard dit Lavigne at Gentilly below
Bécancour in July 1807.
Amable's second son Joseph,
born probably at Bécancour in c1787, married Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadian Jean Cormier and his Canadian wife Marie
Ducharme, at Bécancour in March 1813.
Amable's third and youngest son Jean-Baptiste,
born probably at Bécancour in c1790, married Marie-Julie, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Descormiers dit Guillaume and Marie
Montreuil, at Gentilly in February 1717.
Jean-Emmanuel's seventh son Bénoni
dit
Manuel, born at Annapolis Royal or Minas in c1719, married Jeanne, daughter of François Savoie and Marie Richard,
at Beaubassin in November 1741 and, according to Bona Arsenault, settled at
Memramcook in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto.
According to Bona Arsenault, Jeanne gave Bénoni a
daughter in 1743. Other records give them three more children, another
daughter and two sons, between 1748 and 1754. They escaped the British
roundup in the Chignecto area in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either were captured by, or
surrendered to, British forces in the area and were held in the prison compound
at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, where British offiials counted them in 1762.
Bénoni died probably at Fort Edward before 1765. His oldest daughter married
into the Robichaud family, place unrecorded, but it probably
was at Fort Edward. His three younger children, two sons and a daughter, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français in
1765, two of them with the Broussards--the first Acadian
Héberts to go to the Spanish colony. His daughter married
into the Broussard family in the Spanish colony. Both of
his sons also created families there, on the western prairies.
Older son Joseph-Pepin, born at Chignecto in c1748, followed his family
into exile in the autumn of 1755 and into the prison compound at Fort
Edward in the early 1760s. He and two of his siblings emigrated to
Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1764-65 and,
with his sister, followed the Broussards to lower Bayou Teche
in the spring of 1765. Spanish officials counted them in the "District of
the Pointe" in April 1766. Joseph-Pepin married Madeleine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Trahan and Marguerite Broussard,
at Attakpas in April 1771. Their daughters married into the
Broussard and Duhon families. All five of
Joseph-Pepin's sons married on the prairies, into the Trahan,
Duhon, Préjean, Mouton, and
Landry families, but two of the lines did not endure.
Bénoni dit Manuel's younger son Jean-Charles, called Charles, born at Chignecto in
1751, followed his family into exile in the autumn of 1755 and into the
prison compound at Fort Edward in the early 1760s. Two of
his older siblings emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1764-65 and
followed the Broussards to lower Bayou Teche. Charles, on the
other hand, traveled with the family of first cousin Joseph dit Pepin
Hébert and settled
with them at the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river
above New Orleans. Later in the decade, however, Jean-Charles joined his siblings on the
western prairies, where he married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians René
Robichaux and Marguerite Martin dit
Barnabé of Île St.-Jean, at Attakapas in April 1773. They settled on the
upper Vermilion at the northern edge of the Attakapas District. Charles
died in Lafayette Parish in October 1830, in his late 70s; the Vermilionville
priest who recorded the burial said that Charles died at age 93! His daughters
married into the Boudreaux, Breaux,
Fostin, Guidry, and Lambert famiies.
His three sons also married on the prairies, into the Richard,
Achée, and Frederick families, and each of the
lines endured.
Jean-Emmanuel's putative son Jean-Baptiste dit Benjamin, sans
doutte, Bona Arsenault says, son of Jean Hébert and
Madeleine Dugas of Port-Royal and Pigiguit, born in c1722,
married Marie-Anne Amireau in c1747
probably at Chignecto. They evidently
escaped the British roundup there in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in
Canada. They were living at Québec in 1758 and at Bécancour on the upper St.
Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières in 1760. According to Arsenault,
between 1758 and 1778, Marie-Anne gave Jean-Baptiste dit Benjamin eight
children, six daughters and two sons. One of their daughters married into
the Gaudreau family at nearby Nicolet. Jean-Baptiste dit
Benjamin's two sons also created families there.
Older son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born probably at Bécancour in
c1763, married, at age 40, Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Bourg and Sophie Bourgeois, at Nicolet in June
1803.
Jean-Baptiste dit Benjamin's younger son
Joseph, born perhaps at
Bécancour in c1767, married, at age 32, Véronique, daughter of Amable
René and Madeleine Varennes, at Nicolet in November
1799.
Jean-Emmanuel's eighth son Amand
dit Manuel, born at Minas in
September 1725,
married Madeleine, daughter of Michel Richard and Marie-Josèphe
Bourgeois, at Annapolis Royal in February 1748. According to Bona
Arsenault, they settled at Chignecto. They evidently escaped the British
roundup there in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Amand remarried
to Marie, daughter of Pierre Poirier and Louise Caissie, at
Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in November 1759. Amand
served as a captain in the Acadian militia there. He and his family of
four appear on a list of Acadians who surrendered at Restigouche, dated 24 October 1760. During the
early 1760s, the British held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. One wonders what
happened to them after 1763.
Jean-Emmanuel's ninth son
François, born at Minas
in July 1727, married
Madeleine, daughter of François Savoie and Marie Richard, in c1751
probably at Annapolis Royal. According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at
Chignecto, where, Arsenault says, Madeleine gave François two daughters in 1752
and 1753. They evidently escaped the British roundup in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. François, in
his mid-60s, remarried to Marie-Josèphe dite Josette,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Leroux and Marie-Élisabeth Pageot,
at Charlesbourg near Québec in October 1791.
He died at St.-Joachim on the St. Lawrence below
Québec in September 1801, age 74. His younger daughter by first wife
Madeleine married into the Boucher family at St.-Joachim in
1777.
Jean-Emmanuel's tenth and youngest son
Olivier-Jérôme, born at Minas in July 1731, married, according to Stephen A.
White, Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Savoie
and Marie Haché, in c1755, place unrecorded. Bona Arsenault says
that, sans doutte, Marie-Madeleine's parents were François
Savoie and Marie Richard of Annapolis Royal; White is
followed here. According to Arsenault, Olivier and Marie-Madeleine settled at Chignecto,
where, Arsenault says, she gave him a son, Firmin, in 1756. They evidently escaped
the British roundup in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in
Canada. Olivier-Jérôme died at
Rivière-du-Loup, today's Louiseville, on the upper St. Lawrence below
Trois-Rivières in June 1798, age 66. What happened to his son?
Emmanuel's third son Jacques, born at Port-Royal in c1684, married
Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Landry and Marie Thibodeau, in
c1706 probably at Port-Royal and settled at Minas. Between 1707 and 1734, Marguerite gave
Jacques 15 children, 10 daughters and five sons. Jacques died at Minas in
December 1747, age 63. His daughters married into the Doucet, Gautrot dit
Maringouin, Bourg, Melanson, LeBlanc, Boudrot,
Granger, and Allain families, and two of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
from Maryland and France. All of his sons created families of their own.
Three of them also emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland and France, but one of them
died at sea.
Oldest son
Charles,
born at Minas in November 1708, married Marguerite, daughter of François LeBlanc and
Jeanne Hébert, at Grand-Pré in May 1733 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1758, Marguerite gave Charles two
children, a daughter and a son. Other records give them three sons between
1740 and 1755. Charles took his family to the French Maritimes after
August 1752, and the British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
Wife Marguerite and their
younger son died at sea. Charles took his two surviving sons to the
St.-Malo suburb of St.-Énogat, todays Dinard, across from St.-Malo.
At age 55, he remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean Caissie and
Cécile Hébert and widow of Michel Grossin, at St.-Malo in
March 1764. She gave him no more children. They moved to St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
across from St.-Énogat, in 1770. Charles's sons married to fellow Acadians in
France, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Charles, fils, born at Minas in c1740, followed his
family to the French Maritimes and to St.-Malo, France, and settled with his
widowed father and brother at St.-Énogat and St.-Servan-sur-Mer. He married
Marguerite-Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Valet
dit Langevin and Brigitte
Pinet of Île St.-Jean and widow of Paul Pitre, at nearby St.-Suliac in
January 1770. Marguerite-Louise gave Charles, fils two children,
a daughter and a son, in 1770 and 1772. The daughter died the day after
her birth. They moved to nearby St.-Servan by 1765. In 1773, Charles, fils, Marguerite-Louise, and their
son followed other Acadian exiles to Poitou, where Marguerite-Louise gave
Charles, fils another daughter in 1775. That December, they
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where, in 1777
and 1779, Marguerite-Louise gave him two more daughters--five children in all.
The younger daughter died young. Charles, fils and
Marguerite-Louise evidently died at Nantes, dates unrecorded. In 1785, their son, their
surviving daughter, and Marguerite-Louise's son Martin-Bénoni Pitre
from her first marriage crossed to Spanish Louisiana on the last of the Seven Ships.
They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where the daughter, Marie-Louise, married
into the LeBlanc family. Her Pitre half-brother also created
his own family, but not her Hébert brother.
Only son Joseph-Marie le jeune, born at St.-Suliac,
France, in December
1772, followed his
parents to Poitou and Nantes and his younger sister and an older
half-brother to Louisiana and upper Bayou Lafourche. Still a teenager, he was living with
them at Valenzuela in January 1788, after which he disappears from Louisiana
records. He evidently did not marry.
Charles, père's second son Joseph, born at Minas in c1749, followed his family to the
French Maritimes and to St.-Malo, France, and settled with his widowed father
and brother at St.-Énogat before moving to nearby St.-Suliac. He married
Jeanne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean De La Forestrie and
his first wife Marie Bonnière of St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île
St.-Jean, at Plouër-sur-Rance, across the river from St.-Suliac, in July 1772. Jeanne gave Joseph a son at
Plouër in 1773. Later that year, they followed other Acadian exiles to
Poitou, where Jeanne gave him another son at Archigny south Châtellerault in 1775. That
November, Joseph, Jeanne, and their two sons retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
There, between 1777 and 1785, Jeanne gave Joseph three more children, two
daughters and a son--five children in all. Joseph, Jeanne, and their five children--three sons and
two daughters, one of them still an infant--emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and
followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Joseph died
there before January 1788, when wife Jeanne was listed in a Valenzuela District census as a
widow. She remarried to a Benoit the following year, and
she and her Hébert children followed him to the western
prairies. Her Hébert daughters married into the Lebert,
Bodin, and Olivier families on the western
prairies. Two of her Hébert sons married into the Jeannot and
Dumesnil
families on the prairies, and her youngest Hébert son married into the Pitre
family on the upper Lafourche.
Jacques's second son
François, born at Minas in April 1710, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Melanson and Marguerite
Dugas, at Grand-Pré in November 1732 and settled there. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1752, Marie-Josèphe gave François 10
children, nine sons and a daughter. The British
deported the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. François, now a widower, and his children
appeared on a repatriation list at Georgetown on the Eastern
Shore in July 1763. Three of his sons married into the Landry
and LeBlanc families in the Chesapeake colony. François took six of his unmarried children, five sons and a
daughter, to Spanish Louisiana in 1767. His three married sons also followed him there. François died at San Gabriel on the
river above New Orleans in March 1789, age 79. His daughter married into
the Landry family in the colony. Six of his sons married
or remarried into the Dupuis, Landry,
Babin, and Thibodeaux families on the Acadian Coast.
Jacques's third son Amand, born at Minas in April 1720, married Geneviève, daughter of René
Babin and Isabelle Gautrot, at Grand-Pré in February 1744 and
settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1752,
Geneviève gave Amand five children, three sons and two daughters. The
British deported the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. The family--Amand,
Geneviève, youngest son Charles le jeune, and their three daughters--appeared on a repatriation list at Newtown in July 1763.
One wonders what happened to older sons René and Joseph, who disappear from the
historical record. Amand took his family to
Louisiana in 1767 but died at sea, in his late 40s. His widow and four
children, a son and three daughters, followed their fellow exiles to San Gabriel
on the river. Remaining son Charles did not marry, but daughters Geneviève,
Marguerite, and Marie-Josèphe married
into the André or Andro, Derouen,
Landry, Jeannot, and Forest
families on the river and the prairies, so the blood of the family line likely endured
in the Bayou State.
Jacques's fourth son Jacques,
fils, born at Minas in October 1723, married
Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Thériot and Marguerite Melanson, at
Grand-Pré in October 1745.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1746 and 1748, Maguerite gave Jacques,
fils two sons, one of them born posthumously.
Jacques, fils died there in December 1747, in
his mid-20s. One wonders if his death was war-related and what happened to
his family in 1755.
Jacques, père's fifth and youngest son Joseph-Marie, born at Minas
in April 1734, was deported to Virginia in the fall of 1755 and sent on to
England the following spring. He married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Richard and Cécile Granger, in
c1758 probably at Southampton.
Marguerite gave Joseph-Marie a son in England in 1760. In May 1763, they were repatriated to St.-Malo, France,
aboard the transport Ambition and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
Marguerite gave Joseph-Marie a daughter at St.-Servan in 1764. Wife Marguerite
died there in May 1765, age 32. Joseph-Marie remarried to
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Benoit and Marie-Madeleine Thériot and
widow of René Rassicot, at St.-Servan in January 1766. Between 1769
and 1773, Marie gave Joseph-Marie three more children, all daughters, two of
whom died young. Joseph-Marie may not have taken his family to Poitou in
1773. He nevertheless took them to Nantes, where a Spanish official
counted him, Marie, a son and two daughters in September 1784. Joseph-Marie,
wife Marie, three of their children, a son and two daughters, and a
Benoit niece
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. They followed most of their fellow
passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. His daughters by both wives married
into the Culaire, Comeaux, and
Gautreaux families on the upper bayou. His only son Joseph,
fils married into the Darembourg family and created a
vigorous line in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley.
Emmanuel's fourth son Alexandre, born at Port-Royal in December 1685, married
Marie, daughter of Pierre Dupuis and Madeleine Landry, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1712 and remained there. Between 1713 and 1734, Marie gave Alexandre
nine children, two sons and seven daughters. Six of their daughters
married into the Richard, Bourgeois, Girouard, Amireau,
Gaudet, Forest, and Thibodeau dit Castin families.
Only one of Alexandre's sons married.
Older son Alexandre,
fils, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1713, married
Madeleine, daughter of Claude Girouard and Élisabeth Blanchard, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1735 and died in early March, victim, perhaps, of the
rigors of childbirth. Alexandre, fils remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
François Amireau and Madeleine Lord, at Annapolis Royal in January
1740. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1752, Marie-Josèphe
gave Alexandre, fils five children, four daughters and a son.
They settled at Pobomcoup near Cap-Sable. They escaped the British
roundups in Nova Scotia in the summer and fall of 1755, but in April 1756 a
New-English force from Halifax descended on the Cap-Sable villages and rounded
up 72 Acadians, including Alexandre, fils and his family. Later
that month, the British deported them from Halifax aboard the ship Mary.
Their destination was North Carolina, but they landed, instead, at Manhattan,
New York, in
late April and refused to be taken on to the southern colony aboard the H.M.S.
Leopard. New York authorities agreed to let them stay. The
Héberts were sent to Southampton, Suffolk County, on Long
Island. In the 1760s, they followed fellow exiles to Canada. British officials counted them
at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence above Montréal in 1770. Alexandre, fils died at L'Assomption in May 1781, age 68. One of his daughters married into the
Pelchat family at L'Assomption. One wonders what happened
to Alexandre, fils's son.
Alexandre, père's younger son, name
unrecorded, died at Annapolis Royal in April 1727, two days after his birth .
Emmanuel's fifth and youngest son Martin, born at Port-Royal in c1687, was
counted there in 1700, age 13, but he did not marry.
Étienne's second
son Étienne, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1654 (Bona Arsenault hints that
Étienne, fils was brother Emmanuel's twin), married Jeanne, daughter of Pierre Comeau and
Rose Bayon, at Port-Royal in c1679 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. Between
1680 and the early 1700s, Jeanne gave him 11
children, four sons and seven daughters. Étienne,
fils died at Minas in November 1713, in his late 50s. Six of his daughters married into
the Henry dit Robert, Caissie, Benoit, Boucher
dit Des Roches, Villedieu,
and Trahan families. Two of his four sons created
their own families.
Oldest son
Antoine, born at Port-Royal or Minas in c1680, was counted at Minas in 1693, age
10. If he survived childhood, he did not marry.
Étienne, fils's
second son Étienne III, born at Minas in November 1685, married Anne, daughter
of Abraham Dugas and Jeanne Guilbeau, after 1707 and settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. Between 1709 and 1724, Anne gave Étienne III
eight children, five sons and eight daughters. One wonders if Étienne III
was still alive in 1755 and transported to Connecticut with his family, if he
followed them to French St.-Domingue in 1764, and was "La Vielle" Hébert,
"an old Acadian," who died at Mirebalais on the sugar island in December 1764,
age 78. Two of his daughters married into the Galerne,
Bertrand, Trahan, and Bourg families, and the younger one died
in England. Four of his five sons created families of their own. All of them emigrated to
French St.-Domingue and died there within weeks of one another.
Oldest son
Simon,
born at Minas in c1709, was still a bachelor in the fall of 1755 when the
British deported him to Connecticut. In his early
50s, he married Marie-Josèphe Bourg
probably in Connecticut in c1760. They appeared on a repatriation list in
the colony in 1763. Later that year or in early 1764, they followed other
Acadian exiles not to Canada but to French St.-Domingue. Simon died at Mirebalais in
the island's interior in October 1764, age 55.
A son also died there that month.
Son
Jean-Pierre,
born at Mirebalais in August 1764, was baptized there two months later, on the
eve of his death.
Étienne III's second son
Pierre,
born at Minas in February 1713, married Marguerite Richard in c1732
probably at Minas and settled there. The British deported them to
Connecticut in the fall of 1755. They appeared on a repatriation list in
the colony in 1763 and followed his older brother to French St.-Domingue.
Pierre died at Mireabalais in October 1764, age 51, a few days before his older
brother Simon died there. One of Pierre's
sons created a family in the sugar colony.
Son
Paul, born
probably at Minas in the 1740s or early 1750s, followed his family to
Connecticut and Mirebalais, French St.-Domingue, where he married Anne-Marie,
daughter of Pierre Repuce or Repussard and
Élisabeth Lefevre, in May 1776. Anne-Marie
gave him a son at Mirebalais in November 1781.
Étienne III's third son
Emmanuel
le jeune, born at Minas in c1719,
married, according to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jacques
Levron and Marie Doucet, at Annapolis Royal in August
1731. Arsenault says that, between 1733 and 1742, Marie-Josèphe gave
Emmanuel le jeune four children, a son and three daughters.
Stephen A. White, followed here, says Emmanuel le jeune was married only once, to Marie, daughter of Jean Babin and Marguerite Thériot, at
Grand-Pré in October 1744 and settled there; Arsenault says Marie was Emmanuel
le jeune's second wife. Other records give Emmanuel le jeune
and Marie at least four sons. White says the British deported the
family to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. They appeared on a repatriation
list in the colony in 1763 and followed his older brothers to French
St.-Domingue in 1764. Emmanuel le jeune died at Mirebalais in September 1764, age 45, a month before his older brothers died there.
Three of his sons also perished in the tropical colony soon after the family's
arrival.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1751, followed his family to Connecticut and
French St.-Domingue. He died at Mirebalais in September 1764, age 13.
Emmanuel le
jeune's second son Alexis le
jeune, born probably at Minas in c1754, followed his family to Connecticut
and French St.-Domingue. He died at Mirebalais in October 1764, age 10.
Emmanuel le
jeune's third son Paul, born probably in Connecticut in c1759, followed his
family to French-Domingue. He was baptized at Mirebalais, age 5, in
Sepember 1764, and died there, age 6, the following December.
Emmanuel le
jeune's fourth son Joseph-Alexis, born in Connecticut,
date unrecorded, and followed his family
to French St.-Domingue. He was baptized at Mirebalais, age unrecorded, in
August 1764. Did he create his own family there?
Étienne III's fourth son
Jean, born at Minas in December 1724, probably died young.
Étienne III's fifth and youngest son
Alexis,
born at Minas in c1725, was, like his oldest brother Simon, still a bachelor
when the British deported him to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Alexis married
Marie-Josèphe dite Rose or Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Richard and
Marie-Madeleine Blanchard, in Connecticut in c1761. Rose gave him a
son in Connecticut. They appeared on a repatriation list in the colony in 1763. Alexis
and Rose followed his older brothers to French St.-Domingue, where, in September
1764, their marriage was revalidated at Mirebalais. Alexis died at
Mirebalais in November 1764, age 40, the last of his brothers to die in the
colony (his marriage revalidation record says he died in February 1766).
His widow remarried twice to Frenchmen at Mirebalais.
Only son
Michel, born
in Connecticut in early 1764, was baptized at Mirebalais, age 5 months,
in September 1764. He died 10 days after his baptism. The revalidation of his parents'
marriage soon after his death recognized his legitimacy.
Étienne, fils's third son
Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at Minas in June 1692, married Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre Granger and Isabelle
Guilbeau, at Grand-Pré in January 1720 and, according to Bona Arsenault,
settled in the valley of Petit-Ruisseau, Pigiguit.
According to Arsenault, between 1733 and 1743, Élisabeth
gave Jean-Baptiste six children, two daughters and four sons. Other
records give them two more daughters. According to Arsenault, the British deported
members of the family to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them at Worcester in 1760.
They were still in the colony in August 1763. After 1766, they followed
oldest son Étienne le jeune to Canada. Jean-Baptiste died at Nicolet on the upper St.
Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières in July 1787, age 95.
His daughters married into the LeBlanc
and Niquet families on the river above Trois-Rivières.
His four sons also created their own families in the area.
Oldest son
Étienne le jeune, born at Pigiguit in c1736, was, according to his
biographer, separated from his family and deported to Maryland in 1755. He
reunited with his family in Massachusetts and, according to his biographer, led
them to
Canada, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean-Baptiste Babin and Catherine LeBlanc, at
Trois-Rivières in October 1769. They settled across the river at
Bécancour. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1770 and 1787,
Marie-Josèphe gave Étienne le jeune nine children, four daughters and five sons.
Three of his daughters married into the Bergeron,
Proulx, and Bélliveau families at nearby Nicolet and
St.-Grégoire. Four of Étienne le jeune's five sons also created
families in the area.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at Bécancour in c1772, married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Raphaël Bourg and Madeleine Poirier,
at Nicolet in January 1797.
Étienne le
jeune's third son Pierre, born probably at Bécancour in c1777, married
Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Richard and
Madeleine Pellerin, at nearby St.-Grégoire in February 1807.
Étienne le
jeune's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Bécancour in c1779,
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians François Belliveau
and Marie LeBlanc, at Nicolet in May 1801, and remarried to
Judith, daughter of Antoine Lemire, perhaps a fellow Acadian,
and widow of Antoine Marcotte, at nearby Baie-du-Fèbvre in
December 1807.
Étienne le
jeune's fifth and youngest son Étienne, fils, born probably at
Bécancour in c1782, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Belliveau and Geneviève Morin, at Nicolet in
January 1807.
Jean-Baptiste's second son
Honoré, born at Pigiguit in c1738, followed his family to
Massachusetts, where he married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Leprince and Judith Richard of Annapolis
Royal, date unrecorded. The marriage was "rehabilitated" at Bécancour in November 1771.
They settled at nearby Nicolet. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1772
and 1786, Madeleine gave Honoré nine children, five daughters and four sons.
Four of their daughters married into the Vincent,
Richard, Bourg, and Vigneau
families in the Nicolet area. Honoré's sons also married there.
Oldest son
Honoré, fils, born probably at Nicolet in c1774, married Marie-Anne,
daughter of François Manseau and Josette Bergeron,
at nearby Baie-du-Fèbvre, in January 1808.
Honoré, père's
second son Raphaël, born probably at Nicolet in c1775, married Thérèse
Fauteux, place and date unrecorded.
Honoré, père's
third son Joseph-Chrysostôme, born probably at Nicolet in c1778, married
Marie-Anne, daughter of Pierre Héon and Marie Rheault,
at nearby St.-Grégoire in April 1807.
Honoré, père's
fourth and youngest son Pierre, born probably at Nicolet in c1781, married
Marie-Louise, another daughter of François Manseau and Josette
Bergeron, at St.-Grégoire in July 1818.
Jean-Baptiste's
third son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born at Pigiguit in c1741, followed his family to
Massachusetts, where he married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
LeBlanc and Françoise Landry of Minas, at
Boston in August 1762. The marriage was "rehabilitated" at Trois-Rivières,
Canada,
in July 1769. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and 1771,
Marie-Rose gave Jean-Baptiste four children, a son and three daughters. Jean-Baptiste remarried to
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Arsenault and
Françoise Poirier of Chignecto, at Bécancour in November 1771.
According to Arsenault, between 1772 and 1781, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste five
more children, two sons and three daughters--nine children by two wives. Jean-Baptiste died at Nicolet
in May 1796, in his mid-50s. Four of his daughters by both wives married
into the Bergeron, Bélliveau, and
Painchaud families in the area. Two of his sons also created
their own families at Nicolet.
Oldest son
Honoré le jeune, by first wife Marie-Rose LeBlanc, born probably at
Boston in c1763, followed his family to Canada and married Marguerite, daughter
of fellow Acadians Joseph Prince and Anne Richard,
at Nicolet in January 1794. He remarried to Rosalie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Brault and Anne Daigle, at
Nicolet in May 1802.
Jean-Baptiste,
fils's
second son Firmin, by second wife Marie-Rose Arsenault, born
probably at Bécancour in c1772, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon
Bourg and Rosalie Gaudet, at Nicolet in
January 1801.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's
fourth and youngest son Joseph, born at Pigiguit in c1743, followed his family
to Massachusetts and Canada. He married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Richard and Madeleine Bourque
of Annapolis Royal, at Bécancour in November 1771. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1772 and 1793, Madeleine gave Joseph 10 children, six
daughters and four sons. Joseph died at nearby St.-Grégoire in March 1821,
in his late 70s.
Three of his daughters married into the Prince,
Pratte, and Bélliveau families at Nicolet.
At least one of his sons married in the area.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at Bécancour in c1778, married Marguerite, daughter of
Pierre Lamothe and Catherine Bouret, at
St.-Grégoire in January 1803.
Étienne, fils's fourth and
youngest son, name unrecorded, born probably
at Minas in the early 1700s, died young.
Étienne, père's
third son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1659, married Jeanne, daughter of Jean Doiron and Marie-Anne
Canol, at Port-Royal in c1692 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit.
Between 1693 and 1717, Jeanne gave Jean a dozen children, six sons and six daughters. Four of
their daughters married into the Henry dit Le Vieux, Guédry,
Lacroix, and Vincent dit Clément families. All
six of Jean's sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Charles,
born in c1693, married Catherine, daughter of
Louis Saulnier and Louise Bastineau dit Peltier, in c1726
perhaps at Pigiguit. Between 1732 and 1749, Catherine gave Charles seven
children, two daughters and five sons. In c1750, they followed other
Acadians to Île St.-Jean, where, in August 1752, a French official counted
Charles, Catherine, and their seven children at Anse-aux-Pirogues on the south
side of Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the island's interior. They either left the
island after 1755 or escaped the British roundup there in late 1758 and sought refuge in
Canada. Charles died at Québec in September 1761, age 68.
His daughters married into the Michel dit Laruine and
Vincent dit Clément families on Île St.-Jean. Four of his sons also
created their own families on the island and in Canada.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at Pigiguit in c1733, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Vincent dit
Clément and
his first wife Élisabeth Michel of Annapolis Royal, at Port-La-Joye
on the island in July
1754. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1755 and 1770, Marie-Josèphe
gave Joseph six children, three sons and two daughters. They evidently
left the island before its dérangement and sought refuge in Canada.
They were living at Québec in 1756 and at St.-Charles de Bellechasse across from
Québec in 1757. By 1767, they had moved on to Madawasaka on upper Rivière
St.-Jean in present day New Brunswick/Maine.
Charles's second
son Simon, born probably at Pigiguit in c1737, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and to Canada. He married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians
Bernard Poirier and Marie-Madeleine Michel, at
St.-Charles de Bellechasse in November 1758. According to Bona Arsenault,
in 1759 Madeleine gave Simon a daughter. He remarried Marie-Anne, daughter
of fellow Acadians Michel Caissy and Catherine Poirier,
at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in May 1761. According to Arsenault, between
1762 and 1773, this Madeleine gave Joseph five more children, three sons and two
daughters--six children by two wives. The family moved on to
Nepisiguit, today's Bathurst in northeastern New Brunswick, by 1773. Their
daughter married into the Melanson family there.
Charles's third
son Jean, born probably at Pigiguit in c1739, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and Canada. He married Blanche, another daughter of Jean
Vincent and Élisabeth Michel, at Québec in
August 1761. According to Bona Arsenault, Blanche gave Jean a son, Pierre,
in 1773. They were counted at Madawaska on the upper St.-Jean with five children in 1793.
Charles's fourth
son Pierre, born probably at Pigiguit in c1745, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and Canada, where he married Louise Blais, widow of
Michel Daillet dit Daguerre, at Québec in January
1770.
Jean's second son
Michel
le jeune,
born in c1694, married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Mius d'Azy
and Marie Amireau, in c1734 perhaps at Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1737 and
1750, Marguerite gave Michel le jeune eight children, five sons and three daughters.
In c1750, they moved to Île St.-Jean. Michel le jeune died at Port-La-Joye on the
south side of the island in April 1751, age 57. In August 1752, a French official counted
his widow Marguerite and seven children at Port-La-Joye. Most members of the family either
left the island before 1758 or escaped the British roundup there later that year
and took refuge in Canada. One of Michel le jeune's daughters married into the
Doiron family at Baie-St.-Paul on the St. Lawrence below Québec. At least
one of his five sons also created a family there. Another son created a
family in France.
Oldest son
Cyprien, born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1737, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and Canada. He married Félicité-Luce, daughter of Jean Ringuet
and Marie-Geneviève Duchesne, at Baie-St.-Paul in January 1766.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and 1769, Félicité gave Cyprien three
children, two daughters and a son.
Michel le
jeune's third son Ferdinand, born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1741, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean but not to Canada. The British deported him to
Rochefort, France, in late 1758, where he worked as a day laborer. He married
Marie-Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Leber and
Marie Lebeau, in Notre-Dame Parish, Rochefort, in May 1761.
One wonders what happened to him after his marriage. He did not emigrate
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 with other Acadian exiles.
Jean's third son
Jean, fils,
born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in 1699, married Marguerite, daughter of
Alexandre Trahan and Marie Pellerin, at Ste.-Famillie, Pigiguit,
in 1722 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1725 and
1746, Marguerite gave Jean, fils seven children, four sons and three
daughters. Their two older sons married at Minas. The British deported the
family to Virginia in the
fall of 1755, Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring,
and they were held at Liverpool. Three of their daughters married into the
LeBlanc and Trahan families at Liverpool in
1757 and 1758. Two of their sons
married and another remarried there between 1759 and 1763. Wife Marguerite
died at Liverpool in 1759, and Jean, fils remarried to
Englishwoman Esther Mares dit Courtenay
or Courtney there
in October 1762. The following spring, they were repatriated to Morlaix,
France. In November 1765, they followed other Acadian exiles from England
to recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Borderhouat,
Locmaria, on the southeast end of the island. They were still there in 1767, when, that November, Jean,
fils gave a declaration on his family lineage to French officials. Jean, fils
died on the island in March 1773, age 74. Three of his sons and their
families emigrated to South America from France in the 1760s. Another son and a
daughter, along with Jean, fils's second wife Esther, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from France in
1785.
Oldest son
Alain,
by first wife Marguerite Trahan, born at Pigiguit in c1725, married Henriette, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Thibodeau and Marguerite Boudrot, at Minas in October
1746 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1747 and 1753, Henriette gave Alain four children, two sons and two
daughters. The British deported them to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and
Virginia officials sent them on to England the following spring. Alain
remarried to Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Saulnier
and Marguerite Vincent of Minas, at Liverpool in December 1759.
They followed his family to Morlaix, France, but they did
not remain there. In late 1764, they followed other family members
to Sinnamary in French Guiane,
South America.
The venture proved to be fatal--Alain, Françoise, and their children perished in the tropical
colony.
Jean, fils's
second son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marguerite Trahan, born at Pigiguit in c1729, married Anne, daughter of Pierre
LeBlanc and Anne Thériot, at Minas in c1751.
Anne gave Jean-Baptiste a son soon after their marriage and two daughters in the
late 1750s. The British
deported them to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent
them on to England the following spring. The family was repatriated to Morlaix,
France, in the spring of 1763, and they, too, went to French Guiane in late 1764.
Son Jean-Baptiste, fils died there in December 1764, and wife Anne and
younger daughter Marie likely died there
after March 1765. Jean-Baptiste and daughter Anne returned to France, where he remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Benoit and Élisabeth LeJuge
and widow of Pierre Hébert, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo in
February 1770. In August, they received permission to move on to La
Rochelle, but they did not remain there either. They joined his family on
Belle-Île-en-Mer by January 1772, when a son was born at Locmaria, and moved on
to Rochefort by August. In 1773, Jean-Baptiste took his family to Poitou.
When most of the Poitou Acadians retreated to the port city of Nantes in
late 1775 and early 1776, Jean-Baptiste and his family remained in Poitou.
His daughter Anne from first wife Anne married a Frenchman named Martin at Cenan,
Poitou, in
August 1776. Jean-Baptiste died at Cenan in June 1778, age 50. In
September 1784, a Spanish official counted his widow Anne and an unnamed son with other Acadians at Paimboeuf, the
lower port of Nantes, so she likely had joined
other Acadians there in the late 1770s or early 1780s. She and her son
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and followed their fellow passengers to Baton
Rouge. Her stepdaughter and her French husband chose to remain in Poitou.
Anne's Hébert son created a family of his own in the Baton
Rouge area.
Second son
Jean-Charles,
by second wife Anne Benoit, born at Locmaria, Belle-Île-en-Mer,
France, in January 1772, followed his parents to Rochefort and Paimboeuf and his
widowed mother to Louisiana. They followed most of their fellow passengers to
Manchac below Baton Rouge, where, at age 31, Jean-Charles married Marie-Françoise, daughter of fellow
Acadians Augustin Landry and Anne-Marie Forest,
in May 1803. She gave him a son, Joseph Joachim, in March 1804, but he
died at age seven months. At age 37, Jean-Charles remarried to Martine,
24-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Honoré Breau and Élisabeth LeBlanc, at Manchac
in May 1809; Martine, named for her godfather, Spanish intendente
Martin Navarro, had been born aboard one of the Seven Ships
when her family crossed from France. She gave Jean-Charles a daughter.
He died at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1812, age 40. Martine
remarried to an Aucoin. Jean-Charles's daughter married
into the Melançon family, so the blood of the family survived
in the Bayou State.
Jean, fils's
third son Pierre-Pascal, called Pascal, from first wife Marguerite
Trahan, born at Pigiguit in c1735, followed his
family to Virginia and England, where he married Françoise, 16-year-old daughter
of fellow Acadians Pierre Trahan and Jeanne Daigre,
in January 1763. They were repatriated to Morlaix, France, soon after
their marriage. According to Bona Arsenault, Françoise gave Pascal a
daughter in c1764. They, too, went to French Guiane in late 1764, and French
officials counted them, along with an Hébert orphan, at
Sinnamary in March 1765. The official noted that Pascal was
suffering from "fievre." Pascal, age 32, and daughter
Élisabeth, age 1 1/2, died in April. Widow Françoise, now alone, returned to
France. She was living
with her brother Pierre Trahan on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1767 and emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
She remarried to a Dugas
widower on the western prairies in 1797, age 50.
Jean, fils's
fourth and
youngest son Amable, by first wife Marguerite Trahan, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1742, followed
his family to Virginia and England, where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Richard and Marie-Josèphe
LeBlanc of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in Liverpool in c1761. Between
1762 and 1780, in England and France, Marie-Anne gave Amable at least nine
children, six daughters and three sons. They followed his family to Morlaix, France, in the spring of
1763. Amable worked as a carpenter in the mother country. In 1765,
they followed his father and stepmother to Belle-Île-en-Mer, but they did not remain. After his father's death, French officials counted them at Quimper in southern Brittany in
1773. Later that year, they followed other Acadian exiles to Poitou.
In March 1776, after two years of effort, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
Wife Marie-Anne died there in May 1780, probably from the rigors of giving birth to
her ninth child.
In 1785, Amable, still unmarried, five of his children, a son and four daughters,
one of the daughters married, and his widowed stepmother
Esther Courtenay emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. They settled on the
Acadian Coast above New Orleans. Amable did not remarry. Three of his daughters married into the
LeBlanc, Landry, and
Duplantre families in France and on the river. His remaining son survived childhood but
did not marry, so, except for its blood, this family line did not endure in the
Bayou State.
Jean, père's fourth son
Étienne le jeune, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the early
1700s, married Marie-Josèphe, called Josèphe, daughter of Claude Boudrot and Catherine
Meunier, at Grand-Pré in August 1734 and likely settled there. According
to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Étienne le jeune a son in
c1740. Other records give them another son in c1743. The family may
have moved on to the French Maritimes after 1752, and most of them may have
escaped the roundup on the island in 1758. If so, the ones who did escape took refuge in Canada. Étienne
le jeune died before February 1761 perhaps in Canada. His older son
created his own family there. His younger son suffered a different fate.
Older son Jean, born at Minas in c1740, may have followed his family to the
French Maritimes and followed them to Canada. Jean married Thérèse Pouliot at St.-Charles de Bellechasse across
from Québec in c1761, and remarried to Thérère Chartier there
in c1764.
Étienne le jeune's younger son Mathurin, born at Minas in c1743,
evidently followed his family to the French Maritimes, but he did not escape the
British roundup there. In late 1758, the British deported him with the family of Blaise
Thibodeau and Catherine Daigre, relatives perhaps, to
St.-Malo, France. Blaise and Catherine lost all four of their children at
sea. Mathurin died in a hospital at St.-Malo in late February 1759, age 16, soon after
they reached the Breton port.
Jean, père's fifth son Joseph, born probably at
l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1715,
married Anne, daughter of Marcel Saulnier and Élisabeth Breau, in
c1740 probably at Minas and settled there. The British deported them to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England
the following spring. They were held at Liverpool. Joseph died in
England or France before 1765, in his 40s.
Jean, père's sixth and youngest
son Paul dit Benjamin, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit in c1717, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre
Lejeune and Jeanne Benoit, in c1741 perhaps at Minas. Between
1741 and 1745, Marie-Josèphe gave Paul at least three children, two sons and a
daughter. In c1749, Paul, perhaps now a widower, took his family to Île
St.-Jean. Paul dit Benjamin remarried to Marie, daughter of Paul Michel and
Marie-Josèphe Vincent, at Port-La-Joye on the island in January 1751.
She gave him two more daughters in 1752 and 1754. In August 1752, a French official counted
Paul, who he called "an imbecile," Marie, and their four children at
Anse-aux-Pirogues in the island's interior. The British deported at least
one of their sons to France in 1758. One wonders what happened to the rest of the
family.
Younger son Louis, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Lejeune,
born probably at Minas in the early 1740s, followed his family to Île St.-Jean.
In late 1758, still in his teens, the British deported him perhaps with other
members of his family to St.-Malo, France. Louis died at nearby
Châteauneuf in June 1759, perhaps from the rigors of the crossing, soon after
reaching the Breton port.
Étienne, père's
fourth son Michel, born at Port-Royal in c1666, married Isabelle, daughter of François Pellerin and
Andrée Martin, at Port-Royal in c1691 and settled at Rivière Gaspereau, Minas. Between
1692 and 1717, Isabelle gave Michel 16 children, seven sons
and nine daughters. Michel
died at Minas in January 1736, age 70. Eight of his daughters married into the Le
Mordant dit Lanoy, Bourg, Coupiau dit Desaleur,
Apart, Gautrot, Richard, Boudrot, Thériot,
and Monmellian dit Saint-Germain families. Six of his
seven sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
François, born at Minas in c1692, died, according to Stephen A. White, before
1701. Bona Arsenault, however, insists that François married Marie-Anne,
daughter of Michel Bourg and Élisabeth Melanson,
in c1720, place unrecorded, probably at Chignecto. According to Arsenault,
between 1722 and 1742, Marie-Anne gave François five children, four sons and a daughter.
Arsenault says they settled at Memramcook in the trois-rivières area
west of Chignecto in
1752. François and most of his family evidently escaped the British roundup
in the Chignecto area in 1755 and took refuge in Canada. Arsenault says Marie-Anne and
their daughter, also named Marie-Anne, died
at Québec in September 1756, and François was living at
St.-François-de-l'Îe-d'Orléans below Québec in 1758. His sons, according
to Arsenault, created families of their own in greater Acadia and Canada.
Oldest son
François, fils, born perhaps at Chignecto in c1722, married cousin
Marguerite Bourg probably at Chignecto in c1744.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave François, fils a son in
c1750. They either escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 or were deported to a seaboard colony and, after the war, chose to resettle in Canada. Their son created a family of
his own there.
Only son
Victor,
born at Chignecto on c1750, followed his family into exile and Canada. He
married Marie-Thérèse Chabot at St.-Charles de Bellechasse
below Québec in November 1773.
François,
père's second son Jean-Baptiste, born perhaps at Chignecto in c1728,
married Marie-Anne, daughter of Joseph Gravois and Marie
Cyr, probably at Chignecto in c1749. According to Bona
Arsenault, Marie-Anne gave Jean-Baptiste two children, a daughter and a son, in
1750 and 1752. They either escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 or were deported to a seaboard colony and, after
the war, chose to resettle in Canada. Their daughter married
into the Niquet family at Nicolet on the upper St. Lawrence
across from Trois-Rivières in 1770. Did their son survive exile?
François,
père's third son Joseph, born perhaps at Chignecto in c1734, followed his
family to Memramcook and to Canada. He married Marie-Bénonie-Charlotte,
daughter of Charles Poulin and Claire Deblois dit
Grégoire, at St.-François-de-l'Îe-d'Orléans in October 1762. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1778, Marie gave Joseph eight children, five
sons and three daughters. One of their daughters married into the
Lessard family at Ste.-Famille on Île-d'Orléans. Three of
Joseph's sons also created their own families on the island and farther upriver.
Oldest son
Joseph-Marie, born probably on Île-d'Orléans in c1764, married Marie-Madeleine
Guyon at Ste.-Famille on the island in 1793.
Joseph's fourth
son Pierre, born probably on Île-d'Orléans in c1772, married Marie, daughter of
Pierre Brassard and Marie-Antonia Pinard, at
Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières in June 1798.
Joseph's fifth
and youngest son François, born probably on Île-d'Orléans in c1775, married
Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Prince and Marie-Josèphe
Lavasseur, at Nicolet in October 1804.
François,
père's fourth and youngest son Paul, born perhaps at Chignecto in c1742,
followed his family to Memramcook. He evidently escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières
area in 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in
the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either was captured by, or surrendered to,
British forces in the area and held in the British prison compound at Fort
Cumberland, formerly Beauséjour, Chignecto. He married Marguerite, daughter of Abraham Arsenault and
Marguerite Nuirat of Malpèque, Île St.-Jean, in c1763 probably at Fort
Cumberland. They appeared on a repatriation list there in late August 1763.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1780, Marguerite gave Paul seven
children, three daughters and four sons. After the war, they chose to resettle
not in British Canada but on Île
Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland.
French officials counted them there in 1767, but they did not remain. Paul
took his family to Cocagne on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in present-day
eastern New Brunswick, where he died in February 1828, in his late 80s.
Arsenault adds that Paul was a pioneer settler of Cocagne, where many
Arsenaults, including members of Paul's wife's family, resettled.
Their daughters married into the Bourque and Poirier
families. All four of their sons also created families in what
became New Brunswick.
Oldest son
Jean,
born on Île Miquelon in c1766, followed his family to Cocagne and married cousin
Marie Arsenault in c1788.
Paul's second son
Pierre, born on Île Miquelon in c1767, followed his family to Cocagne and
married Polonie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jeannotte Bourque
and Marie Arsenault, in c1790.
Paul's third son
Joseph, born in c1768, married Judith, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Després
and Madeleine Bourque, in c1792.
Paul's fourth and
youngest son François, born in c1770, married Henriette, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Gueguen and Marie Caissy, at
St.-Basile de Madawaska on upper Rivière St.-Jean in c1800.
Michel's second son
Germain, born at Minas in the early 1690s, married Marie-Anne, called Anne, daughter of Jean Caissie and Anne Bourgeois
and widow of Michel-Joseph Boudrot, in c1720 probably at Minas and likely
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1743, Anne
gave Germain seven children, six daughters and a son. According to
Arsenault, two of their older daughers married into the Poirier
and Caissie families, one of them at Chignecto. The
British deported Germain and his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Germain died there before July
1763, when his his widow and two children, daughter
Madeleine and son Baptiste, appeared on a repatriation list at Annapolis. One wonders what happened to them after
1763.
They did not go to Spanish Louisiana.
Michel's third son
Michel, fils,
born at Minas in the early 1700s,
married Marguerite, daughter of Charles Gautrot and Françoise Rimbault,
at Grand-Pré in May 1726, but they did not remain there. They moved on to Île St.-Jean
by October 1728, when a daughter was baptized at St.-Pierre-du-Nord on the north
side of the island. They were
counted at Rivière-du-Nord in the interior of the island in 1734. According to Bona Arsenault, the
family
lived at Louisbourg on Île Royale from 1737 to 1742. Arsenault says that,
between 1727 and 1740, Marguerite gave
Michel, fils eight children, two daughters and six sons. Michel,
fils remarried
to Claire, daughter of François Boisseau and Marie-Anne Saulnier,
probably on one of the Maritime islands in c1748 or 1749. According to
Arsenault, between 1750 and 1752, Claire gave
Michel, fils three more children, two sons and a daughter.
In August 1752, a French official counted Michel, fils, Claire, and
nine of their children at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in the interior of Île
St.-Jean. Claire gave him at least three more children, two daughters and
a son, between 1752 and 1758--14 children by two wives. In late 1758, the British deported Michel,
fils, Claire, their six youngest children, and, on another vessel, his
third son by first wife Marguerite, to St.-Malo, France. The crossing proved disastrous for the family. Michel,
fils, Claire, and three of their children died at sea, and the three other
children with them died in a St.-Malo hospital soon after the vessel reached the
Breton port, but his older son survived the crossing.
Third son
Pierre,
by first wife Marguerite Gautrot, born at Havre-St.-Pierre, Île
St.-Jean, in c1737, was counted with his family at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in
August 1752. He evidently was still living with his father, stepmother, and
half-siblings on the island in late 1758. The British deported him to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758 and, unlike his family, who traveled on another
vessel, he survived the crossing. He settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer but did
not remain there. In May 1760, now age 24, he embarked on the corsair
Le François. The following March he deserted the vessel, place
unrecorded. He was back at St.-Servan in 1762, so he escaped capture by
the Royal Navy. He married local Frenchwoman Françoise, daughter of Joseph
Dudouit and Laurence Hervi of St.-Servan, at
St.-Servan in October 1765. Françoise gave Pierre a son at St.-Servan in 1766, but the boy died a
month after his birth. Pierre, perhaps now a sailor or fisherman, was at
Newfoundland from 1768 to 1770. He was back at St.-Servan by December
1770. Françoise gave him a daughter there in July 1772. No member of
this family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Michel, père's
fourth son Emmanuel le jeune, born at Minas in the early 1700s, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jacques Levron and
Marie Doucet, at Annapolis Royal in August 1731. Emmanuel le
jeune died perhaps at Annapolis Royal by 1746. One wonders what
happened to his family in 1755.
Michel, père's fifth son
René,
born at Minas in February 1708, married in c1736 probably at Minas a woman
whose name has been lost to history. One wonders what happened to them in
1755.
Michel, père's sixth son
Guillaume, born at Minas in October 1709, married Marie-Josèphe, called Josèphe, daughter of Antoine Thibodeau and Marie
Préjean, at Annapolis Royal in April 1731. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1732 and 1747, Marie-Josèphe gave Guillaume eight children,
six sons and two daughters. The British deported most of the family to
Maryland in the fall of 1755. One wonders what happened to them after 1763.
At least one son ventured to South America and died there.
Second son Pierre, born at Minas in c1734, evidently was deported not to
Maryland but to Virginia in 1755.
If so, Virginia officials sent him and hundreds of other Acadians in the Old
Dominion to England in the spring of 1756. He evidently married fellow
Acadian Marie Trahan in England. In the spring of 1763,
he and his wife were repatriated to France with the other Acadians in England.
A son was born in St.-Mathieu Parish, Morlaix, in May 1764. Soon
afterwards, Pierre and his family followed other Acadian exiles to Sinnamary in French Guiane, South America, where
French officials counted him in March 1765. For some reason, the French
official who compiled the March 1765 list did not count Pierre and Marie
together. Their infant son Joseph was not on the list, so he likely had
died by then. Wife Marie died at Sinnamary in
late May 1765, age 22. Pierre remained in the tropical colony, drowned in
Rivière Sinnamary the first of February 1773, age 36, and was buried in the
local cemetery. His burial record notes that at the time of his death he
was married to Marie Dischant, perhaps a
corruption of Marie Trahan's name. If a second wife
existed, one wonders if she gave him
any children.
Michel, père's seventh and
youngest son Joseph, born at Minas in the 1710s, married, according to Stephen
A. White, Madeleine, daughter of Jean Boudrot and
Cécile Corporon, in c1734, place unrecorded. Bona Arsenault says
sans doutte that Madeleine's parents were Claude Boudrot
and his second wife Catherine Meunier; White is followed here.
According to Arsenault, between 1734 and 1745, Madeleine gave Joseph seven
children, five daughters and two sons, including a set of twins. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755.
Étienne, père's
fifth and youngest son Antoine le jeune, born perhaps posthumously at
Port-Royal in c1670, married Jeanne, daughter of Jean Corporon
and Françoise Savoie, probably at Port-Royal in c1691. They settled
on the haute rivière above Port-Royal. Between 1692
and 1719, Jeanne gave Antoine le jeune 15 children, seven sons and
eight daughters. In his late 60s, Antoine le jeune remarried to
Anne, daughter of Charles Orillon dit Champagne and Marie-Anne Bastarache, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1737. Between 1738 and the early 1740s, Anne
gave Antoine le jeune three more children, two daughters and a son--18
children, eight sons and 10 daughters, by two wives. Antoine le jeune died at Annapolis Royal
before July 1753,
in his late 70s or early 80s. Eight of his daughters by both wives married into the
Breau, Duon dit Lyonnais, Maillet, Aubois,
Mius d'Azy, Gautrot, Saulnier, and Deveau families.
All eight of his sons by both wives created families of their own. His
youngest son emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.
Oldest son
Louis dit Baguette,
by first wife Jeanne Corporon, born at Port-Royal in c1692, married
Anne-Marie, called Marie, daughter of Louis-Noël Labauve and Marie Rimbault,
at Annapolis Royal in May 1722. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723
and 1736, Anne-Marie gave Louis six children, four daughters and two sons.
In c1749, Louis took his family to Île St.-Jean. In August 1752, a French
official counted Louis, Marie, and three of their children, a son and two
daughters, at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in the island's interior.
The family evidently escaped the British roundup on the island in late 1758 and
sought refuge in Canada. Louis dit Baguette died at Bécancour on
the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières in February 1778, age 86.
Three of his daughters married into the Cellier and
Pedreman families. One of his sons also created a family of his
own.
Older son
Jean-Désiré, called Désiré, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1724, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Lebert dit Jolicoeur
and Jeanne Breau, at Grand-Pré in October 1746. In 1747
and 1752, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-Désiré two children, a daughter and a son.
They followed his parents to Île St.-Jean in 1749. A French official
counted Jean, Marie, and their two young children next to his family at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie. They evidently left the island before its
dérangement in 1758; French officials counted them at Québec in 1757.
Their daughter married into the Gely family there in May 1768.
Wife Mary-Josèphe died at Québec in December 1769.
Louis's younger
son Jean, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1729, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and was counted with them at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752.
Did he follow his family to Canada later in the decade? Did he marry?
One wonders what happened to him in 1755 or 1758.
Antoine le jeune's second son
Pierre l'aîné,
by first wife Jeanne Corporon, born at Port-Royal in August
1703, married Jeanne, daughter of
François-Marie Bastarache and Agnès Labauve, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1731 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, who confuses Pierre l'aîné
with his younger brother Pierre le jeune, between 1732 and 1754, Jeanne
gave Pierre 10 children, five daughters and five sons. The British deported the family to Connecticut in
the fall of 1755. They were still in the colony in
1763. Pierre l'aîné and his family chose to resettle not
in Canada but on the French island of Martinique, where they were counted in
1766. Pierre l'aîné died before November 1773, perhaps on the island. One
of his daughters married into the DeCresnes and Man
families, the second marriage on the French island of Guadaloupe, but she died
on Martinique. One wonders what happened to Pierre l'aîné's sons.
Antoine le jeune's third son Charles-Paul, by first wife Jeanne Corporon,
born at Port-Royal in December 1706, married
Claire, daughter of Joseph Mius d'Azy and Marie Amireau, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1731 and moved on to Pobomcoup near Cap-Sable by
1738. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1738, Claire gave
Charles three children, two sons and a daughter. Other records give them a
third son in c1742, and two more daughters in c1743 and c1744. British forces rounded
them up
with other Cap-Sable-area families in the spring of 1759, held them
at Georges Island, Halifax, and deported them to England the following November.
The English promptly sent them on to Cherbourg, France, which they reached in
mid-January 1760. Charles-Paul died in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in
March 1760, age 53, soon after reaching the Norman port, perhaps from the rigors
of the crossing. His daughters married into the La Pierre,
Mercier, Hébert, and Le Breton
families at Cherbourg and Le Havre. At least two of his
sons created families in France.
Oldest son Charles, fils, born at Annapolis Royal or Pobomcoup in c1731, married
Anne-Théotiste, daughter of François Viger and Claire
Lejeune of Pobomcoup, probably there in c1754. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1755 and 1760, Anne gave Charles three sons. In
the spring of 1759, British forces rounded up the family with other
Cap-Sable-area families, held them on Georges Island,
Halifax harbor, and deported them to England the following November. The
British promptly sent
them on to Cherbourg, France, which they reached in mid-January 1760.
Charles, fils and Anne baptized second son François, who had been born at the end of April 1759 while
the family was hiding from the British. François died in April, age 1, a week
after the death of his older brother Isidore, age 4 or 5. Meanwhile,
Charles, fils died in Très Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in March
1760, age 30, four days
before his father died there. Charles, fils and Anne's third son Jean-Charles
may have been born posthumously at Cherbourg soon after Charles, fils's death.
Widow Anne remarried to a Landry at Cherbourg in November 1768.
According to Arsenault, she followed her Hébert son
Jean-Charles to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the
Seven Ships, but neither Anne, Jean-Charles, nor her second husband Jean
Landry appear on any of the Seven Ships' passenger lists. They
likely remained in France.
Charles-Paul's second son Joseph, born probably at Pobomcoup in c1733,
evidently married Félicité, daughter perhaps of Charles Savoie
and Françoise Martin of Annapolis Royal, at Pobomcoup in the
mid- or late 1750s, fell into British hands there, and followed his family
to Halifax, where a son was born. They followed his family to
England and then to Cherbourg, France, in 1759-60.
Their son was baptized in the Norman port soon after their arrival.
Wife Félicité died in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish,
Cherbourg, in March 1760, in her early 20s. Joseph died there the
following August, age 28.
Son Joseph-David, born at Halifax in October 1759, followed his family to
Cherbourg, France. He was baptized in Trés-Ste.-Trinité Parish, age 3
months, in January 1760, before his parents died. He likely was raised by
relatives. If he was still alive in 1785, he did not emigrate to
Spanish Louisiana with most of the other Acadians still in France.
Charles-Paul's third and youngest son Dominique, born at Pobomcoup in
c1742, followed his family to Halifax, England, and Cherbourg. After the death of
his father and older brother, Dominique moved to Le Havre, where he married
Marie-Marguerite, 22-year-old daughter of locals Philippe Viard
and Marie-Marguerite-Geneviève Barois, in Notre-Dame Parish in
July 1765. If they were still living, they did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785, nor did any of their children.
Antoine le jeune's fourth son
Pierre le jeune, by
first wife Jeanne Corporon,
born at Port-Royal in March 1708, married Isabelle Saulnier in c1735 probably at Annapolis Royal and
settled there. Bona Arsenault confuses Pierre le jeune with
Pierre, second son of Jean-Emmanuel, who probaby died young. According
to Arsenault, Isabelle was a daughter of Marcel Saulnier and Élisabeth
Breau of
Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas, but Stephen A. White, followed here, does not give
her parents' names. Arsenault says that between 1736 and 1751, Isabelle
gave Pierre eight children, six sons and two daughters. The British deported the family to New York in the
fall of 1755. Their transport, the Experiment, was blown off
course to Antigua and did not reach New York harbor until May 1756.
Pierre le jeune, Isabelle, and three
of their children appeared on a repatriation list in the colony in 1763. Pierre le jeune died by
January 1765, in his mid- or late 50s, place unrecorded. Isabelle also had
died by then. One of their daughters married into the Rebin
family at St.-Pierre, Martinique, in January 1765; the priest who recorded the
marriage noted that both of the bride's parents were deceased. One wonders
what happened to Pierre le jeune and Isabelle's other children after
1763.
Antoine le jeune's fifth son
Jean, by first wife Jeanne Corporon,
born at Annapolis Royal in March 1714, married
Marguerite, daughter of Sr. Jean Mouton and Marie Girouard,
at Annapolis Royal in July 1743. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1747 and
1753, Marguerite gave Jean two daughters. Other records give them two sons in
1746 and 1753. They moved on to Chignecto and to the French Maritimes after
August 1752, but they did not remain there. They evidently were among the
Acadians captured at Cap-Sable in 1758 or 1759, transported to Halifax, held there
with other Cap-Sable Acadians, deported to England in November 1759, and sent on to
Cherbourg, France, which they reached in January 1760. Jean died in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish,
Cherbourg, in March 1760, age 46, the same month and in the same place his older
brother Charles-Paul died. Jean's surviving son married three times in France and emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Jean's oldest daughter Marie married into the
Lamoureaux family in France, also emigrated to Louisiana,
and remarried into the Bruno family there. His
youngest daughter Anne, who followed her older siblings to Poitou in 1773, died
there at Cenan in October 1774, age 15.
Older son Étienne, born at Cap-Sable in c1746, was captured with his family
at Cap-Sable, sent with them to Halifax, and was deported with
them to Cherbourg, France, via England in November 1759. He arrived at
Cherbourg in January 1760 and, though only in his early teens, worked as a
sailor. He moved on to Le Havre, where,
in Notre-Dame Parish, he married Marie, 27-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques
Lavergne and Françoise Pitre, in January 1767.
Between 1767 and 1773, Marie gave Étienne at least four children at Le Havre, two sons and two daughters.
They followed other Acadian exiles in the port cities to Poitou in 1773, and
Marie gave Étienne another son at Cenan in 1775. The following November, they
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where Marie
gave him two more children, twins, a daughter and a son, in September 1778.
The son died a week after his birth. Marie died a few weeks later, in
October 1778, age 40, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth. Étienne
remarried to another Marie, this one daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Bourg and
Françoise Benoit of Cobeguit, in St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in
August 1779. She died at Nantes in November 1780, age 28, and Étienne
remarried again--his third marriage--to Anne-Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Alexis Breau and Marie-Josèphe Guillot,
at St.-Martin de Chantenay near Nantes in August 1781. Anne-Madeleine gave
Étienne another daughter in May 1785. Later that year, Étienne,
Anne-Madeleine, and his five surviving children, three sons and two daughters, emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana and followed most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche. Étienne's succession record, probably post-mortem, was filed at
what became the Interior Parish courthouse in Thibodauxville in August 1805.
He would have been in his late 50s at the time. His daughters married into
the Deveau and Boutary families on the
Lafourche. His two older sons also married, into the Doiron and
Dantin families on the upper bayou and created vigorous lines
there.
Jean's younger son Joseph, born probably at Cap-Sable in c1753, followed
his family to Halifax, England, and France. He died in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish,
Cherbourg, in April 1760, age 7, a month after his father died there.
Antoine le jeune's sixth son Joseph, by first wife Jeanne Corporon,
born at Annapolis Royal in October 1715, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jean Hébert and Marie-Marguerite Landry,
in c1746 probably at Annapolis Royal. Joseph died before 1754, in his early 40s,
place unrecorded, but it probably was at Annapolis Royal. One
wonders what happened to his family in 1755.
Antoine le jeune's seventh son
Alexandre, by first wife Jeanne Corporon, born at Annapolis
Royal in July 1717, married Madeleine, daughter of Augustin Comeau and Jeanne
Levron, at Annapolis Royal in February 1748. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1749 and 1753, Madeleine gave Alexandre three children, a son
and two daughters. One wonders what happened
to them in 1755.
Antoine le jeune's eighth and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste dit Cobit, called
Baptiste, from second wife
Anne Orillon, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1737,
evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis in the fall of 1755. He married Marie-Rose, daughter of
Pierre Thibodeau and Élisabeth Trahan, in September 1760 while in
exile. In the late 1760s, they either were captured by, or surrendered to,
British forces in the area and were held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia.
Baptiste, now a widower without children, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1765 and settled on the prairies.
He remarried to cousin Théotiste,
daughter of fellow Acadians Bénoni Hébert dit Manuel and Jeanne Savoie,
probably at Attakapas in c1770. She gave him all of his children.
Baptiste died at Attakapas in August 1783, in his
mid- or late 40s. His daughters married into the Duhon, LeBlanc,
Meaux, and Mercier families. His two
sons also married, into the Breaux, Hébert,
Bonin, and Trahan families on the prairies.353
Blanchard
Jean
Blanchard,
an early 1640s arrival, and his wife Radegonde Lambert created an
influential family in the colony. Between 1643 and 1656, Radegonde gave
Jean six children, three sons and three daughters. Jean was last counted
in an Acadian census in 1686, age 75. Radegonde, 10 years younger than
Jean, also died after that date. Their daughters married into the
Richard dit Sansoucy, Guérin, and Gaudet families.
Two of Jean's sons created families of their own. His and Radegonde's descendants settled at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Minas and Cobeguit in the Minas Basin, Chignecto, Petitcoudiac in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, and in the
French Maritimes. They were especially numerous at Annapolis Royal. At least 59 of Jean's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
in 1765,
Maryland in the late 1760s, and especially from France in 1785, but a substantial number of Jean's descendants
also could be found in Canada and greater Acadia after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Martin, born at Port-Royal in c1647, married Françoise, daughter of Daniel LeBlanc and Françoise
Gaudet, at Port-Royal in c1671. Between 1672 and 1677, Françoise gave
Martin three children, two daughters and a son. Martin remarried to Marguerite, daughter of
Pierre Guilbeau and Catherine Thériot, at Port-Royal in c1686.
Between 1689 and 1712, Marguerite gave Martin eight more children, four sons and four
daughters--11 children, six daughters and five sons, by two wives. Five of his daughters by both wives married into the Doucet,
Melanson, Bourg, and Landry families. All five of
Martin's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
René,
by first wife Françoise LeBlanc, born at Port-Royal in c1677, not to be confused with his first cousin of the
same name and birth year, married Anne, daughter
of René Landry and Marie Bernard, in c1700 and settled at Minas.
Between 1701 and 1729, Anne gave René nine children, four sons and five daughters. Their
daughters married into the LeBlanc, Naquin, Trahan,
Melanson, and Thibodeau families. Only two of René's four sons
created their own families.
Oldest son
René, fils,
born at Port-Royal or Minas in c1701, married Marguerite, daughter of
Germain Thériot and Anne Richard, at Grand-Pré in July 1726 and
settled there. According to genealogist Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and 1750,
Marguerite gave René, fils 11 children, six sons and five daughters.
The British deported him, Marguerite, and most of the surviving members of their
family to Maryland in 1755. They appeared on a repatriation list at Baltimore in July 1763. René,
fils, now in his late 60s, and members of the family in the
Chesapeake colony emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1766 and 1767 and settled at
Cabahannocer and San
Gabriel on the river above New Orleans. René, fils died at
nearby Ascension in September 1788, age 87. Two of his
daughters married into the Landry and Allain
families in Maryland and Louisiana. His youngest daughter survived
childhood but evidently did not marry. At least three of his sons married,
the oldest in greater Acadia and the younger two in Maryland. Only the two
younger sons accompanied their father to Louisiana, where the younger one served as a colonial official under
the Spanish.
Oldest son
Olivier, born at Minas in c1728, married Catherine, daughter of Pierre
Amireau and Anne Brun of Chepoudy, probably at
Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, in c1753. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and 1780,
Catherine gave Olivier 14 children, 11 sons and three daughters. They
escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières in the fall of 1755, sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore,
and, in the early 1760s, either were captured by, or surrendered to, British
forces in the area, and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. At
war's end, they chose to remain in greater Acadia while most of his family, who
had been deported to Maryland, resettled in Spanish Louisiana. Olivier and
his family settled in the British-controlled fishery at Caraquet on the south shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs in present-day northeastern New Brunswick. Two of their daughters married into the Haché
and Boudreau families at Caraquet. Three of Olivier's
sons--Urbain-Thadée, who would have been age 24; Fidèle, who would have been 23;
and Romain, who would have been age 21--died at sea, place unrecorded, in
November 1793. One suspects they perished on a fishing voyage. Five
of Olivier's other eight sons created their own families.
Second son
Thadée, born in c1760, married Judith, daughter of Olivier Léger
and Marie-Josèphe Hébert, at Caraquet in June 1784.
Olivier's third son
Désiré,
born probably at Caraquet in c1765, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean
Cormier and Anastasie Aucoin, at Caraquet in June
1789.
Olivier's fourth son
Isidore, born probably at Caraquet in c1768, married Élizabeth, daughter of
Olivier Legouf and Marie-Josèphe Hébert, at
Caraquet in July 1791.
Olivier's eighth son
Ephrem, born probably at Caraquet in c1773, married Julie, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Robichaud and Félicité Cyr,
probably at Caraquet in c1795.
Olivier's ninth son
Raphaël, born probably at Caraquet in c1775, married Pélagie, daughter of Pierre
Doucet and Marie Haché, at Caraquet in June
1795.
René, fils's
second son
Joseph, born at Minas in c1730, followed his family to Maryland, where he
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of probably Alexandre Landry
and Anne Flan, in c1758. They followed their families to
Spanish Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San Gabriel on the river above New
Orleans. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1760 and 1774, Marie gave
Joseph five children, three sons and two daughters. Louisiana records show
that Marie gave him another son at San Gabriel in 1774. Joseph died at San
Gabriel in the mid-1770s, in his mid-40s. His daughters married into the
Comeaux, Landry, and LeBlanc
families in Louisiana. Three of Joseph's four sons, the oldest born in
Maryland, the younger ones at San Gabriel, married into the Bujole, LeBlanc, and
Richard families on the river, and two of the lines endured
there.
René, fils's
fifth son
Anselme, born at Minas in c1741, followed his family to Maryland, where he
married Esther LeBlanc in the early 1760s. According to
Bona Arsenault, Esther gave Anselme two sons in Maryland in 1765 and 1766, but
Louisiana records dispute the birth date of the second son and note that a
daughter was born to them in c1763. In 1767, Anselme followed his older
brother to San Gabriel on the Mississippi, where the second son was born in
c1768. Esther gave him a third son at San Gabriel in c1778, but
the boy died an infant. Anselme did well in the Spanish
colony. In 1779, he received the contract from Governor Gálvez to clear land and build houses
for the first
Isleños community in the colony, Villa de Valenzuela on upper Bayou
Lafourche. Anselme
served as lieutenant and then captain of militia in the Valenzuela District, and
from August 1781 to mid-1784 he served as that district's commandant, one of the
few Acadians elevated to that important post. In July 1785, the colony's
intendente, Martin Navarro, appointed Anselme
commissioner to welcome and supervise the settlement of hundreds of
Acadian refugees from France, some of whom were Anselme's cousins. In the
early 1790s, Anselme served again as a district commandant, this time of the New
Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge, where dozens of his fellow Acadians had
settled in 1786. He died
at New Orleans in November 1799, age 58. His daughter married into the
Mollère family. His two older sons, one born in
Maryland, the other at San Gabriel, married into the Clouâtre and Hébert families
and established vigorous lines on the river.
René, père's second son
Joseph,
born at Grand-Pré in January 1712, married Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Vincent and Jeanne Trahan, in c1735 probably at
Minas. The British deported them to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755.
Joseph died there by June 1763, when Marguerite was called a widow on a
repatriation list, which also counted four of her Blanchard children.
René, père's third son Jean, born probably at Minas in the 1710s, probably died young.
René, père's fourth and youngest son Étienne, born at Grand-Pré in June 1729, moved
on to the French Maritimes and was deported to St.-Malo, France, in late
November 1758. He "resided with the widow Launay at Bassablons," near
St.-Servan,-sur-Mer a suburb of St.-Malo, "until his death" in April 1759, age 29.
He was still single.
Martin's second son Pierre, by second wife Marguerite Guilbeau, born at Port-Royal in
c1692, married Françoise,
daughter of Antoine Breau and Marguerite Babin, in the late 1710s perhaps
at Annapolis Royal and may have moved on to Cobeguit at the eastern end of the
Minas Bastin. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1718 and 1736, Françoise gave Pierre seven children, four
sons and three daughters. The family moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1751. In August
1752, a French official counted Pierre, Françoise, and four of their children at
La Traverse on the island's south shore. Two of Pierre's daughters
married into the Aucoin and Dugas families.
Pierre, Françoise, and two of their sons died during the
deportation to France in 1758. At least one of Pierre's sons created his
own family, but the line did not survive.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born probably at Cobeguit in c1722, married Marie-Madeleine,
daughter of Jean
Hébert and Claire Dugas, perhaps at Cobeguit in c1749.
Between 1750 and 1754, Marie gave Pierre, fils two sons. They
followed his family to Île St.-Jean in 1751 and also were counted at La Traverse
in August 1752. The British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in
1758, with devastating results. Pierre, fils and his two sons
died at sea. Only wife Marie-Madeleine survived the crossing. She settled
at Ploubalay, on the west said of the river south of St.-Malo.
Martin's third son Martin,
fils, by second wife Marguerite
Guilbeau, born at Port-Royal in c1693, married Isabelle, or Élisabeth,
daughter of Martin Dupuis and Marie Landry, at Grand-Pré in
October 1714 and settled at Cobeguit. Between 1715 and 1731, Isabelle gave Martin, fils
six children, three sons and three daughters. According to Bona Arsenault,
Isabelle gave Martin, fils another son, Germain, in c1723. Two of their daughters
married into the Aucoin family. All of his sons created their own
families.
Oldest son Anselme, born at Cobeguit in c1717, married Marie, daughter of Jean Robichaud and Marie
Léger, in c1736, place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1737 and 1745,
Marie gave Anselme three children, a son and two daughters. Anselme remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Noël Doiron and
Marie Henry, in c1747, place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748
and 1750, Marguerite gave Anselme three more daughters. The family moved on
to Île Royale, where a French official counted Anselme, Marguerite, and six of
his children from both wives at St.-Esprit on the Atlantic coast in February
1752. They were deported to France in 1758. Anselme died at Rochefort in
September 1759, age 42, not long after reaching the mother country. His
son created his own family in France.
Only son Joseph le jeune, by first wife Marie Robichaud, born at Cobeguit in c1743,
followed his family to Île Royale and Rochefort, France. He moved on to
St.-Malo in 1763 and married Gertrude, daughter of François Thériot
and Françoise Guérin, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, February
1766. Between 1766 and 1769, Gertrude gave Joseph le jeune two
children, a son and a daughter. Their daughter died a day after her birth,
and Gertrude died at St.-Servan in August 1772, age 27. Joseph le
jeune remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean Henry and Marie
Carret, at St.-Servan in January 1773. Marie gave Joseph
le jeune another son in 1774. What happened to the family after
that date?
Martin, fils's second son Jean, born perhaps at Cobeguit in the late 1710s or early
1720s, married Catherine, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Forest and Marie-Élisabeth Labarre, in c1744, place
unrecorded.
What happened to them in 1755? Jean died at Yamaska, Canada, in September 1789, in his 70s.
Martin, fils's putative son Germain, born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1723, married
Marie-Josèphe Aucoin in c1745, place unrecorded. According to Bona
Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Germain a son, Jean, in 1746. One wonders
what became of them after 1755.
Martin, fils's youngest son Joseph, born perhaps at
Cobeguit in c1731, moved to the French
Maritimes and married Anne-Symphorose, daughter of Pierre Hébert and
Marguerite Bourg, in c1758, on the eve of the islands' dérangement.
The British deported them to France in 1758. They were counted at
St.-Sulac, on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo, in 1760. Between 1761 and 1771, at St.-Suliac,
Anne-Symphorose gave Joseph six children, four sons and two daughters, one of
whom died an infant. Joseph took his family to Poitou in the early 1770s
and retreated to the lower Loire port of Nantes with other Poitou Acadians in March 1776. He
and Anne buried their oldest son, Joseph-Jean-François, age 15, at Nantes in
June 1776, but between 1776 and 1781, Anne gave Joseph three more children, two
sons and a daughter. Only the daughter survived infancy. Joseph died
in St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in December 1783, age 52. His widow and six of
their children emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785. Their two remaining daughters married
into the Trahan, Comeaux, and Bourg
families on upper Bayou Lafourche. Three of Joseph's four surviving sons
created their own families in France and Louisiana, but only two of the lines endured.
Second son Laurent-Olivier, born at
St.-Suliac, France, in August 1765, followed his family to Poitou and Nantes and
his widowed mother and siblings Louisiana in 1785> He married Anne-Simone, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Hébert and
Madeleine Dugas, at Ascension on the river above New
Orleans in July 1786. They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. Laurent died in
Assumption Parish on the upper Lafourche in June 1816, age 51. His only daughter Marie evidently
did not marry. Four of his five sons married into the
Landry, Guillot, and Templet families
and created their own lines on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Joseph's
third son Pierre-Joseph, born at St.-Suliac in September 1769, followed his
family to Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana in 1785.
He married
Marguerite-Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Aucoin and
his second
wife Cécile Richard, at Ascension in July 1790.
They, too, settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. Pierre-Joseph died in St. James Parish on the river in August 1827, age 57.
His daughters married into the Folley and Landry
families. Three of his four sons married into the Guillot,
Thomas, and Hébert families and created their
own lines on the upper Lafourche.
Joseph's
fourth son Louis-Suliac, born at St.-Suliac in October 1771, followed
his family to Poitou and Nantes and his
widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana in 1785. He settled with them on upper
Bayou Lafourche. Louis-Suliac died in
Assumption Parish on the upper Lafourche in May 1793, age 22, still a bachelor.
Joseph's
fifth son Élie, born probably in Poitou in c1774, followed his
family to Nantes and his widowed
mother and siblings to Louisiana in 1785. He married cousin
Eudoxe-Marie-Gillette, daughter of fellow Acadians François Blanchard and
Hélène-Judith Giroir, at Ascension in January 1793.
They, too, settled on the upper Lafourche. Élie died in Assumption Parish in December 1845, age 71. He and his wife seem
to have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children, so his line of the
family died with him.
Martin, père's fourth son Joseph, by second wife Marguerite
Guilbeau, born probably at
Port-Royal in c1694,
married Anne, another daughter of
Martin Dupuis and Marie Landry, at
Grand-Pré in July 1718 and may have moved on to Cobeguit. According to
Bona Arsenault, from 1722 to 1733, Anne gave Joseph five sons. Other
records show that she gave him three others sons between 1722 and 1741.
Joseph took his family to Île St.-Jean after 1752. Along with
wife Anne, he died during the deportation to France in 1758. All of their
sons created families of their own, but two of the families perished in the deportation to France,
and other lines did not endure.
Oldest son Jean, perhaps
Jean-Baptiste, born at Cobeguit in c1722, married Anne
Bourg probably at Cobeguit in c1744. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1745 and 1755, Anne gave Jean five children, two sons and three
daughters. They followed his parents to Île St.-Jean, where they were
counted on Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the interior of the island in August 1752 and were
deported to France in 1758. According to Bona Arsenault, they were counted
at St.-Méloir-des-Ondes, in the countryside east of St.-Malo, in 1763. One of their sons created a family of his own.
Older son Jean-Grégoire, called Grégoire, born probably at Cobeguit in c1745,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo, France, where he became a wood
polisher. He married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Livois and his second wife
Marie-Madeleine Poirier, probably in Poitou in c1774.
Marie-Madeleine gave Grégoire a daughter at Châtellerault, Poitou, in February 1775, but
the girl died at age 1. In March 1776, Grégoire and Marie retreated to the
lower Loire port of Nantes with other
Poitou Acadians. Between 1776 and 1785, in Nantes, Marie gave him three
more children, a daughter and two sons. Grégoire, Marie, and
their three children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. She gave him no more
children there. Jean-Grégoire died in
Assumption Parish on upper Bayou Lafourche in October 1811, age 66. His
daughter married into the Landry family on Bayou Lafourche.
Both of his sons also married, into the Aucoin, Boudreaux,
Dupuis, and Peltier families, and settled on
the Lafourche.
Joseph's second son Germain, born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1722, married Marguerite
Bourg probably at Cobeguit in c1745. Between 1746 and 1758, Marguerite gave
Germain six children, three sons and three daughters. They moved on to Île
St.-Jean after 1752 and were deported to St.-Malo, France, in 1758.
Marguerite and five of the children--Ambroise, age 10; Charles le jeune,
age 7; Marguerite, age 5; Marie, age 2; and Perinne, born on the crossing in
December--either died at sea or in a St.-Malo hospital soon after reaching the
port. Only Germain and his oldest son Jean, age 12, survived
the crossing. Germain remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Michel
Aucoin and Marie Henry of Cobeguit, at Langrolay,
on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo, in March 1762. Between 1763 and 1765, in the St.-Malo area, Marie-Josèphe gave Germain
four more children, all daughters, including a set of twins, all of whom died as infants.
Germain's only surviving child created his own family. One wonders what
happened to Germain and Marie-Josèphe in France. They did not emigrate to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Jean, born probably at Cobeguit in c1746,
followed his family to France and his father to Langrolay. He married step-aunt
Élisabeth, daughter of Michel Aucoin and Marie Henry
of Cobeguit, at Pleudihen-sur-Rance on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo, in July 1765. Between 1766 and
1773, at Pleudihen, Élisabeth gave Jean four children, three sons and a
daughter. They also lived at St.-Suliac north of Pleudieh and across the
river at Langrolay. One
wonders what became of them after 1773.
They did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Joseph's third son Joseph, fils, born perhaps at Cobeguit in the early
1720s,
married Marguerite-Josèphe or -Geneviève Pitre probably at
Cobeguit in c1745.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Joseph a son,
François-Xavier, in c1747. Other records show that, between 1748 and 1756,
she gave him four other children, three sons and a daughter. Joseph,
fils took his family to Île St.-Jean after 1752, and the British deported
them to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. The four youngest children--Guillaume,
age 10; Michel, age 7; Joseph-Mathurin, age 5; and Marguerite-Modeste, age
2--died at sea. Joseph, fils survived the crossing but died in a
St.-Malo hospital in February 1759, age 39, soon after reaching the port.
Only daughter Marguerite and oldest son François-Xavier, age 11, survived the rigors of
the crossing. They settled at nearby St.-Suliac. One wonders what became
of them after 1759. They did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Joseph, père's fourth son Alexis, born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1725, moved on to Île
St.-Jean after 1752 and married Marie,
daughter of Jean Pitre and Marguerite Thériot,
at Port-La-Joye on the island in October 1753. Between 1754 and 1757,
Marie gave Alexis three children, a son and two daughters. The British deported
the family to St.-Malo, France, in
1758 aboard one of the so-called Five Ships. All three of the children
died at sea. Alexis died in a St.-Malo hospital in early February 1759,
age 34, soon after reaching the port. Wife Marie gave birth to daughter Nicole
a day after Alexis's death. She and the baby died a week later, so none of
the family survived deportation.
Joseph, père's fifth son
Jean, who would have been the second with the name, born perhaps at Cobeguit in
c1727, married Françoise, daughter of François Moyse dit
Latreille and Marie Brun, probably at Cobeguit in c1751 and
moved on to Île St.-Jean after 1752. Between 1752 and 1757, Françoise gave
Jean three childern, a son and two daughters. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, in November 1758. All three children and Jean died
at sea. Widow Françoise gave birth to son Jean-Antoine at St.-Malo in February
1759, soon after reaching the port. The baby died a day after his birth,
and Françoise died a week later, so none of this family survived the
deportation.
Joseph, père's sixth son
François, born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1731, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean, was deported to France in 1758, and married
Hélène-Judith, daughter of Honoré Girouard and Marie-Josèphe
Theriot, at Pleslin on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo in October 1763.
Between 1765 and 1773, at St.-Suliac across the river, Hélène gave François three
children, all daughters. They went to Poitou in the early 1770s. Hélène gave François a son there in April
1775. They retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in March
1776. Between 1777 and 1782, Hélène gave François four more children, two
sons and two daughters, in St.-Similien Parish, Nantes. Both sons and the
younger daughters died as infants. François, Hélène, and four of their
children, their daughters and a son, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. François died at Assumption on
upper Bayou Lafourche in January 1794, age 63. His three daughters married
into the Gautreaux, Bourg, Blanchard,
and Comeaux families on the upper Lafourche. His
remaining son evidently survived childhood but did not marry,
so his father's line, except for its blood, did not endure in the Bayou State.
Joseph, père's seventh son
Charles, born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1733, followed his family
to the French Maritimes, was deported to France in 1758, and married
Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Dugas and Isabelle
Bourg, at St.-Suliac in January 1762. Between 1764
and 1770, Marie gave Charles four children, two sons and two daughters, at
St.-Suliac. The older daughter died a day after her birth. They also
went to Poitou in 1773. Wife Marguerite-Josèphe died at
Châtellerault, Poitou, in February 1775, age 36. Charles and his three children retreated
to Nantes with other Poitou Acadians in March 1776. Daughter Marie died
there in July 1777, age 7. Charles and his two sons
emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 on the last of the Seven Ships. He did not remarry in
Louisiana but died probably on upper Bayou Lafourche by January 1788, in his
early 50s. Both
of his sons married, into the Hébert, Girouard,
and Aucoin families, and settled on the Lafourche.
Joseph, père's eighth and youngest son
Bénoni, born
perhaps at Cobeguit in c1741,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean in the summer
of 1755, and to France in late 1758. He married Agnès, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Dugas and Isabelle Bourg, at St.-Suliac in February
1764. She gave him a son at St.-Malo who died
the following August, soon after his birth. Wife Agnès died two days later, probably from the rigors of
childbirth. Bénoni remarried to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Forest
and Claire Vincent, at Plouër-sur-Rance on the west bank of the
river south of St.-Malo, in February 1766. Between 1767 and 1773, Madeleine gave Bénoni four children, two
sons and two daughters, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near
St.-Malo and
at St.-Suliac. They also went to Poitou in 1773, and Madeleine gave Bénoni another son there
in April 1775. In March 1776, they retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to Nantes, where Bénoni worked as a
day-laborer and seaman. He and Madeleine buried
their year-old son in
Ste.-Croix Parish, Nantes, in April 1776. Between 1776 and 1782, in
Ste.-Croix Parish, Madeleine gave Bénoni four more children, three
daughters and a son--10 children, five sons and five daughters, by two
wives between 1764 and 1782. Bénoni, Marguerite, and six of their children,
three daughters and three sons,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and also settled on
upper Bayou Lafourche. Bénoni died in Assumption Parish in July 1821, age 80. His daughters, all from second
wife Madeleine, married into
the Forest, Moyse, and Pitre
families on the upper Lafourche. Two of his three sons, from second wife
Madeleine, also married, into the Templet and
Trahan families, and settled on the bayou and the river.
Bénoni's youngest son may not have survived the crossing from France.
Martin, père's fifth and
youngest son Jean-Baptiste, by second wife Marguerite Guilbeau, born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1712, married Anne, daughter of François Bourg and
Madeleine Hébert, in c1744. Like his older brothers, he moved on to
Île St.-Jean, in 1750. In August 1752, a French official counted
Jean-Baptiste, Anne, and three of their children at Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the
island's interior. Jean-Baptiste died probably on the island before 1758.
One wonders what happened to his family in 1758.
Jean's second son
Guillaume, born at Port-Royal in c1650, married Huguette, daughter of Antoine Gougeon and Jeanne
Chebrat, at Port-Royal in c1673. Between 1674 and 1697, Huguette gave Guillaume a
dozen children, seven sons and five daughters. During the late 1690s, Guillaume secured a grant
of seigneurie from Acadia's Commandant Villebon on lower Rivière Petitcoudiac in the area
west of Chignecto known as the trois-rivières. His daughters married
into the Bourgeois, Daigre, Leprince, Girouard, and
Gautrot families. Five of his seven sons also created their own
families.
His oldest son,
name unrecorded, born at Port-Royal in c1675, died young.
Guillaume's second son
René,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1677, not to be confused with his first cousin
of the same name and birth year, married Marie, daughter
of Germain Savoie and Marie Breau, at Port-Royal in January 1708
and remained there. Between 1709 and 1731, Marie gave René 13 children, six sons and seven
daughters, including a set of twins, at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal. René
died at Annapolis Royal in 1754, age 77. His family was deported to
Massachusetts in 1755. Four of his daughters married into
the Haché dit Gallant, Lord, and Maillet
families. Five of his six sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean,
born at Port-Royal in March 1709, married
Marie-Rose, called Rose, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau le jeune and
Anne-Marie Aucoin, in c1733 and settled at Petitcoudiac. According
to Bona Arsenault, Jean remarried to Catherine Forest in c1744.
Between 1734 and 1770, according to Arsenault, Jean's two wives gave him 10 children,
four sons and six daughters. The family resettled at nearby Chepoudy, escaped the
British in 1755, and sought refuge in Canada. They were counted at Québec
in 1757, at St.-François-du-Sud near Montmagny below Québec in 1760, at nearby
Berthier in 1763, and at St.-Michel d'Yamaska in the interior south of
Trois-Rivières in 1767. Two of his daughters by second wife Catherine
married into the Laplante and Bergeron
families at Yamaska and nearby Nicolet. Only one of his sons created his
own family.
Older son
Jean-Baptiste by second wife Catherine
Forest, born in the trois-rivières in c1745, followed
his family to Canada, and married Marie-Charlotte,
daughter of Paul Petit and Marie Fontaine, at
Varennes near Montréal in February 1774.
Rene's
second son Paul, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1710, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Étienne Martin and
Marie-Jeanne Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in January 1739 and settled at
Petitcoudiac. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1758,
Marie-Josèphe gave Paul five children, two sons and three daughters. The
family resettled at Chepoudy, moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1756, left the island
soon afterwards, and sought refuge in Canada. They were counted at Québec
in 1757 and 1758 and at Repentigny north of Montréal in 1763. Paul died at Repentigny in March 1765, age 54.
Only one of his two sons created his own family.
Older son Vincent, born probably in the
trois-rivières in c1742, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and Canada. He married
cousin Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Blanchard and
Marguerite Girouard, at Repentigny in October
1768.
René's third son
Pierre,
born at Annapolis Royal in January 1713, married Marie, daughter of François
Bourg and Catherine Cormier, at Beaubassin in February 1743 and
settled at Petitcoudiac. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Pierre a
daughter in c1744. He died perhaps at Petitcoudiac in the mid-1750s, in his early 40s.
Widow Marie and their daughter escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge in
Canada. Daughter Marie married into the Laure family at
Kamarouska on the lower St. Lawrence in August 1764 so the blood of this family
line may have endured.
René fourth son
René, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1716, probably died young.
René's fifth son
Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in April 1719, married Marguerite,
daughter of Jean Dupuis and Anne Richard, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1744. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and 1754,
Marguerite gave Joseph three children, two sons and a daughter. One
wonders what happened to them in 1755.
René's sixth and youngest son, a second
René, fils,
born at Annapolis Royal in December 1724, married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Jean Comeau and Madeleine Amireau,
in c1747 probably at Annapolis Royal. Records show that Isabelle gave
Rene, fils a daughter and a son probably at Annapolis Royal in c1751
and c1752. They evidently escaped the British roundup in 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. René, fils died at Québec in January 1758,
victim, perhaps, like his paternal uncle Charles, of the smallpox epidemic that
struck the Acadian refugees that fall and winter. Evidently
his widow Isabelle and their children retreated from Canada back to greater
Acadia, where they were either captured by, or surrendered to, the British in
the early 1760s and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. Isabelle may
not have survived the experience. Her daughter Marguerite and son Victor,
now in their early teens, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1764-65. Marguerite married into the
Broussard dit Beausoleil family on the river. Son Victor
also married in the Spanish colony.
Only son
Victor,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1752, followed his family to Canada,
where his father died in a smallpox epidemic at Québec later in the decade, and
his widowed mother back
to greater Acadia and into a prison compound in Nova Scotia. Victor's
mother may not have survived the experience. With older sister Marguerite
and other Nova Scotia refugees, Victor, now in his early teens, came to Louisiana in
1765 and settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. He
married Anne-Perpétué, called Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré
Duhon and Marie Vincent, at nearby Ascension in February 1775. Soon after their marriage, they followed his sister and her
Broussard husband to the Attakapas District, the first Acadian
Blanchards to settle on the western prairies. Victor died a widower in St. Martin
Parish in December 1822, age 70. Evidently he and Perpétué were that rare
Acadian couple who had no children, so his line of the family, except
for its blood, died with him.
Guillaume's third son
Antoine, born at Port-Royal in c1679, married Élisabeth, daughter of Claude Thériot and Marie
Gautrot, at Annapolis Royal in January 1707. Between 1708 and 1728, Élisabeth gave Antoine 10 children, three sons and seven
daughters, at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal. Antoine died at Annapolis Royal
in October 1750, in his early 70s. Four of his daughters married into the Girouard,
Richard, and Cormier families, and one of them, Anne, emigrated to
Louisiana in 1765. All three of Antoine's sons created
their own families.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Annapolis Royal in April 1714, married Marguerite, daughter of Guillaume Girouard
and Marie Bernard, at Annapolis Royal in July 1743. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1760, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste five
children, two sons and three daughters. The family escaped the British in
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. They were counted at Québec in 1757,
Dechambault in 1760, and Repentigny in 1768. Jean-Baptiste died at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan near Montréal in July 1779, age 65. Two of his
daughters married into the Blanchard and Langlois
families at Repentigny. One wonders what happened to his sons.
Antoine's second son
Honoré,
born at Annapolis Royal in June 1716, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Charles Girouard and Anne Bastarache, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1739. They evidently escaped the British in 1755 and took refuge
on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore but, in the early 1760s, were either captured
by, or surrendered to, British forces in the area and sent to the prison
compound at Halifax. They appeared on a repatriation list there in August 1763. One
wonders what happened to them after that date.
Antoine's third and youngest son
Paul,
born at Annapolis Royal in September 1718, married Judith,
daughter of Paul Savoie and Judith Michel, in c1746 probably at
Annapolis Royal. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1748 and 1749, Judith
gave Paul two sons. They evidently escaped the British in 1755 but were
captured by, or surrendered to, the British in the early 1760s and sent to a
prison compound in Nova Scotia. As teenagers, their two sons emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765 and created their own families there. Paul and Judith did
not go to Louisiana, so they may have survived exile.
Older son Joseph, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1748, escaped the
British roundup there in the fall of 1755, followed his
family into exile, and, with them in the early 1760s,
either surrendered to, or was captured, by, British
forces in the area and sent to a prison compound in
Nova Scotia. Joseph came to Louisiana in 1765 as an orphaned teenager with
his younger brother and settled with him at Cabahannocer
on the river above New Orleans. Joseph married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Michel Dupuis and Anne
Gaudet, at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer in November 1772.
Between 1774 and 1778, Marie gave Joseph three daughters
at Cabahannocer, one of them born posthumously: Joseph died at Cabahannocer in August 1778, age 30.
All of his daughters married, into the Bernard,
Richard, Breaux, and Savoie
families, two on the river and one on the prairies. Joseph fathered no sons, so his line
of the family, except for its blood, died with him.
Paul's younger son Pierre, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1749, escaped the
British roundup there in the fall of 1755 and followed his
family into exile. With them in the early 1760s,
he either surrendered to, or was captured by, British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in
Nova Scotia. Pierre came to Louisiana
from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765 with
his old brother and settled with him at Cabahannocer. Pierre married Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean-Charles Breau and Marie
Benoit, at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer in
February 1778. Between 1778 and 1787, at Cabahannocer, Marguerite gave
Pierre five children, four daughters and a son. Pierre died probably in the early 1800s in St. James
Parish, formerly Cabahannocer. His daughters
married into the Michel and Thibodeaux families. His son
also married, into the Bernard family, and
created a vigorous line in
St. James Parish.
Guillaume's fourth son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1687, may
have survived childhood but did not marry.
Guillaume's fifth son Guillaume,
fils, born at Port-Royal in c1690,
married Jeanne, daughter of Pierre Dupuis and Madeleine Landry, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1714. Between 1714 and January 1736, Jeanne gave Guillaume, fils nine children, two sons and seven
daughters, at Annapolis Royal. According to Bona Arsenault, Jeanne gave
Guillaume, fils two more sons in 1718 and 1733. Guillaume, fils
died at Annapolis Royal in
February 1752, in his early 60s. Six of his daughters married into the Comeau, Émery
dit Coderre, Savoie, Dufaut, and Girouard dit
Malouin families. All but one of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Guillaume III, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1714, died
there at age 2 1/2
in October 1713.
Guillaume, fils's putative son Pierre, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1718, married
Julienne, daughter of Pierre Vincent and Marie Granger
of Pigiguit, in c1740. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1741 and 1746,
Jeanne gave Pierre a son and a daughter. The couple evidently escaped the
British roundup in 1755 and took refuge in Canada. Pierre and Julienne were counted
at Québec in 1758. Their son's fate was different for some reason.
Only son François-Olivier, born probably
at Annapolis Royal in c1741, evidently did not escape the British roundup there
in 1755. (One wonders how he became separated from his parents) He married fellow Acadian Euphrosine
LeBlanc, a widow, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October 1761 while
in exile. One wonders what happened to them. They do not appear
on the repatriation lit in that colony in June 1763.
Guillaume, fils's second or third son
Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1722, married Marguerite, daughter
of Joseph LeBlanc and Marguerite Bourgeois, at Annapolis Royal in
October 1747. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1767,
Marguerite gave Joseph four children, three sons and a daughter. They
evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in 1755 and took refuge
in Canada. Joseph remarried to Françoise-Marguerite, daughter of Charles
Daigre and Françoise Doucet and widow of François Benoit, at
St.-Ours, on lower Rivière Richelieu, in November 1770. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1771 and 1775, Françoise-Marguerite gave Joseph three more
daughters. Three of his daughters by both wives married into the
Gaudet, Gatineau-Brindamour, and Jacob
families. One of his three sons created his own family.
Third and youngest son Joseph, fils
was born in c1767 probably in Canada,
and married Marguerite, daughter of François Benoit and Françoise
Daigle, at St.-Ours in February 1793.
Guiallume, fils's putative son Jean-Baptiste, born
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1733, married Marguerite
Comeau in c1755, either at Annapolis Royal on the eve of exile or in
exile, perhaps on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave
Jean-Baptiste a daughter, Élizabeth, in c1760. They were counted at
Yamachiche on the lower St. Lawrence in 1767. Their daughter married into
the Gauthier family at Yamachiche in February 1779. They
evidently had no sons.
Guillaume, père's sixth son Pierre, born at
Port-Royal in c1695, married Anne, daughter of Alexandre Robichaud
and Anne Melanson, at Annapolis Royal in November 1718.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1719 and 1742, Anne gave Pierre six
children, three sons and three daughters. Records show that Anne gave
Pierre another son in c1739, perhaps at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières. Members of the
family evidently escaped the British in 1755 but were captured by, or
surrendered to, them in the early 1760s and sent to a prison compound in Nova
Scotia. One of Pierre's daughters married into the Girouard
family. All four of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1719,
married Anne, daughter of Étienne Martin and Marie-Josèphe
Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in January 1744. According to
Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Pierre, fils twin sons in 1755.
One wonders what became of them after that date.
Pierre, père's second son Alexandre, born probably at Annapolis Royal
in c1721, married Anne, daughter of Antoine Brun and Françoise
Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in January 1751. According to
Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Alexandre a daughter in 1751.
One wonders what became of them in 1755.
Pierre, père's third son Joseph, born probably at Petitcoudiac in
c1739, may have been deported to South Carolina in 1755, returned to greater
Acadia by boat in 1756, took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, was
captured by, or surrendered to, Britith forces in the area in the early 1760s,
and sent him to a prison compound in Nova Scotia. He followed his younger,
married brother Amable to Louisiana in 1764-65 and settled with them at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans, where he married fellow Acadian Anne-Esther, called Esther, Bourgeois,
in c1769. Between 1770 and 1786, Anne-Esther gave
Joseph seven children, three daughters and four sons, at Cabahannocer. Joseph's daughters Félicité and Modeste married into the Bourg and Cahier families.
His three olders sons married into the Fontenot,
Picou, Berteau, and Bertrand
families. They settled on the river, on upper Bayou Lafourche, and in the
Attakapas District and helped establish new centers of Blanchard
family settlement in the Bayou State.
Pierre, père's fourth and youngest son Amable, born in c1742 probably at
Petitcoudiac, was deported to South Carolina in 1755, may have returned
to greater Acadia by boat in 1756, was captured by the British in the early
1760s, and sent to a prison compound in Nova Scotia. He married Nathalie,
daughter of François Girouard and Marie Guilbeau,
in c1762 probably in Nova Scotia. They emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
in 1764-65. Nathalie gave Amable a son either at sea or at Cap-Français,
French St.-Domingue, in c1765. From New Orleans Amable took
his family to Cabahannocer, where
Nathalie gave him at least six more children, three daughters and three
sons--seven children, four sons and three daughters, in all. One of Amable's daughter married into the
Arnaud family. Only one of his sons married, into the
Mouton family at Cabahannocer, and perpetuated the family line in what became
West Baton Rouge Parish.
Guillaume, père's seventh and youngest son
Charles, born at
Port-Royal in c1697, married Madeleine, daughter of Alexandre Girouard
and Marie LeBorgne de Bélisle, at Annapolis Royal in January
1718. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1719 and 1739, Madeleine gave
Charles 10 children, four sons and six daughters. They evidently escaped
the British roundup in 1755 and took refuge in Canada. Charles died at Québec in December 1757, age 60, victim, perhaps, of a
smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian refugees in Canada that fall and
winter. Three of his daughters married into the Belliveau,
Bourg, and Breau families. One of his
sons created his own family.
Oldest son Charles, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1728,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Mathieu Forest and Madeleine
Guilbeau, at Annapolis Royal in January 1749. According
to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles, fils a daughter in 1750.
One wonders what became of them in 1755.
Jean's third and
youngest son Bernard, born at Port-Royal in c1653, was counted with his family
in the first Acadian census of 1671, age 18, but he did not marry.357
Landry
René
Landry l'aîné, an early 1640s arrival, and his wife Perrine Bourg created
the first, and what proved to be the smaller, branch of the Landry family
in Acadia. Between 1646 and 1663, Perrine gave René
l'aîné five children, three daughters and two sons.
René
l'aîné died at Port-Royal between 1678 and 1686, in his 60s. His daughters married into the Doucet, Comeau, Granger,
Richard dit Beaupré, and Dupuis families. Both of
his sons created families of their own. Most of their descendants remained
at what became Annapolis Royal, but others settled at Cap-Sable and in the French Maritimes.
The Landrys constituted the largest Acadian family to emigrate to
Louisiana--at least 204 of them went there bearing the name, from Georgia in
1764, Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the 1760s, and France in 1785. Only four of
them, all siblings, came from this line of the family, among the 54 Landrys
who went to Louisiana from France.
After Le Grand Dérangement, most of
l'aîné's descendants could be found not in Louisiana but in France, on
Newfoundland, and in British Canada. They were especially numerous along
the north shore of Lac-St.-Pierre on the upper St. Lawrence between
Trois-Rivières and Montréal, and in the British-controlled fishery at Carleton in Gaspésie along the north
shore of the Baie des Chaleurs.
Older son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1658, married
Madeleine, daughter of Étienne Robichaud dit Cadet and Françoise
Boudrot, at Port-Royal in c1682 and remained there. Between 1683
and 1698, Madeleine gave
Pierre six children, five sons and a daughter.
Their daughter married into the Mius
d'Entremont de Pobomcoup family. All five of Pierre's sons married,
but not all of the lines endured.
Oldest son Pierre,
fils, born at Port-Royal
in c1683, married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques
Mius d'Entremont de Pobomcoup and Anne de
Saint-Étienne de La Tour, in c1712 and settled at Pobomcoup near Cap-Sable,
where Marguerite's family held a seigneurie. Between 1715 and 1724, Marguerite gave Pierre, fils five children, three sons and
two daughters. They evidently were among the Cap-Sable-area Acadians
captured by the British there in September 1758, transported
to Georges Island, Halifax harbor, the following month,
held there for a year, deported from Halifax to England
in November 1759, and sent on to Cherbourg, France,
where they arrived in January 1760. They were
still at Cherbourg in 1773, when Pierre, fils
would have been in his late 80s. Wife Marguerite
also was still alive, but she was reported to be "trés
infirme et grabataire," that is, very infirm and
bedridden. Pierre, fils died by 1775, in
his early 90s, when his widow was listed at Cherbourg
with two of her Landry sons. Their daughters married into the Melanson and
Bourg families in Nova Scotia. Pierre, fils's three sons
reached middle-age, but only one of them seems to have married.
If they were still alive, none of them emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana
in 1785.
Oldest son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in
November 1715, was baptized at Cap-Sable in December
1716, captured by the British at Cap-Sable in September 1758,
transported to Georges Island, Halifax harbor, the
following month, held there for a year, deported from
Halifax to England in November 1759, and sent on to
Cherbourg, France, where he arrived in January 1760.
French officials counted him at Cherbourg in 1761,
1767, and 1772, when he would have been well into his
middle age. Cherbourg officials noted that in 1773
Joseph, now in his late 50s, was "perclus de ses
membres, suite des fatigues de la dernière guerre et
fruite dans les bois," that is, crippled as a
result of his efforts in the last war and his efforts
"in the woods." Joseph was still living with
his mother at Cherbourg in 1775. He did not marry, nor
did he emigrate to Spanish
Louisiana.
Pierre, fils's second son
Pierre III, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1720, was captured by the British at
Cap-Sable in
September 1758, transported to Halifax the following
month, held there for a year, deported from Halifax to
England in November 1759, and sent on to Cherbourg,
France, where he arrived in January 1760. French
officials counted him at Cherbourg, probably living
with older brother Joseph, in 1761, 1767, and 1772.
Cherbourg officials noted that in 1773, when Pierre
would have been in his early 50s, he was "presque
impotent des jambes, pour les mêmes raisons," that
is, as crippled as his older brother Joseph and for the
same reasons. Pierre was still living with his
widowed mother at Cherbourg in 1775. Like older
brother Joseph, Pierre neither married nor
emigrated to Louisiana.
Pierre, fils's third and youngest son
Grégoire,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1724, was captured by the
British at Cap-Sable in September 1758, transported to Halifax the
following month, held there for a year, deported from
Halifax to England in November 1759, and sent on to
Cherbourg, France, where he arrived in January 1760.
He, too, was counted at Cherbourg in 1767 and 1772,
living, most likely, with his older brothers. He
was not listed with his mother and older brothers at
Cherbourg in 1775. The French official who
compiled the list noted that Grégoire was living in the
city with "son Pierre," but said nothing of the boy's
mother.
Pierre, père's second son
Jean-Baptiste
dit Toc,
born at Port-Royal in c1690, married Marguerite, daughter
of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas, at Annapolis Royal in January
1714 and settled there. Between 1715 and 1733, Marguerite gave Toc six children, three sons and
three daughters. They evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis
Royal in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Marguerite died at Québec in February 1758, victim,
perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the
Acadians in the area from the fall of 1757 into the
spring of 1758. One of her and Toc's daughters married into the Raymond
family and, according to Bona Arsenault, a younger one married into the
Janot family. All three of Toc's sons survived childhood, but only one of them
created a family of his own.
Oldest son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in June
1715, died there in August 1733, age 18.
Toc's second son Jean-Baptiste
dit Croqs, born at Annapolis Royal in June 1721, was a middle-aged
bachelor when he escaped the British roundup at
Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. At age 39, he married Catherine, daughter of Jean Breau and Catherine
Thibodeau, at St.-Joachim on the St. Lawrence below Québec in July 1760.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1779,
Catherine gave Croqs 10 children, four sons and six
daughters. Croqs died at St.-Joachim in June
1798, age 77. Two of his daughters married into
the Guérin and Lessard
families at St.-Joachim. What happened to his
sons?
Toc's third and youngest son
Charles, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1733, followed his family into exile
in Canada in 1755. He died at Québec in
April 1758, in his mid-20s, a late victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic
that struck the Acadians in the Canadian capital in the
fall, winter, and spring of 1757-58 and which took the
lives of his widowed mother and two older sisters.
Charles did not
marry.
Pierre, père's third son
René, born at
Port-Royal in c1693,
married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Abraham Mius de
Pleinmarais and Marguerite de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, at Annapolis
Royal in October 1717 and settled on the Mius's
seigneurie at Pobomcoup. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1718 and 1744, Marie-Josèphe
gave René eight chldren, five daughters and three sons. René and his family evidently were among the Cap-Sable-area Acadians
captured by the British in September 1758, transported
to Georges Island, Halifax harbor, the following month, held
there for a year, deported from Halifax to England in
November 1759, and sent on to Cherbourg, France, where
they arrived in January 1760. René died there the
following March, in his late 60s, probably from the
rigors of the crossing. His daughters
married into the D'Entremont, Granger,
and Landry families at Pobomcoup and in
France.
Two of his sons also created their own families at
Pobomcoup and in France, but only one of the lines
endured. Two of René's grandsons and two of his
granddaughters, all from his
oldest son, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in
1785--perhaps the only descendants of René Landry
l'aîné to go to the Spanish colony.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably at Pobomcoup in c1721, married Cécile, daughter of
Joseph Mius d'Entremont
and Marie Amireau of Pobomcoup, at
Annapolis Royal in July 1750. They likely settled
at Pobomcoup. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1751 and 1757, Cécile gave Joseph three children, two
sons and a daughter. They evidently were among the
Cap-Sable-area Acadians captured by the British in
September 1758, transported to Halifax, held there for a
year, deported to France via England, and landed at
Cherbourg in January 1760. Joseph remarried to
Jeanne-Marie-Madeleine, daughter of locals Antoine
Varangue and Jeanne Le Terrier
of Cherbourg, in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in
April 1763. Between 1763 and 1773, she gave him at
least three more sons and three daughters at Cherbourg.
Joseph took his family to Poitou in 1773. One of
his younger sons died at Châtellerault soon after they
arrived, and his oldest son married a fellow Acadian at
Cenan near Châtellerault in August 1775. Joseph, père died
at nearby Archigny in November 1774, in his early 50s.
In December 1775, after two years of effort, Jeanne-Marie-Madeleine and
five of her children retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
One of her and Joseph, père's younger daughters died in St.-Jacques Parish,
Nantes, age 6, in September 1777. Jeanne-Marie-Madeleine
died there in April 1780, age 40. Four of her and
Joseph, père's children, two sons and two daughters, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Joseph, père's oldest son Joseph, fils,
called Joseph dit Bernardeau, from first wife
Cécile, and his family chose to remain in the mother
country. In the Spanish colony, Joseph, père
and Jeanne-Marie-Madeleine's
daughters married into the Cancieni and
Marois families on upper Bayou
Lafourche. Their sons also created families
there, but only one of the lines endured.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, dit
Bernardeau, from first wife Cécile Mius
d'Entremont, born probably at Pobomcoup in
c1752, followed his family to Halifax, Cherbourg, and
Poitou. He married Marie-Théotiste, called
Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Girouard and Marguerite Gaudet,
at Cenan, Poitou, in August 1775. In December
1775, they retreated with his widowed stepmother, his
five half-siblings, and dozens of other Poitou Acadians
to the port city of Nantes and settled in the suburb of
Chantenay. Between 1777 and 1782, Théotiste gave
Bernardeau three children there, two sons and a
daughter. The older son died soon after his birth.
In 1785, Bernardeau and Théotiste chose not accompany
his four Landry half-siblings to
Spanish Louisiana.
Third son Aimable-Étienne, by second wife Jeanne-Marie-Madeleine
Varangue, born in Très-Ste.-Trinité
Parish,
Cherbourg, in December 1765, followed his family to
Poitou and his widowed mother to Nantes and accompanied three of his siblings
to Louisiana in 1785. He settled with them on
upper Bayou Lafourche. Aimable married
Ursule-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians François
Pitre and Ursule Breaux,
at Ascension on the river above New Orleans in February 1788. They
settled on the upper Lafourche. Aimable died in
Assumption Parish in July 1832, age 67. His
daughters married into the Barrilleaux,
Colon, Forest, and
Hunot families. Three of his five
sons married into the Landry,
Forest, and Boudreaux families
on the Lafourche.
Joseph's fifth and youngest son
Abraham-Isaac, by second wife Jeanne-Marie-Madeleine Varangue,
born in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in February 1772,
followed his family to Poitou and his widowed mother to Nantes and accompanied
three of his siblings to Louisiana in 1785. He
settled with them on upper Bayou Lafourche, where he
married Anne-Olive, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon
Aucoin and Marie-Geneviève
Theriot, at Assumption in November 1795.
Abraham died in Assumption Parish in October 1816, age
44. His only son, perhaps his only child, died
young, so the family line did not endure.
René's third and youngest son
René, fils, born
probably at Pobomcoup in c1733, married Marie, daughter
of Jacques d'Entremont and Margeuerite
Amireau of Pobomcoup, at Annapolis
Royal in July 1753 and probably settled at Pobomcoup.
They, too, were captured at Pobomcoup in September 1758,
transported to Halifax, held there for a year, deported
to France via England, and landed at Cherbourg in
January 1760. René, fils died in
Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in May 1760, age 26
One wonders if he fathered any children.
Pierre, père's fourth son
François
dit Micas, born at Port-Royal in c1696, married Marie, daughter of Jean Belliveau and
Madeleine Melanson, at Annapolis Royal in January 1723 and also may have
settled at Cap-Sable. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1723 and 1742, Marie gave Micas seven children,
three daughters and four sons. Micas and his
family evidently were among the cape-area Acadians captured by the
British in September 1758, transported to Halifax the
following month, held there for a year, deported from
Halifax to England in November 1759, and sent on to
Cherbourg, France, where they arrived in January 1760.
Micas died in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in
April 1760, in his early 60s. One wonders if the
Marie Landry who died
in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish in April 1760, age 30, was a
daughter of Micas. Micas's daughter Anne
married into the D'Entremont family at
Cherbourg in February 1764 but was a widow by 1775. Members of the
family were still at Cherbourg in 1775, but not all of
them remained in France. According to Arsenault,
three of Micas's sons returned to greater Acadia and worked
as fishermen.
Oldest son Jean, born at Annapolis Royal or
Pobomcoup in c1730, followed his family to Halifax,
England, and
Cherbourg, France, where he married Anne-Théotiste,
daughter of fellow Acadians François Vigé
and Claire Lejeune and widow of Charles
Hébert, in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish in
November 1768. Anne-Théotiste gave Jean two
daughters and a son at Cherbourg in 1771 and 1775.
The son died young. According to Bona Arsenault, Jean
returned to North America and became a cod fisherman on the Petit-Nord peninsula
of Newfoundland.
Micas's second son François, fils, born
probably at Pobomcoup in c1733, followed his family to
Halifax, England, and Cherbourg, France, where he died in
Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish in March 1760, age 26. He
probably did not marry.
Micas's third son Pierre, born probably at
Pobomcoup in c1739, followed his family to Halifax,
England, and
Cherbourg, France. In 1775, a French official
counted him at Cherbourg evidently living alone. According to Bona Arsenault,
Pierre also returned to North America and became a fisherman.
One wonders if he married.
Micas's fourth and youngest son
Joseph,
born probably at Pobomcoup in c1742, followed his
family to Halifax, England, and Cherbourg, France, where he
married cousin Madeleine-Helli, daughter of fellow
Acadians René Landry and Marie-Josèphe Mius de
Pleinmarais of Pobomcoup, in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish in June 1771.
From 1771 to 1774, Madeleine gave Joseph at least three daughters at Cherbourg,
two of whom died young. They, too, were counted at
Cherbourg in 1775.
According to Bona Arsenault, Joseph also returned to North
America and became a
fisherman.
Pierre, père's fifth and
youngest son Joseph, born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Anne, daughter of
Charles Melanson and Anne Bourg, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1735. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735
and 1744, Anne gave Joseph six children, three daughters
and three sons. Joseph died at Annapolis Royal in February 1744, in his
mid-40s. Members of the family escaped the British roundup at Annapolis
Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
Two of Joseph's daughters married into the
Barrieau and Verreault
families at Québec and St.-Joachim below the city.
One of his sons also created this own family in British
Canada.
Third and youngest son Pierre, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1740, followed his family to Canada and
married Marguerite-Ursule, daughter of Pierre
Gamache and Geneviève Bélanger,
at Cap-Saint-Ignace on the south side of the St.
Lawrence below Québec in October 1771.
René l'aîné's younger son
Claude, born at
Port-Royal in c1663, married
Marguerite, daughter of Claude Thériot and Marie Gautrot, at
Port-Royal in c1683 and remained there. Between 1684 and 1713, Marguerite gave Claude 10
children, four sons and six daughters. Claude died at Annapolis Royal in
December 1740, in his late 70s. Five of his daughters married
into the Dugas dit Grivois, Boudrot, Bourg, and
Petitot dit Saint-Seine families, and three of them settled at
Port-Toulouse, Île Royale. All four of his sons
created their own families.
Oldest son Claude, fils, also called
Claude
dit le Jeune, born at Port-Royal
in c1690, married Marie, daughter of Jean Babineau
and Marguerite Boudrot, at Annapolis Royal in April 1711 and settled
there. Between 1712 and 1735, Marie gave Claude, fils eight children, five sons and three
daughters. Claude, fils, his wife, and members of his family
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Claude,
fils died at Québec in January 1758, in his
late 60s, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that
struck the Acadians in the area from the fall of 1757
into the spring of 1758. Wife Marie had died at Québec
the previous November, age 68, probably a victim of
smallpox. None of their daughters married, and one
of them died at Québec in December 1757, victim, most
likely, of the smallpox epidemic that killed her parents
and an older brother. Three of Claude, fils's
five sons
created families of their own.
Oldest son Claude III, born at Annapolis Royal in
April 1714, married Anne, daughter of Charles Belliveau and
Marguerite Granger, at Annapolis Royal in February 1742 and settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1751, Anne gave
Claude III four children, two daughters and two sons. In the fall of 1755, Claude III, his wife, and members of his
family escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal
and sought refuge in Canada. Claude III died at
Québec on the last day of December 1757, age 43, victim,
perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that killed his
parents and a younger sister. According to
Arsenault, his daughter Jeanne and son Claude IV, ages
15 and 10 in 1758, also died at Québec, victims,
perhaps, of the same epidemic.
Claude, fils's second son
Pierre
dit Minique,
born at Annapolis Royal in September 1717, married
Marie-Anne, daughter of Pierre Breau and Anne-François Dupuis,
in c1748 probably at Annapolis Royal. The British deported Minique and his
family to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. One
wonders what happened to them after 1763. Minique
died after 8 January 1787, place unrecorded.
Claude, fils's third son
François, born at
Annapolis Royal in August 1725, was still a bachelor
when he escaped the British roundup at Annapolis in the
fall of 1755. He also sought refuge in Canada and
died at Québec in August 1773, age 42, still unmarried.
Claude, fils's fourth son
Joseph, born at
Annapolis Royal in August 1731, may have died young.
Claude, fils's
fifth and youngest son Jean
dit Bourget, born at
Annapolis Royal in November 1735, escaped the British
roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and
followed his family to Canada. At age 30, he married Marie-Marguerite,
daughter of Canadians Charles Renaud and Marie-Jeanne Balan dit
Lacombe,
at Charlesbourg near Québec in January 1766.
He died at Charlesbourg in late December 1782, age 47.
Claude, père's
second son Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in c1693, married Anne, daughter of master surgeon Denis
Petitot dit Saint-Seine and Marie Robichaud, at Annapolis
Royal in January 1717 and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1718 and 1739, Anne
gave Jean-Baptiste five children, three sons and two daughters. Jean-Baptiste and
most of his family
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
According to Arsenault, one of his sons and his family
were deported to Massachusetts. Jean-Baptiste died
at Québec on Christmas Eve 1757, in his early 60s, a
victim, most likely, of the smallpox epidemic that
struck the Acadians in the area from the fall 1757 into the
spring of 1758 and also killed his older brother.
One of his daughters married into the Doucet
family. All three of his sons, including the one
sent to New England, created their own families in
British Canada.
Oldest son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1718, married Anne, daughter of François
Raymond and Anne Comeau, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1743. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1743 and 1754, Anne gave Joseph seven
children, five daughters and two sons, including a set
of twins.
They evidently escaped the British roundup at
Annapolis in the fall of 1755 and followed his
family to Canada. Joseph died at Maskinongé on the
upper St. Lawrence near Trois-Rivières in 1786, in his
late 60s. Three of his daughters married into the
Éthier, Masson, and
Lesieur-Desaulniers families in the
Trois-Rivières-Sorel area. One of his sons also
created a family there.
Older son Joseph dit Frot, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1745, followed his family to Canada.
He married Antoinette, daughter of Joseph
Lampron dit Charité and Françoise
Desdiel-Labrèche, at Maskinongé in
February 1775. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1777 and 1798, Antoinette gave Frot 10 sons.
Jean-Baptiste's putative son
Jean, born, according
to Arsenault, in c1720, married Marie Comeau
in c1740. Arsenault says Marie gave Jean a
daughter in c1745, that the family escaped the roundup
at Annapolis in the fall of 1755 and took refuge at
Chepoudy across the Bay of Fundy. Arsenault says
they nevertheless were deported to Massachusetts, where
Jean and his family of five were counted at Boston in
1764. Their oldest daughter married into the
Gélinas family at Yamachiche near
Trois-Rivières in October 1765. One wonders if the
rest of the family settled there.
Jean-Baptiste's third and youngest son
Pierre, born
at Annapolis Royal in c1726, married Euphrosine,
daughter of Jacques Doucet and Marie
Pellerin, at Annapolis Royal in June
1751. They evidently escaped the British roundup
at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge
in Canada. Pierre remarried to fellow Acadian
Élisabeth LeBlanc in c1760, place
unrecorded, but it likely was in Canada. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1762 and 1774, Élisabeth gave Pierre four children,
three sons and a daughter. Pierre died at
Maskinongé near Trois-Rivières in 1804, in his late 70s.
His daughter by second wife Élisabeth married into the
Sicard de Carufel family at Maskinongé.
His three sons also created families there.
Oldest son Joseph, by second wife Élisabeth
LeBlanc, born in Canada in c1762, married
Geneviève Meunier at Maskinongé in
1785.
Pierre's second son François,
by second wife Élisabeth LeBlanc,
born in Canada in c1765, married
Marguerite, daughter of Gabriel Gauthier
and Augustine Dupaul, at Maskinongé in
November 1786.
Pierre's third and youngest son
Pierre, fils,
by second wife Élisabeth LeBlanc,
born in Canada in c1767, married Marguerite
Brissard dit Saint-Germain at
Maskinongé in November 1789.
Claude, père's third son
Pierre, born at Port-Royal in March 1704, married Cécile, daughter of Alexandre Robichaud and Anne
Melanson,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1726 and settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726
and 1748, Cécile gave Pierre 11 children, eight
daughters and three sons. The British deported
most of the
family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
Pierre, Cécile, and six of their children, five
daughters and a son appeared on a repatriation list in the
Bay Colony in August 1763. Probably in 1766, they
followed other exiles in New England to Canada. Pierre died at
Lachine above Montréal in May 1774, age 70. One of
his daughters married into the Thibodeau
family, and at least one of his sons created a family of
his own.
Putative oldest son Joseph, born, according to Bona
Arsenault, in c1730, evidently, while still a bachelor,
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada, where he
married Josèphte Barbeau at Maskinongé
near Trois-Rivières in c1756. According to
Arsenault, between 1756 and 1763, Josèphte gave Joseph
three daughters. Joseph, says Arsenault, remarried
to Marie-Geneviève, daughter of Augustin
Vermette and Josette Journeau,
at Maskinongé in June 1768. According to
Arsenault, between 1769 and 1782, Marie-Geneviève gave
Joseph eight more children, three more daughters and
five sons. They remained at Maskinongé.
Joseph's daughters by his second wife married into the Alary and
Sicard families at Maskinongé. Two of his
sons also married there.
Second son Augustin, by second wife Marie-Geneviève
Vermette, born probably at Maskinongé
in c1776, married Marie-Josèphe Élie
there in January 1795.
Joseph's fifth and youngest son
Pierre,
by second wife Marie-Geneviève Vermette,
born probably at Maskinongé in c1782, married Euphrosine
Marchand there in c1804.
Claude, père's fourth and
youngest son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in June 1713, married Jeanne, daughter of Prudent Robichaud and
Henriette Petitpas,
at Annapolis Royal in October 1734 and remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1755, Jeanne gave
Joseph 10 children, seven daughters and three sons.
The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. In the 1760s, perhaps in 1766,
Joseph and members of his family followed other exiles
in New England to Canada. Joseph died at Deschambault on the upper
St. Lawrence between Québec and Trois-Rivières in
February 1768, age 54. Some of his children
remained there, while others resettled in Gaspésie on the the north shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs. Five of Joseph's daughters married into
the Guitet, Loubère or
Loubert, Rivard,
Gauthier, and Hamelin
families at Boston, Québec, Deschambault, and
Bonaventure in Gapésie. His three sons also
created their own families in Gaspésie and on the St.
Lawrence.
Oldest son Claude le jeune, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1746, followed his family to Massachusetts and
Canada, where he married Hélène, daughter of fellow
Acadians Charles Dugas and Anne
LeBlanc of Gaspésie, at Québec in October 1770.
They settled at Carleton in Gaspésie, where Claude
le jeune worked as a sailor. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1771 and 1792, Hélène gave
Claude le jeune 14 children, seven sons and
seven daughters.
Their daughters married into the Allard,
Bujold, Loubert,
Bernard, and Bourg
families at Carleton. Six of Claude le jeune's
sons also married there, four of them to sisters.
Oldest son Joseph, born at Carleton in c1771, married
Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Marin LeBlanc
and Marguerite LeBlanc, at Carleton in
January 1794.
Claude le jeune's third son
Nicolas, born at
Carleton in c1773, married Hélène, daughter of fellow
Acadians Mathurin Bujold and Marie
Bernard, at Carleton in February 1803.
Claude le jeune's fourth son
Sébastien-Étienne,
born at Carleton in c1775, married Lucille, another
daughter of Mathurin Bujold and Marie
Bernard, at Carleton in January 1799,
and remarried to Émérance, daughter of François
Painchaud and Angélique Drouin,
probably at Carleton in October 1813.
Claude le jeune's fifth son
Raymond, born at
Carleton in c1776, married Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc
and Marguerite Boudreau, at Carleton in
January 1801.
Claude le jeune's sixth son
Sévère, born at
Carleton in c1778, married Gilberte, also called
Marie-Gilles, another daughter of Mathurin
Bujold and Marie Bernard, at
Carleton in January 1805.
Claude le jeune's seventh and youngest son
Marcel, born at Carleton in c1787, married Élisabeth,
yet another daughter of Mathurin Bujold and
Marie Bernard, at Carleton in January
1811.
Joseph's second son Florent, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1749, followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada,
where he married Marguerite Grégoire at
Deschambault in January 1773.
Joseph's third and youngest son
Jean, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1754, followed his family to Massachusetts and
Canada. He followed older brother Claude le jeune
to Gaspésie, where he married Marthe, another daughter
of Charles Dugas and Anne
LeBlanc, at Carleton in May 1776.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1777 and 1794,
Marthe gave Jean eight children, six daughters and two
sons, at Carleton. Their daughters married into the
Arseneau, Allain,
Comeau dit Clerc,
LeBlanc, and Offroy families
there. Jean's two sons also married at Carleton.
Older son Hippolyte, born at Carleton in c1787, married
Marguerite-Zité, daughter of fellow Acadians Mathurin
Bujold and Marie Bernard
and widow of Pierre Forest, at Carleton
in January 1814.
Jean's younger son Jean-Baptiste, born at Carleton in
c1794, married Antoinette, another daughter of Mathurin
Bujold and Marie Bernard,
at Carleton in c1816.346
Rimbault
René
Rimbault,
an early 1640s arrival, and his wife Anne-Marie ____ created a small
family in the colony. Anne-Marie gave him seven children, two sons and
five daughters. Four of their daughters married into the Lapierre
dit Laroche, Labauve, Gautrot, Longuépée, and
Biron dit Le Gelée families. Only one of René's sons married,
but he and his wife produced no children. René and Anne-Marie's daughters
and their children settled not only at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but also at
Minas and in the French Maritimes. If any of René's descendants emigrated
to Louisiana, none carried the family's name there.
Older son
François, born probably at Port-Royal in c1656, who became a miller, married Marie, daughter of Antoine Babin
and Marie Mercier, in c1686, no place recorded, and settled at Minas,
where François died in January 1719, in his early 60s. Marie gave him no
children.
René's younger
son, René, fils, born probably at Port-Royal in c1674, evidently died young.357a
Cormier
Thomas
Cormier,
who first came to Acadia with his parents in 1644 and returned by c1678, and his wife Marie-Madeleine Girouard created a large family at Chignecto, which Thomas helped pioneer in
the late 1670s.
Between 1670 and 1688, Madeleine, as she was called, gave Thomas 10 children, six
daughters and four sons, including a set of twins, at Port-Royal and Chignecto. Five of their daughters married into
the Boudrot, Haché dit Gallant,
Cyr, and Poirier families, two of them, the twins, to brothers.
All four of Thomas's sons married LeBlancs from Minas, three of
them sisters and the other the sisters' first cousin. Thomas and
Madeleine's descendants remained at Chignecto--specifically
at Ouescoque, near today's Amherst, Nova Scotia, on the north side of a bend of
the Cumberland Basin southeast of the village of Beaubassin--among the few early Acadian families that did not branch out to other
Fundy settlements or retreat to the French Maritimes. At least 16 of
Thomas's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Georgia in 1764, Halifax in
1765, and Haiti via Cuba in the early 1800s. Many more of them also could
be found in greater Acadia and Canada after Le Grand Dérangment.
Oldest
son François, born at Port-Royal in c1672, married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and
Catherine Hébert of Minas, in c1692 at Chignecto. Between 1693 and 1723,
Marguerite gave him 14 children, five sons and nine daughters. Eight of
François's daughters married into the Thériot,
Richard, Poirier, Daigre, Bourg, Hébert,
LeBlanc, Cyr, and Landry families. Four of his five sons
married, three of them to sisters. François died at Chignecto in November
1733, in his early 60s.
Oldest son
Pierre dit
Rossignol, born at Chignecto in c1695, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Jean Cyr and Françoise
Melanson, at Beaubassin in November 1718. According to Acadian
genealogist Bona Arsenault, between 1719 and 1745,
Marie-Anne gave Pierre dit Rossignol 13 children, five sons and eight daughters. He died at Chignecto between
February 1746 and August 1754, in his early or late 50s. Six of his
daughters married into the Migneau, Gaudet,
Bourg, Champoux dit Saint-Père, and
Allain families, some of them in Canada. Four of his five sons
created families of their own.
Second son
Jean-François, born at Chignecto
in c1726, married cousin Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Michel Cyr
and Madeleine Bourgeois, at Beaubassin in May 1747.
They evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755, sought refuge
on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, either surrendered to, or were captured by,
British forces in the area in the early 1760s, and were held in prison compound
in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1766, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-François seven children, three
sons and four daughters. From 1766 to 1771, the family lived on Île
Miquelon, off the southern coast of Newfoundland, having gone there, perhaps,
from confinement in Nova Scotia. Jean-François died on the island in
October 1771, age 45. Either soon after his death or before the British
captured the island in 1778, his family moved to St.-Ours, on the
lower Richelieu in the upper St. Lawrence valley. Jean-François's
daughters married into the Richard, Gabory,
Pichot, Lusignan, and Lavoie
families on Miquelon and at St.-Ours. All three of his sons created
families of their own.
Oldest son
François dit Duverger, born at
Chignecto in c1752, followed his family into exile and imprisonment and married Madeleine, daughter of Étienne Papillon
and Madeleine Vel, at St.-Ours in October 1779.
Jean-François's second son
Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1754, followed
his family into exile and imprisonment and married
Marie-Reine, daughter of Joseph Levitre and Marie-Reine
Lamoureaux, at St.-Ours in January 1781.
Jean-François's third
and youngest son Joseph, born probably on Île Miquelon in c1766, married
Marie-Constance, another daughter Joseph Levitre and
Marie-Reine Lamoureaux, at St.-Ours in November 1792.
Pierre dit Rossignol's third son
Jean
dit Thierry, born at Chignecto in c1728, married Marie-Madeleine,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Bernard and Cécile Gaudet,
in c1760 in exile, so he evidently escaped the British in 1755 and found refuge
in Canada, where he married a fellow Acadian. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1761 and 1771,
Marie-Madeleine gave Thierry seven children, four sons and three daughters.
He died at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, south of St.-Ours, in June 1792, age 64.
Two of his daughters married into the Bourgeois and
Phaneuf families at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly, south of
St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu. Three of his four sons created families of their
own.
Oldest son
Jean, born in c1764 probably in Canada, married Catherine, daughter of Simon
Corbell and Marie Savard, at
St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in October 1783.
Thierry's third
son Firmin, born probably in Canada in c1769, married Marie-Catherine, daughter of Pierre
Phaneuf and Catherine Blais, at St.-Anthony-de-Chambly
in July 1787.
Thierry's fourth and youngest son
Félix, born probably in Canada in c1771,
married Geneviève, daughter of Jean Lamoureaux-Courtemanche and
Marguerite Tétreault of St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu, at
St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in January 1791.
Pierre dit Rossignol's fourth son
François dit Rossignol, born
at Chignecto in c1735, married Jeanne-Victoire, daughter of Honoré
Prince and Élisabeth Forest, at Bécancour, across from
Trois-Rivières, in January 1760 during the exile, so he, too, escaped the
British in 1755 and found refuge in Canada.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1760 and 1779, Jeanne-Victoire gave François dit Rossignol 10
children, seven sons and three daughters. At age 61, François dit
Rossignol remarried to cousin Geneviève, daughter of Joseph Richard
and Françoise Cormier, at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet, near
Bécancour, in February 1796. According to Bona Arsenault, Geneviève gave him four more children, a son
and three daughters, between 1797 and 1803 at St.-Grégoire--14 children, eight
sons and six daughters, by two wives. François
dit Rossignol died St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in March 1810, age 75. François dit
Rossignol's daughters by his first wife married Héon,
Rheau, Poisson, and Triganne-Laflèche
families at Bécancour. Six of his eight sons by both wives also created families of
their own.
Oldest son
Simon,
from first wife Jeanne-Victoire Prince, born in exile probably at Bécancour in c1760,
married cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and
Françoise Cormier, at Bécancour in June 1783. Simon died
at St.-Grégoire in May 1811, age 51.
François dit Rossignol's
second son Jean, from first wife Jeanne-Victoire Prince, born at Bécancour in c1765, married Angélique Ducharme
there in c1795.
François dit Rossignol's fifth son
Pierre,
from first wife Jeanne-Victoire Prince, born
at Bécancour in c1770, married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Landry
and Marie-Anne Arsenault, at Bécancour in June 1793.
François dit Rossignol's sixth son
Joseph,
from first wife Jeanne-Victoire Prince, born at Bécancour in c1773,
married cousin Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Champoux and
his Acadian wife Marie Cormier, at Bécancour in August 1795.
François
dit Rossignol's seventh son Martin, from first wife Jeanne-Victoire
Prince, born at Bécancour in c1775, married
Marie-Radegonde Tiffau in c1798 probably at Bécancour.
François dit Rossignol's eighth and youngest son
François-Bruno, from
second wife Geneviève Richard, born probably at St.-Grégoire in c1797, married
fellow Acadian Marie-Judith
Poirier at St.-Grégoire in February 1815.
Pierre dit
Rossignol's fifth and youngest son Pierre, fils,
the second with the
name, born at Chignecto in c1742, followed members of his family into exile and
perhaps imprisonment and married Madeleine, another daughter of Honoré
Prince and Élisabeth Forest, at Bécancour in
April 1771. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1772 and 1776, Madeleine gave him three children, a
son and two daughters. At age 53, Pierre, fils remarried to
Marie-Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Vigneau and Anne
Bourgeois, at Bécancour in April 1795. According to Bona
Arsenault, Marie-Angélique gave him
three more sons between 1795 and 1797--six children by two wives. One of Pierre, fils's
daughters by his first wife married into the Painchaud family
of Île-aux-Grues on the lower St. Lawrence at Bécancour. One wonders
what happened to his sons.
François's second son
Paul, born at Chignecto in c1708, survived childhood but
did not marry; he died at Chignecto after April 1741, probably in his 30s.
François's third son
François, fils,
born at Chignecto in c1710,
married Anne, another daughter of
Jean Cyr and Françoise Melanson, at Chignecto
in c1730. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1742, Anne gave François, fils six
children, five sons and a daughter. François, fils died at
Chignecto in March 1741, age 31, and Anne remarried to an Arseneau
in February 1746. According to Bona Arsenault, the British
deported Anne and her younger Cormier children to England in
1755, a most unusual destination of Acadian exiles that year. Repatriated to France in 1763, they refused to remain in the mother
country. They returned, instead, to North America and settled on Île
Miquelon in 1764. Anne died on the island in December 1774.
François, fils and Anne's daughter Marie married into the
LeMâle family in England in c1755; the marriage was blessed on Île
Miquelon in August 1764. Four of François, fils's five sons
created families of their own.
Oldest son François III, born at Chignecto
in c1731, followed his family into exile and was counted on Île Miquelon in 1778, when the British captured
Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre and deported the Acadians there to France.
They evidently returned to North America in 1784. François III and his family--one wonders if his wife was Marie Bourgeois--settled on
the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
François, fils's
third son Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1734,
followed his family into exile and married Anne Vigneau
dit Maurice in c1759 perhaps in England. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1760 and 1776, Anne gave Joseph five children, a son and four daughters. In the late
1770s they moved from Île Miquelon to Chédabouctou, now Guysborough, on the
upper Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia.
François, fils's fourth son
Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1740, followed
his family into exile and married cousin Marie-Modeste, daughter of
fellow Acadians Paul Cyr and Marie-Josèphe Richard, in c1764;
the marriage was blessed on Île Miquelon in February 1766. They remained
on the island, where, according to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Modeste gave Joseph seven
children, two sons and five daughters, between 1765 and 1776.
François, fils's fifth and
youngest son Jean le jeune, the second with the name, born at Chignecto
in c1742, followed his family into exile and married Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Vigneau and
Marie-Anne Arsenault, on Île Miquelon in November 1765.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and 1782, Modeste gave Jean le jeune seven children, four
sons and three daughters. In 1778, during the American Revolution, the
British deported Jean, his family, and other island Acadians to La Rochelle,
France, where Modeste died in c1782. Jean le jeune remarried to
Anne Poirier, widow of Pierre Onel, at La
Rochelle in September 1783. She gave him no more children. Did they
return to Île Miquelon in 1784?
François, père's fourth son Joseph, born at
Chignecto in the 1710s, married
Françoise, yet another
daughter of
Jean Cyr and Françoise Melanson, at
Beaubassin in November 1733. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1742, Françoise gave Joseph
four sons, three of whom created families of their own. One wonders what
happened to members of the family in 1755.
Oldest son Joseph,
fils, born at Chignecto in c1734, married Marie, daughter of Jean
Vigneau dit Maurice and Isabelle Arsenault,
in c1761 while in exile, perhaps in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. They settled on Île Miquelon, where they were counted
in 1764 and 1776. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1782, Marie gave Joseph, fils
10 children, two sons and eight daughters.
Joseph, père's second
son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1737, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph
Vigneau and Catherine Arsenault, on Île
Miquelon in August 1764. They, too, were counted on the island that year
and in 1776. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1783, Rosalie gave Jean eight children, five
sons and three daughters.
Joseph, père's third son Pierre le
jeune, born at Chignecto in c1738, married Isabelle, daughter of Jacques
Chiasson and Marie Arsenault, in c1762 while in
exile. They were counted on Île Miquelon in 1764 but moved on to
Chédabouctou, now Guysborough, Nova Scotia. According to Bona Arsenault, Isabelle gave Pierre le jeune a son in
c1764, probably on the island.
François, père's fifth and youngest son
Jean, born at Chignecto in April 1718, married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Hébert and Marie-Josèphe
Blou, at Beaubassin in November 1740. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1741 and 1746, Madeleine gave
Jean a son and a daughter. Jean died before May 1777, place unrecorded.
One wonders what happened to the family in 1755.
Thomas's second
son Alexis, born at Port-Royal in c1676, married Marie, another daughter of
Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine Hébert,
at Chignecto in c1697. Between 1698 and 1721, Marie gave Alexis 10
children, four sons and six daughters. His daughters married into the Bourg, Bourgeois,
Arseneau, Cyr, and Richard families. The youngest
daughter, Catherine, born in c1721, was, with her Richard
husband, among the first Acadians to emigrate to Louisiana, in 1764. Three
of Alexis's four sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Pierre
dit La Côte,
born at Chignecto in c1702, married Marguerite,
daughter of
Jean Cyr and Françoise Melanson, at Chignecto
in c1721. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1724 and 1746, Marguerite gave La Côte eight children,
two sons and six daughters. Pierre dit La Côte died at Chignecto in July 1748, in his mid-40s.
In 1754, La Côte's family moved to Aulac, on the western side of the Missaguash.
This allowed them to escape the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of
1755. They were among the many Acadian families who sought refuge at Québec
and remained in Canada. Five of Pierre dit La Côte's
daughters married into the Richard, LeBlanc,
Martin dit Barnabé, Thibaud, and
Champoux dit Saint-Père families in Canada.
Only one of Pierre dit La Côte's sons created his own family.
Older son Jean dit Tibier, born at
Chignecto in c1735, escaped the roundup at Chignecto with his family, sought
refuge in Canada, and married Angélique, daughter of Charles Provencher
dit Ducharme and Madeleine Desrosiers, at Bécancour
across from Trois-Rivières in January 1767. They remained at Bécancour.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1790, Angélique gave Tibier 11 children, five sons and six
daughters. Five of their daughters married into the Ducharme,
Rheault, Comeau, Desilets,
and Hébert families at Bécancour. All five of Tibier's sons
created families of their own.
Oldest son Joseph, born at Bécancour in
c1767, married Marie-Louise, daughter of François Levasseur and
Marie-Charlotte Gaillou, at Bécancour in October 1798.
Tibier's second son Jean, born at Bécancour in c1770, married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadian Amable Hébert and his Canadian wife Marie Coulombe, at Bécancour
in November 1801.
Tibier's third son Alexis, born at Bécancour in c1775,
married Marie-Angèle, another daughter of François Levasseur
and Marie-Charlotte Gaillou, at Bécancour in November 1807.
Tibier's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, born at Bécancour in c1785, married Marie,
daughter of Laurent Lacourse and Marie-Madeleine
Levasseur, at Bécancour in January 1815.
Tibier's fifth and
youngest son Charles, born at Bécancour in c1787, married Marguerite, daughter
of Pierre Dubois and Marguerite Bourbeau, at
Bécancour in October 1812.
Alexis's second son Jean-Baptiste,
born at Chignecto in the 1710s, married Marie, daughter of Jean
Thériot dit Bernard and Madeleine Bourg, at
Chignecto in c1734. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1738 and 1743, Marie gave him three sons.
Jean-Baptiste died at Chignecto by c1745, in his 30s. One wonders what
happened to the family in 1755. All three of his
sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Alexis le jeune, born at Chignecto in c1738, married
Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Gauthier and Marguerite
Bujold of Annapolis Royal, in c1770. They settled at Bonaventure,
a British-controlled fishery on the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs in
present-day Québec Province, before crossing the Baie des Chaleurs to Caraquet, in eastern New Brunswick, where Alexis le jeune
died in April 1808, age 70. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1773 and 1792, Élisabeth gave him nine
children, seven sons and two daughters.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Joseph,
born at Chignecto in c1740, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Savoie
and Anne Landry of Chepoudy, in c1764, place not given. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1766 and
1770, Madeleine gave Joseph three children, two sons and a daughter.
Joseph remarried to fellow Acadian Josèphe LeBlanc in c1771 and
settled at Caraquet the following year. In c1781, they crossed the Baie
des Chaleurs to Gaspésie and settled at Cascapédia, another British-controlled
fishery.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1772 and 1794, Josèphe gave Joseph 11 more children, five sons and six
daughters--14 children, seven sons and seven daughters, by two wives.
Jean-Baptiste's third and youngest son Jean, born at Chignecto
in c1743, married fellow Acadian Anastasie Aucoin in c1765. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1770
and 1786, she gave him five children, four sons and a daughter. In the
early 1780s, Jean joined his older brother Joseph at Cascapédia.
Alexis's third son Joseph, born at
Chignecto in the 1710s, married Marie,
daughter of Jacques Arseneau and Marie Poirier, at
Chignecto in c1739. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 to 1748, she gave him four daughters.
What happened to the family in 1755?
Alexis's fourth and youngest son, born at Chignecto in 1718,
evidently died young, his name lost to history.
Thomas's third
son Germain, born at Chignecto in c1680, married Marie, daughter of André LeBlanc and Marie Dugas
of Minas, at Chignecto in c1703. Between 1705 and the late 1720s, Marie gave Germain
a dozen children, eight sons and four daughters. Germain died at Chignecto
between 1752 and 1755, in his early 70s. His daughters married into the
Doucet, Bourgeois, Comeau, and LeBlanc families.
Seven of his eights sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Pierre dit Le
Grand Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1705, married Anne-Marie, called Marie, daughter of Marc Pitre and Jeanne
Brun, at Chignecto in c1728. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and 1740, Anne-Marie gave
him three children, two sons and a daughter. Other records hint that they
may have had a second daughter in c1737. Grand Pierre remarried to
Jeanne, daughter of Pierre
Thibodeau le jeune and Anne-Marie Aucoin, at Beaubassin in
January 1742. According to Arsenault, in 1742 and 1744 at Chignecto,
Jeanne gave Grand Pierre a daughter and a
son--six children, three sons and three daughters, by both wives. One wonders what happened to Grand Pierre, Jeanne, and their
younger children in 1755. Did they escape the British and follow his
oldest son Perrault and his family to Canada? They probably did not follow
his daughter Marie and son Jacques to one of the Maritime islands.
Evidently none of his daughters married, one of whom died in France, and only one of
his three sons seems to have created a family of his own.
Oldest son
Pierre dit
Perrault, by first wife Anne-Marie Pitre, born at Chignecto in c1729, married Judith, daughter of Michel
Haché dit Gallant and Madeleine
LeBlanc, at Chignecto in c1752. They escaped the British roundup
there in fall of 1755
and took refuge at Canada. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1754 to 1774, Judith gave Perrault six
children, two sons and four daughters. They settled on the upper St.
Lawrence at Bécancour across
from Trois-Rivières, where Perrault died in 1791, age 62.
Grand
Pierre's second son Jacques, by first wife Anne-Marie Pitre,
born at Chignecto in c1740 or 1741, followed his older sister Marie to the
Maritime Islands after 1752, perhaps after escaping the roundup at Chignecto in
1755. In late 1758, the British deported them to St.-Malo, France, aboard
the transport Duc Guillaume, which left the Maritime islands late that
summer and, after a mishap at sea, reached the Breton port the first of
November. The crossing finished Marie; she died in a St.-Malo hospital a
week after their arrival, age 21, still unmarried. Jacques lived in the
suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer until February 1760, when at age 19, he "embarked on the ship
Le Prince Édouard," perhaps a corsair. His ship evidently escaped
capture by the Royal Navy. He was back at St.-Malo in June 1762, when he
stood as godfather for the daughter of a fellow Acadian, Augustin
Doucet dit Justice, at St.-Énogat,
today's Dinard,
across the harbor from St.-Malo. Jacques then disappears from the historical
record. One wonders if he married. If he was still living, he did
not join his Cormier cousins in Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Germain's second son
Germain, fils,
born at Chignecto in the 1710s, married
Anne, daughter of Guillaume Gaudet and Marie Boudrot, at
Beaubassin in January 1741. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1741 and 1743,
Anne gave Germain, fils a son and a
daughter at Chignecto. Germain, fils died at Chignecto by September 1746, in
his 30s. One wonders what happened to his children in 1755.
Germain, père's third son
Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at
Chignecto in the mid- or late 1710s, married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Louis Hugon and Marie Bourgeois, at
Chignecto in c1740. The Brtish evidently deported them to South Carolina
in 1755. Jean remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Lanoue and
Marie-Josèphe Landry and widow of Jean-Baptiste Thibodeau, in
South Carolina before August 1763 while in exile. One wonders if Jean
fathered children by either of his wives or where did he and his second wife go
after 1763.
Germain, père's fourth son Jean, born at Chignecto in
March 1718, died an infant.
Germain, père's
fifth son Pierre dit Le Petit Pierre, born at
Chignecto in June 1720, married
Marie, daughter of François Doucet and Marie Poirier, at
Beaubassin in February 1745. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Petit
Pierre a son at Chignecto in c1750.
The family escaped the British foundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and found refuge in Canada.
Only son
Raphaël, followed his family to Canada.
At age 32, he married Marie-Claire, daughter of Antoine Biberon
dit Argentcourt and Claire Lacoste, at Trois-Rivières on
the upper St. Lawrence in February 1782.
Germain, père's sixth son François
le jeune, born at Chignecto in the early or mid-1720s,
married Madeleine, another daughter of
François Doucet and Marie Poirier, at
Beaubassin in February 1748. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 to 1756, Madeleine gave François
le jeune five
children, three sons and two daughters. François le jeune died in
exile in New York by January 1760, in his late 30s.
One wonders what happened to his children.
Germain, père's seventh son
Charles, born at Chignecto in c1726,
evidently escaped the British in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. He married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians François LeBlanc and Jeanne
Hébert and widow of Amand dit Thomas Breau, at St.-Ours on
the lower Richelieu northeast of Montréal in November 1778, in his early 50s.
According to Bona Arsenault, Charles fathered no children. He died at St.-Ours in May 1796, age 70.
Germain, père's eighth and
youngest son Michel, born at Chigneco probably in the late 1720s, married Anne Doucet at Chignecto in c1753.
What happened to them in 1755? Were they deported to South Carolina?
Thomas's fourth
and youngest son Pierre dit Palette, born at Chignecto in March 1682, married Catherine, yet another daughter of
Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine Hébert
of Minas, at Chignecto in c1702. Between the early 1700s and the 1720s, Catherine
gave Pierre 11 children, four sons and seven daughters.
Pierre died at Chignecto by July 1730, in his mid-
or late 40s. His and Catherine's
daughters married into the Bourgeois, Thibodeau, Landry,
Dupuis, Cyr dit Croc, Thériot, and Babin
families. Three of his four sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Pierre à
Palette, born at Chignecto in the early 1700s, married Cécile, daughter of Jean Thibodeau and Marguerite
Hébert, at Grand-Pré in July 1730 and settled at Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1750, Cécile gave Pierre
à Palette 10 children, nine
sons and a daughter. Pierre dit Palette died at Chignecto between 1750 and 1752, in his late 40s or early 50s.
Daughter Marie-Cécile married into the Chouinard family in
Canada. Two of his sons, Joseph and Michel, escaped the British in 1755 but evidently
became separated from their family and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. Both brothers created families of their own in greatr Acadia and
Louisiana. Pierre's other sons, five of whom married, remained in greater Acadia.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born at Chignecto
in c1733, escaped the British in 1755 and found refuge in Canada, where he
served in the Acadian militia at Québec. He
married Madeleine, daughter of Alexis Landry and Marguerite
Aucoin of Minas, at Kamouaska on the lower St. Lawrence in
July 1762 while in exile. From Kamouaska, they moved to St.-Basile-de-Madawaska
on upper Rivière St.-Jean, where they remained. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1770 and 1784, Madeleine gave Jean-Baptiste le
jeune seven children, four sons and three daughters. He died at
St.-Basile-de-Madawaska in July 1803, age 70. Two of his daughters married
into the Thibodeau and Sansfaçon families at
St.-Basile. Three of his four sons created their own families.
Second
son Pierre le jeune, born probably at St.-Basile in c1773, married
cousin Marie-Rose, daughter of Joseph Soucy and his Acadian
wife Marie
Thibodeau, at St.-Basile in June 1799, and remarried to Marie-Ursule,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Daigle and Marie-Théotiste Cyr,
at St.-Basile in April 1818.
Jean-Baptiste le jeune's third son
Joseph, born probably at St.-Basile in c1774, married cousin Olive, daughter of
fellow Acadians Olivier Thibodeau and Madeleine Pothier, at
St.-Basile in July 1792.
Jean-Baptiste le jeune's fourth and
youngest son Alexis, born at St.-Basile in c1784, married cousin Marie-Anne,
daughter of Louis Sansfaçon and his Acadian wife Madeleine Thibodeau,
at St.-Basile in October 1805.
Pierre à
Palette's second son Pierre
dit
Pierrot, born at Chignecto in c1734, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Pierre
Gaudet and Marguerite Hébert, at Chignecto in
c1755, on the eve of exile. That autumn, the
British captured Pierrot and a younger brother, held them at Fort Cumberland,
formerly French Beauséjour, and then placed them aboard a ship bound for South
Carolina. Pierrot made a dramatic escape from the British transport and
rejoined his wife and widowed mother at Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas on lower Rivière
St.-Jean. In 1756, they moved on to Québec, where, from 1758 to 1760,
Pierrot and his brothers served in the Acadian militia and fought at Québec.
In 1760, Pierrot took his family to L'Islet, on the lower St. Lawrence, remained there until 1764, and then moved to
Madawaska on upper Rivière St.-Jean, where older brother Jean-Baptiste le jeune
had settled. Pierrot remained at Madawaska into the early 1770s before moving
downriver
to Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas. Meanwhile, according to Bona Arsenault, between
1756 and 1770, Marie-Anne gave Pierrot seven children, five sons and two
daughters. Unable to secure title to their land at Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas,
soon to be called Fredericton, the family was displaced by American Loyalists who flooded into the area
after 1783. In 1787, Pierrot led his family to the trois-rivières
area of southeastern New Brunswick, where their odyssey
had begun 32 years earlier. They settled on the west
bank of lower Rivière Memramcook, near present-day Taylor Village, and there they
remained. Four of Pierrot's five sons created families of their own.
Second son François le jeune, born in Canada in c1758, married
Anne-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Pinet and Monique Trahan
of Grand-Pré, at Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas in c1780 and followed his family to
Memramcook. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1792 and 1803, Anne-Marie gave François le jeune
nine children, all sons, at Memramcook.
Pierrot's third son Claude, born
in Canada in c1759, married fellow Acadian Marguerite Roy probably at
Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas in c1780 and settled at far off Barachois on the eastern
coast of the Gaspé Peninsula north of Perché.
Pierrot's fourth son
Joseph-Michel, born probably at L'Islet in c1761, married fellow Acadian Louise Roy
probably at St.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas in c1782. They followed his family to
Memramcook.
Pierrot's fifth and youngest son Ignace, born probably at
Madawaska in c1770, married fellow Acadian Colette-Scholastique, daughter of
fellow Acadians Bonaventure LeBlanc and Rosalie
Belliveau, at
Memramcook in c1791 or c1794.
Pierre à Palette's third son Étienne, born at
Chignecto in c1738, evidently was deported to South Carolina in 1755 and
disappears from the record, so one wonders if he survived the voyage.
Pierre à Palette's fourth son François le jeune, born at Chignecto in c1739,
escaped the British in 1755 and followed his family to Canada. He married
Anastasie, daughter of Paul Melanson and Marie Thériot,
at St.-Pierre-de-Montmagny on the lower St. Lawrence in August 1761.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1772 and 1785, Anastasie gave François le jeune five children, three sons and two
daughters. They also left the lower St. Lawrence valley, lived for a time
at Madawaska, and followed older brother Pierrot to Memramcook in 1787.
All of François le jeune's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son François,
fils, born in Canada in c1772, married fellow Acadian Marguerite Landry at
Memramcook in c1800. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1807 and 1825, she gave him eight sons at
Memramcook.
François's second son Sylvain, born
perhaps at Madawaska in c1784, married fellow Acadian Appoline
Léger at Memramcook in c1806. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1809 and 1822, she
gave him five sons there.
François's third and youngest son Germain, born
perhaps at Madawaska
in c1785, married fellow Acadian Marie LeBlanc at Memramcook in c1804.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1811 and 1812, she gave him two sons there.
Pierre
à Palette's fifth son
Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1740, evidently
became separated from his family in 1755 and married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques
Saulnier and Anne Hébert of Petitcoudiac, in
c1759 while in exile probably on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By the
summer of 1763, when Joseph, Marguerite, and his younger brother Michel were
languishing in the prison compound at
Halifax, Marguerite had given Joseph two children, including a daughter born in
c1763. Joseph, Marguerite, their daughter, and brother Michel emigrated to
Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1764-65. They settled in the Opelousas District at Bellevue Prairie, where Marguerite gave Joseph two
more daughters, a set of twins. Joseph remarried to Anne, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jacques Michel and Jeanne Breau and widow
of Michel Brun and Victor Comeau, at
Attakapas, south of Opelousas, in April 1771. They also settled at Bellevue
Prairie. Between 1772 and 1776, Anne
gave Joseph three more children, two sons and another daughter. Joseph
died probably at Bellevue Prairie in August 1795, age 55. His daughters by
both wives married into the
Babineaux, Granger, Thibodeaux,
and Arceneaux families. Both of his sons by his second
wife also married, into the Richard, Thibodeaux,
and Guilbeau families at Opelousas and Attakapas.
Pierre à Palette's sixth son
Michel, born at Chignecto in 1741,
followed older brother Joseph into exile and imprisonment, emigrated with him to Louisiana, and
also settled in the Opelousas District, at Prairie des Femmes, nt far from
Prairie Bellevue. Michel married Anne dite
Nanette, another daughter of Jacques Saulnier and Anne Hébert
and widow of Basile Babin, probably at Opelousas in c1769.
Nanette gave Michel two sons. Michel remarried to Catherine, daughter of Johann Georg Stahlin, later Stelly,
of Albershausen, Württemberg, Germany, and Chrisine Edelmayer
of St.-Charles des Allemands on the lower German Coast above New Orleans, probably at
Opelousas in c1774. Catherine gave Michel four more children, three sons
and a daughter. Michel remarried again--his third marriage--to Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Breaux and Claire Trahan and widow of Étienne
Benoit, at Attakapas in February 1789. She gave him no
more children. Michel died at Prairie des Femmes in December 1790, age 49.
His only daughter, by second wife Catherine, married into the Royer
and Sutter families. All five of his sons by his first
two wives married into the Benoit, Guilbeau,
Rodrigues, Miller, Dugas,
Meaux, Ledoux, and LeBlanc
families,
creating the largest line of the
Cormier family in the Bayou State.
Pierre à
Palette's eighth son Jacques, born at Chignecto in c1749,
was captured by the British in 1755, escaped from Fort
Cumberland, rejoined his family, and followed them to Canada. After the
war with Britain, he headed back down Rivière St.-Jean and married Marie-Osite, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Pothier
and Marie-Josèphe Hébert, at Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas in c1770.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1771 and 1776, Marie-Osite gave Jacques three sons. They settled
at Bouctouche, on the eastern New Brunswick coast, north of Memramcook.
Two of Jacques's three sons created families of their own.
Second son Hubert, born probably on the
lower Rivière St.-Jean in
c1773, married fellow Acadian Pélagie Girouard in c1804 perhaps at Bouctouche.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1809 and 1825, she gave him six sons.
Jacques's third and youngest son Charles, born
perhaps on lower Rivière St.-Jean in c1776, married fellow
Acadian Angélique
Girouard in c1802. They settled at Memramcook. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1804 and
1818, Angélique gave Charles five sons.
Pierre à
Palette's ninth and youngest son Amand, born at Chignecto in c1750,
followed his family to Canada and Rivière St.-Jean and married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Roy and Marie-Annette
D'Amours de Chauffor, at Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas on the lower St.-Jean in September 1774.
They moved
up to Madawaska in 1777, and then joined his brothers at Memramcook in 1787.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1788, Marie-Josèphe gave Amand six sons, all of whom created
families of their own.
Oldest son Philippe, born probably at
Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas in c1775, married fellow Acadian Marie-Blanche Suret
probably at Memramcook.
Amand's second son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at
Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas in c1776, married fellow Acadian Adélaïde Bourque
probably at Memramcook in c1806, where they remained. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1809 and
1820, she gave him three sons.
Amand's third son Béloni, born perhaps at
Madawaska in c1778, married fellow Acadian Madeleine Landry at Memramcook in
c1802.
Amand's fourth son François dit Francis, born probably at
Madawaska in c1780, married Marguerite Landry at Bouctouche in
c1805. According to Bona Arsenault, she gave him a son in c1808.
Amand's fourth son Pierre, born
perhaps at Madawaska in c1785, married cousin Osithe Cormier at Memramcook in c1808.
According to Bona Arsenault, she gave him seven sons between 1808 and 1826. In 1818 they moved to
Cap-Pelé, on the New Brunswick coast northeast of Memramcook.
Amand's
fifth and youngest son Denis, born probably at Memramcook in c1788, married
fellow Acadian Anne
Allain in c1813 probably at Memramcook, remarried to a Girouard,
place and date unrecorded, and remarried
again--his third marriage--to a Bellefontaine, both fellow
Acadians, place and date unrecorded. According
to Bona Arsenault, three of
his sons were born in 1814, 1817, and 1822.
Pierre,
père's second son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in
c1709, married Madeleine, daughter
of Martin Richard and Marguerite Bourg, at Beaubassin in August
1733. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1753, Madeleine gave
Jean-Baptiste six children, a
son and five daughters, at Chignecto. In 1755, the British deported
Jean-Baptiste, Madeleine, and their daughters to Georgia. In the spring of
1756, they and other refugees, with encouragement from the governors of Georgia
and South Carolina, attempted to return to greater Acadia by boat, but
Jean-Baptiste and his family, along with other exiles, got no farther than Long
Island, New York, where the British held them for the rest of the war.
They, along with three related families--Landrys,
Poiriers, and Richards--headed back south at
war's end, perhaps with the intention of settling in the French Antilles.
Jean-Baptiste, his wife, and daughters appeared on a repatriation list in South Carolina
in August 1763, but they did not remain there either. They returned to Georgia
soon after the listing. With the three other related families, they left Savannah for
Mobile, formerly a part of French Louisiana, in December 1763 and reached New Orleans
the following February--the first recorded Acadian exiles to venture to the Mississippi
colony.
The French caretaker government sent them to Cabahannocer on the river just
above the German Coast. Jean-Baptiste and Madeleine's daughters married into the Lemire dit
Mire, Poirier, Landry,
Girouard, and Bourg families. Two settled on the
western prairies, but the others remained on the river. Meanwhile, only son
Jean-Baptise, fils, at age 21, became separated from the family in 1755,
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, and was imprisoned in British
Nova Scotia until the end of the war. With two of his first cousins, he followed his family to Louisiana from Halifax via French St.-Domingue in
1764-65. He married into the Bourg and Blanchard
families on the river and in the Attakapas District, where he remained.
His only son also created a family of his own on the western prairies.
Pierre, père's third son Michel, born at Chignecto in
the early 1710s, probably died young.
Pierre, père's
fourth and youngest son François
dit
Palette, born at Chignecto in October 1719, married
Anne, daughter of Jacques Chiasson and
Marie-Josèphe Arseneau, at Beaubassin in July 1742. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1743
and 1750, Anne gave François four sons at Chignecto. One wonders what became of them
in 1755.359
LeBlanc
Daniel
LeBlanc,
who arrived in c1645, and his wife Françoise Gaudet, who was three years
his senior,
created what became the largest Acadian family in British Nova Scotia.
Between 1651 and 1664, Françoise
gave Daniel seven children, six sons and a daughter. Their daughter
married into the Blanchard family. Five of their sons also married
and created vigorous family lines. Both Daniel and Françoise died at Port-Royal between
1695 and 1700, in their 70s. Their descendants settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal; Minas, Pigiguit,
and Cobeguit in the Minas Basin; Chignecto; as well as in Canada (before Le Grand Dérangement) and the
French Maritimes. They were especially numerous at Minas, where they were
among the earliest settlers. At least 164 of Daniel's descendants
emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, from Maryland in the late 1760s,
and from France in 1785. Many of Daniel's descendants also could be found
in Canada, greater Acadia, France, especially on Belle-Île-en-Mer, and in the French Antilles after Le Grand
Dérangement.
Oldest
son Jacques, born at Port-Royal in c1651, married Catherine, daughter of Antoine Hébert and Geneviève
Lefranc, in c1673, probably at Port-Royal, and, according to Bona
Arsenault, settled at Rivière-des-Habitants, Minas, in the early 1690s. Between c1674
and 1692, Catherine gave Jacques 13 children, seven
sons and six daughters. Jacques died at Minas after May 1731, in his late
70s. His daughters married into the Cormier,
Breau, Boudrot, and Haché dit Gallant
families, three of them to Cormier brothers from Chignecto. Six of his seven sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean,
born at Port-Royal in c1674,
married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Richard and Madeleine Blanchard,
in c1698, probably at Port-Royal and settled at Minas. According to
Stephen A. White, between 1699 and 1720, Marguerite gave Jean 10 children, seven
sons and three daughters. Jean died at Minas in June 1747, in his early
70s. His daughters married into the Melanson, Boudrot,
and Granger families. Six of his seven son created families of their
own.
Oldest son
Pierre,
born at Minas in c1700, married Anne, daughter of Jean Thériot and
Jeanne Landry, at Grand-Pré in October 1721 and remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1740, Anne gave Pierre 10
children, six daughters and four sons, including a set of twins. Other
records give them a fifth son. Three of
their daughters married into the Bourg, Boudrot,
and Hébert families. One of their sons emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1766.
Second son
Jean-Pierre, called Pierre, born at Grand-Pré in April 1726,
perhaps a twin, married cousin Osite,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Melanson and Madeleine LeBlanc of Grand-Pré,
probably at Minas in c1752. The British deported them to Maryland in
the fall of 1755. The couple, with two sons, appeared on a repatriation
list at Snow
Hill on the colony's Eastern Shore in July 1763. They emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1766. Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east,
bank of the river at Cabahannocer in 1769. Jean-Pierre died probably at
Cabahanncoer in the 1770s, and Osite remarried
to an Acadian Bourgeois. Her and Pierre's only daughter married
a Bourgeois stepbrother. Pierre's three sons married into
the Arceneaux, Duhon, Bernard,
and Michel families. Two of them remained on the river,
and another one moved out to the western prairies during the
late colonial period.
Jean's second son
Jean, fils,
born at Minas in c1706, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude
Thériot and Agnès Aucoin, in c1728, probably at Minas and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1740, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean,
fils five children, two daughters and three sons. In the fall of 1755, the British deported Jean, fils and
members of his
family to Virginia, and Virginia officials sent them on to England in the spring
of 1756. They were held at Falmouth, where Jean, fils and Marie died, date unrecorded.
What happened to their children after 1763? One of their sons, who
evidently was sent to another seaboard colony other than Virginia, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana by 1770 perhaps from Maryland.
Jean's third son
Jacques,
born at Minas in February 1709, married Henriette, daughter of Martin Dupuis and
Marie Landry, at Grand-Pré in June 1731. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1732 and 1734, Henriette gave Jacques two children, a daughter and
a son. Jacques died at Minas in April
1735, age 26. His daughter married a LeBlanc cousin. One wonders what happened to his widow and children,
married and unmarried, in 1755.
Jean's fourth son
Paul, born at Minas in February 1711, married, according to Bona Arsenault,
Marie-Josèphe Hébert in c1732, probably at Minas.
According to Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Paul a daughter in 1733. Stephen A.
White says nothing of Paul's marriage or his fathering a daughter.
Was he still living in 1755?
Jean's fifth son
Charles,
born at Minas in c1722 (says Bona Arsenault), married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre
Vincent and Jeanne Trahan, probably at Minas in c1739 and likely
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, Madeleine gave Charles a son
in c1746. The British deported the family to Pennsylvania in the fall of
1755. Charles died in exile in 1757 or 1758 perhaps at Philadelphia.
His son remained in the colony.
Only son
Charles,
fils, born at Minas in c1746, followed his family to Pennsylvania in
the fall of 1755. His father died in the colony, and, according to Bona
Arsenault, Charles, fils remained there. Arsenault says Charles,
fils never married and died in Pennsylvania in August 1816, age 70.
According to Arsenault, Charles, fils's died intestate with an estate
worth $36,000, a substantial fortune in that day. A number of close
relations, hearing of it, lay claim to Charles, fils's estate in a
Philadephia court. Litigation dragged on for 10 years, until 1828, when
the court awarded Charles, fils's fortune to his first and second
cousins. Because of the passing of time, however, even after a lengthy
search, only 16 heirs could be found who were eligible to share in what was left
of Charles, fils's fortune. Arsenault does not say how the humble
Acadian from Minas amassed such a fortune in an English colony.
Jean's sixth son
Joseph,
born at Minas in c1718, married Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, Landry
probably at Minas in c1741 and likely remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1742 and 1755, Marguerite gave Joseph six children, four sons
and two daughters. Other records give them another daughter--seven
children in all. The British evidently deported the family to Maryland in
the fall of 1755. Joseph, and evidently Marguerite as well, died in the
Chesapeake colony before July 1763. Their oldest daughter married into the
Landry family in Maryland. At least five of Joseph's
children, two sons and three daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in
1767. The younger daughters did not marry, but the sons did. Joseph's oldest son may have remained in Maryland.
Another son settled on Île Miquelon, off the southern coast of Newfoundland, by 1772.
Oldest son
Paul-Marie, born probably at Minas in c1742, followed his family to Maryland in
the fall of 1755. He appeared on a repatriation lists with two of his
younger siblings at Baltimore in July 1763. When they emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1767, Paul-Marie evidently remained in the Chesapeake colony. If so, one wonders what
happened to him there.
Joseph's second
son Joseph, fils, born probably at
Minas in c1748, if he was still living, followed his family to Maryland in the
fall of 1755, but he was not listed with three of his siblings at Baltimore in July 1763.
One wonders where he may have been. He did not follow them to Spanish Louisiana in
1767, when he would have been age 19.
Joseph, père's
third son Simon, born probably at Minas in c1749, considering his age, probably
followed his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Like brother
Joseph, fils, however, he was not listed with his siblings at Baltimore in July 1763,
when he would have been age 13. One wonders where he may have been.
He did not follow four of his siblings to Spanish Louisiana in 1767, when he would have
been in his late teens, nor did he remain in Maryland with oldest brother Paul-Marie. Simon
settled, instead, on Miquelon, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland, in the late
1760s or early 1770s. He married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Pierre Cyr and Madeleine Poirier, on the
island in April 1772. Between 1773 and 1778,
Rosalie gave Simon three children, two sons and a daughter.
French officials counted the family on the island in 1776; the oldest son
had died by then. In 1778, during the American Revolution, the British
captured Île Miquelon and neary Île St.-Pierre and deported the islands' fisher/habitants to La Rochelle and other French ports that autumn. Simon
and his family landed at St.-Malo in late November. Their daughter died at
nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer the following February. In 1780 and 1782, Rosalie gave
Simon two more sons--five children in all. When Simon took his family back
to greater Acadia in 1784, they settled on Île St.-Pierre.
Joseph, père's
fourth and youngest son Pierre, born probably at Minas in October 1753, followed
his family to Maryland while still very young and was listed with older
siblings Paul and Rose on a repatriation list at Baltimore in July 1763, when he would have been age 9.
He followed four of his older siblings to Spanih Louisiana in 1767 and settled with
them at San Gabriel on the Acadian Coast. When a Spanish official counted him on the "left bank
ascending" at San Gabriel in March 1777, he was a 23-year-old bachelor with a
male slave, substantial numbers of livestock, and six arpents of
frontage on the river. He married Marguerite-Pélagie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Janvier Breaux and Rose-Osite Landry,
at nearby Ascension in October 1778. They evidently settled near the
boundary between the Ascension and San Gabriel districts. Pierre died near
San Gabriel in November 1790, age 37. His daughter married into the
Dupuis family. Four of his six sons also married, into
the Babin, LeBlanc, Bujole,
Allain, Landry, and Dodd
families on the river.
Jean's seventh and
youngest son Michel
dit Michaud, born at Minas in October 1720, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean
Trahan and Marie Hébert, probably at Minas in c1741 and likely
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1748,
Marie-Josèphe gave Michaud four children, three daughters and a son. Other
records give them another son--five children in all. The British deported
the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Michaud died there before July 1763.
His daughters married into the Hébert, Babin,
and Landry families, and two of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1767. His younger son followed his sisters there.
Older son
Joseph,
born probably at Minas in c1746, if he was still living, accompanied his family
to Maryland in the fall of 1755. He may have died there, unless he was the
Joseph LeBlan listed with his widowed mother and two sisters
on a repatriation list at Baltimore in July 1763, but this probably was Joseph's younger brother.
Michaud's younger
son Joseph-Michel, born and baptized at Baltimore, Maryland, in December 1758,
likely was the Joseph LeBlan listed with his widowed mother
and two sisters at Baltimore in July 1763. He followed his mother and two
sisters, one of them married, to Spanish Louisiana in 1767 and settled with them
at San Gabriel on the river below Baton Rouge. He married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Augustin Landry and his second wife
Marie-Madeleine Babin, at San Gabriel in June 1781. His
baptism in Maryland was "rectified" at the St. Gabriel church in January 1819,
when he was age 60. He died at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October
1833, age 74. His daughters married into the Babin and
LeBlanc families, and perhaps into the Dupuis
family as well. Only three of his six sons married, into the
Chiasson, Brasset, and Hernandez
families on the river.
Jacques's second son
Jacques, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1677,
married, according to Stephen A. White, Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Claude Boudrot and Anne-Marie
Thibodeau, in c1715, probably at Minas. Bona Arsenault says
Jacques, fils married Élisabeth, daughter of Charles Boudrot
and Renée Bourg of Pigiguit, in c1707; White is followed here. Jacques, fils died
at Minas between 1719 and
1723, in his early 40s.
According to Arsenault, between 1716 and 1719,
Élisabeth gave Jacques, fils three children, a daughter and a son.
Their daughter married into the Aucoin family. Both of
Jacques, fils's sons also created families of their own.
Older son
Joseph,
born at Minas in c1718,
married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Paul Melanson and Marie
Thériot, at Grand-Pré in November 1742. They settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and 1753,
Marie-Madeleine gave Joseph five children, four sons and a daughter. The
British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. After
the war, probably in the late 1760s, they followed other Acadian exiles from New
England to Canada and settled at Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence above
Trois-Rivières. Two of Joseph's younger sons created their
own families on the upper St. Lawrence.
Third son
Étienne, the second with the name, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1753, followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada. He married
Marie-Amable, daughter of Joseph Rivard-Loranger and Geneviève
Côté, at Yamachiche in November 1778 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1779 and 1800, Marie gave Étienne eight
children, six sons and two daughters. Étienne died at Saint-Polycarpe west
of Montréal in December 1834, in his early 80s. His daughters married into
the Desjarlais and Dupuis familes at nearby
Soulanges. His six sons also created their own families in the area, and
four of them married sisters.
Oldest son
Étienne, fils, born perhaps at Yamachiche in c1779, followed his family
to the Saint-Polycarpe area and married Eugénie, daughter of Amable
LeMay and Josephte Lauseraie, at Soulanges in February 1805.
Étienne, père's
second son Jean-François-Régis, born perhaps
at Yamachiche in c1785, married Josette, another daughter
of Amable LeMay and Josephte Lauseraie, at
Soulanges in August 1806.
Étienne, père's
third son Charles, born perhaps at Yamachiche in c1790, married Catherine, yet another daughter of
Amable LeMay and Josephte Lauseraie, at
Soulanges in February 1814.
Étienne, père's
fourth son Alexis, born perhaps at Yamachiche in c1792, married Ursule, daughter of David
Lécuyer and Françoise Gémier, at Soulanges in February
1814.
Étienne, père's
fifth son Joseph, born perhaps at Yamachiche in c1794, married Catherine, daughter of Antoine
Deschamps and Marie Laboussadière, at Soulanges in
June 1815.
Étienne, père's
sixth and youngest son Jean, born perhaps at
Yamachiche in c1800, married Marguerite, yet another
daughter of Amable LeMay and Josephte Lauseraie,
at St.-Anicet across from Soulanges in July 1821.
Joseph's fourth
and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Rivière-aux-Canards or Massachusetts in
c1755, followed his family to Canada, where he married Marie Fortin
in c1775, place unrecorded. They settled at Contrecoeur on the St.
Lawrence
between Sorel and Montréal. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1776 and 1784, Marie gave
Jean-Baptiste two sons who created their own families on the upper St.
Lawrence.
Older son
Jean-Baptiste, fils, born in Canada
in c1776, married Amable, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Blais and Marie-Anne Godard, at
Yamachiche above Trois-Rivières in January 1799.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's younger son Pierre, born in
Canada c1784, married Brigitte, daughter of
Joseph Chenay and Marie-Rose Bélanger, at
Yamachiche in October 1806.
Jacques, fils's
younger son Pierre, born at Minas in c1719,
married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Joseph Babin and Angélique
Landry, at Grand-Pré in October 1745. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1746 and 1767, Marie-Madeleine gave Pierre eight children,
six daughters and two sons. The British deported the family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. After the war,
probably in the late 1760s, they did not go to Canada but chose to resettle at
Pointe-de-l'Église, today's Church Point on St. Mary's Bay, western Nova Scotia.
Pierre died there in July 1799, age 80.
Jacques, père's third son Pierre, born probably at Port-Royal in
c1684 (Bona Arsenault says c1690), married
Marie, daughter of René Landry and Anne Thériot, at Grand-Pré in
November 1718 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1719 and 1723, Marie
gave Pierre three children, a daughter and two sons. Pierre died at Minas in May 1745, in his early 60s.
His daughter married into the Melanson family. One of his
sons also created a family of his own.
Older son Pierre, fils, born at Minas in c1721, married Élisabeth
Hébert in c1742, probably at Minas and settled there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1743 and 1747, Élisabeth gave Pierre, fils three
children, a son and two daughters. Pierre, fils died at Minas in
June 1746, in his mid-20s. His younger daughter evidently was born
posthumously.
Jacques, père's fourth son René
le jeune, born probably at Port-Royal in December 1685 (Bona
Arsenault says c1686), married Jeanne, daughter of
Claude Landry and Catherine Thibodeau, in c1708, probably at Minas, and remained there. Between 1709 and 1729, Jeanne gave René le jeune 13 children, four
daughters and nine sons. Three of his daughters married into the Poirier,
Hébert, and Benoit families. Eight of his
nine sons created families of their own, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
from France in 1785.
Oldest son Claude, born at Minas in August 1710, married Judith dite Judique, daughter of Pierre
Benoit le jeune and Élisabeth LeJuge, at Grand-Pré in
February 1738 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1739 and 1748, Judique gave Claude seven children, four daughters and three
sons. The British deported the family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them at
Concord in 1757 and at Boston in 1760. They were still in the colony in
August 1763. One wonders what happened to them after that date.
René le jeune's second son Jean-Baptiste, who Bona Arsenault calls Jean, born at Minas in 1715, married
Marguerite, daughter of René Hébert and Marie Boudrot, at
Grand-Pré in July 1741 and settled there. According to Arsenault, between
1742 and 1769, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste 13 children, six sons and seven
daughters. Arsenault says the British deported the family to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755, but, according to Stephen A. White, they were listed on a
repatriation list in Connecticut in 1763.
Later in the decade, they followed other Acadian exiles in New England to Canada
and settled at Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence above Trois-Rivières.
Five of their daughters married into the Bellemare,
Thibodeau, Melanson, Milette, and
Proulx families at Yamachiche. Three of Jean-Baptiste's sons also
created their own families there.
Second son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1746, followed his family to New
England and Canada. He married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians
Charles Trahan and Anne Landry, at Yamachiche
in October 1772. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1773 and 1791,
Madeleine gave Pierre nine children, five daughters and four sons. Pierre,
in his mid-50s, remarried to Françoise, daughter of Joseph Germain
and his Acadian wife Françoise Guilbault, at Yamachiche in
March 1801. According to Arsenault, Françoise gave Pierre two more sons in
1802 and 1803--11 children by two wives. Pierre died at Yamachiche
in July 1803, in his late 50s. Four of his daughters by first wife
Madeleine married into the Gendron, Lavergne,
Hudon-Beaulieu, and Gélinas
families at Yamachiche. One of his sons also married there.
Oldest son Joseph, by first wife Madeleine Trahan, born probably at Yamachiche
in c1775, married Amable Germain there in September
1797.
Jean-Baptiste's four son Jean, fils, born probably at Minas in c1748,
followed his family to New England and Canada. In his early 40s, he
married Marie, daughter of Hyppolite Philippeau-Bellehumeur and
Catherine Ménard, at Montréal in October 1791.
Jean-Baptiste's fifth son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1754, followed his
family to New England and Canada. In his early 30s, he married Geneviève,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Benoit and Anne
Thibodeau, at Yamachiche in July 1786.
René le jeune's third son Charles, a
twin, born at Minas in 1717, married Anne, daughter of Claude Boudrot and Catherine Meunier,
at Grand-Pré in September 1745 and settled there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1746 and 1754, Anne gave Charles four children, two sons and
two daughters. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., however, records two daughters
and a son during that time. The British deported the
family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to
England in the spring of 1756. They were held at Southampton, where
Anne died in August 1756, soon after arrival, age 35. Charles remarried to Marie-Madeleine,
called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Gautrot and Marie-Josèphe Bugeaud and widow of
Pierre Daigre, at Southampton in 1758. Between 1759 and 1761,
Madeleine gave Charles three more sons. They were repatriated to St.-Malo,
France, in the spring of 1763 and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Charles
worked as a day laborer and carpenter in the mother country. In 1763 and
1765, Madeleine gave Charles two more daughters--eight or nine children by both
wives. Not all of the children survived childhood: second son
by Madeleine died at St.-Servan in March 1768, age 8. His oldest son by first wife Anne drowned at Pont-Nicau near
St.-Énogat, today's Dinard, across from St.-Malo, in May 1770, age 15. His youngest son by second wife
Madeleine died at St.-Servan in October 1761, age 10. Charles took his family,
including two Daigre stepchildren, to Poitou in 1773 and retreated with other Poitou Acadians
to the port city of Nantes in December 1775. His oldest daughter
by first wife Anne married into the Aucoin and
Mancel families at Nantes and nearby Chantenay in November 1776
and September 1783, and his second daughter by first wife Anne married into
the Granger family at Chantenay in September 1780. Charles, wife Madeleine,
and their younger daughter emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Oldest son Joseph by
second wife Madeleine, who would have been in his
mid-20s in 1785, did not go with them. Charles's oldest daughter Madeleine and her
French husband also
remained in the mother country. His second daughter evidently had died
before September 1784, when her Granger husband
was counted at Nantes without a wife. Soon after
Charles and his family reached the Spanish colony, daughter
Marguerite-Geneviève married into the Duhon family at New
Orleans and settled with her husband at San Bernardo on the river below the
city. Charles and Madeleine, if they survived the crossing, followed most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. None of his
sons having gone to the colony, this line of the family did not take root in the
Bayou State.
René
le jeune's fourth son François, Charles's twin, married
Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine and also Anne, daughter of Germain Cormier and Marie
LeBlanc, at Beaubassin in c1744 and settled at Pointe-à-Beauséjour,
Chignecto. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1753, Anne gave François five daughters. The British
deported the family to South Carolina in the fall of 1755. François died
at Prince Frederick in that colony in November 1756, age 39. After the war
ended, at least three of his daughters, and perhaps his widow, moved on to
French St.-Domingue and settled at Môle St.-Nicolas on the
northwest coast of the sugar colony. Two of his daughters married into the
Poirier, Bivier, and Lingre
families.
René le
jeune's fifth
son Pierre, born at Minas in August 1718, married Claire, another daughter of
Claude Boudrot and Catherine Meunier,
at Grand-Pré in October 1740. According to Bona Arsenault, Claire gave
Pierre a son in 1741. Pierre remarried to Marie-Claire, called Claire, another daughter of
Pierre Benoit le jeune and Élisabeth
LeJuge, probably at Minas in c1742 and settled there. According to
Arsenault, in 1743 and 1745, this Claire gave Pierre two daughters. Other
records give them a third daughter--at least four children, a son and three
daughters, by two wives.
The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
Colonial officials counted them at Framington in 1757 and 1760. They were
still in the Bay Colony in August 1763. Pierre's son, who married in
Massachusetts, chose to follow his wife's family back to British Nova Scotia.
After the war, Pierre and Claire, if they were still living, and certainly their
daughters, resettled not in greater Acadia but in French St.-Domingue. In the late 1770s and early 1780s, the daughters married
into the Doucet, De La Chelle, and
D'Ambreville families at Môle St.-Nicolas on the northwest coast of the
sugar colony.
Only son Pierre, fils, by first wife Claire Boudrot,
born probably at Minas in c1741, followed his family to Massachusetts, where he
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Amirault
and Claire Dugas of Cap-Sable, in c1760. According to
Bona Arsenault, in 1767 and 1769, Marguerite gave Pierre, fils two
children, a daughter and a son. In the late 1760s, they chose to settle at
Cap-Sable, Nova Scotia, Marguerite's home. Their marriage was
"rehabilitated" there in August 1769.
René le
jeune's sixth
son René, fils, born at Minas in June 1722, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Babin and
Madeleine Bourg, at Grand-Pré in c1744 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1750 and 1758,
Marie gave René, fils five children, four sons and a daughter.
Other records give them another child. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in
the fall of 1755. In August 1761, colonial officials counted René,
fils, Marie, and six of their children in Worcester County with the
notation that they had been ordered to move to Hampshire County, farther to the
west, along with cousin François LeBlanc, fils and his
family.
They were still in the colony in August 1763, and colonial officials counted
them there with six sons and a daughter in 1767. Did they remain?
René
le jeune's
seventh son Olivier, born at Minas in April 1724, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Martin Aucoin and
Élisabeth Boudrot, at Grand-Pré in November 1747 and remained there.
The British deported the family to Philadelphia in the fall of 1755. Olivier died in exile,
perhaps in Pennsylvania, between 1756 and 1762, in his 30s.
What happened to his family after the war ended?
René le jeune's eighth son Joseph, born at Minas in May 1726, probably died
young.
René
le jeune's ninth
and youngest son Joseph
dit Jambo, born at Minas in February 1729, married Marguerite,
19-year-old daughter of Pierre
Trahan and Madeleine Comeau, at Grand-Pré in August 1750 and,
according to Bona Arsenault, settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According
to Arsenault, in 1752 and 1754, Marguerite gave Jambo two children, a son and a
daughter. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and
Virginia officials sent them on to England the following spring. They
were held at Liverpool, where wife Marguerite died. Jambo remarried to Anne, also called Agnès,
32-year-old daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Hébert and
Marguerite Trahan, at Liverpool in January 1758. Jambo, his new
wife, and his two children were repatriated to Ploujean, Morlaix, northern
Brittany, France, in the spring of 1763, where Jambo worked as a seaman and a
carpenter. Anne gave Jambo another daughter at Morlaix in May 1765.
Later that year, they followed other Acadian exiles from England to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern
coast of Brittany, where they settled at Kerlédan near Sauzon on the north side
of the island. According to Arsenault, between 1767 and 1771, Anne gave
Jambo three more children, a daughter and two sons, on the island. They moved on to
Quimper in southern Brittany by 1773. Later that year, Jambo took his family to Poitou,
where another son was born in August 1775--seven children by two wives.
Jambo and his family retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in December
1775. Their youngest son died there in August 1776, age 11
months. A Spanish official counted Jambo, Anne, two sons, and two
daughters still at Nantes in September 1784. Ten months later, they
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana on the first of the Seven Ships. Jambo's two oldest children by first
wife Marguerite, a son and a daughter, who would have been ages 33 and 32 in
1785, did not go with them. The daughter married into the
Huart and Poty or Potty families in
France and died in a hospital at Bordeaux in June 1819, in her mid-60s.
From New Orleans, Jambo and his family followed most
of their fellow passengers to Manchac on the river south of Baton Rouge. Their
daughters married into the LeBlanc and Boudreaux
families on the river. Neither of Jambo's remaining sons seems to have married,
so, like older brother Charles, only
the blood of this line seems to have endured in the Bayou State.
Jacques père's fifth son François, born probably at Port-Royal in
c1688, married
Marguerite, another daughter of
Claude Boudrot and Anne-Marie Thibodeau,
at Grand-Pré in September 1712 and remained there. Between 1713 and 1739, Marguerite gave François a
dozen children, eight sons and four daughters. In the fall of 1755, the
British deported François, Marguerite, and their younger children to
Massachusetts. Colonial authorities counted François, Marguerite, and
their sons Pierre and Simon at Needham in 1760-61. François died there in c1761,
in his early 70s. After the war ended, his
widow Marguerite took two of their younger children not to Canada but to
Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland,
where French officials counted them in 1767. They likely were among the
islanders sent to France later that year to alleviate overcrowding on Miquelon
and nearby Île St.-Pierre. Marguerite died after May 1767, in her late 60s
or early 70s, place unrecorded; it may have been on the island or in France.
One, perhaps two, of her LeBlanc
daughters married into the Aucoin family and perhaps into the
Breau and Templet families as well, and one
of them may have emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785. Six of François's eight sons
also created
families of their own.
Oldest son François,
fils, born at Minas in c1713 (Bona Arsenault
says c1714), married, according to Stephen A. White, Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of
Joseph Dugas and Claire Bourg, in c1738, probably at Minas.
Arsenault says Isabelle was sans doute daughter of Joseph Dugas
and Marguerite Richard; White is followed here. According
to Arsenault, between 1739 and 1764, Isabelle gave François, fils 11
children, seven daughters and four sons. They moved from Minas to Île Royale in the late 1740s or early 1750s. In late
March 1752, a French official counted François, fils, Isabelle, and six of their
children, three sons and three daughters, at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse in the
interior of the island, but they evidently
returned to Minas before 1755.
The British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of that year.
Colonial officials counted them at Oxford in Worcester County in 1757.
Officials counted François, fils, Isabelle, and seven of their children
still in Worcester County in August 1761 with orders to move to Hampshire
County, to the west, along with cousin René LeBlanc and his family.
François, fils and his large family were still in the
colony in August 1763. Later in the decade, they followed other Acadian
exiles in New England to Canada. François, fils died at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan northeast of Montréal in August 1790, in his late 70s.
Five of his daughters married into the Gauthier dit
Landreville, Galarneau, Brousseau,
Brien-Durocher, and Bédard families at St.-Jacques and
nearby L'Assomption. Two of his sons also created their own families in
the area.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1741, followed his family to Île
Royale, back to Minas, and to Massachusetts, where he married cousin
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Dugas and
Marie-Josèphe Melanson, in c1766. They followed his
family to Canada and "rehabilitated" their marriage at L'Assomption in July 1767
and settled at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, where Joseph served as captain of
militia. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1774,
Marie-Madeleine gave Joseph four children, two daughters and two sons.
Their daughters married into the Pellerin and Lanoue
families at St.-Jacques. One of Joseph's sons also married in the area.
Younger son Joseph, fils, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1774,
married Marie-Catherine, daughter of Antoine Cassé and
Marie-Abathe Piché, at nearby St.-Sulpice in January 1798.
François, fils's third son Jean-Baptiste was born probably in the early
1750s after the family returned to Minas. Bona Arsenault says
Jean-Baptiste was born in c1749, but the boy was not counted with his family at
Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale, in March 1752. He followed his family to
Massachusetts and Canada, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Doucet and Françoise Haché, at L'Assomption in
August 1778.
François, père's second son Joseph, born at Minas in November 1718, married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre
Girouard and Marie Doiron of Pigiguit, in c1740, probably at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1756, Madeleine gave Joseph eight
children, four sons and four daughters. In
c1750, they moved from Minas to Île St.-Jean, where, in August 1752,
a French official counted Joseph, Madeleine, and six of their children, two sons
and four daughters, at Malpèque on the northwest shore of the island. They
evidently escaped the British roundup on Île St.-Jean in late 1758, crossed Mer
Rouge, and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where they may have escaped more
British roundups. They settled at the British-controlled fishery at Carleton in Gaspésie on the north shore
of the Baie des Chaleurs. Joseph died there in March 1818, age 99. His daughters married into the Comeau,
Bernard, Boudrot, and Landry
families at Carleton. His sons also created their own families there.
Oldest son Basile, born probably at Minas in c1741, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean, into exile, and to Gaspésie, where he married Victoire, daughter of
fellow Acadians Michel Bourg and Anne Hébert
and sister of Paris-educated Catholic missionary Joseph-Mathurin Bourg,
at Carleton in April 1776. Basile and Victoire remained at Carleton.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1777 and 1790, Victoire gave Basile six
children, four daughters and two sons.
Joseph's second son Joseph, fils, born probably at Minas in c1743,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean, into exile, and to Gaspésie, where he
married cousin Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Dugas
and Anne LeBlanc, in c1772. They settled at Carleton.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1773 and 1790, Françoise gave Joseph,
fils nine children, five sons and four daughters.
Joseph, père's third son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1743,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean, into exile, and to Gaspésie, where he
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Anne
Thériot, at Carleton in November 1776. They remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1777 and 1789, Marie gave Pierre six
children, four sons and two daughters.
Joseph, père's fourth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born
in exile in c1756, followed his family to Gaspésie, where, in his early 30s, he
married Charlotte, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Bujold
and Marguerite Cormier, at Carleton in May 1787.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1789 and 1808, Charlotte gave Jean 10
children, four sons and six daughters.
François, père's third son Charles, born at Minas in May 1723, married,
according to Stephen A. White,
Marie, daughter of Nicolas Barrieau and ____, in c1748, probably at Minas and remained there.
Bona Arsenault says Marie was daughter of Jacques Barillot and
Marie-Anne Turpin of Pigiguit; White is followed here.
According to Arsenault, between 1751 and 1769, Marie gave Charles 11 children,
five sons and six daughters. The British deported the family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. They were still in the colony in August
1763. Charles and most of his family followed his widowed mother and three
of his younger brothers to Île Miquelon, where French officials counted them in
1765 and 1767. They likely went to France that year with other islanders
to alleviate crowding on Miquelon and Île St.-Pierre. If so, they
promptly returned to greater Acadia. British officials counted them at
Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in 1770. They moved on to
Bouctouche in present-day southeastern New
Brunswick. Charles died at nearby Memramcook, New Brunswick, in c1800, in his
late 70s. His daughters married into the Bourque,
Richard, LeBlanc, Allain, and
Guoguen families. Four of his five sons also created their own
families.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1751, followed his family to
Massachusetts, Île Miquelon, Nova Scotia, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where he
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Saulnier and
Marie Coste of Nicook, perhaps Néguac, in c1772, no place given.
Charles's second son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1753, followed his
family to Massachusetts, Île Miquelon, Nova Scotia, and the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where
he married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian René Landry, in
c1775, no place given. They settled at Bouctouche.
Charles's fourth son Charles, fils, born probably on Île Miquelon in
c1765, followed his family to Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where he married
fellow Acadian Madeleine Girouard in c1786, no place given, and
remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Brault
and Madeleine Boudreau of Bouctouche, no place or date given,
but it probably was on the Gulf shore.
Charles, père's fifth and youngest son François, born probably on Île Miquelon
in c1766, followed his family to Nova Scotia and the Gulf os St. Lawrence shore, where he
married Hélène, another daughter of Joseph Brault and Madeleine
Boudreau, in c1788, no place given, but it probably was on the
Gulf shore.
François, père's fourth son Pierre, born at Minas in November 1725,
was a 30-year-old bachelor when he followed his family to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. He was counted with his parents and younger brother Simon at
Needham in 1760. Pierre married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré
Bourgeois dit Lafond and Marie-Jeanne Richard
and widow of Jacques Girouard, in April 1760, probably at
Needham.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1767, Marie gave Pierre four
children, two daughters and two sons. The family was still in Massachusetts in August 1763.
Soon after they appeared on the repatriation list in the Bay Colony, they followed his widowed mother and
three of his brothers to Île Miquelon, where their marriage was
"rehabilitated" in October 1763. They were still on the island
in 1765 and 1767. They likely went to France in 1767 with other islanders. If so, they promptly returned to
greater Acadia.
British officials counted them at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1768. Soon
after, they followed his older brother Charles to present-day southeastern New
Brunswick. Pierre died at Memramcook there in c1805, age 80.
François, père's fifth son Étienne, born at Minas in February 1728,
died there in December 1731, age 3 1/2.
François, père's sixth son
Amand, born at
Minas in January 1731, died there in January 1732, age 1.
François, père's seventh son Jacques le
jeune, born at Minas in November 1732, was a 23-year-old bachelor when he
followed his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755, but he did not remain
there. He married
Nathalie dite Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Breau and
Anne-Françoise Dupuis, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in c1758 (Bona
Arsenault says c1757).
According to Arsenault, between 1759 and 1768,
Nathalie gave Jacques le jeune six children, five daughters and a son.
They returned to Massachusetts by August 1763, when they appeared on a
repatriation list in that colony. Later that year, they followed his widowed mother and
three of his brothers to Île Miquelon, where French officials counted them in
1767. They may have gone to France that year with other islanders.
If so, they returned to greater Acadia and settled on the Atlantic coast northeast of
Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jacques died at nearby Chezzetcook in c1776, in his
early 40s. His daughters married into the Maillet,
Jeanson, Landry, Thibodeau,
and Richard families, one of them at Annapolis Royal and
several of them on the Gulf shore in present-day eastern New Brunswick.
His son also created a family of his own.
Only son Simon le jeune, born probably in Pennsylvania in c1760, followed his family to
Massachusett, Île Miquelon, and British Nova Scotia, but he did not remain
there. He married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian René
Richard of Nicook, perhaps Néguac, in c1782, no place given, but it
probably was on the Gulf shore of persent-day eastern New Brunswick.
François, père's eighth and youngest son
Simon, born at Minas in October 1734, followed his family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He was counted with his parents and
older brother Pierre at Needham in 1760. After the war, he followed his widowed mother and three older
brothers to Île Miquelon by 1767, when French
officials counted him there.
If he went to France that year with other islanders, he promptly returned to
greater Acadia. He
married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Comeau and Marie Henry
dit Robert, in c1771, place unrecorded. According to
Bona Arsenault, Madeleine gave Simon a daughter in 1772. British officials
counted them at Birch Cove, in today's southwestern New Brunswick, in 1772.
They crossed over to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore to today's southeastern New Brunswick, where Simon died at
St.-Louis-de-Kent in January 1816, age 81.
Jacques, père's sixth son Bernard, born probably at Port-Royal in
c1690 (Bona Arsenault says in c1693), married
Marie, daughter of Alexandre Bourg dit Bellehumeur, notary and
judge, and Marguerite Melanson, at
Grand-Pré in February 1714 and settled there. According to Stephen A.
White, between the 1710s and 1737, Marie gave Bernard seven
children, five daughters and two sons. Arsenault gives them a third son and
only three daughters. The British evidently deported
members of the family to New England in the fall of 1755. Bernard died in
exile between 1755 and August 1763, in his 50s or early 60s. His widow
Marie and some of her LeBlanc children moved on to French
St.-Domingue in late 1763 or 1764. Marie died at Mirebalais in the
interior of the sugar colony in November 1764, age 69. Four of their daughters married
into the Landry and Dugas families, one of them on Île Miquelon. One,
perhaps both, of Bernard's sons
created their own families.
Older son Joseph
dit Bouquet, born at Minas in March 1724, married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Olivier Daigre and Françoise Granger, at
Rivière-aux-Canards in June 1747 and remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1750 and 1767, Marie-Josèphe gave Bouquet five children,
three sons and two daughters. One wonders what
happened to them in the fall of 1755. If they escaped the British roundup
at Minas, they likely sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where
they evidently escaped more British roundups. According to Stephen A.
White, in 1765, two years after the war had ended, British officials counted
them at the British-controlled fishery at Bonaventure in Gaspésie on the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs.
Arsenault, however, says that in 1767 French authorities counted Joseph dit
Bouquet and his family at Baie-du-Château on Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern
coast of Brittany, where many of his LeBlanc cousins who had
been held in England had gone two years earlier. If Arsenault is correct,
Bouquet and his family, after the 1765 counting at Gaspésie, may have resettled on Île Miquelon, which, like Gaspésie, also contained a fishery,
this one controlled by the French. By 1767,
Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre had become so crowded French authorities,
obeying a royal decree, sent
most of the island Acadians to France, hence the possibility of the family being counted on
Belle-Île-en-Mer later that year. Even if this is a correct interpretation
of Arsenault's information, Bouquet and his family did not remain in France. Arsenault says they were counted at Carleton near Bonaventure, no
date given, after their sojourn in the mother country. Both Arsenault and White agree
that Joseph
dit Bouquet died at nearby Cascapédia, today's New Richmond, Gaspésie, in September 1801, age 77--perhaps
never having left there. His daughters married into the Poirier
and Cormier families. His sons also created families of
their own in Gaspésie.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1750, followed
his family into exile and to Gaspésie, where he married Modeste, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles Doucet and Anne Arsenault,
in c1777, no place given. They settled at Carleton. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1778 and 1795, Modeste gave Joseph seven children, six
sons and a daughter.
Bouquet's second son Jean-Baptiste, born in exile in c1764, followed his
family to Gaspésie, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph Cormier and Madeleine Savoie, at
Cascapédia/New Richmond in January 1787 and settled there. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1785[sic] and 1809, Marguerite gave
Jean-Baptiste 13 children, nine sons and two daughters.
Bouquet's third and youngest son Pierre, born perhaps in Gaspésie in c1767,
married, in his early 30s, Barbe, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier
Bariault and Élisabeth Landry, at Carleton in January
1800.
Bernard's younger son Pierre, born at Minas in August 1737, may have died
young, or he may have been the Pierre LeBlanc who the British
deported to Virginia in the fall of 1755 and who Virginia authorities sent on to
England the following spring. If this was him, he married fellow
Acadian Marie-Blanche Landry in England, probably at Bristol,
in c1757. Marie-Blanche gave husband Pierre two daughters there in 1758
and 1760. The family was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled
in the surburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer before moving to Le-Légué near St.-Brieuc
on the Breton coast west of St.-Malo in 1771. Pierre worked as a carpenter in
the mother country. Between 1763 and 1770, at St.-Servan, Marie-Blanche gave him seven
more children, four sons and five daughters, including a set of twins--nine
children in all. Five of the younger children, three sons and two
daughters, died before their second birthday, and their second daughter, born in England, died at age 7 in July 1767.
In 1773, Pierre
took his wife and remaining children to the interior of Poitou. In March 1776,
they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the lower Loire port of Nantes. Their oldest daughter married into the Daigre
family at nearby Chantenay in March 1783. Two years later, Pierre,
Marie-Blanche, an unmarried daughter, and their married daughter and her husband
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana on the same vessel. The married daughter may not have
survived the crossing. From New Orleans, Pierre and his family followed
most of their fellow passengers to Bayou Lafourche. Wife
Marie-Blanche died at Ascension on the upper bayou in July 1786, in her early
50s, soon after their arrival. Pierre, in his mid-50s, may have remarried
to Anne, 47-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Hébert
and his first wife Madeleine Doiron and widow of Pierre
Robichaux, at Ascension in August 1790, and he may have been the Pierre
LeBlanc whose succession was filed at the Interior
Parish courthouse in December 1810. If this was Pierre à Bernard,
he would have been in his early 70s that year. His younger daughter
married into the Boudreaux family on the upper Lafourche.
Since none of Pierre's sons made it to Louisiana, this line of the family did
not take root in the Bayou State.
Jacques, père's seventh and youngest son
Ignace, born probably at
Port-Royal in c1692, was counted there with his family the
following year, but he may not have survived childhood.
Daniel's second
son Étienne, born at Port-Royal in c1656, was age
15 when Father Molin counted him with his family at Port-Royal in 1671, the
first Acadian census. He did not marry.
Daniel's third
son René, born at Port-Royal in c1657,
married Anne, daughter of Jacques Bourgeois
and Jeanne Trahan, at Port-Royal in c1678 and moved on to Minas in the
late 1680s.
Between c1678 and the late 1690s, at Port-Royal and Minas, Anne gave René 10 children,
eight sons and two daughters, including a set of twins. René died at Minas in January 1734, in his
late 70s. Anne, who did not remarry, died at Minas in December 1747, age
87. Their daughters married into the Thériot
and Landry families. Six of René's sons created families of their
own.
Oldest son
Jacques le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1678 (Bona Arsenault says c1680), married Catherine, daughter of René Landry and
Marie Bernard, at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1700 (Arsenault says c1699) but settled at
Grand-Pré.
Between 1700 and 1726, Catherine gave Jacques le jeune 14 children, eight
daughters and six sons. Catherine died at Minas at Easter 1754, in her
early 70s. Jacques le jeune died
there in October 1755, in his late 70s, during the first days of exile. His daughters married into the
Gautrot, Granger, Melanson, Thibodeau, Babin,
and LeBlanc families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana. All
of his sons also created their own families, and three of them emigrated to
Louisiana from Halifax, Maryland, and France.
Oldest son Jean-Jacques, born at Minas in c1702,
married Madeleine, daughter of Germain Thériot and Anne Richard, in c1725,
probably at Minas and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1729 and 1744, Madeleine gave Jean-Jacques eight children, six sons and
two daughters. The British deported the
family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to
England the following spring. They were held at Southampton, where Jean-Jacques
and Madeleine died, dates unrecorded. In the spring of 1763, some of their
children, along with the other Acadians held in England, were repatriated to
France.
Second son Joseph, born at Minas in January 1731, followed his family to
Virginia and England. Still a bachelor in his early 30s, he was
repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
One wonders what happened to him there. He did not emigrate to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Jean-Jacques's fourth son François, born at Minas in November 1736, followed his family to
Virginia and England. Still a bachelor in his late 20s, he was
repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled at St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
One wonders what happened to him there. He did not emigrate to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Jean-Jacques's sixth and youngest son Augustin-Marie, born at Minas in June 1742, followed his
family to Virginia and England. Still a bachelor in his early 20s, he was
repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled at St.-Servan-sur-Mer
perhaps with his older brother.
One wonders what happened to him there. He did not emigrate to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Jacques le jeune's second son
Jacques, fils, born at Minas in September 1708, married Catherine- or Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Forest
and Cécile Richard, at Grand-Pré in June 1730 and, according to Bona
Arsenault, settled at Pigiguit. According to Arsenault, between
1734 and 1752, Catherine-Josèphe gave Jacques, fils six children, three
sons and three daughters. Other records give them a fourth son.
Arsenault says the British deported members of the family to Pennsylvania in the
fall of 1755. Their oldest son escaped the roundup at Pigiguit and took
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Their second son, who followed
them to Pennsylania, married a fellow Acadian there. Jacques, fils took his family to
Maryland by July 1763, when he, Catherine, and five of their unmarried children, three daughters and two sons,
appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford
on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Evidently Jacques, fils's second son
and his wife did not follow him to the Cheaspeake family. Jacques, fils's
two younger sons married fellow Acadians in Maryland after the 1763 counting. Jacques, fils, his
wife, two married sons and their families, and three unmarried daughters emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1766.
They settled near his oldest son on river at Cabahannocer,
where Jacques, fils died in February 1795, age 87. His daughters
married into the Lanoux and Babin families on
the river.
Oldest son Marcel, born probably at Pigiguit in c1734, escaped
the British roundup there in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. By 1760, he had moved north to the French stronghold at Restigouche at
the head of the Baie des Chaleurs, where he appears on a list of surrendered
Acadians there dated 24 October 1760. A month later, he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Breau and Ursule Bourg
of Cobeguit at Restigouche.
The British held them in the prison compound at Fort Edward, formerly Pigiguit,
within sight of his old home, until the end of the war. Marie-Josèphe gave
Marcel a daughter at Fort Edward in c1762. In 1765, the family emigrated with other Nova Scotia
exiles to Louisiana
via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and settled in the established
Acadian community at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. The
following year, his
parents and siblings joined him there from Maryland. Marie-Josèphe gave
Marcel more children in the colony. In late summer 1779, in his mid-40s,
Marcel may have served as a fusileer in the Acadian Coast company of militia
that fought under Governor Bernardo Gálvez against the British at Fort Bute and
Baton Rouge. The date and place of Marcel's death have been lost.
His daughters married
into the Chiasson, Dugas, and Melançon
families. Marcel's two sons also married, into the Godin
dit Bellefontaine, Lalande, and Breaux
families. The older son remained on the river, but the younger one moved
on to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Jacques, fils's second son René, born probably at Pigiguit in c1740,
followed his family to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. He married fellow
Acadian Anne Blanchard probably at Philadelphia in c1761.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1776, Anne gave René eight
children, three sons and five daughters. René and Anne evidently did not
follow his family to Maryland in the early 1760s but, after the war, moved on to Arichat,
a British-controlled fishery on the
north shore of Île Madame, Nova Scotia. Three of their
daughters married into the Boudreau and Forest
families. All three of René's sons created families of their own at the
Arichat fishery.
Oldest son Hyacinthe, born probably in Pennsylvania in c1762, followed his
parents to Arichat and married fellow Acadian Marie Vincent of
Pomquet on the North Shore of Nova Scotia, place and date unrecorded. They
settled at Arichat, where, according to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Hyacinthe
nine children.
René's second son Gaétan dit Cajetan, born
probably at Arichat in c1768, married fellow
Acadian Marguerite Boudreau, place and date unrecorded, but it
probably was at Arichat.
They also settled at Arichat, where, according to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite
gave Cajetan 10 children, six sons and four daughters. Cajetan died at
Arichat in c1850, in his early 80s.
René's third and youngest son Mathurin, born
probably at Arichat in c1772, married Modeste-Catherine
Fougère or Forgues, place and date unrecorded, but it
probably was at. They settled at Arichat,
where, according to Bona Arsenault, Modeste gave Mathurin a dozen children, 10
sons and two daughters. At least one of their sons resettled in the
îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Charles, born probably at Arichat in c1780, married Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Cormier and Marie Boudreau,
on one of the Gulf islands in October 1806.
Jacques, fils's third son Sylvain, born probably at Pigiguit in c1741,
followed his family to Pennsylvania and Maryland. He married cousin
Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, LeBlanc, in Maryland in
c1763. She gave him a son there in c1765. The following year, they
followed his parents and siblings to Spanish Louisiana and settled with them at
Cabahannocer. Sylvain remarried to fellow Acadian Marie-Josèphe, called
Josèphe, Babin at Cabahanncoer in the late 1760s and settled at
nearby Ascension. Sylvain was a first corporal in the Ascension militia
during the Spanish campaign against the British on the lower Mississippi in
1779. He died in Ascension Parish in July 1807, in his late 60s. His
daughters married into the Babin, Beres,
Bourdier, Breaux, Landry,
LeBlanc, Melançon, Prince,
and Trahan families. Three of his five sons by both wives
married into the Godin dit Lincour, LeBlanc,
and Blanchard families at Ascension.
Jacques, fils's fourth and youngest son Paul, born probably at Pigiguit
in c1743, followed his family to Pennsylvania and Maryland. He married
fellow Acadian Agnès, also called Anne, Babin in Maryland in
the mid-1760s. In 1766, Paul, Anne, and their infant son followed his
parents and siblings to Spanish Louisiana and settled with them at Cabahannocer.
Anne gave Paul a daughter and more sons. Paul's daughter married into the
Gautreaux family. Four of his eight sons also married,
into the Bourgeois, Surette, Part,
Mire, and Duhon families on the river.
Jacques le jeune's third son Honoré, born at Minas in November 1710, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Guillaume Trahan and Jacqueline Benoit,
at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1731 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1753,
Marie-Josèphe gave Honoré five children, four sons and a daughter. The
British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
officials sent them on to England the following spring. They were held at
Liverpool, where wife Marie-Josèphe died in c1763. Honoré and his family,
including a son who married at Liverpool, were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in
the spring of 1763. Two years later, they followed his younger brothers to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off
the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Bordustard near Le Palais on the eastern side of
the island. Honoré died near Le Palais in November 1791, age 81. His
daughter married into the Daigre family at Morlaix, followed
her husband to Belle-Île-en-Mer, and, like her parents and most of her brothers,
remained there after 1785. At least three of Honoré's sons created their
own families, one of them in Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son Charles le jeune, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in August 1734, followed his
family to Virginia and England and was held with them at Liverpool.
Charles le jeune married Anne dite Annette, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians René
Landry and Marie-Rose Rivet of
Rivière-aux-Canards, at Liverpool in May 1758. The couple followed his
family to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. Annette gave Charles
le jeune a
daughter in August of that year, so she was pregnant in the crossing from England. In
May 1765, Annette gave Charles le jeune a son in St.-Mathieu's Parish, Morlaix. Later
that year, Charles le jeune took his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at
Bordrehouant near Bangor in the center of the island. Between 1768 and
1779, Annette gave Charles le jeune at least three more children on the island, two
daughters and a son--five children in all. In 1785, Charles le jeune's older son,
now a 20-year-old bachelor,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. The rest of the family remained on
Belle-Île-en-Mer, where Charles le jeune died in c1803, in his late
60s. His widow Annette, who evidently did not remarry, died on the island in c1821, on her early 80s.
Two of their daughters married into the Le Floch and
Caric families on the island. Both of Charles le jeune's
sons married, one in Spanish Louisiana, the other on Belle-Île-en-Mer.
Older son Claude-Marie, born at Morlaix, France, in May 1765, followed his
family to Belle-Île-en-Mer and came of age there. In October 1785, still a
bachelor, he
sailed out of Nantes on the last of the Seven Ships going to Spanish
Louisiana. From New Orleans, he joined other Acadian exiles,
including his uncle Joseph LeBlanc, on upper Bayou Lafourche, where
the Spanish granted Claude-Marie six arpents of frontage.
By 1791, still a bachelor, Claude-Marie had increased his frontage on the bayou to seven
arpents. At age 29, he married Marguerite-Anastasie, 18-year-old
daughter of fellow Acadians Benoît Comeaux and Anne
Blanchard of Chepoudy and Petitcoudiac, at Assumption on the upper
Lafourche in June 1794. Marguerite-Anastasie was
born at Cherbourg, France, and had come to the colony aboard the fifth of the
Seven Ships. They remained on the upper bayou. Claude-Marie's
succession, probably post-mortem, was filed at the Lafourche Interior
Parish couthouse in Thibodauxville in February 1816. He would have been in
his early 50s at the time. His daughters married into the Bruce,
Ledet, Picou, and Poché
families. Two of his four sons also married, into the Bergeron
and Foret families, and remained in Lafourche Interior Parish.
Charles le jeune's younger son Claude-Marie-Auguste, born on
Belle-Île-en-Mer in May 1779, married Marie-Catherine, daughter of locals
Guillaume Thomas and Marie-Louse Caric of
Kerhohan, at Bangor in c1809. They settled at Kerchen on the island.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Catherine gave Claude-Marie-Auguste two
children, a son and a daughter, in 1814 and 1819.
Honoré's second son Raymond, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in Januuary 1742, followed
his family to Virginia, England, and Morlaix, France, where he married
Marie-Josèphe, 25-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Thériot and
Marie-Josèphe Dupuis of Rivière-aux-Canards, in September 1765.
Later that year, they followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled near them
at Bordustard near Bangor. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and
1781, Marie-Josèpe gave Raymond six children, two daughters and four sons, on the
island. No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Arsenault says Raymond not only was a land owner on the island, but in 1792,
during the early days of the French Revolution, his fellow citizens chose him as a
municipal officer at Le Palais. He died at Bordustard in c1807, in his mid-60s. Marie-Josèphe died there in
c1811, in her early 70s. One of their daughters married into the
Gallenne family on the island. At least one of their sons also
created a family there.
Third son Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume, born near Le Palais in June 1777, married, in
his mid-30s, fellow Acadian Marie-Julienne Landry, also a
native of the island, at Bangor in c1812. According to Bona Arsenault,
Marie-Julienne gave Jean-Baptiste-Guillaume a son in c1816.
Honoré's third son Paul, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in July 1751, followed
his family to Virginia, England, Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer.
He married Marie-Anne, daughter of locals Paderne Matelot and Anne
Quelec, at Le Palais on the island in July 1774 and settled
near his brother at Bordustard. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775
and 1779, Marie-Anne gave Paul three children, two sons and a daughter; the
daughter died young. No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Paul remarried to Frenchwoman Marie-Françoise Le Matelot d'Auray
on the island in c1788. According to Arsenault, between 1789 and 1800,
Marie-Françoise gave Paul six more children, five sons and a daughter--nine
children by two wives. Paul died at Bordustard on the island in
c1808, in his late 50s.
Seventh and youngest son Jean-Marie, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1800, became a
cannoneer in the French artillery. He died at Basse-Terre, Guadaloupe, in
c1825. One wonders if he married.
Honoré's fourth and youngest son Joseph, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in
January 1753, followed his family to Virginia, England, Morlaix, and
Belle-Île-en-Mer, but he did not remain there. By September 1784, he had
returned to Morlaix, where he appears on a list of Acadians who wanted to
emigrate to Spanish Louisiana, which he did, alone, the following year.
From New Orleans, he followed most of
his fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where, in his mid- or late 30s,
he married fellow Acadian Marguerite Forest soon after reaching
the colony. At age 40, Joseph remarried to Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow
Acadians François Landry and Marie-Rose Dugas,
at Ascension in November 1793. They remained on the upper bayou.
Joseph died in Assumption Parish in August 1836, in his early 80s. His
daughters, all by second wife Marie-Rose, married into the Girot,
Landry, LeBlanc, and Mollère
families. Four of his six sons by both wives also married, into the
Aucoin, Landry, and Breaux families
on the Lafourche.
Jacques le jeune's fourth son
Charles, born at Minas in August 1718, married Élisabeth,
23-year-old daughter of Jean
Thibodeau and Marguerite Hébert, at Grand-Pré in September 1741 and
settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742
and 1752, Élisabeth gave Charles six children, three daughters and three sons.
The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
officials sent them on to England the following spring. They were held at
Penryn-Falmouth until they were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of
1763. Two years later, Charles, Élisabeth, and their children followed his brothers to Belle-Île-en-Mer, where they settled at
Keroudé near Bangor. Charles died near Bangor in April 1772, age 54.
Neither his widow Élisabeth, nor any of their children, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. Élisabeth died in the house of sieur Jacques
Cholet, her son-in-law, at Le Palais on the east end of the island in
1807, in her late 90s. Two of her other daughters
also married, into the Daigre
and Richard families. At least two of Charles
and Élisabeth's sons created their own families in France.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in April 1746, followed
his family to Virginia, England, Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer. In the
1770s or early 1780s, he left the island and returned to the Morlaix area.
He married Françoise-Charlotte, daughter of locals Maitre François Lavanant
and Mme. Barbe-Anne Ferroc, at
Guerlesquin near Morlaix in June
1781. Jean-Baptiste served as notaire royal et
procureur fiscal de jurisdiction, as well as
maire of Guerlesquin, quite an accomplishment for
an Acadian exile. Françoise-Charlotte gave him two
sons in 1784 and 1786. As the birth year of his second son attests, and as
his vaunted position asserts, Jean-Baptiste did not take his family to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Charles's second son Olivier, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1748, followed his
family to Virginia, England, Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer. He may have
been the Olivier Landry who died near Bangor on the island in
May 1783. The priest who recorded the burial did not give Oliver's
parents' name, his age, or mention a wife. If this was Olivier à
Charles, he would have died in his mid-30s.
Charles's third and youngest son Anselme, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in January 1752, followed
his family to Virginia, England, Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of locals Jean-Marie Houin and
Marie-Josèphe Le Luc, at Le Palais in May 1782. By 1785,
the family was living on Rue de l'Église in Lorient, southern Brittanay.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1783 and 1792, Marie-Josèphe gave Anselme
nine children, four daughters and five sons. As the birth dates of his
children reveal, Anselme did not take his family to Spanish Louisiana.
Jacques le jeune's fifth son Joseph, born at Minas in February 1720, married
Isabelle, daughter of Bernard Gaudet and Jeanne Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in July 1742 and evidently
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and 1762,
Isabelle gave Joseph seven children, four daughters and three sons. They escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, eventually
seeking refuge at the French stronghold of Restigouche at the head of the Baie
des Chaleurs. In the
late 1750s or early 1760s, they either or surrendered to, or were captured by,
British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia
until the end of the war. Joseph, Isabelle, and four of their children,
two daughters and two sons, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via
Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1765 and settled at the established
Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the
river above New Orleans.
Joseph died at St. James, formerly Cabahannocer,
on the Acadian Coast, in July 1805, age 85.
His daughters married into the Breau, Duhon, and LeBlanc
families at Restigouche and on the Acadian Coast, and two of them resettled on
the western prairies and on upper Bayou Lafourche. His surviving sons married,
into the LeBlanc, Doiron, Godin
dit Bellefontaine, and Bourgeois families, and settled
on the Acadian Coast and the western prairies.
Jacques le jeune's sixth and youngest son
Simon, born at Minas in April 1723, married Marguerite, 21-year-old daughter of Jean Bourg and Françoise Aucoin,
at Cobeguit on the east end of the Minas Basin in August 1743. They evidently settled near his family at
Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1750, Marguerite gave
Simon four children, a daughter and three sons. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755,
and Virginia authorities sent them on the England the following spring.
They were held at Penryn-Falmouth, where Marguerite died and Simon remarried to Marie,
34-year-old daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Trahan and Élisabeth Thériot
and widow of François Granger, in August 1757. They were
repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. According to
Arsenault, in 1764 Marie gave Simon another son. In late 1765, Simon and
his family followed two
of his older brothers to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at Keroudé in the Bangor district near
his brother Charles. Simon's
oldest daughter Françoise by first wife Marguerite remained at Morlaix and, in
1767, at age 22, joined the Ursuline order of nuns there. According to
Arsenault, between 1766 and 1776 on Belle-Île-en-Mer, Marie gave Simon four more children, two sons
and two daughters--nine children by two wives. In 1776, the family
was living at Bortémont near Bangor. Simon's oldest son by first wife
Marguerite, meanwhile, had moved to Chantenay near Nantes in southern Brittany,
where he married an Hébert in April 1782. The following
year, Simon and the rest of his family joined his oldest son at Chantenay.
Two of his and Marie's children, a daughter and a son, died at Chantenay in 1783
and 1784, ages 7 and 17. In 1785, Simon, Marie, two of their younger sons,
their youngest daughter, and his married son and his family emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana aboard the first of the Seven Ships. Simon's older
sons from first wife Marguerite, who would have been in their late
30s in 1785, did not accompany their family to Louisiana.
From New Orleans, Simon and his family followed most of their fellow passengers to Manchac
on the river below
Baton Rouge and later moved downriver to Ascension on the Acadian Coast, where
Simon died in February 1802, age 78. His daughter married into the
Landry and LeBlanc families on the river and upper
Bayou Lafourche. His two younger sons also married, into the LeBlanc,
Longuépée, and Brasseaux families, settled on the river and
the western prairies and created vigorous lines. Simon's oldest son
and his Hébert wife remained on the river, but his line did not endure.
René's second son François, born at Port-Royal in c1680 (Bona Arsenault
says c1682), married Jeanne,
daughter of Jean Hébert and Marie-Anne Doucet, in c1703, probably
at Minas and settled there. Between 1703 and 1729, Jeanne gave François a dozen children, six
sons and six daughters. The British deported members of the family to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted François, Jeanne, and
their son Jacques le jeune and his family at Braintree in April 1757.
They were still in the colony in August 1763. Later in the decade, they
followed other exiles in New England to British Canada. François died at
St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu in March 1770, in his early 90s. His daughters married into the Landry
dit Labbé, Thibodeau, Hébert, Breau, and Cormier
families. Five of his six sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son François,
fils, born at Minas in c1703, married Anne, daughter of Jean Benoit and Marie-Anne Breau,
in c1728, place unrecorded. Bona Arsenault says they married in c1727 at
Cobeguit. According to Arsenault, in 1728 and 1730, Anne gave François,
fils three children, two sons and a daughter, including a set of twins.
François, fils died at Minas in April 1733, age 30. According to
Arsenault, widow Anne died in c1755 at Baie-Verte on the North Shore, across
from Île St.-Jean, perhaps while she and her children were fleeing the British
roundup in Nova Scotia late that summer.
One wonders what happened to the rest of the family after 1755.
François, père's second son Jacques le jeune, born at Minas
in c1706, married Catherine, daughter of Pierre
Landry and Madeleine Broussard, at Grand-Pré in September 1727
and likely remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and
1750, Catherine gave Jacques le jeune three children, a daughter and
two sons. The British deported the family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them with
Jacques le jeune's parents at
Braintree in April 1757. Jacques le jeune died probably in
Massachusetts before August 1763, in his 50s. According to Arsenault, one
of his sons moved on to Maryland. What happened to him, his mother, and
his siblings after 1763?
François, père's third son
Joseph, born at
Minas in August 1712, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Ambroise Bourg and Élisabeth Melanson,
c1735, probably at Minas and settled at Cobeguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1738 and 1758,
Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph seven sons. Joseph took his family to Île
St.-Jean in c1751. In August 1752, a French official counted Joseph,
Marie, and five of their sons at Havre-de-la-Fortune on the east coast of the
island.
According to family historian Tyler LeBlanc, in late 1755 or 1756 Joseph returned to British Nova Scotia, specifically
to Chignecto, "possibly to join
the resistance." Wife Marie-Josèphe and their sons remained on Île
St.-Jean, though the birth date of the youngest son--1758--hints that if Joseph
did leave the island soon after the Nova Scotia deporations, he returned to Île
St.-Jean and then went back to Nova Scotia. According to
Stephen A. White, Joseph died at Cobeguit during the winter of 1757-58, in his
mid- or late 40s, two years after
the settlers remaining at Cobeguit had abandoned the village and crossed to Île St.-Jean. One wonders
why Joseph had returned to the abandoned settlement and if he died there from
wounds he suffered in the resistance. By the time the British struck on
Île St.-Jean in late 1758, Joseph's family may have recrossed Mer
Rouge and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, or they may have been among the minority of
islanders who escaped the 1758 roundup and fled to the Gulf shore.
According to Tyler LeBlanc, Marie-Josèphe and her family returned to
British-controlled St. John's Island after the war and settled at
Havre-de-la-Fortune, where she likely remained. According to Arsenault, at
least one of Joseph's sons created a family of his own in greater Acadia after
the war. At least one other son created his own family there.
Second son Simon-Joseph, born probably at Cobeguit in c1740, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and into exile. He
married Osite, daughter of fellow Acadians François Arsenault
and Marguerite Bernard, in c1764, no place given, but it
evidently was where no Roman Catholic priest was available.
They lived on St. John's Island, later Prince Edward Island, formerly Île St.-Jean, from 1765 to 1771. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1765 and 1771, Osite gave Simon-Joseph three daughters.
The couple "rehabilitated" their marriage at Nepisiguit, today's Bathurst,
on the Gulf shore of eastern New Brunswick, in January 1772.
According to descendant Tyler LeBlanc,
Joseph's seventh and youngest son Georges-Robert, born perhaps posthumously
at Havre-de-la-Fortune, Île St.-Jean, in c1758, followed his family into exile
and back to St. John's Island, but he did not remain there. In the 1780s, he
helped pioneer the Acadian settlement on Margaree River south of Chéticamp on
the west coast of Cape Breton Island. Some of Georges-Robert's
descendants, LeBlanc notes, moved to Sydney, Nova Scotia--formerly
Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale--to work in the steel industry. They also
settled at Louisbourg down the coast.
François, père's fourth son Honoré, born at Minas, probably
did not survive childhood.
François, père's
fifth son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in October 1725, married Marie,
daughter of Jean Landry and Madeleine Melanson, at Grand-Pré in
November 1745 and settled at Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1747 and 1753, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste three sons. The British deported the family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, where Marie died perhaps aboard ship, age 31.
Virginia officials deported Jean-Baptiste, his sons, and all of the other
Acadians in Virginia to England the following spring. Jean-Baptiste and
his sons were held at Southampton, where he remarried to
Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Célestin
dit Bellemère and Marie Landry of Minas, in August 1758.
Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste another son at Southampton in September 1761.
The family was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in the spring of 1763.
They settled at St.-Énogat, today's Dinard, across from St.-Malo, where a daughter was born in April 1764. A
year and a half later, the family followed other Acadian exiles from England to
Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Kernest or
Keruest near Bangor in the island's interior. Between 1766 and 1775, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste five more children on the
island, three sons and two daughters--10 children by two wives. In
February 1767, Jean-Baptiste gave his declaration to French officials detailing
his family's ordeals during exile. His oldest son by first wife Marie died near Bangor in October 1773, age 26, evidently before he could
marry. Jean-Baptiste, père and his
family did not remain
on the island. In the late 1770s or early 1780s, they moved on to Chantenay, a
suburb of the lower Loire port of Nantes, where Jean-Baptiste's oldest son by second wife Marguerite
married into the De La Forestrie family. Jean-Baptiste
died at Chantenay in September 1782, age 56. Six of his children by second
wife Marguerite, four sons and two daughters, including the married one and his
family, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 aboard the same vessel. Two
of Jean-Baptiste's sons by first
wife Marie, who would have been ages 37 and 32 in 1785, and his oldest daughter
by second wife Marguerite, who would have been age 21 that year, did not go to
Louisiana. Nor did Jean-Baptiste's widow Marguerite go there; she either had died on
Belle-Île-en-Mer or at Chantenay or, most unlikely, chose to remain in France with one
of her children. Her and Jean-Baptiste's daughters who went to the Spanish
colony married into
the Hébert, Gerbaut, and Achée
families on upper Bayou Lafourche and the river, and one of them moved on to the
western prairies. Jean-Baptiste's three younger sons who went to Louisiana also
married there, into the Gautreaux,
Gaudet, and Pitre families, and his oldest son
by Marguerite remarried into the Bertrand family on
upper Bayou Lafourche, where all of them settled.
François, père's sixth and youngest son
Bénoni, born at Minas in October 1729, married Marguerite, daughter of Guillaume Hébert and Marie-Josèphe
Dupuis, at Grand-Pré in August 1748 and likely settled there. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1750 and 1755, Marguerite gave Bénoni three
daughters. The
British deported the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.
Bénoni died there by July 1763, in his 30s. In July 1763, widow Marguerite and their three daughters
appeared on a repatriation list at Snow Hill
on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Marguerite evidently died in the colony
before April 1767, when two of her LeBlanc daughters,
Marie-Marguerite and Marie, left Baltimore for Spanish Louisiana. The
daughters married into the Bergeron, Gaudet,
and Paquette families on the river and upper Bayou Lafourche,
so the blood of this family line endured in the Bayou State.
René's third son René,
fils, the celebrated notary of Grand-Pré, born at
Port-Royal in c1682 (Bona Arsenault says c1684), married
Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Melanson and Marguerite
Mius d'Entremont and widow of Pierre-Alain Bugeaud,
at Grand-Pré in July 1709. According to
Stephen A. White, between 1710 and
1718, Élisabeth gave René,
fils five children, including two sons and two daughters.
Arsenault gives the couple only a son and two daughters. At age
38, René,
fils remarried to Marguerite,
15-year-old daughter of Pierre Thébeau and Marie-Jeanne Comeau, at Annapolis
Royal in November 1720. According to White, between 1721 and 1748, Marguerite gave the notary 17 more children, 11 daughters
and six sons, including a set of triplets and three sets of twins--22 children
by both wives. Arsenault gives them another son. René, fils, perceived by the British as an
accommodator, replaced Alexandre Bourg
dit Bellehumeur as notary at Grand-Pré in December 1744. Five
years later, on Christmas Day 1749, Mi'kmaq under Abbé Le Loutre
"accosted and beat" the notary at his home at Grand-Pré and dragged him and his
18-year-old son Simon to the partisan stronghold at Petitcoudiac. Wife Marguerite and some of the other children, her youngest
only age 1 1/2, also were taken to Petitcoudiac. According to Thomas
Pinchon, upon learning that her husband would not be released and that her son
had been sent to Canada, Marguerite died
"of grief." She was age 45. After his release, René, fils, in
c1752, at age 70, remarried again--his third marriage--to a
woman whose name has been lost to history. She gave him no more
children. Despite his reputation as an accommodator and his suffering at the hands of the Indians and his fellow
Acadians, the British deported René, fils and members of his family to Pennsylvania in the
fall of 1755. He died at Philadelphia after 6 February
1758, in his late 70s. Nine of his daughters by two of his wives married
into the Meunier, Babin, Thériot, Bonhomme,
Leprince, Trahan, Broussard, Grajon, Robertson,
Babuty, and Bordages families, and one, from his second wife,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
Five of his eight sons from two of
his wives also created families
of their own, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland.
Oldest son Benjamin, by first wife Isabelle Melanson, born
at Annapolis Royal in 1711, probably died young.
René, fils's second son Désiré, by first wife Isabelle Melanson,
born probably at Minas in c1717, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Abraham Landry and Marie Guilbeau,
in c1740 probably at Grand-Pré in c1740 and settled there. The British deported the
family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. They appeared on a repatriation at
Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July 1763. Désiré, Marie-Madeleine,
and 10 of their children, six sons and four daughters, emigrated to Louisiana
from Maryland in 1766. They had another son in the Spanish colony. Three of their daughters married into the
Landry, Babin, and LeBlanc families.
Six of their sons, including the youngest, married into the Arceneaux,
Melançon, Babin, and Landry families
on the river.
René, fils's putative son Jean-Jacques, who, according to Bona
Arsenault, was René, fils and second wife Margerutie Thébeau's
oldest son, was, Arsenault says, born in c1723. Stephen A. White does not
include Jean-Jacques among the couple's many children, so one wonders if
Jean-Jacques was an Acadian LeBlanc. According to
Arsenault, Jean-Jacques married Marie, daughter of Frenchman Charles
Héon and his Acadian wife Anne Clémenceau of
Chignecto, in c1755, no place given. Arsenault notes in detailing the
marriage that Jean-Jacques LeBlanc was "médecin à
Champlain," that is, a physician of Champlain, which was in Canada, not greater
Acadia.
René, fils's third son René III, a twin, by
second wife Marguerite Thébeau, born at Minas
in November 1731, married Anne,
daughter of René Blanchard and Marguerite Thériot, in c1752, probably at
Grand-Pré and settled there. René III and his wife evidently
escaped the British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755 and took refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia until the end of the war. One wonders what
happened to them after 1763. René III died
after January 1811, in his early 80s, place unrecorded.
René, fils's fourth son Simon, René III's twin,
by
second wife Marguerite Thébeau, was age 18 in
December 1749 when Mi'kmaq, on orders from Abbé Le Loutre, kidnapped
him and his father at their home at Minas and took them to the partisan
stronghold at Petitcoudiac. The abbé sent Simon to Canada as a
messenger, and French authorities held him there for a time. Simon
survived his ordeal in Canada, returned to Minas, and in c1754 married
a woman whose name has been lost to history.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
René, fils's fifth son Joseph-Marie,
by
second wife Marguerite Thébeau,
born at Minas in May 1738, evidently died young.
René, fils's
sixth son Pierre-Benjamin, called Benjamin, another twin,
by
second wife Marguerite Thébeau, born at Minas
in January 1740, may have followed his family to Pennsylvania in the fall of
1755. Pierre-Benjamin
married cousin Marie, daughter of Charles
Dugas and Anne LeBlanc, in c1764 perhaps in the Quaker Colony or in
Canada.
They settled at the British-controlled fishery at Carleton in Gaspésie on the north
shore of the Baie des Chaleurs. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765
and 1787, Marie gave Pierre-Benjamin 13 children, four sons and nine daughters.
Pierre-Benjamin died at Carleton in February
1805, age 65. His daughters married into the Audet,
Bouchard, Essiambre, Boudreau/Boudrot,
Mius d'Entremont, Barriault, Jeanson,
and Cyr families at Carleton. His sons also created
families of their own there.
Oldest son Benjamin, fils, born in exile in c1765, followed his family
to Gaspésie and married cousin Judith, daughter of fellow Acadians François
Comeau and Marie LeBlanc, at Carleton in
November 1789. They settled there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1791 and 1810, Judith gave Benjamin, fils 10 children, seven
sons and three daughters.
Benjamin, père's second son Luc, born probably at Gaspésie in c1768,
married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Guillaume Jeanson
and Marie Aucoin, at Carleton in October 1790. They
settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1792 and 1815,
Élisabeth gave Luc a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters.
Benjamin, père's third son Désiré, born probably at Carleton in c1775,
married cousin Victoire, another daughter of François Comeau
and Marie LeBlanc, at Carleton in January 1798. They
settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1798 and 1815,
Victoire gave Désiré nine children, three daughters and six sons.
Benjamin, père's fourth and youngest son Hilaire, born probably at
Carleton in c1779, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Bernard and Élisabeth LeBlanc, at Carleton in
May 1804. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Hilaire two daughters in
1806 and 1808.
René, fils's seventh son Paul-Marie,
by
second wife Marguerite Thébeau, born at
Minas in May 1742, evidently died young.
René, fils's eighth and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste-Marie,
called Jean-Baptiste, from
second wife Marguerite Thébeau,
born at Minas in June 1744, may have followed his family to Pennsylvania in the
fall of 1755. Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Boudrot and Marie-Rosalie
Arseneau, in c1770, probably in Canada. They also settled at Carleton
in Gaspésie. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1773 and 1793,
Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste 10 children, five daughters and five sons.
Jean-Baptiste died at Carleton in November 1824, age 80. Three of his
daughters married into the Allain, Landry, and
LeBlanc families at Carleton. At least two of his sons
also created their own families there.
Oldest son Jean, born probably at Carleton in c1776, married Sophie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Dugas and Françoise Robichaud,
at Carleton in January 1801 and settled there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1802 and 1824, Sophie gave Jean 10 families, six sons and
four daughters.
Jean-Baptiste's fourth son Wencelas, born probably at Carleton in c1790, married
cousin Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean LeBlanc and
Charlotte Bujold, at Carleton in May 1816 and settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1817 and 1836, Félicité gave
Wencelas 10 children, seven sons and three daughters.
René, père's fourth son
Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1684 (Bona Arsenault
says c1685), married Jeanne, daughter of Jean Thériot
and Jeanne Landry, at Grand-Pré in October 1711. Beween 1712 and
1736, Jeanne gave Pierre 10
children, six sons and four daughters. Pierre died
at Minas between June 1746 and August 1748, in his early 60s. Three of his daughters married
into the Hébert, Leprince, and Thériot families. Five
of his six sons also created their own families.
Oldest son Paul, born at Minas in September 1712, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Michel Richard and Agnès Bourgeois,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1735 and may have settled there. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1746, Marie-Madeleine gave Paul three
children, a daughter and two sons. Paul died
before 1756, perhaps in the early months of exile. One wonders what
happened to the family in 1755.
Pierre's
second son Charles-Honoré, born at Minas in the mid-1710s, married Anne, daughter of Jacques Hébert and
Marguerite Landry, at Grand-Pré in August 1741 and likely settled there.
One wonders what happened to the family in 1755. Charles-Honoré died between 1755 and 1758 during exile, place unrecorded.
Pierre's third son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in October 1720, married Cécile, another daughter of Jacques
Hébert and Marguerite Landry, probably at Grand-Pré in c1748 and likely
settled there. Cécile gave him a son in c1749. The British deported
them to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to
England in the spring of 1756. They were held at Southampton, where Cécile
died. Jean-Baptiste remarried to fellow Acadian Ursule Breau
probably at Southampton in c1759. She gave him two more sons in c1760 and
1761. Jean-Baptiste, Ursule, and his three sons were repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, in the spring of 1763 and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where
the second son died the following September at age 3. The oldest son by
first wife Cécile married a Frenchwoman at St.-Servan in May 1774.
Jean-Baptiste, Ursule, and their youngest son ventured to
Poitou in 1773 and retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city
of Nantes in March 1776. Jean-Baptiste died in St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in February 1784, age 63.
His widow, his unmarried son, and a granddaughter by his oldest son emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, by first wife Cécile Hébert,
born at Minas in c1749, followed his family to Virginia, England, and France and
settled with them at St.-Servan0sur-Mer, where he married Andrée-Françoise, daughter of
locals François Le Bourgeois and Jacquemine Chevalier,
in May 1774. Andrée gave Jean-Baptiste, fils two daughters at
St.-Servan
in 1774 and 1778. They evidently did not follow his parents to Poitou and
Nantes, nor did Jean-Baptiste, fils and Andrée-Françoise follow his
father and stepmother to Louisiana. Their older daughter, however, age 11
in 1785, did make her way to Nantes after September 1784 and accompanied her paternal
step-grandmother and a paternal uncle to the Spanish colony, where she married into the
Giroir family on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third and youngest son
Simon, by second wife
Ursule Breau, born probably at Southampton, England, in
October 1761, followed his family to St.-Malo, France, and settled with them at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer. He was still there in 1771 and followed his parents to
Poitou and Nantes later in the decade. After he came of age, he worked as
a day laborer. He followed his widowed mother and a niece to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. From New Orleans, they followed most of their fellow
passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Simon married Anne-Marie dite Annette, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Daigle and
Luce-Perpétué Bourg, at Ascension in April 1788. Annette
also had come to Louisiana aboard one of the Seven Ships. She gave him a
son in August 1789. Simon died at Lafourche by January 1790, in
his late 20s, when his wife remarried there. His son probably died young,
so this family line did not endure in the Bayou State.
Pierre's fourth son Pierre,
fils, born at Minas in April 1726, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Antoine Landry and Marie-Blanche LeBlanc,
probably at Minas in c1752. The British deported them to Connecticut in
the fall of 1755. They were still there in 1763. Later that year or
in 1764, they followed other Acadian exiles in the British seaboard colonies to
French St.-Domingue. French officials sent them to Mirebalais in the
interior to work to provide cheap labor for tobacco and indigo planters. Pierre,
fils died at
Mirebalais in December 1765, age 39.
Only son Pierre III, born in Connecticut in c1762, was counted with his family
there the following year. He followed them to Mirebalais, where he was
baptized in late August 1764, age 2. He died at Mirebalais during the
third week of September.
Pierre's fifth son Daniel, born at Minas in May 1729, married Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Babin and Madeleine Bourg, probably at Minas in
c1749 and remained there. The British deported them to Pennsylvania in the
fall of 1755. They were still there in June 1763. According to Bona
Arsenault a son was born in Philadelphia in c1766. They moved on to
Maryland, but they did not follow their fellow exiles to Spanish Louisiana in
the late 1760s. Instead, they were among the dozens of Acadian exiles who
remained in the Chesapeake colony. Daniel died at Baltimore and was buried at St. Peter Church's
there in May 1810, age 81. Durng his long residence in Maryland, he likely
changed his surname to White. According to Arsenault, one of his sons
ended up in France.
Joseph, born in Philadelphia in c1766 (Bona Arsenault says his mother was
Marguerite Landry, not Marguerite Babin),
became, according to Arsenault, a watchmaker at Bordeaux, France. One
wonders when he got there and what brought him to the French port. Arsenault says
Joseph married Frenchwoman Marie-Josèphe Pauché at Bordeaux in
c1795.
Pierre's sixth and youngest son Joseph, born at Minas in September 1733, probably died
young.
René, père's fifth son Joseph, a twin, born at Port-Royal or Minas
in c1688, did an infant.
René, père's
sixth son Étienne, Joseph's twin, was counted with his family at Minas, age 5,
in 1693. He did not remain there. Perhaps to escape British control,
he moved to Québec,
where Canadian officials counted him in 1716, age 25. He worked as a
navigator. In November of that
year, he married Marie-Anne, called Anne, daughter of Joseph Mailloux and
Louise Achon, at Québec and likely remained. According to Bona
Arseanault, between 1717 and 1723, Marie-Anne gave Étienne three daughters.
René, père's seventh son Claude, born probably at Minas in c1691,
married, according to Bona Arsenault, Marie, sans doute daughter of
Jean Thériot and Jeanne Landry, in c1715, no
place given; if these were her parents, Marie would have been a sister of
Claude's older brother Pierre. Stephen A. White records no such marriage
for Claude, but Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., perhaps following Arsenault, does.
Robichaux, however, gives no parents for Marie, nor a marriage date and place,
and lists no children for them. White says Claude's only marriage was to Jeanne, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Jeanne Guilbeau, at
Grand-Pré
in May 1718. They remained there.
According to Arsenault, between 1719 and 1739, Jeanne gave Claude 11 children,
six sons and five daughters, including a set of twins. Robichaux gives the
couple only eight children between 1719 and 1737, four sons and four daughters.
Arsenault is followed here. Claude likely served as a delegate from Minas to
the new Nova Scotia colonial Council at Halifax in July 1749. The British deported Claude and members of his family to Virginia in 1755, and
Virginia officials sent them on to England in the spring of 1756. They
probably were held at Southampton. Claude died there before May 1763, in
his late 60s or early 70s. Widow Jeanne was repatriated to St.-Malo,
France, in May 1763 and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Four of her
LeBlanc daughters married into the Richard,
Robichaud,
Granger, and Landry families at Minas and in Engand
and France, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Four
of her and Claude's sons also created families of their own, but not all of
the lines endured. One of
their grandsons emigrated to Louisiana from France.
Oldest son Félix, a twin, born at Minas in September 1719, married Marie-Josèphe,
21-year-old daughter of Jean Thériot and Madeleine Bourg,
at Grand-Pré in October 1742. They moved on to Chignecto after 1743.
According to Bona Arsenault and Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., between 1743 and 1757,
Marie-Josèphe gave Félix six children, four sons and two daughters.
According to testimony Félix gave to French officials in France, he served in
the Acadian militia at Fort Beauséjour in the summer of 1755, after which the
British deported him, perhaps without his family, to South Carolina.
According to his account, he "escaped" from Charles Town, but he likely was part
of one of the small-boat expeditions the South Carolina governor sanctioned in
the spring of 1756 to rid the colony of Acadians. Félix succeeded in
reaching Rivière St.-Jean with other Acadian refugees. There, if he had
been apart from them, he reunited with his family. According to Félix's
account, Lieutenant Charles des Champs
des Boishébert, in command of the resistance in the region, appointed him as a royal courier to relay messages between
Louisbourg and Québec. According to Arsenault,
Félix and his family were on Île St.-Jean in 1757. After the fall of
Louisbourg in July 1758, the British deported the family to Boulogne-sur-Mer,
France, aboard the transport Neptune. Marie-Josèphe gave Félix
another son, Jean-Pierre, in St.-Nicolas Parish, Boulogne-sur-Mer, in early
December 1759--their seventh child. The boy died two days after his birth,
and his mother died the following day. In 1764, Félix and his children sailed from
Boulogne-sur-Mer to St.-Malo and settled in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
According to Arsenault, Félix and his family were among the Acadian
exiles in France who chose to go to the Îles Malouines, today's Falkland
Islands in c1764. (Robichaux says nothing of their being a part of the
failed venture to the distant islands. According to Paul Delaney's
chronology of Le Grand Dérangement, the Acadians who went to Îles
Malouines left St.-Malo aboard two vessels in September 1763, when Félix and his
family were still at Boulogne-sur-Mer.)
If Félix and his children did go to the Malouines, they returned to St.-Malo by
November 1769, when Félix's second son married at St.-Servan. In 1772,
after he had moved to Plélo in northern Brittany between St.-Malo and Morlaix,
Félix learned that he had been removed from a "general roll" of
Acadian exiles in France eligible for a royal subsidy. After recounting to
French officials his adventures in North America and securing witness testimony
from fellow Acadians that he was a native of Minas, he was granted his subsidy. In October 1772, Félix's younger daughter
married into the Le Tollierec family at Plélo; her husband was
a local Frenchman. At age 54, the old resistance fighter
remarried to Anne, 53-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Michel and
Marguerite Forest and widow of Joseph Dubois,
at St.-Servan in November 1773, so his stay in Plélo had been a short one. Soon
after his remarriage, Félix took his family to Poitou with hundreds of other
Acadian exiles languishing in the French coastal cities. He died at Châtellerault,
Poitou, in November 1775, age 55. The
following month, his widow Anne and two of her children from her first marriage
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Anne
remarried to a Landry widower in St.-Nicolas Parish, Nantes, in
October 1777, remarried again--her fourth marriage--to a Daigre
widower at nearby Chantenay in February 1785, and followed her fourth husband to
Spanish Louisiana later that year. Félix's third son Étienne, now a middle-aged
bachelor, and his younger daughter Élisabeth and her French husband, also emigrated to Louisiana in 1785;
the son remained a bachelor there. Félix's youngest son and older
daughter, who would have been ages 35 and 34 in 1785, did not follow their
brother and sister to the Spanish colony. Meanwhile, Félix's two
oldest sons returned to greater Acadia
in the 1770s, settled at the British-controlled fishery at Carleton in Gaspésie on the north shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs, and established vigorous lines
there.
Oldest son Amand-François, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Thériot, born
at Minas in October 1743, escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the
fall of 1755 and followed his mother into exile on Rivière St.-Jean,
where they reunited with his father in 1756. Amand followed his
family to Île St.-Jean, to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, his widowed father to
St.-Malo, perhaps to the Malouines, and back to St.-Malo. Amand married
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Duon and Angélique
Aucoin, in c1773, either in one of the St.-Malo suburbs or in
Poitou, where they likely followed his father and stepmother. If so, they
did not remain there. They returned to greater Acadia in the 1770s and
settled at Carleton in Gaspésie,
where British officials counted them in 1779, during the American Revolution.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and 1789, Marie gave Amand eight
children, three sons and five daughters.
Félix's second son Pierre-Marin, called Marin le jeune, from first wife Marie-Josèphe Thériot,
born probably at Chignecto in c1745, followed his family into exile, to Île
St.-Jean, to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, his widowed father to St.-Malo, perhaps to the Malouines, and back to St.-Malo.
He married double cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean LeBlanc
and Madeleine Thériot, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
October 1769. Marguerite gave Marin le jeune two daughters at
St.-Servan in 1770 and 1772. They may have followed his father and stepmother to Poitou
in 1773. If so, they did not remain there. They followed his older brother back to North America and also settled at Carleton in
Gaspésie. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1776 and 1792, Marguerite
gave Marin le jeune nine more children, two daughters and seven sons--11
children in all.
Félix's third son Étienne, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Thériot,
born probably at Chignecto in c1749, followed his family into exile, to Île
St.-Jean, to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, his widowed father to St.-Malo, perhaps to the Malouines, and back to St.-Malo. He may
also have followed his father and stepmother to Poitou and retreated on his own
to Nantes in 1775 or 1776. When his older brothers returned to North
America and settled in the fishery at Gaspésie, Étienne, still a bachelor, remained in France,
but not for long. He emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. From
New Orleans, he followed his fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche and was last counted there in April 1797, a 47-year-old bachelor with
three slaves. He died at New Orleans in August 1799, age 50, still a
bachelor, so his father's family line did not take root in the Bayou State.
Claude's second son Amand, Félix's twin, died at Minas in October 1742, age 23,
before he could marry.
Claude's third son François, born at Minas in c1725, married, according
to Bona Arsenault, Anne Michel in c1750, place unrecorded.
Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. does not include François among Claude's sons.
Arsenault says Anne gave François a son and a daughter in 1753 and 1757 and that the
family was on Île St.-Jean in 1757. If so, the British deported them to
France in late 1758. Arsenault says they were at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo
in 1769. So why does Robichaux not include them in his
study of the Acadians in France? Arsenault says François's son created a
family of his own, but not in France.
Only son Charles, born in c1753, would have followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and France. If he went to
France, he did not remain there. According to Bona Arsenault, Charles
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Grégoire Daigle and
Marguerite-Josèphe Henry, at Bonaventure in Gaspésie on the
north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs in March 1780. According to
Arsenault, Marguerite-Josèphe gave Charles a son there in 1783.
Claude's fourth son Marin, born at Minas in c1726, married, according to Bona
Arsenault, Anne,
daughter of Pierre Cormier and Marguerite Cyr,
at Beaubassin July 1748 and settled near his oldest brother Félix at
Pointe-à-Beauséjour. The British deported Marin and his family to South Carolina in
the fall of 1755. According to Arsenault, in 1755 and 1761, Anne gave
Marin two daughters, but other records give them five children. He was one
of three South Carolina Acadians who, in August 1763, communicated with the
French ambassador in London seeking permission from the King to move to French
soil. "Marain", as he signed himself, Anne, and two of their
daughters, age 8 and 2, appeared on a repatriation list compiled in South Carolina in August 1763
that Marin and the others sent on to the French official. Soon after the counting, they followed
other Acadians in the seaboard colonies to French St.-Domingue, where French officials
put them to work on the new naval base at Môle St.-Nicolas on the north shore of
the island. They evidently remained in the sugar colony. One of their daughters married into the Feraud
family at Môle in April 1776.
Claude's fifth son Étienne, born at Minas in April 1727, may have died young
like older brother Amand.
Claude's sixth and youngest son Alain, born at Minas in February 1732, was
still a bachelor in his early 20s when he followed his family to Virginia in the
fall of 1755 and to England the following spring. He married Anne-Marie,
20-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Babin and Marguerite
Dupuis, at Southampton in October 1756. They may have been that
rare Acadian couple who had no children. They were repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Two years
later, they followed other Acadian exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer off
the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Kerlédan near Sauzon on the north
end of the island. They were still there in March 1767, when Alain gave
his declaration to French officials about his family's origins and their recent
activities. Alain and Anne-Marie did not remain on the island.
In the spring of 1774, they joined an expedition sponsored by fishery manager
Charles Robin of the Isle of Jersey which, via that Channel
island, transported more than a hundred Acadians in France to work in the Robin fishery at Gaspésie. The
couple crossed on one of two vessels, the Hope or the Bee, which left
St.-Helier on the south coast of Jersey in April and a month later reached Robin's
headquarters at Paspébiac on the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs.
Alain and Anne-Marie settled at nearby Carleton, where British authorities
counted them in 1777.
René, père's eighth and youngest
son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in c1697, evidently followed older brother
Étienne to Canada after Acadia fell under British control. He died at
Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, in January 1718, age 21. He evidently did not marry.
Daniel's
fourth son André, born at Port-Royal in c1659, married Marie, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite
Doucet, at Port-Royal in c1683 and followed his brothers to Minas.
According to Stephen A. White, between 1684 and 1710, at Port-Royal and Minas, Marie gave André 10
children, seven sons and three daughters. Bona Arsenault gives the couple
another daughter. Marie died at Minas in January
1734, in her late 60s. André did not remarry. He died at Minas in May 1743,
in his mid-80s. His daughters married into the
Cormier, Doiron, Léonard, and Robichaud
families, and perhaps into the Clouâtre family as well. All seven of his sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1684, married Jeanne,
daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois and Marie-Anne d'Aprendestiguy de
Martignon, at Port-Royal in January 1704 but settled at Grand-Pré.
According to Stephen A. White, between 1705 and 1732, Jeanne gave Jean 10
children, six sons and four daughters. Jean died at Minas in the early
1750s, in his late 60s or early 70s. His daughters married into the
Le Borgne de Bélisle, Trahan, Boudrot, and Bugeaud
families, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1766.
Five of Jean's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Jean
dit Dérico, born at Minas in July 1703, married
Françoise, daughter of René Blanchard and
Anne Landry, at Grand-Pré in July 1726 and settled there. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1746, Françoise gave Dérico five children,
three sons and two daughters. The British deported the family to Virginia
in the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to England the
following spring. They were held at Liverpool. Dérico's older daughter married into the Trahan family there in January 1758.
Dérico and his family were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of
1763. Two years later, they followed other Acadian exiles from England to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Bernantec
near Sauzon on the north end of the island. Dérico died at Bernantec in
September 1779, age 76. His widow Françoise died on the island in 1785, in
her early 80s. His oldest son emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
His younger sons and both daughters, one of whom married into the Le
Port family on Belle-Île-en-Mer, remained in France. His older daughter died on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1789, age 43.
Oldest son Pierre, born at Minas in August 1734, was still a bachelor in his
early 20s when he followed his family to Virginia and England. He married
Françoise, 21-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Trahan and
Élisabeth Thériot, at Liverpool in January 1758.
Françoise gave Pierre a daughter there in October 1761. In the spring of
1763, Pierre and his family were repatriated to Morlaix, France. Françoise
gave him another daughter there in September 1763. Two years later, they
followed other Acadian exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at
Borderun near Sauzon. Between 1766 and 1771, Françoise gave Pierre three
more children on the island, a daughter and two sons, all of whom died young.
They did not remain. Pierre took his family back to Morlaix by 1773, when
Françoise gave him another daughter. They followed other Acadian exiles in
the coastal cities to Poitou later that year. In December 1775, they
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the lower Loire port of Nantes. Between
1776 and 1784, at Nantes and nearby Chantenay, Françoise gave Pierre three
more children, two daughters and a son--nine children in all.
They lost an older daughter and an older son at Nantes, and two of the youngest
daughters born there evidenty died young. Pierre, Françoise, and their four
surviving children, three daughters and a son, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. From
New Orleans, they followed most of their fellow passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche, where, at age 56, Pierre evidently remarried to Anne, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean Hébert and his first wife Madeleine
Doiron and widow of Pierre Robichaux, at
Ascension in August 1790. She gave him no more children.
Pierre's succession, likely post-mortem, was filed at the Lafourche
Interior Parish courthouse in December 1810; he would have been age 76 that
year. Two of his three surviving daughters by first wife Françoise
married into the Michel family on the river and upper Bayou
Lafourche. His surviving son married into the
Hébert family on the upper Lafourche, created a vigorous line there,
and was one of the last of the Acadian immigrants in Louisiana to join his
ancestors.
Dérico's second son Alexis, born at Minas in February 1742, followed his family
to Virginia, England, and France and settled with them at Bernantec near Sauzon
on Belle-Île-en-Mer. He was counted with his family there in 1765, age 22.
He did not follow his older brother to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785, when he would have been in his early 40s. One wonders what happened to him in the mother country.
Dérico's third and youngest son Charles, born at Minas in February 1745,
followed his family to Virginia, England, and France and settled with them at
Bernantec near Sauzon on Belle-Île-en-Mer. He was counted with his family
there in 1765, age 20. He did not follow his older
brother to Spanish Louisiana in 1785, when he would have been age 40. One wonders what happened to him in
the mother country.
Jean's
second son, name unrecorded, born at Minas, probably died in infancy.
Jean's third son
Joseph, born at Minas in c1709, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Lalande and Anne
Prétieux, at Grand-Pré in July 1730 and, according to Bona Arsenault,
settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1731 and 1742, Marie-Madeleine gave Joseph six children, a son and five
daughters. Marie-Madeleine died at Pigiguit in c1754. The British
deported Joseph and his family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
officials sent them on to England the following spring. They were held at
Liverpool. Joseph died there in 1756, soon after his arrival, in his mid-
or late 40s. His surviving children, including a married son, were
repatraited to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763, and French officials
counted them still there the following year. Four of Joseph's daughters
married into the Hébert, Guidry,
Trahan, and Levron families on Île St.-Jean, at
Liverpool, and at Morlaix. One of them settled on Île Miquelon, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland. The
others settled at Morlaix, and on Belle-Île-en-Mer. One of his sons
created his own family on Belle-Île, and
another became a French soldier.
Older son Joseph, fils, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in May 1731,
followed his widowed father and siblings to Virginia and Liverpool. Joseph, fils married
Marie-Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and
Madeleine Trahan, at Liverpool in February 1757, soon after his
father died there. Marie
gave Joseph, fils a daughter in August 1763 probably after they were
repatriated to Morlaix that spring. Marie gave Joseph, fils a son
at Morlaix in March 1765. Two years later, Joseph, fils and his
family joined other Acadians exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at Bernatec near Sauzon on the north end of the island. Between
1768 and 1772, Marie gave Joseph, fils five more children on the
island, four daughters and a son--seven children in all. By 1773, they had
returned to Morlaix and may have followed other Acadian exiles in the coastal
cities to a nobleman's fief in Poitou. No member of the family emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Joseph, père's younger son Désiré-Gaspard, born at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1740, followed his widowered father and siblings to Virginia,
England, and Morlaix. According to Bona Arsenault, by 1767 Désiré-Gaspard
had become a soldier in the royal artillery corps at Brest in western Brittany, southwest of
Morlaix.
Jean's fourth
son Pierre, born at Minas in c1715, married Marguerite, daughter of Charles Gautrot and Madeleine
Blanchard, at Grand-Pré in November 1737 and settled there before moving
to l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1738 and
1755, Marguerite gave Pierre three children, a daughter and two sons.
Other records give them a second daughter--four children in all. The
family moved on to Île St.-Jean after August 1752. After the fall of
Louisbourg in July 1758, the British deported them to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.
Pierre died in St.-Nicolas Parish, Boulogne-sur-Mer, in November 1759, in his
early 40s. (Arsenault says he died there in c1767, but French church
records say otherwise.) Members of the family were still at
Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1763. Pierre's older daughter married into the
Trahan family there in July 1764. In 1766, their older son,
having left Boulogne-sur-Mer, died on Île d'Aix near Rochefort, age 18, before
he could marry. Pierre's widow Marguerite took her older son and younger
daughter, both in their 20s, to the interior of Poitou in 1773. In December 1775, Marguerite and her two
children retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
They settled at nearby Chantenay, where Marguerite died in July 1779, age 63.
Her younger daughter married a Caillouet from Canada at
St.-Martin de Chantenay in November 1784. The following year, both of her
daughters, their husbands, and their children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana on
separate vessels. From New Orleans, they settled at Cabahannocer on the river
above the city and on upper Bayou Lafourche. Their surviving brother, if
he was still living in 1785, evidently remained in France, so this family line
did not take root in the Bayou State.
Jean's
fifth son Sylvain, born at Minas in November 1719, married Anne, daughter of Antoine Leprince and Anne
Trahan, at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1743 and may have settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1761, Anne gave Sylvain four
daughters. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall
of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to England in the spring of 1756.
Sylvain
died at Liverpool, England, in 1756, age 37. His widow and daughters were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763
and were counted
in the North Breton port in 1767. None of them emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. According to Arsenault, Sylvain's second daughter Marie
married into the Belliveau family at Bécancour across from
Trois-Rivières, Canada, in January 1778, so she managed to return to North
America. Arsenault notes that Sylvain's widow Anne
Leprince, his third daughter Anastasie LeBlanc, and Abbé
Clech were guillotined by revolutionairies in July 1794, during the Terror, no place recorded, when Anastasie would
have been age 34.
Jean's sixth and youngest son Claude, born at Minas in April 1723, married
Marie-Josèphe,
23-year-old daughter of Louis
Longuépée and Anne Brassaud, at Cobeguit on the eastern end of the
Minas Basin in October 1748 and settled
there. In
1751 and 1752, at Cobeguit, Marie-Josèphe gave Claude two children, a daughter
and a son. In 1755 or 1756, they crossed Mer Rouge to Île St.-Jean with fellow
villagers to escape the British in Nova Scotia. Marie-Josèphe gave
him two more children, a son and a daughter, on the island. After the fall of
Louisbourg in July 1758, the British deported Claude and his family to France aboard
the transport Tamerlane, which reached St.-Malo in
mid-January 1759. The two younger children died at sea. Later that month, Claude's
older daughter died at
nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, age 8, from the rigors of the crossing, leaving only a single
child. Claude and his family settled in the St.-Malo suburbs of
La Gouesnière and St.-Méloir-des-Ondes, where, in 1760 and 1762, Marie-Josèphe
gave Claude two more sons--six children in all. Marie-Josèphe died at La
Pahorie near St.-Méloir in September 1762, age 36. At age 39, Claude remarried
to Marie-Josèphe, 44-year-old daughter of
fellow Acadians Augustin Guédry
and Jeanne Hébert and widow of Amand Breau and Charles-Benjamin
Mius d'Azy of Pobomcoup, at nearby St.-Servan in February 1763 (Arsenault,
who calls Claude's new wife Marie, says her parents were Pierre Guidry
and Marguerite Brasseau; Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. is followed here).
This Marie-Josèphe gave Claude no more children. Two years later, in late
1765, Claude,
Marie-Josèphe, and his sons followed Claude's older brother Dérico to Belle-Île-en-Mer
and settled at Bordicado near Sauzon. Marie-Josèphe died at Morbihan near Sauzon in August 1767, age 47.
Claude returned to St.-Malo by June 1768, when, at age 45, he remarried again--his third marriage--to Dorothée,
36-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians François Richard and Marie Martin and widow of Alexis
Comeau, at St.-Servan. She gave him no more children. They were still at St.-Servan
in 1773 but do not seem to have followed other Acadians there to Poitou. By September 1784,
however, they had joined other
exiles at
Nantes on the lower Loire, where most of the Acadians who had gone to Poitou
resettled in the mid-1770s. His second son by first wife Anne-Josèphe died in
St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, in February 1781, age 20, before he could marry.
The following year, Claude, wife Dorothée, and her mother-in-law from her first
marriage emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. His other sons by
first wife Marie-Josèphe, who would have been ages 36 and 23 in 1785, did not accompany their father to the Spanish colony. Claude and Dorothée
settled at Ascension on the river above New Orleans. In June 1788, Claude clashed with
district commandant Louis Judice over levee
maintenance. Claude died at Ascension in August 1800, age 77. Since
none of his sons accompanied him to Louisiana, this line of the family did not
take root in the Bayou State.
André's second son Pierre, born at Port-Royal of Minas in c1689, married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of
Michel Boudrot and Marie-Madeleine Cormier, probably at Minas in
c1712 and settled at Grand-Pré. Between 1713 and 1727, Élisabeth gave
Pierre six children, three daughters and three sons. Pierre died during exile after 1756,
place unrecorded. One of
his daughters married into the
Dupuis family. Two of his three sons also created their own families.
Oldest son Paul, born probably at Minas in c1716,
married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Gautrot and
Marie-Josèphe Bugeaud, at Grand-Pré in August 1743 and likely settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1745 and 1747, Élisabeth gave Paul
two daughters. The British deported them to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755.
They evidently had another child in the Quaker Colony. Paul, Élisabeth,
and their three children appeared on a repatriation list in Pennsylvania in June 1763.
One wonders what happened to them after that date.
Pierre's second son Jean, born at Minas in March 1722, probably died young.
Pierre's
third and youngest son Charles, born probably at Minas in the mid-1720s, married Madeleine, daughter of Bernard Daigre
and Angélique Richard, in c1744, probably at Minas and settled there.
The British deported the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. What
happened to them after that date?
André's third son Jacques
le jeune, born probably at Minas in the early 1690s (Bona Arsenault says
c1698), married
Catherine, daughter of Claude Boudrot and Catherine Meunier, at
Grand-Pré in November 1718. According to Arsenault, Catherine gave Jacques
le jeune a daughter in 1719. He remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Louis-Noël
Labauve and Marie Rimbault, at Grand-Pré in October 1731.
According to Arsenault, between 1733 and 1742, Marguerite gave Jacques le jeune five more
children, three sons and two daughters--six children by two wives. Jacques le jeune died at Minas in January 1743, probably in his early
50s. His daughter by first wife Catherine married into the Lejeune
family probably at Pigiguit and followed her husband to Île St.-Jean and France
but died in the crossing. One of Jacques le jeune's daughters by
second wife Marguerite married into the Dugas family in France
and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. A son by second wife
Marguerite emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1767, and another
went to French St.-Domingue.
Second son
Bonaventure, by second wife Marguerite Labauve,
born at Minas
in November 1734, may have married Marie Thériot
at Minas in the early 1750s. If this was him, she gave him a son in c1751 and a daughter in c1753. The British deported them to
Maryland in the fall of 1755, and in July 1763 the couple
appeared on French repatriation list at Baltimore with a son, three
daughters, and a Richard orphan.
Another son was born to them soon after the counting. In
1767, they emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with five children, three daughters and
two sons, and settled at San
Gabriel on the river above New Orleans. They had no
more children in the colony. Bonavenuture died near St. Gabriel, Iberville
Parish, in October 1811. The priest who recorded the burial said
that Bonaventure was age 80 when he died, but he probably was closer
to 76. His daughters married into the Babin, Biven, Culere
or Dulaire, Dubois, Goudeau, Landry, Longuépée, and Rivet
families, one of them four times, and she outlived all four
of her husbands. Another daughter married thrice. Both of
Bonaventure's sons
married and created their own families on the river, but one of the lines did not
endure.
Jacques le jeune's third and youngest son
Anselme, by second wife Marguerite Labauve,
born at Minas in December 1739, evidently was deported to one of the British seaboard
colonies in the fall of 1755, when he was still in his teens. He married
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Martin dit
Barnabé and Marguerite Cyr of Pointe-à-Beauséjour, Chignecto,
date and place unrecorded. After the war, Anselme emigrated
to French St.-Domingue probably in late 1763 or 1764 to work on
a new French
naval base at Môle St.-Nicolas on the northwest coast of the sugar colony.
He may have married Marie there. She gave him at least two daughters in
the colony. Anselme died at Môle St.-Nicolas in August 1776, in his late 30s.
Marie remarried to two Frenchmen there in January 1779 and August 1782.
One of her LeBlanc daughters married a Cyr
cousin at Bombarde, St.-Domingue, in January 1786.
André's fourth son Claude-André, born at Minas in c1696, married Madeleine, daughter of François Boudrot and
Madeleine Belliveau,
at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale,
in c1719 (Bona Arsenault says c1720). Bona Arsenault says they
settled at Minas. According to Arsenault, between 1722 and 1743, Madeleine
gave Claude-André 10 children, four sons and six daughters. If Claude-André and
Marguerite had settled at Minas after their marriage, they, or at least Claude-André,
did not remain there. In August 1752, a French official counted Claude-André,
now a widower, and three of his younger children, two daughters and a son, ages 20, 11,
and 9, living with the family of Claude Trahan
and Anne LeBlanc, his son-in-law and oldest daughter,
at Anse-au-Matelot on the south shore of Île St.-Jean; Claude
and Anne had moved from Pigiguit to Île St.-Jean in c1750. After the fall of Louisbourg in July 1758, the
British deported Claude-André and members of his family to France. Claude-André died in St.-Nicolas Parish, Boulonge-sur-Mer, in October 1765, in his late 60s.
Two of his younger daughters married into the Caissie and
Girouard families. Two of his younger sons and their
families emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana from France in 1785.
Third son Charles, born at Minas in April 1734, may have followed his widowered
father to Île St.-Jean in the early 1750s, but he was not counted with him and
the family of his older sister Anne at Anse-au-Matelot in August 1752.
Charles married 27-year-old Anne Benoit in c1758 on one of the Maritime
islands. Later that year, the British deported them to St.-Malo, France,
aboard the transport Tamerlane. They settled on the east side of
the river south of St.-Malo at Chàteauneuf, where Anne gave Charles a son in September 1761 and where Charles
worked as a day laborer and a sawyer. Anne died at Châteauneuf in
September 1761, age 30, probably from the rigors of childbirth. Charles
remarried to Rosalie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Trahan
and Marie Tillard, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in February
1763. Between 1763 and 1772, Rosalie gave Charles six more children, three
daughters and three sons. All but one of the sons survived childhood.
Charles took his family to Poitou in 1773. Rosalie gave him another son
there in June 1774, but the boy died a month after his birth. In December
1775, Charles, Rosalie, and his six surviving children retreated with other
Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Between 1776 and 1784, Rosalie
gave Charles five more children, three daughters and two sons, in Ste.-Croix
Parish, Nantes--13 children by two wives.
Only the youngest of these five children, a son, survived childhood. His
oldest son by first wife Anne married into the Hébert family at
Nantes. In 1785, Charles, Rosalie, and six of their unmarried children,
three daughters and three sons, emigrated to Louisiana. Charles's oldest
son and his family took an earlier vessel to the Spanish colony. From New
Orleans, Charles and his family followed most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where
his oldest son joined him. Charles's
daughters married into the Bourg, Boudreaux,
and Hébert families on the Lafourche. Two of Charles's
sons also married, into the Boudreaux, Hébert,
and Labiche families, on the upper bayou. The youngest
son, who was an infant when he came to the colony, died on Bayou Lafourche in
February 1750, in his mid-60s, still a bachelor.
Claude-André's fourth son Paul, born probably at Minas in c1743, followed his
widowered father to Île St.-Jean and was counted with him, three sisters, and a
brother-in-law at Anse-au-Matelot in August 1752. The British deported him
with members of his family to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in late 1758.
After his father's death in October 1765, Paul moved on to St.-Malo, which he
reached on 1 July 1766, and settled near his older brother Charles at St.-Servan-sur-Mer. He
worked as a carpenter and day laborer in the mother country. Paul married
cousin Anne, 24-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians François Boudrot and
Anne-Marie Thibodeau of Minas, at St.-Servan in May 1770. Anne
gave Paul two daughters there in 1771 and 1773. They followed his older
brother Charles to Poitou in 1773. Paul's younger daughter died at
Châtellerault, Poitou, in August 1774, and Anne gave him a son in Poitou in April 1775.
In December of that year, Paul, Anne, and their two surviving children retreated
with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Between 1776 and
1785, in Ste.-Croix Parish, Nantes, and at nearby Chantenay, Anne gave Paul five
more children, a son and four daughters. Only two of the
younger children, two daughters, survived childhood. Paul's older son died
in Ste.-Croix Parish in September 1777, age 2 1/2, and his oldest daughter died
at nearby Chantenay in January 1784, age 12. Paul, Anne, their
remaining two daughters, and a Trahan
niece emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. From New Orleans, they
followed mosts of their fellow passengers to Baton Rouge but moved on to
upper Bayou Lafourche in the early 1790s. Anne gave Paul more children in
Louisiana, a son and two more daughters--11 children in all. Their daughters married into the
Caissie dit Roger, Boudreaux,
Bergeron, and Rousseau families on the upper
bayou. Their son, born at Baton Rouge, married into the Bourg
family on the upper Lafourche, but the line did not endure.
André's fifth son François, born at Minas in c1698, married, according to
Stephen A. White,
Cécile, another daughter of
Claude Boudrot and Catherine Meunier,
in c1722, probably at Minas, but Bona Arsenault insists that the François who
married Cécile Boudrot was the oldest son of Jacques le
jeune à René, not the fifth son of André; White is followed here.
According to Arsenault, from 1723 to 1725, Cécile gave François three daughters. According to White, François remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of René
Labauve and Anne Lejeune, in c1728, perhaps at Minas. Arsenault says the François who married Marie Labauve was a son
of Jean à Jacques, père, not André; White is followed here.
One of François's daughters by first wife Cécile married into the
Doucet family.
André's sixth son Joseph-André, born at Minas between 1701 and 1703 (Bona
Arsenault says c1705), married
Marie, daughter of Jacques Granger and Marie Girouard, at
Grand-Pré in July 1726 and likely remained there. According to Arsenault,
between 1730 and 1739, Marie gave Joseph four daughters. The British
deported the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. One wonders what
happened to them after that date.
André's
seventh and youngest son Charles-André, born at Minas in September 1710 (Bona
Arsenault says c1707), married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Jean-François Flan and Marie Dupuis, at Grand-Pré in October 1730
and remained there. According to Arsenault, between 1731 and 1746,
Marie-Josèphe gave Charles five children, four sons and a daughter. Charles-André died in exile between 1756 and
May 1764, in late 40s or early 50s. What happened to the family in 1755?
Daniel's fifth
son Antoine, born at Port-Royal in c1662, married Marie, another daughter of Jacques Bourgeois and Jeanne
Trahan,
at Port-Royal in c1681; Marie was the sister of
Antoine's oldest brother René's wife Anne. Antoine and Marie also settled at Minas.
Between 1682 and 1703, at Port-Royal and Minas, Marie gave Antoine 10 children, seven sons and three daughters. Antoine
died at Minas by July 1730, in his late 60s.
His daughters married into the Landry,
Allain,
Richard, and Dupuis families. All seven of his sons
created families of their own.
Oldest son Antoine,
fils, born at Port-Royal in c1682, married Anne, daughter of Antoine Landry
and Marie Thibodeau, in c1703 (Bona Arsenault says c1705), at Minas,
and, according to Bona Arsenault, settled at Rivières-des-Habitant.
According to Stephen A. White, between 1704 and 1729, Anne
gave Antoine, fils 10 children, five sons and five daughters.
Antoine, fils died at Minas in January 1739, in his late 50s.
According to Bona Arsenault, the British deported Antoine, fils's widow
Anne and plusieurs de ses enfants to Boston, Massachusetts, in the fall
of 1755. Three of her and Antoine, fils's daughters married into the Granger and Richard families,
and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1767. Three of his
five sons also created their own families.
Oldest son Antoine III, born at Minas in c1704 (Bona Arsenault says c1706), married Marie, daughter of Charles Babin and
Madeleine Richard, at Grand-Pré in July 1726. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1728 and 1743, Marie gave Antoine III six children, three
sons and three daughters. Antoine III died at
Minas in
January 1744, age 40. The British deported members of the family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England
in May 1756. One wonders what happened to them there.
Antoine, fils's second son Paul, born at Minas in October 1707, married
Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Forest and Cécile Richard, at
Grand-Pré in November 1730 and remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1747,
Madeleine gave Paul six children, four daughters and two sons. The British
deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Paul died in
exile probably in the Bay Colony before August 1763, in his 50s. Later in
the decade, his widow and children evidently followed other Acadian exiles in
New England to Canada. One of his daughters married into the
Doucet family there. His two sons also created their own families
on the upper St. Lawrence.
Older son Olivier, born probably at Minas in c1739, followed his family to
Massachusetts and his widowed mother to Canada. At age 36, he married
Monique, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Robichaud and Jeanne
Bourgeois, at Québec City in July 1775.
Paul's younger son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1742, followed his
family to Massachusetts and his widowed mother to Canada. He married
fellow Acadian Marguerite Landry at L'Assomption on the upper
St. Lawrence northeast of Montréal in November 1766, probably soon after they
arrived in Canada.
Antoine, fils's third son Anselme, born at Minas in c1714, died at
Grand-Pré in December 1739, age 25, still a bachelor.
Antoine, fils's fourth son
Simon-Pierre, born at Minas in c1721, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude
Thériot and Agnès Aucoin, at Rivière-aux-Canards in early 1744
(Bona Arsenault says in c1745). According to Arsenault, Marguerite gave
Simon a son in c1754.
Arsenault says the British deported the family to New
York, but they probably went to Massachusetts, in 1755. Marguerite gave him more
children in exile. Simon, Marguerite, and three of their children appeared
on a repatriation list in the Bay Colony in August 1763. Later in the
decade, they followed other Acadian exiles in New England to Canada.
Simon-Pierre died at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence northeast of
Montréal in December
1789, in his late 60s. At least one of his sons created his own family in
Canada.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1754, followed his family
to Massachusetts and Canada. He married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean Thibodeau and Anne Pellerin, at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan northeast of Montréal in January 1778.
Antoine, fils's fifth and youngest son
Olivier, born at Minas in September 1726, evidently died in childhood.
Antoine père's second son Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1684,
married Marie, daughter of Claude Gautrot and Marie Thériot,
in c1705, probably at Grand-Pré. According to Stephen A. White, between
1706 and 1728, Marie gave Charles nine children, seven daughters
and two sons. Charles died at Minas in December 1737, in his early 50s.
His daughters married into the Clouâtre, Landry, and Richard
families, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1768. His sons also created their own families.
Older son Mathurin, born at Minas in October 1722, married Élisabeth, daughter of Jean
Babin and Marguerite Thériot, at Grand-Pré in October 1747 and
settled there. What happened to the family in 1755? Mathurin died in exile before May 1763,
place unrecorded.
Charles's younger son Pierre, born at Minas in August 1725, married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Paul Bugeaud and Marguerite Doucet, probably at Minas
in c1754. What happened to the family in 1755?
Antoine père's third son Pierre
dit Pinou or Pinaud, born at Port-Royal in c1689, married Françoise, daughter of Antoine Landry and Marie
Thibodeau,
at Grand-Pré in February 1711 and settled there.
According to Stephen A. White, between 1712 and 1736, Françoise gave Pinou 15 children, nine daughters and six
sons. The British
deported members of the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
Colonial officials counted them at Shrewsbury in 1757 and 1760. They were
still in the colony in August 1763. Later in the decade, they followed
other Acadian exiles in New England to Canada. Wife Françoise died at Lavaltrie
between Trois-Rivières and Montréal in October 1767, in her early 70s. Pinou died at Hôpital
général, Montréal, in October 1769, in his early 80s. Eight of his
daughters married into the Gautrot, Broussard, Dugas,
Dupuis, Boudrot, and Hébert families. Five of his
six sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son Victor, born probably at Minas in the late 1710s, married Marie, daughter of
René
Aucoin and Madeleine Bourg, in c1740, probably at Minas. Bona
Arsenault says the Victor LeBlanc who married Marie Aucoin
in c1740 was the
youngest son of Claude à René. Stephen A. White, followed here,
says Victor, husband of Marie Aucoin, was the oldest son of
Pierre dit Pinou. Albert J.
Robichaux, Jr. says the Marie Aucoin who married Victor
LeBlanc in c1740 was a daughter of Joseph Aucoin and Anne
Trahan of Minas; again, White is followed here. Arsenault
and Robichaux give Victor a birth year of c1721, which would have
made him Pinou's second son, not his oldest. Arsenault
says Victor à Claude and wife Marie settled at Beaubassin in 1743, soon
after their marriage.
According to Arsenault, between 1741 and 1758, Marie gave Victor à
Claude four children, two daughters and two sons. Robichaux says Marie
gave Victor five children, two daughters and three sons, between 1741 and 1747. White says Victor à Penou died
between 1745 and 1751, no place given. Robichaux says Victor died by 1751, when wife Marie
remarried to Grégoire, son of Jacques Maillet and Madeleine
Hébert of Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. After 1752,
Grégoire, Marie, and their two sets of children crossed to Île St.-Jean probably to escape
the troubles in British Nova Scotia. After the fall of Louisbourg in July
1768, the British rounded up most of the Acadian habitants on Île St.-Jean,
including Grégoire and his family, and deported them to France. Grégoire,
Marie, and their seven children--four LeBlancs and three
Maillets--crossed on the transport Tamerlane, which
reached St.-Malo in mid-January 1759. Grégoire, Marie, her four
LeBlanc children, and the oldest Maillet child, a
daughter, survived the voyage, but the younger Maillet
children died at sea. The family settled on the west side of river south
of St.-Malo at Plouër-sur-Rance, where
wife Marie died the following April, age 39, probably from the rigors of the
crossing. Her LeBlanc children were ages 18, 16, 15, 15,
and 12 at the time of their mother's death. The older LeBlanc children, Marie and Élisabeth dite Maillet, married into the
Bonnière, Robichaux, and Breau
families at Plouèr. In 1773, they followed their husbands to the interior
of Poitou and
retreated to the lower Loire port of Nantes with other Poitou Acadians
in 1775. Marie remarried to a Henry at Chantenay near
Nantes and, along with younger sister Élisabeth, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785. Two of Victor's three sons also married in France
and emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son Pierre, born at Minas in c1744, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and to France and settled with his widowered stepfather at Plouër-sur-Rance.
Pierre also lived at St.-Méloir-des-Ondes in the countryside east of St.-Malo. He worked as a joiner in the
mother country. He married Anne-Josèphe, called Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Lebert and Anne Robichaux of
Rivière-aux-Canards, at Plouër in February 1767; she was the sister of his
younger brother Olivier's future wife. Between 1768 and 1773, Anne gave
Pierre four sons at Plouër. Pierre took his family to Poitou in 1773,
where his youngest son died in September 1774. In December 1775, Pierre and his family retreated
with other Poitou Acadians to the port of Nantes. Between 1776 and 1782,
Anne gave Pierre four more children, two sons and two daughters--eight children
in all. Only one of the younger children, a son, survived childhood.
Pierre, Anne, and their four surviving sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785 aboard the first of the Seven Ships. From New Orleans, they followed
most of their fellow passengers to Manchac on the river below Baton Rouge.
At age 43, Pierre remarried to Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Richard and his first wife Catherine-Josèphe Gautrot
and widow of Simon dit Pierre Pitre and Victor
Boudrot, probably at Baton Rouge in September 1787. She gave him
another daughter--nine children by two wives. Pierre died at Manchac in August 1815, in his early 70s, a widower again. His
daughter by second wife Geneviève married into the Guidry
family at Baton Rouge. Every one of his four sons, all from first wife
Anne and all born in France, may have died young; there is no evidence in area
church records that any of them married, so only the blood of this line
seems to have endured in the Bayou State.
Victor's second son Amand, Pierre's twin, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and to France and settled with his stepfather at Plouër-sur-Rance. One wonders what
happened to him in the mother country. He did not accompany his brothers
to Spanish Louisiana.
Victor's third and youngest son Olivier, born at Minas in c1747,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and to France and settled with his
stepfather at Plouër-sur-Rance. Still a bachelor in his mid-20s, he may have
followed his older brother Pierre and his family to Poitou in 1773. If not, he joined
them at Nantes before June 1781, when he married 20-year-old Marie-Madeleine, another
daughter of Charles Lebert and Anne Robichaux,
in St.-Léonard Parish. Marie-Madeleine was a native of Plouër. They settled at Chantenay
near Nantes, where, in
1782 and 1784, Marie-Madeleine gave Olivier two children, a daughter and a son.
They followed his brother Pierre to Spanish Louisiana on a different vessel. Though his brother had gone to the Baton Rouge area,
Olivier and his family followed most of their fellow passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche. They had two more sons in Louisiana--four children in
all. Marie-Madeleine died on the upper Lafourche by November 1790, when
Olivier, at age 43, remarried to Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Richard and Marguerite Landry, at Ascension on the
river. She
gave him no more children. They resettled in the Baton Rouge District near
his brother. Olivier died there in January 1808, in his early 60s.
His daughter married into the Bourg family at Baton Rouge.
His two younger sons also married, into the Blanchard and
Hébert families on the river. One of his grandsons
settled for a time on the western prairies.
Pinou's second, or perhaps oldest, son Théodore, born at Minas in December 1719,
married Marie, daughter of François Cormier and Marguerite LeBlanc
of Chignecto, at Beaubassin in June 1740 and, according to Bona Arsenault,
settled at nearby Chepoudy in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto. Arsenault
says Marie gave Théodore two daughters in 1741 and 1745. One wonders what
happened to the family in the fall of 1755.
Pinou's third son Augustin, born at Minas in November 1724, married Françoise, daughter of Jean Hébert and
Élisabeth Granger, probably at Minas in c1752. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1753 and 1766, Françoise gave Augustin seven children, five
sons and two daughters. The British deported the family to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted "Justin" "his wife," and
four of their children, three sons and a daughter,
at Rutland in Worcester County in August 1761. They were still in the colony in August 1763.
Later in the decade, they followed other Acadian exiles in New England to Canada
and settled on the upper St. Lawrence. Augustin died at Yamachiche above
Trois-Rivières in July 1786, age 61. One of his daughters married into the
Thibodeau dit Castin family at Yamachiche. All
five of his sons created their own families in Canada, three of them in
present-day New Brunswick and two of them on the upper St. Lawrence.
Oldest son Jean, born at Minas in c1753,
followed his family to Massachusetts, where he was counted with his family at
Rutland in August 1761. Later in the decade, he followed them to Canada, but he did not remain with them
on the upper St. Lawrence. He married fellow Acadian Marguerite
Bourgeois in c1775, place unrecorded, and settled at Ruisseau-des-Renards, today's Fox
Creek, southeastern New Brunswick, where he died in May 1807, in his early 50s.
Augustin's second son Augustin, fils, born at sea on the voyage to
Massachusetts in December 1755, was counted with his family at Rutland in August
1761. Later in the decade, he followed them to Canada,
but, like older brother Jean, he did not remain with them on the upper St.
Lawrence. He married fellow Acadian Cécile Cormier in
c1777 and also settled at Fox Creek, where he died in March 1807, in his early
50s.
Augustin, père's third son Charles, born probably in Massachusetts in
c1758,
was counted with his family at Rutland in August 1761. Later in the
decade, he followed them to Canada, but, like his older brothers,
he did not remain with them on the upper St. Lawrence. He married fellow
Acadian Marie-Josèphe Cormier, no date recorded, probably at
Memramcook, present-day southeastern New Brunswick, remarried to fellow Acadian
Marie Duguay, no date recorded, probably at Memramcook, and
remarried again--his third marriage--to fellow Acadian Marguerite
Gouguen, no date recorded, probably at Memramcook.
Augustin, père's fourth son Joseph, born probably in Massachusetts in
c1761,
followed his family to Canada later in the decade and married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Anne Brault,
at Nicolet across from Yamachiche in January 1787.
Augustin, père's fifth and youngest son Étienne, born probably in
Massachusetts in c1763,
followed his family to Canada later in the decade and married Marie, daughter of
Pierre Tessier and Marguerite Gélinas, at
Yamachiche in February 1789.
Pinou's fourth son
Joseph, born at Minas in February 1726, married Anne, daughter of François Moyse and Marie Brun,
probably at Minas in c1754 and likely moved to the French Maritimes.
Anne gave Joseph two sons, Joseph, fils and François, in c1755 and
c1758. After the fall of Louisbourg in July 1758, the British deported
them to St.-Malo, France. Both sons died at sea.
Joseph died in a St.-Malo hospital in mid-February 1759, age 33, soon after
reaching the Breton port. His widow settled at nearby St.-Suliac,
remarried to a Guédry, and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785.
Pinou's fifth son Pierre-Raymond, born at Minas in January 1731, died there
three days after her birth.
Pinou's sixth and youngest
son Pierre-Hilaire, born at Minas in January 1736, followed his family to
Massachusettes in the fall of 1755. He was counted with them at Shrewsbury
in 1757 and 1760. He evidently moved on to Connecticut, where he married Marie-Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Hébert and
Élisabeth Dupuis, at Guilford in October 1762. According to a
French repatriation list, they were still in
Connecticut the following year. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1763
and 1772, Marie-Isabelle gave Pierre-Hilaire four children, two sons and two
daughters. Probably after 1766,
they followed other Acadian exiles in New England to Canada and settled at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie across from Montréal. At age 48, Pierre-Hilaire remarried to Marie-Catherine, daughter of Charles
Granger and Marguerite Lanoue, at L'Acadie, today's
St.-Jean-de-Richelieu, southeast of Laprairie, in October
1784. Pierre-Hilaire died in June 1802, age 66, place unrecorded.
One of his daughters by first wife Marie-Isabelle married into the
Duquet family at L'Acadie. One of his sons also created a family
there.
Older son Pierre, born in New England in c1763, followed his family to
Canada, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Trahan and Marie Richard, at L'Acadie in November
1781.
Antoine père's fourth son Jean
dit Des Sapins, Fir Trees, born at Port-Royal or Minas in c1691 (Bona Arsenault says
c1693), married
Anne, daughter of René Landry and Anne
Thériot, at Grand-Pré in February 1715 and settled there. According to
Arsenault, between 1715 and 1736, Anne gave Des Sapins seven children, four sons
and three daughters. Arsenault says Des Sapins died at Brest, France, in
1744 or 1745, but Stephen A. White, followed here, says Des Sapins remarried to
Marguerite ____ in exile before July 1763, place unrecorded. What
happened to the family in 1755. Two of his daughters by first wife Anne married into the
Daigle and Babin families. Two of his
sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1715 or 1716, married, at age 30,
cousin Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Melanson and Marguerite
LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in January 1745 and settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards. Marguerite gave
Jean-Baptiste a son there in 1746. The British deported them to Virginia
in the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to England the
following spring. They were held at Southampton, where wife Marguerite died soon after their arrival.
Jean-Baptiste and his son were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763.
Two years later, they followed other Acadian exiles from Virginia to
Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Loqueltas near
Sauzon on the north end of the island. Jean-Baptiste died at Loqueltas in September 1766, age 51. French
officials counted his son, now in his early 20s, still at Loqueltas the
following year.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean (Bona Arsenault also calls him Joseph), born
at Rivière-aux-Canards in October 1746, followed his parents to Virginia and
England and his widowered father to St.-Malo and Belle-Île-en-Mer. After his
father's death in 1766, Jean remained on the island. The following year,
now in his early 20s, he gave information to French officials about his family
and Rivière-aux-Canards. Jean did not follow his kinsmen to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. Did he marry?
Des Sapins's fourth and youngest son Blaise, born probably at Minas in c1725,
married cousin Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of Joseph Melanson
and Marguerite LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in September 1747.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Blaise a daughter in 1748.
One wonders what happened to the family in 1755.
Antoine père's fifth son Jacques
dit Petit Jacques, born at Minas in 1695, married
Cécile, 21-year-old daughter of Martin Dupuis and Marie
Landry of Minas, in c1716 probably at Minas. Bona Arsenault says they
settled there. According to Arsenault, between 1717 and 1736, Cécile gave
Petit Jacques nine children, four daughters and five sons. They moved on
to Île St.-Jean in c1748.
In August 1752, a French official counted Petit Jacques,
Cécile, and six of their children, four sons and two daughters, at
Rivière-de-Peugiguit in the island's interior. In late 1758, the British
deported Petit Jacques, his youngest son, the son's wife, and seven other
LeBlancs to St.-Malo, France, aboard the ill-fated transport
Duc Guillaume. Petit Jacques age
63, died during the crossing. Only his son, his son's wife, and three of
the LeBlancs in the entouage reached the Breton port.
Oddly, Petit Jacques's widow Cécile, along with their oldest son, did
not reach France until May 1763, from England not from Île St.-Jean, so she may
have returned to Minas after the August 1752 counting at Rivière-de-Peugiguit.
When the British deported her son and his family to Virginia in the fall of
1755, Cécile likely was with them. Virginia authorities sent them on to
England in the spring of 1756, and they were repatriated to St.-Malo in May
1763. They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where her youngest son, who had
been deported from the French Maritimes with his father, already had settled.
Cécile followed her oldest son and his family to Poitou in 1773 and retreated with
them to the port city of Nantes in October 1775. She died at Chantenay
near Nantes in February 1780, in her mid-80s. Two of her
LeBlanc daughters married into the Landry
family. At least two of her LeBlanc sons, the oldest and
the youngest, created families of
their own.
Oldest son Jean-Jacques, born at Minas in January 1723, married Ursule
Aucoin probably at Minas in c1750. They did not follow his family
to Île St.-Jean but remained at Minas, where Ursule gave him a son and a
daughter in 1751
and 1753. The British deported the family, including Jean-Jacques's
mother, to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on
to England the following spring. One suspects that wife Ursule died either
in Virginia, aboard ship, or in England. Jean-Jacques, his widowed mother,
and his two children were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and
settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. At age 43, Jean-Jacques remarried to
Nathalie, 32-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Pitre
and Anne Comeau of Rivière-aux-Canards and widow of Paul
Boudrot, at St.-Servan in February 1766. Nathalie and her
family also had been deported to Virginia. She had married her first
husband in England and was a childless widow when she reached St.-Malo in May
1763. Between 1767 and 1772, Nathalie gave Jean-Jacques four more
children, three daughters and a son, at St.-Servan. One of the daughters
died in childhood. In 1773 and 1774, hundreds of Acadians from St.-Malo
and other French ports chose to go to the interior of Poitou to work on
a nobleman's land near Châtellerault. Many of the Acadians who went to
Poitou did not care for the venture from the start. One of them was
Jean-Jacques, who proved to be an especially sharp thorn in the sides of the
settlement's promoters. Back in March 1772, Jean-Jacques, "one of the
Acadian representatives of the Saint-Malo department," a French historian
informs us, had submitted a petition to the French government to pay for the
emigration of Acadian families to Spanish Louisiana. Like an earlier
entreaty by other Acadians in 1766, Jean-Jacques's petition also was rejected.
Perhaps responding to Acadian frustrations, a council meeting of the King's
ministers that summer sparked the idea of settling the exiles on land belonging
to Louis-Nicolas, marquis de Pérusse des Cars, near Châtellerault.
Jean-Jacques and his family were among the St.-Malo Acadians who grudgingly went
to Poitou, but he did not give up on the idea of going to Louisiana: "... from
this date more or less"--March 1772--the historian continues, Jean-Jacques
"constantly argued in favor of an emigration to Louisiana, an option that for
him seemed as being the most politically acceptable for the government and thus
the most likely to succeed." In November 1774, while still residing in
Poitou, the smooth-talking Acadian managed to meet with Anne-Robert-Jacques
Turgot, King Louis XVI's new controller general, at Versailles. One
suspects that Jean-Jacques discussed with the powerful official not only Acadian emigration, but also the
problems plaguing his countrymen in Poitou.
Beginning in October 1775, after two years of fruitless effort, most of the
Poitou Acadians, including Jean-Jacques and his family, retreated in four
convoys from Châtellerault to the lower Loire port of Nantes. Jean-Jacques,
Nathalie, and his widowed mother took the fourth and final convoy out of Poitou
in March 1776. Soon after they settled at Chantenay near Nantes, Nathalie
gave Jean-Jacques a third son--seven children by both wives--but the son died at age 2 1/2 in January 1779. The Poitou fiasco and concern for
his children must have motivated Jean-Jacques
all the more to take his family to Louisiana. His name appears on another
petition for emigration to the colony in 1777, but this petition also was
rejected. After Jean-Jacques died at Chantenay in November 1781, age 58, "the Louisiana
destination gathered even less support among the Acadians than in his
lifetime, as he had been the main promoter of this emigration." A few
years later, Frenchman Henri-Marie Peyroux de la Coudrenière, long-time
resident of French Louisiana, and Acadian Olivier Térrio, a master
cobbler living in Nantes, took up the cause. By the summer of 1785, they
had succeeded in coaxing nearly 1,600 of Terrio's fellow Acadians into going to Spanish Louisiana. Among them were Nathalie Pitre, Jean-Jacques's
widow, and two of their teenage children, a son and a daughter. Jean-Jacques's older children by first wife Ursule,
a son
and a daughter, who would have been ages 34 and 32 in 1785, as well
as his and Nathalie's youngest daughter, who would have been age 13 in 1785, did
not follow Nathalie to the Spanish colony. One suspects that the youngest
daughter had died by then. From New
Orleans, Nathalie and her two surviving children followed most of their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Daughter Marie-Geneviève married into
the Bourgeois family on the nearby Acadian Coast.
Son Jean-Baptiste also married there, into the Boudreaux family,
and created a vigorous line of the family.
Petit Jacques's fifth and youngest son Casimir, born probably at Minas in c1734, married Marie,
daughter of Charles Daigre and Françoise Doucet,
in c1758 (Bona Arsenault says c1756), place unrecorded, but it probably was on
one of the French Maritime islands. In the fall of 1758, the British
deported the couple, Casimir's father, and seven LeBlanc
relatives aboard the transport
Duc Guillaume, which reached St.-Malo the first of November.
Only Casimir, Marie, and three of the LeBlanc relatives reached
the Breton port. Wife Marie died in a local hospital in late December, probably
from the rigors of the crossing. Casimir settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer
until February 1767, when, according to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., he went to
England, perhaps to the Isle of Jersey from which he could return to greater
Acadia to work in the British-controlled fisheries there. If he did return to North America,
one wonders where he settled and if he remarried.
Antoine père's sixth son Joseph
dit Le Maigre, the Skinny, born at Minas in March 1697, married Anne, daughter of Alexandre Bourg dit Bellehumeur,
judge and notary at Minas, and Marguerite Melanson, at Grand-Pré in
February 1719 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723
and 1740, Anne gave Le Maigre eight children, six sons and two
daughters. During King George's War of the 1740s, Le Maigre became a
notorious resistance fighter. After appearing on a list of partisans to be
arrested by British authorities, he was compelled to move
on to the French Maritimes in the autumn of 1747.
In February 1752, a French official counted Le Maigre,
Anne, her 84-year-old father, and three of their unmarried children, two sons
and a daughter, among the "new settlers" at Port-Toulouse on Île Royale.
They evidently escaped the British roundup on the island in late 1758, crossed
Mer Rouge, and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. (Anne's father Bellehumeur Bourg died at
Richibouctou on the Gulf shore in 1760, in his late 80s.) Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either
were captured by, or surrendered to, British forces in the area and held in a
prisone compound in Nova Scotia. Le
Maigre, his wife, and one of their children appeared on a repatriation list at
Halifax in
August 1763. After the war ended, they were among the Acadians who chose
to resettle on Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast
of Newfoundland. Anne died there in July 1766. By then, Miquelon and
nearby Île St.-Pierre had become so overcrowded that French officials, obeying a
royal decree, compelled most
of the Acadians there to emigrate to France in 1767, Le Maigre among them.
In France, the old resistance fighter went to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany, where
many Acadians, including his oldest son, had settled two years
earlier. Le Maigre died at Kervaux near Le Palais on Belle-Île-en-Mer in October 1772,
age 75. His daughters married into the Dugas and
Gauthier families, one of them on Île Miquelon. All of his sons also created their own
families, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1767. .
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born probably at Minas in April 1722, married
Marie, daughter of Pierre Landry and Marie Babin,
at Grand-Pré in November 1745, while his father was involved in the Acadian
resistance during King George's War. One suspects Joseph, fils may
have taken part in the resistance as well. Between 1746 and 1750, Marie gave Joseph, fils three sons
at Minas and Pigiguit.
Marie died probably at Pigiguit in February 1751, in her early 20s, perhaps from the rigors of
childbirth. Joseph, fils remarried to Marguerite, daughter of
Claude Babin and Marguerite Dupuis, at
Grand-Pré in August 1752, while his parents and younger siblings were in virtual
exile at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale. Marguerite evidently gave Joseph,
fils no more
children. The British deported him
and most of his family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to England the
following spring. His youngest son, who would have been age 5
in 1755, somehow became separated from the family and, perhaps with one of Joseph,
fils's brothers, was deported to Maryland. Joseph, fils
and the rest of his family were held at Southampton. Wife Marguerite died there in 1756
soon after their arrival. At age 38, Joseph, fils remarried
again--his third marriage--to Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Bernard
Daigre and Angélique Richard, at Southampton
in November 1761. In c1762, Angélique gave Joseph,
fils another son, probably at Southampton. Joseph, fils and his family were
repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763. They settled at nearby
St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where another son was born in June 1764. A year and a half
later, they
followed other Acadian exiles, most of them also from England, to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-Mer
off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Kervaux near Le Palais on the
east end of the island. French officials counted them still at
Kervaux in February 1767, when Joseph, fils furnished information to
French authorities on the history of his family. According to Arsenault,
between 1766 and 1772, Angélique
gave Joseph, fils six more children, five sons and a daughter,
including a set of twins.
In 1767, from Île Miquelon, Joseph, fils's father, the old resistance fighter,
and younger brother Alexandre, a former captain of militia at Restigouche in
greater Acadia, joined Joseph,
fils and his family at Kervaux. Probably soon after his father's death
in 1772, Joseph, fils and his
third wife evidently left Belle-Île-en-Mer and made their way back to greater
Acadia. They may have settled on Île Miquelon, where his family had been, or in the
British-controlled fishery at Arichat
on the north shore of Île Madame, now part of British Nova Scotia. According to Arsenault, in
1774 and 1776, in greater Acadia, Angélique gave Joseph, fils two more
children, a son and a daughter--13 children in all, 11 sons and two daughters,
by two of his three wives. At least two of Joseph, fils's older
sons by his first and third wives created families of their own in greater
Acadia. According to Bona Arsenault, Joseph, fils's younger
children Firmin, Anselme, twins Paul and Charles-Ignace, Euphrosine, Augustin,
and Angélique, along with older brother Victor, also returned to greater Acadia
and settled at Arichat. A son by his first wife emigrated to Louisiana
from Maryland in 1767.
Oldest son Joseph III, by first wife Marie Landry, born at
Minas in September 1746, may have followed his family to Virginia and England,
but he was not with them when they were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May
1763, when he would have been age 16. He likely died in exile.
Joseph, fils's second son Simon, by first wife Marie Landry, born at
Minas in January 1748, followed his family to Virginia, England, St.-Servan, and
Belle-Île-en-Mer and accompanied them back to North America. In April
1772, he married Rosalie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Cyr and Madeleine Poirier
of Chignecto, on Île Miquelon, where his grandfather and uncle had lived in the
1760s. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1773 and 1776, Rosalie gave Simon
two sons probably on the island. Did he follow his family to Arichat?
Joseph, fils's third son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marie Landry,
born at Pigiguit in c1750, evidently became separated from his family in
the fall of 1755 and was deported not to Virginia but to Maryland perhaps with
one of his paternal uncles. He followed three sibling orphans to Spanish
Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San Gabriel on the river below Baton Rouge.
He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis Comeaux
and Marguerite Babin, at nearby Ascension in December 1775. When Spanish
officials counted them on the "right bank ascending" at San Gabriel in March
1777, they owned a slave. Their daughters married into the
Blanchard and Hébert families. Only two of
Jean-Baptiste's four sons married, into the Richard and
LeBlanc families, but neither of the lines seems to have endured
beyond the second generation.
Joseph, fils's fourth son Victor, by third wife Angélique
Daigre, born born probably at Southampton, England, in c1762, followed
his family to St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Belle-Île-en-Mer, and greater Acadia, where he
settled at Arichat. Did he marry?
Joseph, fils's fifth son Moïse-Jean, by third wife Angélique Daigre,
born probably at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in June 1764, followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer
and back to greater Acadia. He married Marthe, daughter of fellow Acadians
Anselme Godin dit Bellefontaine and Marguerite Thériot,
at Arichat, no date given.
Le Maigre's second son Simon, born probably at Minas in c1726, married cousin
Élisabeth, daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine
Landry, at Grand-Pré in July 1748 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit.
They had a least one son, in c1752. According to Bona Arseanult, the British deported the
family to
Maryland in the fall of 1755. One wonders what happened to Simon and
Élisabeth there. The fate of their son, however, is well documented.
Anselme, perhaps their only son, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1752, followed his parents to
Maryland in the fall of 1755, but, despite his tender age, did not remain there.
In the early 1760s, perhaps an orphan now, he somehow hooked up with his
paternal uncle Alexandre LeBlanc at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and, according to Bona
Arsenault, followed him and his paternal grandfather to Miquelon, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland. In 1767,
Anselme went to France with uncle Alexandre, his grandfather, and other island
Acadians to alleviate overcrowding on the island and likely stayed for a time on
Belle-Île-en-Mer with his kinsmen. Now a young bachelor, he returned to
Île Miquelon by 1778, when, during the American Revolution, the British deported
him with other island Acadians aboard the brigantine Jeannette to
St.-Malo, France, which he reached in November. He married Victoire,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Cyr and Madeleine
Poirier, at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in December 1779. Victoire gave
Anselme a daughter there in October 1782. They either returned to Île
Miquelon in 1784 with 600 other islanders or remained in France. If they remained in the mother
country, they
did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Le Maigre's third son Olivier, born probably at Minas in c1729, married cousin
Marguerite, another daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine
Landry, at Grand-Pré in c1750. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1752 and 1754 Marguerite gave Olivier two children, a son and a
daughter. The British deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755.
Arsenault says Marguerite gave Olivier two more daughters in the Chesapeake
colony in 1756 and 1758.
What happened to them after the war ended?
Le Maigre's fourth son Alexandre, born probably at Minas in c1732, moved to
Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, after February 1752 and married Marguerite, daughter
of Joseph Boudrot and Marguerite Dugas of
Annapolis Royal, at Port-Toulouse later in the year. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1760 and 1772, Marguerite gave Alexandre five sons. He and
Marguerite either returned to British Nova Scotia soon after their marriage and
escaped the British roundups there in the fall of 1755, or they escaped the
British roundup in the Martime islands in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge at Restigouche,
the French stronghold at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs, where Alexandre
served as a captain in the Acadian militia. Alexandre and his family of
four, including an infant son, appear on a list of surrendered Acadians at
Restigouche dated 24 October 1760. The British sent them to the prison
compound at Halifax for the rest of the war. After
the war, they, along with a nephew, followed his parents, also held at Halifax,
to Île Miquelon, where French officials counted them in 1766. If Alexandre
and his family were still on Miquelon the following year, they likely were sent
to France along with his widowered father and other island Acadians to alleviate
overcrowding on the island. Alexandre and his family, with his nephew in
tow, followed his widowed father to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled near
older brother Joseph, fils. One wonders if Alexandre and his
family remained there.
If they remained in France, they did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Le Maigre's fifth son Paul, born probably at Minas in c1734, would have been a
bachelor in his early 20s when he escaped the British roundup in Nova Scotia in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He
married Anne, daughter of Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour
and his second wife Marguerite Richard of Louisbourg and a
great-granddaughter of former Govenor Charles La Tour, at
Miramichi on the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1758. According to Bona
Arsenault, Anne gave Paul two sons in 1759 and 1760, by which time they had
sought refuge at Restigouche, where Paul, along with older brother Alexandre,
served as captain of the Acadian militia. Paul and his family of four also
appear on the list of surrendered Acadians at Restigouche dated 24 October 1760.
Their younger son was baptized at Restigouche in November 1761, perhaps on the
eve of their going to the prison compound at Halifax, where British officials counted
them in 1762. According to Arsenault, in 1762 and 1764, Anne gave Paul two
more sons. After the war, they followed his parents and older brother
Alexandre to Île Miquelon, where they were counted in 1764 and 1766. They likely
went to France in 1767 and soon returned to Île Miquelon. According to
Arsenault, in 1766 and 1768, Anne gave Paul two more children, both
daughters--six children in all. Wife Anne died on
Île Miquelon in 1769, and Paul died there in 1771, in his late 30s. Four
of their children were still on the island in 1776. Two years later, during the American
Revolution, the British deported the Acadians on Miquelon and nearby Île
St.-Pierre to La Rochelle, France. Among them were Paul's four children--Paul, fils,
age 19; Charles-André, called André, age 18; Étienne, age 16; and Anne-Adélaïde,
age 12. One wonders what happened to his other two children, who would
have been ages 14 and 10 in 1778. At least one of Paul's sons returned to
Île Miquelon in 1784. Evidently the others remained in France. None
of them followed other Acadians in France to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Second son Charles-André, baptized at Restigouche in November 1761, age
unrecorded, followed his
family to Halifax, Île Miquelon, and La Rochelle, France.
He probably returned to Île Miquelon in 1784. He married
Anne Lavigne there in March 1785, and remarried to Anne
Laforge probably on the island, date not given.
Le Maigre's putative sixth and youngest son Jean, also called
Jean-Charles, born
probably at Minas in c1736, was still a teenager when the British deported him
to Maryland with two of his older brothers in the fall of 1755. Jean
married fellow Acadian Judith-Marguerite Landry in Maryland in
c1756. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1757 and 1762, Judith gave
Jean four children, three sons and a daughter. Jean, wife Juditte, and their four children
appeared on a French repatriation list at Baltimore in July 1763. They emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San Gabriel on the river below Baton Rouge.
They had no more children in the colony. Their daughters married into the
Landry and Provinché families. Their sons also married,
into the Forest, Trahan, and Hébert
families, and the youngest one settled on the western prairies.
Antoine père's seventh and
youngest son
René le jeune, born at Minas in 1701, married Anne, daughter of Germain Thériot
and Anne Richard, probably at Minas in c1722 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1722 and 1750, Anne gave René le jeune
14 children, seven sons and seven daughters. The
family escaped the British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. René le jeune
and his wife
died of hunger in the refugee camp at Miramichi in 1759. He was age 58.
Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, at least four their children were
captured by, or surrendered to, British forces in the area and were held in
prison compounds in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. At least five of
René le jeune's daughters married, into the Léger,
Bourgeois, and Broussard families, and two of them
emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1764-65. One of them, Rose, a
30-year-old widow with no children when she reached the colony, chose to remain
in New Orleans and become an Ursuline nun. She took the name Sister Sainte
Monique and died of small pox in the city in February 1773, age 38.
Meanwhile, her older sister Isabelle, wife of Victor Broussard,
died in the mysterious epidemic that struck the Teche valley Acadians in the
summer and fall of 1765. Five of René le jeune's sons
also married. Three of them followed their sisters to Louisiana, survived
the fevers, and created vigorous family lines there.
Oldest son Étienne, born at Minas in November 1722, married Élisabeth, daughter
of Claude Boudrot and Catherine Hébert, at
Grand-Pré in October 1742. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and
1765, Élisabeth gave Étienne 10 children, six daughters and four sons.
Like his parents, Étienne and his family escaped the roundup at Minas in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. After
surrendering to, or being captured by, the British, they were held in the prison
camp at Fort Cumberland, formerly Beauséjour, Chignecto, until the end of the
war. In 1764-65, Étienne, Élisabeth, and seven of their children, four
sons and three daughters, followed two of his younger brothers and two of his
younger sisters to Louisiana, but they did not follow them to lower Bayou Teche.
They settled, instead, at the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on
the river above New Orleans. Étienne and Élisabeth had no more children in
Louisiana. He died probably at Cabahannocer by September 1769, in his late
40s, when wife Élisabeth was listed in a census there as a widow. Their
three daughters married into the LeBlanc, Landry,
Robichaux, Lamothe, and Lecompte
families on the river and upper Bayou Lafourche. Three of Étienne's four
sons also married, into the LeBlanc and Theriot
families, on the river and the upper Lafourche.
René le jeune's second son Simon-Joseph, called Simon, born at Minas in
1736/37, followed his family into exile on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
He married Catherine Thibodeau in c1758, probably at Miramichi,
where his parents starved to death the following year. Soon after, Simon
and Catherine either were captured by, or surrendered to, British forces in the
region and were held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. The couple with three children, one of them perhaps his youngest
brother Petit René, appeared on a French repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. In
1764-65, Simon, Catherine, and three of their young children, two sons and a
daughter, followed the Beausoleil Broussards--three of his
sisters had married sons of resistance leader Joseph Broussard
dit Beausoleil--to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue.
Catherine was pregnant on the voyage and gave birth to another daughter aboard
ship or at Cap-Français on New Year's Day 1765. The child was baptized at
New Orleans on 20 February 1765, soon after they reached the city. Simon's
name appears on a list of Acadian exiles attempting to exchange their
Canadian card money for French funds at New Orleans in April 1765. Soon
after, he and his family, including brother Petit René, followed the
Broussards to lower Bayou Teche in the Attakapas District. Wife
Catherine died at Attakapas in November 1765, perhaps a late victim of the
mysterious epidemic that struck the Teche valley Acadians that summer and fall.
His youngest daughter also died that winter or the following spring. Simon
remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph dit
L'Officier Guilbeau and Madeleine Michel and
widow of Jean Boudrot, at Attakapas in c1768. Marguerite and her first
husband also had come to Louisiana in February 1765 with the Broussards,
and her father had died in the same epidemic that had killed Simon's first wife
and perhaps his youngest daughter. Simon and Marguerite settled near
Carencro at the northern edge of the Attakapas District and at Grande Pointe on
upper Bayou Teche. She gave him more children. Marguerite died at
their home at "La Pointe" in March 1814, in her early 70s. Simon, who did
not remarry again, died at his home at "La Pointe" in December 1815, in his late
70s. Neither of his daughters by first wife Catherine married, but his
daughters by second wife Marguerite married into the Barras,
Comeaux, and St. Julien families on the
prairies. Seven of his nine sons by both wives married into the
Broussard, Thibodeaux, Savoie,
Wiltz, Duhon, and Dugas
families on the prairies, and most of the lines endured. Simon's, in fact,
was the first as was well as the largest LeBlanc family line
established on the western prairies.
René le jeune's third son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in
c1739, evidently followed his family into exile on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore in the fall of 1755, and his siblings into a prison compound in Nova
Scotia in the early 1760s. Where did he go after the war? According to Bona Arsenault, he married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Boudrot and Hélène
Landry, in c1770, place unrecorded, but it was not in Spanish
Louisiana.
René le jeune's fourth son Pierre-Victor, born probaby at Minas in
c1742, evidently followed his family into exile on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore in the fall of 1755, and his siblings into a prison camp in Nova
Scotia in the early 1760s. He did not follow five of his siblings to
Louisiana but remained in greater Acadia. He married Marguerite, daughter
of fellow Acadians Charles Saulnier and Marie Savage,
probably in Nova Scotia in c1765, and they "rehabilitated" the marriage at
Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in August 1768. They settled at
Memramcook, persent-day southeastern New Brunswick. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1766 and 1782, Marguerite gave Pierre-Victor seven children,
five sons and two daughters. Pierre-Victor died at Memramcook in May 1817,
in his mid-70s. One of his daughters married into the Poirier
family there. All five of his sons also created families there.
Oldest son Joseph-Ignace, born in Nova Scotia in c1766, followed his family to
present-day southeastern New Brunswick and married Modeste, daughter of fellow
Acadians René Richard and Perpétué Bourgeois,
probably at Memramcook in c1788. According to Bona Arsenault, Modeste gave
Joseph-Ignace at least 11 children, eight sons and three daughters. He died
at Memramcook in March 1855, in his late 80s.
Pierre-Victor's second son Simon, born probably at Memramcook in c1771, married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Poirier and
Marguerite Arsenault, in c1793 at Memramcook. Simon's
wife's brother Raphaël married his sister Marguerite.
Pierre-Victor's third son Hilarion, born probably at Memramcook in c1778,
married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Isidore Doiron
and Anne Donai, at Memramcook in November 1810. According
to Bona Arsenault, Isabelle gave Hilarion at least nine children, five sons and
four daughters. He died at Memramcook in 1846, in his late 60s.
Pierre-Victor's fourth son Nicolas, born probably at Memramcook in c1780,
married cousin Charlotte, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles LeBlanc
and Marie-Josèphe Cormier, probably at Memramcook in c1801, and
remarried to Marie, daughter of François Porrel and Marie
Noiles, probably at Memramcook, date not given.
Pierre-Victor's fifth and youngest son François, born probably at Memramcook in
c1782, married cousin Marie-Antoinette dite Nanette, daughter of fellow Acadians
Firmin LeBlanc and Ludivine Dupuis, probably
at Memramcook in c1805. According to Bona Arsenault, Nanette gave François
at least 10 children, six sons and four daughters.
René le jeune's fifth son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1743,
evidently died young.
René le jeune's sixth son Sylvain, born probably at Minas in c1745,
also probably died young.
René le jeune's seventh and youngest son René dit Petit René,
born probably at Minas in c1750 or 1751, followed his family into exile on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore in the fall of 1755 and watched his parents starve to death
at Mirimachi when he was age 8 or 9. He followed his older siblings into
imprisonment in
Nova Scotia in the early 1760s and probably was counted with the family of older brother Simon
at Halifax in August 1763. Still in
his teens, he followed brothers Étienne and Simon and two of his older sisters,
both married to Broussards, to Louisiana in
1764-65. From New Orleans, he followed Simon and one of his sisters, part
of the extended family of the Beausoleil Broussards, to lower Bayou Teche.
In 1769 and again in 1771, when he was in his late teens and early 20s, a
Spanish official counted Petit René in the household of Petit Jos
Broussard, his brother-in-law from Petit Jos's first marriage to older
sister Anastasie, who had died in a prison camp in Nova Scotia in the early
1760s; Petit Jos was the oldest surviving son of resistance fighter Joseph
Broussard dit Beausoleil. Petit René married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Trahan and
Marguerite Broussard, at Attakapas in c1775. Marguerite
also had come to Louisiana with the Broussards in 1765; her
maternal grandfather, in fact, was Alexandre Broussard dit
Beausoleil, Joseph dit Beausoleil's older brother. Petit René and
Marguerite settled on the lower Vermilion River. Petit René died at his
home on the lower Vermilion in August 1809, in his late 50s. His daughters
married into the Bodin, Bouquet,
Bourgeois, Broussard, Langlinais,
Melançon, and Trahan families. Two of
his four sons married into the LeBlanc and Duhon
families on the prairies, but only the youngest son's line endured.
Daniel's sixth
and youngest son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1664, married Marie, daughter of Claude Thériot
and Marie Gautrot, at Port-Royal in c1684. Marie gave him a son
before she died in the late 1680s or early 1690s. Pierre remarried to Madeleine,
daughter of François Bourg and Marguerite Boudrot, previously
"married" to privateer and bigamist Pierre Maisonnat dit
Baptiste,
in c1697 at Port-Royal. Between 1698 and 1716, Madeleine gave Pierre eight more children, five sons and three
daughters. Unlike his brothers, who settled at Minas, Pierre remained at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, where he served as captain of militia.
He was
wounded in the siege of Port-Royal in June 1707. He died at Annapolis Royal in
November 1717, in his early 50s. Wife Madeleine died there after December 1730,
in her 50s. Two of their daughters married into the Bourgeois
family. Five Pierre's six sons, all by second wife
Madeleine, also created families of their own.
Oldest son Pierre,
fils, by
first wife Marie Thériot,
born at Port-Royal in c1685, was still living with his father and stepmother at
Port-Royal in 1701, when he was age 17. He did not marry.
Pierre, père's second son Joseph
dit
Cajétan, by second wife Madeleine Bourg, born at
Port-Royal in c1698, married Marguerite, daughter of Germain
Bourgeois and Madeleine Dugas of Chignecto, at Annapolis Royal in
1721 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1721 and 1742, Marguerite gave Cajétan 10 children, six daughters and
four sons. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials
counted them at Methuen in 1760. Later in the decade, they followed other
Acadian exiles in New England to Canada. Cajétan died at
St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu northeast of Montréal in October 1775, in his late 70s.
Three of his daughters married into the Richard,
Leprince, Blanchard, Gourdeau, and
Belliveau families. Three of his four sons also created
their own families.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1726, did not
remain there. He married Claire-Cécile, daughter of Claude Benoit
and Jeanne Hébert of Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas, at Grand-Pré
in c1746. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and 1757,
Claire-Cécile gave Joseph, fils four children, two sons and two
daughters. They may also have been deported to New England in the fall of
1755 and followed fellow exiles to Canada in the 1760s. British officials
counted them at St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu in c1767.
Their two daughters married into the Meunier and
Chapdelaine families at St.-Denis and St.-Ours. One of Joseph,
fils's sons
also created his own family in the area.
Younger son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1753, followed his family into
exile and to St.-Denis-de-Richelieu, where he married Madeleine Goulet,
widow of Michel Baulier-Laperle, in September 1778.
Cajétan's second son Basile, born at Annapolis Royal in c1727, married Anne,
daughter of René Richard and Marguerite Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1752; Anne's brother Joseph was Basile's oldest
sister Madeleine's husband. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1754 and 1756,
Anne gave Basile two children, a son and a daughter. The British deported
the family to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Anne died in the colony in
the late 1750s, and Basile remarried to fellow Acadian Marie Landry.
According to Arsenault, between 1760 and 1781, Marie gave Basile seven more
children, four sons and three daughters. Probably in the late 1760s they
followed other Acadian exiles in New England to Canada and settled at
L'Assomption northeast of Montréal. Basile died at L'Assomption in May
1801, in his mid-70s. His four daughters by both wives married into the
Mercier, Sénécal, Le
Roullier, and Vaillant families. One of his sons also
created a family of his own.
Fourth son Édouard, by second wife Marie Landry, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1750, followed his family to Connecticut and Canada.
At age 46, he married Marie-Angélique, daughter of François Proulx
and Marie Desnoyers, at L'Assomption in February 1796.
They settled at nearby St.-Jacques de l'Achigan.
Cajétan's fourth and youngest son Cajétan, fils, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1735, was still a young bachelor when he followed his family to New
England in the fall of 1755, and he was still a bachelor when he followed them
to Canada in the 1760s. He married Marie-Amable, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Martin, perhaps a fellow Acadian, and Marie-Josèphe
Massier dit Saint-François, at St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu in
August 1772. Cajétan, fils died at St.-Denis in 1781, in his mid-40s.
One wonders if he fathered any children.
Pierre, père's third son Jean-Simon, called Simon, from second wife Madeleine Bourg,
born at Port-Royal in August 1703,
married Jeanne, daughter of Jean Dupuis and Anne Richard,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1722 and remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1724 and 1744, Jeanne
gave Jean-Simon eight children, four sons and four daughters. The British
deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial
officials counted Simon, Jeanne, and four of their younger adult children at
Westboro, Worcester County, in August 1761. They were still in the colony in August 1763.
Later in the decade, they and members of the family followed other Acadian exiles in New England to
Canada. They settled at St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu east of Montréal.
Jean-Simon died there between February 1766 and September 1775, in
his 60s or 70s. Two of their daughters married into the Girouard
and Forest families. Two of Jean-Simon's sons also
created their own families.
Oldest son Jean dit Pitre, born at Annapolis Royal in c1724, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Landry and Marie-Josèphe
Savoie, at Annapolis Royal in January 1750. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1751 and 1769, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean dit
Pitre nine children, seven daughters and two sons. The British deported
the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. They evidently were the
Jno. LeBlanch, age 36, Mary his wife, age 30, and children
Molly, age 10, Collect, age 7, Sarah, age 3, and Peter, age 2 counted at Lynn in
Essex County, Massachusetts, in July 1760. Later in the decade, they
followed his family to Canada and settled at St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu by c1767.
Jean dit Pitre's daughters married into the Bélanger,
Martin, Girouard, Bourgeois,
Choquet, Joubert, Gariépy,
and Charpentier families at St.-Denis and St.-Ours. One
of his sons also created a family of his own in the area.
Younger son Pierre-Marie, born probably in Massachusetts in c1759, was counted
with his family at Lynn, age 2, in July 1760. Later in the decade, he followed his
family to Canada and married Marie-Anne, daughter of Louis
Audet-Lapointe and Catherine Larose, at
St.-Denis-de-Richelieu in November 1783.
Jean-Simon's second son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1729, married
Marguerite, daughter of Louis Robichaud and Jeanne
Bourgeois, at Annapolis Royal in January 1755. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1755 and 1762, Marguerite gave Joseph three children, two
daughters and a son. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in
the fall of 1755. They evidently were the Joseph White,
age 30, Mary[sic] his wife, age 29, Mary a daughter, age 4, and an
infant [daughter Marie-Marguerite] counted at Charlestown in Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, in 1761. Later in the decade, they followed his family to Canada.
British officials counted them at Québec in c1768. One of their daughters
married into the Dumont family at Québec. Joseph's son
also married there.
Only son Louis-Édouard, born probably in Massachusetts in c1762, followed his
family to Canada later in the decade, and married Angélique Ethrington
at Québec City in
April 1783.
Pierre, père's fourth son Pierre,
fils, the second with the name, by second wife Madeleine Bourg,
born at Port-Royal in November 1708, married
Françoise, daughter of Jean Thériot and
Jeanne Landry, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1729 and evidently moved
on to Rivière-aux-Canards at Minas. Françoise gave Pierre, fils
at least
four children, two sons and two daughters. The British deported members of
the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. Four of Pierre, fils and
Françoise's children, one of them recently married, were repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, in May 1763. According to Stephen A. White,
Pierre, fils died in exile between 1755 and September 1763, in his late
40s or early 50s.
One of his daughters married into the Bourg family in France,
and both of his sons created families of their own there. The married
daughter, the older son, and the widow of the younger son emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
Older son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1740, followed his family to Virginia and England, where he married fellow
Acadian Élisabeth Aucoin in c1763. They were repatriated
to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 with three of his siblings, Élisabeth, Simon,
and Marguerite. Jean worked as a shoemaker in the mother country.
One wonders if he and wife Élisabeth followed other Acadian exiles from England
to Belle-Île-en-Mer in late 1765 or to Poitou in 1773. Later that decade
or in the early 1780s, they moved to the lower Loire port of Nantes, where a Spanish official placed
them on a list of Acadians who wished to go to Louisiana in September 1784; they
were counted with an orphaned niece but no children. Still childless, the
couple emigrated to the Spanish colony the following year. They settled
first at San Bernardo below New Orleans before moving on to the Opelousas
prairies. Jean died by August 1797, in his late 50s, when his wife
remarried at Opelousas. His family line died with him.
Pierre, fils's younger son Simon, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1746,
followed his family to Virginia, England, and St.-Malo, France, resided
at Plouër-sur-Rance on the west side of the river south of the Breton port, and worked as a sailor. He married Anne-Rosalie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques
Forest and Claire Vincent of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit,
at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in November 1766. She
gave Simon two sons at St.-Servan in 1767 and 1780, but only the older son survived childhood.
One suspects that the 13-year gap between his sons' births reflected Simon's
work as a seaman. Anne-Rosalie was a widower by 1785, when she followed
hundreds of other Acadian exiles in France to Spanish Louisiana. Son Pierre-Simon
LeBlanc, who would have been age 18 in 1785, did not accompany
her. One wonders if he, too, had become a sailor.
Pierre, père's fifth son Paul
dit Polet, by second wife Madeleine Bourg,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1711, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of René Richard and
Marguerite Thériot, at Annapolis Royal in October 1732 and remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1758,
Marie-Josèphe gave Polet 14 children, 10 sons and four daughters, including a
set of twins. The British deported the family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. They were still in the colony in August
1763. Later in the decade, they followed other Acadian exiles in New
England to Canada. They settled at Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières. Polet died at
nearby Bécancour in
March 1773, in his late 50s or early 60s. Two of his daughters married
into the Arsenault and Richard families.
Seven of his sons also created their own families.
Second son Charles-Grégoire dit Charlitte dit Le fort, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1734, was still a young bachelor in the fall of 1755, when he evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal and took refuge on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, he and
two younger brothers either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces
in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. In
c1762, perhaps in the prison compound at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, Charlitte
married Théotiste, daughter of Pierre dit Piau Belliveau
and Jeanne Gaudet. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1763 and 1788, Théotiste gave Charlitte seven children, six sons and a daughter.
After the war, they settled near her family
at Memramcook in present-day southeastern New Brunswick.
Five of Charlitte's sons created families of their own there.
Oldest son Charles-Ignace, born in Nova Scotia or at Memramcook in c1763,
married cousin Anne Belliveau probably at Memramcook.
Charlitte's second son Joseph-Bonaventure dit Cartel, born probably at
Memramcook in c1766, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Germain
Pellerin and Marie Belliveau, probably at
Memramcook in c1788.
Charlitte's third son Isaac, born probably at Memramcook in c1768, married
fellow Acadian Marguerite Richard of Richibouctou up the shore
probably at Memramcook in c1790.
Charlitte's fourth son Pierre dit Good Bread, born probably at
Memramcook in c1770, married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Brun dit Nanon and Anne Girouard,
probably at Memramcook in c1792.
Charlitte's sixth and youngest son Paul, born probably at Memramcook in c1788,
married Nanette, another daughter of Pierre Brun and Anne
Girouard, probably at Memramcook in c1810.
Polet's fourth son Bonaventure, born at Annapolis Royal in c1738, was in
his late teens in the fall of 1755 whe he, along with two of his brothers,
evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal and took refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, he and his
brothers either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area
and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. In c1763, perhaps
in the prison compound at Fort Edward, Bonaventure married Rosalie, another
daughter of Pierre dit Piau Belliveau and Jeanne
Gaudet, place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1764 and 1784, Rosalie gave Bonaventure eight children, four daughters
and four sons. After the war, they, too, settled at Memramcook
near her family.
Bonaventure's daughters married into the Fournier,
Cormier, and Bourg families at Memramcook. His
sons also created families of their own there.
Oldest son Jean-Isaac, born probably at Memramcook in c1767, married fellow
Acadian Anastasie Gaudet probably at Memramcook in c1788.
Jean-Isaac died there in 1827, in his late 50s or early 60s.
Bonaventure's second son Pierre dit Pierrot, born probably at
Memramcook in c1771, married cousin Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Charles LeBlanc and Marie Barillot, probably
at Memramcook in c1796. Pierrot died there in 1837, in his mid- or late
60s.
Bonaventure's third son Joseph, born probably at Memramcook in c1780, married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Cormier and
Marie Godin, probably at Memramcook in c1801. Joseph died
there in 1825, in his mid-40s.
Bonaventure's fourth and youngest son Amand le
jeune, born probably at Memramcook in
c1782, married Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Gaudet
and Marie Melanson, at Memramcook in May 1808, and remarried to
Nathalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Breau and
Marie-Blanche Boudreau, at Memramcook in November 1817.
Amand died there in 1859, in his late 70s.
Polet's fifth son Amand,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1740, followed members of his family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He was still in the colony in January
1764, when he married in a civil ceremony cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadians Simon LeBlanc and Marguerite Thériot,
at Boston. Later in the decade they followed other Acadian exiles in New
England to Canada. Their marriage was "rehabilitated" at Québec in July
1767.
Polet's sixth son Joseph, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1742, was only in his early teens in the fall of 1755, but he
evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal and joined two of his
older brothers on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or
early 1760s, he and his brother either surrendered to, or were captured
by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotia. In c1761, perhaps in the prison compound at Fort Edward, Joseph
married Agnès, yet another daughter of Pierre dit Piau
Belliveau and Jeanne Gaudet. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1762 and 1772, Agnès gave Joseph four children, two daughters
and two sons. They, too, resettled near her family at Memramcook.
Joseph died there in 1819, in his late 70s.
His daughters married into the Gaudet and Bastarache
families at Memramcook. His sons also created their own families there.
Older son Jean-Frédéric, born probably at Memramcook in c1768, married fellow
Acadian Henriette Gautreau of Barachois at Memramcook in c1790.
Jean-Frédéric died there in 1854, in his mid- or late 80s.
Joseph's younger son Joseph, fils, born probably at Memramcook in
c1772, married fellow Acadian Marguerite Gaudet at Memramcook
in c1794. Joseph, fils died there in 1861, in his late 80s.
Polet's seventh son Paul, fils,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1745, likely followed his parents to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755 and to Canada in the late 1760s. He married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Hébert and Anne
Thibodeau, at L'Assomption northeast of Montréal in October 1774.
They settled at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet on the St. Lawrence across from
Trois-Rivières. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1795, Marie
gave Paul, fils a dozen children, eight daughters and four sons.
Six of his daughters married into the Proux, Richer,
Bourg, Girard, Genest-Labarre,
and Gaudet families at St.-Grégoire and Nicolet. His sons
also created families of their own there.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at St.-Grégoire in c1776, married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians François Bergeron and and his
second wife Marie-Josèphe Richer, at Nicolet in January 1805.
Paul, fils's second son François le jeune, born probably at
St.-Grégoire in c1785, married Madeleine, another daughter of François
Bergeron and Marie-Josèphe Richer, at St.-Grégoire in
January 1813.
Paul, fils's third son Joseph, born probably at St.-Grégoire in c1790,
married Angèle Camiré in c1812, place unrecorded, and remarried
to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Basile Forest and
Modeste Poirier, at St.-Grégoire in August 1820.
Paul, fils's fourth and youngest son Paul III, born probably at
St.-Grégoire in c1795, married Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Hébert and Marie Bourg, at St.-Grégoire in
January 1823.
Polet's eighth son Basile,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1748, likely followed his parents to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755 and to Canada in the late 1760s. He married fellow
Acadian Marie Landry probably in Canada in c1768.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1768 and 1769, Marie gave Basile two children, a
daughter and a son. Basile remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadians François Amirault and Marguerite Robichaud,
at Trois-Rivières in January 1780. They settled at nearby
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet. Basile died there in 1820, in his early 70s.
His daughter married into the Sénéchal family at L'Assomption
northeast of Montréal.
Polet's ninth son François,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1751, probably followed his parents to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755 and to Canada in the late 1760s. He married
Marie-Josèphe Pichette probably in Canada in January 1778.
They settled at Maskinongé above Trois-Rivières in 1781 and at nearby
Rivière-du-Loup, today's Louiseville, in 1785. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1781 and 1787, Marie-Josèphe gave François three sons.
Pierre, père's sixth and youngest son Charles
dit Chat, by second wife Madeleine Bourg, born at Annapolis
Royal in September 1716, married Madeleine, daughter of François Girouard and Anne
Bourgeois,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1735 and settled
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1750, Madeleine gave
Chat eight children, five daughters and three sons. One wonders what
happened to them in the fall of 1755. British officials counted Chat at
Annapolis Royal in 1763, so he and his family may have escaped the British
roundup in 1755, sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area, and were held in
Nova Scotia until the end of the war. One wonders if, in 1763, he was among the Acadians supervising the reconstruction and maintance of Acadian-built dykes and
aboiteaux in the Annapolis area which now belonged to so-called New English
"planters." By c1768, they had resettled at Pointe-de-l'Église,
now Church Point on St. Mary's Bay, southeast of Annapolis Royal. Charles
dit Chat died at Anse-des-LeBlanc near Church Point in September 1805, age 89.
Three of his daughters married into the Gaudet,
Belliveau, and Comeau families. His sons also
created families of their own.
Oldest son
Charles dit Charlitan, born at Annapolis Royal in c1738, followed
his family into exile in 1755 and settled with them on Baie Ste.-Marie, Nova
Scotia, where he married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Melançon and Anne Melançon, in 1780. According
to Arsenault, Charlitan died at Anse-des-Leblanc in c1850, age
112. One wonders how many children he and his wife may have had.
Chat's second son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in c1740, followed his family
into exile in 1755 and settled with them at Baie Ste.-Marie. He married
Marguerite, daughter of Pierre dit Piau Belliveau and
Jeanne Gaudet, in a civil ceremony in c1766, place unrecorded.
They revalidated their marriage at Annapolis Royal in October 1769 and settled
near his family on Baie Ste.-Marie. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1767 and 1772, Marguerite gave Pierre three sons.
Chat's third and youngest son Joseph dit Joppe, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1750, followed his family into exile in 1755, and probably settled with
them on Baie Ste.-Marie. He married fellow Acadian Anne Doucet,
no date given, perhaps on the bay.342
Belliveau
Antoine
Belliveau, who arrived in c1645, and his wife Andrée Guyon created a
good-sized family in the colony. In c1652 and c1654, Andrée gave Antoine only two
children, a son and a daughter. Daughter Madeleine was the first wife of prominent colonist
Germain Bourgeois of Beaubassin. Antoine's only son created a family
of his own. Most of Antoine and Andrée's
descendants remained at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but some of them settled at
Chignecto and in the French Maritimes. One of Antoine's descendants
may have emigrated to Louisiana, but no family line was
established there. After Le Grand Dérangment, the great majority of Antoine's descendants could be
found in greater Acadia and Canada, and perhaps a few remained in France.
Only
son Jean, a carpenter as well as a farmer, born at Port-Royal in c1652, married Jeanne, daughter of Antoine
Bourg and Antoinette Landry, at Port-Royal in c1673.
Between 1674 and 1680, Jeanne gave Jean four children, three sons and a
daughter, at Port-Royal. Jean remarried to Cécile, daughter of Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas
and widow of Abraham Boudrot,
at Port-Royal in c1703, in his early 50s. Between 1704 and 1711, Cécile
gave Jean three more children, a son and two daughters--seven children by two
wives. Jean, Cécile, and
their children moved on to the French
Maritimes in the early 1720s, settling first at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, before
moving to Île St.-Jean later in the decade. Jean died at Tracadie on the north shore of
the island, in either 1734 or 1735, in his
early 80s. Jean's
daughters by both wives married into the Boudrot, Fourgère, and Dugas
families, two of them in the French Maritimes. All four of Jean's sons
created their own families, the older three choosing to
remain at
Port-Royal.
Oldest son
Jean, fils, called
le jeune,
by first wife Jeanne Bourg, born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Madeleine, another
daughter of
Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas, at
Port-Royal in c1696. Between 1697 and 1706, Madeleine gave Jean le jeune five children,
a daughter who married into the Landry family and four sons, three of whom
created families of their own. Jean le jeune died at Port-Royal
in September 1707 from "blessures graves," serious injuries, likely
wounds suffered in battle against a force of New English at Port-Royal the
previous June.
Oldest
son Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1697, married Marguerite, daughter of René Granger and Marguerite
Thériot, at Grand-Pré in November 1717 but settled at Annapolis Royal,
where he worked as a pilot and ship's carpenter. According to genealogist
Bona Arsenault, between 1721 and 1739, Marguerite gave Charles eight children,
two sons and six daughters, at Annapolis Royal. The British captured
members of the family
in the fall of 1755 and deported them to Massachusetts and North Carolina. In early December, soon after the British deportation
fleet left the Annapolis Basin, Charles, at age 58, heroically masterminded
the seizure of the British transport Pembroke, bound for North Carolina.
After spending a month in hidiing in the Baie Ste.-Marie, Belliveau,
in January 1756, brought the vessel safely into lower Rivière St.-Jean, where he and his fellow
passengers eluded a British patrol sent out to capture them. Charles took his family to Canada.
He died at Québec in January 1758, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that
struck Acadian refugees in the area that fall and winter. Two of his
daughters married into the Pellerin and Landry
families. His two sons created their own families.
Older son Charles dit Chaillot, born at Annapolis Royal in c1731,
married Osite, daughter of Claude Dugas and Marie-Josèphe
Melanson, at Annapolis Royal in January 1755. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1755 and 1769, Osite gave Chaillot nine children,
four sons and five daughters, including a set of twins. The British
deported Charles, Osite, and their oldest child to Massachusetts in 1755.
After the war, they chose to join their relations in Canada.
They were counted at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in 1767.
They lived also at nearby L'Assomption. Three of Chaillot's daughters
married into the Langlois dit Lachapelle,
Bourgeois, and Duprat families at St.-Jacques.
Three of his four sons also created their own families.
Second son
Joseph, born in New England in c1763,
followed his family to Canada and married Marie, daughter of Pierre
Beaudin and Marie-Charlotte Dupuis, at
Grande-Rivière in Gaspésie, southwest of Percé, in present-day Québec Province,
date unrecorded.
Chaillot's third son Pierre, born
probably in Canada in c1767, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Charles
Ratel and Anne Breau, at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in January 1791; remarried to Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadians François Dupuis and Monique Richard, at
St.-Jacques in January 1795; and remarried again--his third marriage--to
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Louis Rivet and Marie-Louise
Jeannot, at nearby St.-Sulpice in June 1803.
Chaillot's fourth and youngest son Charles, fils, born at
St.-Jacques in c1769, married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Victor
Richard and Ludivine
Bourgeois, at St.-Jacques in February 1792.
Charles, père's younger son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1734, followed his family to Canada but did not remain there. He married Anne, daughter
of Joseph Girouard and Anne Doucet, in c1765,
place unrecorded;
the marriage was revalidated at Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in
1768. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1781, Anne gave Pierre
seven children, five sons and two daughters. They settled at Memramcook,
in southeastern New Brunswick, where Pierre died in 1820, age 86. Pierre's
daughters married into the LeBlanc and Bourg
families at Memramcook. Three of Pierre's seven sons married probably at
Memramcook.
Oldest son Pierre-Germain, born in c1766, married cousin Marie-Ludivine
Belliveau.
Pierre's four son Jean, born in c1779, married Isabelle, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Gaudet and Marie Melanson.
Pierre's fifth and youngest son, name not given, born in c1780, married Isabelle, daughter
of fellow Acadian Pierre Melanson.
Jean le jeune's second son Jean III, born at Port-Royal in c1699,
married Marie-Madeleine dite Madelichon, daughter of Bernard Gaudet
and Jeanne Thériot, at Annapolis Royal in November 1730. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1749, Madelichon gave Jean III nine
childern, six sons and three daughters, at Annapolis Royal. Jean III died
at Baie Ste.-Marie, Nova Scotia, his date of death unrecorded. One wonders
if he died in December 1755 or January 1756 while he and his fellow Annapolis
Acadians were hiding from the British aboard the recently captured Pembroke
before moving on to Rivière St.-Jean. His family took refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore after they escaped the British on Rivière St.-Jean.
Jean III's daughters married into the Comeau, Thériot,
and LeBlanc families. Three of his sons created their own
families and settled in Nova Scotia, not far from their childhood homes.
Fourth son Joseph-Jacques, called Jacques, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1738, followed his family into exile and married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Robichaud and
Marguerite Comeau, in 1770, place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1772 and 1797, Marguerite gave Jacques nine children, two sons and seven
daughters, including a set of twins. The family settled at Anse-aux-Belliveau,
today's Belliveaus Cove on St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia.
Jacques died there in 1835, age 97. Jacques's daughters married into the
Maillet, Guidry, Robichaud,
LeBlanc, Doucet, and Comeau
families. His sons created their own families probably on St. Mary's Bay.
Older son Charles dit Morpain, born in c1774, married Rosalie,
daughter of fellow Acadians François Comeau and Félicité LeBlanc,
date unrecorded;
and remarried to Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadians Amable Doucet and Marie
Gaudet, in 1813.
Jacques's younger son Jean dit Mouna, born in c1780, married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Basile Amirault and Marguerite
Doucet, in 1812.
Jean III's fifth son Frédéric dit Soudic, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1742, married Marie-Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles LeBlanc and
Madeleine Girouard, in 1768 perhaps in Nova Scotia. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1769 and 1783, Marie-Modeste gave Soudic seven children, three sons and
four daughters. They also settled on Baie Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's
Bay, Nova Scotia, where Frédéric died in 1835, age 93. Soudic's daughters
married into the Melanson, Dugas, and
Doucet families. His three sons also created their own families.
Oldest son Frédéric dit Tikine, born in c1769,
perhaps in Nova Scotia, married Anastasie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Lanoue and Marie Melanson,
in 1793, place unrecorded, and settled at Pointe-de-l'Église, today's Church Point, on St. Mary's
Bay, Nova Scotia.
Soudic's second son Anselme, born in c1776,
perhaps in Nova Scotia, married Anne, another daughter of
Amand Lanoue and Marie Melanson, in 1799,
place unrecorded.
Soudic's third and youngest son Joseph, born in c1783
probably in Nova Scotia, married Rosalie, daughter
of fellow Acadians Joseph Dugas l'Ancien and Marie Robichaud,
in 1801, place unrecorded.
Jean III's sixth and youngest son Charles-Marin, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1747, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre LeBlanc and
Madeleine Babin, in October 1774 probably in Nova Scotia. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1775 and 1793, Madeleine gave Charles-Marin nine children,
five sons and four daughters, including a set of twins. They settled at
Anse-aux-Belliveau, Nova Scotia. Charles-Marin's
daughters married into the Gaudet and LeBlanc
families. All five of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son Charles-Marin dit Sucre, born in c1781
probably at Anse-aux-Belliveau, married
Nathalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles LeBlanc and Anne Melanson,
in 1808, place unrecorded. They settled at Grosses-Coques near Church Point on St. Mary's
Bay.
Charles-Marin, père's second son Joseph-Charles dit Lescargot,
born in c1783 probably at Anse-aux-Belliveau, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians François dit Maza
Comeau and Félicité Comeau, in 1807, place
unrecorded and
settled at St.-Bernard near Belliveaus Cove.
Charles-Marin, père's third son François, born in c1786
probably at Anse-aux-Belliveau, married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians René-Poncy Gaudet and Félicité
LeBlanc, in 1811, place unrecorded, and settled at Anse-aux-Belliveau.
Charles-Marin, père's fourth son Pierre-Isaïe, born in c1791
probably at Anse-aux-Belliveau, married
Marie, another daughter of François dit Maza Comeau
and Félicité Comeau, in 1823, place unrecorded; remarried to Madeleine, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jacques d'Entremont and Angélique Bourque,
place unrecorded; and settled at Anse-aux-Belliveau.
Charles-Marin, père's fifth and youngest son Germain dit Benjamin, born
in c1793 probably at Anse-aux-Belliveau, married Madeleine, another daughter of Charles LeBlanc
and Anne Melanson, in 1828, place unrecorded, and settled Grosses-Coques.
Jean le jeune's third son Louis, born at Port-Royal in c1700, died young.
Jean le jeune's
fourth
and youngest son Pierre
dit Piau, born at Port Royal in August 1706, married Jeanne, another daughter of
Bernard Gaudet and Jeanne Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1728. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1728 and 1755, Jeanne gave Piau 11 children, one son and ten daughters.
Unlike older brother Charles and Jean III and their families, Piau and his
family escaped the British roundup at Annapolis in 1755 and found refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by,
British forces in the area and held at Fort Edward, fomerly
Pigiguit, today's Windsor, Nova Scotia, until the end of the war. Around
1770, Piau took his family to Memramcook, present-day southeastern New
Brunswick, and died there, date unrecorded. Village-des-Piau was named
after him. His daughters married into the
Granger, Girouard, Pellerin,
Amirault, LeBlanc, Bourgeois,
Thénault, Babineau, and Babin
families, three of them to LeBlanc brothers. His son also created his own family.
Only son Joseph dit Jospiô, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1747, followed his family into exile. He married cousin
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Gaudet dit
Varonel and Anne Bastarache, in c1773 probably at Memramcook.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and 1782, Marie-Josèphe gave Jospiô
five children, four sons and a daughter. They remained at Memramcook. Jospiô remarried to Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Cyprien Dupuis
and Françoise Préjean, in c1784 probably at Memramcook. According to Bona
Arsenault, she gave him no more children. His daughter married into the
Richard family. All four of his sons created their own
families probably at Memramcook.
Oldest son Pierre, born in c1776
probably at Memramcook, married fellow Acadian Marguerite Bourque
in c1797.
Jospiô's second son Joseph dit Piaujau, born in c1777
probably at Memramcook, married Isabelle,
daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Melanson, in c1798.
Jospiô's third son Thomas, born in c1778
probably at Memramcook, married Modeste, daughter of
fellow Acadian Sylvain
Babineau, no date given.
Jospiô's fourth and youngest son David, born in c1782
probably at Memramcook, married Henriette, another
daughter of Sylvain Babineau, in November 1806.
Jean, père second son Charles
dit Bideau, by first wife
Jeanne Bourg, born at Port-Royal in
c1678, married Marie, yet another
daughter of
Charles Melanson and Marie Dugas, in
c1698 probably at Port-Royal. Between 1700 and 1725, Marie gave Bideau 13
children, including three sons and eight daughters, and a set of twins whose
gender was not recorded. Five of Bideau's daughters married into the
Gaudet, Lanoue, and Poirier families, four of
them to Lanoue brothers. Two of Bideau's three sons created their own families.
Oldest son Charles,
fils, born at Port-Royal in c1702, married Agnès, yet another
daughter of
Bernard Gaudet and Jeanne Thériot, at
Annapolis Royal in October 1725. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726
and 1748, Agnès gave Charles, fils 10 children, five sons and five
daughters. After exile, members of the family settled in Nova Scotia. Charles, fils's daughters
married into the David, Robichaud,
Mius d'Entremont, and Amirault families. Two of
his sons created their own families.
Oldest son Charles III, born at Annapolis Royal in c1729, married Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Bastarache and Marguerite Forest,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1755. The British deported them to
Massachusetts that fall. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1756 and
1764, Marguerite gave Charles III four children, a son and three daughters.
After the war, they chose to return
to Nova Scotia, settling with his family at Pubnico, formerly Pobomcoup, north of Cap-Sable.
Two of Charles III's daughters married into the Larkins and
Babin families at Pubnico. His son also created a family
of his own.
Only son Joseph, born in New England in c1760, married Marie-Osithe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Bourque and Marie-Rose Surette,
place and date unrecorded, and
settled at Ste.-Anne-du-Ruisseau-de-l'Anguille northwest of Pubnico.
Charles, fils's fourth son Isidore, born at Annapolis Royal in c1737,
married Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Amirault and Jeanne
Laure of Pobomcoup, place and date unrecorded, and settled at Pubnico.
Bideau's second son
Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1711, died at Annapolis Royal in his early 20s before he could marry.
Bideau's third and youngest son
François, born at
Annapolis Royal in November 1714, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Charles Blanchard and Madeleine Girouard, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1742 and died there between 1748 and 1751, in his mid- to late 30s.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave François
three daughters. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Jean, père's third son Antoine
dit Blondin, by first wife Jeanne Bourg, born at Port-Royal in c1680, married
Marie, daughter of Claude Thériot and Marie
Gautrot, in c1701 probably at Port-Royal. Between 1703 and 1722, Marie
gave Blondin nine children, at least five sons and three daughters.
Their daughters married into the Bourg and Granger families.
Three of Blondin's five sons created families of their own.
Oldest son Charles
le jeune, born at Port-Royal in 1705, married Marie-Anne,
called Anne, daughter of Claude Dugas and Marguerite Bourg, at Annapolis Royal
in October 1732. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1750,
Anne gave Charles le jeune eight children, four sons and four
daughters. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
After the war, they chose to resettle at Québec, where they were
counted in 1767. One of Charles le jeune's daughters married into
the Goodchild family at Québec. Only one of his sons
created his own family.
Oldest son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1733, followed his family to
Massachusetts. He married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
LeBlanc and Marguerite Bourgeois and widow of Charles
Richard, in New England in November 1762. According to
Bona Arsenault, Félicité gave Joseph a son in c1764. They followed
his family to Canada and settled at Maskinongé on the north shore of Lac
St.-Pierre below Trois-Rivières, where they were counted in 1765.
Son Charles le jeune, born probably in New England in c1764,
married Agathe, daughter of Pierre Marchand and Élizabeth
Sicard, at Maskinongé in February 1803.
Blondin's second son Jean-Baptiste,
the first with the name, born at Port-Royal in May 1710, died an infant.
Blondin's third son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in the early 1710s, married
Marie, daughter of Antoine Gaudet and Marie Bourg, at Beaubassin
in October 1733. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1748, Marie
gave Joseph six children, five sons and one daughter. In 1752, they were
counted at Tintamarre, present-day Sackville, New Brunswick, west of the
Missaguash. Joseph remarried to Marie Bourg in the early 1750s,
perhaps at Annapolis Royal. The British deported them to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755 (no ships from Chignecto were sent to that colony, hence
the supposition that Joseph had moved his family to Annapolis Royal).
After the war, they chose to join their kinsmen in Canada, where they settled at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières.
Three of Joseph's five sons created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in c1735,
followed his family into exile and married Félicité, daughter
of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and Madeleine LeBlanc, at
Bécancour in January 1765. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and
1788, Félicité gave Pierre a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters.
Pierre died at nearby St.-Grégoire in May 1810, age 75. Four of his
daughters married into the Pichet, Bergeron,
Charest, and Hébert families at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet. Two of his seven sons created their own families.
Second son Joseph, born in Canada in c1767, married Rosalie, daughter of
fellow Acadians François Bergeron and Rosalie Bourg, at
Nicolet in November 1790.
Pierre's sourth son François, born in Canada in c1773, married Marguerite, daughter
of fellow Acadians Pierre Bourg and Marguerite Bourgeois, at
St.-Grégoire in October 1808.
Joseph's third son François, born probably at Chignecto in c1745,
followed his family into exile and married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Sylvain LeBlanc and Anne Prince,
at Bécancour in January 1773. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1779
and 1788, Marie gave François five children, two sons and three daughters.
François died at nearby St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in March 1835, age 90. His daughters married
into the Bourg, Hébert, and Dupuis
families. Both of his sons created their own families.
Older son François, fils, born in Canada in c1784, married
Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Poirier and Rose Bergeron,
at St.-Grégoire in November 1808.
François, père's younger son Joseph le jeune, born in Canada in c1786, married Judith,
another daughter of Pierre Poirier and Rose Bergeron,
at St.-Grégoire in February 1813.
Joseph's fifth and youngest son Joseph, fils, born probably at Chignecto in
c1748, followed his family into exile and married Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Bibeau and
Marguerite Ritchot, at St.-François-du-Lac southwest of
Nicolet in January 1773. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and
1789, Marguerite gave Joseph, fils eight children, three sons and five
daughters. Joseph, fils died at Nicolet in April 1789, age 41.
Two of his daughters married into the Dupuis and
Poirier families. All three of his sons created their own
families.
Oldest son Joseph III, born in Canada in c1778, married cousin Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Belliveau and Élisabeth Doucet,
at Trois-Rivières in November 1812.
Joseph, fils's second son Pierre le jeune, born in Canada in c1782, married
fellow Acadian Marie-Louise Hébert, widow of cousin François Belliveau,
at St.-Grégoire in July 1811.
Joseph, fils's third and youngest son François le jeune, born in Canada in c1789,
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Poirier and
his Canadian wife Louise
Morin, at St.-Grégoire in January 1818.
Blondin's fourth son Jean-Baptiste, the second with the name, born at
Annapolis Royal in November 1713, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean Melanson and Marie-Madeleine Petitot
dit Saint-Seine, at Annapolis Royal in January 1741. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1762, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste eight
children, six sons and two daughters. The British deported them to
Massachusetts in 1755 and held them at Boston. After the war, they chose to resettle in Canada. Jean-Baptiste died at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières in 1808, age 95. His
daughters married into the Doucet and Élie
families at Bécancour and Trois-Rivières. Five of his six sons created
their own families.
Oldest son Joseph le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in c1741,
followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada and married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and Françoise
Cormier of Chignecto, at Bécancour across from Trois-Rivières
in January 1772. They settled at nearby Nicolet. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1772 and 1793, Rosalie gave Joseph le jeune 10
children, six sons and four daughters. Their daughters married into the
Vigneau, Morin, Prince, and
Parenteau families at Nicolet. Three of Joseph le
jeune's six sons created their own families.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born probably at Nicolet in c1772,
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Timothée Prince and Anne
Richard, at Nicolet in October 1798.
Joseph le jeune's third son François d'Assise, born probably at Nicolet in c1778, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Madeleine
Richard, at Nicolet in July 1802.
Joseph le jeune's fifth and youngest son
David le jeune, born probably at Nicolet in
c1787, married Josephte, daughter of Augustin Morin and his
Acadian wife Josette
Babin, at Nicolet in September 1811.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Charles le jeune, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1744, followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada and married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Doucet
and Anne Bourg, at Bécancour in January 1773. They
settled at Nicolet. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1773 and 1793,
Élisabeth gave Charles le jeune 10 children, five sons and five
daughters.
Their daughters married into the Vigneau, Belliveau,
Bergeron, Poirier, and Beaudet
families at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet. All five of Charles le jeune's
sons created their own families.
Oldest son Charles, fils, born probably at Nicolet in c1773, married
Angélique, daughter of Charles Beaumier and Marie-Angèle
Ducharme, at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in February 1808.
Charles le jeune's second son François, born probably at Nicolet in c1775, married Élizabeth, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Breau and Marie-Anne Daigle, at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet, in October 1807.
Charles le jeune's third son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Nicolet in c1777, married Marie-Anne, daughter
of Maurice Janvier and Élise Foucaut, at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet, in January 1803, and remarried to Félicité, another
daughter of Pierre Breau and Marie-Anne Daigle,
at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in April 1822.
Charles le jeune's fourth son Joseph, born probably at Nicolet in c1781, married Pélagie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles Bergeron and Josette LeBlanc, at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in October 1809.
Charles le jeune's fifth and youngest son Pierre, born probably at Nicolas in
c1783, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Poirier and
Marie-Rose Bergeron, at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in January
1808.
Jean-Baptiste's third son David, born at Annapolis Royal in c1746,
followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada and married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Gaudet and Marie
Cormier of Chignecto, at Bécancour in January 1773. The settled
at Nicolet. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774
and 1788, Marguerite gave David six children, five sons and a daughter.
Their daughter married into the Bourg family at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet. All five of David's sons created their own
families.
Oldest son David, fils, born probably at Nicolet in c1774, married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Raphaël Bourg and Marie Poirier,
at Nicolet in September 1801.
David, père's second son Simon, born probably at Nicolet in c1775, married Marie-Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Hébert and Marie Arsenault,
at Nicolet in September 1801.
David, père's
third son François, born probably at Nicolet in c1782, married Marie-Louise,
daughter of fellow Acadians Étienne Hébert and Marie-Josèphe Babin,
at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in January 1807.
David, père's
fourth son Joseph, born probably at Nicolet in c1784, married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Prince and Madeleine Héon, at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in May 1808.
David, père's fifth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at
Nicolet in c1788, married Julie, daughter of Michel Lamothe and
Angélique Pinard, at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in October 1810;
and remarried to Constance, daughter of Vincent Dubé and
his Acadian wife Rosalie Bergeron, at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in January 1829.
Jean-Baptiste's fifth son Jean, born at Annapolis Royal in c1755,
followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada and married
Marie-Geneviève, daughter of Augustin Morin and Judith
Talbot, at Bécancour in February 1780. They settled at Nicolet.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1780 and 1800, Marie-Geneviève gave Jean 10
children, three sons and seven daughters.
Five of their daughters married into the Bergeron,
Richard, Gaudet, Hébert, and
Harrison families at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet. Two of Jean's three
sons created their own families.
Second son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born probably at Nicolet in c1788,
married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Jean-Baptiste Poirier and
his Canadian wife Anastasie Caron, at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet January 1818.
Jean's third and youngest son Joseph, born probably at Nicolet in c1790, married
Marie, daughter fellow Acadians Pierre Poirier and Marie-Rose Bergeron,
at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in February 1817.
Jean-Baptiste's sixth and youngest son François, born probably at Boston,
Massachusetts, in c1758, followed his family to Canada and married Marie-Aimée, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Poirier
and Marguerite Thibodeau, at Nicolet in February 1787.
They settled there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1789 and 1800,
Marie-Aimée gave François seven children, three sons and four daughters.
Two of their daughters married into the Macé and Pinard
families at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet. All three of François's sons
created their own families.
Oldest son François, fils, born probably at Nicolet in c1789, married
Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian François Gaudet and his
Canadian wife Françoise
Poisson, at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in November 1811.
François, père's second son Joseph, born probably at Nicolet in c1790, married
fellow Acadian Madeleine
Prince at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet, date unrecorded.
François, père's third and youngest son
David le jeune,
born probably at Nicolet in c1800, married Marie-Rosalie, daughter of Alexis
Richer and his Acadian wife Marie-Josèphe Darois, at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in October 1820.
Blondin's fifth and youngest son Paul, born at Annapolis Royal in March
1717, survived childhood and settled at Annapolis
Royal, but he did not marry. The British deported him to Massachusetts in
1755, and he, too, was repatriated to Canada after the war with Britain.
He was counted at Nicolet in 1767.
Jean, père's fourth son Louis, by second wife Cécile Boudrot, born at Port-Royal in May 1708,
followed his parents and sisters to the French Maritimes, married Louise,
daughter of Michel Haché dit Gallant and
Anne Cormier, at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in June 1735 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1759, Louise gave Louis nine
children, three sons and six daugthers, on the island. A French
official counted Louis, Louise, and six of their children at Tracadie on the
island's north shore in August 1752. The family escaped the British
roundup on the island in
1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and likely found refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
If so, sometime in the early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured
by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for
the rest of the war. Louis and
his family were counted on Île Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery sland off the
southern coast of Newfoundland, in 1767, so they likely had gone there, probably
from Nova Scotia, following
the war with Britain. Louis died on Miquelon in December 1775, age 67.
In 1778, during the American Revolution, the British captured the island and
deported members of Louis's
family to La Rochelle, France. Some of them may have remained in the mother
country.
Louis's widow Louise died at La Rochelle in October 1779. Five of their
daughters married into the Doucet, Gautrot,
Bourg, Buot, Testard dit
Paris, and Leclair families. Evidently none of
Louis's sons created families of their own. One of his daughters died at
LaRochelle in 1779, another at Memramcook,
southeastern New Brunswick, in 1820. Two of his other daughters settled at Rustico on the
north shore of Prince Edward Island, formerly Île St.-Jean, not far from their
childhood home at Tracadie.348
Petitpas
Claude
Petitpas, sieur de LaFleur, the notary, who arrived in c1645, and his wife
Catherine Bugaret created an influential family in the colony.
Catherine gave Claude 13 children, eight sons and five daughters. Their
daughters married into the Dugas, Guédry dit Grivois dit
Laverdure, Forest, Boudrot, Richard, Robichaud, and
Girouard families. Only three of their many sons created families of
their own. In the
summer of 1680, Claude Petitipas, père was serving as royal notary
at Jemseg on lower Rivière St.-Jean. His and Catherine's descendants, however,
settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Mirliguèche and Musquodoboit on the
Atlantic coast, and on Île
Royale in the French Maritimes, where they were especially numerous. If any of Claude's
descendants emigrated to Louisiana, none carried the family's name there.
Oldest
son Bernard, born probably at Port-Royal in c1659, married a woman whose name had been lost to history in c1685 and
settled at Mirliguèche on the Atlantic coast. They likely were that rare
Acadian couple who had no children.
Claude's second
son Claude, fils, born probably at Port-Royal in c1663, married Marie-Thérèse, a Mi'kmaw, after 1686,
and settled at Miramichi on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and at Musquodoboit up the coast from Mirliguèche.
He became an interpreter and Indian
agent for the British after the fall of Port-Royal. Claude, fils remarried to Françoise, daughter of Pierre Lavergne
and Anne Bernon, at Annapolis Royal in January 1721, in his late 50s,
moved to Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, and died there in c1731, in his late 60s.
First wife Marie-Thérèse gave him seven children, four sons and three daughters.
Second wife Françoise gave him four more children, all sons, all of whom
married--11 children, eight sons and three daughters, by two wives. Claude, fils's daughters, all from his first wife, married
into the Marres dit La Sonde, Moyse dit
Latreille, and Coste families, and all of them settled in the French
Maritimes. Five of Claude, fils's sons also created their own
families.
Oldest son
Barthélémy,
by first wife Marie-Thérèse, born probably at Miramichi on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore in c1687, married
Madeleine, daughter of François Coste and Madeleine Martin, in
c1715, place unrecorded. Barthélémy also served as agent-interpreter among the Mi'kmaq, befriended the
British, but later turned against them. As a result, they captured him in 1745,
about the time the British took Louisbourg, and he died in a Boston prison in
January 1747, age 60.
Claude, fils's second son
Paul,
by first wife Marie-Thérèse, born in c1695, place unrecorded, became a navigator
at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, but did not marry.
Claude, fils's third son Joseph, by first wife Marie-Thérèse,
born in c1699, place unrecorded, also became a
navigator at Port-Toulouse and did not marry.
Claude, fils
fourth son Isidore, by first wife Marie-Thérèse, born in c1706,
place unrecorded, was
sent by his father to Boston to attend Harvard divinity school, dropped out,
escaped to Québec, from whence Canadian authorities sent him to Rochefort,
France, to train for a naval career, but Isidore was a reluctant student, so the
French sent him to Martinique as a soldier, where he likely died before he could
marry, age unrecorded.
Claude, fils fifth son
Jean-Baptiste, by second wife Françoise
Lavergne, born at Port-Toulouse in c1722, married Françoise, daughter of Pierre
Bertaud dit Montaury and Marie Martin, at
St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île St.-Jean, in September 1742. What happened to
them in 1758?
Claude, fils's sixth son
Jacques, by second wife Françoise Lavergne, born at
Port-Toulouse in c1724, married Françoise, daughter of Jean Breau and Anne Gautrot,
at Port-Toulouse
in c1749. What happened to them in 1758?
Claude, fils's seventh son Louis, by second wife Françoise
Lavergne,
born at Port-Toulouse in c1726, married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Pouget and Françoise Moyse,
in c1752 in the French Maritimes. What happened to them in 1758?
Louis remarried to Marie-Josèphe dite Rosette,
daughter of Joseph Dugas and Marguerite Coste and widow of Pierre
Boudrot, in c1761 during exile, place unrecorded.
Claude, fils's eighth and
youngest son Joseph, by second wife Françoise Lavergne, born at
Port-Toulouse in c1731, married Louise, daughter of Jean Fougère and
Marie-Madeleine Belliveau, in c1754 probably on Île Royale. What
happened to them in 1758? Joseph remarried
to Marguerite, another daughter of
Jean Breau and Anne Gautrot and widow
of Georges Manet, at Chezzetcook, near Halifax, in c1767, after exile.
Claude, père's third
son Jean, born probably at Port-Royal in c1664, probably died young.
Claude, père's fourth
son Jacques, born probably at Port-Royal in c1666, married Geneviève, daughter of Jean Serreau de Saint-Aubin,
seigneur of Passamaquoddy, and Marguerite Boileau, in c1690
probably at Port-Royal, but likely settled with Geneviève's family at
Passamaquoddy. In August 1692, during King William's War, Jacques and
brother-in-law Charles Serreau de Saint-Aubin and their families were
captured by New-English raiders under Colonel Benjamin Church. They were
still being held at Boston in November when Jacques and Charles were released
in a scheme to capture capitaine de sauvages Jean-Vincent de
Saint-Castin. Despite their families being held as hostages, Jacques
and Charles alerted the French authorities to the desperate scheme. Jacques died
at Port-Royal in c1694, in his late 20s, a year before his wife and children
were ransomed from their Boston prison by her father, the seigneur; one
wonders if Jacques's wartime activities and his concern for his family hastened
his death. In the two years between their marriage and their capture,
Geneviève gave Jacques two children, both sons, only one of whom created a
family of his own.
Older son
Jean,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1691,
died at Annapolis Royal in June 1713, in his early 20s, before he could marry.
Jacques's younger son
Nicolas,
born probably at Port-Royal in the 1690s, married Madeleine, daughter of André Simon dit
Boucher and Marie Martin, at Annapolis Royal in January 1714 and
moved on to the French Maritimes, where he settled Petit-Dégrat on Île Royale, near Port-Toulouse. Madeleine gave
him eight children, six sons and two daughters. Nicolas, well into his
middle age, remarried to
Osite-Blanche, daughter of Jean Benoit and Marie-Josèphe Thériot,
on Île Royale in March 1756. Osite-Blanche gave him three more children, two sons and a daughter--11
children, eight sons and three daughters, by two wives. What happened to
him and his family in 1758? His
daughters by his first wife married into the Guyon dit Dion,
Mulot, Ozanne, and Vergues dit La Sagette families, on
Île Royale, in France, and in French Guiane during exile.
Only four of his eight sons created families of their own, in France, Guiane,
and greater Acadia.
Oldest son
Nicolas, fils,
by first wife Madeleine Simon, born at Annapolis Royal in
October 1714, probably
died young.
Nicolas, père's
second son François, by first wife Madeleine Simon, born at
Port-Toulouse in c1718, also died young.
Nicolas, père's
third son
Nicolas-François, by first wife Madeleine Simon, born at
Petit-Dégrat in c1722, married Marie, daughter of Claude Harot and Julienne
Chancerel, on Île Royale in November 1751. What happened to them in
1758? Nicolas-François died at St.-Louis de
Rochefort, France, in July 1761, age 38, during exile.
Were he and his family deported there from Île Royal in 1758?
Nicolas, père's
fourth son Jean-Jacques, by first wife Madeleine Simon, born at
Petit-Dégrat in c1726, married Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Jean Darembourg
and Marie-Anne Pichot, in c1748 on Île Royale.
Were he and his family deported to France from Île Royale in 1758?
Jean-Jacques died at Sinnamary, French Guiane, in June 1765, age 39, probably
after going there from France the year before.
Nicolas, père's
fifth son Dominique, by first wife Madeleine Simon, born at
Louisbourg, Île Royale, in May 1732, died a few days after his birth.
Nicolas, père's
sixth son Germain-Sébastien, by first wife Madeleine Simon,
born at Louisbourg in February 1725, died at Restigouche
at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs after January 1761, in his late 20s or early 30s, before he could marry.
Did he escape the British roundup on Île Royale in 1758, cross Mer Rouge, and
seek refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore?
Nicolas, père's
seventh son Barnabé
dit Nicolas, by second wife Osite-Blanche
Benoit, born at Louisbourg in c1756, married Agnès, daughter of Jean-Jacques Clory
and Marie-Josèphe Josse, in c1787 and
settled at D'Escousse, Cape Breton Island. Did he and his wife escape the
British roundup on Île Royale in 1758 and chose to remain in greater Acadia
after the war had ended?
Nicolas, père's eighth and youngest son
Joseph-Michel, by second
wife Osite-Blanche Benoit, born at Louisbourg probably on the
eve of the island's dérangement in late 1758, followed his family into
exile, perhaps on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. After the war, he
evidently remained in greater Acadia and spent time at Caraquet in present-day northeastern New Brunswick.
He married Madeleine, daughter of David Downey
dit Downing and Dorothée Boudrot, in c1788, place unrecorded,
and settled at
Grande-Digue, Shediac, today's eastern New Brunswick.
Claude, père's fifth
son Paul, born probably at Port-Royal in c1675, was counted there in 1693, age
22, but evidently did not marry.
Claude, père's
sixth son Charles, born probably at Port-Royal in c1676, also was counted there
in 1693, age 18, but evidently did not marry.
Claude, père's
seventh son Martin, born probably at Port-Royal in c1677, was counted there in
1693, age 15, but evidently did not marry.
Claude, père's
eighth and youngest son Pierre, born probably at Port-Royal in c1681, was
counted there in 1693, age 10, but probably did not marry.360
Lejeune
Pierre
Lejeune dit Briard, a late 1640s arrival, and his Doucet wife whose given
name has been lost to history created a family that was small in the beginning.
They had no daughters, but their two sons created vigorous lines. Pierre
dit Briard's descendants settled at La Hève, Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal,
Minas and Pigiguit in the Minas Basin, and on Île St.-Jean and Île Royale in the French Maritimes, where they were especially numerous by the
early 1750s. At least 22 of Pierre dit Briard's descendants
emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in the late 1760s and from
France in 1785. Some of Briard's descendants, in smaller numbers, could be found in
greater Acadia, Canada, France, and French Guiane after Le Grand
Dérangement.
Older son
Pierre dit Briard,
fils,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1656, married Marie, daughter
of Pierre Thibodeau and Jeanne Thériot, in c1678 at Port-Royal.
They were counted at La Hève on the Atlantic coast in 1686, were back at
Port-Royal by 1698, were counted at Petit-Rivière near La Hève in 1704, and
moved on to Pigiguit in the Minas Basin by 1712.
Between 1687 and 1704, Marie gave Pierre dit Briard, fils nine children, four sons and five
daughters. Four of their daughters married into the Boutin, Roy,
Trahan, Gautrot, Labauve, Rimbault, and Duplessis families,
most of them at Minas. Daughter Catherine's second husband, Claude-Antoine
Duplessis, became a surgeon at Havre-St.-Pierre on Île
St.-Jean, and one of their daughters emigrated to French Guiane from France. All four of Pierre dit Briard, fils's
sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Pierre
III, born probably at La Hève in c1689, married Jeanne, daughter of Martin Benoit and Marie Chaussegros,
at Grand-Pré in September 1712 and, according to Bona Arsenault, settled at
Pigiguit before moving on to
Cobeguit. Between the early 1710s and 1731, Jeanne gave Pierre III 10 children, six sons and four daughters.
In c1750, Pierre III, Jeanne, and some of their younger children moved to Bedec
on southwest coast of Île St.-Jean, where, in August 1752, a French official
counted the couple and two of their unmarried children, a daughter and a son. Three of their daughters married into the Froiquingont, Guédry dit
Grivois, and Hébert families, and two of them were lost with their entire
families during the deportation from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758. All six of Pierre III's sons created families of their own, and
three of them also perished in late 1758 in the deportation to France.
The deportation to France, in fact, devastated this branch of the family.
Oldest son
Bruno,
born probably at Minas in the 1710s, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jacques Levron and
Marie Doucet and widow of Emmanuel Hébert, in c1745 and settled at
Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Bruno a son and a
daughter in 1746 and 1748. They moved to
the French Maritimes after 1752. The British deported them to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. The family was lost aboard the British transport
Duke William, which sank in a North Atlantic storm the second week of
December. Bruno was in his mid- or late 40s when he died.
Pierre III's second son
Pierre IV,
born probably at Minas in c1720, married Marie,
daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine Boudrot, at Grand-Pré in
July 1742.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1751, Marie gave Pierre IV four
children, two sons and two daughters. They followed his family to Bedec, Île St.-Jean, where a French official counted
Pierre IV, Marie, and their children in August
1752. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Pierre III's third son
Jean,
born probably at Minas in c1724, married Marguerite, another
daughter of
Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine Boudrot,
in c1748 probably at Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1749 and 1751,
Marguerite gave Jean two children, a daughter and a son. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In
August 1752, a French officials counted Jean, Marguerite, and their children at Grande-Anse on the southeast coast of the
island. Marguerite gave Jean two more children, a daughter and two sons,
between 1752 and 1758--five children, two daughters and three sons, in all. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
Marguerite and all of the children died at sea. Jean died in a hospital at St.-Servan near the Breton port in March 1759, in his
mid-30s, from the rigors of the crossing.
Pierre
III's fourth son Éloi, born probably at Minas in c1724, married Rosalie, daughter of Joseph Mius d'Azy and
Marie Amireau of Cap-Sable, in c1746 probably at Minas. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and 1751, Rosalie gave Éloi three children, two
sons and a daughter. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in
c1750. A French official counted Éloi, Rosalie, and their children at Grande-Anse near his brother Jean
in August 1752. Rosalie gave Éloi two more daughters on the island in 1754
and 1758. The British deported Éloi and his family to St.-Malo, France, in
late 1758. All but their older son died at sea. Éloi was in his early 30s.
His son married in France.
Older son François, born probably at Minas in c1747, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and was deported with them to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. He
was the family's only survivor. He resided with a M.
Baude at St.-Thual south of St.-Malo in 1759 and remained there until
1766, when he moved to Lamballe, southwest of the Breton port. He married
Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Richard and Cécile
Gautrot, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo in August 1767. He
returned to St.-Thual after the marriage and then moved back to St.-Servan.
Anne gave François a daughter at St.-Servan in August 1769. In December
1771, he received permission to take his family to Morlaix in northern Brittany.
Anne gave him a son there in May 1772. François died by January 1776, in
his late 20s, when Anne remarried to a Levron in
St.-Martin de Champs Parish. No member of the family emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Pierre
III's fifth son Augustin, born probably at Minas in c1726, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Chênet
and Marie-Anne Denis dit Jean, at Port-La-Joye on the island in
November 1750. In August 1752, a French official counted Augustin,
Marie-Josèphe, and their young daughter at Bedec near members of his family.
Augustin and his family also perished in the sinking of the Duke William
in December 1758. He died in his early 30s.
Pierre III's sixth and youngest son Joseph, born probably at Minas in
c1731, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with his parents and
a sister at Bedec in August 1752. Joseph married
Anne-Théotiste, daughter of Mathieu Brasseur and Anne-Marie Pitre,
at Port-La-Joye in September 1753. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave
Joseph a son in c1755. They left the island
before the deportation of 1758 and sought refuge in Canada. Joseph remarried to Madeleine, daughter of
Canadians Simon Deblois dit Grégoire and Marguerite Guérard,
in St.-François Parish on Île d'Orléans below Québec in April 1757. They
settled at nearby St.-Michel de Bellechasse and at Charlesbourg. According
to Arsenault, Madeleine gave Joseph another son in 1758.
Pierre dit Briard, fils's
second son Germain, born probably at La Hève in c1693, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Alexandre Trahan and
Marie Pellerin, in c1717 probably at Pigiguit and settled on the
l'Assomption side of the river. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1718 and
1722, Marie-Anne gave Germain two children, a daughter and a son.
According to Stephen A. White, followed here, Germain remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Guédry and Madeleine Mius d'Azy, in c1735 probably at Pigiguit.
According to Arsenault, who confuses this Germain with his older first cousin of
the same name, Germain and Marie married in c1729, that this was his only
marriage, and that he and Marie lived for a time at La Hève and on Île St.-Jean.
Arsenault says that between 1730 and 1749, Marie gave Germain six children, five sons and a daughter--eight
children, six sons and two daughters, by two wives. In c1750, they followed dozens of fellow Acadians
to Baie-des-Espagnols on the Atlantic coast of Île Royale. In April 1752, a French official counted Germain, Marie, and five of their children, four
sons and a daughter, at the Spanish Bay. One wonders what happened to them
in 1758. According to Arsenault, Germain's daughter by first wife
Marie-Anne married into the Serrier or Cellier
and Benoit families, the second time on Île St.-Jean.
Most of Germain's sons also created families of his own, in Canada and greater
Acadia.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marie-Anne Trahan, born
probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1722, married Marguerite, daughter of
Jean Clémenceau dit Beaulieu and Anne Roy,
in c1742, place unrecorded; it probably was Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1743 and 1754, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste six children,
four sons and two daughters. In c1750, Jean-Baptiste took his family to
Île St.-Jean. In August 1752, a French official counted the couple and
five children, four sons and a daughter, at Anse-au-Matelot on island's southern
coast. The British deported at least one member of the family to France in
late 1758. Others may have escaped the British roundup on the island in
late 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore before moving on
to Canada. Two of Jean-Baptiste's sons married in Canada in the 1760s and 1770s. Another settled in greater
Acadia and France.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably at Pigiguit in c1743, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Anse-au-Matelot in August 1752.
He somehow became separated from his family, and the British deported him to France in late 1758. He married
Marie-Marthe or -Martine Roy, place and date unrecorded, but it
may have been at Rochefort, France, soon after his arrival. If so, he
would have been in late teens at the time of the wedding. Marthe/Martine
gave him two children, a daughter and a son, in St.-Nicolas and St.-Louis
parishes, Rochefort, in October 1759 and February 1761. The son died in
July 1761, age 5 months. Joseph took his family back to greater Acadia by
1764, when they
were counted on Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of
Newfoundland. They may have had another daughter on the island. In
1767, in an attempt to relieve overcrowding on Île Miquelon, French officials,
obeying a royal decree, coaxed most of the island's fisher/habitants to
emigrate to France, Joseph and his family probably among them. If they
went to France, they likely returned to Miquelon the following year, as most of
the islanders did. In 1778, during the American Revolution, the British
captured Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre and deported the islanders to
France. Joseph and his family ended up at La Rochelle, where a daughter
married into the Caumeau family in St.-Nicolas Parish in
February 1781. Marthe/Martine gave Joseph another daughter in St.-Nicolas
Parish in May 1779, but she died in St.-Jean Parish, La Rochelle, in January
1784. One wonders if Joseph and Marthe/Martine returned to Île Miquelon
with other islanders after the death of their daughter, or if they remained in
France.
Second son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born probably at Pigiguit in c1745, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Anse-aux-Matelot in August 1752.
He followed them
into exile in 1758 and
married Marie-Louise, daughter of Charles Forgues and Louise
Couture, at St.-Charles de Bellechasse below Québec in c1766.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third son François-Olivier,
born probably at Pigiguit in c1749, was taken to Île St.-Jean as an infant and
counted with his family at
Anse-au-Matelot in August 1752. He followed them into exile in 1758 and married Françoise Forgues, widow of
François Ratté, at St.-Charles de Bellechasse in July 1774.
One wonders if Françoise was a sister of François-Olivier's older brother's wife
Marie-Louise. In his late 50s, François-Olivier remarried to Josette
Dutil at nearby St.-Gervais in c1807.
Germain's third son Chrysostôme dit Christophe, by second wife Marie
Guédry, born probably at Pigiguit in c1740, followed his family
to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, and was counted with them in April 1752.
He evidently escaped the roundup on the island in 1758, while in his late teens.
One wonders where he sought refuge during the war. He married Louise,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Gallant and Osite
Lavergne, in c1767, place unrecorded. They returned to Île
Royale, now called, again, Cape Breton Island. Their marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Petit-Bras-d'Or on the island in August 1771.
Germain's fourth son Germain, fils, by second wife Marie Guédry,
born probably at Pigiguit in c1741, followed his family to Baie-des-Espagnols,
Île Royale, and was counted with them in April 1752. He, too, evidently
escaped the roundup on the island in 1758, while still in his teens, and may
have followed his older brother into exile, wherever they may have gone.
Germain, fils married Marie-Anne, daughter of
Marc Lasonde and Judith Petitpas, in c1766,
place unrecorded.
They "rehabilitated" the marriage at Petit-Bras-d'Or in August 1771.
Germain's fifth son Paul, by second wife Marie Guédry, born
probably at Pigiguit in c1747, followed his family to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île
Royale, and was counted with them in April 1752. He, too, evidently
escaped the roundup on the island in 1758 and married Angélique-Hélène, daughter
of Mi'kmaqs Joseph and Jeanne, in c1765. They, too, "rehabilitated" their
marriage at Petit-Bras-d'Or in August 1771.
Pierre dit Briard, fils's
third son Jean, born at La Hève or Port-Royal in c1697, married Françoise, daughter of Claude Guédry and
Marguerite Petitpas, in c1725 probably at Pigiguit and lived for a time
at Cap-Sable.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726 and 1749, Françoise gave Jean 11
children, six sons and five daughters, including a set of twins. In c1750, they followed relatives to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale.
In April 1752, a French
official counted them there with eight children, five sons and three daughters.
In late 1758, the British deported them to St.-Malo, France, aboard the
transport Supply, which did not reach the Breton port until March 1759. Jean died at Châteauneuf
on the east said of the river south of St.-Malo in May 1759, in his early 60s,
probably from the rigors of the crossing. Wife Françoise and three of
their children, two sons and a daughter, survived the voyage, but a son and a
daughter also died from the rigors of the crossing. Three of Jean's daughters married into
the Trahan, Benoit, and Hébert
families on Île Royale and Île St.-Jean and were deported with their families to
France. Three of Jean's sons created their
own families, and two of them, along with a younger sister, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
Their mother Françoise did not accompany them. She followed her children
to Poitou in 1773, retreated with them to the lower Loire port of Nantes in December 1775, and died at
nearby Chantenay in March 1780, age 80.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born probably at Pigiguit in c1726,
married Judith Viger of Cap-Sable in c1748, probably at
Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, Judith gave Jean-Baptiste le
jeune two children, a son and a daughter, in 1749 and 1752. In c1750,
they followed his family to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, where a French
official counted the couple with their two children in April 1752. One
wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Jean's second son Eustache, born probably at Pigiguit in December 1732, followed
his family to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, and was counted with them there in April 1752.
He married Marie, daughter of Ignace Carret and Cécile
Henry, at Louisbourg in May 1753. Marie gave Eustache two
daughters on the island in 1754 and 1757. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Eustache and Marie survived the crossing,
but their two daughters died at sea. The couple settled at St.-Suliac on
the east side of the river south of St.-Malo and in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where, between 1760 and 1771, Marie gave
Eustache seven more children, four sons and three daughters. Two of the
children, a son and a daughter, did not survive childhood. Wife Marie died at
St.-Servan in November 1772, age 42. Eustache, at age 40, remarried to
Jeanne-Perrine, 33-year-old daughter of locals Jean Gicquel and
Perrine Le Couet of nearby Plouër-sur-Rance in June 1773. Soon
after the marriage, Eustache took his family to Poitou in 1773 and, after two
years of effort, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians, including his aging
widowed mother, to the port city of
Nantes in December 1775. Eustache worked as a ship's carpenter there. Between 1781 and 1784, Jeanne gave Eustache three
more children, two daughters and a son, at nearby Chantenay--a dozen children by
two wives--but two of the youngest children died as infants. Eustache's
oldest son married into the Doiron family at Nantes or
nearby Chantenay. In 1785, Eustache, Jeanne, four of his unmarried children, two
daughters and two sons, his married son and his wife, and a Gautrot
niece, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana aboard the first of the Seven Ships.
Eustache's daughter Geneviève-Charlotte, who would have been age 20 in 1785, if
she was still living, did not accompany her family to Louisiana. Evidently
Eustache's youngest daughter Marie-Rose, called Rosalie, who would have been age
2, died during the crossing; she appears on the ship's embarkation list, but not
on its debarkation list. From New Orleans, Eustache and his family
followed most of their fellow passengers to Manchac on the river below
Baton Rouge, where they remained. His surviving daughter married into the
Babin family at Baton Rouge. His younger sons also
married, into the Pitre and Lebert families.
One remained at Baton Rouge, and the other joined the Acadian exodus from the
river to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Eustache's oldest son, who settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish, died
there in April 1854, age 94--one of the last Acadian immigrants in Louisiana to
join his ancestors.
Jean's third son Jérôme, born probably at Pigiguit in c1735, followed his family
to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, and was counted with them there in April
1752. He married Élisabeth Dugas probably on the island
in c1758. Later that year, the British deported the childless couple,
along with his family, to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Supply.
Jérome died on the crossing, and Élisabeth died in August 1759, several months
after she reached the Breton port, probably from the rigors of the crossing.
Jean's fourth son Grégoire, born probably at Pigiguit in c1737, followed his
family to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, and was counted with them there in April 1752.
In late 1758, the British deported him to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport
Supply, which did not reach the Breton port until early March 1759.
He settled at nearby Châteauneuf and became a sailor. In April 1760, he
embarked from St.-Malo on the corsair Hercules, was captured by the
Royal Navy, and spent the rest of the war in an English prison. He
returned to St.-Malo in June 1763 and settled near his older brother Eustache at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where, at age 27, Grégoire married Charlotte, 17-year-old daughter
of locals Pierre Descrouttes and Élisabath Gallison,
in February 1764. Charlotte died at St.-Servan in January 1767, age 19 or
20, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth. Grégoire remarried to Hélène,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dubois dit
Dumont and Madeleine Vécot of Île St.-Jean, at
St.-Servan in June 1767; Hélène called herself a Dumont.
Between 1768 and 1772, at St.-Servan and nearby Pleurtuit and St.-Énogat,
today's Dinard, Hélène gave
Grégoire three children, a son and two daughters. The son died an infant.
Grégoire and his family followed his older brother Eustache to the interior of Poitou in 1773.
Hélène gave Grégoire another daughter at Châtellerault, Poitou, in May 1774, but
the baby died
the following August. Meanwhile, their second daughter died there in July.
In December 1775, Grégoire, Hélène, and their surviving daughter retreated with
brother Eustache, their widowed mother, and other Poitou Acadians to the port of Nantes. Hélène gave him five
more children, two daughters and three sons, at nearby Chantenay. Only two
of the children, both sons, survived childhood. In 1785, Eustache, Hélène,
and their three surviving children, a daughter and two sons, along with a
Gautrot niece, followed brother Eustache and his family to
Spanish Louisiana aboard the first of the Seven Ships. From New Orleans,
they followed Eustache to Manchac south of Baton Rouge, where they remained.
Hélène gave Grégoire another daughter but no more sons in the colony--at least
10 children in all by his second wife.
Grégoire died at Baton Rouge in July 1826, a widower, in his late 80s. His
daughters married into the Trahan and Longuépée
families. His sons married into the Tardit and
Gibson families at Baton Rouge and settled near their cousins in West
Baton Rouge Parish.
Jean's fifth son Barnabé, born probably at Pigiguit in c1742, followed his
family to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, and was counted with them there in
April 1752. The British deported him with his family to St.-Malo, France,
in late 1758. He died at Châteauneuf in May 1759, age 17, probably from
the rigors of the crossing, before he could marry.
Jean's sixth and youngest son Jean-Charles, born probably at Pigiguit in c1749,
followed his family to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, and was counted with them
there in April 1752. The British deported him with his family to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. He survived the crossing and settled with his
widowed mother at Châteauneuf before moving to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1762.
He worked as a sailor in France. In 1773, he followed other Acadians in
the St.-Malo area to Poitou. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Trahan and Anne Thériot, in
St.-Jean L'Evangeliste Parish, Châtellerault, Poitou, in August 1774. She gave him
a son there in August 1775. In December of that year, they
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. They
settled in Ste.-Croix Parish, where their son died in February 1776, age 6
months. Marguerite gave Jean-Charles another son at nearby Chantenay in
March 1777, but the boy died the following November. Jean-Charles died at
Chantenay in November 1778, age 29. Marguerite remarried to a French
weaver from La Rochelle in St.-Donatien Parish in December 1782 and gave him at
least three children. Not surprisingly, she and her French husband did not
emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Pierre dit Briard, fils's
fourth and youngest son Joseph, born at Port-Royal in July 1704, married Cécile, daughter of Jean Pitre and
Françoise Babin, in c1727 (Bona Arsenault says c1724) probably at Pigiguit.
According to Arseanault, they lived for a
time at Cobeguit. According to Arsenault, between 1725 and 1750,
Cécile gave Joseph 10 children, seven sons and three daughters. In c1750,
they followed relatives to Baie-des-Espagnols,
Île Royale. In April 1752, a French official counted them there with seven
children, six sons and a daughter. The British deported them to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758 aboard the transport Violet, which sank in the
same North Atlantic storm that doomed the Duke William during the
second week of December. No one, neither officers nor crew, survived the
sinking of the Violet. Joseph died at age 54. One of his daughters
married into the Trahan family at Louisbourg. Four of his
older sons also married in the French Maritimes before the 1758 deportation.
One suspects that the fate of all four sons and their families was similar to
that of their parents.
Oldest son Alexis, born probably at Pigiguit in c1725, married cousin Madeleine
Lejeune dit Briard in c1748, no place given, perhaps
at Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and 1757, Madeleine
gave Alexis four children, three daughters and a son. Alexis, Madeleine,
and their daughter followed his family to Baie-des-Espagnols, where, in April
1752, a French official counted the couple with two daughters. By 1757,
they had moved to Trois-Rivières on the east coast of Île St.-Jean, where a
daughter was baptized that year. One wonders
what happened to them in 1758. Did they perish with his family aboard the
Violet?
Joseph's second son Charles, born probably at Pigiguit in c1729, married Marie,
daughter of Charles Leroy and Marie-Charlotte Chauvet,
in c1750 either at Pigiguit or on Île Royale. They were counted with her
family at Baie-des-Espagnols in April 1752. They had no children.
One wonders what happened to them in 1758. Did they perish with his family
aboard the Violet?
Joseph's third son Joseph, fils, born probably at Pigiguit in c1733,
followed his family to Baie-des-Espagnol, Île Royale, and was counted with them
there in April 1752. The French official noted that Joseph, fils,
age 19, was "unfit for the militia." He evidently was fit for other
things. He married Marguerite-Josèphe Corporon probably
on the island in c1756. According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite-Josèphe
gave Joseph, fils a daughter in 1757, the year they moved on to Île
St.-Jean. She gave him a son probably on Île St.-Jean in c1758, on the eve
of the island's dérangement.
Later that year, the British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, aboard one
of the so-called Five Ships. Marguerite and evidently both of their
children died on the crossing. Joseph died at Châteauneuf near St.-Malo in
March 1759, in his late 30s, probably from the rigors of the crossing.
Joseph, père's fourth son Basile, born probably at Pigiguit in c1735,
followed his family to Baie-des-Espagnol, Île Royale, and was counted with them
there in April 1752. He did not remain on Île Royale. He married
Anne-Marie, daughter of Ignace Carret and Cécile Henry,
at St.-Pierre-du-Nord on the north shore of Île St.-Jean in September 1758, on
the eve of the island's dérangement. One wonders what happened to
them that year. Did they perish with his family aboard the Violet?
Pierre dit Briard's younger son
Martin
dit Briard dit Labrière, born probably at Port-Royal in c1661, married Jeanne-Marie
or Marie-Jeanne Kagigconiac, a
Mi'kmaw, in c1684 probably at La Hève, which for decades had been a Mi'kmaq and
Métis community. Between 1685 and 1963, Jeanne-Marie
gave Martin Labrière five children, three sons and two
daughters. Martin Labrière remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean
Gaudet and Jeanne Henry, in c1699 and settled at Minas before moving
to Port-Maltais near La Hève, where they were counted in
1708. Between
1700 and 1719, Marie gave Martin Labrière seven more
children, fives sons and two daughters, including a set
of twins. Martin Labrière remarried
again--his third marriage--to Marie Arnault or Renaud dit
Grislard, widow of Jacques Carne, at Grand-Pré in October 1729. She
gave him no more children, so Labrière fathered a dozen children by his first two wives, eight sons and
four daughters. Two of his daughters married into the
Labauve and Viger families. Four of his eight sons
also created families of their own.
Oldest son Claude
dit
Briard, by first wife Jeanne-Marie Kagigconiac, born probably
at La Hève in c1685, married Anne-Marie, another daughter of Jean Gaudet and Jeanne Henry,
at Port-Royal in September 1705 and settled at Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1706 and 1719, Anne-Marie gave Claude two
daughters. He died probably at Pigiguit in November
1725, in his late 30s. His daughters married into the Benoit and Roy families.
Arsenault says Claude and Anne-Marie also had a
son, Eustache, but White, followed here, says that
Eustache was Claude's younger brother, not his son.
Martin Labrière's second
Germain, by first wife Jeanne-Marie Kagigconiac,
born probably at La Hève in c1689, was counted there
with his family in 1708, age 19. Stephen A. White
offers no marriage for him. Bona Arsenault
confuses this Germain with his younger first cousin of
the same name.
Martin Labrière's third son
Bernard, by by first
wife Jeanne-Marie Kagigconiac, born
probably at La Hève in c1693, was counted there with his
family in 1708, age 15. According to Bona
Arsenault, Bernard married Isabelle Saulnier
in c1720, place unrecorded. Stephen A. White says
nothing of the marriage.
Labrière's fourth son Théodore, by second wife
Marie Gaudet,
born probably at La Hève in c1700, married ____, daughter of Jean Landry and Cécile Melanson, in
c1721 and died by c1752, in his early 50s.
Labrière's fifth son Paul
dit Briard, a twin,
by second wife Marie Gaudet,
born at Port-Royal in October 1702, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Benoit
le jeune and Élisabeth LeJuge, in c1724 and settled at Pigiguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and 1752,
Marie gave Paul 10 children, four sons and six
daughters. Other records may give them another
son--perhaps 11 children in all. They followed
relatives to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale. Their
oldest daughter may have married into the LeRoy
family there. In April 1752, a French official
counted them there with nine children, three sons and
six daughters. His oldest son already had married
and was counted with his family near them. In
1754, Paul, Marie, and some of their younger children
may have followed his oldest son to Halifax by boat, settled with them at
Mirliguèche near Lunenburg on the Atlantic coast south
of Halifax, was imprisoned with them on Georges Island, Halifax, in September
1755, and deported to North Carolina aboard
the sloop Providence the following December.
Members of the family, perhaps including Paul and Marie,
moved from North Carolina to Pennsylvania in c1760.
Some moved on to Maryland by July 1763. Paul
dit Briard died in exile by 1761, perhaps in
Pennsylvania or Maryland, in his late 50s. At
least three of his daughters were deported to
France probably from Île Royale in 1758-59. One lost her entire family--her
husband and six children--in the crossing, remarried to
a LaRoque in France, and gave him many
children. Another married into the Morland
family at Rochefort in July 1763 and followed him to
French Guiane soon afterward. Her sister also ventured to the
South American colony and
married into the Rigaud family at
Sinnamary in
August 1767. One, perhaps two, of
Paul dit Briard's sons created their own families, and most of
their children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Pigiguit in
c1728, married Marguerite, daughter perhaps of Étienne Trahan
and Marie-Françoise Roy of Pigiguit,
probably at Pigiguit in c1748. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1750 and 1752 Marguerite gave
Jean-Baptiste two children, a son and a daughter.
Other records give them two more sons and another
daughter between 1749 and 1756--five children, three
sons and two daughters, in all. In c1750,
Jean-Baptiste, Marguerite, and their two sons followed
his family to Baie-des-Espagnols, where, in April 1752,
a French official counted the couple, their two sons,
and a infant daughter. In 1754, Jean-Baptiste
followed some of his relatives back to Halifax by boat and,
on the governor's insistence,
settled with them at Mirliguèche near Lunenburg on the
Atlantic coast near Halifax. In September 1755, in
the first weeks of Le Grand Dérangement, the
British imprisoned them on Georges Island, Halifax, and
deported them to North Carolina aboard the sloop
Providence in December. In c1760, the war
still on, they moved
to Maryland. Two, perhaps three, of their
children, called orphans, were counted with
Breau and Trahan families at
Port Tobacco, Maryland, in July 1763, so Jean-Baptiste
and Marguerite had died by then. Five of their
children, three sons and two daughters, followed
relatives to Spanish Louisiana from Port Tobacco in
1769. Their British vessel, the Britannia, missed the mouth of the
Mississippi and grounded on the Texas coast. Spanish forces
arrested them, held them at the nearby presidio
of La Bahia, and they
were released to walk to Natchitoches, Louisiana, after
being held for several months. They reached
Natchitoches in October 1769, minas 13-year-old sister
Nanette, who remained at the Spanish mission at El
Orcoquisac, near today's Liberty, Texas, on the road
to Natchitoches. Older daughter Marguerite married into
the Croque, Crook, or
Crooks family there on the Red River. She, her
husband, and her three brothers followed relatives to
the Acadian Coast, where the middle brother married in
the early 1770s. Later in the decade, he and his
three siblings followed relatives to the Opelousas
District, where all four of the orphans settled.
Only one of the three sons married a fellow Acadian, not
unusual for Acadians who settled in the Opelousas
region, and two of the lines endured.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, called Jean,
born probalby at Pigiguit in c1749, followed his family
to Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, and was counted with
them there in April 1752. He followed his family
to Halifax and Mirliguèche, to the prison compound on Georges
Island, Halifax, to North Carolina, Maryland, the coast
of Texas, Natchitoches, the Acadian Coast, and the
Opelousas prairies. At age 30, he married Isabelle
Outré at Avoyelles or Opelousas in c1779. His
family line did not endure.
Jean-Baptiste, père's second son
Blaise, born
probably at Pigiguit in c1750, followed his family to
Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, and was counted with
them there in April 1752. He followed them
to Halifax, Mirliguèche, to the prison compound on Georges
Island, Halifax, to North Carolina, Maryland, the coast
of Texas, Natchitoches, and the Acadian Coast. He
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians
Pierre Breau and Marguerite
Gautrot of San Gabriel, at nearby Ascension in
November 1773. Later in the decade, he followed
his relatives to the Opelouas prairies. Bayou
Blaise Lejeune is named for him. His daughters
married into the Doucet and
Trahan families. Four of his five sons
married into the Quintero, Bock,
Janise, and Carrière
families and created vigorous lines on the southwest
prairies.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third and youngest son
Joseph, born in North Carolina in c1756, perhaps a twin
of sister Nanette,
followed his family to Maryland, the coast of Texas,
Natchitoches, the Acadian Coast, and the Opelousas
District. He married Perrine dit Patsy,
daughter of Gilbert Hayes and Jeanne
Jackson of Carolina, at Opelousas in
c1782. They settled on the southwest prairies near
his older brothers. Joseph, at age 66, remarried
to Marie or Mary, daughter of Michel Ritter
and Marie Louise Stelly and widow of
Jean Teller or Taylor,
in St. Landry Parish in May 1822, and sanctified the
marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish,
in October 1843. Perhaps under the influence of
his wives, by the 1820s Joseph had anglicized his
surname to Young. He died in St.
Landry Parish in October 1847. The priest who
recorded the burial said that Joseph died at age 110,
but he was 91. His daughters, all by first wife
Patsy, married into the Barton,
Bechum, Bihm, Lacombe,
Ortega or Ortego,
Prudhomme, and Reed
families. Five of his six sons, all by first wife
Patsy, married into the Ritter,
Bihm, Fontenot, and
Prudhomme families, and most of them, like
their sisters, called themselves Young.
Paul dit Briard's putative second son
Amand,
was born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1730. If he was Paul
dit Briard's son, he did not follow his family to
Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale. He remained,
instead, at Pigiguit, and married Anastasie, 18-year-old
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Levron and
Françoise Labauve of Minas, at Minas or
Pigiguit in c1755. Soon after the marriage, the
British deported them to Virginia, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England in the spring of
1756. The British held them at Liverpool.
Between 1756 and 1763, Anastasie gave Amand at least two
sons. They were repatriated to Morlaix, France,
in the spring of 1763 and settled in
St.-Martin des Champs Parish. They did not follow
other Acadians exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer
off the southern coast of Brittany in November 1765.
Between 1764 and 1773, in St.-Martin Parish, Anastasie
gave Amand four more children, two more sons and two
daughters. Amand took his family to the interior
of Poitou in
1773. In March 1776, after two years of effort,
they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port
city of Nantes. Between 1776 and 1783, in
St.-Jacques Parish and at nearby Chantenay, Anastasie
gave Amand three more daughters--nine children,
four sons and five daughters. One of the daughters
did not survive childhood. Amand's oldest son
married at Nantes. Amand died at Chantenay in May
1784, in his early 50s. The following year, his
widow Anastasie, who never remarried, six of her and
Amand's unmarried children, two sons and four daughters,
and her married son and his wife emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana on two of the Seven Ships. Her third son
Pierre-Paul, who would have been age 21 if he was still
living, did not follow them to Louisiana. From New
Orleans, Anastasie and her children, including her
married son, followed most of their fellow
passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Three of
Anastasie's Lejeune daughters married
into the Menou or Menous,
Chiasson, and Trahan
families on the upper bayou. Her two younger
Lejeune sons also married and settled
on the Lafourche.
Oldest son Jean, born at Liverpool, England in c1756,
followed his family to Morlaix, Poitou, and Nantes,
where he married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians
Félix Boudrot and Marie-Josèphe
LeBlanc, in St.-Nicolas Parish in November
1782. In 1785, they emigrated to Spanish Louisiana and
followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche. They were that rare Acadian couple who
had no children. Jean died in Lafourche Interior
Parish in May 1824, in his late 60s.
Amand's second son Joseph, born at Liverpool in c1763,
followed his family to Morlaix, Poitou, and Nantes, and
his widowed mother and siblings to Spanish Louisiana.
He married Bonne-Marie-Adélaïde, daughter of fellow
Acadians Germain Landry and Cécile
Chênet dit La Garenne, at New Orleans in November
1785, soon after they reached the colony on the same
ship. They settled near their families on upper
Bayou Lafourche. At age 35, Joseph remarried to
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul
Lebert and Madeleine Lapierre
and widow of Pierre-Janvier Guidry, at
Assumption on the upper Lafourche in September 1798.
A succession in Joseph's name, not post-mortem, had been filed in what
became the Thibodauxville courthouse, Interior Parish,
in August 1798. Joseph died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December
1825, in his early 60s. His daughters, by first
wife Bonne-Marie, married into the Daigle
and Levron families. Two
of his three sons also married, into the
Thibodeaux and Ledet families
on the Lafourche.
Amand's fourth and youngest son
Alexis-Simon, born at
Morlaix, France, in March 1773, followed his family to
Poitou and Nantes and his widowed mother and siblings to
Spanish Louisiana. He married Françoise-Barbe,
called Barbe, daughter of fellow Acadians Martin
Trahan and his first wife Marie-Madeleine
LeBlanc and sister of one of his
sister's husbands, at Assumption in January 1794.
They lived on the upper Lafourche near the boundary of what became Ascension
and Assumption parishes before moving down bayou to
Lafourche Interior Parish. Alexis died in Lafourche Interior Parish in November
1835, age 62. His successions were filed at
the Thibodauxville and Houma courthouses in December
1835 and September 1836, so he may have owned property
in Terrebonne Parish as well as Lafourche Interior. His daughters married into the
Hébert, LeBlanc,
Molaison, Pontiff, and
Thibodeaux families. Four of his
six sons also married, into the LeBlanc,
Bernard, Doucet, and
Baudoin families on the Lafourche.
Labrière's sixth son
Martin, Paul's twin, by second wife Marie Gaudet,
was living with his family at Port-Maltais on the
Atlantic coast in 1705 and
was counted with them at La Hève in 1708, age 6.
According to Bona Arsenault, he settled near his brother
Paul at Pigiguit and married Marie Renaud
at Grand-Pré in October 1729. Stephen A. White
says nothing of the marriage. Were they still
living in 1755?
Labrière's seventh son Eustache
dit Briard,
by second wife Marie Gaudet, born at
Minas in August 1715, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Jacques
Barrieau and Anne-Marie Turpin, in c1747 probaby at Pigiguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and1760,
Marie-Anne gave Eustache five children, three daughters
and two sons. In c1749, they followed Marie-Anne's
family to Île Madame off the southeast coast of Île
Royale, where Eustache worked as a coaster. A
French official counted him, Marie-Anne, and two
daughters at Point à Jacob on the north side of Île
Madame in late February 1752. One wonders what
happened to them in 1758. Eustache died probably
in exile by 1760, in his early 40s. His three
daughters married into the Martin
dit Barnabé and
Vienneau families, two of them on
Rivière St.-Jean in what became New Brunswick in 1768.
Both of his sons also married, one of them in Canada.
Older son Joseph, born probably on Île Madame in
c1755, followed his family into exile. He married
Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Massier
and Marie Poirier, at Québec in June
1780. According to Bona Arsenault, Joseph was the
ancestor of the Lejeunes of Petit-Rocher and
Rivière-des-Ormes in today's northeastern New Brunswick.
Eustache's younger son Louis dit Louison,
born in c1758 either on Île Madame or in exile, married
Marguerite Marquis dit
Clermont in c1782, place unrecorded, perhaps in Canada.
Labrière's eighth and youngest son
Pierre, by
second wife Marie Gaudet,
born probably at Minas in c1719, died there in September
1736, age 17.364
Savoie
François
Savoie, a late 1640s arrival, and his wife Catherine Lejeune created
a large family in the colony. Between
1652 and 1670, Catherine
gave him nine children, six daughters and three sons. Their daughters
married into the Corporon, Triel dit Laperrière,
Pellerin, Levron dit Nantois, Préjean dit Le
Breton, and Chiasson families. Only François's oldest son
created a family of his own. Most of François and Catherine's descendants remained
at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but they settled also at Minas, Chepoudy, and in
the French Maritimes. At least 14 of their descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. More
of them could be found in greater Acadia, the French Antilles, France, and
especially in Canada after Le Grand
Dérangement.
Oldest
son Germain, born at Port-Royal in c1654, married Marie, daughter of Vincent
Breau
dit Vincelotte
and Marie Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1678.
Between 1682 and 1709, Marie gave François a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters.
Germain died in December 1729, in his mid-70s, probably at Annapolis Royal.
Marie, who did not remarry, died at Annapolis Royal in October 1749, in her late
80s. Three
of their daughters married into the Blanchard, Babineau dit
Deslauriers, and Poirier families. Five of Germain's sons also created
their own families.
Oldest son
Germain, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1682, married Geneviève, daughter of Nicolas
Babineau and Marie-Marguerite Granger, at Port-Royal in January 1709.
Between 1710 and 1738, Geneviève gave Germain, fils 10 children, six
sons and four daughters. Three of their daughters married into the
Dupuis, Pellerin, and Lanoue families. Five of Germain,
fils's six sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean dit Djanne,
born at Port-Royal in February 1710,
married Anne, daughter of Charles Landry and Catherine-Josèphe
Broussard, at Annapolis Royal in August 1735 and settled at Chepoudy in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1739 and 1742, Anne gave Djanne two children, a son and a
daughter. The family evidently escaped the British roundup in the
trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada or on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Djanne died before June
1791, in his late 70s or early 80s, place unrecorded. His daughter married
into the Cormier family, place and date unrecorded, but it most
likely was in northeastern New Brunswick in c1764. Did Djanne's son
Pierre-Paul also marry?
Germain, fils's second son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Annapolis Royal in March 1712, married Marguerite, daughter of
Guillaume Blanchard and Jeanne Dupuis, at Annapolis Royal in May
1737.
What happened to them in 1755?
Germain, fils's third son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in July
1714, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Martin and Jeanne Comeau, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1738.
Bona Arsenault says the British deported the family
to Connecticut in
the fall of 1755. Oddly, a Pierre Scavoy, wife Marie Scavoy, and three unnamed children
appeared on a French repatriation list in Pennsylvania in June 1763; Stephen A. White says this was them. Had
they been allowed to move to the Quaker Colony in the late 1750s or early 1760s?
What became of them after the counting? Did they remain in Pennsylvania?
Germain, fils's fourth son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in March
1717, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Bourg and Louise Robichaud, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1745. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1746 and 1752, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph four children, two daughters and two
sons. One wonders what happened to the family in the fall of 1755.
Joseph died before October 1760, in his late 30s
or early 40s, place not given.
Germain, fils's fifth son François, born at Annapolis Royal in
December 1724, died
there in June 1734, age 9.
Germain, fils's sixth and youngest son
Amand-Grégoire, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1727, married Jeanne-Victoire, another daughter
Guillaume Blanchard and Jeanne Dupuis,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1749. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1749 and 1754, Jeanne-Victoire gave Amand-Grégoire four sons. The British
deported the family to South Carolina in the fall of 1755. Amand, Victoire, and sons Joseph and Marin
appeared on a French repatriation list in the
southern colony in August 1763. One wonders what happened to them after
the counting. Did they remain in South Carolina? Did they
follow other Acadian exiles from the seaboard colonies to French St.-Domingue?
No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Germain, père's second son François le jeune, born at
Port-Royal in c1684, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Alexandre
Richard and Isabelle Petitpas, at Port-Royal in November 1707.
They moved on to Minas in the early 1720s. Between 1709 and the late
1720s, Marie-Josèphe gave François le jeune 13 children, six daughters
and seven sons, including a set of twins. Five of
their daughters married into the Arseneau, Comeau, Hébert dit Manuel,
and Thibodeau families. All seven of François's sons created
families of their own. Two of them emigrated to Louisiana in 1765.
Oldest son
François, fils, born at Port-Royal in November 1710, married Marguerite, daughter of Charles Thibodeau
and Françoise Comeau, in c1736, place not given by Stephen A. White.
Bona Arsenault says they married in c1734 at Chepoudy.
According to Arsenault, between 1735 and 1754, Marguerite gave François,
fils four sons. The family escaped the British roundup in the
trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
Marguerite gave Françoise, fils a daughter in c1756 probaby at Québec. François, fils died before August 1762, place not given,
but it likely was in Canada. Three of his four sons created families there
and in greater Acadia.
Putative oldest son Joseph-André, born perhaps at Chepoudy in c1735,
followed his family to Canada. He married Thérèse, daughter of fellow
Acdians Pierre Arbour and Susanne Moreau of
Île St.-Jean, in c1756 probably in Canada, where her family had resettled before
Le Grand Dérangement. They were at St.-Charles de Bellechasse
across from Québec City the following year. According to Bonas Arsenault,
between 1757 and 1771, Thérèse gave Joseph-André six daughters. British
officials counted them on Rivière St.-Jean in 1758 and 1771, so they had moved
back to greater Acadia during the war.
François, fils's second son Simon, born at Chepoudy in c1739,
followed his family to Canada. He married Louise, daughter of Michel
LeMaître and Élisabeth Trotter, at
Rivière-du-Loup, today's Louiseville, on the north shore of Lac-St.-Pierre above
Trois-Rivières, in August 1762.
François, fils's third son Joseph, born at Chepoudy in c1752,
followed his family to Canada. He married Marie-Josèphe-Marguerite,
daughter of Jean Marcoux and Marie-Josèphe Lemieux,
at Berthier-en-Haute, today's Berthierville, on the upper St. Lawrence northeast
of Montréal, date unrecorded.
François, père's second son Jean-Baptiste, a twin,
born at Annapolis Royal in March 1715, married Marie, daughter of Michel Haché and Madeleine LeBlanc,
at Beaubassin in August 1734 and settled near his brother at Chepoudy.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and
1752, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste six children, four daughters and two sons.
The family escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada, where French officials counted them in
1756. Jean-Baptiste died at St.-Cuthbert on the upper
St. Lawrence between Trois-Rivières and Montréal in December 1787, age 72.
One of his daughters married into the Robert family, place not
given. Two
of his sons married where their parents had taken them.
Older son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born at Chepoudy in c1748,
followed his family to Canada. He married Geneviève, daughter of Pierre
Lebeau and Geneviève Brisset, at Île Supas
near St.-Cuthbert in June 1771.
Jean-Baptiste, père's younger son Pierre, born at Chepoudy in c1752,
followed his family to Canada. He married Marie-Louise, daughter of Louis
Paquin and Marie-Josèphe Lesieur, at
St.-Cuthbert in March 1772.
François, père's third son Honoré,
Jean-Baptiste's twin, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1715, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Joseph Comeau and
Marie Roy, in c1738 probably at Annapolis Royal and followed his older
brothers to Chepoudy.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and 1742, Anne-Marie gave Honoré three
children, two daughters and a son. The family evidently escaped the
British roundup in the trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. In his late 40s, Honoré remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Canadians Pierre Arcand and Véronique Cochon and widow of Paul
Paquin, at Deschambault on the upper St. Lawrence between Québec City and
Trois-Rivières in February 1764. She evidently gave him no more children. Honoré died at Deschambault in September
1797, age 82. One of his daughters married into the Moraud
family at distant Berthier-en-Haut near Montréal, but his son remained where his
parents had taken him.
Only son François le jeune, born at Chepoudy in c1741, followed
his family to Canada. He married Geneviève, daughter of Paul
Paquin and Marie-Josèphe Arcand, at Deschambault in
November 1767.
François, père's fourth son
Charles dit
Jean-Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1721, married in c1746 a woman whose name has been lost to history.
Charles remarried to cousin Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Richard and
Marie-Madeleine Girouard and widow of Pierre Forest, probaby at
Annapolis Royal in c1752.
They evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawreence shore, where Charles again
became a widower. He remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Judith, daughter of Claude Arseneau
and Marguerite Richard, of Malpèque, Île St.-Jean, at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des
Chaleurs in January 1761, after the French garrison there had surrendered to a British
force from Québec the previous October. Soon after their marriage, the couple either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia. In August 1763, Cherl Savois, his wife, and three children, one of them a
Desroches nephew Judith had raised from infancy, appeared on a
repatriation list at Halifax near Charles's younger brother Joseph and his
family. Judith gave Charles a son there
probably just before the counting. In 1764-65, Charles, Judith, their son,
and their nephew followed other exiles at Halifax to
Louisiana via Cap-Français, St.-Dominguie, and settled in the
established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1769 and 1780, Judith gave Charles nine
more children, six sons and three daughters, including two sets of twins--10
children, seven sons and three daughters, in all. Spanish authorities
counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabahannocer in 1766,
1769, and 1777. In the late 1780s or early
1790s, the family joined the Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche, establishing a new center of
Savoie family settlement there.
Charles died on the Lafourche by December 1795, in his early 70s, when his
wife was listed in a Valenzuela District census without a
husband. She did not remarry. Their daughters married into the
Bourgeois and Broussard families on the bayou
and the prairies. Five of Charles's sons also married, into the
Landry, Bourgeois, Bergeron,
Rome, and Duhon families. One son settled on lower
Bayou Teche, two returned to the river, and the other two remained in the
Lafourche/Terrebonne valley.
François, père's fifth son Simon
dit
Saint-Sauveur, born at Minas in August 1723, married Anastasie-Françoise, called Françoise, another daughter of
Charles Thibodeau and Françoise Comeau, in c1745, place
unrecorded. They, too, escaped the British roundups in Nova Scotia in the
fall of 1755 and followed other exiles to Canada. According to Stephen A. White, Simon remarried to
Angélique, daughter of Canadians Jacques Delinel and Marie-Louise
Saintonge, at St.-Sulpice on the upper St. Lawrence northeast of Montréal in January 1761.
Angélique gave Simon a son in c1763, though Bona Arsenault attributes the child
to first wife Anastasie, not recognizing Simon's second marriage. Simon died at Berthier-en-Haut northeast of Montréal
in December 1795, age 72. His son created a family of his own.
Only son Michel, by second wife Angélique Delinel, born in
Canada in c1763, married Marie-Charlotte, daughter of Ignace Avard
and Marie-Louise Beaucher, in Ste.-Famille Parish, île
d'Orléans below Québec City, in 1784.
François, père's sixth son
Joseph, born at
Minas in June 1727, married, according to Stephen A. White,
Anne, daughter of Joseph Préjean and Marie-Louise Comeau, in
c1758, no place given, but it probably was during exile on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Joseph a daughter
in 1759. They may have taken refuge in the French stronghold at
Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. The British attacked
Restigouche in July 1760, and another British force accepted the garrison's
surrender the following October. A Joseph Savoye with a
family of four appears on a 24 October 1760 list of 1,003 Acadians surrendered
with the garrison; this may have been Joseph à François. The British held
them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia
for the rest of the war. In August 1763, Joseph,
Anne, and two children appeared on a French repatriation list at Halifax near his older brother
Charles and his family. Joseph, Anne, and their daughter, now age 5,
followed Charles and his family from Halifax to Louisiana via Cap-Français,
French St.-Domingue, in 1764-65. Anne was pregnant on the voyage and gave
birth to a son either aboard ship or at New Orleans soon after their arrival.
They followed Charles and his family to Cabahanncoer, where Anne gave Joseph
another son in November 1766. Joseph
died by December 1767, in his late 30s, when Anne remarried to an Hébert
at Cabahannocer. Their older son married into the Landry
family and followed his uncle Charles to upper Bayou Lafourche.
François, père's seventh and youngest son
Pierre, born probaby at Minas in the late 1720s, married Anne-Félicité, called
Félicité, daughter of Jean Lord and Marie-Madeleine
Comeau of Chepoudy, in c1756 while in exile, perhaps in Canada. According to Bona
Arsenault, Félicité gave Pierre a daughter in 1759, place unrecorded. Pierre remarried to
Anne, daughter of Claude Melanson and Marguerite Babineau, at
Charlesbourg below Québec in July 1761. One wonders where they
settled after the war ended.
Germain, père's third son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1690, died
on the upper river at Port-Royal in November 1710, age 20. He did not
marry.
Germain, père's fourth son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1692,
married Marie, daughter of Jean Dupuis and Anne Richard, at
Annapolis Royal in November 1718. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1719 and 1729, Marie gave Jean five children, two sons and three daughters. Jean remarried to Ursule, daughter of Pierre
Thibodeau le jeune and Anne-Marie Aucoin, in c1745, probably
at Annapolis Royal. Both of Jean's sons by his first wife married.
Daughter Marie, by his second wife, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in the mid-or
late 1760s and married into the Jacquet/Nieto and
Alvarez families there. None of Jean's other descendants
emigrated to Louisiana.
Older son Jean-Baptiste or Jean dit Jane, by first wife Marie
Dupuis, born at Annapolis Royal in c1719, married Marie,
daughter of François Bastarache and Agnès Labauve,
in c1742, no place given, and settled in the trois-rivères area west of
Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and 1760, Marie gave
Jean six children, five sons and a daughter. They evidently escaped the
British roundup in the trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they may have
surrendered to, or been captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. After the war,
they returned to the Gulf shore and settled at Bouctouche and Négouc in what
became eastern New Brunswick. Their daughter
married into the Allain family at Miramichi there in 1786. All of Jean dit
Jane's sons also settled in the area.
Oldest son Pierre dit Au Fils, born probably in the
trois-rivières in c1743, followed his family into exile. He married
fellow Acadian Marie Bujeau in c1765, place not given, and
settled at Néguac, where he died in January 1806, in his early
60s.
Jean dit Jane's second son Joseph, born probably in the
trois-rivières in c1745, followed his family into exile. He married
fellow Acadian Marguerite Bujeau in c1767, no place given, and
settled at Néguac, where he died in Januaru 1810, in his mid-60s.
Jean dit Jane's third son François, born probably in the
trois-rivières in c1748, followed his family into exile. He married
fellow Acadian Anne Poirier in c1770, no place given, and
settled at Néguac.
Jean dit Jane's fourth son Amand, born probably in the
trois-rivières in c1750, followed his family into exile. He married
fellow Acadian Anastasie Breau in c1774, no place given, and
settled at Pointe-du-Chéne down the shore from Néguac.
Jean dit Jane's fifth and youngest son Jean, fils, born
probably in the trois-rivières in c1755, followed his family into
exile. He married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Allain
and Anne Léger, in c1780, no place given, and settled at
Bouctouche.
Jean's younger son Pierre, by fist wife Marie Dupuis, born
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1727, married Élisabeth Thibodeau
in c1750, place not given. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Germain, père's fifth son Paul, born at Port-Royal in c1696,
married Judith, daughter of Jacques Michel and Catherine Comeau,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1722 and moved on to Chepoudy. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1741, Judith gave Paul seven children, four
daughters and three sons. Stephen White says she gave him five daughters
and two sons between 1723 and 1743. The family evidently escaped the British roundup
in the trois-rivières and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. Paul died before July 1772, in
his 70s, place not given. According to Arsenault, at least two of his sons married, and one of
them emigrated to Louisiana in 1765. Stephen White says only the younger
of Paul's two sons went to Louisiana.
Oldest son François-Joseph, born probably at Chepoudy in c1730, married
Anne Aucoin, place and date not given. They evidently followed
his family into exile, during which he lost his wife. Sometime in the late
1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by,
British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the
rest of the war. In 1765, now a middle-aged widower, François followed
other exiles from Halfiax to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue,
and settled in the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river
above New Orleans. In one of the earliest Acadian marriages in colonial
Louisiana, François, at age 35, remarried to fellow Acadian Marie Landry
of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, widow of Joseph Bourque, at New
Orleans in July 1765. She evidently died soon after the marriage, perhaps
from the rigors of childbirth, and François remarried again--his third
marriage--to fellow Acadian Anne Thibodeau at Cabahannocer in
October 1766. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1767 and 1768, this Anne
gave François two children, a daughter and a son. They moved to the
Attakapas District, where Anne soon died. In his late 30s, François
remarried yet again--his fourth marriage--to Marie-Jeanne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Ambroise Martin dit Barnabé and his second
wife Madeleine dite Émilienne Comeaux of Chignecto, at
Attakapas in August 1769. According to Arsenault, between 1770 and 1780,
Marie-Jeanne gave François six more children, three sons and three
daughters--eight children, four daughters and four sons, by two wives.
François died at Attakapas in December 1780, age 50. His daughters by both
wives married into the Benoit, Guidry,
Gilchrist, LeBlanc, and Prejean.
Three of his sons also married, into the Potier,
Cormier, Blanchard, Breaux, and
Guilbeau families, one of them three times. They all
remained on the prairies. (Stephen White does not place François-Joseph
with this family line.)
Paul's second son Charles, born probably at Chepoudy in c1732, married,
according to Bona Arsenault, Anne Thibodeau in c1754, no place
given, but it probably was in the trois-rivières. According to
Arsenault, Anne gave Charles a daughter in 1754. One wonders what happened
to them in 1755. Arsenault insists that Charles and his wife emigrated to
Louisiana with his brothers in 1785, but Louisiana records say otherwise.
(Stephen White does not place Charles with this family.)
Paul's third and youngest son Pierre, born at Chignecto (Arsenault says
Chepoudy) in June 1741,
followed his family into exile, into captivity, and to Louisiana in 1765, but he
did not settle near his older brother at Cabahannocer (because, according to
Stephen A. White, Pierre had no older brothers named François-Joseph and
Charles). He followed two
married sisters to Opelousas instead. In April 1766, a Spanish official
noted that Pierre, still a bachelor, was in Courtableau's Company of Opelousas
milita. He was still at Opelousas in 1771, still unmarried, living with
brother-in-law Charles Comeaux, also of Chepoudy, and his
younger sister Anastasie. In his early 30s, Pierre married Louise dit
Lise,
daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Bourg and Anne
Boudreaux, probably at Opelousas in July 1772; Opelousas would not get its own
church until 1776, so the marriage was recorded by the priest from Pointe
Coupée, who acted as a missonary to the district. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1787,
Louise gave Pierre six children, five daughters and a son. Other records
give them another son in c1774, seven children in all. Pierre owned four
slaves, ran 60 head of cattle, and owned a dozen horses and 20 hogs in 1785.
Though still a resident of Opelousas, Pierre died at San Gabriel on the river in
March 1788, age 47, and was buried there. His death was certified by the
Opelousas priest later in the month, and his succession was recorded at
Opelousas in May. His daughters married into the David,
Dupré, Guidry, and Richard
families. Both of his sons married, into the Babin and
Comeaux families, but only one of the lines endured.
(Stephen White places Pierre in this family line as the younger son of two, the
first, whose name has been lost, having died in the early 1750s.)
Germain, père's sixth son Claude, born at Port-Royal in c1698, died
at Annapolis Royal in May 1728, in his late 20s. He did not marry.
Germain, père's seventh and
youngest son Charles, born at Port-Royal in May 1703, married Françoise, daughter of Étienne Martin and
Marie-Jeanne Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in January 1730. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1730 and 1752, Françoise gave Charles 10 children,
seven daughters and three sons. The British deported most of the family to New
York in the fall of 1755. After a harrowing voyage aboard the transport
Experiment, which was driven by a storm to Antigua, the ship finally
reached Manhattan in early May 1756. Colonial officials promptly sent
Charles, his wife, and eight children to New Rochelle, Westchester County, north
of Manhattan. Meanwhile, daughter Félicité may have married into the
Hébert family at Pobomcoup in the mid- or late 1750s, before
Le Grand Dérangement, was captured by the British in a raid on
Cap-Sable in the spring of 1759, held on Georges Island, Halifax, deported to
Cherbourg, France, later in the year, and died in the Breton port in March 1760,
in her mid-20s. Charles's daughter Marguerite, still in her teens, and his youngest son, despite his tender age, evidently
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in 1755 and followed relatives
into exile on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and ended up in a prison compound
in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s. Marguerite became the second wife of
Joseph-Grégoire dit Petit Jos Broussard, oldest
surviving son of resistance leader Joseph Broussard dit
Beausoleil, probably at Halifax in c1763. Meanwhile, Charles died
in New York before 1763, probably in his late 50s, when his widow Françoise and
eight of their children appeared on a French repatriation list in the colony. One of Charles's younger daughters, Ludivine dite
Divine, likely followed her family from New York to French Martinique soon after
the counting and married into the Man
family at St.-Pierre on the island in November 1770, age 18. One of her
older brothers also may have gone to the French island. Sister Marguerite
and their youngest brother emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1764-65 with
her Broussard in-laws.
Second son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1747, according to Bona
Arsenault, followed his family to Antigua and New York and may have followed
members of his family to Martinique in the early 1760s. A Joseph Savoie "of
Acadie" died at St.-Pierre on the island in November 1764, age 20. The
priest who recorded the burial did not give the young Acadians' parents' names. Joseph à
Charles, following Arsenault's birth
year, would have been age 17 at the time of his death.
Charles's third and youngest son Jean dit Valois, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1749 or 1750, despite his young age, escaped the roundup at
Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore, perhaps with older sister Marguerite, who later married a
Beausoleil
Broussard. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, he and whoever
was watching over him--likely his sister--either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces
in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. He may have been
the Jean Savoie counted at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in August
1762 with no one else in his household, but he likely was too young to be on his
own at that time. In 1764-65, he followed
other Acadian exiles, including his older sister and a dozen other Savoies, from Nova
Scotia to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and settled with
Savoie cousins from Annapolis Royal at the established Acadian
community of Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans while his sister
followed her Broussard husband to Bayou Teche. He married
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre-Paul Boutin and
his first wife Ursule Guidry, at Ascension on the river above
Cabahannocer in November 1773 and followed her family to Opelousas, where he
settled near Savoie cousins from Chepoudy. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and 1792, Marguerite gave Jean 10 children, eight
daughters and two sons. In 1796, in the Grand Coteau area at the southern
edge of the Opelousas District, Jean owned six slaves. He died in the
district in October 1803, in his early 50s. His succession was recorded at
Opelousas the following March. His daughters married into the
Andrus, Caruthers, Inogoso,
Leger, Meche, Peck, Smith,
and Venable families. His son married into the
Stelly and Prejean families at Opelousas.
Francois's second
Francois, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1663, probably died young.
François's third
and youngest son Barnabé, born at Port-Royal in c1665, also probably died in childhood.343
Breau
Vincent
Breau,
a c1652 arrival, and his wife Marie Bourg created a large extended
family in the colony. Between 1662 and 1685, Marie gave Vincent a dozen children, six sons and
six daughters. Four of their daughters married into the Savoie,
Gaudet, Lebert dit Jolycoeur, and Saulnier families.
Five of Vincent's six sons created their own families. His and Marie's descendants settled
not only at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but also at Minas, Pigiguit, and Cobeguit
in the Minas Basin,
and in the French Maritimes. At least 95 of Vincent's descendants
emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the late 1760s, and France
in 1785. A substantial number of them, perhaps the majority, also could be found in Canada, greater Acadia,
France, and New England after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Antoine, born at Port-Royal in c1666, married Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie
Mercier, probably at Port-Royal in c1687 and settled at Minas and Pigiguit.
Between 1688 and the late 1720s, Marguerite gave Antoine 11 children, five sons and six daughters. Five of
their daughters married into the Benoit, Blanchard, Darois,
and Arseneau families. All five of Antoine's sons created their own
families.
Oldest son
Antoine, fils, born probably at Minas in c1688, married Marguerite, daughter of Abraham Dugas and
Jeanne Guilbeau, at Grand-Pré in November 1710 and settled at Pigiguit
before moving on to Cobeguit. According to genealogist Stephen A. White, between 1712 and 1734, Marguerite gave Antoine, fils
10 children, seven sons and three daughters. Other records give them two
more sons. Two of their daughters married into the Aucon, Guilbeau, and
Bourg families. All of Antoine, fils's sons, however many
there were, created their own families.
Oldest son
Joseph
l'aîné,
born at Minas or Pigiguit in c1712,
married Ursule, daughter of Jean Bourg and Marie-Catherine Barrieau,
in c1735 probably at Cobeguit. According to genealogist Bona Arsenault,
between 1736 and 1756, Ursule gave Joseph 13 children, three sons and nine
daughters. The family moved to Île St.-Jean in 1750. In August 1752,
a French official counted Joseph, Ursule, and 10 of their daughters at
Rivière-de-l'Ouest on the south side of the island. The British deported
most of the family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Wife Ursule
and youngest son Simon-Joseph, age 2, did not survive the crossing aboard one of
the so-called Five Ships. Joseph settled at Pleurtuit and St.-Suliac, on
both sides of the river south of St.-Malo, and was still at St.-Suliac in 1772.
A decade later, Joseph, now an invalid, was living with other Acadians in the
lower Loire port of Nantes.
He died there in May 1782, age 70. Three of his younger daughters married
into the Doiron,
Pitre, Bourg, and Thériot
families in France. Along with his youngest surviving son, who also
married in France, Joseph's younger daughters emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Meanwhile, Joseph and
Ursule's oldest daughter Marie-Josèphe and oldest son Joseph, fils,
ages 22 and 20 in 1758, escaped the British roundup on Île St.-Jean.
Marie-Josèphe married into the LeBlanc famliy at Restigouche at
the head of the Baie des Chaleurs and emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765. Joseph, fils also married at Restigouche, but he did not
follow his siblings to the Spanish colony.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born probably at Cobeguit in c1738, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean, though he was not counted with them on Rivière-de-l'Ouest in
1752. He evidently escaped the British rounup on the island in 1758,
crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. He and older sister Marie-Josèphe moved on to Restigouche at the
head of the Baie des Chaleurs, where Joseph, fils married Anne
Arsenault in c1760. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave
Pierre, fils a daughter named Rosalie, baptized at Restigouche in
February 1761. One wonders where
they went after their daughter was baptized. Into a prison compound in
Nova Scotia? Remained in the Restigouche area? They did not go to Louisiana.
Joseph
l'aîné's second son
Joseph-Gabriel, born probably on Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, in c1753,
followed his family to St.-Malo, France, settled at nearby Pleurtuit
and St.-Suliac, and worked as a sailor. In his early 20s, he went to the
interior of Poitou with hundreds of fellow Acadians from the
port cities of France and remained in Poitou when most of the Acadians there
retreated to the port city of Nantes in late 1775 and early 1776. He married Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter
of André Templet and his first wife Marie Deveau
of Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, at Archigny, Poitou, in September 1777.
Between 1778 and 1781, at Archigny, Marguerite gave Joseph-Gabriel three
children, two sons and a daughter. Soon after the birth of their third
child, they joined other Acadians at Nantes and settled in St.-Nicolas Parish.
Their daughter died there in May 1782, age 1, and their younger son may have
died there as well. In 1783 and 1785, Marguerite gave Joseph-Gabriel two
more daughters at Nantes, but the older one died an infant.
Joseph-Gabriel, Marguerite, and their two surviving children, son Joseph and
daughter Eulalie, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. After following
the most of
their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, Marguerite gave Joseph-Gabriel more
children, including another son. Joseph-Gabriel died in St. James Parish
on the river
in August 1822, in his late 60s. His daughters married into the
LeBlanc, Richard, and Romagosa
families. His two sons married into the Daigle
and Berteau families. The older one remained on the upper
Lafourche, and the younger son settled in St. James Parish.
Antoine, fils's
second son Antoine III, born at Cobeguit in May 1719, married Cécile, daughter of Pierre
Bourg and
Cécile Cormier, in c1743 probably at Cobeguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1744 and 1757, Cécile gave Antoine III five children, two
sons and three daughters. The family moved to
Île Royale in 1751. In late March 1752, a French official counted Antoine
III, Cécile, and four of their children at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse in the island's
interior. Arsenault says they moved to Île St.-Jean in 1757. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in 1758, with
devastating results. Only Antoine III and 12-year-old daughter Cécile
survived the rigors of the crossing aboard the British transport Duc
Guillaume. Antoine III remarried
to Marie, daughter of Joseph Dugas and Marie-Anne Hébert, at
St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, in April 1761.
She gave him another son, François-Xavier, at St.-Suliac in March 1762.
Daughter Cécile married into the Henry family at St.-Suliac and
was the only member of her immediate family to emigrate to Spanish Louisiana.
Antoine, fils's
third son Alexis, born probably at Cobeguit in c1722 (not found with this family
in Stephen White's genealogy), married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of René Guillot and Marguerite Doiron
of Cobeguit, probably at Cobeguit in c1745. Between 1746 and 1758, Marie
gave Alexis six children, a son and five daughters. They moved on to Île
St.-Jean in 1751. In August 1752, a French official counted Alexis, Marie,
and four of their daughters at Grande-Anse on the island's south shore.
The British deported them, along with his youngest brother Joseph le jeune, to St.-Malo,
France, aboard the British transport Supply in 1758-59. Two of
Alexis's children died at sea. Wife Marie must have been pregnant on the
voyage. Daughter Élisabeth-Renée, born at Trigavou, on the west side of
the river south of St.-Malo, in May
1759, two months after their arrival, died 12 days after her birth. Alexis
and Marie remained at Trigavou, where, between 1759 and 1765, Marie gave him
three more children, a son and two daughters--nine children in all.
Daughter Marie died at Trigavou in November 1764, age 15, and son Pierre died
there in August 1767, age 5. The family likely went to Poitou in the early
1770s and retreated to Nantes with other Poitou Acdians in 1775 or 1776.
Spanish officials counted the family at Nantes in September 1784. With Alexis
and Marie was only their youngest daughter Marguerite-Blanche, who
would have been age 19. Older daughter Madeleine had married into the
Hébert family at Chantenay near Nantes in August 1781. One wonders what happened to
his older daughters Anne and Victoire, who had crossed with the family in 1758
and would have been ages 36 and 34 in 1784. Alexis,
Marie, and Marguerite-Blanche, along with Madeleine and her husband, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785
aboard L'Amitié and
followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Alexis and
Marie were still living on the upper bayou in January 1798, in their early 70s.
Daughter Marguerite-Blanche married into the Dantin family,
remained on the Lafourche, and was one of the last of the Acadian immigrants in
Louisiana to join her ancestors.
Antoine, fils's
fourth son Jean,
born probably at Cobeguit in the early 1720s, married Madeleine Hébert dit
Lebon in c1745 probably at Cobeguit. Madeleine gave him a daughter,
Marie-Madeleine, there
in c1746. Jean died perhaps at Cobeguit by 1751, age unrecorded.
Madeleine remarried to Charles Guédry in c1751. They
moved on to Île Royale, where, in March 1752, a French official counted Charles,
Madeleine, her daughter Marie-Madeleine Breau, Madeleine and
Charles's newborn daughter Marguerite Guédry, and four of his younger brothers at
Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse in the interior of the island. The British deported
the family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Daughter Marie-Madeleine survived the
crossing aboard the transport Supply and lived with her mother and
stepfather at Bonnaban and Pleurtuit near St.-Malo. She died at nearby
St.-Suliac in February 1763, age 17, before she could marry.
Antoine, fils's
fifth son Amand, born probably at Cobeguit in the mid-1720s, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Augustin Guédry and
Jeanne Hébert, in c1745. Marie gave Amand a daughter, Marguerite,
in c1746. He died probably at Cobeguit before 1749. Marie and Marguerite
likely were among the Cobeguit Acadians who escaped the British in 1755 or 1756,
crossed Mer Rouge, and found refuge on Île St.-Jean. Widow Marie may have died on
the island. In 1758, daughter Marguerite was deported with her uncle
Charles Breau, his wife, and their infant son to St.-Malo,
France, aboard the British transport Duc Guillaume. The crossing
took its toll on the 12-year-old. She was sent to the hospital at
St.-Malo, where she lingered for 15 days before dying from the rigors of the
crossing.
Antoine, fils's
sixth son Pierre, born probably at Cobeguit in c1726, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Guédry and
Marguerite Brassaud of Cobeguit, probably at Cobeguit in c1751. Soon after their marriage, they
followed his older brother Antoine III to Île Royale and also were counted at
Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse in late March 1752. Living with them was their newborn daughter, not yet named--perhaps Agnès--and
his younger sister Marie-Josèphe. According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., Marguerite gave Pierre a son, Pierre,
fils, on the island in c1754. Bona Arsenault insists she also
gave him a son named Jean-Charles in c1753, but Louisiana records reject this. Pierre, père was killed
during the British siege of Louisbourg in 1758, in his early 30s. The
British deported widow Marguerite and her children to France later in the year.
Daughter Agnès married into the Leprince family at Rochefort in
August 1770.
Marguerite's son also created his own family in France.
Pierre,
fils, born at Port-Dauphin, Île Royale, in c1754, followed his widowed
mother and siblings to France in 1758. He became a sailor there and one of
the first Acadians to reside in the port city of Nantes, in c1770. He
married Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean La Garenne and Anne
Potier, at St.-Martin de Chantenay, near Nantes, in August 1780, after
hundreds of Acadians retreated to the port city from the interior of Poitou in
late 1775 and early 1776. When most of his fellow Acadians emigrated from
France to Spanish Louisiana in 1785, Pierre, fils and his family did
not follow.
Antoine, fils's
seventh son Charles,
born probably at Cobeguit in c1726, followed his oldest brother Joseph to Île St.-Jean in 1750 and
was counted with Joseph and his family at Rivière-de-l'Ouest in August 1752.
Charles, at age 30, married Marguerite-Cécile, daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and Cécile
Dupuis, probably on Île St.-Jean in c1756. The British deported
Charles, Marguerite, infant son Dominique, and his 12-year-old niece Marguerite
Breau
to St.-Malo, France, aboard the British transport Duc Guillaume in 1758.
Dominique died during the crossing. Wife Marguerite was pregnant during
the terrible crossing. Daughter Jeanne-Françoise, born less than two weeks after the family
reached the Breton port, died on November 16, three days after her birth.
Charles died at nearby St.-Servan in December, age 35, probably from the rigors
of the crossing. Widow Marguerite remarried to widower André
Templet and helped create another family, which she and her husband took to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Antoine, fils's
eighth son Blaise, born probably at Cobeguit in the late 1720s or
early 1730s, married in c1754 a woman whose name has been lost to history.
The following year, Blaise's wife gave him a son, François. Late that
summer, the family followed the rest of the Acadians at Cobeguit to Île
St.-Jean. The British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758.
Son François, age 3, died at sea. One wonders what happened to the rest of
the family.
Antoine, fils's
ninth and youngest son Joseph le jeune, born probably at Cobeguit in
c1738 (not found with this family in Stephen White's genealogy), may have been
among the Cobeguit Acadians who escaped the British in 1755 or 1756, crossed Mer
Rouge, and found refuge on Île St.-Jean, where four of his older brothers had gone.
He was deported to France with brother Alexis and his family in 1758-59 aboard
the British transport Supply. Joseph le jeune did not
linger at St.-Malo. In December 1759, exactly nine months after his
arrival, he shipped out on Le Duc de Choiseul, probably a privateer,
but his life as a sailor was short-lived. He died at Port-de-Paix, on the
north coast of French St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, in November 1760, age 22.
Antoine, père's second son
Alexandre,
born probably at Minas in the mid-1690s, married Marie,
another daughter of Abraham Dugas and Jeanne Guilbeau and widow of
René Landry, in c1716 (Bona Arsenault says c1720) probably at Pigiguit
and settled there. According to Arsenault, between 1725 and 1740, Marie
gave Alexandre four sons, but other records give the couple a fifth son.
The British deported the family to Maryland in 1755. Four of Alexandre's
sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1766 and 1768.
Oldest son
Alexis, born at Pigiguit in c1724, married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre
Trahan and Madeleine Comeau, probably at Pigiguit in
c1745. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1765, Madeleine gave
Alexis six children, four sons and two daughters. The British deported the
family to Maryland in 1755. They appeared on a French repatriation list at Port
Tobacco on the lower Potomac in July 1763. Alexis, with younger brother
Honoré, led the third contingent of Acadian exiles from Maryland to Louisiana in
1767-68. Spanish Governor Ulloa insisted that the party of 150 exiles
settle at Fort San Luìs de Natchez on the Mississippi far above Baton Rouge, but
the Breau brothers refused to go there. Forced into hiding, the
brothers and their families could only "watch" as the Spanish escorted the rest
of their brethren to the distant post. After a Creole-led rebellion
overthrew Ulloa later in the year, Spanish Governor-General Alejandro O'Reilly allowed
the Breaus and their party to settle where they wanted.
Alexis took his family to Cabahannocer, where brother Jean-Baptiste
had settled two years earlier. Alexis's younger daughter married into the
Melanson family on the river. All four of his sons, born
at Pigiguit and in Maryland, married into the Breau and
Melanson families on the river, three of them to
Breau cousins. One of them resettled in the Attakapas District
west of the Atchafalaya Basin.
Alexandre's
second son Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, born at Pigiguit in c1725, married Élisabeth
Henry probably at Pigiguit in the late 1730s. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1745 and 1751,
Élisabeth gave Baptiste three children, two sons and a daughter. Other
records give them two more children, another son and another daughter. Jean-Baptiste remarried to
Marie-Rose, called Rose, Landry probably at Pigiguit in the
late 1740s. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and 1759, Marie gave
Baptiste at least three more children, a son and two daughters. By 1755,
oldest son Félix, who would have been age 16 that year, evidently had moved on
to the French Maritimes. The British deported the rest of the family to
Maryland in 1755. Baptiste, Rose, and seven
children appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore
in July 1763. Baptiste, Rose, and six of their children emigrated to
Louisiana from Maryland in 1766 and settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New
Orleans. A married daughter followed them to Louisiana from Maryland in
1767. Baptiste's daughters from both wives married into the Breau and
Broussard families, three of them to cousins, and perhaps into
the Richard familly as well. Two of
Baptiste's three sons by both wives, including his wayward son Félix, married
into the Thomas, Clouâtre, and Landry
familes in France and Louisiana. One son remained in France, but the other
sons followed their parents to Louisiana, where neither of the lines endured.
One wonders if the line in France did.
Oldest son
Félix,
by first wife Élisabeth Henry, born at Pigiguit in c1739, evidently moved on to the French Maritimes before 1755 and was deported to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. There, he became a sailor. In December
1759, he shipped out on the privateer Le Duc de Choiseul and was back
in port by late January 1760, when, at age 21, he married a local girl,
19-year-old Perrine, daughter of Joseph Thomas and Josseline
Hyacinthe, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo. Félix was
soon back at sea, was captured by the Royal Navy, and held as a prisoner of war
in England until May 1763. He returned to his wife at St.-Servan, and,
between 1764 and 1774, she gave him four children there, a daughter and three
sons. During that time, Félix was at sea aboard L'Aigle in
1765 and 1766, which took him with other Acadians from France to the Îles Moulines, today's Falkland Islands,
but he did not settle with them there. In 1774, back at St.-Servan, he turned landward and took his
family to the interior of Poitou with hundreds of other exiles languishing in
the coastal cities. Like most of his fellow Acadians, Félix did not
remain. In November 1775, with other Poitou Acadians, he and his family
retreated to the lower Loire port of Nantes,
where Félix likely resumed the life of a sailor. Between early 1776 and
1779, Perrine gave him three more daughters at nearby Chantenay--seven children,
four daughters and three sons, between 1764 and 1779. All of the younger
daughters did not survive childhood. The family returned to St.-Servan by
September 1781, and Félix likely remained a sailor. When most of the Acadians still living in France
emigrated to Louisiana in 1785, Félix, despite having close family in the Spanish
colony, chose to remain in the mother country.
Alexandre's third son
Honoré, born at Pigiguit in c1731,
married Anne-Madeleine Trahan at Pigiguit in the early 1750s.
The British deported them to Maryland in 1755. They, too, appeared on a
French repatriation lists at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac in July 1763. Honoré, with older
brother Alexis, helped organize the third contingent of Acadian exiles who
emigrated from Maryland to Louisiana in 1767-68. He, too, defied Spanish
Governor Ulloa and had to go into the hiding with his wife and children.
When Governor-General O'Reilly decreed in 1769 that they could settle wherever
they chose, Honoré followed older brother Alexis to Cabahannocer,
and there they remained. He and Anne-Madeleine had taken three children,
two daughters and a son, to the Spanish colony. She gave him more
daughters there. Honoré's daughters married into the
Quintero, Ququerier, and Simoneaux
families. His only son married into the Trahan family and
joined the Acadian exodus from the river to Bayou
Lafourche.
Alexandre's
fourth
son Joseph-Charles, born at Pigiguit in c1734 (Bona Arsenault says c1728),
married Marie-Josèphe Landry at Pigiguit in c1755. The
British deported them to Maryland later that year. They also appeared on a
repatriation list at Port Tobacco in July 1763. They followed his older
brothers Alexis and Honoré to Louisiana in 1767-68, lived for a time at Fort San
Luìs de Natchez, and resettled at San Gabriel on the river above Cabahannocer in
1769. Their daughters married into the Comeaux,
Hébert, Landry, and Melançon
families. All four of Joseph-Charles's sons, two of them born in Maryland, married into the
Hamilton, Landry, Daigre, and
Henry families. One of Joseph-Charles's great-grandsons, Joseph
Arsène Breaux of Iberia Parish, served as chief justice of the
Louisiana State Supreme Court in the early 1900s.
Alexandre's fifth
and youngest son Pierre le jeune, born at Pigiguit in c1740, likely
followed his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. According to Bona Arsenault,
Pierre married Marguerite Guitry, probably
Guidry, no place and date given. Arsenault says she gave
Pierre a daughter named Marie, no date of birth given. If this couple
existed, one wonders what happened to them after 1763.
Antoine, père's third son
Jean, born probably at Minas in c1699, married Anne, daughter of Charles Gautrot and Françoise Rimbault,
in c1722 perhaps at Minas and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. Bona Arsenault insists that Jean was a son of
Antoine's brother Pierre, but Stephen White says otherwise. According to
Arsenault, between 1723 and 1737, Anne gave Jean 10 children, four sons and six
daughters, including a set of twins, and that Jean and his family were at
Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in 1752. White says Jean died at Minas in February 1747, in his late 40s. A
French official counted Anne, "widow of Jean Braud," and six of
their children--Joseph, age 26; Marie, age 22; Ermant [Amand], age 20; Anne, age
18; Marguerite, age 15; and Madeleine, age 14--at Port-Toulouse in February
1752. The family evidently escaped the British roundup on the island in 1758,
crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge
on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Two of Jean's daughters married into
the Petitpas and Guédry families. At
least one of his sons created his own family.
Second son Amand, born at Minas in c1731, followed his widowed mother to
Port-Toulouse and the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. During the late 1750s or
early 1760s, he either surrendered to, or was captured by, British forces in the
area and held
as a prisoner in Halifax for the rest of the war. He
married Théotiste, daughter of Jacques Bonnevie and Marguerite
Lord of Annapolis Royal, at Halifax in the early 1760s and
rehabilitated the marriage on Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the
southern coast of Newfoundland, in October 1765. They were still on the
island in 1767. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1764 and 1772, Théotiste gave Amand four children, all sons. One
wonders what happened to the family after 1772.
Antoine, père's fourth son
Pierre le jeune, born at Minas in the mid-1700s, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude Gautrot and Marie
Thériot, at Grand-Pré in June 1726 and likely remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, the Pierre who married Marguerite Gautrot
was sans doute son of Pierre Breau and Anne
Melanson and was born in c1720; White is followed here. Between
1733 and 1748, Marguerite gave Pierre at least five children, three sons and two
daughters. The British deported most of the family to Maryland in 1755.
Their second son, however, was deported to Virginia, sent on to England in 1756,
and repatriated to France in 1763. According to Stephen
White, Pierre died before July 1763, perhaps in Maryland. Arsenault says Pierre died at Québec
in February 1767. White, again, is followed here. Pierre's widow
Marguerte, their oldest son, and their two daughters emigrated to Spansih Louisiana from
Maryland in 1768. Their second son emgrated to Louisiana from France in
1785. Pierre's daughters married into the Lejeune and
Orillion dit Champagne families in the Spanish colony. His two
surviving sons also created their own families.
Oldest son Jean-Charles, born probably at Minas in c1733, married Marie
Benoit probably at Minas in the early 1750s. Between 1754
and 1766, Marie gave Jean-Charles at least four children, two sons and two
daughters. The British deported the family to Maryland in 1755.
Jean-Charles, Marie, two of their children, and a
Boudrot orphan, appeared on a repatriation list at Port Tobacco in July
1763. The family followed his Breau cousins to Louisiana in
1767-68, lived for a time at Fort San Luìs de Natchez far up the river above
Baton Rouge, and resettled at San Gabriel on the river in 1769. Marie gave
him more children in the colony. Their daughters married into the
Arceneaux, Berteau, Blanchard,
Gautreaux, and Melançon families. Three
of his four sons, one of them born in Maryland, married into the Landry, Bourgeois,
and Gautreaux families and created vigorous lines on the river.
Jean le jeune's second son Honoré, born probably at Minas in c1735, was deported not to
Maryland but to Virginia in 1755. Virginia authorities sent him and the
rest of the exiles there to England in
1756. Along with dozens of his fellow Acadians, he was repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Dorothée in May 1763. He
settled on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo at Plouër-sur-Rance, where he married Élisabeth dite Maillet,
daughter of Victor LeBlanc and Marie Aucoin of
Tintamarre, Chignecto, in February 1766. He worked as a carpenter.
Between 1766 and 1772, at Plouër and nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Élisabeth gave Honoré
four children, three sons and a daughter. The youngest son died an infant,
but the others survived childhood. In the early 1770s, Honoré took his
family to Poitou, where Élisabeth gave him another son in August 1774.
They retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes
in December 1775. Élisabeth gave him four more children there, two sons
and two daughters, and son Élie died there at age 9 in August 1783.
Honoré, Élisabeth, and seven of their children emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
One wonders if oldest son Jean-Charles-Pierre, born at St.-Servan in November
1766, was still alive in 1785 and chose to remain in the mother country.
Honoré and Élisabeth followed their fellow passengers to Manchac on the
river south of Baton Rouge, near where his family had been living since
1769. He and Élisabeth had no more children in Louisiana. She died
in Iberville Parish in January 1808, age 64. The St. Gabriel priest who
recorded her burial called her the "spouse" of Honoré Breaux,
not his widow. Three of their daughters married into the Aucoin,
Foret, Guidry, Hébert, and
Landry families in the Spanish colony. Honoré's two sons
married into the Hébert and Trahan families in
Louisiana, but neither of their family lines endured.
Antoine, père's fifth and
youngest son Charles, born probably at Minas in the early 1700s, married Claire, daughter of Alexandre Trahan and
Marie Pellerin, at Grand-Pré in November 1729 and settled there and at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and
1750, Claire gave Charles six children, a son and four daughters. Other
records give the couple two more sons. The British deported the family to
Maryland in 1755. They, too, appeared on a repatriation list at Port Tobacco in July 1763. Charles died in Maryland after
the 1763 listing,
and his widow Claire took two of their sons and three of their daughters to
Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1767-68.
Also going with her were one of her son's widows and three of the son's
children. Claire died at Fort San Luìs de Natchez on the river above Baton
Rouge soon after the family reached the remote settlement. One of her daughters married into the
Benoit and Cormier families on the river and
the western prairies, and the other two
became Ursuline nuns at New Orleans. Two of Charles's three sons, one of
them born posthumously, created their own families
in the Spanish colony.
Oldest son Antoine, born probably at Pigiguit in c1736, married Marguerite
Landry, place and date unrecorded. The British deported them to Maryland in 1755.
Antoine, Marguerite, and three of their children also appeared on a repatriation
list at
Port Tobacco in July 1763. Antoine and Marguerite,
with five children, two sons and three daugters, followed his widowed mother
to Louisiana in 1767-68, lived for a time at Natchez, and resettled at San
Gabriel on the river above Cabahannocer in 1769. They had
no more children in Louisiana. Antoine
died at San Gabriel by March 1777, when his wife was listed in a San Gabriel
census as a widow. Two of his daughters married into the Landry
family. His two sons married into the Aucoin,
Babin, and Guidry families and remained on the river.
Charles's second son Simon-Pierre, born probably at Pigiguit in the 1730s, married Marguerite,
daughter of Joseph Landry and Marie-Josèphe Richard,
in the early 1750s. They followed his family to Maryland in 1755.
Between 1754 and 1767, Marguerite gave Simon at least five children, two sons
and three daughters. Simon-Pierre died in Maryland before December 1767, when his
widow and children left for Louisiana. His last two children, twins
Augustin and Marianne, may have been born posthumously. Marguerite
followed her widowed mother-in-law to Natchez in 1768 and resettled probably at
San Gabriel. She did not remarry. Her and Simon's oldest daughter
married into the Rivet family and remained on the river.
Her and Simon's older son also created his own family there.
Older son Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, called
Pierre, born at Pigiguit or in Maryland
in c1755, followed his widowed mother to Natchez and San Gabriel. He
married Marguerite, daughter of Charles Dardenne and
Marie-Louise Legee, at Ascension on the river below San Gabriel in July 1779.
Jean-Baptiste-Pierre died at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in October 1822, in
his late 60s. His daughters married into the Billings,
Catoire, Lambremont, Lelusseau,
Nerault, Suire, and Vigé
families. Six of his seven sons married into the Staub,
Nerault, Barque, Rivas or
Rivet, Chenevert, Vigé,
Badeaux, and DeGruise families on the river.
One of the lines did not endure.
Charles's third and youngest son Pierre le jeune, born probably at Pigiguit in c1741,
followed his family to Maryland in 1755. He appeared on a repatriation
list with his family at Port Tobacco in July 1763. He followed his siblings to
Louisiana in 1767-68, lived for a time at Fort San Luìs de Natchez, and
resettled at Ascension on the river above New Orleans in 1769 before moving up to San
Gabriel. He was still a bachelor there in March 1777. He evidently
did not marry.
Vincent's second
son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1670, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Germain Bourgeois and
Madeleine Belliveau, in c1694 probably at Port-Royal. Between 1695
and the early 1700s, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre five children, two sons and three
daughters. Pierre remarried to Anne,
daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine Hébert, in c1705 (Bona
Arsenault says c1718) and
settled at Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. Between 1706 and the early 1720s, Anne gave Pierre him nine more children, four sons and five
daughters, so Pierre fathered 14 children in all. The British deported Pierre and his family
to Massachusetts in 1755. He died at Braintree, near Boston, in c1758, in
his late 70s. Seven of his eight daughters by both wives married into the Aucoin,
Surette, Dupuis, Babineau dit Deslauriers, Thibodeau,
and Léger families. Two of them emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
and Maryland in 1765 and 1768. All six of Pierre's sons by both wives created
their own families, and most ended up in Canada.
Oldest son
Pierre, fils, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Bourgeois,
born probably at Port-Royal in the late 1690s, married Anne-Françoise, daughter of Jean Dupuis and
Anne Richard, at Annapolis Royal in November 1722. One wonders
if they settled on Île Ste.-Croix, the old French outpost on Passamaquoddy Bay,
and what happened to them after 1755. One of their sons ended up in France
and another in French St.-Domingue.
Pierre III, born
"at Ste.-Croix, Acadie," in c1746, became a seaman. He married Marie,
daughter of Vincent Deveau and Marie Buot of
Chignecto, at Ste.-Croix Parish, Bordeaux, France, in June 1770. One
wonders how, and when, Pierre III got to France. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1772 and 1778, Marie gave Pierre III at least four children,
a son and three daughters. Their daughters remained at Bordeaux and married
into the Barrigrand or Darrigrand and Thiac families.
Their son Pierre IV died at Bordeaux in September 1779, age 4. By then, Pierre
III had become a "maitre d'equipage," or crewmaster aboard whatever
shipped he sailed.
Charles "of
Sainte-Croix in Acadie," born probably in the 1740s, married cousin
Marie-Angélique Bourgeois of Pointe-à-Beauséjour, Chignecto, at
Môle St.-Nicolas, French St.-Domingue, in November 1777. Charles was a
common laborer at the time of his marriage but soon became a master carpenter.
One wonders when, and from where, he reached the French naval base.
Between 1778 and 1783, Marie gave Charles three daughters at Môle.
Pierre, père's
second son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Bourgeois, born probably in the early 1700s, married Élisabeth, daughter of Martin Henry and
Marie Hébert, perhaps at Minas in c1725.
Bona Arsenault confuses Jean, son of Pierre's brother
Antoine, with Jean-Baptiste, son of Pierre. One wonders what happened to
the family in 1755. According to Stephen White, Jean-Baptiste died before January
1759, probably in exile.
Pierre, père's third son Joseph,
by second wife Anne LeBlanc, born probably at Minas in c1707, married Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau
l'aîné and Anne-Marie Bourg, perhaps at Minas in c1733.
According to Bona Arsenault, Élisabeth was a daughter of Michel
Thibodeau and Agnès Dugas of Annapolis Royal, but
Stephen White says otherwise. Arsenault says they settled at Petitcoudiac
in the trois-rivières west of Chignecto in 1739 and then resettled at
Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. Arsenault says that between 1738 and 1748,
Élisabeth gave Joseph five children, four sons and a daughter. The British
deported the family to Massachusetts in 1755 and held them at Braintree south of
Boston. In 1767, with other Acadian exiles in New England, they moved on
to Canada. Joseph and his family settled at L'Assomption northeast of
Montréal, and he died soon afterwards, in his early 60s. Three of his sons
created their own families in Canada.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Minas in c1739, followed his
family to Massachusetts, where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of Michel
Picot and Anne Babin of Annapolis Royal, in c1761.
They followed his family to Canada and rehabilitated their marriage at
L'Assomption in July 1767. They settled at Laprairie across the St.
Lawrence from Montréal. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and
1777, Marie-Anne gave Joseph, fils six children, two sons and four
daughters.
Joseph, père's second son Amand, born at Minas in c1740, followed
his family to Massachusetts, where he married Madeleine, daughter of Germain
Dupuis and Marie Granger, in c1763. They
followed his family to Canada, rehabilitated their marriage at Laprairie in
July 1767, and there they remained. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1765 and 1784, Madeleine gave Amand eight children, five sons and three
daughters.
Joseph, père's
fourth and youngest son Jean-Anselme, born at Minas in c1748, followed his
family to Massachusetts and Canada. He married Marie-Geneviève, daughter
of René Ménard and Marie-Catherine Létourneau,
at St.-Joseph-de-Chambly on Rivière Richelieu east of Montréal in January 1773.
Pierre, père's fourth son Pierre
le jeune, the second with the name, by second wife Anne LeBlanc, born probably at Minas in c1713, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Germain Dupuis and Marie
Granger, perhaps at Minas in c1737. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1745 and 1759, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre five children, two sons and
three daughters. Other records give them an older son. The British deported
most of the family to Massachusetts in 1755
and held them at Nantucket. In 1767, with other Acadian exiles in New
England, they moved on to Canada and settled at L'Assumption northeast of
Montréal. Pierre le jeune died
at St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu across the St. Lawrence in December 1788, age 75.
Two of his daughters married into the Chenet and
Courtemanche families at L'Assomption and St.-Denis. Evidently
their oldest son, who would have been age 15 in 1755, was not deported to
Massachusetts with the rest of his family.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born probably at Minas in c1740, evidently was
deported to Maryland in 1755. He married Marie-Marguerite, called
Marguerite, LeBlanc in that colony in the early 1760s.
She gave him at least two children there, a son and a daughter. Pierre, wife Marguerite, and daughter Marie
appeared on a French repatriation list at Annapolis in
July 1763. Their son Paul was born at Baltimore in c1764. By 1766,
Pierre was a widower. Perhaps in that year, he and son Paul emigrated to
Louisiana with the first contingent of Maryland exiles and settled with them at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. Pierre
remarried to Brigitte, daughter of Pierre Forest and Marie
Lejeune, at Cabahannocer in January 1776. She gave him
more children. His daughters by second wife Brigitte married into the
Bertrand, Breau, Landry, and
Lavernge families. Four of his five sons, including oldest
son Paul, married into the Landry, Humbot,
Breau, Parent, LeBlanc,
Richard, and Thériot familes and remained on
the river, but some of his grandsons moved on to the western prairies.
Pierre, père's fifth son Paul, by second wife Anne LeBlanc, born at Minas in July 1717, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Landry and Marie-Josèphe Doucet,
perhaps at Minas in c1742. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and
1759, Marie-Josèphe gave Paul seven children, four sons and three daughters.
The British deported the family to Massachusetts in 1755. In 1767, with
other Acadian exiles in New England, they moved on to Canada and settled at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal. Paul died at St.-Jacques in June
1783, age 65. Three of his four sons created their own
families in Canada.
Oldest son Joseph le jeune, born at Minas in c1743, followed his
family to Massachusetts and Canada, where he married Anastasie Benoit
at L'Assomption northeast of Montréal in November 1766. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1765 and 1769, Anastasie gave Joseph two children, both daughters.
Paul's second son Jean, born at Minas in c1745, followed his family to
Massachusetts and Canada and married Suzanne, daughter of Germain Dupuis
and Angélique LeBlanc, at L'Assomption in July 1771.
Paul's fourth and youngest son Pierre, born in Massachusetts in c1759,
followed his family to Canada, where he married Anne, daughter of Jean
Daigle and Marie-Josèphe Thériot, at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in October 1778. They settled
at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet across the St. Lawrence from Trois-Rivières.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1780 and 1801, Anne gave Pierre six
children, two sons and four daughters.
Pierre, père's sixth and youngest son Amand
dit Thomas, by second wife Anne LeBlanc, born probably at Minas in c1721, married Madeleine, daughter of François LeBlanc and
Jeanne Hébert, at Grand-Pré in February 1743. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1746 and 1761, Madeleine gave Amand seven children, three
sons and four daughters. During King's George's War of the 1740s, Amand
may have been active in the Acadian resistance with fellow Minas partisan Joseph
LeBlanc dit Le Maigre and the Beausoleil Broussard
brothers of Petitcoudiac. The British deported the family to Massachusetts
in 1755 and held them at Braintree south of Boston. In 1766, with other
Acadians exiles in New England, they moved on to Canada and settled at St.-Ours
on lower Rivière Richelieu. Amand died at St.-Ours in July 1773, age 52.
His daughters married into the Thibault, Daigle,
Emry-Coderre, and Morin families at St.-Ours
and Chambly. All three of his sons created their own families in Canada.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born at Minas in c1748,
followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada. He married Marie-Jeanne,
daughter of Pierre-Jean Laviolette and Brigitte Fortier,
at St.-Ours in November 1771.
Amand dit Thomas's second son Joseph-Richard, born at Minas in c1750, followed his
family to Massachusetts and Canada. He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Pierre Terrien and Angélique Bouchard, at
St.-Ours in October 1772.
Amand dit Thomas's third and youngest son
Joseph-Amand, born probably at Braintree,
Massachusetts, in c1761, followed his family to Canada. He married
Geneviève, daughter of Joseph Harnois and Marie
Pénisson, at St.-Charles-de-Richelieu south of St.-Ours in October
1787.
Vincent's third
son, whose name has been lost to history, died young.
Vincent's fourth
son François, born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Marie, daughter of Jean Comeau le jeune and
Catherine Babin, in c1703 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. Between 1703 and
the 1720s, Marie gave
François a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters. Two of their
daughters married into the Gaudet and Daigre families, and one
of them emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. Six of François's seven sons created their own families.
Oldest
son Jean dit Jean-François, born in c1708, married Catherine, daughter of Antoine
Thibodeau and Marie Préjean, at Annapolis Royal in December 1729.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1742, Catherine gave Jean four
children, a son and three daughters. Jean remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Alexandre Richard dit Boutin
and Marie Levron, at Annapolis Royal in October 1745. They settled at
Chepoudy in the trois-rivères area west of Chignecto. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1747 and 1756, Marguerite gave Jean five more chldren, three
sons and two daughters--nine children, four sons and five daughters, by two
wives. They escaped the British in the trois-rivières in 1755 and sought refuge
in Canada. Arsenault says that at Québec in 1757, Jean lost six of his
children, victims, perhaps, of a smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian
refugees in there that fall and winter. Evidently none of his sons
survived exile. Two of his daughters by both of his wives married into the
Landry, Langlois-Saint-Laurent, and
Huot families at Québec and St.-Joachim below the city.
François's second son
Pierre le jeune, born at Minas in July 1709, evidently died young.
François's third son
Chérubin, born at Minas in October 1711, married Marie, daughter of Alexis Aucoin
and Anne-Marie Bourg, at Cobeguit in c1735. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1742 and 1744, Marie gave Chérubin two children, a son and a
daughter. Other records give them three more children, two sons and a
daughter. They likely were among the habitants of Cobeguit who
escaped the British in 1755 or 1756, crossed Mer Rouge, and took refuge on Île St.-Jean.
The British deported most of the family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758.
Their oldest son, who would have been age 16 in 1758, evidently escaped the
British that year. Chérubin, his
wife, and four of their children died either at sea or from the rigors
of the crossing aboard one of the so-called Five Ships. Only daughter Marie-Osite survived the crossing. She emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785, in her late 30s, but never married. According to Bona Arsenault, Chérubin's surviving
son created his own family, so his father's line may have endured in Canada.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Cobeguit in c1742, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
but not to France. He escaped the British roundup on the island in 1758,
crossed Mer Rouge,
and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore before moving on to Canada.
He married Dorothée, daughter of Adrien Leclerc and Ursule
Noël and widow of Ambroise Quentin, at
St.-Pierre on Île d'Orléans below Québec in February 1763.
François's fourth son
Sylvain,
born probably at Minas in c1713, married Isabelle, daughter of
Jérôme Darois and Marie Gareau and widow of René Trahan, at
Beaubassin in June 1734. According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at
Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto. They escaped the British
in 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late
1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of
the war. Along with
nephew Firmin, son of brother Alexis, who he may have retrieved on the way, Sylvain and
Isabelle, still childless, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français,
St.-Domingue, in 1764-65. They followed the
Broussards to Bayou Teche, where, on the same day in October,
Sylvain and Isabelle died in an epidemic that struck the Teche valley Acadians
that summer and fall. Sylvain was age 52 at the time of his death,
Isabelle age 66. They evidently were that rare Acadian couple who had no
children.
François's fifth son
Séraphin, born probably at Minas in the mid-1710s, married Brigitte, daughter of René Martin and Marie Mignier,
at Annapolis Royal in October 1730. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1743 and 1746, Brigitte gave Séraphin three children, a son and two daughters.
Arsenault says Séraphin died in c1755; Stephen White says only that Séraphin
died before January 1759, in exile. His widow Brigitte and their three
children were deported to Virginia in 1755, and sent on to England in 1756.
Brigitte
remarried to widower Michel Bourg in England in January 1759.
The family was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport
Dorothée in May 1763 and settled at on the east side of the river south of
St.-Malo at St.-Suliac and at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
One of Séraphin's daughters married into the Dugas family at
St.-Suliac, followed her mother and stepfather to greater Acadia in the late
1760s, and settled in Canada. Séraphin's only son became a missionary priest
in greater Acadia and Canada.
Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1743, followed his widowed
mother to Virginia and England and his mother and stepfather to France. In
1767, at age 24, he went to Paris with stepbrother Joseph-Mathurin Bourg
to study for the priesthood with Father du Saint-Esprit. Jean-Baptiste and
Mathurin were ordained priests in November 1772 and sent to Canada to
serve as missionaries on the Baie des Chaleurs, where their family joined them
from France two years later. Until his retirement in 1814, Jean-Baptiste went on to
minister to his fellow Acadians at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, nearby
St.-Pierre-du-Portage, now
L'Assomption, and Longe-Pointe, all near Montréal, and
at St.-Roch near Québec City. He died at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in
January 1824, in his early 80s. His father's line of the family died with
him.
François's sixth son
Alexis,
born at Minas in September 1721, married
Marguerite, daughter of Nicolas Barrieau and ____, in c1746 probably at
Minas and settled on Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1747 and 1767, Marguerite gave Alexis eight children, four
sons and four daughters, including a set of twins. The
British deported the family to Massachusettes in 1755. Colonial
authorities counted the family at Weymouth south of Boson in either 1760 or
1761. In 1767, with other
Acadians exiles in New England, most of the family moved on to Canada and settled at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie south of Montréal. Alexis died at
nearby L'Acadie in July 1811, age 90. Three of his daughters married into
the Boudrot and Roy families at Laprairie.
All four of his sons created their own families. The one who did not go to
Canada emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1764-65.
Oldest son
Joseph, born at Minas in c1747, followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada
and married Félicité, daughter of Antoine Boudrot and Marie-Josèphe
LeBlanc, at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in July 1774.
Alexis's second
son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in c1748, followed his family to Massachusetts
and Canada and married Charlotte, daughter of Pierre Brosseau
and Marie-Anne Deneau, at Laprairie in November 1774.
Alexis's third
son Firmin, born at Minas in c1749, followed his family to Massachusetts but not
to Canada. After the war, he either moved on to
Nova Scotia in c1763 or followed other Acadians from New England to French
St.-Domingue in 1764. Either from
Halifax or Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, Firmin, likely with the help of his uncle
Sylvain (Firmin was still in his teens), reached Louisiana with the
Broussard dit Beausoleil party in February 1765 and followed them to
Bayou Teche that spring. (His uncle and aunt did not survive the year.)
Firmin married cousin Marguerite, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Breau and Marie-Rose Landry of
Pigiguit, at Ascension on the river above New Orleans but returned to the
Attakapas District, where, in 1771, he purchased land at Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche. He died at Grand Pointe in October 1808, in his late 50s.
His daughters married into the Arceneaux, Bonin,
Breaux, Broussard, Guidry,
Hébert, and Thibodeaux families. Six of
his seven sons, born either on the river or on Bayou Teche, married into
Guilbeau, Dugas, Martin,
Broussard, Girouard, Carmouche, and
Picou families and created vigorous lines on the western
prarieis. One of his daughters-in-law, Scholastique Mélanie, called
Mélanie, Picou, wife of his youngest son Agricole, founded the town
of Pont-Breaux, today's Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in the 1830s.
Alexis's fourth
and youngest son Charles, born in Massachusetts in c1757, followed his family to
Canada and married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Dominique Clouâtre
and Françoise Boudrot, in October 1779, place unrecorded.
François's seventh and youngest son
Joseph,
born probably at Minas in the 1720s, married in c1752 a woman whose
name has been lost to history. The British deported them to Virginia in
1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England in 1756. The British held them at Bristol. Joseph remarried to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of
Pierre Vincent and Marie Granger and widow of Alexandre Boudrot,
in c1760 probably at Bristol. She gave him a son, Joseph, fils,
at Bristol in February 1761. Joseph, père died probably at
Bristol in the
early 1760s. His widow and son, along with one of her Boudrot
sons, were repatriated to St.-Malo, France,
aboard the transport Dorothée in May 1763. They settled at
St.-Suliac, on the river south of St.-Malo. Marie-Madeleine remarried again--her
third marriage--to widower Pierre Dugas at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
January 1764 and died at Chantenay, near Nantes, in January 1785,
age 63. Her Breau son married in
France and emigrated to Louisiana.
Only son
Joseph, fils,
born at Bristol, England, in February 1761, followed his widowed mother to
France in May 1763 and settled with her at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo. He became a sailor
in France and married Marie-Blanche, daughter of Louis-Athanase Trahan
and Marguerite LeBlanc of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, and Sauzon,
Belle-Île-en-Mer, at St.-Martin de Chantenay, near Nantes, in May 1785.
They emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and followed their fellow passengers to
Baton Rouge on the river above New Orleans. All of their children were born
at Baton Rouge.
Joseph, fils died there in May 1813, age 53. His
daughter married into the Thériot family. Three of his
four sons married, into the Templet and LeTullier
families. Two stayed on the river, but the oldest one joined the Acadian
exodus from the river to Bayou Lafourche.
Vincent's fifth
son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1678, married Anne, daughter of Guyon Chiasson dit La Vallée
and Jeanne Bernard, in c1700 probably at Port-Royal. Between 1700
and the early 1720s, Anne gave Jean nine children, five sons and four daughters. Jean
died at Annapolis Royal in April 1751, in his early 70s. Three of his daughters married into the
Guilbeau, Michel, and Melanson families. All of his
five sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Ambroise,
born at Port-Royal in October 1705, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Jacques
Michel and Catherine Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in October 1726
and moved on to Chepoudy in the trois-rivières. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1727 and 1741, Marie-Anne gave Ambroise four children, three
sons and a daughter. Other records give them another daughter, born in
c1743, as well as another son. The family escaped the British roundup at
Chepoudy in
1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. After the war, Ambroise was pioneer settler at Néguac near Miramichi in today's
eastern New Brunswick. Ambroise died probably at Néguac before January
1768. Two of his daughters married
into the Melanson, Moreau, and Gautrot families and emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax in 1765.
All three of his sons created their own families, in southeastern New Brunswick, Louisiana,
and France.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at Chepoudy in c1727, followed his parents into exile on
the Gulf of St. Lawerenc shore. He married Marie-Blanche
Boudreau in c1760 while still in exile, place unrecorded. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1761 and 1780, Marie-Blanche gave Joseph 11 children, two
sons and nine daughters. They settled at Memramcook, not far from their
old home at Chepoudy, in today's southeastern New Brunswick. Joseph died
at Memramcook in May 1811, in his early 80s. Eight of his daughters
married into the Boudreau, Gauvin,
LeBlanc, Bourgeois, and Gallant
families at Richibouctou and Grande-Digue on the eastern New Brunswick shore,
and at Bonaventure, a British-controlled fishery in Gaspésie on the north shore
of the Baie des Chaleurs. One of his sons created his own family on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Second son
Joachim, born probably in eastern New Brunswick in c1772, married Victoire,
daughter of Joseph Blanchard and Marie Henry
of St.-Charles-de-Kent, at Richibouctou in April 1809.
Ambroise's second son
Athanase, born probably at Chepoudy in c1735, followed his parents into exile on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By late the late 1750s, he had
taken refuge at Restiouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. He
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc and Isabelle
Gaudet, at Restigouche in February 1760. The British
attacked the outpost that summer and accepted its surrender that October. Athanase and his family were counted
in the prison compound at Fort Edward, formerly
Pigiguit, in August 1762. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and
1775, Marie gave Athanase five children, two sons and three daughters.
Other records give them two more sons. After the war, they emigrated to Louisiana in 1765 and settled at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. They
brought only two children with them to the Mississippi valley colony but had more children
there. Their
daughters married into the Arceneaux, Bernard,
and Breaux families on the western prairies. All four of
Athanase's sons married, into the Arceneaux, Dugas,
Blanchard, and Braud families. Two
remained on the river, and two followed their sisters to the western prairies.
Ambroise's fourth
and youngest son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born at Chepoudy probably in
the early 1740s, followed his family into exile on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore but somehow ended up in the hands of the British, who deported him
to Rochefort, France, in 1758, probably from Île Royales. Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Élisabeth
Girard, widow of Jean Martin, in St.-Louis
Parish, Rochefort, in January 1768. The priest who recorded the
marriage noted that Jean-Baptiste had been a resident of the city for 10 years.
Neither he nor his wife emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jean's second son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Port-Royal in November 1707, married
Catherine-Josèphe, daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois and Catherine-Josèphe
Thibodeau, at Annapolis Royal in April 1731 and likely settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1750, Catherine gave Jean-Baptiste
nine children, three sons and two daughters. The family evidently escaped
the British roundups in Nova Scotia in 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Jean-Baptiste died in exile
probably in Canada before February 1762. At least one of his sons
created his own family.
Oldest son
Théodore, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1732, married Marie
Michel in c1755, place unrecorded, and followed his family to Canada, where they were
counted at Québec in 1757. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1757 and 1759,
Marie gave Théodore two children, a son and a daughter. They moved to
St.-Charles de Bellechasse in the interior southeast of Québec City in 1758.
Théodore remarried to Élisabeth, daughter of Joseph Thibodeau
and Anne Savoie, at Québec in February 1762. They settled
at nearby Charlesbourg. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1763 and 1770,
Élisabeth gave Théodore two more children, both daughters. One of their
daughters married into the Derome family a Québec.
Jean's third son
Pierre,
born at Annapolis Royal in April 1712, married Marie, daughter of Jean Melanson and
Marie-Madeleine Petitot, at Annapolis Royal in November 1735 and likely
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1753, Marie
gave Pierre eight children, three sons and five daughters. The British
deported the family to Massachusetts in 1755. They evidently were among
the Acadians in New England who resettled in Canada in the late 1760s. Pierre died before September 1772,
when his family was counted at Laprairie across from Montréal, Canada. One
of his daughters married into the Lanoue family. Did any
of his sons survive exile and create families of their own?
Jean's fourth son
Antoine,
born at Annapolis Royal in January 1717, married Ursule, daughter of
Charles Blanchard and Madeleine Girouard, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1746; and remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Laurent Doucet and
Anne Pellerin, at Annapolis Royal in November 1747. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and 1765, Marguerite gave Antoine nine children, a
son and eight daughters. The British deported the family to Connecticut in
1755. After the war, they followed many of their fellow
refugees to Canada, where, in c1769, they settled at Chambly on Rivière Richelieu east of
Montréal. Antoine died at
St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu in December 1772, age 55. Five of his
daughters married into the Chalifou, Cayau-Laroc,
Monmaquet, Gatbois, Dépot,
and Dubé-Delorme families, none of them Acadians, at St.-Ours
and Chambly. His son created his own family in the Richelieu valley.
Only son
Joseph, born in
c1765 perhaps in Connecticut, followed his family to Canada and married Agathe, daughter of Jacques Émery-Coderre and
Catherine Joubert, at St.-Antoine-de-Chambly in November 1791.
Jean's fifth
and youngest son Simon, born probably at Annapolis Royal in the early 1720s, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Michel
and Marie Boudrot, at Annapolis Royal in January 1746. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and 1753, Marie-Josèphe gave Simon four children,
all sons. The British
deported the family to Massachusetts in 1755. When their fellow Acadians
emigrated to Canada or the French Antilles in the 1760s, Simon and his family
remained in Massachusetts. One wonders why. He died at Plympton in March 1804, in his early
80s.
Vincent's sixth
and youngest son René, born at Port-Royal in c1685, married Marie, daughter of Antoine Hébert and
Jeanne Corporon, at Annapolis Royal in December 1715 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1716 and 1737, Marie gave René seven
children, three sons and four daughters. The British deported the family
to Massachusetts in 1755. They were counted at Hanover in 1758 and 1760,
and they were still in the colony in 1763. After 1766, they moved on to
Canada. René died at St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu in December 1768, age
83. One of his three sons established his own family in Canada.
Third son
Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in c1728, followed his family to Massachusetts
in 1755. Before witnesses, there being no priest in the New-English colony, Charles married
Marie-Osite, daughter of Jacques Célestin dit
Bellemère and Marie Landry, in Massachusetts in the
late 1750s or early 1760s and revalidated the marriage at Trois-Rivières,
Canada, in July 1767. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1769,
Marie-Osite gave Charles five children, three sons and two daughters. They
moved to St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu northeast of Montréal in c1769.
Charles remarried to Madeleine, daughter of Joseph Blouin and
Madeleine Turcot, at St.-Ours in July 1770. In c1775,
they moved upriver to St.-Denis-sur-Richelieu. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1771 and 1783, Madeleine gave Charles seven more children,
five sons and two daughters--a dozen children, eight sons and four daughters, by
two wives. At least two of Charles's eight sons by both
wives created their own families in the Richelieu valley.
Third son
Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marie-Osite Célestin dit
Bellemère, born in Canada in c1769, married cousin Madeleine,
daughter of Joseph Belour and Madeleine Turcot,
at St.-Ours in July 17[9]0.
Charles's sixth son
Nicolas, by second wife Madeleine Blouin, born probably at
St.-Ours in c1775, married Marguerite, daughter of François Beaulieu and
Marguerite Pépin-Lachance, at La Présentation near St.-Hyacinthe, Québec
Province, in October 1809.349
Richard
Michel
dit Sansoucy Richard, an early 1650s arrival, first
wife Madeleine Blanchard and second wife Jeanne Babin, created a
large family in the colony. Between 1657 and 1677, Madeleine gave Sansoucy 10 children, four sons
and six daughters, including a set of twins. In 1684 and 1686, Jeanne gave him two more sons--a
dozen children, six sons and six daughters, by two wives.
Sansoucy died at Port-Royal between 1686 and 1689, in his late 50s. All of
his children married, his daughters from both wives into the
Brossard (Broussard), Thériot, Babin, Vincent,
Forest, and LeBlanc families. His descendants settled at
Minas, Chignecto, and in the French Maritimes, but most of them remained at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal. At least 66 of Sansoucy's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Georgia in 1764, Halifax in 1765, Maryland
in the late 1760s, and
especially from France in 1785. They also could be found in France,
especially on Belle-Île-en-Mer; in the French Antilles; in greater Acadia; and in Canada after Le Grand
Dérangement. They were especially numerous on the upper St. Lawrence
across from Trois-Rivières.
Oldest son
René dit Beaupré, by first wife Madeleine
Blanchard, born at Port-Royal in c1657, married Madeleine, daughter of
René Landry l'aîné and Pérrine Bourg, in c1680 at
Port-Royal. Between 1681 and 1688, Madeleine gave Beaupré
five children, four sons and a daughter. He died probably at Port-Royal by 1693, in
his mid-30s. His daughter married into the Dupuis
family. Three of his four sons also created families of
their own.
Oldest son
Michel dit
Beaupré, born at Port-Royal in c1681, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Germain Bourgeois and
Madeleine Dugas, at Annapolis Royal in November 1712. Between 1713
and 1736, Marie-Josèphe gave Michel dit Beaupré a dozen
children, eight sons and four daughters, including a set of twins. He died
probably at Annapolis Royal by February 1748, in his mid- to late 60s.
Three of his daughters married into the Robichaud, Hébert dit
Manuel, and Lefebvre dit Descôteaux families. Seven of
his eight sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Michel, fils,
born at Annapolis Royal in September 1713, married Françoise,
daughter of Claude Thériot and Agnès Aucoin, in c1740 and settled
at Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741
and 1754, Françoise gave Michel, fils five children, three daughters
and two sons. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755,
and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
Michel, fils died on the voyage from Virginia to England, age 42.
His widow Françoise remarried to a Trahan at Falmouth in 1758.
Françoise, widowed again, and her Richard children were
repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. She died there in
August 1773, age 51. Her younger son married at Morlaix and, in 1785, followed
his three unmarried sisters to Spanish Louisiana, where two of them married into
the Trahan and Bourg families on Bayou
Lafourche.
Younger son
Charles, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1754, followed his family to Virginia
and England and his twice widowed mother to Morlaix, France, where he became a
tailor. At age 31,
Charles married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Trahan and Marguerite Trahan, in St.-Martin des Champs
Parish, Morlaix, in February 1785. They followed his older sisters
to Spanish Louisiana later in the year and settled with them on upper Bayou
Lafourche, where all of their children were born. Charles died in
Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1825, age 71. His daughters married
into the Aucoin, Breaux, Daigle,
and Lelorec families on the bayou. His younger son also
married there, into the Landry family.
Michel dit Beaupré's second son
Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in September 1715, married Anne,
daughter of Sr. Jean Mouton and Marie Girouard, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1749. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave
Joseph a daughter in 1752. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Joseph died in exile between 1755 and July 1757,
place unrecorded.
Michel dit Beaupré's
third son Jean-Baptiste
dit Jani, born at
Annapolis Royal in April 1718, married
Françoise, daughter of Guillaume Girouard and Marie Bernard, at
Annapolis Royal in
November 1745. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1754,
Françoise gave Jani six children, four sons and two daughters.
The family evidently escaped the British roundups in
Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered
to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison
compound in Nova Scotia until the end of the war. They appeared on a
French repatriation list at Fort Cumberland, formerly French Beauséjour, Chignecto, in
August 1763. They remained in greater Acadia, settling on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore in what became eastern New Brunswick. Jani died at
Richibouctou, New Brunswick, in March 1796, age 77. His daughters married
into the Allain and Richard families.
His sons also married in the area.
Oldest son Amable, born in c1746,
probably at Annapolis Royal, followed his family into exile and
remarried to fellow Acadian Marguerite Boudrot at Windsor,
formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in March 1771. They settled at
Richibouctou. One wonders who Amable's first wife may have been.
Jani's second son Joseph, born in c1748,
probably at Annapolis Royal, followed his family into exile and
married fellow Acadian Félicité Gaudet in c1772, place
unrecorded. They settled at Richibouctou. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1776 and 1778, Félicité gave Joseph three children, a
daughter and three sons.
Jani's third son Jean, born in c1749,
probably at Annapolis Royal, followed his family into exile and
married fellow Acadian Anastasie LeBlanc in c1772, place
unrecorded. In his late 40s, Jean remarried to cousin Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean-Baptiste Maillet and Marguerite Richard,
at Richiboutou in July 1798.
Jani's fourth and youngest son François, born in c1750,
probably at Annapolis Royal, followed his family into
exile and married fellow Acadian Judith Allain, place and date recorded.
Michel dit Beaupré's
fourth son Joseph-Grégoire, called Grégoire, born at Annapolis Royal
in April 1724, married Hélène, daughter
of Jean-Emmanuel Hébert and Madeleine Dugas, in c1747 probably at
Annapolis Royal. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1751 and 1755,
Hélène gave Grégoire three children, a daughter and two sons. The family evidently escaped the British roundup at
Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
Joseph-Grégoire died at Québec on Christmas Eve 1757, age 33, victim, perhaps,
of the smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian exiles there from the summer of
1757 to the spring of 1758. His widow remarried to a Doucet
widower at Trois-Rivières in July 1764, so the family remained in
British Canada.
Her and Grégoire's daughter married into the Doucet family at
Trois-Rivières. Their two sons also married in the area.
Older son Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1752, followed his family to Canada. He
married Marie-Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Darois
and Anne Thibodeau, at St.-Grégoire across from Trois-Rivières,
place and date unrecorded.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1774 and 1780, Marie-Marguerite gave Joseph
five children, a son and four daughters. Joseph remarried to cousin
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard and
Françoise Cormier, at nearby Bécancour in February 1781.
According to Arsenault, between 1782 and 1800, Marie-Madeleine gave Joseph 10
more children, three sons and seven daughters--15 children, four sons and 11
daughters, by two wives. They settled at a place called La Portage
between Lac St.-Paul and the village of Godefroy, and at St.-Grégoire and
Bécancour. According to Arsenault, Joseph is the ancestor of the
Richards of Portage. Three of his daughters by second wife
Marie-Madeleine married into the Landry, Thibodeau,
and Lamothe families at St.-Grégoire. One of his sons
also married.
Second son Pierre, by second wife Marie-Madeleine Richard,
born probably at Bécancour in c1782, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph Thibodeau and Élise LeBlanc of
Yamachiche, at St.-Grégoire in September 1803, and, at age 38, remarried to
Marie, daughter of Jean-Charles Jalbert and Marie
Grondin of Trois-Rivières, at St.-Grégoire in February 1820.
Grégoire's younger son Pierre,
born at Annapolis Royal or in exile in c1755, followed his family to Canada.
He married Agathe, daughter of Joseph Feuilleteau and
Marie-Josèphe Bigot, at Bécancour in May 1777. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1778 and 1792, Agathe gave Pierre eight children,
seven sons and a daughter. They settled at Grande-Rivière.
According to Arsenault, Pierre is the ancestor of the Richards of
Ste.-Angèle-de-Laval across from Trois-Rivières. At least four of his sons
married in the area.
Oldest son Joseph-Pierre,
born in c1778, place not given, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Prince and Marie Babineau, at Nicolet in March 1802.
Pierre's third son Jean-Baptiste,
born in c1782, place not given, married Charlotte Tiffeau in c1807, place
unrecorded.
Pierre's sixth son Charles,
born in c1788, place not given, married Marie-Louise, daughter of Antoine Beaubin
and Thérèse Parent of St.-François, at St.-Grégoire in January
1816.
Pierre's seventh and youngest son Grégoire,
born in c1790, place not given, married Marie, daughter of David Darois and
Madeleine Houde and widow of Pierre Lavasseur,
at Bécancour in January 1815.
Michel dit Beaupré's fifth son
Amand, born at Annapolis
Royal in April 1726, evidently escaped the British roundup there in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Amand married Marie, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean Gaudet and Marie Doucet, at St.-Pierre-les-Becquets
below Trois-Rivières in February 1760. They settled upriver at Nicolet
across from Trois-Rivières. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and
1770, Marie gave Amand three sons. Amand died at Nicolet in February 1770, age 56. Two
of his sons married in the area.
Second son Amand, fils, born in Canada in c1764, married
Marie-Josèphe Vilatte dit Beausoleil at Nicolet in
September 1790.
Amand, père's third and youngest son Louis-Joseph, born probably
at Nicolet in c1770, married Marie-Josèphe Provencher there in
October 1798.
Michel dit Beaupré's
sixth son Honoré, born at Annapolis Royal in
September 1730, died there in May
1751, age 20, before he could marry.
Michel dit Beaupré's
seventh son Basile, born at Annapolis Royal in May
1733, evidently moved on to Minas. The British deported him to Virginia in
the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent him on to England the following
spring. He married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles Granger and Françoise LeBlanc of
Rivière-aux-Canards, at Falmouth in
August 1757. Marie gave Basile a son there in August 1759. They were
still in the Falmouth-Penryn area in the spring of 1763, when they were
repatriated to Morlaix in nothern Brittany, France. Marie gave Basile
another son at Morlaix in September 1763 soon after their arrival. They
followed other exiles from England to recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of
Brittany in November 1765 and settled at Bedex near Bangor in the island's
interior. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and 1772, Marie gave
Basile seven more children on the island, three sons and four daughters--nine children,
five sons and four daughters, in all. No
member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. They remained,
instead, on
Belle-Île-en-Mer. Members of the family were still there in 1792, during the
French Revolution. Basile died at Bangor in November 1819, age 86.
Two of his daughters married into the Oliéric and L'Huillier families on the
island. Two of his sons also created their own familes there.
Third son Pierre-Marie, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1766, married
Guillemette Illiaquer, place and date unrecorded.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1793 and 1801, Guillemette gave
Pierre-Marie four children, two daughters and two sons. Both of his sons
married on the island.
Oldest son Joseph-Bruno, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1797, married
Marie-Sainte, daughter of Pierre-André Thomas and Julienne
Thomas of Kerguelène, at Bangor in 1824.
Pierre-Marie's younger so Jean-Marie, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1801,
married Marie-Renée Thomas at Bangor in 1822. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1824 and 1837, Marie-Renée gave Jean-Marie four
children, three sons and a daughter.
Basile's fifth and youngest son Charles-Grégoire, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer
in c1774, married Marie-Michelle, daughter of Pierre Illiaquer
of Bordureau, at Locmaria on the island in 1796. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1797 and 1813, Marie-Michelle gave Charles-Grégoire seven
children, five daughters and two sons. At least one of his sons married.
Younger son Joseph, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1804, married
Marie-Josèphe Le Matelot and settled at Bornor on the southern
coast. Joseph, probably a sailor, died at Rouen in 1827, age 23, aboard
the ship Charles-Édouard-des-Sables.
Michel dit Beaupré's
eighth and youngest son Amable,
a twin of sister Nathalie, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1736, evidently
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In c1759, during exile, he
married a woman whose name has been lost to history, place unrecorded.
Probably soon after the marriage, he and his wife either surrendered to, or were
captured by, British forces in the area and held at Annapolis Royal until the
end of the war. They appeared on a repatriation list there in 1763. Amand remarried to fellow
Acadian Marguerite Boudrot in c1770, place unrecorded. The marriage
was "rehabilitated" at Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in March 1771,
so they remained in greater Acadia. According
to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Amable a son in 1772. They settled
first on St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, where they were counted in 1774, but moved
on to Memramcook, in today's southeastern New Brunswick, where Amable died in November 1806, age 70.
René dit Beaupré's second son Antoine, born at Port-Royal in c1684, survived
childhood but did not marry.
René dit Beaupré's
third son Pierre
dit Beaupré, born at
Port-Royal in c1686,
married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jacques
Girouard and Marguerite Gautrot, at Annapolis Royal in January 1712.
Between 1713 and 1730, Marie-Madeleine gave Pierre dit Beaupré
10 children, eight sons and two daughters. He died at Annapolis Royal in
April 1730, in his early 40s. His daughters married into
the Forest and Savoie families. Six of his eight sons also created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in October 1713, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Antoine LeBlanc and
Anne Landry, at Grand-Pré in August 1740 and settled at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1752, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre,
fils
six children, three daughters and three sons. The
British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England the following spring. They were held
at Liverpool, where wife Marie-Josèphe died in April 1761. Oldest daughter Marie
married an Hébert there. In the spring of 1763, Pierre,
fils and five of his children were repatriated to Morlaix in
northern Brittany. Pierre, fils, at age 50, remarried to
Françoise, 33-year-old daughter of Olivier Daigre and Françoise Granger of
Rivière-aux-Canards and
widow of Simon-Joseph Thériot, at Morlaix in October 1763 soon after
their arrival. She gave Pierre, fils another son at Morlaix in February
1765. His second daughter Catherine married a Trahan
from l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the Breton port in June 1765. His oldest
son also married there that year. In November 1765, the blended family followed other Acadian exiles from
England to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled
Kerbellec near Le Palais on the eastern coast of the island. According to
Arsenault, between 1766 and 1772, Françoise
gave Pierre, fils four more children, three sons and a daughter, on the island--11
children, four daughters and seven sons, by two wives. Third
daughter Brigitte, by Pierre, fils's first wife, married into the Guillemot
and Richard families on the island in the 1770s. By September 1784, Pierre,
fils had taken his family to Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes,
in southeast Brittany. He, Françoise, and four of their unmarried
children, three sons and a daughter, ages 20 to 11, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana from France in 1785. Pierre, fils's older daughters Marie, Catherine,
and Brigitte, by first wife Marie-Josèphe, if they were still alive in 1785, remained
in France, as did some his older sons, if they, too, were still living.
However, two of Pierre, fils's grandsons from his oldest son
Joseph-Ignace followed
him to Louisiana on separate vessels. According to Father Hébert's study of the Acadians in France, members of
Pierre, fils's family were counted at Vannes in southeast
Brittany in 1792 during the French Revolution. Pierre, fils died at Baton Rouge in November 1794, age 81.
His daughter Marie-Jeanne, by second wife Françoise, married a Daigre cousin
there. Two of his sons also married in the Baton Rouge area, and one of them created a vigorous line there.
Oldest son Joseph-Ignace, by first wife Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc,
born at Ste-Famille, Pigiguit, in February 1743, followed his family to Virginia,
England, and Morlaix, France, where he married cousin Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles LeBlanc and Élisabeth Thériot
of Rivière-aux-Canards, in St.-Martin des Champs Parish in February 1765.
They followed his father and stepmother to Belle-Île-en-Mer later in the year
and settled at Kerourdé near Sauzon on the north shore of the island before
moving to Bangor in the interior of the island. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1766 and 1788, Marguerite gave Joseph-Ignace 13 children, six
sons and seven daughters. In 1785, two of his older sons emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana aboard separate vessels and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
French officials counted Joseph-Ignace and 10 of his children still on the
island. Joseph-Ignace died on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1815, in his early 70s. One of his daughters married into the Le Matelot
family at Bangor. At least one of his other sons created a
family there. One wonders what happened to the rest of his many children.
Oldest son Jean-Charles le jeune, born near Le Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in
January 1766, followed his paternal grandfather to Spanish Louisiana in
1785, but he did not follow him to Baton Rouge. Jean-Charles le jeune settled,
instead, on upper Bayou Lafourche. He married Perrine-Madeleine, daughter
of fellow Acadians Pierre Arcement and Marie Hébert,
at Ascension on the river above New Orleans in September 1789. Jean-Charles le jeune
died at Assumption on the upper Lafourche by January 1794, in his
20s, when his wife remarried at Assumption. They evidently had no
children, so this line of the family did not endure in the Bayou State.
Joseph-Ignace's second son Basile-Marie, born near Bangor,
Belle-Île-en-Mer, in April 1767, followed his paternal grandfather and older
brother to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and also settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
He married Marie-Anne-Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians Benoît
Comeaux and Anne Blanchard, at Ascension in May 1788.
They settled on the upper Lafourche near the boundary of what became Ascension and Assumption parishes. Basile Marie, at age 61, remarried to Henriette,
33-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean Baptiste Paul Bourgeois and Marguerite Babin
and widow of Mathurin Boudreaux and Pierre Aysenne,
at Thibodauxville on the middle Lafourche in April 1828. Basile Marie, at
age 72, remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie-Olive, daughter of Charles
Pontiff and Catherine Hoffman of St. John the
Baptiste Parish and widow of Dominique Badeaux, at Thibodaux in
April 1839. Basile Marie died in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1845, age
78. His daughters, all by his first wife, married into the
Boudreaux, Bourgeois, Guillot, and
Legendre families. All seven of his sons, by his first
and second wives, also married, into the Rassicot,
Breaux, Bergeron, Landry,
Guillot, Bourgeois, Thibodeaux,
and Poché families.
Joseph-Ignace's third son Pierre-Ange, born near Bangor on Belle-Île-en-Mer
in May 1770, remained on the island and married Marie-Perrine, daughter of
Jean-Pierre Causic and Marie-Agathe Thomas, at
Bangor in 1794. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Perrine gave
Pierre-Ange eight children, six daughters and two sons. Two of the
daughters died young.
Pierre, fils's second son Jean-Charles,
by first wife Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, born probably at
Ste.-Famillie, Pigiguit, in
c1745, followed his family to Virginia, England, and Morlaix, France.
According to Bona Arsenault, Jean-Charles "embarqué
pour les Îles" in 1767, but Arsenault does not identify les Îles,
the islands. Did Jean-Charles marry?
Pierre, fils's third son Simon,
by first wife Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, born probably at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1752, may have died young.
Pierre, fils's fourth son Anselme, by second wife Françoise
Daigre, born at Morlaix, France, in February 1765, followed his
family to Belle-Île-Mer soon after his birth, and his father, stepmother, and siblings to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and settled with them at Baton
Rouge. He died there in January 1786, age 21, soon after their arrival.
He did not marry.
Pierre, fils's fifth son Simon-Joseph, called Joseph, from
second wife Françoise Daigre, born near La Palais,
Belle-Île-en-Mer, in October 1766, followed his father, stepmother, and siblings
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and followed them to Baton Rouge. He married
Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Aucoin and
Marie-Geneviève Theriot, probably at Baton Rouge in January
1788. Their daughter married into the Doiron family.
Two of Joseph's five sons also married, into the Blanchard and
Dauterive families at Baton Rouge.
Pierre, fils's sixth son Julien-Marie,
by second wife Françoise Daigre, born near Le Palais in
November 1768, may have died young.
Pierre, fils's seventh and youngest son Pierre-Auguste, called
Auguste, from second wife Françoise Daigre, born near Le Palais
in January 1774,
followed his father, stepmother, and siblings to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and
followed them to Baton Rouge. He married Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Charles
Dardenne and Louise Laget of Natchitoches, at
Baton Rouge in December 1796. Auguste died at Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, across from Baton Rouge, in March 1809, age 35. His line of the
family died with him.
Pierre
dit Beaupré's second son Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in October 1715, evidently died young.
Pierre dit
Beaupré's third son
Joseph dit Vieux, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1717, married Anne, daughter of Antoine Blanchard and
Élisabeth Thériot, at Annapolis Royal in January 1744. According to
Bona Arsenault, beween 1744 and 1750, Anne gave Joseph three daughters. They
evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late
1750s or early 1760s, they were either captured by, or surrendered to, British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of
the war. According to Arsenault, Anne gave Joseph two more daughters in
1760 and 1763. After considering a move to British-controlled Canada, Joseph and his family--including
wife Anne, two daughters, and a Richard nephew--emigrated,
instead, to
Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. Another daughter was born in the
Spanish colony soon after their arrival, and a seventh daughter in 1769. Joseph
dit Vieux died at his son-in-law Basile
Landry's home at Ascension on the river in February 1777, age
59. Only two of his daughters married, into the Landry
and Guilbeau families on the river and the prairies.
Joseph dit Vieux fathered no sons, so only the blood of his family line
endured in the Bayou State.
Pierre dit Beaupré's fourth son
Simon, born at Annapolis
Royal in November 1721, evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal
in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. He died at
Québec in December 1757, in his late 30s, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox
epidemic that struck the Acadian exiles there from the summer of 1757 to the
spring of 1758. He did not marry.
Pierre dit Beaupré's fifth son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in January 1724, married Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Guilbeau and Madeleine
Forest, at Annapolis Royal in January 1755. According to Bona
Arsenault, Isabelle gave Jean-Baptiste a daughter in c1755. They evidently
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of that year and sought refuge in
Canada. Wife Isabelle died at Québec in December 1757, victim, perhaps, of the
smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian exiles there, including two of her
brothers-in-law, from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758. Jean-Baptiste remarried to Marie-Anne,
daughter of Canadians François Charest and Marie-Josèphe Mercure,
at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade above Québec in September 1764. According to
Arsenault, between 1765 and 1782, Marie-Anne gave Jean-Baptiste nine more
children, six daughters and three sons--10 children, seven daughters and three
sons, by two wives. Jean-Baptiste
died at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade in March 1800, age 76. Three of his
daughters married there into the Tassé, Tessier,
and Vallée families. At least one of this sons married.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils,
by second wife Marie-Anne Charest, born probably at
Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade in c1768, married Geneviève, daughter of François
Morand and Marie-Josèphe Gervais, there in June 1788.
In his early 40s, he remarried to Angélique Leduc in October 1811
at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade.
Pierre dit Beaupré's sixth son Amand, born at Annapolis Royal in
March 1726, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Broussard and Cécile Babin,
at Annapolis Royal in August 1754.
They may have escaped the British roundup at
Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Amand
died before 2 December 1757, in his late 20s or early 30s, perhaps at Québec,
perhaps, like two of his brothers and a sister-in-law, a victim of the smallpox epidemic that
struck the Acadian exiles there from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758.
Amand's widow remarried to a Marrier on Île Jésus, Montréal, in
June 1761. One wonders if she and Amand had been that rare Acadian couple
who had no children.
Pierre dit Beaupré's seventh son François
dit François Magdelaine, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1727, married Madeleine, another
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Broussard and
Cécile Babin, at Annapolis Royal in November 1753. They evidently
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. François died at Québec in December 1757, age 30,
victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian exiles there,
including two brothers and a sister-in-law,
from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758.
Pierre dit Beaupré's eighth and youngest son
Claude, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1730,
evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in 1755 and, according to Stephen A.
White, married Rosalie, daughter of Charles Thibodeau and Brigitte
Breau, in c1761 probably in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. Bona
Arsenault insists that Claude sought refuge in Canada during exile and remained
single. White is followed here. A
Claude Richard, his wife, and child appeared on a French
repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. Claude
died by 1765, either in Nova Scotia or on the way to Louisiana from Halifax via
Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, after fathering another child, this one a son. In January 1766, soon after reaching
New Orleans, his widow Rosalie remarried to a Canadian Lachaussée
and settled with him
at the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New
Orleans. She died there by February 1768, when her husband remarried.
Her Richard son Joseph, only an infant when he reached the
colony, probably was raised by his stepfather, who died in 1769, and then by
relatives. Joseph moved on to the western prairies by the
early 1790s, married into the Castille family, and settled there.
René dit Beaupré's fourth and
youngest son René
dit Beaupré,
fils, born at Port-Royal in c1688, married
Marguerite, daughter of Claude Thériot and
Marie Gautrot, at Annapolis Royal in January 1712. Between 1713 and
the early 1730s, Marguerite gave
René dit Beaupré, fils nine children,
three sons and six daughters. René, fils and Marguerite, along
with members of their family, evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis
Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. René, fils died at Bécancour on the upper St.
Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières in December 1776, in his late 80s.
Wife Marguerite died there the following year, in her early 80s. Five of their daughters married into the
LeBlanc, Amireau, Girouard, and Leprince families.
All three of
René dit Beaupré, fils's sons created
their own families in British Canada.
Oldest son Joseph
dit Canadien, born at Annapolis Royal in December
1718, married
Madeleine, daughter of Joseph LeBlanc and
Marguerite Bourgeois, at Annapolis Royal in July 1743.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and
1756, Madeleine gave Joseph six children, three sons and three daughters. The family evidently escaped the British roundup at
Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Joseph died at Québec in December 1757, age 39, victim, perhaps, of the
smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian exiles there from the summer of 1757
to the spring of 1758. His widow Madeleine remarried to a Leprince
at Nicolet on the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières. One of
Canadien's daughters married into the Belliveau family at
Bécancour. One of his sons also married in the area.
Oldest son Michel, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1744, followed his family to Canada and married
Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Pellerin and
Marie-Josèphe Belliveau, at Nicolet in February 1772.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1773 and 1792, Madeleine gave Michel 10
children, seven sons and three daughters. Michel died at nearby
St.-Grégoire in February 1829, in his mid-80s.
Two of his daughters married into the Bourg and Hébert
families in the area. Five of his sons also married there, two of them to
sisters.
Third son Françoise d'Assise, born in c1777,
place not given, married Angèle, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Bourg and Marie Bergeron,
at Nicolet in November 1801.
Michel's fourth son Charles-Auguste dite Augustin, born in c1782,
place not given married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré Hébert and
Madeleine Prince, at Nicolet in October 1804.
Michel's fifth son Joseph, born in c1784,
place not given, married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean-Baptiste Belliveau and Geneviève Morin,
at St.-Grégoire in February 1813, and, at age 40, remarried to Luce, daughter of
Marcel Dionne and François Dubé there in
August 1824.
Michel's sixth son Michel, fils, born in c1790,
place not given, married, in his
early 30s, Marie-Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Poirier
and Marguerite Bergeron, at St.-Grégoire in February 1821.
Michel, père's seventh and youngest son
David, born in c1792, place not given,
married Marguerite, another daughter of Joseph Poirier and
Marguerite Bergeron, at St.-Grégoire in February 1814.
René dit Beaupré, fils's second son
René dit
Petit René, whose dit was ironic,
born at Annapolis Royal in May 1726, married Perpétué, daughter of Joseph Bourgeois
and Anne LeBlanc, at Annapolis Royal in February 1749 but settled at
Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, Perpétué gave Petit René a son in
1751.
On 1 October 1755, because of his bulk, he was the
last man allowed to escape from a tunnel at Fort Lawrence in a breakout led by
Acadian resistance leader Joseph Broussard dit Beauseleil.
Petit René evidently joined the resistance in present-day southeastern
New Brunswick, and, like the others, he and his family either surrended to, or
were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in
Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Petit René did not follow the Broussards or
his Richard cousins to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French
St.-Domingue, in 1764-65 but chose to remain in greater Acadia. According to
Arsenault, between 1765 and 1768, Perpétué gave Petit René three more children,
two daughters and a son--four children, two sons and two daughters, in all.
The family was living on Rivière St.-Jean in present-day New Brunswick in 1765
and 1766, was at Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in 1768, and moved on
to Memramcook, not far from his old
home at Chignecto. Petit René died at Memramcook in February 1811, age 84.
According to Arsenault, he was the ancestor of the Richards of
Memramcook and nearby Shediac, Aboujagane, and Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick.
René dit Beaupré, fils's third and
youngest son Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1729, married Félicité, another
daughter of Joseph LeBlanc and Marguerite
Bourgeois, at Annapolis Royal in November 1753. According to Bona
Arsenault, Félicité gave Charles a son in 1755. The British deported
the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Charles died at Boston in
c1760, in his early 30s. His widow remarried to a Belliveau
in the Bay Colony in 1762. In 1767, they followed other exiles in New
England to British-controlled Canada and settled at St.-Ours on lower Rivière
Richelieu northeast of Montréal.
Only son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1755, followed his parents to
Massachusetts and his mother and stepfather to Canada. He was baptized at
Québec in December 1767, age 12, and followed his family to St.-Ours, where he
married Marguerite, daughter of André Chapdelaine and Agnès
Mongrain, in March 1783.
Michel dit Sansoucy's second son
Pierre, by
first wife Madeleine Blanchard,
born at Port-Royal in c1661, married Marguerite, daughter of René Landry le jeune and Marie
Bernard, in c1686 and settled at Minas. Between 1689 and the 1710s, Marguerite gave Pierre 10
children, seven sons and three daughters, all of whom married, three of the sons
to sisters. Their daughters married into the Dugas,
Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Daigre, and Granger families.
Oldest son René le jeune, born at Minas in
c1689, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Vincent Babin and Anne
Thériot, in c1711 probably at Minas, where they settled.
Between 1712 and 1724, Marie-Josèphe gave René six children, five sons and a daughter.
Marie-Josèphe died at Minas in March 1738, age 46.
René did not remarry. Their
daughter married
into the Landry family. Four of his five sons
also created families of their own.
Oldest son Pierre
le jeune, born at Minas in September 1712, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Granger and
Isabelle Guilbeau, at Grand-Pré in November of 1735 and settled there.
Marguerite gave Pierre at least one son, in 1744, and
perhaps a daughter. The British deported the
family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Pierre, now a widower, and Anne-Marie
Richard, perhaps a daughter, appeared
on a French repatriation list at Port
Tobacco on the lower Potomac in July 1763. His son
Amand, also counted at Port Tobacco, had recently
married into the Breau family there. Pierre
followed his son, his son's family, and a
Boudrot orphan to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland
in 1767. A decade later, in March 1777, Pierre was
still living on the east side of the river at San Gabriel,
where he held six slaves, four males and two females, on
his six-arpent farm. His son also settled
at San Gabriel and created a vigorous line there.
René le jeune's second son
Claude, born at
Minas in c1716, married Cécile, daughter
of Jean Melanson and Marguerite Dugas, at Grand-Pré in November
1740. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1746, Cécile gave
Claude four children, two daughters and two sons.
Claude died at Minas in February 1747, in his early 30s.
The British deported members of the family to Maryland
in the fall of 1755, where two of his children, a
daughter and a son, appeared on a repatriation list with other families at
Baltimore in July 1763. They emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1767. The daughter,
Marguerite, married into the Hébert
family there. The son also married.
Older son Charles, born at Minas in c1742, if he
survived childhood, followed his parents to Maryland in
1755. One wonders what happened to him there.
He did not follow his younger siblings to Spanish
Louisiana in the 1760s.
Claude's younger son Joseph, born at Minas in
c1744, followed his family to Maryland in 1755, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1767 with a younger
sister, and settled at San Gabriel on the river above
New Orleans. He married Anne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Alexandre Landry and Anne
Flan, at nearby Ascension in June 1774.
They settled at San Gabriel. Joseph remarried to
cousin Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Dupuis and Anne Richard
and widow of Joseph Breaux, at
Ascension in April 1784. Joseph died at San
Gabriel in November 1793, in his late 40s. His
daughters from both wives married into the Babin,
Blanchard, Landry,
LeBlanc, McDougal,
Aucoin, and Comeaux
families. Two of his three sons from both wives
also married, into the Landry and
Brasset families on the river.
René le jeune's third son
Joseph, born at Minas in December 1718, married Marie-Blanche, called Blanche, daughter of Claude LeBlanc
and Jeanne Dugas, at Grand-Pré in February 1745. Between 1746 and
1753, Blanche gave Joseph three children, two sons and a
daughter. The British deported the family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to England the following spring. They
were held at Southampton. Blanche gave Joseph two
more daugters in England in 1757 and 1762. The
family was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and
settled in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Blanche gave
Joseph two more children there, a daughter and a son, in
1764 and 1767--seven children, three sons and four
daughters, in all. The youngest child, a son, died
in infancy. The family was still at St.-Servan in 1772.
They moved on to Morlaix in northern
Brittany by 1786, so they did not follow their fellow
exiles to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. They
were still at Morlaix in 1791, during the French
Revolution. One wonders if any of Joseph and
Blanche's children created families of their own in
France.
A Joseph Richard, born probably at
Minas in c1748, evidently was exiled to Virginia in the
fall of 1755, sent on to England the following spring,
and repatriated to France in the spring of 1763.
He married Marie-Jeanne Daniel, a
Frenchwoman, probably in the 1770s, place unrecorded.
She gave him a daughter at Roscoff near Morlaix,
Brittany, in c1775. A Spanish official counted
Joseph with his daughter but no wife at Morlaix in
September 1784. Joseph took his daughter to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785, and they followed their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Joseph
did not remarry. He last appears in Louisiana
records in January 1791, age 42, at Valenzuela on the
upper Lafourche with his daughter Marie-Isabelle, now
age 16, on six arpents of bayou frontage. One
wonders if he was Joseph-Amant, oldest child and son of
Joseph and Blanche, who Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. says
was born in c1746 and landed with his family at St.-Malo
in May 1763, when he would have been in his mid-or late
teens. He could have moved on to Morlaix down the
Breton coast, where he worked as a cooper, married, and
raised his daughter before heading to Louisiana, where
his daughter married into the Daigre
family. He fathered no sons, so, except perhaps
for its blood, his line did not endure in the Bayou
State. .
René le jeune's fourth son
Jean-Baptiste,
called Jean,
born at Minas in 1721, married, according to Bona
Arsenault, Cécile Gautrot in c1745 at Minas and
says that, between 1746 and 1754, Cécile gave
Jean-Baptiste three children, a son and two daughters. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of
the Acadians in France says Jean-Baptiste
Richard dit Sapin, born in c1721, no
parents given, married Cécile Gautrot,
no parents given, in c1742, probably at Minas, and that,
between 1743 and 1752, Cécile gave Sapin six children,
four daughters and two sons. The British deported
the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England the following
spring. Robichaux says Cécile gave Jean-Baptiste
dit Sapin another son in 1756--seven children,
four daughters and three sons, in all. Robichaux implies
that Sapin died in England, noting that his widow Cécile
Gautrot and six of their children,
four daughters and two sons, recently repatriated to France, disembarked from the
ship Ambition at St.-Malo on 22 May 1763.
Cécile's daughter Marguerite married into the
Boudrot family at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1763, and
daughter Anne into the Lejeune family
there in 1767. Anne moved on to Morlaix in
northern Brittany and remarried to a Levron
widower there in 1776. Meanwhile, Cécile followed her children to
the interior of Poitou in 1773 and died at Cenan there in March 1780, age 65. Daughter
Marie-Josèphe married into the Basse,
actually Basset, family in Poitou in
1776. Robichaux and Louisiana records show that Marguerite
and Marie-Josèphe and their husbands emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785, where Marie-Josèphe remarried
into the Ménard and Gracia
families, that sister Marie-Geneviève followed her
sisters to Louisiana and married into the
Jaineman family there, and that Anne and her
Lejeune husband remained in the mother
country. None of Sapin's and Cécile's three sons,
who would have been ages 39, 33, and 29 in 1785,
if they were still living, chose not to follow their
sisters to the Spanish colony.
Stephen A. White says Jean-Baptiste, called Jean,
fourth son of René Richard le jeune, born at Minas in August 1721, married not Cécile
Gautrot but Marguerite-Geneviève, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Landry and Marguerite
Gautrot, in c1745, probably at Minas.
Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. says the Marguerite Landry,
no parents, birth year, or birthplace given, married to
Jean Richard, born in c1721, no parents
or birth place given, and gave him three children, a son and
two daughters, between 1746 and 1754. All sources
agree that the British deported Jean Richard,
Marguerite Landry, and their family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to England the following spring. In
May 1763, Jean, now a widower, and his three children
were repatriated to St.-Malo and
settled in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where they were
still living in 1772.
According to Robichaux, youngest daughter Marguerite died
"at the hospital" probably at St.-Servan in January
1768, age 14. White and Robichaux say Jean Richard,
husband of Marguerite Landry, died at
St.-Servan in December 1777, age 56. Robichaux and
Louisiana records say older daughter Rose, age 30 but
still single, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785
with relatives and married into the LeBlanc
family there. Jean's son also created his own family, but not in
Spanish Louisiana.
Only son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1746,
followed his parents to Virginia, England, and
St.-Servan, where he married Marguerite-Pélagie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Robichaud
and Claire Babin, in September
(says Arsenault) or November (says Robichaux) of 1767.
According to both Arsenault and Robichaux,
Marguerite-Pélagie gave Pierre two daughters at
St.-Servan in 1770 and 1771. On the last day of
1773, when he was age 27, Pierre fell into the sea from the deck of the ship
Gracieuse and drowned. One wonders what
happened to his family after that date. Neither of
his daughters emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
René le jeune's fifth and youngest son
Amand, born at Minas in January 1724, probably died young.
Pierre's second son Jean, born at Minas in c1691, married Jeanne,
daughter of Abraham Dugas and Jeanne Guilbeau, at Grand-Pré in
January 1714 but died by May 1718, when his wife
remarried to a LeBlanc widower at Minas.
Stephen A. White says of the couple "Aucune
progéniture connue," or "no known offspring," but
Bona Arsenault, with the qualifier "sans doute,"
gives them a son in 1720, two years after Jeanne
remarried! White is followed here.
Pierre's third son Pierre,
fils, born
probably at Minas in the early 1700s,
married Cécile, daughter of Pierre Granger and Isabelle Guilbeau,
at Grand-Pré in July 1726. Between 1727
and 1747, Cécile gave Pierre, fils eight
children, six daughters and two sons. The youngest
daughter died an infant. The British
deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and
Virginia authorities sent them on to England the
following spring. Pierre, fils died by
May 1763, place unrecorded, but it likely was in England.
Daughter Marie-Josèphe married into the Landry family in
England in 1763. Widow Cécile, unmarried daughter
Cécile, and her married sons Jean and Pierre and their
families were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May of 1763.
They settled in the suburb
of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Daughter Cécile married into the
Aucoin
family at St.-Servan in 1765. Cécile followed her
children to Poitou in 1773. After two and a half
years of effort, they retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. They settled
across the river at Rezé, where Cécile died in December
1776, age 73. Four of her married children, two
daughters and two sons, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. Older daughters Marie, Anne, and
Marguerite would have
been ages 58, 56, and 52 that year. If they were
still living, they chose to
remain in the mother country.
Older son Jean, born at Minas in February 1731,
followed his family to Virginia and England and married fellow Acadian Marguerite Landry
of Minas there in c1758. Marguerite gave Jean two
children, a daughter and a son, in England in 1759
and 1762. They were repatriated to St.-Malo,
France, in May 1763 and settled in the suburb of
St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Both of their children died there the
following July and September. Between 1765 and
1770, at St.-Servan, Marguerite gave Jean three more
children, two sons and a daughter--five children, two
daughters and three sons, in all. Only the
youngest son survived childhood.
They were counted at St.-Servan in 1772, so they did not follow other exiles from England to
Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany in
November 1765. Nor did Jean take his family to the
interior of Poitou in
1773. By September 1784, however, he, Marguerite,
and their son had joined other Acadian exiles at Nantes
on the lower Loire. The family
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. From
New Orleans, they followed their fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche. They had no more children
in the colony. Jean died by December 1795, when
wife Marguerite was listed in a Valenzuela District
census without a husband. Surviving son Jean-Pierre married into
the Aucoin family on the upper bayou,
but the family line did not endure.
Pierre, fils's younger son
Pierre III,
born at Minas in April 1736, followed his family to
Virginia and England and married fellow Acadian
Marie-Blanche, called Blanche, LeBlanc
there in c1762. They were repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled at St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
where, between 1763 and 1773, Blanche gave Pierre III
five children, three daughters and two sons. Two
of their daughters and a son died young. As the
dates of their children's births reveal, the family did
not follow other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer
in 1765. Pierre III did take his family to Poitou
in 1773. In March 1776, after two and a half years
of effort, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to
the port city of Nantes. They settled in the
suburb of Rezé, where, from 1776 to 1785, Blanche gave
Pierre III four more children, a daughter and three
sons--nine children, four daughters and six sons, in
all. Another daughter and two more sons died at
Rezé, leaving them with only three children.
Pierre III, Blanche, two sons, a daughter, and a
Richard cousin emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785. From New Orleans, they followed their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. They
had no more children in the colony. Pierre III
died in Assumption Parish in November 1815, age 79.
His daughter
married into the Landry family.
None of his sons married, so only the blood of the
family line endured in the Bayou State.
Pierre, père's fourth son
Jacques, born at
Minas in c1707, married
Anne, daughter of Charles LeBlanc and Marie Gautrot, at Grand-Pré
in June 1730. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Jacques two sons in
1731 and 1733. Jacques remarried to Anne,
daughter of Pierre Granger and Isabelle
Guilbeau,
at Grand-Pré in January 1735. According to
Arsenault, between 1735 and 1747, this Anne gave Jacques
six more children, five daughters and a son--eight
children, three sons and five daughters, by two
wives. Jacques
remarried again--his third marriage--to
Marguerite, daughter of Michel Hébert and Isabelle Pellerin and
widow of Jean Gautrot, in c1750 probably at Minas. She evidently
gave Jacques no more children. The British
deported Jacques and his blended family to Maryland in the fall of
1755, but at least one son did not go. Jacques
died by July 1763, when his
widow, two of his sons, Joseph and Paul, from previous
marriages, and seven of her Gautrot
children appeared on a repatriation list at Newtown on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Daughter Élisabeth/Isabelle by his second wife, counted
at Newtown with younger sister Anne, married
into the Brasseur dit
Brasseaux family in Maryland and emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1767.
A son by his first wife ended up in France, where he
died, but the son's daughter went to Louisiana with her
widowed mother in 1785. One wonders what happened
to his sons and daughter Anne in Maryland.
Second son Charles-Ignace, called Charles, by first
wife Anne LeBlanc, born at Minas in
c1733, became separated from his family in the fall of
1755 and ended up in France, perhaps via the French
Maritime islands, to which he may have escaped in 1755. At age 29 (the recording priest
said he was 27), he married Cécile, 18-year-old daughter
of fellow Acadians Charles Boudrot and
his first wife Cécile Thériot of
Anse-à-Pinnet, Île St.-Jean, in St.-Nicolas Parish,
Boulogne-sur-Mer, in February 1763. In August
1766, they received permission to move to St.-Malo,
where they settled in the surburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
Cécile gave Charles a daughter there in c1771. By
September 1784, she was a widow and living with her
daughter and a younger brother at Nantes in southeast
Brittany. She, her Richard
daughter Marie-Rose, and her half-brother Joseph
Boudrot, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. They followed their fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche before moving on to the Attakapas
District. Cécile Boudreaux died there in 1822, in her late
70s. She never remarried. Her
Richard daughter, age
14 when she crossed to Louisiana, may not have survived
the crossing or may have died before her mother moved to
the prairies. She did not marry, so not even blood
of this family line endured in the Bayou State.
Pierre, père's fifth son
Charles, born at Minas in April 1710, married Catherine-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Gautrot and Marie
Thériot, at Grand-Pré in August 1734. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1746,
Catherine-Josèphe gave Charles five children, two sons
and three daughters. Catherine-Josèphe died at
Minas in March 1747, perhaps from the rigors of
childbirth. The British
deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and
Virginia authorities sent them on to England the
following spring. They were held at Southampton.
Charles, at age 47, remarried to
Anne-Judith, daughter of Jean Comeau l'aîné and Françoise
Hébert and widow of René Gisé dit Des Rosiers, in England in
September 1757. She evidently gave Charles no
more children. Charles's oldest daughter
Marguerite-Josèphe married into the Thériot
family in England on the eve of repatriation. The family was repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled in the suburb
of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Wife Anne died there in July 1777, in
her 60s. Oldest daughter Marguerite-Josèphe died
at St.-Servan in July 1782, age 42. If Charles was
still alive in 1785--he would have been in his
mid-70s--he chose to remain in France. Youngest daughter Geneviève
married into the Pitre and
Boudrot families in France, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785, remarried to a
LeBlanc widower in the Baton Rouge area, and
settled on upper Bayou Lafourche, where she died in
1825, a widow again. Charles's surviving son
married in France but resettled in greater Acadia, not
Spanish Louisiana.
Older son Paul, by first wife Catherine-Josèphe
Gautrot, born at Minas in c1736,
followed his family to Virginia and perhaps to England.
When his family was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in
May 1763, Paul was not with them.
Charles's younger son Joseph, by first wife
Catherine-Josèphe Gautrot, born at
Minas in November 1740, followed his family to Virginia,
England, and St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he worked as a seaman.
Joseph married Marie, also called Luce, daughter of fellow
Acadians Michel Bourg and Anne
Hébert, at St.-Servan in January 1771.
Marie gave Joseph two sons in 1771 and 1773. The
older one died in infancy. Instead of going to
the interior of Poitou in 1773, Joseph and his family made their way
back to greater Acadia, perhaps via the
British-controlled Channel island of Jersey, and settled
in the fishery in Gaspésie on the
north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs. Between 1775
and 1780, at Carleton in Gaspésie, Marie gave Joseph four more children, three
daughters and a son--six children, three sons and three
daughters, in all. Their daughters married into
the Legalet, Allard,
and LeBlanc families at Carleton.
One of their sons also married, but he settled
elsewhere.
Second son Pierre-Michel, born
in 1773 perhaps in France, followed his
family to greater Acadia and became a navigator. In
his early 30s, he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Pierre Dion and Élisabeth
Dolbec, at Québec in October 1805. They
settled at Tracadie, northeastern New Brunswick, in
1808. In 1809 and 1812, at Tracadie, Marie-Josèphe
gave Pierre-Michel two sons.
Pierre, père's sixth son
Joseph, born at Minas in February 1712, married Marguerite-Charlotte, another daughter of
Charles LeBlanc and Marie Gautrot, at
Grand-Pré in February 1735 and remained there. Accordingt to Bona
Arsenault, beween 1735 and 1750, Marguerite-Charlotte
gave Joseph seven children, two daughters and five sons.
The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall
of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. They were held at
Southampton. A daughter married
into the Doucet family in England.
According to Arsenault, Joseph and Marguerite-Charlotte
died in England. Members of the family, including
youngest son Jean-Charles, called Charles, were
repatriated from Southampton to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in the spring of
1763 and moved on to St.-Malo. Charles, only age
13 in 1763, was, according to Arsenault, cared for by
his older sister Marie-Blanche and her husband Pierre
Doucet. In November 1765, members
of the family followed other exiles from
England to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of
Brittany. Marie-Blanche, husband Pierre, their
young son, and probably her brother Charles settled at
Anvort near Sauzon on the northern end of the island. No member of the family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Pierre, père's seventh and
youngest son Paul, born probably at Minas in the 1710s, married Madeleine, yet another daughter of
Charles LeBlanc and Marie Gautrot, in
c1740. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1750, Madeleine gave
Paul five children, four sons and a daughter. The British deported the
family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Paul died
in the Chesapeake colony by July 1763, in his 40s, his widow and four sons
appeared on a repatriation list at
Newtown on the colony's Eastern Shore.
One of his sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in
1767.
One wonders what happened to his other three sons
in Maryland.
Oldest son Mathurin, born at Minas in June 1741,
followed his family to Maryland in 1755 and was counted
with his widowed mother and three brothers--Amand,
Pierre, and Jacques--at Newtown in July
1763. Mathurin married fellow Acadian Élisabeth,
or Isabelle, Landry in the Cheasapeake
colony in c1765. Still childless, they followed
relatives to Spanish Louisiana in 1767 and settled with
them in the new Acadian community of San Gabriel on the
river above New Orleans before crossing the Atchafalaya
Basin to the Opelousas
District. Mathurin died probably at Grand Coteau
at the southern end of the district in December 1796,
age 55. His two sons married into the
Cormier and Patry families and
created vigorous lines on the prairies.
Michel dit Sansoucy's third son
Martin, by
first wife Madeleine Blanchard,
born at Port-Royal in c1665, married Marguerite, daughter of François Bourg and Marguerite Boudrot,
in c1691 probably at Port-Royal and settled at Chignecto by the late 1690s.
Between 1692 and 1719, Marguerite gave
Martin 10 children, seven
sons and three daughters. Martin died probably at Chignecto by February
1748, in his late 70s or early 80s. His daughters married into the
Doucet, Caissie,
Arseneau, and Cormier families. Six of
his seven sons also created families of their own, and
one of them, the youngest, was among the first Acadian
exiles to go to
Louisiana.
Oldest son Martin,
fils, born at Port-Royal
in c1692, followed his family to Chignecto and married Marie, daughter of
François Cormier and Marguerite LeBlanc, probably at Chignecto in c1713.
They settled at Pointe-à-Beauséjour. Between 1714 and 1734, Marie gave Martin, fils 10 children, five sons and five
daughters. Four of their daughters married into the Gaudet,
Bourgeois, and Bernard families, two of them to brothers. All
five of Martin, fils's sons married.
Oldest son Martin III, born probably at Chignecto
in the 1710s, married
Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Cormier and Marguerite Cyr, in
c1736 probably at Chignecto. One wonders what
happened to the family in 1755. Martin III died before November 1763, place
unrecorded, in his mid- or late 40s.
Martin, fils's second son
Pierre, born
probably at Chignecto in c1719,
married Anne, daughter of Antoine Gaudet and Marie Bourg, at
Beaubassin in October 1740. The family evidently escaped the British
roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. Pierre remarried to Agnès, daughter of Claude Gaudet
and Marguerite Blou and widow of Joseph Girouard, at
St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu near Montréal in February 1768.
Martin, fils's third son
Joseph, born
probably at Chignecto in c1720, married
Françoise, another daughter of
Pierre Cormier and Marguerite Cyr, at
Beaubassin in January 1742 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1742 and 1748, Françoise gave Joseph four
children, two sons and two daughters. The family may have escaped
the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada, unless they went there via one
of the British seaboard colonies. According to
Arsenault, between 1760 and 1767, Françoise gave Joseph
four more daughters--eight children, two sons and six
daughters, in all. Joseph died of
smallpox at Bécancour across from Trois-Rivières in
February 1770, in his late 40s. Five of his
daughters married into the Belliveau,
Richard, Cormier, and
Bourgeois families at Bécancour and
nearby St.-Grégoire. His two sons also married
there.
Older son Joseph, fils, born at Chignecto
in 1742, followed his family to Canada. He married
Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Simon dit Boucher and
Marie-Josèphe Pitre of Annapolis Royal,
at Champlain below Trois-Rivières in January 1767.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1784,
Marie-Anne gave Joseph, fils 10 children, seven
sons and three daughters, including a set of twins.
One of their daughters married into the Héon
and Michel families in the Bécancour
area. Six of Joseph, fils's sons also
married in the area.
Oldest son Joseph III, born in
Canada in c1767, married
cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude
Bourgeois and Marie Vigneau,
at Nicolet in November 1790. Joseph III died at
nearby St.-Grégoire in November 1741, in his early 70s.
Joseph, fils's second son
Jean-Noël, born
in Canada in c1769, married, in his late 30s, cousin Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Prince
and Judith Richard, at St.-Grégoire in
November 1808. Jean-Noël died there in July 1841,
in his early 70s.
Joseph, fils's third son
David, born in
Canada in c1771, married cousin Marie-Charles, daughter of Pierre
Richard and Élisabeth Palardy,
at St.-Grégoire in February 1801, and died there in
April 1827, in his mid-50s.
Joseph, fils's fourth son
Joseph-Charles,
born in Canada in c1774, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Laurent
Tourigny and Anne Leprince,
at St.-Grégoire in July 1800. In his early 50s,
he remarried to Marie-Louise Bary, widow
Bergeron, at St.-Grégoire in November 1827.
Joseph, fils's fifth son
Pierre, born in
Canada in c1778, married Marguerite, daughter of Étienne
Sévigny and Marie-Anne Dubois,
probably at Nicolet in October 1803 and died there in
March 1828, age about 50.
Joseph, fils's seventh and youngest son
François, born in
Canada in c1784, married Émilie Boisvert,
date and place unrecorded, and worked as a trader at
Québec City.
Joseph, père's younger son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Chignecto in c1746, followed his family to
Canada. He married Marie-Françoise, daughter of
Joseph Lavasseur and Marie-Françoise
Deshaies, at Bécancour in January 1774.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1776 and 1788,
Marie-Françoise gave Jean-Baptiste four children, three
sons and a daughter. Their daughter married into
the Talbot dit Gervais and
Belliveau families probably at
Bécancour. Two of his sons also married in the
area.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born
probably at Bécancour in c1776, married Marie-Charlotte,
daughter of Joseph Deshaies and
Marie-Josèphe Dubois, there in
September 1800. Jean-Baptiste, fils died
at Bécancour in April 1844, age 43. He was the
ancestor of Édouard Richard
(1844-1904), noted politician, businessman, historian,
archivist, and author of Acadia: Missing Links of a
Lost Chapter in American History.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third and youngest
son Joseph, born probably at Bécancour in c1784,
married, in his late 30s, Marguerite, daughter of Joseph
Genest dit Labarre
and Josephte Desnoyers, at Bécancour in
January 1821. According to Bona Arsenault, they
had no children.
Martin, fils's
fourth son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born probably at Chignecto in c1728, married Madeleine, daughter of René Bernard and
Anne Blou, in c1749 probably at Chignecto. According to Bona
Arsenault, Madeleine gave Jean a daughter in 1752. The family
evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Jean remarried to
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Canadians Jean-Baptiste Hamel and
Marie-Geneviève Grenier and widow of Gervais and Étienne Houde, at
Lotbinière above Québec in November 1762. According to Arsenault, between
1763 and 1771, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean five more
children, three daughters and two sons--six children,
four daughters and two sons, by two wives.
Jean died at Lotbinière in June 1775, in
his late 40s.
Three of his daughters by both wives married into the
Migné, Hamel, and
Tousignant families at Lotbinière.
His sons also married there.
Older son Jean-Baptiste, fils, by second
wife Marie-Josèphe Hamel, born probably
at Lotbinière in c1766, married Marie-Élisabeth,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Faucher and
Marie-Angélique Lemay, at Lotbinière in
March 1794.
Jean's younger son Augustin,
by second wife Marie-Josèphe Hamel,
born probably at Lotbinière in c1770, married Marie,
daughter of Louis Tousignant and
Marie-Anne Jourbert dit
Boisvert of St.-Jean Deschaillons, sister of one of his
sister's husbands, at Lotbinière in September 1793.
Michel, fils's fifth and youngest son
François
dit Martinet,
born probably at Chignecto in c1734, evidently escaped
the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. He
married Marie-Charlotte, daughter of Canadians Joseph Ouellet and
Madeleine Bouchard, at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière on the south shore of
the lower St. Lawrence in November 1762. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1769, Marie-Charlotte
gave François dit Martinet two daughters. He died at Lotbinière on the
upper St. Lawrence in April 1770, in his mid- or late
30s. One of his daughters married into the
Langlois family at Lotbinière.
Martin, père's second
son Alexandre, born at Port-Royal or Chignecto in c1695, married Marie-Madeleine,
called Madeleine, daughter of Jean Thibodeau and
Marguerite Hébert, in c1724 probably at Chignecto and moved on to Île
St.-Jean in c1741. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1725 and 1747, Marie-Madeleine gave Alexandre
nine children, five sons and four daughters. In
August 1752, a French official counted Alexandre,
Madeleine, and six of their unmarried children, three sons and
three daughters, ages 17 to 9, at Malpèque on the northwest shore of
Île St.-Jean. The family either left the island
after the counting or, more likely, escaped the British roundup
there in late 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. One of Alexandre's daughters
married into the Deveau family and
settled on Île Madame, south of Île Royale. Two of his sons emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax in 1765.
Oldest son Paul, born probably at Chignecto in
c1725, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and married
Marie-Renée, called Renée, Boudrot
probably at Malpèque in c1746. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1747 and 1752, Renée gave Paul five
children, two sons and three daughters. In August
1752, a French official counted Paul, Herre as he called
Renée, and three of their children, two sons and a
daughter, ages 5 years to 2 months, at Malpèque near his
parents and siblings. One wonders what happened to
their two older daughters before the counting and what
happened to the family in 1758. One of the older
daughters married into the Martin
family, no place or date given.
Alexandre's second son Pierre, born probably at
Chignecto in c1729, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and married Marguerite, daughter of Alexis Dugas
and Marie Bourg of Cobeguit, probably
at Malpèque in c1752. That August, a French
official counted Pierre and Marguerite, still childless,
at Malpèque near their families. They, too,
escaped the British roundup on the island in 1758,
crossed Mer Rouge, and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where Pierre
evidently participated in the Acadian resistance with
his cousins, the Broussard dit
Beausoleil brothers of Peticoudiac. Sometime in the early 1760s,
Pierre and his family either surrendered to, or were
captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war.
They appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in
August 1763. Pierre,
Marguerite, three of their sons, and a younger brother
emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français,
French St.-Domingue, in 1764-65. They followed the
Broussards to lower Bayou Teche but
resettled on Bellevue prairie, south of the present-day
Opelousas, among the first Acadians to settle in that
district. Marguerite gave Pierre more children in
the colony, including a daughter and three more sons.
Pierre, in his late 60s, remarried to Élisabeth, or
Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Aucoin and Anne Trahan
and widow of Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc, at
Opelousas in August 1797. Élisabeth, a native of
Minas, had come to Louisiana from France in 1785.
She gave Pierre no more children. Pierre died at
Opelousas in May 1806, in his late 70s. His
daughter married a Bourg cousin.
All six of his sons also maried, into the
Thibodeaux, Dugas,
Lavergne, Brasseaux, and
Janise families on the prairies.
Most of the Richards of southwest
Louisiana descend from
Pierre and his first wife Marguerite.
Alexandre's third son Michel, born probably at
Chignecto in c1732, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and married Marie, another daughter of Alexis Dugas
and Marie Bourg, probably at Malpèque
in c1752. In August of that year, a French
official counted Michel and Marie, still childless, at
Malpèque near his family. One wonders what
happened to them in 1758.
Alexandre's fourth son Jean, born probably at
Chignecto in c1734, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and was counted with his parents and siblings at
Malpèque in August 1752. He married Marguerite
Dugas probably at Malpèque in c1756.
One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
According to Bona Arsenault,
Marguerite gave Jean a son in c1775 in greater Acadia,
so they likely were not deported to France in 1758-59
but escaped to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore or Canada.
Only son Jean, fils, born "au Cap-Breton,"
formerly Île Royale, in c1775, was at Matane on the
lower St. Lawrence in c1800. He married Julie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Sébastien Poirier
and Anne-Marie Petit, at Rimouski, also
on the lower St. Lawrence, in April 1804.
Alexandre's fifth son Joseph, born either at
Chignecto or on Île St.-Jean in c1741, was counted with
his parents and siblings at Malpèque in August 1752, and
followed them to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in the
late 1758. Sometime in the early 1760s, he
surrendered to, or was captured by, British forces in
the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia
until the end of the war. He married Marie
Gaudet in c1762, place unrecorded, but it may
have been in one of the prison compounds. They did
not follow his brothers Pierre and Victor to Louisiana
in 1764-65 but remained in greater Acadia. British
officials counted them at Petitcoudiac in what became
southeastern New Brunswick in 1769.
Alexandre's sixth and youngest son
Victor, born
probably at Malpèque, Île St.-Jean, in c1747, was
counted with his parents there in August 1752, followed
them to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and into a prison
compound in Nova Scotia. He likely was one of the
four "children" who appeared on a repatriation
list with brother
Pierre at Halifax in August
1763. Victor followed his older brother to Louisiana in 1764-65
and also settled on Belleveu prairie in the Opelousas
District, where he married Madeleine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Cosme Brasseur dit
Brasseaux and Élisabeth
Thibodeaux, in the mid-1770s. She had
come to Louisiana from Maryland the previous decade. He died in
St. Landry Parish in September 1808, in his early 60s.
His daughters married into the Bijeaux,
Cormier, Estilette,
and Thibodeaux families. Two of
his four sons also married, into the Vasseur
and Richard families.
Martin, père's third son
Michel, born probably at Chignecto in c1697 married Madeleine, daughter of Louis Doucet and Marguerite
Girouard, in c1733 probably at Chignecto and settled there. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1748, Madeleine gave
Michel four sons. The family evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Michel died by October 1760, place unrecorded, perhaps
at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs.
If so, members of the family evidently retreated north
across the bay to Gaspésie, where two of Michel's sons settled in
the fishery there.
Second son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at
Chignecto in c1742, followed his family into exile and
married fellow Acadian Rosalie Gaudet
at Bonaventure in Gapésie in c1766. According to
Bona Arsneault, between 1767 and 1782, Rosalie gave Jean
five children, two daughters and three sons. The
family was still at Bonaventure in 1784.
Michel's fourth and youngest son
François, born at
Chignecto in c1748, followed his family into exile and
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul
Daigle and Marie Hébert at
Bonaventure in c1770. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1771 and 1788, Marie gave François eight
children, three daughers and five sons. In 1788,
they crossed the Baie des Chaleurs and settled near
Shippagan, New Brunswick, on the south shore of the bay.
Martin, père's fourth son
Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in c1705, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Comeau dit
Grandjean and Marie Roy, in c1732 probably at Chignecto. According
to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph a daughter
in 1733. Other records give them a son in
c1736. Joseph remarried to
Anne, daughter of Guillaume Girouard and Marie Bernard, at
Annapolis Royal in June 1738. According to Arsenault, between 1740 and
1745, Anne gave Joseph three more children, two sons and
a daughter. Other records give them another
son--six children, two daughters and four sons,
by two wives. The family moved on to the
French Maritimes after August 1752 and were captured by
the British there in 1758. Joseph, Anne,
and four of their children, two sons and two daughters,
died during the crossing to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758. Joseph was in
his early 50s. His youngest son, age 12, died in a
St.-Malo hospital soon after reaching the Breton port. His oldest son
escaped the roundup on the island and emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, by first wife Marie-Josèphe
Comeau, born probably at Chignecto in
c1736, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and either
left the island before 1758 or escaped the
British roundup there that year, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He married Agnès, daughter
of Jean-Baptiste Hébert dit
Manuel and Claire Robichaud of Cobeguit
and widow of ____ Bourgeois, in greater
Acadia, date unrecorded, during exile. Sometime in the late 1750s or
early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were
captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia until the end of the war.
In 1765, with two children, a son and a daughter, they
emigrated to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French
St.-Domingue, and settled in the established Acadian
community of Cabahanncoer on the river above New
Orleans. Their marriage was validated at
Cabahannocer in November 1766. Agnès gave Joseph,
fils more
children there. At age 36, Joseph, fils remarried to
Marie-Claire, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Martin dit Barnabé and Marie
Brun of Annapolis Royal and widow of
Barthélémy Godin dit
Bellefontaine, at nearby Ascension in August 1772.
She gave him more children. Joseph, fils's daughters by
both wives married into the Martin,
DeRohan, Hébert,
Labauve, Bernard, and
Theriot families. One of his four
sons by his second wife also married, into the
Melanson and Ory families.
Martin, père's fifth son
Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in the 1700s or early 1710s, married Madeleine, daughter of Toussaint Doucet and Marie
Caissie, at Beaubassin in August 1733. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1734 and 1748, Madeleine gave Pierre three
children, two daughters and a son. One wonders
what happened to them in 1755.
Martin, père's sixth son
Paul, born probably
at Chignecto in c1716, died there at age 5 in February
1721
Martin, père's
seventh and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste, born at
Chignecto in February 1719, married
Catherine, daughter of Alexis Cormier and Marie LeBlanc, in c1740
probably at Chignecto. The British deported the
family to Georgia in the fall of 1755. They
evidently were among the exiles allowed to return to greater
Acadia by boat the following spring but got no farther than Long
Island, New York. If so, they were back in Georgia
in 1763. With three other related families--the
Cormiers, Landry, and
Poiriers--they were among the first
Acadian exiles to emigrate to Louisiana. With four
children, two sons and two daughters, one of the
daughters recently married, they reached New Orleans from
Savannah via Mobile in February 1764. By April,
they were settled at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans with the
other three families. Jean-Baptiste and Catherine had no more children in the colony. In his
late 50s, Jean-Baptiste remarried to Anne, daughter of Étienne Martin and Marie-Jeanne
Comeau and widow of Pierre Blanchard and Joseph Forest, at
St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer in July 1778. She gave him no more children. Jean-Baptiste died probably at
Cabahannocer after July 1786, in his late 60s. His
daughters married into the Poirier and
Caissie dit Roger
families in exile and at Cabahannocer. His older
son also married, into the Bourgeois
family on the river and created a vigorous line there.
Michel dit Sansoucy's fourth son
Alexandre
l'aîné, by first wife Madeleine Blanchard, born at
Port-Royal in c1668, married Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of Claude Petitpas
and Catherine Burgaret and widow of Olivier Boudrot, in c1690
probably at Port-Royal. Between 1691 and 1709, Isabelle gave Alexandre
l'aîné nine children, four sons and five daughters. He died at
Port-Royal in October 1709, in his early 40s. One
wonders if his death was war-related. His
daughters married into the Savoie, Dupuis, Bastarache, and
Thibodeau families. Three of his four sons also created families of their own.
Oldest
son Pierre dit Pitre, born at Port-Royal in c1696, moved to the French Maritimes and married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Boudrot and Marie-Josèphe Landry,
at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in the early 1720s. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1723 and 1747, Marie-Josèphe gave Pitre 10
children, three daughters and seven sons. Pitre remarried to Marguerite, daughter of
Antoine LeBlanc and Marie Bourgeois and widow of Pierre Allain,
at Port-Toulouse in c1751. She evidently gave him no
more children. Pitre and his family were not
counted at Port-Toulouse in February 1752, so they may
have left the island soon after their marriage.
Wherever they may have taken refuge in 1755, they did
not escape the British. According to Arsenault,
Pitre and members of his family were held at Chédabouctou on the Atlantic
coast of Nova Scotia probably during the final years of
the war. Others were held at Fort Edward,
Pigiguit, and Fort Cumberland, Chignecto. After the war, they followed other exiles to
Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern
coast of Newfoundland, where French officials counted
them in 1767. To relieve overcrowding on the
island, they were compelled to move on to France
later that year but returned to the island the following
year. They were still there in 1776, living with
his youngest son Pépin. Pierre dit Pitre
died on Île Miquelon in January 1778, in his early
80s. Two of his daughters married into the
Cyr and Vigneau families. Four of his sons also
created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, by first wife Marie-Josèphe
Boudrot, born in c1727, married
Madeleine, daughter of Michel Bourg and
Marie Cormier, at Beaubassin in June
1748. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1751
and 1755, Madeleine gave Pierre, fils three
children, a daughter and two sons. The family
evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in
the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
Pierre, fils died at Québec in January 1758, in
his early 30s, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic
that struck the Acadian exiles there from the
summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758. His family
remained in Canada, settling at Bécancour on the upper
St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières, at Verchères
below Montréal, and at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu and
St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu east of
Verchères. Pierre, fils's daughter
married into the Hébert family at
Bécancour. His two sons also married on the upper
St. Lawrence.
Older son Pierre III, born probably at Chignecto in
c1750, followed his family to Canada and married
Marie-Élisabeth, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Palardy and Élisabeth Bouvier,
at Verchères in October 1774; remarried to cousin Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Paul LeBlanc
and Marie-Josèphe Richard, at Bécancour
in February 1784; and, at age 36, remarried again--his
third marriage--to Angélique, daughter of Étienne
Papillon and Marie Viel,
at St.-Ours in July 1786. They settled at nearby
St.-Charles-sur-Richelieu.
Pierre, fils's younger son
Jean-Marie,
born probably at Chignecto in c1754, followed his family
to Canada and married Catherine, daughter of François
Phaneuf and Marguerite
Forget-Despatie, at St.-Antoine-sur-Richelieu
in January 1778.
Pitre's second son Joseph,
by first wife Marie-Josèphe Boudrot,
born perhaps on Île St.-Royale in c1732, married Anne Poirier,
place and unrecorded. According to Bona
Arsenault, Anne gave Joseph a son in 1752. The
family evidently escaped the British roundups of the
1750s and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
According to Arsenault, Anne gave Joseph a daughter in
1757. Arsenault says they were at Restigouche at the head of the
Baie des Chaleurs in 1761 after the French had
surrendered the stronghold to the British. According to Arsenault,
the British held
Joseph and his family in the prison compound at Fort
Edward, Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, for the rest of the war.
Arsenault also places the family at Fort Cumberland,
formerly French Fort Beauséjour, Chignecto, in August
1763, when they would have appeared on French
repatriation list there.
According to Arsenault, in 1761 and 1763, Anne gave
Joseph two more sons. After the war, by 1766, the family
had resettled on Île Miquelon.
According to Arsenault, between 1766 and 1778, Anne gave
Joseph six more children, four daughters and two sons,
including a set of twins--10 children, six sons and four
daughters, but they may have had two more
daughters--a dozen children in all. In 1767, to relieve
over crowding on
the island, French officials, obeying a royal decree, ordered the fisher/habitants,
including the Richards, to France, but
they returned the following year. In 1778, during
the American Revolution, the British captured Miquelon
and nearby Île St.-Pierre and deported the island
Acadians to France. According to Arsenault, Joseph
died at La Rochelle in May 1779, in his late 40s.
Members of his family, including his widow Anne, returned to Miquelon in
1784. Sadly, Arsenault attributes
much of this information--the wife's name, the
children's names and birth years, the movements of the
family, to another Joseph Richard, son
not of Pierre dit Pitre but of Pierre-Toussaint,
a cousin, so one has to wonder which attribution
is correct. The following information on the
children of Joseph à Pierre dit Pitre
Richard and Anne Poirier
is a blending of information found in several of
Arsenault's volumes. Arsenault
says three of Joseph and Anne's daughters married into
the Vignault, Terriot,
and Briand families on Miquelon and in
the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in
the late 1780s and early 1790s.
Oldest son Mélème, born in the early 1750s,
followed his family into exile, into a prison compound
in Nova Scotia, to Île Miquelon, and to France and back
twice. He married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean
Vigneau or Vignault and Marie
Bourgeois, at La Rochelle, France, in
March 1783 on the eve of their
returning to Miquelon. Mélème, also called Melem
and Hélène by Bona Arsenault, died, according to
Arsenault, on Miquelon in October 1838, in his early
80s.
Joseph's second son Joseph, fils, born in
c1760 or 1761 probably in greater Acadia, followed his family into a prison
compound in Nova Scotia, to Île Miquelon, and to France
and back twice. According to Bona Arsenault,
Joseph, fils married fellow Acadian Marie
Vigneau in c1784, but Arsenault also
says it was older brother Mélème who married Marie
Vigneau. Arsenault also says
Marie gave Joseph, fils a son, Joseph III, in
c1784 and implies that they resettled
on the îles-de-la-Madeleine.
Joseph, père's third son
Jean, born, according to Bona
Arsenault, at Fort Cumberland in c1763, followed his
family to Île Miquelon, where he was baptized in June
1766, and to France and back twice. He married
Charlotte, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques
Vigneau and Rose Cyr of
Chignecto, on Miquelon in January 1787. They
resettled on the îles-de-la-Madeleine. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1792 and 1809, Charlotte gave
Jean seven children, five daughters and two sons.
Joseph, père's fourth son
Pierre, born probably on
Miquelon in c1769, followed his family to France and
back and married Rosalie, daughter of François
Briand and Marguerite Sceau,
on Miquelon in January 1791. They, too,
resettled on the îles-de-la-Madeleine.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1792 and 1808,
Rosalie gave Pierre eight children, two daughters and
six sons.
Joseph, père's fifth son
Anselme, born probably on
Miquelon in c1775, followed his family to France and
back and married fellow Acadian Geneviève
Etcheverry in c1796 or c1800, no place given. They
settled in
the îles-de-la-Madeleine. According to Bona
Arsenault, Geneviève gave Anselme two daughters in 1822.
Anselme died on one of the remote islands in December 1843, in
his late 60s.
Joseph, père's sixth and youngest son
Étienne, born on
Miquelon or at La Rochelle, France, in c1778, died in
St.-Jean Parish, La Rochelle, in April 1779.
Pitre's fifth son Germain le jeune, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Boudrot,
born in c1744, evidently escaped the British roundups in
the 1750s and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. During the late 1750s or early 1760s, he
either surrendered to, or was captured by, British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotia for the rest of the war. He appeared on a
repatriation list at Fort Cumberland, formerly French
Beauséjour, Chignecto, in August 1763. He followed
members of his family to Île Miquelon after the war and
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-François
Cormier and Marie-Josèphe Cyr
of Chignecto, on the island in September 1767.
They, too, were sent to France later that year and
returned in 1768. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1768 and 1777, Marie gave Germain six children,
four daughters and two sons. The British deported
them to France in 1778. Germain le jeune
died at La Rochelle in May 1779, in his mid-30s. A
son died there the following month. Germain's
widow Marie and four of her Richard
children, a son and three daughters, returned to
Miquelon in 1784, but they did not remain there.
One of Germain's daughters married into the
Thibault family at St.-Ours on lower Rivière
Richelieu northeast of Montréal in January 1795.
Germain's surviving son also married there.
Older son Germain, fils,
born probably on Île Miquelon in c1774, followed his
family to La Rochelle, his widowed mother back to
Miqueon, and moved on to Canada. He married Marie,
daughter of Pierre-Noël Sullière and
Marie-Charlotte Bourgault-Lacroix, at
St.-Ours in October 1798.
Germain, père's younger son
Jean,
born probably on Île Miquelon in c1777, followed his
family to La Rochelle, France, and died there in
St.-Jean Parish in June 1779, age 2.
Pitre's seventh and youngest son
Pépin dit
Menouche, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Boudrot,
born in c1747, evidently escaped the British roundups in
the 1750s, followed his family into exile, into the
prison compound at Chédabouctou, and, in 1767, to Île
Miquelon, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians René Poirier and Anne
Gaudet, in May 1770 after returning from
France. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1771
and 1776, Marie gave Menouche three children, a son and
two daughters. They were still on the island in
1776. The British deported them to La Rochelle, France,
in 1778, and they returned to the island in the
early 1780s. One of Pépin's daughters married into
the Etcheverry family on Miquelon in
April 1789.
Alexandre
l'aîné's second son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Port-Royal in c1699, married
Marguerite, daughter of François Robichaud and Madeleine Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1730. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1751, Marguerite gave
Jean-Baptiste 10 children, six daughters and four sons. Jean-Baptiste died
at Annapolis Royal in
March 1751, in his early 50s. The British
deported members of his family to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them at
Westford and Littleton in 1761. Perhaps as late as the early 1770s,
they followed other exiles in New England to
British Canada and settled at L'Assomption on
the upper St. Lawrence northeast of Montréal.
Three of their daughters married into the
Melanson, Bourgeois, and
Dupuis families, one of them in New
England in 1769, and settled in Canada. At least one of
Jean-Baptiste's sons created his own family there.
Oldest son Victor, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1736, followed his family to Massachusetts and married
Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Bourgeois and Marie LeBlanc,
there in c1761. He likely was the Victor
Richard with wife Mariee and a daughter still
in Massachusetts in August 1763.
The marriage was "revalidated" at
L'Assomption, Canada, in August 1774. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1770, Ludivine gave
Victor three children, two daughters and a son. By
1784, the family was living on Ruisseau Vacher at nearby
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in the interior north of
Montréal. One of Victor's daughters married into
the Mirault/Amirault family in the
area. His son also married.
Only son Joseph, born in c1770, followed his family
to Canada and married Clémence, daughter of Germain
Touin and Marie-Charlotte
Millet, at Repentigny below Montréal in July
1795.
Jean-Baptiste's second son
Frédéric, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1738, followed his widowed mother to
Massachusetts, where he was counted with her at
Littleton in 1761. The colonial official said he
was age 20, but he was closer to 23. If he
followed his family to Canada in the 1760s or 1770s, he
may not have created a family of his own.
Alexandre
l'aîné's third son
Germain, born at Port-Royal in May 1703, married Marguerite, daughter of Olivier Daigre and Jeanne
Blanchard, at Annapolis Royal in February 1728 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Germain a
son in 1730. Others records give them three more
children, including a daughter
in c1744 and another son perhaps in the early 1730s. The British deported the family to
Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Germain, now a widower with four children,
appeared on a repatriation list in Connecticut in 1763.
Later that year or the following, they followed other
Acadian exiles in the British seaboard colonies to
French St.-Domingue. Germain died
at Mirebalais in the island's interior in November 1764,
age 61.
Older son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1730, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Granger and Anne Belliveau,
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1750 or 1751.
Marie gave Joseph a son in 1751. The British
deported them to Connecticut in the fall of 1755.
Marie gave Joseph a daughter there in c1761 or 1762.
They followed his family to French St.-Domingue, where
their marriage was attested to at Mirebalais in
September 1764. The attestation also recognized
the legitimacy of their three children--Marie-Josèphe, Joseph, fils,
and Marguerite--who had been baptized at Mirebalais the
previous month. Two of the children died young,
Marguerite at age 3 and Joseph, fils at age 14,
at Mirebalais in March and October 1765. Joseph,
père died at Mirebalais in November 1765, a
week after his father died there. The priest who
recorded Joseph's burial said he died at age 38, but he
probably was closer to 35.
Germain's younger son Pierre, born at Annapolis
Royal probably in the early 1730s, followed his family
to Connecticut, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jacques Girouard and
Marie Boisseau, date unrecorded, but it
probably was in the early 1760s. Marie-Josèphe
gave Pierre two sons in c1761 or 1762 and c1764.
Soon after the birth of their second son, they followed
Pierre's widowed father and older brother to French
St.-Domingue, where Pierre and Marie-Josèphe's marriage
was attested to at Mirebalais in September 1764.
This legitimized their sons, who died at ages 2 years
and 8 months in November. A Pierre Richard,
no parents' names or wife's name given, died at Mirebalais in
December 1764, age 35. This probably was Pierre
à Germain. Strangely, a church record in
Father Hébert's study of the Acadians in French
St.-Domingue says Alexandre, son of Pierre
Richard and Marie-Josèphe Girouard,
died at Mirebalais in November 1773, age 2--probably a
duplication of the November 1764 burial record for this
son.
Alexandre
l'aîné's fourth and
youngest son Michel, born at Port-Royal in September 1706, died at Annapolis Royal in January 1721, age 15,
after a long illness.
Michel dit Sansoucy's fifth son
Michel
dit Lafond,
by second wife Jeanne Babin,
born at Port-Royal in c1684, married Agnès,
daughter of Germain Bourgeois and Madeleine Dugas, at Annapolis
Royal in February 1707, where he worked as a merchant. Between 1707 and
1721, Agnès gave Lafound
eight children, five sons and three daughters, all of whom married. Their
daughters married into the Bourgeois, Lanoue, and LeBlanc
families.
Oldest son Michel dit Lafond,
fils,
born at Port-Royal in November 1708, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Antoine Blanchard and Élisabeth Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1730. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1751, Marie-Madeleine
gave Michel 10 children, six daughters and four sons.
The British deported the family to New York in late fall
of 1755. Colonial officials counted them there in
May 1756, and they appeared on a French repatriation
list there in 1763. Later that year or the
following, Michel, fils and members of his family
emigrated to Maritinique in the French Antilles, while a
daughter, Rose, and her husband went to French
St.-Domingue. Michel
dit Lafond, fils died at St.-Pierre,
Martinique, in October 1764, age 55. His daughter
Agnès married into the Saint-Jean
family on Martinique in 1770. Daughter Rose
married into the Hébert,
LaGarenne, and Dubuisson
families, the last two marriages in St.-Domingue.
One wonders if any of Michel, fils's sons
created their own families.
Fourth and youngest son Michel dit Lafond III,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1752, followed his parents
to New York and Martinique, where he became a "tailleur
d'habits," or tailor. He died at La Mouillage
on the island in May 1783, age 30. The priest who
recorded his burial said nothing of a wife or children.
Michel dit Lafond, père's
second son Joseph, born at Port-Royal in February 1710, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Antoine LeBlanc and
Anne Landry, at Grand-Pré in August 1733 and settled at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit. Between 1740 and 1747, Marie-Josèphe
gave Joseph at least three children, two sons and a
daughter. Other records hint that they may have
had an older son born in c1736. The British deported
most members of the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.
Putative son Joseph, fils, age 19 in 1755,
evidently escaped the British roundup at Pigiguit and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Joseph,
père died probably in the Chesapeake colony before
July 1763, in his late 40s or early 50s. His
daughter married into the Forest family
there. Meanwhile, sometime in the late 1750s or
early 1760s, Joseph, fils either
surrendered to, or was captured by, British forces on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and held in a prison
compound in Nova Scotia until the end of the war.
In 1764-65, Joseph, fils followed other Acadian
exiles in Nova Scotia to Louisiana and settled at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans.
Meanwhile, his widowed mother and her three younger
Richard children, including the
married daughter, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in
1767/ With the other 1767 arrivals, they settle at
San Gabriel on the river above Cabahannocer. Widow
Marie-Josèphe's
younger sons Simon-Henry and Paul married into
Landry and Babin
families in the Spanish colony. Simon remained on the river, but Paul
moved on to the western prairies. Oldest brother
Joseph, fils evidently did not marry.
Michel dit Lafond, père's
third son Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in February 1717, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Alexandre Hébert
and Marie Dupuis, at Annapolis Royal in May 1739. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1740 and 1754, Marie-Josèphe gave
Jean-Baptiste five children, three daughters and two
sons. The British deported the family to
Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Marie-Josèphe
gave Jean-Baptiste another son there in 1758--six
children, three daughters and three sons, in all.
In 1766 or 1767, the family followed other exiles in New
England to British Canada. They settled
at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence below
Montréal. Jean-Baptiste
died at nearby St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in
November 1799, age 82. Two of his daughters
married into the Mirault/Amirault and
Forest families. At least one of
his sons also married.
Third and youngest son Jean, born in Connecticut in
c1758, followed his family to Canada and married
Marie-Anne, also called Mathurine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Honoré Terriot and Marie
Fouquet, in January 1778 probably at
L'Assomption.
Michel dit Lafond, père's
fourth son Zacharie, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1720, married Isabelle, or Élisabeth, another daughter of
Antoine Blanchard and Élisabeth Thériot, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1746. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1747 and 1754, Isabelle gave Zacharie four daughters.
The British deported the family to New York in
late fall of 1755.
Colonial officials counted them there in
May 1756, and they appeared on a French repatriation
list there in 1763. Later that year or the following, the family
emigrated to Martinique in the French Antilles. Zacharie
died
at St.-Pierre on the island in November 1764, age
43, three weeks after his older brother Michel, fils
died
there. Three of his daughters married into the
Benoit, Martin, and
Eymar families on Martinique, the last
one in 1782, so the blood of this family line endured.
Michel dit Lafond, père's
fifth and youngest son Victor, born at Annapolis Royal in c1721, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François
Richard, not a kinsman, and Anne Comeau, at Annapolis Royal
in January 1744. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Victor a
daughter in 1746. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them at
Duxbury in 1757. They were still in the colony in
1763. Probably in 1766 or 1767, they followed
other exiles in New England to British Canada and settled in the established Acadian community
of Bécancour across from Trois-Rivières. Victor died at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan
north of Montréal in
May 1795, in his early 70s. His daughter married
into the Prince family at Bécancour, so
the blood of this family line endured.
Michel dit Sansoucy's sixth and youngest son
Alexandre
dit Boutin, the second son named Alexandre, from second wife Jeanne Babin,
born at Port-Royal in c1686, married
Marie, daughter of François Levron and Catherine Savoie and widow
of Jean Garceau dit Tranchemontagne, at Annapolis Royal in
December 1711 and remained there. Between 1712 and
1727, Marie gave Boutin six children, three sons and
three daughters. The British deported Alexandre
dit Boutin to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials
counted him at Bradford in July 1760, noting that he was
age 70 and "infirm"; he was 74. He died in the
colony probably soon after the counting. His daughters married into the Doiron,
Breau, and Raymond families. Only one of his three sons
created a family of his own.
Oldest son Pierre-Toussaint, born at Annapolis
Royal in November 1712, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Denis Boudrot
and Agnès Vincent, in c1732 and settled at Pigiguit. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1746, Marie-Josèphe
gave Pierre-Toussaint seven children, five sons and two
daughters. The family moved on to Île St.-Jean in
c1749. According to Stephen A. White, Pierre-Toussaint died
there in May 1751, age 38. A French official
counted his widow Marie Boudrot and six
of their children, five sons and a daughter, on the
north side of Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the interior of the
island in February 1752. In late 1758, the British
deported Marie-Josèphe, "veuve Richard,"
and three of her children, a daughter and two sons, to
St.-Malo, France. She and her son Thomas died in a
St.-Malo hospital soon after they reached the Breton
port. The other children survived the crossing. Despite these facts,
Arsenault insists that Pierre-Toussaint remarried to
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier
Daigle and Angélique Doiron of
Pigiguit, at Plouër-sur-Rance, on the west side of the
river south of St.-Malo in January 1767.
White is followed here. Pierre-Toussaint's older daughter
Marie-Blanche married into the Pitre
family at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, across the river from
Plouër, in 1764 and emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Four of
Pierre-Toussaint's five sons also created their own
families.
Oldest son Pierre, born at Pigiguit in c1733,
married, according to Bona Arsenault, Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Bourque
and Marie Cormier, at Chignecto in June
1748. They followed his family to Île St.-Jean
soon after their marriage, and Pierre, but not his wife,
was counted with his widowed mother and five siblings at
Rivière-du-Nord-Est on the island in August 1752.
Was Pierre already a widower, or is Arsenault wrong
about the nature of this marriage? Arsenault
himself says that the Pierre Richard
who married Madeleine, daughter of Michel Bourg
and Marie Cormier, in June 1748 was a
son of Pierre dit Pitre Richard,
not Pierre-Toussaint Richard, so the
marriage detailed here probably did not exist.
Arsenault says Pierre à Pierre-Toussaint
remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Thériot and Angélique Doiron,
at Port-La-Joye on the island in November
1755--evidently a first and only marriage for this
Pierre. According to Arsenault, Anne gave Pierre a
daughter in 1757. One wonders what happened to the
family in 1758. They did not cross with his
widowed mother and younger siblings to St.-Malo, so they may have
left, or escaped from, Île St.-Jean before the island's
dérangement.
Pierre-Toussaint's second son
Paul, born at
Pigiguit in c1737, followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
and was counted with his widowed mother and siblings at
Rivière-du-Nord-Est in August 1752. The British
deported him not to St.-Malo but to Cherbourg, Normandy, France, in late 1758.
He reunited with his family at St.-Malo
in April 1759 and then moved on to Brest, in far-west
Brittany, in April 1760,
where he worked as a seaman. One wonders what
happened to him after that date.
Pierre-Toussaint's third son
Joseph, born at
Piguiguit in c1739, followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
and was counted with his widowed mother and siblings at
Rivière-du-Nord-Est in August 1752. According to
Bona Arsenault, he did not remain. Arsenault says
he married Anne-Agnès Poirier of
Chignecto probably at Chignecto in c1754, but, again,
Arsenault seems to be confusing two separate men, in
this case Joseph, son of Pierre-Toussaint, with Joseph,
son of Pierre dit Pitre, who Arsenault says
married Anne Poirier, place
and date unrecorded. Arsenault goes on to say that, in 1754
and 1755, Anne-Agnès gave Joseph à
Pierre-Toussaint two daughters, but it likely was a son
and a daughter. The family evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Arsenault says that, between 1757 and 1763, Anne-Agnès
gave Joseph à Pierre-Toussaint three more
children, a daughter and two sons. Sometime in the
late 1750s or early 1760s, they would have either surrendered to, or been captured by, British forces in
the area, who would have held them in a prison compound
in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Arsenault
places this family at Fort Cumberland, formerly French
Fort Beauséjour, Chignecto, in August 1763, evidently on
French repatriation list. By 1767, Arsenault
goes on, the family had resettled on Miquelon, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of
Normandy. Arsenault says that, between 1767 and
1778, Anne-Agnès gave Joseph à Pierre-Toussaint
seven more children, four daughters and three sons--a
dozen children, six daughters and six sons, in all--many
of them the same children Arsenault attributes to Joseph
à Pierre dit Pitre Richard
and his wife Anne Poirier! If
they had gone to Miquelon, Joseph
à Pierre-Toussaint Richard and his
family would have been compelled to go to France in 1767 to relieve
overcrowding on the island and likely would have
returned to Miquelon with other island Acadians the
following year. In 1778, during the American
Revolution, the British also would have deported this
family, along with all the other islanders, to France. Significantly, Arsenault says
nothing of the family's 1767 and 1778 movements, so, if
they existed, they likely had not gone to Île Miqueon
but settled elsewhere.
Pierre-Toussaint's fourth son
Honoré, born at
Pigiguit in c1742, followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
and was counted with his widowed mother and siblings at
Rivière-du-Nord-Est in August 1752. The British
deported him with his widowed mother and two siblings to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
They settled St.-Suliac and Pleudihen-sur-Rance on the
east side of river south of St.-Malo
before crossing the river to Plouër-sur-Rance, where, at age 25, he married Marguerite,
27-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Daigle
and Angélique Doiron and widow of
Jean-Baptiste Landry, in January 1767.
Between 1767 and 1773, Marguerite
gave Honoré four children, three sons and a daughter.
All of his sons died young. Honoré died probably
in the St.-Malo area in the 1770s or early 1780s.
His widow remarried to an Hébert
widower in France. Honoré's daughter
Marguerite-Marie emigrated to Spanish Louisiana directly
from St.-Malo in 1785
with her mother and stepfather and married into the Patin
family at Pointe Coupée on the river, so the blood of
the family endured in the Bayou State.
Pierre-Toussaint's fifth and youngest son
Thomas,
born at Pigiguit in c1746, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and was counted with his widowed mother and
siblings at Rivière-du-Nord-Est in August 1752.
The British deported him with his widowed mother and two
siblings to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Thomas
died in a St.-Malo hospital in late November 1758, age
12, less than a month after reaching the Breton port.
Boutin's second son Claude, born at Annapolis Royal
in June 1715, evidently died
young.
Boutin's third and youngest son
Joseph, born at
Annapolis Royal in February 1727, died there in
September 1747, age 20, before he could marry.
Judging by the date of his death, one wonders if Joseph
was a casualty of King George's War.363
Thibodeau
Pierre
Thibodeau, a 1654 arrival,
became an affluent miller at Prée-Ronde on the haute
rivière above Port-Royal and founder of the Chepoudy settlement in
the trois-rivières area west
of Chignecto. He and his wife Jeanne Thériot
created one of the largest and most influential families
in the colony. Between 1661 and 1689, Jeanne gave Pierre 16 children,
nine daughters and seven sons, all of whom married.
Pierre died on the haute rivière in December
1704, in his early 70s. Jeanne died at Annapolis
Royal in December 1726, in her early 80s. Their daughters married into the Landry,
Lejeune dit Briard, Robichaud dit
Cadet, Boudrot, de Goutin, Le Borgne de
Bélisle, D'Amours de Louvières, and
Bourgeois families. Pierre and Jeanne's
descendants settled not only at Port-Royal/Annapolis
Royal, but also in the Minas Basin at Pigiguit; at Chignecto;
Chepoudy and
Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières; and in the French Maritimes. At
least 55 of Pierre's descendants emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the late 1760s, and
France in 1785. One of their descendants, in fact, an army
officer sent to
New Orleans in the 1740s, was the first native-born
Acadian to settle in Louisiana. Many, perhaps
most, of Pierre and
Jeanne's descendants also could be found in Canada, greater Acadia,
and France after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Pierre l'aîné, born at Port-Royal in c1670, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Jean Bourg and Marguerite
Martin, in c1690 probably at Port-Royal and settled at Minas and along Rivière
Ste.-Croix on the l'Assomption side of the river at Pigiguit--"Thibodeau Village." Between 1691
and the 1710s, Anne-Marie gave Pierre
l'aîné a dozen children, five
daughters and seven sons. Bona Arsenault gives them an eighth son. Pierre
l'aîné died at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, date unrecorded. His daughters married into the Comeau,
Barrieau, Lanoue, Breau, and Girouard families. All
of his sons married. Several of his grandchildren emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son
Philippe,
born probably at Minas in c1693, married Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of Michel
Vincent and Marie-Josèphe Richard, in c1715, place not given.
According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at Pigiguit. According to Arsenault,
between 1716 and 1727, Élisabeth gave Philippe four children, a daughter and
three sons. Other records give them more daughters. The British deported members of the family to Massachusetts in
the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted Philippe and Élisabeth at Roxbury in
August 1760. In August 1763, Philipe
Thibaudot, wife Isabelle, and two daughters were still in the colony. Not all of their children
ended up in Massachusetts. Their daughter married into the Doiron
family at Minas. Philippe's sons also married. One of the sons, and
a grandson from another son, emigrated
to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
Oldest son
François, born at Pigiguit in c1717, married Marie-Anastasie, called Anastasie,
daughter of Charles Thériot and Angélique Doiron
of Cobeguit, at Pigiguit in 1738. They settled on the l'Assomption side of
Rivière Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1748,
Anastasie gave François three children, two sons and a daughter. Other
records give them a third son. The British deported the family to Virginia
in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the
following spring. They were held at Liverpool. Anastasie gave
François two more daughters in England in 1756 and 1758--at least six children,
three sons and three daughters, in all. François died at
Liverpool before the spring of 1763, in his mid- or late 40s, when Anastasie and
their children were
repatriated to Morlaix, France. Her oldest son married probably at Morlaix
soon after their arrival. In late 1763 or early 1764, members of the
family may have gone to French Guiane on the northeast coast of
South America, where colonial officials counted several Thibaudots
at Sinnamary, Cayenne, in March 1765, two of them perhaps children of François
and Anastasie. If so, one of them, at least, did not remain. In the
fall of 1765, Anastasie and at least four of her children, two sons and two
daughters, including the son counted at Sinnamary, followed
other Acadian exiles to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of
Brittany and settled at Le Cosquet in the Locmaria district on the southeast end
of the island. She may have taken a third son there. None of the sons remained on the island but moved on to
Lorient in southern Brittany. A younger daughter remained and married into the Fierdebras
family on the island in 1784. Members of the family were still at Lorient in 1792,
none of them having followed their fellow Acadians to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son
François-Éloi, called Éloi, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in June 1744, followed
his family to Virginia and England and his widowed mother to Morlaix. He
evidently married fellow Acadian Anne Hébert in England or at
Morlaix. She gave him a daughter at Morlaix in January 1764. Later
that year, perhaps as a young widower, Éloi may have gone to French Guiane,
where colonial officials counted an Éloi Thibaudot, age 23, at
Sinnamary, Cayenne, in March 1765. If this was him, he did not remain.
Back at Morlaix, he followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled with
them near Locmaria. In February 1776, in his early or mid-30s, he remarried Marie-Françoise, daughter of François Léger
and Jeanne Provost of Belle-Île-en-Mer, evidently not fellow
Acadians, and widow of Antoine Adam, at Lorient in southern
Brittany. They evidently remained in France in 1785.
François's second
son Charles-Joseph, called Joseph, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in February 1746,
followed his family to Virginia and England and his widowed mother to Morlaix
and Belle-Île-en-Mer. According to Bona Arsenault, he married fellow Acadian Anne Hébert
before 1773, when French officials noted that he was working as a
sailor at Lorient in southern Brittany. Other records say that it was
older brother Éloi who married Anne Hébert. In 1773,
Joseph seems to have followed other Acadian exiles to the interior of Poitou. One wonders
if he remained there.
François's third
and youngest son Martin-Joseph, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the late
1740s, followed his family to Virginia and England and his widowed mother to
Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer, but, like his brothers, he did not remain on the
island. He married Marie-Louise, "minor" daughter of Yves
Morvan and
Marie-Josèphe Caillitte, at Lorient in January 1770 and
evidently remained in France in 1785.
Philippe's second
son Pierre, born at Pigiguit in the late 1710s or early 1720s (and not found in
Bona Arsenault's work), married cousin Hélène, 22-year-old daughter of François
Gautrot and Marie Vincent of Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit, probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1741. Between 1742 and
1752, Hélène gave Pierre at least three children there, a son and two daughters.
The British may have deported Hélène, at least, to Massachusetts perhaps aboard
the transport Seaflower in the fall of 1755. By 1759, when
colonial officials counted her at Malden north of Boston, she was a widow.
She remarried to Jean-Baptiste Buard, a Frenchman from Paris,
in c1762 or 1763, place not given, but it likely was in England. One
wonders how she could have gone from Massachusetts to England between 1759 and
1762. Did she take her children with her? The records are clear that
in May 1763, Hélène, her new husband, and three of her children--son Jean and
daughters Josèphe and Osite--were repatriated from England to St.-Malo, France,
aboard the transport Dorothée, so one suspects that the British had
deported Hélène and her family not to Massachusetts but to Virginia in the fall
of 1755, and that Virginia authorities had sent them on to England the following
spring. The family settled at Pleudihen-sur-Rance on the east side of the
river south of St.-Malo, but not all of them remained there. In 1764,
Hélène, husband Jean-Baptiste, and daughter Osite sailed aboard Le Fort
to French Guiane on the northeast coast of South America.
Both Jean-Baptiste Buart, age 28, of Legui en Brie, France, and
Helenne Gotro, his wife, of de la Cadie, appear in a 1 March
1765 census of the settlement at Sinnamary, Cayenne, French Guiane, but daughter
Osite was not with them. Did she die by then? Daughter
Marie-Josèphe, called Josèphe, married into the Metra family at
Pleudihen in January 1774 and remarried into the Henry family
at Chantenay near Nantes in 1785. Son Jean also married twice in France,
and, with sister Josèphe, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jean, perhaps the
only son, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1742, likely followed his family
to Virginia and England and his widowed mother, stepfather, and sisters to
St.-Malo, France, in the spring of 1763. He settled with them at
Pleudihen-sur-Rance, where he married Françoise, daughter of locals Guillaume
Huere or Huert and Marie Ameline, in February 1764.
They did not follow his relatives to French Guiane in April, nor did they go to
Belle-Île-en-Mer with other Acadian exiles from England in 1765.
Between December 1764 and August 1772, at Pleudihen, Françoise gave Jean four children, three
daughters and a son. One of the daughters died young. Jean took his
family to Poitou in 1773 and, with other Poitou Acadians, retreated to the port
city of Nantes in December 1775. Françoise died at nearby Chantenay in
January 1781, age 40. Jean, in his early 40s, remarried to Marie,
18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Dugas and
Françoise Durand, at St.-Martin de Chantenay in May 1785.
A few weeks later, Jean, Marie, and two of his children from his first
marriage--son Jacques-Joseph-Nicolas, age 18, and daughter Marie-Jacquemine, age
13--emigrated to Louisiana. Jean's older surviving daughter,
Jeanne-Nicole-Damase, who had accompanied her family to Poitou and Nantes and
would have been age 20 in June 1785, if she were still living, did not accompany
her family to the Spanish colony. From New Orleans, Jean took his family
to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Marie gave him more children, including another
son. A daughter was baptized at New Orleans in July 1798, so the family
may have spent some time in the city; strangely, the baptismal record called
Jean Pedro. Jean died by October 1803, in his late 50s, when wife Marie remarried
at Assumption on the upper Lafourche. His daughters by both wives married into
the Boudreaux, Benoit, Dubois,
and Guidry families on the bayou. One wonders what
happened to his daughter who remained in France. His son by first wife
Françoise married into the Vincent dit Clément
family on the Lafourche and created a vigorous family line there.
Philippe's third
son Charles dit Charlie, born at Pigiguit in c1723, moved on to Île
St.-Jean in c1750. He married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Henry
and Marie Hébert at Port-La-Joye on the island in February
1751. Madeleine gave Charlie a daughter in early 1752. The following
August, a French official counted the couple and their infant daughter at
Rivière-de-l'Ouest on the south end of the island. Madeleine gave Charlie
another daughter on the island in 1755. The British deported the family to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Charlie and Madeleine survived the
crossing, but both of their daughters died at sea. They settled at
Pleurtuit on the west bank of the river below the Breton port and lived for a
time at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo. Between 1760 and 1769, at
Pleurtuit and surrounding villages, Madeleine gave Charlie six more children,
two sons and four daughters, including a set of twins--eight children in all.
All but the older son survived childhood. The family did not follow other
Acadians to Poitou in 1773 or to Nantes later in the decade. Charlie,
Madeleine, and their five children, four daughters and a son, nevertheless
followed most of the Acadians still in France to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and
followed their fellow passengers to the new Acadian settlement of Bayou des
Écores in the New Feliciana District above Baton Rouge. Their daughters married into the
Courtois, Pitre, Aucoin, and
Hébert families on the river, and the two younger ones resettled on
upper Bayou Lafourche. Charlie's son Pierre-Charles married into the
Bourg family and created a vigorous family line in the Baton
Rouge area.
Philippe's fourth
and youngest son Amand, born at Pigiguit in c1727, married Agnès, daughter of
Bernard Pellerin and Marguerite Gaudet, at
Annapolis Royal in October 1748. Agnès gave Amand a son in c1752.
The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
Colonial officials counted Ammond Tobado, Margaret
Tobado, Joseph Tobado, another Margaret Tobado,
and Charles and Mary Tobado at Dorchester in August 1760, so
Agnès evidently had given him more children after 1752. One of their sons, at least,
went to Canada in the late 1760s.
Older son
Joseph,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1752, followed his family to Massachusetts and
resettled in Canada. He married
Marie-Euphrosine, daughter of Nicolas Perreault and Madeleine
Rivet, at L'Assomption northeast of Montréal in July 1773.
Pierre l'aîné's second son
Alexandre,
born probably at Minas in c1694,
married Françoise, daughter of Martin Benoit and Marie Chaussegros,
in c1715, place not given, and, according to Bona Arsenault, settled at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Arsenault, in 1723 and 1731,
Françoise gave Alexandre two daughters, one of whom, Marguerite, married into
the Doiron family at Pigiguit, followed her husband to Île
St.-Jean in c1750, and died soon after their arrival. Alexandre and his
wife also moved on to Île St.-Jean,
where Alexandre died at Port-La-Joye (Arsenault says Grande-Anse) in January 1752, in his late 50s.
That same month, his younger daughter Anne married into the Doiron
family at Pointe-Prime on the island; her husband, in fact, was her older
sister's brother. Alexandre's widow Françoise evidently returned to
Pigiguit. According to Arsenault, the British deported her to
Maryland in the fall of 1755. The British deported younger daughter Anne
and her family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. She died there in 1783,
two years before her husband and members of her family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Pierre l'aîné's third son
Pierre, fils, born probably at Minas in the 1690s, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Boudrot
and Marie Corporon, at Grand-Pré in October 1719, moved on to Île
St.-Jean, and drowned at Port-La-Joye in November 1723, age unrecorded.
One wonders what happened to his family after his death.
Pierre l'aîné's fourth son
Antoine, born probably at Minas in c1699, married Susanne, daughter of Pierre Comeau and Susanne Bézier,
at Annapolis Royal in May 1725. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726
and 1750, Susanne gave Antoine 10 children, five sons and five daughters. They moved on to Île St.-Jean
in early 1752, where, in August, a French official counted them and their 10
children on the south side of Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in the island's interior.
The British deported members of the family to France in late 1758.
Daughter Marguerite married into the Boudrot family there.
She and a brother emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Second son Blaise, born at Annapolis Royal in c1729, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie.
Later that year, he married Catherine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Daigre and his second wife Marie-Anne Breau of Minas.
Between 1753 and 1758, Catherine gave Blaise four children, three sons and a
daughter. The British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758. Blaise and Catherine survived the crossing, but all four of their
children died at sea. They settled at Pleudihen-sur-Rance on the east side
of the river south of St.-Malo. Between 1760 and 1770, at Pleudihen and
nearby Mordreuc and La Ville Ger, Catherine gave Blaise eight more
children, four sons and four daughters--a dozen children, seven sons and five
daughters, in all. Half of the children born in the Pleudihen area died young.
Blaise took his family to Poitou in 1773 and, with other Poitou
Acadians, retreated to the port city of Nantes in December 1775. They
settled at Rezé across the Loire from Nantes, where one of their older surviving
daughter died at age 14 in June 1778. Blaise and Catherine's
oldest son Firmin-Charles married into the Thériot family at nearby Chantenay
in February 1783. Blaise, Catherine, their three unmarried children, two
sons and a daughter, and their married son and his family emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. They followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou
Lafourche, where the two younger sons, François-Jean and Joseph-Marie, married
into the Guérin and Arcement families, and,
with their older brother, created vigorous family lines. Blaise's surviving daughter
Élisabeth-Jeanne evidently did not marry.
Antoine's third and youngest son Simon, born at Annapolis in c1732,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with his family at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie. He married Marie-Rose, 16-year-old daughter of Michel
Loyal and Marie Vrieux or Vérieux
of France, at St.-Pierre-du-Nord
on the island in November 1756. One wonders what happened to them in 1758.
Pierre l'aîné's fifth son
Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1699, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois and
Marguerite Mius de Pleinmarais, at Annapolis Royal in October
1722. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1744, Marie-Josèphe gave
Joseph eight children, seven sons and a daughter. Other records give them
an eighth son in 1746. They, too, moved on to Île St.-Jean, in c1750.
In August 1752, a French official counted Joseph, Marie-Josèphe, and seven
of their children next to brother Antoine and his family on the south side of Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752. Arsenault says the British
deported Joseph "avec sa famille" to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755.
This would have required them to return to peninsula Nova Scotia
after the counting on Île St.-Jean since no Acadians were sent from the Maritime
islands directly to Pennsylvania. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the
Acadians in France, however, shows that the British deported at least five of
Joseph and Marie-Josèphe's eight sons and his only daughter to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Only one of the
sons
survived the crossing. Arsenault insists that Joseph
remarried to fellow Acadian Marie-Josèphe Aucoin, a widow, at
Philadelphia in April 1762. In June 1763, Joseph Thibodeau, "Marie Joseph Thibodeau his
wife with seven children" appeared on a French repatriation list in
Pennsylvania. This probably is the source by
which Arsenault places Joseph à Pierre l'aîné Thibodeau
in the Quaker Colony, but the number of children he would have had there in 1763
makes no sense in light of what Robichaux says of six of his children in
1758-59. Three of his older sons married in Nova Scotia,
on Île St.-Jean, and in France, and one of his grandsons
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
Jean dit La Croix, born probably at Annapolis
Royal in c1723, sans doute one of Joseph's sons, says Bona Arsenault,
married, according to Arsenault, Anne Pellerin in c1750, place not given, perhaps at
Annapolis Royal, where they remained. According to Arsenault, Anne gave
Jean dit La Croix a son in 1754. The British
deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Arsenault says
that, between 1757 and 1766, Anne gave Jean dit La Croix four more
children, three daughters and a son--five children, three daughters and
two sons. Colonial officials counted Jean dit La Croix and his
family of seven at least three times, no dates given. Jean La Croix
Tibodo and his family of eight next appear on a "List of Names
of the French Who Wish to Go to Canada," dated June 1766. The family resettled in Canada
that year, when British officials counted them at Québec City. They moved
upriver to L'Assomption northeast of Montréal, where they were counted in 1768.
Arsenault says Anne gave Jean dit La Croix two more daughters in 1768
and 1770--seven children, two sons and five daughters, in all. Jean
dit La Croix died at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan near L'Assomption in November
1811, in his late 80s. His daughters married into the LeBlanc,
Thienel, and Robinet families, three of them
to brothers, at St.-Jacques. His sons also married.
Older son Jean-Élie, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1754, followed his family to Massachusetts
and Canada. He married fellow Acadian Marie Thériot,
widow of Jean Daigle, at St.-Jacques in March 1775.
Jean dit La Croix's younger son Joseph, born in Massachusetts in c1762,
followed his family to Canada. He married cousin Rose Thibodeau,
widow of Joseph Mazerolle, in c1785, place not given.
Joseph's second son Prosper, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1725,
married cousin Hélène, sans doute, according to Bona Arsenault,
daughter of Antoine Barrieau and Angélique Thibodeau,
in c1745, no place given. According to Arsenault, between 1746 and 1755,
Hélène gave Prosper four daughters. According to Arsenault, the family moved on to Île St.-Jean by 1755. They evidently left the island before
its dérangement in 1758 and sought refuge in Canada. Three of
their daughters married into the Oudin, Legris-Lepine,
and Dubord families at Montréal, Québec City, and
Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade on the upper St. Lawrence in the early and mid-1770s.
Joseph's third son Olivier, born, according to Bona Arsenault in c1729,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752. Olivier married Madeleine daughter of Michel Aucoin and Marie-Josèphe
Henry, in c1756 probably on the island, so, contrary to Bona
Arsenault's assertion, Olivier did not follow
his father back to peninsula Nova Scotia and end up in Pennsylvania.
According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France, Madeleine gave Olivier
à Joseph a son on Île St.-Jean in c1757. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France,
in late 1758. Their infant son, along with three of Olivier's younger brothers
and his only sister, died at sea.
A fourth brother died soon after reaching the Breton port. Madeleine was pregnant
on the voyage and gave birth to another son aboard ship in December. The
boy was baptized at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo in late January, soon after
their arrival, but died a few days later. Wife Madeleine died on the first day
of March 1759, age 22. Olivier, now sans wife, children, brothers,
and sister, settled at Langrolay-sur-Rance on the west bank of the river south of St.-Malo, but
he did not remain there. In 1760, he crossed
the river to Pleudihen-sur-Rance. He worked as a seaman probably out of
the nearby port of Mordreuc on the Rance. At age 31, Olivier
remarried to Élisabeth, 34-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Boudrot
and Madeleine Hébert and widow of Jean-Baptiste Doiron
at Pleudihen in August 1760. Between 1761 and 1768, at Pleudihen and
Mordreuc, Élisabeth gave Olivier four more children, two daughters and two
sons--six children, four sons and two daughters, by two wives. The
older daughter died young, but the younger daughter and the sons survived
childhood. Olivier took his famliy to Poitou in 1773, and
in December 1775 they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes. Olivier died in St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in January 1782, in
his early 50s. His younger surviving son married at Nantes in the early
1780s. The son and his family, along with his widowed mother and sister,
emigrated to Louisiana in 1785. Olivier's older surviving son, René-Marie,
who also had followed his family to Poitou and Nantes, would have been age 22 in
1785. If he were still alive, he did not follow his mother and younger siblings to
the Spanish colony. Olivier's daughter Élisabeth-Marie, called Marie, married into the Clouâtre
family at San Gabriel on the river above New Orleans and settled on Bayou
Lafourche. Olivier's
married son established a vigorous family line on the upper bayou.
Olivier's fourth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste-Pierre dit
Alequin, by second wife Élisabeth Boudrot, born at Mordreuc
near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in April 1765, followed his family to Poitou
and Nantes, where he worked as a calker. He married Marie-Rose, called Rose, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph D'Amours de Chauffours and Geneviève
Leroy of Rivière St.-Jean and widow of
Jean-Baptiste Rassicot, fils, probably at Chantenay
near Nantes by 1785.
They, along with his widowed mother and a younger sister, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. Rose was pregnant when they left Paimboeuf, the lower
port of Nantes, and gave birth to a son on the crossing. The family lived
briefly at Manchac/San Gabriel on the river below Baton Rouge before joining the
Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche. Rose gave him more children in the colony,
including sons. Jean-Baptiste-Pierre, at age 39, remarried to Martine,
19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Achée and Marie-Modeste
Pinet, at Assumption on the upper Lafourche in November 1804.
She had come to Louisiana aboard the same ship as he did and gave him many
more children. Jean-Baptiste-Pierre died in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1836, age
71. His daughters from both wives married into the Chiasson,
Lejeune, Boudreaux, Cureau,
D'Huee or Dué, Martin,
Pitre, Richard, and Toups
families. Three of his eight sons by both wives also married, into the
Hébert and Forgeron families, and remained on
the Lafourche.
Joseph's fifth son Joseph, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal
in c1735,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752. The British deported him to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. He died at sea, age 23.
Joseph, père's sixth son Charles, born probably at Annapolis Royal
in c1741,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752. The British deported him to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. He died at sea, age 17.
Joseph, père's seventh son Basile, born probably at Annapolis
Royal in c1742, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752. The British deported him to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. He survived the crossing but not its
rigors. He died at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in March 1759, age 17.
Joseph, père's eighth and youngest son Firmin, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1746,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752. The British deported him to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. He died at sea, age 12.
Pierre l'aîné's sixth son
Jean-Baptiste dit La Croix, born
probably at Minas in c1702, married Marguerite, another
daughter of Charles Boudrot and Marie
Corporon, in c1726 probably at Pigiguit. Judging by his dit,
they evidently settled on the L'Assomption side of Rivière Pigiguit, perhaps on
Rivière St.-Croix.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste two children, a
daughter and a son, in 1727 and 1730. Their daughter Henriette married
into the Hébert family at Minas in 1746 but settled at
Pigiguit. The British
deported members of the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial
officials counted them at Reading in 1756. Meanwhile, the British deported
daughter Henriette and her family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
officials sent them on to England the following spring. Henriette died
there by December 1759, when her husband remarried at Liverpool.
Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite's son also created his own family.
Only son Jean-Baptiste dit La Croix, fils, born probably
at Pigiguit in c1730, followed his parents to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
He married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Germain Landry
and Cécile Forest, in Massachusetts in November 1761.
In August 1763, Jean Thibaudot, wife
Isabelle, and a daughter were still in the colony. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1770, in Massachsetts and Canada,
Isabelle gave Jean-Baptiste, fils five children, three daughters and
two sons. As the August 1763 counting suggests, the oldest daughter was
born before that date. In June 1766, Jean Baptiste Tibodo
and his family of five appear on a "List of Names of the French Who Wish to Go
to Canada." British officials counted them at Québec City in 1766.
They settled at
L'Assomption northeast of Montréal.
Pierre l'aîné's seventh and youngest son René dit Castin, born in
c1706 probably at Minas, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Boudrot and
Madeleine Hébert, in c1731 probably at Pigiguit. The settled at
St.-Croix on the l'Assomption side of Rivière Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, beween 1730 and 1752, Anne gave René seven children, five sons and
two daughters. The British
deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. In August 1763,
René, wife Anne, and an unnamed son also appeared on a French repatriation list
in the Bay Colony. Their daughters married into the
Hébert and Mazerolle families in Massachusetts and
resettled in Canada. Their sons also married, two of them in Masschusetts,
and settled in Canada or greater Acadia.
Oldest son Charles, born probably at Pigiguit in c1730, followed his family
to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755, but he did not follow his siblings to
the St. Lawrence valley. He married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians
Paul Dugas and Brigitte Melanson, on Baie
Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, in October 1774.
Castin's second son Alain-Castin, born probably at Pigiguit in c1732,
followed his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He married
Natalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Hébert and Marie
Dupuis, in Massachusetts in August 1761. She gave him two
sons before August 1763, when Castain, as they called
him, Natalie, and their two sons appeared on a repatriation list in
Massachusetts. Their marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Trois-Rivières on the upper St. Lawrence in July 1767.
They settled at nearby Yamachiche on the north shore of Lac St.-Pierre.
According to Bona Arsenault, Natalie gave Alain-Castin another son in 1768.
Oldest son Joseph, born in Massachusetts in c1762, followed his
family to Canada. He married cousin Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians
Augustin LeBlanc and Françoise Hébert, at
Yamachiche in April 1783.
Alain-Castin's third and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born in Canada in c1768, married
cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Landry
and Marie Hébert, at Yamachiche in July 1793.
Castin's third son Alexis, born probably at Pigiguit in c1742, followed his
family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Germain Dupuis and Marie
Granger of Minas, in Massachusetts in December 1763.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1774, Marguerite gave Alexis four
children, a son and three daughters. In June 1766, colonial officials
counted Alexis Tibodo and his family of five on a "List of
Names of the French Who Wish to Go to Canada." Their marriage
was "rehabilitated" at Trois-Rivières in July 1767. They settled at
Yamachiche near Trois-Rivières before moving to Sunbury County, New Brunswick, on lower Rivière
St.-Jean, in 1787. Two of
their daughters married into the Robichaud and Comeau
families at Néguac and Tracadie in northeastern New Brunswick on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore, on the other side of New Brunswick.
Castin's fourth son Étienne dit Bruno, born probably at Pigiguit
in c1751, followed his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Like
oldest brother Charles, he did not follow his famly to Canada. He married
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Yves dit Evan Thibeau
and Marie-Françoise Melanson of Annapolis Royal, on
Baie Ste.-Marie, Nova Scotia, in October 1774.
Castin's fifth and youngest son Joseph dit Castin, born probably
at Pigiguit in c1752, followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc and Marguerite Hébert,
at Yamachiche in February 1776.
Pierre, père's second
son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Marguerite, daughter of Emmanuel Hébert and Andrée
Brun, at Port-Royal in February 1703 and settled at Minas. Between
1703 and 1723, Marguerite gave Jean a dozen children, at least four daughters
and seven
sons. Jean died at Minas in December 1746, in his early 70s. His daughters married into the Richard,
Cormier, LeBlanc, and Aucoin families. Five of his
six sons also married.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste dit Cramatte,
born probably at Minas in c1706, married Marie,
daughter of François LeBlanc and Jeanne Hébert, at Grand-Pré in
January 1727. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and 1750,
Marie gave Cramatte 11 children, four sons and seven daughters. Family
historian Tyler LeBlanc says Cramatte and family moved to Cobeguit and then to
Chignecto in the late 1740s or early 1750s. They were living at Aulac on
the west side of Rivière Missaguash in 1752, perhaps forced there by the
disruption of 1750. They then returned to
Cobeguit, considered joining their kinsmen on Île St.-Jean, but, following a
son-in-law, moved, instead, to Ste.-Anne-du-Pay-Bas on lower Rivière St.-Jean by
1754. When the British struck the lower Rivière St.-Jean settlements in 1758-59, the family
evidently sought refuge
in Canada via the St.-Jean portage. If so, not all of them remained there.
According to Arsenault, in 1770, members of the family were
at Ékoupag on the lower St.-Jean not far above Ste.-Anne-dur-Pay-Bas.
Cramatte died at St.-Basile, farther up the St.-Jean, in April 1795, age 89.
Five of his daughters married into the Guillot dit
Grandmaison,
Cyr, Pothier, Theriot, and
Violet families in Nova Scotia, at Madawaska and Ékoupag on Rivière St.-Jean,
and on the lower St. Lawrence. Three of his sons also married and settled on upper Rivière St.-Jean and
across the province on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Germain le
jeune, born perhaps at Minas in c1728,
sans doute a son of Jean-Baptiste dit Cramatte, says Bona
Arsenault, married, according to Arsenault, Françoise-Madeleine, called
Madeleine, Préjean,
in c1752, no place given. The British deported them to Massachusetts in
the fall of 1755 but from where is not clear. According to Arsenault, between 1757 and 1760, Françoise
gave Germain le jeune three children, a daughter and two sons, probably in the Bay
Colony. Other records give them more children. They were still in
Massachusetts in August 1763, when Germain Thibaudot,
wife Magdelaine, and six children, three sons and three daughers, appeared on
repatriation list there. Germain le jeune remarried to Marie Babineau in c1765, no
place given. According to Arsenault, between 1766 and 1774, Marie gave
Germain le jeune six more children, three sons and three
daughters.
One suspects some of these children came from first wife Madeleine. After
the family was allowed to leave Massachusetts, they resettled probably near his
family on Rivière St.-Jean, where British officials counted them
in 1768. They moved on to Richibouctou on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore
by 1770. Two of Germain le jeune's
daughters by both wives married into the Melanson,
Vautour, and Bourgeois families. Two of his sons
also created their own families.
Second son
Jean-David, by first wife Françoise Préjean, born probably in
Massachusetts in c1760, married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques LeBlanc,
in c1781, no place given. Where did they settle?
Germain le
jeune's third
son Amand, perhaps by second wife Marie Babineau, born in either
Massachusetts or greater Acadia in c1766, married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians René Landry and Madeleine Boudreau,
in c1788, no place given. Where did they settle?
Cramatte's second
son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1731, married
Marie-Anne-Françoise, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Babin and
Marguerite Thériot, in c1755 either at Minas or in the first
weeks of exile. They evidently escaped the British roundups in Nova Scotia
and sought refuge in Canada. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1757 and 1775, Marie-Anne-Françoise gave Jean-Baptiste
five children, two daughters and three sons. After the war,
they followed his family to upper Rivière St.-Jean and settled at
Madawaska. Members of the family also settled on the lower
St. Lawrence. Their daughters married into the Côté and
Soucy families at Kamouraska there. Jean-Baptiste's sons also
married on the lower St. Lawrence and upper Rivière St.-Jean.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably in Canada in c1770, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Côté
and Josephte Albert, at L'Isle-Verte on the lower St. Lawrence in September 1795.
Jean-Baptiste's
second son Étienne, born probably in Canada in c1772, married Judith, daughter of Joseph
Paradis and Judith Lavasseur, at Kamouraska in October
1795.
Jean-Baptiste's
third and youngest son Jean-François, born
probably in Canada in c1775, married Euphrosine,
daughter of Jean Cyr and Marguerite Dumont-Guéret
and widow of Firmin Cyr, at St.-Basile de Madawaska in November
1805.
Cramatte's third
son Olivier, born probably at Minas in c1732, evidently escaped the British
roundups in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and followed members of his family to Canada.
In his early 30s, he married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Pothier and Marie-Josèphe Hébert of Chignecto, at
Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière on the lower St. Lawrence in September 1765.
They followed his family to upper Rivière St.-Jean. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1766 and 1786, Madeleine gave Olivier nine children, eight
sons and a daughter. Olivier died at St.-Basile de Madawaska in February
1801, in his late 60s. His daughter married into the Cyr
family. Seven of his sons also married on the upper St.-Jean.
Oldest son
Olivier, fils, born in c1766, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean-Baptiste Cormier and Madeleine Landry,
at St.-Basile de Madawaska in July 1792.
Olivier, père's
second son Paul-Grégoire, born in 1768, married Madeleine, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Lavasseur and his Acadian wife Madeleine
Landry, at St.-Basile de Madawaska in October 1794.
Olivier, père's
third son Firmin, born in c1770, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
François Cyr and Marie-Anne Guilbaut, at
St.-Basile de Madawaska in November 1795.
Olivier, père's
fourth son Paul, born in c1774, married fellow Acadian Marie-Anne
Cormier, no place and date given, and, in his late 30s, remarried to
Marguerite Gagné, widow of Joseph Michaud,
St.-Basile de Madawaska in August 1813.
Olivier, père's
fifth son Tousssaint, born in c1775, married Marie-Esther-Thérèse, another
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Cormier and Madeleine Landry,
at St.-Basile de Madawaska in June 1799.
Olivier, père's
sixth son Georges, born in 1781, married, in his early 30s, cousin Françoise
Thibodeau in c1802, no place given, and settled at St.-Basile de Madawaska.
Olivier, père's
seventh son Jean-Baptiste, born in c1785, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Jean
Tardif and Marie-Anne Dubé, no place given, in January 1810.
Jean's second son
Pierre,
born probably at Minas in the 1700s, married Madeleine,
daughter of Pierre Cormier and Catherine LeBlanc, in c1731
probably at Chignecto.
Bona Arsenault says they settled at Aulac on the west
side of Rivière Missaguash and at nearby Chepoudy in the trois-rivières
area. Arsenault says that, between 1732 and 1741, Madeleine gave Pierre
five children, three daughters and two sons. They evidently escaped the
British roundup in the trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. If so, sometime in the late
1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of
the war. Pier Tibaudo, "widow", and four children
appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. According to Stephen A. White, Pierre died before June 1766, no place given.
Two of his daughters married into the Ouellet and
Saindon families at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and Kamouraska on the
lower St. Lawrence. His older son settled on the upper St. Lawrence, and
his younger son emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax.
Older son
Olivier, born in c1733 probably at Chignecto, married Marie, daughter of Jean Bourg
and Marie Thériot of Aulac, at Beaubassin in October 1754.
The British deported the family to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Olivier a son in c1757. Olivier
remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Poirier
and Madeleine Doiron and widow of another Olivier
Thibodeau, in c1761, probably in the Quaker Colony. She evidently
gave him no more children. In June 1763, Ollivier Thibodeau, wife Marie Poirié, and a
child, probably his son by first wife Marie, appeared on a repatriation list in
Pennsylvania. Later in the
decade, they followed other exiles from the upper seaboard colonies to Canada and settled at Bécancour on the
upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières, where Olivier died in March 1776,
in his early 40s. His son married there.
Only son
Joseph,
by first wife Marie Bourg, born in Pennsylvania in
c1757, followed his father and stepmother to Bécancour, where he married
Josette, daughter of Joseph Rivard-Lavigne and Josette
Pré-Richard, in August 1779.
Pierre's younger
son Charles, born in c1739 (Arsenault says c1741) probably at Chignecto, evidently followed his family to the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore and into the prison compound at Halifax. Charles did not
follow his family to Canada but emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via
Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1765. He settled in the established
Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans and may have
lived briefly in the Attakapas District west of the Atchafalaya Basin. If
so, he returned to the river and married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Olivier Landry and Cécile Poirier, at
Cabahannocer in c1768. They remained on the river. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1770 and 1777, Marie gave Charles four children, three
daughters and a son. Other records give them more children, including five
more sons, as late as 1796. Charles died near
Convent, St. James Parish, in September 1820, a
widower in his early 80s. His daughters married into the
Bourgeois and Caillouet families. Five of his
six sons married, into the Blanchard, LeBlanc,
Martin, Gautreaux, and Landry
families. Two of them and a grandson joined the Acadian exodus from the
river to upper Bayou Lafourche, and a grandson crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to St. Landry Parish, but the others remained in what became St.
James Parish. Most of them settled near Convent, on the left, or east,
bank of the river, where their immigrant ancestor had lived and died.
Jean's third son Germain, born at Minas in March 1709, married
Judith, daughter of Jacques à René LeBlanc and Catherine Landry,
at Grand-Pré in August 1742 and settled at nearby Rivière-aux-Canards. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and 1747, Judith gave Germain three daughters. The British
deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to England the following spring. Germain died at Falmouth
in late October or early November 1756, age 47, victim, perhaps, of smallpox and was
buried at nearby St.-Gluvias church, Penryn, in November 1756. Wife Judith
also died that year. Their daughters were repatriated to
Morlaix, France, in the
spring of 1763. The oldest daughter, Marie, married into the
Granger family at Morlaix. In November 1765, she, her husband,
and her younger sisters followed other Acadian exiles from England to
newly-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany.
French officials counted them there in 1767. The youngest daughter, Anne,
married into the Loréal family at Bangor on the island in
January 1769. Neither sister followed other
Acadian exiles to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Second daughter Élisabeth, at
age 45, married into the Merlin family at Le Palais on the
island in 1790 and died there in 1808, in her early 60s. Sister Marie died
on the island in 1811, in her late 60s; and sister Anne died there in 1812, in
her mid-60s.
Jean's fourth son Charles, born at Minas in March 1711, married
Anne-Marie, daughter of Philippe Melanson and Marie Dugas and
widow of Charles Babin, at Grand-Pré in February 1735 and settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1748, Anne-Marie gave Charles
eight children, two sons and six daughters, including a set of twins. The
British deported the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Anne-Marie
gave Charles another son in c1758--nine children, three sons and six daughters,
in all. Charles, now a widower, and six of his
children, four daughters and two sons, appeared on a repatriation list at Snow Hill on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July 1763.
They moved on to Pennsylvania after the counting. Charles, at age 53, remarried to Madeleine, daughter of Jean Doiron and Anne LeBlanc
and widow of Joseph Poirier, at St. Joseph church, Philadelphia, in July 1764.
They followed other exiles to Canada later in the decade. Charles died at
Bécancour on the upper Lafourche across from Trois-Rivières in November 1779,
age 68. A daughter married into the Blanchard and
Aucoin families at Philadelphia and Bécancour. A son also created
a family of his own.
Third and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably in Marland in c1758,
followed his widowed father and older siblings to Pennsylvania and Canada.
He married Marguerite, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Reau and
Agathe Laflamme, at Bécancour in February 1781.
Jean's fifth son
Olivier, born at Minas in October 1719, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Melanson and Marguerite
Dugas, at Grand-Pré in November 1739. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1740 and 1748, Madeleine gave Olivier five children, two sons and three
daughters. The British deported the family to Pennsylvania in the fall of
1755. In June 1763, Olivier, Madeleine, six children, and an
orphan were still
in the colony . Later in the decade, they resettled in Canada.
British officials counted them at Québec City in 1771. One of Olivier's
daughters married into the Caron family at Philadelphia in
1762. Two of his sons also created families of their own, in Canada.
Older son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in c1740, followed his family to
Pennsylvania and probably to Québec. Bona Arsenault says he may have been
the Jean-Baptiste à Olivier who married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Dugas and Marguerite Robichaud,
in c1766, no place given, settled at Deschambault
on the upper St. Lawrence in 1767, at Ste.-Foy near Québec City in 1771, and at
L'Assomption north of Montréal in 1775, and that, in his early 50s, remarried to Marie Goulet
at L'Assomption in November 1790. However, Arsenault also says it is
likely that another Jean-Baptiste à Olivier whose mother was a
Melanson married Marguerite Dugas and Marie
Goulet.
Olivier's younger son Paul, born at Minas in c1746, followed his family to
Pennsylvania and Québec. He married Françoise, daughter of François
Deguise and Marie-Françoise Jourdain, at
Québec City in November 1771.
Jean's sixth and youngest son Joseph, born at Minas in May 1721, married in
c1749, probably at Minas, a woman whose name has been lost to history. The
British deported them to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Joseph, at age
40, remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Martin
Aucoin and Élisabeth Boudrot and widow of Olivier
LeBlanc, at Philadelphia in April 1762. Joseph, wife
Marie-Josèphe, and seven of their children appeared on a repatriation list in
the Quaker Colony in June 1763. They, too, resettled in Canada.
Jean's seventh and youngest son Alexis, born, according to Stephen A.
White, in c1723, probably at Minas, married Marie-Anne, daughter of René Blanchard
and Anne Landry, in c1747, no place given. Bona Arsenault says Alexis was the youngest son of Pierre l'aîné,
not Jean; White is followed here. According to Arsenault, Marie gave Alexis a son in c1754. The British deported the family
to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Arsenault says Marie gave Alexis
another son in c1756. One wonders if she gave him a third son in the
Quaker Colony in c1761. According to White, Alexis, at age 39, remarried to
Catherine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques LeBlanc and
Catherine Landry and widow of Jean-Baptiste Babin,
at Philadelphia in February 1762. In June 1763, Alexis, Catherine, and seven children
appeared on a repatriation list in the Quaker Colony. The family
followed other exiles from Pennsylvania to Canada, where British officials counted them at Bécancour,
Louiseville, and Nicolet near Trois-Rivières.
Alexis died at Nicolet in July 1802, age 79. His oldest sons settled in
Canada, and another son may have resettled in Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son Simon, by first wife Marie-Anne Blanchard,
born in c1754, followed his family to Pennsylania and Canada. He married
Marie-Anne, daughter of Canadians Joseph Drolet and Marie-Anne
Dechambre, at Québec City in June 1775.
Alexis's second son Étienne, by first wife Marie-Anne Blanchard,
born probably in Pennsylvania in c1756, followed his family to Canada. He
married Marie-Louise, daughter of Canadians Jacques Chartré and
Marie-Louise Rancin, at Québec City in February 1778.
If the
Henry
Schuyler Thibodaux who emigrated to Spanish Louisiana by the
early 1790s and served briefly as the governor of the State of Louisiana in late
1824 was Alexis's third son by first wife Marie-Anne Blanchard,
Alexis's family line thrived also in the Bayou State.
Pierre, père's third
son Antoine, born at Port-Royal in c1676, married Marie, daughter of Jean Préjean and Andrée Savoie,
at Port-Royal in October 1703 and remained there. Between 1704 and 1727, Marie gave Antoine 11
children, eight daughters and three sons. Antoine died between November
1753 and November 1758, in his 70s. Seven of his daughters married
into the Breau, Boudrot, Hébert, Gaudet, Doiron,
and Robichaud families. His three sons also married.
Oldest son
Antoine, fils, born at Port-Royal in July 1707, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Landry and
Cécile Robichaud, at Annapolis Royal in November 1743 and remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1760, Marguerite gave Antoine,
fils five sons. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
In July 1760, at Danvers, colonial officials counted Antne. Tibedo,
age 59 [actually 53]; Mary[sic], his wife, age 35, described as "very
sickly"; Jno. son age 13; David, age 8; Joseph, age 6, "sickly"; Peter, age 4;
and Mother?[sic]. Antoine, fils died in the Bay Colony between 1760 and August 1763, in his
early or late 50s. At least two of his sons created families of their own.
Third son
Joseph-Tranquille, born at Annapolis Royal in c1752, followed his family to
Massachusetts and his widowed mother and brothers to Canada in the mid- or late
1760s. At age 31, he married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
LeBlanc and Marguerite Landry, at St.-Jacques
de l'Achigan in the countryside north of Montréal.
Antoine,
fils's fifth and youngest son Louis, born in Massachusetts after July 1760,
followed his widowed mother and older brothers to Canada in the mid- or late
1760s. In his early 30s, he married Marguerite, daughter of Pascal
Brault-Pominville and Thérèse Leduc, at Pointe-Claire
on the St. Lawrence above Montréal in August 1794. Louis served as a notary there. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1795 and 1815, Marguerite gave Louis 11 children,
five sons and six daughters. He died at Rigaud on the lower Ottawa River
in 1824, in his early or mid-60s. One of his daughters became a nun, and
another married into the Laflamme family at Montréal.
Four of his sons also married.
Oldest son
Louis,
fils, born probably at Pointe-Claire in c1795, married Suzanne, sister
of Dr. Chénier of St.-Eustache, at Pointe-Claire in February
1821. Louis, fils also served as a clerc-notaire.
Louis, père's
third son Barthélémy, born probably at Pointe-Claire in c1798, married Geneviève
Brabant at Rigaud in January 1823.
Louis, père's
fourth son Léon, born probably at Pointe-Claire in c1799, married Julie
Faucher in 1825, place not given, and remarried to Louise
Légault in 1835, place not given.
Louis, père's
fifth and youngest son Eusèbe, born in Canada
in c1815, married Virginie Lanthier
at L'Orignal, Ontario, in July 1849 and died at Montebello, Québec, in March
1901, in his mid- or late 80s.
Antoine's second son
Zacharie,
born at Annapolis Royal in April 1719, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Claude Girouard and Élisabeth Blanchard and widow of Charles
Landry, at Annapolis Royal in February 1754. She evidently gave him no
children. The British deported Zacharie, Marie-Josèphe, and three of his
Landry stepdaughters to South Carolina in the fall of 1755.
Zacharie, his wife, and two stepdaughters appeared on a French repatriation list
in the southern colony in August 1763. One wonders where they went after the counting.
They likely did not go to French St.-Domingue, and they certainly did not go to
Spanish Louisiana.
Antoine's third
and youngest son Joseph, born at Annapolis
Royal in March 1727, was deported to South Carolina with older brother Zacharie in the fall
of 1755. Joseph married Marie, daughter of Charles Landry and
Marie-Josèphe Girouard and his brother Zacharie's stepdaughter, in c1759
probably in South Carolina. Marie gave Joseph two sons in c1760 and August
1763. In late August, the couple and their two sons
were still in the colony. One wonders where they went after the counting. Joseph died before 1774, place not given.
They likely did not go to French St.-Domingue, and they certainly did not go to
Spanish Louisiana.
Pierre, père's fourth
son Pierre le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1678, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Martin Aucoin
and Marie Gaudet, at Port-Royal in November 1706. Between 1707 and
1724, Anne-Marie gave Pierre le jeune 11 children, eight daughters and three sons.
Pierre le jeune died at Annapolis Royal in October 1734, in his
mid-50s. Seven of his daughters married into the Comeau,
Blanchard, Brasseur dit Brasseaux, Cormier,
Pitre, Morvan, Savoie, Guénard (Ganier),
Rivard, and Loiseau dit Francoeur families, and two of them
emigrated to Louisiana in 1765 and 1767 from Massachusetts and Maryland. All three of Pierre le jeune's sons
married. One of them emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 .
Oldest son
Paul,
born at Port-Royal in September 1708,
married Marguerite, daughter of Jean-Charles Trahan and Marie Boudrot,
in c1735, perhaps at Annapolis Royal and, according to Bona Arsenault, settled
at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto. According to
Arsenault, in 1739 and 1744, Marguerite gave Paul two children, a son and a
daughter. Other records give them many more. The family evidently
escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières in the fall of 1755
and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late
1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of
the war. In August 1763, Paul Tibaudau,
his wife, and eight children appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax. Despite
what Arsenault asserts, this was not the Paul Thibodeau
who emigrated to Louisiana in 1765. His daugher Anne, however, followed
the Broussards and a Thibodeau cousin to the
colony in 1765, settled with them on lower Bayou Teche, retreated to the river
later that year, married a Savoie widow there in October 1766, but died soon after. One wonders what happened to the
rest of the family after the 1763 counting.
Pierre le jeune's second son
Olivier,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1712,
married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Ambroise Melanson and
François Bourg, at Beaubassin in October 1734 and, according to Bona
Arsenault, settled at Chepoudy in the trois-rivières area.
Arsenault says that between 1738 and 1756, Élisabeth gave Olivier eight
children, six sons and two daughters. They escaped the British roundup
in the fall of 1755 and took refuge in Canada. Olivier died at Québec in
December 1757, in his mid-40s, victim, most likely, of the smallpox epidemic
that struck the Acadian exiles in the area from the summer of 1757 to the spring
of 1758. His daughters married into the Frenette and
Baril families at Deschambaut and Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade on the
upper St. Lawrence between Québec City and Trois-Rivières. Five of his
sons also married in Canada and settled up and down the St. Lawrence valley and on
Rivière Chaudière.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste,
born in c1738 perhaps at Chepoudy, followed his family to Canada. He married Marguerite,
daughter of Joseph Dugas and Marguerite Robichaud,
in c1766, place not given. British officials counted them at Deschambault
in 1767, Ste.-Foy near Québec City in 1771, and L'Assomption north of Montréal
in 1775. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1780, Marguerite
gave Jean-Baptiste six children, two sons and four daughters.
Jean-Baptiste, in his early 50s, remarried to Marie Goulet at
L'Assomption in November 1790.
One of his sons married.
Younger son
Louis, by first wife Marguerite Dugas, born probably at
L'Assomption in c1778, married Pélagie, daughter of Joseph Fontaine
and his Acadian wife Ursule Robichaud, at nearby St.-Jacques de
l'Achigan in November 1807.
Olivier's third
son Joseph,
born in 1745 probably at Chepoudy, followed his family to Canada. He married Marguerite,
daughter of François Rancour and Marie-Claire Jobin,
at St.-Joachim below Québec City in February 1769. They settled
St.-Joseph-de-Beauce on the upper Chaudière south of Québec City.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1769 and 1810, Marguerite gave Joseph six
children, two daughters and four sons. Their daughters married into the
Veilleux and Drouin families at St.-François-de-Beauce, today's Beauceville,
above St.-Joseph. Their sons also married there.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born in in Canada c1772, married, at age 30, Marie-Louise
Fortin at St.-François-de-Beauce in August 1802.
Joseph, père's
second son Louis, born in Canada in c1776, married Marie-Louise Gagné at
St.-François-de-Beauce in February 1801.
Joseph, père's
third son François, born in Canada in c1780, married Catherine Rodrigue
at St.-François-de-Beauce in October 1805.
Joseph, père's
fourth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born in
Canada in c1782, married Marie-Anne
Rodrigue at St.-François-de-Beauce in October 1805, on the same day and
at the same place his older brother François married probably to Marie-Anne's
sister.
Olivier's fourth
son Jean,
born probably Chepoudy in c1746, followed his family to Canada. He married Marie-Dorothée,
daughter of Pierre Viau and Marguerite Poulin,
at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pérade in February 1771.
Olivier's fifth
son Anselme, born probably at Chepoudy in c1754, followed his family to Canada. He married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Germain and Madeleine
Bigué-Robert, at Cap-Santé near Deschambaut in April 1781.
Olivier's sixth
and youngest son Urbain,
born probably in Canada in c1756, married Anastasie, daughter of Pierre
DeBlois and Catherine Létourneau, in Ste.-Famille
Parish, Île d'Orléans below Québec City in August 1777. They settled at
Cap-Santé, where Urbain was a merchant. Their son Pierre-Chrysologue was
the father of Canadian senators Isidore and Rosaire Thibodeau.
Pierre le jeune's third and
youngest son Pierre,
fils, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1724, married Françoise, daughter of Étienne
Saulnier and Jeanne Comeau of Petitcoudiac, in c1751, place not given. Bona
Arsenault says the Pierre who married Françoise Saulnier was a
son of Paul Thibodeau and Marguerite Trahan,
had been born in c1740, and married Françoise in c1760, no place given.
White is followed here. Pierre and Françoise
evidently escaped the British roundups in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and
took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s
or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces
in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the
war. According to Arsenault, between 1761 and 1776, Françoise gave Pierre,
fils six children, four daughters and two sons. Other records
give them three daughters between 1752 and 1762. Pier Tibaudo, his wife, and three children, probably their
three daughters, appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August
1763. They emigrated to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue,
in 1765 and settled on the western prairies. They were, in fact, among the
first Acadians to settle in the Opelousas District. More children were born to them there, including two sons. Pierre, fils died at
Opelousas in July 1790, age 65. His daughters married into the
Bourg, Chiasson, Pitre, and
Richard families. His sons married into the Chiasson
and Richard families on the prairies and created vigorous lines
in what became St. Landry and Acadia parishes.
Pierre, père's fifth
son Michel, born at Port-Royal in c1680, married Agnès, daughter of Claude Dugas and Françoise
Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in November 1704. Between 1705 and 1728,
Agnès gave Michel 15 children, seven
daughters and eight sons. Michel died at Annapolis Royal in November 1734,
in his early 50s. Six of his daughters married into the Broussard, Girouard, Comeau, Martin, Aucoin, and
Darois families, two of them to Broussard dit
Beausoleil brothers, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax with
her resistance-fighter husband in 1764-65. Six of Michel's sons also
married. The widow and children of one of them also emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax in 1764-65.
Oldest son
Michel, fils, born at Port-Royal in May 1708, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Alexandre Richard and
Isabelle Petitpas, at Grand-Pré in September 1729. They settled at Chepoudy in
the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1733 and 1752, Anne-Marie gave Michel, fils five
children, four sons and a daughter. Most of the family escaped the British roundup in
the trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. Brirish authorities counted them in Ste.-Famille
Parish on Île d'Orléans below Québec City in 1760. Michel, fils remarried to
Marie-Cécile, daughter of Canadians Alexandre Lefebvre and
Marie-Geneviève Parent, at St.-Joseph-de-Beauce on upper Rivière
Chaudière southeast of Québec City in January
1763. She evidently gave him no more children. He died at Ste.-Marie-de-Beauce
on the Chaudière below St.-Joseph in June 1770, age 62.
Three of his four sons created families of their own in Canada.
Oldest son
Timothée, by first wife Anne-Marie Richard, was born probably
at Chepoudy in c1733. According to Bona Arsenault, the British deported
him to South Carolina in the fall of 1755. He married Marguerite, daughter
of fellow Acadians Martin Aucoin and Élisabeth Boudrot
of Minas, in c1761, no place given. Arsenault says they settled at
St.-Joseph-de-Beauce in c1762, so, if Arsenault is correct about his
deportation, Timothée may have been among the exiles sent
to South Carolina and Georgia who, with the permission of those colonies' governors,
managed to make their way back to greater Acadia by sea in 1756. According to
Arsenault, between 1762 and 1770, Marguerite gave Timothée four children,
three daughters and a son. Timothée remarried to Marie-Élisabeth, daughter
of Jean-Baptiste Bélanger and Marie Vézina of Beauport, at Beauport near Québec
in July 1771. According to Arsenault, between 1772 and 1780,
Marie-Élisabeth gave Timothée four more children, two sons and two
daughters--eight children, five daughters and three sons, in all. Three of
Timothée's daughters by both wives married into the Camiré,
DeBlois, and Boucher families on upper Rivière
Chaudière. His three sons also married there.
Oldest son
Jean,
by first wife Marguerite Aucoin, born evidently in Canada in c1770, married Louise
Bizier at St.-Joseph-de-Beauce in August 1806, and, at age 43,
remarried to Marie Drouin there in July 1813.
Timothée's second
son Louis, by second wife Marie-Élisabeth Bélanger, born
probably in Canada in
c1772, married cousin Marie-Louise Vézina at Beauport near
Québec City in July 1792, and, at age 37, remarried to Marie-Josèphe
Maheu at St.-François-de-Beauce in November 1809.
Timothée's third
and youngest son Pierre, by second wife Marie-Élisabeth Bélanger,
born in Canada in c1778, married Geneviève Jacques at
St.-Joseph-de-Beauce in October 1800.
Michel, fils's
second son Joseph, by first wife Anne-Marie Richard, born
probably at Chepoudy in c1738,
evidently followed his family to Canada. He died in Ste.-Famille Parish,
Île dOrléans, in May 1760, in his early 20s, evidently before he could marry.
Michel, fils's
third son Pierre, by first wife Anne-Marie Richard, born
probably at Chepoudy in c1746,
followed his family to Canada. He married Marie, daughter of François
Proteau and Marie-Anne Bruneau, at
Ste.-Marie-de-Beauce in August 1768. Pierre, at age 70, remarried to
Angélique Rousseau, widow of Louis Ouellet, at
Ste-Marie-de-Beauce in October 1816.
Michel, fils's
fourth and youngest son Germain, by first wife Anne-Marie Richard,
born probably at Chepoudy in c1752,
followed his family to Canada and married Germaine Guimont,
widow of Pierre-Alexandre Robichaud, at L'Islet on the lower
St. Lawrence in November 1787.
Michel, père's second
son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in January 1710, married,
according to Stephen A. White, Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of
Jean-Charles Trahan and Marie Boudrot, in c1740, no place given.
However, Bona Arsenault insists that Pierre à Michel, père
married Madeleine, son of Pierre Cormier and Catherine
LeBlanc of Chignecto, in c1731. White says, however, that
Madeleine Cormier married Pierre à
Jean Thibodeau, not this Pierre. White is followed here.
One wonders what happened to Pierre and his family in 1755.
Michel,
père's third son
Joseph, born at
Annapolis Royal in February 1711, married Anne-Marie,
daughter of François Savoie and Marie Richard, in c1738, place
not given. According to Bona Arsenault, Joseph and his family settled at
Chepoudy. Arsenault says that, between 1739 and 1756, Anne-Marie gave
Joseph four children, two sons and two daughters. Arsenault hints that they escaped the British roundup
in the trois-rivières in the
fall of 1755 and took refuge on Île St.-Jean, but they did not remain.
According to Stephen A. White, Joseph died at Québec in December
1757, age 46, victim, most likely, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the
Acadian exiles in the area from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758.
His daughters married into the Breau and
Nicolas-Vilaire-Dehou families at Québec city in the early and late
1760s. One wonders what happened to his sons after 1755.
Michel,
père's fourth son
Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1713, married Brigitte, daughter of Pierre Breau and Anne LeBlanc,
in c1739 and settled at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières
area west of Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and
1744, Brigitte gave Charles three children, a son and two daughters. Othe
records give them many more. The family escaped the British roundup in the
trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Cherle
Tibaudo, his wife, and 11 children appeared on a repatriation list at
Halifax in August 1763. Charles must have died soon after the counting. Three of
his daughters married into the
Godin dit Bellefontaine dit Beauséjour,
Richard, and Surette families during exile. His widow and three of their
unmarried children, a son
and two daughters, emigrated
to Louisiana from Halifax with the Broussards in 1764-65 and
followed them to lower Bayou Teche; Charles was a brother of the Beausoleil
Broussard brothers's wives. Three of Charles and
Brigitte's married daughters and
their families also followed, and two of them settled at Cabahannocer on the
river above New Orleans. One of them resettled on the western prairies.
The two younger daughters
married into the Dugas and D'Amour dit
de Louvière families on the prairies. Two of the married
daughters remarried into the Lachaussée and Landry
families on the river and the prairies (daughter Rosalie dite Rose,
widow Richard, in fact, was the first Acadian exile in
Louisiana to marry a non-Acadian there). Charles and Brigitte's son
also married in the Spanish colony, so the family line endured there.
Oldest son Jean-Anselme, called Anselme, was born either at Petitcoudiac in
c1739 or in exile in c1758. Bona Arsenault seems to be giving Charles and
Brigitte two sons, Anselme and Jean dit Anselme, when there may have
been only one. Anselme followed his family into exile and imprisonment at Halifax and his widowed
mother and sisters to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in
1764-65. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Melanson and Anne Landry, at Attakapas in June 1780.
According to Arsenault, between 1781 and 1785, Marguerite gave Anselme three
children, a daughter and two sons. Anselme remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Trahan
and Marguerite Duhon, at Attakapas in February 1793.
Arsenault says that between 1795 and 1808, Anne gave Anselme seven more
children, a son and six daughters--10 children, seven daughters and three sons,
by two wives. Other records give them three more sons between 1800
and 1812--13 chldren in all. Anselme's
daughters by both wives married into the Broussard,
Labauve, Landry, Missionnier, and
Thibodeaux families. Three of his six sons by both wives
also married, into the Broussard and Landry
families, and settled in what became St. Martin, Lafayette, and Vermilion
parishes.
Michel,
père's fifth son
François, born at Annapolis Royal in February 1720, evidently died young.
Michel,
père's sixth son
Benjamin,
born at Annapolis Royal in September 1721, married Isabelle,
daughter of his first cousin Philippe Thibodeau and Isabelle Vincent,
in c1746 probably at Minas, and remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Charles
Lanoue and Marie-Josèphe Landry, in c1752 probably at
Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, they settled at Petitcoudiac, but
they likely settled at Pigiguit. Marguerite gave Benjamin a son in
Ste.-Famille Parish there in October 1754. The British
deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorites
sent them on to England the following spring. They were held at Bristol,
where Marguerite gave Benjamin a daughter soon after their arrival. In May
1763, Benjamin, likely a childless widower, was repatriated from Southampton to
St.-Malo, France, and settled at St.-Coulomb in the countryside northeast of the Breton port.
He was still there in 1772 and still alone. If he was alive in
1785, when he would have been in his early 60s, he did not follow his fellow Acadians to Spanish Louisiana. Nor did
either of his children, who may not have survived the crossing to France.
Michel,
père's seventh son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in October 1723, married Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of
Charles Lanoue and Marie-Josèphe Landry,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1748 and may have remained there. One
wonders what happened to the family in 1755. Jean-Baptiste died before
August 1763, place not given.
Michel,
père's eighth and
youngest son Amand-Grégoire, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1724, died at Annapolis Royal in April 1740, age 15.
Pierre, père's sixth
son Claude, born at Port-Royal in c1685, married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Comeau
l'aîné and Jeanne Bourg, at Port-Royal in November 1709 and
remained there. Between 1710 and 1733, Élisabeth gave Claude 13 children, five
daughters and eight sons, including a set of twins. Only one of their daughters married,
into the Lemire family. Only two of Claude's eight sons married,
and one of them emgriated to Louisiana in 1764-65.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Annapolis Royal in June 1713, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Mathieu Doucet
and Anne Lord, at Annapolis Royal in August 1744. One wonders what
happened to the family in the 1755. Jean-Baptiste died at Maskinongé on
the upper St. Lawrence between Trois-Rivières and Montréal in January 1788, age
75.
Claude's second
son François, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1717, died young.
Claude's third
son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1718, died young.
Claude's fourth
son Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in July 1721, died young.
Claude's fifth son
Charles-Élysée, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1726, died young.
Claude's sixth
son Paul, born at Annapolis Royal in July 1728, evidently escaped the British
roundup there in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either surrendered
to, or was
captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotia for the rest of the war. He married Rosalie,
daughter of Joseph Guilbeau dit L'Officier and Madeleine Michel,
in c1763 probably at Halifax. They and a Thibodeau cousin
followed her family and the Broussards to Louisiana
via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1764-65 and settled with them on
lower Bayou Teche. Rosalie was pregnant on the voyage. Their first
child, a son, was born on the Teche in August but lived only a few days.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1784, Rosalie gave Paul eight
children, three sons and five daughters. Other records give them more
sons. The family settled at La Pointe farther up the Teche, where Paul died in September 1805, age 77. His
daughters married into the Broussard and Trahan
families. Three of his six sons also married, into the Cormier,
Broussard, and Thibodeaux families, and
settled in what became St. Martin and Lafayette parishes.
Claude's seventh son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in February 1731,
evidently died young.
Claude's
eighth and youngest son Grégoire, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1733,
died young.
Pierre, père's seventh
and youngest son Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1689, married Françoise, another daughter of
Pierre Comeau l'aîné and Jeanne
Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in December 1715 and settled at Chepoudy in the
trois-rivières area.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1716 and 1734, Françoise gave Charles nine
children, six daugthers and three sons. They moved on to Île St.-Jean
probably after August 1752, motivated, perhaps, by the chaos in the Chignecto/trois-rivières
area in the early 1750s. Charles died on Île St.-Jean in August 1756, in his late 60s, two years before the island's dérangement.
His family either left the island soon after Charles's death or escaped the
British roundup there in late 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. Four of his daughters married into the Savoie,
Pitre, Henry, and Thibodeau
families in the trois-rivières. His three sons also married.
Two of them emigrated from Halifax to Louisiana with their
Broussard cousins in the mid-1760s.
Oldest son
Claude
le jeune, born probably at Chepoudy in c1722, married Marguerite
Breau in c1751, no place given, but it probably was in the
trois-rivières. They evidently followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
where Claude remarried to Anne-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean-Baptiste Gaudet and Marie-Josèphe Darois
at Pigiguit, at Port-La-Joye in May 1757. One wonders what happened to
them in 1758.
Charles's second
son Olivier, born probably at Chepoudy in c1732, likely followed his family to
Île St.-Jean in the early 1750s. He evidently left the island soon after
his father's death or escaped the roundup on the island in late 1758, crossed
Mer Rouge, and took
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or
early 1760s, probably the latter, he was either captured by, or, more likely,
surrendered to British forces in the area and was held in the prison compound at
Halifax for the rest of the war. According to Bona Arsenault, he married cousin
Madeleine, daughter of Alexandre Broussard dit
Beausoleil and Marguerite Thibodeau and widow of Jean
Landry, in c1763, perhaps at Halifax, but it likely was a few
years earlier. Arsenault says Madeleine gave Olivier three children, two
daughters and a son, between 1763 and 1765. Aulivie Tibeaudau
with a wife and three children appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. Two of the
children were his wife's daughters Anne and Isabelle Landry
from her previous marriage, and the other child lkely was his and Madeleine's
newborn daughter Marie. Olivier, Madeleine, his two stepdaughters, his
daughter Marie, a newborn son, and brother Amand, still a bachelor, followed the
Broussards to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue,
in 1764-65. From New Orleans, where Olivier was one of the family heads
who attempted to exchange his Canadian card money for French funds, they
followed the Broussards to lower Bayou Teche in the spring of
1765. Madeleine was pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter,
Marguerite-Anne, on the Teche on May 10. The baby lived less than a week.
On the same day their daughter died--May 16--wife Madeleine died from complications
of childbirth. In c1770, in his late 30s, Olivier remarried to fellow
Acadian Agnès Brun, widow of Paul Doucet, at
Attakapas. Arsenault says she gave him seven more children, four sons and
three daughters, between 1772 and 1784--10 children, five sons and five
daughters, by two wives. Olivier and Agnès validated
their marriage, as well as legitimized their children, at Attkapas in September
1786. Olivier died there in November 1803, age 70. His daughters by
both wives married into the Sonnier, Broussard,
Girouard, and Martin families. Four of
his five sons by both wives also married, into the Sonnier,
Prejean, Breaux, and Castille
families, and settled in what became St. Martin and Lafayette parishes.
Charles's third
and youngest son Amand, born probably at Chepoudy in c1734, likely followed his
family to Île St.-Jean in the early 1750s. He evidently left the island
soon after his father's death or escaped the roundup on the island in late 1758,
crossed Mer Rouge,
and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore with older brother Olivier.
Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, probably the latter, he, along with
Olivier, was either captured by, or, more likely, surrendered to British forces
in the area and was held in the prison compound at Halifax.
Still a bachelor in his early 30s, he accompanied his brother to Louisiana in
1764-65. Only days after reaching New Orleans, he married Gertrude,
18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Bourg and Anne
Boudrot of Tracadie, Île St.-Jean, on 27 February 1765--the
first recorded Acadian marriage in Louisiana. They followed their families to lower Bayou Teche, where their children were born.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and 1791, Gertrude gave Amand 11
children, six daughters and five sons. Amand died at
his home at La Pointe on the upper Teche in June 1818, in his early or mid-80s.
His daughters married into the Babineaux, Broussard,
and LeBlanc famliies, two of them to brothers. Three of his five sons also
married, into the Bernard, Girouard,
Duhon, and Thibodeaux families and settled in St.
Martin Parish.362
Pinet
Philippe
Pinet,
born at Port-Royal in c1654, and wife Catherine Hébert,
despite the number of their children, created a relatively small family in the
colony.
Between 1680 and 1701, at Port-Royal, Chignecto, and Minas, Catherine gave Philippe a dozen children, six sons and six daughters. Five
of their daughters married into the Corporon, Doucet dit
Lirlandois, LeBlanc dit Jasmin, Jacquemin dit
Lorrain, and Simon dit Boucher families in greater Acadia. All of
Philippe and Catherine's sons married, but not all of their lines endured.
Their descendants settled at
Minas, Chignecto, in the French Maritimes, and in Canada before Le Grand
Dérangement. They were especially numerous in the Maritimes. At
least five of their descendants emigrated to Louisiana from France in 1785.
Even more of them could be found in greater Acadia, France, the
French Antilles, and especially in Canada after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Jean, born probably at Port-Royal in c1680, followed his family to Chignecto
and Minas and emigrated to Canada after he came of age. At age 30, he married Marie, daughter of Pierre Morin
dit Boucher
and Marie-Madeleine Martin and widow of Jacques Cochu, at Québec
in February 1710. Marie also was a native of Port-Royal and had lived at
Chignecto until Acadian Governor Meneval threw the entire Morin
family out of the colony in the late 1680s as punishment for the indiscretion of
one of her older brothers, who was packed off to France. Her family lived
at Gaspésie before moving on to Canada. In 1716, they were living on Rue
Cul-de-Sac, Québec, where Jean worked as a tonnelier, or cooper.
Marie gave him no children.
Jean died in Québec's Hôpital
général in July 1744, in his early 60s, a widower.
Philippe's second
son Antoine, born at Chignecto in October 1682, followed his family to Minas and married Marguerite, daughter of André Célestin dit
Bellemère and Pérrine Basile, at Grand-Pré in April 1709. They
evidently moved to Canada in the early 1710s to escape British rule in Nova
Scotia and then moved on to Île Royale later in the decade. Between 1710
and 1728, at Minas, Québec, and on Île Royale, Marguerite gave him 10 children,
at least six daughters and three sons. Antoine died on Île Royale in
September 1738, in his mid-50s. Three of his daughters married into the Ballé,
Bouillé, Arnoux, and Harnois families on the island.
Only one of Antoine's sons married, and he did so in Canada before Le Grand
Dérangement.
Oldest son
Paul,
born at Minas in February 1710, died at Québec
in October 1714, age 4 1/2.
Antoine's second son,
name unrecorded,
was born before 1717, place unrecorded. When and where did he die?
Antoine's third
and youngest son Alexis, born on Île Royale probably in the 1720s, also emigrated to Canada,
where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Gaffé and Marie-Anne Simon, at Québec in November
1750.
Philippe's third
son Noël, born at Minas in August 1683 but baptized at Chignecto in June 1684, married Rose, daughter of Robert Henry and Marie-Madeleine
Godin, at Grand-Pré in September 1710. Between 1711 and 1739, at
Minas, Québec, and Rimouski in Canada, Petit-Dégrat on the southeast coast of
Île Madame, Chignecto, and on Île St.-Jean, Rose gave Noël 11 children, six sons
and five daughters. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1740. One
wonders why they moved so often. A French official counted Noël, Rose, and
five of their unmarried children at Pointe de l'Est on the eastern end of Île
St.-Jean in
August 1752. Noël died on the island in May 1755, in his early 70s. Two of his daughters
married into the Vallet dit Langevin, Porcheron, and
D'Etcheverry families in the Maritimes and in France. Four of his
six sons also married.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Québec in c1711, married Jeanne-Isabelle, daughter
of Antoine Pilon and Jeanne Charion, at Beaubassin in January 1746.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1757, at Chignecto and on Île
St.-Jean, Jeanne-Isabelle gave Jean-Baptiste six children, four sons and two
daughters. They joined his family at Pointe de l'Est on Île St.-Jean by
1750. A French
official counted them there with three sons in August 1752. One wonders
what happened to them in 1758.
Noël's second son
Joseph,
born in the 1720s, place unrecorded,
married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Bertrand l'aîné and
Marie-Françoise Léger, in c1748, place unrecorded, but it probably was at
Minas. Madeleine gave Joseph a daughter, Marie, at Minas in c1752.
One wonders if they were still at Minas in the fall of 1755 and, if so, what
happened to them. Daughter Marie evidently ended up in one of the British
seaboard colonies during exile, and she may have been
the only member of her extended family who ended up in French St.-Domingue after
the war with Britain. She died at Môle St.-Nicolas, site of the new French
naval base on the northwest coast of the sugar island, in July 1776, age 24.
The priest who recorded her burial noted that her parents also were deceased and said nothing of a
husband.
Noël's third son
Pierre,
born at Petit-Dégrat in c1728, married
Geneviève, daughter of Jean Trahan and Marie Girouard, in c1748,
place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and 1757,
Geneviève gave Pierre six children, five sons and a daughter. They, too,
joined his family at Pointe de l'Est on Île St.-Jean, where a French official
counted them with three sons in Auguste 1752. In late 1758, the British
deported them aboard the British transport Duke William, which left Chédbouctou
Bay in late November for St.-Malo. In mid-December, a North Atlantic storm
sunk the ship off the southwest coast of England, and Pierre and his family were
lost.
Noël's fourth son
Philippe dit
Pinel,
born on Île St.-Jean in c1731, followed his family to Chignecto and back to Île
St.-Jean. He probably was still on the island in August 1752, but he was
not counted with his famiy at Pointe de l'Est. The British deported him to
France in late 1758. He
died in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in early November 1759, in his late 20s, before he could marry.
Noël's
fifth son Charles
dit Pinel, born at Chignecto in c1732, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean in c1740. He was counted with his parents at
Pointe de l'Est in August 1752, the only one of their children still with them.
He married Marie-Anne, called Anne, daughter of
Charles Lacroix dit Durel and Judith Chiasson,
at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, near Pointe de l'Est, in April 1753. Between 1754
and 1758, Anne gave Charles three children, two daughters and a son. The
British deported them to France in late 1758. One wonders if any of their
children, ages 4, 2, and newborn, survived the crossing to Cherbourg, where,
between 1760 and 1771, in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish and perhaps across the bay at Le Havre, Anne
gave Charles four more children, three daughters and a son. Charles
continued his work as a mariner in the mother country. He nevertheless took
his family to the interior of Poitou in 1773. Anne gave him another son at La
Chapelle-Roux, Poitou, in 1775--eight children, five daughters and three sons, in all.
By September 1784, the family had joined their fellow exiles at Chantenay near
Nantes. One of their daughters married there that November. The
following year, Charles, Anne, and three of their children, an unmarried son,
an unmarried daughter, and the married daughter and her family, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana. Their daughter Jeanne-Charlotte and son
Martin-Charles, who would have been ages 25 and 10 in 1785, if they were still
living, did not accompany their family to Louisiana. From New Orleans,
Charles and his family followed most of their fellow passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche, whrere Charles died by
January 1788, in his early or mid-50s, when his wife was listed as a
widow in a census. His daughters married into the Haché,
Benoit, and Trahan families in France and Louisiana.
His son Louis married into the Vincent family at New Orleans
soon after they reached the colony andl followed his family to upper Bayou Lafourche. All of the
Acadian Pinels of South Louisiana descend from Louis and
three of his five sons.
Noël's sixth and youngest son
Michel,
born at Tintamarre, Chignecto, in June 1734, probably died young.
Philippe's fourth
son Charles l'aîné, born probably at Minas in the 1690s, moved on to the
French Maritimes and married Marie, daughter of Louis Marchand and
Marie Godin, at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1724. Between 1725
and 1740, Marie gave Charles five children, three sons and two daughters.
Charles l'aîné died probably at Port-Toulouse before March 1752, when his
wife was counted as a widow there. She also was counted with four
unmarried children, not far from her married oldest son. One wonders what
happened to Marie and her other children in late 1758. The British deported her oldest son and his family
to St.-Malo, France, with devastating result. One of her daughters,
Angelique, escaped the British at Port-Toulouse in 1758, married into the
Léger family in greater Acadia, and ended up on Île Miquelon,
in France, and in Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son
Charles, fils, born probably at Port-Toulouse in c1725, married Jeanne,
daughter of Gabriel Samson and Jeanne Martin
dit Barnabé of Annapolis Royal, at Port-Toulouse in c1749. Jeanne
gave Charles, fils a son, Jean, in c1751, who was still unnamed in
March 1752, when a French official counted them at Port-Toulouse. She gave
him three more children, another son and two daughters, at Port-Toulouse before 1758. The
British deported them to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Queen of
Spain, which left Île Royale in September 1758 and reached the Breton port
during the third week of November. The crossing devastated the family.
Charles, fils, Jeanne, their younger son Charles III, and their daughters, Jeannette and Marie, died
at sea. Older son Jean, age 7, was the only surviver. He went to live with
a Mlle. Delien on Rue St.-Sauveur at St.-Malo soon after his arrival and moved
to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1760. He died there in February 1763, age 11 or
12. His line of the family died with him.
Philippe's fifth
son Charles le jeune
dit Petit Charles, born probably at Minas in
the 1690s, also moved on to the French Maritimes and married Marie-Louise,
daughter of François Testard dit Paris and Marie Doiron, at
Port-Toulouse in c1723. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1724 and
1741, Marie-Louise gave Petit Charles nine children, five daughters and four
sons. Petit Charles died on Île Royale in May 1743, in his early 40s.
One of his daughters married into the Ménard and
Anquetil or Anctil family on Île Royale. Two of
his sons married in the Maritimes before the islands' dérangement and
remained in greater Acadia.
Oldest son
Charles, fils, born probably at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1727,
worked as a coaster on the island. He married Hélène Guidry
probably at Port-Toulouse in c1750. According to Bona Arsenault, Hélène
gave Charles, fils a son, Jean-Baptiste, in c1751. In March of
the following year, a French official counted them at Port-Toulouse without a
child, so Jean-Baptiste may have been born soon after the counting.
Charles, fils remarried to Marguerite Lavaudier on the
island in c1756. According to Arsenault, Marguerite gave Charles, fils
two more sons, Charles and Louis, in 1757 and 1760. The family evidently
escaped the British roundup on the island in late 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the
mainland. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they may have
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison
compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. After the war, they followed other
Acadian refugees to Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast
of Newfoundland. According to Arsenault, Charles, fils's three
sons drowned "in the pond" on Miquelon in September 1767. They would have
been ages 16, 10, and 7, respectively. A few weeks later, French
authorities, following an order from the King to relieve overcrowding on
Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre, sent most of the islanders to France.
One wonders if Charles, fils and Marguerite were among them or if they
chose to remain in greater Acadia. One also wonders if they had more
children.
Petit Charles's
second son Pierre, born probably at Port-Toulouse in c1730, married Monique,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Trahan and Marie-Catherine
Boudrot, at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in January 1756. They
evidently left the French Maritimes before the islands' dérangement in
late 1758 and sought refuge in Canada. The move proved fatal for wife Monique; she may have
been one of the victims of the smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian exiles
in the Québec area from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758. Pierre
remarried to Marie, daughter of Canadian Michel Vienneau, at
St.-Charles de Bellechasse across from Québec in October 1758. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1773, Marie gave Pierre three children, two
sons and a daughter. Their daughter married into the Thériot
family at Caraquet in present-day northeastern New Brunswick. If their sons were born in Canada, they did not
remain there.
Older son
Dominigue, by second wife Marie Vienneau, born
probably in Canada in c1765,
married Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Boudrot and
Anne Haché, at Nepisiguit, today's Bathurst, in northeastern New Brunswick, in
June 1789.
Pierre's younger
son Pierre, fils, by second wife Marie Vienneau, born
probably in Canada
in c1770, married Barbe, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dugas
and Agathe Landry, at Caraquet in July 1793.
Philippe's sixth
and youngest Philippe,
fils, born probably at Minas in c1702, also moved
on to the French Maritimes and married Isabelle, or Élisabeth, Michel
in c1726 probably on Île Royale. He died on the island at the home of Jean Martin
in January 1733, in his early 30s.358
Melanson
Pierre
Mellanson dit Laverdure, fils
came to the colony with his
parents and two younger brothers in the spring of 1657.
He and
his wife Marie-Marguerite Mius d'Entremont created a
large, influential branch of the family in the
colony. They were the first to settle at Grand-Pré. Between 1666 and the early 1690s,
at Port-Royal and Minas, Marie-Marguerite gave him 11 children, five sons and six
daughters. Pierre, fils died at Minas
after 1714, probably in his 80s. His daughters
married into the Landry, Bourg dit
Bellehumeur, Bugeaud, LeBlanc, Le Poupet de Saint-Aubin
de La Boularderie, and Jacau de Fiedmont
families. Two of the older daughters' husbands
served as officials at Minas,
one of them as a surgeon, and the two younger daughters' husbands were French army officers stationed in the
colony whose families were a part of the lesser nobility. Four of Pierre, fils and
Marie-Marguerite's five sons created their own families.
Their descendants settled at Minas, Petiticoudiac in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, and in the
French Maritimes. Forty-one Melansons, all
but one of them from this branch of the family, emigrated
to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, from Maryland in the late
1760s and 1780s, and from France in 1785. Others could be
found in Canada, greater Acadia, and France after Le
Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Philippe,
born at Port-Royal in c1666, married Marie, daughter of Claude Dugas and Françoise
Bourgeois, in c1695 probably at Minas. From the late 1690s to 1718, Marie gave Philippe 11 children, three sons and eight daughters.
Marie died at Minas in September 1733, in her late 50s. Philippe did not
remarry. He died at Minas in June 1744, in his late 70s. Six of his daughters married into the Landry, Trahan, Babin,
Thibodeau, and Hébert families, and the youngest one emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana
from Maryland in 1767.
All three of his sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Joseph,
born probably at Minas before 1701, married Marguerite, daughter
of Jean LeBlanc and Marguerite Richard of Pigiguit, in c1720 at
Minas. Between 1721 and 1730, Marguerite gave Joseph six children, three
sons and three daughters. Joseph died at Minas before January 1745.
Two of his daughters married into the LeBlanc dit Des
Sapins and Poirier families. One of them died in England,
and the other remained in Maryland with her second husband. Two of
Joseph's sons also created families of their own. Both of them emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana, one from Maryland in 1767, the other from France in 1785.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born at Minas in January 1721, married Anne Bourg
probably at Minas in c1746. Between 1747 and 1757, Anne gave Joseph,
fils seven children, three daughters and four sons. They were counted
at Gaspereau, Minas, in 1752 and moved on to Île St.-Jean after August of that
year. After the fall of Louisbourg in July 1758, the British deported
Joseph, fils, Anne, and six of their children, three daughters and
three sons, ages 12 to 2, to St.-Malo, France. The three youngest
children, two sons and a daughter, died at sea. Wife Anne died at Hôtel-Dieu,
St.-Malo, in February 1759 probably from the rigors of the crossing, and another
daughter died there in March. Joseph, fils and his surviving
children, a daughter and a son, settled across the harbor from St.-Malo at St.-Énogat,
today's Dinard, where, at age 40, he remarried
to fellow Acadian Ursule Hébert, widow of Alexandre
Bourg, in April 1761. She gave him no more children. The blended family remained at St.-Énogat.
His surviving daughter Anne-Josèphe married a
Bourg from Cobeguit in January 1767 at St.-Énogat; he was a sailor. In September 1772,
French authorities noted that Joseph, fils, now in his early 50s, was a
laborer living with his wife, a weaver, and a grown son who was a sailor.
Joseph, fils did not take his family to Poitou in 1773, nor did they
join other Acadian exiles at Nantes later in the decade. They remained in
the St.-Malo area. Joseph, fils and Ursule emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana directly from St.-Malo in 1785. He was, in fact, the only male
Melanson to go to that colony from France. One of
Ursule's Bourg daughters and her Henry husband
also went to the Spanish colony from St.-Malo, but Joseph, fils's
children remained in France. Joseph, fils and Ursule followed
most of their fellow passengers to the new Acadian settlement of Bayou des
Écores in the New Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge. None of his sons
created families of their own, so only the blood of this family line endured, in France.
Oldest son
Germain, born at Minas in c1749, followed his parents to Île St.-Jean and
St.-Malo, France, and settled with his father at St.-Énogat, where he became a
sailor. He probably did not marry, nor did he follow his father and
stepmother to Spanish Louisiana.
Joseph, fils's
second son, perhaps also named Joseph, born, according to
family historian Michael Melanson, in
c1752, so it may have been at Minas or on Île St.-Jean, died on the crossing to
St.-Malo, age 6 or 7.
Joseph, fils's
third and youngest son, Joseph III, born on Île St.-Jean in c1757, died on the
crossing to St.-Malo, age 1 or 2.
Joseph, père's
second son Amand, born at Minas in October 1728, married Anne Babin
in c1751 probably at Minas. Anne gave him a son in c1752. The
British deported the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Between 1760
and 1765, Anne gave Amand four more children in the colony, two daughters and
two sons. Amand and his family appeared on a repatriation list at Baltimore in July 1763.
Their second daughter Marguerite died between July 1763 and April 1767, when
Amand, Anne, and five of their children, four sons and a daughter, the youngest
son a newborn, left Baltimore for Spanish Louisiana. From New Orleans,
they followed their fellow passengers to San Gabriel d'Iberville on the river south of Baton
Rouge, where, between 1771 and 1775, Anne gave Amand three more children, two
daughters and a son--nine children in all, five sons and four daughters.
By March 1777, Amand owned a slave, 20 head of cattle, four horses, 16 hogs, and
30 fowl on his 10-arpent frontage along the west bank of the river in
the Iberville District.
He died at San Gabriel in December 1781, age 53. Anne did not remarry.
She died at San Gabriel in November 1801, age 72. Two of their younger
daughters married into the LeBlanc and Landry
families at San Gabriel and remained on the western bank of what became
Iberville Parish. Three of Amand's sons married, into the Godin
and Landry families on the river, but one of the lines did not
endure.
Joseph, père's
third and youngest son Jean, born at Minas in November 1730, did not create a
family.
Philippe's second
son Philippe, fils, born at Minas in December 1712, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Trahan
and Madeleine Comeau, in c1740 at Minas.
In the fall of 1755, the British deported the childless
couple to Pennsylvania. In August 1756, Philippe, fils was one of
14 Acadians who signed a petition beseeching colonial officials to allow the
exiles to return to their own country, join their fellow exiles elsewhere, or
receive provisions. The follow month, he and 19 other "Neutrals" signed a
petition again asking to be sent back to their own country, join their fellow
exiles elsewhere, or be treated like prisoners of war and receive provisions
accorded to prisoners. The governor refused to declare them prisoners of
war, insisting that they were still subjects of the British Crown, and dispersed
them to various communities in the colony, where he expected them to remain as
settlers. According to kinsmen in France, Philippe, fils
died at Halifax, Nova Scotia, date unrecorded. This implies that after the
war ended in 1763, he, and perhaps his wife as well,
returned to Nova Scotia.
Philippe's third and youngest son Pierre
le jeune, born at Minas in October 1715, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Marie
Landry, at Grand-Pré in February 1745 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards.
Between 1746 and 1763, Marie-Madeleine gave Pierre le jeune eight children, six
daughters and two sons. The British deported the family to Virginia in the
fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to England in the spring of 1756.
They were held at Southampton, repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763
aboard La Dorothée, and settled in the suburb of St.-Énogat, today's
Dinard. In
late November 1765, they joined other Acadian exiles
from England on recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at Le Cosquet near Locmaria on the southeast part of the island, where Pierre III died in November 1766, age 51.
By the mid-1770s, his widw Marie-Madeleine
took her family to Concarneau near Quimper in southwestern Brittany and died there in June 1791, age 71. Her Melanson daughters married into the Daigre, Gallo,
Liber or Libéo dit Libert, Paget, Petit dit
Klein, Granger, and Collin families on
Belle-Île-en-Mer and in southwest Brittany.
Both of her Melanson sons also created their own families in
southwest Brittany, where they worked as sailors for the French Republic.
No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Older son Joseph, born at Minas in June 1750, followed his family to Virginia,
England, St.-Énogat, Belle-Île-en-Mer, and his widowed mother to Concarneau.
He married Frenchwoman Marie-Jacquette Bonnetis at Concarneau
in November 1776. Between 1779 and 1787, Marie-Jacquette gave Joseph three
daughters. As the birth of their youngest daughter shows, the family did not
follow most of the Acadians still in France to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. Bona Arsenault places the family also at nearby Lorient in 1788 and
1791. In July 1794, during the heighth of the French Revolution, Joseph
appeared on a list of Acadians and Canadians at Concarneau who still possessed
"a right to aid." The French official noted that he was a sailor with two
children, so Marie-Jacquette and their youngest daughter likely had died by
then. He evidently did not remarry nor father any sons.
Pierre le jeune's younger son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in September 1752, followed
his family to Virginia, England, St.-Énogat, Belle-Île-en-Mer, and his widowed
mother to Concarneau/Quimper. In his early 30s, he married Anne LeBeau
at Concarneau in January 1784. She gave him two sons there in 1785 and
1787. He, too, did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jean-Baptiste remarried to Marie-Michelle Vidal at Concarneau
in April 1788. Between 1789 and 1801, at Concarneau and nearby Quimper, she gave him seven more children,
five sons and two daughters--nine children in all, seven sons and two daughters.
Jean-Baptiste also appeared on a list of Acadians and Canadians at Concarneau in
July 1794 who were still entitled "to aid." Like older brother Joseph,
Jean-Baptiste was working as sailor "in the service of the French Republic";
the French officials noted that Jean-Baptiste was the father of six children.
If so, Jean-Baptiste's second wife and three of his children
evidently were deceased. Jean-Baptiste died at Concarneau in August 1803,
age 50. One wonders if he had remarried and fathered anymore children, or
if any of his daughters and sons created their own families.
Pierre, fils's second son
Pierre
dit
Pedro, born at Port-Royal in c1670, married Marie, daughter of Martin Blanchard and Françoise
LeBlanc, in c1695 probably at Minas. From the late 1690s to 1716, Marie gave Pedro 11 children, eight daughters
and three sons. Probably a widower, Pedro followed
one of his daughters and her family to Île St.-Jean in
c1750 or 1751. In August 1752, a French official
counted Pedro, age 80 (probably 82), living with his widowered
son-in-law Pierre Naquin and six of his
Naquin grandchildren, at Anse-à-Pinnet
on the southeast coast of Île St.-Jean. One
suspects that Pedro died on the island before late 1758,
when the British deported most of the islanders,
including Jacques Naquin and two of his
children, to St.-Malo, France. Six of Pedro's
daughters married into the Landry, Bourg, Pichot, Coupiau
dit Desaleur, Hébert, Naquin, and Thériot families,
and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765. Two of
Pedro's three sons created families of their own, and
one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in the
1780s.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born at Minas in January 1712, married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Thériot
and Marie Bourg and widow of ____ Landry, in c1734 (family
historian Michael
Melanson says c1729) at Minas.
Between 1735 and 1739, Élisabeth gave Pierre, fils
three children, two sons and a daughter. Following a long illness, during which he
suffered patiently, Pierre, fils died there in
November 1739, age 27. His widow remarried to Pierre Gautrot,
a widower,
and followed him to Anse-à-Pinnet, Île St.-Jean, in late
1750. In August 1752, a French official counted
Élisabeth, third husband Pierre, some of her and his
children by their first marriages, and her two
Melanson sons, now in their late teens, at
Anse-à-Pinnet. One wonders what happened to her
Melanson daughter, Marie-Josèphe, who
would have been age 13 at the time and was not one of
the children counted. The British deported the
family to France in late 1758. Pierre
Gautrot died at La Rochelle on the Bay of
Biscay in September 1769,
age 61, so members of the blended family may had landed
there in 1759. One of Élisabeth's Melanson
sons remained in the mother country. The other,
who had remained in greater Acadia, was deported to
France in the late 1770s.
Older son Pierre III, born at Minas in May 1735,
followed his mother, stepfather, and their blended
family to Anse-à-Pinnet. He married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of René Aucoin
and Madeleine Michel, on Île St.-Jean
in c1757. Marie-Madeleine gave Pierre III a
daughter in April 1758, on the eve of
the island's dérangement. The British
deported them to France in 1758-59, and they landed at
Boulogne-sur-Mer, where Pierre III worked as a sailor. Their daughter, Marie-Madeleine,
died in that city in January 1759, probably from the
rigors of the crossing. Wife Marie-Madeleine died
at Boulogne-sur-Mer in January 1760, age 22.
Pierre III remarried to Marie-Louise, daughter of locals
Charles Guilbon and Marie-Marguerite
____, at Boulogne-sur-Mer in September
1761. Between 1762 and 1768, Marie-Louise gave
Pierre III four children, two daughters and two sons.
In 1773, Pierre III and his family followed hundreds of
other Acadian exiles in the coastal cities to an
influential nobleman's estate near Châtellerault in the
interior of Poitou--an odd choice for a sailor.
When most of his fellow Acadians abandoned the Poitou
venture in 1775 and 1776 and retreated to the port city
of Nantes, Pierre III remained at Cenan near
Châtellerault. Marie-Louise gave him another son
in c1776. She died at Cenan in October 1777, age
41. Jean III remarried again--his third
marriage--to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Renault and
Marie-Anne Barbudeau, at nearby
Archigny in March 1778. Madeleine gave him two
more children, a son and a daughter, at Cenan in 1779
and 1780--eight children, four daughters and four
sons, by three wives. Most of his children died
young, two of them within a month of one another at
St.-Phele-de-Maillé near Archigny in the summer of 1780.
Third wife Madeleine died at St.-Phele-de-Maillé in
August 1780, age 37, perhaps from the rigors of
childbirth. Pierre III died at St.-Phele-de-Maillé,
in January 1781, age 45. One of his daughters
married into the Debien family at
St.-Phele in June 1784. Neither she nor any of her
surviving siblings emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785.
Pierre, fils's younger son
Joseph, born at
Minas in October 1736, followed his mother, stepfather,
and their blended family to Anse-à-Pinnet. He
evidently escaped the British roundup on the island in
1758 and sought refuge in greater Acadia. Sometime
in the early 1760s, he either surrendered to, or was
captured by, British forces in the region and held in
the prison compound at Chédabouctou on the Atlantic coast of
Nova Scotia. After the war ended in
1763, he followed other exiles to Miquelon, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of
Newfoundland, where he married Anne, daughter of Jacques
Hébert and Anne Arseneau,
in July 1765. Between 1766 and 1778,
on the island, Anne gave Joseph five children, three daughters and two
sons. French officials counted him,
his wife, and their daughter on the island in May 1767.
They likely were among the habitants/fishermen
on the island who French officials, obeying a royal
decree, sent to France later
in the year to relieve overcrowding on Miquelon and
nearby Île St.-Pierre. If so, they were among the
majority of the islanders who returned to Miquelon the
following year (their second child, also a daughter, was
born on Miquelon, not in France, in December 1769).
Bona Arsenault hints that they may have gone to the
fishing center at Chédabouctou on the northeast coast of
Nova Scotia in 1767, not to France, and returned to
Miquelon soon after, but Arsenault may be referring to
Joseph's stay at Chédabouctou in the early 1760s,
before he moved on to Miquelon. Their time back on the island was short. In
late 1778, after France became an
ally of the Americans during their strugge for
independence against Britain, the redcoats captured the
Newfoundland islands and deported the Acadians there to
France. Joseph and his family landed at La
Rochelle, where he died in February 1779, age 42,
perhaps from the rigors of the crossing. After the
Revolutionary War ended in 1783, the Treaty of Paris returned the
Newfoundland islands to France, and the Acadians were
allowed to return to their island homes. Joseph's widow
Anne and her children were among them. French officials
counted her on Miquelon in 1785 with five children.
Her oldest daughter married into the Sire,
probably Cyr, family on the island in
February 1789. One wonders if any of her other
children also created families of their own.
Pedro's second son, name unrecorded, born probably
at Minas before 1714, evidently died
young.
Pedro's third and youngest son
Joseph, born at
Minas in c1716, married
cousin Madeleine, daughter of Jacques Hébert and Marguerite Landry, at
Grand-Pré in January 1738. Between 1739 and 1746, Madeleine gave Joseph
five children, three daughters and two sons.
Wife Madeleine died at Minas in late November 1746, in her late
20s, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth. Joseph remarried to cousin Marguerite, daughter of Germain
Hébert and Anne Caissie, at Grand-Pré in August 1748.
Marguerite gave Joseph eight more children, six
daughters and two sons, 13 children by two wives.
In the fall of 1755, the British deported the family to
Maryland. Joseph,
Marguerite, and nine children, seven daughers and two
sons, appeared on a repatriation list at Annapolis in July 1763. Two of Joseph and
Marguerite's daughters married into the Fellen
and Lazare families in the Chesapeake
colony, and his oldest son also married there.
Wife Marguerite likely died in Maryland, and most of his
children remained there. Joseph, probably a
widower, emigrated to Louisiana probably from Maryland
by the mid-1780s. He died at San Gabriel
on the river above the city in December 1786, age 70.
His married daughters Geneviève and Marguerite and their
husbands also emigrated to the Spanish colony.
The sisters died at New Orleans within
days of one another in October 1796, perhaps in a yellow
fever epidemic. Joseph's only married son did not
follow his father and sisters to Louisiana,
so this family line did not take root there.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, by first wife
Madeleine Hébert, born at Minas in
November 1742, followed his family to Maryland, where he
married Anastasie _____, perhaps a
fellow Acadian, before July 1763, when they were counted
at Annapolis. They likely remained in Maryland.
Joseph, père's second son
Paul-Olivier, by
first wife Madeleine Hébert, born at
Minas in July 1745, did not follow his family to
Maryland but was deported with the family of an
Hébert uncle to Virginia in the fall of 1755.
Virginia authorities sent them on to England in the
spring of 1756, and they were held at Southampton.
Paul-Olivier followed his uncle to St.-Malo, France,
aboard the corvette L'Ambition in May 1763 and
settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. In February 1766,
now in his early 20s, Paul-Olivier sailed to the
French-controlled fishery islands of St.-Pierre and Miquelon off
the southern coast of Newfoundlans aboard La
St.-Pierre. He worked as a fisherman in the
Newfoundland islands. One wonders if he married.
Joseph, père's third son
Baptiste, by second
wife Marguerite Hébert, was counted
with his family at Annapolis in July 1763, no age given.
One wonders what happened to him after that date.
He did not go to Spanish Louisiana.
Joseph, père's fourth and youngest son
Pierre,
by second wife Marguerite Hébert, was
counted with his family at Annapolis in July 1763, no
age given.
One wonders what happened to him after that date.
He did not go to Spanish Louisiana.
Pierre, fils's third son
Jean, born probably
at Port-Royal in c1681, married
Marguerite, another daughter of
Claude Dugas and Françoise Bourgeois
of Chignecto, at Port-Royal in January 1701 but settled
at Minas. From the early 1700s to 1724, Marguerite
gave Jean 10 children, four daughters and six sons.
+Wife Marguerite died probably at Minas by February 1729, in her
late 40s. Her
and Jean's daughters married
into the Thériot, Hébert, Thibodeau, Richard, and
Boudrot families, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in
1767. Five of Jean's six sons also created their own families,
and members of four of their families emigrated to
Louisiana from Maryland.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1707, married cousin Madeleine, daughter of Jacques à René LeBlanc and
Catherine Landry, at Grand-Pré in February 1729. Between 1730 and
the late 1740s or early 1750s, Madeleine gave
Jean-Baptiste 10 children, five sons and five daughters.
In the fall of 1755, the British deported the family,
including a married son and his wife and a married
daughter and her husband, to Maryland.
Jean-Baptiste had died either at Minas or in Maryland
before July 1763, when Madeleine, now a widow, and four
of their children appeared on a repatriation list at Snow Hill on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Madeleine, who never remarried, three of
her Melanson sons, one of them married,
and two of her Melanson daughters, one
of them married, emigrated to Louisiana
from Maryland in 1766 and settled at Cabahannocer on the
river above New Orleans. Only two of her and
Jean-Baptiste's daughters married, into the
LeBlanc and Bourgeois
families, at Minas and in Louisiana. Four of her
and Jean-Baptiste's five sons married, at Minas, in
Maryland, and in Louisiana, and three of the lines
endured in the Bayou State.
Oldest son Paul, born at Minas in October 1730, married
Marie, daughter of Germain Thériot and
Marguerite Boudrot, at Minas in c1750.
Marie gave Paul a son in c1751. The British
deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755.
Between 1756 and 1762, Marie gave Paul four more
children in the colony, two daughters and two sons.
Paul, Marie, and most of
their children also appeared on a repatriation list at
Snow Hill in July 1763. They followed his family to Louisiana in
1766 and settled with them at Cabahannocer. Marie
gave Paul another son at nearby Ascension in May
1770--six children, four sons and two daughters, in all.
Paul died probably at Ascension by 1770, in his late
30s, when his wife was described as a widow in a census
there. His youngest child, a son, may have been
born posthumously. His daughters married into the
Breaux, Landry, and
Parr families on the river and the
western prairies. Two of his sons survived
childhood, but only one of them married, into the
Prejean family on the western prairies.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Joseph, born at Minas in
November 1734, followed his family to Maryland, where he
married Anne Landry in c1759. She
gave him two children, a son and a daughter, in 1760 and
1763. They, too, appeared on a repatriation list at Snow Hill in July
1763, followed his family to Louisiana in 1766, and
settled at Cabahannocer, where Anne gave Joseph another
son in May 1768--three children, two sons and a
daughter, in all. Joseph
died at Cabahannocer by September
1769, in his early or mid-30s, when Anne was called a
widow in a census there. She remarried to a
Broussard in 1769 or 1770 on the river
and followed him to Attakapas in the 1770s. Her
Melançon daughter married into the
Thibodeaux family there in 1780.
Her younger Melançon son Simon
evidently did not
survive childhood. Her older Melançon
son Olivier did reach adulthood, but he probably did not
marry, so only the blood of this family line endured in
the Bayou State.
Jean-Baptiste's third son Jean-Baptiste, fils,
born at Minas in December 1736, followed his family to
Maryland, was listed with them at Snow Hill, and
followed his widowed mother and siblings to
Cabahannocer, where he married Osite, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Dupuis and Élisabeth
LeBlanc of Minas, in May 1768.
They settled on the east bank of the river there.
Between 1769 and 1778, Osite gave Jean-Baptiste,
fils four children, two sons and two daughters.
Their daughters married into the Landry
and Bourg families on the river, and
the older one resettled on the western prairies.
Jean-Baptiste, fils's sons also married, into
the LeBlanc, Landry,
and Gautreaux families on the river.
Jean-Baptiste père's fourth and youngest son
Charles, born at Minas in March 1743, followed his
family to Maryland, was listed with them at Snow Hill,
and followed his widowed mother and siblings to
Cabahannocer. Charles married Félicité, daughter
of fellow Acadians René Landry and
Marie Theriot, at nearby Ascension in
February 1768. They settled on the east bank of
the river at Cabahannocer. Between 1769 and 1787,
Félicité gave Charles 10 children, six sons and four
daughters. Charles died at Ascension in May 1787,
age 44. His youngest child, a daughter, probably
was born posthumously. His daughters married into
the Capdeville, Richard,
Louvière, and Bernard
families on the river. Four of his six sons also
married, into the Orillion,
LeBlanc, Bergeron, and
Gaudet families on the river, the western
prairies, and upper Bayou Lafourche. One of the
lines did not endure.
Jean's second son Paul, born at Minas in September
1708, probably died
young.
Jean's third son Pierre, born at Minas in September
1710,
married Rosalie, daughter of René Blanchard and Anne Landry, at
Grand-Pré in June 1734. Between 1735 and
1756, Rosalie gave Pierre eight children, four sons and
four daughters. The British deported most of the
family to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Their
oldest son was on Île St.-Jean at the time. In
September 1756, Pierre and 19 other "Neutrals" signed a
petition asking to be sent back to their own country,
join their fellow exiles elsewhere, or be treated like
prisoners of war and receive provisions accorded to
prisoners. The governor refused to declare them
prisoners of war, insisting that they were still
subjects of the British Crown, and dispersed them to
various communities in the colony, where he expected
them to remain as settlers. In February 1757,
Pierre was one of 17 "French Neutrals" protesting the
parcelling out of their children to anglophone families
and demanded to know their status in the
colony--"Subjects, Prisoners, Slaves or Freedmen."
They repeated their assertion of being prisoners of war
and again asked to be allowed to leave the province. Pierre
and Rosalie died in Pennsylvania by June 1763, when
their seven children appeared on a French repatriation
list without them.
Two of the children evidently moved on to Maryland after
the counting and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from
that colony in 1766. Only one of Pierre and
Rosalie's daughters, Marguerite, married, into the Landry
family in Louisiana. Two of their sons also
created families of their own, one in greater Acadia,
the other in Louisiana.
Oldest son Jean-Pierre, born at Minas in February 1735,
was living on Île St.-Jean when the British deported his
parents and siblings to Pennsylvania in the fall of
1755. He evidently escaped the roundup on the
island in 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. During the late 1750s or early
1760s, he moved up to Restigouche at the head of the
Baie des Chaleurs, where he married Henriette-Geneviève
dite Anne, daughter of Charles Haché
dit Gallant and
Geneviève Lavergne, in January 1761.
Anne was a native of Île St.-Jean, to which the couple
returned after the war, but they did not remain.
Between 1766 and 1779, Anne gave Jean-Pierre four
children, two daughters and two sons, on St. John's
Island, formerly Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward
Island; and at Nepisiguit, today's Bathhurst, New
Brunswick, on the south shore of the Baie des Chaleurs,
where they settled in the 1770s. Their daughters
married into the Arsenault and
Boudreau families at Nepisiguit. Both of
their sons also married, into the Hébert
and Doucet families in Gaspésie, on the
north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs, and at
Nepisiguit.
Pierre's second son Amand,
born at Minas in July 1739, followed his family to
Pennsylvania and was listed on a repatriation list with
six of his orphaned siblings there in June 1763.
Did he remain in Pennsylvania after the counting?
Did he follow other exiles from that colony to Canada or
the French Antilles later in the decade? Did he
follow his siblings to Maryland after the June 1763
counting but remained in the Chesapeake colony?
Did follow them to Maryland but chose to go to French
St.-Domingue instead of Spanish Louisiana? Bona
Arsenault sends him to Louisiana with siblings
Marguerite and Joseph, but family historian Michael Melanson,
followed here, says he did
not go with them.
Pierre's third son Simon, born at Minas in April 1745,
followed his family to Pennsylvania and was counted with
six of his orphaned siblings there in June 1763.
Did he remain in Pennsylvania after the counting?
Did he follow other exiles from that colony to Canada or
the French Antilles later in the decade? Did he
follow his siblings to Maryland after the June 1763
counting but remained in the Chesapeake colony?
Did follow them to Maryland but chose to go to French
St.-Domingue instead of Spanish Louisiana?
Pierre's fourth and youngest son
Joseph, born probably
in Pennsylvania in c1756, was counted with six of his
orphaned siblings there in June 1763. After the
counting, he followed
older sister Marguerite to Maryland and from there to Louisiana
in 1766. He settled with her and her new husband
Amand Landry on the west side of the river at Cabahannocer and was
living with them on the same side of the river at nearby
Ascension in 1770, when he was age 15. In 1777,
the Spanish census taker, calling him Joseph dit
Dios Rose, age 20, counted him still on the west bank of
the river, this time with the family of Amand
Gautreaux, for whom Joseph was probably working
as an engagé. Joseph married Marguerite-Gertrude,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Landry
and Marie-Josèphe Bourg and widow of
Augustin Licara or Sierra,
at Ascension in February 1779.
She brought four slaves into the marriage. Between
1780 and 1791, Marguerite-Gertrude gave Joseph eight
children, five sons and three daughters. Joseph
died at Ascension in August 1808, age 52. His
daughters married into the Landry and
Picou families at Ascension.
Three of his sons also married, into the LeBlanc,
Bougeois, and Landry
families, and settled in St. James, Ascension, and Iberville
parishes, but one of the lines did not endure.
Jean's fourth son Alexandre, born at Minas in 1717, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Gautrot and Anne LeBlanc, in c1740
probably at Minas. Between 1741 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave Alexandre
four children, two sons and two daughters. She
died at Minas in March 1748, probably from the rigors of
childbirth. Alexandre remarried to Osite Hébert probably at Minas in
c1749. Between 1750 and 1754, Osite gave Alexandre
three more children, a daughter and two sons. The British deported the family to Maryland
in the fall of 1755. Between 1756 and 1762, Osite
gave Alexandre two more sons in the colony. The
family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1766, reaching
New Orleans in September of that year. They
followed other exiles from Maryland to Cabahannocer.
Michael Melanson also says the family appears "on the list of
Acadians at New Orleans, in July 1767," but they do not;
Alexandre and his family would have been settled at
Cabahannocer by then. Osite gave him another son
probably at Cabahannocer in early 1768--10 children in
all, seven sons and three daughters, by his two wives.
Alexandre died probably at Cahahannocer before September
1769, in his late 50s or early 60s, when Osite was
counted in a census there as a widow. Only one of
Alexandre's daughters, the youngest, married, into the Godin
family in Louisiana. His five younger sons, all by
second wife Osite, also married in the Spanish colony,
four of them on the river and one of them on the western
prairies. His two older sons by first wife
Marie-Josèphe evidently did not create families of their
own, nor they did they follow their father and his second family to Louisiana.
His five sons who settled in Louisiana, one of the born
there, created vigorous lines in the Bayou State.
Oldest son Jean-Septime, by first wife Marie-Josèphe
Gautrot, born at Minas in July 1741,
followed his father and stepmother to Marland in 1755
and appeared with them and five of his half-siblings
on a repatriation list at Snow Hill on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July 1763.
One wonders what happened to him after that date.
He did not follow his family to Spanish Louisiana in 1766. Did he
remain in Maryland? Did he go from the colony to
French St.-Domingue soon after the counting?
Alexandre's second son Joseph, by first wife
Marie-Josèphe Gautrot, born at Minas in
April 1744, if he followed his family to Maryland in
1755 was not counted with them at Snow Hill in July
1763, when he would have been in his early 20s.
Did he die young?
Alexandre's third son Pierre-Jacques dit
Santiago, by second wife Osite Hébert,
born at Minas in c1750 (Bona Arsenault says c1753), followed his family to Maryland
in 1755 and to Spanish
Louisiana in 1766 and settled with them on the east bank
of the river at Cabahannocer, where he married
Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Landry and Ursule Landry, in July
1773. Between 1774 and 1798, Élisabeth gave
Santiago nine children, six sons and three daughters.
Santiago, in his late 60s, remarried to Marie-Christine,
called Christine, daughter of Augustin Landry
and Anne-Marie Forest and widow of
Grégoire Melançon, at St. Gabriel,
Iberville Parish, in January 1817. She gave him no
more children. His daughters married into the
Gautreaux family. Four of his
sons also married, into the LeBlanc,
Lanoux, Gautreaux, and
Clouâtre families, at Cabahannocer/St.
James and
St. Gabriel on the river, and one of them joined the
Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Alexandre's fourth son Joseph,
the second with the name, by second wife Osite Hébert, born at
Minas in c1754 (Bona Arsenault says c1752), followed his family to Maryland in 1755
and to Spanish Louisiana
in 1766 and settled with them at Cabahannocer, where he
married Anastasie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow
Acadians Alexis Breaux and Madeleine
Trahan of Pigiguit, in May 1779.
Anastasie was a native of Maryland, and her father was
one of the Breau brothers who gave
Spanish Governor Ulloa so much grief in 1768 after
reaching the colony from Port Tobacco, Maryland.
Anastasie gave Joseph a son at Cabahannocer in October
1780. She died at nearby Ascension in January
1783, age 20, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth.
Joseph remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow
Acadians Marcel LeBlanc and
Marie-Josèphe Breaux, at Ascension in
September 1784. Between 1785 and 1802,
Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph six more children, three
daughters and three sons--seven children, four sons and
three daughters, by two wives. Joseph died by
1810, when wife Marie-Josèphe was described in a census as
a widow. Two of his daughters, all by second wife
Marie-Josèphe, married into the Landry
and LeBlanc families in St. James
Parish. Only one of Joseph's sons, also by his second
wife, married, into the LeBlanc family
on the river.
Alexandre's fifth son Étienne,
by second wife Osite
Hébert, born probably in Maryland in
c1756, followed his family to
Louisiana in 1766, and settled with them at
Cabahannocer, where he married Ludivine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles Breaux and
Marie Benoit, in April 1780.
Between 1781 and 1786, Ludivine gave Étienne three sons,
all of whom created families of their own.
They married into the Mire,
Lanoux, and Arceneaux families
and settled in St. James Parish.
Alexandre's sixth son Paul-Olivier,
by second wife
Osite Hébert, born probably at Snow
Hill, Maryland, in c1762, followed his family to
Louisiana in 1766, and settled with them at
Cabahannocer, where he married Osite-Barbe, another
daughter of Marcel LeBlanc and
Marie-Josèphe Breaux, in the 1780s.
Between 1786 and 1809, Osite-Barbe gave Paul-Olivier 13
children, nine daughters and four sons.
Osite-Barbe died in St. James Parish in August 1811, age
44. In his mid-60s, Paul-Olivier remarried to
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Athanase
Broussard and Anne Bourgeois
and widow of Bonaventure Gaudin, at the
Convent church, St. James Parish, in May 1821. She
gave him no more children. Six of his daughters
married into the LeBlanc, Babin,
Arseneaux, Theriot,
Daigle, and Breaux
families, and perhaps into the Thibodeaux
family, on the river. Three of his sons also
married, into the LeBlanc,
Champagne, and Gaudin families
on the river and upper Bayou Lafourche.
Alexandre's seventh and youngest son
Charles dit
Migouin or Miquoin, by
second wife Osite Hébert, born probably
at Cabahannocer in March 1768, perhaps posthumously, was
the only one of his father's many sons born in
Louisiana. Spanish officials counted Charles with
his widowed mother and siblings on the left, or east,
bank of the river at Cabahannocer in September 1769; he
was 17 months old. He married Claire,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Breaux
and Marie-Josèphe Landry and widow of
Pierre Comeaux, at Cabahannocer in
January 1790. Between 1790 and January 1802,
Claire gave Charles eight children, five daughters and
three sons. Claire died at Cabahannocer in January
1802, age 38, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth.
Charles remarried to Scholastique, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Bourgeois and Marie
Giroir and widow of Nicolas
Picou, at Cabahannocer in August 1803.
Between 1804 and 1815, Scholastique gave Charles four
more children, three sons and two daughters--a dozen
children, seven daughters and five sons, by two
wives. Charles took his family to the Bayou Teche
valley by 1809 and settled near Grande Pointe on the
upper bayou. Charles died there in December 1818,
in his early 50s. His burial record, which
exaggerated his age as 54, called him Charles dit
Miquoin of Acadie, evidently meaning he
was an Acadian. Three of his daughters from both
wives married into the Semere,
Guidry, and Martin families in
St. Martin Parish. Three of his sons also married,
into the Thibodeaux, Doucet,
and Pellerin families on the Teche.
Jean's fifth son Jacques, born probably at Minas
in c1719, married
Marguerite, daughter of Claude Broussard and Anne Babin, in c1742
probably at Minas. Between 1743 and 1747,
Marguerite gave Jacques three daughters. The British deported the
family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Jacques
died there before July 1763, in his late 40s or early
50s, when his wife, living with their daughters at Snow
Hill on the colony's Eastern Shore, was called a widow
on a French repatriation list.
Marguerite and her three daughters
emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in 1766 and settled
at Cabahannocer. The daughters married into the Lemire
dit Mire, D'Amour dit de
Louvière, and Part families on the river, so the blood of
this family line endured in the Bayou State.
Jean's sixth and youngest son
Étienne, born at Minas in July 1724, married Françoise, daughter of Joseph Granger and Anne Richard,
at Grand-Pré in January 1747. Françoise gave him a son the following
October. Étienne took his family to Île St.-Jean
in c1750. Françoise gave him two more children
there, both daughters, in 1750 and 1752. A French
official counted Étienne (he called him Estienne),
Françoise, their three young children, a 30-year-old
brother-in-law, and a 14-year-old sister-in-law at
Grande-Anse on the south shore of the island in August
1752. Françoise gave Étienne two more daughters on
the island in
1754 and 1757, one of them at L'Anse Landry. The following year, after the fall
of Louisbourg, the British deported the family to
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Françoise gave Étienne
two more daughters at Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1761 and 1763.
In the spring of 1766, aboard the brigantine
Hazard, they moved on to St.-Malo and settled in the
suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer before moving to nearby Pleudihen-sur-Rance
in 1771. Soon after
reaching St.-Malo, Françoise gave Étienne another
daughter--eight children in all, a son and seven
daughters. Wife Françoise, who worked as a spinner and
cutter, died at La Tourniolle near Pleudihen in
September 1778, age 50. At least four of her and
Étienne's daughters married into the Thériot,
Mace, Crête de Saint-Aubin,
and Broussard families in France.
Their son also married there. Étienne remarried to
36-year-old Frenchwoman Charlotte Launay, widow
of Joseph Robidou, at Miniac-Morvan
south of St.-Malo in February 1783. She died at La
Grande-Tourniolle in February 1785, age 38, probably
from the rigors of childbirth; her and Étienne's
daughter, his ninth child and eighth daughter, was born
eight days before her mother's death and died two days
after her birth. Despite so many of their
relatives living there, neither Étienne nor any member
of his family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Étienne was
still living at St.-Malo in 1787.
Only son Joseph, born at Minas in October 1747, followed
his family to Grande-Anse, Boulogne-sur-Mer,
St.-Servan-sur-Mer, and Pleudihen-sur-Rance, where he married cousin
Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Broussard and Madeleine Landry,
in January 1772. Later that year and
in 1776, at Le Coquenais near Pleudihen, Élisabeth gave
Joseph two sons. Joseph died by November 1784,
when his wife remarried at Pleudihen to a
Boudrot residing at Nantes. They settled
at Pleudihen, where she gave her second husband a pair
of twins in August 1785. Neither she nor any
member of her family
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. However,
three of her sons, a Melanson who
married a Doiron in France and two
Boudrots, did leave France in the early 1800s
and resettle in Nova Scotia.
Pierre, fils's fourth son
Paul, born
probably at Minas in c1691 married
Marie, daughter of Germain Thériot and Anne Richard, at Grand-Pré
in November 1712 and remained there. Between 1717 and 1739, Marie gave Paul nine children, four
sons and five daughters. By 1752, Paul had taken his family to
Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area west of
Chignecto. They escaped the British roundup there in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Wife Marie
died at Montmagny on the lower St. Lawrence in January
1763, age 70. One wonders if she was a widow.
Four of her and Paul's daughters married into the
Thébeau, Bonnevie dit Beaumont, Dubois, LeBlanc,
Bergeron dit d'Amboise, Brun, and Cormier families
in greater Acadia and Canada.
All four of Paul's sons created families of their own,
and one of their families emigrated to Louisiana from
Halifax in 1765.
Oldest son Bénoni, born at Minas in August 1720, married
Marie, baptized as Marguerite, daughter
of Claude Benoit and Jeanne Hébert, in c1742 (Michael Melanson
says c1738) probably at Minas. Between 1739 and
1750, Marie gave Bénoni seven children, three daughters
and four sons. The British deported the family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial
officials confined them at Lancaster in June 1756.
The following February, Bénoni complained to the
colonial governor and his council of his ill treatment
at Lancaster, including the putting out of two of his
sons and the beating of one of them. He asked to
be allowed to remove to Weymouth, where he could work as
a fisherman. The governor and his council was
amenable to this, but the Massachusetts House ruled that
he should remain at Lancaster. Members of his
family were sent to Lunenburg,
Hardwick, Rutland, and Leominster in June 1760. The
family was still in Massachusetts in August 1763, when
their names appear on a French repatriation list
circulating in the colony. In December 1764, Bénoni's name
also appeared on a list of family heads who desired to
go to French St.-Domingue. He was still at
Lancaster in August 1765 and March 1766. Bénoni died at
Lancaster of a lengthy illness by March 1766, in his
mid-40s. His widow and children were patriated to
Canada later that year or in 1767, when they were
counted at Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence above
Trois-Rivières in early October. Widow Marie did not
remarry. She died at Yamachiche in June 1780, age
59. Two of her Melanson daughters
married into the Doucet and
Loranger families in Massachusetts and at
Yamachiche. Three of her Melanson sons
also married in
Massachusetts and at Yamachiche.
Oldest son Siméon, born at Minas in c1741, followed his
family to Massachusetts, where for a time he was
separated from them. He married Marie ____
in the colony before August 1763, when they appeared
with his family on a repatriation list. They had no children. One
wonders if they had any children later and if they followed
his widowed mother and siblings to Canada.
Bénoni's second son Jean, born at Minas in c1743,
followed his family to Massachusetts, where for a time
he was separated from them. He followed his
widowed mother and siblings to Canada in 1766-67 and
died at Lapriaire across from Montréal in January 1770,
in his late 70s. He did not marry.
Bénoni's third son Joseph, born at Minas in c1747,
followed his family to Massachusetts, where for a time
he was separated from them. He followed his
widowed mother and siblings to Canada in 1767 and
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph
Loranger and Geneviève Côté,
at Yamachiche above Trois-Rivières in October 1774.
In 1776 and 1789, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph two
daughters, who married into the Desrosiers
dit Lafresnière and Vincent
families at Yamachiche. Bona Arsenault calls
Joseph's wife a Rivard-Loranger and
gives them a son and two more daughters at Yamachiche
between 1794 and 1800.
Bénoni's fourth and youngest son
Étienne, born at Minas
in c1748 (Bona Arsenault says c1743), followed his family to Massachusetts, where
for a time he was separated from them. He followed
his widowed mother and siblings to Canada in 1767 and
was baptized in October 1767 at Yamachiche, where he became a farmer. He married Marie-Anne,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
LeBlanc and Marguerite Hébert,
at Yamachiche in November 1778. Between 1779 and
1803, Marie-Anne gave Étienne 15 children, at least nine
sons and five daughters. Marie-Anne died at
Yamachiche in May 1803, age 44, three days after giving
birth to her fifteenth child. In his late 50s,
Étienne
remarried to Marie-Amable, daughter of fellow Acadian
Joseph Hébert and his Canadian wife Rose
Corriveau, at Yamachiche in November 1804.
Between 1805 and 1813, Marie-Amable gave Étienne six
more children, at least three more sons and another
daughter, including a set of twins--at least a dozen
sons and half a dozen daughters, 21 children in all by two wives. Étienne died at Yamachiche in
November 1814, in his mid- or late 60s. Five of
his daughters by both wives married into the Cyr,
Bergeron, Houde, and
St. Pierre families at Yamachiche and
nearby St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet. Seven of his sons
by two wives also married, into the Douaire de
Bondy, Fortin,
Pellerin, Aucoin,
Duplessis, and Lesieur families in the
area.
Paul's second son Paul-Honoré, called Honoré, was,
according to Michael Melanson, born at Minas in
December 1724. Bona Arsenault says Honoré was born
in c1722, sans doutte son of Jean, Paul's older
brother; Melanson is followed here. Honoré married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Ambroise Breau and Marie Michel of Annapolis Royal, in c1748.
They were counted at Petitcoudiac (Arsenault says
Chepoudy) in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto in January
1752. Between 1751 and 1759, Marie-Josèphe gave
Paul-Honoré six children, four sons and two daughters. The family escaped the British
roundup in the trois-rivières in the fall of
1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in
the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotial until the end of the war. Honoré, his unnamed wife, and six
unnamed children appeared on a repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763.
Honoré died there soon after the counting, in his late 30s
or early 40s, and his
widow and five of their children, three sons and two daughters, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
in 1765. They settled on the west bank
of the river at
Cabahannocer, where widow Marie-Josèphe remarried to French
Creole François Moreau, fils
in June 1770.
She, her Melanson children, and a
Moreau son followed François, fils to the western prairies in 1777.
Her Melançon daughters married into the
Broussard and Babin
families and remained on the prairies. Three of her Melançon
sons also married. One of them returned to the river, but the other two
remained on the prairies.
Oldest son Joseph, who Bona Arsenault calls Le Vieux, born perhaps at Petitcoudiac in c1751
or 1752,
followed his family into exile, into the prison compound
at Halfiax, and his widowed mother and siblings to
Louisiana in 1765. He settled with them on the
west bank of the river at Cabahannocer and followed his
stepfather, mother, and siblings to the Attakapas
District in 1777. He married Barbe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Babin and Ursule
Landry, at Ascension on the river in
October 1778. A few years later, Joseph returned
to Attakapas and settled at L'Anse, probably Anse La
Pointe, on upper Bayou Teche. Between 1779 and
1799, at Ascension and Attakapas, Barbe gave Joseph nine
children, three daughters and six sons. Joseph
died at Attakapas in January 1807, in his mid- or late
60s. Two of his daughters married into the
Wiltz and Babineaux families
in St. Martin Parish. Four of his sons also
married, into the Trahan,
Ledoux, Theriot, and
Ringuet families there.
Paul-Honoré's second son Jean, born in exile in c1756, followed his family into the prison compound at
Halifax, where he was counted with them in August 1763,
but evidently he did not follow his widowed mother and
siblings to Louisiana two years later. Michael
Melanson says it was Jean who married fellow Acadian
Rose-Luce Doiron at Attakapas in
Louisiana in May 1789, when he would have been in his
early 30s, but it likely was Jean's younger brother
Dominique-Jean dit Minique, often called Jean,
who settled on Bayou Teche.
Paul-Honoré's third son Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, born in exile in
c1757, followed his family into the prison compound at
Halfiax and his widowed mother and siblings to Louisiana
in 1765. He settled with them on the west bank of
the river at Cabahannocer and followed his stepfather,
mother, and siblings to the Attakapas District in 1777.
He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians
Charles Bergeron and Isabelle
Arceneaux, probably at Attakapas in c1786.
They returned to the river in the early 1790s.
Between 1787 and 1802, at Attakapas and Cabahannocer,
Marguerite gave Baptiste nine children, six daughters
and three sons. Baptiste died in St. James Parish
in July 1825, age 68. Two of his daughters married
into the Richard family in St. James
Parish. At least one of his sons survived
childhood--he in fact became a successful farmer in St.
James Parish and died there at age 83 in April 1883--but
he did not marry, so only the blood of this family line
endured in the Bayou State.
Paul-Honoré's fourth and youngest son
Dominique-Jean
dit Minique was born in c1762, perhaps in the prison
compound at Halifax (Michael Melanson, citing a
Cabahannocer census, says he was born
in c1759). Minique, still very young, followed his widowed mother and siblings to
Louisiana in 1765, settled with them on the
west bank of the river at Cabahannocer, and followed his
stepfather, mother, and siblings to the Attakapas
District in 1777. Called Jean by the recording
priest, Minique, in his late 20s, married Rose-Luce,
17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Doiron and Marie-Blanche
Bernard of Pigiguit, at Attakapas in May 1789.
Rose-Luce, a native of Le Havre, France, had come to
Louisiana in 1785 aboard one of the Seven Ships.
The couple remained on the prairies. Between 1790
and 1798, Rose-Luce gave Jean dit Minique five
children, three sons and two daughters. His
daughters married into the Cormier,
Breaux, and Bernard
families on the prairies. His three sons also
married, into the Broussard,
Guidry, and Savoie families on
the prairies.
Paul's third son Simon-Joseph, born at Minas in May
1728, married
Claire, daughter of Claude Brun and Cécile Dugas of Annapolis
Royal , in c1752,
place unrecorded. They were counted at Petitcoudiac in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto on the eve of
Le Grand Dérangement. In 1753 and 1755,
at Petitcoudiac, Claire gave Simon-Joseph two children,
a son and a daughter. They likely escaped the
British roundup in the trois-rivières in the
fall of 1755 and found refuge perhaps on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore before moving on to Canada.
Their daughter married into the Landry
family and settled at Kamouraska on the lower St.
Lawrence, on lower Rivière St.-Jean, at Memramcook in
the trois-rivières area, and finally at
Cap-Pelé on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Their son evidently did not marry, so only the
blood of this family line endured.
Only son Simon, born at Petitcoudiac in April 1753,
followed his family into exile. One wonders if he
survived childhood and, if so, did he marry.
Paul's fourth and youngest son
Jean-Antoine, called
Jean and Jean-Baptiste, was born in c1732 or 1733
probably at Minas. The British deported him to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755, and colonial
authorities assigned him to Cambridge or Boston.
Jean married Françoise, another daughter of
Claude Benoit and Jeanne Hébert, in c1761
at Boston. Between 1762 and 1773, Françoise gave
Jean six
children, four sons and two daughters. In August
1763, Jean, Françoise, and their oldest son appeared on
a French repatriation list in the Bay Colony. In December 1764, still in
Massachusetts, Jean appeared on a list of Acadian heads
of household who sought passage to French St.-Domingue,
but they did not go there either. In 1765 and
1766, he twice appeared on lists of exiles who sought
repartriation to Canada. In July 1766, the family,
with hundreds of other exiles, left Boston for Canada.
They were counted at Québec the following September and
were at Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence above
Trois-Rivières by August 1768. Jean died
at nearby Louiseville in March 1816, in his
early 80s. His daughter married into the
Lemay and Sicard families at
Louiseville. Three of his four sons also created
their own families.
Oldest son Benjamin, born in Massachusetts in June 1762
(Bona Arsenault says c1774),
followed his family to Canada. According to
Michael Melanson, Benjamin was baptized by
clergy at Québec in September 1766, age 4, and married
Angélique, daughter of Simon Martineau
dit St.-Onge and Madeleine Pichet,
at Louiseville in September 1794. Between 1795 and
1815, Angélique gave Benjamin 11 children, at least four
sons and six daughters. Angélique died at
Louiseville in May 1816, age 40, perhaps from the rigors
of childbirth. Benjamin did not remarry. He
died at Louiseville in December 1732, age 70. His
six daughters married into the Lemaître
dit Auger, Comeau dit
Chaillou, Tréschemin dit
Poitras, Thibodeau, and Fleury
families at Louiseville. Three of his sons also
married, into the Lessard,
Génereux, Lefebvre dit
Boulanger, Turcot, and Guemond
families at Louiseville, Trois-Rivières,
St.-Étienne-des-Grès northwest of Trois-Rivières, and
St.-Guillaume d'Upton on the south side of the St.
Lawrence in the Rivière St.-François valley.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Pierre, born in Massachusetts
in October 1765 (Bona Arsenault says c1769), followed his family to Canada. He
was baptized by clergy at Québec in September 1766 and
married Marie-Anne, daughter of Alexis Ayotte
and Marie-Anne Laverture, at Maskinongé
near Louisville in October 1792. They moved to
Louiseville in 1800, where he farmed and worked as a day
laborer, and moved on to Montréal in 1818, where he also
worked as a day laborer. Between 1794 and 1818,
Marie-Anne gave Pierre a dozen children, three daughters
and nine sons. He died at Montréal in April 1843,
age 77. His youngest daughter married into the
Macoon family at Montréal. Six of
his sons survived childhood, but only four of them
married, into the Gauthier,
Dallaire, and Dubé families at
Montréal and Sorel.
Jean-Baptiste's third son Jean-Baptiste, fils,
born in Canada in c1767 (Bona Arsenault says c1762), was baptized at Yamachiche in
August 1768. He married Françoise, daughter of
Ignace Caron and Marie-Anne
Thibodeau, at Louiseville in February 1798.
He worked as a farmer at Louiseville. Between 1799
and 1808, Françoise gave Jean-Baptiste, fils
six children, at least four sons and a daughter.
Jean-Baptiste, fils died at Louiseville in
October 1846, age 79. His daughter died as an
infant, but three of his sons married, into the
Vincent, Desjarlais,
Fournier, and Bélanger
families at Louiseville but moved on to St.-Guillaume
d'Upton.
Jean-Baptiste, père's fourth and youngest son
Antoine, baptized at Yamachiche, age unrecorded, in May
1773, may have died before he could marry.
Pierre, fils's fifth and youngest son,
name
unrecorded, born probably at Minas after 1693, died there as a child before
1707.365
Melanson
Pierre, fils's
younger brother
Charles
dit La Ramée Mellanson and his wife Marie Dugas
created another large branch of the family in the colony. Between 1664 and
1693, at Port-Royal, Marie gave Charles 14 children, five sons and nine daughters, including a
set of twins. Charles died at Port-Royal or perhaps on a trading venture
with son-in-law Abraham Boudrot in 1700 or 1701, in his late 50s.
Marie, who did not remarry, died at Annapolis Royal, formerly Port-Royal, in July 1737, in her late
80s. Eight of her and La Ramée's daughters married into the Basset, de Saint-Étienne de
La Tour, Robichaud, Boudrot, Belliveau, Bourg,
Cyr, and Landry families, two of them brothers. One of the
sons-in-law died from wounds suffered in battle against the English at
Port-Royal in September 1707. All five of Charles dit
La Ramée's sons created families of their own. Most of his and Marie's
descendants remained at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but some of them settled at
Minas near their many cousins there, at Chignecto, and in the French Maritimes. Of the
41 Melansons who emigrated to Louisiana from 1765 to the 1780s, only
one belonged to this branch of the family. The rest could be found in Canada, greater Acadia, and France
after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Charles, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1675, married Anne dite Jeanne, daughter of François
Bourg and Marguerite Boudrot, in c1700 probably at Port-Royal.
Between 1702 and 1731, Jeanne gave Charles, fils eight children, five
sons and three daughters. The British evidently placed Charles, fils
and members of his family aboard the transport Pembroke in late fall of
1755 bound for North Carolina. Acadians aboard the vessel overwhelmed its
captain and crew soon after it left the Annapolis Basin and sailed it to Baie
Ste.-Marie, where they hid for a week or so. They then sailed the vessel
across the
Bay of Fundy to the mouth of Rivière St.-Jean, where they eluded a British
patrol. After spending the rest of the winter
on the river, Charles, fils and his family made their way to Canada via
the upper St.-Jean portage. Charles, fils
died at Québec in September 1757, in his early 80s, an early victim, most
likely, of the smallpox epidemic that struck hundreds of exiles in the Québec
area from the late summer of 1757 into the summer of 1758 and killed three of his children,
two sons and a daughter, and three grandchildren.
Two of his daughters married into the Godin dit Bellefontaine
dit Boisjoli and Landry families. One of them died at Québec in
December 1757 in the same smallpox epidemic that killed her father and
two brothers. Three of Charles, fils's five sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Charles III,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1701 or 1702, married Anne, 21-year-old daughter of Claude Granger and
Jeanne Guilbeau, at Annapolis Royal in February 1727. Between 1728
and 1748, Anne gave Charles III nine children, six sons and three daughters.
The British deported members of the family to Connecticut in the fall of 1755.
Charles III died before August 1763, in his late 40s, 50s, or early 60s, perhaps
at Annapolis Royal or in Connecticut. In August 1763, Anne, now a widow
and head of a family of four, appeared on a repatriation list with them in
Connecticut. Later in the decade, they followed other exiles from New
England to Canada. Two of her Melanson
daughters married into the Melanson and Lanoue
families at Annapolis Royal and settled in Nova Scotia after Le Grand
Dérangement. All six of her Melanson sons married,
two in Nova Scotia, the others in lower and upper Canada.
Oldest son Jean
le jeune,
also called Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1728, married cousin Marguerite, daughter of
Jean-Baptiste Porlier and Anne-Marie La Tour,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1755. One wonders what happened to them that
autumn. Did they follow his family to Connecticut? Did they escape
the British roundup at Annapolis Royal and seek refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore or in Canada?
Charles's III's
second son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1733, evidently followed
his family to Connecticut in 1755 and likely was one of the four members of his
widowed mother's family who appeared on a repatriation list there in August 1763. He
followed his widowed mother and siblings to Canada a few years later and
married Marie, daughter of Nicolas Côté and Marie-Claude
Levasseur, at L'Isle-Verte on the lower St. Lawrence in c1766.
Between 1767 and 1779, Marie gave Joseph eight children, two sons and six
daughters. Joseph died at L'Isle-Verte in November 1803, age 69. His
daughters married into the Ouellet, Michaud,
Dion, Saindon, Chalou, and
Côté family at L'Isle-Verte. His two sons also married,
into the Ouellet and Côté families at
Kamouraska and L'Isle-Verte and settled at L'Isle-Verte. S
Charles III's
third son Charles dit Litan, born at
Annapolis Royal in October 1738, escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal
in the fall of 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
During the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either surrendered to, or was captured
by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war.
British officials counted him at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in 1761. After the
war, Litan remained in greater Acadia. He
married Anne dite Nannette, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Léger dit Fluzan and Claire LeBlanc, by a
priest from Franklin Manor, a Mi'kmaq reservation south of Chignecto, in August 1765. They settled at Windsor,
formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, where their marriage was "revalidated" in August 1768.
Between 1766 and 1786, in
Nova Scotia, Nannette gave Litan eight children, three daughters and five sons.
Charles dit Litan died in c1789, place unrecorded. His daughters
married into the Brun, DesBarres, and
Holmes families and settled at Minudie, south of Chignecto. All
of his sons survived childhood, but only four of them married, into the
Surette, Forest, Noils, and
Seignon families, and settled at Cap-Pelé in southeastern New Brunswick
and at Minudie.
Charles III's
fourth son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1742, evidently followed his
family to Connecticut in 1755 and likely was one of the four members of his
widowed mother's family counted there in August 1763.
He followed his widowed mother and siblings to Canada a few years
later. At age 35, he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis
Lord and Luce Fontaine, at St.-Jacques de
l'Achigan north of Montréal in January 1778. Marguerite had been born in
Connecticut. Between 1779 and 1799, she gave Pierre nine children, seven
sons and two daughters. Neither of their daughters married. Five of
their sons married into the Mireault, Légaré,
Gagnon, Langlois dit Lachapelle, and
Bourgeois families at St.-Jacques.
Charles III's
fifth son Amable-Pierre or -Poncy, born at
Annapolis Royal in c1744, evidently followed his family to Connecticut in 1755
and likely was one of the four members of his widowed mother's family counted there in August 1763. He,
too, went to Canada a few years later.
In his early 30s, he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Richard and Marguerite Robichaud, at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in May 1777. She died at St.-Jacques in April
1790, age 33, before she gave him any children. Amable remarried to
Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Lanoue and
Marie-Josèphe Dugas, at St.-Jacques in February 1793. In
1794 and 1804, Margerite gave him two children, a daughter and a son.
Amable died St.-Jacques in November 1826, age 82. His daughter
married into the Mireault family at St.-Jacques. His son
also married a Mireault there.
Charles III's
sixth and youngest son Claude, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1748,
evidently followed his family to Connecticut in 1755 and likely was one of the
four members of his widowed mother's family counted there in
August 1763. He also followed them to Canada a few years later
and married Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Gaudet
and Nathalie Robichaud, at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Montréal, in
September 1778. Ludivine had been born in Connecticut. They settled
near his family at St.-Jacques. Between 1779 and 1801, Ludivine gave
Claude 13
children, eight sons and five daughters. He died in May 1816, age
67. Two of his daughters married into
the Fontaine and Mireault families at
St.-Jacques. Six of his sons also married, into the Richard,
Dugas, and Vaillant families at St.-Jacques.
Charles,
fils's second son Jean, born at Annapolis Royal in March 1712, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre
Lanoue and Marie Granger, at Annapolis Royal in January 1742. Between
1742 and 1755, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean seven children, five daughters and two
sons. The British evidently placed Jean and his family aboard the
transport Pembroke in the fall of 1755 bound for North Carolina.
Acadians aboard the vessel overwhelmed its captain and crew soon after it left
the Annapolis Basin. After spending the winter on lower Rivière St.-Jean, Jean and his
family made their way to Canada via the St.-Jean portage. Jean died at Québec in May 1758, age 46,
victim, most likely, of the same smallpox epidemic that killed three of his
younger children, two daughters and a son; his father; a
younger brother; and a younger sister. His two older daughters married
into the Créquy, Tousignant, Auger,
and Baudet or Beaudet at Lotbinière on the upper St. Lawrence below
Trois-Rivières in the 1760s and 1770s. Neither of his sons survived to
create families of their own.
Charles, fils's third son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in
November 1718, escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of
1755 and followed his family to Canada. He died at Québec in
October 1757, age 39, victim, most likely, of the same smallpox epidemic that
had killed his father in September.
He never married.
Charles, fils's fourth son Pierre
dit Parrotte, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1720, married
cousin Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Laurent Granger
and Marie Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in February 1746. Between 1747
and 1765, Marie-Josèphe gave Parrotte six children, two daughters and four sons.
Parrotte and his family evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal
in the fall of 1755, but they sought refuge at Petitcoudiac and on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore, not in Canada. Sometime in the early 1760s, they
either surrendered to, or were captured, by British forces in the area and held
in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. In August
1763, Parrotte, Marie-Josèphe, and three of their children appeared on
repatriation list at Fort Cumberland, formerly French Fort Beauséjour,
Chignecto. They remained in greater Acadia. In 1768, Parrotte, his
wife, and three children were recorded in Kings County, Nova Scotia, as exiles
willing to take the oath of allegiance to the British crown. Later that
year, Parrotte was a tenant farmer on the DesBarres estate at
Minudie southeast
of Chignecto. His oldest daughter married into the
Gaudet family and settled at Chezzetcook near Halifax, and at
Memramcook, Pré-d'en-Haut, and Grand-Barachois, southeastern New Brunswick.
Three of his four sons also created their own families in greater Acadia.
Oldest son Jean dit Janne, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1749,
followed his family into exile and into the prison camp at Fort Cumberland.
He married Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Forest
and Marie Chiasson, at Franklin Manor south of Minudie in
November 1773. Between 1774 and 1789, at Minudie, Modeste gave Janne seven
children, four daughters and three sons. In 1794, Janne "was the most
prosperous Acadian in the region." He moved to Scoudouc, New Brunswick,
between Moncton and Shediac, in 1805, but returned to Minudie, where he died,
date unrecorded. Two of his daughters married into the Babin,
LeBlanc, and Comeau families at Minudie and at
Memramcook south of Scoudouc. Two of his sons also married, into the
Melanson and Gautreau families at Memramcook,
and one of them also settled at Scoudouc.
Parrotte's second son Pierre, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1752, may
have followed his family into exile and into the prison camp at Fort Cumberland.
Bona Arsenault says he married fellow Acadian Rosalie Babin, no
place or date given, but family historian Michael Melanson does not recognize this or any
marriage for Pierre à Pierre dit Parrotte.
Parrotte's third son David, born in late 1755, followed his
family into exile and into the prison camp at Fort Cumberland. He married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph dit Jos-André LeBlanc
and Marguerite Hébert, in c1776, place unrecorded. They
settled at Memramcook. Between 1777 and 1797, Marguerite gave David a
dozen children, seven sons and five daughters. Wife Marguerite died at
Memramcook in January 1810, in her early 50s. David, in his mid-50s and
still farming, remarried to Anne dite Nannette, daughter of fellow Acadians René
dit Petit René de Beaupré Richard and Perpétué Bourgeois and widow of
Pierre dit Pierrotte Melanson, at Memramcook in
February 1811. She gave him no more children. He received land
grants at nearby Scoutouc in 1815 and 1825 and died there in April 1840, in his
mid-80s. Two of his daughters married into the Bourque
and Boudreau families in southeastern New Brunswick. His
sons also married, into the Forest, Porelle,
Léger, Richard, Babineau,
Fournier, Melanson, and Pellerin
families in southeastern New Brunswick.
Parrotte's fourth and youngest son Dominique-Pierre, born in Nova Scotia in
c1765, was baptized at Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, in August 1768, age 3.
He married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Babin
and Madeleine Bourque, at Franklin Manor in November 1783.
Between 1785 and 1805, Rosalie gave Dominique-Pierre five children, three
daughters and two sons. He received a land grant at Shemogue near
Petit-Cap on the New Brunswick coast in 1806 and died of yellow fever at
Memramcook in August 1813, in his late 40s. Two of his daughters married
into the Bourque and Belliveau families in the
Memramcook/Scoudouc area. His two sons also married, into the
LeBlanc and Belliveau families in the area, but only one of
the lines endured.
Charles, fils's fifth and
youngest son Claude, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1731, evidently died young.
Charles's second
son Ambroise, a twin, born at Port-Royal in March or April 1685, married Françoise, daughter of Bernard Bourg and
Françoise Brun, at Port-Royal in November 1705. Between 1706 and
1715, Françoise gave Ambroise nine children, at least four sons and four
daughters, including a set of triplets and two sets of twins. Wife Françoise
died at Annapolis Royal in December 1715, age 35, after giving birth to a set of
twins. Ambroise, at
age 34, remarried to
Marguerite, 20-year-old daughter of Jean Comeau l'aîné and Françoise Hébert,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1719. Between 1720 and 1745, Marguerite gave Ambroise a
dozen more children, eight daughters and four sons--at least eight sons and 12
daughters by two wives, 21 children in all! (Family historian Michael Melanson says
second wife Marguerite gave Ambroise only seven daughters--20 children in all.)
The British evidently placed Ambroise
and members of his family aboard the transport Pembroke in the fall of
1755 bound for North Carolina. Acadians aboard the vessel overwhelmed its
captain and crew soon after it left the Annapolis Basin. After spending the winter
on lower Rivière St.-Jean, Ambroise and his family made their way to Canada via the St.-Jean
portage. He died at Québec in early August 1757, age
72, victim, most likely, of the smallpox epidemic that struck hundreds of exiles in
the Québec area from the summer and fall of 1757 to the spring of 1758.
His widow Marguerite died of the disease at Québec a few weeks later.
Eight of Ambroise's daughters from both wives married into the Boudrot, Thibodeau,
Moulaison, Thibeau or Thibault, Dugas, Bastarache, Morisset
or Morisette,
Lanoue, and Rivard dit Dufresne families. Five of his
sons from both wives also created families of their own, and one of Ambroise's
son's
daughters emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son
Charles, a twin,
by first wife Françoise Bourg, born at Port-Royal in December
1706, evidently died young.
Ambroise's second son
Joseph,
by first wife Françoise Bourg,
born at Port-Royal in September 1708, also died young.
Ambroise's third
son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, from first wife Françoise Bourg,
born on the haute-rivière at Annapolis Royal in October 1710, married
cousin Cécile,
daughter of Martin Aucoin and Catherine Thériot, at Grand-Pré in
October 1732. They settled on nearby Rivière-Gaspereau.
Between 1734 and 1755, Cécile gave Jean nine children, four daughters and five
sons. Jean and his family appear on Lieutenant-Colonel John Winslow's list
of detained Acadians at Minas as family number 428, Gaspereau Village,
Grand-Pré. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of
1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring. They were held
on Guineau Street at Bristol, where wife Cécile, along with their oldest daughter and their six younger children, died--some,
if not all, of them in the smallpox epidemic that struck the exiles in Bristol
from June to September 1756. They were buried along with dozens of other
victims of the pox at St. John Bedminster Anglican Church in Bristol. In May 1763, Jean and his surviving
children--a 27-year-old daughter and a 23-year-old son--were
transported to Southampton with other exiles from Bristol and repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, aboard the French frigate Dorothée. They
settled in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Daughter Marie-Madeleine, called
Madeleine, married fellow Acadian Charles Gautrot, a
widower, at nearby St.-Suliac in September 1763. In late November 1765, Jean,
his daughter, her family, and perhaps Jean's son François followed other exiles
from England to recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany. Jean
was living at La Cosquet near Locmaria on the southeast coast of the island when he
gave his deposition to French authorities in February 1767 at Locmaria. He
died at La Cosquet in
April 1782, age 71. Daughter Madeleine and her Gautrot
husband emigrated with two of their children to Louisiana in 1785; she evidently
was the only
direct descendant of
Charles Melanson dit La Ramée to go to the Spanish
colony. Madeleine and her family settled probably on upper
Bayou Lafourche. One wonders what happened to her brother François, who,
if he was still living, would have been age 45 in 1785. He did not follow
his sister to Louisiana. Did he create a
family of his own in
France?
Ambroise's fourth son
Ambroise, fils, a
triplet, by first wife Françoise Bourg, born at Annapolis Royal
in January 1714, married Anne, daughter of Joseph Hébert and Anne-Marie
Boudrot, at Beaubassin in November 1733. Between 1735 and 1763, Anne
gave Ambroise, fils nine children, four sons and five daughters. The British deported the
family to Georgia in the fall of 1755. Ambroise, fils died in his
40s probably at Savannah
before August 1763, when his wife was called a widow on a French repatriation
list circulating in the southern colony. With her were eight of their children,
three sons and five daughters, the six youngest ones, a son and five daughters,
identified only by their gender. None of her Melanson
daughters is recorded as having married. Only her oldest son seems to have
created a family of his own.
Oldest son
Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in c1735, if he followed his family to
Georgia in the fall of 1755, he did not remain. If he was not among
the exiles in the southern colony who were allowed to return to greater Acadia
via boat in the spring of 1756, he escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto the previouis fall and took refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore before moving on to Canada. He
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Bourg,
fils and Marie Hébert of Minas, in c1760, place
unrecorded. Between 1760 and 1764, Marguerite gave Pierre four children,
three daughters and a son. Pierre died at Kamouraska on the
lower St. Lawrence in September 1763, age 28. His wife remarried to a
Dumas at St.-François-du-Sud below Québec in 1768 and settled
there. Two of Pierre's daughters married into the Gagné
and Tanguay families at St.-François-du-Sud. His son died
a newborn, so only the blood of this family line endured.
Ambroise,
fils's second son Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in May 1740, followed
his family to Georgia and was counted with his widowed mother at Savannah in
August 1763. One wonders if he married.
Ambroise,
fils's third son Paul, born at Chignecto in January 1745, followed his
family to Georgia and was counted with his widowed mother at Savannah in August
1763. One wonders if he married.
Ambroise, fils's
fourth and youngest son, name and birth date unrecorded, was counted with his
widowed mother at Savannah, Georgia, in August 1763. One wonders if he
married.
Ambroise, père's
fifth son Pierre, by second wife Marguerite Comeau, born at
Annapolis Royal in May 1727, married cousin Anne-Marie, daughter of his first
cousin Charles Melanson III and Anne Granger, in c1755, place
unrecorded. They escaped the British roundups in Nova Scotia in the fall of
1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the
late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by,
British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the
rest of the war. Between 1759 and 1774, Anne-Marie gave Pierre seven sons,
four daughters and three sons. British authorities counted the family at Fort Edward,
Pigiguit, in August 1762. A year later, they were being held at Fort
Cumberland, formerly French Fort Beauséjour, Chignecto. After the war,
they settled on Baie-Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia.
Pierre died at Church Point on the bay in April 1804, age 76.
Wife Anne-Marie died there in September 1811, age 80. Their daughters married
into the LeBlanc, Comeau, and Thérault
families and settled on St. Mary's Bay. Pierre's three sons also created
their own families there.
Oldest son
Pierre-Cyriaque, born in exile in c1761,
place unrecorded, and baptized at Windsor, formerly
Pigiguit, Nova Scotia, in August 1768, age 7, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter
of fellow Acadians Hilarion-Charles Thériault and Marie
Belliveau, in c1785, place unrecorded. They settled on St. Mary's Bay. Between 1786 and 1806, Marie-Madeleine
gave Pierre-Cyriaque nine children, seven daughters and two sons. Six of
their daughters married into the Gaudet, Amirault,
Robichaud, Boudreau, and Melanson
families on the bay. One of Pierre-Cyriaque's sons also married, into the
Gaudet family on the bay.
Pierre, père's
second son Joseph dit le Vieux Pointu, born probably in Nova Scotia in June 1770 and baptized at St.
Mary's Bay, age 4, in October 1774, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Frédéric Belliveau and Madeleine LeBlanc,
there in November 1796. They remained on the bay, where, between 1798 and
1822, Madeleine gave Joseph a dozen children, 10 daughters and two sons.
He died in Digby County on the bay by 1840, when his wife was listed as a widow
in a catalogue of settlers there. Six of his daughters married into the
Comeau, Blinn, and Doucet
families on the bay. His two sons also married, into the Comeau
and Amirault families on the bay.
Pierre, père's
third and youngest son Charles dit Charlitte dit Michaud, born
probably on St. Mary's Bay after 1774, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Amable Doucet and Marie-Gertrude Gaudet,
probably on the bay in c1801. Madeleine gave Charlitte a son in September
1802. Charlitte died on the bay by 1840, when his wife was listed as a
widow in a catalogue of settlers there. His son married into the
Dugas family on the bay.
Ambroise,
père's sixth son
Jean dit Jean Jeannotte
dit Barteau, by second wife Marguerite Comeau,
born in the home of Alexandre Robichaud at Annapolis Royal in April 1729
and baptized at Annapolis Royal in January 1730, married Anne dite
Jeanne, daughter of Joseph Trahan and Élisabeth Thériot, in c1750,
probably at Minas. Jean Jeannotte was among the hundreds of Acadian men
the New-English troops held at Grand-Pré in the summer and fall of 1755, but
they were not deported. They were among the relatively few settlers at Minas who escaped
the British roundup there and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
In the late 1750s
or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces
in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the
war. British officials counted them at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in August
and October 1762. After the war, they remained Nova Scotia. In 1765
and 1767, Jeanne gave Jean Jeanotte two children, a daughter and a son. In
1768, Jean Jeannotte and Jeanne were counted with other exiles in Kings County,
Nova Scotia, who were willing to take the oath of allegiance to the British
Crown. They followed his older brother Pierre to St. Mary's Bay, where in
May 1775 they received a 200-acre land grant at Grosses-Coques. Jean Jeannotte died at
nearby Church Point in October 1806, age 77. His daughter married
into the Comeau family on the bay, and his son also created a
family of his own there.
Only son Paul, born in Nova Scotia in April 1767 and baptized as
Hippolite-Paul
at Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, in August 1768, age 16 months, followed his
family to St. Mary's Bay, where he married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians
Salvatore Comeau and Anastasie Belliveau of
Annapolis Royal, in c1789. The remained on the bay, where, between 1790
and 1800, Anne gave Paul four children, a son and three daughters, who married
into the Comeau, LeBlanc, Blinn,
and Tucker families on the bay. Paul's son also married
there, into the Thibodeau and Gaudet families.
Ambroise,
père's seventh son
Désiré, by second wife Marguerite Comeau, born at Annapolis
Royal in June 1739, died young.
Ambroise, père's eighth and youngest son Amand, by second wife Marguerite Comeau,
born at Annapolis Royal in May 1741, evidently escaped the British rounup at
Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either surrendered
to, or was captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison
compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. British officials counted
him at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in October 1761 and October 1762. After the
war, he remained in greater Acadia and married Anne
dite La Poule, daughter of Étienne LeBlanc and Élisabeth Boudrot,
in c1766, place unrecorded. The marriage was "rehabilitated" at Pigiguit,
later Windsor, Nova Scotia, in August 1768. They were on Baie-Ste.-Marie,
today's St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia, in 1769. Between 1767 and 1792, Anne
gave Amand 14 children, 11 sons and three daughters. During the 1770s the
family
settled at Grosses-Coques on St. Mary's Bay on 200 acres of land granted to them
in May 1775. Amand died by 1818, probably on the bay. Widow Anne died at
Clare on the bay in October 1836, age 90. Their daughters married into the
Saulnier, LeBlanc, and Gaudet
families on the bay. All of Amand's many sons also created their own families
there.
Oldest son Étienne-Nazare dit Petit Amand, was born in Nova Scotia in
January 1767 and baptized there by a missionary to the Mi'kmaq from Rivière
St.-Jean in July 1768, age 18
months. He followed his family to St. Mary's Bay and married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Justinien Comeau and
Nathalie Bastarache of Annapolis Royal, in c1788. Between
1789 and 1813, on St. Mary's Bay, Marie-Josèphe gave Étienne-Nazare a dozen
children, six sons and six daughters. Étienne served as a private in the
Clare militia in September 1793, during the war between Britain and France in
the darkest days of the French Revolution. Étienne-Nazare died at nearby
Meteghan on the bay's eastern shore in 1850, in his early 80s. Five of his
daughters married into the Babin, Robichaud,
and Thériault families on the bay. Five of his six sons
also married, into the Pothier, Babin,
Belliveau, Saulnier, and Amirault
families on the bay.
Amand's second son Anselme, born on St. Mary's Bay in c1770, married Monique,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Doucet and Marie-Marguerite
LeBlanc, in c1796 probably on the bay, and the marriage was "rehabilitated"
there in August 1799. Between 1797 and 1824, Monique gave Anselme seven
children, four sons and three daughters. Anselme died at Clare on the bay
in April 1842, in his early 70s. One of his daughters married into the
Saulnier family on the bay. Three of his sons also
married there, into the Thériault, Saulnier,
and Robichaud families.
Amand's third son Charles, born on St. Mary's Bay in June 1771, married
Marie-Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadians Frédéric Belliveau
and Madeleine LeBlanc, on the bay in November 1791. The
marriage was "rehabilitated" there in August 1799. Charles also served as
a private in the Clare militia in September 1793. Between 1792 and 1812,
Marie-Scholastique gave Charles seven children, six sons and a daughter.
Charles died in Digby County by 1823, in his late 40s or early 50s. His
daughter married into the Saulnier family on the bay.
Four of his sons also married, into the Doucet, Comeau,
Boudreau, Maillet, and Fournier
families on the bay, but one of the lines did not endure.
Amand's fourth son Frédéric dit Courteau, born on St. Mary's Bay in
November 1772 and baptized there in October 1774, married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians François Comeau and Félicité LeBlanc,
on the bay in October 1791, and trhe marriage was "rehabilitated" there in January 1800.
Between 1792 and 1818, Marie gave Frédéric dit Courteau 10 children,
six daughters and four sons. Frédéric also served as a private in the
Clare militia in September 1793. Three of his daughters married into the
Gaudet, Amirault, and Doucet
families on the bay. His four sons also married, into the
Thibodeau, Thibault, Amirault,
Comeau, and Fontaine families on St. Mary's
Bay and farther down on the western shore.
Amand's fifth son Joseph, born on St. Mary's Bay in c1774, married Louise,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Comeau and Marie-Rose
Robichaud, in November 1794 on St. Mary's Bay. The marriage was
"rehabilitated" there in August 1800. Between 1795 and 1813, Louise gave
Joseph 10 children, seven daughters and three sons. Six of their daughters
married into the Thériault, Comeau,
Saulnier, Robichaud, Dugas, and
Melanson families on the bay, one of them to a first cousin.
Two of Joseph's sons also
married, into the Bertrand and McDonald
families on the bay.
Amand's sixth son Dominique dit Minette, born on St. Mary's Bay in c1776,
received, while still a bachelor, a land grant at Concession on the bay in June
1799. He married Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude
Saulnier and Marie-Françoise Aucoin, in c1806, place
unrecorded. Between 1807 and 1828, Geneviève gave Minette 11 children,
eight daughters and three sons. Five of his daughters married into the
Martin, Dugas, Trahan,
Maillet, and Doucet families on the bay.
Three of his sons also married there, into the Corporon,
Comeau, and Thimot families.
Amand's seventh son Jean-Baptiste dit Janni, born on St. Mary's Bay in
June 1780, married Cécile, daughter of Pierre Murat and
Françoise ____ of France, then living in the United States, and
adopted daughter of Casimir LeBlanc and Marie Daigle
of St. Mary's Bay, on the bay in August 1800. Between 1801 and 1828,
Cécile gave Janni 13 children, eight sons and five daughters. Four of
their daughters married into the Pothier, Stuart,
and Bourneuf families on the bay, two of their husbands Acadian
brothers. Six of Jannie's sons also married, into the Belliveau,
Melanson, Surette, Bourneuf,
Bonenfant, and Thibodeau families, two of the
wives sisters, on the bay.
Amand's eighth son Bénoni, born on St. Mary's Bay in c1782, married Rosalie,
another daughter of Pierre Doucet and Marie-Marguerite
LeBlanc, on the bay in May 1800. Between 1801 and 1827, Rosalie
gave Bénoni 13 children, eight daughters and five sons. In 1830, Bénoni
purchased a farm at Gilbert Cove near Plympton on the upper bay. Six of
his daughters married into the Maillet, Thibault,
Saulnier, and Thériault families, three of
their husbands brothers, on the bay. Four of his sons married, into the
Deveau and Comeau families, two of the wives
sisters, on the bay.
Amand's ninth son Paul, born on St. Mary's Bay in c1786, married Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Thibault and Marguerite
Boudreau, in c1811 probably on the bay and settled there.
Paul was a seaman. Between 1812 and 1832, Madeleine gave him a dozen
children, four sons and eight daughters. Two of their daughters married
into the O'Neill and Melanson families on the
bay. Three of Paul's sons also married, into the Ryan,
Cartwright, Seely, and Alright
families on the bay.
Amand's tenth son Joseph-Ignace, born on St. Mary's Bay in c1790, married fellow
Acadian Geneviève Amirault in c1821 probably on the bay.
They settled in Digby County. Between 1822 and 1830, Geneviève gave
Joseph-Ignace four daughters, two of whom married Doucet
brothers on the bay, so the blood of this family line endured.
Amand's eleventh and youngest son François, born on St. Mary's Bay in c1792,
married Ursule, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Robichaud
and Marie-Madeleine Hébert, probably on the bay in c1809.
Between 1810 and 1824, Ursule gave François nine children, five sons and four
daughters. François, in his late 30s, remarried to Hélène, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Thibodeau and Marie Comeau,
at St. John, New Brunswick, in October 1829. They settled on St. Mary's
Bay.
Between 1830 and 1848, Hélène gave François 10 more children, four sons and six
daughters--19 children, nine sons and 10 daughters, by two wives.
François died at Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, in November 1868, in his late 70s, and
was re-interred at Plympton on upper St. Mary's Bay the following March.
Four of his daughters by both wives married into the Maillet,
Comeau, Carbery, and Meehan
families on the bay and at Boston, Massachusetts. Four of his sons
by both wives also married, into the Melanson, Doucet,
Amirault, Comeau, and Wilson
families on the bay, one of them to a first cousin.
Charles's third
son Pierre le jeune, Ambroise's twin, born at Port-Royal in March or
April 1685, married Anne, daughter of Laurent Granger
and Marie Landry, at Annapolis Royal in November 1712. Between 1714
and 1724, Anne gave Pierre le jeune five children, three
daughters and two sons. Pierre le jeune died at Annapolis Royal
in August 1725, age 40. Widow Anne did not remarry and died at Annapolis
Royal in October 1749, in her mid-60s. Two of their daughters married into the Dugas and
Doucet dit Mézange families. Only one of Pierre le jeune's
sons created a family of his own.
Older son
Pierre,
fils, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1715, may have married
Marie-Josèphe Belliveau at Annapolis Royal in c1741. She
gave him a daughter in November 1742. Pierre, fils
remarried to, or married, Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Richard and Marguerite Robichaud, at Annapolis Royal in January 1751.
Between 1752 and 1764, at Annapolis Royal and in exile, Isabelle gave Pierre, fils
four children, two daughters and two sons. The family
may have escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and
taken refuge in Canada, or, less likely, the British deported them to an upper
seaboard colony but they do not appear in any colonial records of the
late 1750s or 1760s. Whatever
may have been their fate during exile, they ended up in Canada. British
officials counted them at Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence above Trois-Rivières
in August 1767. In 1771, Pierre, fils received a concession of
land from a Canadian seigneur at Rivières-aux-Glaises near today's
Gentilly below Trois-Rivières. Later in the decade or in the early 1780s,
the family moved to St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, north of Montréal, where Pierre,
fils died on Christmas Day 1783, in his late 60s. His youngest
daughter married into the Houde family at St.-Jacques.
One of his sons created a family of his own there.
Older son
Joseph,
by second wife Élisabeth dite Isabelle Richard, born
at Annapolis Royal in August 1754, if he survived infancy followed his family
into exile and to Canada, but he evidently did not marry.
Pierre, fils's
younger son Pierre III, born in exile in c1764,
place unrecorded, was baptized at Yamachiche in
August 1767. He married Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Auger
and Marie-Josèphte Oui, at nearby L'Assomption in February
1789. They settled at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan. Between 1790 and
1802, Marguerite gave Pierre III seven children, four daughters and three sons.
Marguerite died at St.-Jacques in July 1815, age 52. In his early 60s,
Pierre III remarried to Marguerite, 24-year-old daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Raineau dit Blanchard and Suzanne
Lamothe, at St.-Jacques in November 1827. She gave him
two more daughters in 1829 and 1832--nine children, six daughter and
three sons, by both wives. Pierre III died at St.-Jacques in January 1841,
in his late 70s. Four of his daughters by both wives married into the
Brisson, Brien dit Desrochers,
Pichet, and Poudrier families at St.-Jacques.
Only one of his sons married, into the Landry family at
St.-Jacques.
Pierre le
jeune's younger son Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1721,
probably died young.
Charles's fourth
son Claude, born probably at Port-Royal in c1688, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Babineau and Marguerite
Boudrot, at Annapolis Royal in January 1714. Between 1716 and 1735, Marguerite gave Claude seven children, five
daughters and two sons. Claude died at Annapolis Royal in July 1737, in
his late 40s. Marguerite did not remarry. The British evidently
placed her aboard the transport Pembroke in the fall of 1755 bound for
North Carolina. Acadians aboard the vessel overwhelmed its captain and
crew soon after it left the Annapolis Basin and, after taken refuge in Baie
Ste.-Marie, sailed it across the Bay of
Fundy to the mouth of Rivière St.-Jean. After spending the rest of the winter on the
river, Marguerite followed other Annapolis Royal exiles to Canada via the upper St.-Jean
portage. She died at Québec in December 1757, age 63, victim, most likely,
of the smallpox epidemic that struck the exiles in the area from the summer of
1757 to the spring of 1758. Three of her Melanson daughters married into the Berier dit
Mâchefer, Savoie, and Dugas families in Canada. Both of her
Melanson sons
also created families of their own and settled in Canada.
Older son
Charles,
born at Annapolis Royal in September 1718, married, in his mid-30s, Anne, daughter of Claude Bourg
and Judith Guérin, at Annapolis Royal in May 1753. By 1755, Anne
gave Charles three children, two sons and a daughter. The family also may
have been among the Pembroke passengers who escaped deportation in the
fall of 1755 and made their way up to Canada by 1757. Charles died at
St.-Charles de Bellechasse below Québec on the last day of December 1757, a
victim, like his mother and infant son Charles, fils, of the smallpox
epidemic that struck the exiles in the area from the summer of 1757 to the
summer of 1758. His widow Anne remarried to a Gautrot widower at
St.-Charles in November 1758 and died by June 1764, when her second husband
remarried at nearby Baie-St.-Paul on the north side of the St. Lawrence below
Québec. Her and Charles's Melanson daughter survived childhood but probably did not
marry. Their surviving son created a family of his own in upper Canada.
Older son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in c1754, followed his family into exile
and to Canada. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois and Marguerite Cyr,
at St.-Philippe de Laprairie across from Montréal in April 1782. Between
1783 and 1808, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste 11 children, five daughters and six
sons. Jean-Baptiste died at Iberville on upper Rivière Richelieu across
from St.-Jean-de-Richelieu in May 1834, in his early 80s. Three of his
daughters married into the Laroche, Paquet,
and Clavel families in the Montréal/St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu
area. Four of his sons also married, into the Latarte,
Duquet, Fréchette, and Demers
families in the area.
Claude's younger son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Annapolis Royal in December 1727, married Anne, daughter of François
Robichaud and Angélique Pitre, in c1750 probably at Annapolis Royal.
Between 1754 and 1765, at Annapolis Royal and in Canada, Anne gave Jean-Baptiste
four children, three daughters and a son. They, too, may have been among
the Pembroke passengers who escaped deportation in the fall of 1755 and
made their way up to Canada by 1757. Jean-Baptiste died at Québec in
November 1785, age 57, and was buried in "le cimetière des picotés,"
that is, the smallpox cemetery, at Québec. According to Bona Arsenault, his
oldest daughter became a nun at Québec in June 1776, and another daughter married
into the Chamard or Chamarre family there. His son survived
childhood but did not create a family of his own.
Only son
Jean-Baptiste, fils, born at Charlesbourg near Québec in February 1760,
settled at St.-Vallier de Bellechasse on the St. Lawrence below the city, where
he died in June 1829, age 69. He did not marry.
Charles's fifth
and youngest son Jean
dit Jani, born probably at Port-Royal in c1690, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of
Surgeon Denis Petitot dit Saint-Seine and Marie Robichaud,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1714 and settled there. Between 1714 and
1735, Marie-Madeleine
gave Jani 10 children, five daughters and five sons. In June 1745, during
the early months of King George's War, Jean dit Jani was one of seven
delegates representing Annapolis Royal before the colonial Council there.
Most members of the family were deported to Cherbourg, France, in 1759-60,
during Le Grand Dérangement. They were not sent there from either
of the French Maritime islands in late 1758, so their movements from 1755 to
1759 are
difficult to determine. A possible scenario could be that in the fall of 1755,
Jani and his family escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal and, after
spending a hard winter on the Bay of Fundy shore, crossed to Chepoudy the
following spring and took refuge at the Acadian settlements on lower Rivière
St.-Jean. In 1756 and 1757, while other exiles, including Jani's siblings,
moved on to Canada via the upper St.-Jean portage, Jani and most members of his family
may have remained on the river, probably at Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas. Their
respite from British oppression would have been short-lived.
In September 1758, after the fall of Louisbourg, British forces struck the
Acadian settlements at Cap-Sable and established a garrison in Fort Frederick at the mouth of
the St.-Jean. In October, the British transported the Acadians they
had captured at Cap-Sable to the prison compound on Georges lsland, Halifax harbor,
and, a few weeks later, deported them to Le Havre, France. In November,
British forces moved up Rivière St.-Jean, burning their way through the lower
Acadians settlements. The following February, 1759, New-English rangers
pillaged and burned Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas and murdered two Acadian women and
their children there in early March. The rangers captured several families
in the area, perhaps including Jean dit Jani and his family. Along with
more Acadians captured at Cap-Sable, the British transported the St.-Jean exiles to
the prison compound at Halifax. The following November, along with other
prisoners on Georges Island, the Melansons would have been
shunted aboard the transport Mary and deported to England, and English
authorities would have sent them on to Cherbourg, France, where they would have landed during
the second week of January 1760. Jani's wife Marie-Madeleine died in Très-Ste.-Trinité
Parish, Cherbourg, in late January, age 60, two weeks after she and her family
would have reached the Norman port. Jani died there the following month,
in his early 70s. Four of his
daughters married into the Breau, Granger,
Belliveau, and
Part families at Annapolis Royal and in France, one of them to Eustache Part, whose
first wife and young children the rangers had murdered on Rivière St.-Jean. Most of
Jani's family, including an ummarried sister, followed him and Marie-Madeleine to Cherbourg.
One of their daughters had been deported to
Massachusetts in 1755 and repatriated to Canada in the late 1760s. Three of Jani's five sons created
families of their own in Nova Scotia and France. No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. His oldest son settled in
greater Acadia. His younger sons remained in France.
Oldest son
Charles dit Charlot, born at Annapolis Royal in January 1725, married Anne, daughter of Jean Breau and Anne
Chiasson, at Annapolis Royal in January 1746. Between 1747 and
1764, Anne gave Charlot six children, three daughters and three sons, including
a set of twins. Charlot and his
family escaped the roundup at Annapolis Royal and, after taking refuge on
Rivière St.-Jean with his family, moved on to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were
captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotia for the rest of the war. They appeared on a French repatriation
list at Fort
Cumberland, formerly French Fort Beauséjour, Chignecto, in August 1763 but remained in Nova Scotia. In 1768, they appeared on a list of Acadians
at Fort Edward, Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, with the notation that they were
ready to take the oath of allegiance to the British Crown. Later that
year, they moved on to Minudie south of Chignecto. By 1789, they had resettled at nearby Memramcook in the trois-rivières
area of southeastern New Brunswick. Two of Charlot's daughters married
into the Haché dit Gallant and Thibodeau families and settled in southeastern New Brunswick. His sons also
created families of their own, along the lower Gulf shore and at Memramcook, but not all of the lines endured.
Oldest son
Jean,
born at Annapolis Royal in November 1748, followed his parents into exile and
into the prison compound at Fort Cumberland. He married Marie-Rose,
daughter of fellow Acadians Germain Thibodeau and
Madeleine-Blanche Préjean of Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas, in c1775
(Bona Arsenault says c1778) and settled on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. Between 1776 and 1782, Marie-Rose gave Jean three
daughters, who married into the Babineau, Vautour,
and Blanchard families in the St.-Louis-de-Kent and Richibucto
area on the Gulf shore, so the blood of this family line endured.
Charlot's second
son Pierre dit Pierrotte, born at Annapolis Royal in c1750, followed
his parents into exile and into the prison compound at Fort Cumberland. He
married Anne dite Nannette, daughter of fellow Acadians René dit
Petit René Richard de Beaupré and Perpétué Bourgeois,
in c1778 and settled in the Memramcook area, where they were recorded at
Village-d'en-Haut on the west side of Rivière Memramcook in 1792. Between
1778 and 1798, Nannette gave Pierrotte eight children, four daughters and four
sons. Their daughters married into the Belliveau and
Melanson families at Memramcook. Pierrotte's sons also
married there, into the Bourque, Ouellet,
Léger, Vienneau, and Landry
families.
Charlot's third
and youngest son Charles dit Charlitte, a twin, born at Annapolis Royal
in June 1751, followed his parents into exile and into the prison compound at
Fort Cumberland and remained with them in Nova Scotia. He married Anne, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean-Grégoire Broussard and Anne
LeBlanc, in c1779, place unrecorded. In 1792, they were living at
Village-d'en-Haut, west of Memramcook, on land once owned by Michel
Richard. They were still living on the west bank of Rivière
Memramcook in 1812. Charlitte died there in December 1824, age 73.
He and his wife may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
Jani's second son
Claude le jeune, born in c1727 probably at Annapolis Royal, followed
his family into exile and died at Cherbourg, France, in
May 1760, age 33, not long after his arrival there. He did not marry.
The Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish priest who recorded his burial noted that Claude
was "du Cap-Sable," which gives a clue that his family had been
deported to Cherbourg with exiles from that Acadian settlement.
Jani's third
son Jean, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in January 1728, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Landry and Marguerite Mius
d'Entremont, at Annapolis Royal in October 1753. They, too, ended up at Cherbourg, France,
in January 1760. French authorities counted them there in 1761, 1767,
1772, and 1775. Jean, fils worked as a ship's carpenter in the
Norman port. Jean, fils may have died by September 1790, when
French authorities counted his wife Anne at Le Havre without him. Did they have any children?
Jani's fourth son
Pierre,
born at Annapolis Royal in June 1730, may have followed his family into exile
and to Cherbourg, where he may have been the Jean Melanson who
died there in early February 1760, age 30, soon after he and his family reached
the Norman port. If so, he did not marry.
Jani's fifth and
youngest son Denis, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1733, followed
his family into exile and to Cherbourg, France, where, in his early
30s, he married Frenchwoman Jeanne-Françoise, daughter of Jean
Langlois and Marie-Madeleine Coupex, in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish in
January 1765. Jeanne-Françoise gave Denis two children, a daughter and a
son, in December 1765 and 1769. In 1767, French officials counted Denis
and his family still at Cherbourg and noted that he was a 35-year-old disabled
fisherman. Son Charles died at Cherbourg in March 1772. They were
still there that September, when Denis was described as a fisherman and day
laborer and wife Marie-Madeleine as a spinner. In 1773, Denis and his
family followed other exiles in the port cities to the interior of Poitou--an odd choice for a fisherman. Now a widower, in November 1775,
Denis and his daughter, Jeanne-Marie, retreated with other Poitou Acadians in the first convoy from Châtellerault
to the port city of Nantes and settled at nearby Chantenay, where he died in August 1776, age 43. His
daughter, who would have been age 9 or 10 in 1785, did not follow other Acadians in France to Spanish Louisiana that year.
One wonders if she married.366
Granger
English sailor
Laurent
Granger, a late 1650s arrival, and his wife Marie Landry
created a large family in the colony. Between 1668 and 1688, Marie gave
Laurent nine children, three daughters and six sons. Laurent died at
Port-Royal between 1700 and 1703, in his late 50s. His daughters married into the Babineau
dit Deslauriers, Lanoue, and Melanson families. Five
of his six sons created families of their own. His and Marie's descendants
settled at Annapolis Royal, Minas, and in the French Maritimes. At least
19 of the sailor's descendants emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in the late
1760s and from France in 1785. Most of Laurent's descendants, however, could be found in Canada, greater Acadia, the French Antilles, and especially on
Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in February 1671, married Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Guilbeau and Catherine
Thériot, at Port-Royal in c1693 but settled at Minas. Between 1694 and 1719, Isabelle gave Pierre nine children, six
daughters and three sons. Pierre died at Minas in January 1737, age 65.
His daughters married into the
Vincent, Hébert, Richard, and Bugeaud families,
including a set of brothers. His three sons also created their own
families at Minas.
Oldest son
Joseph,
born probably at Minas in c1697, married Anne, daughter of
Pierre Richard and Marguerite Landry and sister of two of Joseph's
brothers-in-law, at Grand-Pré in January 1719. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1721 and 1740, Anne gave Joseph nine children, three sons and
six daughters, including a set of twins. Joseph remarried to Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Gautrot and Marie-Josèphe Bugeaud and widow of
Pierre Roy, in c1750 probably at Minas. She gave him two more sons
in 1751 and 1753. The British deported Joseph, Marguerite, and his younger
children to Virginia in the fall
of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
Joseph died there before June 1760, in his early or mid-60s. Marguerite
remarried to a Landry, and in May 1763, she, her new husband,
and her two Granger sons were repatriated to St.-Malo, France,
aboard L'Ambition. They settled in the surburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
where they were still living in 1772. Joseph's daughter Françoise by first
wife Anne married into the Melanson family probably at Minas
and, along with some of her siblings, followed her husband to Granse-Anse, Île
St.-Jean, in c1750 and to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in late 1758. The
family moved on to St.-Malo, and Françoise died in a suburb of the Breton port in September 1778, age 55.
Marie-Madeleine, one of the twins from Joseph's first wife Anne, married into
the Bugeaud family at Minas and followed her husband to
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie, Île St.-Jean, in 1752. The British deported her,
her husband, and their two young children to St.-Malo in 1758. Her husband
and children did not survive the crossing or its rigors, and Marie-Madeleine remarried to a
Bourg widow at Pleurtuit near St.-Malo in June 1760. She
helped him created a large famiy in the St.-Malo area and emigrated with them
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Her twin sister Anne married into the
Bonnière family of Pigiguit at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île
St.-Jean, in c1752, was deported to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, moved on to
St.-Malo, also remarried to a Bourg, at nearby St.-Coulomb near
St.-Malo in June 1764, and also emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. Their
older brother also was deported to France, but did not create a family of his
own there. Two of their younger half-brothers also created their own families and followed
their older half-sisters to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son
Paul,
by first wife Anne Richard, born at Minas in c1721,
followed his younger sister Françoise and her husband to Île St.-Jean in c1750.
In August 1752, a French official counted Paul, age 30, with sister Marguerite,
age 13, sister Françoise, age 24, brother-in-law Étienne Melanson,
age 30, and their three children, ages 4 years to 4 months, at Grande-Anse on
the island's southeast shore. The British may have deported Paul with his
sister and brother-in-law to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in 1758-59. If so,
he did not remain in the mother country. According to Bona Arsenault, he
died at St.-Augustin, a fishing center on the north shore of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, in October 1795, in his early
70s. He evidently did not marry.
Joseph's fourth
son Charles-Benoît, by second wife Marguerite Gautrot, born at
Minas in c1751, followed his family to Virginia and England and his widowed
mother, stepfather, and their family to St.-Servan-sur-Mer. When he came of age,
he became a sailor. By 1777, he had moved to Chantenay near Nantes, where,
in his late 20s, he married Marie, 31-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Charles LeBlanc and Anne Boudrot of Minas, in
September 1780. She gave him a son, Charles-Simon, at nearby Chantenay in April
1781, but the boy died at age 2 1/2 in October 1783. Marie died at
Chantenay, age 34, in July 1782. Charles-Benoît and a Daigre
nephew followed his older half-sisters to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. He
settled at first on the river above New Orleans at Baton Rouge, where he married Marguerite-Ange, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph-Ange Dubois and Anne Michel
and widow of Jean Daigre, in September 1787.
They were still living near Fort Bute, Manchac, below Baton Rouge, in July 1788
and soon after joined the Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche. Charles-Benoît died on the upper
Lafourche by January 1792, in his early 40s, when his wife remarried at
Lafourche. His only son married into the Mire family on
the western prairies.
Joseph's fifth
and youngest son Joseph, fils, by second wife Marguerite
Gautrot, born at Minas in c1752, followed his family to Virginia and
England and his widowed mother, stepfather, and their family to St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
He followed his older brother and two older half-sisters to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
In his early 30s, Joseph, fils married Anne-Marie-Madeleine, 32-year-old daughter of
fellow Acadians Bernard Savary and Marie Michel
dit La Ruine and widow of Pierre Pothier, at Ascension
on the river above New Orleans in June 1786, soon after their arrival. They settled on upper Bayou
Lafourche and may have been that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
Pierre's
second son Charles, born probably at Minas in c1701, married Marie, daughter of Jean LeBlanc and Marguerite
Richard, at Grand-Pré in July 1726. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1727 and 1745, Marie gave Charles 11 children, five sons and six
daughters. Charles died at Minas in February 1747, in his mid- or late
40s. Judging by the date of his death--four days before the
French-Canadian attack against a New-English force at Grand-Pré--one wonders if
Charles was a casualty of King George's War. The British deported members
of the family to Virginia in the autumn of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent
them on to England the following spring. Two of Charles's daughters
married into the Landry family, one of them on Île St.-Jean.
In May 1759, another daughter married a Testard from
Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, at Cherbourg, France, after the British deported her
there probably from Île Royale in late 1758; she died at Cherbourg in May 1760,
age 27.
After members of the family were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, from England
in May 1763, two of Charles's unmarried daughters, ages 19 and 37, died at St.-Malo in May and June soon after they reached the Breton port, and
a third daughter died there in August 1764, age 27. At least three of Charles's sons created families of their own in greater Acadia,
England, and France.
Oldest son
Laurent, born at Minas in June 1727, married Marguerite Hébert
probably at Minas. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall
of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
Marguerite died before May 1763, when Laurent and four of his siblings were
repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard L'Ambition. He settled
with them at St.-Servan-sur-Mer and did not remarry. Laurent died in a hospital at
St.-Malo in April 1765, age 37. His line of the family died with him.
Charles's second son
Joseph, born at Minas in c1731, married Anne Dupuis probably at
Minas. They either moved on to the French Maritimes in the 1750s and
were deported to Cherbourg, France, in late 1758, or they escaped the
British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755, sought refuge on lower Rivière
St.-Jean, were captured there by British forces in 1758 or 1759, and deported to
Cherbourg from Halifax in 1759-60. Anne succumbed from the rigors of
exile, and Joseph remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Porlier and Anne-Marie de St.-Étienne de La Tour
of Annapolis Royal and widow of Gabriel Moulaison, at
Très-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, in August 1763. They moved on to St.-Malo in
early 1764 and settled in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Anne gave Joseph a son
there in May 1764. The family returned to Cherbourg in 1765. Son
Joseph-David was born there in May 1766. Son Jean-Baptiste-Marie died
there in July 1766, age 2. Joseph died at Cherbourg in May 1768, in his
late 30s. Daughter Madeleine-Luce was born posthumously in late May.
Widow Anne remarried to a Babin widow, her third marriage, in
September 1775 in the interior of Poitou. None of Joseph's surviving children emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Charles's fourth
son Charles, fils, born at Minas in c1740, followed members of his
family to Virginia and England. He married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Claude LeBlanc and Jeanne Dugas,
in England in c1762. In May 1763, they were repatriated to St.-Malo,
France, with other exiles from England aboard L'Ambition. They
settled in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where Marie-Madeleine gave him a daughter
in June 1763, but the girl died eight days after her birth. Charles,
fils died at St.-Servan the following December, age 23.
Marie-Madeleine remarried to a Landry at St.-Servan in June
1765.
Pierre's third
and youngest son
Pierre, fils, born at Minas in August 1719, married Euphrosine, another daughter of
Jean LeBlanc and Marguerite Richard,
at Grand-Pré in January 1741. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742
and 1754, Euphrosine gave Pierre, fils five children, a daughter and
four sons. The British deported the family to Maryland
in the fall of 1755. In July 1763, Pierre,
fils, Euphrosine, and six of their children, two daughters and four sons,
appeared on a French repatriation list at Snow Hill on the Chesapeake colony's Eastern Shore. Pierre, fils died
in Maryland between the counting and late June 1766, in his mid-40s. His
widow and three of his children, the oldest daughter and two sons, emigrated to
Louisiana in 1766 and settled at the established Acadian community of
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. Pierre, fils's
daughter married into the Landry family and remained on the
river, but his two sons, who also married, settled on the western prairies.
Most of the Acadian Grangers of South Louisiana descend from
Pierre, fils's sons.
Second son Joseph, born at Minas in December 1746, followed his family to
Maryland and his widowed mother to Cabahannocer, where he married
Anne-Geneviève, called Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians René Babin
and Madeleine Bourg, in April 1768. The following year
they were still living on the east bank of the river at Cabahannocer. A
year later, they were counted on the east bank of the river at Ascension,
upriver from Cabahannocer. In the 1770s, they crossed the Atchafalaya
Basin to the Opelousas District and then moved south to the Attakapas District. Joseph, at age 44, remarried to
Anne-Osite, called Osite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Dugas
and Marguerite Daigle and widow of Charles Hébert,
at Attakapas in January 1791. Joseph died at
Attakapas in December 1798, age 52. His daughters, all from first wife
Geneviève, married into the Crawford, Doucet,
Hébert, Reao, and Simar
families, and one of his daughters bore a "natural son" by Spaniard Antoine
Martin. His four sons, all by first wife Geneviève,
married into the Landry, Gaspard, and
Broussard families on the prairies.
Pierre, fils's third son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in c1752,
followed
his family to Maryland and his widowed mother to Louisiana. In the
early or mid-1770s, he followed his older brother to the western prairies.
Jean-Baptiste married Susanne, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Cormier and his first wife Marguerite Sonnier of
Opelousas, at Attakapas in January 1779. They settled at the southern edge
of the Opelousas District before moving south to Côte Gelée in the Attakapas
District. After his wife died, Jean-Baptiste filed successions at the St.
Landry and St. Martin parish courthouses in August 1812. He did not
remarry. He died at
Côte Gelée, Lafayette Parish, in September 1842, age 90. His daughters
married into the Granger, Landry,
Simon, and Trahan families. Four of his six sons
married into the Duhon, Gautreaux,
Pivauteau, and Lopez families on the prairies and on
upper Bayou Lafourche.
Laurent's second
son Jacques, born at Port-Royal in c1672, married Marie, daughter of Jacques Girouard and Marguerite
Gautrot, in c1700 and also settled at Minas. Between 1701 and 1720,
Marie gave Jacques nine children, six sons and three
daughters. Jacques died at Minas in February 1739, in his late 60s.
Two of his daughters married into the LeBlanc and
Daigre families. Four of his six sons created their own families.
Their oldest son,
name
unrecorded, born in the early 1700s, died young.
Jacques's second son
Charles,
born probably at Minas in c1705, married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Bernard Daigre and Angélique Richard and sister of one
of his brothers-in-law, at Grand-Pré in February 1738. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1740 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles four children, a
daughter and three sons. The British deported the family to Maryland in
1755. Charles died there before July 1763, in his 50s, when his family
appeared without him on French repatriation list in
the colony.
Jacques's third son
Pierre,
born at Minas in February 1709, evidently died young.
Jacques's fourth son
Jean-Baptiste,
called Baptiste, born at Minas in August 1710,
married cousin Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Gautrot and Marie-Josèphe
Bugeaud, at Grand-Pré in July 1736; they had to secure a dispensation for
third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1737 and 1754, Marie-Josèphe gave Baptiste 11 children, two
sons and nine daughters. The British deported the
family to Maryland in 1755. In July 1763, Baptiste, Marie-Josèphe, and their 11 children
appeared on a repatriation list at
Georgetown/Frederickstown on the Eastern Shore. Baptiste, Marie-Josèphe,
and at least one of their children died soon after the counting, and the remaining children, "victims of small pox and twelve years of exile,
asked officials to help in returning to Canada." Did they?
Jacques's fifth son
Joseph, born at Minas in February 1713, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Thériot and Madeleine
Bourg, at Grand-Pré in November 1734. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1739 and 1748, Marguerite gave Joseph four children, two sons and two
daughters. Other records give them another son. Arsenault says Joseph and his family lived at Chignecto in the 1740s.
What happened to them in 1755? Joseph died in
exile before June 1763, in his late 30s or early 40s. One, perhaps two, of
his sons created families in France.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born at Minas in October 1737, followed his family to
Chignecto and likely was on his own when he moved perhaps to Île Royale after August 1752. The British deported him to St.-Malo, France,
in late 1758, and he settled in the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. On 6 December
1759, he embarked on the ship Duc de Choiseul, probably as a privateer,
and was captured by the Royal Navy. The British held him in England for
the rest of the war, and he was repatriated to St.-Malo in 1763 with the other
Acadian exiles in England. He returned to St.-Servan, where he married
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Cyr and Marie-Josèphe
Hébert, in June 1763. In 1764, Marie gave
Joseph, fils a son. In 1765, Joseph, fils, Marie, and
their infant son, with other Acadian exiles, left St.-Malo aboard the frigate
L'Aigle for the Falkland Islands. Beween 1766 and 1769, on one of
the remote islands, Marie gave Joseph, fils three more children, two
daughters and a son. In late December 1771, Joseph, fils and his
family returned to St.-Servan, where, in 1773 and 1774, she gave him two more
sons, but the youngest one died eight days after his birth. Marie died at
St.-Servan in February 1775, age 36, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth.
Joseph, fils did not follow other exiles in the port cities to the
interior of Poitou in the early 1770s. He remarried to fellow Acadian Anne Thériot,
widow of Pierre Landry, at St.-Servan in February 1776.
Between 1776 and 1779, Anne gave Joseph, fils three more children, two
daughters and a son--nine children in all by two wives. Joseph, fils
died probably at St.-Servan before September 1784, when a Spanish official
counted Anne with two of their children at the lower Loire port of Nantes and called her a widow.
They may have returned to the St.-Malo area soon after the counting. Anne,
along with a Landry daughter by her first marriage, two Granger
stepchildren, and three of her Granger children, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785 directly from St.-Malo. If three of her other Granger
stepchildren--Marie; Anne, and Julien-Joseph, ages 19, 18, and 12 in 1785--were
still living, none of them accompanied her to the Spanish colony. Anne and her
charges followed most of their fellow passengers to the new Acadian
settled at Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge, where Anne remarried to a
Barbero from Italy--her third marriage--in May 1790. The
family resettled at Baton Rouge in the early 1790s. Her Granger
stepdaughter married into the Lanoir family at Baton Rouge, and
her Granger daughters married into the Labauve
and Arthacho families there. Her Granger
stepson and her Granger son also created families of their own
in Louisiana.
Oldest son
Joseph-Constans, by first wife Marie Cyr, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
France, in April 1764, followed his family to the Falklands and back to
St.-Servan, and followed his widowed stepmother and siblings to Louisiana.
He married Marie-Modeste, 40-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Moulaison
and Cécile Melanson and widow of Ambroise Bourg,
at Bayou des Écores or Baton Rouge in July 1790. Marie-Modeste was a
native of Cap-Sable and had come to Louisiana in 1785 with her first husband and
large family aboard the same ship Joseph-Constans had taken. She gave him
no children.
Joseph, fils's fourth
and youngest son Pierre-Marie, by second wife Anne Thériot,
born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in December 1779, followed his widowed mother and siblings to
Louisiana. He married Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Hébert and Marguerite Richard of St. Gabriel
and Baton Rouge, at Baton Rouge in May 1804. They settled in what became
West Baton Rouge Parish. Their daughters married into the
Peyronnin and de Richebourg families. Only one
of Pierre-Marie's four sons married, into the Lejeune family in
West Baton Rouge.
Joseph, père's
second son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at Minas in c1739, followed his
family to Chignecto and evidently followed his older brother to Île Royale
after August 1752. The British deported his brother to St.-Malo, France,
in late 1758, but Jean ended up at Rochefort on the Bay of Biscayne, where he married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptise Mazière and Marie
Poirier of Île St.-Jean, in St.-Louis Parish in February 1764.
He did not follow his older brother to Spanish Louisiana.
Jacques's sixth and youngest son Bénoni, born at Minas in January 1720,
married Élisabeth, another daughter of
Jean Thériot and Madeleine Bourg, at
Grand-Pré in October 1742. According to Bona Arsenault, Élisabeth gave
Bénoni a son in 1743. Bénoni remarried to Anne Richard in c1750 and
died probably at Minas before January 1752, in his late 20s or early 30s.
One wonders what happened to his family in 1755.
Laurent's third
son, name unrecorded, born at Port-Royal in c1674, probably died young.
Laurent's fourth
son René, born at Port-Royal in c1676, married Marguerite, daughter of Bonaventure Thériot and Jeanne
Boudrot, in c1695 at Port-Royal and moved on to Minas. Between 1697
and 1715, Marguerite gave René
nine children, three daughters and six sons. René died at
Rivière-aux-Canards in November 1740, in his mid-60s. His
daughters married into the Dupuis, Belliveau, and Daigre
families. His sons also created their own families at Minas. Amazingly, every one of them died in England within a four-month period.
Their widows and children moved on to France, where their sons created many
family lines on Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany. None
of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son
René, fils,
born at Port-Royal in June 1703, followed his family to Minas and married Angélique, daughter of
Étienne Comeau and Marguerite Forest, at Grand-Pré in February
1727. They settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and 1757, Angélique gave
René, fils seven children, three sons and four daughters. The British deported
most of the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and
Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring. One of
René, fils's married sons was deported to Pennsylvania in the fall of
1755. René,
fils died at Falmouth, England in September 1756, age 53, victim, mostly
likely, of a smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian exiles there in the late
summer, fall, and winter of 1756-57. His and his brother's deaths were
recorded in the parish register of St.-Gluvius, an Anglican church at nearby
Penryn. In May 1763, members of the family, with the other English exiles
in England, were repatriated from Falmouth to Morlaix, France. In November
1765, they followed other Acadian exiles from England to newly-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer. At least one of René, fils's
daughters married, into the Girouard family probably at Minas.
His three sons also created their own families at Minas and in France.
Oldest son
François, born at Minas in c1731, married Marie, daughter of Joseph
Trahan and Élisabeth Thériot of Pigiguit, at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1755. The British deported them to Virginia in the
fall of that year, and Virginia authorities sent them on to Falmouth, England,
the following spring. François died at Falmouth in September 1756, a
victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that killed his father. He and
Marie evidently had no children. Marie remarried to a LeBlanc
widow at Falmouth.
René, fils's
second son Alexis, born at Minas in c1733, evidently resettled at
l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, where he married Marie, daughter of Pierre Landry and
Claire Babin, in c1755. The British deported them to
Pennsylvania later in the year. Alexis died there or in Maryland, where
widow Marie and their daughter Anne-Madeleine appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on the
Chesapeake colony's Eastern Shore in July 1763. Marie took her daughter
and two younger siblings to Louisiana in July 1767 and emarried to a
Sonnier in the Spanish colony. Anne-Madeleine married into the Theriot famliy there.
René, fils's
third and youngest son Laurent le jeune, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in January 1741,
followed his family to Virginia and Falmouth, England, where he married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Thériot and Marie
Landry, in May 1762. In May 1763, they were repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, aboard L'Ambition with other Acadian exiles from
England and joined their relatives at Morlaix. In November 1765, they,
too, went to Belle-Île-en-Mer and settled at Lanno, Sauzon. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and 1776, Marie gave Laurent six children, a
daughter and five sons. In 1769, a fire destroyed the family's buildings
and a disease killed off their cattle, so they resettled at Bourtémont near his
mother-in-law. Laurent and his family did not emigrate to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. They moved, instead, to Vannes in southern Brittany,
where Marie died in c1786, in her late 40s. Laurent's six children were living in St.-Pierre Parish, Vannes, in 1792 during the
French Revolution.
René, père's second son
Joseph,
born at Port-Royal in July 1705, followed his family to Minas and married
Marguerite, daughter of Jacques à René LeBlanc and Catherine Landry,
at Grand-Pré in October 1725. They settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726
and 1736, Marguerite gave Joseph four children, three sons and a daughter.
The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England the
following spring. Joseph died at Falmouth, England in January 1757, age
51, victim, mostly likely, of the smallpox epidemic that killed his older
brother. In May 1763, members of the family, with the other English exiles
in England, were repatriated from Falmouth to Morlaix, France. In November
1765, they followed other Acadian exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer.
Joseph's widow Marguerite LeBlanc and her three Granger
sons settled at Le Palais. Her Granger daughter had married into the
Dupuis family at Minas. Her three Granger sons also created families of
their own families, at Minas and in France.
Oldest son
Joseph-Simon, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in December 1727, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Thériot and Marie
Daigre, at Rivière-aux-Canards in May 1748. The British deported them to Virginia
in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to Falmouth,
England, the following spring. They, too, were repatriated to Morlaix,
France, in May 1763, and went to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765. They
settled at Artourneau near Le Palais. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1751 and 1775, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph-Simon 10 children, seven sons and three
daughters. They remained on the island and did
not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. After the French Revolution began in
1789, his fellow citizens chose him as a municipal magistrate. Joseph-Simon died on the island
in June 1792, in his mid-60s. Wife Marie-Josèphe died there in 1804, in her
early 70s. Daughter Élisabeth married into the Clavey
family of Kervarigeon and died on the island in 1825,
in her early 70s. Five of Joseph-Simon's sons also created their own
families on the island.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptise-Toussaint, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1751, followed his
family to Virginia, Falmouth, Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer, but he did not
remain there. He married Marie Lalande, perhaps a fellow
Acadian, at Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes, in c1774. Marie gave him
two sons at Paimboeuf in 1775 and 1776. The younger son died a newborn.
They did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Joseph-Simon's
second son Joseph-Simon, fils, born probably at Falmouth in c1758,
followed his family to Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer and married Frenchwoman
Jeanne Josse of Noyal-Muzillac, Morbihan, in 1766. They
did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Joseph-Simon,
père's fourth son Augustin-Vital, born probably at Falmouth in c1761,
followed his family to Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer and married Marie-Marthe,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Melanson and Marie-Madeleine
LeBlanc, at Locmaria on the island in July 1783. The
couple farmed
near Antourneur, and then Augustin became an innkeeper at Le Palais.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1784 and 1786 Marie-Marthe gave Augustin-Vital
two children, a son and a daughter. Augustin remarried to
Jeanne-Françoise, daughter of Jacques Courot and Françoise
Pommaréde of Strasbourg, and resettled at Brest at the western
tip of Brittany in 1798.
Joseph-Simon,
père's fifth son Félix, born at Morlaix in March 1764, married, in his
early 40s, Frenchwoman Jacquette, daughter of _____ Guillec and
Marie-Louise Loréal, in 1805, place not given. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1807 and 1815, Jacquette gave Félix three daughters.
Joseph-Simon,
père's seventh and youngest son Jean-Simon, born at Le Palais,
Belle-Île-en-Mer, in June 1771,
married cousin Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Boudrot
and his second wife Marie-Anne Granger, at Bangor in 1795.
They settled at Kernest. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1797 and
1809, Françoise gave Joseph-Simon six children, two daughters and four sons.
In 1840, Joseph-Simon owned a house at Antoureau on the island. One of his
daughters married into the Harvoir or D'Arvoir
family on the island. Three of his sons also created their own families
there.
Oldest son
Pierre-Auguste, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1797, married Rosalie, daughter of
Nicolas Bédex and Marie-Xaintes Benet, at Le
Palais in 1819.
Jean-Simon's
third son Isidore, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1804,
married Frenchwoman Marie-Anne
Cario at Bangor in 1825.
Jean-Simon's
fourth and youngest son Jean-François, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1807, married
Marie-Catherine, daughter of Toussaint Loréal and ____
Querel, at Le Palais in 1836.
Joseph's second
son Jean-Baptiste, born at Rivière-aux-Canards,
Minas, in September 1729, married
Marie-Madeleine, another daughter of Jean Thériot and Marie
Daigre, at Rivière-aux-Canards in March 1753. The British
deported them to Virginia in the fall of that year, and Virginia authorities
sent them on to Falmouth, England, the following spring. They, too, were
repatriated to Morlaix, France, in May 1763, and went to Belle-Île-en-Mer in
November 1765. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1755 and 1772,
Marie-Madeleine gave Jean-Baptiste six children, a daughter and five sons.
They settled at Andrestol near Le Palais. They remained on the island and
did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Jean-Baptiste died probably
at Andrestol in October 1785, age 56. His daughter married into the
LeCame family at Le Palais. Members of Jean-Baptiste's family were counted
at Le Palais
in 1792. Widow Marie-Madeleine died on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1811, in her late
70s. At least three of Jean-Baptiste's sons created their own families on
the island.
Second son
Jean-Joseph, born at Morlaix in August 1764, followed his family to
Belle-Île-en-Mer and married Frenchwoman Marie-Vincente LeGloahec
at Le Palais in 1791. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1792 and 1794,
Marie-Vincente gave Jean-Joseph three daughters. Jean-Joseph remarried to
Frenchwoman Jacquette LeLayec of Carnac at Le Palais in 1798. They
remained at Le Palais. According to Arsenault, Jacquette gave Jean-Joseph
three more children, two sons and a daughter. Jean-Joseph's two sons
created their own families on the island.
Older son
Victor-Yves, by second wife Jacquette LeLayec, born at Le
Palais in c1800, married Frenchwoman Dame Jego, an
ironer, at Le Palais in 1831.
Jean-Joseph's
younger son Auguste, by second wife Jacquette LeLayec, born at
Le Palais in c1812, married Frenchwoman Augustine Bamdé of
Quinénec northwest of Le Palais at Le Palais in 1841.
Jean-Baptiste's
third son Jean-François, born at Le Palais in June 1767, married
cousin Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Frenchman Étienne Clavey and his Acadian wife
Élisabeth Granger, at Bangor in 1797. Jean-François
worked as a blacksmith at Sauzon. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1798 and 1811, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-François five children, four daughters
and a son. By 1811, they had moved to Quibéron on the southern coast of
Brittany. Two of their daughters married into the Picaut
and LeGuellec families. Jean-François's son also created
his own family.
Only son
Jean-Marie, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1799, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
fellow Acadian Joseph-Michel Daigre and his French wife
Jeanne-Françoise Thomas, at Le Palais in c1827.
Jean-Baptiste's
fifth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born at Le Palais in
December 1772, married Frencwoman Perrine Féchant of Kergoyet
in 1806, place not given. He worked as a blacksmith at Sauzon. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1808 and 1818, Perrine gave Jean-Baptiste, fils six
sons. Jean-Baptiste, fils died at Sauzon in 1844, in his early
70s. Two of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean-Simon, born probably at Sauzon in c1808, married Frenchwoman Marie-Anne
LeGuellec in c1831, place not given.
Jean-Baptiste,
fils's third son Jean-Marie, born probably at Sauzon in c1809, married
Jeanne-Marie, daughter of Pierre-Paul Illiaquer and Dame
LaGallenne of Tinéhué, at Le Palais in c1834.
Joseph's third and
youngest son Amand, born at Rivière-aux-Canards,
Minas, in July 1732, followed his
family to Virginia and Falmouth, England, where he married Marie-Marguerite, yet
another daughter of Jean Thériot and Marie Daigre,
in March 1757. They were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in May 1763, and
went to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765. They settled at Borstang near
Le Palais. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1758 and 1772,
Marie-Marguerite gave Amand eight children, six daughters and two sons.
The family remained on the island and did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. They were still there in 1792, a year after his fellow citizens
elected Amand as a municipal official. He died on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1801, in his late 60s.
Widow Marie-Marguerite died there in 1807, in her early 70s.
René, père's third son Claude, born at Port-Royal in April 1708,
followed his family to Minas, married Brigitte, daughter of Antoine LeBlanc and Anne Landry,
at Grand-Pré in October 1728, and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and 1751, Brigitte gave Claude seven
children, three daughters and four sons. The British deported the family
to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. Claude died at Falmouth, England in late
November 1756, age 48, victim, mostly likely, of the smallpox epidemic that
killed his older brothers. In May 1763, members of the family, with the
other Acadian exiles in England,
were repatriated from Falmouth to Morlaix, France. In November 1765, they
followed other Acadian exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer. Claude's
widow Brigitte LeBlanc settled with three of her
Granger sons on the island. Another son was counted at Brest,
France, in 1767. Her Granger daughters married into the Dupuis, Després de Saintonge,
Constant, Le Porteur, and Bornicq
families at Rivière-aux-Canards, Falmouth, Morlaix, and Rochefort. Two of them followed their husbands to Martinique and French
Guiane. Two of the widow's Granger sons created their own families in England and
France.
Oldest son Joseph le jeune, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in March
1732, followed his family to Virginia and Falmouth, England, where he married
Élisabeth, another daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Thériot,
fils and
Marie Daigre, in May 1757. They were repatriated to
Morlaix, France, in May 1763, and went to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765.
They settled at Kergoyet near Le Palais. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1763 and 1769, Élisabeth gave Joseph le jeune five children,
three daughters and two sons, including two sets of twins. Joseph died at
Bangor of complications from asthma in October 1773, age 41. In 1778, at
age 44, his widow Élisabeth remarried to a 29-year-old local. According
to Father Donald J. Hébert's study of the Acadians on Belle-Île-en-Mer, "we lose trace of
this family after 1779." None of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785.
Claude's second son Mathurin, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in February 1740,
followed his family to Virginia and Falmouth, England, where he married
Marie-Geneviève, yet another daughter of Jean Thériot and Marie
Daigre, in October 1760. They were repatriated to
Morlaix, France, in May 1763, and went to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765.
They settled near his older brother at Kergoyet. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1761 and 1776, Marie-Geneviève gave Mathurin
eight children, four daughters and four sons, many of whom died young. In March 1777,
Mathurin sold his concession to Simon Féchant and moved to Paimboeuf, the lower port of Nantes, where French officials counted them in 1778.
In 1778 and 1780, Marie-Geneviève gave Mathurin two more sons--10 children in
all. The sons also died young. Mathurin died at Paimboeuf in
September 1780, age 40. No member of his rapidly diminishing family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Claude's third son Charles, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1748, followed
his family to Virginia, Falmouth, England, and Morlaix, France, but he did not
follow his widowed mother and three brothers to Belle-Île-en-Mer. French
officials counted him at Brest in Brittany in 1767. One wonders what happened to him
after that date. If he was still living, he did not emigrate to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785.
René, père's fourth son
François-Marie, born at Port-Royal in September 1710, followed his family to
Minas, married Anne, daughter of François Landry and
Marie-Josèphe Doucet, at Grand-Pré in November 1734, and settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1753, Anne gave François 10
children, six daughters and four sons. The British deported the family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
François-Marie died at Falmouth, England in early November 1756, age 46, victim,
mostly likely, of the smallpox epidemic that killed his older brothers.
In May 1763, members of the family, with the other Acadian exiles in England,
were repatriated from Falmouth to Morlaix, France. In November 1765, they
followed other Acadian exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer. Three of
François-Marie's daughters married into the Trahan and
Thériot families at Falmouth, and two of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. Two of François-Marie's sons also created their own families in
England and France, but they did not follow their sisters to Louisiana.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, called Jean, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in March 1740,
followed his family to Virginia and Falmouth, England, where he married
Marie-Blanche, another daughter of Jean Thériot and Marie
Daigre, in October 1761--the sixth of six first cousins to
marry into this family from Rivière-aux-Canards! They were repatriated to
Morlaix, France, in May 1763, and went to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765.
They settled near Bortémont near Bangor before moving on to Sauzon, where French
officials counted them from 1773 to 1785. They grew tobacco, and Jean
served as a soubrigadier dans les fermes there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1787, Marie-Blanche gave Jean a
dozen children, eight sons and four
daughters. Other records give them another child--13 in all.
None of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. In 1792, French
officials counted Jean, Marie-Blanche, and their four youngest children at
Quimper in southwestern Brittany, where Jean worked as a customs officer.
Marie-Blanche, perhaps as a widow, returned to Belle-Île-en-Mer, date not given, where she died
in 1811, in her late 70s.
François-Marie's second son Pierre, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in November
1743, followed his family to Virginia, Falmouth, England, and Morlaix, France,
where he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Germain Thibodeau
and Judith LeBlanc of Rivière-aux-Canards, in April 1765.
They followed their kinsmen to Belle-Île-en-Mer that November and settled near
Le Palais before moving close to his older brother at Bortémont near Bangor. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1766
and 1784, Marie gave Pierre a dozen children, six sons and six daughters. They did not emigrate to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. Pierre was still at Bortémont in 1792 with wife Marie
and eight children. Pierre died at Le Palais on the island in 1808, in his
early 60s. Widow Marie
died there in 1811, in her late 60s. Three of Pierre's daughters married
into the Thomasic, Bédex, Hamon,
and Parmentier families on the island. One of his sons
also created his own family there.
Sixth and youngest son Charles-Marie, born probably at Bortémont in February
1781, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Lucas and
Marguerite Loréal of Lorient, Brittany, at Le Palais in c1805.
René, père's fifth son
Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in July 1713, married Françoise, another daughter of
Jacques à René LeBlanc and Catherine
Landry, at Grand-Pré in November 1733 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and 1753, François gave Charles six children,
four daughters and two sons. The British deported the family to Virginia
in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the
following spring. Charles died at Falmouth, England in early November
1756, age 43, victim, mostly likely, of the smallpox epidemic that killed his
older brothers. In May 1763, members of the family, with the other Acadian exiles in England, were repatriated from
Falmouth to Morlaix, France. In November 1765, they followed other Acadian
exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer. Charles's widow Françoise
LeBlanc settled with her six children on the island. She died
Kernest in 1793, in her late 70s. Her Granger daughters married into
the Richard, Daigre, Boudrot,
and LeDru families at Falmouth and on Belle-Île-en-Mer.
Her sons also created their own families in England and France.
Older son Charles, fils, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in May 1738,
followed his family to Virginia and Falmouth, England, where he married
Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Daigre and
Madeleine Thériot, in December 1757. They were
repatriated to Morlaix, France, in May 1763, and went to Belle-Île-en-Mer in
November 1765. They settled ats Tyneve near Bangor. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1760 and 1777, Madeleine gave Charles, fils eight
children, six sons and two daughters. They did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. French
officials counted most of them still on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1792. Charles,
fils died at Tinéhué on the island in 1795, in his late 50s. His
widow Madeleine
remarried and died on the island in 1808, in her early 70s.
Five of Charles, fils's sons created their own families on the island.
Oldest son Jean-Charles, born probably at Cornouilles near Falmouth in 1760,
followed his family to Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married Marie-Anne,
also called Marie-Jeanne,
Illiaquer at Bangor in c1783. They settled at Sauzon,
then at Gouelon near Bangor in 1786, and were counted at Kervarigeon, also near
Bangor, in 1791.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1784 and 1800, Marie-Anne gave Jean-Charles
eight children, seven daughters and a son. Two of their daughters married
into the Lucas and Galène families.
Jean-Charles's son also created his own family on the island.
Only son Charles-Laurent, born probably near Bangor in c1791, married
Frenchwoman Dame Thomas at Bangor in 1826.
Charles-Laurent died at Bangor in 1840, in his late 40s.
Charles, fils's second son Simon-Joseph, born probably at Falmouth
in c1762,
followed his family to Morlaix and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he married
Frenchwoman Thérèse L'Hermite in c1783. The settled at Keriéro. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1784 and 1792, Thérèse gave Simon-Joseph five
childern, four daughters and a son. Simon-Joseph died at Keriéro in 1803,
in his early 40s.
Charles, fils's fourth son Jacques-Étienne, born at Bangor in
December 1766,
married Marie-Reine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre-Joseph Daigre
and Marie Thériot, at Le Palais in c1795.
Charles, fils's fifth son Pierre-Michel, born at Bangor in
February 1769,
married Frenchwoman Geneviève Guellec or Guallec, a spinner from
Magoarellec, at Sauzon in c1793. They settled at Magoarellec, today's
Magorlec, southwest of Sauzon. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1794
and 1811, Geneviève gave Pierre-Michel five children, three daughters and two
sons, but the daughters died young. Pierre-Michel died in "his house at
Magoarellec" in 1817, in his late 40s. His sons created their own
families on the island.
Older son Pierre-Charles, born probably at Magorlec in c1800, married
Frenchwoman Jeanne Mahe of Grandchamp, Morbihan, at Sauzon in
1818. They remained at Sauzon. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1819 and 1822, Jeanne gave Pierre-Charles three children, two sons and a
daughter.
Pierre-Michel's younger son Jean-Louis, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1811,
married Frenchwoman Marie-Michel leQuerel at Sauzon in c1830.
Charles, fils's sixth and youngest son Mathurin-Laurent, born at
Bangor in August 1777,
married Frenchwoman Marianne LeGuirriec, at Bangor in c1801.
They remained at Bangor. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1802 and
1817, Marianne gave Mathurin-Laurent six children, four daughters and two sons,
but one of the daughters died young. Mathurin-Laurent died at Bangor in
1840, in his early 60s.
His two sons created their own families on the island.
Older son Jean-Louis, born probably at Bangor in c1804, married Frenchwoman
Joséphine-Eulalie Clément at Le Palais in c1833.
Mathurin-Laurent's younger son Charles, born probably at Bangor in c1817,
married to a Frenchwoman in 1842, place not given.
Charles, père's younger son Jean-Jacques, called Jacques, born at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1753, followed his family to Virginia, and Falmouth,
England, and his widowed mother to Morlaix, France, and Belle-Île-en-Mer, where
he settled near his brother at Le Palais.
He did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785, nor did he remain on the
island. In c1792, in his early 30s, he married at Vannes in southern Brittany.
René, père's sixth and
youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in c1715 married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Landry and
Madeleine Melanson, in c1740 probably at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1752, Madeleine gave
Jean-Baptiste five children, two daughters and three sons. The British
deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
Jean-Baptiste died at Falmouth, England in early November 1756, in his early
50s, victim, mostly likely, of the smallpox epidemic that killed his older
brothers. Members of his family probably were repatriated to Morlaix,
France, in May 1763, and went to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765. His
daughters married into the Thériot and Trahan
families at Falmouth, and one of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France.
One wonders what happened to Jean-Baptiste's sons. If any of them were
still living in 1785, none followed their sister to Louisiana.
Laurent's fifth
son Claude, born at Port-Royal in c1678, married Jeanne, another daughter of
Pierre Guilbeau and Catherine Thériot,
at Port-Royal in November 1703 and remained there. Between 1705 and 1729, Jeanne gave Claude 10
children, six daughters and four sons. Four of their daughters married
into the Melanson, Petitot dit Saint-Seine, Johnson
dit Jeanson, and Porlier families. Three of Claude's
sons also created their own families.
Oldest son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in February 1707, married cousin Marie-Anne, called Anne,
daughter of Antoine Belliveau and Marie Thériot, at Annapolis
Royal in January 1734; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of
consanguinity in order to marry. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1735 and 1747, Anne gave Pierre four children, a son and three daughters. Pierre died in exile,
place not given, before August
1763, in his late 40s or 50s. Two of his daughters married into the
Richard, Machard, and Delaunay
families in French St.-Domingue. His son created his own family in France.
Only son Jean, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1735, may have escaped
the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755, sought refuge on
lower Rivière St.-Jean, was captured by the British there in the late 1750s, and
deported to Cherbourg, France, in 1759-60. He became a fisherman and married Anne, daughter of
fellow Acadians René Landry and Marie-Josèphe Mius
d'Entremont, at Très-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, in April 1763. Son
Louis was born at Cherbourg in September 1764, Isaac Aimable in May 1765, and
Pierre-Clair-Amable in July 1772. French officials counted the family still at Cherbourg in 1767.
No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Claude's second son Jean, born at Port-Royal in February 1710, died at Minas in October 1734, age 24,
evidently before he could marry.
Claude's third son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in January 1712,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Alexandre Robichaud and Anne
Melanson, at Annapolis Royal in February 1737. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1738 and 1753, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph seven children, five
sons and two daughters. The British deported
the family to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Joseph remarried to Nathalie
dite Anastasie, daughter of Charles Doucet and Marie-Madeleine
Préjean, in Connecticut in c1761 (the marriage was "rehabilitated" at
L'Assomption, Canada, in September 1772). According to Arsenault,
between 1762 and 1772, Anastasie gave Joseph five more children, four sons and a
daughter--a dozen children by two wives. Joseph died at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in July 1792, age 80. Five of
his nine sons by two wives created their own families in greater Acadia and
Canada.
Oldest son Joseph dit Don Jacques, by first wife Marie-Josèphe
Robichaud, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1738, followed his
family to Connecticut. When most of the Acadian exiles in New
England, among them his family, resettled in Canada after 1766, Don Jacques
evidently did not follow them there. He married Marie-Madeleine, daughter
of fellow Acadians Pierre Gaudet and Marie-Madeleine
Aucoin, at Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, Nova Scotia in August 1768.
They evidently moved on to Memramcook in southeastern New Brunswick, where Don
Jacques died in 1816, in his late 70s.
Joseph's second son Pierre, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Robichaud,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1744, followed his family to Connecticut.
He married fellow Acadian Marie-Josèphe Lanoue there in 1769
before moving on to Canada. Their marriage was "rehabilitated" at
L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence in November 1772. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1770 and 1776, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre three children, two
sons and a daughter. They remained at L'Assomption.
Joseph's fourth son Marin, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Robichaud,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1746, followed his family to Connecticut.
He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Lanoue
and Anne Belliveau, in Connecticut in 1772 before moving on to
Canada. Their marriage was "rehabilitated" at L'Assomption on the upper
St. Lawrence in November of that year. They settled at St.-Philippe-de-La
Prairie across from Montréal in 1779. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1773 and 1781, Marguerite gave Marin four children, three daughters and a son.
Joseph's sixth son Joseph-David, by second wife Anastasie Doucet,
born in Connecticut in c1762, followed his family to Canada. At age 33,
Joseph-David married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles-Benjamin
Martin and Thérèse Robichaud, at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in January 1795.
Joseph's seventh son Félix, by second wife Anastasie Doucet,
born in Connecticut in c1764, followed his family to Canada. He married
Marie-Reine, daughter of Germain Gariépy and Marie-Josèphe
LeBel, at Terrebonne north of Montréal in January 1789.
Claude's fourth and youngest son Charles, born probably at Annapolis Royal
in c1725, married Marguerite, daughter
of Pierre Belliveau and Jeanne Gaudet, at Annapolis Royal in
February 1748. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and 1753,
Marguerite gave Charles three sons. The British deported the family to Connecticut
(Arsenault says Massachusetts) in the fall
of 1755. Charles remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Lanoue and
Marguerite Belliveau, in New England (Arsenault says Massachusetts) in c1759.
According to Arsenault, between 1760 and 1771, this Marguerite gave Charles six
more children, three daughters and three sons--nine children by two wives.
In 1763, Charles Granger
and his family of seven persons appeared on a repatriation list in Connecticut, so White is followed here.
The family moved on to Canada, where Charles's second marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Laprairie across from Montréal in September 1772. Charles died at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie across from Montréal in August 1782, in his late 50s.
One of his daughters married into the Landry family at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie. Two of his sons by both wives also created their own families
in the area.
Oldest son Charles, fils, by first wife Marguerite
Belliveau, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1749, followed his
family to Connecticut and Canada. He married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Lanoue and Ursule Brun, at
St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in February 1775.
Charles, père's fourth and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste, by second
wife Marguerite Lanoue, born probably in Connecticut in c1763,
followed his family to Canada, where he married Angélique Grégoire
at L'Acadie east of St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie in January 1794.
Laurent's sixth
and youngest son Laurent,
fils, born at Port-Royal in c1688, married Marie, daughter of Bernard
Bourg and Françoise Brun, at Annapolis Royal in April 1711 and remained there.
Between 1712 and 1729, Marie gave Laurent, fils nine children, six daughters
and three sons. Four of their daughters married into the Martin,
Porlier, and Melanson families. Two of Laurent, fils's
three sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Jean,
born at Annapolis Royal in October 1716, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Melanson and
Marie-Madeleine Petitot dit Saint-Seine, at Annapolis Royal in
January 1741. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and 1764,
Madeleine gave Jean six children, three sons and three daughters. The
family may have escaped the British roundup at Annapolis in the fall of 1755,
sought refuge on lower Rivière St.-Jean, fell into British hands there in the
late 1750s, and was deported to Cherbourg, France, in 1759-60. French
officials counted them at Cherbourg in 1761 and 1767. In 1773, Jean took
his family to the interior Poitou--perhaps the only Acadian Grangers to go
there. In December 1775, after two years of effort, they and dozens of other Poitou Acadians retreated to the
port city of Nantes. Jean died at Chantenay near Nantes
in May 1785, age 68. His daughters married into the Blanchard,
Moulaison, and Boudrot families at Cherbourg,
Chantenay, and Nantes. None of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. At least one of his sons created his own family in
France.
Oldest son
Jacques, also called
Jean, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1741, followed his family into
exile and to Cherbourg, France. Called Jean de Port Royal by the recording
priest, Jacques married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Mius d'Entremont and Marie-Josèphe
Moulaison of Cap-Sable, at Très-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, in May 1764.
Between 1766 and 1773, at Cherbourg, Madeleine gave Jacques/Jean a son and two
daughters. He probably followed his father to Poitou in 1773 soon after
his second daughter was born. One wonders what happened to them after the
early 1770s. They did not go to Spanish Louisiana.
Laurent, fils's second son
Laurent III,
born at Annapolis Royal in April 1720,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Porlier and Anne-Marie
de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, at Annapolis Royal in January 1744.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1750, Marie-Josèphe gave Laurent
III three children, two daughters and a son. Laurent III died at Annapolis
Royal in May 1751, age 31.
One wonders what happened to his family in 1755.
Laurent, fils's third and youngest
son Joseph, a twin to sister Marie-Josèphe, born at Annapolis Royal in January
1723, probably died young.368
Pitre
Edge-tool-maker-turned-gunsmith
Jean
Pitre dit Bénèque, a late 1650s arrival, and his
wife Marie Pesseley created another large family in the colony.
Between 1666 and 1688, Marie gave Jean 11 children, six sons and five daughters.
Jean died by c1690, in his early 50s, when his wife remarried to Frenchman François Robin at
Port-Royal. Five of Jean's
daughters married into the Amireau dit Tourangeau, Bertrand,
Comeau, and Piat dit La Bonté families. Four of
his six sons also created their own families. His first and fifth son's
lines were especially prolific. Jean and Marie's descendants settled not only at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but also at Chignecto, Chepoudy in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, Cap-Sable;
Minas and Cobeguit in the Minas Basin, and in the French Maritimes. At least 59 of the edge-tool
maker's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and especially from
France in 1785. Others could be found in greater Acadia, France, the French
Antilles, and especially in Canada after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Claude, born at Port-Royal in February 1671, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Comeau l'aîné and Jeanne
Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1696. Between 1697 and 1707, Marie gave
Claude eight children, six daughters and two sons. Claude remarried to Anne, daughter of Robert
Henry and Marie-Madeleine Godin of Cobeguit, at Port-Royal in February 1710.
Between 1711 and 1726, Anne gave Claude eight more children, at least four
daughters and two sons--16 children, at least 10 daughters and four sons, by two
wives. Claude died at Annapolis Royal or Chepoudy, in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, by 1752. His widow Anne
was still at Chepoudy in 1755. Six of his daughters by both wives married into the
Aucoin, Chiasson, Lavergne, Robichaud, Doucet,
Fardel, and Forest families, some of them in the French Maritimes.
One of them died at St.-Malo, France, in late 1758 and another at Le Havre,
France, in 1762. Three of Claude's sons, from
both wives,
created families of their own.
Oldest son
Pierre,
by first wife Marie Comeau, born at Port-Royal in c1699, married Agathe, daughter of René Doucet and
Marie Broussard, at Annapolis Royal in February 1727. They settled
at Chepoudy. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1727 and 1739, Agathe
gave Pierre four children, three daughters and a son. Other records give
them another son in 1748--five children, three daughters and two sons, in all.
Their older son married twice probably at Chepoudy before 1755. The family
evidently escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivères area in the
fall of 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. The older
son moved on to Canada, where he and his family were counted in 1757.
Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, Pierre and the rest of his family,
still in greater Acadia, either surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. Pierre, Agathe, and four unnamed children
appeared in a French repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. Pierre, now a widower, and two of his chldren, a
daughter and his younger son, emigrated to
Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. They settled in the Opelousas District,
where the daughter, Françoise, married into the Joubert family,
and the son also married there.
Older son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Chepoudy in c1735, married, according to Bona Arsenault,
a woman whose name has been lost to history, and, Arsenault insists, remarried
to Marie-Anne Thibodeau in c1754, on the eve of Le Grand
Dérangement, when he would have been in his late teens. The young
couple evidently escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières area in
the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. According to Arsenault,
Marie-Anne gave Jean-Baptiste two daughters in 1755 and 1757, the younger child
in Canada. Jean-Baptiste remarried again--his third marriage--to fellow
Acadian Marie-Anne Surette, widow of Paul Doucet,
at St.-Pierre-les-Becquets, today's Les-Becquets, on the upper St. Lawence below
Trois-Rivières in March 1761. According to Arsenault, between 1762 and 1775, Marie-Anne
gave Jean-Baptiste eight more children, three daughters and five sons--10
children, five daughters and five sons, by two wives. They settled at
Châteauguay above Montréal, where Jean-Baptiste died in November 1815, age 80.
Three of his daughters, all by his third wife, married into the Laberge
and Julien families at Châteauguay. Four of his sons,
also by his third wife, also married there.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at St.-Pierre-les-Becquets in c1762, followed his family
to Châteauguay, where he married Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Couillard
and Madeleine Primeau, in February 1784. Joseph died at
Châteauguay in November 1815, in his early 50s.
Jean-Baptiste's
third son Ignace, born in c1767 in Canada, married Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadian
Paul Hébert and his Canadian wife Josette Duranieau,
at Châteauguay in February 1791, and remarried to Catherine, daughter of Charles
Bergevin and Marguerite Primeau, there in
September 1798. Igance died at Châteauguay in March 1810, in his early
40s.
Jean-Baptiste's
fourth son Jean-Marie, born in Canada in c1770, married Julie, daughter of Pierre
Leduc and Marie-Josèphe Lalonde, at L'île Perrot
across from Châteauguay in February 1792, and remarried to Marie-Louise,
daughter of Basile Lefebvre and Marie-Louise Carignan,
at Châteauguay in November 1803.
Jean-Baptiste's
fifth and youngest son Pierre le jeune, born in
Canada in c1775, married,
according to Bona Arsenault, Julie, daughter of Pierre Leduc
and Josephte Cuillerier, at L'île Perrot, in June 1793, and
remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Préjean
and his Canadian wife Josephte Gagné, at Châteauguay in
February 1799.
Pierre's younger
son François, born at Chepoudy in c1748, followed his family into exile and into
a prison compound in Nova Scotia. He likely was the Fra.s Pitre
counted at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in October 1762 without a family; he would
have been age 14. Soon after the counting, the British may have sent him
to the prison compound at Halifax, and he was counted there with his
parents and siblings in August 1763. Still in his late teens, he followed his widowed
father and an older sister to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue,
in 1764-65, and followed them to the Opelousas District, among the first
Acadians to settle in that community. He married a
Thibodeau at Opelousas in the late 1760s and remained there.
His was the first, and one of the largest, Pitre family lines in South Louisiana.
Claude's second son
Jean,
by first wife Marie Comeau, born at Port-Royal in November
1702, died at Annapolis Royal in October 1717, age 15.
Claude's third
son René, by second wife Anne Henry, born at Annapolis Royal in
March 1717, died there a month after his birth.
Claude's fourth
son Joseph, by second wife Anne Henry, born at Annapolis Royal
in December 1718, married Catherine-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau
le jeune and Anne-Marie Aucoin, at Beaubassin in July 1741 and
settled at Chepoudy. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and
1754, Catherine gave Joseph three children, two sons and a daughter. The
family evidently escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières area
in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Joseph's older son died
there in 1757. Joseph
died before 1765, place unrecorded, probably in Canada. Widow
Catherine-Josèphe remarried a Morvend widower at St.-Françoise-du-Lac, today's
Pierreville, on the lower Rivière St.-François, Canada, in May 1769. Her
younger Pitre son left the St. Lawrence valley and settled in the pays d'en
haut.
Older son
Flavien, born at Chepoudy in c1746, followed his family to Canada. He died
at Québec in late July 1757, age 11, an early victim, perhaps, of the smallpox
epidemic that struck the exiles in the area from the summer of 1757 into the the
spring of 1758.
Joseph's younger
son Jean-Baptiste, born at Chepoudy in c1752, followed his family to Canada and
his widowed mother to the upper St. Lawrence, but he did not remain there.
He married Marie-Françoise-Anne, daughter of Pierre-Laurent Saint-Côme
and Catherine Barras, at Détroit in the pays d'en
haut, or upper country, a part of British
Canada, in January 1773.
Claude's fifth and youngest son
Charles,
by second wife Anne Henry, born at Annapolis Royal in November
1723, married Marie-Angélique,
daughter of Jean Blanchard and Rose Thibodeau, in c1753, place
unrecorded. They evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal
in the fall of 1755 and took refuge most likely on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore before moving up to Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs.
On 24 October 1760, Charles and his family of two appear on a list of 1,003
Acadians who surrendered to a British naval force out of Québec a few days
later. The British held them in the prison compound at Halifax for the west of war.
They appeared on a French repatriation list there, still
without children, in August 1763. They evidently chose to resettle in
British Canada. Charles died at St.-François-du-Lac on lower Rivière
St.-François between Trois-Rivières and Montréal in September
1772, age 49. One wonders if they were that rare Acadian couple who had no
children.
Jean's second son
Marc, born at Port-Royal in c1673, married Jeanne, daughter of Sébastien Brun and Huguette Bourg,
probably at Port-Royal in c1699 and moved to Cap-Sable. Between 1700 and
c1709, Jeanne gave Marc
four children, two sons and two daughters. Their
daughters married into the Lapierre, Bourg, and Cormier
families, and one of them died with her entire family in the deportation from
Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France. Both of their sons also married.
Older son
Claude-Marc,
born at Port-Royal in May 1700, followed his family to Cap-Sable but did not
remain there. He married Isabelle, daughter of
Jérôme Guérin and Isabelle Aucoin, at Cobeguit at the eastern end
of the Minas Basin in June 1724.
They evidently resettled at Minas at the western end of the Babin, though his oldest children remained at Cobeguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726 and 1740, Isabelle gave Claude-Marc
four children, three sons and a daughter. The British deported
Claude-Marc, Isabelle, and their younger children to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on the England the
following spring. They were held at Liverpool. Claude-Marc, at age
60, remarried to Madeleine, 41-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jérôme Darois and Marie Gareau
and widow of Alexis Trahan, at Liverpool in May 1760. She evidently gave him
no more children. One of her Trahan sons, Paul, from her
first marriage was only age 8 when she remarried, so Claude-Marc helped raise
the boy. The blended family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the
spring of 1763. In November 1765, Claude-Marc took his family to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Triboutoux in
the Sauzon district on the north shore of the island. He died at Sauzon in March
1775, age 75. Members of his family, perhaps including a younger son, were
still living on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1792. Meanwhile, his oldest son and
his family escaped the British roundup at Cobeguit in 1755, took refuge on Île
St.-Jean in 1755 or 1756, escaped the roundup there in 1758, were captured by British forces on
the mainland, and ended up as prisoners in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s.
Claude-Marc's only daughter Anne-Josèphe, from his first wife, also escaped to
Île St.-Jean, married into the
Bourg family there in 1757, and was deported to Cherbourg,
France, the following year. She died there in December 1759, age 22,
before she had a chance to reunite with her father at Morlaix or on
Belle-Île-en-Mer. No member of Claude-Marc's family, including the ones
who escaped the British in Nova Scotia, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son
Joseph, by first wife Isabelle Guérin, born in c1726, married
Anne, daughter of Ambroise Bourg and Élisabeth Melanson,
at Cobeguit in c1747. They evidently were among the Cobeguit habitants
who moved to Île St.-Jean between late summer 1755 and the following spring to escape the British in
Nova Scotia. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Joseph a son on the
island in 1757. They either left the island soon after their son's birth,
or escaped the British roundup there in late 1758. They took refuge on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore before moving up to Restigouche at the head of
the Baie des Chaleurs. On 24 October 1760, Joseph and his family of four
appear on a list of 1,003 Acadians who surrendered to a British naval force
out of Québec a few days later. The British held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia.
British officials counted a Joseph Pitre and his family of four
at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in October 1762. They may also have
been counted at Halifax in August 1763. After the war, they returned to Île St.-Jean,
then British-controlled St. John
Island, later renamed Prince Edward Island. British officials counted them
there in 1767. One wonders if they remained.
Claude-Marc's
second son Alexandre, by first wife Isabelle Guérin, born in
c1738, would have been in his late teens in the fall of 1755. If he were
still living, one wonders if he followed his parents to Virginia or his older
brother to Île St.-Jean. Bona Arsenault has no record of him in France or
greater Acadia, and he did not go to Louisiana.
Claude-Marc's
third and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Isabelle Guérin,
born in c1740, would have been in his mid-teens in the fall of 1755. If he
were still living, one wonders if he followed his parents to Virginia or his
older brother to Île St.-Jean. Bona Arsenault has no record of him in
France or greater Acadia, and he did not go to Louisiana.
Marc's younger son
Jean dit
Jean-Marc, also called Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in October 1703, followed his family to Cap-Sable.
He married Judith, daughter of Pierre Thériot and Marie Bourg, in
c1729, place unrecorded, and settled at Cobeguit. He and his family, if
they were still at Cobeguit in 1755, escaped the British roundup in Nova Scotia
by moving on to Île St.-Jean. They, too, either left the island before
1758 or escaped the roundup there that year and sought refuge on the mainland.
They may have moved up to Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs.
On 24 October 1760, a Jean Bte Pitre and his family of four
appear on a list of 1,003 Acadians who surrendered to a British naval force
out of Québec a few days later. The British held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. Jean-Marc died at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, today's
Windsor, Nova Scotia, between July and August 1762, in his late 50s. His
widow and a child were counted there in October. One wonders what happened
to them after 1763.
Jean's third son,
name unrecorded, born at Port-Royal in c1675, died young.
Jean's fourth son
Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1677, survived childhood but did not marry.
He followed his younger brother Jean, fils to Chepoudy.
Jean's fifth son
Jean, fils, also called Jean-Denis, born at Port-Royal in c1680, married Françoise, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie
Mercier, at Port-Royal in c1698. According to a descendant, Jean,
fils, on the eve of his marriage, along with older brother Pierre,
helped build a flourmill at Chepoudy for the settlement's founder, Pierre
Thibodeau. After his marriage, Pierre, fils
moved his family to Chepoudy and then to Chignecto. There, during Queen
Anne's War, Jean, fils was captured by a New-English force under
Colonel Benjamin Church in July 1704 and held as a hostage at Boston.
After he returned to his family in 1706, he took them to Cap-Sable, where they
were counted in 1708, but they did not remain there either. They were at
Pigiguit in the Minas Basin in 1712. In June 1714, after the war finally
ended, Jean, fils took his family to the new French colony of Île
Royale, today's Cape Breton Island. They were still there in 1717, but,
again, they moved on, this time to Cobeguit at the eastern end of Minas Basin,
where they likely remained. Between 1699 and 1724, in these various
locations, Françoise gave Jean a
dozen children, seven sons and five daughters. Their
daughters married into the Doiron, Brasseur dit Le
Brasseur, Lejeune, Boutin, and Henry dit le
Petit-Homme families. All of their sons also married. Most of
them moved on to Île St.-Jean in the early 1750s and paid a heavy price for
"returning" to the French Maritimes: two of Jean, fils's sons and
two of his daughters, along with their families,
perished on the crossing from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, in 1758.
Oldest son Jean
III, born at Port-Royal in c1699, married Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Thériot and Marie Bourg, in c1720, place
unrecorded, probably at Cobeguit, where they settled. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1720 and 1738, Marguerite gave Jean III eight children, five sons and
three daughters. Other sources give them four sons, the oldest born in
1725--seven children in all. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1751, where a daughter
married into the Henry family. In August
of the following year, a French official counted Jean III, Marguerite, and six of
their children, three sons and three daughters, ages 30 to 14, at Rivière-de-l'Ouest on the south side of the island.
Two more of their daughters married into the Blanchard and
Henry families after the counting. The British deported
Jean, Marguerite, two unmarried sons, and their oldest son and his family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758
aboard the transport Duc Guillaume, which left the Maritimes in
September and limped into the Breton port the first of November. The
vessel suffered a mishap at sea, killing many of the passengers. Jean III,
age 59, and Marguerite, age 57, along with their third son and his two
daughters, died on the crossing, but Jean III's youngest son survived.
Jean III's three
married daughters crossed with their families on other ships. One of the
daughters remarried into the Landry family. Jean III's
youngest son emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with two of his sisters in 1785.
Oldest son Amand, born probably at Cobeguit in c1725, married, according to
Bona Arsenault, Geneviève, sans doute daughter of Pierre-Claude
d'Entremont and Anne de Latour of Pobomcoup, in c1746,
place unrecorded. Oddly, no such couple exists, and Arsenault uses the
same disclaimor, sans doutte, in calling Amand a son of Jean III.
Moreover, Arsenault is confusing this Amand, son of Jean III, with his uncle
Amand, born in c1724, son of Jean, fils.
The uncle married Geneviève Arcement of l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1746, not a d'Entremont from Pobomcoup. One
wonders what happened to Amand à Jean III. Did he survive
childhood? Did he even exist?
Jean III's second son Jean IV, born probably at Cobeguit in c1732, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Rivière-de-l'Ouest.
He married Françoise, daughter of Jean Henry and Marie
Hébert, on the island in February 1754. According to Bona
Arsenault, Françoise gave Jean IV two daughters between 1754 and 1757.
They, too, were deported to St.-Malo, France, aboard Le Duc Guillaume
in late 1758. Only wife Françoise survived the crossing. She did not
remarry and died in France.
Jean III's third son Pierre, born probably at Cobeguit in c1735, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Rivière-de-l'Ouest.
The British deported him to St.-Malo, France, aboard a different ship in late
1758. He survived the crossing but died at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo in
March 1759, age 23, probably from the rigors of the crossing. He did not
marry.
Jean III's fourth and youngest son Anselme, born probably at Cobeguit in
c1738, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at
Rivière-de-l'Ouest. Anselme crossed to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758 aboard
Le Duc Guillaume with his parents and survived the crossing. In
early December, a month after his arrival, French officials sent him on to
Rochefort on the Bay of Biscay, but he did not remain. By 1760, he had returned to St.-Malo and settled
at Pleurtuit on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo. In February 1763, at St.-Suliac
across the river, he married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Dugas and Élisabeth Bourg of Cobeguit. Between
1763 and 1773, at Pleurtuit and St.-Suliac, Isabelle gave Anselme seven children,
three sons and four daughters, most of whom survived childhood. Anselme
took his famiy to the interior of Poitou in 1773. Isabelle gave him another son at
Archigny south of Châtellerault in 1774, but the boy died 18 days after his birth. In March 1776,
after two years of effort, Anselme and his large family followed other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Their second son Joseph-François died in
St.-Jacques Parish there in April 1776, age 21, soon after they reached the
city. About the same time, Isabelle gave birth to twins, a son and a
daughter--their ninth and tenth children, five sons and five daughters.
Wife Isabelle died, age 37, in late April probably from the rigors of
childbirth. The infant son died in early May. The following October,
Anselme, age 38, remarried to Madeleine, 28-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Mathurin LeBlanc and Élisabeth Babin, at
nearby St.-Sébastien-sur-Loire, across and upriver from Nantes. She gave
him two more daughters there in 1778 and 1780--a dozen children in
all, five sons and seven daughters, by two wives. His youngest daughter,
the twin, by first wife Isabelle, died at nearby Chantenay in October 1778, age
22 months. His two daughters by second wife Madeleine also died young.
Wife Madeleine died at Hôtel-Dieu, Nantes, in January 1781, age 33.
Anselme's younger remaining son, Joachim-Charles, by first wife Isabelle, died
at St.-Sébastien, age 16, in May 1785, leaving the widower and father of 12 with
only four children, a son and three daughters. A month and a half after
the death of his son, Anselme emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with his four children,
who were still unmarried. From New Orleans, they followed their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. His three daughters
married into the Boudrot, Gautrot, and
Guillot families on the upper bayou. His son Jean-Pierre, who was
age 21 when he came to the colony, did not marry.
Jean,
fils's second son Joseph, born in c1700, married Élisabeth, or
Isabelle, daughter of René Boudrot and ____, in c1724, place unrecorded,
probably at Cobeguit, where they settled. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1725 and 1738,
Élisabeth gave Joseph seven children, six sons and a daughter. Their
second son married perhaps at Cobeguit in c1749. Two years later, the
family moved on to Île St.-Jean. Their third son married on the island in
February 1752. Their daughter married into the Henry
dit Le Neveu family there in June. That August,
a French official counted Joseph, Élisabeth, and four of their unmarried sons,
age 27 to 14, and an 8-year-old female orphan near his older
brother on Rivière-de-l'Ouest. Their oldest son married on the island in
June 1753. The British deported members of the family to St.-Malo,
France, aboard the transport Duke William (the second with the name),
which left Chédabouctou Bay in late November 1758 and sank in a North Atlantic
storm in mid-December off the southwest coast of England. Joseph, in his
late 50s, his wife, and their three youngest sons, along with almost all of the
ship's passengers, were lost. Two of their
oldest sons and their families also may have perished in the crossing.
Their daughter and another son
crossed on other ships, and both of them and their families emigrated to
Louisiana.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Cobeguit in c1725, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Rivière-de-l'Ouest. He married
Anne, daughter of Jean Bourg and Françoise Aucoin,
on the island in June 1753. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1754 and
1757, on the island, Anne gave Pierre three children, two sons and a daughter.
Did they also perish aboard the Duke William, or did they cross aboard
the other ship that sank in the same storm, the Violet? Stephen
A. White suspects that they might have been aboard one of the doomed vessels.
Joseph's second son François, born probably at Cobeguit in c1727, married Rose
Henry in c1749, probably at Cobeguit. They followed his
family to Île St.-Jean the following year. According to Bona Arsenault, in
1751 Rose gave François a son, but it actually was a daughter. In August
1752, a French official counted François, Rose, and their daughter at
Rivière-de-l'Ouest near his family. According to Arsenault, between 1753
and 1757, on the island, Rose gave François three more children, a son and two more daughters--four children in all. Did they also perish aboard the
Duke William, or did they cross aboard the other ship that sank in the same
storm, the Violet? Stephen A. White suspects that they might
have been aboard one of the doomed vessels.
Joseph's third son Charles, born probably at Cobeguit in c1729, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and married Anne, daughter of Jean Henry
and Marie Hébert, on the island in February 1752. The
following August, a French official counted the still-childless couple at
Rivière-de-l'Ouest near his family. Anne was pregnant at the time of the
counting. Between 1753 and 1757, she gave
Charles three children, a daugther and two sons. The British deported them
to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. All of their children died at sea. The once-again
childless couple settled on west side of the river south of St.-Malo at Pleurtuit, where, between 1760 and
1773, Anne gave Charles six more children, three sons and three daughters, most
of whom survived childhood. Charles did not take his family to Poitou in
1773, nor did they join other exiles at Nantes later in the decade. Charles, Anne, and three of their children,
a son and two daughters, emigrated to Louisiana in 1785 directly from St.-Malo. Their second son
Jean-Charles, who would have been age 22 that year, if he was still living, did
not accompany his family to the Spanish colony. From New Orleans, Charles
and his family followed most of their fellow passengers to the new
Acadian settlement of Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District above Baton
Rouge. Their younger daughter Élisabeth-Modeste married into the
Boudrot family on upper Bayou Lafourche. Their son Joseph-Pierre,
who went with them to Louisiana,
may not have married.
Jean,
fils's third son
Claude-Jean or
Jean-Claude, born probably at Port-Royal in c1701, married Marguerite,
16-year-old daughter of Noël Doiron and Marie
Henry, in c1724, place unrecorded, probably at Cobeguit, where they
settled. According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Claude-Jean two sons in
1725 and 1741. Other records give them three more sons in 1732, 1734, and
1739. A descendant claims that, between 1725 and 1746,
Marguerite gave Claude-Jean eight sons. The family moved on to Île
St.-Jean after August 1752, perhaps in 1755 or 1756 when the entire
population of Cobeguit eluded the British roundup in Nova Scotia by escaping to
the island. The British deported most of the family to France in
late 1758. At least four of Claude-Jean's sons landed at Cherbourg in late
1758. They did not remain there but moved on to St.-Malo in July 1759.
Another son, in his late teens, crossed with an uncle and his family to St.-Malo
and lived with his family there until he came of age. Claude-Jean
died on Île St.-Jean or in France before November 1759, in his late 50s.
After he came of age, one of his younger sons returned to greater
Acadia by the early 1760s but returned to France, now married with children, a
few years later. One of Claude-Jean's sons and several of his grandchildren
from other sons emigrated to Louisiana from
France in
1785.
Oldest son
Benjamin, born at Cobeguit in c1725, married Jeanne, 33-year-old
daughter of François Moyse dit Latreille and Marie
Brun and widow of Jean Ozelet, at Cobeguit in
c1747; she was 11 years older than Benjamin. Between 1748 and 1755, Jeanne
gave Benjamin three children, two daughters and a son. They likely were
among the Cobeguit habitants who crossed Mer Rouge to Île St.-Jean in
1755 or 1756 to escape the British roundup in Nova Scotia. The British deported
them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Wife Jeanne and the two younger
children died at sea. Benjamin and daughter Agnès survived the crossing
and lived for six months on the east side of the river below St.-Malo before
moving to nearby La Gouesnière, where,
at age 34, Benjamin remarried to Marguerite, 18-year-old daughter fellow
Acadians Jean Boudrot and Catherine Brasseau,
in November 1759. They settled at St.-Suliac. Between 1761 and 1773,
Marguerite gave Benjamin six more children, four daughters and two sons.
The older son died young. Benjamin took his family to Poitou in 1773.
Marguerite gave him another daughter at Châtellerault in July 1775. In
March 1776, Benjamin, Marguerite, and their seven children followed other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes and settled at Rezé across the Loire.
Oldest daughter Agnès married into the Guérin family in
St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, in April 1776, soon after their arrival.
Between 1778 and 1783, in St.-Pierre-de-Rezé Parish, Marguerite gave Benjamin
three more sons--13 children, seven daughters and six sons, by two wives.
Their youngest daughter and oldest surviving son died at Rezé in 1777 and 1781, ages
2 and 8, respectively. Benjamin died in St.-Pierre-de-Rezé Parish in
September 1782, age 57, leaving Marguerite with six unmarried children, the
oldest one in her early 20s. In 1785, Marguerite and her six children,
four daughters and two sons, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. Her
stepdaughter and her family had taken an earlier ship there. From New
Orleans, the extended family followed most of their fellow passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche. Three of Marguerite and Benjamin's four surviving
daughters married into the Gautrot, Fremin,
and Renaud families at New Orleans and on the Lafourche.
Marguerite and Benjamin's youngest son, Jean, also married, into the Bourg family
on the upper Lafourche. Older son Étienne did not marry, so
one wonders if he survived the crossing from France. Marguerite, who did
not remarry, died on the bayou after 1788, date
unrecorded. A descendant insists she died in 1806. If so, she would
have been in her mid-60s when she passed.
Claude-Jean's
second son Claude-Jean, fils, born at Cobeguit in c1728 or 1729, moved on to
Île St.-Jean by November 1752, when he married Rosalie,
daughter of Joseph Henry and Élisabeth Vincent,
on the island. In late 1758, the British deported the
couple, along with his younger brothers Paul, François, and Raphaël, to
Cherbourg, France, but they did not remain there. In July 1759, they
arrived at St.-Malo and settled on the east side of the river south of the
Breton port at Pleudihen-sur-Rance. Wife Rosalie,
who evidently gave him no chilren, if she had survived the crossing to Cherbourg
or the move to St.-Malo, died by September 1764, when Claude-Jean, fils, in
his mid-30s, remarried to Marie-Blanche, 27-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians
Pierre Richard and Marie-Josèphe Boudrot of
Île St.-Jean, at Pleudihen. Marie-Blanche's parents had died in the
crossing to St.-Malo. Between 1765 and 1769, at Mordreuc
near Pleudihen, Marie-Blanche gave Claude-Jean, fils three children, two sons and a
daughter. Only the daughter survived childhood. Claude-Jean, fils
died at Mordreuc in February 1769, age 40. Marie-Blanche remained in the
St.-Malo area and did not remarry. In 1785, she and her Pitre
daughter, Marie-Charlotte, age 17, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Marie-Charlotte married a Boudrot cousin at New Orleans in
January 1786, soon after their arrival on separate ships, and settled on upper
Bayou Lafourche, where she died the following November, perhaps from the
complications of childbirth. Her widower remarried to another
Pitre in October 1787.
Claude-Jean's
third son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at Cobeguit in c1730, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and married Félicité Daigre on the island in c1757.
Félicité gave him a son in 1758. Later that year, the British deported
them to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Duc Guillaume, which
suffered a mishap at sea before it limped into the Breton port the first of
November. Jean-Baptiste and Félicité survived the crossing, but their
infant son did not. In early December 1758, a month after they reached
St.-Malo, French authorities sent them on to
Rochefort down the coast, but they returned to St.-Malo the following year and settled
at Pleudihen-sur-Rance. Between
1759 and 1776, at Mordreuc near Pleudihen, Félicité gave Jean-Baptiste 15 more
children, six daughters and nine sons--16 children, seven daughters and nine
sons, in all. At least four of the children born in France did not survive
childhood. Jean-Baptiste did not take his family to Poitou in 1773, nor
did they joined their fellow exiles at Nantes later in the decade. In
1785, Jean-Baptiste, Félicité, and six of their childern, four daughters and two
sons, emigrated to Louisiana directly from St.-Malo. Five of their
children, four sons and a daughter, who, if they were still living, would have
been ages 23 to 9 in 1785, did not accompany their family to the Spanish colony.
Their two oldest surviving sons, in fact, married at Pleudihen in 1786; one
wonders what happened to the other children. From New Orleans,
Jean-Baptiste and his family followed most of their fellow passengers to the new Acadian community of
Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge. Three of
their daughters married there into the Courtois, Farine,
and Morange families. Their younger son also married
there, but his line may not have endured. Jean-Baptiste and Félicité
evidently moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche in the late 1780s or early 1790s.
Jean-Baptiste died there by December 1795, in his early 60s, when Félicité was
listed in an upper bayou census as a widow.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, fils, born on Île St.-Jean in c1758, died on the
crossing to St.-Malo, France, later in the year.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's second son Jean-Marie, born at Mordreuc near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in
January 1761, died there the following April.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's third son Jean-Marie, the second with the name, born at Mordreuc near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France,
in February 1762, remained at Pleudihen in 1785 when his family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana. He married Rose-Perrine, daughter of fellow Acadians
Jean Bourg and Marie Aucoin, at Pleudihen in
January 1786. One wonders if they had any children there.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's fourth son Joseph, born at Mordreuc near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in
August 1764, remained at Pleudihen in 1785 when his family emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana. He married Anne, daughter of French locals Jean Portier
and Françoise Quemar, at Pleudihen in January 1786, on the same
day and at the same place his older brother Jean-Marie married. One
wonders if they had any children there.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's fifth son Pierre, born at Mordreuc near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in
October 1765, followed his family to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and settled
with them at Bayou des Écores. He may not have married.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's sixth son Augustin-François, born at Mordreuc near Pleudihen-sur-Rance,
France, November 1766, died there the following January.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's seventh son Jacques-François, born at Mordreuc near Pleudihen-sur-Rance,
France, in November 1767, followed his family to Spanish Louisiana in 1785
and settled with them at Bayou des Écores. He married Jeanne-Tarsille,
daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Thibodeau and Madeleine
Henry, there in January 1788. Their only son evidently
died young, so the family line did not endure.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's eighth son Augustin, born at Mordreuc near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in
February 1775, did not follow his family to Spanish Louisiana in 1785, when he
would have been only age 10, so he may have died young.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's ninth and youngest son Charles-Paul, born at Mordreuc near
Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in November 1776, did not follow his family to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785, when he would have been only age 9, so he may have died
young.
Claude-Jean's
fourth son Paul-Hippolyte, called Paul, born at Cobeguit in c1732,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean, three of his brothers to
Cherbourg, France, in late 1758 and to St.-Malo in July 1759, and
settled with them at Pleudihen-sur-Rance. At age 31, in February 1763, Paul married Marguerite-Louise,
20-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Vallet and
Brigitte Pinet of Île St.-Jean, at nearby St.-Suliac. Marguerite-Louise gave him two children, a daughter and a
son, there 1763 and 1767. Paul died at St.-Suliac in January 1767, age 36.
His daughter died the following May, age 3. His son, Martin-Bénoni,
survived childhood. Widow Marguerite-Louise remarried to fellow Acadian Charles
Hébert at St.-Suliac in January 1770 and gave him two children
in 1770 and 1772. The family went to Poitou in 1773.
Marguerite-Louise gave husband Charles another daughter there at Archigny south
of Châtellerault. After two years
of effort, in December 1775, the blended family followed other Poitou Acadians
to the port of Nantes, where Marie-Louise gave Charles two more daughters, but
one of them died young. Martin-Bénoni, who came of age in the early 1780s,
worked as a carpenter at Nantes. In 1785, he and two of his Hébert
half-siblings, Joseph and Marie-Louise, ages 12 and 10 respectively, chose to
follow the majority of their fellow Acadians in France to Spanish Louisiana.
They took the last of the Seven Ships, La Caroline, out of Nantes in
late October and reached New Orleans two months later. If Marie-Louise
Vallet, Charles Hébert, and their youngest
surviving daughter Jeanne-Eulalie, who would have been age 8 that year, were
still living, they chose to remain in the mother country. Martin-Bénoni
wasted no time taking a wife in the Spanish colony. At age 19, he married
Jeanne, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Dantin
and his first wife, Frenchwoman Jeanne Gemier, in the city in
January 1786, soon after they reached the colony on separate ships. Jeanne
was a native of St.-André-des-Eaux south of St.-Malo and had crossed with her
father and Acadian stepmother on the fifth of the Seven Ships. From New
Orleans, the young couple and their young charges followed most of their
fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Half-brother Joseph did not
marry, but half-sister Marie-Josèphe married there. Martin-Bénoni remained
on the Lafourche, lived into his 80s, and created one of the largest
Pitre family lines in South Louisiana.
Claude-Jean's
fifth son François, born at Cobeguit in c1734, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean, three of his brothers to Cherbourg,
France, in late 1758 and to St.-Malo in July 1759, and settled with
them at Pleudihen-sur-Rance. François married Ursule, 22-year-old daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Breau and Ursule Bourg of
Cobeguit, across the river at Pleurtuit in March 1762. François died in September,
in his late 20s. A daughter was born posthumously at St.-Bue near
Pleurtuit in July 1763. Ursule did not remarry. She and her daughter
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Her daughter, Ursule-Françoise,
married into the Landry family there.
Claude-Jean's
sixth son Raphaël, born at Cobeguit in c1739, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean, three of his brothers to Cherbourg, France, in
late 1758 and St.-Malo in July 1759, and settled with them at
Pleudihen-sur-Rance. He died at nearby Mordreuc in June 1763, in his early
20s, before he could marry.
Claude-Jean's
seventh son Olivier, born at Cobeguit in c1741, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean. In late 1758, the British deported him
to St.-Malo, France, with the family of his uncle Charles's widow Anne Thibodeau and
her five children. Only he and his aunt survived the crossing.
Olivier worked as a carpenter in France, but he did not remain there. In
the early 1760s, while the war was still on, he found his way back to greater Acadia,
perhaps on privateer duty. He again fell into the hands of the British,
who held him at
Louisbourg until the war ended. He married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Moyse dit Latrielle
and Marie Petitpas, a kinswoman of his oldest brother
Benjamin's first wife, at Louisbourg in April 1763, two months after the war
officially ended. In 1764 and 1765, on what was now being called Cape
Breton Island, Marie gave Olivier two children, a son
and a daughter. In early
1766, to escape British rule, they chose to follow her father and other Acadian
exiles to Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of
Newfoundland. Their children's baptisms, along with their marriage, were
recorded at Notre-Dame-des-Ardilers Parish, Miquelon, at the end of May 1766.
The following year, French officials, obeying a royal decree to relieve
overcrowding on Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre, ordered the islanders to
resettle in France. Olivier and his family, perhaps
including his father-in-law, sailed to St.-Malo aboard the schooner Créole and
reached the Breton port the second week of November. Olivier and his
family settled
on the river south of St.-Malo at St.-Suliac near his oldest brother Benjamin.
Wife Marie was
pregnant on the voyage to St.-Malo and gave birth to another daughter at
St.-Suliac in late December 1767. The following year, they did not return
to Île Miquelon with most of the island Acadians but remained in France. In
1770 and 1772, at St.-Suliac, Marie gave Olivier two more daughters, but the
younger one died of smallpox in June 1773. Soon after his daughter's
death, Olivier and his family followed his oldest brother to the interior
of Poitou. Marie gave Olivier another son there in c1775.
In November of that year, Olivier, Marie, and their four surviving children
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. They
settled in the suburb of Chantenay, where, in 1777 and 1779, Marie gave Olivier two
more daughters--eight children, two sons and six daughters, in all. The
two youngest daughters did not survive childhood. Olivier died at
Chantenay by September 1784, when Marie was called a widow in a Spanish census
of Acadians there. Her older son died at Chantenay in March 1785, age 21.
Widow Marie and her remaining children, two daughters and a son, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. From New Orleans, they followed most of their fellow
passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Marie's
Pitre daughters married into the Frilot,
Boudrot, Lafond, Zagiro, and
Poirau families, one of them, Françoise-Olive, three times, the
other, Victoire, twice. Marie's Pitre son
Louis-Constant married into the Guidry family on the upper
bayou.
Claude-Jean's
eighth and youngest son Ambroise, born at Cobeguit in c1746, if he
survived childhood, would have followed his family to Île St.-Jean, but there is
no evidence that the British deported him with five of his older brothers to
Cherbourg or St.-Malo, France, in late 1758 or that he escaped from the island to the mainland,
which would have been quite a feat for a boy of 12.
Jean,
fils's fourth son
Michel, born probably at Port-Royal in c1704, married Marie-Madeleine, another daughter of
Noël Doiron and Marie Henry, in
c1727, place unrecorded, probably at Cobeguit, where they settled. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1731 and 1744, Marie-Madleine gave Michel seven children,
three daughters and four sons. In c1750, Michel took his family to Île St.-Jean.
A French official counted Michel, Marie-Madeleine, and their seven children
at Pointe-Prime on the island's southeastern shore in August 1752. The British deported
the family to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Duke William in late
1758, and they, too, perished at sea in a mid-December storm.
Jean,
fils's fifth son
Germain dit Germain-Jean,
born perhaps at Annapolis Royal in c1714, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre
Girouard and Marie Doiron, in c1736, place unrecorded. They
settled at Ste.-Famillie, Pigiguit, perhaps before moving on to Minas. Between
1737 and 1755, Marie-Josèphe gave Germain-Jean at least nine children, three
sons and six daughters. In the fall of 1755, the British deported
Germain-Jean, Marie-Josèphe, and four of their children, three daughters and a
son, to Connecticut. Meanwhile, five of their other children,
two sons and three daughters, ages 18, 16, 15, 4, and 2, escaped the British roundups in Nova Scotia and sought refuge on Île
St.-Jean. Older daughters Marguerite and Anne, still in their teens, married into the
Michel and Bourg families on the island in
1757 and 1758. In late 1758, the British deported the extended family in
separate vessels to St.-Malo, France. After reaching the Breton port in
January, they congregated ats St.-Suliac while their parents and other sisters languished in New England.
Marie-Josèphe gave Germain-Jean another son in Connecticut in c1760. In 1763, Germain Piteve, his wife,
mother-in-law, and three children appeared on a repatriation list in
Connecticut. Evidently one of their daughters and one of their older sons
were not with the family at the time. In early 1764, Marie-Josèphe gave
Germain-Jean another son--their fifth son and eleventh child. Later in the
year, Germain-Jean and his family followed other exiles in New England to French
St.-Domingue, where they were forced to work on a coffee plantation in the island's interior.
Their younger sons were baptized at Mirebalais in early September 1764, Joseph
at age 4, Michel at age 8 months, but the boys died there the following
February, a day apart. Meanwhile, Germain-Jean, age 50, and daughter
Madeleine, age 20, died on the same day at Mirebalais in October
1764. Widow Marie-Josèphe, age 42, and son Pierre, age 13, died there in
November 1764. Daughter Camille, age unrecorded, married Frenchman Pierre,
fils, son of Pierre Bidaut and Marie Legrand
of Belleville near Paris, at La Croix-des-Bouquets near Port-au-Prince in May
1766. Her sister Élisabeth died at La Croix-des-Bouquets in April 1769,
age 26; her burial record says nothing of a husband. Meanwhile,
Germain-Jean's daughter Anne remarried to a
Gautrot widower at St.-Suliac, France, in November 1764, and
her oldest brother Pierre-Olivier married there in October 1765. Oldest
sister Marguerite died at Nantes, France, in March 1784, age 45. In 1785,
Anne, brother Pierre-Olivier, and their families followed most of the
Acadians still in France to Spanish Louisiana.
Their younger brother, Charles, who would have been age 34 that year, if he were still
alive, did not accompany them to the Spanish colony, nor did their
youngest sister, Marie-Blanche, who would have been age 32.
Oldest son Pierre-Olivier, born perhaps at
Pigiguit in c1737, was in his late
teens when he led four of his younger siblings to Île St.-Jean in the mid-1750s.
The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758 on separate vessels.
Pierre-Oliver settled on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo at Pleurtuit before joining his
sisters and brothers across the river St.-Suliac in late 1759. He spent 1761 to 1763 in
England, a hint that he had signed up for privateer duty while the war was still
on, was captured by the Royal Navy, and held as a prisoner in England until the
war finally ended. After returning to St.-Suliac in 1763, he worked as a
day laborer and married Rosalie, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean Hébert and his first wife Madeleine
Doiron, in October 1765. Between 1766 and 1772, at
St.-Suliac, Rosalie gave Pierre-Olivier four children, three daughters and a
son. In 1771, the family lived at
Châtelaudren in northern Brittany west of St.-Brieuc but returned to St.-Suliac
the following year. Pierre-Olivier took his family to the interior of Poitou in 1773.
His only son died there in 1774, age 4. In March 1776, after
two and a half years of effort, the family retreated with other Poitou Acadians
to the port city of Nantes. Between 1776 and 1784, at nearby Chantenay,
Rosalie gave Pierre-Olivier five more children, three daughters and two
sons--nine children, six daughters and three sons, in all. The two older
children, a daughter and a son, died young, as did their youngest daughter born at St.-Suliac,
who died at age 8 in 1780. In 1785, Pierre-Olivier, Rosalie, and their
four surviving children, three daughters and a son, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana. From New Orleans, they followed their fellow
passengers, including his sister Anne and her family, to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Wife Rosalie died by January 1791, when Pierre-Olivier was listed in a Lafourche
census without a wife. His
daughters remained on the bayou and married into the Goudreau,
Guillot, Bourg, and Diez
families. His son Pierre-André also married, into the Bourgeois
family on the bayou, and followed his only son to the western
prairies in the 1840s.
Germain-Jean's second son Charles, born perhaps at Minas in c1751, perhaps a
twin, followed his siblings to Île
St.-Jean in the 1750s when he was still a child and was deported with his older
married sister and her husband to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. He was
still with them at St.-Suliac in 1770, when he would have been age
19. Did he marry in France? He did not follow his older siblings to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785, when he would have been in his early 30s.
Geramin-Jean's third son Pierre, born perhaps at Minas in c1751, perhaps
Charles's twin, followed his parents to Connecticut and French St.-Domingue.
He died at Mirebalais on the island in November 1763, age 13.
Germain-Jean's fourth son Joseph, born in Connecticut in c1760, followed his
family to French St.-Domingue and was baptized at Mirebalais on 2 September
1764, age 4. He died there the following February.
Germain-Jean's fifth and youngest son Michel, born in Connecticut in early 1764,
followed his family to French St.-Domingue and was baptized at Mirebalais on 2
September 1764, age 8 months. He died on M. Deschamps's plantation at
Mirebalais the following February, age 1, a day before his older brother Joseph
died.
Jean,
fils's sixth son
Charles, born in c1720, married, according to Stephen A. White, Anne, daughter of Philippe Thibodeau and Isabelle
Vincent of Pigiguit, in c1745, place unrecorded, probably at Cobeguit, where they
settled. Bona Arsenault insists that the Charles born in c1720 was the
oldest son of Jean III and married Anne, daughter of Charles Thibodeau
and Françoise Comeau of Chepoudy; White is followed here. According to
Arsenault, between 1746 and 1751, Anne gave Charles three children, two
daughters and a son. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in 1751. In
August of the following year, a French official counted Charles, Anne, and their
three children at Anse-à-Pinnet on the island's southeastern shore. In
1754 and 1755, Anne gave him two more daughters--five children, four daughters
and a son, in all. Charles died on the island, in his late 40s, on
the eve of its dérangement. The British deported his widow, five
children, and teenaged nephew Olivier, son of Claude-Jean Pitre, to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. Anne and the nephew survived the crossing, but four
of the children died at sea. The oldest daughter died in a St.-Malo hospital
only three months after reaching the Breton port. One wonders if Anne
remarried and what happened to her and her family after 1759. None of them
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Jean,
fils's seventh and
youngest son Amand, born in c1724, married Geneviève, daughter of Pierre-Claude Arcement
and Marie-Josèphe Thériot of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1746, place
unrecorded, perhaps at
Pigiguit. They settled at Cobeguit. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and 1751, Geneviève gave Amand four
children, three sons and a daughter. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in
1751. In August of the following year, a French official counted Amant, as
he called him, Geneviève, who he called a Hertrement, and their four children at Grande-Anse on the island's
southeastern shore. Geneviève gave Amand four more children, three
daughters and a son, on the island between 1753 and 1758. The British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Supply in late 1758. Three of their
children died at sea, and another died in a local hospital a month after their
arrival probably from the rigors of the crossing. Amand, Geneviève, and
their remaining four children settled at St.-Suliac, where
Geneviève gave Amand another daughter--their fifth daughter and ninth child--in February 1761.
A son and a daughter married at Pleurtuit, across the river, in 1773 and 1774. In 1774, Amand
took his family to Poitou. His married children and their families
followed. One of his son's wives gave him a son at Leigné-les-Bois near
Châtellerault in July
1775. In March 1776, after two and a half years of effort, Amand and
his family, including his married children and their families, followed other
Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where another son married in 1779.
Wife Geneviève died at Nantes after September 1784, age 60. Amand and his
unmarried daughter, along with his married daughter and two married sons,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. His youngest son Charles, who
would have been age 27 that year, if he was still living, did not accompany his family to the
Spanish colony. From New Orleans, Amand and his large family followed most of
their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. His daughters married
into the Dugas in France and the Bertrand family
at New Orleans and settled on the bayou. His two older sons married into the Dugas
and Aucoin families in France and created lasting lines on the
Lafourche.
Jean's sixth and
youngest son François
dit Nordest, born at Port-Royal in c1682, married Anne, daughter of Jean
Préjean and Andrée Savoie, at Port-Royal in July 1705. Between
1706 and 1725, Anne gave Nordest 11 children, four sons
and seven daughters, including a set of twins. Nordest died at Annapolis
Royal in December 1725, in his early 40s. Anne remarried to a
Boudrot. Five of Nordest's daughters
married into the Simon dit Boucher, Girouard, Bourgeois,
Gaudet, Boudrot, and Provencher dit Villebrun
families. One of them married three times. Three of Nordest's four sons also created families
of their own.
Oldest son
Antoine,
born at Port-Royal in July 1706,
married Marie-Anne, daughter of Jean Comeau le jeune and Catherine
Babin, perhaps at Annapolis Royal in c1731. They settled at Minas.
Between 1734 and 1749, Marie-Anne gave Antoine five children, three daughters
and two sons. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of
1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
Their oldest daughter Nathalie married into the Boudrot family
in England in 1757 or 1758. Antoine, meanwhile died at sea, in Virginia, or, most
likely, in England, sometime between 1755 and 1763. In May 1763,
widow Marie-Anne, her married daughter and her family, and her unmarried
children were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Dorothée
and settled in the surburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. They did not follow their fellow
exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany in
November 1765. Daughter Nathalie remarried to
a LeBlanc at St.-Servan in 1766. A year later,
Marie-Anne's older son married at St.-Servan and died there three years later.
Marie-Anne died at St.-Servan in August 1772, age 64. One wonders what
happened to her other Pitre son and two younger Pitre
daughters, Marie and Agnès. They did not go to Belle-Île-en-Mer, nor did
they follow their oldest sister
Nathalie and their older brother's widow to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Older son
Simon,
born at Minas in c1740, followed his family to Virginia and England and his
widowed mother to St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Called Simon Pierre, he
married Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Richard
and Catherine Gautrot of Minas, at St.-Servan in January 1767.
Geneviève gave him a daughter, Geneviève-Marguerite, at St.-Servan in May 1768.
Simon died in the hospital at Pontorson, east of St.-Malo, in October 1770, age
30. Geneviève remarried to a Boudrot widower at
St.-Servan in August 1773 and gave him more children. With her
Pitre daughter, Geneviève followed her husband to
Louisiana in 1785. Her Pitre daughter married into the
Lejeune family in the Spanish colony.
Antoine's younger
son Joseph, perhaps also called
Antoine, fils, born at Minas in c1748
or 1749, followed his family to Virginia and England
and his widowed mother to St.-Servan-sur-Mer. He did not follow his oldest sister
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. One wonders what happened to him in France.
Nordest's second
son Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in January 1711, married Cécile, daughter of Michel Boudrot and Cécile
LeBlanc, in c1733 perhaps at Annapolis Royal.
They settled at Minas before moving on to Chignecto in
the late 1730s. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1754, Cécile
gave Jean-Baptiste 11 children, five daughtes and six sons. They evidently
escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and took refuge in Canada. Jean-Baptiste died at
Québec in June 1758, age 57, a victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic
that struck the Acadians in the Québec area in 1757-58. Widow Cécile settled at
Nicolet on the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivères by 1760 and remarried to a Pellerin widower there in October 1762.
Two of her Pitre daughters married into the Desfossés
and Coltret families at Nicolet. Two of her Pitre
sons also settled there.
Oldest son
Michel, born probably at Minas in c1735, followed his family to Chignecto and Canada. He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Orillon dit Champagne and Anne Richard,
at Québec in May 1759. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1760 and 1779,
Marie-Josèphe gave Michel a dozen children, five sons and seven daughters,
including a set of twins. Did they also settle at Nicolet? Not all
of their sons remained in Canada.
Oldest son
Michel, fils, born in Canada in c1767, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadian Cyprien Boudrot, in c1790, place unrecorded.
Michel, fils died at Bathurst, formerly Nepisiguit, New Brunswick, in
January 1817, age 50.
Michel, père's
third son Charles-Olivier, born in Canada in c1772, also settled on the northeast coast of
New Brunswick. He married Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians François
Comeau and Marie Baudry, at Caraquet in April
1796.
Michel, père's
fourth son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born in
Canada in c1775, married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Haché, in c1796, place
unrecorded.
Michel, père's
fifth and youngest son Alexis, born in Canada
in c1776, married fellow Acadian Marie-Anne
Hébert in c1798, place unrecorded.
Jean-Baptiste's
third son Joseph, born probaby at Chignecto in c1746, followed his family to
Canada and his widowed mother to Nicolet, where he married Marie-Antoinette,
daughter of Jean-Baptiste Lupion and Antoinette Pinard,
in June 1770.
Nordest's third son Simon-Eustache, born at Annapolis Royal in May 1717, married
Anne-Marie Hébert in c1737 perhaps at Annapolis Royal. The also settled at
Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne-Marie gave Simon-Eustache a
daughter, Cécile, in 1748. Other records give them another daughter,
Marguerite, in 1738. The British deported the family to a New-English
colony--Massachusetts or Connecticut--in the fall of 1755. One wonders if
Simon-Eustache, Anne-Marie, and their younger daughter died in New England.
Older daughter Marguerite married Antoine, son of fellow André Faurne
or Furne, perhaps Forest, and Anne-Marie
Morel, in New England by c1760. Between 1760 and 1762,
she gave Antoine three children, a son and two daughters. The family
followed other exiles in New England to French St.-Domingue in 1764. They
baptized their three children at Mirebalais in the interior of the island on 16
September 1764. Their marriage was "attested to" at Mirebalais later in the
month. Another daughter, their third, died at Mirebalais in October, age 4
months. Their fourth daughter was born at Mirebalais in c1766 but died
there, age 2 years and 4 months, in February 1769. A second son was born
at Mirebalais in January 1770. Marguerite died there the following April,
age 32, perhaps from the rigors of childbirth. Thanks to her, at least the
blood of her father's line of the family endured in Haiti.
Nordest's fourth and youngest son
François-Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in July 1723, probably died young.369
Guérin
François
Guérin, a late 1650s arrival, and his wife Anne Blanchard created a
fairly large family in the colony. Anne gave him five children, two sons
and three daughters. Their daughters married into the Godin dit
Châtillon dit Beauséjour, Arseneau, and Doucet families.
Only one of François's sons married, but his family line was substantial.
François and Anne's descendants settled at Chignecto, Cobeguit, and on Île
Royale and Île St.-Jean in the
French Maritimes, where they were especially numerous by the early 1750s.
At least three of François's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765. Others could be found in France and the French Antilles after Le
Grand Dérangement.
Older
son Jérôme, also called
Giraud, born at Port-Royal in c1665, married Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of
Martin Aucoin and Marie Gaudet, in c1698 probably at Port-Royal
and settled at Chignecto and Cobeguit. Between 1698 and the 1720s, Isabelle gave Jérôme 13 children,
five sons and eight daughters. Seven of their daughters married into the
Bourg, Thériot, Pitre, Boudrot, and Dugas
families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana. All five of Jérôme's
sons created families of their own, and one of them, with a nephew, also
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son
Pierre,
born at Cobeguit in June 1712, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre
Bourg and Élisabeth Broussard, in c1734 probably at Cobeguit.
Between 1735 and 1749, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre at least seven children, three
sons and four daughters. They moved on to the French Maritimes in c1750.
In April 1752, a French official counted Pierre, Marie-Josèphe, and seven of
their children at Baie-de-Mordienne on the Atlantic coast of Île Royale.
Pierre and Marie-Josèphe may have died on the island by late 1758, when six of
their children, three sons and three daughters, crossed to St.-Malo aboard the
ill-fated transport Duc Guillaume. Only sons Pierre, fils
and Louis, age 23 and 19, survived the crossing or its rigors. Their
younger siblings--Gertrude, age 12; Marie-Josèphe, called Josèphe, age 9; and
Agricole and Joseph, ages unrecorded--died at sea or in a St.-Malo hospital soon
after arrival. Louis also ended up in a St.-Malo hospital but was lucky
enough to walk away. He and brother Pierre, fils left St.-Malo
for Lorient, southern Brittany, in January 1759. Pierre, fils, at
least, then disappears from the historical record.
Third son
Louis,
born probably at Cobeguit in c1742, followed his family to Île Royale and his
siblings to St.-Malo, France. One wonders if he was the Louis
Guérin, described as
a garçon navigateur or sailor "of Mines," age 34, who died at the home of Joseph
Casselin at Môle St.-Nicolas, French St.-Domingue, in January
1776. Louis à Pierre, born in the Minas Basin, would have
been that age at the time. One wonders how he got to the sugar island and if he married.
Jérôme's second son
François le jeune, born probably at Cobeguit in c1718, married Geneviève, daughter of Joseph Mius d'Azy and Marie
Amireau, in c1746, place unrecorded, but it may have been at Pobomcoup,
where Geneviève's family lived near Cap-Sable. Between 1747 and 1751, Geneviève gave
François le jeune three daughters. They moved on to the French Maritimes
in c1750 but went not to Île Royale but to Île St.-Jean. In August 1752, a
French official counted François, Geneviève, and their two older daughters at
Grande-Ascension on the island's southeast coast. In late 1758, the
British deported them to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Duke William,
which sank in a storm off the southwest coast of England in mid-December, taking
François and his family and almost all of the other passengers with it.
Jérôme's third son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Cobeguit in c1719,
married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of François Bourg and Madeleine
Hébert of Chignecto, in c1749 probably at Cobeguit. Soon after their
marriage, they followed other Minas Basin Acadians to Île Royale and settled in
the rocky interior of the island at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse. Son
Jean-Pierre was born either in Nova Scotia or on the island in c1750, and
another son, Jérôme le jeune, on the island in January 1752. Late
that March, a French official counted Jean-Baptiste, Marie-Madeleine, and their two sons still in
the remote settlement next to younger brother Dominique. Marie-Madeleine
gave Jean-Baptiste two more children on the island: Marie-Madeleine in
c1754, and Xavier in c1757. The British deported the family to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. The two younger children died at sea.
Jean-Baptiste took his family to St.-Suliac on the east side of the river south
of St.-Malo, where Marie-Madeleine gave him two more sons: Joseph in September
1760, and Ambroise in August 1762--six children, five sons and a daughter,
in all. Jean-Baptiste died at
St.-Suliac in December 1771, in his early 40s. Only one of his children
seems to have created a family of his own, in France and Spanish Louisiana.
Second son Jérôme le jeune, born at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île
Royale, in January 1752, followed his family to St.-Malo, France, and
St.-Suliac, where he became a day laborer. He married fellow Acadian Marie
Pitre perhaps at St.-Suliac, date unrecorded. One wonders
if they were part of the settlement scheme in Poitou in the early 1770s and
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in 1775 or 1776.
A son, Jean-Pierre, was born in c1784. A Spanish official counted Jérôme
le jeune, Marie, and their infant son at Nantes in September 1784.
The following year, they emigrated to Spanish Louisiana aboard the fourth of the
Seven Ships. One wonders if their son survived the crossing. From
New Orleans, they followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Jérôme's fourth son Dominique, born probably at
Cobeguit in c1721, married
Anne, daughter of Jacques à François LeBlanc and Catherine Landry,
in c1746, place unrecorded. Anne gave Dominique a daughter, Anne-Josèphe
in c1747 soon after their marriage They followed two of his brothers to Île
Royale and settled with one of them at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse. Anne gave
him two more daughters, there: Anastasie, called Nastay, in c1749; and
Marguerite in c1751. In late March 1752, a French official counted
Dominique, Anne, and their three daughters at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse next to his
brother Jean-Baptiste. Anne gave Dominique three more children on the
island: Joseph in c1753, François le jeune in c1756, and Marie in
October 1758. Soon after birth of their youngest children, the British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the so-called Five Ships.
Dominigue, Anne, and two of their children--Marguerite and Joseph--survived the
crossing, but the other four children died at sea. Dominique took his
family to Ploubalay on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo, and then
moved to nearby Trigavou, where Anne gave him four more daughters:
Isabelle in October 1760, Françoise in May 1763, Anastasie in February 1766 but
died at age 1 1/2 in June 1767, and Brigide in August 1769--10 children, nine
daughters and a son, in greater Acadia and France.
Dominique took his family to Poitou in 1773. In March 1776, after two
years of effort, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes. Son Joseph married to a fellow Acadian there in April 1776.
Daughter Françoise married into the Thériot family in
St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes. Wife Anne died in St.-Jacques Parish in May
1782, age 56. Dominique, two of his unmarried daughters, Isabelle and
Brigide, and the families of his son and his married daughter, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Dominique, in his early 60s, may not have
survived the crossing, or he may have died soon after reaching New Orleans.
His daughters Isabelle and Brigide married into the Landry and
Thibodeaux families in Louisiana, so the blood of the family
line endured in the Bayou State.
Only son Joseph, born at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale, in c1753,
followed his family to St.-Malo, Ploubalay, Trigavou, Poitou, and
Nantes, France. He married Agnès, daughter of fellow Acadians Benjamin
Pitre and Jeanne Moyse, in St.-Similien Parish,
Nantes, in April 1776. Agnès gave him two daughters in the lower Loire port:
Marie-Joséphine in St.-Similien Parish in January 1777, and Françoise in
St.-Jacques Parish in April 1784. Joseph, Agnès., and their younger
daughter emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. From New Orleans, they
followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Agnès gave
Joseph another daughter, Agnès, in September 1787--three daughters in France and Louisiana. Joseph died at Assumption on the upper
bayou in December 1813, in his early 60s. One wonders if any of his
daughters married.
Jérôme's fifth and youngest son
Charles, born probably at Cobeguit in c1725, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Henry and Marie Hébert,
in c1746, place unrecorded. Marguerite gave Charles two chldren soon after
their marriage: Tarsile in c1747, and Marin in c1749. In 1750, they followed one of his brothers to Île
St.-Jean. In August 1752, a French official counted Charles, Marguerite,
their two children, and his 74-year-old widowed mother at Rivière-de-l'Ouest
near the island's southern coast. Marguerite gave Charles two more
children on the island: Marguerite-Josèphe in c1754, and Alexis in
September 1758--four children, two daughters and two sons. Later that year, the British deported the family to St.-Malo,
France. Marguerite and her two daughters survived the crossing aboard one
of the Five Ships. Older son Marin died at sea, and younger son Alexis and
father Charles, age 34, died at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in March 1759.
Marguerite and her daughters remained at St.-Servan. One wonders what
happened to them. None of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
François's
younger son François,
fils evidently died young.370
Forest
Dutchman Gereyt,
later
Michel,
de Forest, a late 1650s arrival, and his wives Marie
Hébert and Jacqueline dite Jacquette Benoit created a large
family in the colony. Marie gave Michel six children, four sons and two
daughters, all of whom married. Second wife Jacquette gave him another
daughter, who also married. Michel died by 1691 probably at Port-Royal, in
his early 50s. His daughters by both wives married into the Brassaud,
Benoit, and Comeau families. All four of Michel's sons
created their own families. His descendants settled
at Annapolis Royal; Grand-Pré, Ste.-Famille, Pigigit, and Cobeguit in the Minas Basin;
Chignecto; Memramcook and Chepoudy in the trois-rivières area west of
Chignecto; and on Île St.-Jean and Île Madame in the French Maritimes. At least 48 of the
Dutchman's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, Maryland in
the late 1760s, and
France in 1785. A substantial number of them also
could be found in greater Acadia, Canada, France, and the French Antilles after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Michel, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1667, married Marie, daughter of Claude Petitpas and
Catherine Bugaret, in c1689 and settled at Minas. Between 1690 and
the early 1700s, Marie gave Michel, fils seven children, five sons and
two daughters. Michel, fils remarried to Marie, daughter of André
Célestin dit Bellemère and Perrine Bourg, at Grand-Pré
in October 1708. They settled at Cobeguit and then at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit.
Between 1709 and 1729, this Marie gave Michel, fils five more children, a son and four
daughters--a dozen children, six sons and six daughters, by two wives. Michel, fils died probably at Pigiguit in c1730, in his early 60s. Five of his daughters from both wives married into the LeMire, Michel, Rullier dit Le Cadien, Bonnière,
and Billeray families. Three of his youngest daughters moved with
their husbands to Île St.-Jean before August 1752. The youngest died on
Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, off the southern coast of Brittany. Only two of Michel,
fils's six sons
created families of their own, and one of them, along with members of his
family, emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son Michel III, by first wife Marie
Petitpas, born probably at Minas in c1690, evidently died young.
Michel, fils's second son François, by first wife Marie
Petitpas, born probably at Minas in c1692, also died young.
Michel, fils's
third
son Jean-Baptiste, by first wife Marie
Petitpas, born probably at Minas in the early 1690s, married Madeleine, another daughter of
André Célestin dit Bellemère
and Perrine Bourg, at Grand-Pré in October 1718. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1719 and 1722, Madeleine gave Jean-Baptiste a daughter and a son.
One wonders what happened to them in 1755. Their daughter married into the
Hébert family at Laprairie, Canada. Their son also
created his own family.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born probably at Minas in c1722, married
fellow Acadian Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc in c1745, settled at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, but moved on to Île Madame off the southern coast of Île
Royale in c1750. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1751,
Marie-Madeleine gave Jean-Baptiste, fils three children, two sons and a
daughter. In late February 1752, a French official counted Jean-Baptiste
(he called him a Forin), Marie-Madeleine, and their three children among the
"new settlers" on Île Madame. Marie-Madeleine gave Jean-Baptiste, fils
another daughter later that year. Jean-Baptiste, fils died
probably on Île Madame before the fall of 1758, when the British deported
Marie-Madeleine and three of their children to St.-Malo, France.
Marie-Madeleine, her older son Olivier-LeBlanc, and her youngest daughter
Marie-Josèphe died in a St.-Malo hospital soon after they reached the Breton
port. Older daughter Marguerite-Théodose, age 11 in 1758, did not cross
with widowed mother and siblings; one wonders why not. According to Bona
Arsenault, she married Pierre, fils, son of Pierre Rollain
and Françoise Gautier of St.-Clément, diocese of Macon, France,
at Bout-de-l'Île Montréal, Canada, in June 1761 (which would have made her a
13-year-old bride!).
In France, Marie-Madeleine's younger son Étienne, age 9, was the family's
only survivor there. He settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer with relatives but
did not remain in France.
Younger son Étienne, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1750,
followed his family to Île Madame and his widowed mother and siblings to France. He did
not go to Poitou with other Acadian exiles in 1773, nor did he join fellow
Acadians in Nantes later in the decade. He remained, instead, in the
St.-Malo area. One wonders what he did for living after he came of age.
He followed his older cousin Jacques Forest to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. Étienne was recorded with no wife on the ship's passenger list, so he probably was
still a bachelor in his mid-30s. He may have been the Étienne Foret who married
Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Clome and Marie-Anne Thomache,
and lived and died on
the German Coast just upriver from New Orleans. Marguerite died at the
city's Charity Hospital in April 1796. Her burial record, written by a Spanish
priest, describes her as widow of Estevan Forest. If this was
him, one wonders if he fathered any children. The church records of both
St.-Charles des Allemands and St.-Jean Baptiste des Allemands on the lower and
upper German coasts offer no
clues.
Michel, fils's fourth son, name unrecorded, from first
wife Marie
Petitpas, born probably at Minas before 1701, died young.
Michel, fils's fifth son, name unrecorded, from first wife Marie
Petitpas, born probably at Minas before 1707, also died young.
Michel,
fils's sixth and youngest son Jacques, by second wife Marie Célestin,
born probably at Minas in c1709, married Claire, daughter of
Michel Vincent and Marie-Josèphe Richard, at Grand-Pré in July
1731. They settled at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit. Between 1733 and 1750,
Claire gave Jacques six children, four sons and two daughters. Their two
oldest sons moved to Île St.-Jean after August 1752 and married there.
Meanwhile, the British deported Jacques, Claire, and their younger children to
Virginia in 1755, Virginia officials sent them on to England in the spring of
1756, and they were held at Southampton. Meanwhile, the British deported
Jacques's two older sons and their families from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. Jacques and his family were repatriated to St.-Malo
in May 1763 aboard La Dorothée and settled on the west side of the
river south of St.-Malo at Plouèr-sur-Rance near their older
sons. They moved to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1766. Likely because they
wished to remain near their loved ones, Jacques, père's and wife Claire
did not follow most of their fellow exiles from England to
Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany in November 1765.
Claire died at St.-Servan in
March 1769, age 64. Jacques did not go to Poitou in 1773, nor did he join
his fellow Acadians at Nantes later in the decade. Two of his daughters
married into the Blanchard and LeBlanc
families at Plouër and St.-Servan. His two youngest sons married at
St.-Servan, and his oldest son remarried there twice. Jacques, in his mid-70s, remarried to Frenchwoman Angélique, daughter of André
Richer and Madeleine Renoux and sister of his oldest son's fourth
wife, probably at St.-Servan in late 1784 or early 1785. Jacques and his
new wife, along with three of his married children, a niece and a nephew,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 directly from St.-Malo. His two younger surviving sons remained in France. From New
Orleans, Jacques and his family followed most of their fellow passengers
to the new Acadian settlement at Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District on the river above Baton Rouge.
Jacques probably died there. His family did not remain. His older
son resettled at Baton Rouge before moving on to the western prairies.
Jacques's daughters, one of whom had come to the colony on an earlier ship,
settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Oldest son Victor, by first wife Claire Vincent, born at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1733, moved to Île St.-Jean after August 1752.
He married Judith, daughter of François Robichaud and Agathe
Turpin, at Port-La-Joye on the island in May 1756.
Judith's sister Anne-Blanche married Victor's younger brother Pierre on the
island. Victor remarried to Anne-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph
Hébert and Isabelle Benoit, at Port-La-Joye in
February 1757. The British deported them to Cherbourg, France, in late
1758, but they did not remain there. In July 1759, Victor, Anne-Josèphe,
and two of her unmarried siblings reached St.-Malo from Cherbourg, and the
couple settled on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo at Pleurtuit before moving to nearby St.-Suliac and Plouër-sur-Rance,
closer to his family. Victor worked as a sawyer. Between 1760 and
1764, at St.-Suliac and Plouër, Anne-Josèphe gave him six children, four sons
and two daughters, including a set of triplets. One of their sons, not one
of the triplets, died young. Anne-Josèphe died at Plouër in March 1764,
age 35, and Victor remarried again--his third marriage--to Frenchwoman Julienne
Rosereux probably at St.-Servan in c1766. Between 1767
and 1778, Julienne gave Victor six more children, three sons and three
daughers--a dozen children by his second and third wives. One of
their sons died soon after his birth. Like his father, Victor did not take
his family to Poitou in 1773, nor did he join his fellow Acadians at Nantes
later in the decade. Victor, at age 51, remarried yet again--his fourth
marriage--to Marie-Jeanne-Catherine, daughter of St.-Malo locals André
Richer and Madeleine Renoux, at St.-Servan in February
1784. Marie-Jeanne-Catherine's sister Angélique became Victor's stepmother
when she married his father Jacques later that year. Victor,
Marie-Jeanne-Catherine, and eight of his surviving children, three sons and five
daughters, including a married daughter, followed his father Jacques and his
family to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. One of the triplets by second wife
Anne-Josèphe, son Victor, fils, who would have been age 20, did not
accompany them. They also settled at Bayou des Écores before moving
downriver to Baton Rouge. In the early 1790s, Victor moved his family
again, this time to the Opelousas District. Four of his daughters, by his
second and third wives, married into the Landry, Beziné,
Vilgemenol or Vilkensol, and Perez
families at St.-Malo and New Orleans. Two of his sons married into the
Ardoin and Hébert families at Opelousas, but
neither of the lines endured.
Jacques's second son Pierre, by first wife Claire Vincent,
born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1734, followed his brother to Île St.-Jean
after August 1752. He married Anne-Blanche, another daughter of François
Robichaud and Agathe Turpin, at Port-La-Joye
in January 1757. Anne gave Pierre a daughter in 1758. In the fall of
that year, the British deported them to St.-Malo, France. Their infant
daughter Marie died at sea. Pierre and Anne setteld at St.-Suliac before
crossing the river to Plouër-sur-Rance. Between 1760 and 1766, Anne gave Pierre three more
children, all sons, two of whom died young. Pierre drowned in July 1768,
in his early 30s, and was buried at St.-Servan-sur-Mer. In 1785, widow Anne and her son
Pierre-Joseph, who, if he were still living, would have been age 25, did not
follow Pierre's father and older brother to Louisiana. One wonders if
Pierre-Joseph created his own family in the mother country.
Jacques's third son Jacques, fils, by first wife Claire
Vincent, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1745, despite his age,
followed his older brothers to Île St.-Jean after August 1752. In the fall
of 1758, the British deported him with brother Pierre and his family to St.-Malo, France,
and he followed them to St.-Servan-sur-Mer. He married Tarsille, daughter of fellow
Acadians Charles Guérin and Marguerite Henry,
there in August 1774. One wonders if they had any children in the mother
country. They did not follow his father and brother Victor to Spanish Louisiana in
1785.
Jacques, père's fourth and youngest son
Ignace, by first wife Claire
Vincent, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1750,
followed his family to Virginia, England, and St.-Malo, France, and settled
with his parents at Plouër-sur-Rance. He married Frenchwoman Jeanne-Cécile, daughter
of Pierre Descroutes and Élisabeth Calisan, at
nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in May 1777. Perhaps because of his marriage to a native
of France, he did not follow his father and brother Victor to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Michel's second
son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1668, married Cécile, daughter of Michel Richard dit Sansoucy and
Madeleine Blanchard, in c1692 and settled at Minas. Between 1693
and 1712, Cécile gave
Pierre nine children, two sons and seven daughters. Four of their
daughters married into the Landry and LeBlanc families. One
of them emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland. Only
one of Pierre's sons created a family of his own.
Older son
Pierre,
fils, born at Minas in c1694, married Madeleine, daughter of
Vincent Babin and Anne Thériot, at Grand-Pré in January 1718 and
settled at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1720 and 1724, Madeleine gave Pierre, fils four children, two sons and
two daughters. Pierre, fils died at Minas before 1720, in his
20s. His daughters married into the Rivet and
Landry families. His older son emigrated to Louisiana from
Maryland, and his younger son was one of the few Acadian exiles who were allowed
to return to their former home in British Nova Scotia.
Older son
Bonaventure, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit,
in c1723, married Claire, daughter of Étienne Rivet and Anne
Leprince, probably at Pigiguit in c1743. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1750, Claire gave Bonaventure four daughters.
Arsenault also gives them a son in 1743, the year of their marriage, and other
records hint that they had another son in c1746. The British deported
Pierre and his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Somehow their
younger son, who would have been age 9 in 1755, escaped the British roundup at
Pigiguit, perhaps with relatives, and found refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Their other putative son married a fellow Acadian in Maryland. In July
1763, Bonaventure, Claire, their four daughters and a
Boudrot orphan appeared on a French repatriation list at Upper Marlborough, and their son and his family at
Baltimore. Bonaventure, Claire, and their daughters, as well
as his son and his family, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1767 and followed their fellow
exiles to the new Acadian community of San Gabriel on the river above New
Orleans. Three of their daughters married into the Dugas,
Hébert, Landry, and Plide
families on the river.
Older son
Pierre,
born perhaps at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1743, followed his family to
Maryland, where he married fellow Acadian Marguerite Blanchard
in c1762. They, with infant son Pierre, fils, appeared on a
repatriation list
at Baltimore in July 1763. According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave
Pierre two more children, a son and a daughter, in the Chesapeake colony in 1764
and 1767. A few weeks after the birth of their daughter, Pierre,
Marguerite, and their three children followed his family to Louisiana and
settled at San Gabriel. Marguerite gave him no more children there.
Pierre remarried to fellow Acadian Marie Breaux, widow of Olivier Babin, at nearby Ascension
in December 1775. According to Arsenault and Louisana church records,
between 1776 and 1779, she gave him three more children, a son and two daughters. Pierre
may have died at
San Gabriel in May 1781, age 43. His daughter by first wife Marguerite
married into the Dugas family at Ascension. Neither of
his sons by first wife Marguerite seems to have married, and his son by second
wife Marie probably died young, so this line of the family, except for its
blood, probably did not endure in the Bayou State.
Bonaventure's
younger son Joseph, born perhaps at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1746, evidently escaped the British roundup at Pigiguit in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. While in exile, probably in the
early 1760s, perhaps in a prison compound in British Nova Scotia, he
married Isabelle Léger. In 1765, they
emigrated to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, with hundreds of
other exiles from the prisons of Nova Scotia and settled at the established
Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. They may
have lived for a time at New Orleans in early 1767, about the time that his
parents and sisters reached the city from Maryland. According to Bona
Arsenault and Louisiana church records, between 1767 and 1774, Isabelle gave
Joseph four children, two sons and two daughters. Their
daughters married into the Dugas and Foret families, and perhaps into the Marois family
as well. Joseph remarried to Anne,
daughter of fellow Acadians Étienne Martin and Marie-Jeanne
Comeau of Annapolis Royal and widow of
Pierre Blanchard, at Cabahannocer in June 1775. She evidently gave
him no more children. Joseph died by July
1778, in his early 30s, when his wife remarried at Cabahannocer. His older
son evidently died young. His younger son, also by first wife Isabelle,
married into the Bourgeois family, joined the Acadian exodus
from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche, and created a vigorous line there.
Pierre, fils's
yonger son Simon, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1724, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean Gautrot and Anne LeBlanc
of Grand-Pré, probably at Pigiguit in c1750. The British deported
them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1756 and 1768, Marguerite gave Simon six children, five sons and a
daughter. They were still in the colony in August 1763. After 1766,
they returned to greater Acadia and settled at Windsor, Nova Scotia, their
former home at Pigiguit, where British officials counted them in 1771. One
of Simon's sons moved on to Île Madame, Nova Scotia.
Second son
Maximien, born probably in Massachusetts in c1758, followed his family back to
British Nova Scotia after the war. He married fellow Acadian Scholastique
LeBlanc and
settled at Arichat on the south coast of Île Madame, Nova Scotia. Maximien
worked as a merchant and owner of a goëlette fishing boat there.
One of his sons left the island and settled in another fiishing area
considerably distant from his birth place.
Charles, born at
Arichat in c1794, moved to Bonaventure a British-controlled fishery on the north shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs in a region called Gaspésie. He married Anne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Poirier and Euphrosine Babin,
at Bonaventure in November 1814.
Pierre, père's younger son,
name unrecorded,
born at Minas in the early 1700s, died young.
Michel's third
son René, born at Port-Royal in c1670, married Françoise, daughter of Claude Dugas and Françoise
Bourgeois, probably at Port-Royal in c1695. Between 1696 and 1723,
Françoise gave René 15 children, eight sons and seven daughters. René died
at Annapolis Royal in April 1751, in his early 80s. His daughters married into the Robichaud,
Bastarache, Guilbeau, Leprince, and Gaudet families.
One of them emigrated to Louisiana. Seven of his eight sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Joseph,
born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Marie,
daughter of Charles Guilbeau and Anne Bourg, at Annapolis Royal in
November 1720. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1723 and 1730, Marie
gave Joseph four children, two daughters and two sons. Joseph died at
Annapolis Royal in January 1730, in his early 30s. His daughters married
into the Girouard and Robichaud families.
His two sons also created their own families.
Older son
Pierre
le jeune, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1727, married Isabelle,
daughter of Simon LeBlanc and Jeanne Dupuis,
at Annapolis Royal in June 1749. According to Bona Arsenault, Isabelle
gave Pierre a son in c1755. The family evidently escaped the British
roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
French officials counted them at Québec in 1758.
Joseph's younger
son Joseph, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1730, married
Marie, daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois and Catherine
Thibodeau, at Annapolis Royal in January 1751. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1751 and 1753, Marie gave Joseph, fils two children, a
son and a daughter. The British deported them to South Carolina in the
fall of 1755. One wonders what happened to them after they got there.
René's second son
François,
born at Port-Royal in c1700, married Jeanne, daughter of Alexandre Girouard dit
de Ru and Marie Le Borgne de Bélisle, at Annapolis Royal
in October 1727. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and
1750, Jeanne gave François nine children, five sons and four daughters. The British deported them to Connecticut in the
fall of 1755. They moved on to Canada in the 1760s.
François died at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence between Trois-Rivières
and Montréal in October 1777, age 77. Two of his daughters married into
the Gourdeau and Amireau families. His
five sons also created their own families in New England and Canada.
Oldest son Paul, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1729, married
Nathalie, daughter of Alexandre Hébert and Marie Dupuis,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1753. The British deported them to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Paul died there in c1760, in his early
30s. His line of the family may have died with him. His widow
remarried into the Thibodeau family in the Bay Colony.
François's second son Charles, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1733,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Robichaud and
Marie-Madeleine Bourgeois, probably at Annapolis Royal in
c1755. The British deported them to Connecticut in the fall of 1755.
Charles remarried to Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dugas
and Marguerite Robichaud, in Connecticut. They moved on
to Canada in the late 1760s. British officials counted them at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, north of Montréal, in 1767. Their marriage was
"rehabilitated" at nearby L'Assomption in February 1771. Charles was a
mason at St.-Jacques and helped build the first Catholic church there.
François's third son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Annapolis Royal in
c1736, was deported to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. He married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and Madeleine
Dupuis of Grand-Pré, in Connecticut in c1762.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1787, Marie gave
Jean-Baptiste seven children, six sons and a daughter.
They moved on to Canada in the 1760s. Their marriage was "rehabilitated"
at L'Assomption in October 1767, and they settled there. Jean-Baptiste's
daughter married a Forest cousin. At least two of his
sons created their own families.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably in Connecticut in c1765, followed his
family to Canada and married Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadian Honoré
Thériot, probably at L'Assomption.
Jean-Bapitiste's sixth and youngest son François-Xavier, born probably at
L'Assomption in c1787, married Elizabeth Mercier dit
Lajoie, perhaps a fellow Acadian, place and date not given.
François's fourth son Simon, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1738, was
deported to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He married Rosalie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Richard and
Marie-Josèphe Hébert, at Boston in c1762. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and 1782, Rosalie gave Simon seven children, two
daughters and five sons. They moved on to Canada in the 1760s. Their
marriage was "rehabilitated" at L'Assomption in October 1767, and they settled
there. One of Simon's daughters married into the Perrault
family. At least one of his sons also created his own family.
Third son
Jean-Charles, born probably at L'Assomption in c1780, married Josette, daughter
of Pierre Mercure and Marie-Josèphe Rivest, at
L'Assomption in August 1804.
François's fifth and youngest son François, fils, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1750, was deported to one of the New-English colonies in the
fall of 1755 and moved on to Canada in the 1760s. He married Félicité,
daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Dugas and Marie-Josèphe
Melanson, at L'Assomption in October 1771.
René's third son, name unrecorded, born probably at Port-Royal before 1703, died young.
René's fourth son Mathieu-René, born at Port-Royal in January 1704, married Marie-Madeleine, another
daughter of
Charles Guilbeau and Anne Bourg, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1728. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1729
and 1748, Marie-Madeleine gave Mathieu-René seven children, three daughters and
four sons.
The British deported them to Connecticut in the
fall of 1755. One of Mathieu-René's daughters married into the
Blanchard family. One wonders what happened to the rest
of the family.
René's fifth son Jacques, born at Port-Royal in June 1707, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Leprince and Jeanne Blanchard, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1734. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735
and 1753, Marie-Josèphe gave Jacques nine children, five sons and four
daughters. What happened to them in 1755?
René's sixth son Pierre le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in July 1717, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Richard and Marie-Madeleine
Girouard, at Annapolis Royal in June 1744. They moved on to Memramcook in the
trois-rivières area, where Pierre died in 1750, age 33. His
widow married into the Savoie family. What happened to
them in 1755?
René's seventh son Jean-Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in July 1719,
married Anne, another daughter of
Pierre Richard and Marie-Madeleine
Girouard, at Annapolis Royal in November 1743. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1744 and 1753, Anne gave Jean-Pierre six childrens,
four sons and two daughters. The
British deported the family to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. What
happened to them there?
René's eighth and youngest son
Charles, born at Annapolis Royal in October 1723, married Marie, daughter of Abraham Chiasson and Marie Poirier
and widow of François Hébert, at Beaubassin in May 1745. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1754, Marie gave Charles three sons.
Other records give them six children, two sons and four daughters. Arsenault
insists that Charles remarried to Marguerite Saulnier in c1755,
but, as demonstrated by Stephen A. White, Arsenault is confusing this Charles
with his first cousin, Charles à Jean-Baptiste. Charles and his
family evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the summer of 1755
and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. They may have ended up at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des
Chaleurs and may have been among the 1,003 surrendered exiles counted there by
French officers on 24 October 1760. If not, they either surrendered to, or were captured
by, British forces in the area soon afterwards. They appeared on
repatriation list at Fort
Cumberland, formerly Beauséjour, near their old home at Chignecto, in August
1763.
After the war, they remained in the area. Charles remarried to
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Louis Girouard and Marie Thibodeau and
widow of Michel Duguay, in c1792, place unrecorded, and died at Menoudy,
Nova Scotia, south of Chignecto, in 1805, in his early 80s.
Michel's fourth
and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in c1677, served as a domestique for Daniel
LeBlanc there during his teen years. Jean-Baptiste married Marie-Élisabeth,
daughter of Jean Labarre and Catherine ____ of Chignecto, in
c1698 and settled in the Chignecto area, perhaps at Menoudy. Between 1700
and the early 1720s, Marie-Élisabeth gave
Jean-Baptiste a dozen children, eight sons and four daughters, all of whom
married. Their daughters married into the Landry, Doiron
dit Gould, Poirier, and Blanchard families. Five of
Jean-Baptiste's sons married two sets of sisters, and one of them
emigrated to Louisiana. Stephen A. White relates:
"According to a tradition, preserved by the elders of Memramcook, Jean-Baptise Forest, husband of Élisabeth LaBarre,
was the seigneur of Menoudie before the Expulsion...." This would
have been quite a promotion in life for a man who once had been a domestique.
Oldest son
Jacques,
born probably at Chignecto in c1700, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Girouard and Anne Petitpas, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1726. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1728 and 1743, Marguerite gave Jacques five children, three sons and two
daughters. Jacques died before November 1744,
in his late 30s or early 40s, place unrecorded. His widow married into the
Doiron family. The British deported members of Jacques's
family to Connecticut in the fall of 1755, and they resettled in Canada after
the war. Two of his sons created
families of their own.
Second son
Jean,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1742, followed his family to Connecticut
and then to Canada. He married Marie-Jeanne, daughter of François
Forcier and Geneviève Giguère, at St.-Michel-d'Yamaska
in January 1765.
Jacques's third
and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1743,
followed his family to Connecticut, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Alexis Hébert and Marie Amireau,
probably in the early 1760s. The marriage was "rehabilitated" at
L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence in October 1767.
Jean-Baptiste's
second son Alexandre, born probably at Chignecto in c1702, married Marie, daughter of Nicolas Babineau and
Marguerite Granger, at Annapolis Royal in June 1724.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1738 and 1740,
Marie gave Alexandre two daughters. They evidently escaped the British roundup at
Annapolis in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Alexandre died
at St.-Michel de Bellechasse below Québec in October 1757, age 56, victim,
perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian refugees in the area
that fall and winter.
Jean-Baptiste's third son
Jean-Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in c1704, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Pitre and Anne
Henry, at Chepoudy in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto in May 1734. According to Bona Arsenault, in
1741 and 1745, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-Joseph two daughters. They evidently escaped the
British roundup in the trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. Jean-Joseph died at Québec in December 1757, age
54,
another victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic
that struck the Acadian refugees in the area that fall and winter.
Jean-Baptiste's fourth son
Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in c1710, married Anne, another daughter of
Jacques Girouard and Anne Petitpas of
Annapolis Royal, perhaps at Chignecto in c1730 and settled at Menoudy across
from Beaubassin. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1747,
Anne gave Joseph five children, three daughters and two sons. They escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the summer of 1755
and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late
1750s or early 1760s, they either were captured by, or surrendered to, British forces
in the area.
By July 1762, they were being held at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in Nova Scotia. Joseph died
there before November, in his late 50s or early 60s. After the war,
members of his family resettled in Canada. One of Joseph's daughters married
into the Marets dit Desmarets family at L'Assomption
on the upper St. Lawrence. One of his sons also created his own family in
the area.
Younger son Joseph, fils, born probably at Chignecto in c1742, followed
his family into exile. He married Agathe, daughter of Gilles
Badaillac and Madeleine Tessier, at
St.-Michel-d'Yamaska on the upper St. Lawrence in September 1765.
Jean-Baptiste's fifth son
François, born probably at Chignecto in c1711, married Marie-Josèphe, yet
another daughter of
Jacques Girouard and Anne Petitpas,
perhaps at Chignecto in c1737. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1734 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave François five children, three daughters and
two sons. They likely escaped the British roundup
at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. François
died at St.-Pierre-du-Sud on the St. Lawrence below Québec in March 1761, age
50. Members of the family were counted at nearby Montmagny in 1761 and at Bécancour
on the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières in 1767. François's daugthers married
into the Poirier and Morin families. His
sons also created families of their own in Canada.
Older son Joseph-Amand, born probably at Chignecto in
c1742, followed his family into exile and to Canada and married Thérèse,
daughter of Augustin Morin and Marie-Judity Talbot,
at St.-Pierre-du-Sud, Montmagny. They settled at Bécancour and nearby
St.-Grégoire. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1772 and 1795, Thérèse
gave Joseph-Amand 14 children, six daughters and eight sons. One of their
daughters married into the Lord family at St.-Grégoire.
At least one of Joseph-Amand's sons also created his own family there.
Second son Pierre-Jean, born on the upper St. Lawrence
in c1779, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Gabrielle Marcel
and Madeleine Lieuvin, at St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in June 1809.
François's younger son Basile, born probably at
Chignecto in c1748, followed his family into exile and to Canada and married
Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Poirier and Marie
Gaudet, at Bécancour in February 1779. They remained
there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1780 and 1804, Modeste gave
Basile nine children, four daughters and five sons. One of their daughters
married into the Thibodeau family at nearby St.-Grégoire.
Jean-Baptiste's sixth son
Charles, born probably at Chignecto in c1722, married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Poirier and Jeanne
Bourgeois, at Beaubassin in June 1742. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1745 and 1748, Marguerite gave Charles three children, two daughters and
a son. Charles remarried to Marguerite, daughter of
Pierre Saulnier and Madeleine Comeau, probably at Chignecto in
c1750. They evidently escaped the British roundup there in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. She gave him more children in exile. They may have ended up at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des
Chaleurs and may have been among the 1,003 surrendered exiles counted there by
French officers on 24 October 1760. If not, they either surrendered to, or were captured
by, British forces in the area soon afterwards. In July 1762, British
officials counted them at
Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in Nova Scotia. In 1765, Charles and Marguerite, with six children and a
niece, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français, French
St.-Domingue, and settled in the established Acadian community of
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. Charles died at nearby
Ascension in May 1783, in his early 60s. His daughters married into the
Bergeron and LeBlanc families on the river.
His three sons by both wives married into the Orillion,
LeBlanc, and Blanchard families, and two of them
created vigorous family lines on the river and on
upper Bayou Lafourche. Most of the Acadian Forets of
South Louisiana, in fact, descend from Charles, his sons, and grandsons.
Jean-Baptiste's seventh son
René le jeune, born probably at Chignecto in c1722, married Anne, another daughter of Michel Poirier and Jeanne
Bourgeois, at Beaubassin in February 1746. One wonders what happened
to them in 1755.
Jean-Baptiste's eighth and
youngest son Pierre le jeune, born probably at Chignecto in c1724, married
Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Hébert and
Marie-Anne Boudrot, at Beaubassin in April 1746. The British
deported them to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. They evidently were not
transported aboard the ships Boscawen or Union, which sailed from Chignecto
bound for Philadelphia in October but evidently were lost at sea, so Pierre le jeune
and his family may have left Chignecto, perhaps for Minas, before 1755. Colonial officials
counted the couple and two children still in the Quaker Colony in June 1763.
What happened to them after that date?371
Landry
A Landry cousin with the same given name as
René l'aîné
came to the colony in the late 1650s, nearly two decades
after his older cousin reached Acadia.
René
le
jeune and his wife Marie Bernard created a much larger branch of
the family there. They also settled at
Port-Royal, where, between 1660 and 1688, Marie gave le jeune 15
children, eight sons and seven daughters. René
le jeune died at Port-Royal in c1692, in his
late 50s. Marie did not remarry and died at Annapolis
Royal, formerly Port-Royal, in January 1719, in her early 70s. Six of
their daughters married into the Thériot,
Racois dit de Rosier, Dupuis,
Richard, LeBlanc, and Blanchard
families. All eight of René le jeune's sons
created families of their own. Typical
of most early Acadian families, many of René le jeune's
descendants left Port-Royal and settled in other
communities, including Chignecto; Minas, Pigiguit,
and Cobeguit in the Minas Basin; and,
beginning in the late 1740s, the
French Maritimes. They were especially numerous at
Minas.
The Landrys, the great majority of
them from René le jeune's branch of the family, constituted the
largest Acadian family group to emigrate to
Louisiana--204 of them bearing the name, from Georgia in
1764, Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the late 1760s, and
France in 1785. After Le Grand Dérangement,
descendants of René le
jeune also could be found in substantial numbers in British Canada, greater
Acadia, Île Miquelon, France, and
the French Antilles.
Oldest son
Antoine,
born at Port-Royal in c1660, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau and Jeanne
Thériot, in c1681 and settled at Chignecto and on Rivière-St.-Antoine at Minas. Between 1682
and 1723, Marie gave Antoine a dozen
children, six sons and six daughters. Antoine died at Minas before February 1711, in his
late 40s or early 50s. His daughters married into the
Hébert, LeBlanc, and Babin families, and one of them settled
at Cobeguit. All of his
sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Antoine, fils,
born at Chignecto in December 1683, married Marie-Blanche, daughter
of Antoine LeBlanc and Marie Bourgeois, in c1705 probably at
Minas and settled at Rivière-des-Habitants there. According to Stephen A.
White, between 1707 and 1734, Marie-Blanche gave Antoine, fils
10 children, eight sons and two daughters. Bona Arsenault gives them
another son. The British deported the family
to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Antoine, fils died at
Boston after 1755, in his 70s. Marie-Blanche also died at Boston after 1755,
in her late 60s. Their daughters married into
the Thériot and LeBlanc families. All of Antoine, fils's
eight sons created families of their own, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana
from France in 1785.
Oldest son
Paul,
born probably at Minas in c1707, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Guillaume Hébert and
Marie-Josèphe Dupuis, at Grand-Pré in October 1732. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1734 and 1744, Marie-Josèphe gave Paul a son and two
daughters and says they settled at Memramcook in the trois-rivières
area west of Chignecto. According to Stephen A. White, Paul remarried to
Marie Bourg in c1750. The family evidently escaped the British
roundup in the trois-rivières in the summer and fall of 1755. One
wonders where they sought refuge. White
says Paul died before January 1774, probably in his 60s, place unrecorded.
According to Arsenault, Paul's son married before Le Grand Dérangement.
Putative son
Jean, born, according to Bona Arsenault, in c1734, married cousin Marie-Josèphe
Landry and settled at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières
area. Arsenault says Marie-Josèphe gave Jean two daughters in 1753 and
1755. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Antoine, fils's second son
Pierre,
born at Minas in December 1711,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Bernard LeBlanc and Marie Bourg,
probably at Minas in c1736. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1736 and
1746, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre seven children, four daughters and three sons. The British deported Pierre and his family to
Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Two of their daughters married into the
Daigre and LeBlanc families, the younger one
in Pennsylvania. Pierre remarried to Madeleine, daughter of Antoine
LePrince and Anne Trahan and widow of Pierre Aucoin, at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May 1762. They were still in the colony in
June 1763.
Arsenault insists that some members of the family also were deported to Virginia
in the fall of 1755, sent on to England in the spring of 1756, and held at
Falmouth. Did any of Pierre's sons marry?
Antoine, fils's third son
Alexis,
born probably at Minas in c1717, married Marguerite, daughter of René
Aucoin and Madeleine Bourg, at Grand-Pré in November 1739 and settled
at Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and
1746, Marguerite gave Alexis three children, two sons and a daughter.
Alexis remarried to Madeleine, daughter of Michel Bergeron and Marie Dugas
of Annapolis Royal and Rivière St.-Jean, at Beaubassin in January 1748.
According to Arsenault, between 1749 and 1757, Madeleine gave Alexis three more
children, two sons and a daughter. The family
evidently escaped the British roundups in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755
and sought refuge in Canada. They settled at Kamouraska on the lower St.
Lawrence. Two of Alexis's daughters by both wives married into the
Cormier, Lavasseur, and Doucet
families at Kamouraska. All four of his sons by both wives also created
their own families in Canada.
Oldest son Charles, by first wife Marguerite Aucoin, born
at Minas in c1740, followed his family to Canada. In his early 30s, he
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph-Clément Lavasseur and
Marie-Madeleine Albert, at Kamouraska in October 1772, and
remarried to Marie-Geneviève, daughter of François Ouelette and
Marie-Anne Dumont, there in January 1791.
Alexis's second son Joseph, by first wife Marguerite Aucoin,
born at Minas in c1746, followed his family to Canada. In his early 30s, he
married Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Arsenault
and Françoise Poirier, at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence
across from Trois-Rivières in January 1773.
Alexis's third son Jean-Baptiste, by second wife Madeleine Bergeron,
born at Minas in c1749, followed his family to Canada and married Madeleine,
daughter of Pierre Lavasseur and Geneviève Phocas,
at Kamouraska in October 1773.
Alexis's fourth
and youngest son Pierre, by second wife Madeleine Bergeron,
born in exile, probably in Canada, in c1757, married Théotiste, daughter of Michel Laisné
and Angélique Ouelette, place unrecorded, in June 1778.
Antoine, fils's fourth son Joseph, born at Minas in May 1720, married,
according to Bona Arsenault, Anne dite Annette Forest
in c1743 and settled at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières area.
According to Arsenault, Annette gave Joseph a daughter in 1744. Joseph
remarried to Françoise, daughter of Jean Thériot and Marie Daigre, in c1747,
place unrecorded.
According to Stephen A. White, this was Joseph's only marriage. Arsenault
says Françoise gave Joseph two more children, including a son, in 1753
and 1757. White says Joseph died on Île St.-Jean but gives no date.
Perhaps he and Françoise escaped the British
roundup in the trois-rivières area in the autumn of 1755 and took refuge on
the island, where he may have died before the dérangement there in
1758. One wonders what happened to his family after that date.
Antoine, fils's fifth son Charles, born at Minas in May 1722, married
Anne, another daughter of
Bernard LeBlanc and Marie Bourg, at
Grand-Pré in October 1743 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
Anne gave Charles a daughter in 1748. Other records give them two sons in
c1744. According to Stephen A. White, the British deported the family to
Connecticut in the fall of 1755. White says they were still in the colony
in 1763. If so, they did not remain there. Later that year or in
early 1764, Charles and Anne followed other exiles in the British
seaboard colonies to French St.-Domingue. French authorities sent them to Mirebalais in the
interior, where Charles died in November 1764, age 42. Three of his sons
and a daughter also died
there within weeks of one another.
Oldest Charles Mathurin, born at Minas in c1744, followed his family to
Connecticut and to Mirebalais, where he died in October 1764, age 20, a month
before his father. The recording priest noted that his mother was dead at
the time of his burial. He probably did not marry.
Charles's second son
François, born at Minas in c1744, followed his family to Connecticut and to
Mirebalais, where he died in October 1764, age 20, a week and a half before his
brother Charles-Mathurin. François probably did not marry.
Charles third son Joseph, born at Minas in c1749, followed his family to
Connecticut and to Mirebalais, where he died in November 1764, age 15.
Antoine, fils's sixth son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Minas in March 1724,
married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of René Aucoin and Madeleine
Bourg, at Grand-Pré in July 1748. They settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona
Arsenault, Élisabeth gave
Jean-Baptiste a child of unrecorded name and gender in 1748. They moved on
to Île St.-Jean after August 1752. Arsenault says Jean-Baptiste had a daughter
Anne in c1753 and a son Jean-Baptiste, fils in c1755 and attributes the
children to Jean-Baptiste's second wife, who he says Jean-Baptiste married in
c1752. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France,
followed here, says daughter Marie was born in c1751 and son Joseph, not
Jean-Baptiste, fils, in c1754, and attributes them to first wife
Élisabeth, who must have died on Île St.-Jean soon
after Joseph's birth. According to Stephen A. White, Jean-Baptiste
remarried to Isabelle, also called Élisabeth, daughter of Claude Dugas and Anne Hébert,
in c1759, which would have been in France. However, Robichaux and
transport passenger records show that when Jean-Baptiste reached St.-Malo in
January 1759 he was accompanied by second wife Isabelle and two children, Joseph
and Marie, so he and his second wife likely had married on the eve of Île
St.-Jean's dérangement.
They settled on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo at Plouër-sur-Rance, where, between 1760 and 1771, Isabelle gave Jean-Baptiste five more children, three daughers and two
sons--seven children in all. Oldest daughter Marie by the first Élisabeth
married a Dupuis widower at Plouër in 1771. Jean-Baptiste
took his family to Poitou in 1773. Daughter Marie and her family also went
to Poitou. Isabelle gave Jean-Baptiste another daughter in Poitou in
November 1775--their eighth child. In March 1776, Jean-Baptiste, Isabelle,
and their children retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes. Their ninth child, a daughter, was born in St.-Similien Parish,
Nantes, in October 1780, but she died at age 3 in October 1783. Meanwhile,
two of their older children died in St.-Similien Parish in 1777 and 1778.
In 1785, Jean-Baptiste, Isabelle, three daughters, and a son, emigrated to
Louisiana from France. His oldest son Joseph, who would have been age 31
in 1785, if he was still living, did not accompany his father and stepmother to
the Spanish colony. Nor did oldest daughter Marie, who had died in St.-Similien
Parish, Nantes, in January 1781, age 30. Her widower Joseph Dupuis
and their daughter did go to Louisiana. From New Orleans, Jean-Baptiste
took his family not to upper Bayou Lafourche with most of their fellow
passengers, but to Attakapas on the western prairies. Second wife Isabelle gave
him no more children there. Jean-Baptiste died at Attakapas in October
1787, age 63. His three daughers married into the Dugas,
Landry, Broussard, Granger,
and Girouard families on the prairies. His son
Jean-Baptiste, fils married
into the Breaux family at Attakapas and died two months after
his father. Jean-Baptiste, fils and his wife had one son who
likely died young, so the family line, except for its blood, did not endure in the
Bayou State.
Antoine, fils's seventh son Michel, born at Minas in April 1726, married
Marie-Madeleine, yet another daughter of
Bernard LeBlanc and Marie Bourg, in
c1746 probably at Minas and settled there.
The British
deported the family to Connecticut in the fall of
1755. They were still in the colony in 1763 but did not remain there.
Later that year or in 1764, Michel took his family to French-St.-Domingue, and
French officials sent them to Mirebalais in the island's interior, where they
baptized 2-year-old son Joseph in September 1764; the boy had been born in
Connecticut. Michel died at Mirebalais in July 1765, age 39. Did his
son create a family of his own in the sugar colony?
Antoine, fils's eighth and youngest son
Amand, born at Minas in June 1728, married, according to Stephen A. White,
cousin Marie-Madeleine, daughter of René Landry and
Marie-Madeleine Melanson, in c1751 probably at Minas. Bona
Arsenault insists that the Amand Landry who married Madeleine
Landry was born in c1730 and a son of Claude, fils and
that Madeleine's parents were Joseph Landry and Claire
LeBlanc; White is followed here. The
British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. According to
Arsenault, between 1755 and 1770, Madeleine gave Amand five children, four
daughters and a son. They were
being held at Marblehead in 1760 and were still in the colony in August 1763.
They resettled in Canada probably after 1766. Amand died at L'Acadie, east
of Montréal, in February 1809, age 80.
Antoine,
père's second son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1690, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre
Forest and Cécile Richard, in c1713 and settled at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit. Between 1714 and 1730, at Ste.-Famille, Marguerite gave Pierre seven children, four
daughters and three sons, including a set of twins. Their daughters married into the
Thériot, Babin, and Trahan families. All three of Pierre's sons created their own families,
and all of them emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son Augustin, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in May 1719, married Anne, daughter of Étienne Rivet
and Anne Leprince, at Ste.-Famille in 1742. According to Bona
Arsenault, Anne gave Augustin a son in 1743, but other records say otherwise.
According to Stephen A. White, Augustin remarried to
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jean Babin and Marguerite Bourg, at
Pigiguit in c1752; Arsenault says c1747. According to Arsenault, between
1748 and 1756, Marie-Madeleine gave Augustin four more children, two more sons
and two daughters, but other records say that, between 1748 and 1756, she gave
him three sons and two daughters. The British deported the family to
Maryland in the fall of 1755. Augustin, Marie,
and five children, three sons and two daughterw appeard on a repatriation list at Upper Marlborough in July
1763. Augustin, Marie, and their six children, three sons and three
daughters, the youngest daughter born after the 1763 counting, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1767
and settled at San Gabriel on the river above New Orleans. Augustin and
Marie had no more children there. Augustin died at San Gabriel in May
1781, age 62. Two of his daughters married into the LeBlanc
family on the river. His three sons married into the Pivauteau,
Breaux, and Hébert families on the river, and
two of them created vigorous lines there.
Pierre's second son Basile,
a twin, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in May 1727, married Brigitte, daughter of Pierre Boudrot and Madeleine
Hébert, in c1753 probably at Pigiguit. The British deported them to
Maryland in the fall of 1755.
Basile, Brigitte, and a young daughter, and a
Babin orphan, appeared on a repatriation list at Upper Marlborough in July 1763. Basile,
Brigitte, and two daughters, the younger one born after the counting of 1763, emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in 1768.
Spanish Governor Ulloa forced them to settle near a remote Spanish fort across from Natchez, and
they moved
downriver to the Acadian Coast when the Spanish released them from the remote
settlement in 1769.
They did not remain there. In the 1770s, they moved
from the river to the Attakapas District on the western prairies, where, in his
late 50s, Basile remarried to Anne-Euphrosine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Vincent and Anne-Marie Doiron and widow of
Michel Trahan, in May 1786. She gave him no more children. Basile
died at Attakapas in March 1788, age 60. His older daughter married into the
Roger family on the river and also settled on the western
prairies, so the blood of this family line endured.
Pierre's third and youngest son Joseph, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in
April 1730, married Marie-Madeleine, called
Madeleine, another daughter of Pierre Boudrot and Madeleine Hébert,
in c1751 probably at Pigiguit. The British deported the couple to Maryland in
the fall of 1755. Joseph, Madeleine, two young sons, and a
Babin orphan, appeared on a repatriation list at Upper Marlborough in July 1763. Joseph,
Madeleine, and their three children, two sons and a daughter born after the 1763
counting, emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in 1768. Like brother
Basile and his family, they were forced to settle near a remote Spanish fort
across from Natchez. After their release in 1769, they moved downriver to
the Acadian Coast. Joseph died
probably on the river before 1771, in his late 30s or early 40s, when his wife
remarried to a Clouâtre. Joseph's daughter evidently
married into the Hébert family on the river. His two sons
also married, into the Bourg and Trahan
families. The older one resettled on the western prairies, and the younger
one remained on the river.
Antoine, père's third son François, born at Minas in c1692,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean Doucet and Françoise Blanchard,
at Grand-Pré in 1711 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. They looked at land on Île Royale in August 1714 but
returned to Minas.
Between 1715 and 1736, Marie-Josèphe gave François eight children, five
sons and three daughters.
François likely was the
Acadian elder who cooperated with Lieutenant-Colonel John Winslow at Minas
during the summer and autumn of 1755. The British likely deported him and
his wife to Massachusetts that autumn. If so, they do not appear in that
colony's lists of exiles, though several of their children do. The elderly
couple evidently followed their children to Canada in 1766. François died
at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence northeast of Montréal in April 1767,
in his mid-70s. Marie-Josèphe died there the following December, in her
early 70s. Two of their daughters married into the
Granger and Breau families. Three of François's five sons also created
their own families.
Oldest son François,
fils, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1715, married, according to Stephen A. White, Catherine, daughter of Pierre
Cormier and Catherine LeBlanc of Chignecto, probably at Chignecto in c1736 and
settled there. Bona Arsenault insists that the François who married
Catherine Cormier was born in c1710 and was a son of Antoine,
fils, not François à Antoine, père; White is followed
here. According to Arsenault, François and Catherine settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards, and she gave him two children, a son and a daughter, in
1737 and 1740. François, fils died at Chignecto in February 1740, age 25. Arsenault says he died in c1741 and implies it was at Rivière-aux-Canards;
again, White is followed here. According to Arsenault, Catherine remarried
to a Richard, but White, followed here, says she remarried to a
Dupuis in c1750, probably at Chignecto. Catherine, her
second husband, and her Landry children
evidently escaped the British roundups in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. They settled at Kamouraska on the lower St. Lawrence.
Her Landry daughter married into the Michaud
family there. Her Landry son also settled on the lower
St. Lawrence.
Only son François III, born probably at Chignecto in c1737, followed his widowed
mother and stepfather to Canada in the 1750s. He married cousin Agnès,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Thibodeau and Madeleine
Cormier of Chepoudy, in c1758 probably in Canada.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1759 and 1780, Agnès gave François III
eight children, four daughters and four sons, including a set of twins.
They settled near his family at Kamouraska. Their daughters married into
the Sirois, Émond, Lévesque,
Ouellet, and Landry families at Kamouraska.
François III's sons also married there.
Oldest son François IV, born in Canada in c1761, married Marie-Geneviève,
daughter of Joseph Sirois dit Duplessis and Louise
Lavasseur, at Kamouraska in November 1779.
François III's second son Jean-Baptiste, a
twin, born in Canada in c1764, married
Euphrosine, daughter of Joseph Paradis and Théotiste
Lévesque, at Kamouraska in February 1791.
François III's third son Alexandre, Jean-Baptiste's twin, married Marie-Anne,
daughter of Augusitin Sirois and Marie-Anne Boucher,
at Kamouraska in October 1793.
François III's fourth and youngest son Joseph, born in Canada in c1769, married
Euphrosine, daughter of Antoine Paradis and Marthe
Lavoie, at Kamouraska in October 1793, two and a half weeks after his
twin brother Alexandre married there.
François,
père's second son Jean, born, according to Stephen A. White, in c1721
(Bona Arsenault says c1716), probably at Rivière-aux-Canards, married Marguerite, daughter of Olivier Daigre
and Françoise Granger, at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1744 and remained
there.
According to Arsenault, between 1745 and 1757,
Marguerite gave Jean seven children, five daughters and two sons. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. They were being held at Ipswich in 1757 and were still there
in 1760. According to Arsenault, Jean remarried to fellow Acadian
Anne-Marie Hébert in Massachusetts, date not given. In
August 1763, a Jean Landry with wife
Mariee and two daughters were still in the colony. Arsenault says Jean and
second wife Anne-Marie rehabilitated their marriage at L'Assomption northeast of
Montréal in September 1766, so they evidently followed other Acadian exiles in
New England to Canada in 1766. Jean died at
L'Assomption in February 1770, in his late 40s. Two of his daughters
married into the Panneton, Robichaud, and
Pelletier families in Massachusetts and Canada. One
wonders what happened to his sons.
François, père's third son Charles, born at Minas in October 1724,
was a bachelor in his early 30s when the British deported him to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755. He was being held at Ipswich with members of his
family in 1757 and 1760 and accompanied them to Canada in 1766. He died at
L'Assomption in April 1782, age 57, still unmarried.
François, père's fourth son Joseph, born at Minas in November 1731,
evidently died young.
François, père's
fifth and youngest son Germain le jeune, born at Minas in September
1734, was still a bachelor when he followed his family to Massachusetts in the
autumn of 1755. He was being held with members of his family at Ipswich in
1757. He married Marguerite,
daughter of Claude Benoit and Marie Comeau,
in Massachusetts in c1760. They were still in the colony in August 1763. They followed his family
to Canada in 1766 and rehabilitated their marriage at L'Assomption in November
of that year. Germain le jeune remarried to Marie-Marthe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Amireau
and Anne Robichaud, at L'Assomption in October 1774. At age 60,
Germain le jeune remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie-Théotiste, daughter of Canadians
Jean Policain and Angélique Filteau and widow of Pierre-Louis
Ratel and Jean-Baptiste Venne, at L'Assomption in September 1794.
Germain le jeune died at nearby St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in November
1816, age 82.
Antoine, père's fourth son Germain, born, according to Stephen A.
White, probably at Minas in c1695,
married Cécile, daughter of Pierre Forest and Cécile Richard,
probably at Minas in c1722 and likely settled there. Bona Arsenault
insists that the Germain who married Marie-Cécile Forest was
born in c1700 and a son of Antoine's younger brother Jean; as usual, White is
followed here. According to Arsenault, between 1723 and 1743,
Marie-Cécile, as he calls her, gave Germain seven children, two sons and five
daughters. Both genealogists agree that the British deported
them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Germain, Cécile, two sons, and a daughter
were still in the colony in August 1763. They chose to resettle in
Canada probably in 1766. Germain died at L'Assomption northeast of
Montréal in April 1770, in
his mid-70s. One of their daughters married into the Hébert
family at La Prairie across from Montréal. One of their sons also created
his own family in the area.
Younger son François, born probably at Minas in c1732, was a young bachelor
when he followed his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He
married fellow Acadian Marie Hébert in the Bay Colony in c1757
and rehabilitated the marriage at L'Assomption, Canada, in July 1767. They
settled at nearby St.-Jacques de l'Achigan. According to Bona Arsenault,
in 1770 and 1772, Marie gave François two sons, one of whom created his own
family.
Older son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in
c1770, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Thibodeau
and Marie Thériault, at St.-Jacques in June 1794.
Antoine, père's fifth son
Jean
dit Jane, born probably at Minas in
c1696, married Madeleine, daughter of
Philippe Melanson and Marie Dugas, in c1717 probably at Minas,
where they remained. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1720 and
1741, Madeleine gave Jane 14 children, eight sons and six daughters. Two
of their sons settled at Chignecto. The British deported members of the family
still at Minas to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. They were being held at Chelmsford in
1757, 1758, and 1760, and were still in the colony in August 1763. They
likely resettled in Canada after 1766. Four of their daughters married
into the Granger, LeBlanc, Raymond,
and Broussard families. All of Jean dit Jane's
sons created their own families. Most of them resettled in Canada, but one
of them, who had become separated fromt the family in 1755, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France.
Oldest son Antoine le jeune, born at Minas in c1720, married Anne, daughter of
Pierre Cormier and Catherine LeBlanc, at
Chignecto in November 1740. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1741 and
1750, Anne gave Antoine le jeune seven children, four daughters and three sons.
They evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore or went straight to Canada.
Two of Antoine le jeune's daughters married into the Gaudreau,
Bernier, and Théroux dit Laferté
families on the lower St. Lawrence. Two of his sons settled on the upper
St. Lawrence and on lower Rivière St.-François.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Chignecto in c1743, followed his
family to Canada. He married Marie-Rose Martel at L'Assomption
northeast of Montréal in May 1772, and remarried to Marie-Louise, daughter of
Michel Dupil, there in February 1784.
Antoine le jeune's second son Jacques, born probably at Chignecto
in c1746, followed his family to Canada and married Marie, daughter of Antoine
Bibeau and Marguerite Ritchor, at
St.-François-du-Lac on the lower St.-François in June 1770.
Jean dit Jane's putative second son Honoré, born at Minas in c1721, married
a woman whose name has been lost to history, place unrecorded, probably in the
early 1740s. According to Bona Arsenault, Honoré's first wife gave him a
son in c1743. Honoré remarried to Marie-Josèphe Cormier,
widow of Louis-Joseph Cyr, probably at Chignecto in c1754.
According to Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Honoré four more children, another
son and three daughters.
They evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755
and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore or went straight to Canada.
Both of Honoré's sons created their own families on the upper St. Lawrence
Older son Joseph, by his father's first wife, born probably at Chignecto in
c1743, followed his family to Canada and married his stepsister Rose, daughter
of fellow Acadians Louis-Joseph Cyr and Marie-Josèphe
Cormier, at St.-Philippe-de-La-Prairie across from Montréal in June
1764.
Honoré's younger son Alexandre, by second wife Marie-Josèphe
Cormier, born perhaps in Canada in c1760, married Ludivine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles Granger and Marguerite Lanoue,
at Philippe-de-La-Prairie in October 1782.
Jean dit Jane's third son Jean-Baptiste, also called Jean, fils, born at Minas
in October 1727, evidently, while still a young bachelor, moved to the French
Maritimes after August 1752. According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study
of the Acadians in France, Jean-Baptiste married Rosalie Boudrot
in c1756, probably on one of the Maritime
islands. She gave him a son, Firmin, in c1757. The British deported
Jean-Baptiste, Rosalie, and their infant son to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758. The son died at sea. Rosalie died at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
March 1759, age 26, soon after their arrival, probably from the rigors of the
crossing. Jean-Baptiste, now alone, settled on the west side of the river
south of St.-Malo at Pleurtuit.
He remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Olivier Daigre and Angélique
Doiron of Pigiguit, at nearby Plouër-sur-Rance in November 1760. According to Bona Arsenault, Jean, fils died in a St.-Malo hospital, "sans
enfants," in 1762, in his early 40s. Robichaux says he died at
Hotel-Dieu, St.-Malo, in February 1763, age 36. His widow remarried to a
Richard and remained at Plouër, where she gave him four
children. After she was widowed again, she remarried to an Hébert
and followed him to Louisiana in 1785.
Jean dit Jane's putative fourth son René, born probably at Minas
in c1732, was perhaps still a bachelor when the British deported him to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. According to Bona Arsenault, René
married Anne, sans doute daughter of fellow Acadians Claude
Benoit and Marie Comeau of Pigiguit, in c1756, perhaps
in the Bay Colony. She gave him at least two sons and two daughters before
they appeared on a French repatriation list in the colony in August 1763.
Arsenault says Anne gave René another daughter in 1766. By the following
year, they had settled at Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence near
Trois-Rivières.
Jean dit Jane's fifth son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1733,
married Madeleine, daughter of Philippe Doiron and Marie
Guédry of Pigiguit, in c1755 perhaps at Minas. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1756 and 1775, Madeleine gave Joseph 11 children, six
sons and five daughters. The British deported the couple to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755. They and their children followed other Acadian exiles
in New England to Canada perhaps in 1766. They settled at Yamachiche on
the upper St. Lawrence, where Joseph died in March 1787, in his early 50s.
Two of his daughters married into the Paquin and
Laviolette families at Yamachiche and nearby Pointe-du-Loc. Two
of his sons also married there.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born probably in Massachusetts in c1756,
followed his family to Canada and married Marie, daughter of Amable
Plouffe and his Acadian wife Élisabeth Comeau, at
Pointe-du-Lac near Trois-Rivières in January 1788.
Joseph, père's second son Jean-Baptiste, born probably in Masschusetts
in c1757, followed his family to Canada and married Louise, daughter of Louis
Rousse dit Languedoc and his Acadian wife Marie
Comeau, at Yamachiche in February 1778.
Jean dit Jane's sixth son Paul, born probably at Minas in c1735, was a
young bachelor when the British deported him with his family to Massachusetts in
the fall of 1755. He was counted with his family at Chelmsford in 1756 and
October 1757, when colonial officials certified him as able to work. In the presence of fellow exile Louis Robichaud,
Paul married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Benoit
and Marie Comeau of Pigiguit, in Massachusetts in June 1759.
According to Bona Arsenault, beween 1760 and 1764, Rosalie gave Paul three
children, a daughter and two sons. They followed other exiles to
Yamachiche, Canada, in 1766 and rehabilitated their marriage at nearby
Trois-Rivières in July 1767.
Their daughter married into the Pellerin family at Yamachiche.
One of their sons also married there.
Older son Paul, fils, born probably in Massachusetts in c1762, followed
his family to Canada and married Judith, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Pellerin
and Marie-Anne Girouard and sister of his sister Marie's
husband Jean-Baptiste, at Yamachiche in August 1794.
Jean dit Jane's seventh son Charles, born probably at Minas in c1738,
followed his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He was counted
with his family at Chelmsford in 1756 and October 1757, when colonial officials
certified him as too sickly to work. He soon recovered and married
fellow Acadian Marie Hébert probably in the Bay Colony
in c1760. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1760 and 1764, Marie gave
Charles 10 children, four sons and six daughters. They followed other
exiles to Yamachiche, Canada, probably in 1766 and settled there near other
members of his family.
Three of their daughters married into the Tessier,
Thibodeau, and Lemaître families at Yamachiche.
Three of Charles's sons also married in the area.
Oldest son Charles, fils, born probably at Massachusetts in c1761,
followed his family to Canada and, in his early 30s, married Marie-Vincent
Maheu, widow of Étienne Lessard, at
Rivière-du-Loup, today's Louiseville, above Yamachiche, in February 1795.
In his early 50s, Charles, fils remarried to Pélagie Corbin,
widow of François Lefebvre-Villemure, at Yamachiche in November
1813.
Charles, père's second son Pierre, born probably at Yamachiche in
c1772, married Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Blais and
Marie-Anne Godard, there in July 1779. In his early 50s,
Pierre remarried to Marie-Louise, daughter of Louis Corriveau
and Marguerite Dupont, at Yamachiche in April 1823.
Charles, père's fourth and youngest son Paul le jeune, born
probably at Yamachiche in c1782, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph Richard and Marie Richard, at
St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet across from Trois-Rivières in January 1804.
Jean dit Jane's eighth and youngest son Anselme, born at Minas
in October 1741, became separated from his family in the fall of 1755, and the
British deported him to Virginia. In the spring of 1756, Virginia
authorities sent him and the hundreds of other exiles in the colony to England,
and he was repatriated with other exiles to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in the
spring of 1763. Later in the year, he received permission to move to
St.-Malo and settled on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, where he married Agathe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Barrieau and Véronique Girouard
of Pigiguit and widow of Isidore Daigre,
in February 1765. Between 1766 and 1771, Agathe gave Anselme three
children, two daughters and a son. The son died at La Villeger near
Pleudihen in August 1773, age 4 1/2. Anselme took his family to the
interior of Poitou
later that year. They, along with most of the Acadians who went there, did not remain. In December 1775, Anselme,
Agathe, and their two daughers retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port
city of Nantes and settled at nearby Chantenay, where Anselme worked as a
seaman. Their younger daughter died at Chantenay in July 1780, age 9.
Older daughter Marie-Olive married a Boudrot at Chantenay in
May 1783. Two years later, Anselme, Agathe, and their married daughter and
her family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. They followed most of
their fellow passengers to Manchac south of Baton Rouge, but they did not remain.
In the late 1780s or early 1790s, they joined the Acadian exodus from the river
to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Anselme died in Interior, now Lafourche, Parish in October 1810, age 69. His family line died with him.
Antoine, père's sixth and youngest
son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1701, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Forest and
Marie-Élisabeth Labarre, in c1727 probably at Minas. Marguerite
gave Joseph at least two sons there in c1727 and c1728. Joseph remarried to
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Alexandre Bourg and Marguerite Melanson
and widow of Pierre-Joseph Godin dit Châtillon dit
Préville, at Grand-Pré in January 1745. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1747 and 1754, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph five more children, four
daughters and another son--seven children by two wives. In the fall of
1755, the British deported members of the family to Georgia and Maryland.
Joseph's second son, who
had married at Chignecto, was deported with his family to Georgia, and Joseph was
deported to Maryland with the rest of his family. Joseph and his family
appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July
1763. Joseph died after the counting, in his early or mid-60s. His
widow and four of their unmarried children, three daughters and a son, emigrated
to Louisiana from Maryland in 1766. Joseph's second son by first wife Marguerite was among the
first Acadian exiles to settle in Louisiana, and his youngest son by second wife
Marie-Josèphe became a shaker and a mover there under the Spanish and the
Americans.
Oldest son Vincent, by first wife Marguerite Forest, born probably at
Minas in c1727, was still a bachelor in his late 20s when the British deported
him with his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. In his late 30s, he married Susanne,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre-Joseph
Godin dit Châtillon dit Préville and his first wife
Marie-Josèphe Bourg of Minas, in Maryland in October 1765; Vincent's
father's second wife was Susanne's mother, so Vincent married his step-sister.
They went to Louisiana with an infant son evidently with the first contingent of
exiles from Maryland in 1766. They had more children in Louisiana.
Spanish officials counted them at New Orleans in July 1767, so they may have
taken their time following their fellow exiles to Cabahannocer on the river
above New Orleans,
where Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the
river in 1769 and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770
and 1777. Vincent was "singer of the church" at Ascension. Two
of his daughters, born in December 1768 and July
1770, were baptized at New Orleans in May 1769 and February 1771,
so the family spent some time in the city. They had joined the Acadian
exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche by the mid-1790s.
Vincent died a widower at Assumption on the upper bayoui in March 1798.
The priest who recorded the burial said that Vincent was age 74 when he died,
but he probably was a few years younger.
His daughters married into the Aucoin, Bourque, Mazerolle,
Melançon, and
Ozelet families. Two of his three sons married into the
Hébert and Bourg families and settled on the Lafourche.
Joseph's second son Olivier, by first wife Marguerite Forest,
born probably at Minas in c1728,
married Cécile, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Poirier and Marie
Cormier, at Chignecto in September 1748. The British
deported them to Georgia in the fall of 1755, but they did not remain. They evidently were among the exiles in the southern colonies who,
with permission of the colonial governors,
made their way north along the Atlantic coast in the spring of 1756 but got no
farther than Long Island, New York, where they were held for the rest of the war. In 1763, they evidently moved
back to the southern colonies perhaps to settle in the French Antilles.
They appeared on repatriation list at Port Royal, South Carolina, in August
1763. Olivier, Cécile, and three of their children, two sons and a
daughter, along with three other related families from Chignecto--Cormiers, Poiriers, and
Richards--who likely had been with them in New York and South
Carolina,
were the first documented Acadian exiles to emigrate to Louisiana. The party
left Savannah, Georgia, for Mobile, Alabama,
in
December 1763, reached Mobile soon afterwards,
and moved on to New Orleans,
which they reached in February 1764. That April, they settled
at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans, making it the first Acadian
settlement in Louisiana. Olivier died probably at
Cabahannocer by April 1774, in his 40s, when his wife remarried there. His
daughter married into the Thibodeaux famliy on the river.
His older son married into the Cormier family there.
Joseph's third and youngest son Joseph dit
Belhomme, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Bourg, born at
Minas in c1752, followed his family to Maryland in 1755 and his widowed mother
and three sisters to Louisiana in 1766. He settled with them at Cabahannocer
near his older half-brothers. Belhomme married cousin Élisabeth,
also called Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Désiré LeBlanc
and Marie-Madeleine Landry, at Ascension on the river in April
1775. Élisabeth gave Belhomme a son at Ascension in 1776. Belhomme
remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Bujole
and Anne LeBlanc and sister of his older sister Anne-Gertrude's
husband, at Ascension in November 1779. She gave him many more children. Belhomme became a successful planter
at Ascension; his plantation, where he grew sugar and corn, was called New Hope.
He also owned a retail sugar business at Ascension. He served as a
lieutenant of militia, was ad interim commandant of the Acadians at
Ascension between 1799 and 1803, was promoted to major and commander of the
Ascension militia in 1804, served as justice of the peace in Ascension, was
elected to the territorial legislative council in September 1805, and to the
first Louisiana
State Senate in July 1812. Belhomme died at Ascension in October 1814, age
62. According to one source, he was paid high tribute by the church; a
mausoleum was dedicated to him and his family at the Church of the Ascension in
Donaldson, today's Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish. His daughters, all by second wife Anne, married into the
Constant, Duffel, Hopkins,
LeBlanc, Pedesclaux, Poursine, and
Vives families. All six of his sons, by both wives,
married into the Vives, Lessard,
Breaux, LeBlanc, Blanchard,
Comes, and Renaud or Reynaud
families. They all became major sugar planters in Ascension and St. James
parishes, and, during the 1840s, his youngest son served as the State of Louisiana's first lieutenant
governor.
René le
jeune's second son Claude (not to be confused with René l'aîné's
younger son of the same name, born at the same place and in the same year) born at Port-Royal in c1663, married Marie-Catherine, called Catherine, another
daughter of Pierre Thibodeau and Jeanne Thériot, probably at
Port-Royal in c1684 and settled at Minas. Between 1685 and 1708,
Catherine gave Claude 13 children, seven daughters and six sons. In his
early 60s, Claude remarried to Marie, daughter of Antoine Babin
and Marie Mercier and widow of François Rimbault, in c1725. She gave him no more children. He remarried again--his third marriage--to Jeanne, daughter of André
Célestin dit Bellemère and Perrine Basile, at
Grand-Pré in May 1741, in his late 70s. She also gave him no more
children. Claude died at Grand-Pré in September 1747, in his mid-80s.
Five of his daughters married into
the LeBlanc, Gautrot,
Célestin dit Bellemère,
Daigre, and Comeau families. Most
of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste dit Baptiste, by first wife Catherine Thibodeau, born at Minas
in c1685, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Comeau le jeune
and Catherine Babin, at Grand-Pré in October 1718 and settled there. Albert
J. Robichaux, Jr., in his study of the Acadians in France, notes in one of his
earlier volumes that Jean-Baptiste à Claude married first to Marie
Gautrot in c1707 and gives them no children. Bona
Arsenault and Stephen A. White, followed here, give only one wife for this
Jean-Baptiste: Marguerite Comeau. According
to Arsenault, between 1719 and 1738, Marguerite gave Baptiste 10 children,
seven sons and three daughters. One of their daughters married into the
Boudrot family at Minas. The British deported Baptiste
and members of his family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England
in the spring of 1756. Baptiste died early in the ordeal, in either Virginia or England. In May 1763,
widow Marguerite and two of her unmarried sons,
both now in their middle-age, were repatriated with married son
Hilaire to St.-Malo, France. The sons settled with their widowed mother in
the surburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Marguerite did not remarry. She and her
unmarried children may have gone to the interior of Poitou in 1773 with two of her married sons
and their families. If not, they certainly joined them at
Nantes by May 1779, when Marguerite died in St.-Jacques Parish there, age 90.
At least three of her and Baptiste's
sons created their own families in the French Maritimes, England, and France,
and two of them emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son Eustache, born at Minas in September 1719, was a middle-age
bachelor when the British deported him along with his parents and younger
siblings to Virginia in the fall of 1755. He followed them to England the
following spring, to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763, and, now in his early 40s, settled
with them at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. If his widowed mother and younger siblings went
to Poitou in 1773, he would have followed them there. He likely had moved
to Nantes by May 1779, when his widowed mother died there. He died in
St.-Pierre-de-Rezé Parish, across the river from Nantes, in August 1780, in his early 60s. He
evidently did not marry. However, there may be evidence to support the
notion that Eustache may have fathered a "natural" son by a Landry
cousin. A birth record for Jean-Charles Landry,
born and baptized at Plouër-sur-Rance near St.-Malo in May 1767, gives only the boy's
mother's name--Marie Landry. The boy's godparents were
fellow Acadians Jean-Charles Boudrot, hence the boy's name, and
Marguerite Thériot, fellow exiles from England. Jean-Charles
Landry survived childhood and,
in his late teens, accompanied an elderly kinsman, François Landry, to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. The ship's passenger list describes
Jean-Charles as François's nephew; if so, François would have been a maternal
uncle. Jean-Charles married a fellow
Landry in Louisiana and created a large family there. His
marriage, recorded by a Spanish priest, gives his parents' names ... Estaquio
Landry and Maria Landry. One wonders if
the father was Eustache à Jean-Baptiste, who would have been age 47 at
the time of the boy's birth. One also wonders which Marie Landry
his mother may have been. François à Charlot, the boy's uncle,
had two sisters named Marie: older sister Marie-Josèphe, who married a
Lanoue at Minas; and his youngest sister Marie-Madeleine, born
at Annapolis Royal in June 1726, who did not marry and who, if she were still
living, would have been age 41 at the time of Jean-Charles's birth.
Putative "natural" son Jean-Charles, born at Plouër-sur-Rance, France, in May 1767,
when he was old
enough worked as a sailor in France. In 1785, at age 18, he
accompanied a maternal uncle and two cousins to Spanish Louisiana and followed them to
upper Bayou Lafourche. He was counted with them at Valenzuela on the upper
bayou in January
1788. In January 1793, at age 26, he married cousin Marguerite, daughter
of fellow Acadians François Landry, fils and
Marie-Rose Dugas and widow of Joseph Savoie,
at nearby Ascension. Marguerite was a native of Louisiana whose parents
had come to the colony from Halifax in February 1765 and from Maryland in 1766.
She and Jean-Charles settled on the upper Lafourche. He died in Assumption
Parish in Sepember 1844, age 77. Marguerite did not remarry and died in
Assumption Parish in January 1858, age 87. Her and Jean-Charles's
daughters married into the Comeaux, Hébert,
and Landry families. Jean-Charles's two sons married, into
the Duhon, Landry, and Dupuis
families on the upper bayou and created vigorous lines there.
Baptiste's second son Prosper, born at Minas in c1726, was still a bachelor
when he moved to Île
St.-Jean in c1750. He married Anne-Josette, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Boudrot and Louise Saulnier of Pigiguit, at
Port-La-Joye on the island in September 1751. In August 1752, a French
official counted them with their 9-week-old daughter, his brother Joseph, and her
brother Mathurin at Grande-Anse on the southeast coast of the island.
According to Bona Arsenault, this daughter was Prosper and Anne-Josette's only
child. Wife Anne-Josette died on the island, and Prosper remarried to
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Jean Bourg and Françoise
Aucoin of Cobeguit, at Port-La-Joye in July 1754. According to
Arsenault, Marie-Madeleine gave Prosper a son in 1757. The
British deported them to Rochefort, France, in late 1758. Marie-Madeleine
died either on the crossing or in Rochefort before October 1759, when Prosper,
now a widower, arrived at St.-Malo from Rochefort and settled on the east side
of the river south of St.-Malo at St.-Suliac. His children by both wives also evidently had died by then. At age
35, Prosper remarried again--his third marriage--to Élisabeth, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Pitre and Marguerite Thériot
and widow of Jean-Baptiste Henry, at Pleurtuit, across the
river from St.-Suliac, in
October 1761. Between 1762 and 1769 at Pleurtuit, Élisabeth gave Prosper
five more children, two sons and three daughters--seven children by three wives.
One of Prosper's daughters by third wife Élisabeth died in infancy. Prosper took his family to Poitou in 1773, and they retreated with
other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in March 1776. Their
youngest daughter died there in July 1777, age 8. In 1785, Prosper,
Élisabeth, and their two sons emigrated to Louisiana. Oldest daughters
Marguerite by first wife Anne-Josette and
Marie-Madeleine by third wife Élisabeth, who would have been ages 33 and 21 in
1785, if they were still alive, did not follow their family to the Spanish
colony. From New Orleans, Prosper and his family followed most of their fellow
passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche, where Prosper died in October 1797, in his
early 70s, two days before wife Élisabeth died. Their two sons married into the
Guérin, Daigre, and Bourg
families on the upper Lafourche.
Baptiste's third son Hilaire, born at Minas in c1728, was still a bachelor
in the fall of 1755 when the British deported him with his parents to Virginia,
and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring.
Hilaire married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians
Pierre Richard and Cécile Granger of Minas, in
England in c1763. He and his wife were repatriated with his widowed mother to St.-Malo,
France, in May of that year and settled near her at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
Between 1764 and 1771, at St.-Servan, Marie-Josèphe gave Hilaire four children,
two sons and two daughters, but the sons did not survive childhood.
Hilaire took his family to Poitou in 1773, and Marie-Josèphe gave him another
daughter there in June 1774. Hilaire died at Châtellerault, Poitou, in
August 1775, in his late 40s. Soon after, Marie-Josèphe and her Landry
children followed other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. They
were living in St.-Pierre-de-Rezé Parish, across the river from Nantes, in December 1782
when a daughter died at age 13. In 1785, Marie-Josèphe took her two surviving
daughters, Marie-Madeleine and Marie-Rose, to Spanish Louisiana. They
followed their fellow passengers to upper
Bayou Lafourche. Marie-Josèphe did not remarry there. Her succession
inventory was filed at the Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse in April 1820.
Her daughters married into the Thériot and Savoie
families on the bayou.
Baptiste's sixth son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born at Minas in March
1733, may have been the Jean Landry who married fellow Acadian
Marie Forest, place and date unrecorded. In the fall of
1755, the British deported them to Virginia, and Virginia authorites sent them
on to England the following spring, either separately or together. They
were married when they were repatriated from England to St.-Malo, France, with
other Acadian exiles in May 1763. They settled near his family at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
In 1769, they moved to nearby St.-Suliac. One wonders if they had children
of their own in France. In the early 1770s, as other Acadian exiles in the
coastal cities, including at least two of his brothers, moved on to Poitou, Jean, now in his early 40s, perhaps with
wife Marie, perhaps as a widower, joined an expedition composed of Acadian
exiles returning from France to North America via the British-controlled Isle of
Jersey. One wonders if he made it back to greater Acadia and, if so, where
did he settle.
Baptiste's seventh and youngest son Simon, born at Minas in May 1735,
was still a young bachelor when he accompanied his parents to Virginia in the
fall of 1755 and to England in the spring of 1756. He married fellow Acadian
Marguerite Gautrot, widow of ____ Leroy and
Joseph Granger, in England in c1761; she was nine years his
senior. She gave Simon a son in April 1762. Simon and his family,
including three stepsons, followed his widowed mother to St.-Malo, France, in
May 1763 and settled near her at St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Simon and his family did not
follow his older brothers and other Acadian exiles to Poitou
in 1773 but remained at St.-Malo. By September 1784, however, they had
joined his family at Nantes. The following year, Simon and Marguerite
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. Their only child, son Jean, who would have
been age 23 in 1785, if he was still alive, chose to remain in the mother
country. Simon and Marguerite, ages 59 and 50, respectively, may not have
survived the crossing to New Orleans aboard the transport St.-Rémi.
Claude's second son René, by first wife Catherine Thibodeau,
born at Minas in c1688, married Marie-Madeleine,
called Madeleine, daughter of
Pierre Melanson and Marie Blanchard, at Grand-Pré in November
1712 and settled at nearby Rivière-des-Habitants. Between 1714 and 1738, Marie-Madeleine gave
René 10 children, seven sons and three daughters. The British deported
René, Marie-Madeleine, and some of their children to Massachusetts in the fall
of 1755. Wife Marie-Madeleine died at Boxford, Massachusetts, in March 1758,
and Massachusetts authorities insisted that René reimburse the local government
for her doctor's visits and funeral expense. He did not remarry. He and three of his sons
appeared on an August 1763 "list of the French who desire to go to old France."
In December 1764, René appeared on a list of Acadians in the colony who desired
passage to French St.-Domingue. He and his children went to neither place. Probably in 1766, René followed his children to Canada and died at Montréal in
February 1769, age 81. His daughters married into the Raymond,
Landry, and LeBlanc families. Six of his seven sons created
their own families, but not all of the lines endured.
Oldest son Honoré, born at Minas in c1714, married Hélène, daughter of
Jacques LeBlanc and Cécile Dupuis, at
Grand-Pré in November 1742. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1743 and 1744,
Hélène gave Honoré two sons. Honoré remarried to Marie-Madeleine, called
Madeleine, daughter of Charles
Gautrot and Madeleine Blanchard, at Grand-Pré in May 1747.
According to Arsenault, between 1747 and 1752, Madeleine gave Honoré three more
children, two more sons and a daughter. In c1750, they moved on to Île
St.-Jean. In August 1752, a French official counted Honoré, Madeleine, and
three of their children, two sons and two daughters, at Grande-Anse on the
southeast coast of the island. Evidently second son Jean-Baptiste from
first wife Hélène had died by then, and youngest son Joseph was only eight days
old. The British deported the family to France in late 1758. They
landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Honoré's two youngest children, a son and a daughter, may
have died in the crossing. At least two of Honoré's children, a son and a
daughter from second wife Madeleine, died at Boulogne-sur-Mer. His oldest son by
first wife Hélène married there before moving on to St.-Malo. Honoré
evidently did not take his family to Poitou in 1773, nor did they join their
fellow exiles at Nantes later in the decade. Neither he nor Madeleine nor
his eldest son emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Anselme le jeune, by first wife Hélène LeBlanc,
born at Minas in c1743, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and to
Boulogne-sur-Mer. He married cousin Marie-Josèphe, 21-year-old daughter of
fellow Acadians Paul Aucoin and Marie LeBlanc,
in St.-Nicolas Parish, Boulogne-sur-Mer, in October 1764. Marie-Josèphe gave
Anselme le jeune a son at Boulogne-sur-Mer in April 1766. In July of that
year, the family moved on to St.-Malo and settled on the east side of the river
south of Breton port at Pleudihen-sur-Rance.
Between 1767 and 1781, Marie-Josèphe gave Anselme le jeune six more
children, two daughters and four sons--seven children in all, three of whom died young. As the
birth dates of his younger children reveal, Anselme le jeune did not
take his family to Poitou in 1773, nor did they join their fellow exiles at
Nantes later in the decade. No member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785.
Honoré's third son Honoré, fils, by second wife Madeleine
Gautrot, born at Minas in 1748, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and
to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where he died in St.-Nicolas Parish, age 12, in August
1760.
René's second son Anselme, born at Minas in December 1717, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter
of Jacques LeBlanc and Cécile Dupuis, probably at Minas in c1748.
They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1750. A French official counted Enselme,
as he called him, Marie-Madeleine, and their 9-month-old son at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in the interior of the island in August 1752. The
British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. They did not make
it. Anselme and his
family were lost in the sinking of the British transport Duke William off the
southwest coast of England in a mid-December storm that sank two other vessels.
René's third son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in May 1720, married,
according to Stephen A. White,
Marie-Blanche, daughter of Charles LeBlanc and Marie Gautrot,
probably at Minas in c1751. Bona Arsenault says the Jean Landry who
remarried to Blanche LeBlanc, place and date not given, was a
son of René à René le jeune, not Renè à Claude, and
also says the Jean Landry who married Blanche LeBlanc
in c1752 was a son of Abraham à Germain; White
is followed here. Jean-Baptiste and Blanche moved on to Île St.-Jean, where, in August 1752, a French official,
who called him Jean,
counted the couple with a 19-year-old nephew and a 15-year-old niece at Grande-Anse on
the island's southeast coast. According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s
study of the Acadians in France, Marie-Blanche gave Jean, as he calls him, a daughter and a son
on the island in 1753 and 1755. Arsenault says she gave Jean three sons
between 1755 and 1759 and mentions no daughter. The British deported the
family to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in
late 1758. Their daughter, age 5 1/2, died in January 1759 from the rigors
of the crossing. In May 1766, Jean-Baptiste, Blanche, and their young son moved
on to St.-Malo and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Between 1760 and 1771, at
Boulogne-sur-Mer and St.-Servan, Marie-Blanche gave Jean-Baptiste seven more children,
two sons and five daughters--nine children in all. Four of the younger
children, two sons and two daughters, died young. In 1773, Jean-Baptiste,
Blanche, and their remaining four chldren, a son and three daughters, folowed
other Acadian exiles in the coastal cities to the interior of Poitou. Son
Étienne died at St.-Just-Chauvigny, Poitou, in September 1774, age 19. In
November 1775, Jean, Blanche, and their three daughters retreated with other
Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Wife Blanche died in St.-Jacques
Parish, Nantes, in June 1777, age 48. Jean-Baptiste, in his late 50s, remarried to Anne, daughter of
Louis Michel and Marguerite Forest and widow of Joseph Dubois
and Félix LeBlanc, in St.-Jacques Parish in October 1777. She gave
him no more children. Jean-Baptiste died in St.-Jacques Parish in August
1783, age 63. Widow Anne remarried--her fourth marriage--to a
Daigre at nearby St.-Martin de Chantenay in February 1785 and followed
him and his many children from his first marriage to Spanish Louisiana later in
the year. One of Jean-Baptiste's daughters, Marie-Madeleine-Marguerite, from first wife Marie-Blanche,
married into the Comeau family at Nantes. As a young
widow with an infant son, she also emigrated to Louisiana in 1785. She remarried twice
in the Spanish colony into the Mondart and Moreno
families. Two of her sisters--Marie-Louise and Marie-Luce, who would have
been ages 24 and 21 in 1785--if they were still alive, chose to remain in the
mother country.
René's fourth son Paul, born probably at Minas in c1725, married
Anastasie, daughter of Paul LeBlanc and Madeleine Forest, in
c1751 probably at Minas. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. They were being held at Boxford in 1760, and were still in
the colony in August 1763. They evidently followed other exiles in New
England to Canada in 1766 and settled on the upper St. Lawrence northeast of
Montréal. Paul died at L'Assomption in January 1785, age 60.
René's fifth son Pierre, born probably at Minas in the late 1720s or early
1730s, was still a bachelor when the British deported him to Pennsylvania in the
fall of 1755. He married cousin Anne, daughter
of Pierre Landry and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, in c1758 probably in
the Quaker Colony.
They were
still in
Pennsylvania in June 1763. They may have followed other exiles in the
colony to Canada in the 1760s. Pierre died before April 1780, place
unrecorded, perhaps in his 50s.
René's sixth son Joseph, born at Minas in July 1735, was still a bachelor
when the British deported him to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He was
being held at Danvers in 1760. Later in the decade, probably in 1766, he
followed other exiles in New England, including members of his family, to
Canada. He died at L'Acadie east of Montréal in May 1795, age 49, still
unmarried.
René's seventh and youngest son Michel, born at Minas in November 1738,
evidently followed his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Michel married
Madeleine, daughter of Jean-Simon LeBlanc and Jeanne Dupuis, in
New England in November 1765. They followed other exiles in New
England to Canada after 1766 and rehabiliated their marriage at
La-Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine across from Montréal in February 1775. Michel
died at Montréal in June 1776, age 37, and was buried in a cemetery for the
poor.
Claude's third son Claude,
fils, by first wife Catherine
Thibodeau, born at Minas in c1689, married Madeleine, daughter of
Jean Doucet and Françoise Blanchard, at Grand-Pré in February
1712 and settled there. Between 1712 and 1732, Madeleine gave Claude, fils nine children,
seven daughters and two sons. Three of their daughters married into the
Comeau, Hébert, and Boudrot families; at least two of them
were deported to Massachusetts, and one of them settled in British Nova Scotia
after exile. Only one of
Claude, fils's sons created his own family. A grandson emigrated
to Louisiana.
Older son Vincent, born at Minas in November 1719, married Marguerite, daughter of Claude
Boudrot and Catherine Hébert and widow of Germain Thériot,
probably at Minas in c1740 and likely remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1741 and 1750, Marguerite gave Vincent six children, three
daughters and three sons. The British evidently deported them to
Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Vincent died there between 1756 and July
1763, in his late 30s or early 40s. Marguerite may have died there as
well. His youngest son moved on to Maryland after July 1763 and emigrated
to Louisiana in 1766.
Third and youngest son Basile, born at Minas in c1750, followed his family
to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Probably after his parents died,
Basile moved on to Maryland after July 1763 and lived with a half-sister and her
family at Snow Hill on the Chesapeake colony's Eastern Shore. Basile
followed half-sister Marie Thériot and her husband Paul
Melanson and their family to Louisiana in 1766 and settled with them on
the left, or east, bank of the river at Cabahannocer above New Orleans. By
1770, he was living with his widowed half-sister upriver at Ascension. He
married Marie-Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Richard
and Catherine Blanchard, at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer in
November 1776. They settled upriver at Ascension. In the late 1770s or early
1780s, they moved to Attakapas and settled at Côte Gelée and on the upper
Vermilion. Their daughter Madeleine was a deaf-mute who died at age 38 in
September 1822; she never married. One of their three sons married into
the Dugas family at Attakapas. At age 36, Basile
remarried to Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Simon Mire
and Madeleine Cormier of Côte Gelée, at Attakapas in October
1786. She gave him many more children. Their daughters married into the Breaux,
Matherne, Broussard, Frederick,
Hébert, Taylor, Trahan, and
Vincent families on the prairies. Three of Basile and
Marie-Anne's five sons married into the Baudin or Bodin,
Girouard, Melançon, and Calais
families on the prairies.
Claude, fils's
younger son Amand, born at Minas in September 1730, according to Stephen A.
White, died there the following
month. Bona Arsenault insists that this Amand married cousin Madeleine,
daughter of Joseph Landry and Claire LeBlanc,
in c1753. According to Arsenault, between 1755 and 1770, Madeleine gave
Amand five children, four daughters and a son; that the British deported the
family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755; and they resettled at La Prairie
across from Montréal. White, however, says that the Amand Landry who
married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of René Landry and
Marie-Madeleine Melanson, was the youngest son
Antoine, fils, not a son of Claude, fils. White
is followed here. Three of their daughters married into the
Lapierre and Hébert families at La Prairie.
Claude, père's
fourth son Eustache, by first wife Catherine
Thibodeau, born at Minas in c1690, died young.
Claude, père's fifth
son Jean, by first wife Catherine Thibodeau, born at Minas in
c1693, was, according to Bona Arsenault, a son of Claude, père's
younger brother René, fils, but Stephen A. White, followed here, says
this Jean was son of Claude, père. Jean married Claire, daughter of René LeBlanc and Anne Bourgeois,
at Grand-Pré in February 1717 and settled there. According to Arsenault,
between 1717 and 1744, Claire gave Jean 14 children, nine daughters and five
sons. Arsenault insists that Jean à René, fils remarried
to Blanche LeBlanc, place and date unrecorded, but, according
to White, the Jean who married Blanche LeBlanc was
Jean-Baptiste, son of René à Claude, père, that is, a
grandson of Claude, père, not his son. The British
evidently deported members of the family to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Jean
died there between 1756 and June 1763, in his 60s. According to Arsenault,
two of his daughter married into the Labauve and David
families. At least one of his sons created a family of his own and
remained in greater Acadia. Another may have emigrated to Louisiana in
1765.
Oldest son Alexis, born at Minas in c1721, married Marie-Anne, sans
doute, according to Bona Arsenault, daughter of Claude Thériot
and Marguerite Cormier of Chignecto and widow of
Jean-Baptiste Cormier, at Beauséjour, Chignecto, in c1745.
According to Arsenault, between 1746 and 1762, Marie-Anne gave Alexis nine
children, six sons and three daughters. The family evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and took refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, they may have
taken refuge at Bonaventure in Gaspésie, where
British officials counted them in 1765. They did not remain. Alexis helped
establish the Acadian settlement at Caraquet, across the Baie des Chaleurs from
Gaspésie, in present-day northeastern New Brunswick. In 1791, he
bequeathed land west of Caraquet for the construction of Ste.-Anne-du-Bocage,
one of the oldest Acadian places of worship. He died at Caraquet in March
1798, in his late 70s. Two of his daughters married into the
Thibodeau and Dugas families at Caraquet. All of
his sons also married.
Oldest son Anselme, born at Chignecto in c1746, followed his family into
exile. In his late 30s, Anselme married Marie, daughter of Louis
Brideau and Thérèse Pépin of Tracadie down the shore,
in c1785 probably at Caraquet.
Alexis's second son René, born at Chignecto in c1748, followed his family
into exile. He married fellow Acadian Charlotte Doiron in
c1770 and settled at Grande-Anse west of Caraquet.
Alexis's third son Thadée, born at Chignecto in c1749, followed his family
into exile. He married fellow Acadian Madeleine Léger in
c1772, place unrecorded. In his late 50s, Thadée remarried to cousin Marie
Cormier at Caraquet in November 1808. They settled at
nearby Pokemouche south of Caraquet (perhaps at the present-day community of
Landry).
Alexis's fourth son Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1750, followed his family
in exile. He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis
Allain and Anne Léger, probably at Caraquet, date not
given.
Alexis's fifth son François, born either at Chignecto or in exile in c1755,
married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Bourg and
Catherine Comeau, at Carleton in Gaspésie in May 1784.
Alexis's sixth and youngest son Joseph, born in exile in c1760, married
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier Léger and
Marie-Josèphe Hébert, at Caraquet in July 1789.
Jean's second or third son Mathurin, born at Minas in the 1730s, may have
been the Mathurin Landry who married Marie Dugas,
place and date unrecorded. They escaped the British roundups in Nova
Scotia of 1755 and took refuge
probably on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early
1760s, they either were captured by, or surrendered to, British forces in the
area, who held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia until the end of the
war. In 1764-65, they followed the Broussard dit Beausoleil party from
Halifax to Louisiana via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, and reached New Orleans
in February 1765. In April, they followed the Broussards to
Bayou Teche. Wife Marie died in the epidemic that swept through the Teche
valley that summer and fall, or she may have died from the rigors of childbirth. Their
son was born in late July but died the following September, and Marie died three
days after her son's birth. Mathurin did not remain on the Teche but
retreated with dozens of other Tech valley Acadians to Cabahannocer on the river
and did not return to the western prairies. Spanish officials counted him
on the right, or west, bank of the river at Cabahannocer in April 1766; he was living with a widow and
her sons, so he probably was an engagé. He remarried to a woman
whose name has been lost to history probably at Cabahannocer in the early
1770s and moved upriver to San Gabriel, where Spanish officials counted him
and his wife on the "right bank ascending" in 1777. By then, he was
the father of two daughters, ages 10 and 6, and owned three slaves, 12 head of
cattle, 14 hogs, and 20 chickens on his six arpents of frontage along the river.
One of his daughters married into the Forest famiy.
Mathurin may
have died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in August 1823, age 86.
His second wife does not seem to have given him any more sons. If so,
his family line, except for its blood, died with him.
Only son Isidore, by first wife Marie Dugas, born at Attakapas
in July 1765, died along the Teche the following September, a victim,
perhaps, of the epidemic that killed dozens of his fellow Acadians that
summer and fall.
Claude, père's sixth and
youngest son Joseph, by first wife Catherine Thibodeau, born at
Minas in June 1708, married
Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of Jean Comeau
le jeune and Catherine Babin, at Grand-Pré in November 1727 and
remained there. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1730 and 1750,
Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph seven children, four daughters and seven sons.
Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. gives them only three children, two daughters and a
son, between 1733 and 1744. Arsenault insists that the British deported
the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755, but other records say the British
sent them to Virginia in the fall of 1755, Virginia authorities sent them on to
England in the spring of 1763, and they were held at Southampton. They
were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 and settled at nearby
St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Joseph died there in June 1764, age 56. Widow Marie-Josèphe
may have followed the family to Poitou, and she certainly went to Nantes.
She died at the "Bastille" in St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, in December 1779, age
78. Arsenault says daughter Marie-Blanche married into the Dupuis
family but gives no place and date of marriage. Robichaux says this
daughter--he calls her Marie--was born in c1733, died at St.-Servan in March
1766, age 33, and mentions no husband. Robichaux says second daughter
Marguerite, not recognized by Arsenault, married a Boudrot in
1765 and did not emigrate to Louisiana. Arsenault gives the couple three
sons, Augustin, Alexandre, and Pierre, but Robichaux does not mention the older
sons, only the youngest one, who married and died in France.
Third son Pierre, born at Minas in c1744, followed his family to Virginia,
Southampton, and St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians
François Thériot and Françoise Guérin, in June
1767. In 1768 and 1769, Anne gave Pierre two daughters, one of whom died
in infancy. Pierre died at St.-Servan in November 1770, age 26.
Widow Anne
remarried to a Granger widower at St.-Servan in February 1776.
A widow again, she emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with her Landry
daughter Marie-Anne and her Granger children and stepchildren
in 1785. They followed most of their fellow passengers to Baton Rouge, where she remarried again--her third marriage--to Italian
immigrant Antonio Barbero. Her Landry
daughter married a Martinez from the Canary Islands and
settled in what became West Baton Rouge Parish.
René le
jeune's third son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1666, married Cécile, daughter of Pierre Melanson
and Marguerite Mius d'Entremont, in c1687 and moved on to l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the
Minas Basin, where
Jean worked as a carpenter as well as a farmer. According to Stephen A.
White, between 1688 and 1716, Cécile gave Jean nine
children, five sons and four daughters. Jean died before August 1752, when
a French official counted Cécile at Rivière-du-Nord, Île St.-Jean, with the
family of youngest son Benjamin and without Jean. She died there in June
1753, in her mid-80s. Three of her and Jean's daughters married
into the Dingle, Lejeune, and Daigre families, and one of
them settled on Île Royale before the early 1730s. Four
of Jean's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son René, born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1688, married Marie,
daughter of Abraham Dugas and Jeanne Guilbeau, at Grand-Pré in
November 1711, settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, and died there before 1716, in his mid- or late 20s. During
the short time of their marriage, Marie gave René a son, who created a family of
his own.
Only son
Joseph, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1713, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of René
Richard and Marie-Josèphe Babin, at Grand-Pré in November 1733 and
settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, in
1735 and 1755, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph two children, a daughter and a son.
Other records give them at least seven, perhaps eight, childern, four daughters
and three or four sons. Arsenault says the British deported the family to South Carolina
in the fall of 1755, but
other records reveal that the British deported them to Maryland. They
appeared on a repatriation list at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac River in July 1763.
Joseph died in the Chesapeake colony between the counting and 1768, in his 50s.
Marie-Josèphe also seems to have died in Maryland before 1768. Seven of
their children, four daughters and three
sons, all unmarried and described as orphans, emigrated to Louisiana in 1768 and
were compelled by the Spanish to settle in an isolated settlement far above
Baton Rouge and across from
Natchez. After their release in 1769, they moved downriver. Their daughters married into the
Hébert, Beloti, Rivet, and
LeBlanc families on the river. Joseph's sons also created
their own families there, but only one of the lines endured.
Putative oldest son René, born, according to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1739, may not have been living with his family at
l'Assomption in the fall of 1755, when the British deported them to Maryland,
or, as a clever 16-year-old, he may have escaped the British roundup at Pigiguit
and sought refuge in the French Maritimes. He evidently was still on one
of the islands in 1758 when the British deported the island Acadians to St.-Malo and other ports in France. He landed at Rochefort
and received permission from French authorities to move on to St.-Malo, which he
reached in September 1759. He settled on the west side of the river south
of St.-Malo at Plouër-sur-Rance. In
February 1765, he married Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Barrieau
and Véronique Girouard of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, across the
river at Pleudihen-sur-Rance. René
died at Mordreuc near Pleudihen in March 1766, in his late 20s. He
evidently fathered no children.
Joseph's second son Augustin, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1743, followed his family to
Maryland in 1755 and his siblings to Louisiana in 1768. The Spanish sent
him and his siblings to the distant settlement at Fort San Luìs de Natchez, but they
did not remain there. Allowed to move wherever they chose, they moved
downriver to San Gabriel, where Augustin married fellow Acadian Anne-Marie,
called Marie, Forest probably in the early 1770s. At age
43, Augustin remarried to cousin Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Landry and Claire Babin and widow of Étienne
Rivet, at San Gabriel in August 1786. Augustin died at
San Gabriel in March 1791, age 48. His daughters married into the
Hébert and Melançon families. His only son died
young, so the family line, except for its blood, did not endure.
Joseph's third son Alexandre, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1750,
followed his family to Maryland in 1755 and his siblings to Louisiana in
1768. The Spanish sent him and his siblings to the distant settlement at
Fort San Luìs de Natchez, but they did not remain there. Allowed to resettle
wherever they chose, they moved downriver to San Gabriel, where, at age 31,
Alexandre married cousin Marie-Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of fellow
Acadians Amable Hébert and Marie Richard, in
February 1786. Alexandre died at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in
November 1822, in his early 70s. His daughters married into the
Hébert, Lanclos, and Rivet
families. His three sons married into the Melançon,
Breaux, and Hernandez families on the river.
Joseph's fourth son Pierre, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1752,
followed his family to Maryland in 1755 and his siblings to Louisiana in
1768. The Spanish sent him and his siblings to the distant settlement of
San Luìs de Natchez, but they did not remain there. Allowed to resettle
wherever they chose, they moved downriver to San Gabriel. Pierre married
Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Bonaventure
Forest and Claire Rivet of San Gabriel, at
St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer downriver from San Gabriel in February 1777.
They settled at San Gabriel, where Pierre died by November 1781, probably in his
late 20s, when his wife remarried to an Hébert at San Gabriel.
She and Pierre evidently had no
children.
Jean's second son Jean-Baptiste, born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1690, married
Marguerite, daughter of Claude Gautrot and Marie Thériot of
Pigiguit, at
Grand-Pré in November 1711 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. Between
1712 and the 1720s, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste five children, four sons and a
daughter. Bona Arsenault gives them another son. Jean-Baptiste's
daughter married into the Richard family. His four sons
also created families of
their own. Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite moved to Île Royale in c1750.
A French official counted them with a 20-year-old nephew and an 18-year-old
niece at Rivière-aux-Habitants on the south shore of the island in late February
1752. The family either returned to peninsula Acadia after the counting or
escaped the British roundup on the island in 1758. Sometime in the late
1750s or early 1760s, they fell into British hands. Jean-Baptiste and members
of his family were counted at Chédabouctou on the Atlantic shore of British
Nova Scotia in 1764 and on Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the
southern coast of Newfoundland, with son Joseph in May 1767--among the
few Landrys who chose to resettle there.
If they were still on the island in 1767, they likely were sent to France.
One wonders if they returned to Miquelon in 1768.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste dit Labbé, born probably at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in August 1712,
married Marie-Josèphe dite Josette, daughter of François
LeBlanc and Jeanne Hébert, at Grand-Pré in October
1737 and likely settled at l'Assomption. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1739 and 1750, Josette gave Labbé six children, four sons and two
daughters. They moved on to Île Royale in c1751. A French official
counted Jean-Baptiste, Marie-Josèphe, and six of their children at
Rivière-aux-Habitants near his parents and two younger brothers in late February
1752. Josette gave Labbé two more children, a daughter and a son, in 1759
and 1763. According to Arsenault, the British deported the family to
Boston, Massachusetts, date not given, which implies that they escaped the
roundup on Île Royale in 1758 or returned to Minas before that time.
Family historam Tyler LeBlanc hints that the family escaped the roundup on Île
Royale and hid in the woods and hills on the big island with other Acadians
until the coast was clear. Arsenault says the family settled on Île
Madame, Cape Breton Island, after the war but does not say from whence they had
gone there. Two of Labbé's daughters
married into the Dugas and Fougère families
during exile and had their marriage rehabilitated at D'Escousse on the north
shore of Île Madame in October 1771. After the war, one of Labbé's sons
chose to settle on Île Miquelon near his grandfather Jean-Baptiste and his uncle Joseph.
Two of Labbé's younger sons settled on Île Madame.
Oldest son Jean dit L'Abbé, born perhaps at l'Assomption, Pigiguit,
in c1739, followed his family to Île Royale and into exile. He married
Marie, daughter of Abraham Dugas and Marguerite LeBlanc,
place and unrecorded, but it likely was during exile or on Île Miquelon in the
early or mid-1760s. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Jean at least
two children, a daughter and a son. French officials counted them on
Miquelon in May 1767. They likely were among the islanders sent to
France in late 1767 but returned a year later, most likely on the ship
Créole owned by Marie's father, Abraham Dugas, in May
1768. They were counted again on the island in November 1776, this time without
any children. In September 1778, during the American Revolution, the
British captured Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre and deported the islanders,
including Jean and his family, to La Rochelle, France. They were not among
the islanders who returned to Île Miquelon in 1784.
Jean-Baptiste dit Labbé's third son Charles, born perhaps at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1743, followed his family to Île Royale, into exile,
and to Île Madame, where he married Anne, daughter of Honoré Villedren
and Marie-Anne Lalonde, at D'Escousse on the island in October
1771.
Jean-Baptiste dit Labbé's fourth son Pierre, born perhaps at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1748, followed his family to Île Royale, into exile,
and to Île Madame, where he married Sophie, daughter of fellow Acadians Abraham
Dugas and Marguerite Fougère, at D'Escousse in
September 1771. According to Bona Arsenault, Sophie gave Pierre a son
in 1782. The son created a family of his own.
Only son Hyppolite-Paul, called Paul, born probably at D'Escousse in c1782,
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Boudreau
and Louise Dugas, in September 1805 and settled in the
Îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. According to Bona
Arsenault, Marguerite gave Paul two sons in the Madeleines in 1818 and 1820.
Jean-Baptiste, père's second son Joseph, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in July
1717, married Marie-Marguerite, daughter of Alexandre Breau and
Marie Dugas, probably at Pigiguit in c1737. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1738 and 1754, Marie-Marguerite gave Joseph four
children, two daughters and two sons. They, too, moved on to Île Royale in
the summer of 1751. A French official counted Joseph, Marie-Marguerite,
and their three daughters at Rivière-aux-Habitants near his parents and brothers
in late February 1752. Arsenault says the family was at Chédabouctou,
British Nova Scotia, in c1763, which implies that they had avoided deportation to France in
1758, fell into British hands in their place of refuge, and were held at
Chédabouctou until the end of the war. Typical of Acadians held at the
Altantic fishery, the family chose to resettle on Île Miquelon, where they were
counted in May 1767 with their older daughter and a son. They likely
were among the islanders sent to France in late 1767 to relief overcrowding on
Miquelon. If so, they likely left France soon after their arrival there, perhaps on the ship Créole owned by Marie's kinsman,
Abraham Dugas, which returned to Miquelon in May 1768.
One wonders what happened to them in September 1778, when, during the American
Revolution, the British seized
Miquelon and nearby Île St.-Pierre and deported the habitants there to
La Rochelle and other French ports.
Their oldest daughter married into Martel family on Île Royale
before 1758 and rehabilitated her marriage at L'Ardoise on Cape Breton Island,
formerly Île Royale, in October 1771, so she may not have gone to Miquelon with
parents and siblings. Joseph's older son also created a
family of his own in the region.
Putative older son Pierre, born probably at Pigiguit in c1740, may have
followed his family to Île Royale in 1751 but was not counted with them at
Rivière-aux-Habitants in February 1752, when he would have been only age 11
(hence his putative status here). If he was their son, he would have
followed them to Chédabouctou and Île Miquelon, where, according
to Bona Arsenault, he married Anne, daugher of fellow Acadians Claude
Clergé or Clerget and Françoise Lavergne,
in c1764. According to Arsenault, Anne gave Pierre a son, Béloni, in c1766.
If they were still on Miquelon in late 1767, they would have followed his family
to France and likely returned with them the following year. If so, they did not
remain on the island. In 1768, British officials counted them at Chezzetcook on the
Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia east of Halifax. One wonders if they
remained.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third son Jean-Ami dit L'Ami, born
probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in March 1723, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Forest
and Madeleine Babin, perhaps at Pigiguit in c1742.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and 1748, Marie-Josèphe gave L'Ami
three daughters. Did they follow his family to Île Royale in c1750, or did
they remain in British Nova Scotia. If so, what happened to them in 1755?
Jean-Baptiste, père's fourth and youngest son
Alexis, born
probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1723, married Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Aucoin
and Anne Breau, probably at Pigiguit in c1748. According
to Bona Arsenault, in 1749 and 1750, Marguerite gave Alexis two sons. In
c1750, they followed his family to Île Royale. In late February 1752, a French official
counted Alexis, Marguerite, and their two young sons at Rivière-aux-Habitants
near his parents and brothers. The British deported them to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where French
officials counted the family in 1762. According to Arsenault, Marguerite
gave Alexis two more children, a son and a daughter, in 1766 and 1768. The
family evidently returned to North America in the late 1760s or early 1770s. Alexis died after February 1788, in his late 60s or early 70s,
place unrecorded, perhaps in Canada. One of their sons settled on the
upper St. Lawrence near Trois-Rivières.
Second son Joseph, born probably at Pigiguit in c1750, followed his family to
Île Royale, was counted with them at Rivière-aux-Habitants in February 1752, and
followed them to France and back to North America. Joseph married
Marie-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Arsenault and
Françoise Poirier, at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence
across from Trois-Rivières in January 1773.
Jean-Baptiste, père's putative fifth son Pierre, born, according
to Bona Arsenault, in c1725, perhaps at Pigiguit, married Anne Breau in c1748,
place not given.
According to Arsenault, in 1749 Anne gave Pierre a daughter. They
evidently did not follow his family to Île Royale in c1750 but remained at
Pigiguit. Arsenault says the British deported them to Pennsylvania in the
fall of 1755 and that Anne gave Pierre a son in 1765. According to
Arsenault, the family chose to resettle at Nicolet on the upper St. Lawrence
across from Trois-Rivières, but gives no date of their arrival.
Their daughter married into the LeBlanc family at Nicolet in
January 1787. Their son also created a family of his own in the area.
Only son Joseph, born perhaps in Pennsylvania in c1765, followed his family to
Canada and married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand
Thériault and his Canadian wife Rosalie Prunier, at
Bécancour near Nicolet in January 1787. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1787 and 1808, Marie-Rose gave Joseph 11 children, seven sons and four
daughters.
Jean's third son Joseph, born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1692, married Élisabeth, daughter of Michel
Vincent and Anne-Marie Doiron, in
c1733, place not given. According to Bona Arsenault, Élisabeth gave Joseph a daughter in
1734. According to Stephen A. White, Joseph died by 1735, soon after his marriage,
place not given.
Arsenault insists that Joseph was counted on Île St.-Jean in 1752. White
is followed here. Daughter Rosalie married into the Pitre
family at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in November 1752. The British
deported her and her husband to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. She died
by September 1764, when her husband remarried at Pleudihen-sur-Rance near St.-Malo.
Her line of the family died with her.
Jean's fourth son Benjamin, born perhaps at Pigiguit in c1698, married Marguerite, daughter of Jean
Babin and Marguerite Boudrot, in
c1725 probably at Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1727 and 1752, Marguerite gave
Benjamin eight children, five sons and three daughters. Benjamin took his
family to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In February 1752, a
French official counted him, Marguerite, three of their sons and three
daughters, his 86-year-old widowed mother, and three young relatives at Rivière-du-Nord in the island's interior.
The British deported Benjamin, Marguerite, and some of their children to Cherbourg, France,
in late 1758. They were still in the Norman port in 1761. When one of their daughters married into the Bertrand
family at Cherbourg in March 1764, the Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish priest noted
that both of her parents were deceased. The daughter, Marguerite,
emigrated to Louisiana in 1785. Three of Benjamin's
sons also created their own families, but none of them emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana.
Oldest son Augustin, born probably at Pigiguit in c1737, married
Marguerite, daughter of Charles Granger and Marie
LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in June 1748. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1750 and 1752, Marguerite gave Augustin a son and two daughters.
They followed his family to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a
French official counted Augustin, Marguerite, their son, and their youger
daughter, only three months old, at Rivière-du-Nord near his parents.
Arsenault says that in 1754 and 1756, perhaps on the island, Marguerite gave
Augustin two more sons--five children in all. One wonders what happened to
the family in 1758.
Benjamin's second son Charles, born probably at Pigiguit in c1731, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean in c1750 and married Marie-Josèphe, another daughter
of Charles Granger and Marie LeBlanc, at
Port-La-Joye in August 1751. In August of that year, a French official counted the couple and their
six-day-old son at Rivière-du-Nord near his parents and older brother.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1755 and 1757, perhaps on the island,
Marie-Josèphe gave Charles a daughter and another son--three children in all.
One wonders what happened to the family in 1758.
Benjamin's third son Jean, born probably at Pigiguit in c1733, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean in c1750 and was counted with his parents and unmarried
siblings at Rivière-du-Nord in August 1752. He married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Pierre Daigre and Madeleine Gautrot,
at Port-La-Joye in November 1756. According to Bona Arsenault,
Marie-Josèphe gave Jean a daughter, perhaps on the island, in c1757.
One wonders what happened to the family in 1758.
Jean's fifth and youngest son, name unrecorded, born in
the early 1700s, died young.
René le
jeune's fourth son René, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1668, married Anne, daughter of Bonaventure
Thériot and Jeanne Boudrot, at Port-Royal in
c1691 and moved on to Rivière-aux-Canards in the Minas Basin. Between 1692 and 1719, Anne gave René, fils 10 children,
three daughters and seven sons. Their daughters married into the
LeBlanc and Vincent families. Four of René,
fils's seven sons also created their own families. One of them died
in England, another in France, one returned to North America at Gaspésie,
another settled on Belle-Île-en-Mer and remained there, and three of René,
fils's granddaughers emigrated to Louisiana from France.
Oldest son Antoine, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in 1696, married Marie, daughter of Philippe Melanson
and Marie Dugas, at Grand-Pré in November 1717 and settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1718 and 1732,
Marie gave Antoine seven children, four sons and three daughters. The
British deported them to Virginia in the fall of 1755, Virginia authorities sent
them on to England in the spring of 1756, and they were held at Southampton,
where Antoine died, age 60, soon after arrival. One of his daughters
married into the Thériot and Daigre families.
Two of his sons also married, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1718, married
Françoise, daughter of Jean Thériot and Marie Daigre,
probably at Minas in c1750. According to Bona Arsenault, Joseph's wife and
all of their children died in the sinking of one of the British transports
deporting Acadians to France, but Arsenault does not give us the fate of Joseph
or tell us on which ship his family perished, when, or where.
Antoine's third son René, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in August
1730, was still a bachelor when he followed his parents to Virgina in 1755 and
to Southampton, England, in 1756. He married Marguerite, 20-year-old
daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Babin of Minas, probably at
Southampton in c1761. She gave him a daughter the following year. In
May 1763, he, his family, and younger brother Antoine, fils were
repatriated to St.-Malo, France. They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Rance where,
between 1764 and 1781, Madeleine gave René eight more children, four daughters
and four sons, all but one of whom survived childhood--nine children in all for
the couple. As the birth dates of their younger children reveal, René did
not take his family to Poitou in 1773, nor did he join his fellow exiles at
Nantes later in the decade. Wife Marguerite died probably at St.-Servan in the
early 1780s. In 1785, René and his eight children, five daughters and
three sons, and a Babin brother-in-law, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana directly from St.-Malo. They followed most of their fellow passengers to the new
Acadian settlement of Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge. René did not
remarry, nor did he and his family remain at Bayou des Écores. Four of his daughters married into the Raffray,
Daigre, Doucet, and Guidry
families at New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and on the western prarieis. Two of
his sons also married, into the Daigre and Lenormand
families at Baton Rouge and on the prairies.
Antoine's fourth and youngest son Antoine, fils, born at
Rivière-aux-Canards in May 1732, was still a bachelor when he followed his
parents to Virgina in 1755 and to Southampton, England, in 1756. He and
older brother René and his family were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May
1763. They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Still a bachelor, Antoine,
fils died there in July 1782, age 50.
René, fils's second son Pierre, born probably at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1701, married Anne, daughter of Claude
Thériot and Agnès Aucoin, at Grand-Pré in
November 1725. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1749, Anne
gave Pierre five children, two sons and three daughters. Albert J.
Robichaux, Jr., in his study of the Acadians in France, gives the couple
another, older son, born in c1736. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755,
Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring, and they
were held at Falmouth.
Pierre died in England, perhaps at Falmouth, between 1756 and May 1763. In
May 1763, Widow Anne and her Landry children were repatriated to St.-Malo,
France, and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. She did not remarry.
Two of her older daughters married into the Robichaud and
Barrieau families at St.-Servan. According to Arsenault, by 1774 Anne and her
younger children, with other
Acadian exiles in France, returned to North America via the British-controlled
Isle of Jersey, perhaps with the expedition led by sea captain Charles
Robin. They resettled in the British-controlled fishery at Gaspésie on the north
shore of the Baie des Chaleurs. Anne and Pierre's youngest daughter married
into the LeBlanc family at Carleton in Gaspésie. Pierre's
younger sons, having followed their widowed mother back to North America, also married
in greater Acadia. Pierre's oldest son emigrated to Louisiana from France.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born at Minas in c1736, followed his
family to Virginia, Falmouth, and St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he worked as a carpenter.
He married fellow Acadian Marthe LeBlanc probably at St.-Servan
in the early 1760s. Between 1762 and 1773, Marthe gave Pierre, fils
five children, four sons and a daughter. In 1773, Pierre, fils
took his family to Poitou. In March 1776, after two years of effort, they
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes and settled in
St.-Jacques Parish, where Marthe gave Pierre, fils another daughter in
July 1776--their sixth child. Their youngest son died there the following
September. In 1785, Pierre, fils, Marthe, and four of their
children, two sons and two daughters, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Their oldest son Joseph, who would have been age 23 in 1785, if he was still
alive, chose not to accompany his family to the Spanish colony. From New
Orleans, they followed most of their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Pierre, fils died there in September 1798, age 63. His daughters
married into the Hébert and Penro families on
the upper bayou. His sons married into the Giroir,
Capdeville, Richard, and Thibodeaux
families there.
Pierre's second son Jean-Charles, called Charles, born at Minas in c1740, followed his family to Virginia, England,
and St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married Madeleine, 25-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Claude
LeBlanc and his second wife Jeanne Dugas and
of Minas and widow of Charles Granger, fils, in June
1765. Madeleine also had accompanied her parents to Virginia and England,
where she had married her first husband. They followed his widowerd mother to Gaspésie
in the early 1770s and were counted at Carleton in 1777.
Pierre's younger son Joseph, born at Minas in c1744, followed his family to
Virginia and England and his widowed mother to St.-Servan-sur-Mer and Gaspésie, but he
did not remain there. In his mid- or late 30s, he married Madeleine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Gaudet and Anne
Bastarache, at Memramcook, present-day southeastern New
Brunswick, in c1780. He died there in July 1829, in his mid-80s.
René, fils's third son René III, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1703, married Marie-Rose, daughter of
Étienne Rivet, fils and Anne Leprince, at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in May 1727 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1730 and 1749, Marie-Rose gave René III
eight children, six daughters and two sons. René III died at
Rivière-aux-Canards (Arsenault says Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit) in September 1749,
age 46. The British evidently deported the family to Virginia in the fall
of 1755, Virginia authorities sent them on to England in the spring of 1756, and
they were held at Liverpool, where some of the children died.
Widow Marie-Rose, who never remarried, a son, and three daughters were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763.
In November 1765, they followed other Acadian exiles from England to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Bordreahouant near Bangor on the island,
where, according to Arsenault, they owned land in common with brother-in-law
(actually son-in-law) Christophe Puget. They were still there in 1767.
In 1777, they purchased a concession from fellow Acadian Alexandre
Aucoin near Calastren on the south side of the island near Bangor.
In 1785, the year widow Marie-Rose died on the island in her late 70s, no member of
the family joined hundreds of fellow exiles in France on the odyssey to Spanish Louisiana. They remained,
instead, on the island as part of the enduring Acadian community there.
According to Arsenault, René III and Marie-Rose's younger daughters married into the Duon, LeBlanc,
Puget dit Vadan, and Trahan
families on the island. The oldest surviving daughter, Françoise, had
married a Babin at Minas and had been deported with her husband to
Maryland in the fall of 1755. Like her relatives in France, she did not
move on to Louisiana. René III and Marie-Rose's surviving son, like
three of his sisters, created his own family on Belle-Île-en-Mer.
Second son Jean, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1747, followed
his widowed mother to Virginia, England, St.-Malo, and Belle-Île-en-Mer, France.
He married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph-Simon Thériot
and Françoise Daigre of Minas, on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1774.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1793, Élisabeth gave Jean 13
children, six daughters and seven sons, on the island. The were living at
Chantenay near Nantes in January 1783, when an infant daughter born on the
island died there. They returned to Belle-Île. In 1793, during the
time of the Reign of Terror in France, they were still at Calastren.
Jean died on the island in 1830, in his early 80s. According to Arsenault,
at least two of his daughers married on the island
into the Puget dit Vadon and Thomas
families. According to
Arsenault, at least one of Jean's many
sons also created a family.
Sixth son Joseph-Marie, born probably at Calastren, Belle-Île-en-Mer,
France, in c1790, married
20-year-old fellow Acadian Marie-Françoise Richard of Bédex,
west of Bangor, at Bangor in c1816.
René, fils's fourth son Alexandre, born probably
at Rivière-aux-Canards in May 1709, evidently died young.
René, fils's fifth son Sylvain, born probably at
Rivière-aux-Canards in February 1712, also died young.
René, fils's sixth son, name unrecorded, born probably probably at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1713, died young.
René, fils's seventh and youngest son Charles, born probably at
Minas in c1719, married Cécile,
daughter of François LeBlanc and Jeanne Hébert,
at Grand-Pré in November 1740. Between 1741 and 1750, Cécile gave Charles
four daughters. The British deported them to Virginia in
the fall of 1755, Virginia authorities sent them on to England in the spring of
1756, they were held at Southampton and repatriated aboard L'Ambition to
St.-Malo, France, in May 1763. They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer.
They did not follow other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer in late 1765.
Their oldest daughter married into the Ozelet family at
St.-Servan in February 1766. The family was still at St.-Malo in 1772 and
followed other Acadian exiles to the interior of Poitou in 1773.
Wife Cécile died at Châtellerault, Poitou, in May 1774, age 60. Charles died
there the following June in his mid-50s. Second daughter Marie-Madeleine,
still unmarried, evidently died there the following November, age 26.
Their remaining daughters--Marguerite, Geneviève, and Marie-Josèphe, one
married, the others not--emigrated to Spanisn Louisiana in 1785. Marguerite and
her Ozelet husband settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Geneviève married into the Romagosa family on the upper bayou
and died at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, in September 1796, a widow in her
mid-40s. Marie-Josèphe evidently did not marry.
René le
jeune's fifth son Germain, born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Melanson
and Marguerite Mius d'Entremont, at Port-Royal in c1694 and
settled at Minas. In 1714, Germain, having received permission from the
French king, was one of the Acadians who went with Father Gaulin to look at land
on Île Royale. He remained at Minas and moved on to l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, at the south end of the Basin, where he founded Village
Pierre-Germain Landry.
Between 1695 and the 1710s, Marie gave Germain 11 children, six sons and five
daughters. Three of their daughters married into the Babin
and Comeau families. All of Germain's sons created their
own families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland.
Oldest son Alexandre, born at Port-Royal in c1695, married Marie-Marguerite, daughter of Martin
Blanchard and Marguerite Guilbeau, in c1723.
They settled at Pigiguit, where, between 1724 and 1744, Marie-Marguerite gave
Alexandre at least three children, two daughters and a son. The older
daughter married into the Babin family probably at Pigiguit.
The son also married there. The British deported all three children to Maryland
in the fall of 1755 (the parents perhaps having died before then), and they emigrated to Louisiana from the Chesapeake colony
in 1766. The daughters remained on the river above New Orleans on what
came to be known as the Acadian coast. The younger daughter married into
the Godin family there. The son remarried on the river
before moving on to the Attakapas District, where he created a western branch of
the Landry family.
Only son Firmin,
born at Pigiguit in c1728, married Élisabeth-Françoise Thibodeau
at Pigiguit in c1752.
Three years later, the British deported them to Maryland. The couple, two daughters, and two sons
appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July
1763. Firmin came to Louisiana probably in 1766, a widower with four
children and, with most of his fellow passengers, settled at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans, but he
did not remain. He remarried to Théotiste dite Sally,
daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Thibodeaux and Brigitte
Breau and widow of
Bonaventure Godin, at either Cabahannocer or Attakapas in c1769.
Théotiste, a widow with a small daughter, had come to Louisiana from Halifax
in 1765 and had remained with her in-laws on the Acadian Coast.
Firmin's was the first Landry family to remain west of the
Atchafalaya Basin. He and Théotiste settled on upper Bayou Vermilion and
also owned land at Fausse Pointe on lower Bayou Teche. Théotiste gave
Firmin many more children on the prairies, including sons. Firmin "died
suddenly" at Attakapas in February 1801. The priest who recorded the burial said that
Firmin was "60 and 16 years," that is, age 76, when he died.
His daughters by both wives married into the Boudreaux,
Broussard, Lapointe, Louvière,
Perault, Quebedeaux, and Ransonet families. Four
of his five sons also married, into the Melançon,
Legros, Hébert, Prevost, and
Hargrave families. Firmin's was not only the first, but also one of the largest Landry family lines
established on
the prairies.
Germain's second son Abraham dit Chaques, born at Port-Royal in
c1697, married Marie-Isabelle,
called Isabelle, another daughter of Martin Blanchard and Marguerite
Guilbeau, in c1720 and settled at Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1723 and 1734, Isabelle gave Chaques three sons. Other
records give them another son in c1721 and a daughter in c1732--five children, four sons and a daughter. Chaques moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1748.
In August 1752, a French official counted Chauques, now a widower, with two of
his younger sons on the west side of Rivière-de-Peugiguit in
the island's interior. Chaques may have died on the island. The
British deported his sons Charles and Joseph to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
Chaques's two older
sons and his daughter, who had remained in, or returned to, peninsula Acadia,
were deported to Maryland. His daughter Anne married into the
Broussard and Landry families in Acadia and
Louisiana. Two of his sons also emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland, but
his other two sons remained in France.
Oldest son Pierre dit Pierrot à Chaques, born probably at Pigiguit in c1721,
married Geneviève Broussard in c1745, place unrecorded.
She gave him two children, a son and a daughter, in c1752 and c1753. The
British deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Between 1756 and
1762, Geneviève gave Pierrot four more children in Maryland, a daughter and
three sons, including a set of twins--six children in all. Pierrot, Geneviève, three sons and a daughter
appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on
Maryland's Eastern Shore in July 1763. Wife Geneviève died in Maryland after
the counting. Pierrot and his six children emigrated to Louisiana in 1766
and settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. In his late
40s, Pierrot remarried to Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Gautrot and Anne LeBlanc of Minas and widow of Pierre
Granger, at Cabahannocer in the late 1760s. She gave him
no more children. They moved upriver to Ascension, where, at age 57,
Pierrot remarried again--his third marriage--to cousin Marie-Madeleine, daughter
of fellow Acadians Abraham Landry and Marie Guilbeau
and widow of Désiré LeBlanc, at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer in
February 1778. She gave him no more children. Pierrot died at
Ascension in July 1791, age 70. His older daughter married into the
Bujole and Landry families on the river before
resettling on upper Bayou Lafourche. All four of his sons, all by first
wife Geneviève, married into the Blanchard, LeBlanc,
Scantein, and Hébert families on the river.
Chaques's second son Charles, born probably at Pigiguit in c1730, followed
his parents to Île St.-Jean in c1748 and was counted with his widowed father at
Rivière-de-Peugiguit on the island in August 1752. He was still a bachelor
when the British deported him to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758 with younger
brother Joseph. They settled on the east side of the river south of
St.-Malo at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, where, at age 33,
Charles married Marie, daughter
of fellow Acadians Pierre Girouard and Marie Doiron
and widow of Charles Benoit, in January 1763. Between
1763 and 1774 at Pleudihen, Marie gave Charles six children, a daughter and five
sons. They evidently did not go to Poitou in 1773, did not join fellow
exiles in Nantes later in the decade, nor did any member of this family emigrate
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Chaques's third son Jean, born probably at Pigiguit in c1732 (Bona
Arsenault says c1723), married
Ursule, daughter of Pierre Landry and Marie Babin,
at Pigiguit or in Maryland in 1755. They, with a
daughter, a brother-in-law, and two orphans appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on the Eastern Shore in
July 1763. They emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San
Gabriel on the river above New Orleans. Their daughter married into the
Melançon family. Jean may have fathered no sons, so only
the blood of this family line endured in the Bayou State.
Chaques's fourth and youngest son Joseph, born probably at Pigiguit in
c1734, followed his parents to Île St.-Jean in c1748 and was counted with
his widowed father at Rivière-de-Peugiguit on the island in August 1752.
He was still a bachelor when the British deported him to St.-Malo, France, in
late 1758 with older brother Charles. They settled at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, where, at age 35, Joseph
married Charlotte-Laurence, daughter of locals Julien Flaud and
Laurence Duhal of La Coquenais near Pleudihen in January 1768. Between 1768 and 1785,
at La Coquenais, Charlotte-Laurence gave Joseph 10 children, five sons and
five daughters, most of whom survived childhood. As the birth years of
their children attest, Joseph did not take his family to Poitou in 1773 or join
his fellow exiles at Nantes later in the decade. Nor did he or any member
of his large
family emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Germain's third son Pierre, born perhaps at Port-Royal in the late 1690s or
early 1700s, married Claire, daughter of Charles
Babin and Madeleine Richard, in c1729 and settled at
Pigiguit. Between 1729 and 1742, Claire gave Pierre at least six children,
three daughters and three sons. The British deported members of the family
to Maryland and Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Pierre
died in exile before July 1763. Wife Claire also may have died before July
1763, when she and her six children appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford
on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Two of the daughters married into the
Granger and Hébert families at Pigiguit and in
Maryland. One of the sons also married in Maryland. Five of the six
children--three daughters and two sons-- emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in
1767. Another daughter married into the Rivet and
Landry families there. The older son did not marry, so only the
younger one had the opportunity to perpetuate this line of the family.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born probably at Pigiguit in c1737,
followed his family to Maryland or Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. If he
went to Pennsylvania, he did not remain there. In July 1763, still a bachelor,
he was counted at Oxford in Maryland with his five
siblings. He followed them to San Gabriel on the river above New Orleans
in 1767 and died at San Gabriel in April 1780, age 43, still unmarried.
Pierre, père's second son Germain le jeune, born probably
at Pigiguit, followed his family to Maryland or Pennsylvania in the fall of
1755. If he went to Pennsylvania, he did not remain there. In July
1763, still a bachelor, he was counted at Oxford
in Maryland with his five siblings. Germain le jeune did not follow them to
Louisiana in 1767. He was the only one of his parents' six children who
did not go there, so one wonders if he died in the Chesapeake colony before 1767
or if he simply chose to remain there.
Pierre, père's third and youngest son Athanase, born probably at
Pigiguit in c1742, followed his family to Maryland or Pennsylvania in the fall
of 1755. If he went to Pennsylvania, he did not remain there. In
July 1763, still a bachelor, he was counted at
Oxford in Maryland with his five siblings. Athanase married fellow Acadian
Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, Hébert in Maryland in the
mid-1760s. In 1767, they followed his three sisters and an older brother
to Louisiana and settled with them at San Gabriel, where all of their
children were born. Spanish officials counted them on the "left bank
ascending" at San Gabriel in 1777. Their daughters married into the Melançon and Robichaux
families. Two of Athanase's four sons also married, into the
Melanson, Landry, and LeBlanc
families, and remained on the river, but only the blood of the family may have
endured in the Bayou State.
Germain's fourth son Germain, fils, born
at Port-Royal or Minas in c1706, married Anne, daughter of
François LeBlanc and Jeanne Hébert, at
Grand-Pré in July 1729. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and
1744, at Pigiguit, Anne gave Germain, fils six children, five daughters and a son.
Another source says the couple had 10 children. One of their daughters married into the Trahan family perhaps
at Pigiguit on the eve of deportation. The British
deported Germain, fils and members of his family to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Germain, fils
died there in 1755
or 1756, perhaps in the Philadelphia pesthouse, soon after reaching the Quaker
Colony. Wife Anne may have died at Philadelphia later. One wonders what happened to their children after 1763. According to family historian Tyler
LeBlanc, the couple's children emigrated from Pennsylvania
to Louisiana. No Acadians emigrated from Pennsylvania directly to
the Spanish colony, so, if they did go to Louisiana, they would have done so
from Maryland in the late 1760s. Louisiana records and Arsenault, however,
do not reveal their presence in the colony.
Germain, père's fifth son Paul, born at Minas in November 1708, married,
according to Stephen A. White, Marguerite-Josèphe
Bourg in c1740 probably at Minas. Bona Arsenault says the Paul who married
Marguerite Bourg was sans doute a son of Jean-Baptiste
dit Labbé à Jean-Baptiste à Jean, that he was born in c1728,
and that he married in c1750; White is followed here. According to Arsenault, in 1744 and 1748,
Marguerite-Josèphe gave Paul two children, a daugher and a son. He also
gives the couple a daughter in c1754 and says they resettled near Nicolet on
the upper St. Lawrence across from Trois-Rivières, but gives no date.
Perhaps Paul and his family also had been deported to Pennsylvania in the fall
of 1755 and followed their fellow exiles to Canada in the 1760s. According
to Arsenault, their
younger daughter married into the Hébert family at Bécancour
near Nicolet in January 1774.
Albert J. Robichaux, Jr., in his study of the Acadians in France, gives the
couple a son in c1746 who ended up in France.
Second son Paul, fils, born probably at Minas in c1746, evidently became
separated from his family on the eve of deportation when he
was only age 9. The British deported him to Virginia in the fall of 1755,
Virginia authoriites sent him on to England the following spring, and he, along
with hundreds of other exiles in England, was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in
the spring of 1763. He received permission from French authorities to move
to St.-Malo, where he arrived later in the years. He settled on the east
side of the river below St.-Malo at St.-Suliac, where he married Isabelle-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph Breau and Ursule Bourg, in January
1766. Between 1767 and 1770, Isabelle-Françoise gave Paul three children,
two sons and a daughter, the third child born posthumously. The older son
and the daughter died in children, the daughter from smallpox in May 1773.
Meanwhile, Paul died at St.-Suliac in October 1770, age 24. Neither his
widow nor his surviving son, if they were still alive, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. The son would have been age 16 at the time.
Germain, père's sixth and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born
probably at Minas in c1710, married Anne,
daughter of Jean Babin and Marguerite Boudrot,
perhaps at Minas in c1731. They settled at Pigiguit. The British deported the
family to Maryland in the
fall of 1755. In July 1763, Jean-Baptiste, now
a widower, and five of his children, two sons and three daughters, appeared on a
repatriation list at Oxford on
Maryland's Eastern Shore. He emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1767 with five
unmarried children, a son and four daughters, and a married son and his wife,
and settled with them at San Gabriel on the river. He died there by
February 1777, when he was listed as deceased in a daughter's marriage record.
His daughters married into the Clouâtre, Landry,
Richard, and Breaux families on the river.
An older son married into the Landry family in Maryland and
settled at San Gabriel, and a younger son married into the LeBlanc
and Moreau families there and then joined the Acadian exodus
from the river to upper Bayou
Lafourche.
René le
jeune's sixth son Abraham, born at Port-Royal in c1678, became a fisherman
there. He married Marie, daughter
of Pierre Guilbeau and Catherine Thériot, at
Port-Royal in October 1701 and moved on to l'Assomption, Pigiguit, where he
established Village Abraham Landry. Between 1704 and 1723, Marie gave Abraham 10
children, three daughters and seven sons. Their daughters married into the
Bugeaud, Rivet, LeBlanc, and
Landry families; one of them moved on to Île St.-Jean, and
another one emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland. Five of Abraham's seven sons also created
their own families, and three of them joined their sister in Louisiana.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1705, married Anne-Marie, daughter of René Doucet
and Marie Broussard, at Annapolis Royal in June 1726.
According to Bona Arsenault, Anne-Marie gave Pierre a son in c1732. Other
records give them at least one more son. The family evidently moved on to Minas, from which the British deported them to
Maryland in the fall of 1755. Pierre died there before July 1763.
His two sons emigrated to Louisiana from
Maryland and established vigorous lines there.
Older son Pierre dit La Vielliarde,
born
probably at Pigiguit in c1732, married Anne-Élisabeth or -Isabelle Dupuis
probably at Pigiguit. The British deported them to Maryland in 1755.
The family appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Short in
July 1763. When Pierre dit La Vielliarde brought four of his children
to Louisiana with the first contingent of exiles from Maryland in 1766 and
settled at Cabahannocer, he
was a widower. His daughter by his first wife married into the
Comeaux family. He remarried to cousin Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Landry and Marguerite Bourg, at Cabahannocer
in November 1767. She gave him more children, including sons.
Spanish officials counted them on the right, or west, bank of the river at
Cabahannocer in 1769 and on the
same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770 and 1777, when his
unusual dit, La Vielliarde, that is, "Old Woman," first appears in
Louisiana records.
Daughter Marie-Françoise, born in October 1768, was baptized at New
Orleans in April 1769, so they spent some time in the city. Pierre
dit La Vielliarde owned three slaves at Ascension in 1777 and 11 in 1778,
an impressive number for an Acadian at that time and place. He,
Marie-Josèphe, and some of their children had joined the Acadian exodus from
the river to upper Bayou Lafourche by the
late 1780s. Pierre dit La Vielliarde held 15 slaves on the
upper bayou in 1791, and owned 16 slaves there seven years later. Pierre dit La Vielliarde died in
Assumption Parish in June 1815. The Plattenville priest who recorded his
burial said that "Pedro of Acadia," as he called him, died at "age 86 yrs."
His daughters by his second wife married into the Breaux, Dupré, LeBlanc, and
Zeringue families. Five of his eight sons married into the Landry, Hébert,
Blanchard, Le Borgne de Bélilse,
Trahan, and Bergeron families, but not all of the
lines endured. His older sons remained on the river, but his younger sons
and a grandson by his second wife settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
(This grandson, Baptiste dit Petit-René, is the great-great grandfather of Troy Landry of Pierre Part,
Assumption Parish, an
alligator hunter who stars in History Channel's popular series, "Swamp
People.") Pierre dit La Vielliarde's second wife and
widow, Marie-Josèphe, died in Assumption Parish
in February 1836. The Plattenville priest who recorded her burial said that she was
age 83 when she died, but she was closer to 92.
Pierre's younger son Étienne,
born probably at Pigiguit
in c1734, married fellow Acadian Dorothée Babin in Nova Scotia or Maryland
in the 1750s, and remarried to cousin Marie-Josèphe Landry
probably in Maryland in the late 1750s or early 1760s. They appeared
on a repatriation list with a daughter at Baltimore in July 1763 and followed
his older brother to Louisiana. Spanish officials counted Étienne and
Marie-Josèphe on the right, or west, bank of the river at Cabahannocer in 1769
and on the same side of the river at nearby Ascension in 1770 and 1777.
Étienne died at Ascension in October 1789. The priest who recorded the burial said that Étienne was
age 57 when
he died. Widow Marie-Josèphe did not remarry. She died in Assumption
Parish in November 1810, age 77. Étienne's daughter by first wife
Dorothée married into the Hébert family. Two of his three sons
married into the Hébert family and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Abraham's second son Charles, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1707, married Marie, daughter of Charles
LeBlanc and Marie Gautrot, at Grand-Pré in June 1726.
The British deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Charles died
there before July 1763.
A son and two daughters emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in the late
1760s, and another son ended up in France and joined his siblings in Louisiana
in 1785. Neither of the daughters who went to Louisiana married, but both
of the sons; the older one in France, the
younger one twice in Louisiana.
Older son Charles, fils, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1733,
followed an uncle to Île St.-Jean in c1750. A French official counted him
with his uncle Jean Landry and his uncle's family at
Grande-Anse on the south coast of the island in August 1752. The British
deported Charles, fils to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. He crossed with the family of Jean
Burgeaud, a kinsman, and settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Boudrot
and Marie-Josèphe Doiron and widow of Joseph Hébert,
in November 1759. Between 1760 and 1771, Marguerite gave Charles, fils
seven children, six sons and a daughter, three of whom, all sons, died young.
Charles, fils took his family to Poitou in 1773. Marguerite gave
him another son--their eighth child--at Châtellerault, Poitou, in January 1775. The
following November, after two years of effort, Charles, fils and his
family retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes and
settled at nearby Chantenay. Marguerite gave Charles, fils two
more sons--their ninth and tenth children--at Chantenay in 1777 and 1779. In
1785, Charles, fils, Marguerite, and their seven surviving children,
six sons and a daughter, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana. They followed their fellow passengers to Manchac on the river south of Baton
Rouge. Charles, fils and Marguerite had no more children in
Louisiana. He died in Iberville Parish in March 1814, in his mid-80s.
Widow Marguerite, who did not remarry, died there in December 1826, in her early 90s. Their daughter
married into the Guidry and Breaux families on
the river. Five of Charles, fils's sons married into the Babin,
Landry, Dugas, and Thériot
families on the river and upper Bayou Lafourche.
Charles, père's younger son Amand-Pierre, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1746, followed his family to Maryland and two of his
sisters to Louisiana in 1766. They settled on the river above New Orleans
at Cabahannocer, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Melanson and Rosalie Blanchard, in c1768.
In the 1770s, Amand-Pierre took his family to the Attakapas District, where, in
his early 40s, he remarried to cousin Élisabeth, also called Isabelle, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Landry and his second wife
Isabelle Dugas and widow of Joseph Dugas, in
August 1789. Amand-Pierre died at Attakapas in November 1793, in his late
40s. His daughters by both wives married into the Broussard,
Granger, and Melançon families. Three of
his four sons, all from first wife Marguerite, married into the Mire,
Doiron, and Landry families on the prairies.
Abraham's third son, name unrecorded, born probably at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, before 1714, died young.
Abraham's fourth son Alexandre, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in December 1708, married Anne, daughter of Jean-François
Flan and Marie Dupuis, at Grand-Pré in
February 1732 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, Anne gave Alexandre a son in 1733. Arsenault also says
Alexandre, sans doute, remarried to Rose LeBlanc in
c1736. According to Arsenault, Rose gave Alexandre another son in 1738.
Stephen A. White, followed here, does not list a second marriage for this
Alexandre and says he died in exile before July 1763 but gives no exact place
and date. Other records give Alexandre and Anne Flan many
more children--four more sons and two daughters between the late 1730s and
1755--all of whom emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland. The British
probably deported Alexandre and most of his family to Maryland in the fall of
1755, and he died there before July 1763, when his widow Anne (called a
Blanc) and six children, four sons and two daughters, appeared on a
repatriation list at
Baltimore. Anne and her six unmarried children, along with a married one,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San Gabriel on what became the
Acadian Coast. Her daughters married into the LeBlanc and
Richard families on the river. Four of her sons created
families of their own in greater Acadia and Louisiana.
Oldest son René, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1733, escaped
the British roundups in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence. He made his way to Restigouche at the head of the
Baie des Chaleurs, where he married Madeleine daughter of Jean Boudrot
and Catherine Brasseau, in November 1759. Renné Landry and his family of five appear on
a list of 1,003 Acadians still at Restigouche on 24 October 1760 on the eve of
the French stronghold's surrender; this likely
was him, but one wonders why his household was so large. According to Bona
Arsenault, René and Madeleine's first child, daughter Élisabeth, was baptized by
the priest at Restigouche in January 1761. In the early 1760s, René and his family
were held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of
war. He likely was the René Landry counted at Fort
Edward, near his old home at Pigiguit, in August and October 1762.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1762 and 1773, Madeleine gave René eight
more children, six sons and two more daughters. At war's end, they did not follow
other exiles being held in the Nova Scotia to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French
St.-Domingue. They chose, instead, to remain in greater Acadia.
British authorities counted them at Windsor, Nova Scotia, where Fort Edward still
stood, in 1770, and at Memramcook in present-day southeastern New Brunswick in
1773.
Alexandre's second son Anselme, born probably at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1738, followed
his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755 and was counted with his widowed
mother and siblings at Baltimore in July 1763. He evidently followed them
to Louisiana in 1767 and settled with them at San Gabriel. At age 31, he
married cousin Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Landry and Anne Babin of Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit, at San Gabriel in April 1769. He remarried to cousin Osite
Landry probably at San Gabriel in the early 1770s. He
died at nearby Ascension in February 1804, in his mid- or late 60s. His
daughters evidently married into the Babin, Binfrede,
Breaux, and Landry families. Two of his
three sons, both by second wife Osite, married into the Babin
and Gaudin families, but neither of the lines, except for
its blood, seems to have endured in the Bayou State.
Alexandre's third son François-Sébastien, born probably at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1741, followed his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755.
He married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph LeBlanc, in the
Cheaspeake colony in
the early 1760s. He, wife Marguerite, and a
Marie LeBlanc, perhaps her sister, appeared on a repatriation
list at Baltimore in July 1763.
François, Marguerite, and two daughters, ages 3 and newborn, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San Gabriel near his widowed mother and
siblings. Bona Arsenault gives François-Sébastien a son in c1772.
Other records give them two more sons in February 1773 and May 1775. Their daughters married into the Aucoin and
Giroir families, and perhaps into the Landry famlily as well.
In the late 1780s, François and his family joined the Acadian exodus from the
river to upper Bayou Lafourche. At
age 52, he remarried to Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré
Girouard and Marie-Anne Thériot of St.-Malo, France,
at nearby Ascension in August 1793. François died at Ascension in December
1808, in his late 60s. Only his oldest of three sons married, into the Le Borgne de Bélisle family
at Ascension, and remained on the upper Lafourche.
Alexandre's fourth son Paul-Marie,
born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1744, followed his family to
Maryland in the fall of 1755 and was counted with his widowed mother and
siblings at Baltimore in July 1763. He followed them to Louisiana in 1767
and settled with them at San Gabriel. He married to Brigitte, daughter of
fellow Acadians Paul Babin and Marie LeBlanc
of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, at nearby Ascension in February 1772.
Paul-Marie died at San Gabriel in November 1794, age 50. His daughters
married into the Babin, Breaux, and
Gallagher families. Only two of his eight sons married, into the
Hébert and Hamilton families.
Alexandre's fifth son
Firmin,
born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1748, followed his family to
Maryland in the fall of 1755 and was counted with his widowed mother and
siblings at Baltimore in July 1763. He followed them to Louisiana in 1767
and settled with them at San Gabriel. He married fellow Acadian Marie
LeBlanc probably at San Gabriel in the late 1760s or early
1770s, and remarried to Louise-Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Babin and Madeleine Richard, at nearby
Ascension in February 1774. Their daughter married into the
LeBlanc families. At age 44, Firmin remarried again--his third
marriage--to Marie-Hélène, daughter of Joseph Hamilton and
Anastasie Comes and widow of ____, at San Gabriel in February
1792. Their daughters married into the Allain,
Brasseaux, Hébert, and Vives
families. Firmin died at San Gabriel the following September. Five
of his six sons from his second and third wives, the youngest born posthumously,
married into the Richard, Landry,
LeBlanc, Hébert, Comeaux,
Breaux, and Troxler families and settled on the river.
Alexandre's sixth and youngest son
Jean,
born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1753, followed his family to
Maryland in the fall of 1755 and was counted with his widowed mother and
siblings at Baltimore in July 1763. Still in his early teens, he
followed them to Louisiana in 1767 and settled with them at San Gabriel.
He evidently did not marry.
Abraham's fifth son Joseph, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1710, was a
middle-aged bachelor when the British deported him to Maryland in the fall of 1755.
He appeared on a French repatriation list at Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July
1763; he was still unmarried. He emigrated to Louisiana in 1766 and
settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. He died at nearby
Ascension in September 1783, in his early 70s, still unmarried.
Abraham's sixth son Abraham dit Petit Abram, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1712, married Élisabeth,
another daughter of Charles LeBlanc and Marie Gautrot,
at Grand-Pré in June 1732. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and
1751, Élisabeth gave Petit Abram nine children, five sons and four daughters.
According to Stephen A. White, Petit Abram, who would have been in his early or
mid-30s, remarried to Marguerite, another daughter of
Jean-François Flan and Marie Dupuis, probably
at Pigiguit in c1746; Marguerite was a sister of Petit Abram's brother
Alexandre's wife Anne. Arsenault says that between 1753 and 1756,
Marguerite gave Petit Abram three more children, two daughters and a son--a
dozen children, six sons and six daughters, in all. The British deported
Petit Abram and most of his family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Second
son Joseph eluded the British roundup at Pigiguit, took refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore, and married to a woman whose name has been lost to history.
Meanwhile, Petit
Abram, Marguerite, and 10 of their unmarried children, four sons and six daughters,
appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on the Eastern Shore in
July 1763. At the time, Petit Abram's son Joseph, who had been captured
by, or surrendered to, British forces in the Gulf of St. Lawrence area, was
being held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. In
1765, now a widower, Joseph took his two young sons from Halifax to Louisiana
via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and settled in the established Acadian
community of Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. Petit Abram, a widower again,
and nine of his unmarried children, four
sons and five daughters (not Nathalie, who would have been age 20 at the time), emigrated to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at
Cabahannocer near son Joseph. Petit Abram's oldest son Mathurin
and his family came to the colony from Port Tobacco, Maryland, in 1768.
After the Spanish released him, his family, and other exiles from the remote
Acadian settlement across from Natchez, Mathurin resettled near his father and siblings at Cabahannocer. In his
60s, Petit Abram
remarried again--his third marriage--to Claire, daughter of fellow Acadians
Étienne Rivet and Anne Leprince of Pigiguit
and widow of Bonaventure Forest, at nearby Ascension in the
1770s. She gave him no more children. Petit Abram died at Ascension in August 1786,
in his early or mid-70s. Four of
his daughters married into the Bourgeois, Babin,
Savoie, Duhon, and Broussard
families on the river and upper Bayou Lafourche. His six sons
married into the Babin, Landry,
Granger, Breaux, Trahan, Allain,
and LeBlanc families on the river and created vigorous lines
there, on the upper
Lafourche, and out on the western prairies--not bad for a man with "Petit" in
his name.
Abraham's seventh and youngest son René, born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in
c1716, married Marie, daughter of Jacques
Thériot and his first wife Marie-Marguerite LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré
in February 1737 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. Between 1740 and
1753, Marie gave René at least four children, three sons and a daugher. The British
deported most of the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Their oldest
son Pierre, who would have been age 15 in 1755, ended up Virginia, in England
in 1756, and in France in 1763. Meanwhile, in Maryland, Marie gave René two more sons
in 1757 and 1760--six children in all. René, now a widower, and four children, three sons and a daughter,
appeared on a repatriation list at
Oxford on the Eastern Shore in July 1763; his second son, who would have been age 15, may have been
indentured to another household. René and his five children, including his
second son, emigrated to Louisiana in 1766 and settled at Cabahannocer
on the river. René remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Abraham
Landry and Marie-Isabelle Blanchard and widow of
Jean-Baptiste Broussard, probably at Cabahannocer in c1769.
She gave him three more sons there--nine children, eight sons and a daughter, by both wives. René died at nearby Ascension in June 1781, age 64. His daughter married
into the Melançon and Babin families on the
river. All eight of his sons by both wives survived childhood, and six of
them married in Louisiana, into the Landry,
Hébert, Melançon, Babin, and
LeBlanc families on the river. Two remained on the river, but one
of the lines there did not endure. Another, after joining the Acadian
exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche, created a vigorous line there. Three other sons resettled on the western
prairies in the late colonial and early antebellum periods, and two of them
created vigorous lines there.
Oldest son Pierre, by first wife Marie Thériot, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1740,
evidently became separated from his family in the fall of 1755, and the British
deported him to Virginia instead. Virginia authorities sent him and other
exiles on to England the following spring. He may have been held with
relatives at Southampton. With the family of Jean-Jacques Thériot,
his maternal uncle, and hundreds of other exiles in England, Pierre was
repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763. Pierre settled with his
relatives at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles Hébert and Élisabeth LeBlanc,
in January 1769. Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre a son at St.-Servan in 1770.
Pierre died at St.-Servan in December 1772, age 32. One wonders if his
widow remarried. She did not emigrate to Louisiana in 1785, but her
Landry son, who would have been in his mid-teens at the
time, did choose to go to the Spanish colony and live among his father's family
there, none of whom had ever met him.
Only son Pierre-Joseph, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in January 1770, was raised by
his widowed mother and her family. At age 15, perhaps with the family of
his maternal great-uncle Jean-Jacques Thériot, Pierre-Joseph
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 directly from St.-Malo and followed his
relatives and most of their
fellow passengers to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores in the New
Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge. Like his relatives, he did not remain there. In the late 1780s or
early 1790s, he followed them to San Gabriel on the river south of Baton Rouge,
where he came of age. He married cousin Scholastique, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph-Charles Breaux and Marie-Josèphe Landry,
at San Gabriel in June 1790. Scholastique was a native of Louisiana.
Pierre-Joseph remarried to Marguerite Rosalie, daughter of Swiss surgeon Bernard
Capedeville and his second Acadian wife Anne Clouâtre,
at St. Gabriel in January 1804. During the War of 1812, Pierre-Joseph served as
captain of the 8th Company, Meriam's Regiment of Louisiana Militia. After
the war, his contemporaries referred to him as Captain. He also was an
artistic woodworker. He died at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in March 1843, age 73.
His daughters married into the Boush or Bush,
Breaux, Capdeville, and Rivière
families. Nine of his 11 sons by both wives married into the
Couillard, Lambremont, Hébert,
LeBlanc, Landry, and Hotard
families on the river.
René le
jeune's seventh son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1680, married Madeleine,
daughter François Broussard and Catherine Richard,
at Port-Royal in January 1704 and moved on to Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, where he worked as a
fisherman. Between the early 1700s and the 1710s,
Madeleine gave Pierre five children, three sons and two daughters. One of
their daughters married into the LeBlanc family. His sons
also created families of their own.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born probably Pigiguit in c1704, married Marie-Claire, daughter of Vincent
Babin and Anne Thériot, probably at Pigiguit in c1726.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1727 and 1752, Marie gave Pierre, fils
five children, three daughters and two sons. The British deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755, and Pierre, fils
died there the following year. A married daughter and a bachelor son
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San Gabriel on the river.
Pierre, fils's daughters married into the LeBlanc,
Granger, Landry, and Léger
families at Minas and in exile.
His older son ceated a family in Louisiana. His younger son remained in
greater Acadia.
Older son Joseph, born probably at Pigiguit in c1743, followed his family to Maryland
and his married sister Ursule, her Landry husband, and their family to
Spanish Louisiana in 1767. He married fellow
Acadian Marguerite LeBlanc probably at San Gabriel on the river
above New Orleans in the late
1760s or early 1770s. She gave him a son. Joseph remarried to fellow Acadian Madeleine Babin,
place and date unrecorded. His daughter by second wife Madeleine married
into the Breaux family on the river. His son by first
wife Marguerite married an Estivan and created a vigorous
family line on upper
Bayou Lafourche.
Pierre, fils's younger son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at
Pigiguit in c1747, evidently escaped the British roundup at Pigiguit in the fall
of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence Shore. Sometime in
the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either surrrendered to, or was captured by British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of
the war.
At war's end, he did not follow other exiles being held in the Nova Scotia
to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue. He chose, instead, to
remain in greater Acadia. He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow
Acadians Michel Dupuis and Marie-Josèphe Savioe,
at Windsor, Nova Scotia, formerly his home at Pigiguit, in September 1768.
They settled with other exiles at Memramcook in present-day southeastern New
Brunswick. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1774 Marie-Josèphe gave
Jean-Baptiste a daughter.
Pierre, père's second son, name unrecorded, born probably at
Pigiguit after 1707, married Élisabeth or
Isabelle, daughter of Pierre Thériot and Marie Bourg,
probably at Minas in c1729 and died between 1731 and 1734.
Pierre, père's third and youngest son François, born probably at
Pigiguit in c1711, married Dorothée,
daughter of Alexandre Bourg and Marguerite Melanson,
at Grand-Pré in November 1731. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732
and 1750, Dorothée gave François three children, a daughter and two sons.
Other records give them another daughter. The British deported the family
to Maryland in the fall of 1755. François, now a widower, may have
appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore in July 1763.
He emigrated to Louisiana in 1766 with three unmarried children, two sons and a
daughter, and settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans.
François did not remarry. He died at nearby Ascension in February 1797,
age 83. His older daughter married into the Trahan family
at Minas and did not go to Louisiana; his younger daughter married a
Landry cousin probably at Cabahannocer. His two sons married into the
Dugas and Landry families at Cabahannocer, and
the younger one joined the Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche. Both created vigorous family
lines.
René le
jeune's eighth and youngest son Charles dit Charlot, born at
Port-Royal in c1688, married
Catherine-Josèphe, another daughter of François Broussard and
Catherine Richard, at Port-Royal in October 1708 and was the
only one of his father's sons to remain at what became Annapolis Royal.
Between 1710 and 1726, Catherine gave Charlot nine children, two sons and seven
daughters. Charlot died in the Fort Anne dungeon at Annapolis Royal in
November 1727, in his late 30s, a victim of incarceration following a dispute
with colonial officials over the unqualified oath of allegiance. His widow remarried to a
Préjean two years later. Three of Charlot's daugthters married into the Lanoue
and Savoie families, and perhaps into the Daigre
family as well. Both of his sons also created
families of their own, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana in 1785.
Older son Charles, fils, born at Port-Royal in January 1710, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Girouard and Élisabeth
Blanchard, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1728.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and 1753, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles,
fils six children, five daughters and a son. Charles,
fils died at Annapolis Royal in May 1751, age 41. His widow
remarried to Zacharie Thibodeau at Annapolis
Royal in February 1754. Charles, fils's oldest daughter
Marie-Josèphe married into the LeBlanc family at Annapolis
Royal. The British deported Marie-Josèphe Girouard, her
second husband, and her unmarried Landry children to South
Carolina in late autumn of 1755. In August 1763, Marie-Josèphe, Zacharie Thibodeau, and only two of her
Landry children--daughters Nathalie, age 20, and Anne-Modeste,
age 15--were still in the southern colony. Arsenault says Marie-Josèphe and Charles,
fils's son also survived childhood and created a family of his own.
Only son Alexis, born perhaps posthumously at Annapolis Royal in c1752,
followed his family to South Carolina, but he was not counted with his mother and stepfather in the colony in August 1763, when Alexis would
have been age 11 or 12. Arsenault does not say where Alexis resettled
after the war with Britain ended in 1763. Arsenault says Alexis,
who would have been in his early 40s, married Marie-Sara, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph LeBlanc and Françoise Dugas,
in February 1796, place unrecorded.
Charlot's younger son François, born, according to Stephen A. White, at Annapolis Royal in May 1716, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean
Babin and Marguerite Boudrot, in c1735 and
settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit.
Bona Arsenault insists that the François Landry who married
Marie Babin was a son of Charlot's older brother Jean; White is followed here. According to Arsenault, between 1736 and 1757,
Marie gave François eight children, five sons and three daughters.
François took his family to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official
counted François, Marie, and six of their children, five sons and a daughter,
at Rivière-du-Nord in the island's interior. The British deported them to
Cherbourg, France, in late 1758. François worked as a carpenter there.
At age 47, he remarried to Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Carret
and Angélique Chiasson and widow of Barthélémy Martin,
in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, in June 1763. A French record of 1772
noted that François was asthmatique. In 1773, he took his
family to Poitou. After two years of effort, in December 1775, he and his family retreated
with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. At
age 60, he remarried again--his third
marriage--to Marguerite-Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Pitre and Marguerite Thériot and widow of Joseph
Blanchard, at Chantenay near Nantes in February 1777. In
1785, a widower again, François emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with a Landry
granddaughter, a Landry grandson, and another young
Landry who was called his nephew. The widow of one of
François's sons, having just remarried to a Frenchman, did not, with her new
husband and her five Landry children, accompany him to the
Spanish colony. From New Orleans, François and his young kinsmen followed their fellow passenters to upper Bayou Lafourche. François did not remarry
again. He died at nearby
Ascension on the river in February 1797, age 80. His granddaughter married
into the Lejeune family on the upper Lafourche. His
grandson did not marry. His nephew, however, married a Landry
cousin on the upper bayou and created a
vigorous family line.
Third son Germain, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Babin, born at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1740, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and
Cherbourg, where he worked as a navigator. He married Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Chesnay dit LaGarenne and Anne
Pothier, in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish in July 1767. Between 1769
and 1773, Cécile gave Germain at least three children at Cherbourg, two
daughters and a son. Germain took his family to Poitou in 1773.
Cécile gave him another daughter at Archigny, near Châtellerault, in October 1774. In December
1775, after two years of effort, Germain, Cécile, and their four children
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
In July 1776, Cécile gave Germain another daughter in St.-Nicolas Parish,
Nantes--their fifth child. A month later, their third daughter died at
Nantes, age 2. In 1778 and 1780, Cécile gave Germain two more children at
nearby Chantenay, a son and a daughter--seven children in all. Their
second daughter died at Chantenay in October 1780, age 9. Germain died at
Chantenay by January 1785, when widow Cécile remarried to Frenchman Augustin
Guénard of Vannes, a joiner, at nearby St.-Martin de Chantenay.
Cécile and most of her surviving Landry children did not follow their
fellow Acadians to Spanish Louisiana in 1785, perhaps because Cécile's new
husband was a Frenchman. Her older son, however, followed his grandfather
there, but the son did not marry.
Older son Jean-Jacques-Fréderic, born at Cherbourg, France, in July 1770,
followed his family to Poitou, Nantes, and Chantenay, and his paternal
grandfather to Spanish Louisiana. He settled with them on upper Bayou
Lafourche and was still a bachelor there in 1798. He evidently did not
marry.347
Babin
Antoine
Babin, an early 1660s arrival, and his wife Marie
Mercier created a large family in the colony. Between
1663 and 1684, Marie gave Antoine 11 children, seven daughters and four sons.
Their daughters married into the Rimbault, Landry,
Richard dit Sansoucy, Doucet,
Breau, Comeau, Benoit, Martin,
Sauneuf, and Pitre families. Three of
Antoine's sons created their own families. His and Marie's descendants
settled not only at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but also at Grand-Pré and
Pigiguit in the Minas Basin, and on Île St.-Jean. At least 81 of Antoine's
descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, from Maryland in the
late 1760s, from France in 1785, and from Île St.-Pierre in 1788.
Substantial numbers of Antoine's descendants also could be found in greater Acadia and Canada
after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son Charles married Madeleine, daughter of Michel Richard
dit Sansoucy and Madeleine Blanchard, at Port-Royal in
c1664. Between 1688 and 1711, Madeleine gave Charles a dozen children, six
daughters and six sons, including a set of twins. Four of his daughters
married into the Bodart, Dupuis,
Landry, and LeBlanc families. All six of his
sons created their own families.
Oldest son René, born at Grand-Pré in 1692, married Isabelle, daughter of Claude
Gautrot and Marie Thériot, at Grand-Pré in
November 1714. Between 1719 and the 1740s, Isabelle gave René 11 children,
three daughters and eight sons. Two of their daughters married into the
Daigre and Hébert families. Three of
René's sons also created their own families, one of them in greater Acadia.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Grand-Pré in March 1719, married Madeleine,
daughter of Joseph Hébert and Anne-Marie Boudrot,
at Chignecto in July 1745. According to Bona Arsenault, Madeleine gave
Jean a son in 1748. The British deported them to Georgia in the fall of
1755. One wonders what happened to them there.
René's second son Joseph dit René, born at Grand-Pré in September 1720,
married Marguerite, daughter of René LeBlanc and Marguerite
Thébeau, at Grand-Pré in November 1745. According to Bona
Arsenault, Marguerite gave Joseph two sons in 1746 and 1748, but other records
give them many moe. The British deported them to Massachusetts
in the fall of 1755. In 1761, René, called Rain Bobbin,
age 37, was counted with wife Marguerite, age 39, and seven children, five sons
and two daughters, ages 13 years to 5 weeks, at Groton, Pepperll, and Townsend
in Middlesex County, northwest of Boston. One wonders what happened to them after 1763. Joseph
dit René died at Baltimore, Maryland, in January 1806, in his late 80s.
René's third son Étienne, born probably at Grand-Pré in the mid- or late 1720s,
evidently survived childhood but did not marry.
René's fifth son Eustache, born at Grand-Pré in May 1727, died at Grand-Pré, age
20, in July 1747, before he could marry.
René's sixth son Félix, born at Grand-Pré in December 1732, may not have
survived childhood.
René's seventh son Pierre, born at Grand-Pré in May 1735, evidently escaped the
British roundup at Minas in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. During the late 1750s, they either surrendered to, or
were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in
Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Pierre married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean-Baptiste Bourg and Marie Thériot,
probably at Fort Cumberland, Chignecto, in February 1759; the marriage was
recorded at present-day Franklin Manor, a Mi'kmaq reservation south of
Chignecto. After the war, they remained in the Chignecto area.
Pierre died at Minudy, south of Chignecto before July 1790, in his 50s. At least one of his
sons married there but settled in southeastern New Brunswick.
Pierre, fils, born at Franklin Manor in February 1775, married
Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean dit Janne Melanson
and Modeste Forest, in c1795 probably at Minudy. Pierre,
fils received land grants at Scodouc, southeastern New Brunswick, in
May 1815 and Ocotober 1825. He died by 1837, place unrecorded, when
Henriette remarried to a LeBlanc.
René's eighth and ninth sons, names unrecorded, did not survive childhood.
Charles's second son Pierre, born at Grand-Pré in 1694, married Madeleine,
daughter of Alexandre Bourg and Marguerite Melanson,
at Grand-Pré in c1716. They remained at Minas. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1717 and 1746, Madeleine gave Pierre nine children, five sons
and four daughters. Two of their daughters married into the Benoit
and LeBlanc families. Two of their sons also
created their own families.
Second son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1719, married Catherine,
daughter of Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine Landry,
at Grand-Pré in September 1745. According to Bona Arsenault, Catherine
gave Jean-Baptiste two daughters in 1745 and 1748. The British deported
the family to Maryland in the fall of 1755. What happened to them
after 1763? One of their daughters
married into the Hébert family in Canada.
Pierre's fourth son Ambroise, born probably at Minas in c1731, escaped the
British roundups in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. He was at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs
in 1759. He married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Cyr
and Anne Bourgeois of Chignecto, probably at Restigouche in
c1760. After the war, they settled in the British fishery at Bonaventure in Gaspésie
along the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1761 and 1776, Anne gave Ambroise nine children, five
daughters and four sons. Four of their daughters married into the
Bernard, Doiron, Arbour, and
Poirier families in Gaspésie. Ambroise's sons also created their own
famiilies there.
Oldest son Thomas, born probably at Bonaventure in c1763, married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Richard and Rosalie
Gaudet, at Bonaventure in November 1788.
Ambroise's second son Joseph, born probably at Bonaventure in c1764, married
Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Poirier and
Claire Bujold, at Bonaventure in November 1788. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1790 and 1811, Angélique gave Joseph 11 children, six
sons and five daughters. Two of their daughters married into the
Bourdages family at Bonaventure. All of their sons also created
their own families, in Gaspésie or on the lower St. Lawrence.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born probably at Bonaventure in c1790, married
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Gauthier and
Théotiste Landry, at Bonaventure in January 1815.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1815 and 1827, Marie gave Joseph, fils
seven children, four sons and three daughters. At age 40, Joseph, fils
remarried to Marthe-Gabrielle, daughter of Jean-Baptise-Gabriel Albert
and Thérèse Lanteige, at Bonaventure in February 1830.
According to Arsenault, Marthe gave Joseph, fils another daughter in
1831. At age 52, Joseph, fils remarried again--his third
marriage--to Catherine, daughter of Bertrand Delarosbil and
Marie Denis and widow of Jean Aspirot, at
Bonaventure in January 1842.
Joseph, père's second son Charles dit Charlemagne, born
probably at Bonaventure in c1792, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Benjamin Bourdages and Esther Bujold, at
Bonaventure in January 1818. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1819 and
1824, Anastasie gave Charlemagne four children, two sons and two daughters.
Joseph, père's third son Pierre, born probably at Bonaventure in c1796,
married Apolline, daughter of fellow Acadians Fabien Poirier
and Angélique Gauthier, at Bonaventure in September 1824.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1825 and 1847, Apolline gave Pierre 10
children, eight sons and two daughters.
Joseph, père's fourth son Ambroise le jeune, born probably at
Bonaventure in c1798, left Gaspésie and married Solange, daughter of Charles
Chouinard and Josèphe Mignault, at
St.-Jean-Port-Joli on the south shore of the lower St. Lawrence in January 1825.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1825 and 1829, Solange gave Ambroise three
children, two daughter and a son.
Joseph, père's fifth son Jean-Timoléon, born probably at Bonaventure in
c1800, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Isaïe Bernard
and Rachel Bourg, at Bonaventure in January 1830.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1831 and 1847, Marie gave Jean nine
children, three daughters and six sons.
Joseph, père's sixth and youngest son Alexandre, born probably at
Bonaventure in c1805, married Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Gauthier and Élisabeth Poirier, at Bonaventure
in February 1733. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1834 and 1854,
Virginie gave Alexandre a dozen children, eight sons and four daughters.
Ambroise's third son Amand, born probably at Bonaventure in c1766, married
Ursule, another daughter of Charles Poirier and Claire
Bujold, at Bonaventure in November 1792. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1792 and 1814, Ursule gave Amand 13 children, three sons and
10 daughters. Two of their daughters married into the Henry
and Bourdages family at Bonventure. Amand's three sons
also created their own families there.
Oldest son Amand, fils, born probably at Bonaventure in c1792, married
Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Benjamin Bourdages and Esther Bujold,
at Bonaventure in January 1820. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1821
and 1839, Julie gave Amand, fils nine children, three daughters and six
sons.
Amand, père's second son Paul-Hippolyte, born probably at Bonaventure
in c1804, married Marthe, daughter of Joseph Couture and Anne
Ferguson, at Percé up the Gaspésie coast from Bonaventure in November
1832. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1834 and 1859, Marthe gave Paul
13 chidren, nine sons and four daughters.
Amand, père's third son Charles, born probably at Bonaventure in c1808,
married Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Fabien Poirier
and Angélique Gauthier, at Bonaventure in January 1833.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1835 and 1856, Angélique gave Charles nine
children, five daughters and four sons.
Ambroise's fourth and youngest son Pierre, born probably at Bonaventure in
c1768, married Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Cormier
and Marie LeBlanc, at Bonaventure in November 1801.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1803 and 1824, Julie gave Pierre nine
children, five daughters and four sons. Four of their daughters married
into the Bourdages, Vallé, and Henry
families at Bonaventure. Two of Pierre's sons also created their own
familites there.
Second son Bruno, born probably at Bonaventure in c1812, married Nicolette,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Gauthier and Élisabeth Poirier, at Bonaventure
in January 1846 and settled at nearby New Carlisle. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1848 and 1858, Nicolette gave Bruno six children, three sons
and three daughters. Bruno died at New Carlisle in c1758, in his mid-40s.
Pierre's third son Lazare, born probably at Bonaventure in c1820, married first
cousin Marie-Onésime, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Babin
and Julie Boudages, his uncle and aunt, at Bonaventure in
November 1846. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1847 and 1858, Marie
gave Lazare seven children, three daughters and four sons.
Charles's third son Claude, born at Grand-Pré in 1698, married Marguerite,
daughter of Martin Dupuis and Marie Landry, at
Grand-Pré in November 1718. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1720 and
1742, Marguerite gave Claude a dozen children, nine sons and three daughters.
Claude died at Grand-Pré in May 1748, age 50. Two of his daughters married
into the LeBlanc family. Five of his sons also created
their own families, two of them at Chignecto.
Oldest son Claude, fils, born probably at Minas in c1720, married
Marie, daughter of Pierre Cormier and Catherine LeBlanc,
at Chignecto in May 1743 and remained there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1745 and 1768, Marie gave Claude, fils six children, two
daughters and four sons. They evidently escaped the British roundup at
Chignecto in the
fall of 1755 and sought refuge either on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore or in
Canda. They were at Cap-St.-Ignace on the lower St. Lawrence in 1760.
Their daughters married into the Dastous and Caron
families at St.-Jean-Port-Joli on the lower St. Lawrence below Cap-St.-Ignace.
Three of Claude, fils's sons also created their own families in the area.
Oldest son Claude-Marie, born in exile in c1758, married Marie-Perpétué, daughter of Jean
Boucher and Renée Fortin, at
St.-Jean-Port-Joli in September 1783.
Claude, fils's third son Augustin-Amable, born in Canada in c1762,
married Marie-Céleste, daughter of Jean-Bernard Saucier and
Félicité Ruellans, at nearby St.-Roch-des-Aulnaies in November
1792.
Claude, fils's fourth and youngest son Jean-Marie, born in Canada in
c1768, married Josèphte, daughter of Joseph Miville and
Françoise Pain, at St.-Jean-Port-Joli in February 1791.
Claude, père's second son Jacques, born probably at Minas in c1721,
married Marie, daughter of Pierre Bourgeois and Marie-Madeleine
Cormier, at Chignecto in May 1745. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1746 and 1753, Marie gave Jacques four children, two
daughters and two sons. The British deported them to South Carolina in the
fall of 1755. Jacques died in the southern colony. Marie and three of their children, a daughter and two sons,
were still n the colony in August 1763. What happened to them after that
date?
Claude, père's sixth son Basile, born probably at Minas in
c1730, evidently escaped the British roundup there in 1755 but fell into their hands a few
years later. Basile married Anne dite Nanette, daughter of Jacques Saulnier
and Anne Hébert of Petitcoudiac, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in c1760 while being
held as a prisoner there. Nanette gave Basile two daughters at Halifax in 1763
and 1764. In 1765, Nanette, now a 24-year-old widow, took her
Babin daughters to Louisiana from Halifax and, after living for a time
at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans, moved to the Opelousas
District west of the Atchafalaya Basin, where she remarried to Michel
Cormier of Chignecto in c1769. Her Babin
daughters married into the Arceneaux, Bergeron,
and Billou families in Louisiana, so the blood of this line
endured.
Claude, père's seventh son Joseph, born at Grand-Pré in c1735,
was deported with his widowed mother and younger siblings to Virginia in 1755,
sent on to England in 1756, and was held at Southampton, where he married Marine, daughter of Jean LeBlanc and Anne
Landry of Grand-Pré, in November 1756. Between 1757 and 1773,
Marine gave Joseph eight children, five sons and three daughters. They followed his family to France in May 1763 and settled with them at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo.
After a time on Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany with his widowed mother and siblings,
Joseph took his family back to St.-Servan in 1773. Later in the decade or
in the early 1780s, they returned to North America and settled on Île St.-Pierre, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland. Joseph
died on the island before 1788.
One of his sons evidently remained in France and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. Joseph's sister Anne and husband Alain LeBlanc,
a childless couple, also left Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1773, but instead of returning
to St.-Malo, they followed other Acadian exiles to the Isle of Jersey in the
English Channel before returning to North America.
In 1788, Joseph's widow Marine
LeBlanc and five of her Babin
children--Marie-Victoire, age 25; François-Laurent, age 22; Pierre-Moïse, age
20; Anne-Marguerite, age 18; and Mathurin-Louis, age 15--emigrated to Louisiana
from Île St.-Pierre aboard Joseph Gravois's schooner La
Brigite, among the few Acadian exiles who went to the Spanish
colony directly from greater Acadia. With Marine and her children was Charles
Babin, no age given, described as her "uncle." One
wonders which Charles Babin this may have been. One of
Joseph and Marine's daughters, Anne-Marguerite, married into the Richard
family in Louisiana. Only one of Joseph's seven sons created his own
family, but the line did not endure.
Oldest son Joseph-Nicaise, born at Southampton, England, in October
1757, evidently died young.
Joseph's second son Bonaventure, born at Southampton in November 1759,
followed his family to France, living at St.-Servan-sur-Mer and on Belle-Île-en-Mer.
When his family departed for North America, Bonaventure, who would have been in
his late teens or early 20s, evidently remained in France, but he did not finish
his days there. Though he appears on none of the passenger rolls of the
Seven Ships' expedtions, he likely followed his fellow Acadians to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. What is certain is that in November 1788, a month before Joseph
Gravois's La Brigite reached Louisiana,
a Bonaventure Babin married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians
René Landry and his first wife Marie Thériot and widow of Charles Melançon, at Ascension
on the river above New Orleans.
Unfortunately, the priest who recorded the marriage did not give the
groom's parents' names, but it likely was Bonaventure of England and
France. He fathered at least two sons
by Félicité, but the boys' baptismal records, as
transcribed by the Diocese of Baton Rouge, do not give the father's
parents' names. The baptismal record of older son Casimir, however, says
the boy's godfather was Moyses, probably Pierre-Moïse, a son of Joseph
Babin and Marine LeBlanc and a younger
brother of the Bonnaventure Babin born in England. Louisiana church records reveal that a Bonaventure Babin died
at St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in May 1815, age 65. Bonaventure, son of
Joseph and Marine, would have been 55 years old at the time, so one
wonders if the St. Gabriel priest recorded the wrong age. Neither of
Bonaventure's sons survived childhood, so his line of the family died with him.
Joseph's third son François-Laurent, born at Le Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer,
France, in January 1766, accompanied his family to Île St.-Pierre in the 1770s
and followed his widowed mother to Spanish Louisiana in 1788. He evidently did not
marry.
Joseph's fourth son Pierre-Moïse, born at Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in May
1768,
accompanied his family to Île St.-Pierre in the 1770s and followed his
widowed mother to Spanish Louisiana in 1788. He, too, did not marry.
Joseph's fifth son Mathurin-Louis, born at Sauzon, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in
August 1773,
accompanied his family to Île St.-Pierre in the 1770s and followed his
widowed mother to Spanish Louisiana in 1788. He, too, did not marry.
Joseph's sixth son Jean-Charles, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in February
1776, evidently died young.
Joseph's seventh and youngest son Victor-Angélique, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
July 1779, evidently died young.
Claude,
père's eighth son Laurent, born probably
at Minas in c1739, was deported to Virginiaq in the fall of 1755 and sent on to England in the spring of 1756. After he
was repatriated to France with hundreds of other Acadians in England in the
spring of 1763, he followed his fellow exiles to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the
southern coast of Brittany in late 1765. He married local girl Marie-Françoise,
daughter of Martin Carrière and Jeanne-Martialle LeGoff
of Le Palais, at St.-Gérard, Le Palais, on the island in February 1766. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1766 and
1773, Marie-Françoise gave Laurent six children, two sons and four daughters, at
Le Palais.
One
wonders if any of Laurent's sons created their own families in the mother
country.
Laurent
and his family were still living on Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1792, during the
French Revolution.
Two of his daughters married into the
Sauvario and Arnichaud families in France.
Charles's fourth son Jean le jeune,
born at Grand-Pré in 1700, married
Marguerite, daughter of Jean Thériot and Jeanne Landry, at
Grand-Pré in October 1721 and settled there. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1723 and 1745,
Marguerit gave Jean le jeune nine children, three sons and six
daughters. The family was deported
to Virginia in 1755, sent on to England in 1756, and held at Southampton, where
Marguerite died in August 1756, soon after the
family's arrival. Jean le jeune, two of his unmarried children--son Paul, age 31, and
daughter Anne, age 18--and married son Simon and his family were repatriated to France in
May 1763. They settled at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo. Jean le
jeune, who did not remarry, died at St.-Servan in September 1774, age 74.
Two of his daughters married into the LeBlanc and Hébert
families. Only the youngest of his three sons created his own family.
Third and youngest son Simon, born at Grand-Pré in
c1735, married Anastasie Thériot at Southampton, England, in
1757. They were repatriated to France in May 1763 and settled at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Between 1758 and 1769, Anastasie gave Simon six children, three sons and
three daughters, in England and France. From 1765 to 1769, Simon and Anastasie buried three of their children at
St.-Servan. Simon took his family to the interior of Poitou in 1774, the year of his father's
death. Wife Anastasie died at Châtellerault, Poitou, in April 1775, and
Simon remarried to Anne Poirier, widow of Joseph
Granger, at Châtellerault the following September. She evidently
gave him no more children. They evidently retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes in the mid-1770s. Simon died aboard the ship Le Prince Inzare
in October 1780 and was buried at Chantenay, near Nantes. Only one of his
three daughters, Marie, created her own family. She married Louis-William, son of Stanislas Stebens and Anne
Colcien of Boston, Massachusetts, and widower of Marie
Weibert and Marie Landry, at Chantenay in January
1783. Marie and her family, including three Stebens
children and brother François-Marie, now age 20, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Two of Simon's three sons, both from his first wife, created their own families in Louisiana.
Older son Magloire-Simon, by first wife Anastasie Thériot, born in England in January 1762,
followed his family to France, Poitou, Nantes, and Louisiana. He married Marie-Jeanne-Perrine, daughter of Eustache Lejeune and
his first wife Marie Carret, probably at Baton Rouge in June
1787, remarried to Anne-Louise, daughter of Pierre Quimine and
his first wife Marie-Louise Grossin, at Baton Rouge or Manchac
in December 1789, and, at age 60, remarried again--his third marriage--to
Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Jacques Achée and Anne
Boudreaux and widow of François Sevin, at
Thibodauxville, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1822. His daughter from
his second wife married into the Daigre family. His four
sons, all from second wife Anne-Louise, married into the Templet,
Lejeune, and Doiron families and settled on
the river. Most of
the lines endured.
Simon's younger son François-Marie, by first wife Anastasie Thériot, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in November 1766,
followed his family to Poitou, Nantes, and Louisiana. He married Marie-Anne,
daughter of Ignace Heusé and his second wife Cécile
Bourg, at Manchac on the river above New Orleans in December 1786.
He was the first of the Acadian Babins to settle on Bayou Lafourche.
His daughters married into the Comte or Lecompte,
Robichaux, and Toups families. Three of
his four sons married into the Toups, Gisclard,
and Martin families and settled on the bayou.
Charles's fifth son Joseph,
born at Grand-Pré in 1702, married
Angélique, daughter of Antoine Landry and Marie Thibodeau, in
c1723 probably at Minas and died there in 1752, age 50. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1725 and
1747, Angélique gave Joseph 10 children, seven sons and three daughters. At
least one member of the family, a son, was deported to Massachusetts in 1755 and
created his own family. One wonders what happened to the rest of the
family in 1755.
Fifth son Charles le jeune, born at Minas in c1740, married
Marguerite-Rachel Robichaud in the Bay Colony in c1760 while in
exile. After Massachusetts officials allowed them to leave, they chose to go
Canada. Their marriage was sanctified at
Deschambault on the St. Lawrence between Québec and Trois-Rivières in November
1766.
Charles's sixth and youngest son
Charles, fils, a twin of sister Marie, born at Grand-Pré in February 1708, married Anne-Marie, daughter of Philippe
Melanson and Marie Dugas, at Grand-Pré in July 1729 and died there
in January 1733, age 24. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne-Marie gave Charles a son, Joseph-Bruno, in
c1730, who created his own family.
Only son Joseph-Bruno married Françoise, daughter of Pierre Landry
and Rose Rivet, at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1754. They
were deported to Maryland in 1755 and may have remained there.
Antoine's second
son Vincent, born at Port-Royal in c1665, married Anne, daughter of Claude Thériot and Marie Gautrot,
in c1688 and settled on Rivière-de-l'Ascension, Minas, before moving to
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit. Between 1689 and the late 1710s, Anne gave Vincent a dozen children, five sons and
seven daughters. Five of their daughters married into the Richard,
Forest,
Broussard, and Landry families, including two brothers. All of
Vincent's five sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean
le jeune,
born at Minas in 1689, married Marguerite, daughter of Minas judge and notary
Alexandre Bourg dit Bellehumeur and Marguerite Melanson, in
c1723, place not given, and settled at Ste.-Famillie, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1725 and 1743,
Marguerite gave Jean le jeune three children, two sons and a daughter. Members of
the family was deported to Virginia in 1755, sent on to England in 1756, and
repatriated to France in 1763. Jean le jeune's daughter Marie married into the
Landry family. His two sons created their own families in greater
Acadia.
Older son
Pierre, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1730,
escaped the British roundup there in 1755 and married Cécile, daughter of Pierre Bois
and Marie Coste of Île Royale, at Restigouche at the head of
the Baie des Chaleurs in c1760 during
exile. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1768, Cécile gave Pierre two children, a son and a
daughter. After the war, they joined other
Acadians on British-controlled St. Johns Island, formerly Île St.-Jean, today's
Prince Edward Island, in 1768.
Jean le jeune's younger son
Joseph, born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1743, also
escaped the British roundup there in 1755, fell into British hands a few years later, and was
held as a prisoner at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the early 1760s.
After the war, Joseph married Françoise,
daughter of Joseph Dugas and Marguerite LeBlanc,
at Chédabouctou, Nova Scotia, today's Guysborough, on the coast above Halifax,
in December 1765. They moved on to Île Miquelon, a French-controlled
fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland, where their marriage was
"rehabilitiated" in May 1766. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1770 and 1776, Françoise gave Joseph four children, two sons and two daughters, on the island.
Did they go to France with other islanders in 1767, return to the island in
1768, go back to France in 1778 during the American Revolution, and return to
the island in 1784, after the war?
Vincent's second son
Pierre, born probably at
Minas in the 1690s, married Marie, daughter of
Germain Landry and Marie Melanson, in c1723.
One wonders what was their fate in 1755. Pierre died probably in greater Acadia by July
1763. One of his sons may have gone to the French Maritimes in the 1750s
and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785.
Vincent's third son, name unrecorded, born probably at Minas in
c1707, married in c1740 a woman whose name has been lost to history. One
wonders what became of them.
Vincent's fourth son Joseph, born at Minas
or Pigiguit in c1713, married
Anne-Marie, daughter of Pierre Landry and Marguerite Forest, at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, probably in the early 1730s. According to Bona
Arsenault, between the early 1730s and 1750, Anne-Marie gave Joseph perhaps as
many as six children, five sons and a
daughter. In 1755, Joseph,
wife Anne-Marie, daughter Anne-Élisabeth, unmarried sons Étienne
and Cyprien, and married sons Dominque and Pierre and their
families, were deported to Maryland with dozens of their
Babin cousins. Most of Joseph and Anne-Marie's sons created their own families, though Bona
Arsenault cannot definitively link two of them--Dominique and Jean-Baptiste--to
the couple. In 1767, Joseph, now a
54-year-old widower, three of his younger children, and putative son Jean-Baptiste
and his family emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland. Joseph, père did not remarry. His only daughter Anne-Élisabeth married twice into the
Hébert family in the Spanish colony.
Dominique, perhaps the oldest son, married Marguerite
Boudrot at Minas, place and date not given. She gave him at least four
sons and three daughters at Minas and in Maryland, where the British deported
the family in the fall of 1755. Evidently Dominique and his wife
Marguerite Boudrot died in Maryland before 1763, and relatives
raised their children. In 1767, six of Dominique's children, three of them already married, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from Maryland. His
two daughters
married into the Martin, Richard, and
Clouâtre families in Louisiana. All four of his sons created
their own families, but not all of the lines endured.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1739,
followed his family to Maryland, where he married
Isabelle-Marguerite LeBlanc in the late 1750s or early 1760s. Between 1764 and 1767, in Maryland and Louisiana, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste three children,
a son and two daughters. They reached the Spanish colony in 1767,
settled at San Gabriel on the river above New Orleans, and had more
children there, including seven more sons born between 1768 and 1783.
Jean-Baptiste's daughters married into the Allain, Braud, and
LeBlanc families. Five of his eight sons married into the LeBlanc,
Hébert, Landry, and Culere families,
so the family line thrived.
Dominique's son Ignace, born probably at
Minas in the 1740s, followed his family to Maryland, where he married Marguerite Breau in
the mid-1760s. She gave him a son there in c1766. They went to
Louisiana in 1767 and settled at San Gabriel, where Marguerite gave him a
daughter. Ignace remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph Landry
and Marie-Josèphe Comeaux and widow of Joseph Blanchard,
at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer on the river below San Gabriel in February 1778.
She gave him another son there. Ignace died at San Gabriel in November 1791, age 50. His daughter
by his first wife married into the Moreau family and settled on
the western prairies. Neither of his two sons by both of his wives
married.
Dominique's third son Paul, born probably at Minas in c1751, followed his
family to Maryland and relatives to Louisiana in
1767. He married Marguerite,
daughter of Pierre Brasseaux and Élisabeth Richard,
at San Gabriel upriver from Cabahanncoer in February 1784. Between 1785
and 1802, at San Gabriel, Marguerite gave Paul eight children, four sons and
four daughters. Paul died at San
Gabriel in
January 1802, age 50. His daughters married into the Gomes, Hébert, Landry,
LeBlanc,
Seguinot, and Thibodeaux families. Two of his sons
married into the Landry and
Chiasson families and settled in what became Iberville Parish.
Dominique's fourth and youngest son Joseph le jeune, born at Minas or in
Maryland in c1755, followed relatives to Louisiana probably in 1767 and an older
married sister to the western prairies. He married Anastasie, daughter of Honoré Melançon
and Marie-Josèphe Breaux, at Attakapas west of the Atchafalaya
Basin in February 1778 and created a western branch of the family.
All of their children were born on the Teche. Joseph le jeune died in St. Martin Parish in October 1820, in his
mid-60s. His daughters married into the
LeBlanc,
Savoie, and Sonnier families. Two of his son married into the Guilbeau and Thibodeaux
families and created families of their own along the middle Teche.
Joseph's second son Pierre, born
at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in the early 1730s, married Anne Forest probably at
Ste.-Famille in c1753. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Pierre two sons in
c1754 and c1760, at Ste.-Famille and Maryland, where the British deported the
family in the fall of 1755.
Anne, now a widow,
and their two sons emigrated to Louisiana in 1766. She remarried to
Étienne Bujole at New Orleans two years later.
One of her two Babin sons created his own family.
Older son Joseph
dit Dios, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1754,
followed his family to Maryland and Louisiana and married Marine, daughter
of Désiré LeBlanc and Marie-Madeleine Landry,
at Ascension on the river above New Orleans in February 1775.
Between 1775 and 1777, Marine gave Dios three sons. Joseph dit
Dios died at Ascension in February 1782, age 28. Two of his four sons
married, into the LeBlanc and Richard
families. Only Benjamin, the younger son, produced
a line of the family that endured; in spite of the son's early death, it
became a substantial one in what became St. James and Ascension parishes.
Pierre's younger son Charles, born in Maryland in c1760, survived childhood but did not marry.
He followed his family to Louisiana and died at Ascension in January 1783, age 22.
Joseph's third son Joseph, fils, born probably at Ste.-Famille,
Pigiguit, in
the late 1730s, evidently escaped the British roundup at Pigiguit in 1755. He married Madeleine, daughter of
Pierre Surette and Catherine Breau, in c1763,
place unrecorded.
The marriage was sanctified at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in June 1769, so they
likely settled in that colony. One wonders if they had a son named
Charles-Amand who married into the Godin dit
Bellefontaine and Belliveau families in the Pubnico area north
of Cap-Sable.
Joseph, père's fourth son Étienne, born at
Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1749, followed his family to Maryland in c1755 and to Louisiana
in 1767. Étienne married a woman whose name has been lost to history at
San Gabriel on the river and remarried to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Bonaventure LeBlanc
and Marie Thériot, at Cabahannocer on the river above New
Orleans in January 1778 and settled at nearby San Gabriel.
Étienne died at San Gabriel in December
1788, age 39. His daughters married into the Lacave,
Lopez, and Seguinaud families. None of
his fives sons seems to have married.
Joseph, père's fifth and youngest son Cyprien,
born at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1750, followed his family to Maryland in 1755 and to
Louisiana in 1767. He
died at Baton Rouge in January 1815, age 64, still a bachelor.
Vincent's fifth and youngest son Antoine le jeune,
born probably at Pigiguit in c1718,
married Catherine Landry in c1741, place not given. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1764, Catherine
gave Antoine le jeune at least eight children, three sons and five daughters. The
family was deported to Maryland in 1755. Catherine, now a 47-year-old
widow, and her Babin children emigrated to
Louisiana in 1768. Four of her and Antoine's daughters
married into the Guidry, Dugas, Breaux,
and Dies families in Louisiana. Two of Antoine le jeune's three sons
also created their own families
in the Spanish colony.
Oldest son François-Marie, born
probably at Pigiguit in c1742, followed his family to Maryland and married Marguerite-Hélène, daughter of Amand
Breau and Marie Landry, there in c1763.
In c1765 and December 1766, Marguerite gave François two sons in Maryland.
They moved on to Louisiana in 1768 and were forced to settle at Fort San Luìs de
Natchez, far upriver above Baton Rouge. After the Spanish allowed them to
leave Natchez in 1769, François-Marie resettled
his family at Ascension and San Gabriel on the river between Baton Rouge
and New Orleans. Marguerite-Hélène gave him another son at Ascension. Their daughter married into the LeBlanc (French
Canadian, not Acadian) and Rivet families. All three of
François-Marie's sons married, into the Foret, Dugas,
Broussard, and Clouâtre families, but only two of the lines
endured.
Antoine le jeune's second son
Firmin, born probably at Pigiguit in c1747, followed his family to
Maryland in 1755 and to Louisiana in
1768 and settled with them at Fort San Luìs de Natchez. Firmin married Bibianne, another daughter
of Amand Breau and Marie Landry, at San Luis
de Natchez in January 1769. Soon after their marriage, they moved
downriver to Ascension, where Firmin remarried
to Isabelle, daughter of Arche Brousse or Brusse
and Isabel ____ of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in
November 1781. She gave him more children there. His daughters by
both wives married into the Hébert, Landry,
and Lavergne families. Four of his six sons married into the Pichoff, Dugas,
Landry, Babin, and Breaux
families and settled on the river and in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley.
Antoine le jeune's youngest son Charles, born probably at Pigiguit
in c1750, followed his family to Maryland in 1755 and his widowed mother and
siblings to Louisiana in 1768. He, too, endured the settlement at Fort San
Luìs de Natchez and followed his family to Ascension, where he died in the 1770s.
He did not marry.
Antoine's third
son Antoine, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1676, died young.
Antoine's fourth
and youngest son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1684, married Marguerite, daughter of Charles Boudrot and
Renée Bourg, in c1705 and settled at Minas, where he died by June 1751,
in his late 60s. Between the early 1700s and 1720, Marguerite gave Jean seven children, four sons and
three daughters, all of whom married, six of them to Landrys! Their daughters married into the Landry
family, and two of them moved on to the French Maritimes. All four of
Jean's sons created their own families, and all of their famiies
emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland.
Oldest son
Paul, born
probably at Minas in the early 1700s, married Marie Landry in c1730
probably at Minas and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1739 and 1750, Marie gave Paul at least eight children, three
sons and five daugthers. The family was deported to Maryland in 1755, and
Paul died there before 1763, when the family appeared on a repatriation list at Oxford on Maryland's Eastern Shore. One of Paul's daughters married into the Le Borgne de Bélisle
family in Maryland. Six of Paul's children--one married, the others still
single--emigrated to
Louisiana in 1766. Their widowed mother Marie Landry, age 66
when she came to the Spanish colony in 1767, settled with a daughter at San
Gabriel on the river above New Orleans. Two more of her Babin
daughters married Landry cousins in Louisiana. All three
of her Babin sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Charles, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1742,
followed his family to Maryland and to Louisiana, where he married cousin
Élisabeth, also called Madeleine, daughter of perhaps Germain Babin and Marguerite
Landry, at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans in
March 1767, soon after his arrival. Between 1769 and 1779, Madeleine gave Charles at least
four children, two sons and two daughters. Charles died by November 1781, when
Madeleine remarried at Ascension; he would have been in his late 30s at the time
of his passing.
Charles's daughters married into the Breaux and Landry
families. His older son married into the Godin dit
Lincour family and settled on Bayou Lafourche. Charles's
younger son married into the Landry family, but his line did
not endure.
Paul's second son
Amand, born at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1743,
followed his family to Maryland and married cousin Marie-Anastasie, called Anastasie, called Anastasie, daughter of
probably Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry and his second
wife Marguerite Flan, in c1766 in the Chesapeake colony. Between 1768
and 1788, Anastasie gave Amand 13 children, 10 sons and three daughters.
Amand took his family to Louisiana in 1766, settled at Cabahannocer on the
river, and died in nearby Ascension Parish in April 1808, age 65, a widower. His
daughters married into the Dugas and LeBlanc
families. Five of his 10 sons married into the Duhon,
Landry, and Dugas families and settled on the
river and on Bayou Lafourche. A remarkable number of Amand's descendants
married cousins.
Paul's third and youngest son
Vincent-Ephrèm, called Ephrèm, born at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1745, followed his family to Maryland and Louisiana
and married Marguerite LeBlanc at
Cabahannocer in April 1768. Between 1768 and 1781, Marguerite gave Ephrèm
five children, four sons and a daughter. In October 1787, in his early
40s, Ephrèm contracted smallpox at Ascension but survived. He died in Ascension
Parish in September 1810, age 67. His daughter married a Landry
cousin. One of his sons married a Landry
cousin and remained on the river, but his line may not have endured.
Jean's second son
Germain,
born at Grand-Pré in April 1711, married
Marguerite, daughter of Germain Landry and Marie Melanson, in
c1738 probably at Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and 1753, Marguerite gave
Germain at least three daughters and perhaps a son. The family was deported to Maryland in
1755. Marguerite died there by 1763, when the family was counted at
Oxford. When three of his daughters emigrated to Louisiana in 1766,
Germain had either died or chose to remain in the British colony. His
daughters married Babin and Landry cousins in
Louisiana.
Jean's third son Jean-Baptiste,
born probably at Minas in the 1710s,
married Ursule, daughter of Alexandre Landry and Marie-Marguerite
Blanchard, in c1739 probably at Minas. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1756, Ursule
gave Jean-Baptiste four children, a son and three daughters. The British deported
the family to Maryland in 1755. Ursule, now a widow, and her
Babin children emigrated to
Louisiana in 1766. Two of her daughters married into the
LeBlanc, Panvil, and Melançon
families in Louisiana. Her only Babin son created his own family.
Only son Joseph, born at Minas in c1748,
followed his family to Maryland and Louisiana and married Osite,
daughter Jacques LeBlanc and Catherine-Marie-Josèphe
Forest, at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans in January
1771. He died in nearby Ascension Parish March 1809, in his early 60s, the
father of many children.
His daughters married into the Babin, Boudreaux, Landry, and LeBlanc
families. Five of his seven sons married into the
Hébert, Landry, and LeBlanc
families and settled
in what became Ascension Parish, but some of his grandsons moved upriver
into Iberville and West Baton Rouge parishes.
Jean's fourth and youngest son
Joseph, born probably at Minas in the late 1710s, married Anne, daughter of Jacques Thériot and Marie-Marguerite LeBlanc,
in c1742. They settled at Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1749, Anne gave
Joseph three children, two sons and a daughter. The British deported the
family to
Maryland in 1755. Anne, now a 45-year-old widow, with her Babin children, emigrated to Louisiana in 1766. Her daughter married into the Dugas family in
Louisiana. Both of her Babin sons created their own
families in Louisiana.
Older son Joseph, fils, born probably at Pigiguit in c1745,
followed his family to Maryland and Louisiana and married
Marie Landry at Cabahannocer on the river above New
Orleans in February 1768. Between 1771 and 1784, Marie gave Joseph,
fils nine children, three sons and six daughters. At age 52,
Joseph, fils remarried to Anne-Appoline, daughter of Paul
Doiron and Marguerite Michel and widow of
Jean-Baptiste La Garenne, at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer, in February 1797. Joseph, fils's only married son
Auguste settled on Bayou Lafourche and married into the Bergeron family.
Joseph, père's younger son Jean-Jacques, called Jacques, born probably at Pigiguit in c1748,
followed his family to Maryland and Louisiana, married
Marguerite, daughter of perhaps Abraham dit Petit Abram Landry
and his second wife Marguerite Flan of Pigiguit, in c1771,
place not given, and settled at
Cabahannocer. Between 1772 and the late 1780s, Marie gave Jean-Jacques
seven children, five sons and two daughters. Their daughters married into
the Boudreaux and Richard families. Two
of Jacques's sons
married into the Landry and Melançon families
and settled on the river and on Bayou Lafourche. The bayou line of the
family was especially prolific.372
Vincent
Pierre
Vincent,
an early 1660s arrival, and his wife Anne Gaudet created a large
family in the colony. Between 1664 and 1674, Anne gave Pierre six children, two
daughters and four sons. Pierre died at Port-Royal before 1686, in his
early or mid-50s. His daughters married into the Bastarache dit
Le Basque and Moyse dit Latreille families. Three of
his four sons also created their own families. His and Anne's descendants settled at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Minas and Pigiguit in the Minas Basin, Chignecto, Petitcoudiac in the
trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, and on Île St.-Jean. At least 13 of Pierre's descendants emigrated to
Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, Maryland in the late 1760s, and France in 1785.
Even more of Pierre descendants could be found in Canada, greater Acadia, France,
and in the French Antilles after Le Grand
Dérangement.
Oldest
son Thomas, born at Port-Royal in c1665, was counted with his family as late as
1686, when he was age 20, but he did not marry.
Pierre's second
son Michel, born at Port-Royal in c1668, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Michel dit Sansoucy
Richard and Madeleine Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1689 and settled
at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, and Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. Between 1690 and 1709, Marie-Josèphe gave
Michel eight children, six daughters and two sons. Wife Marie-Josèphe died at
Ste.-Famille in October 1709, probably from the rigors of childbirth.
Michel remarried to Anne-Marie, daughter of Jean Doiron and Marie-Anne Canol,
probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1710. Between 1711 and 1735, at
Ste.-Famille, Anne-Marie gave Michel 11 more children, four sons and seven
daughters--19 children, 13 daughters and six sons, by two wives. His daughters from both wives married into the Gautrot, Boudrot,
Dubois, Semer, Thibodeau, Forest, Duon,
Trahan, Landry, Daigre, Saulnier, Caylan, and
Bouriou families. Two of them perished with their families on the
crossing from the Maritime islands to France in late 1758, and one of them
emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. Five of Michel's six sons by
both wives also created families of their own.
Older son
Pierre dit Pierre
à Michel, by first wife Marie-Josèphe
Richard, born at Pigiguit in c1708, married Anne,
daughter of Abraham Comeau and Marguerite Pitre, at Beaubassin in
June or October 1733 and settled at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières
area west of Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1740 and 1754,
Anne gave Pierre à Michel two children, a daughter and a son.
Members of the
family escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières
in 1755
and took refuge in Canada. Pierre à Michel may have been the
Pierre Vincent who was deported to South Carolina in the fall
of 1755, escaped from the workhouse at Charles Town in late January 1756 with
several other Acadians, and attempted to return to greater Acadia via the
Carolina back country. Accordring to Arsenault, Pierre à Michel
died in Canada before 1757, in his late 40s; other authorities say only two of
the South Carolina escapees made it back to greater Acadia; Pierre à
Michel was not one of them. Arsenault says his widow Anne and
their children were at Halifax in 1767. One wonders what happened to them
from 1755 to that date.
Michel's second son
Antoine,
by first wife Marie-Josèphe
Richard,
born at Pigiguit in c1709, married Madeleine, daughter of René Landry and Anne Thériot,
at Grand-Pré in October 1729 and settled at nearby Rivière-aux-Canards. Madeleine
gave Antoine a son there in 1742. The British deported the
family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. The English held them at Southampton, where
wife Madeleine died. Antoine and his son were repatriated to St.-Malo, France,
aboard the transport Ambition in the spring of 1763 and settled at
nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Antoine took his son to the interior of Poitou in 1773. In March
1776, four months after his son left, Antoine retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes
and died in St.-Nicolas Parish there in September, in his late 60s.
Only son
Jean,
born at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1742, followed his parents to Virginia and
England and his widowed father to St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married Jeanne, daughter
of locals Jean-Baptiste Baste and Jeanne Offroy,
in June 1765. Between 1766 and 1772, Jeanne gave Jean four children, two
sons and two daughters, one of whom died an infant. Jean took his family to Poitou in 1773.
In
November 1775, after two years of effort, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes.
Jeanne gave Jean another son at Chantenay near Nantes in September 1784--five
children, three sons and two daughters, in all. No member of the family
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Michel's third
son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, from second wife Anne-Marie Doiron, born at Pigiguit in c1711, married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, another daughter of
Abraham Comeau and Marguerite Pitre,
at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières west of Chignecto in May 1734.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and 1754, Élisabeth gave Jean four
children, two sons and two daughters. The family escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières
in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Jean-Baptiste died near Miramichi on the Gulf shore before January 1766.
Arsenault says he died there in c1758, in his late 40s, and that his wife and
children were at Halifax in 1761. One of their daughters married into the
Dufaye family at Verchères northeast of Montréal in 1772.
What happened to Jean's family between his death and their incarceration at
Halifax? Did they move on to Canada after the war ended?
Michel's fourth son Joseph, by second wife Anne-Marie Doiron,
born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in July 1722, married
Marguerite, daughter of François Bodart and Marie Babin, in c1745
and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1746
and 1748, Marguerite gave Joseph two children, a son and a daughter. The British deported the family to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England
the following spring. The English held them at Liverpool, where Joseph
died in September 1756, age 34, soon after their arrival. Daughter
Marie-Josèphe married Frenchman Guillaume Montet of Périgord at
Liverpool in April 1763. The following month, Joseph's widow Marguerite, her married daughter and
son-in-law, and Marguerite's only son were repatriated to Morlaix,
France. In November 1765, they followed other exiles from England to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany and settled at Kervarigeon
near Bangor. Daughter Marie-Josèphe died there in 1779, followed by her
husband Guillaume in November 1781. Marguerite's son, as well as his
sister's six orphaned children,
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in 1785. One wonders if
Marguerite died before 1785 or if she chose to remain on the island after her
loved ones left. Stephen A. White says only that she died before 3 January
1788, hinting that she remained on the island. She would have turned 70 in 1788.
Only son Pierre, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in October 1748, followed his family
to Virginia and England and his widowed mother and married sister to
Belle-Île-en-Mer, where he lived with them at Kervarigeon near Bangor. Still a
bachelor in his late 30s, he emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 but did not
follow his fellow passengers to Baton Rouge. He settled, instead, in the
Attakapas District, where he took up ranching in the Vermilion valley.
(His Montet nieces and nephews crossed from France in 1785 on a
later vessel and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.) At age 40, Pierre
married Agnès, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Broussard and
Ursule LeBlanc and widow of Pierre Potier, at
Attakapas in January 1788. Agnès died soon after the marriage, perhaps
from the rigors of childbirth. Pierre remarried to Catherine, daughter of
Michel Galemand and Françoise ____ of
St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands on the river and widow of Benjamin, also called
Benedict and Benoit,
Hargrave, at Attakapas in October 1790. Catherine, like her first
husband, was a native of Brunswick County, Virginia. She gave Pierre all
of his many children. Pierre died in Lafayette Parish in December 1826.
The priest who recorded the burial said Pierre was "age over 80 years" when he died. He was in his
late 70s. His succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in
January. His daughters married into the Broussard and
Trahan families. All seven of his sons married, into the
Landry, Ryan, Hébert, Trahan,
Domingue, Bertrand, and Manceau
families, and settled at Attakapas. He and his sons created the largest
line of Acadian Vincents not only on the southwest prairies,
but in all of South Louisiana.
Michel's fifth son Charles, by second wife Anne-Marie Doiron,
born at Rivière-aux-Canards, in March 1725, married
Euphrosine, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Duon and Agnès Hébert and
sister of two of his brothers-in-law,
at Annapolis Royal in 1746. They settled at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1754, Euphrosine gave Charles four
children, a son and three daughters. The British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia
authorities sent them on to England the following spring. The English held
them at Penryn near Plymouth, where Charles died in October 1756, age 31, soon
after their arrival. Widow Euphrosine died in November, also age 31. Their
children were repatriated to France in the spring of 1763. In November
1765, they followed other exiles from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the
southern coast of Brittany. Two of their daughters, Rose-Pélagie and
Marie-Élisabeth, married into the
Lhermite and De La Mestre families at Bangor
on the island in 1769 and 1770 and likely remained there. In 1771, the Abbé Le Loutre, now
a patron of the Acadians in France, petitoned the govenor of Belle-Île-en-Mer to
send the youngest daughter, Élisabeth, then age 17, to the convent at Vannes in
southern Brittany. If she went, she did not remain. She followed
other Acadians to the interior of Poitou in 1773 or 1774, married a sailor named Le Coq
from St.-Malo at Leigné-les-Bois, Poitou, in 1774, followed him to Nantes in 1775, and, with
her husband,
a son, and three daughters, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. One wonders what
happened to her brother
Jean.
Michel's sixth and youngest son
Michel, fils, by second wife Anne-Marie Doiron, born
probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in July 1729, evidently died young.
Pierre's third
son Pierre, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1669, married Jeanne, daughter of Guillaume Trahan and
Madeleine Brun of Grand-Pré, in c1692 and settled at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit. Between
1692 and 1716, Jeanne gave Pierre, fils 10 children, three sons and
seven daughters, including a set of twins. Pierre, fils died
probably at Minas by September 1732, in his late 50s or early 60s. Four of
his daughters married into the LaVache, LeBlanc, Trahan,
Blanchard, and Benoit families. Two of his sons also created
their own families.
Oldest son
Pierre III,
born probably at Minas in c1693, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Granger and
Isabelle Guilbeau, at Grand-Pré in November 1714. According to Bona
Arsenault, they settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, but they likely remained
at Minas Proper.
Between 1718 and the late 1750s, Marie gave Pierre III eight children, at least
four sons and two daughters. Their daughters married into the Boudrot, Breau,
Dugas, and Daigre families. Three of Pierre III's sons
created families of their own.
Oldest son
Pierre IV,
born at Minas in May 1718, married Geneviève, daughter of François Boudrot and
Angélique Doiron, at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1741. The British
deported them to Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Pierre, Geneviève, and four of their children
were still in the
colony in June 1763. According to Bona Arsenault, Pierre IV remarried to
fellow Acadian Madeleine Babin in c1765. Stephen A. White
says nothing of the marriage. Arsenault says that between 1766 and 1774,
Madeleine gave Pierre IV four more children, three daughters and a son--perhaps
eight children by two wives. Arsenault adds that Pierre IV settled
at Québec City, where he worked as a potter, so after the war they evidently
chose to follow other exiles in Pennsylvania to Canada. He was living at 35 rue de la
Saint-Vallier in the city in 1792. Three of his daughters by putative
second wife married into the Robitaille, Parent,
and Gauvreau families at Québec. One of his sons also
married there.
Pierre, by second
wife Madeleine Babin, born at Québec in c1772, married
Marie-Louise, daughter of Germain Bergeron, perhaps a fellow
Acadian, at Québec in February 1795.
Pierre III's
second son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1724, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Daigre and
Françoise Doucet, in c1750 probably at Minas. According to Bona
Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Joseph two children, a daughter and a son, in 1754
and 1758. The British deported
the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Joseph remarried to
Marie-Jeanne, called Jeanne, daughter of Claude
Benoit and Jeanne Hébert, at Boston, Massachusetts, in April 1759.
According to Arsenault, between 1761 and 1764, Jeanne gave Joseph three more
children, a daughter and two sons--five children, two daughters and three sons,
by both wives. In August 1763, Joseph, Jeanne, and four of their children
appeared on a French repatriation list in the Bay Colony. In 1766, they
followed other exiles in New England to Canada. British officials counted them at
Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence that year. Joseph died at nearby
Louiseville on the north shore of Lac St.-Pierre in December 1800, in his mid-
or late 70s. His daughters married into the Comeau and
Bastien-Vanasse families in the area. His sons also
married there.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, by first wife Marie-Josèphe Daigre, born
probably in Massachusetts in c1758, followed his family to Canada and married
Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Trahan and
Marie-Anne Landry, at Yamachiche in November 1781.
Joseph, père's
second son Pierre, by second wife Jeanne Benoit, born probably
in Massachusetts in c1762, followed his family to Canada and married at
Louiseville in April 1787 a woman whose name has been lost to history.
Joseph, père's
third and youngest son Simon, by second wife Jeanne Benoit,
born probably in Masschusetts in c1764, followed his family to Canada.
Simon married cousin Françoise Benoit at Louisville in April
1787, on the same day his older brother Pierre married there.
Pierre III's
third son Germain, born probably at Minas in c1730, moved on to the French
Maritimes after August 1752. The British deported him and a younger
brother to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. They settled at nearby
St.-Servan-sur-Mer. In 1773, still a bachelor, he accompanied younger brother Simon and his new wife to
the interior of Poitou and
retreated with them to the port city of Nantes in December 1775. Germain,
still a bachelor, died at
Chantenay near Nantes in April 1784, in his mid-50s. One wonders why he
never married.
Pierre III's
fourth and youngest son Simon, born probably at Minas in c1741, moved on to the French
Maritimes with older brother Germain after August 1752. The British deported
them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. They settled at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where Simon married Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Jacques Cyr
and Marie-Josèphe Hébert, in February 1772. Théotiste gave Simon a
daughter there the following year. In 1773, Simon and his family
accompanied older brother Germain to Poitou and retreated with him and other
Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in December 1775. They did not
follow other Acadian exiles in France to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Pierre, fils's second son
Jean-Joseph,
born probably at Minas in c1708, married Anne
Babin dit Barbe in c1728, no place given. What
happened to them in 1755?
Pierre,
fils's third and youngest son Charles, born at Minas in February 1709, probably died young.
Pierre's fourth
and youngest son Clément, born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Madeleine, daughter of François Levron
and Catherine Savoie, probably at Port-Royal in c1698 and, according to
Bona Arsenault, also settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. Between 1698 and 1726, Madeleine gave Clément a dozen children, five
daughters and seven sons.
Three of their daughters married into the Michel dit La Ruine,
LeMarquis dit Clermont, Girouard, and Doiron families,
and one of them emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in 1768. Four of Clément's seven sons, all of whom
used their father's first name as a dit, created their own families.
Oldest son
Pierre,
born at Port-Royal in c1701, died there in October 1703, age 2.
Clément's second son
Jean dit
Clément,
born at Annapolis Royal in June 1713, married Isabelle, or
Élisabeth, daughter of François Michel and Jeanne Levron, in c1731
probably at Annapolis Royal. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1731 and
1746, Isabelle gave Jean eight children, two sons and six daughters. Their
oldest daughter married into the Hébert family at Cobeguit on
the eastern end of the Minas Basin. Jean remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Charles
Hébert and Catherine Saulnier, in c1747 probably at Annapolis Royal and moved on to
Île St.-Jean in c1750. According to Arsenault, between 1750 and 1757,
Marguerite gave Jean five more children, three sons and two daughters--13
children, five sons and eight daughters, by two wives. In August 1752, a French official counted Jean,
Marguerite, and eight of their children at Anse-aux-Pirogues in the island's
interior. The British deported members of
the family to France in late 1758. Jean dit Clément
died in the sinking of the transport on which he was sailing, perhaps the
Ruby, which was driven by a mid-December storm to the Azores, where it
crashed on the rocks of Pico Island, taking 190 Acadians with it. He would
have been in his mid-40s at the time of his death. Second wife Marguerite
and at least three of his daughters survived the wreck and were taken to Le Havre,
France, via Plymouth,
England. His oldest son and his family, perhaps also survivors of the
Ruby mishap, landed at Cherbourg, France, in 1759 but moved on
to Le Havre by 1764. Two of Jean dit Clément's
daughters married into the Gueret and Bouton
families at Le Havre in 1764 and 1765. Another daughter, Marie, married
into the Boileau family in France, followed her husband to
French Guiane in the early 1760s, remarried there into the Devievre,
Gauriol, and Camus families, and died at
Sinnamary, French Guiane, in August 1777. At least one of Jean dit
Clement's sons married, and his widow and daughters went to Spanish
Louisiana.
Oldest son
Jean
dit Clément,
fils, by first wife Isabelle Michel, born probably at
Annapolis Royal in c1735, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, where he married
Ursule, daughter of Charles Hébert and Catherine
Saulnier and sister of his stepmother, at Port-La-Joye in
March 1756. According to Bona Arsenault, Ursule gave Jean, fils a
daughter in 1757. The British deported them to Cherbourg, France, in late
1758, and they joined his family at Le Havre by 1764. Jean, fils
worked as a sailor and an "artisan" in the two ports. Between 1759 and
1773, at Cherbourg and Le Havre, Ursule gave Jean, fils eight more
children, four sons and four daughters. All of the sons and one of the
daughters died young. In 1773, Jean, Ursule, and four of their daughters
followed other exiles languishing in the coastal cities to the interior of Poitou. Ursule gave Jean another son at Cenan
there in November 1774--10
children, five daughters and five sons, in all. In November 1775, Jean and
his family retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes,
where Jean died in his late 30s or 40s before September 1784, when Ursule
appeared on a list of Acadians in France who agreed to go to Spanish Louisiana and was
called a widow. Their youngest son also died at Nantes. Widow Ursule and
four of their daughters emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and followed
their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Ursule did not remarry.
Her four Vincent dit Clément
daughters all married, into the
Pinet dit Pinel, Ferre,
Baye, and Thibodeaux families, at New Orleans
and on the Lafourche, and called themselves Vincents.
Clément's third son
Joseph dit
Clément,
born at Annapolis Royal in September 1715,
married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Hébert and Jeanne Doiron, in
c1740 probably at Annapolis Royal. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1741 and 1756, Marguerite gave Joseph nine children, six sons and three
daughters. They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1750.
In August 1752, a French official counted Joseph, Marguerite, and six of their
children at Anse-au-Matelot on the island's southeast shore. The British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Marguerite and
three of their children died on the crossing. Arsenault says Marguerite
died on the Isle of Jersey in c1760, which is odd considering that their ship
reached St.-Malo in late January 1759. Joseph and his children settled on the west bank of the
river south of St.-Malo at Pleurtuit, where, at age 46, Joseph remarried to Marie, 43-year-old daughter of
locals Yves Gratien and Marie Dequel and widow of François
Marquis dit Savoie, in August 1761. Between 1762 and 1765, at
Pleurtuit and nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Marie gave Joseph three more children, two sons
and a daughter--a dozen children, eight sons and four daughters, by two
wives. Joseph's oldest daughter Marguerite by first wife Marguerite
married into the Trahan family at Pleurtuit in 1768. One
of her sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
In 1793, Republican officials at St.-Malo counted Marie Gratien,
"wid. of Joseph Vincent, an Acadian," with youngest son
Yves-Charles. The official noted that Marie had been born "at St-Pierre in
1718," perhaps a local parish.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, by first wife Marguerite Hébert, born
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1741, followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
St.-Malo, and
Pleurtuit, where he married Perrine, daughter of locals Julien Bodeneuf
and Louise Bourges and widow of Mathurin
Hoguigue, in January 1766.
If they were still living, they evidently remained in France in 1785.
Joseph, père's
second son Alexis, by first wife Marguerite Hébert, born
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1744, followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
St.-Malo, and
Pleurtuit, where he married Renée, daughter of locals Michel Hoguigue
and Marie Erault and widow of Jean Beaumanoir,
in July 1766. Between 1767 and 1772, Renée gave Alexis three children, two
sons and a daughter. The younger son and the daughter died as infants.
In 1793, Republican officials at St.-Malo counted Renée-Perrine, "dgtr. of
Alexis Vincent, an Acadian," with her step-grandmother and an
uncle, so Alexis and Renée evidently had another daughter after 1772. The
official called the daughter a "day-laboureur."
Joseph, père's
third son François, by first wife Marguerite Hébert, born
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1746, followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
St.-Malo, and
Pleurtuit. One wonders what happened to him there.
Joseph, père's
fourth son Firmin, by first wife Marguerite Hébert, born at
probably Annapolis Royal in c1749, followed his family to Île St.-Jean,
St.-Malo, and
Pleurtuit. He married Eugénie-Marie, daughter of locals Charles Tardivet
and Marie Printel of St.-Jouan-des-Guerets, at nearby
St.-Servan-sur-Mer in November 1769. Between 1771 and 1774, at St.-Servan,
Eugénie-Marie gave Firmin three children, two sons and a daughter, one of whom
died in infancy. In 1773, Firmin took his family to the interior of Poitou. In
November 1775, after two years of effort, they retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Between 1776 and 1784, in
St.-Similien Parish and nearby Chantenay, Eugénie-Marie gave Firmin three
more children, a son and two daughters--six children, three sons and three
daughters, in all. Their oldest daughter died at Chantenay in July 1783.
No member of the family followed other Acadians exiles to Spanish Louisiana in
1785.
Joseph, père's
fifth son Baptiste, by first wife Marguerite Hébert, born on
Île St.-Jean in c1755, died on the crossing to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
Joseph, père's
sixth son Janvier, by first wife Marguerite Hébert, born on Île
St.-Jean in c1756, died on the crossing to St.-Malo in late 1758.
Joseph, père's
seventh son Joseph-Arnault, by second wife Marie Gratien, was
born at Pleurtuit, France, in June 1762. He settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
married, and fathered several children. In 1793, Republican officials at
St.-Malo counted Joseph Vincent, a carpenter and father, with
several children recently born. One wonders who his wife may have been.
Joseph, père's
eighth and youngest son Yves-Charles, by second wife Marie Gratien,
was born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in April 1765. In 1793, Republican officials at
St.-Malo counted Yves-Charles, now in his late 20s, with his mother and made no
mention of a wife.
Clément's fourth son Paul, born at Annapolis Royal in April 1717, died the
following October.
Clément's fifth son Claude, born at Annapolis Royal in August 1721, died
there at September 1722, age 1.
Clément's sixth son
Pierre dit
Clément, born Annapolis Royal in October 1723, married Blanche, daughter of Louis Michel
and Marguerite Forest, in c1743, probably at Annapolis Royal.
Blanche gave Pierre two children, a daughter and a son, in 1744 and 1748.
They moved on to Île St.-Jean in c1750.
Pierre remarried to Rosalie dite Rose, daughter of Antoine Barrieau and
Angélique Thibodeau, at Port-La-Joye on the island in May 1752.
She evidently gave him no more children. That August, a French official
counted Pierre, Rose, and his two children from his first marriage at
Anse-à-Dubuisson in the island's southern interior. Pierre and his family
left the island before its dérangement in 1758 and sought refuge in
Canada. Pierre, at age
33, remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie-Françoise, daughter of Canadians
Philippe Paquet and Dorothée Plante, at St.-Jean, Île d'Orléans,
below Québec, in February 1757. They remained in the northern province.
According to Arsenault, Marie-Françoise gave Pierre two more children, a son and
a daughter, in 1758 and 1760--four children, two daughters and two sons, by two of his wives. Pierre died at St.-Gervais de Bellechasse across from Québec City in June 1787,
age 63. One of his daughters by his third wife married into the
Côté family there. His sons also married in the area.
Older son Isidore, by first wife Blanche Michel, born
probably at Annapolis Royal in c1748, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and
Canada, where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of Antoine Palain
and Barbe Brulotte, at Québec City in February 1770.
Pierre's younger son Pierre-Michel, by third wife Marie-Françoise
Paquet, born in Canada in c1758, married Marie, daughter of Louis
Côté and Marie-Angélique Valllière and sister
of his sister Marie's husband, at St.-Charles de Bellechasse across from Québec
City, in 1782.
Clément's seventh and youngest son
François dit
Clément, born at Annapolis Royal in October 1725, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Philippe Doiron
and Marie-Josèphe Guédry, in c1747 probably at Annapolis Royal, and moved
on to Île St.-Jean in c1750. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and
1760, Marie-Josèphe gave François seven children, two sons and five daughters,
including a set of twins. In August 1752, a French official counted
François, Marie, and two of their children, at Anse-au-Matelot near his older
brother Joseph. They evidently left the island before its dérangement
and followed his older brother Pierre to Canada. François died at Beaumont
below Québec City in May 1760, age 35. His widow Marie-Josèphe married a
Nolet at Beaumont the following September. Two of
François's daughters married into the Lévesque, Gentil,
and Landais families at Kamouraska and Trois-Pistoles on the
lower St. Lawrence.373
Robichaud
Étienne
Robichaud, an early 1660s arrival, and his wife Françoise Boudrot
created a large, influential family in the colony. Between 1664 and 1677, Françoise gave Étienne six
children, four sons and two daughters, all of whom married. Their
daughters married into the Landry and Petitot dit
Saint-Seine families. Étienne and Françoise's descendants settled not only
at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but also at Minas and Cobeguit in the Minas Basin, and in the French
Maritimes. Most of them, however, remained at Annapolis Royal. At
least 24 of Étienne's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765
and from France in 1785. Many more of Étienne's descendants could be found in Canada, greater Acadia,
and France after Le Grand
Dérangement.
Oldest
son Charles dit Cadet, born at Port-Royal in c1667, marrried Marie, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau
and Jeanne Thériot, at Port-Royal in c1686. Between 1687 and 1700,
Marie gave Cadet 10 children, a daughter and nine sons, including a set of twins. Cadet remarried to
Marie, daughter of Jean Bourg and Marguerite Martin and widow of
Jean Dubois, at Port-Royal in June 1703. Between 1704 and 1718,
this Marie gave Cadet eight more children, three sons and five daughters--18
children, six daughters and a dozen sons, by two wives. Cadet died at Annapolis Royal in
May 1737, age 70. Four of his daughters by his second wife married
into the Arosteguy, Hébert dit Manuel, and Boudrot
families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana in 1765. Six of Cadet's
many sons, by both wives, also married.
Oldest son
Charles, fils, a twin, by first wife Marie Thibodeau,
born at Port-Royal in c1690, died there in October 1702, age 12.
Cadet's second
son René, Charles, fils's twin, by first wife Marie Thibodeau,
also died young.
Cadet's third son
Antoine, by first wife Marie Thibodeau, born at Port-Royal in
c1692, also died young.
Cadet's fourth son
Augustin, by first wife Marie Thibodeau, born at Port-Royal in
c1693, while still a bachelor, moved on to the French Maritimes after August
1752. The British deported him to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. He died
there in March 1759, in his late 60s, soon after his arrival. He never married.
Cadet's fifth son
Jean dit Cadet, by first wife Marie Thibodeau,
born at Port-Royal in c1694, married Marie, daughter of Jacques Léger and Madeleine Trahan,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1717. They settled at Cobeguit on the east
end of the Minas Basin before
moving on to Île St.-Jean in
c1751. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1718 and 1739, Marie gave Jean
dit Cadet eight children, five sons and three daughters. They may
have had another son--nine children in all. A French official counted Jean, Marie, seven of their children,
five sons and two daughters, and
a Blanchard orphan at Bédec on the island's south shore in
August 1752. Most of them either left the island before 1758 or escaped the roundup
there that year, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Some
of them moved on to Canada. Jean died after November 1758, in his early
60s, perhaps in Canada. One son emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.
Two others ended up in France. One of them died there, but his two sons
followed their widowed mother to Louisiana in 1785. Another son settled in
Canada.
Third son
René,
born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1726, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean and was counted with them at Bédec in August 1752. He married Marguerite, daughter of Ambroise Martin
dit Barnabé and his first wife Anne Cyr of Chignecto, probably on Île St.-Jean in c1755.
She had been counted with her family at Malpeque across the island in August
1752. Marguerite gave René two
daughters in 1756 and 1758. The family either left the island before 1758
or, more likely, escaped the British roundup there later that year, crossed Mer
Rouge, and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By 1760, they had made
their way to Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs and joined
hundreds of other Acadian refugees there. British forces attacked the
French stronghold in the summer of 1760, and the French surrendered Restigouche
the following October. The British held René, his family, and hundreds of
other exiles in prison compounds in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war.
René and his family were held for a time at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, before the
British moved them to the prison barracks at Halifax by August 1763. In
1764-65, René, Marguerite, and their two daughters, along with orphan Marin
Robichaux, followed the Broussards to New
Orleans via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and to lower
Bayou Teche--the first of Robichauxs to reach the Spanish
colony. In August 1765, René, in his late 30s, died in the epidemic that
struck the Teche valley Acadians that spring, summer, and fall. Young
Marin also died later in August. René's widow Marguerite and their daughters remained
on the Teche. Marguerite remarried to
Antoine Borda, a French surgeon, at Attakapas in October 1767.
Daughters Madeleine and Geneviève married into the Hébert and Dugas
families at Attakapas, so the blood of the family line endured in the Bayou
State.
Jean dit
Cadet's putative fourth son Alexandre, born
perhaps at Cobeguit in c1727, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean. He married Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter perhaps of fellow
Acadians François Bourg and Marguerite Hébert,
in c1752 probably on the island. The couple was not counted on the island
in August 1752. Between 1753 and 1758, on Île St.-Jean, Marguerite-Josèphe
gave Alexandre three children, two sons and a daughter. The British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. All three of their
children died at sea. The couple settled in the suburb of St.-Énogat, now
Dinard, where,
between 1760 and 1773, Marguerite-Josèphe gave Alexandre seven more children,
another son and six more daughters. Three of the children, the son and two
daughters, died before 1773, when Alexandre took his family to the interior of Poitou.
Marguerite-Josèphe gave him another daughter at Leigné-des-Bois, Poitou, in 1774, but one
of their older daughters also died in there. In November 1775, Alexandre,
Marguerite-Josèphe, and their three remaining daughters retreated with other
Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. In 1776, in St.-Donatien
Parish, Marguerite-Josèphe gave Alexandre another daughter there--a dozen
children, three sons and nine daughters, in all, but two of their older
daughters also died in the parish that year. Sadly, in 1785, only two,
perhaps three, of their children, all daughters, were still living! No
member of the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jean dit
Cadet's fifth son Pierre, born in c1730, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and
was counted with them at Bédec in August 1752. He married Anne-Marie
Blanchard in c1758 probably on Île St.-Jean, on the eve of the
island's dérangement. Unlike other members of his family, he did
not escape the British roundup on the island. Not long after their marriage, the British
deported the couple to St.-Malo, France. They survived the crossing and
settled on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo at St.-Suliac. Anne-Marie gave him a daughter
there in May 1759, but the baby died three days after her birth.
Anne-Marie died at week later, age 23. Pierre remarried to Anne, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean Hébert and Madeleine Doiron,
at St.-Suliac in November 1761. Between 1763 and 1772, at St.-Suliac, Anne
gave Pierre six more children, four sons and two daughters. The two older
sons died young, one of them from smallpox in April 1773. Later that year,
Pierre took his family to Poitou. Anne gave him two more children there, a
daughter and a son. The daughter, along with an older brother, died at
Leigné-les-Bois east of Châtellerault. In March 1776, Pierre, Anne, and their three remaining
children retreated with other Poitou Acadians down the Vienne and the Loire from
Châtellerault to the port of Nantes.
In 1779 and 1783, Anne gave Pierre two more children in St.-Nicolas Parish,
Nantes--11 children, five daughters and six sons, by two wives, in greater Acadia and France. Pierre died in
St.-Nicolas Parish in August 1783, age 53. In 1785, widow Anne and their four
remaining children--two daughers and two sons--followed other exiles in France
to Spanish Louisiana and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. She remarried
to a LeBlanc widower on the upper bayou. Her
Robichaud daughters married into the Rassicot,
De La Mazière, and Naquin families there. Her
Robichaud sons also married, into the Prejean
and Malbrough families on the upper bayou, where their
family lines endured.
Jean dit
Cadet's sixth and youngest son François, born in c1734, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and was counted with them at Bédec in August 1752. In the 1750s, perhaps
before the island's dérangement in 1758, he
followed members of his family to Canada and
married Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Thibodeau
and Bernard Préjean of Annapolis Royal, at Québec in November
1758. They settled at Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence across from
Trois-Rivières in 1760, moved to L'Islet on the lower St. Lawrence in 1762, and
to Québec City in 1764. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1760 and
1764, Cécile gave François three children, a daughter and two sons. Their
daughter married into the Richer family at Bécancour, but their
sons married on the lower St. Lawrence.
Older son
Louis,
born in Canada in c1762, married Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre Provost
and Élisabeth Bélanger, at St.-Jean-Port-Joli on the lower St.
Lawrence below L'Islet n May 1792.
François's
younger son François, fils, born in Canada in c1764, married Suzanne,
another daughter of Pierre Provost and Élisabeth
Bélanger, at St.-Jean-Port-Joli in November 1791, and, at age 41,
remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charlies Orillon
dit Champagne and Angélique Gauthier,
at Nicolet on upper Bayou Lafourche across from Trois-Rivières, in May 1805.
Cadet's sixth son
Alexandre,
by first wife Marie Thibodeau, born at Port-Royal in c1695, married ____, daughter of Abraham Bourg and
Anne Dugas, in c1726 probably at Annapolis Royal.
Did they have any children? Were they still alive in 1755?
Cadet's
seventh son Joseph
dit Cadet, by first wife Marie Thibodeau,
born at Port-Royal in c1697, married Madeleine, daughter of Martin
Dupuis and Marie Landry, at Grand-Pré in May 1725. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and 1743, Madeleine gave Joseph dit Cadet
six children, three daughters and three sons. If any of the family was
still at Minas in the fall of 1755, they evidently escaped the British roundup
there and sought refuge in Canada. Joseph died
after July 1760, no place recorded, probably in his early 60s. One of his
daughters had married into the Lebert family in the mid-1740s,
moved on to the French Maritimes, was deported
to France in the late 1750s, and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 as a
widow.
One of his sons was deported to France, and two others created their own families in British Canada.
One of Joseph dit Cadet's grandsons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785.
Oldest son Charles, born at Minas in June 1734, moved on to the French
Maritimes after 1752. The British deported him with the family of cousin
Jean-Baptiste Landry to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
He settled on the west side of the river south of St. Malo at Plouër-sur-Rance, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Victor LeBlanc and Marie Aucoin of
Chignecto and widow of Jean-Jacques Bonnière, in July 1760.
Marie gave Charles a son at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in October 1768. Charles
took his family to the interior of Poitou in 1773. After two years of effort, they
retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Charles
died at nearby Chantenay in July 1783, age 49. Widow Marie remarried to an
Henry widower at Chantenay in October 1784. She, her new
husband, his children from a previous marriage, and her Robichaud
son emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. They followed their fellow
passengers to Baton Rouge, where her Robichaud son married
twice.
Only son Charles, fils, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in October
1768, followed his family to Poitou and Chantenay and his mother and stepfather
to Baton Rouge. He married Jeanne-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians
Charles Henry and Marguerite-Josèphe Thériot,
probably at Baton Rouge in February 1792. She gave him a son, Isidore, at
Baton Rouge in March 1797. Charles, fils remarried to
Marie-Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Guidry and his
second wife Anne Moïse and widow of Pierre Aucoin,
at Baton Rouge in May 1801. Charles, fils died by August 1806, in
his late 30s, when his wife remarried at Baton Rouge. His only son
evidently died young, so this family line did not endure in the Bayou State.
Joseph dit Cadet's second son Joseph, born at Minas in c1740, followed his family to
Canada and married Élisabeth, daughter of François Lebeau and
Françoise Demers, at Boucherville across from Montréal in
January 1766.
Joseph dit Cadet's third and youngest son
Dominique, born at Minas in c1743, followed his family to Canada and, at age 31, married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Louis Vachon and Anne-Élisabeth
Campagnard, at Québec City in January 1774.
Cadet's
eighth son François, by first wife Marie Thibodeau, born at
Port-Royal in c1697 or 1698, married Agathe, daughter of Jean Turpin and Catherine
Bourg, in c1728 (Arsenault) or c1731 (Robichaux), place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1732 and 1735, Agathe gave François three daughters. Albert J.
Robichaux, Jr., in his study of the Acadians in France, gives them
eight children, three daughters and five sons, between 1732 and 1753. They moved on to
Île St.-Jean after 1752 and were there in May 1756, when their oldest daughter
Judith married into the Forest famliy at Port-La-Joye.
Their second daughter Anne-Blanche also married a Forest there
in January 1757. The British deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in
late 1758. François's two youngest children, a daughter and a son, ages 8 and 5,
died at sea. François, at age 62, and another son, age 13, died of
smallpox at nearby Ploubalay in May 1759. His widow and five remaining
children settled at nearby Plouër-sur-Rance before moving on to St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Agathe
took her family to the interior of Poitou in 1773. She died at Châtellerault
there in September
1774, age 70. Only two of her sons married.
No member of this family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son François, fils, born in
Nova Scotia in c1734, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo and his widowed mother to Ploubalay and St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
where, at age 31, he married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Hébert and Élisabeth Benoit, in
April 1765. Élisabeth gave François, fils a son and a daughter at
St.-Servan in 1766 and 1767, the second child born posthumously. François,
fils died there in January 1767, age 33. His family was still at
St.-Servan in 1772. One wonders if his widow remarried. Neither she
nor any of her Robichaud children emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana in 1785. Her daughter married into the Pochet
family in France and was living with him at St.-Malo in 1793. Élisabeth's
son also came of age in France.
Only son François-Joseph, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
France, in March 1766, remained there
with his widowed mother and sister and became a carpenter. French
officials counted him with his sister and her husband at St.-Malo in 1793, when
he would have been age 27; the official called him a Robichot.
The official said nothing of a wife and children for the young carpenter, so one
wonders if François-Joseph married.
François, père's second son Mathurin, born in
Nova Scotia in c1740, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo and his widowed mother to Ploubalay and
St.-Servan-sur-Mer. He died at St.-Servan in May 1766, age 26. He did not
marry.
François, père's third son Jean-Pierre, born in
Nova Scotia in c1744, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo and his widowed mother to Ploubalay and
St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Though he worked as a sailor in the mother country, he
followed his widowed mother to Poitou in 1773 and married Geneviève, daughter of
fellow Acadians Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine Boudrot
and widow of Séverin Doiron, in St.-Jean L'Evangeliste Parish,
Châtellerault, Poitou, in September 1774, a week after his mother's death there.
In December 1775, after two and a half years of effort, the couple retreated
with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Between 1776 and
1781, Geneviève gave Jean-Pierre three sons in Ste.-Croix Parish, Nantes.
The oldest and youngest sons died young. Geneviève died in Ste.-Croix
Parish in October 1782, age 44. Jean-Pierre and his remaining son, who
would have been age 7, did not follow other Acadian exiles to Spanish Louisiana
in 1785.
François, père's fourth son Joseph, born in
Nova Scotia in c1746, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean and St.-Malo. He died of smallpox at nearby
Ploubalay, age 13, three days after his father died there of the same disease.
François, père's fifth and youngest son
Alexandre, born in Nova Scotia in c1753,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean. He died on the crossing to St.-Malo
in late 1758, age 8.
Cadet's
ninth son Jacques, by first wife Marie Thibodeau, born at
Port-Royal in c1700, probably died young.
Cadet's tenth son Joseph, by second wife Marie Bourg, the
second with the name, born
at Port-Royal in c1704, married Claire, daughter of André LeBlanc and Marie
Dugas, at Grand-Pré in April 1726. They settled at Cobeguit.
Between 1727 and 1754, Claire gave Joseph a dozen children, five daughters
and seven sons. Their oldest son married at Cobeguit in c1750. The
family moved on to the French
Maritimes after 1752 and were deported to St.-Malo, France,
in late 1758. Their youngest son died at sea. Joseph died at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in March 1759, age 55, soon
after he reached the Breton port. Widow Claire and her family remained at St.-Servan,
where they were still living in 1772. She did not remarry. Two of her older daughters married
there, as did four of her younger sons. One of the daughters moved on to
Belle-Île-en-Mer in late 1765 but rejoined her family ast St.-Servan after her husband died.
In 1774, probably via the Channel island of Jersey, Claire led her children,
both married and unmarried, back to greater Acadia. One of her daughter's
husbands fell into the sea from the ship Gracieuse the last day of
December 1773 perhaps on the eve of the voyage to North America. In 1774,
British officials counted Claire
and her family at Bonaventure, a fishery settlement in Gaspésie on the
north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs. Four of her daughters
married into the Gendre, Dugas,
Richard, and Daigle families in France and greater
Acadia. Six of her sons also married, in France and Gaspésie,
and resettled in eastern New Brunswick in the 1790s.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born probably at Cobeguit in c1728,
married Marie Michel, in c1750 says Bona Arsenault, but Albert
J. Robichaux, Jr., followed here, says they married in c1758 on the eve of
the island's dérangement. They had no children. They followed his family to
St.-Servan-sur-Mer and to Bonaventure, where they were counted with them in 1774. Marie died
there in May 1799, in her early 40s. Joseph, fils, who evidently
did not remarry, moved on to Aldouane near St.-Charles-de-Kent, southeastern New
Brunswick, and died there in November 1812, in his mid-80s.
Joseph, père's second son Pierre, born probably at Cobeguit in
c1735, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, where he married Anne Daigle
in c1758 on the eve of deportation. Anne was pregnant on the crossing.
They followed his family to St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where Anne died in May 1759, age 21, the
day she gave birth to twin daughters there. The twins died later that
month, five days apart. Pierre remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Paul Michel and Marie-Josèphe Vincent
of Pigiguit and widow of François LeBlanc of Minas, at
St.-Servan in August 1761. Between May 1762 and January 1774, at
St.-Servan, this Anne gave
Pierre eight more children, four daughters and four sons. All but one of
them survived childhood. Pierre and his family followed his widowed mother
and siblings to Gaspésie and were counted with them at Bonaventure in 1774.
According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Pierre another son in 1776--11 children,
six daughter and five sons, by two wives. They, too, moved on to
southeastern New Brunswick. Pierre died at Aldouane in February 1807, in
his early 70s. His daughters by his second wife married into the
Arsenault, Daigle, Bernard, and
Caillouet families at Bonaventure. Four of his sons also
married.
Oldest son Joseph-Servan, by second wife Anne Michel, born
at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in May 1765, followed his family to Gaspésie and married
Marguerite-Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Bourg
and Catherine Comeau, at Bonaventure in February 1791.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1792 and 1815, Marguerite-Pélagie gave
Joseph-Servan a dozen children, four sons and eight daughters. They, too,
resettled at St.-Charles-de-Kent in eastern New Brunswick. Seven of
Joseph-Servan's daughters married into the Richard,
Babin, Chevary, Grey, and
Robichaud families at nearby Richibouctou, now Richibucto. His
sons also married there.
Oldest son Joseph, born probably at
Bonaventure in c1794, married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian
Joseph Petitpas and Anne Downing, at
Richibouctou in November 1818. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1819
and 1842, Anne gave Joseph 14 children, six daughters and eight sons.
Joseph-Servan's second son Jean-Baptiste, born
probably at Bonaventure in c1795, married, at age
34, cousin Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Robichaud
and Agnès Cormier, at Richbouctou in February 1829. They
settled at St.-Charles-de-Kent. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1830
and 1851, Henriette gave Jean-Baptiste eight children, four daughers and four
sons.
Joseph-Servan's third son Nicolas, born
probably at Bonvaventure in c1803, married Marguerite,
daughter fellow Acadians David Blanchard and Marie
Richard, in August 1830, place not given. They settled at St.-Charles-de-Kent.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1831 and 1852, Marguerite gave Nicolas six
children, three sons and three daughters.
Joseph-Servan's fourth and youngest son Grégoire, born
probably at Bonaventure in c1811, married
fellow Acadian Agnès Blanchard in October 1835, place not given. They
settled at St.-Charles-de-Kent. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1836
and 1857, Agnès gave Grégoire eight children, four daughters and four sons.
Pierre's second son Pierre-Ignace, also called Pierre, fils, from
second wife Anne Michel, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in October
1768, followed his family to Gaspésie and married Marguerite, daughter of
François Richard and Marie Daigle, at
Bonaventure in February 1791. According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave
him 10
children, three daughters and seven sons. They resettled at Pointe-Sapin
up the coast from St.-Charles-de-Kent in eastern New Brunswick. Their daughters married
Mazerolle brothers in the area. All seven of their sons
also created families of their own there.
Oldest son Luc, born in c1794, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadian Joseph Petitpas and Madeleine Downing,
at Richibouctou in November 1814 and settled at Pointe-Sapin. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1816 and 1836, Marguerite gave Luc 11 children, six
daughters and five sons.
Pierre, fils's second son Pierre III, born in c1796, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadian Mathuring Mazerolle
and Marie-Josèphe Mercure, at Richibouctou in October 1819;
Marie-Josèphe's brothers married three of Pierre III's sisters. They also
settled at Pointe-Sapin. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1821 and
1843, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre III nine children, six sons and three daughters.
Pierre, fils's third son Joseph, born in c1804, married Charlotte,
another daughter of Joseph Petitpas and Madeleine
Downing, probably at Richibouctou in October 1823, on the same day his
older brother Pierre III married. Joseph and his wife also settled at
Pointe-Sapin. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1825 and 1844,
Charlotte gave Joseph five children, four daughters and a son.
Pierre, fils's fourth son Maxime, born in c1807, married
Marie-Luce, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Doucet and
Suzanne Godin, in July 1825 probably at Richibouctou.
They settled at Pointe-Sapin. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1826
and 1849, Marie-Luce gave Maxime 11 children, eight daughters and three sons.
Pierre, fils's fifth son Michel, born in c1809, married Thérèse,
yet another daughter of Joseph Petitpas and Madeleine
Downing, at Richibouctou in November 1829 and settled at Pointe-Sapin.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1830 and 1850, Thérèse gave Michel nine
children, six sons and three daughters.
Pierre, fils's sixth son Norbert, born in c1811, married fellow
Acadian Anne-Marie Doucet at Baie-des-Vins, also called
Baie-des-Ouines, between Pointe-Sapin and Miramichi, in January 1831. They
settled at Pointe-Sapin. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1832 and
1842, Anne-Marie gave Norbert seven children, four sons and three daughters.
Pierre, fils's seventh and youngest son
Casimir, born in c1814,
married fellow Acadian Scholastique Doucet at Richibouctou in
April 1834. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1835 and 1858,
Scholastique gave Casimir nine children, four daughters and five sons.
Pierre, père's fourth son Jean-Louis, by second wife Anne
Michel, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in January 1774, followed his
family to Gaspésie and married Natalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Gauthier and Théotiste Landry, at Bonaventure
in May 1795. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1796 and 1820, Natalie
gave Jean-Louis a dozen children, nine daughters and three sons. They
resettled at St.-Charles-de-Kent in eastern New Brunswick in c1798. Four
of their daughters married into the Daigle and Richard
families. Jean-Louis's sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son Hubert, born in c1798, married Hélène, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Thibodeau and Marguerite LeBlanc,
at Richibouctou in September 1823. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1824 and 1842, Hélène gave Hubert nine children, six daughters and three sons.
Jean-Louis's second son Frédéric, born in c1800, married Anne-Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Casimir Daigle and
Angélique-Françoise Henry, at St.-Charles-de-Kent in January
1831. According to Bona Arsenault, Anne-Marie gave Frédéric a son in 1835
who died young.
Jean-Louis's third and youngest son Lazare, born in c1811, married Luce,
another daughter of Casimir Daigle and Angélique-Françoise
Henry, in c1840, place unrecorded. According to Bona
Arsenault, betwen 1841 and 1849, Luce gave Lazare three children, two daughters
and a son. Lazare, at age 39, remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Augustin LeBlanc and Gertrude Bourg,
at St.-Louis-de-Kent in November 1850. According to Arsenault, in 1855 and
1856, Marie gave Lazare two sons--five children, two daughters and three sons,
in all by two wives.
Pierre, père's fifth and youngest son Jacques-Cyrille, by second
wife Anne Michel, born at Bonaventure, Gaspésie, in c1776,
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Arsenault
and Marie Cyr, at St.-Charles-de-Kent in May 1801.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1802 and 1825, Marguerite gave Jacques
eight children, five sons and three daughters. They remained at
St.-Charles-de-Kent. Two of their daughters married into the
Daigle and Gallant families. Jacques's sons also
married.
Oldest son Pierre, born in c1802, married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians
Paul Richard and Marie-Rose Babineau, at
St.-Charles-de-Kent in January 1823 and remained. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1823 and 1835, Anne gave Pierre seven children, six sons and
a daughter.
Jacques's second son Maxime, born in c1804, married Judith, daughter of
fellow Acadians Urbain Gallant and Nabbée Gallant,
at St.-Charles-de-Kent in May 1826 and settled there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1830 and 1836, Judith gave Maxime three children, two sons
and a daughter.
Jacques's third son Alexandre, born in c1806, married Appoline, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Daigle and Marie-Blanche Léger,
at Richibouctou in August 1830 and settled at St.-Charles-de-Kent.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1830 and 1856, Appoline gave Alexandre 14
children, 11 daughters and three sons.
Jacques's fourth son Sylvestre, born in c1820, married fellow Acadian
Henriette Desroches at Bouctouche down the coast from
Richibouctou in August 1849. They settled at St.-Charles-de-Kent.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1851 and 1862, Henriette gave Sylvestre
seven children, four daughters and three sons.
Jacques's fifth and youngest son Laurent, born in c1825, married Blanche
Donnell in c1855, no place recorded. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1855 and 1869, Blanche gave Laurent four children, two sons
and two daughters.
Joseph, père's third son Michel, born probably at Cobeguit in
c1746, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and his widowed mother to St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
France, where he married Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Landry and Anne Thériot, in February 1767.
Between 1767 and 1772, Françoise gave Michel four children, two sons and two
daughters. The two sons died in childhood. Michel and his family
followed his widowed mother and siblings to Gaspésie and were counted with them at
Bonaventure in 1774. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1776
and 1784, Françoise gave Michel six more children, two sons and four
daughters--10 children, four sons and six daughters, in all. They, too,
moved on to Aldouane in southeastern New Brunswick, where they were counted in
1790. Michel died there in June 1825, in his late 70s. Four of his
daughters married into the Vautour, Richard,
and Daigle families in eastern New Brunswick. One of his
sons also married there.
Fourth and youngest son François, born at Bonaventure in c1778, followed
his family to southeastern New Brunswick and married, at age 30, Adélaïde,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Babineau and Anne
Bastarache, at St.-Louis-de-Kent in August 1808. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1811 and 1822, Adélaïde gave François seven children,
three sons and four daughters. They settled at nearby St.-Charles-de-Kent.
Joseph, père's fourth son Isidore, born probably at Cobeguit in
c1749, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and his widowed mother to St.-Servan-sur-Mer,
France,
where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Boudrot
and Hélène Landry, in April 1769. Between 1770 and 1773,
at St.-Servan, Marguerite gave Isidore three children, a son and two daughters. Isidore
and his family followed his widowed mother and siblings to Gaspésie and were
counted with them at Bonaventure in 1774. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1774 and 1795, Marguerite gave Isidore 10 more children, seven sons and
three daughters--13 children, eight sons and five daughters, in all.
Isidore helped found the community of Pokemouche/Inkerman in northeastern New
Brunswick southwest of Shippagan. He died there in September 1823, in his
mid-70s. His daughters married into the Boudreau,
Harquail dit Jersiais, Vienneau, and
Arseneau families in eastern New Brunswick. Seven of his eight
sons also married in the region.
Oldest son Jean-Isidore, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in July 1770, followed
his family to Gaspésie but did not remain there. He married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Benjamin Bourgeois and Anne
Thébeau, at Memramcook, southeastern New Brunswic, in 1797 and remained. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1798 and 1821, Marie gave
Jean-Isidore a dozen children, five sons and seven daughters.
Isidore's second son Joseph, born probably at Bonaventure in c1774,
followed his family to northeastern New Brunswick and married Vénérande,
daughter of Jean Vienneau and his Acadian wife Rosalie
Comeau, at Inkerman near Shippagan in February 1805 and remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1806 and 1822, Vénérande gave Joseph nine
children, six daughters and three sons.
Isidore's third son Pierre-Servé, born probably at Bonaventure in c1776,
followed his family to northeastern New Brunswick and married Isabelle, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean Arseneau and Marguerite-Perpétué
Savoie, probably at Inkerman in August 1806 and remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1808 and 1828, Isabelle gave Pierre-Servé
13 children, seven daughters and six sons, including a set of twins.
Isidore's fourth son Charles, born probably at Bonaventure in c1779,
followed his family to northeastern New Brunswick and married Adélaïde, daughter
of fellow Acadians François Savoie and Madeleine
Poirier, probably at Inkerman in c1805 and remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1806 and 1822, Adélaïde gave Charles 11
children, seven daughters and four sons.
Isidore's fifth son André, born in c1786, married Véronique, daughter of
fellow Acadians Joseph Poirier and Charlotte Léger,
probably at Inkerman in January 1812 and remained there. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1813 and 1833, Véronique gave André 10 children, eight
daughters and two sons.
Isidore's seventh son Nicolas, born in c1790, married, at age 38, Hélène,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Caissie and Josette
Vinenneau, probably at Inkernam in August 1828 and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1829 and 1847, Hélène gave Nicolas seven
children, five sons and two daughters.
Isidore's eighth and youngest son Maxime, born in c1795, married Anne,
daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Arseneau, in August 1819, no
place recorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1820 and 1825, Anne
gave Maxime three children, two sons and a daughter. Maxime died by 1827,
when his widow remarried to Grégoire Mazerolle, no place
unrecorded.
Joseph, père's fifth son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Cobeguit
in c1751, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and his widowed mother to
St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, where he married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean
Cyr and Marie-Josèphe Hébert, in February 1773.
Félicité gave Jean-Baptiste a son at St.-Servan the following November. They followed
his widowed mother and siblings to Gaspésie and were counted with them at Bonaventure in 1774. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1796, Félicité
gave Jean-Baptiste 15 children, seven sons and eight daughters--16 children,
eight sons and eight daughters, in all. In 1790, Jean-Baptiste was,
according to Arsenault, "l'un des principaux pionniers"--a principal
settler--of Shippagan in northeastern New Brunswick. He died there in
March 1808, in his late 50s. Six of his daughters married into the
Léger, Landry, Blanchard,
Savoie, Godin, and DeGrâce families in
northeast New Brunswick. Four of his sons also married in the region.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in
November 1773, followed his family to Gaspésie but did not remain.
He married Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadians François Savoie
and Anne Poirier of Shippagan, at Shippagan in February 1797.
According to Bona Arsenault, beween 1800 and 1825, Théotiste gave Jean-Baptiste,
fils 14 children, 11 daughters and three sons. Jean-Baptiste,
fils remarried to Barbe, daughter of Louis Poulin and
Hélène Haché, in c1830 probably at Shippagan, where, Arsenault
says, Jean-Baptiste, fils held land at Pointe-Brûlée and on Île de
Shippagan.
Jean-Baptiste, père's third son David, born in c1782, followed his
family to northeastern New Brunswick and married Marie-Rébecca, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Savoie and Marie Bijeau
of Neguac down the shore, in January 1807 probably at Shippagan, where they
settled. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1807 and 1819, Marie-Rébecca
gave David eight children, five daughters and three daughters. David, at
age 72, remarried to Vénérande Losier, widow of Clément
Arsenault, in November 1854 probably at Shippagain.
Jean-Baptiste, père's sixth son Léon, born in c1787, married
Blanche, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dugas and Agathe
Landry of Caraquet probably at Shippagan, where they remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1814 and 1831, Blanche gave Léon nine
children, seven daughters and two sons.
Jean-Baptiste, père's eighth and youngest son
Augustin, born in
c1795, married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Nicolas Chiasson
and Geneviève Gionnais, in November 1827 probably at Shippagan,
where they remained. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1828 and 1852,
Marie-Rose gave Augustin 15 children, nine daughters and six sons, including a
set of twins. Augustin, in his early 60s, along with his older sons Honoré
and Alexis, ages 21 and 17, drowned near Shippagan in July 1857.
Joseph, père's sixth son Charles, born at Cobeguit or on Île
St.-Jean in c1753, followed his family to St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, and his widowed mother and
siblings to Gaspésie. He married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul
Babineau, in c1785 probably in Gaspésie. In c1790, he
followed older brothers Joseph, Pierre, and Michel to St.-Charles-de-Kent,
eastern New Brunswick. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1786 and 1818,
Anne gave Charles 10 children, six daughters and four sons. Four of their
daughters married into the Barriault, David,
and Desroches families. His sons also married in the
region.
Oldest son Paul-André, born in c1793, married Euphrosine, daughter of
fellow Acadian Thomas Babin and Marie Richard
of Richibouctou, probably at St.-Charles-de-Kent, where they remained.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1817 and 1833, Euphrosine gave Paul-André
eight children, five daughters and three sons.
Charles's second son Charles, fils, born in c1805, married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Blanchard and Geneviève
Daigle, in January 1831, no place given. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1832 and 1838, Marie gave Charles, fils three
children, two daughters and a son.
Charles, père's third son Jean-Baptiste, born in c1809, married
Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles-Olivier Barriault
and Marie-Anne Henri, sister of his sister Marguerite's
husband, in August 1832, no place given. According to Bona Arsenault,
beween 1835 and 1847, Madeleine gave Jean-Baptiste seven children, six sons and
a daughter.
Charles, père's fourth and youngest son Cyprien, born in c1811, married
fellow Acadian Perpétué Desroches in September 18[41], place
unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1843 and 1855, Perpétué
gave Cyprien seven children, four daughters and three sons, including a set of
twins.
Joseph, père's seventh and youngest son
André, born at Cobeguit or
on Île St.-Jean in c1755, died on the crossing to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758, age 3.
Cadet's eleventh son Pierre
dit Cadet, by
second wife Marie Bourg, born at Port Royal in April 1707, married Susanne, daughter of Pierre
Brassaud and Gabrielle Forest, in c1730, place unrecorded. According
to Bona Arsenault, they settled at Cobeguit. Arsenault says that between 1731 and 1749, Susanne gave Pierre dit Cadet
10 children, six daughters and four sons. They moved on to Île St.-Jean
in c1751. A French official counted Pierre, Susanne, and their nine
children at Rivière-des-Blonds on the south shore of
the island in August 1752. In 1751 and 1753, their two oldest daughters
Marie-Madeleine and Susanne married into the Deveau and
LaForestrie families on Île St.-Jean. Susanne died on the island
by November 1756, when her husband remarried there. Members of the family
either left the island before 1758 or escaped the British roundup there later
that year, crossed Mer Rouge, and took refuge on the mainland. Sometime in the late 1750s or early
1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the
area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia. After the war, they were among the relatively few exiles who chose to remain in British
Nova Scotia. Their third daughter Marie-Rose married into the
Comeau family probably in Nova Scotia. Two, perhaps three, of
their sons settled in the British colony, in and around Baie Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born perhaps at Cobeguit in c1737,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean and into exile. He married Marie-Rose,
daughter of fellow Acadians Eustache Corporon and Angélique
Viger, in c1763 probably in Nova Scotia. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1776, Marie-Rose gave Pierre, fils
four children, two sons and two daughters. British authorities counted the
family at Halifax in 1768. Their marriage was "rehabilitated" by Father
Bailly, missionary, at La Pointe de l'Est near Halifax in October 1770.
British officials counted them at Dartsmouth near Halifax in 1771, after which
they resettled on St. Mary's Bay in eastern Nova Scotia and were, according to
Arsenault, "des pionniers" of Bas Tousquet, or Bas-de-Tusket, perhaps
today's New Tusket, near the bay.
Their sons married in the area.
Older son Lazare,
born in Nova Scotia in c1767, followed his family to St. Mary's Bay and married
fellow Acadian Osite Doucet there in c1790. They settled
at Chéticamp, today's Bear River, northeast of St. Mary's Bay. According
to Bona Arsenault, Osite gave Lazare a daughter in 1797.
Pierre, fils's younger son Honoré,
born in Nova Scotia in c1776, married fellow Acadian Marguerite Doucet
in November 1812, place unrecorded. They settled at Tusket Wedge, now
Wedgeport, Nova Scotia, between Cape Forchu and Cape Sable.
Pierre dit Cadet's second son Joseph dit Cadet, born
perhaps at Cobeguit n c1740, sans doutte son of this couple, Bona
Arsenault insists, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, though he was not
counted with them at Rivières-des-Blond in August 1752, when he would have been
age 12. He also followed them into exile. Aresenalt says he married fellow Acadian Madeleine
Renaud at Halifax in July 1763, and she gave him a son,
Casimir, in 1770, the year British officials counted them at Windsor, formerly
Pigiguit, Nova Scotia. Did they join his brothers on St. Mary's Bay?
Pierre dit Cadet's third son Olivier, born perhaps at Cobeguit in
c1742, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and into exile. He married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Bénoni Hébert and
Jeanne Savoie of Memramcook, in c1763, place not given. Their marriage was
"rehabilitated" by Missionary Father Bailly at Halifax in July 1769.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1784, Marie-Madeleine gave Olivier
nine children, three sons and six daughters. They were at Dartmouth near
Halifax in 1771 and moved on to Bear River, St. Mary's Bay. Four of their daughters married into the
Trahan, Thibault, Saulnier, and
McSweeney families. Their sons also married and settled
on St. Mary's Bay.
Oldest son Olivier, fils,
born in c1764, married Ludivine, daughter of Paul Clermont, no
place or date given. According to Bona Arsenault, Ludivine gave
Olivier, fils a daughter in c1790. One wonders where they
settled.
Olivier, père's second son Joseph-Richard,
born probably in Nova Scotia in c1766, married Brigitte, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Mazerolle and Rosalie Thibodeau,
at Fredericton, New Brunswick, on the St. John River, in February 1798.
They settled at St. Mary's Bay, Nova Scotia. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1799 and 1806, Brigitte gave Joseph-Richard three children, two sons and
a daughter.
Olivier, père's third and youngest son Bernardin,
born probably in Nova Scotia in c1768, married Isabelle, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Trahan and Agnès LeBlanc, in
1793, place not given. They also settled on St. Mary's Bay.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1795 and 1806, Isabelle gave Bernardin
seven children, four daughters and three sons.
Cadet's twelfth and youngest son Charles,
fils, the second with the name,
by second wife Marie Bourg, born at Port-Royal in March 1709, evidently
died young.
Étienne's second
son Prudent, born at Port-Royal in c1669, married Henriette, daughter of Claude Petitpas and Catherine
Bugaret, at Port-Royal in c1691, where he served as judge, syndic, and
representative for Annapolis Royal to the Nova Scotia Council at Annapolis Royal. Between
1692 and 1716, Henriette gave him a dozen children, seven
daughters and five sons. Prudent was in his mid-80s when Le Grand Dérangement came to the Annapolis valley
in the fall of 1755. The British attempted to deport him and members of
his family to North Carolina aboard the transport Pembroke, but the
exiles took over the vessel and made their escape up Rivière St.-Jean.
Prudent died on the river in 1756, age 87. Six of his daughters married into the Doucet, Thériot,
Gourdeau, Pellerin, Landry, and Dugas families.
All five of his sons married, three of them to sisters.
Oldest son
Joseph,
born at Port-Royal in c1694,
married Marie, daughter of René Forest and Françoise Dugas, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1718. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1718 and 1737, Marie gave Joseph nine children, seven sons and two
daughters. The British deported members
of the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755, while others escaped the
roundup at Annapolis Royal and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Joseph died at L'Assomption on the upper St. Lawrence northeast of Montréal in
May 1768, age 74. Two of his sons emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765. Most of the others, like their father, settled in Canada.
Oldest son
Prudent le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in c1718, married Marie,
daughter of Michel dit Beaupré Richard and
Marie-Josèphe Bourgeois, at Annapolis Royal in July 1744.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Prudent two daughters in 1745 and 1750.
One wonders what happened to the family in the fall of 1755. Prudent le
jeune's daughters married into the Dugas and Vincent
families, one of them in Canada
Joseph's second
son Joseph-Prudent, born at Annapolis Royal in c1722, married Marie
Comeau probably at Annapolis Royal in c1745. According to Bona
Arsenault, Marie gave Joseph-Prudent a daughter in 1750. Joseph-Prudent
remarried to Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Claude Bourgeois and Marie
LeBlanc, at Annapolis Royal in November 1752. The family
evidently moved on to the French Maritimes after 1752, and the British deported
them to Cherbourg, France, in late 1758. Joseph-Prudent died at Cherbourg
in January 1759, age 36, soon after reaching the Norman port. His widow remarried to a Boudrot
widower
there in 1762. Somehow Joseph-Prudent's daughter Marguerite by his first wife made her way
back to greater Acadia, if she ever left, and married into the Belliveau
family on Baie Ste.-Marie, Nova Scotia, in October 1774.
Joseph's third
son Bruno, born at Annapolis Royal in c1724, married Anne-Félicité
Broussard in c1745 probably at Annapolis Royal. According to Bona
Arsenault, she gave Bruno a son in 1751. They evidently escaped the British
roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. Sometime during the late 1750s or early 1760s, they
either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held
in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. British
officials counted them at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in 1761 and 1762.
Anne-Félicité gave Bruno another son in 1764. The following year, Bruno
took his family to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and settled
in the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New
Orleans. The couple had no more children in the colony. He died on
the river in the late 1760s, in his 40s. His older son Firmin dit
Ephrem dit Frème married into the Surrette family on the river but
resettled on the western prairies, establishing a western branch of the family
there.
Joseph's fourth
son Étienne, born at Annapolis Royal in c1726, married Marie-Modeste, daughter
of Charles Belliveau and Agnès Gaudet, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1752. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1754 and 1769, Marie-Modeste gave Étienne seven children, four daughters and
three sons. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall
of 1755. They followed other exiles from New England to British Canada in the late 1760s. Étienne died at Pointe-aux-Trembles northeast of
Montréal in January 1770, in his early 40s. One of his daughters also
married there, into the Christin family.
Joseph's fifth
son Amable, born at Annapolis Royal in c1732, escaped the British roundup at
Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and joined his older brother Bruno on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Amable married cousin Anastasie Dugas
in c1759, place unrecorded. Between 1760 and 1764, Anastasie gave
Amable at least three children, two sons and a daughter. Sometime during
the late 1750s or early 1760s, the couple either surrendered to, or were
captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotia for the rest of the war. Amable, his
wife, and three children appeared on a French repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763.
Amable and his family followed his brother Bruno to Louisiana in 1765 and
settled near them at Cabahannocer. Anastasie gave Amable another son in
the colony before Amable died at Cabahannocer in c1766, in his early 30s.
All three of his sons married on the river, into the LeBlanc
and Babin families, but they did not remain. By the
mid-1790s, they had joined the Acadian exodus from the river to Bayou Lafourche, where they created
robust family lines. Most of the Robichauxs of
southeastern Louisiana are descended from Amable's three sons.
Joseph's sixth
son Polycarpe, born at Annapolis Royal in c1735, followed members of his family
to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He married Élisabeth, another
daughter of Claude Bourgeois and Marie LeBlanc,
in New England in c1760. The marriage was "rehabilitated" at L'Assomption
on the upper St. Lawrence in September 1767 soon after they followed other
exiles in New England to British Canada. According to Bona
Arsenault, Élisabeth gave Polycarpe a daughter in 1762. She married into
the Fontaine family at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in the interior
northwest of L'Assomption, date not given.
Joseph's seventh
and youngest son Michel, born at Annapolis Royal in c1737, followed members of
his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. He married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Landry and Marguerite
Daigre, in New England in c1761. The marriage was "rehabilitated"
at Deschambault on the upper St. Lawrence between Québec and Trois-Rivières in
October 1766 soon after they followed other exiles in New England to
Canada. Michel died at Deschambault in February 1767,
age 30. His line of the family may have died with him.
Prudent's second son
Prudent, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1696, married Françoise, daughter of Germain Bourgeois and
Madeleine Dugas, at Annapolis Royal in January 1719.
Prudent, fils was a merchant and, like his
father, a representative for Annapolis Royal to the colonial Council.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1719 and 1737, Françoise gave Prudent,
fils nine children, six daughters and three sons. The British
deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Three of their
daughters married into the Amireau, Gaudet,
and Fontaine families. Only one of Prudent, fils's sons
seems to have married.
Second son
Dominique, born at Annapolis Royal in c1723, married Marguerite, daughter of
Joseph Forest and Marie Guilbeau, at Annapolis
Royal in August 1744. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1745 and 1760,
Marguerite gave Dominique 10 children, three daughters and seven sons, including
two sets of twins. The British deported the family to Connecticut in the
fall of 1755. In the late 1760s, they followed other Acadian exiles in New
England to Canada. Dominique died at St.-Jacques de
l'Achigan northeast of Montréal in February 1791, in his late 60s. One of
his daughters married into the Belliveau family at St.-Jacques.
Three of his sons also married there and at nearby L'Assomption.
Fourth son
Édouard, born probably in Connecticut in c1757, followed his family to
Canada and married Marie-Amable, daughter of Antoine
Troye-Lafranchise at Varannes across from Montréal in September 1779.
They settled at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in 1781 and then at Repentigny above
Montréal in 1789. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1780 and 1789,
Marie-Amable gave Édouard four children, two sons and two daughters.
Dominique's sixth
son Isaac, a twin, born probably in Connecticut in c1760, followed his family to
Canada and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians
Marie-Josèphe Lanoue and Marie-Josèphe Dugas,
at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in November 1784.
Dominique's
seventh son Joseph, Isaac's twin, followed his family to Canada and married, at age 34, Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Joseph
Galarneau and Thérèse Leriche, at L'Assomption in
November 1794.
Prudent, père's third son
Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, another daughter of
Germain Bourgeois and Madeleine Dugas,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1724. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1725 and 1743, Marie-Madeleine gave Pierre eight children, four sons and four
daughters. Pierre died at Annapolis Royal in November 1749, in his
early 50s. The British deported members of his family to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. In the late 1760s, they followed other
exiles in New England to Canada and settled at Deschambault
and Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence. Pierre's daughters married into
the Amireau, Forest, Babin,
and Gignac families. His four sons also married.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1725, married
cousin Marguerite, daughter of François Robichaud l'aîné
and Angélique Pitre, at Annapolis Royal in February 1752.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and 1758, Marguerite gave Pierre,
fils three children, a son and two daughters. The British deported
the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. In the late 1760s, they
followed other exiles in New England to Canada and settled at
St.-Denis-de-Richelieu on the the lower Richelieu northeast of Montréal.
Pierre, père's second son Armand, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1727, evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge in Canada. In his mid-30s, he married Marguerite,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Mouton and Marguerite
Caissie and widow of Jean Loiseau, at Québec
in July 1763.
Pierre, père's third son Tite, born at Annapolis Royal in c1735,
followed his family to Massachusetts in 1755. He married fellow Acadian
Marie Landry in New England in c1763. The marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Dechambault in November 1766 on the upper St. Lawrence after
they followed other exiles in New England to British Canada.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1768, Marie gave Tite three
children, two daughters and a son.
Pierre, père's fourth and youngest son Ephrem, born at Annapolis
Royal in c1738, probably followed his family to Massachusetts in 1755 and to
British Canada in the late 1760s. In his mid-40s, he married
Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Lesieur-Duchesne and Françoise
Moreau, at Yamachiche on the upper St. Lawrence in February
1784.
Prudent, père's fourth son
Louis dit Prudent, born at Port-Royal in August 1704, married Jeanne, yet another daughter of
Germain Bourgeois and Madeleine Dugas,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1730. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1731 and 1753, Jeanne gave Louis 10 children, four daughters and six sons. In September 1744, during King
George's War, Louis assisted the British against the French at Annapolis Royal.
Nevertheless, in the fall of 1755, the British deported him and members of his family to
Massachusetts. Colonial officials counted them Cambridge in 1757 and 1760.
They were still in the colony in August 1763. While in exile, Louis was
authorized by the Bishop of Québec to officiate at the civil marriages of
Acadian exiles held in New England, the marriages to be "rehabilitated" when the
couples moved on to communities where Roman Catholic priests were allowed. In the late
1760s, Louis and his family followed other exiles in New England to
BritishbCanada. He died at
Québec in December 1780, age 76, perhaps from the pox. Two of his
daughters married into the LeBlanc/White family. At least
one of his sons also married.
Fourth son Othon, born at Annapolis Royal in c1742, followed his family to
Massachusetts and perhaps to Canada. If so, he did not remain in the St.
Lawrence valley. In his late
40s, he married Louise, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis Thibodeau and
Marguerite Dupuis, probably on the south shore of the Baie
des Chaleurs in August 1789 and settled at Ste.-Anne-de-Burnt Church, eastern
New Brunswick, northwest of Miramichi. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1790 and 1812, Louise gave Othon a dozen children, eight daughters and
four sons, including a set of twins. Othon's eight daughters married into
the Poirier, Allain, and Dugas
families at Caraquet up the shore, four of them to Poiriers.
Three of Othon's sons also married in the area, one of them to a
Poirier.
Oldest son Louis le jeune, born in northeastern New Brunswick in
c1791, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Poirier
and Charlotte Poirier, at Caraquet in January 1815. Louis
le jeune died at Caraquet in January 1869, in his late 70s.
Othon's second son Fréderic, born in northeastern New Brunswick in c1793,
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Firmin Savoie
and Marie-Rose Bastarache, probably at Caraquet in July 1819.
Othon's third son Othon, fils, born in northeastern New Brunswick
in c1797, did not marry.
Othon, père's fourth and youngest son Olivier, born in
northeastern New Brunswick in c1801, married fellow Acadian Judith
Thibodeau in c1823, place unrecorded.
Prudent, père's fifth and
youngest son François, born at Annapolis Royal in c1714, married Osite, daughter of Claude LeBlanc and
Jeanne Dugas, at Grand-Pré in June 1746. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1747 and 1752, Osite gave François three children, two
daughters and a son. One wonders what happened to them in 1755. François died of the pox, place
unrecorded, in c1761, in his late 40s.
Étienne's third
son Alexandre, born at Port-Royal in c1675, married Anne, daughter of Charles Melanson and Marie
Dugas and widow of Jacques de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, at Port-Royal
in c1700. Between the early 1700s and 1712, Anne gave Alexandre five daughters, who married into the Blanchard, Bourg,
Landry, Dugas, and Granger families. One of them died
at Antigua in 1756 while being deported with her family to Connecticut aboard
the transport Edward. Alexandre died at Annapolis Royal in March
1742, age 67. His line of the family, except for its blood, died with him.
Étienne's fourth
and youngest son François
dit Niganne, born at Port-Royal in c1677, married Madeleine, daughter of
Claude Thériot and Marie Gautrot, at Port-Royal in c1702.
Between 1703 and 1724, Madeleine gave Niganne nine children, four
sons and five daughters. He died at Annapolis Royal in December 1747, age
60. Four of his daughters married into the Doucet,
Richard, Dugas, and Winniett families, one of them to a
British army officer turned merchant. Three of his sons
married, two of them to sisters whose parents were of the Acadian "aristocracy."
Oldest
son François l'aîné, born at Port-Royal in c1703, married Angélique, daughter of Claude Pitre
and Marie Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in February 1727. According to
Bona Arsenault, in 1728 and 1730, Angélique gave François l'aîné
two daughters. He died at Annapolis Royal by January 1730, in his late
20s. His widow remarried to a Doucet. Their older
daughter Marguerite married a Robichaud cousin in Canada.
Niganne's second son
Pierre,
born at Annapolis Royal in March 1713,
married Françoise, daughter of Alexandre Le Borgne de Bélisle, fils
and Anastasie d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin, at Annapolis Royal in January
1737. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1728 and 1756, Françoise gave
Pierre seven children, three sons and four daughters. The family may have
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. Pierre died at L'Islet on the lower St. Lawrence in
November 1784 and was buried in the church cemetery there. His daughters
married into the D'Amours, Denault,
Bernier, Lefebvre, and Pepin dit
Lachance families. One of his sons also married.
Oldest son
Pierre, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1738, followed his family to
Canada. In his early 30s, he married Geneviève, daughter of Canadians Louis
Guimond and Ursule Bernier, at L'Islet in November
1770. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1771 and 1782, Geneviève gave
Pierre, fils nine children, four sons and five daughters. Pierre,
fils died at L'Islet in January 1785, in his late 40s. His widow
remarried to a Thibodeau at L'Islet. Three of Pierre,
fils's daughters married into the Couillard-Després,
Bernier, Richard families at L'Islet and
nearby Cap-St.-Ignace. His four sons also married, three of them on the
lower St. Lawrence.
Oldest son
Pierre-Alexandre, born probably L'Islet in c1771, married Marie, daughter of
Pierre Laurendeau and Marie Chrétien of
St.-Jean-Port-Joli, at L'Islet in September 1798. They settled at
L'Isle-Verte farther down the St. Lawrence.
Pierre, fils's
second son Louis, born probably at L'Islet in c1777, married Marguerite
Rabouin at St.-Hyacinthe in the interior east of Montréal, date not
given.
Pierre, fils's
third son Joseph, born probably at L'Islet in c1780, married Marie-Angélique
Languirand at St.-Hyacinthe in January 1803, and, at age 60,
remarried to Marie, daughter of Michel Viens, at St.-Hyacinthe
in October 1840.
Pierre, fils's
fourth and youngest son François-Régis le jeune, born probably at L'Islet in c1782,
married Marguerite Beaudoin, widow of Jean-Baptiste Côté, place
unrecorded, in May 1811, and remarried to Louise Petit, place
and date unrecorded.
Third and
youngest son François-Régis, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1755, followed
his family to Canada. He died at L'Islet in July 1809, age 54. He
never married.
Niganne's third son François
le
jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1716, married Marie, another daughter of
Alexandre Le Borgne de Bélisle, fils
and Anastasie d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin, at Annapolis Royal in January
1739. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1758, Marie gave
François le jeune seven children, two daughters
and five sons. The family may have escaped the British roundup at
Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755. François le jeune died after May 1764,
in his late 40s or early 50s, place unrecorded. His daughter married into
the Durand and Jean families at L'Islet on the
lower St.-Lawrence. His five sons also married and settled in greater
Acadia and Canada.
Oldest son François, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1741, may
have escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge not in Canada but on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He
married fellow Acadian Françoise-Cécile Thibodeau in c1760
while the war was still on. Bona Arsenault says they married at
Coverdale (upper or lower he does not say) at present-day Moncton, New
Brunswick. One wonders what happened to the young couple after their
marriage. Were they captured by, or surrendered to, British forces in the
area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war?
François le
jeune's second son Jean, born at Annapolis Royal in c1746, also may have
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought
refuge not in Canada but on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Jean married
fellow Acadian Marie Levron in c1768, place unrecorded.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Jean a daughter in 1773. They
settled at Kennebecasis in today's southern New Brunswick before moving to
Tracadie in northeastern New Brunswick.
François le
jeune's third son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1751, followed members
of his family to Canada and married Louise, daughter of Charles
Chouinard and Dorothée Fortin, at St.-Jean-Port-Joli
below L'Islet in October 1773 and settled there.
François le
jeune's fourth son Anselme, born at Annapolis Royal in c1753, followed
members of his family to Canada and married Geneviève, daughter of Joseph
Marquis and Françoise Coste, at Kamouraska
below L'Islet and St.-Jean-Port-Joli, date not given.
François le
jeune's fifth and youngest son Michel, born in c1758 during exile, married
Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Pinette, capitaine de milice,
and Marguerite Michaud, at Kamouraska on the lower St. Lawrence
in January 1784. They settled at Rivière des Capes, Kamourska.
Niganne's fourth and youngest son
Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in September 1721, died at Annapolis Royal in January 1747, age 25, before he could marry.
Judging by the date of his death, one wonders if Joseph was a casualty of King
George's War.375
Dupuis
Michel
Dupuis,
an early 1660s arrival, and his wife Marie Gautrot created another large
family in the colony. Between 1665 and 1679, Marie gave Michel five children, three sons and two
daughters. One of their daughters married into the Flan family.
All three of Michel's sons created families of their own. His and Marie's
descendants settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Minas, and on Île St.-Jean. At
least 31 of Michel's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765,
from French St.-Domingue and Maryland in the late 1760s, and from France in
1785. Others, perhaps the majority of Michel's
descendants, could be found in greater Acadia, France, French St.-Domingue, and especially in Canada after
Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Martin, born at Port-Royal in c1665, married Marie, daughter of René Landry le jeune and Marie Bernard,
in c1686 and settled at Rivière Gaspereau, Minas. Between 1687 and 1712, Marie gave Martin 13 children, five sons and eight daughters, all of whom
created their own families. Martin died at Minas in August 1713, in his
late 40s. His daughters married into the Hébert, Blanchard, LeBlanc,
Babin, Aucoin, and Robichaud dit Cadet families.
Oldest son
Jean,
born probably at Minas in c1687, married Marguerite, daughter of Alexandre Richard and
Isabelle Petitpas, at Annapolis Royal in August 1713 and settled at
Rivière-des-Habitants, Minas. Between 1715 and 1737, Marguerite gave Jean 10 children, seven sons and three daughters.
Their daughters married Héberts. All seven of Jean's sons created
families of their own.
Oldest son
Germain le jeune,
born probably at Minas in c1715, married
Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Granger and Marguerite LeBlanc,
at Minas in August 1753. The British deported Germain and members of his
family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England in the spring of 1756. They were held at Penryn near Falmouth and
were repatriated to France in the spring of 1763. They landed probably at
Morlaix in Brittany. According to local church records, between 1763 and
1778, Marie-Marguerite gave Germain le jeune eight children, three sons
and five daughters. In June 1791, early in the French Revolution, French
authorities counted Germain le jeune, wife Marie-Marguerite, their
18-year-old son Jean-Marie-Germain, and four of their daughters--Marie-Josèphe,
age 26; Marie-Théotiste, age 22; Marie-Marguerite, age 20; and
Marie-Josèphe-Esther, age 13--still at Morlaix. One wonders what happened
to their sons Amand-Charles and Jacques-Guillaume and their daughter
Élisabeth-Marie-Thérèse. One thing is certain: none of them, like
their parents and siblings, had
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jean's second son
Fabien,
born probably at Minas in c1717, married Judith, daughter
of René dit Groc Hébert and Marie Boudrot of
Rivière-des-Habitants, at Grand-Pré in July 1739.
Judith gave Fabien at least seven children. The British deported them to
Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Fabien died in the colony before 1763, in
his 40s. Judith, a widow, and seven of their
children were still in the colony in 1763. In 1764, she followed other Acadian
exiles in New England to French St.-Domingue. Two of her
Dupuis children--8-year-old Joseph and 6-year-old Marguerite, both born in
Connecticut, were baptized at Mirebalais in the interior of the island in late August
1764. Son Joseph died at Mirebalais the following October. Judith died
there in November, age 39. Daughter Marguerite died at Mirebalais in May 1775, age 15, so
members of the family had remained in the sugar colony.
Jean's third son
Louis-Sylvain, called Sylvain,
born at Minas in October 1721, married Françoise, daughter of
Pierre LeBlanc and Françoise Landry, probably at Minas in c1745.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1748 and 1771, Françoise gave Sylvain a
dozen children, eight sons and four daughters. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
Colonial officials counted Sylvain, Françoise, and seven of their children in
Worcester County, on the eve of their relocation to Hampshire County. They were
still in the colony in August 1763. They chose to resettle in Canada. Sylvain died at L'Acadie, today's
St.-Jean-sur-Richelieu on the upper Richelieu, in May 1799, age 78. One
of his daughters married into the Lesage family at Châteauguay
above Montréal. Two of his sons also married in the area.
Second son
Eustache-Augustin, born probably at Minas in c1751, followed his family to
Massachusetts and Canada. He married Marguerite, daughter of Louis
Dubeau and Charlotte Mallet, at Montréal in September
1774. They settled at St.-Anicet above Montréal. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1775 and 1785, Marguerite gave Eustache seven children, six
sons and a daughter, including a set of twins.
Sylvain's fourth
son Joseph, born probably in Massachusetts in c1756, followed his family to
Canada. He married Anne Parent at Les Cèdres above
Montréal in c1778.
Jean's fourth
son Jean-Baptiste, born at Minas in July 1723, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Granger and
Brigitte Landry, at Rivière-aux-Canards in November 1748. According
to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste no children. According
to Stephen A. White, the
British deported them to Connecticut in the fall of 1755, but Arsenault says
they went to Massachusetts. Birth records give the couple two sons,
Jean-Baptiste, fils and Étienne, born probably in Connecticut in c1758
and c1759. According to Arsenault, Jean-Baptiste
remarried to fellow Acadian Marie-Josèphe Thibodeau in
Massachusetts in c1761, and the marriage was "rehabilitated" at L'Assomption
between Trois-Rivières and Montréal, Canada, in July 1777. Arsenault
insists that Jean-Baptiste, "sans doute" son of Jean, died at St.-Jacques
de l'Achigan near L'Assomption,
Canada, and that his daughter Isabelle, born in c1770, married into the
Richard family, place unrecorded. Other records support White's
assertion that the couple were sent to Connecticut, not to Massachusetts, and
that they did not go to Canada. In August 1763, colonial
officials in Connecticut counted a Jean Baptiste Dupuis and his
unnamed wife living next to his brother Alexandre; oddly, the official listed no
children living with Jean-Baptiste and his wife. According to White, in late 1763 or early 1764
Jean-Baptiste à Jean took his family not to Canada but to French
St.-Domingue. Their five-year-old son Étienne died at Mirebalais in
October 1764. Jean-Baptiste, père died there in January 1765, age
41. His older son may have survived the family's early months in the sugar
colony and created a family of his own there.
Older son
Jean-Baptiste, fils, born in Connecticut in c1758, may have married
Rose Rifaud while still in his late teens. Their son
François Soline was born at Môle St.-Nicolas, French St.-Domingue, in October
1777.
Jean's
fifth son Amand, born at Minas in June 1729, married Marie-Blanche, daughter of Germain Landry and
Cécile Forest, in c1754 probably at Minas. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1755 and 1771, Marie-Blanche gave Amand seven children, two
daughters and five sons. The British deported the family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Colonial officials counted them
at Andover in July 1760, and they were still in the colony in August 1763.
They chose to resettle in Canada. Amand remarried to Anastasie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Paul LeBlanc and Madeleine Forest and widow of Paul
Landry, at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan near Montréal in June 1793, in his
early 60s. They also lived at nearby Repentigny. One of Amand's
daughters by his first wife married into the Gagnon and
Beaupré families. Three of his sons also created their own
families in Canada.
Oldest son
Firmin, born probably in Massachusetts in c1759, followed his family to Canada
and married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Bourgeois
and Marguerite Dugas, at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in October
1793. Firmin remarried to Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Martin and Marie Girouard, at St.-Jacques in
September 1797.
Amand's second
son Isaac, born probably in Massachusetts in c1762, followed his family to
Canada and married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Migneron
and Marie-Catherine Lévesque dit Sanssoucy, at
Repentigny in October 1788.
Amand's fifth and
youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born in Canada in c1771, married fellow Acadian
Anastasie LeBlanc, widow of Paul Landry, at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in June 1793.
Jean's sixth son
Joseph, born at Minas in December 1730, married, according to Bona Arsenault,
Marguerite, daughter of Joseph Bourgeois and Anne
LeBlanc, in c1758 "aux États-Unis," probably one of the British
seaboard colonies. According to Arsenault, in 1765 and 1770, Marguerite
gave Joseph two sons. Arsenault says Joseph died at Bécancour across from
Trois-Rivières, Canada, in c1770, so they probably had been exiled to one of the
New England colonies and chose to resettle in Canada after 1766.
Arsenault adds that Marguerite remarried to a Bourg at
Bécancour in February 1775. Her and Joseph's two sons created their own
families in the Trois-Rivières area.
Older son
Charles, born in exile in c1765, followed his family to Canada and, in his early 30s,
married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Belliveau
and his Canadian wife Marguerite Bibeau, at Nicolet across from
Trois-Rivières in February 1797.
Joseph's younger
son Joseph, fils, born in Canada in c1771, married Marie-Josèphe
Dupont nearby St.-Grégoire-de-Nicolet in February 1803.
Jean's seventh and
youngest son Alexandre, was born probably at Minas in c1737. The British
deported him to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. He married in c1760
probably in that colony a
woman whose name has been lost to history. They and two children were still in the
colony in August 1763. They chose to resettle in Canada. Alexandre
died at Laprairie across from Montréal in January 1770, in his early 30s.
Martin's second son
Antoine,
born probably at Minas in c1688,
married Marguerite, daughter of Charles Babin and Madeleine Richard,
at Grand-Pré in July 1712 and settled near brother Jean at Rivière-des-Habitants. Marguerite gave him a daughter soon after their
marriage, but the girl died young. Antoine remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph
Dugas and Claire Bourg, at Cobeguit on the eastern end of the Minas
Basin in 1719. They settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards. Between 1719 and 1746, Marie-Josèphe gave Antoine a
dozen more children, five sons and seven daughters, including two sets of twins.
Antoine died at Minas in March
1747, in his late 50s. According to Bona Arsenault, the British deported
members of his family to New York in the fall of 1755, but they likely were sent
to Connecticut. Six of his daughters married into the
Thériot, Hébert, Boudrot, Daigre, and Vincent
families, one of them in French St.-Domingue. Four of his five sons also created their own families at Minas.
Oldest son
Antoine, fils, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Dugas, born at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1719, married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Boudrot and Cécile
LeBlanc, in c1746 probably at Minas. According to Stephen A. White, the British deported them to
Connecticut in the fall of 1755; Bona Arsenault says they went to New York.
In August 1763, Antoine Dupuis,
his unnamed wife, and nine unnamed children appeared on a French repatriation
list in Connecticut. According
to White, later that year or the following year Antoine, fils joined other Acadian
exiles in French St.-Domingue. The family's stay in the sugar colony
proved to be a tragic one. Son Pierre, age 7, died at Mirabalais in
September 1764, and two more sons--Antoine III, age 5; and Félix, age 10--died
there the following month. Felix's
burial record, dated October 23, notes that his mother "Anne Boudrot"
was deceased. Antoine III's burial record, dated October 2, says nothing
of his mother's death. Antoine, fils died at Mirebalais in August 1765, in his mid-40s. Three of his sons and a daughter
followed their uncle Joseph Dupuis to Spanish Louisiana in the
late 1760s. Antoine, fils's daughter married into the
Hébert family in Louisiana. Two of his sons also created their
own families in what became Iberville and St. Martin parishes.
Oldest surviving
son Jean-Baptiste, called Baptiste, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1752, followed his
family to Connecticut in 1755 and to French St.-Domingue in the early 1760s.
After his parents' death, he followed his uncle and siblings to Spanish
Louisiana and settled at San Gabriel on the river. He married Élisabeth,
daughter of fellow Acadians Alexis Benoit and Marie
Comeau, at nearby Ascension in February 1775. They settled at San
Gabriel, but Baptiste did not remain there. He remarried to Marie Anne,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Landry and Anne
Theriot and widow of André Martin, at Baton Rouge in
December 1816; she gave him no more children. They settled in West Baton
Rouge Parish before joining some of his children in St. Martin Parish west of
the Atchafalaya Basin. Baptiste died in St. Martin Parish in May 1831, in
his late 70s. His daughters, all by first wife Élisabeth, married into the
Blanchard, Guidry, Hébert,
Henry, and Tullier families. Four of his
seven sons, all by first wife Élisabeth, married into the Doucet,
Hébert, LeBlanc, and Martin
families and settled on the river or on the western prairies.
Antoine, fils's
second son Simon-Joseph, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1754, followed
his family to Connecticut in 1755 and to French St.-Domingue in the early 1760s.
After his parents' death, he followed his uncle and siblings to Spanish
Louisiana and settled at San Gabriel on the river. He was still there in
January 1777, living with them on the west bank of the river. He married
Marie-Ludivine, called Ludivine, daughter of fellow Acadians Mathurin
Landry and his first wife Marie Babin, at nearby
Ascension in October 1778. They returned to San Gabriel, where Simon-Joseph
died in October 1814, age 60. His daughters married into the
Blanchard, Breaux, Chiasson,
Delaune, Labauve, LeBlanc, and
Richard families. His eight sons married into the
LeBlanc, Breaux, Landry,
Babin, Daigre, LeBlanc, and
Blanchard families, and all but one of the lines endured on the river.
Antoine's
fils's third son Pierre, born probably at Mirebalais, French
St.-Domingue in c1765, followed his uncle and siblings to Louisiana in the late 1760s and
settled with them at San Gabriel on the river. He died there in January
1781, in his mid- or late teens.
Antoine, père's second son
Simon-Pierre, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Dugas, born at
Rivière-aux-Canards in April 1727, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean LeBlanc and
Madeleine Thériot, probably at Minas in c1750.
The British deported them to Connecticut in the
fall of 1755. In August 1763, Simon-Pierre, his
unnamed wife, and six unnamed children were still in the colony. .According to
Stephen A. White, later
that year or during the following year they followed other Acadian exiles,
including older brother Antoine, fils and his family and younger
brother Joseph, to French
St.-Domingue. Sons François, age 6, Firmes, age 3, and Pierre, age 2 1/2,
were baptized at Mirebalais at the end of August and the first of September 1764, so the family reached the sugar colony by then.
Son François died later that month. Simon Dupuis, parents'
and wife's names unrecorded, died at Mirebalais in November 1764, age 35; according to White, this was Simon-Pierre à Antoine. Bona Arsenault insists that Simon-Pierre
à Antoine remarried to fellow Acadian Élisabeth Thibodeau of
Chepoudy, widow of Pierre Savoie, at Louiseville near
Trois-Rivières, Canada, in October 1761, and that she gave him a son named Simon
in c1765. White, as usual, is followed here.
Simon, by second wife Élisabeth Thibodeau,
married, according to Bona
Arseanult,
Marguerite, daughter of François Picard and Ursule
Ledroit, at Louiseville in February 1791.
Antoine, père's third son Jean-Baptiste, a
twin, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Dugas, was born at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1736. The British deported him and hundreds of
other Minas Acadians to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials
sent him on to England in the spring of
1756. Jean-Baptiste was held at Penryn near Falmouth. He, with his
widowered brother-in-law Honoré Daigre, were repatriated to
St.-Malo, France, in the spring of 1763. Jean-Baptiste never
married. He died at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, in March 1783, in
his late 40s.
Antoine, père's fourth son Joseph,
Jean-Baptiste's twin, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Dugas, born
at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1736, was deported to one of the British seaboard
colonies, either Connecticut or New York, in the fall of 1755.
In late 1763 or 1764, he joined hundreds of other Acadian exiles, including
older brothers Antoine, fils and Simon-Pierre, in French St.-Domingue.
Later in the decade, Joseph, three nephews, and a niece, children of his older
brother Antoine, fils, emigrated directly from St.-Domingue to Spanish
Louisiana, among the few Acadians to do so. Spanish officials counted them
at New Orleans in July 1767. They followed fellow exiles to the new river
community of San Gabriel south of Bayou Manchac. Joseph, in his early 30s, married Anne-Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Paul Hébert and
Marguerite-Josèphe Melanson, at San Gabriel in March 1769; the marriage was
recorded at nearby Pointe Coupée because San Gabriel did not yet have a church
of its own. Anne-Marie also was a native of Minas and had come to
Louisiana with her family from Maryland in July 1767. Joseph died at San Gabriel in December 1781, in his mid-40s.
Anne-Marie remarried to a Brunneteau of Champagne, France, at
San Gabriel in May 1785. Her Dupuis daughters married into the
Hamilton, Hébert, and Rinbaud
families on the river. Her four Dupuis sons married into the
DeVillier, Leonard, Clouâtre,
Serrette, and Schlatre families and settled in what
became Iberville Parish.
Antoine, père's fifth and youngest son
Charles, by second wife Marie-Josèphe Dugas,
born at Rivière-aux-Canards in 1746, was deported to Connecticut in the fall of
1755. In August 1763, he appeared on a French repatriation list in
Connecticut with the family of his older
brother Simon-Pierre. When his older brother emigrated to French
St.-Domingue in late 1763 or 1764, Charles remained in Connecticut, where he married Anne, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean Doucet and Anne Bourg, in August 1768. Their marriage was "rehabilitated" at
Laprairie across from Montréal in April 1769, so they had resettled in Canada by
then. Charles died at L'Acadie on
upper Rivière Richelieu in April 1798, age 51.
Martin's third son Germain
l'aîné, born probably at Minas in c1689, married Marie, daughter of René
Granger and Marguerite Thériot, at Grand-Pré in November 1717. They
settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1718
and 1741, Marie gave Germain 11 children, seven sons and four daughters.
The British deported Germain & members of his family to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. When he appeared on a repatriation list there in August 1763,
Germain was a widower. He chose to
resettle in Canada and died at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in May
1776, in his late 80s. His daughters married into the Breau
and Thibodeau families. Five of his sons also created
their own families, and one of them emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland.
Oldest son Ambroise, born at Minas in c1718, married Anne Aucoin
probably at Minas in c1742 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault
and other records, between
1743 and 1757, Anne gave Ambroise eight children, four sons and four daughters,
including a set of twins. Ambroise and his family evidently moved on to
Île St.-Jean after August 1752. The British deported the family to
St.-Malo, France, in the fall of 1758 aboard the transport Tamerlane,
the only Acadian Dupuiss to go the mother country from the
French Maritime islands (the others reached France from England via Minas and Virginia
in the spring of 1763). Ambroise and his family settled at on the west
side of the river south of St.-Malo at Plouër-sur-Rance,
where Anne gave Ambroise another daughter in December 1761. Ambroise died
at La Ville de la Moynnerie near Plouër in March 1763, in his mid-40s. His
second daughter Marie married into the Bourg family at Plouër
in February 1768 and emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. His oldest son also
married in France, and his second and perhaps third son returned to North
America in 1769. The fate of his youngest son and his oldest and youngest
daughters is anyone's guess.
Oldest son Ambroise, fils, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in
c1743, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and to France. He married Anne,
daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Theriot and Françoise
Landry, at Plouër-sur-Rance in July 1764. They lived also at nearby
St.-Servan-sur-Mer before returning to Plouër. Between 1765 and 1780, Anne gave
Ambroise, fils nine children, seven sons and two daughters, seven of
whom did not survive childhood. Ambroise, fils and his family did
not follow other Acadian exiles in the St.-Malo area to the interior of Poitou in 1773, nor did
they join them at the lower Loire port of Nantes later in the decade. Ambroise, fils,
Anne, and two of their children, Jean-Charles and Marguerite-Marie, along with
Antoine, fils's married sister Marie and her family, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785 directly from St.-Malo. Ambroise, fils's youngest sons Laurent-Charles and Amand-Pierre, who
would have been ages 7 and 5 in 1785, did not go with them, so they probably had died young. Ambroise,
fils and his family followed most of their fellow passengers to
Bayou des Écores in the New Feliciana District, a new Acadian settlement on the
river above Baton Rouge. In the late 1780s
or early 1790s, they followed other Acadians to Manchac south of Baton Rouge,
where some of their Dupuis cousins had settled.
Ambroise, fils died at Manchac in April 1822, age 80. His daughter
married into the Guidry family and his son into the Bourg family
there.
Ambroise, père's second son Augustin, born probably at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1745, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and to France.
He lived with his parents and then his widowed mother at Plouër-sur-Rance until February
1769, when he sailed with other Acadian exiles aboard Le Créole to Île
Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfound.
His stay there was a short one. He died on nearby Île St.-Pierre the
following November, in his mid-20s. He did not marry.
Ambroise, père's third son François, a twin, born probably at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1747, most likely followed his family to Île St.-Jean
and to Plouër-sur-Rance, France, may have followed his brother Augustin back to North
America in 1769, lived for a short time in the Newfoundland islands, and made
his way to New England. According to Bona Arsenault, with Louis
Robichaud as his witness, François married Monique, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean-Baptiste Richard and Marguerite Robichaud,
at Boston, Massachusetts, in October 1769. The marriage was
"rehabilitated" at Québec in August 1774. According to Arsenault,
Françoise remarried to Marie-Josèphe Moreau-Desjordy,
widow of Antoine Laberge, at Contrecoeur on the upper St.
Lawrence between Trois-Rivières and Montréal.
Germain's second son Germain, fils,
born at Minas in c1722, married Angélique, daughter of Pierre
LeBlanc dit Pinault and François Landry,
probably at Minas in c1746. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1747 and
1764, Angélique gave Germain, fils 11 children, five daughters and six
sons. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
After 1766, they chose to resettle in Canada. Germain, fils died
at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan near Montréal in October 1782, age 60. Four of
his daughters married into the Breau, Langlais,
Richard, and Marion families at St.-Jacques
and nearby L'Assomption. Five of his sons also married in the area.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1748, followed his family to
Massachusetts but evidently moved on to Pennsylvania before joining his family
on the upper St. Lawrence. He married Agathe, daughter of fellow Acadians
Basile Thibodeau and Anne Leprince, at
Philadelphia in September 1766. They settled at L'Assomption, where Pierre
died in November 1810, in his early 60s.
Germain, fils's second son Jean-Marie, born probably at Minas in
c1749, followed his family to Massachusetts. When members of his family
moved on to Canada in the late 1760s, he remained in New England, where he
married fellow Acadian Marie Hébert, widow of Joseph
Hébert, in October 1773. Their marriage was "rehabilitated" at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in November 1775, so they had joined his family there
by then.
Germain, fils's third son Joseph, born probably at Minas in c1752,
followed his family to Massachusetts and to Canada. He married
Mari-Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Hébert
and Marie-Josèphe Mirault, at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in
January 1777, and remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Arsenault and Anne Robichaud, at St.-Jacques in
February 1780.
Germain, fils's fourth son Charles, born probably at Minas in
c1755, followed his family to Massachusetts and Canada. In his mid-30s, he
married Catherine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Girouard
and Marie-Josèphe Arsenault, at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan
February 1791.
Germain, fils's sixth and youngest son Germain III, born probably
in Massachusetts in c1764, followed his family to Canada. He married
Marie-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Honoré Thériot and
Marie-Josèphe Arsenault, at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in
February 1789.
Germain, père's fourth son Olivier,
born at Minas in c1729, married Anne Boudrot probably at
Minas in c1752. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and 1769, Anne
gave Olivier seven children, five daughters and two sons, including a set of
twins. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755.
After 1766, they chose to resettle in Canada near St.-Philippe-de-La-Prairie
across from Montréal. Four of their daughters married into the
Boudreau, Brun, Bourgeois, and
Côté families at St.-Philippe-de-La-Prairie.
Germain, père's fifth son Jean-Baptiste,
born at Minas in August 1730, married Anne, daughter of Jacques
Richard and Anne Granger, probably at Minas in the
late 1740s or early 1750s. The British deported them to Maryland in the
fall of 1755. They appeared with a son and a daughter on a French
repatriation list at
Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac in July 1763. They emigrated to
Louisiana in 1767-68 with a son and two daughters, their younger daughter having
been born after the 1763 count. Spanish officials
forced them to settle far upriver at Fort San Luìs de Natchez. In
September 1768, six months after their arrival in the remote settlement,
Jean-Baptiste, age 38, died of litroprisis (a form of dropsy). In
1769, after the Spanish allowed them to settle where they chose, Anne
Richard followed other exiles downriver to Ascension. She did not
remarry. Her Dupuis daughters married into the Hébert,
Part, Breaux, Richard, and
Mecoler families on the river. Her Dupuis son Firmin married into
the Theriot family and created a vigorous line at Ascension.
Germain, père's sixth son François, born at Minas in c1732,
married Marguerite, daughter of Charles Préjean and Françoise
Boudrot of Annapolis Royal, in c1753. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1753 and 1771, Marguerite gave François eight children, four
sons and four daughters. The British deported them to Massachusetts in the
fall of 1755. After 1766, they chose to resettle at Contrecoeur
on the upper St. Lawrence between Trois-Rivières and Montréal. Four of
their daughters married into the Dumesnil, Boisseau,
Gareau dit Saint-Onge, and Girard
families at Contrecoeuu. Two of François's sons also married there.
Third son Paul, born probably in Massachusetts in c1759, followed his family to
Canada and married Marie-Renée, daughter of Joseph Duval and
Marguerite Charbonnier, at Contrecoeur in November 1784.
Fourth and youngest son Joseph, born in either Massachusetts or Canada in c1767,
married Françoise, daughter of Jérôme Richard and Françoise
Tupin-Dussault, at Contrecoeur in September 1793.
Martin's fourth son Joseph, born at Minas in July 1708, married
Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Élisabeth Boudrot,
at Grand-Pré in November 1734. The settled at
Grand-Pré. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1747, Élisabeth
gave Joseph five children, two sons and three daughters. The British
deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Three of their daughters
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in the late 1760s. They married into the
LeBorgne de Bélisle, and Melançon, and Dugas families on the river
above New Orleans. One of them moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, and
another to the western prairies.
Martin's fifth and youngest son Charles, born at Minas in September 1712,
married Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of Jean-Charles Trahan and Marie
Boudrot,
in c1735 probably at Minas. They settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Madeleine gave
Charles a daughter in c1739. Other records give them two sons and another
daughter between 1746 and 1750. The British deported them to Virginia in
the fall of 1755, and Virginia officials sent them on to England the following
spring. They were held at Southampton. Charles died probably at
Southampton between 1759 and May 1763, in his late 40s or early 50s.
Marie-Madeleine also died there before May 1763. Older daughter Madeleine married into the Daigre
family at Southampton. Charles and Marie-Madeleine's younger children, two
sons and a daugher, were repatriated to St.-Malo, France, aboard L'Ambition
with their married sister and her husband in May 1763. Charles's sons did not go to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765
with other Acadian exiles from England, but the older one, after twice marrying
at Plouër-sur-Rance near St.-Malo, did go to Poitou in 1773 and retreated to Nantes with other Poitou
Acadians in early 1776. The younger son, a sailor, may not have followed
his brother to Poitou, but he did join him at Nantes, where he, too, married.
Their younger sister Marguerite married into the Aucoin family
there. Both sons, the older one a widower again, and their families, along with their
two sisters, emigrated to Louisiana in 1785. Only
the younger son's line endured in the Spanish colony.
Older son Joseph, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1746, followed
his family to Virginia and Southampton, England, in 1755-56 and to Plouër-sur-Rance, France,
in May 1763. He married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier
Daigre and Angélique Doiron, at Plouër in
February 1768. Marie-Rose died at Lizenais near Plouër the following
December. One wonders if he was the Joseph Dupuis who embarked from
St.-Servan-sur-Mer on the ship Antoine-Joseph for Île Miquelon, a
French-controlled fishery island off the southern
coast of Newfoundland, in February 1769. If so, he returned to Plouër and
remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Landry
and Élisabeth Aucoin, in November 1771. Marie
gave Joseph a son at Plouër in October 1772, but the boy died at Lizenais in
August 1773, age 10 monhs. Later that year, Joseph, Marie, and his younger
brother Étenne, still a bachelor, followed hundreds of other Acadian exiles to
Poitou. Marie gave Joseph a daughter, Élisabeth, at Châtellerault there in May
1774. In March 1776, Joseph, Marie, Élisabeth, and Étienne retreated with
dozens of other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes. Marie gave
Joseph two more daughters at Nantes in 1776 and 1779, but they died young.
Marie died in St.-Similien Parish, Nantes, in January 1781, age 30. Joseph
did not remarry. He and his daughter emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
From New Orleans, they followed their fellow passengers,
including younger brother Étienne and his bride, to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Joseph died at Assumption on the upper bayou in November 1807, age 60.
Daughter Élisabeth married into the Bourg family there.
Charles's younger son Étienne,
born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1749, followed his family to
Virginia and Southampton, England, in 1755 and 1756, and to Plouër-sur-Rance,
France, in May 1763. He followed older brother Joseph to Poitou in 1773
and retreated with Joseph and his family to Nantes in March 1776. Étienne
settled at nearby Chantenay and worked as a seaman in the lower Loire port. At age 35, he
married Marie-Osite, 24-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Dugas
and his second wife Hélène Blanchard, at
St.-Martin de Chantenay in November 1784; Marie-Osite was a native of
St.-Coulomb near St.-Malo. She and Étienne emigrated to Louisiana in 1785
and followed his older brother Joseph and niece Élisabeth to upper Bayou
Lafourche. All of the couple's children were born on the upper Lafourche,
creating a second center of Dupuis family settlement in the
Spanish colony. Their daughters married into the Aucoin,
Bourg, Daigle, Preaux, and
Suarez families. Étienne's seven sons married into the
Landry, Hébert, Montet,
Daigle, and Aucoin families on the upper
Lafourche. During the War of 1861-65 or soon afterwards, a few of his grandsons and
great-grandsons moved to the Brashear, now Morgan, City, area on the lower
Atchafalaya and to St. Mary and Iberia parishes on lower Bayou Teche, but most
of Étienne's descendants remained in Assumption Parish.
Michel's second
son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in August 1671, married Madeleine, daughter of René Landry and Perrine
Bourg and widow of René Richard dit Beaupré, in c1692 probably
at Port-Royal. Between 1693 and 1698, Madeleine gave Pierre four children, two sons and two daughters.
Pierre died at Port-Royal in September 1709, age 38. His
daughters married into the Hébert and Blanchard families at
Annapolis Royal. Both of his sons also created families of their own at
Minas and Annapolis Royal.
Older son Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1697, married Élisabeth, daughter of Antoine LeBlanc and
Marie Bourgeois, in c1723 at Minas and settled there. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1724 and 1748, Élisabeth gave Charles 10 children, five
sons and five daughters. The British deported members of the family to Maryland in the fall
of 1755. Charles, Élisabeth, and their youngest sons, Joseph and Baptiste, were still in the
colony in July 1763. They did not follow their fellow exiles to Louisiana later in
the decade. Charles died at Baltimore in December 1790, in his early 90s.
Dupuiss who remained in Maryland, most likely Charles's
descendants, also used the surname Wells. Charles's oldest son evidently escaped the British roundup at Minas in 1755 and
settled in Canada.
Oldest son Jean-Charles, born probably at Minas in c1724, married Marie,
daughter of Charles Gautrot and Madeleine Blanchard,
at Grand-Pré in February 1747. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave
Jean-Charles a daughter in 1747. Jean-Charles remarried to Catherine,
daughter of Pierre Cormier and Catherine LeBlanc
of Chignecto and widow of François Landry, probably at
Chignecto in c1750. They evidently escaped the British roundups in Nova
Scotia in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada, where they settled at
Kamouraska and L'Islet on the lower St. Lawrence. Jean-Charles's daughter
married into the LeBel family at Kamouraska.
Pierre's younger son
Pierre, fils, also called Jean-Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Jeanne, daughter of Alexandre
Richard and Isabelle Petitpas, at Annapolis Royal in January 1720.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1721 and 1740, Jeanne gave Pierre, fils
10 children, five daughters and five sons. Members of the family escaped the British
roundup at Annapolis in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
Jean-Pierre died at Québec in October 1757, age 60, victim, perhaps, of the
smallpox epidemic that struck the Acadian refugees in the area that fall and
winter and into the following spring. One of his daughters married into the Girouard
family. At least three of his sons created families of their own, and
children from two of them emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son Michel, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1723, married Anne,
daughter of Pierre Gaudet and Marie Belliveau,
at Annapolis Royal in c1747. Anne gave Michel at least two daughters in
1751 and 1754. They evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis
Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on lower Rivière St.-Jean before
moving on to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. They may have sought refuge
at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in the late 1750s. They
either were captured by, or surrendered to,
British forces in the area, perhaps at Restigouche, in the early 1760s.
The British held them in prison compounds in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. A Michel Duppuy
and a family of four were counted at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in October 1762.
One wonders if this was them. Michel died during exile,
perhaps at Fort Edward. After the war, his
widow Anne, still unmarried, chose to leave greater Acadia. She took
their daughters, along with a Dupuis nephew, to Louisiana in
1765 and remarried to a Boudrot at Cabahannocer on the river
above New Orleans in October 1767. Her Dupuis daugthers
married into the Blanchard, Arceneaux, and
Boudreaux families in the Spanish colony.
Pierre, fils's second son Justinien, born probably at Annapolis
Royal in c1725, married Anne, daughter of Guillaume Girouard
and Marie Bernard, at Annapolis Royal in February 1751.
According to Bona Arsenault, Anne gave Justinien a son in c1752. They,
too, evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of
1755 and sought refuge on lower Rivière St.-Jean before moving on to the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. Both Justinien and Anne died during exile, perhaps in
one of the prisoner compounds in Nova Scotia. Their son followed
relatives to Louisiana in 1765.
Only son Joseph, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1751/52, followed his
parents into the exile and into a prisone compound in Nova Scotia--either
Fort Edward with his uncle Michel Dupuis and his family, or
Fort Cumberland with uncle Cyprien Dupuis and his family. In 1764-65, when he was in his early teens, Joseph followed his paternal aunt
Anne Gaudet, widow of his uncle Michel,
and two female first cousins to Louisiana. He settled with them at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans, where he married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Abraham Poirier and Marie-Josèphe Bourg,
in February 1774. They were still at Cabahannocer,
living on the left, or east, bank of the river, in 1779. Probably in the
1780s, they crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas prairies, creating a
third center of Dupuis family settlement in the colony.
Joseph died at Attakapas in December 1803, in her early 50s. His daughters
married into the Guilbeau, Landry, and
Theriot families. Two of his three sons married into the
Theriot and Poirier families and created their own
families on the prairies.
Pierre, fils's fourth son Cyprien, born probably at Annapolis
Royal in c1733, escaped the British with his family in the fall of 1755 and
followed them to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.
Cyprien married Françoise-Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Préjean and Marie Gaudet of Annapolis Royal, at
Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs in June 1760. Soon after
their wedding, the British attacked the French stronghold, now a major Acadian
refuge, but failed to capture the place. Nevertheless, in October 1760,
the French garrison at Restigouche, along with a thousand Acadian refugees,
surrendered to a British naval force from Québec. Cyprien and his bride were not among them.
In the following months, however, they either were captured by, or surrendered to, British forces
in the area, who held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of
the war. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1766,
Françoise-Rosalie gave Cyrien four children, two daughters and two sons.
Other records give them two more children, a daughter and a son, born perhaps in
the prisoner compound at Fort Cumberland, formerly French Fort Beauséjour,
at Chignecto,
where the family was held. After the war, they did not follow hundreds of
their fellow exiles in Nova Scotia to Louisiana but chose to remain in greater
Acadia. Members of the family
were counted on lower Rivière St.-Jean in
1768 and at Memramcook near the Gulf shore west of Chignecto in c1780. One of Cyprien's
daughters married into the Belliveau family at Memramcook.
One of his sons also settled there.
Second son Pierre, born in greater Acadia in c1766, followed his family to
lower Rivière St.-Jean and to Memramcook. He married Modeste, daughter of
fellow Acadians François Bourque and Isabelle Broussard
of Cobeguit, probably at Memramcook, date unrecorded. Pierre died at
Memramcook in June 1853, in his late 80s.
Michel's third
and youngest son Jean, born at Port-Royal in c1675, married Anne-Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of René
Richard and Madeleine Landry, at Port-Royal in November 1799 and
remained there. Between 1700 and 1724, Madeleine gave Jean a dozen children, six sons and six
daughters. Their daughters married into the Savoie, LeBlanc,
Breau, Brun dit Lebrun, Blanchard, and Pellerin
families. Five of Jean's sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Louis,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1700,
evidently died young.
Jean's second son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at Port-Royal in March 1706, married Anne, daughter of
Pierre Breau and Anne LeBlanc, in c1729 probably at Annapolis
Royal. They evidently moved on to Minas, where, between 1741 and 1750,
Anne gave Jean-Baptiste at least four children, three daughters and a son.
The British deported them to Maryland in the fall of 1755. Jean-Baptiste
died there before July 1763, in his 50s. Anne,
a son and three daughters appeared on a repatriation list at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac
within him in July 1763.
Her oldest daughter Marguerite married Pierre Guidry in the
Chesapeake colony the following year. Anne, her son, and her two younger
daughters emigrated to Louisiana with the Breau party from Port
Tobacco in 1767-68. Her older daughter and her Guidry
husband also followed them to the Spanish colony. Spanish officials forced
them to settle far upriver at Fort San Luìs de Natchez. Second daughter
Marie died on the upriver voyage. Oldest daughter Marguerite died at Fort
San Luìs in June or July 1768, a few months after they reached the distant
settlement. Youngest daughter Monique married into the Guidry
family in Louisiana. Anne's Dupuis son did not marry.
Only surviving
son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1750, followed his family to Maryland.
He was counted him with his widowed mother and three sisters at Port
Tobacco in July 1763. He followed them to Louisiana in 1767-68 with
Breau kinsmen and settled with them at Fort
San Luìs de Natchez then at Ascension on the river. He died at Ascension in January 1792, age 42,
still a bachelor.
Jean's third son
Charles-Olivier,
born at Port-Royal in April 1708, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Comeau and Susanne Bézier, in
c1732 probably at Annapolis Royal. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1733 and 1751, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles-Olivier 10 children, three
daughters and seven sons. The British deported them to Connecticut in the
fall of 1755. Members of the family were still in the colony in 1763.
One of Charles-Olivier's sons may have married in the New England colony and,
with several of his brothers,
emigrated to French St.-Domingue in the early 1760s. If so, the decision
to go there would prove to be a tragic one.
Second son
Pierre-Poncy, was born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1735, according to Bona
Arsenault. Pierre may have followed his family to Connecticut in 1755 and
may have accompanied his younger brothers to French St.-Domingue in late 1763 or
1764. He also may have been the Pierre Dupuy, "an
Acadian," who died at Mirebalais in the sugar colony in November 1764 "at age
23 yrs." If this was Pierre-Poncy à Charles-Olivier, and
Arsenault's birth year for him is correct, Pierre-Poncy would have been age 29
at the time of his death. He evidently did not marry.
Charles-Olivier's third son Charles, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1739,
evidently followed his
family to Connecticut, where he may have married Rosalie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Charles Préjean and Marguerite Simon,
date not given.
Their son Jean-Baptiste was born there in c1762. In late 1763 or 1764,
Charles may have taken his family to French St.-Domingue and may have been
the Charles Dupuy, "an Acadian," who died at Mirebalais
there in October 1764, age 26. If so, son Jean-Baptiste was
baptized at Mirebalais, age 23 months, a week after his father's death. Rosalie
remarried to a Peco from Nantes, France, at Mirebalais in
January 1768.
Charles-Olivier's fifth son Simon, born probably at Annapolis Royal in
c1746, evidently followed his family to Connecticut in 1755 and may have
accompanied his brothers to French St.-Domingue in late 1763 or 1764. He
may have been the Simon Dupuy who died at Mirabalais, age
18, in November 1764.
Charles-Olivier's seventh and youngest son Paul, was born probaby at
Annapolis Royal in c1751, according to Bona Arsenault. Paul evidently
followed his family to Connecticut in 1755 and may have accompanied older
brother Charles to French St.-Domingue in late 1763 or 1764. He may have
been the Paul Dupuy, "an Acadian," who died at Mirebalais in
November 1764 "at age 20 yrs." If this was Paul à
Charles-Olivier, and Arsenault's birth year for him is correct, he would have
been only age 13 at the time of his death.
Jean's fourth son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in October 1712, married
Marie-Anne, daughter of Antoine Brun and Marie-Françoise Comeau,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1740. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1740 and 1748, Marie-Anne gave Joseph four children, three sons and a daughter. Joseph died at Annapolis Royal in May 1750, age 37.
The British deported widow Marie-Anne and her family to South Carolina in the fall of
1755. Anne and her 20-year-old son Joseph
Dupuy, fils were till in the colony in August 1763.
One wonders if they remained in South Carolinia or if they resettled elsewhere.
They did not go to Louisiana. Did they move on to the French Antilles?
Jean's fifth son Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1714, married,
in his early 40s,
Anastasie, daughter of Claude Bourgeois and Marie LeBlanc, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1755. The British deported
them to Connecticut in the fall of that year. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1756 and 1762, Anastasie gave Pierre two daughters.
The family was still in the
colony in August 1763. They chose to resettle in Canada. Pierre died
at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan near Montréal in January 1790, in his late 70s.
His daughters married into the Richard and Amireau
families at St.-Jacques, so the blood of this line endured.
Jean's sixth and youngest son Michel, born at Annapolis Royal in January
1720,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Germain Savoie and Geneviève
Babineau, at Annapolis Royal in January 1744. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1746 and 1752, Marie-Josèphe gave Michel three children, a
son and two daughters. One wonders what happened to them in 1755.
Was this the Michel Duppuy counted with a family of four at
Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in July 1762? In
1768, British officials counted the family at Windsor, formerly Pigiguit, Nova
Scotia. Michel's daughters married into the Landry and LeBlanc
families, one of them at Windsor. His son also married.
Only son Joseph, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1746, followed his family
into exile and married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Olivier
Boudrot and Ludivine Landry, at Windsor in January
1770. One wonders if British authorities allowed them to remain there.374
Viger
François
Viger,
fils, born probably at Cap-Sable in c1662, and his wife Marie Mius d'Azy created a
small family in the colony.
François and Marie were living at Ouimakagan, near
Pobomcoup, in 1705 and were counted at Cap-Sable, probably Pobomcoup, in 1708,
near her family.
Marie gave him seven children, four sons and three
daughters, including a set of twins. Two of their daughters married into
the Corporon, Benoit, and Boutin families, and one of them
perished with her entire family during the deportation to St.-Malo, France, in
1758. Only one
of François's sons married. The date and place of François's death has been
lost to history. His and Marie's descendants settled not only at Pobomcoup
and Cap-Sable, but also on Île St.-Jean. As a result, the members
of this family were not "typical" Fundy Acadians. If any of François's
descendants emigrated to Louisiana, none took the family's name there.
Oldest
son Charles, born at Port-Royal in January 1698, evidently died young.
François,
fils's second son François III, born at Port-Royal in August 1699, married Claire, daughter of Martin Lejeune and
Marie Gaudet, in c1722, place unrecorded, and setteld at Cap-Sable.
According to genealogist Bona Arsenault, between 1724 and 1738, Claire gave
François three children, a son and two daughters. Other records give them
two more sons. One his daughters married into the Hébert
family probably at Cap-Sable. The British captured François III and his
family at Cap-Sable in the fall of 1758, held them at Halifax, and deported them
to Cherbourg, France, in late 1759. François III died there in March 1760,
age 60. His daughter Anne-Théotiste remarried into the Landry
family at Cherbourg. At least one of his sons created his own family.
Oldest son
Jean-Charles-Guillaume, born probably at Cap-Sable in c1729, followed his family
to Halifax and Cherbourg, where he became a "huissier de la Miraute de cette
ville." He died at Cherbourg in September 1773, age 44. One
wonders if he married.
François III's second son
François IV, born probably at Cap-Sable in c1730, married Anne, daughter of
Gabriel Moulaison and Marie Aubois, probably
at Pobomcoup in c1750. They followed his father's family to Cherbourg in
1759. Son Isidore was born at sea in December 1759, baptized at
Très-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, in January, and died at Cherbourg, age 9 months,
the following September. His line of the family may have died with him.
François III's
third and youngest son
Stanislas, born probably at Cap-Sable in c1745, followed his family to Halifax
and Cherbourg, where he died in February 1760, age 17.
François,
fils's third
son Joseph l'aîné, born at either Port-Royal or Cap-Sable in c1701, probably died young.
François,
fils's fourth
and youngest son Joseph
le jeune, twin of his sister Marie, born probably
at Cap-Sable in c1707, evidently
died young, as she did.451
Morin
Pierre
Morin dit Boucher, an early 1660s arrival, and his wife Marie-Madeleine
Martin created a large family, but, because of a peculiar circumstance, they
did not remain in the colony. Marie-Madeleine gave Pierre a dozen
children, nine sons and three daughters, most of whom married. Sometime
during the 1670s or early 1680s, the family left Port-Royal and settled at
Chignecto. In the late 1680s, one of their sons scandalized the community
by engaging in an indiscretion with the seigneur's daughter. The
son was exiled to France. Even worse, the entire Morin family,
including in-laws, was compelled to leave the colony. They
settled first in Gaspésie on the Baie des Chaleurs, at the edge of greater Acadia, and then moved on to Mont-Louis on the north shore of the Gaspé peninsula.
Pierre dit Boucher died in c1690, age about 56, probably at Gaspésie.
His widow Marie-Madeleine died at Québec in Sep 1714, in
her early 70s.
Their younger children married in Canada,
where they settled at various places above and below
Québec. None seems to have returned to Acadia. Pierre
dit Boucher and Marie-Madeleine's daughters married into the Cochu,
Louet, and Boissel families in Canada. One wonders if
any of Pierre and Marie-Madeleine's descendants emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son
Pierre, fils,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1662, married Françoise, daughter of Guyon
Chiasson dit La Vallée and Jeanne Bernard, at Beaubassin in
November 1682, was exiled from Acadia with the rest of his family, and died at St.-François-du-Sud below Québec in April 1741, in
his late 70s.
Pierre dit
Boucher's second son Louis, born probably at Port-Royal in c1664, ended the family's welcome at Chignecto after
impregnating Marie-Josèphe, daughter of seigneur and former royal
governor Michel Le Neuf de La Vallière and Marie Denys,
in c1688. Louis likely spent the rest of his days in France.
Pierre dit Boucher's third son
Antoine, born
probably at Port-Royal in c1666, was exiled from Acadia
with the rest of his family. He died
probably in Canada in February 1724, in his late 50s, and did not marry.
Pierre dit Boucher's fourth son
Jacques
l'aîné
dit Boucher, born probably at Port-Royal in c1672,
was exiled from Acadia with the rest of his family, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Canadians Louis
Lavergne and Marie-Anne Simon, at Québec in February 1699, and died
at the city's Hôtel Dieu in December 1704, in his early 30s.
Pierre dit Boucher's fifth son
Charles de
Cloridan, born probably at Port-Royal in c1674, was exiled from Acadia
with the rest of his family, married Anne-Thérèse, daughter of Canadians Jean Minet and Anne
Bonhomme, at Québec in May 1719, and died in Canada by September 1724,
probably in his late 40s.
Pierre dit Boucher's sixth son
Jean
dit
Ducharme, born at Chignecto in August 1680, was exiled from Acadia with
the rest of his family, married Marie-Élisabeth, daughter of Canadians François Hubert
and Geneviève Fuquel, at Québec in November 1715, and died there in
January 1717, age 36.
Pierre dit Boucher's seventh son
Jacques-François
dit Bonsecours, born at Chignecto in September 1682,
was exiled from Acadia with the rest of his family and counted at Mont-Louis, Canada, in 1699, age 17, working
as a fisherman. He evidently did not marry.
Towards the end of Queen Anne's War, Bonsecours, at age
30, served as a corsair captain on his ship Le Trompeur.
Pierre dit Boucher's eighth son
Simon-Joseph,
born at Chignecto in January 1685,
evidently died young. Ironically, Simon-Joseph's godmother was the
Marie-Josèphe Le Neuf de La Vallière
with whom his older brother Louis got in so much trouble.
Pierre dit Boucher's ninth and youngest son
Jacques
le jeune was born at Chignecto in March 1686. His godmother
also was Marie-Josèphe Le Neuf de La Vallière.
He was exiled from Acadia with the rest of his family, married Marie-Charlotte, daughter of Canadians Robert
Jeanne and Françoise-Madeleine Savard and widow of Étienne
Rocheron dit Rochon, at Lauzon near Québec in August 1704, and died
there in April 1737, age 51.377
Pellerin
François
Pellerin, a mid-1660s arrival, and his wife Andrée Martin, who
settled at Port-Royal and then Chignecto, created no male line that remained in
French Acadia. However, five of their daughters married in Acadia and
added their blood to five of the colony's established families--Trahan,
Thériot, Hébert, Godin, and Caissie. If any
of François's descendants emigrated to Louisiana, they did not carry the
family's name there.
Only son
Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1680, did not
remain in French Acadia or British Nova Scotia. He married Marie-Anne, daughter of
Canadians Jacques Bélanger and Élisabeth Thibault, at
St.-Pierre-du-Sud below Québec in June 1722, and died by December 1731,
probably in Canada, in his late 40s or early 50s.376
Chiasson
Guyon
dit
La Vallée Chiasson
or Giasson of La Rochelle, France, and Canada, a mid-1660s arrival, and his wives Jeanne Bernard and Marie-Madeleine Martin,
the latter a Canadian, created a good-sized family in greater Acadia. Jeanne gave Guyon
eight children, at least four sons and three daughters. Marie-Madeleine
gave him four more children, all daughters. Six of Guyon's daughters by both
wives married into the Morin, Poirier dit de France,
Breau, Carret, Pothier, De La Forestrie, and Pineau
families. Four of his sons created families of their own. The older
sons' lines were especially prolific. Guyon's two
younger sons left Acadia
for Canada beginning
in the 1690s and did not return. In greater Acadia, Guyon's descendants settled not only at Chignecto, but
also at Annapolis Royal and in the French Maritimes. At least 11 of Guyon's descendants,
all from the family line of oldest son Gabriel dit Pierre, emigrated to
Louisiana in 1765 from Halifax and French St.-Domingue, and in 1785 from France.
However, most of
Guyon's descendants could be found in Canada, perhaps in France, and especially in greater Acadia after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest
son Gabriel dit Pierre, born probably at Port-Royal in c1667, married Marie, daughter of François Savoie
and Catherine Lejeune, in c1688 probably at Chignecto. Marie gave him 11 children, six sons and
five daughters. Gabriel dit Pierre died at Chignecto in April
1741, age 75. His daughters married into the Quimine, Gallet,
Patry, Dufaut, Daguet dit Renaud, La Croix
dit Durel, and Le Prieur dit Dubois, two of them at
St.-Pierre-du-Nord on Île St.-Jean. One of his daughters and her entire
family were lost in the deportation from the island to France in 1758. Only three of
Gabriel dit Pierre's six sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Michel,
born perhaps at Minas in c1689, was counted at Chignecto, age 14, in 1700.
He did not marry.
Gabriel dit
Pierre's second son Pierre, born probably at Minas in c1691, died young.
Gabriel dit
Pierre's third
son Jean-Baptiste, also called Jean, born perhaps at Chignecto in c1693, married Madeleine, daughter of Michel Boudrot and
Marie-Madeleine Cormier, at Beaubassin in February 1714. According
to genealogist Bona Arsenault, between 1720 and 1722, Madeleine gave Jean three children, all daughters, who married into the Bugeaud,
Caissie, and Poirier families. Jean-Baptiste remarried to
Marie, daughter of Claude Pitre and Marie Comeau, at Annapolis
Royal in May 1722. According to Stephen A. White, between 1723 and the early 1750s, Marie gave
Jean-Baptiste seven more children, four sons and three daughters--10 children,
six daughters and four sons, by two wives. After
1755, the family left Aulac, Chignecto, and settled near one of his younger
brothers on the north shore of Île St.-Jean. Jean-Baptiste died there in
February 1758, age 66, on the eve of the island's dérangement. Two of
his daughters
by second wife Marie married into the Simard and Monier families. Only two of
his four sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Pierre,
by second wife Marie Pitre, born at Chignecto in March 1723, married Catherine Bourgeois
at Chignecto
in c1749.
They settled at Pointe-à-Beauséjour. Soon after their marriage, Catherine
gave Pierre at least one son at Chignecto. They followed his family to Île
St.-Jean after 1752. The British deported Pierre and his famliy to
Cherbourg, France, in 1758. He may have been the Pierre Chiasson,
butcher, who died at Rochefort, France, in August 1763, though the St.-Louis
Parish priest who recorded the burial said that Pierre was age 61 at the time of
his death. This Pierre would have been age 40, so it probably was not him.
On thing is certain--Pierre did not live long enough to emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in
1785. His son created a
family of his own in France and Louisiana.
Only son
Basile, born at
Pointe-à-Beauséjour, Chignecto, in c1750, followed his parents to Île St.-Jean and
to Cherbourg, France. He married fellow Acadian Monique Comeau
probably at Cherbourg in c1772. Between 1773 and 1775, Monique gave him
three daughters, one of whom died an infant. They followed other Acadian
exiles to the interior of Poitou during the early 1770s and retreated to Nantes with other
Poitou Acadians in November 1775. From 1780 to 1784, Monique
gave him three sons at Nantes, but two of them died young. In 1785, Basile
took Monique and their surviving children, a daughter and a son, to Spanish Louisiana
aboard the last of the Seven Ships. They chose to settle on the Opelousas
prairies, where wife Monique died a few years later. Basile remarried to
Anne-Marie, called Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Thibodeaux
and Françoise Sonnier, widow of L'ange Bourg,
and sister of one of his daughter's husband, at Opelousas in July 1789. She gave
him more children, including three more sons. His daughters by both wives
married into the Thibodeaux, Cormier,
Doucet, Petit dit Parrain, and
Richard families. Three of his sons by both wives married into
the Bourassa, Moreau, and Sonnier
families, but only one of the lines endured in what became Lafayette Parish.
Jean-Baptiste's
second son Jean, by second wife Marie Pitre, born probably at
Chignecto, date unrecorded, married in c1754 a woman whose name has been lost in history. Bona Arsenault insists that her name was Marie-Josèphe Dugas.
According to Arsenault, in 1765 and 1767, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean two children,
a daughter and a son, and that the son, Joseph, was counted in Louisiana in
1789. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France, however,
says the Jean Chiasson who married Marie-Josèphe Dugas
was a son of François, not Jean-Baptiste. One wonders what became of Jean,
son of Jean-Baptiste, and his unnamed wife during Le Grand Dérangement.
Jean-Baptiste's
third and fourth sons, names unrecorded, from second wife Marie Pitre, may have been twins who died in
infancy.
Gabriel dit
Pierre's fourth son François, born probably at Chignecto in c1697, married Anne, daughter of Claude
Doucet and Marie Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in November 1722 and
moved to Havre-à-l'Anguille on the east coast of Île St.-Jean by 1727. Between 1729 and 1749, on Île St.-Jean, Anne gave François eight
children, five sons and three daughters. Bona Arsenault gives them another
daughter in c1725--nine children in all. In August 1752, a French
official counted François, Anne, and seven of their children at
Havre-aux-Sauvages on the north side of the island. Two of the older sons
and the two older daughters married there soon after the counting.
The daughters married into the Haché and Grossin
families. Arsenault insists that their oldest daughter married a Bouchard
at St.-Thomas de Montmagny, Canada, in October 1746, while the rest of the
family lived on Île St.-Jean. The British deported François and his family
to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Wife Anne and one of their married sons died at sea.
François, père died at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in February 1759, in
his early 60s, probably from the rigors of the crossing. One of his younger sons
also died soon after the family reached the Breton port.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste le jeune, called Jean, born probably at Chignecto in
c1729, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, where he married Louise,
daughter of Joseph Precieux and Anne Haché,
probably at St.-Pierre-du-Nord, the church for Havre-St.-Pierre and
Havre-aux-Sauvages, in
c1752. Between 1753 and 1757, Louise gave him three children, a son and
two daughters. One of the daughters evidently died in infancy. The
British deported Jean-Baptiste le jeune, Louise, and their two
surviving children to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. The two children died at
sea. Louise died at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo soon after they
reached the Breton port. According to Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians
in France, Jean-Baptiste le jeune remarried to
Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Dugas
and Marguerite Benoit, at St.-Méloir-des-Ondes near St.-Malo
in June 1761. She gave him two sons there and at nearby La Blanche in
1763 and 1765. Marguerite-Josèphe died at St.-Servan in June 1766, and
Jean-Baptiste le jeune remarried again--his third marriage--to
Anne-Perrine, daughter of locals Jacques Joanne and
Perrine Charpentier, at St.-Servan in January 1769. She
gave him another son at St.-Servan in 1769. In 1773, they
followed other Acadians exiles to the interior of Poitou, where Anne-Perrine gave Jean-Baptiste
le jeune another daughter in May 1775. The following December, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where their daughter died by
1785. That year, Jean-Baptiste le jeune took Anne-Perrine and two
of their sons to Louisiana on one of the Seven Ships. Son Jean-Baptiste,
fils, by second wife Marguerite-Josèphe Dugas, if he
was still living, would have been age 22 when his father, stepmother, and two
younger brothers left for the Spanish colony. He did not follow them
there. From New Orleans, Jean-Baptiste le jeune and his family followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where the two sons married
into the Simoneaux, Lejeune, and
LeBoeuf families and created vigorous lines on the bayou.
François's second son François, fils, born probably at Chignecto
in c1729, perhaps Jean-Baptiste le jeune's twin, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean, where he married Marie-Anne, daughter of Pierre
Haché and Cécile Lavergne, at St.-Pierre-du-Nord in
January 1753. Between 1754 and 1757, Marie-Anne gave François, fils
three children, two daughters and a son. The British deported them to
St.-Malo, France, in 1758. François, fils and his three children
died at sea. Widow Marie-Anne remarried to fellow Acadian Paul Caissie
at Paramé near St.-Malo in June 1760.
François, père's third son Joseph, born at Havre-St.-Pierre, Île
St.-Jean, in May 1733, was counted with his family at nearby Havre-au-Sauvages in
August 1752. He married Anne, daughter of Charles Haché
and Geneviève Lavergne, on the island in c1755.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1756 and 1776, Anne gave Joseph 10
children, four daughters and six sons. Evidently Joseph, Anne, and their
older chidren escaped the British roundup on Île St.-Jean in 1758, crossed Mer
Rouge, and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. From there they moved on to Restigouche
at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs, where, along with the French garrison, they and a thousand other exiles
surrendered to the British in October 1760. In February 1761, one of their
sons was baptized at Restigouche, so they may have been held there or sent on to
a prison compound in Nova Scotia a year or so later. After the
war, the family chose to remain in greater Acadia. British officials counted
them at Nipisiguit, today's Bathhurst, eastern New
Brunswick, in 1772 and on Île Miscou at the entrance to the Baie des Chaleurs in
1773 and 1776. One of Joseph's daughters married a Haché
double cousin at Caraquet in northeastern New Brunswick. At least four of
his sons created their own families on both the north and the south shores of the
Baie des Chaleurs.
Oldest son Nicolas-Joseph, born at Havre-au-Sauvages, Île St.-Jean, in
March 1758, followed his family into exile, to Restigouche, and to the shores of
the Baie des Chaleurs. He
married Geneviève, daughter of François Gionais and Madeleine
Chapados, at Carleton in Gaspésie on the north shore of the bay in May 1784.
Joseph's fourth son Jean-Chrysostôme, born perhaps at Nipisiguit in c1767,
married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Daigle,
there in June 1790.
Joseph's fifth son Paul, born either at Nipisiguit or on Île Miscou in
c1773, married Élisabeth, daughter of Léon Roussy and Anne
Chapados, at Paspébiac in Gaspésie in October 1797.
Joseph's sixth and youngest son Bénoni, born perhaps on Île Miscou in
c1776, married Félicité Albert at Carleton, Gaspésie, in January 1807.
François, père's fourth son Louis, born at Havre-St.-Pierre, Île
St.-Jean, in
April 1741, followed his family to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. He survived
the voyage but died in January 1759, age 19, soon after reaching the Breton port.
François, père's fifth and youngest son
Chrysostôme, born probably
at Havre-aux-Sauvages, Île St.-Jean, in c1749, followed his family to St.-Malo
in 1758. He survived the voyage as well as its rigors and joined his
oldest brother Jean at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo after the
death of their father at Paramé. Chrysostôme may have gone to Poitou and Nantes with his
brother. When Jean and his family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785, Chrysostôme, who would have been in his mid-30s at
the time, did not go with them. One wonders if he was dead by then, or if
he had married in France and chose to remain.
Gabriel dit Pierre's fifth son Pierre, the second with the name, born probably at Chignecto in c1701, died at Minas in July 1712, age
11.
Gabriel dit Pierre's sixth and youngest son
Abraham, born probably
at Chignecto in the early 1700s, married Marie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Poirier
and Marie Cormier, in c1724 probably at Chignecto and remained there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1725 and 1746, Marie gave Abraham five
children, three daughters and two sons. Other records give them another
son. Arsenault says their oldest daughter married into the Forest
family, probably at Chignecto. In 1755, the British deported Abraham and members of his family to faraway South
Carolina. Other family members escaped the British roundup and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Abraham died probably in South
Carolina before August 1763. Two of his sons emigrated to Louisiana via
Halifax and French St.-Domingue.
Oldest son Pierre, born probably at Chignecto in c1729, married Osite,
daughter of Paul Landry and Marie Hébert,
probably at Chignecto in c1755. They escaped the British in 1755 and took
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By the early 1760s, they had
either surrendered to, or been captured by, British forces in the area, who sent
them to a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. They
appeared on a repatriation at Fort Cumberland, formerly French Beauséjour, near
their former home at Chignecto, in August 1763. With a young son and a
young nephew in tow, they emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via Cap-Français,
French-St.-Domingue, in 1764-65. They evidently retrieved Pierre's younger
brother Paul in St.-Domingue on their way to
New Orleans. Osite had been pregnant when they left Nova
Scotia. She gave birth to a daughter either on the voyage to Louisiana or at New Orleans in
October 1765. After baptizing the baby in early December, they settled at
Cabahannocer, an established Acadian community on the river above New Orleans, where
Osite gave Pierre more children. Pierre died by
November 1794, in his late 50s or early 60s, when his wife remarried at Cabahannocer. His daughter
evidently died young. One of his three sons married into the
Dugas family and settled on the river in Ascension Parish.
Abraham's second son Joseph, born probably at Chignecto in the 1730s, married
Anne dite Annette Saulnier, place not given. They evidently escaped the British
roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and took refuge on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. During the early 1760s, they either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. A son was born in
one of the compounds in c1762. Joseph and Annette
evidently did not survive imprisonment.
Only son Jean-Baptiste, born Halifax, Nova Scotia, in c1762, was a young orphan when
he emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via French St.-Domingue with the
famliy of his paternal uncle Pierre. Jean-Baptiste followed them to Cabahannocer
on the river, but he did not remain there. After he came of age, he
crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Opelousas District, where he married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadian Jean LeBlanc and his Anglo wife
Marie Hayes, in c1786. They settled on Bellevue prairie
and then moved farther out on the Opelousas prairies to upper Bayou Plaquemine
Brulé. By 1850, he had moved on to Jefferson County, Texas. Jean-Baptiste died at the home of his youngest son Maglore at
Beaumont, Jefferson County, in July 1854. His family insisted that Jean-Baptiste died
at age 109, but he was closer to 92--one of the last of the Acadian immigrants
in Louisiana to join his ancestors. His daughters married into the
Cart and Dugas families. Four of his five sons
married into the Dugas, Vizina, and
Guidry familes and settled on the prairies and bayous of southwest
Louisiana and southeast Texas.
Abraham's third and youngest son Paul,
born probably at Chignecto in c1746, followed his parents to South Carolina,
where he was counted as an 18-year-old
orphan in
August 1763. Later that year, he followed other Acadian exiles in the
colony to French
St.-Domingue to work on a new French naval base on the north side of the island
at Môle St.-Nicolas. He did not remain there. His older brother
Pierre evidently retrieved him at Cap-Français on the voyage down from Halifax.
Paul accompanied his brother and sister-in-law to New Orleans and settled with
them at Cabahanocer, where he appeared in a Spanish census in April 1766 on the east bank of the river. The Spanish counted
him there in September 1769, this time on
the west bank of the river; he was still a bachelor. He married fellow Acadian
Marie-Madeleince Blanchard probably at Cabahannocer in c1770.
They settled upriver at San Gabriel in what became Iberville Parish. Paul died in Iberville Parish in
March 1820, age 74. His daughters married into the Babin, Charpentier,
Hébert, Hernandez,
Jaeleus, and LeBlanc families. Two of his four sons
married into the Sharp and Dupuis families and
settled in
Iberville Parish.
Guyon's second
son Sébastien, born probably at Port-Royal in c1670, married Marie, daughter of Jacques Blou and Marie
Girouard, probably at Chignecto in c1693. Between 1694 and 1701, Marie
gave Sébastien four children, two sons and two daughters. Sébastien died
in c1700, age about 30, probably at Chignecto. His daughters married into the Vécot and
Gaudet families at Chignecto. One of them followed her parents to Île
St.-Jean and perished with her entire family during the deportation from the
island to St.-Malo, France, in 1758. Only one of Sébastien's sons created
a family of his own. His descendants remained in greater Acadia; none of
them emigrated to Louisiana.
Older son
Jacques, born probably at Chignecto in c1694, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Abraham Arseneau and Jeanne
Gaudet, at Beaubassin in January 1719. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1720 and 1745, Marie-Josèphe gave Jacques 13 children, six daughters and
seven sons, including two sets of twins. The family moved on to Île
St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official counted Jacques,
Marie-Josèphe, and 11 of their children at Étang-des-Berges near Tracadie on the
north side of the island. Evidently they were among the Acadians who
escaped the British roundup on the island in 1758. Jacques and members of
his family were counted at Chédabouctou near present-day Guysborough, Nova
Scotia, in 1760, so the British probably captured them not long after they left
Île St.-Jean. One son ended up in the prison compound at Fort Cumberland, formerly French Fort Beauséjour,
at Chignecto, but he did not survive imprisonment. After the war, Jacques led his family to the French-controlled
fishery island of
Miquelon off the southern coast of Newfoundland. French officials counted
them there in 1765 and 1767. Five of Jacques's daughters married into the
Hébert, Cormier, and Boudrot
families. Five, perhaps six, of his seven sons created their own families
in greater Acadia. They were especailly numerous at Chéticamp on the
northwest coast of Cape Breton Island and on the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the
Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Oldest son
Pierre, born at Chignecto in c1725, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in 1750
and was counted with them at Tracadie in August 1752. He married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude Boudrot and Judith
Belliveau, probably on the island in c1753. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1754 and 1764, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre five children, three
sons and two daughters. They evidently escaped the British roundup on the
island in 1758 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. By the
early 1760s they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in
the area,
who held them in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war.
In August 1763, they appeared on a repatriation list at Fort Cumberland, formerly
French Beauséjour, near their old home at Chignecto. Pierre died there in
1764, and Marie-Josèphe followed his family to Île Miquelon, where French
officials counted them in
1765 and 1767. Not long after returning from a short exile in France in
1767-68, Marie-Josèphe remarried to a Poirier on the island in 1772.
Oldest son
Joseph, born probably at
Tracadie, Île St.-Jean, in c1754, followed his family into exile, into the
prison compound at Fort Cumerbland, to Île Miquelon, to France, and back to
Miquelon. In 1778, during the American Revolution, the British captured
the island and deported the Acadians there and on nearby Île St.-Pierre to La Rochelle,
France. Joseph married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Vigneau
and Marie Bourgeois, at La Rochelle soon after he reached the
French port. Between 1781 and 1784, Anne gave Joseph two sons--Jean and Étienne Pierre or
Isidore--at La Rochelle. The younger son died in the city, age 8
days, in April 1783. Joseph and Anne returned to Île Miquelon in 1784, a
year before some of his Chiasson cousins emigrated to Louisiana
from France.
Jacques's second
son Paul, a twin, born at Chignecto in c1727, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean in 1750 and was counted with them at Tracadie in August 1752. He
married Louise Boudrot probably on the island in c1755.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1756 and 1769, Louise gave Paul seven
children, five sons and two daughters. They, too, escaped the British
roundup on the islasnd in 1758 and either fled to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore or remained on
the island, where the British counted them in 1761. After the war,
they joined members of their family on Île Miquelon, where French officials
counted them in 1764 and 1767. They moved on to Chéticamp on the
northwestern shore of Cape Breton Island before returning to Prince Edward
Island, formerly Île St.-Jean, where Paul died at Rollo Bay on the northeast
shore of the island, date unrecorded. His daughters married into the
Aucoin and Boudrot famililes at Chéticamp.
At least three of his sons created their own families at Chéticamp and on Prince
Edward Island.
Oldest son
Basile, born in exile in c1756, followed his family to Île Miquelon and
Chéticamp. He married fellow Acadian Anne-Adélaïde Arsenault
probably at Chéticamp in c1778. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1779
and 1790, Anne-Adélaïde gave Basile seven children, two daughers and five sons,
at the remote fishing village. One of his daughters married into the
LeBlanc family. At least four of his seven sons also
created their own families at Chéticamp.
Oldest son
Firmin, born probably at Chéticamp, Cape
Breton Island, in c1780, married fellow Acadian Hélène
Poirier probably at Chéticamp in c1802. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1803 and 1823, Hélène gave Firmin a dozen children, eight
daughters and four sons, at Chéticamp.
Basile's second
son Joseph, born probably at Chéticamp in c1782, married fellow Acadian Dorothée
Poirier probably at Chéticamp in c1804. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1804 and 1812, Dorothée gave Joseph five children, two sons
and three daughters.
Basile's third
son Thomas, born probably at Chéticamp in c1783, married cousin Froisine,
daughter of fellow Acadians Lazare LeBlanc and Modeste
Chiasson, probably at Chéticamp in c1805. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1806 and 1814, Froisine gave Thomas six children, three sons
and three daughters, at Chéticamp.
Basile's fifth
and youngest son Basile dit Petit Basile, born probably at Chéticamp in
c1790, married fellow Acadian Marie Bourgeois probably at
Chéticamp in c1818. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1820 and 1833,
Marie gave Petit Basile eight children, five sons and three daughters. The
settled at Grand-Étang south of Chéticamp.
Paul's second son
Germain, born in exile in c1758, followed his family to Île Miquelon and
Chéticamp. He married fellow Acadian Marie Pitre probably
at Chéticamp in c1780. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1781 and 1800,
Marie gave Germain nine children, seven sons and two daughters, at Chéticamp.
At least two of Germain's sons created their own families there.
Oldest son
David,
born probably at Chéticamp in c1781, married fellow Acadian Céleste
Cormier probably at Chéticamp in c1803. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1804 and 1819, Céleste gave David 10 children, eight
daughters and two sons. They settled at Grand-Étang.
Germain's second
son Jean le jeune, born probably at Chéticamp in c1782, married fellow
Acadian Anastasie Cormier probably at Chéticamp in c1804.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1805 and 1810, Anastasie gave Jean le
jeune four children, three sons and a daughter. They also settled at
Grand-Étang.
Paul's fourth son
Augustin, born probably on Île Miquelon in c1766, followed his family to
Chéticamp and Prince Edward Island. He married Marie des Anges, daughter
of fellow Acadians Alexis Doiron and Madeleine Bourg,
probably on the island in c1788. They settled at Rustico on the island's
north shore, where Augustin died in May 1813, in his late 40s.
Jacques's third
son Jacques, fils, born at Chignecto in c1729, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean in 1750 and was counted with them at Tracadie in August 1752.
He married Marie-Judith Boudrot probably on the island in c1757.
According to Bona Arsenault, betwee 1758 and 1766, Marie gave Jacques, fils
three children, a son and two daughters. They, too, escaped the British in
1758 and, after the war, followed his family to Île Miquelon, where they were
counted in 1767. They then moved on to Prince Edward Island and were among
the first inhabitants of Tignish on the extreme northwest tip of the island.
Jacques, père's
fourth son Michel, born at Chignecto in c1732, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean in 1750 and was counted with them at Tracadie in August 1752. He
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Boudrot
and Judith Beliveau, sister of his oldest brother's wife, on
Île St.-Jean in 1758 on the eve of the island's dérangement. They
escaped the British roundup on the island later that year and followed his family into exile.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1770, Marguerite gave Michel five
children, three sons and two daughters. They joined his family on Île
Miquelon in 1764, were counted on the island in 1767, but moved on to the
îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1769. One of their
daughters married into the Cyr family and spent some time at La
Rochelle, France. At least one of Michel's sons created his own family in
the islands.
Third and
youngest son Joseph, born in the Madeleine islands in c1770, married Henriette, daughter
of fellow Acadians Joseph Boudreau and Louise Arsenault,
in the islands in January 1794. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1796
and 1815, Henriette gave Joseph seven children, five daughters and two sons.
Joseph drowned in the islands in April 1831, in his early 60s.
Jacques, père's
fifth son Joseph, born at Chignecto in c1737, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean in 1750 and was counted with them at Tracadie in August 1752. One
wonders what became of him in 1758.
Jacques, père's
sixth son Jean, born at Chignecto in c1740, followed his family to Île St.-Jean
in 1750, was counted with them at Tracadie in August 1752, and escaped the
British in 1758. He married Isabelle Boudrot in c1762,
place unrecorded. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and 1770,
Isabelle gave Jean five children, three sons and two daughters. If they
followed his family to Île Miquelon, they did not remain there. They
settled at Chéticamp on the northwest shore of Cape Breton Island. Jean's
daughters married into the Maillet and LeBlanc
families. All three of Jean's sons created families in the remote fishing
village.
Oldest son
Joseph, born in exile in c1763, followed his family to Chéticamp. He
married fellow Acadian Marie Maillet probably at Chéticamp in
c1785. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1788 and 1792, Marie gave
Joseph three children, two sons and a daughter. They settled at
Petit-Étang north of Chéticamp.
Jean's second son
Jean, fils, born perhaps at Chéticamp in c1768, married fellow Acadian
Marguerite LeBlanc in c1790, place not given. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1792 and 1816, Marguerite gave Jean, fils 10 children, four
daughters and six sons. They settled at Margaree on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore south of Chéticamp.
Jean, père's
third and youngest son Isidore, born perhaps at Chéticamp in c1770, married
fellow Acadian Marie-Madeleine LeBlanc in c1792, place not
given.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1793 and 1805, Marie-Madeleine gave Isidore
nine children, four daughters and five sons. They also settled at
Margaree.
Jacques, père's
seventh and youngest son Amand, born at Chignecto in c1745, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean in 1750, was counted with them at Tracadie in August 1752, escaped the British in 1758,
followed his family to Île Miquelon in the mid-1760s, and married Marguerite Doucet
probably on the island in the late 1760s. French officials counted them
there in 1767, but they did not remain. Amand joined his older brother Michel on
the îles-de-la-Madeleine in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1769 and 1787, Marguerite gave Amand 11 children, five
daughters and six sons, in the remote archipelago. Four of Amand's
daughters married into the Bourgeois, Hébert,
and Boudreau families. Five of his six sons also created
their own families in the islands.
Oldest son
Louis,
born probably in the Madeleine islands in c1772, married Nathalie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Lapierre and Cécile Blanchard,
probably in the islands in July 1800. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1806 and 1820, Nathalie gave Louis seven children, four daughters and three
sons, in the islands. Louis died in the islands in November 1838, in his
mid-60s.
Amand's second
son Thomas, born probably in the islands in c1776, married Scholastique,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Boudreau and Isabelle
Boudreau, probably in the islands in August 1804; the marriage
was "rehabilitated" in December 1809. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1805 and 1822, Scholastique gave Thomas nine children, seven daughters
and two sons. Thomas died in the islands in May 1849, in his early 70s.
Amand's third son
Firmin, born probably in the islands in c1782, married Lucie, daughter of
Charles Hébert and Rosalie Vigneau, probably
on the islands in October 1808. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1820
and 1825, Lucie gave Firmin three children, all sons.
Amand's fourth
son Amand, fils, born probably in the islands in c1785, married
Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians François Cormier and
Anne Haché, probably in the islands in c1805; the marriage was
"rehabilitated" in October 1809. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1806
and 1819, Françoise gave Amand, fils six children, five daughters and a
son. Amand, fils remarried to Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Antoine Etcheverry and Marie Audy and
widow of Jacques Vigneau, probably in the islands in October
1827. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1830 and 1832, Madeleine gave Amand,
fils two children, a daughter and a son.
Amand, père's
fifth son Basile le jeune, born probably in the islands in c1786,
married Anastasie, another daughter of Charles Hébert and
Rosalie Vigneau, probably in the islands in October 1808.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1810 and 1832, Anastasie gave Basile le
jeune seven children, three daughters and four sons.
Sébastien's younger son,
name unrecorded,
born probably at Chignecto before 1701, likely died young.
Guyon's third son
Jean, who called himself a Giasson, born probably at Port-Royal in c1674, moved to Canada
when he came of age, married
Marie-Anne, daughter of Canadians Jean Le Moyne, sieur de Ste.-Marie near
Ste.-Anne de la Pérade, and Marie-Madeleine
de
Chavigny, at Batiscan above Québec in November 1697, and settled there.
Between 1698 and 1719, Marie-Anne gave Jean 13 children, at least five sons and
seven daughters. Jean died at Montréal in January 1719, age 45.
Three of his daughters married into the Gamelin dit
Maugras, Douaire, and Hubert dit
Lacroix families in Canada. Only two of his five sons created families
of their own.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Batiscan in August 1698, died there as an infant.
Jean's second son
Jean, fils,
born at Boucherville in August 1706, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Julien
Trottier dit Desrivières and Louise-Catherine
Raimbault, at Montréal in November 1747. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1748 and 1750, Marie-Anne gave Jean, fils two children,
both daughters. He died at Montréal in March
1776, age 70.
Jean's third son
Jacques-Ignace,
born at Boucherville in March 1708, married Marie-Angélique, daughter of Pierre
Hubert and Catherine Demers, at Montréal in April 1745.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1746 and 1750, Marie-Angélique gave
Jacques-Ignace three children, a daughter and two sons. Jacques-Ignace died
at Lac-des-Deux-Montagnes in August 1762, age 53.
Jean's fourth and fifth sons,
both named Joseph, born at Montréal in July 1717 and February 1719, died at
Montréal and La Chine as infants.
Guyon's fourth
and youngest son Michel, born probably at Port-Royal in c1676, also moved to Canada,
where he married Marguerite, daughter of Jean Mourier and
Marie Mineau, on Île d'Orléans, below Québec, in June 1706. He,
too, remained in the St. Lawrence valley. Between 1707 and 1730,
Marguerite gave him Michel 10 children, five sons and five daughters.
Michel died at St.-François-du-Sud in March 1759, in his early 80s. Four
of his daughters married into the Boulet or Boulé,
Gaudreau, Louineau, and Moyen
families in Canada. Only two of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Michel, fils,
born at St.-Pierre-du-Sud near St.-Thomas de Montmagny below Québec,
probably died young.
Michel, père's
second son Louis, born probably near Montmagny in c1716, died at
St.-Berthier-sur-Mer near Montmagny in October 1731, age 15.
Michel, père's
third son Louis, the second with the name, born probably near Montmagny in
c1723, married Marie-Geneviève, daughter of François Quemeneur
dit Laflamme and Marie-Madeleine Chamberland, at
St.-François-du-Sud near Montmagny in October 1745. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1749 and 1757, Marie-Geneviève gave Louis four children,
three daughters and a son. Louis died at St.-François-du-Sud in October
1797, age 74.
Michel, père's fourth son
Joseph,
born probably near Montmagny in c1724, married
Geneviève, daughter of Jacques Gendron or Gendreau and Élisabeth
Dandurand, at St.-Thomas de Montmagny in January 1748. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1749 and 1758, Geneviève gave Joseph four children,
three daughters and a son. Joseph died at nearby L'Islet in December 1801, age 77.
Michel, père''s fifth and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste,
born at St.-François-du-Sud in October 1730, evidently died young.378
Daigre/Daigle
Olivier
Daigre
or Daigle, a mid-1660s arrival, and his wife Marie Gaudet created
a large family in the colony. Between 1667 and 1681, Marie gave Olivier 10
children, seven sons and three daughters. Olivier died at Port-Royal in
c1686, in his early 40s, and Marie remarried to a Fardel or
Fredelle. Two of Olivier's daughters married into the Sibilau,
Gouzil, Poitevin dit Parisien, and Tennier or
Thenière families. Second daughter Marie bore two "natural" children,
both daughters, by Gabriel Moulaison dit Recontre and Louis
Blin evidently between her marriages to Pierre Sibilau and
Jacques Gouzil. She had legitimate children--a
son and three daughters--only by her second husband, Jacques Gouzil.
Olivier's youngest daughter Anne and her family perished aboard the British
transport Violet in a mid-December storm off the southwest coast of
England during the deportation of
the Maritime island Acadians to France in late 1758. Only two of Olivier's seven sons, the third and fifth, created their own
families. The third son's line was especially vigorous. Olivier's descendants settled
not only at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but also at Minas and Pigiguit in the
Minas Basin, at Chignecto,
and in the French Maritimes. At least 59 of his descendants
emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and especially from France in 1785.
A substantial number of Olivier's descendants also could be found in Canada,
greater Acadia, and France, especially on Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern
coast of Brittany, after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Jean,
born at Port-Royal in c1667, was counted with his family in 1678, age 12.
If he survived childhood, he did not marry.
Olivier's second son
Jacques,
born at Port-Royal in c1669, was counted with his family in 1671, age 2.
He evidently died young.
Olivier's third
son Bernard, born at Port-Royal in c1670, married Marie-Claire, daughter of Bernard Bourg and Françoise
Brun, probably at Port-Royal in c1691. They settled at
Rivière-Kenescout, Minas, before moving on to the new settlement deeper into the
Basin on Rivière Pigiguit. Between 1692 and 1712, Marie-Claire gave Bernard 13 children, 11 sons and two
daughters. Marie-Claire died at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1727.
Bernard did not remarry. He led, or followed, his children to Île St.-Jean,
where he died in January 1751, in his early 80s. Only one of his
daughters, Marie-Claire, married, into the Hébert dit
Manuel family, and settled on Île St.-Jean. Like her paternal aunt Anne, Marie-Claire
perished with her entire family on one of the two British transports that sunk
in a mid-December storm off the southwest coast of England in 1758. Nine of Bernard's 11 sons also created families
of their own, at Minas and in the French Maritimes.
Oldest son
Bernard, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1692, married Angélique, daughter
of Pierre Richard and Marguerite Landry, at Grand-Pré in October
1714 and settled there and at Pigiguit. Between the 1710s and 1737, Angélique gave Bernard, fils nine
children, five sons and four daughters. Bona Arsenault gives them a sixth
son, born in c1743. Their
daughters married into the Granger, LeBlanc, and Tompique
families, and one of them settled on Île Royale. All of Bernard,
fils's sons also created their own families at Minas. Most of his
children and their families (and, says Arsenault, Bernard, fils
himself) were among the hundreds of Minas Acadians the British deported
to Virginia in the fall of 1755. Two of his sons emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France in
1785.
Oldest son
Pierre le jeune,
born at Minas in c1715, married Marie-Madeleine,
called Madeleine, daughter of Pierre
Gautrot and Marie-Josèphe Bugeaud, at Grand-Pré in January 1742.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1742 and 1752, Madeleine gave Pierre le
jeune seven children, two daughters and five sons. Albert J. Rochichaux,
Jr. says she gave him only five children, four sons and a daughter, between 1744
and 1752. In the fall of 1755, the British deported the family, now three
sons and a daughter, to Virginia, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the
following spring. Pierre le jeune died at
Southampton, perhaps of smallpox, soon after his arrival in the English port.
Widow Madeleine remarried to a LeBlanc widower at Southampton in
c1758. In May 1763, Madeleine, her new family, and three of her
Daigre children, sons Jean and Paul and daughter Marie-Rose, were repatriated to France
aboard L'Ambition. They settled at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo.
Pierre le jeune's daughter Marie-Rose married into the Fourgeraud
family at Chantenay near Nantes in June 1782 and died there two
years later. At least one of Pierre le jeune's sons created his own family in
France, and his widow and children emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste-Amand, called Jean, born at Grand-Pré in March 1744, followed his family to
Virginia and England and his mother and stepfather to St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, where
he married Marguerite-Ange, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph-Ange
Dubois and Anne Michel of Cap-Sable, in January 1770.
Between 1771 and 1778, Marguerite-Ange gave Jean three sons at St.-Servan, in
Poitou, and at Chantenay near Nantes, but only one of them survived childhood.
Jean worked as a seaman in France. In the early 1770s, perhaps while she was
pregnant and Jean was away at sea, wife Marguerite-Ange followed her
mother-in-law Madeleine Gautrot, her mother-in-law's second
husband Charles LeBlanc, her sister-in-law Marie-Rose
Daigre, and hundreds of other Acadians to the interior of Poitou, where
Marguerite-Ange's second son was baptized at Pouthume near Châtellerault in
October 1774. With her infant son in tow, Marguerite-Ange retreated to the
lower Loire port of Nantes with her mother-in-law, her
mother-in-law's family, and other Poitou
Acadians in December 1775. Jean returned to his family at Nantes, and
their third and youngest son was baptized at nearby Chantenay in August
1778. Jean died either at sea or at Nantes between September 1784 and June
1785, in his early or mid-40s. Widow Marguerite-Ange and their surviving
son, now age 10, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 and followed their fellow passengers, including her former mother-in-law
Madeleine Gautrot, to Manchac below Baton Rouge. Marguerite-Ange
remarried to a Granger widower at Baton Rouge in 1787.
Probably after her second husband's death, she moved to upper Bayou Lafourche,
where she remarried again--her third marriage--to a Gautreaux
widower in 1792. Marguerite-Ange died on upper Bayou Lafourche in June
1817, age 60, a widow again. Her son followed her
to the upper Lafourche, married twice there, and died five and a half years
before his mother's passing.
Second son
Jean-Louis, born at Pouthume, Poitou, France,
in October 1774, followed his mother to Nantes and Manchac, Louisiana. His
mother remarried twice on the river. Jean-Marie followed her
and a stepfather to upper Bayou Lafourche,
where he married Marie-Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Richard
and his French wife Marie-Jeanne Daniel, at Assumption in August 1799. Marie,
a native of Roscoff near Morlaix in northwest Brittany, had come to Louisiana from France on a later ship. The couple may have lived at New Orleans in the early 1800s.
Marie gave Jean-Louis a son who died young. Jean-Louis
remarried to Marie Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph François Michel
and Geneviève LeBlanc, at Assumption in
January 1804. Marie Josèphe was a native of Louisiana. Jean Louis died in Assumption Parish in
November 1811, age 37. Their daughters, all by his second wife,
married into the Boudreaux, Faits,
and Gros families. His son from his second wife married into the
Boudreaux family on the upper Lafourche and created a small line
there.
Bernard, fils's
second son Joseph, born at Minas in c1717, married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques
Granger and Marie Girouard, at Grand-Pré in January 1742 and
settled there.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1743 and
1747, Marguerite gave Joseph three children, two daughters and a son.
Other sources give them another son in c1750. The family suffered the same
fate as his older brother Pierre's family: In the fall of 1755, the British deported
the family to Virginia, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the
following spring. Joseph died at Southampton, perhaps of smallpox, soon
after his arrival in the English port. His widow Marguerite did not remarry and may
also have died in England. In May 1763, at least three of her children were repatriated to France aboard L'Ambition and
settled at Plouër-sur-Rance on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo before moving to
the suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer in 1766.
Daughter Angélique-Marguerite, called Marguerite, and son Simon, ages 16 and 13
in 1763, settled in France but had not married by 1772, when they would have
been ages 26 and 22, respectively. However, their oldest brother Joseph,
fils did marry not long after his arrival in France.
Older son Joseph, fils, born probably at Grand-Pré in April 1745,
followed his family to Virginia and England and led his younger siblings to
St.-Malo, France, in 1763. He married Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Comeau and Marguerite Aucoin, at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
January 1766. Élisabeth gave him a son at St.-Servan in 1767, but the boy
died the following year. One wonders what happened to the couple after
1772. Neither they, nor Joseph, fils's younger siblings, emigated
to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Bernard, fils's third son Charles, born at Grand-Pré in March 1727, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of René Babin and Isabelle Gautrot, probably at Minas
in c1754.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1753 and
1761, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles five children, four sons and a daughter. In
the fall of 1755, the British deported them to Maryland.
In July 1763, Charles, Marie-Josèphe, three of their
children, two sons and a daugher, and a Granger orphan,
appeared on a repatriation list at
Newtown on the colony's Eastern Shore. When hundreds of Maryland Acadians moved on to
Spanish Louisiana in 1766-69, Charles and his family were among the minority who
chose to remain in the Cheaspeake colony. According to Arsenault, Charles
settled at St.-Ours in the lower Richelieu valley, between Trois-Rivières and
Montréal, so one wonders when the family headed up to Canada. At least one
of their sons did not join them there.
Third son Simon, born in Maryland in c1757, remained in the colony and served as "captain of the
Baltimore-Norfolk packet line" and figured "prominently in [Baltimore] city
records."
Bernard, fils's fourth son Eustache, born at Grand-Pré in May 1728,
followed his family to Virginia in 1755 and to England in the spring of 1756. At
age 31, he married
Madeleine, daughter of Charles Dupuis and Marie-Madeleine Trahan
of Rivière-aux-Canards, at Southampton, England, in c1759.
Between 1760 and 1784, Madeleine gave Eustache 10
children, seven sons and three daughters, in England and France.
The family repatriated to France in May
1763 aboard L'Ambition and settled on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo
at Plouër-sur-Rance, where
Eustache
worked as a day laborer and carpenter.
Two of his daughters born at Plouër died young. The family did not
follow other Acadians from England to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765.
In 1773, they went, instead, to the interior of Poitou with hundreds of other
Acadians in the St.-Malo area and retreated with other Poitou Acadian to the
port city of Nantes in March 1776.
Three of their sons, born at Nantes, died there in infancy. Oldest
daughter Marie-Marguerite married into the Hébert family at
Nantes. Eustache,
Madeleine, and three of their younger sons, one of them an infant, along with
their married daughter and her family, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Pierre, born in England in c1760, did not go with them. From
New Orleans, Eustache and his family followed their fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche. Eustache died
there in the early 1790s, in his early 60s. Madeleine did not remarry.
She died in Assumption Parish in September 1816, in her mid-70s.
Two of their three sons married into the Mazerolle and
Landry families on the upper bayou, but only one of the lines endured.
Bernard, fils's fifth and youngest son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Grand-Pré in January 1733, followed his family to Virginia in
1755 and to England in the spring of 1756. He married Marie-Flavie, daughter of Jean dit Lami Boudrot
and Agathe Thibodeau, at Southampton in c1758. Between 1763 and
1781, Marie-Flavie gave Jean-Baptiste eight children, at least two daughters and
five sons, in England and France.
The family was repatriated to St.-Malo, France, in May 1763 aboard L'Ambition and settled at
Plouër-sur-Rance south of St.-Malo. Four of their children, a
daughter, two sons, and an unidentified child, died young. Jean-Baptiste,
Marie-Flavie, and their two surviving children went to Poitou in 1773 and retreated with other Poitou
Acadians to the port city of Nantes in March 1776. Two more of their
young sons died at Nantes. When the family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785,
Jean-Baptiste and Marie-Flavie took with them only two of their children, a daughter and a
son, ages 15 and 11. They followed their fellow passengers
to upper Bayou Lafourche, where their daughter married into the LeBlanc
and Landry families. Their son married into the
Bourg family and created a vigorous line on the upper bayou.
Bernard,
père's second son Pierre, born at Pigiguit in c1696, married Madeleine, daughter of
Claude Gautrot and Marie Thériot, in c1715 probably at Pigiguit
and settled at what became l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1714 and 1736, Madeleine gave Pierre seven chldren, six sons
and a daughter. Perhaps after his wife died, Pierre either led or followed
his children to the French Maritimes. He remarried to Marie-Louise, daughter of
François Testard dit Paris and Marie Doiron and widow of
Charles dit Petit-Charles Pinet le jeune, in c1750, place
not given. She gave him no more children. In
February 1752, a French official counted Pierre, Marie-Louise, and five children
from her first marriage not on Île St.-Jean, where his many children had
settled, but at Port-Toulouse on Île Royale, where he worked as a carpenter. In
late 1758, the British
deported Pierre and Marie-Louise to St.-Malo, France.
The passenger roll of one of the five British transports on which he crossed
says he was age 66, an exaggeration; he was closer to age 62 when he crossed.
Marie-Louise died in a St.-Malo hospital in February, soon after their arrival. Pierre died in the St.-Malo suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer
the following month, in his mid-60s, probably from the rigors of the crossing.
The French official who recorded his death says Pierre died at age 68, even more
of an exaggeration. Pierre's daughter from first wife Madeleine married into the
Landry family on Île St.-Jean. Five of his six sons also created
their own families at Pigiguit, on the Île St.-Jean, and in France.
Oldest son Charles, by first wife Madeleine Gautrot, born,
according to Bona Arsenault,
probably at Pigiguit, in c1714 (Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. says c1724), married Cécile Landry probably
at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1738 (Robichaux says c1749). According to
Robichaux, between 1750 and 1766, Cécile gave Charles three daughters.
According to Arsenault, between 1750 and 1757, Cécile gave Charles five
children, two daughters and three sons. In c1750, the family moved on to
Île St.-Jean, where a French official counted Charles, Cécile, and two daughters
at Rivière-du-Nord near the island's southern shore. In late 1758, the British deported
Charles, Cécile, and their surviving children to Rochefort, France. Cécile
and their children died during the
crossing. The following year, Charles sailed from Rochefort to
St.-Malo and settled at Plouër-sur-Rance on the west side of the river south of
St.-Malo. At age 49, he remarried to
Marie-Blanche, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Aucoin and
Catherine Comeau, at Plouër in October 1763. She gave him
another daughter in 1766. Charles died at Plumazon near Plouër in March
1767, in his early 50s. His widow remained at Plouër until her death in
1772. One wonders if her Daigre daughter survived
childhood, and,
if so, who raised her.
Pierre's third son Olivier le jeune, by first wife Madeleine
Gautrot, born probably at Pigiguit in c1718, married Angélique,
daughter of Louis Doiron and Marguerite Barrieau,
probably at Pigiguit in c1738 or 1739 and lived for a time at Cobeguit at the
eastern edge of the Minas Basin. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1752, Angélique gave Olivier le jeune
eight children, three daughters and five sons. Other sources give them
another daughter and two more sons, 11 children in all. They followed his
older brother Charles to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French
official counted Olivier, Angélique, and their eight children at Grande-Anse on
the island's southern coast. The British deported them to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. The crossing devastated the family: seven of their children, six sons and a daughter,
died at sea, and, in February and March, Olivier and Angélique died in the hospital in St.-Malo from the rigors of the crossing. Their three
surviving daughters married into the Landry, Richard,
Bourg, and Dupuis families in France, and one
of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Olivier le jeune's only surviving son married
in France and remained there.
Oldest son Miniac dit Olivier, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1742, 1743 or 1744,
followed his family to Île St.-Jean, was counted with them at Grande-Anse, and
survived the crossing to St.-Malo, but he did not remain there. In
November 1765, he followed other Acadian exiles in the St.-Malo area to
recently liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany. He married Marie,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Melanson and Marie-Madeleine
LeBlanc, at Le Palais on the east side of the island in November 1766. Marie was a native
of Rivière-aux-Canards. Typical of the Acadian exiles on Belle-Île-en-Mer,
she and her family had been deported to Virginia in 1755, to England in 1756,
and repatriated to France in 1763. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1767 and 1770, Marie gave
Miniac three children, two sons and a
daughter, at Cosquet near Locmaria. Marie died at Locmaria in May 1771, age 26.
Her and Minac's younger son Luc-Julien-Pascal died at Locmaria, age 3 1/2, in May 1774. Miniac remarried to
Marie, daughter of Nicolas LeCouriacault or Couriault and Jeanne
Henri of Quiberon, Brittany, at Locmaria the following October
and settled at Cosquet. According to Arsenault, between 1775 and 1783,
Marie gave Miniac four more children, two daughters and two sons. The
family did not remain on the island. Soon after the marriage, Miniac
secured work as a laborer on a royal estate at Kerouriec near Erdeven west of
Auray on the southern coast of Brittany. They also lived at Arradon and on Île-aux-Moines near Vannes.
When hundreds of Acadians in France emigrated to Louisiana in 1785, Miniac, his
second wife and most of their children remained in coastal Brittany. His
oldest son, however, still a teenager in 1785, chose to leave his family and
follow his fellow Acadians to the Spanish colony. Miniac died probably at
Vannes in c1790, in his late 40s. His widow Marie was still living at
Vannes wth four of their children in 1792. Daughter
Marie-Josèphe-Marguerite, at age 27, married at Concarneau along the Breton
coast west of Vannes in January 1796 probably to a local Frenchman.
According to Arsenault, Miniac's descendants can be found not only in Louisiana,
but also on Belle-Île-en-Mer and in other regions of France.
Oldest son Paul-Olivier, by first wife Marie Melanson, born at
Locmaria, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in May 1767, followed his father and stepmother to
coastal Brittany, but he did not remain there. By 1785, he was working as
a laborer probably at the lower Loire port of Nantes in southeast Brittany. Called a "minor" and
an orphan on the ship's passenger list, Paul-Olivier emigrated to Spanish Louisiana with
widower Jean
Doiron and his kinsman's unmarried daughter and followed them and their
fellow passengers to Manchac south of Baton Rouge. Paul-Olivier married cousin Marie-Jeanne, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Richard and his second wife Françoise Daigre,
probably at Manchac in September 1788. Paul-Olivier died at Baton Rouge in
November 1833, age 66. His daughters married into the Babin,
Brown, Daigre, Kleinpeter,
and Templet families. Three of his five sons married, into
the Bird, Thompson, and Jewell
families, and settled at Manchac, Baton Rouge, and across the river in Pointe Coupee
Parish.
Pierre's fourth son Isidore, by first wife Madeleine Gautrot,
born probably at Pigiguit in c1724, married Agathe, daughter of Pierre
Barrieau and Véronique Girouard, probably at Pigiguit
in c1749. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1751 and 1756, Agathe gave
Isidore four children, two sons and two daughters. They followed his older
brothers to Île St.-Jean soon after their marriage. In August 1752, a
French official counted Isidore, Agathe, and a son on the north bank of
Rivière-du-Nord-Est in the island's interior. One wonders what happened to
them in 1758.
Pierre's fifth son Rémy, by first wife Madeleine Gautrot, born
probably at Pigiguit in c1727, followed his older brothers to Île St.-Jean in
c1750. One wonders what happened to him in 1758, unless he was the Charles
Daigre, born in c1732, who married
Marie-Blanche, another daughter of Pierre
Barrieau and Véronique Girouard, in c1755 probably on
the island, and, with his wife, two children--a son born in c1756 and a daughter
in January 1759--and a sister-in-law, were deported to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758. Charles died at St.-Malo in March 1759, age 27, from the rigors of
the crossing. His son died at sea, and his daughter, born aboard ship,
also died at sea. Only wife Marie-Blanche and her teenage sister survived
the crossing.
Pierre's sixth and youngest son Alexandre, by first wife Madeleine
Gautrot, born probably at Pigiguit in c1729 or 1730, married Élisabeth
Granger in c1750 or 1751, and they followed his older brothers
to Île St.-Jean. Between 1752 and 1773, Élisabeth gave Alexandre nine
children, six sons and three daughters. In
August 1752, a French official counted Alexandre, Élisabeth, and their infant
son on Rivière-du-Nord near the island's southern shore. In late 1758, the British
deported the family to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Their three children
had either died on the island before its dérangement, perished on the
crossing, or died in the northern French fishing port. They had more children in
Boulogne-sur-Mer. In May 1766, Alexandre took his wife and three surviving
children, two sons and a daughter, to St.-Malo aboard Le Hazard.
They settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where Élisabeth gave him more children, including a set of twins. One of the twins, a
daughter, died at St.-Servan, age 13 months. In 1773, Alexandre
took his family to Poitou. In March 1776, after two years of effort, Alexandre, Élisabeth, and their six remaining
children retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of
Nantes. One of their sons died there in September 1779. Evidently
Alexandre and Élisabeth died there as well. In 1785, five of their
children, two daughters and three sons, ages 24 to 15, emigrated to Louisiana
with relatives aboard two of the Seven Ships. Alexandre's
older daughter married into the Simoneau family in the Spanish
colony and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. His younger daughter did not marry.
Alexandre's three sons also settled on the upper Lafourche, where they created
vigorous lines.
Third son
Alexis-Jean-Mathurin, born at
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in January 1763, followed his
family to St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Poitou, and Nantes. He became an engraver in
France. He emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785 as a young bachelor and followed his fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married
Marie-Josèphe-Françoise, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Levron
and Marguerite Trahan, in January 1788. Marie, also a native of Boulogne-sur-Mer, had
come to Louisiana aboard a later ship.
In the baptismal record of daughter Marie-Claire, born in
January 1797 and baptized at New Orleans the following
March, Alexis and his wife are described as "residents of
this parish," so they must have lived in the city before
returning to the upper Lafourche, where they were counted again
in April 1797. Mathurin died in Assumption Parish
in October 1815. The Plattenville priest who recorded the burial said that Mathurin was
age 50 when he died. He was 52. His daughters married
into the Malbrough family. Four of his six
sons married into the Richard,
Lejeune, Gautreaux, and Lirette
families and created vigorous lines. Unlike their
cousins, the great majority of whom remained in Assumption
Parish, Mathurin's many sons and grandsons moved down bayou
into Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes.
Alexandre's fourth son
Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre, born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, in May 1765,
followed his family to St.-Servan-sur-Mer, Poitou, and Nantes. He followed
his older brother to Spanish Louisiana on a later vessel and followed his fellow passengers to
upper Bayou Lafourche, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Dugas
and his first wife Anastasie Henry, in June 1786. Marie,
a native of St.-Suliac near St.-Malo, had come to Louisiana aboard the same
vessel. Jean Baptiste died at Assumption in
October 1805, age 40. His daughters married into the Aucoin, Breaux, Doiron,
and Theriot families, and one of them settled on lower Bayou Teche. All four of his sons
married, into the Blanchard, Arceneaux,
Giroir, and Hébert families in Assumption Parish
and created vigorous lines. A grandson settled
down bayou in Terrebonne Parish before returning to Assumption Parish, and
two other grandsons
moved to the Brashear City, now Morgan City, area on the lower Atchafalaya on the eve
of the War of 1861-65.
Alexandre's fifth son Joseph
dit Joson, a twin, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo,
France, in March 1770, followed his family to Poitou and Nantes and his
older brothers to Spanish Louisiana on a different vessel with his
maternal uncle
Charles Granger. He followed his uncle to the Baton Rouge area
but did not remain there. In the late 1780s and early 1790s, he was living with his married
sister Isabelle-Luce and her husband René Simoneaux on the upper Lafourche,
where his two older brothers had settled. In 1795, Joseph
was living on the upper bayou with the family of Lucas Landry probably
as an engagé. He married
cousin Marie-Marthe, daughter of fellow Acadians Chrysostôme Trahan
and Anne-Françoise Granger, at
Assumption in October 1800. A native of Belle-Île-en-Mer, when they
married she literally was the girl next door. Joseph died in Assumption Parish in July 1836,
age 66, a widower. His daughter married into the Breaux
family. Three of his five sons married into the
Duhon, Simoneaux, and Boudreaux
families in Assumption Parish.
Bernard, père's third son Joseph, born probably at Pigiguit in c1696, married Madeleine, daughter of Charles Gautrot and Françoise
Rimbault,
in c1715 probably at Minas. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1717 and 1741, Madeleine gave Joseph a dozen children, seven
daughters and five sons. The family moved on to
Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official counted Joseph,
Madeleine, and five of their unmarried children, three sons and two daughters,
ages 28 to 13, at Anse-au-Matelot on the south shore of the island. They
evidently left the island before the dérangement there in 1758 and
sought refuge in Canada. Joseph died at St.-Charles de Bellechasse across
from Québec City in December 1757, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic
that struck Acadian refugees in the area from the summer of 1757 to the spring
of 1758. Widow Madeleine died at St.-Charles de Bellechasse the following February,
perhaps also a victim of the pox. Four of their daughters married into the
Roy, Cyr, Mazerolle, and
Nault-Labrie families in greater Acadia and Canada. Four
of Joseph's five sons also married in greater Acadia and Canada.
Oldest son Charles le jeune, born probably at Minas in c1721,
married Marie, daughter of Jean LeBlanc and Anne Landry,
probably at Minas in c1750. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1752 Marie
gave Charles le jeune a son. The British deported the family to
Virginia in 1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England in the spring
of 1756. Charles le jeune died at Southampton, England, in June
1756, victim, perhaps, of smallpox. His widow Marie died that August.
Their son likely was raised by a maternal uncle.
Only son Joseph le jeune, born probably at Minas in c1752,
followed his parents to Virginia and England and lost both of his parents at
Southampton when he was age 4. In May 1763, Joseph le jeune
accompanied his maternal uncle Alain
LeBlanc, his uncle's family, and dozens of other Acadians in England to St.-Malo,
France, aboard La Dorothée. He lived with his uncle
at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer and accompanied him to Belle-Île-en-Mer off the
southern coast of Brittany in November 1765.
Joseph le jeune was still there in 1767, under the charge of his
maternal uncle Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc. Uncle Alain and his
family returned to North America via the Isle of Jersey in the early 1770s and were
counted by British authorities in Canada in 1774. One wonders if Joseph
le jeune followed them there or if he remained in France.
Joseph's second son Alain, born probably at Minas in c1727, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean in c1750. A French official counted him with his
parents and four of his younger siblings at Anse-au-Matelot in August 1752. He married
Euphrosine, daughter of Nicolas Deschamps and Judith
Doiron, at nearby Port-La-Joye in February 1753. According to
Bona Arsenault, Euphrosine gave Alain a son in 1754. They must have
returned to Minas after the 1752 counting. In the fall of 1755, the British deported the family to
Pennsylvania, where they had at least two more children. Alain, Euphrosine, and three of their children
were still in the Quaker
colony in June 1763. One wonders what happened to them after that date.
Joseph's third son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Minas in c1733, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean in c1750. A French official counted him with
his parents and four of his siblings at Anse-au-Matelot in August 1752. He
married Blanche, daughter of Claude Trahan and Marie
Tillard of Pigiguit, at Port-La-Joye in February 1753, a
week and a half before his older brother Alain married there. According to
Bona Arsenault, in 1755 Blanche gave Jean-Baptiste a daughter. The couple
either remained on the island and escaped the British roundup there in late
1758, or they left the island before its dérangement and sought refuge
in Canada. Blanche did not survive the ordeal. One wonders if she
was a victim of the smallpox epidemic that struck the exiles in and around
Québec from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758. Jean-Baptiste
remarried to Blanche's cousin Marie-Thérèse, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul
Trahan and Marie Boudrot, at St.-Charles de
Bellechasse across from Québec City in February 1759. According to
Arsenault, between 1759 and 1772, Marie-Thérèse gave Jean-Baptiste six children,
two sons and four daughters. British officials counted the family at
Québec in 1767 and 1793, but they did not remain there. They returned to
greater Acadia and settled at Bathurst, formerly Nepisiguit, northeastern New
Brunswick, where Jean-Baptiste died in August 1814, in his early 70s.
Joseph's fourth son Simon-Joseph, called Joseph, fils, born
probably at Minas in c1738, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in c1750.
A French official counted him with his parents and four of his siblings at
Anse-au-Matelot in August 1752. He followed his family into exile in
Canada, where he married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Guilbeau and Madeleine Forest of Annapolis Royal, at
St.-François de Montmagny below Québec City in November 1762. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1763 and 1769, Marguerite gave Joseph, fils six
children, four daughters and two sons, perhaps including two sets of twins.
Joseph, fils remarried to Charlotte, daughter of Claude
Lefebvre and Suzanne Bissonnette, at
St.-Thomas de Montmagny in October 1775 and settled in the Acadian community of
St.-Basile-de-Madawaska on upper Rivière St.-Jean, on the northwest boundary of
New Brunswick province. Joseph, fils
died there in January 1814, in his mid-70s.
Bernard, père's fourth son
Jean, born probably at Pigiguit in c1698 or 1699, married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Claude Landry and Catherine
Thibodeau,
at Grand-Pré in November 1721. Between 1722 and 1725, Marie-Madeleine gave Jean three
daughters. He remarried to
Marie-Anne, daughter of François Breau and Marie Comeau, at
Grand-Pré in February 1727. Between 1727 and 1749,
Marie-Anne gave Jean 12 more children, nine daughters and three sons, at Minas--15
children, a dozen daughters and three sons, by two wives. In c1751, Jean joined his older brother Joseph on Île St.-Jean in c1751. In August
1752, a French official counted Jean, Marie-Anne, and 12 of their children,
three sons and nine daughters, ages 22 to 3, at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in the
island's interior. The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late
1758. His youngest daughter, age 9, died at sea. Jean died in the
hospital at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in February 1759, in his early 60s, soon after he
reached the Breton port. Eight of his daughters by both wives married into the
Brasseur, Pellerin, Thibodeau,
Gautrot, Barrieau, Boudrot, Giroir,
Clossinet, and Bourg families at Minas, on Île
St.-Jean, and in France, and
four of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. All three of his sons created
their own families on Île St.-Jean and in France. None of them followed their sisters to
Louisiana.
Oldest son Jean, fils, by second wife Marie-Anne Breau,
born at Minas in c1730, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in c1750, was
counted with them at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752, and married fellow
Acadian Marie-Josèphe Thériot on the island in c1754.
Between 1755 and 1771, Marie-Josèphe gave Jean, fils eight children,
seven daughters and a son. The British deported Jean, fils, his
wife, and two daughters to St.-Malo, France,
in late 1758. Their two daughters died at sea. Jean and
Marie-Josèphe settled on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, where they had more children.
Jean, fils died at the Village de La Gravelle near Pleudihen in August 1773, in his
early 40s. A daughter also died there earlier in the month, so one wonders
if the family was caught up in an epidemic. No member of the family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
By then, at least four of Jean, fils's children, three daughters and a
son, had returned to North America, perhaps with the Acadians who went to the
Isle of Jersey in 1774 and moved on to the British-controlled fishery in Gaspésie on the north
shore of the Baie des Chaleurs.
If so, they did not remain in greater Acadia. The three daughters moved on
to Canada and married
into the Laporte, Brault, and Périard
families at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in the late 1780s and early 1790s. Their brother also settled in Canada.
Oldest son Jean-Pierre, born at Les Villes Morvues near Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in
September 1760, returned to North America perhaps in the mid-1770s with three of
his sisters. He settled with them at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan, where he
married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Thibodeau
and Isabelle Landry, in January 1782.
Jean, père's second son Olivier, by second wife Marie-Anne Breau,
born at Minas in the early 1730s, married Ursule, daughter of Charles Landry
and Catherine Broussard of Annapolis Royal, at Minas
or on Île St.-Jean in c1751. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1752 and 1756,
Ursule gave Olivier three children, two sons and a daughter. In August
1752, a French official counted Olivier, Ursule, and their infant son at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie on Île St.-Jean near his parents and siblings. The British
evidently deported the family to Cherbourg, France, in late 1758. The
crossing may have wiped out his family. An Olivier Daigre,
born in c1731, sailed from Cherbourg to St.-Malo, France, in late February 1759
but returned to the upper Norman port in early March. He may have been the Olivier
Daigle who died at Cherbourg that November. The priest in
Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish said Olivier died at age 26.
Jean, père's third and youngest son Paul, by second wife
Marie-Anne Breau, born at Minas in c1741 or 1742, followed his
family to Île St.-Jean in c1750, was counted with them at
Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in August 1752, and followed his family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758.
His mother died at sea, and his father died in the St.-Malo hospital in late February
1759 soon after they reached the Breton port, so the teenaged Paul either lived
alone or with relatives at Pleudihen-sur-Rance on the east side of the river
south of St.-Malo. Paul married Geneviève, daughter of fellow
Acadians Michel Aucoin and Marie-Josèphe Henry,
at Pleudihen in April 1761. Between 1762 and 1774, Geneviève gave Paul
nine children, four sons and five daughters, at Pleudihen. Three of their daughters and
a son died young. One wonders if any of their surviving daughters married.
Only one of their three surviving sons seems to have created a family of his own.
No member of this family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Jean le jeune, born at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, in July 1762, married
Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadians François Bourg and Anne
Aucoin, at Pleudihen in February 1789.
Bernard, père's fifth son, whose name has been
lost, born probably at Pigiguit in c1700, died young.
Bernard, père's sixth son Charles, born probably at Pigiguit in
c1702, married Françoise,
daughter of Jean Doucet and Françoise Blanchard, probably
at Minas in c1723 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1724 and 1751, Françoise gave Charles seven
children, three sons and four daughters. Other records give them another
son. The British deported Charles and members
of his family to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. One of his sons, having moved to
Île St.-Jean in the 1750s, ended up in France. Charles died by August
1760, when a Massachusetts official counted wife Françoise, daughter Françoise, youngest son Odon,
and oldest son Jean-Baptiste,
his wife, and their children, among the Acadians at Milton, Massachusetts,
being transferred to Boston. Daughter Françoise married
into the Benoit family at Boston in February 1761 and
rehabilitiated the marriage at Trois-Rivières, Canada, in September 1766.
His oldest and youngest sons also moved on to Canada by 1766. Meanwhile, one of his
sons may have emigrated from Minas to the French Maritimes before 1755.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste dit Baptiste, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1724,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Vincent and Marie
Granger, probably at Pigiguit in c1752. The British
deported them to Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1753 and 1766, Marie-Josèphe gave Baptiste four children, a daughter and
three sons. Baptiste, Marie-Josèphe, and their unnamed children
were counted at Milton in August 1760. The family moved on to Canada in 1766 and
settled at St.-Ours on the lower Richelieu northeast of Montréal.
Baptiste died probably at St.-Ours in March 1770, in his mid-40s. One of
his daughters married into the Benoit family there. His
three sons also married on the lower Richelieu. Only one of them married a
fellow Acadian.
Oldest son Jacques, born probably at Pigiguit in c1754, followed his family to
Massachusetts in 1755 and to Canada in 1766. He married
Élisabeth-Marie-Angélique, daughter of André Chapdelaine and
Marie-Agnès Montgrain-Lafound, at St.-Ours in January 1778.
Baptiste's second son Firmain, born at either Pigiguit or in Massachusetts in
c1755, followed his family to Canada in 1766 and married Marie-Madeleine
Bergevin at St.-Ours in February 1773. He remarried to
Marie-Marguerite, daughter of Louis Duval and Marguerite
Bouvier, at St.-Ours in August 1781.
Baptiste's third and youngest son François-Marie, born either in Massachusetts
or Canada in c1766, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude
Benoit and Anne Girouard and sister of his
sister Madeleine's husband, at St.-Ours in January 1786.
Charles's second son Charles, fils, born at Pigiguit in August 1731,
evidently moved to Île St.-Jean after August 1752. He married Anne-Marie,
daughter of Joseph Vincent and ____, on the island in c1758.
The British deported them to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. They settled
on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo at Trigavou, where Charles worked as a ploughman and a pulley
maker. They were that rare Acadian couple who had no children. They
likely followed hundreds of other exiles to the interior of Poitou in 1773 and retreated
with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes in 1775 and 1776.
A Spanish official counted them at Nantes in September 1784. They
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana the following year and followed their
fellow passengers to Manchac south of Baton Rouge. At age 54, Charles
remarried to Marie-Françoise or Françoise-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Paul Boudrot and Madeleine- or Marie-Josèphe Doiron
and widow of Joseph Clossinet and Marin Dugas,
at Manchac in February 1786. She also gave him no children. During
the late 1780s, they joined the Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche, where
they appeared in Spanish census records as late as January 1798. Charles
died probably on the upper bayou. His line of the family died with him.
Charles, père's third son Grégoire, born probaby at Minas in
c1743, may have followed older brother Charles, fils to the French
Maritimes after August 1752. In late 1758, the British deported Grégoire to St.-Malo, France, aboard
the transport Duc Guillaume, which, despite a mid-ocean mishap, reached
the Breton port the first of November. Grégoire, still a teenager,
settled at nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where he married Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean Henry and Marie Carret, in September 1762. Between 1763 and 1772
at St.-Servan,
Marguerite-Josèphe gave Grégoire seven children, six daughters and a son.
One of their daughters died young. One wonders if any of their surviving
daughters and their only son created families of their own. No member of this family emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Charles, père's fourth and youngest son
Odon, born probably at Minas in c1751,
followed his family to Massachusetts in 1755 and to St.-Ours on the lower
Richelieu in 1766. He
married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Amand Brault and
Madeleine LeBlanc, probably at St.-Ours, date unrecorded.
He died at St.-Ours in February 1821, age about 70.
Bernard, père's seventh son
François, born probably at Pigiguit in c1704, married Marie, daughter of Claude Boudrot and Catherine
Meunier,
at Grand-Pré in November 1725 and settled at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit. Between 1728 and 1743, Marie gave François 10
children, three sons and seven daughters.
They, too, moved to
Île St.-Jean, in c1750. In August 1752, a French officials counted
François, Marie, and six of their children, a son and five daughters, ages 18 to
9, at Pointe-au-Bouleau on the islands southeast coast. The British
deported the family to St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Like his older
brother Jean, François died at the hospital in nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
February 1759, in his mid-50s, soon after reaching the Breton port. Wife
Marie had died a few days earlier. One of his married daughters also died
soon from the rigors of
the crossing. Four of their daughters married into the
Guillot, Gautrot, and Boudrot
families on Île St.-Jean and in France. None of them emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785. Two of François's sons created their own families on Île St.-Jean and in France,
and neither emigrated to Louisiana.
Oldest son Alexis, born at Minas or Pigiguit in c1728, followed his family to
Île St.-Jean and married Marguerite, daughter of Louis-Mathieu Doiron
and Madeleine Pitre, on the island in January
1752. That August, a French official counted the young couple, still
childless, near his parents at Pointe-au-Bouleau. They may have perished
with her family aboard the British transport Duke William, which sank
in a storm off the southwest coast of England on its way to St.-Malo, France, in
mid-December 1758. Neither of them emigrated to Louisiana.
François's
second son François-Marie or -Marin, called Marin, born at Minas
or Pigiguit in c1736, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in c1750, and, called François-Marie, was counted with them at Pointe-au-Bouleau in
August 1752. He married Françoise Hébert on Île St.-Jean in
c1758 on the eve of the island's dérangement. Wife Françoise died in
the hospital at St.-Malo in February 1759, age 19, soon after she and Marin
reached the Breton port. Marin settled at Trigavou on the west side of the
river south of St.-Malo and remarried to
Thécle, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Thériot and Marie
Guérin, at nearby Pleslin in June 1764. Between 1765 and
1769, Thécle gave Marin four children, two sons and two daughters. His
younger son and younger daughter died young. Evidently Marin took his
family to Poitou in 1773 and, unlike most of the Acadians who
went there, remained after 1776. Neither he nor any member of his family
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. French officials counted them still in
Poitou in December 1797. According to the report, Marin was age 64, and
son Romain, "residing at La Grand Ligne," was age 32, but the report said nothing
about Romain being married. Nor did the report mention Marin's daughter
Brigide, who would have been age 30 that year.
Bernard, père's eighth son
Abraham, born probably at Pigiguit in c1705 or 1706, married Marie, also called Anne-Marie, daughter of Michel Boudrot
and Cécile LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in November 1727 and settled at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1729 and
1752, Marie gave Abraham nine children, two daughters and seven sons.
Abraham followed his older
brothers to Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French
official counted Abraham, Anne-Marie, and nine of their children, seven sons and
two daughters, ages 23 to 2, at Havre-de-la-Fortune on the island's east coast.
Abraham died on the island, perhaps at Havre-de-la-Fortune, between November
1752 and March 1757, in his late 40s or early 50s. Older daughter
Marguerite married into the Bourg family at Port-La-Joye on the
island in October 1752. The British deported Marguerite and her family to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758, and at least one, perhaps two, of Abraham's sons
ended up in Cherbourg, France.
Second son Jean, born probably a l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1732, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at Havre-de-la-Fortune in
August 1752. The British may have deported him to Cherbourg, France, in
late 1758. He may have been the Jean Daigle who married
Marie-Judith, daughter of Charles Lacroix dit
Durel and Judith Chiasson of Île St.-Jean, in c1759,
probably at Cherbourg, or she may have married him on Île St.-Jean on the eve of
the island's dérangement. Marie-Judith, called Judict, a native
of Havre-St.-Pierre, Île St.-Jean, had been counted with her mother and
stepfather, Pierre LePrieur, at Havre-de-la-Fortune in August
1752, so Jean and Judith may have known one another since his arrival on the
island. Between 1759 and 1763, Judith
gave Jean at least three sons at Cherbourg. The family went to Poitou in
1773. Jean died before October 1775, when French officials
noted that Marie-Judith was a widow when she and her three sons retreated from
Châtellerault to Nantes in the first convoy out of Poitou. One wonders
if Judith remarried or died at Nantes. Her oldest son married there, but
Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France says nothing more of
her or her younger sons Charles-Lazare, who would have been age 14 in 1775, and
Firmin, who would have been age 12. They did not follow their son/older
brother to Spanish Louisiana.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Cherbourg in December 1759, followed his
family to Poitou and his widowed mother to Nantes. He married Marie,
25-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre LeBlanc and
Marie-Blanche
Landry, at St.-Martin de Chantenay near Nantes in March 1783.
Marie was a native of Bristol, England, and had come to France with her family in
the spring of 1763. In 1784 and 1785, she gave Jean-Baptiste two daughters at Chantenay. Jean-Baptiste took his family to Louisiana in 1785 and
followed his fellow passengers to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Marie may not have survived the crossing, or she died soon after reaching the
Spanish colony. Jean-Baptiste remarried to Marguerite, daughter of François
Simoneau of Lorraine and his Acadian wife Marie-Osite-Anne
Corporon of Annapolis Royal, at Ascension on the river in April
1786. Marguerite was a native of Maryland and had come to Louisiana with
her family from the Chesapeake colony in 1766. She and Jean-Baptiste settled on the upper Lafourche,
where she gave him many more children. His older daughters by first wife
Marie died young, but his daughters by second wife Marguerite married into the
Bourque, Cedotal, Daigle,
Dupuis, and Trahan families. Three of
his five sons, all by second wife Marguerite, married into the Breaux,
Dupuis, and Templet families and settled on
the upper bayou and on lower Bayou Teche.
Abraham's fourth son François-Marie, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in
c1740, followed his family to Île St.-Jean and was counted with them at
Havre-de-la-Fortune in August 1752. The British deported him to Cherbourg,
France, in late 1758. In January 1761, he married Jeanne, daughter of
locals Thomas Holley and Scholastique LeGentilhomme,
in Très-Ste.-Trinité Parish in the Norman port. Between 1763 and 1775, at Cherbourg and
across the bay at Le Havre, Jeanne gave François-Marie at least five children, two sons and three
daughters. His oldest son married in c1782. By September 1784,
François-Marie and his family had moved to the lower Loire port of Nantes in
southeastern Britanny. François-Marie, Jeanne, and their four unmarried
children, along with their married son and his family, emigrated to Spanish
Louisiana the following year and followed their fellow passengers to Manchac below Baton Rouge. François-Marie
died probably at Manchac by September 1790, in his mid- or late 40s, when he was listed as deceased in a
daughter's marriage record. His daughters married into the Arbour and LeTullier
families at Baton Rouge. His two sons married into the Bourg
and Moulaison families in France and Louisiana and created
vigorous lines in the Baton Rouge area.
Bernard, père's ninth son, name unrecorded, born probably at Pigiguit in c1706, died
young.
Bernard, père's tenth son Louis-René, called René,
born at Minas in January 1709, married Madeleine, daughter of Jean-Emmanuel Hébert and Madeleine
Dugas,
in c1730 probably at Minas and settled at Petitcoudiac in the trois-rivières
area west of Chignecto. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and
1753, Madeleine gave René seven children, six sons and a daughter. The
family escaped the British roundup in the trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada.
René died at St.-Michel de Bellechasse below Québec City in late November 1757,
perhaps, like his older brother Joseph, a victim of the smallpox epidemic that
struck Acadian refugees in the area from the summer of 1757 to the spring of
1758. Three of his sons
created families of their own at Québec or in nearby settlements.
Oldest son Charles, born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1735, followed his
family into exile in 1755 and married Marguerite Comeau in
c1756. She did not survive the exodus to Canada. Charles remarried to Madeleine, daughter of
fellow Acadians Jean Bastarache dit Basque,
fils and Angélique Richard of Annapolis Royal, at
Québec in November 1758. According to Bona Arsenault, Madeleine gave
Charles a daughter in 1759. He remarried again--his third marriage--to
Marie-Élisabeth, daughter of Pierre Allard and Marie-Madeleine
Pasquet, at Charlesbourg near Québec City in November 1761.
According to Arsenault, between 1762 and 1785, Marie-Élisabeth gave Charles six
more children, four daughters and two sons. Charles, in his early 50s,
remarried again--his fourth marriage--to Madeleine, daughter of François
Lirette and his Acadian wife Marie-Madeleine Gaudet,
at Charlesbourg in November 1787. She gave him another son. The
family also settled at nearby St.-Ambroise. Three of Charles's daughters by
third wife Marie-Élisabeth marrid into the Renaud,
Verret, Bernier, and Lousseraud
families at St.-Ambroise and Québec. His two sons by Marie-Élisabeth also
created their own families in the area.
Oldest son Charles, fils, by third wife Marie-Élisabeth
Allard, born probably at Québec in c1764, married Victoire, daughter of
fellow Acadian Amand Comeau and his second wife Canadian Marie
Coulombe, at St.-Roch-des-Aulnaies on the lower St. Lawrence.
Charles, fils died at St.-Ambroise near Québec in April 1829, in his mid-60s.
Charles, père's second son Jacques, by third wife Marie-Élisabeth
Allard, born probably at Québec in c1770, married
Marie-Marguerite, daughter of Thomas Bédard and Marie-Hélène
Bédard, at Charlesbourg in February 1793. He died at
nearby St.-Ambroise in April 1848, in his late 70s.
René's third son Joseph-Athanase,
born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1745, followed his family to Canada. He married Marie-Jeannine, daughter of François Bedard
and Marie-Jeanne Savard, at Québec in February 1767, and
remarried to Marie-Charlotte, daughter of François Darveau and
Marguerite-Marie Lereau, in the city in February 1775.
René's sixth and youngest son Joseph,
born probably at Petitcoudiac in c1752, followed his family to Canada. He married Marie Coulombe, widow of ____
Destroismaisons, at St.-Pierre de Montmagny below and across from
Québec City in October 1774.
Bernard, père's eleventh
and youngest son Amand, born at Minas in January 1712, married Élisabeth, daughter of Michel Vincent and
Anne-Marie Doiron and widow of Joseph Landry,
probably at Minas
in c1735 and settled at l'Assomption, Pigiguit.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1737 and 1756, Élisabeth gave Amand eight
children, two sons and six daughters. Amand
followed his older brothers to
Île St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official counted Amand,
Élisabeth, and six of their children, two sons and four daughters, ages 15 years
to 10 months, at Rivière-du-Nord at the southern end of the island. The British
deported the family to France in late 1758. Amand died during the
crossing, age 46. One wonders what happened to his family in France.
Olivier's fourth
son Louis, born at Port-Royal in c1673, was counted with the family there in
1700, age 27, but he probably did not marry.
Olivier's fifth
son Olivier, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1674, married Jeanne, daughter of Guillaume Blanchard
and Huguette Gougeon, in c1699 probably at Port-Royal. Between 1700 and 1710, Jeanne gave Olivier, fils six children, three sons
and three daughters, all of whom married. Olivier, fils died at
Port-Royal in September 1709, in his mid-30s. His widow Jeanne remarried to a
Prince. Olivier, fils's daughters married into the
Thériot, Trahan, and Richard families; two of them died in
English ports during exile. All three of his sons also married, at Chignecto and Minas, and two of them also died in England
during exile.
Oldest son
Paul,
according to
Stephen A. White born probably at Port-Royal in c1700, married Anne, daughter of Pierre
Arseneau and Marie-Anne Boudrot, at Beaubassin
in November 1720, and
remarried to Anne, daughter of François Cormier and Marguerite LeBlanc
and widow of Jacques Poirier, probably at Chignecto in c1727.
According to Bona Arsenault, however, a Paul Daigre, born
probably at Minas in c1723, son of Pierre Daigre and Anne Arseneau and
grandson of Olivier Daigre, fils, married Marie
dite Josette, daughter of Joseph Hébert and Anne
Boudrot, at Beaubassin in June 1748. Arsenault says that
between 1749 and 1756, Marie gave Paul three children, two daughters and a son.
In August 1752, a French official, noting that the couple had been in the
country for only two years, counted Paul, Marie, and their two young daughters
at Malpèque on the northwest shore of the island--a community in which many
Arseneaus could be found. The family, like many other
Acadians at Malpèque, evidently escaped the island's dérangement in
late 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In late
October 1760, a Paul Daigue and his family of 10 were counted
at Restigouche at the head of the Baie de Chaleurs with a thousand other
refugees who, along with the French garrison there, had just surrendered to a
British naval force from Québec. The British held the surrendered exiles in a prison compound in Nova Scotia
for the rest of the war. Paul's younger daughter Agnès-Marie, born
probably at Malpèque in c1751, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, still in her early teens. She was, in fact, the
first Acadian Daigre to go to that colony and married into the
Thériot family there. Her younger brother remained in greater Acadia.
Only son Fabien, born probably at Malpèque,
Île St.-Jean, in c1756, followed his family
into exile and into imprisonment in Nova Scotia.
According to Bona Arsenault, in 1767 Fabien, who would have have age 11,
was living as an orphan with fellow Acadians Abraham Dugas and his wife
Marguerite LeBlanc of Minas on Miquelon, a French-controlled
fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland. Arsenault hints that the
boy's parents had died in Nova Scotia during imprisonment and that
Fabien, instead of following his older sister to Louisiana in 1765, chose to go,
or was taken, to the fishery at war's end. If so, he did not
remain there. In 1767, French
authorities, obeying a royal decree to relieve overcrowding on the Newfoundland
islands, "deported" the fisher/habitants to France. Most of them
returned to the islands the following year, Fabien, perhaps, among them. If
he did return to Miquelon, he did not remain. According to Arsenault, he settled in
the British-controlled fishery at Gaspésie on the north shore of the Baie des
Chaleurs, where he married Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians
Pierre Robichaud and Anne Michel, at
Bonaventure in November 1780. According to
Arsenault, between 1783 and 1789, Rose gave Fabien three sons at
Bonaventure.
Olivier, fils's second son
Olivier III,
born at Port-Royal in August 1703, married Françoise,
daughter of René Granger and Marguerite Thériot, at Minas in
c1723 and settled at Rivière-aux-Canards, Minas. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1723 and 1742, Françoise gave Olivier III eight children, three
daughters and five sons. The British deported the family to Virginia in
1755, and Virginia authorities sent them on to England the following spring. Olivier III died at Falmouth,
England, in December 1756, in his early 50s,
a victim, perhaps, of smallpox, and was buried at nearby St. Gluvius, Penryn, in
Cornwall, where his older sister Marie had been buried three days earlier.
(This also was the burial site of English naval officer Sir Samuel Argall of
Jamestown fame, who died at sea in January 1626, the same Argall who had laid
waste to French lodgments at St.-Sauveur, Île Ste.-Croix, and Port-Royal in
French La
Cadie, 130 years earlier.) In the spring of 1763, Olivier III"s widow
Françoise and her Daigre children were repatriated to Morlaix,
Brittany, France. They followed other exiles from England to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of
Brittany in November 1765 and settled near Le Palais on the east end of the
island. Françoise died at Le Palais in May 1779. Her and
Olivier III's three daughters married into the Landry,
LeBlanc, Thériot, and Richard
families in greater Acadia and France. Olivier III's five sons also
created families of their own in greater Acadia and France, and two of them
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son
Honoré, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in January 1726, married Françoise-Osite,
daughter of Antoine Dupuis and Marie-Josèphe Dugas,
at Rivière-aux-Canards in March 1748. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1749
and 1755, Françoise-Osite gave Honoré two sons. In the fall of 1755, the British
deported the family to Virginia, and Virginia authorities sent them on to
England the following spring. Wife Françoise-Osite died at Falmouth, England,
in 1756, soon after their arrival, a victim, perhaps, of smallpox. Honoré
remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Landry
and Marie Melanson and widow of Cyprien Thériot,
at Falmouth in September 1757. According to Arsenault, in 1759 Marguerite
gave Honoré another son. Marguerite died at Falmouth in 1761, and Honoré remarried again--his third marriage--to
Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Trahan and Marie
Hébert and widow of Charles Thériot, at
Falmouth in September 1762. According to Arsenault, between 1763 and 1769,
Élisabeth gave Honoré three more children, two sons and a daughter. In the
spring of 1763, Honoré and his family were repatriated to Morlaix, France. In November 1765, they followed his family to
Belle-Île-en-Mer, where they settled at Chubiguer near Le Palais. In the early
1780s, Honoré purchased the land concessions of his younger brothers
Jean-Charles, Olivier IV, and Paul. When brothers Olivier IV and
Simon-Pierre emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785, Honoré and wife Élisabeth, now in their late 50s, remained on
their four concessions on Belle-Île-en-Mer. French officials counted them
there in 1792 during the early
stages of the French Revolution. Honoré was elected by his fellow citizens
to the local municipal council. He died at Le Palais in c1803, in his late
70s. Third wife Élisabeth died the following year. Three of Honoré's sons
by two of his wives created their own families on the island.
Oldest son
Pierre-Joseph, by first wife Françoise-Osite Dupuis, born
probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1749, followed his family to Virginia,
Falmouth, Morlaix, and Belle-Île-en-Mer. He married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Charles Thériot and Élisabeth Trahan
of Minas, at Le Palais in c1773. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave
Pierre-Joseph a daughter in 1774. He died aboard the ship Vermudien
off the coast of Guinea, West Africa, the year his daughter was born. He
had worked on the ship as a cooper. His widow Marie remarried to widower
Jean-François Ferry of Trève, Lorraine. His daughter
Marie-Reine lived to become an heir of her paternal grandfather, Honoré.
Honoré's third
son Joseph-Firmin-Clément, by second wife Marguerite Landry,
born probably at Falmouth, England, in c1759, followed his father to Morlaix and
Belle-Île-en-Mer. He died at Le Palais on the island in c1779, age 20,
evidently before he could marry.
Honoré's fourth
son Jean-François, by third wife Élisabeth Trahan, born at
Morlaix, France, in c1763, followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer. He
married local woman Adrée Féchant probably on the island in
c1786. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1786 and 1803, Andrée gave
Jean-François six children, two sons and four daughters. Younger son
Martin, born in c1803, died young. Their surviving son created his own
family on the island.
Older son
Joseph-Honoré, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1786, married Frenchwoman Isabelle
Gallen at Sauzon on the north end of the island in c1812. According to
Bona Arsenault, she gave him a daughter in 1815.
Honore's fifth
and youngest son Joseph-Michel, called Michel, from third wife Élisabeth
Trahan, born probably at Le Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer, in c1766, married
Marie-Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Cyprien Duon and
Marguerite Landry, probably at Chubiguer near Le Palais in
c1790. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1791 and 1792, Marie-Élisabeth gave
Michel two sons, the younger of whom died young. Michel remarried to
Frenchwoman Jeanne-Françoise Thomas probably at Le Palais in
c1804. According to Arsenault, between 1803 and 1816, Jeanne-Françoise
gave Michel five more children, four sons and a daughter, two of whom died
young--seven children, six sons and a daughter, by two wives. Two of Michel's sons
by both of his wives created their own families on the
island.
Third son
Jacques-Étienne, by first wife Marie-Élisabeth Duon, born on
Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1796, became a "débitant de boissons," perhaps a
bartender, at Sauzon. He married Anne-Virginie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Paul Trahan and Marie Arseneau, at Le
Palais in 1827.
Michel's sixth
son Étienne-François, by second wife Jeanne-Françoise Thomas,
born on Belle-Île-en-Mer in c1805, married 34-year-old Frenchwoman
Suzette-Émilie Perron at Le Palais in c1833.
Olivier III's
second son Olivier IV, born at Rivière-aux-Canards,
Minas, in September 1732,
married Marie, daughter of Pierre Landry and Marie-Josèphe
LeBlanc, at Rivière-aux-Canards in August 1755, on the eve of
their deportation to Virginia. Virginia officials sent them on
to Falmouth, England, in the spring of 1756. Marie died soon after their
arrival, a victim, perhaps, of smallpox. Olivier IV remarried to
Marie-Blanche, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles LeBlanc and
Élisabeth Thibodeau of Rivière-aux-Canards, at Falmouth in
November 1758. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1782,
Marie-Blanche gave Olivier IV nine children, six sons and three daughters.
Other, more reliable records give them 11 children, seven sons and four
daughters, between 1761 and 1783, in England and France. Olivier IV, his wife, and a son were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring
of 1763. In November 1765, they followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer,
where they settled at Chubiguer near Le Palais. Their second son, born
at Morlaix in October 1764, died near Le Palais, age 30 months, in May 1766.
Marie-Blanche gave Olivier IV many more children on the island. In 1776,
he bought his younger brother Jean-Charles's land concession at
Le Palais. In the early 1780s, Olivier IV sold his concessions to older
brother Honoré and took his family to Paimboeuf, the lower port for Nantes, where his
youngest son was baptized in November 1783. Wife Marie-Blanche died soon after,
perhaps from the rigors of childbirth. A Spanish
official counted Olivier and 10 children, six sons and four daughters, at
Paimboeuf in September 1784. Olivier IV was a widower by
then. He did not remarry. In November 1784, his youngest daughter
died at Paimboeuf, age 3 1/2. In 1785, he and eight of his children, five sons and three daughters, emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana.
His youngest son, who had been baptized at Paimboeuf two years earlier, did not
sail with them, so he likely had died soon after his birth.
From New Orleans, Olivier and his children followed their fellow passengers to Manchac
south of Baton
Rouge. Olivier died at Manchac in August
1787, age 55. His daughters, all by his second wife, married into the Breaux,
Aucoin, Landry, and Aid
families at Baton Rouge and nearby San Gabriel on the river. His five sons, all
by his second wife, also
married, into the Doiron, Landry,
Trahan, and Hébert families, including two
Landry sisters, at Manchac, Baton Rouge, and San Gabriel.
Youngest surviving son Honoré le jeune died in Iberville Parish in December 1752, among the last of
the Acadian exiles in Louisiana to join his ancestors.
Olivier III's
third son Simon-Pierre, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in August 1735, followed his
family to Virginia in the fall of 1755 and to Falmouth, England, the following
spring.
He married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Thériot
and Marie Landry, at Falmouth in c1758. Between 1759 and
1779, Marie-Madeleine gave Simon-Pierre nine children, five daughters and four
sons. The family was repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of
1763, followed his family to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765, and settled at
Kervellant near Sauzon. French officials counted them at Bortemont near
Bangor in the south-central interior of the island in 1776. Two years later, Simon-Pierre sold his land
to a local sieur named Perron and moved to Paimboeuf, where
Simon-Pierre worked as an inkeeper and a ship's carpenter and where two of his
sons died in 1779 and 1783, one an infant, the other age 13 1/2. Wife
Marie-Madeleine died at Paimboeuf in January 1784, age 45. A Spanish
official counted Simon-Pierre and his remaining children, three sons and four
daughters, at the port in September
1784. At age 49, Simon-Pierre remarried to Anne,
50-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Michel and
Marguerite Forest of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, and widow of
Joseph-Ange Dubois, Félix Landry, and Jean
Landry, at St.-Martin de Chantenay near Nantes in February
1785. She gave Simon-Pierre no more children. Later that year, Simon-Pierre,
Anne, and his seven children followed his older brother Olivier IV to Louisiana and
to Manchac south
of Baton Rouge. At age 52, Simon-Pierre remarried again--his third
marriage--to Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Thériot
and Françoise Landry and widow of Alexandre Aucoin,
at Manchac in January 1788. She gave him no more children. He died
at Manchac in October 1792, age 57. Three of his four daughters, all by first wife
Marie-Madeleine, married into the Lemire dit Mire,
Provenché, and Trahan families, including two
Trahan brothers, at Manchac and Baton Rouge. His three
sons, all by first wife Marie-Madeleine, married into the Henry,
Trahan, and LeBlanc families at Baton Rouge and
Cabahannocer/St.-Jacques farther down the river.
Olivier III's
fourth son Jean-Charles, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in August 1740,
followed his family to Virginia in the fall of 1755 and to Falmouth, England,
the following spring. He married Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of Jean
Thériot and Marie Landry, at Falmouth in February
1760. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1775, Marie-Josèphe
gave Jean-Charles five children, three sons and two daughters.
Jean-Charles and his family were repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring
of 1763, followed his older brothers to Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765,
and settled at Kerzo near Sauzon. In 1776, Jean-Charles sold his land
concession at Le Palais to older brother Olivier IV. Despite having sold
his land, Jean-Charles did not follow brothers Olivier IV and Simon-Pierre to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Olivier III's
fifth and youngest son Paul, born at Rivière-aux-Canards in October 1742,
followed his family to Virginia in the fall of 1755, to Falmouth, England, the
following spring, and to Morlaix, France, in May 1763. He married Agathe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Honoré LeBlanc and Marie Trahan
of Pigiguit, at Morlaix in September 1764. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1765 and 1787, Agathe gave Paul eight children, five daughters and three
sons. Paul and Agathe followed their families to
Belle-Île-en-Mer in November 1765 and settled at Chubigeur near Le Palais.
In 1770, they left the island and moved to Erdeven near Étel in southern Britanny, where
Paul worked as a laborer on a royal estate. They then moved on to nearby Port-Louis in 1772 and then
back to Le Palais.
They were back at Port-Louis in 1776. Like older brothers Honoré and Jean-Charles, Paul
did not follow his brothers Olivier IV and Simon-Pierre to Spanish Louisiana in
1785, but he did sell his land at Le Palais to Honoré in the early 1780s.
He and his family were living at Riantec near Port-Louis in 1783, at Port-Louis
from 1785 to 1787, where he again was employed as a laborer on a royal estate,
and at Ploemeur and Île St.-Michel
at nearby Lorient in 1792 with six of his children. According to Arsenault,
Paul's descendants are quite numerous in France, especially in the region around
Bordeaux.
Olivier, fils's third and
youngest son Jean-Baptiste, born posthumously at Port-Royal in February 1710, married Madeleine, daughter of
Claude Thériot and Agnès Aucoin, in c1734 probably at Minas.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735 and 1753, Madeleine gave Jean-Baptiste
eight children, four daughters and four sons. They, too, settled at
Rivière-aux-Canards, were deported to Virginia in the fall of 1755, and sent on to England
the following spring.
Jean-Baptiste died at Falmouth, England, in November 1757 and, like his sister Marie and
brother Olivier III, was buried at St. Gluvius of Penryn. In 1763, members
of Jean-Baptiste's family were repatriated to Morlaix, France, where they were counted in
1767, two years after their cousins had moved on to Belle-Île-en-Mer.
According to Arsenault, some of them were still living
there in 1787, two years after some of their cousins had moved on to Spanish Louisiana.
Jean-Baptiste's oldest daughter Madeleine had married into the Granger
family at Falmouth and evidently remained in France. One wonders what
happened to her younger sisters, who also evidently remained in France. Two,
perhaps three, of Jean-Baptiste's four sons created families of their own in England
and France. One of them returned to greater Acadia, where he settled in
several places in present-day New Brunswick. Another may have emigrated to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Oldest son Olivier le jeune, born
probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1734 or 1735 (Bona Arsenault says c1738),
evidently moved to the French Maritimes between 1752 and 1758. He married Marie-Blanche, called Blanche, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
Robichaud and Claire LeBlanc of Cobeguit, probably on
Île St.-Jean in c1758, though Arsenault insists they were married in England
that year. Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.'s study of the Acadians in France,
however, based on French maritime records, insists the British deported Olivier
Daigue, age 24, and Marie-Blanche Robicheau,
age 28, his wife, to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the five British transports
that left Chédabouctou Bay in late November 1758 and reached the Breton port
together in late January. They settled first at Trigavou
on the west side of the river south of St.-Malo and then in the St.-Malo suburb of St.-Servan-sur-Mer. Between 1759 and 1773,
Marie-Blanche gave Olivier 10 children, six sons and four
daughters, including a set of twins, probably at St.-Servan. According to
Arsenault, Olivier and his family, instead of going to Poitou
with dozens of their fellow Acadians in 1773, joined, instead, an expedition of
other Acadian exiles led by ship captain Charles Robin to the
British-controlled Channel island of Jersey in 1774. From Jersey, they recrossed
the North Atlantic and settled in the Robin-controlled fishery
in Gaspésie on the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs, where, Arsenault
insists, members of the family were counted in 1791 and 1792. Arsenault
also insists they settled also at St.-Basile-de-Madawaska on upper Rivière
St.-Jean at the northwestern edge of New Brunswick, and at Richibouctou on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore of
eastern New Brunswick. However, Robichaux's study says that in July
1774, Olivier, husband of Marie-Blanche Robichaud, died at
St.-Servan, age 40. Robichaux's
study also shows that this Olivier's oldest son, at least, remained in France,
though Arsenault insists that two of his younger sons were among the
Daigres who returned to North America via the Isle of Jersey in the
1770s. This implies that Olivier's widow may very well
have taken her younger children back to greater Acadia. However, the death
of her 8 1/2-year-old daughter Marie-Blanche at St.-Servan in August 1779 is a
strong hint that Olivier's widow, and her younger children, also remained in
France. If any of Olivier's children "returned" to North America, they
likely did not do it in the 1770s.
Oldest son Olivier-Raphaël, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, in August 1759, did not emigrate
to Spanish Louisiana with hundreds of his fellow Acadians in 1785. He remained,
instead, in the St.-Malo area and married Marie-Jacqueline, daughter of fellow
Acadians François Bourg and Anne Aucoin and a
native of Pleudihen-sur-Rance on the east side of the river south of St.-Malo, at Pleudihen in January 1786.
Olivier le jeune's third son Jean-Charles,
born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, in
December 1761 (Bona Arsenault says c1769), married, according to Arsenault,
cousin Marie-Claire Richard, daughter of fellow Acadian
Marguerite-Pélagie Robichaud, at Bonaventure in Gaspésie on the
northern shore of the Baie des Chaleurs in January 1792, and remarried to Marie-Blanche,
daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Léger and Anastasie
Brault, at St.-Basile-de-Madawaska on upper Rivière St.-Jean in July 1795.
Olivier le jeune's fifth son François-Joseph, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in
July 1767, married, according to Bona Arseault, cousin Christine, daughter of
fellow Acadians François Richard and Marie Daigle,
at Carleton in Gaspésie in February 1790.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Charles, born probably at Rivière-aux-Canards in c1737, followed
his family to Virginia in the fall of 1755 and to England the following spring. He
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Granger
and Françoise LeBlanc, at Falmouth, England, in February 1761.
They were repatrated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763, and were still there in
1767, two years after other Acadian exiles from England, including
Daigres, had moved on to
Belle-Île-en-Mer. They did not follow their cousins to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
French authorities counted them still at Morlaix in the early 1790s.
Jean-Baptiste's third son Jean-Baptiste, fils, born probably at
Rivière-aux-Canards in c1740, evidently followed his family to Virginia in the
fall of 1755,
to England the following spring, and to Morlaix, France, in 1763. He may
have been the Jean-Baptiste Daigle, ploughman,
who, at age 43, married Marie-Claudine, daughter of Frenchmen Guillaume
Valet and his wife Ursule-Perrine Catot of Kemperlain,
Val, France, probably at Nantes in southeast Brittany in c1783. Marie-Claudine gave
Jean-Baptiste a son in St.-Jacques Parish, Nantes, in April 1784. Jean-Baptiste
and Marie-Claudine emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. However, their year-old
son Jean-René died at sea. The now childless couple followed their fellow passengers to Baton Rouge, where they had no more children.
Jean-Baptiste died at Baton Rouge by March 1795, in his mid-50s, when his wife
remarried there. His line of the family died with him.
Olivier's sixth
son Jean, the second with the name, born at Port-Royal in c1676, was counted
with his family in 1700, age 24. He evidently did not marry.
Olivier's seventh
and youngest son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in c1681, was counted with his
family at Port-Royal in 1686, age 5. If he survived childhood, he did not
marry.379
Martin
dit Barnabé
Barnabé
Martin,
a mid-1660s arrival, probably not kin to the much older Pierre Martin,
and Barnabé's wife Jeanne Pelletret created another branch of the
Martin family in the colony. Between 1667 and 1686, at Port-Royal, Jeanne gave
Barnabé eight children, including five daughters and two sons. Barnabé
died at Port-Royal, probably in his late 40s, soon after the birth of his
youngest child, whose gender is unknown. Four of his daughters married into the Simon
dit Jacques LeBoucher, Coste, Chênet or Chesnay
dit LaGarenne, Samson, and Gentil families,
and at least two of them followed their husbands to Île Royale. Barnabé
and Jeanne's sons also created their own families. Their descendants
settled not only at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, but also at Chignecto, Chepoudy
in the trois-rivières area west of Chignecto, Pobomcoup near Cap-Sable, and
on Île St.-Jean. The majority of them, however, remained in
the Annapolis valley. Probably all
of the 20 Acadian Martins who emigrated to Louisiana between 1765
and 1785 belonged to this branch of the family. Barnabé's descendants also could be found perhaps in greater numbers in Canada and
on Martinique and Ste.-Lucie in the French
Antilles after Le Grand Dérangement.
Older
son René, born at Port-Royal in March 1671, married Marie, daughter of André Mignier dit Lagassé and
Jacquette Michel and widow of Joseph Gravois, in c1693 at
Port-Royal and settled there. Between 1694 and 1714, at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Marie gave René 11 children, eight sons
and three daughters. After August 1752, members of the family
moved on to Île St.-Jean, where René died in September 1756, age 85. His daughters married into the Clémenceau
dit Corporon, Tourneur, Breau, and Bourg
families. Six of his eight sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Pierre,
born at Port-Royal in c1694, drowned in July 1705, age 15.
René's second son
Charles,
born at Port-Royal in c1696, married
Jeanne, daughter of Pierre Comeau le jeune dit Des
Loups-Marins and Jeanne Bourgeois and younger sister of his uncle Étienne
Martin's wife, at Annapolis Royal in November 1715. According
to Bona Arsenault, between 1716 and 1742, Jeanne gave Charles a dozen children,
four daughters and eight sons, including a set of twins. Other records
give them two more children, a son and a daughter, perhaps twins, in c1753--14
children in all. One wonders what happened to Charles and Jeanne in the
fall of 1755. Five of Charles's daughters married into the
Savoie, Girouard, Doucet, and
Boudrot families, and two of them emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax
with the Broussards in February 1765. Two of his sons
also emigrated to Louisiana with the Broussards in 1765.
Oldest son
Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in c1718, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
Michel Thibodeau and Agnès Dugas, at Annapolis
Royal in Auguste 1744. They moved on to Chepoudy in the trois rivières
area west of Chignecto, where a French official counted them with two sons and
two daughers in 1752. They likely escaped the British roundup in the
trois-rivières in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Pierre
à Charles may have
been the Pierre Martin being held at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in
July 1762. If so, where was his wife, and where did they settle after the
war? He did not follow his younger brothers to Louisiana, but one
of his sons may have gone there.
Putative son
Anselme, born in c1750, first appears in Louisiana records in February 1774,
when he married Marie-Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste
Hébert dit Manuel and Claire Robichaux
of Cobeguit, at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. The priest who
recorded the marriage noted that Anselme's parents were Paul
Martin and Marie Thibodeau "of Acadia." Did the
priest mean to say Pierre Martin and Marie
Thibodeau? If so, he would have been a nephew of two of the
Barnabé Martins who followed the Broussards to
lower Bayou Teche in the spring of 1765 and a cousin of the rest of the family
members in the colony. Anselme and Marie-Théotiste left Cabahannocer soon
after their marriage and crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Attakapas
District. Spanish officials counted them there with a daughter in May
1777. By 1781, they held 10 arpents of frontage on one of the
bayous and 20 animals, and the number of their children had increated.
Anselme died by December 1783, in his early 30s, when his wife remarried at
Attakapas. His only son, baptized at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer in July
1775, probably died young, so this line of the family did not endure.
Charles's second
son Claude, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1730, evidently escaped the
roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either
surrendered to, or was captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. In 1764-65,
he and two siblings, a younger brother and sister, followed a married sister to
Louisiana via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, with the Broussards
and settled with them on lower Bayou Teche in the Attakapas District. Unlike a cousin who retreated
to the river to escape the epidemic that struck the Tech valley settlement
during the summer and fall of 1765, Claude and his siblings remained in
Attakapas. He married Marie, daughter, perhaps, of fellow Acadians
Dominique Babin and Marguerite Boudrot of
Minas, there in c1769. When taking an oath of allegiance to the Spanish monarch
in December 1769, he made his mark as syndic of the Attakapas settlements.
By 1774, he held two slaves in Attakapas. He held four slaves in 1781, and
owned substantial numbers of livestock and a large vacharie. He
was a trustee of the Attakapas church in 1796 and died there in July 1798, age
67. His succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin
Parish, in June 1822, a year and a half before his widow's death. Their
daughters married into the Cormier and Mouton families.
Four of Claude's five sons also married, into the Sonnier, Dugas,
and Huval families, two of them to Creole sisters, and remained
on the Teche or moved out to the prairies. Most, if not all, of the Acadian Martins on the
western prairies descend from Claude and three of his sons.
Charles's ninth
and youngest son Bonaventure, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1753,
evidently followed his older brother Claude to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore in
the fall of 1755. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either
surrendered to, or was captured by, British forces in the area and held in a
prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. In 1764-65,
he and two siblings followed a married sister to Louisiana via Cap-Français,
French St.-Domingue, with the Broussards and settled with them
on lower Bayou Teche. Bonaventure remained in Attakapas until the late
1770s or early 1780s, when he married Louise, daughter of Antoine
Duverne and Louise La Prade of New Orleans, probably
at New Orleans. In the early 1800s, they, or at least he, left New Orleans
and settled on Bayou Plaquemine Brûlé in the Opelousas District, where he took
up with fellow Acadian Anne Eléonore, called Eléonore, Comeaux.
Bonaventure died in December 1817, in his early 60s. His succession was
recorded in April 1818 at the St. Landry Parish courthouse, Opelousas. His
daughter by Eléonore married into the Richard family.
Only the youngest of his three sons, the one by Eléonore, seems to have married,
into the Richard family. He, too, remained on the
Opelousas prairies.
René's third son
René, fils, born at Port-Royal in c1698, married Marguerite, daughter of Jacques Michel and Catherine
Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in October 1726. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1727 and 1746, Marguerite gave René, fils 11
children, five sons and six daughters. The family escaped the British
roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755, and most of them sought refuge
in Canada. René, fils died
at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in January 1777, in his late 70s.
Four of his daughters married into the Préjean, Amireau,
Bélec, and Poirier families, most of them in
Canada. His oldest daughter married at Annapolis Royal before the
dispersal and emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. Two of his sons
also created their own families, in Canada.
Third son
Charles-Benjamin, born at Annapolis Royal in c1734, followed his family to
Canada. In his late 30s, he married Marie-Thérèse, daughter of fellow
Acadians Prudent Robichaud, fils and Françoise
Bourgeois and widow of Louis-Thadée Fontaine, at
L'Assomption on the St. Lawrence below Montréal in July 1772.
René, fils's
fifth and youngest son Joseph-Aimable, called Amable, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1745, followed his family to Canada. He married Marie-Anastasie, daughter
of fellow Acadians Pierre Girouard and Marie-Josèphe
Forest, at L'Assomption in January 1772.
René, père's fourth son
Paul dit Barnabé,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1700 (Bona Arsenault says 1708), married Marguerite, daughter of
Pierre Cyr and Claire Cormier, in c1730, place unrecorded, but it
probably was at Chignecto, where they settled. According to Arsenault,
between 1731 and 1745, Marguerite gave Paul five children, three sons and two
daughters. One of the sons resettled in Canada before Le Grand
Dérangement. The younger sons, and perhaps Paul and Marguerite,
evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and
sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Paul's daughters, both
married, were deported to South Carolina. Paul died by January 1779, in
his 70s, place unrecorded. In 1763 or 1764, after the war, his daughters and their husbands went from South Carolina to
French St.-Domingue. The older daughter and her Olivier
husband moved on to Louisiana by July 1767, but Paul's younger daughter and her
LeBlanc husband remained in St.-Domingue, where she married into the
Pointier and Faligaud families at Môle
St.-Nicolas on the north shore of the island in 1779 and 1782. Two of Paul
dit
Barnabé's three sons, including the one in Canada, created families of their
own. The two younger ones who had escaped the roundup at Annapolis Royal
in 1755 sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the
late 1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by,
British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova
Scotia for the rest of the war. Still bachelors, they emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax via
Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, in 1764-65, evidently picking up their sister and
her husband on the way to New Orleans. The brothers settled on lower Bayou
Teche, but the sister remained at New Orleans.
Oldest son
Jean,
born probably at Chignecto in c1731, married, according to Bona Arsenault,
cousin Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Cormier
and Marguerite Cyr of Chignecto, at Québec in October 1754.
One wonders what prompted these young Acadians to resettle in Canada on the eve of
Le Grand Dérangment. One also wonders what happened to them after
1755.
Pauls dit
Barnabé's second son Joseph, who Bona Arsenault calls
Théodore, born probably at
Chignecto in c1741 or 1742, evidently escaped with members of his family
to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. In the late 1750s or early 1760s, he either surrendered to, or was captured by,
British forces in the area and held in a prison camp in Nova Scotia for the rest
of the war.
He and a younger brother followed the
Broussards from Halifax to Louisiana via Cap-Français, French
St.-Domingue, in 1764-65 and settled with them at Attakapas in the spring of
1765. Joseph married fellow Acadian Isabelle Thibodeaux, widow of
Charles Pellerin, probably at Attakapas in c1769. They
remained on Bayou Teche. They owned two slaves there by 1777, and held five
slaves, two males and three females, in 1785. Joseph died at his home in
St. Martin Parish in May 1807, in his mid- or late 60s. His daughters
married into the Breaux, Doucet, Dugas,
Melançon, Moreau, and Savoie
families. If he and Isabelle had any sons, none of them married.
Paul dit
Barnabé's youngest son Pierre, perhaps the one Bona Arsenault calls
Michel, born probably at Chignecto in c1745,
evidently escaped with some of his family to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore,
either surrendered to, or was captured by, British forces in the area, and was
held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. In
1764-65, he and older brother Joseph followed the Broussards from Halifax to
Louisiana via Cap-Français and followed them to lower Bayou Teche.
Pierre/Michel may not have
married.
René, père's fifth son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in March 1704, married Marie, daughter of Claude Brun and Cécile Dugas,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1732. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1734 and 1754, Marie gave Jean-Baptiste 13 children, five daughters and eight
sons. The family escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the
fall of 1755, and most of them took refuge in Canada. Jean-Baptiste died between September
1765 and September 1774, place unrecorded, but it likely was somewhere in Canada.
Two of his daughters married into the Godin family, one of them
at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière on the lower St. Lawrence. Six of his sons
also created their own families on the lower St. Lawrence and on Rivière
St.-Jean. An older daughter emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.
Oldest son Charles,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1735, followed his family to Canada.
He married Marie-Reine, daughter of Pierre-Corintin Denis and
Marie-Madeleine Lizotte, at Ste.-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in August
1763.
Jean-Baptiste's second son Jean-Balthazar,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1736, followed his family to Canada.
He married Hélène, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Godin and
Anne Bergeron, at Ste.-Famille on Île d'Orléans, below Québec
in July 1767. According to Bona Arsenault, Hélène gave Jean-Balthazar a
daughter in 1768. He remarried to Marie-Anne, daughter of Pierre
Levasseur and Geneviève Phocas, at Kamouraska on the
lower St. Lawrence in August 1773. His daughter by his first wife married
into the Roy family.
Jean-Baptiste's third son Joseph,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1740, followed his family into exile, but not to
Canada.
He married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Eustache Lejeune
dit Briard and Marie-Anne Barillot, on Rivière
St.-Jean in June 1768. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie-Josèphe gave
Joseph a daughter and a son in 1772 and 1789. Joseph died on
Baie-des-Ouines, today's Bay du Vin, near Miramichi, eastern New Brunswick, no
date given. His daughter married into the Godin family at
St.-Basile on the upper St. John River.
Jean-Baptiste's fourth son Amand,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1742, followed his family into exile.
He married Agathe, another daughter of Eustache Lejeune dit
Briard and Marie-Anne Barillot, on Rivière St.-Jean in June
1768, five days after his brother Joseph married Agathe's sister at the same
place. According to Bona Arsenault, Agathe gave him a son and a daughter
in 1770 and 1772. The settled at St.-Basile near today's Edmundston, New
Brunswick, on upper Rivière St.-Jean. Their son created a family of his
own.
Anselme, born probably at St.-Basile in c1770, married Marie, daughter of
Jean-Marie Fournier and Angélique Dionne, at
St.-Basile in July 1797.
Jean-Baptiste's fifth son François,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1744, followed his family to Canada.
He married Euphrosine, daughter of Michel Guérette and Rose
Lavasseur, at Kamouraska in September 1774.
Jean-Baptiste's eighth and youngest son Simon,
born at Annapolis Royal in c1751, followed his family to Canada.
He married Marie-Geneviève, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois
and Geneviève Lavasseur, at Kamouaska in August 1777.
René, père's sixth son Ambroise
dit Barnabé, born at Port-Royal in September 1706, married Anne, another
daughter of Pierre Cyr and Claire Cormier,
in c1732, place unrecorded, but it probably was at Chignecto. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1738, Anne gave Ambroise four children, a
daughter and three sons. Ambroise remarried to
Madeleine dite Émilienne Comeau
in c1741 (Arsenault says c1739) probably at Chignecto, and moved on to Île St.-Jean the following year.
According to Arsenault, between 1740 and 1748, Émilienne gave Ambroise five more
children, four sons and a daughter--nine children in all, two daughters and
seven sons. Émilienne died probably on the island after 1748. In August 1752, a French
official counted Ambroise, who he called a Barnabé, a widower, with his nine
children at Malpèque on the northwest shore of
the island. After the counting, Ambroise and his children may have returned
to Chignecto and escaped the British roundup there in the fall of 1755, or they
may have remained on the island and escaped the roundup there in 1758, crossed
Mer Rouge, and sought
refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or
early 1760s, Ambroise and his children either surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the
rest of the war. In August 1763, Aulenoize
Martin with no wife and three children appeared on a French
repatriation list at Halifax. Ambroise, père died probably at
Halifax soon after the counting, in his late 50s. Two of his
daughters by both wives married into the Robichaud,
Borda, and Savoie families and followed their brothers
to Louisiana. At least four of his seven sons by both wives also created
their own families in Louisiana, but not all of the lines endured.
Oldest son Ambroise dit Barnabé, fils, by first wife Anne
Cyr, born probably at Chignecto in c1734, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean in 1742 and was counted with his widowered father and siblings
at Malpèque in August 1752. He followed them into exile and married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Godin dit
Bellefontaine dit Lincour and Françoise Dugas of
Rivière St.-Jean, in c1759, place unrecorded. They, too, either
surrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held in the
prison barracks at Halifax for the rest of the war. EnbeRoize Martin, as he
was called, his unnamed wife, and six children appeared on a repatriation list there in August
1763. The couple, with only two young daughters, followed
the Broussards from Halifax to Louisiana via Cap-Français,
St.-Domingue, in 1764-65 and settled
on lower Bayou Teche, but they did not remain there. Probably to escape
the mysterious epidemic that struck the Teche valley community in the summer and fall
of 1765,
Ambroise, fils and his family retreated to Cabahannocer on the river,
where three of his younger brothers had settled. They were still there in
January 1777, on the left, or east, side of the river. By 1779, Ambroise,
fils owned a single slave at Cabahannocer. He died there in
January 1796, in his early 60s. His daughters married into the
Boucad, Fontenot, and Grabert
families on the river. One of his two sons joined his cousins on the
western prairies, but neither he nor his younger brother married. Except for its
blood, then, this line of the family died with Ambroise, fils.
Ambroise, père's second son Joseph dit Barnabé, by first wife
Anne Cyr, born born probably at Chignecto in c1736, followed
his family to Île St.-Jean in 1742 and was counted with his widowered father and
siblings at Malpèque in August 1752. He followed them into exile and
married fellow Acadian Marguerite Pitre in c1760, place
unrecorded. They, too, either surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the area and held in the prison compound at Halifax, where they
were counted with no children in August 1763. They emigrated to Louisiana
from Halifax in 1765 but did not follow his siblings to lower Bayou Teche.
He and Marguerite settled, instead, in the established
Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans, where their
children were born. They
were still there in January 1777 on the left, or east, bank of the river.
Two years later at Cabahannocer they held two slaves. Joseph died by
December 1795, when his wife was counted in an upper Bayou Lafourche census
without a husband.
She did not remarry. Her and Joseph's daughter married into the Broussard
family. Two of their three sons also married, into the Charpentier and
Grabert families at Cabahannocer but joined the Acadian exodus from the
river to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Ambroise, père's third son Michel, by first wife Anne Cyr,
born probably at Chignecto in c1738, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in 1742
and was counted with his widowered father and siblings at Malpèque in August
1752. He may have followed them into exile later in the decade. He
did not emigrate to Louisiana in 1765 or thereafter.
Ambroise, père's fourth son Pierre, by fist wife Anne Cyr,
born probably at Chignecto in c1740, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in 1742
and was counted with his widowered father and siblings at Malpèque in August
1752. He may have followed them into exile later in the decade. He
did not emigrate to Louisiana in 1765 or thereafter.
Ambroise, père's fifth son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, by second wife
Émilienne
Comeau, born probably at Chignecto in c1742, followed his family to Île
St.-Jean, if he was not born there, and was counted with his widowered father
and siblings at Malpèque in August 1752. He may have followed them into
exile later in the decade. According to Bona Arsenault, he followed his
siblings from Halifax to Louisiana in 1765 and married fellow Acadian Marie
Bourg at Cabahannocer soon after his arrival, but Louisiana
records says otherwise. One wonders what actually happened to him in
exile.
Ambroise, père's sixth son François, by second wife Émilienne
Comeau, born on Île St.-Jean in c1746, was counted with his widowered
father and siblings at Malpèque in August 1752. He followed them into
exile later in the decade, to the prison compound at Halifax, and to Louisiana in 1765. Like older half-brother Joseph, he did
not follow the Broussards to lower Bayou Teche but settled at
Cabahannocer on the river. He married Cécile, daughter of Julien DeGirre
and Hélène Dubois of Ginet, France, at St.-Jacques de
Cabahannocer in February 1781. His only son joined his cousins on the western prairies,
but he established no family there.
Ambroise, père's seventh and youngest son Paul dit Barnabé, by
second wife Émilienne Comeau, born on Île St.-Jean in c1748,
was counted with his widowered father and siblings at Malpèque in August 1752.
He followed them into exile later in the decade, to the prison compound
at Halifax, and to Louisiana in 1765. Like older brothers
Joseph and François, Paul did not follow the Broussards to
lower Bayou Teche but settled at Cabahannocer. He married Françoise,
daughter of André Oubre and Marie-Élisabeth Bonvillain
of St.-Charles des Allemands, at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer in January 1779.
He died near Convent, St. James Parish, in August 1815. The priest who
recorded the burial said that Paul was "age 64" when he died. His daughters married into the Backley, Fontenot,
Oubre, Rogers, and St. Pierre
families on the river. Only one of his five sons married, into the
Hoemen family at St. James.
René, père's seventh son Pierre, born at Port-Royal in April 1709,
married Anne, daughter of Laurent Granger and Marie Bourg, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1738. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1739 and 1750, Anne gave Pierre four children, three sons and a daughter.
The family evidently escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall
of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Pierre died at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in June 1784, age 75.
His daughter married into the Rivet family at L'Assomption on
the St. Lawrence below Montréal in 1763. His three sons also married in
Canada.
Oldest son Pierre, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1739,
followed his family to Canada. He married fellow Acadian Marie
Forest in c1764, no place given. They settled at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1765 and 1779, Marie gave Pierre, fils eight children, six sons
and two daughers. At least one of their sons created his own family.
Second son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at St.-Jacques
de l'Achigan in c1766, married Anne,
daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Guidry dit Labine and
Marguerite Picot, at St.-Jacques in January 1793.
Pierre, père's second son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1746,
followed his family to Canada. He married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Girouard and Marie-Josèphe
Forest, at L'Assomption in June 1767. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1768 and 1790, Marie gave Joseph 10 children, four sons and
six daughters. One of their daughters married into the Dupuis
family at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan. One of their sons also created a family of his own.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at L'Assomption in c1768, married
Thérèse, daughter of François Migneron and Marie-Catherine
Lévesque, at nearby Repentigny in February 1793.
Pierre, père's third and youngest son François, born at Annapolis Royal
in c1750, followed his family to Canada. He married
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians François Poirier
and Marie-Madeleine Arsenault, at L'Assomption in January 1774.
René, père's eighth and youngest
son Michel, born at Annapolis Royal in December 1712, evidently died young.
Barnabé's second
and perhaps youngest son Étienne, born at Port-Royal in c1678, married,
according to Stephen A. White, Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Pierre
Comeau le jeune dit Des Loups-Marins and Jeanne Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in October
1705 (Bona Arsenault says Marie's parents were Pierre Comeau
l'aîné and Jeanne Bourg; White is followed here). Between 1706 and 1733, at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, Marie-Jeanne gave Étienne a dozen children, five sons and seven daughters.
Étienne died at Annapolis Royal in May 1751, in his early 70s. Six of his daughters married into the Savoie, Blanchard, Forest,
Richard, Doucet, Gervais, and Lord families. One
of them emigrated to Louisiana, another to Martinique in the French Antilles. Three of
Étienne's sons created their
own families, but not all of the lines endured. One of them settled near
his sister on Martinique.
Oldest son
Jacques-Alexis, born at Port-Royal in August 1706, died a week after his birth.
Étienne's second son
Jean
Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in October 1707, died at Annapolis Royal in August 1727, age 20, before he could marry.
Étienne's third son
Michel,
born at Annapolis Royal in September 1712,
married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Guillaume Girouard and Marie
Bernard, at Annapolis Royal in November 1739. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1740 and 1748, Marie-Madeleine gave Michel six daughters,
including a set of twins. Michel died at Annapolis Royal in September
1747, age 34. Judging by the date of his death, one wonders if he was a
casualty of King George's War. Marie-Madeleine remarried to Michel
Aubois of Pobomcoup at Annapolis Royal in September 1754 and may have
returned to the Cap-Sable area. In the fall of 1755, Arsenault says,
Michel's daughter Marguerite, who would have been age 12, escaped to Canada with one of her uncles.
(One wonders which one it could have been, since Michel's only surviving
brothers were deported to New York in 1755.) According to Arsenault, the British
deported daughters Marie-Josèphe and Françoise, ages 15 and 13, to England, no
date given, which implies that they were sent to Virginia first. No British deportation vessel went from Annapolis Royal to
Virginia in the fall of 1755, so the girls were either at Minas in the fall of
1755, perhaps with their mother and stepfather, or, more likely, they reached
England via another route, perhaps directly from Nova Scotia. A possible
scenario is that, while living with their stepfather and mother at his native
Pobomcoup, British forces arrived in September 1758 after the fall of
Louisbourg, captured many of the inhabitants in the Cap-Sable
area, transported them to Georges Island, Halifax, and sent them on to France.
These Cap-Sable exiles reached Le Havre in early 1759 with some of the Acadians
deported to France from the Maritime islands. Michel Aubois
and his charges, however, may have been among the hand full of Cap-Sable
habitants who escaped into the woods when the redcoats struck that autumn.
If so, they did not remain free for long. The following summer, in late June 1759, they surrendered to the British, who
held them on Georges Island until early
November, when they shipped them off to England, which they reached in late
December. Most of these Cap-Sable exiles were trans-shipped from England to
Cherbourg and other French ports, where they arrived in mid-January 1760.
The Martin girls, their mother, and stepfather evidently were
sent elsewhere. Oldest sister Marie-Josèphe married French surgeon Louis
Courtin of Blois, probably a fellow prisoner of war, at Cork, Ireland, in September 1761. One
suspects that the rest of her sisters, other than
Marguerite, who had gone to Canada, were with her in Ireland as well. In
the spring of 1763, after the war with Britain ended, the sisters likely were
repatriated to Morlaix, France, and were still there the following year.
Their mother, and perhaps their stepfather as well, remained in Ireland.
Marie-Madeleine Girouard died at Kinsale on the Emerald Isle in
September 1765, age 51. That November, in France, the Martin
sisters followed other Acadian exiles repatriated from the British Isles to
recently-liberated Belle-Île-en-Mer off the southern coast of Brittany. Louis Courtin
and Marie-Josèphe Martin were counted with two daughters, ages
6 and 1, on the island that November. Also counted there in 1765 were
Martin sisters Françoise, age 23, and Anastasie, one of the twins, age 15.
Françoise married a Trahan widower near Sauzon on the island in
June 1777 and died there in
January 1781, age 39. In May 1778, Anastasie married a Cordouan
of Velay, France, near Sauzon and died there in April 1779, age 33, perhaps from
complications of childbirth. One wonders what happened to their two
younger sisters Anne and Nathalie, who would have been ages 20 and 17,
respectively, in 1765. They likely had followed their mother, stepfather,
and older sisters into exile, but they may not have made it to France.
Neither of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. One record insists that
Marie-Josèphe Martin, wife of Louis Courtin, died on
Belle-Île-en-Mer in May 1804. Other records, followed here, insist that,
as a widow with four Courtin children, three daughters and a
son, ages 22 to 11, she emigrated to Louisiana from France in 1785 and settled
near Baton Rouge--the only member of her immediate family to go to the Spanish
colony.
Étienne's fourth son
François,
born at Annapolis Royal in March 1715,
married Françoise, daughter of Alexandre Lord and Marie-Françoise
Barrieau, at Annapolis Royal in February 1740. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1740 and 1754, Françoise gave François five children, three
sons and two daughters. The British deported the family to New York in
December 1755. The following May, colonial officials counted Francis
Martain, his wife, and five children at Easthampton, Long
Island, in Suffolk County. Between 1758 and 1764, Françoise gave Francois
three
more children, a daughter and two sons. François, his wife, and eight children
appeared on a French repatriation list in the colony in 1763. The
following year or the year after, they resettled
at La Mouillage, today's La Marin, on the southern coast of the French
island of Martinique. Françoise gave François another son probably on the
island in 1764--eight children, five sons and three daughters, in all. François died between
February and December 1767, place unrecorded, probably on the island, in his
early 50s. His
daughters married into the Merloteau or Merlateau,
Beranger, Renaud, and Bouteiller
families at Au Carbet and La Mouillage on Martinique, and one of them died at Le
Carnéage, Ste.-Lucie, in Deceber 1767. At least two
of his sons created families on Martinique.
Second son
Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1746, followed his family
to New York and the French Antilles.
While working as a "raffineur et économe"--refiner and money
handler?--at Le Lamentin, Martinique, in the center of the island, he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians
Zacharie Richard and Élisabeth Blanchard, at
La Mouillage in June 1771. Joseph, a widower, died at La Mouillage in April 1783, age 36.
François's fourth
son Jean-Baptiste, born in August 1760
probably in New York, followed his family to the French Antilles and was baptized "dans la
paroisse du Fort" on Martinique, in September 1764. He
married Madeleine-Eulalie, daughter of Gilles-Yves Renaud and
Anne-Marguerite Maubillon, at La Mouillage in
October 1780.
François's fifth
and youngest son Pierre-Marthe, born probably on Martinique in c1764, died at Au
Carbet, today's Le Carbet, on the northwest shore of the island, in May 1765,
age 1.
Étienne's fifth and youngest son
Jean-Charles, called Jean, born at Annapolis Royal in November 1730, married Madeleine, daughter of Michel Richard and
Marie-Madeleine Blanchard, at Annapolis Royal in February 1754.
The British deported the couple to New York in December 1755. The
following May, colonial officials counted John Martin, his
wife, and two children at Oyster Bay, Long Island, in Suffolk County, not far
from his brother François. Jean remarried to Marie-Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques Maillet and Madeleine
Hébert, in c1759 probably in New York. She gave him three more
children, a son and two daughters, in the colony--at least five children by two
wives. Jean, his wife, and three children were still
in the colony in 1763. They followed older
brother François and his family to Martinique, where Jean worked as a master carpenter and then as a merchant. Two of his daughters
by his second wife married
into the Gautier and Gallais families at La
Mouillage on the island. None of his sons seems to have survived
childhood.
Joseph, born in New York in c1761, followed his family to
Martinique. He died at Au Carbet on the island in October 1765, age 4.380
Lanoue
Pierre
Lanoue
the cooper, a mid-1660s arrival, and his wife Jeanne Gautrot created a
fairly large family in the colony. Jeanne gave Pierre only one child, a
son, but the son married a healthy woman three years his senior and had many
sons of his own. Pierre and Jeanne's descendants remained at Annapolis
Royal, though some may have settled at Minas. At least two of the cooper's
descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765. A few of
them also could be found in South Carolina, and the great majority
of them in Canada, after Le Grand Dérangement. They were
especially numerous in the Montréal area.
Only son
Pierre, fils,
born at Port-Royal in c1683, married Marie, daughter of Laurent Granger and Marie
Landry, at Port-Royal in November 1702 and settled there. Marie
gave Pierre, fils nine children, six sons and three daughters.
According to Bona Arsenault, Pierre died at Lorembec, Île Royale, in January
1754, when he would have been in his early 70s, but this likely was another
Pierre in a different family with a similar surname. Pierre, fils's oldest daughter married into the Melanson
family. All six of his sons created their own families, four of them marrying
daughters of Acadian hero Charles Belliveau of Annapolis Royal.
Oldest son
Joseph,
born at Port-Royal in October 1703, married
Marguerite, daughter of Charles Belliveau and Marie Melanson, at
Annapolis Royal in October 1725. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1726 and
1743, Marguerite gave Joseph seven children, six sons and a daughter. In
the fall of 1755, the British deported the family to Connecticut, where they
appeared on a repatriation list in
1763. Later in the decade, they chose to go to Canada and settled at St.-Philippe-de-Laprairie across from Montréal.
Joseph died there in April 1782, age 81. His daughter married into the
Granger family at Laprairie. Five of his sons also
created families of their own.
Oldest son
Joseph, fils, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1726, married Jeanne
Robichaud there in c1749. The British deported them to
Massachusetts in the fall of 1755. Joseph,
fils, wife Nanette, two sons and a daughter appeared on a repatriation
list in the colony in August 1763.
They evidently followed their fellow exiles to Canada later in the decade.
British authorities counted them at Laprairie, near Joseph, fils's
family, in 1772.
Joseph, père's
second son Charles le jeune, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1728,
was still a bachelor in his late 20s when he followed his family to Connecticut
in the fall of 1755. At age 34, he married cousin Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Pierre Breau and Marie Melanson,
civilly in Connecticut in c1762. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1764
and 1779, Marie gave Charles le jeune five children, three sons and two
daughters. He may have been the Charles Lanau with a
family of three who appeared on a repatriation list in Connecticut in 1763.
They also moved on to Canada. His and Marie's marriage
was revalidated at Laprairie, Canada, in September 1772. Their daughters
married into the Boudrot and Bouley families
at Laprairie and nearby L'Acadie. Did any of their sons also create their
own families?
Joseph, père's
third son Pierre le jeune, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1733,
married Ursule, daughter of Antoine Brun and Françoise
Comeau, probably at Annapolis Royal in c1753. They, too, were
deported to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1754 and 1764, Ursule gave Pierre le jeune six children, five
daughters and a son. He likely was the Pierre Lanau "the
young" counted with a family of six in Connecticut in 1763. They, too,
followed his family to Laprairie across from Montréal. At age 55, Pierre
le jeune remarried to fellow Acadian Marie Hébert,
widow of François Landry, at nearby St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in
July 1788. Three of Pierre le jeune's daughters by first wife
Ursule married into the Granger, Hébert, and
Bourgeois families at nearby Laprairie. Did their son
also create a family of his own?
Joseph, père's
fourth son Michel-Poncy, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1736, was still a
bachelor in his late teens when he followed his family to Connecticut in the
fall of 1755. He married Madeleine, another daughter of Antoine
Brun and Françoise Comeau, in a civil ceremony in
Connecticut in c1761. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1761 and 1765,
Madeleine gave Michel-Poncy three children, two daughters and a son. He
likely was the Michel Lanau counted with a family of four in
Connecitcut in 1763. They, too, followed his family to Laprairie, Canada.
Their daughters married into the Boudrot and Clouâtre
families Laprairie. Did their son also create a family of his own?
Joseph, père's
fifth son François, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1739, followed his
family to Connecticut and Laprairie, where, at age 44, he married Geneviève,
daughter of fellow Acadians Dominque Clouâtre and Françoise
Broussard of Grand-Pré, in July 1783.
Pierre, fils's second
son Pierre III, born at Port-Royal in January 1706, married Françoise, daughter of Pierre Thibodeau l'aîné
and Anne-Marie Bourg, in c1727 probably at Annapolis Royal.
According to Bona Arsenault, between in 1731 and 1733, Françoise gave Pierre III
two daughters. Pierre III remarried
to Anne, another daughter of
Charles Belliveau and Marie Melanson,
at Annapolis Royal in November 1737. According to Arseanault,
between 1738 and 1750, Anne gave Pierre III six more children, three sons and
three daughters. The British deported the family
to Connecticut in the fall of 1755. Pierre
Lanou and his family of eight were still in the colony in 1763. They, too, chose to follow their fellow exiles to Canada later in the decade
and settled at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan above Montréa. Pierre III died at
nearby L'Assomption in December 1772, age 66. Five of his daughters by
both wives married into the Brun,
Trahan, Granger, and Petitot
dit Sincennes families in Connecticut and Canada. Two of his sons
also created their own families.
Oldest son
Pierre
IV, by second wife Anne Belliveau, born probably at Annapolis
Royal in c1738, followed his family to Connecticut, where they were counted in
1763. The following year, Pierre IV married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of
fellow Acadians Louis Dugas and Marie-Josèphe Girouard,
in a civil ceremony in Connecticut. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1765 and 1780, Marie-Josèphe gave Pierre IV seven children, five daughters and
two sons. Their marriage was revalidated at L'Assomption north of
Montréal, Canada, in September 1767. They settled at nearby
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan. Four of their daughters married into the
Robichaud, Melanson, Langlois dit
Lachapelle, and Mirault, probably Amireau,
families at St.-Jacques. One of Pierre IV's sons also created his own
family.
Older son
Joseph,
born probably at St.-Jacques de l'Achigaqn in c1768, married Anne-Esther, daughter of fellow
Acadians Charles Mirault and Isabelle Robichaud,
at St.-Jaques de l'Achigan in October 1789.
Pierre III's
second son Jean-Baptiste, by second wife Anne Belliveau,
born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1740, followed his family to Connecticut,
where they appeared on a repatriation list in 1763. The following year, Jean-Baptiste married
Marie-Théotiste, daughter of fellow Acadians Guillaume Bourgeois
and Anne Hébert, in a civil ceremony in the Connecticut.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1765 and 1781, Marie-Théotiste gave
Jean-Baptiste 10 children, four sons and six daughters. Their marriage was
revalidated at L'Assomption, Canada, in November 1767. They also settled
at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan. One of their daughters married into the
Terriot family at St.-Jacques. Two of Jean-Baptiste's
sons also created their own families there.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, fils, born probably in Connecticut in c1765, followed
his family to Canada and married Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph
LeBlanc and Marie-Madeleine Dugas, at
St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in February 1794.
Jean-Baptiste,
père's second son Pierre, born in Connecticut or Canada in c1767,
married Suzanne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Breau and
Suzanne Dupuis, at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan in March 1794.
Pierre, fils's third son Charles, born at Port-Royal in February
1709,
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles Landry and Catherine-Josèphe
Broussard, at Grand-Pré in June 1729. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1730 and 1754, Marie-Josèphe gave Charles a dozen children, seven
daughters and five sons. The British deported the family to Connecticut in
the fall of 1755. Two of his daughters married into the Thibodeau
family. One wonders if any of sons created their own families. Where
did they go after the war?
Pierre, fils's fourth son René, born at Annapolis Royal in December
1710,
married Marguerite, daughter of Michel dit Lafond Richard and Agnès Bourgeois,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1732. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1734 and 1750, Marguerite gave René seven children, all sons. René died at
Annapolis Royal in May 1751, age 40. The British deported his widow and four of
their sons to South Carolina in the
fall of 1755. According to Arsenault, Marguerite and youngest son François
died "of stranger's fever," probably smallpox, "at the plantation of a Mr.
Vanderhorst" soon after they reached the southern colony, but the other boys
survived. Three of René's sons created their own families, two of the
older ones in Nova Scotia and the younger one in South Carolina.
Second son Amand, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1736, evidently escaped
the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and, with a younger
brother, sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Later in the
decade or in the early 1760s, he and his brother either surrendered to, or were
captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound
in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Amand was held at Fort Cumberland, former Beauséjour,
at Chignecto, where he married Marie, daughter of Ambroise Melanson
and Marguerite Comeau, in c1762. The couple appeared on a
repatriation list at Fort Cumberland in August 1763. According to
Bona Arsenault, between 1764 and 1776, Marie gave Amand six children, five
daughters and a son. After the war, they settled with other Acadian
exiles at Grosses-Coques on the Baie Ste.-Marie, today's St. Mary's Bay.
In 1793, Amand's younger brother Basil Lanneau of Charleston,
South Carolina, reunited with Amand probably at his home on St. Mary's Bay.
Amand died there in 1815, in his late 70s. His daughters married into the
Amirault, Comeau, and Belliveau
families on St. Mary's Bay. One wonders if his son also created a family
of his own.
René's third son Jean-Baptiste, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1738,
followed his widowed mother and three brothers to South Carolina in the fall and
winter of 1755-56. After his mother and one of his younger brothers died,
Jean-Baptiste remained in the colony, and his younger brother Basile taught him
the tanner trade. Like Basile, Jean-Baptiste converted to Protestantism,
becoming an Anglican/Episcopalian. And like Basile he remained in the
British colony and adopted the spelling Lanneau for his
surname. His anglophone neighbors called him John. He died at
Charleston in 1781, in his early 40s. He did not marry.
René's fourth son Grégoire, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1741, followed
his widowed mother and three brothers to South Carolina in the fall and winter
of 1755-56. After his mother and one of his younger brothers died,
Grégoire, now in his late teens, evidently struck out on his own and disappears
from the historical record, unless he also died with his mother and brother.
René's fifth son Pierre le jeune, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1744, evidently
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and, with an
older brother, sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Later in
the decade or in the early 1760s, he and his brother either surrendered to, or
were captured by, British forces in the area and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia
for the rest of the war. One wonders if he was held at Fort Cumberland
with older brother Amand and his brother's wife Marie. After the war, Pierre le jeune also remained in Nova Scotia. He married Mary
Doane at Liverpool on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia in
c1766 and also settled at Grosses-Coques on the Baie Ste.-Marie. Pierre
le jeune died in Nova Scotia before 1793, when his younger brother
Basil Lanneau coaxed his widow Mary into allowing him to take
her and Pierre le jeune's son Pierre, fils and daughter Sarah
back to Charleston with him, where he raised his nephew and niece.
Pierre, fils, born in Nova Scotia,
date not given, along with his sister Sarah,
accompanied paternal uncle Basil Lanneau to Charleston, South
Carolina, in 1793. Pierre, fils's anglophone neighbors
called him Peter Lanneau. According to a descendant,
Peter created "the second branch of the family in South Carolina."
René's sixth son Basile, born probably at Annapolis Royal in c1746, followed his
widowed mother and three brothers to South Carolina in the fall and winter of
1755-56. After his mother and one of his brothers died, Henry Laurens, the future hero of the American Revolution,
became young Basile's patron and helped him become a tanner at Charleston.
Basile taught the trade to his older brother Jean-Baptiste. Under the influence
of the Laurens and other wealthy Charlestonians, and perhaps remembering the faith of
their Huguenot ancestors, the Lanoue
orphans converted to Protestantism; Basile became a Huguenot, Jean-Baptiste
an Anglican/Episcopalian. Basile, in fact, became an elder in his
Huguenot congregation and later became a member of the Circular
Congregational Church, also called the Old White Meeting House. In
South Carolina, their name evolved from Lanoue to Lanneau--Basile
became Bazile Lanneau, and Jean Baptiste became John Lanneau.
They were among the relatively few Acadians who remained in the British seaboard
colonies after the 1760s. A descendant notes that Basil "became a wealthy and prominent citizen of
Charleston. He served three terms in the Legislature of South Carolina,
1796, 1798, and 1802." Basil's first wife and their five children perished
in a yellow fever epidemic and were all buried in the Huguenot churchyard.
From his second marriage, Basil created "an extensive progeny, the most
distinguished of whom was his grandson, Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, doubtless the greatest classical scholar America
has produced." The descendant continues:
"In 1793, after the loss of his first family, Basil Lanneau made the
tedious journey to his childhood home [Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia] in
the hope of finding one of his elder brothers. He had nearly given up
when he accidentally discovered his long-lost brother Amand, who had
returned from exile. Through Amand he located the widow of his
brother, Pierre IV, and after much persuasion she allowed her son, Pierre V,
and her daughter, Sarah, to return with him to Charleston. From this
Pierre, the fifth of the name, is descended the second branch of the family
in South Carolina. Known in Charleston as Peter Lanneau, he was
the father of Fleetwood Lanneau, the latter a prominent merchant,
banker, member of the legislature, officer of Governor Gist's staff and Captain
of the Palmetto Guard."
Basil died at Charleston in 1833, age 87, and is buried at the Old White Meeting
House.
René's seventh and youngest son François, born probably at Annapolis Royal in
c1750, followed his widowed mother and three brothers to South Carolina in the
fall and winter of 1755-56. Along with his mother, he died probably of
smallpox "at the plantation of a Mr. Vanderhorst" soon after the family reached
the southern colony. He would have been age 6 or 7.
Pierre, fils's fifth son
Honoré, born at
Annapolis Royal in December 1713,
married Agnès, yet
another daughter of
Charles Belliveau and Marie Melanson,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1745. According to Bona
Arsenault, in 1746 and 1748, Agnès gave Honoré two sons. The family escaped
the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on
the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and then in the French stronghold at Restigouche
at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. Honoré died either on the shore or
at Restigouche before 24 October 1760, when his widow and her family of four
were counted at the French stronghold soon after its surrender. The
British likely held them in one of the prison compounds in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war.
Pierre, fils's sixth and youngest
son Michel, born at Annapolis Royal in February 1717, married Marie-Judith, another
daughter of
Charles Belliveau and Marie Melanson,
at Annapolis Royal in January 1742. According to Bona Arsenault, they
resettled at Chignecto. Arsenault says that Marie-Judith gave Michel a son
in 1743, and other records give them another son in 1746. Michel and his
family evidently escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in the summer and fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the
Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and then in the French stronghold at Restigouche at
the head of the Baie des Chaleurs.
Michel died either on the shore or at Restigouche before 24, October
1760, when his widow and her family of six were counted at the French stronghold
soon after its surrender.
The British held Marie-Judith and her famliy in the prison compound at Halifax
in the early 1760s. She and five of her children
appeared on a repatriation list there in August 1763. Two of her and Michel's sons emigrated to Louisiana
in 1765 and settled on the river above New Orleans--the only members of the
Acadian branch of the Lanoue family to go there. The
older brother did not marry, but the younger one created a vigorous line on what
became known as the Acadian Coast.
Older son Joseph le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal or Chignecto in c1743, followed his family into exile in
the fall of 1755. He likely was counted with his widowed mother and
siblings at Restigouche in October 1760 and was held in the prison compound at
Halifax in the final years of the war. He
came to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 with his younger brother Pierre and settled
in the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New
Orleans. In 1769, at Cabahannocer, Joseph, who the Spanish census taker
described as a 23-year-old
bachelor, was living on lot number 133 on the left, or east, bank of the
river near his brother. There was no one else in his household. He probably did not marry.
Michel's younger son Pierre le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal
or Chignecto in c1746, followed his family into exile in the fall of 1755.
He likely was counted with his widowed mother and siblings at Restigouche in
October 1760 and was held in the prison compound at Halifax in the final years of
the war. Pierre came to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 with his older
brother Joseph and settled at Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans.
In 1769, a Spanish official counted Pierre on lot number 130 on the left, or east, bank of the river
at Cabahannocer near his brother with no one else in his household. Pierre
married Catherine, daughter of fellow Acadians Jacques LeBlanc and
Catherine-Marie-Josèphe Forest of Minas, probably at
Cabahannocer in c1770. Catherine had come to the colony from Maryland in
1766. They owned a slave in 1779. Pierre died in St. James Parish in
July 1817. The priest who recorded the
burial said that Pierre was age 72 when he died. His daughters
married into the Landry, Laudenbach, LeBlanc,
Melançon, Mire, and Triat families. Two of his
three sons also married, into the Mire and Sonnier
families, and settled on the river in St. James and Ascension parishes. His
descendants, with the exception of a great-granddaughter, remained on the river.
One of his grandsons settling in Iberville Parish. Several of his
granddaughters and great-granddaughters married Foreign Frenchmen. In
Louisiana, the family's name evolved from Lanoue to
Lanoux.381
Corporon
Jean
Corporon,
a late 1660s arrival, and his wife Françoise Savoie created a substantial
family in the colony. Between 1671 and 1696, Françoise gave Jean 15 children, eight
daughters and seven sons. Seven of their daughters married into the Boudrot,
Doucet dit Laverdure, LeClerc dit Laverdure, Hébert,
Johnson dit Jeanson, Samuel, and Seigneur
dit La Rivière families. Two of them, Marie and Marguerite, gave birth
to "natural" daughters before they married. Only three of Jean's sons
created families of their own. His and Françoise's descendants settled at Port-Royal/Annapolis
Royal, Grand-Pré and Pigiguit in the Minas Basin, Pobomcoup near Cap-Sable, and
on Île Royale and Île St.-Jean in the French Maritimes.
At least two of Jean's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in the
late 1760s, but no family lines developed there. Most of his descendants
could be found in Canada, France, the French Antilles, and especially in Nova Scotia after Le Grand
Dérangement.
Oldest son
Jacques, born at Port-Royal in c1675, survived childhood but did not marry.
Jean's second son
Jean-Baptiste, called Jean l'aîné, a navigator, born at Port-Royal in
c1677, married Marie, daughter
of Philippe Pinet and Catherine Hébert, in c1702 probably at
Port-Royal. In late June 1714, they went with other peninsula Acadians to
Cape Breton Island, still controlled by the French, to look at land there.
They evidently liked what they saw; they were among the first Acadians to settle
in the new French colony of Île Royale. Between the early 1700s and 1728,
at Port-Royal and on Île Royale, Marie gave Jean l'aîné 10 children, four
daughters and six sons. Jean Bapiste died on Île Royale in March 1741, in
his mid-60s. Three of his daughters married into the Lartigue, Latapy dit
La Fleur, Bourhis, and LeChaux families, all on Île Royale.
Only two of his sons created their own families.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste, fils,
born at Annapolis Royal in August 1712, followed his family to Île Royale and
married Marie-Charlotte, daughter of Jean Bourhis and Marie-Josèphe
Martin, there in April 1733. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735
and 1755, Marie-Charles gave Jean-Baptiste, fils six children, five
daughters and a son. Jean-Baptiste, fils died on the island by 1749, in his
30s. Second daughter Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, married into the Pitard
and Borde families at Louisbourg in October 1752 and Rochefort,
France, in July 1760, where she, her first husband, and perhaps her siblings
were deported in late 1758. Madeleine ended up on Martinique in the French
Antilles by November 1764, when she died at Fort Royal on the island, in her
early 30s. Did Jean-Baptiste, fils's only son,
François-Antoine, born in
c1741, or any of his other daughters marry?
Jean l'aîné's second son,
name unrecorded,
born before 1717, place not given, died young.
Jean l'aîné's
third son
Jean-Charles, born at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1722, was counted at Lorembec
on the Atlantic shore of the island, near his sister Marie-Madeleine, wife of
Jean LeChaux, in April 1752, age 30. Jean-Charles had no
family at the time, so he probably did not marry.
Jean l'aîné's
fourth son Joseph, born at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, in c1723,
likely died young.
Jean l'aîné's
fifth son Eustache, born probably at Port-Toulouse, Île Royale, date unrecorded, married Angélique, daughter
of François Viger dit Brigeau and Claire Lejeune, in c1749
probably on Île Royale.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1750 and 1758,
Angélique gave Eustache five children, three daughters and two sons. They likely escaped the British roundup on the island in
late 1758 and may
have sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late
1750s or early 1760s, they either surrendered to, or were captured by, British
forces in the region and held in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest
of the war. Eustache Corp,
likely Corporon, his unnamed wife, and five unnamed children
appeared on a French repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. They remained in British Nova
Scotia. Two of their daughters married into the Froutain
and Robichaud families in the Halifax area in the 1770s.
Two of Eustache's sons also married in British Nova Scotia.
Older son Joseph, born probably on Île Royale in c1754, followed his family
into exile and imprisonment. At age 25, he married Isabelle, daughter of
fellow Acadians Claude Boudreau and Judith Landry,
perhaps in the Halifax area in October 1779.
Eustache's younger son Abraham-Gilbert, born probably on Île Royale in
c1756, followed his family into exile and imprisonment. At age 33, he
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Doucet and
Félicité Mius, perhaps in the Halifax area in November 1789.
Abraham-Gilbert died at Bas-de-Tousket, today's New Tusket, Nova Scotia, in
August 1834, in his late 70s.
Jean l'aîné's sixth and
youngest son François, born on Île Royale in August 1728, probably died young.
Jean's third son
Martin, born at Port-Royal in c1687, married Cécile, daughter of François Joseph dit Lejeune and
Jeanne Lejeune, in 1708 probably at Port-Royal, but they did not remain
there. They settled at Grand-Pré and
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the Minas Basin, where, between 1709 and the late
1710s, Cécile gave Martin three children, two daughters and a son. Martin remarried to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François
Viger and Marie Mius d'Azy, in c1718 perhaps at Pobomcoup, lived at
Minas, and moved on to the French Maritimes. Between 1719 and 1735,
Marie-Josèphe gave Martin six more children, four daughters and two sons--nine
children, six daughters and three sons, by two wives, between 1709 and 1735.
They moved on to Île St.-Jean by the late 1740s. Martin died perhaps
on the island by July 1750, in his early 60s, when Marie-Josèphe remarried to a
Benoit widower at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean. Martin's
daughters, by his second wife, married into the Trahan, Roy,
Dupuis dit Raymond, Lejeune, and Simoneau families,
and two of them emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from Maryland in the late 1760s. Only one of Martin's sons created a family of his own,
in greater Acadia and France.
Oldest son
Pierre, by
first wife Cécile Joseph, born at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in
the late 1710s, married
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Viger dit Brigeau and Claire
Lejeune, in c1737, place unrecorded, but it likely was at Pobomcoup
(oddly, his wife's name was the same as his stepmother's). After the fall
of Louisbourg in July 1758, the British likely rounded up Pierre and his family
with other Cap-Sable Acadians and held them briefly on Georges Island, Halifax,
before deporting them to England. The English sent them on to Cherbourg,
France, which they reached in January 1760. Pierre remarried to Marie
Simon, perhaps a fellow Acadian, in Trés-Ste.-Trinité Parish, Cherbourg, France, in November 1761.
He died perhaps at Cherbourg before September 1772, in his mid- or late 50s.
Martin's second
son Jean, by second wife
Marie-Josèphe Viger, born probably at Minas in in c1727, died
there in July 1731, age 4.
Martin's third and youngest son
Jean-Charles,
by second wife Marie-Josèphe Viger, born probably at Minas in
c1733, followed his family to Île St.-Jean. He died with his mother and
stepfather on the crossing to St.-Malo, France, aboard the transport Duke
William in December 1758, age 25, before he could marry.
Jean's fourth son
François, born at Port-Royal in c1688, died young.
Jean's fifth son
Charles,
born at Port-Royal in c1691, also died young.
Jean's sixth son
Jean le jeune, born at Port-Royal in c1692, married Jeanne Pichot in c1730, place unrecorded,
but it probably was in the French Maritimes, where he served as an officier
sur les navies. They were living on Île Royale in c1749 but moved on
to Île St.-Jean. Jean le jeune died at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, in September 1756, in his mid-60s.
One of their daughters ended up in La Rochelle, France, where she married into
the Dixmier family in June 1784. They did not go to
Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jean's seventh and
youngest son Ambroise, born at Port-Royal in c1696, died young.382
Guilbeau
Pierre
Guilbeau, a late 1660s arrval, and his wife Catherine Thériot created
a small but significant family in the colony. Between 1669 and 1685, Catherine gave Pierre seven
children, two sons and five daughters. Pierre died at Port-Royal in
November 1703, in his early 60s. His daughters married into the
Blanchard, Dugas, Granger, and Landry families.
Only one of his sons created a family of his own, but the line became a vigorous one.
Most of Pierre
and Catherine's descendants remained at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal. At
least 11 of their descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.
Substantial numbers of their descendants also could be found in Canada, France,
and on Île Miquelon after Le Grand Dérangement.
Older
son Hugues, born at Port-Royal in c1673, was counted there in 1693, age 19, but
he evidently did not marry.
Pierre's younger
son Charles, born at Port-Royal in c1678, married Anne, daughter of Bernard Bourg and Françoise Brun,
at Port-Royal by 1701. Between 1702 and the 1710s, Anne gave Charles nine children, five sons and four daughters, including a set
of twins. Charles died at Annapolis Royal in March 1751, in his early 70s.
Three of his daughters married into the Girouard,
Forest, and Michel families, and one of them may have died in France.
Four of Charles's five sons
also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Charles, fils,
born at Port-Royal in February 1703, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Alexandre
Comeau and Marguerite Doucet, at Annapolis Royal in November 1727.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1730 and 1737, Marie-Anne gave Charles,
fils three children, two sons and a daughter. Charles, fils remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean Breau and Anne Chiasson, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1740. According to Arsenault, Marie gave
Charles, fils another daughter in 1743. Charles, fils
died at Annapolis Royal in November 1750, age 47. Most of the family
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge
in Canada. Wife Marie died at Québec in November 1768. Her
Guilbeau daughter married into the Spénard family at
St.-Pierre-les-Besquets on the upper St. Lawrence. Charles, fils's
oldest son by his first wife followed an uncle to Louisiana.
Older son
Joseph
le jeune,
by first wife Marie-Anne Comeau, born at Annapolis Royal in
December 1730, evidently did not escape the British roundup at Annapolis the
fall of 1755 and was deported to South Carolina. He may have been among
the Acadians who, in the spring of 1756, the governors of South Carolina and
Georgia encouraged to return to Nova Scotia by sea and go no farther than New
York, where colonial officials, calling him Joseph Gilboa,
counted him in Westchester County in August 1756. He evidently left New
York for Halifax after February 1763 and emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in
1765. He settled at the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on
the river, where Spanish officials counted him on the left, or east, bank of the
river in April 1766. He married cousin Catherine Comeau, widow of
____ Lafaye, at Cabahannocer in October 1767. They evidently had no
children. Joseph died by March 1779, when his wife was listed in a an
Acadian Coast census as a widow
Charles, père's second son
Pierre,
born at Port-Royal in April 1704, married Madeleine, daughter of
René Forest and Françoise Dugas, at Annapolis Royal in January
1731.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1732 and 1758, Madeleine gave Pierre eight
children, six daughters and two sons. The family escaped the British
roundup at Annapolis Royal in 1755 and sought refuge on lower Rivière St.-Jean
before moving on to Canada. According to Arsenault, their fourth daughter
was not the Marguerite Guilbeau who chose to remain at
Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas on the lower St.-Jean, where she married into the
Godin family, but other records say otherwise. In early 1759, when the British attacked the
Acadian settlements on the lower St.-Jean, New-English rangers killed Marguerite
Guilbeau, wife of Michel Godin dit
Beauséjour, and their infant son. Meanwhile, Pierre died at St.-Charles de Bellechasse on the St. Lawrence below Québec in
April 1758, age 54, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that struck
Acadian refugees in the Québec area the previous fall and winter. Four of
his daughters married into the Bourg, Richard,
Daigle, and Cyr families, one of them at
Ékoupag on the lower St.-Jean. One wonders what happened to his two sons.
Charles, père's third son Jean-Baptiste, born at Port-Royal in July
1706, died an infant.
Charles, père's fourth son Alexandre, born at Port-Royal
in January 1708, married
Marguerite, daughter of Alexandre Girouard and Marie Le Borgne de
Bélisle, at Annapolis Royal in February 1734. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1734 and 1752, Marguerite gave Alexandre eight children, five
sons and three daughters. In the autumn of 1755, the British placed
Alexandre and his family aboard the transport Pembroke, bound for North
Carolina. Soon after leaving the Annapolis Basin, the Acadians aboard the
vessel overwhelmed the crew, hid the vessel in Baie Ste.-Marie for a while, sailed the Pembroke to the mouth of
Rivière St.-Jean, and escaped to the settlements on the lower river, where they
spent the rest of the winter. The following spring, Alexandre and his family moved up
the St.-Jean portage to Canada. Alexandre remarried to Élisabeth,
daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Breau and Marguerite Dugas and widow of Pierre
Aucoin, at St.-Pierre-les Becquets on the upper St. Lawrence between
Trois-Rivières and Québec, in November 1759.
Alexandre died at Sorel on the St. Lawrence above
Montréal in May 1776, age 68. Three of his sons also settled int he area.
Oldest son Amand, born at Annapolis Royal in c1734, followed his family
into exile and married fellow Acadian Françoise Poirier in
c1756. He remarried to Marie-Charlotte Carpentier dit
Bailly, widow of Gabriel Tellier, at St.-Pierre-les Becquets in
March 1761.
Alexandre's second son Joseph le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1736, followed his family into exile and to Canada. He married fellow
Acadian Madeleine Bertrand, widow of Jean Hébert,
at Québec in September 1763.
Alexandre's fifth and youngest son Grégoire, born at Annapolis Royal in
c1750, followed his family into exile and to Canada. He married Agathe,
daughter of Claude Hus dit Mallet and Françoise
Mandeville, at Sorel in April 1771.
Charles, père's fifth and youngest
son Joseph, born at Port-Royal in February 1710, married Madeleine, daughter of Jacques
Michel and Catherine Comeau, at Annapolis Royal in January 1733.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1752, Madeleine gave Joseph nine
children, five daughters and four sons. In the autumn of 1755, the British
placed Joseph and his family, also, aboard the transport Pembroke,
bound for North Carolina, and they also sought refuge at the settlements on lower
Rivière St.-Jean. The following spring, Joseph took his family not to
Canada via the St.-Jean portage but to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and then to Restigouche at the head of the Baie des
Chaleurs, where he was appointed a lieutenant in the Acadian militia (perhaps
the origin of his unusual dit, L'Officier). Three of his
daughters married into the Boudrot, Babineau,
and Bernard families at Restigouche. Son Charles married
to a fellow Acadian probably at Restigoche in c1760. A British naval force
from Louisbourg attacked the French stronghold in late June 1760. After a
spirited fight in which Acadian militia and Mi'kmaq warriors played an important role,
the French commander blew up his larger vessels and retreated up Rivière Restigouche, leaving the militia and the Indians to prevent a British landing. Unable to
capture the garrison or lay waste to the area, the British commander ordered his
ships to return to Louisbourg. In October, after the fall of Montréal, another British naval force,
this one from Québec, appeared at Restigouche to accept the garrison's, and the
Acadians', surrender. On 24 October 1760, on the eve of formal surrender, French officers counted
1,003 exiles still at Restigouche, among them Joseph dit L'Officier Guilbeau
and his family; and another large Guilbeau family. After the
counting, Joseph dit L'Officer and his family
either fled or were led down the coast to Nipisiguit, where they were counted in 1761. Unable
to feed themselves in the crowded refugee camp, the British sent them, along with hundreds of
other refugees, to prison compounds in Nova Scotia, where they were held for the
rest of the war. Joseph dit L'Officier and his family of six
appeared on a French repatriation list at Halifax in August 1763. One of his
daughters married into the Thibodeau family there. Joseph
and most of his family followed the Broussards to Louisiana
via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, in 1764-65. Joseph died at Attakapas in September 1765, age 55, victim of an
epidemic that killed dozens of his fellow Teche valley Acadians that summer and
fall. Two of his daughters married or remarried into the Broussard
and LeBlanc families at Attakapas. Three of Joseph dit
L'Officier's five sons also married, into the Trahan, Bourg,
Broussard, Mouton, and Arceneaux
families at Restigouche and on the Attakapas prairies. Two of his sons did
not go to Louisiana, but one of his grandsons did.
Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Annapolis Royal in c1735,
followed his family into exile and into the prison compound at Halifax,
where he married Charlotte, daughter of Charles Saint-Étienne de La Tour
le jeune and his second wife Marguerite Richard, in
February 1763. They did not follow his parents to Louisiana but resettled,
instead, on Miquelon, a French-controlled fishery island off the southern coast of Newfoundland, where Joseph,
fils worked as a navigator. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1765 and 1782, Charlotte gave Joseph, fils nine children, six sons and
three daughters, including a set of twins. Other records give them another
daughter. French officials counted them on the island in 1766 and 1776 and
may have spent time in France in 1767-68.
In 1778, during the American Revolution, the British deported them along with
their fellow island Acadians to La Rochelle, France, where a daughter died a day
after her birth, another daughter died at age 2, and their youngest son
was born. Members of the family returned to Île Miquelon in 1783 and moved
on to nearby Île St.-Pierre. Other members of the family remained in
France. A daughter married into the Pradère family at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer near St.-Malo.
Oldest son Joseph III, born at Halifax or on Île Miquelon in c1765,
followed his family to France in 1778 but probably did not return with them
to Île Miquelon in 1783. He emigrated to Spanish Louisiana from France perhaps in
1785, joined his uncles on the prairies, and married into the Richard
and Vallot families.
Joseph, fils's fifth son Jean-Baptiste, born probably on Île
Miquelon in c1773, also remained in France. He married Angélique, daughter
of fellow Acadians Jean Cyr and Marguerite Dugas,
at St.-Servan-sur-Rance, France, In June 1804.
Joseph, père's fifth and
youngest son Basile-David, called David, born at Annapolis Royal in c1752,
followed his family into exile and into the prison compound at Halifax. He
did not follow them to Louisiana but chose to follow his oldest brother to Île
Miquelon, where French officials counted him in 1767 and 1776 and described him
as an orphan. He married Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph-Nicolas Gauthier and Anne LeBlanc, on
the island in October 1783. According to Bona Arsenault, Victoire gave
David a son, Joseph le jeune, in 1784. He worked either as a
fisherman or a navigator and died in the sinking of the ship Batterie Verte
off the village of Riantec, Morbihan, Brittany, France, in January 1804, in his
early 50s.383
Caissie dit Roger
Roger
dit Jean Caissie, the Irishman, a late 1660s arrival, and his wife
Marie-Françoise Poirier created a large family in the colony.
Between 1669 and 1697, Marie-Françoise gave Roger seven children, three daughters
and four sons.
Two of their daughters married into the Doucet and Deveau
families. All four of Roger's sons created families of
their own. His and Marie-Françoise's
descendants settled not only at Butte-à-Roger near
Pointe-à-Beauséjour, Chignecto, but also in the French Maritimes and
Canada (before Le Grand Dérangement). Four of the
Irishman's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 and tended to
use the surname Roger. Even
more could be found in Canada, greater Acadia, and France after Le Grand
Dérangement. They tended to call themselves Caissy
or Caissie or one of the name's many variations.
Oldest
son Jean, born probbly at Port-Royal in c1676, followed his family to Chignecto,
became a carpenter, and married Anne, daughter of Charles Bourgeois and
Anne Dugas, in c1695 probably at Chignecto. Between 1696 and 1703,
Anne gave Jean three children, two daughters and a son. Jean remarried to Cécile, daughter
of Étienne Hébert and Jeanne Comeau, in c1706 probably at
Chignecto. Between 1707 and 1733, Cécile gave Jean 13 more children, three
sons and 10 daughters--16 children, 12 daughters and four sons, by two
wives. Jean died probably at Chignecto by February 1748, in his late 60s or early 70s. All of
his many children created their own families. His daughters by both wives married into the
Mangeant dit Saint-Germain, Boudrot, Hébert, Grossin, L'Enfant, Bouchard, Hilairet, Delaune,
LePrieur dit Dubois, Habel dit Duvivier, LeMonnier, Clémenceau, Tandau, Pothier, Butteau,
and Léger dit Sansrémission ôu dit Raymond families. Two
of them, with their entire families, along with a brother and his family,
perished aboard one of the two transports that sank in a mid-December storm off
the southwest coast of England during the 1758 crossing from the Maritimes to St.-Malo. One
of them died in French Guiane in 1765.
Oldest son
Jean, fils,
by first wife Anne Bourgeois, born at Chignecto in c1703, married
cousin Marguerite, daughter of Guillaume Bourgeois and
Catherine-Josèphe Thibodeau, at Annapolis Royal in October 1728.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1733 and 1746, Marguerite gave Jean,
fils seven children, three daughter and four sons. Jean, fils remarried to Marie-Anne, daughter of Martin Richard and Marguerite
Bourg and widow of Pierre Doucet, at Beaubassin in February 1748.
She evidently gave him no more children. The family evidently escaped the
British roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge in Canada. Jean, fils died at Batiscan on the upper St. Lawrence between Québec
City and Trois-Rivières in July 1789, in his late 80s. One of his
daughters by first wife Marguerite married into the Massaugier
family. His sons also settled in Canada.
Oldest son
Jean-Baptiste-Claude, by first wife Marguerite Bourgeois, born
at Chignecto in c1741, followed his family to Canada, where he became a
navigator. He married Louise, daughter of Jean Forton and
Louise Chamard, at Québec City in April 1768. He died
there in December 1786, in his mid-40s. One of their daughters married a
Caissy cousin at Batiscan.
Jean, fils's
second son Joseph, by first wife Marguerite Bourgeois, born at
Chignecto in c1742, followed his family to Canada. He married Théotiste,
daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Bourg and Madeleine
Blanchard, in c1766, place unrecorded. They settled at Batiscan.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1769 and 1787, Théotiste gave Joseph 14
children, nine sons and four daughters. Joseph died at Batiscan in January
1822, age 80. Three of his daughters married into the Gouin,
Tousignant, Veillet, and Lefebvre
families at Batiscan. Five of his sons also married in the area.
Second son
Joachim, born probably at Bastiscan in c1770, married Thérèse, daughter of
fellow Acadians Félix Godin and Marie-Rose Roy,
there in November 1793.
Joseph's third
son Joseph, fils, born probably at Bastican in c1774, married Josephte,
daughter of Antoine Lafond and Angélique Papiau-Périgny,
there in January 1796.
Joseph, père's
fourth son Louis, born probably at Bastiscan in c1775, married Élisabeth
Généraux, place unrecorded, in c1800.
Joseph, père's
seventh son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, born probably at Basitcan in c1784,
married Marie, daughter of François Bigot dit Dorval
and Marguerite Doucet, at nearby Champlain in January 1809.
One of their daughters married a Caissy cousin at Batiscan.
Jean, at age 40, remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Perron
and Marie-Josèphe Arcand, at Batiscan in April 1824.
Joseph, père's
ninth and youngest son François, born probably at Batiscan in c1787, married
Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Houle and Véronique
Cloutier, there in September 1808.
Jean, fils's
third son Nicolas, by first wife Marguerite Bourgeois, born at
Chignecto in c1744, followed his family to Canada. In his early 30s, he
married Élisabeth, another daughter of Joseph Bourg and
Madeleine Blanchard, at Bastiscan in February 1775.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1795, Élisabeth gave Nicolas 11
children, six sons and five daughters. Nicolas died at Batiscan in October
1813, in his late 60s. Four of his daughters married into the
Rouillard-Saint-Cyr, Brunet, Beaufort-Brunel,
and Déry families at Batiscan. Four of his sons also
married, two of them at Gaspésie on the northern shore of the Baie des Chaleurs
in greater Acadia.
Second son
Michel, born probably at Batiscan in c1780, married Marguerite, daughter of
Charles Marchildon and Marie-Josèphe Langevin,
there in October 1803.
Nicolas's third
son Joseph, born probably at Batiscan in c1780, moved on to Gaspésie and, at age
30 married Reine, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Bourg and
Théotiste Savoie, at Carleton there in September 1810. They
settled at nearby Miguasha at the entrance to the estuary of Rivière
Restigouche. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1810 and 1831, Reine
gave Joseph 11 children, seven sons and five daughters.
Nicolas's fifth
son Abraham, born probably at Batiscan in c1789, married, at age 39 cousin
Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste-Claude Caissy,
a master pilot, and his Canadian wife Louise Forton, at
Batiscan in September 1828. Abraham, at age 48, remarried to cousin
Euphémie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Caissy and his
Canadian wife Marie Bigot dit Dorval, at Batiscan in
September 1837.
Nicolas's sixth
and youngest son Urbain, born probably at Batiscan in c1790, followed his older
brother Joseph to Gaspésie and settled near him at Miguasha. Urbain
married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Paul Babineau
dit Deslauriers and Jeanne Arsenault, at Carleton in July
1815. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Urbain a daughter in 1818.
At age 34, Urbain remarried to Sophie, daughter of Alexis Marchard,
navigator, and his wife Josephte Biron, at Batiscan in February
1824. He evidently had gone back home only to find another wife.
According Arsenault, between 1825 and 1833, Sophie gave Urbain six more
children, five sons and a daughter. At age 44, Urbain remarried again--his
third marriage--to Élisabeth, daughter of Charles Létourneau
and Marthe Bernard, at Carleton in February 1834.
According to Arsenault, 1834 and 1848, Élisabeth gave Urbain nine more children,
five daughters and four sons--16 children, seven daughters and nine sons, by three wives.
Jean, fils's
fourth and youngest son Amand, by first wife Marguerite Bourgeois,
born at Chignecto in c1746, followed his family to Canada. He married
fellow Acadian Marguerite Mouton, widow of Amand
Robichaud, of Champlain, at Québec City in February 1767.
Jean, père's
second son Jacques, by second wife Cécile Hébert, born at
Chignecto in c1710, married Marie-Josèphe,
daughter of Pierre Olivier and François Bonnevie, at Beaubassin in
February 1735. According to Bona Arsenault, in 1742 and 1745,
Marie-Josèphe gave Jacques two children, a daughter and a son. They moved
on to the French Maritimes after 1752. The
British deported the family to France in late 1758. Jacques, in his late
40s, and his family died on one of the two British transports that sank in a
mid-December storm off the southwest coast of England on the crossing to
St.-Malo.
Jean, père's
third son Michel,
by second wife Cécile Hébert, born at Chignecto in c1721, married Marguerite, daughter of Germain Henry and
Cécile Deveau, in c1748 probably at Chignecto. In 1750 and 1751,
Marguerite gave Michel two daughters. They moved on to Île
St.-Jean in c1750. In August 1752, a French official counted Michel,
Marguerite, and their two young daughters at Rivière-du-Moulin-à-Scie in the
interior of the island. Between 1754 and 1758 on the island, Marguerite
gave Michel three sons. The British deported the family to St.-Malo,
France, in late 1758. Their younger daughter and all three sons died at
sea. Michel took his wife and daughter to nearby St.-Servan-sur-Mer, where, between 1760
and 1774, Marguerite gave him eight more children, four sons and four daughters,
all but one of whom survived childhood--13 children, six daughters and seven
sons, in all. Michel did not take his family to the interior of Poitou in the early 1770s,
nor did he join his fellow exiles at the lower Loire port of Nantes later in the decade. He died
between 1787 and 1791, in his late 60s, place unrecorded, so he and his family
did not emigrate to Spanish Louisiana in 1785. One of his sons made his
way "back" to greater Acadia about the time of his father's death. In
1793, French Revolutionary officials counted a number of Caissies, called Quessy, "in the area around St.-Malo," most of them children of
the now-deceased Michel: Marie-Osite, age
46, probably Michel's oldest daughter, no husband mentioned; Jean-Baptiste, age 31,
Michel's fifth son, a sailor, no wife
mentioned; Pierre, probably Pierre-Paul, age 29, Michel's sixth son, also a sailor, no wife mentioned; Françoise,
probably Françoise-Théodose, age 25, Michel's fourth daughter, wife of ____ Jouanne, described as poor;
Geneviève, age 18, probably Geneviève-Sophie-Ulalie, Michel's sixth
daughter, wife of _____ Tardier; Bonaventure,
also a native of St.-Servan, age 6; Marguerite, age 5; and Marie, age 3.
Pierre-Michel Quessy, born at St.-Servan in October 1787,
also may have been a son of Michel.
Second son
Michel-Claude, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer in July 1760, married Marie, daughter of
fellow Acadians Anselme Boudreau and Ursule Daigre,
at St.-Servan in July 1785. According to Bona Arsenault, Marie gave
Michel-Claude a dozen children, five daughters and seven sons. In c1790,
Michel-Claude took his family to greater Acadia and settled in the fishery in Gaspésie on the north shore of the Baie des Chaleurs,
where some of his cousins had settled.
Michel-Claude died at Bonaventure there in March 1837, age 76. Four of his
daughters married into the LeBlanc and Aubut
families in area. Three of his sons also married in Gaspésie.
Third son
Jean-Pierre, born probably in Gaspésie in c1792, married Scholastique, daughter
of François Lévesque and his Acadian wife Marie Granger,
at Bonaventure in January 1821.
Michel-Claude's
fifth son Charles, born probably in Gaspésie in c1803, married Augusta, daughter
of Joseph Larocque and his Acadian wife Marguerite Cyr,
at Paspébiac in October 1832.
Michel-Claude's
seventh and youngest son Félix, born probably
in Gaspésie in c1811, married
cousin Eugénie Boudreau, place and date not given.
Jean, père's fourth and youngest son Paul, by second wife Cécile Hébert,
born at Pointe-à-Beauséjour, Chignecto, in c1731, moved on to Île St.-Jean in
c1749. In August 1752, a French official counted Paul, still a bachelor,
at Étange-St.-Pierre on the north shore of the island. Paul married Marguerite, daughter of
Jean-Jacques Cyr and Marie-Josèphe Hébert, on the island in c1756.
The following hear, Marguerite gave him a son there. The British deported
the family to Cherbourg, France, in late 1758. Marguerite died either on
the crossing or in the Norman port soon after their arrival. In
late August 1759, Paul and his son moved on to St.-Malo and settled at
St.-Servan-sur-Mer near his older brother Michel. He then moved to nearby Paramé,
where he remarried to Marie-Anne-Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Haché
and Cécile Lavergne and widow of François Chiasson, in June 1760.
In 1761 and 1762, Marie-Anne-Julie gave Paul two daughters, both of whom died
young, one of them at St.-Méloir-des-Ondes in the countryside east of St.-Malo. Paul remarried again--his third marriage--to Françoise, daughter of
locals François Cadieux and Marie Blanchard, at St.-Servan in July 1763.
She gave him no more children. Paul died in the hospital at St.-Malo in October
1763, in his early 30s. His only surviving child, Paul, fils, age
6 when his father died, remained at St.-Servan, raised probably by his
stepmother.
Only son Paul, fils, born on Île St.-Jean in c1757, followed his
family to Cherbourg, France, and his widowed father to St.-Malo. After his
father's death there, when Paul, fils was only age 6, his stepmother
Françoise Cadieux probably raised him. In 1785, when
Paul, fils would have been in his late 20s, he did not follow other
Acadian exiles to Spanish Louisiana but remained at St.-Malo. In 1793,
during the French Revolution, a republican official counted him still in the
St.-Malo area, age 36, working as a seaman, but said nothing of a wife or
children.
Roger's second
son Pierre, born at Port-Royal or Chignecto in c1678, married Marie-Thérèse, daughter of Emmanuel Mirande and
Marguerite Bourgeois, in c1704 probably at Chignecto. Between 1704
and 1721, Marie-Thérèse gave Pierre eight children, five daughters and three
sons, all of whom married. Pierre died at Chignecto in February 1741, in
his early 60s. His daughters
married into the Deveau, Carret, Mouton, and Cosset
families. His three sons also created their own families.
Oldest son
Michel dit
Roger le jeune,
born at Chignecto in c1706,
married Catherine, daughter of Louis Poirier and Cécile Mignot,
probably at Chignecto in c1732. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1735
and 1740, Catherine gave Michel le jeune four daughters. Michel dit Roger remarried to Rosalie, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Comeau and Anne-Marie Thibodeau, at Beaubassin in January 1743.
According to Arsenault, Rosalie gave him a son in c1744. Michel dit Roger
died probably at Chignecto by February 1751, in his late 30s or early 40s.
His widow remarried to Jean-Baptiste Perial, "corporal ...
native of Franch Comté." Two of Michel's daughters by first wife Catherine married into the
Bergeron and Coignac families at Chignecto and, along
with a younger sister, escaped the round up there in the fall of 1755. The
sister married an Hébert widow in Canada in May 1761. Two
of Michel le jeune's children, a daughter and a son from both wives, emigrated to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765.
Only son
Joseph
le jeune, by second wife Rosalie Comeau, born at
Chignecto in c1745, followed his widowed mother to Île St.-Jean, where she
remarried to a French corporal. In August 1752, a French official counted
the corporal, who had been stationed on the island for three years, Rosalie, her
son Joseph Caissy, age 8, and a 15-year-old Marie
Caissy, described as an orphan, at Port-La-Joye, the island's
headquarters near its south shore. The family either left the island soon after the counting or
escaped the British roundup there in late 1758, crossed Mer Rouge, and sought refuge on the Gulf of
St. Lawrence shore. By 1760, they had made their way to the French
stronghold at Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs. The
British attacked Restigouche in July 1760, returned to accept its surrender in
October, and ordered the French commander to count the 1,003 Acadians still
there. Jean-Baptiste Perial and his family of seven,
Joseph Caissie probably among them, were included in the count.
The British sent them to a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the
war. In 1764-65, Joseph, age 19 and still a bachelor, followed other Nova Scotia exiles from Halifax
to New Orleans via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and settled with them in
the established Acadian community of Cabahannocer on the river above New
Orleans. In April 1766, a Spanish official counted him, his widowed
half-sister Catherine, who had come to the colony with the Broussards
the year before, Catherine's four children, and a Landry on the
right, or west, bank of the river at Cabahannocer. Joseph was still a bachelor
in September 1769, when the Spanish counted him still on the west bank at
Cabahannocer. In his early or mid-20s, he married fellow Acadian Anastasie
Dugas, widow of Amable Robichaux, at
Cabahannocer or nearby Ascension in c1770. In 1779, during the American
Revolution, Joseph, now in his early 30s and calling himself a Roger,
served as a fusileer in Verret's Company of the Acadian Coast
militia, which fought against the British at Fort Bute and Baton Rouge in the
late summer and fall of that year. In the late 1780s or early 1790s, he
and Anastasie joined the Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche. Joseph's successions were filed at the
Lafourche Interior courthouse in Thibodauxville in June and July 1818. He
would have been in his early 70s that year. He freed a slave named Pierre,
age 70, in one of his successions. Joseph's daughters married into the
Forgeron and Gaudet families. Two of his
three sons also married, into the Babin and LeBlanc
families on Bayou Lafourche. His descendants called themselves
Roger, not Caissie or Caissy.
Pierre's second son
Joseph,
born at Chignecto in c1711, married Cécile, daughter of Michel
Poirier and Marie Chiasson and widow of Charles Doucet, at
Beaubassin in July 1733. According to Bona Arsenault, Cécile gave Joseph a
daughter in c1734. Joseph remarried to Marie, daughter of Pierre Gaudet
and Cécile Mignot, at Beaubassin in November 1747.
The British deported the family to Pennsylvania in the
fall of 1755. Joseph, Marie, and their unnamed
child, perhaps daughter Marie-Josèphe, were listed on a French repatriation list in
the Quaker Colony in June 1763.
According to Stephen A. White, Joseph died after August 1763, perhaps in
Pennsylvania. Did his line of the family die with him?
Pierre's third and youngest son
Alexis dit
Roger, born at Chignecto in August 1721, married Marie, daughter of Charles Doucet
and Cécile Poirier, at Beaubassin in January 1741. According to
Bona Arsenault, Marie gave Alexis two children, a daughter and a son, in 1741
and 1744. Alexis remarried to
Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Claude LeBlanc and Madeleine Boudrot,
at Beaubassin in April 1748. Arsenault says Marie-Josèphe gave Alexis
another son in c1755--three children, a daughter and two sons, by two
wives. Michel and his family evidently escaped the British rounup at
Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence
shore. One of Alexis's sons emigrated to Louisiana from
Halifax in 1765.
Younger son Jean, by second wife Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc,
born probably at Chignecto in c1755, followed his family into exile on the Gulf
of St. Lawrence shore. Sometime in the late 1750s or early 1760s, they
either surrrendered to, or were captured by, British forces in the area and held
in a prison compound in Nova Scotia for the rest of the war. Still a child
and likely an orphan, Jean followed other Nova Scotia exiles from Halifax to New
Orleans via Cap-Français, French St.-Domingue, and settled with them at
Cabahannocer on the river above New Orleans. One wonders if he accompanied
his older first cousin Joseph to Louisiana. In January 1777, a Spanish official counted Jean,
age 22, on the left, or east, bank of
the river at Cabahannocer with the family of Pierre Breaux. Jean married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Richard
and Marie-Anne Cormier, at Cabahannocer in November 1780.
Rosalie had come to the colony in February 1764 with her family--among the first
of the Acadian exiles to settle in Louisiana. Their daughter Rosalie married into
the Boudreaux family on upper Bayou Lafourche. He
evidently was the Jean Roger who married--in this case, remarried
to--Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Prejean and
Marguerite Durel, at Cabahannocer in the early 1780s (the
couple's daughter Marie-Céleste was baptized at St.-Jacques de Cabahannocer in
December 1782, age unrecorded). By the mid- or late 1790s, they had joined
the Acadian exodus from the river to upper Bayou Lafourche. By the early antebellum
period, they had moved farther down bayou into Interior Parish. A succession for Jean Baptiste
Roger was filed at what would become the Houma courthouse,
Terrebonne Parish, in September 1807, and a succession inventory for Jean
Roger was filed at what would become the Thibodauxville courthouse,
Lafourche Interior Parish, in November, when this Jean would have been in his early 50s.
His daughters by second wife Victoire married into the Adam and
Bernard families. His three sons by Victoire also
married, into the Boudreaux, Hébert,
Daunis, and Morvant families on the upper Lafourche.
For reasons unexplained, Jean's descendants, like those of his first cousin
Joseph, called themselves
Roger, not Caissie or Caissy.
Roger's third son
Guillaume, born probably at Chignecto in c1680, married Jeanne, daughter of François Pellerin and Andrée
Martin,
in c1703 probably at Chignecto. Jeanne gave
Guillaume three daughters. The family moved on to Canada long before
Le Grand Dérangement and
settled below Québec. Guillaume died there by c1711, when Jeanne remarried to a Canadian named
Moyen. Two of Guillaume's daughters married into the Malboeuf and Thibault
families. One of them married at
St.-Pierre-du-Sud below Québec City, where Jeanne Pellerin died in
April 1744.
Roger's fourth
and youngest son Michel
dit Roger
l'aîné, born at
Chignecto in July 1684, married
Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Gaudet
l'aîné and Anne Blanchard, in c1706 probably at Chignecto.
Between 1706 and 1719, Madeleine gave Michel seven children, five daughters and
two sons. Michel died at Chignecto in December 1733, age 49. The priest who recorded
the burial
described Michel as a "bon chrétien." Four of his daughters married
into the Brun, Lapierre, and Poirier families, two of them
to brothers whose sister married one of their brothers. Both of Michel
dit Roger's sons also created families of their own.
Older son Joseph
dit
Grand Jos, born at Chignecto in c1709, married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Lapierre and Marie
Blou, probably at Chignecto in c1731. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1732 and 1750, Marie-Josèphe gave Grand Jos seven children, three
daughters and four sons. The family evidently escaped the British
roundup at Chignecto in the fall of 1755 and sought refuge on the Gulf of St.
Lawrence shore. They may have been among the hundreds of exiles who
escaped capture in the late 1750s and early 1760s. After the war, members
of the family settled at Baie-des-Vins, Cocagne, and Grande-Digue in what became
southeastern New Brunswick. Grand Jos's daughters married into the
Lambouest, Goguen, Gautrault, and
Boudreau families in the area. His sons also married.
Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Chignecto in c1733, followed his family
into exile. He married Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel
Haché-Gallant and Anne-Marie Gravois, in
c1762, place unrecorded.
Grand Jos's second son Pierre, born at Chgnecto in c1741, followed his
family into exile. He married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques
Léger, place and date not given. Pierre died at
Richibouctou, eastern New Brunswick, in January 1813, in his early 70s.
Grand Jos's third son Joseph dit Maître, born at Chignecto in
c1748, followed his family into exile. He married Anastasie, another
daughter of Jacques Léger, place and date not given.
Maître died at Grande-Digue, New Brunswick, in July 1832, in his early 80s.
Grand Jos's fourth and youngest son Étienne, born at Chignecto in c1750,
followed his family into exile. He married fellow Acadian François
Mazerolle, place and date not given.
Michel dit Roger's younger son
Claude, born at Chignecto in February 1719, married Anne, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Chiasson and Madeleine Boudrot, in c1742 probably at Chignecto.
Claude died after September 1772, no place recorded. One wonders what
happened to them in 1755.384
Blou
Cooper
Jacques
Blou, a late 1660s arrival, and his wife Marie Girouard created a
small family at Chignecto, the community they helped pioneer in c1672.
Marie gave Jacques seven children, a son and six daughters. Their
daughters married into the Chiasson, Lapierre, Gaudet,
Oudy, Labauve, Hébert dit Laprade, and Bernard
families and remained at Chignecto. If any of Jacques's descendans
emigrated to Louisiana, none took the family's name there.
Only
son Joseph evidently died young, so only the blood of this family
endured in
the colony.385
Cyr
Gunsmith
Pierre
Cyr, a late 1660s arrival, and his wife Marie Bourgeois created a
large family in the colony. Marie gave him three children, all sons, all
of whom married. Pierre and Marie's descendants settled at Chignecto and
nearby Memramcook in the trois-rivières area. Few, if any, of
them moved on to the French Maritimes before the 1750s. If any of
Pierre's descendants emigrated to Louisiana, none took the family's name there.
Oldest
son Jean married Françoise, daughter of Charles Melanson and Marie
Dugas, in c1698, place unrecorded, and settled at Chignecto. Françoise gave Jean eight
children, four sons and four daughters. Their daughters married into the
Cormier and Arseneau families, three of them to brothers whose
sister married their youngest brother. Three of Pierre's
four sons also created families of their own.
Oldest son
Pierre-Paul, called Paul, married Agnès, daughter
of Alexis Cormier and Marie LeBlanc, in c1725 probably at
Chignecto.
Jean's second son
Michel died young.
Jean's
third son Jean dit Croc married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Cormier
and Catherine LeBlanc, at Beaubassin in January 1734.
Jean's fourth and youngest son
Louis-Joseph married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of François Cormier and
Marguerite LeBlanc and sister of three of his brothers-in-law, in c1739
probably at Chignecto.
Pierre's second
son Pierre, fils married Claire, daughter of Thomas Cormier and
Marie-Madeleine Girouard, in c1701 at Chignecto. Claire gave
Pierre, fils 11 children, five sons and six daughters. Their
daughters married into the Gravois, Martin dit Barnabé,
O'Neale dit Onel, Fournier, Arseneau, Bacquet
dit LaMontagne, and Bourgeois families. Four of Pierre,
fils's five sons also created their own families.
Oldest son, whose
name has been lost, died young.
Pierre, fils's
second
son Pierre III married Anne, daughter of Michel Poirier and Madeleine
Bourgeois, at Beaubassin in January 1735.
Pierre, fils's third son
Jean-Jacques married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean-Emmanuel
Hébert and Madeleine Dugas, in c1736, probably at Chignecto.
Pierre, fils's fourth son Joseph
married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jacques Saulnier and Anne Hébert,
in c1745, place not given.
Pierre, fils's fifth and youngest
son Honoré
married Marguerite Saulnier in c1745, perhaps in
the trois-rivères.
Pierre's third
and youngest son Guillaume married Marguerite, daughter of Michel Bourg
and Élisabeth Melanson, in c1707 probably at Chignecto and died by 1740,
in his late 50s or early 60s. Marguerite gave Guillaume nine children,
four sons and five daughters, all of whom married. Their daughters married
into the Bourgeois, Poirier, Hébert, and Vigneau
families.
Oldest son
Michel married Madeleine, daughter of Charles
Bourgeois and Marie Blanchard, in c1729 probably at Chignecto.
Guillaume's second son
Jean dit Genga married Anne,
another daughter of
Charles Bourgeois and Marie Blanchard,
at Beaubassin in February 1733.
Guillaume's third son Pierre married
Madeleine, daughter of Michel Poirier and Madeleine Bourgeois, in
c1739 probably at Chignecto.
Guillaume's fourth and youngest son
Paul married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre Richard and Marie-Josèphe
Boudrot, at Beaubassin in February 1743.386
LePrince
Jacques
LePrince, a late 1660s arrival, and his wife Marguerite Hébert created
a large family in the colony. Between 1678 and 1692, Marguerite gave Jacques six children, two daughters
and four sons, including a set of twins. Jacques took his family to Minas
and then to nearby Pigiguit, where he died in 1692 or 1692, in his late 40s. His daughters married into
the Rivet, Tillard, and Hébert families. Three of his
four sons married, the twins on the same day and at the same place.
His and Marguerite's descendants settled not only at Pigiguit, but also at
Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal and in the French Maritimes. At least seven of
Jacques's descendants emigrated to Louisiana from Maryland in the late 1760s and
especially from France in 1785. They also could be found in greater
numbers in France, the French Antilles, and especially in Canada after Le Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
François, a twin,
born probably at Port-Royal in c1680, married Catherine, daughter of Martin Benoit and
Marie Chaussegros, at Grand-Pré in May 1712 and settled at Pigiguit.
Between 1714 and 1728, Catherine gave François seven children, four sons and three daughters.
François was active in the Acadian resistance after King George's War. He
died probably at Pigiguit between February and November 1751, in his early 70s.
Two of his
daughters married into the Chauvet dit LaGerne and
Doiron families. Three of his four sons also created their own
families, but only one of the lines may have endured. The family's participation in the Acadian resistance compelled
them to resettle on Île St.-Jean in the early 1750s.
Oldest son
Joseph,
born probably at Pigiguit in c1714,
married Marie-Osite Melanson dit Pitre in c1749 probably at
Cobeguit on the east end of the Minas Basin. She gave him a son soon after
their marriage. Joseph also incurred the wrath of Nova Scotia Governor
Edward Cornwallis for his participation in the Acadian resistance in the late
1740s and moved to Île St.-Jean in c1751. In August 1752, a French
official counted Joseph, Marie-Osite, and their 20-month-old son at Grande-Anse
on the island's southeast shore not far from younger brother Antoine.
Marie-Osite gave Joseph another son at Grande-Anse in c1753. The British
deported the family to France in late 1758. They landed at
Boulogne-sur-Mer in Picardie
but moved on to Rochefort on the Bay of Biscay by 1767. Joseph died before August 1770, place
unrecorded, probably at Rochefort. Only one of his sons married. He
remained in France.
Older son
Joseph-Olivier, called Olivier, born at Cobeguit in c1750, followed his family
to Île St.-Jean, Boulogne-sur-Mer, and Rochefort, where he became a sailor.
He married Agnès, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Breau and
Marguerite Guédry of Cobeguit, in Notre-Dame
Parish, Rochefort, in August 1770. Agnès's father had been killed in the
siege of Louisbourg in the summer of 1758, and she, her widowed mother, and
siblings had lived at
Rochefort since 1759, when they arrived from the French Maritimes. In
1773, Olivier and Agnès, still childless, went to the interior of Poitou with other Acadian
exiles from the coastal cities. According to Bona Arsenault, Agnès gave
Olivier a son in 1774. In November 1775, after two years of
effort, they followed other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes and
settled at nearby Chantenay. Another son was baptized at
St.-Martin de Chantenay in January 1777 but died there at age 1 1/2 in October
1778. If any of the family
were still living in 1785, none emigrated to Spanish Louisiana.
Joseph's younger
son Simon, born on Île St.-Jean in c1753,
died at Boulogne-sur-Mer in January 1759, age 5 1/2, probably from the rigors of
the crossing from Île St.-Jean.
François's second son
Jean le jeune, born probably at Pigiguit in c1715, died at Grande-Anse, Île St.-Jean, in February 1751, in his
mid-30s. He was buried in St.-Paul Cemetery there. He did not marry.
François's third son Antoine
le
jeune, born probably at Pigiguit in c1720, married Judith Boudrot in c1744,
place unrecorded. Between 1745 and 1749, Judith gave Antoine four
children, three daughters and a son. They resettled on Île St.-Jean in
c1750, perhaps soon after Judith's death. Antoine remarried to Cécile, daughter of Pierre-Claude Arsement
and Marie-Josèphe Thériot, at Port-La-Joye on the south end of the island in November 1751. They
settled at Grande-Anse on the island's southeast shore, where, in August 1752, a French official counted
Antoine, Cécile, and his four children by his first wife. Cécile
gave Antoine another son on the island in c1754. The British deported the family to
France in late 1758. They landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer, where, in 1759,
Cécile gave Antoine two more children, a daughter and a son, perhaps
twins--seven children, four daughters and three sons, by two wives.
The youngest son died four days after his birth, a week before his older brother
died. The family moved on to Rochefort in the 1760s. Antoine le jeune died at Rochefort before
1770, in his late 40s. Two of his older daughters by his first wife
married into the Trahan and Gautrot families
at Boulogne-sur-Mer and L'Île-de-Aix, La Rochelle, in the 1760s; ventured with
their husbands to Cayenne in French Guiane in 1764; but soon returned to
Rochefort. The older daughter Marie-Sophie, a widow, emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785
with a Trahan son and her half-sister Julie and settled in the
Attakapas District. Julie resettled on the river above New Orleans and
married into the Breaux family there. None of Antoine
le jeune's other children, including his sons, seems to have married, so,
except for its blood, his line of the family may have died with him.
Oldest son Firmin, by first wife Judith Boudrot, born
probably at Pigiguit in c1746, followed his family to Île St.-Jean, where he was
counted at Grande-Anse in August 1752, age 6. One wonders if he was still
living in late 1758 and, if so, did he survive the crossing to France.
Bona Arsenault calls him Firmin dit Marinier and insists he died at St.
Martinville, Louisiana, no date given. A Marigny Prince
(c1781-c1751) did live in St. Martin Parish during the antebellum period, but he
likely was a much younger Foreign Frenchman and not Firmin, son of Antoine
Leprince of Pigiguit.
Antoine le jeune's second son François le jeune, by
second wife Cécile Arsement, born probably at Grande-Anse, Île
St.-Jean in c1754, followed his family to Boulogne-sur-Mer, where he died in
mid-December 1759, age 5, perhaps from the rigors of the crossing.
Antoine le jeune's third and youngest son
Jean-Marie-Joseph,
by second wife Cécile Arsement, born in St.-Nicolas
Parish. Boulogne-sur-Mer, in early December 1759, died four days after his
birth.
François's fourth and youngest son
Claude, born probably at Pigiguit, in c1728, also was active in the Acadian
resistance after King George's War. He followed his family to Île St.-Jean and married Madeleine,
daughter of Louis-Mathieu Doiron and Madeleine Pitre, at
Port-La-Joye in February 1751. They settled at Pointe-Prime on the
island's southeastern shore south of Grande-Anse. In August 1752, a French
official counted Claude and Madeleine at Pointe-Prime near her Doiron
kin. Between 1754 and 1758, Madeleine gave Claude four daughters. The British deported the family to
St.-Malo, France, in late 1758. Claude, Madeleine, and their
daughters, along with many of Madeleine's Doiron kin, were lost aboard the
British transport Duke William, which sank
in a North Atlantic storm off the southwest coast of England in mid-December on
its way to St.-Malo.
Jacques's second
son Antoine, François's twin, married Anne, daughter of Guillaume Trahan,
fils and Jacqueline Benoit, at Grand-Pré in May 1712 and settled
at l'Assomption, Pigiguit. Between 1712 and the late 1720s or early 1730s, Anne gave Antoine 10 children, five sons and five
daughters. Four of their daughters married into the Aucoin,
Landry, Thibodeau, LeBlanc, and Trahan families.
All five of Antoine's sons created families of their own.
Oldest son
Charles,
born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in the 1710s, married Anne Thibodeau
in c1738 perhaps at Pigiguit. The British deported the family to
Pennsylvania in the fall of 1755. Charles died before May 1767, place
unrecorded, probably in Pennsylvania. One of his daughters resettled in
French St.-Domingue after the war and married into the Favreau
family there.
Antoine's second son
Tranquille,
born probably at l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1722,
married Susanne-Marie-Josèphe Bourg in c1749 probably at l'Assomption.
Susanne-Marie gave Tranquille two daughters in c1752 and c1755. The
British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755 and sent them on to England the following
year. They were held at Liverpool. They were repatriated to France in the spring of 1756 and
landed at Morlaix in northern Brittany, where their older daughter
Marie-Marguerite, called Marguerite, married into the Calegan
family in September 1775. The family emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in
1785 and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. Tranquille died there by August
1798, in his 60s or 70s, when his wife was called a widow in her burial record.
Younger daughter Isabelle lived into her late 70s but never married.
Tranquille and Susanne-Marie evidently had no sons, at least none who survived
childhood, so only the blood of this family line endured in the Bayou State.
Antoine's third son Jean
le jeune, born probably at l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in c1725,
married, according to Stephen A. White, Marie-Osite, daughter of Pierre LeBlanc and Jeanne Thériot,
in c1753 probably at l'Assomption. Bona Arsenault insists that Jean
married Rose-Osite, daughter of Claude LeBlanc and Jeanne
Dugas of Grand-Pré in c1750. White is followed here.
In the fall of 1755, the British deported the still-childless couple to Pennsylvania.
According to Arsenault, his wife gave Jean a son in 1762. Jean remarried to Marie, daughter of
Jean Darois and Marguerite Breau, in
c1765. Arsenault insists Jean remarried to Marie, daughter of Jérôme
Darois and Marie Gareau of Grand-Pré, in
Connecticut in c1764. White, as usual, is followed here. According
to Arsenault, Marie gave Jean another son in 1764. That same year, the
family moved north to Boston, Massachusetts, where they lived until 1767. According to
Arsenault, that winter, by snowshoe through the forests, they followed other
exiles in New England to the established Acadian community of Bécancour across from Trois-Rivières,
where some of their cousins from Annapolis Royal had settled. (One wonders
why they didn't take a ship from Boston to the St. Lawrence valley like most of
the exiles in New England did.) Their marriage was "rehabilitiated"
at Bécancour in March 1767. Arsenault says Marie gave Jean two more
children, a daughter and a son, in 1769 and 1772, probably at Bécancour--four
children, three sons and a daughters, by two wives. Jean died at
Bécancour in July 1781, age 56, a widower. His daughter married into the
Bourg family. Two of his three sons by boths wives also
married.
Oldest son Jean, fils, by first wife Marie-Osite LeBlanc,
born probably in Pennsylvania in c1762, followed his family to New England and
Canada and married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine-Bénoni
Bourg and Félicité Bourgeois, at Bécancour in January
1785. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1785 and 1804, Rosalie gave
Jean, fils seven children, five sons and two daughters. Their
daughters married into the Lamothe and Thibodeau
families at nearby St.-Grégoire. Most of Jean, fils's sons also
married there, and the one who did not marry became a priest.
Oldest son Jean III,
born in c1785 in Canada, married Marie-Exupère, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Bergeron and Marie-Judith LeBlanc, at
St.-Grégoire in November 1808.
Jean, fils's second son Joseph,
born in Canada in c1788, married Julie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Doucet
and Marie-Anne Mirault, at Trois-Rivières in October 1815.
One of their sons, Chanoine-Joël, became a professor at the seminaire de
St.-Hyacinthe.
Jean, fils's third son François,
born in Canada in c1795, married Monique-Henriette, another daughter of Jean
Doucet and Marie-Anne Mirault, at Trois-Rivières in
June 1821.
Jean, fils's fourth son Pierre,
born in Canada in c1797, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Pratte
and Euphrosine Hébert, at St.-Grégoire in February 1822.
Jean, fils's fifth and youngest son Jean-Charles,
born in Canada in c1804, became a priest and served as the first bishop of the Diocese of
St.-Hyacinthe, Québec Province, from June 1852 until his death in May 1860, in
his late 50s.
Jean, père's second son Joseph, by second wife Marie
Darois, born perhaps in New England in c1764, followed his family to
Canada. He died at Nicolet near Bécancour in December 1784, age 20, and did not marry.
Jean, père's third and youngest son Jean-Baptiste, by second wife
Marie Darois, born probably at Bécancour in c1772, married
Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert and
Madeleine Richard, at nearby Nicolet in November 1792.
Antoine's fourth son Olivier, born probably at
l'Assomption, Pigiguit, in
the late 1720s, married
Marguerite Boudrot in c1752 perhaps at l'Assomption.
The British deported the family to Maryland in the
fall of 1755. Olivier died there before July 1763. Two of his
children, a daughter and a son, emigrated from Maryland to Spanish Louisiana in 1767.
The daughter, Marguerite, married into the Bonin family on
lower Bayou Teche. All of the Acadian Princes in the Bayou State are descended
from her younger brother.
Only son Joseph, born in Maryland in c1756, followed his older sister to
Spanish Louisiana in 1767. Spanish officials sent them with other Maryland
exiles to San Gabriel on the river above New Orleans, but they did not remain.
Joseph married Madeleine, daughter of Allibamonts
Antoine Bonin dit Dauphine of Grenoble,
France, and Marie
Tellier of Mobile and sister of his sister's husband, at Attakapas in c1779.
They settled near her family at Fausse Pointe on
lower Bayou Teche. Madeleine gave Joseph four sons, all born at Fausse Pointe. They had no daughters. Joseph died at Fausse Pointe in
April 1793, age 37. Madeleine remarried to
Frenchman Marie-François-Robson Goivreaut dit Manceaux
of St.-Lucie,
Maine, at Attakapas in May 1796. The Acadian Princes of
South Louisiana descend from three of Joseph's
sons, who married into the Louvière,
Savoie, and LeBlanc families on the western
prairies.
Antoine's fifth and youngest son Cyprien, born probably at
l'Assomption,
Pigiguit, in the late 1720s or early 1730s,
married Marie, daughter of Grand-Pré notary René LeBlanc and his second wife
Marguerite Thébeau,
in c1754 at either Minas or Pigiguit. The
British deported the family to Virginia in the fall of 1755 and sent them on to
England the following spring. Cyprien
died probably at Liverpool before May 1763. His widow and children were
repatriated to Morlaix, France, in the spring of 1763. Marie remarried to
a Trahan there. One of her and Cyprien's
daughters married into the
Romain family at Morlaix in 1777. No member of the family
emigrated to Spanish Louisiana in 1785.
Jacques's third
son Étienne, born probably at Minas in c1688, evidently died young there.
Jacques's fourth
and youngest son Jean, born at Minas in c1692, married Jeanne, daughter of Guillaume Blanchard and
Huguette Gougeon and widow of Olivier Daigre, fils, at
Annapolis Royal in January 1715. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1715
and 1723, Jeanne gave Jean five children, a daughter and four sons. Jean
died probably at Annapolis Royal after July 1752, in his 60s. His daughter
married into the Forest family. His sons also married,
two of them to sisters, and all of them sought refuge in Canada during Le
Grand Dérangement.
Oldest son
Honoré, born at Annapolis Royal in c1717, married Isabelle, daughter of René
Forest and Françoise Dugas, at Annapolis Royal
in November 1738. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1739 and 1753,
Isabelle gave Honoré seven children, three daughters and four sons. The
family escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in late fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. Honoré died there in c1756. Isabelle took
her children to the Acadian community of Bécancour on the upper St. Lawrence
across from Trois-Rivières by September 1767, when she died there. Her and
Honoré's daughters married into the Bourgeois, Bourg,
and Cormier families at Bécancour. Three of Honoré's sons
also married in the area.
Second son
Michel, born at Annapolis Royal in c1745, followed his family to Canada, where
he married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Bergeron
and Marguerite Bourg, at Bécancour in February 1774.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1775 and 1793, Madeleine gave Michel 10
children, four daughters and six sons. Michel died at Bécancour in
November 1831, in his mid- or late 80s. Two of his daughters married into
the Hébert and Vallière families at nearby
St.-Grégoire. Four of his sons also married in the area, and one of them
remarried on distant Rivière Saguenay north of Québec City.
Second son
Joseph, born probably at Bécancour in c1782, married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Joseph Belliveau and Rosalie Richard,
at St.-Grégoire in February 1808. Joseph died there in April 1837, in his
mid-50s.
Michel's third
son Pierre, born probably at Bécancour in c1784, married Marguerite, daughter of
fellow Acadian Joseph-Hippolyte Forest and Thérèse
Morin, at St.-Grégoire in March 1810, and remarried to Marguerite,
daughter of Godefroy Comtois and Élisabeth Manseau,
at La Baie on Rivière Saguenay in September 1812. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1813 and 1832, Marguerite gave Pierre four daughters.
Michel's fourth
son Michel, fils, the second with the name, born probably at Bécancour
in c1786, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Thibodeau
and Marie Chartier, at St.-Grégoire in October 1809.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1810 and 1830, Marie gave Michel, fils
11 children, five sons and six daughters. Michel, fils died at
St.-Grégoire in April 1837, in his early 50s.
Fourth son
Joseph, born probably at St.-Grégoire in 1825, married Délima, daughter of
fellow Acadian David Cyr and his Canadian wife Marie-Noël Camirand,
at nearby St.-Monique de Nicolet, in October 1849.
Son
Evariste,
born at Nicolet in May 1851, became a lawyer, writer, and professor of political
economics at the Université Laval. He married Marie-Alexandrine-Lydia,
daughter of Louis-Ludger Rivard and Marie-Suzanne-Parmela
Harper, at Québec in June 1884 and died at Québec in June 1923,
age 72. One of Professor Prince's books, published in
1899, was entitled Édouard Richard et son oeuvre: Acadia, a biography
of the influential Acadian businessman, politician, author, and archivist,
Édouard-Émery Richard, then still living.
Michel, père's
fifth son David, born probably at Bécancour in c1789, married Charlotte,
daughter of Étienne Sévigny and Marie-Anne Dubois,
at Bécancour in February 1816. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1816
and 1836, Charlotte gave David a dozen children, seven daughters and five sons.
David died at St.-Calixte-de-Somerset, today's Plessisville, in the interior
east of Bécancour, in March 1872, in his early 80s.
Honoré's third
son Charles-Amand, born at Annapolis Royal in c1750, followed his family to
Canada, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles
Babineau and Cécile Comeau, at Bécancour in February
1777. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1778 and 1792, Marie gave
Charles-Amand seven daughters, five of whom married into the Caron
dit Gauthier, Doucet, Hamel,
Fontaine-Bienvenu, Richard, and Leprince
families at nearby Nicolet and St.-Grégoire.
Honoré's fourth
and youngest son Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1753, followed his family
to Canada. He died at Nicolet downriver from Bécancour in December 1784,
in his early 30s. He evidently did not marry.
Jean's second son
Joseph, born at Annapolis Royal in c1719, married Anne, another daughter of René
Forest and Françoise Dugas, at Annapolis Royal
in January 1740. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1740 and 1753, Anne
gave Joseph seven children, five sons and two daughters. The family
escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in late fall of 1755 and sought
refuge in Canada. They were at Québec in 1758, when their younger daughter
died there. Anne also died in exile. Joseph, in his early 40s,
remarried to fellow Acadian Madeleine LeBlanc, widow of Joseph
Richard, at Ste.-Croix-de-Lotbinière on the upper St. Lawrence
between Québec and Trois-Rivières in October 1761. According to Arsenault,
Madeleine gave Joseph another daughter in c1763--eight children, five sons and
three daughters, by two wives. Joseph moved his family downriver to
Bécancour, where he died in May 1781, in his early 60s. Three of his sons
married at Bécancour.
Second son
Joseph-Timothée, born at Annapolis Royal in c1745, followed his family to
Canada, where he married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Victor
Richard and Marie Richard, at Bécancour in October
1767. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1768 and 1787, Anne gave
Joseph-Timothée 11 children, seven daughters and four sons. Six of their
daughters married into the Beaudet, Hébert,
Belliveau, Desrosiers-Dargis, Breau,
and Bergeron families at Bécancour and Nicolet. Two of
Joseph-Timothée's sons also married, one of them in an Acadian community north
of Montréal, but they settled in the Bécancour area.
Oldest son
Victor, born probably at Bécancour in c1772, married Esther, daughter of fellow
Acadians Amand Bourgeois and Marguerite Dugas,
at St.-Jacques de l'Achigan north of Montréal in August 1795. According to
Bona Arsenault, beween 1796 and 1820, Esther gave Victor 10 children, four sons
and six daughters. Victor died at St.-Grégoire near Bécancour in August
1745, in his early 70s, so they likely settled there.
Joseph-Timothée's
third son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born probably at Bécancour in c1777,
married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Hébert
and Perpétué Landry, at Nicolet near Bécancour in July 1802.
According to Bona Arsenault, Marguerite gave Jean-Baptiste a daughter in 1803.
Jean-Baptiste remarried to Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre
Breau and Marie-Anne Daigle, at St.-Grégoire in
January 1811. According to Arsenault, between 1811 and 1831, Marie gave
Jean-Baptiste nine more children, five sons and four daughters--10 children,
five daughters and five sons, by two wives. Jean-Baptiste le
jeune died at St.-Félix-de-Kingsey on Rivière St.-François in the interior
south of Trois-Rivières in September 1839, in his early 60s.
Joseph's third
son Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in c1747, followed
his family to Canada, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph
Levasseur and Marie-Françoise Deshaies, at Bécancour
in February 1779. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1779 and 1796,
Marie-Josèphe gave Jean-Baptiste nine children, three daughters and six sons.
Jean-Baptiste remarried to Marie-Anne Morisette, widow of
Clause Trigamme-Laflèche, at nearby St.-Grégoire in February
1806. Jean-Baptiste le jeune died at St.-Grégoire in January
1811, in his early or mid-60s. Two of his daughters married into the
Hébert and Doucet families at Nicolet and
St.-Grégoire. Three of his sons also married on the upper St. Lawrence.
Second son
Joseph, born probably at Bécancour in c1784, married Catherine Roy,
widow of Joseph Ménard, at L'Acadie on lower Rivière Richelieu
southeast of Montréal in June 1810.
Jean-Baptiste
le jeune's fourth son Étienne, born probably at Bécancour in c1788,
married, in his late 30s, Marguerite Boisvert, widow of Pierre
Grenier, at Yamachiche across from Nicolet in August 1825.
Jean-Baptiste
le jeune's fifth son Louis, born probablay at Bécancour in c1789, married
cousin Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Charles-Amand Prince and
Marie Babineau, at St.-Grégoire in November 1809.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1810 and 1833, Marie-Josèphe gave Louis 15
children, six sons and nine daughters.
Joseph's fourth
and youngest son Pierre le jeune, born at Annapolis Royal in c1749,
followed his family to Canada, where he married Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Bergeron and Marguerite Bourg,
at Bécancour in January 1775. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1776
and 1795, Marie gave Pierre nine children, seven sons and two daughters.
Pierre le jeune died at St.-Grégoire in January 1826, in his late 70s.
His daughters married into the Lacourse and Delancour
families at Bécanour and St.-Grégoire. All seven of his sons also married in the
area, two of them to sisters.
Oldest son
Pierre, fils, born probably at Bécancour in c1776, married Marie,
daughter of François-Xavier Lacourse and Marie-Thérèse
Jutras, at nearby Nicolet in January 1803. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1804 and 1815, Marie-Thérèse gave Pierre, fils four
children, two sons and two daughters.
Older son
David,
born probably at Nicolet in c1804, married Josephte, daughter of Pierre
Coulombe and Josephte Lyonnais, at nearby St.-Grégoire
in February 1828. The couple had eight children.
A younger son
Elzéar, born at St.-Grégoire in June 1844, married Laura, daughter of Éloïse
Brunelle and Marie-Anne Moras, at Batiscan
above Trois-Rivières in August 1871. They had only one child. Elzéar
died at Batiscan in 1872.
Son
Lorenzo, born at Batiscan in April 1872, married Maggie, daughter of A. Cockburn,
a ship captain, and Mary Ewart, at
Montréal in May 1897. They had no children. Lorenzo became an
influential Canadian journalist and served as coroner of Montréal from 1916 to
1938. He died at Montréal in 1940, in his late 60s.
Pierre, père's
second son Joseph, born probably at Bécancour in c1779, married Marguerite
dite Thémecque, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Gaudet
and his Canadian wife Françoise LeMay, at Bécancour in October 1804.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1805 and 1808, Thémecque gave Joseph three
daughters.
Pierre, père's
third son Charles, born in Canada in c1784, married Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadians
Joseph Thibodeau and Élisabeth LeBlanc, at
St.-Grégoire in February 1810. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1810
and 1827, Geneviève gave Charles 10 children, three daughters and seven sons.
Pierre, père's
fourth son Isidore, born in Canada in c1785, married Judith, daughter of Jean-Baptiste
Gagnon and Marie-Josèphe Guillemette, at
St.-Grégoire in February 1811. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1812
and 1829, Judith gave Isidore nine children, six sons and three daughters.
Pierre, père's
fifth son Édouard, born in Canada c1791, married, at age 30, Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Héon and Françoise Labauve of
Chignecto, at St.-Grégoire in January 1821. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1821 and 1829, Marie gave Édouard four children, three sons and a
daughter.
Pierre, père's
sixth son Louis, born in Canada in c1793, married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow
Acadians Jean-Baptiste Prince and Élisabeth Hébert,
at St.-Grégoire in March 1818. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1819
and 1826, Marie gave Louis five children, four daughters and a son.
Pierre, père's
seventh and youngest son Jean-Hubert, born in
Canada in c1795, married Marie, another
daughter of Michel Gaudet and Françoise LeMay,
at Bécancour in October 1816. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1817
and 1837, Marie gave Jean-Hubert nine children, five sons and four daughters,
including a set of twins.
Jean's third son
Jean-Baptiste, born at Annapolis Royal in c1721, married Judith, daughter of
fellow Acadians René Richard and Marguerite Thériot,
at Annapolis Royal in February 1747. According to Bona Arsenault, Judith
gave Jean-Baptiste five children, two sons and three daughters. Most of the
family escaped the British roundup at Annapolis Royal in late fall of 1755 and
sought refuge in Canada. According to Arsenault, older daughter Madeleine,
only age 6 in 1755, became separated from the family and ended up on a transport
bound for Massachusetts. Jean-Baptiste and the rest of the family were at
Québec in 1756, when their youngest daughter died there. Jean-Baptiste
took his family to Bécancour, where his older brothers had settled. Wife Judith
died during exile, and Jean-Baptiste, in his early 40s, remarried to
Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Michel Bourg and
Marie Cormier of Chignecto and widow of Pierre Richard,
at Bécancour in February 1762. According to Arsenault, between 1762 and
1771, Marie-Madeleine gave Jean-Baptiste four more children, two daughters and
two sons--nine children, four sons and five daughters, by two wives.
Jean-Baptiste died at Bécancour in March 1787, in his mid-60s. His older
daughter, by first wife Judith, married into the Hébert family
in Massachusetts, and his youngest daughter Marie-Esther, by second wife
Marie-Madeleine, married into the Doucet family at Bécancour.
Two of his sons by both wives also married on the upper St. Lawrence.
Second son
Jean,
by first wife Judith Richard, born at Annapolis Royal in c1753,
followed his family to Canada, where he married Madeleine, daughter of fellow
Acadians Charles Héon and Madeleine Labauve, at Bécancour in February 1784. According to Bona Arsenault,
between 1785 and 1801, Madeleine gave Jean nine children, six daughters and
three sons. Three of their daughters married into the Richard,
Belliveau, and Hébert families at
St.-Grégoire. Two of Jean's sons also married in the area.
Second son
Jean-Baptiste le jeune, born probably at Bécancour in c1796, married
Marie-Anne, daughter of François Dureau and Marie
Portelance, at Bécancour in February 1819. According to Bona
Arsenault, between 1823 and 1839, Marie-Anne gave Jean-Baptiste eight children,
four sons and four daughters.
Jean's third and
youngest son Joseph- or Jean-Charles, born in
Canada in c1801, married Françoise
Christin in c1830, no place given. According to Bona
Arsenault, Françoise gave Joseph-Charles a daughter in c1835.
Jean-Baptiste's
fourth and youngest son François, by second wife Marie-Madeleine Bourg,
born probably at Bécancour in c1771, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow
Acadians Louis Doucet and Marguerite Belliveau,
at Nicolet in February 1796. They settled at nearby Bécancour before
moving to St.-Grégoire. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1797 and
1817, Marguerite gave François nine children, seven sons and two daughters.
François died at St.-Grégoire in December 1843, in his early 70s. His
daughters married into the Provencher dit Ducharmes
and Belliveau families at St.-Grégoire. Five of his sons
also married in the area.
Oldest son
Joseph-François, born in Canada in c1797, married Marie-Anne, daughter of Joseph
Bourque, perhaps a fellow Acadian, and Marie-Anne Désilets,
at St.-Grégoire in February 1821. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1822 and 1845, Marie-Anne gave Joseph-François seven children, five sons and two
daughters.
François's second
son Joseph-Louis, born in Canada in c1799, married Marie, daughter of Grégoire
Laneuville and Théotiste Doucet, at Bécancour in July
1822. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1823 and 1844, Marie gave
Joseph-Louis a dozen children, seven sons and five daughters.
François's third
son Moïse, born in Canada in c1805, married Angélique, daughter of Pierre Hamel
and Madeleine Champoux, at St.-Grégoire in February 1829.
According to Bona Arsenault, between 1831 and 1845, Angélique gave Moïse eight
sons, including a set of twins.
François's fourth
son Jean-Marie, born in Canada in c1808, married Lucie, daughter of François
Champoux and Marie Lamothe, at St.-Grégoire in January
1831. According to Bona Arsenault, between 1831 and 1836, Lucie gave
Jean-Marie three children, two sons and a daughter.
François's fifth
son Jean-Baptiste, born in Canada in c1813, married Marie-Ursule, daughter of fellow
Acadians Pierre Cormier and Marguerite Raymond,
at St.-Grégoire in November 1841. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1845 and 1854, Marie-Ursule gave Jean-Baptiste five children, two sons and three
daughters.
Jean's fourth and
youngest son
Pierre, born at Annapolis Royal in c1723, married Félicité, daughter of
Joseph Bourgeois and Anne LeBlanc, at
Annapolis Royal in February 1750. According to Bona Arsenault, between
1750 and 1756, Félicité gave Pierre three daughters. The family escaped the
British roundup at Annapolis Royal in late fall of 1755 and sought refuge in
Canada. They were at Québec in 1756, when their younger daughters died
there. They were still there in January 1758, when Pierre died in his
mid-30s, victim, perhaps, of the smallpox epidemic that killed hundreds of
Acadians there from the summer of 1757 to the spring of 1758. Widow Félicité and
her older daughter Anne moved on to Bécancour, where she remarried to a
Bourg widower in November 1760. Surviving daughter Anne married into the
Tourigny family there, so the blood of the family line endured.394
[to Book Three-2]
INTRODUCTION
BOOK ONE: French
Acadia
BOOK TWO: British Nova
Scotia
BOOK FOUR: The French Maritimes
BOOK FIVE: The
Great Upheaval
BOOK SIX:
The Acadian Immigrants of Louisiana
BOOK SEVEN: French Louisiana
BOOK EIGHT: A New Acadia
BOOK NINE: The Bayou State
BOOK TEN: The Louisiana Acadian "Begats"
BOOK ELEVEN: The Non-Acadian "Cajun" Families of South
Louisiana
BOOK TWELVE: Acadians in Gray
SOURCE NOTES - BOOK THREE
02.
See Arsenault,
Généalogie;
"Census for Ile Royale by Sr de la Rocque,"
<acadian-home.org>;
De La Roque "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:3-172; Griffiths, From Migrant to Acadian, xviii; <islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Thomas, L. I., "Fractured Foundation"; White,
DGFA-1; Books Two & Four.
For the fracturing of Acadian culture, see
L. I.
Thomas,
who focuses not only on Acadians of LA, but also on the pre-
as well as post-dispersal Acadians & the fractures within their
cultural identity. Despite the compelling picture of a static Acadian culture
painted in "Part the First" of Longfellow's Evangeline,
cultural change was inevitable even for a naturally
conservative people like the Acadians of NS.
And then came their Grand Dérangement, which even the
poet could not exaggerate. See Books Five & Six.
"Census for Ile Royale by Sr de la Rocque,"
offers details on the Acadians of Île Royale in 1752, &
<islandregister.com/1752.html>,
on the Acadians of Île St.-Jean that year. The
translation of De La Roque's "Tour of Inspection"
covers the census on both islands & offers an every-name
index with each settler's location. For a detailed
treatment of the De La Roque census, including genealogical
data, see Book Four.
02a.
The order of the families here, within
each of the 3 categories (first "elite families", then
"atypical families," &, finally,"typical families"), is based on the arrival of the
family's progenitor in French Acadia, which can be found in
the review of families ennumerated in the Acadian censuses of 1671 & 1686
in Book One & in subsequent Acadian censuses thru 1714,
also found in Book One. White, DGFA-1,
is the principal genealogical source here, but Arsenault,
Généalogie, is used, reluctantly, when White falls
silent.
05. See T. A. Crowley
& Bernard Pothier, "Du Pont Duchambon,
Louis," in DCB,
online;
T. C. Crowley & Bernard Pothier, "Du Pont Duvivier,
Joseph," in DCB,
online;
Bernard Pothier, "Du
Pont Duvivier," Joseph [actually François]," in DCB, 3:205-06, &
online;
White, DGFA-1, 588-94; White, DGFA-1 English,
125-26; Books One & Two.
22. See
J.-Roger Comeau, "LeNeuf de la
Vallière de Beaubassin, Michel (the elder)," in DCB,
2:409, &
online;
J.-Roger Comeau, "LeNeuf de La Vallière de
Beaubassin, Michel (the younger), in DCB,
2:411-12, &
online;
Griffiths,
From Migrant to Acadian, 116-117, 119; Milner, "Chignecto";
White, DGFA-1, 136, 483-89; 1067-71; White, DGFA-1 English,
230; Books One, Two, Four, & Five.
The following is from note 90, Book One, viz. La Vallière's
acquisition of the Chignecto concession: According to Milner: "La Vallière was a member of the Poterie family, that came with the
Repentigny family from Caen to Quebec in 1638," & that the Poteries,
along with the Repentignys, were among the 4 noble families in Canada
who lived by the sword, not by the plow, and who were helpless without
"their official pay." Milner goes on: "Outside of his
poverty, La Valliere was a man of consequence. While he
held the Commission of Captain of the Court's guards, he was a voyageur,
a wood ranger, a mariner, a trader and a diplomat, and in one capacity
or another was constantly on the move on the frontiers of French domain
in Canada--at one time in the wilds of Hudson's Bay and at another a
beau gallant at Boston." According to Comeau, La Vallière, while a part of his
father-in-law's operations, "In 1672 ... is supposed to have set up a
fur-trading post on the isthmus of Chignecto, while devoting part of his
time to the fishing industry, farming, settlement, and soldiering."
This still would have been about the same time, if not slightly after,
Bourgeois began the Chignecto settlement. One wonders what
role the supposed fur-trading post played in La Vallière's securing the
seigneurial rights to the area from Frontenac in 1676. White,
DGFA-1 English, 230, says that in Jun 1689 (during the governorship
of Meneval), La Vallière served as "Lieutenant in Acadia"; in Oct of
that year, now back in Canada, he was "Captain of Frontenac's guards";
in May 1699 he was "Town major of Montréal"; & became Chevalier de
St.-Louis "probably" in 1705, the year of his death--he died in Jul,
age about 64. Both of his wives were Denyss, the first a daughter
of Nicolas, the second of Simon, which made his wives first cousins.
See White, DGFA-1, 1067-68. Griffiths, 117, adds that La Vallière
served as commander & then governor of the colony from 1678-84, but his
governorship was not confirmed by the king until 1683.
For Marie-Josèphe Le Neuf de Vallière's youthful indiscretion
at Beaubassin in the late 1680s, see Book Two.
23. See Alfred G. Bailey, "Denys de Fronsac, Richard," in DCB, 1:259-61,
&
online;
A. J. E. Lunn, "Denys de Bonaventure,
Simon-Pierre," in DCB, 2:176-78, &
online;
Jean Lunn, "Denys (Denis) de
La Trinité, Simon," in DCB, 1:261-62, &
online;
George MacBeath, "Denys, Nicolas," in
DCB, 1:256-59, &
online; Bernard
Pothier & Donald J. Horton, "Denys de La Ronde, Louis," in
DCB, 3:176-80, &
online;
White, DGFA-1, 482-98; White, DGFA-1 English, 105-07; Books
One, Two, Four, & Five.
26.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 1865-67; Bernard Pothier, "Gannes de Falaise (Falaize), Louis de," in
DCB, 2:236, &
online; H. Paul Thibault, "Gannes de Falaise, Michel
de," in
DCB, 3:236, &
online;
White, DGFA-1, 650-64; Books One, Two, & Five.
27. See Étienne
Taillemite, "Villieu,
Claude-Sébastien de," in DCB, 2:653-54, &
online; Étienne
Taillemite, "Villieu, Sébastien, de," in DCB, 2:654-55,
&
online;
White, DGFA-1, 980-81; Books One & Two.
31.
See Clément Cormier, "Mius (Muis)
D'Entremont, Philippe," DCB, 1:510, &
online; Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Serreau (Sarreau), De Saint-Aubin, Jean," in DCB,
2:604-05, &
online; Georges Cerbelaud Salagnac, "Abbadie de Saint-Castin,
Jean-Vincent, d'," in DCB, 2:4-7, &
online; White, DGFA-1;
Books One, Two, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten.
The death dates, exact or approximate, for
these men are best found in White, which is alphabetical based on family name.
For the Martin
Aucoin quote, see White, 41.
32. See
Arsenault, Généalogie, 1104;
Bergeron
family page.
123.
Quotation from Griffiths, From Migrant to Acadian,
101. See also
Clark,
A. H.,
Acadia,
200-01, 207; Books One & Two.
265a.
See Clark, A. H., Acadia, 200-01, 207.
1737 figures are
from Clark,
A. H.,
207, Table 6.2, entitled "Population of the four Bay
settlements in 1737."
Clark,
A. H.,
200-01, reminds
us: "With the end of official French government we
also come to the end of those frequent, detailed
annual censuses which have provided so much information
about Acadia's human geography. In their place we have
estimates, often simply of numbers and families, and such
counts as of those rounded up and deported in 1755 and
succeeding years." As a result, counts of Acadian
populations after 1710 are purely speculative. The
only useful & reliable count, Clark says, was that of Fr. Félix Pain, who
conducted a census of the Nova Scotia population in 1714
at the request of the government of French Île Royale.
"More than 2,300 were named and a population of at least
2,500 is assumed, including the extension of the
Chignecto area to the estuaries of Shepody Bay."
See Clark,
A. H.,
201. From less accurate estimates,
Clark postulates an Acadian population of about 5,000 in
the early 1730s & more than 10,000 by the 1750s--"a
doubling of the population in, roughly, each twenty
years. This is a remarkable rate of growth for its
time in that it seems to have involved little or no
immigration." Italics added. See Clark,
A. H.,
201. For evidence of immigration into British NS during British rule, see Book Three. Clark,
A. H.,
201, adds: "That
rate of growth, as far as we can tell, was remarkably
constant from 1671 to 1748 if our estimates are
reliable. From 1671 to 1714 numbers roughly
quadrupled, from 500 to 2,300 and by mid-century, in
approximately the same period of time, it may have again
increased fives times to between ten and fifteen
thousand."
334.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 505-24, 953-59, 1153-55,
1560-61, 2230, 2278, 2334, 2473-75; De La Roque, "Tour of
Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:90,
94, 96, 158; "Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, D.,
Acadians in Exile, 61, 115-19, 126, 286, 345, 559-60;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 35-37, 42,
60, 91-92, 121-22, 127, 158; Robichaux, Acadians at Nantes, 58, 81-82; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 198, 276-79, 437-38; White, DGFA-1, 526-51, 795;
White, DGFA-1 English, 112-16; Books One, Two, Four,
Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Doucet
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
For the caveat on the origin of Germain Doucet,
fils, see descendant Keith Doucet at <familyheritageresearchcommunity.org/doucet_dna.html>.
The qualifier "at least" in the reference to Doucet
descendants who emigrated to LA means only that 23 of
Germain's descendants carrying the name
Doucet can be found among the Acadians who went to
LA. The same qualifier holds true for the other 157
Acadian families who emigrated to that colony.
335.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 484-93, 1137-38, 1365-66,
1546-57, 2220-21, 2296-97, 2460-63; De La Roque, "Tour
of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:26, 155-56,
159;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, Acadians in Exile, 82-83, 598;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 25, 66, 204-05,
175-78, 193, 218, 232-36, 251-52, 267-68;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family No. 48;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 42-43; Robichaux,
Acadians in St.-Malo, 206-13, 560, 749; White, DGFA-1,
369-93; White, DGFA-1 English, 83-88; Wood,
Acadians in Maryland, 109-10; Books One,
Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Comeaux
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
336.
See Arsenault,
Généalogie, 673-78, 1420-21, 1506, 1566; De La Roque,
"Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:93-94; Griffiths, From Migrant to Acadian, 118-19;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family No. 19; White,
DGFA-1, 112528, 1130-32, 1134-37; White, DGFA-1
English, 219, 243-45; Books One, Two, Four, Five, & Six;
Martin
family page. See also note
380, below.
White, DGFA-1 English, 219, under the
date 9 Aug 1679, mentions a "Grant by Alexandre Le Borgne de Bélisle,
seigneur of Port-Royal, of a lot of land and a meadow near Port-Royal,
to Pierre Martin, tenant-farmer at Port-Royal." Was this
Pierre, père or fils? Both were alive in 1679.
White, DGFA-1 English, 243, offers more details that answer the
question: "9 Aug 1679: Grant of a parcel of land and a
meadow, near Port-Royal, bounded to the east by the great meadow, to the
west by the Domanchin Brook, to the south by the Dauphine River, and to
the north by the mountain, by Alexandre Le Borgne de Bélisle, in
the name of Emmanuel Le Borgne Du Coudray, seigneur, 'for part of
Acadia,' to Pierre Martin and Mathieu Martin, his son."
See also Griffiths.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
337. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
816-17, 1308-13, 1395, 1441-54, 1581, 2389-95, 2602-11; De La
Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905, 2A:48-51, 110-12;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 269, 299, 305, 405, 420-28, 571-72, 575-79,
581-82, 590;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the
Colonies,
15-16, 118-19, 151a-52,
175, 177, 218, 249, 251, 267, 276, 282, 307-10, 313-16, 318-20,
322;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family No. 35;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>,
Family No. 13;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>,
"Family" No. 13;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 19, 129; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault,
96-98; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 2, 36-37, 39, 152, 161-70;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 760-70;
White, DGFA-1, 1081, 1535-48; White, DGFA-1 English,
323-27;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 185-86; Books One,
Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Trahan
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
338. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
554-61, 964-76, 1386-87, 1658, 2232-34, 2278-79, 2339, 2490;
De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:56, 85, 102, 164-65; "Fort Cumberland, 24 Aug 1763"; "Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785,
98-99, 106-07;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 147-49;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 193, 205,
236;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family 2, 14, 45; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family No. 58;
Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 41;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 178-79, 334-37; White, DGFA-1, 271,
312-13, 666-86;
White, DGFA-1 English, 139-44; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Gaudet
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
339. Quotations from
White, DGFA-1, 235; Maud Hody, "Bourg, Abraham," in
DCB, 2:93, &
online;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 135. See
also Arsenault, Généalogie,
448-56, 863-75, 1116-21, 1427, 1474-80, 1656, 2004, 2078, 2212-14,
2269-70, 2431-34; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:22, 38-39, 79, 85, 147, 163-64;
Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785,
38-39;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 47-49, 95, 616;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 217, 249;
Melanson, Melanson-Melançon, 40;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault,
19-22; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 28-33, 64, 152;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 123-34, 136-59,
163-64, 306-07, 347, 349,
616-17, 639; White, DGFA-1, 221-34, 236-51, 1242; White,
DGFA-1 English, 48-56; Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Bourg/Bourque family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
340. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
566-67, 1170-74, 1388-89, 1488-90, 1658, 2235, 2339-40,
2490-92; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:99, 107-08, 112, 125;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 150-52, 561, 570;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 1, 150-51,
153, 205;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux,
Acadians in Châtellerault, 41-44; Robichaux,
Acadians in Nantes, 69-70; Robichaux, Acadians in
St.-Malo, 47-48, 338-53, 762-63, 1010; White, DGFA-1, 691-705;
White, DGFA-1 English, 145-48; Wood, Acadians in Maryland,
50, 122-23; Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Gautreaux family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
341. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
804-06, 1067-70, 1293-1302, 1528-31, 2254, 2285-86, 2384-86,
2594-96; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:55-57, 81-82, 98, 105, 160, 165;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 413-16, 555-58,
564, 573-74, 609, 612, 615, 628, 636;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 55-56, 67,
151, 156, 158, 175, 233, 236, 249, 267;
Milling, Exile
Without End, 21-22, 46-47;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 1, 2, 3, 26, 31; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Reine_d_Espagne.htm>;
"Family" No. 17;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>,
Family No. 9;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 63, 96, 170, 172, 190;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 94-95;
Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 155-59; Robichaux,
Acadians in St.-Malo, 49-50, 61-62, 73, 331-32, 486-87, 540, 734-52, 774; Surette, Tintamarre & Le Lac,
178;
White, DGFA-1,
1483-1506; White, DGFA-1 English, 312-18; Books One, Four,
Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Theriot
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
342. See
Arsenault, Généalogie, 647-58,
1003, 1216-60, 1411-14,
1564, 1661, 1904, 2243-44, 2282, 2304, 2357-62, 2536-46;
BRDR, vol. 1a; Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations"; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905, 2A:22, 38, 97-98, 112, 127, 159;
"Fort Cumberland, 24 Aug 1763"; "Fort Edward,
1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile,
79, 96, 102, 118, 137-39, 160, 196, 279-89, 301, 305-06,
319, 322, 382, 415, 420,
422, 554-55, 557-58, 565-70, 572-73, 576, 587, 590,
608-11, 613-14; Hodson, Acadian Diaspora,
35, 40, 66, 146-48, 169, 174-76, 182-85, 190, 193-95, 199,
201, 205, 225n89;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles
in the Colonies, 15-17, 47, 56-57, 66-67, 69, 78-80, 93, 108-09,
119, 151, 154, 156-58, 175-78, 205-06, 217-18, 232-34, 236, 251-52,
263, 267-68, 275, 290, 307, 310, 312; LeBlanc, T., Acadian Driftwood; David Lee, "Robin,
Charles," in DCB,
online;
Milling, Exile Without End, 15, 21, 29, 40-44, 46;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 12, 17, 22, 23;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>,
Family Nos. 4, 7, 10; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 14, 47, 89, 98, 107, 110, 136, 166;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Donat Robichaud, "Robichaux
(Robichaud, Robicheau),
Jean-Baptiste,"
in DCB,
online; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault,
66-69;
Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 39, 111-22; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo,
553-79, 605, 607; White, DGFA-1, 983-1022; White,
DGFA-1 English, 209-17; Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 154-64; Books One,
Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
LeBlanc
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
For René LeBlanc, fils, the notary's,
activities on the eve of Le Grand Dérangement & Joseph dit Le Maigre LeBlanc's
resistance activities, see Hodson; Book Two. For Le Maigre's appearance on the list of wanted partisans,
see Books Two & Four.
Quotations about Jean-Jacques LeBlanc from
Mouhot, "Emigration of
the Acadians from France to LA," 141, 143, 167.
343. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
794-99, 1572-74, 1664, 2588-92; De La Roque, "Tour of
Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905, 2A:156;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadians in
Exile, 404;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles
in the Colonies, 25-26, 193, 217-18, 235, 249, 252;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; White, DGFA-1, 1456-63;
White, DGFA-1 English, 306-07; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Savoie/Savoy family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
344. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
474-81, 884-85; White, DGFA-1, 270, 289-98; White, DGFA-1 English,
64-66; Books One, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Brun
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the fourth generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
A plaque mentioning Vincent, Renée, and their older
daughters, born in France, can be seen on the wall of the
church at La Chaussée. It reads: "En cette
église de La Chaussée furent baptisées Madeleine 25 janvier
1645 et Andrée 21 août 1646 qui firent le 'grand voyage'
vers l'Acadie et Port Royal en compagnie de leurs parents
Vincent BRUN et Renée BRAUD ... Offert par la Maison de
l'Acadie et les Cousins Acadiens du Poitou." That
is, "In this church of La Chaussée were baptized Madeleine
January 25, 1645 and Andrée August 21, 1656 who made the
'grand voyage' to Acadia and Port Royal with their parents
Vincent BRUN and Renée BRAUD ... Offered by the Maison
[Museum] de l'Acadie and the Cousins Acadiens du Poitou."
345. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
567-79, 976-82, 1389-92, 1659, 2236, 2492-94; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:25-26, 31, 158-59;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 66, 156-57, 196,
383;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles
in the Colonies, 25, 178, 193, 205-06, 217, 231, 233-36,
251, 263, 308; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 8, 15, 32, 37;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>,
Family No. 5; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family No. 96; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 44-45;
Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 70-71; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo,
65, 359-62; White, DGFA-1, 718-39;
White, DGFA-1 English, 150-53; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Girouard/Giroir family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
346. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
612-26, 1009-10, 1198-1215, 1401-11, 1562, 1606-07,
1660, 2241, 2280-81, 2355-56, 2521-35; BRDR, 2:432,
436; De La Roque, "Tour of
Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:35,
83-84, 97-98, 113-14;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile,
30, 270-74, 372, 427, 431,
433, 573, 603-05, 619;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles
in the Colonies, 15-17, 39, 55-57, 65-66, 68, 77-81, 94, 97, 118-20,
152-53, 155-58, 175, 177-78, 205-06, 217-18, 231-33, 236,
249, 252, 263, 267-68, 284; Melanson, Melanson-Melançon,
45, 47; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 8, 51, 52, 140, 141, 144, 162, 172, 183;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760";
Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 39-40, 62-66;
Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 66-67, 76, 102-09; Robichaux,
Acadians in St.-Malo, 364, 366-68, 522-44, 557-59, 663,
736-37; White, DGFA-1,
914-52; White,
DGFA-1 English, 194-204;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 134-54; Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Landry
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
347.
See LeBlanc, T., Acadian Driftwood, 27, 131;
note 346, above, for sources on René Landry le jeune & his
descendants.
For Charles dit Charlot Landry's incarceration
over the issue of an unqualified oath of allegiance & his
death resulting from that incarceration, see Book Two. For
interactions between François, son of Antoine, Landry
& Lt.-Col. Winslow at Minas on the eve of deportation, see Book Five.
348. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
408-27, 842-45, 2206-07; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:148;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 24;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Gérard LeBlanc, "Memramcook, Cradle of Acadie in New
Brunswick," in Perrin et al., eds., Acadie Then & Now,
387-88; White, DGFA-1, 96-104; White,
DGFA-1 English, 19-20; Books One, Two, Five, & Six;
Belliveau family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
For Antoine's great-grandson Charles Belliveau's exploits in the fall of 1755,
see Book Five.
349. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
466-71, 1125-32, 1347-49, 1480-81, 1543-45, 1656; 2216-17, 2271, 2295, 2438-44;
"Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations"; De La Roque,
"Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905, 2A:18, 39-40, 79, 115; "Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hodson, Acadian Diaspora, 141;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Robichaux, Acadian in Châtellerault, 23-25, 59;
Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 34-37, 63-64, 167;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 129, 154-55,
161-71, 270-71, 295-96, 303, 487-89, 506-07, 376-78, 537-38, 664-65; White, DGFA-1, 270-82;
White, DGFA-1 English, 59-63;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 93-103;
Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, & Ten;
Breaux
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
350. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
524-34, 959-60, 1155-58, 1484-88, 1648, 2230-32, 2299, 2475-81;
Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations,"
in <acadian-home.org>; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:16-17, 19, 22, 86, 116-17, 124, 153;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
<genforum.genealogy.com/dugas/messages/549.html>;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile,
123-25;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies,
39, 78, 107-08, 178, 209, 249, 252, 267; Melanson,
Melanson-Melançon, 50-51; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>,
Family No. 15; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>,
Family No. 6; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 55, 66, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 111, 113, 119, 144, 190, 192;
Bernard Pothier, "Dugas (Dugast),
Joseph," DCB,
online;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 37-39; Robichaux, Acadians
in Nantes, 58-65; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 285-307;
Thurston, Tidal Life, 97, source for Joseph
Dugas's arrival on Baie Ste.-Marie; White,
DGFA-1, 562-80; White, DGFA-1
English, 119-24; White, DGFA-2 (up); Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Dugas
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
351. Quotations from MacBeath, "La Tour, Charles [fils],"
in DCB, 2:591; Clarence J. d'Entremont, "Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Agathe
(Marie-Agathe) de (also known under the name of Mrs Agathe Campbell or
Campbel), in DCB, 2:590-91, &
online; Clark, A. H., Acadia, 197;
White, DGFA-1 English, 302.
See also Arsenault, Généalogie, 1643-46; Griffiths, From Migrant to Acadian, 126; W. G. Godfrey,
"Bradstreet, John,"
in DCB,
online; MacBeath, 2:592;
White, DGFA-1, 21-22, 1433-39; White, DGFA-1 English, 5-6,
301, 332; notes 119a & 263, above; Books One, Two,
& Five.
White, DGFA-1 English, 301, details the
empowerment of attorney to Charles, fils by his relatives--Anne
Melanson, widow of Jacques de Saint-Étienne de La Tour,
his paternal aunt by marriage; sister Marie de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, widow of
Alexandre Le Borgne de Bélisle; brother-in-law Jacques Mius
d'Entremont de Pobomcoup for sister Anne; & brother-in-law
Abraham Mius de Pleinmarais for sister Marguerite--"authorizing their brother Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, [fils],
to represent them at Paris, in all matters pertaining to the settlement
of the estate of Marie de Menou d'Aulnay, Canoness of Poussay, in
Lorraine," a daughter of Charles d'Aulnay & their half-sister.
Fr. d'Entremont, 2:591, says Agathe
"is believed to have died sometime after 1739, a victim in the end of
her frail health," but White, DGFA-1, 1437, says that, according
to research conducted by Paul Delaney, she died après 1765.
353.
See Arsenault, Généalogie,
599-606, 989-1002, 1183-95, 1392-1401, 1494-96, 1561-62, 1586, 1659, 2237-39,
2279-80, 2352-53, 2507-17;
Adrien Bergeron, "Hébert,
Étienne," in DCB, &
online;
Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations," <acadian-home.org>; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:38-41, 78, 100, 102, 106-07, 116-17, 134, 147;
"Fort Cumberland, 24 Aug 1763";
"Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 139, 171, 181-91, 272,
280-81, 404, 424, 433, 564-65, 575, 577, 587, 612;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 15, 25,
77, 93-94, 96, 119, 151, 154, 175-78, 204-06, 217, 231, 249, 267, 276,
278, 307-08, 313; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 36; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>,
Family Nos. 12, 14, 18, 23, 26, 30; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 1, 16, 20, 35, 39, 41, 43, 44, 45, 49, 66, 80, 99, 102, 106,
107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 118, 119, 124, 125, 127, 133, 145, 146, 162, 169,
171, 177; "Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 54-58,
74-75; Robichaux,
Acadians
in Nantes, 84-94; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 22-24, 68-69,
74-75, 117-20, 347-50, 445-79, 539, 629;
White,
DGFA-1, 798-840; White, DGFA-1
English, 163-76; Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Hébert
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Arsenault's accounts of this
family's experiences during exile are especially confusing. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
354.
See Arsenault, Généalogie,
456-66, 709, 875-84, 1655-56, 2214-16, 2270-71, 2434-37; Clément Cormier, "Bourgeois, Jacques (Jacob)," in DCB,
2:94, &
online;
Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations";
De La
Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905, 2A:94;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadians in
Exile, 13, 49-50, 53, 206, 330, 360;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 15, 18, 26,
59, 77, 82-84, 93, 99, 175, 178, 180, 193,
203, 206, 231-37, 249, 251, 258, 267-78; Milling,
Exile Without End, 14, 30, 42-43, 46;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct
1760";
Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault,
22; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 156; Robichaux, Acadians in
St.-Malo, 95-96, 300, 734, 1064;
W.
Austin Squires, "Maissonat, dit Baptiste, Pierre," in DCB,
2:449-50, &
online;
White, DGFA-1,
251-63, 1588-90; White, DGFA-1 English, 56-57, 113;
Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Bourgeois family page; Marc Bourgeois,
family historian.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of most Acadian families, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research
with all of its omissions and mis-attributions. Luckily for anyone who
studies this
family, genealogist/historian Marc Bourgeois has produced a family website, <www.histoire-de-Bourgeois.ca>,
that serves as a fine supplement to the work of
Stephen A. White.
355.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 729, 1031-51, 1663,
2250-51, 2284, 2376, 2568-69;
Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations";
De La Roque, "Tour of
Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:21-22,
96, 105, 157;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exiles, 99, 121, 258, 359-66, 572;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colony, 157, 205, 217,
231, 233-36, 249, 252;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family No. 142;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>,
Family No. 29; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo,
675-77; White, DGFA-1, 1327-38;
White, DGFA-1 English, 282-84; Wood, Acadians in Maryland,
174-75; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Poirier
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation of
this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
356. See also Arsenault, Généalogie, 441-48, 859-63, 1108-16, 1336-46, 1655, 2209-12, 2265-69, 2294, 2321-23, 2425-31;
Brasseaux, "Scattered to the Wind," 38;
BRDR; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905, 2A:17, 20, 22, 84-85, 102-03, 105, 115-16, 118, 122, 136, 146-48,
157, 161-62;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 41-44, 413, 555;
Hébert,
D., South LA Records, 1:86; Hodson, Acadian Diaspora, 104, 192-93; <islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies,
15-16, 26,
30, 150, 152, 155, 176-77, 193-94, 205, 233, 251-52, 267-68,
282, 315-16;
Melanson, Melanson-Melançon, 25-27;
<pagesperso-orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/AutresPorts.htm>; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 38; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>,
Family Nos. 5, 7, 16, 20, 24, 26, 27; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 16, 17, 19, 22, 23, 71, 79, 140, 141, 189;
Robichaux, Acadians in
Châtellerault, 14-19, 33, 83-84; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 17-27,
142-43;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 85-107-10, 111-121, 170, 303, 628,
659-61, 734-35; White, DGFA-1, 184-217; White,
DGFA-1 English, 38-47; Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 128-30; Books
One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Boudreaux family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation of
this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
357.
Quotation from Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 65. See
also Arsenault, Généalogie,
431-37, 1105-06, 1471-73, 1540-43, 1654, 2067-68, 2207-08, 2423-25; De La
Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:11, 85,
161;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 32-33;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies,
25, 56, 158, 193,
217, 235-36, 251, 308-09;
<pagesperso-orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/AutresPorts.htm>;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>,
"Family" No. 11; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 4, 5, 10, 15, 27, 29, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 118, 147, 149,
185;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760";
Robichaux, Acadians in
Châtellerault, 11-13; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 13-17;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 46-47, 62-64, 66-75; White, DGFA-1, 143-56,
1581; White, DGFA-1 English,
32-34;
notes 199 & 265,
above; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Blanchard
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation of
this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
357a.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 769-70; De La Roque, "Tour
of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>; White, DGFA-1,
917, 925, 1397-98; Book One.
358.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 769-70, 1273-76, 2249;
De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:15-16, 128-29;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile,
355-56; <islandregister.com/1752.html>;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Reine_d_Espagne.htm>,
Family No. 11; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family No. 153; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 82, 85; Robichaux,
Acadians in St.-Malo, 654-55, 679; White, DGFA-1, 1310-17,
1443-44; White, DGFA-1 English,
279-80; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Pinet/Pinel family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation of
this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
359.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 494, 909-28, 2221-22,
2275-76, 2297, 2463-66;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 84-86;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 231-36, 249;
Melanson, Cormier Genealogy;
Robichaux,
Acadians in St.-Malo, 213-14, 277; Surette, Mésagouche & LaButte;
Surette, Tintamarre & Le Lac; White, DGFA-1, 400-10; White, DGFA-1 English,
89-92;
Books One, Two, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Cormier
family page
.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the fourth generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
360.
See
Arsenault, Généalogie, 721-25, 2249, 2283, 2306;
Clarence J. D'Entremont, "Petitpas,
Claude," in DCB, 2:524, &
online; De
La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905,
2A; Hodson, Acadian Diaspora, 30-31;
Bernard Pothier, "Petitpas, Barthélemy," in
DCB, 3:512-13, &
online;
White, DGFA-1, 1294-1302; White, DGFA-1 English,
275-77;
Books One, Two, Four, & Five.
For Claude Petitpas, fils's adventures, see
D'Entremont; Hodson.
361.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 502, 1593-1605, 2471;
Cormier, "Mius (Muis)
D'Entremont" DCB, 1:510; Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations"; De La Roque, "Tour of
Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:45, 78;
Hébert, D., Acadian Exiles, 106-07;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family No. 184;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 560-61, 625; White, DGFA-1, 1201-11; White, DGFA-1 English,
190, 256-57; Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Mius d'Entremont family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation of
this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
362.
See Arsenault,
Généalogie, 807-13, 1302-08, 1434-41, 1574-80, 2309, 2386-87,
2596-1601; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:81, 98-99;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 167, 308, 417-18, 564,
574-75, 585, 591;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the
Colonies, 15-16, 66, 79, 118-19, 151-151a, 175-78, 217-18, 235-36, 249,
252, 267, 313; LeBlanc, T., Acadian Driftwood, 123-30; Marchand, Old Settlers of Ascension, 92-93;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 42, 69, 132, 169, 173, 174, 175, 188;
Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 49, 147, 159-60; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 179, 752-60;
White, DGFA-1, 1508-23; White,
DGFA-1 English, 319-22; Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 184-85;
Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, & Ten;
Thibodeaux family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation of
this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
363.
See Arsenault, Généalogie,
752-69, 1057-67, 1280-84, 1427-30, 1663-64, 2252-53, 2284-85, 2377-80, 2574-81;
De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:85, 154-56,
158;
"Fort Cumberland, 24 Aug 1763";
"Fort Edward, 1761-62"; Hébert, Acadians in Exile, 286, 379-84,
428, 572-73, 609, 612, 615, 633, 636;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the
Colonies, 17, 25-26, 77, 79, 81-82, 93, 96, 150, 152-53, 155, 158, 176, 178, 193,
204-05, 231-32, 249, 263, 268; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 37, 38;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760";
Robichaux, Acadians in
Châtellerault, 87; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 147-48; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 108, 585-86, 692-704, 744;
White, DGFA-1, 1373-95; White, DGFA-1 English, 290-92;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 176-80; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Richard
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation of
this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
364.
See Arsenault,
Généalogie, 662-64, 1415-19, 1504-05, 2245, 2547-50; Brasseaux,
Founding of New Acadia, 104; Brasseaux, "'Grand Texas,'" 274; Bunnell,
French & Native North American Marriages, 70-71; De La Roque, "Tour
of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:27, 46, 46, 50-52, 112,
117-18, 160-61;
Guidry, "Guédrys
Exiled to North Carolina"; Hébert, D., Acadians in
Exile, 297-98, 588;
Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785,
6-7; <islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 152-53, 279, 296;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>,
Family Nos. 13, 14, 15, 22; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 72, 103, 106, 135, 136, 139, 159; Robichaux, Acadians in
Châtellerault, 70-71; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 40, 124-28; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 545-46, 582-90, 593-94; White, DGFA-1,
1048-58; White, DGFA-1 English, 223-28; Wood, Acadians in Maryland,
98-99, 186; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Lejeune
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation of
this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
365.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 686-95, 1041, 1262-72, 1662,
2246, 2371-72, 2553-57;
Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations";
De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:83, 114, 123-26; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile,
37, 149-51, 173, 275, 323-25, 433, 557, 570-71;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles
in the Colonies, 16, 107, 151, 153-54, 157-58, 175,
177, 204, 217, 249, 267-68; Melanson, Melanson-Melançon; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family No. 143; Robichaux, Acadians in
Châtellerault, 75-77; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 106-07, 125-26, 613-19, 638-39; Voohies, J., Some Late
Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 426-27; White, DGFA-1, 1145-67; White, DGFA-1 English,
247-50;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 166-73; Books One, Four,
Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Melançon family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of most Acadian families, the author must rely largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Luckily for anyone who studies this
family, Michael B. Melanson has produced a 1,040-page family history/genealogy
that serves as a fine supplement to the work of
Stephen A. White. For details on members of the family beyond the fifth
generation who settled in Canada & greater Acadia after Le Grand Dérangement,
see Melanson, 113ff.
366.
See
note 365.
367.
See Arsenault,
Généalogie, 405-08, 1100-01, 2415; BRDR, vols. 9a(rev.), 2, 3,
6, 7, 8; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
White, DGFA-1, 6, 136, 1024-31,
1100-01; White, DGFA-1 English, 218-19;
Books One, Two, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Bélisle family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the fourth generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
368.
Quotation from Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 124. See
also Arsenault, Généalogie, 583-87, 1174-82, 2302,
2341-49, 2496-98; De
La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905, 2A: 100, 114; Hébert, D., Acadians in
Exile, 33, 40, 84, 104, 161-67, 293, 322, 381, 413, 561-64, 580-81, 603-04, 608, 610, 613; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2,
4;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies,
150-51, 157, 204-05, 234; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
"Family" No. 58; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family No. 25;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760";
Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 71-73; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 36, 146-67, 179-80, 364-69, 544, 613-15; White, DGFA-1, 761-70,
1344; White, DGFA-1 English,
157; Wood, 123, 126-27; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Granger
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the fourth generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
369.
See Arsenault, Généalogie,
726-29, 1276-78, 1507-10, 1566-68, 1663, 2250, 2566-68; De La Roque, "Tour of
Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:80-82,
85, 114, 121-22, 124;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 32, 143, 157, 357-58, 571-72;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 205, 232, 251-52;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 25, 26, 27; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Reine_d_Espagne.htm>;
Family No. 1;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>,
Family No. 10;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 9, 30, 38, 40, 122, 126, 128, 151, 154, 155,
170, 188;
Pitre, Windows into Yesteryears; "Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in
Châtellerault, 37, 54-55, 78, 82-84; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes,
58-59, 87, 132, 140-46; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 114, 117-20, 126-27, 152-53, 288, 322, 453, 567-69, 655-74, 701-02; White, DGFA-1,
699, 1288-89, 1318-26; White,
DGFA-1 English, 280-82; Books, One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Pitre family
page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence. Descendant Lee Roy J. Pitre, Jr.'s family
history/genealogy offers some help.
370.
See Arsenault,
Généalogie, 594-95, 1492-93; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:39-40, 56, 80-81, 118;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
<perso.orange.fr./froux/St_malo_arrivees/Antelope.htm>,
Family No. 10;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 1, 3, 4;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 22, 94, 98, 104;
Robichaux, Acadians in
Châtellerault, 47; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes,
77-78; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 326, 381-85;
White, DGFA-1, 775-79; White, DGFA-1 English,
158-59; Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Guérin
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
371.
See Arsenault, Généalogie,
544-49, 960-64, 1383-86, 2488-90; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A: 26-27;
"Fort Cumberland, 24 Aug 1763";
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 140; <islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 218, 234;
Milling, Exile Without End, 45; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 13, 18, 88, 89;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 68; Robichaux,
Acadians in St.-Malo, 63-64, 324-31, 576-77; White, DGFA-1, 621-40; White, DGFA-1 English, 131-35;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 117-20; Books One, Four,
Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Foret family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
372.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 394,
422, 1092-1100, 1320-22, 1654, 2206, 2316-17, 2408-13; BRDR, vols. 2, 3,
5a(rev.); De La Roque, "Tour of
Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A; Hébert,
D., Acadians in Exile, 554, 560, 565;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 97; Melanson, Melanson-Melançon, 96;
Robichaux,
Acadians in Châtellerault, 5; Robichaux,
Acadians in Nantes, 8-9; Robichaux, Acadians in
St.-Malo, 32-34, 36-37; White, DGFA-1, 57-58; White, DGFA-1 English,
13-14;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 73-82; Books One, Four,
Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Babin family
page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
373.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 819, 1454-61, 1991, 2396,
2611; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:104, 107, 109;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 103, 306,
330-31, 439-40, 571, 582, 620, 629;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 15, 119,
156, 175, 217-18, 278, 285, 288, 313, 316, 322;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family No. 24;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 85, 177, 178;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux,
Acadians in Châtellerault, 69, 98; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes,
171-73; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 233, 777-83; White,
DGFA-1, 161,1575-85;
White, DGFA-1 English, 332-34; Wood, Acadians in Maryland,
113; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Vincent
&
Clément family
pages.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
374.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 538-42, 1160-70, 1658,
2486-87; "Fort Cumberland, 24 Aug 1763"; "Fort Edward,
1761-62"; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 128-30,
186, 370, 560-61, 608; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies,
15-16, 77-78, 109, 152-54, 158, 177-78, 204-06, 217, 233-34, 267;
Milling,
Exile Without End, 41-42; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>,
Family No. 1;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 27, 39; Robichaux,
Acadians in Châtellerault, 39-40; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes,
66-67; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 144-47, 313-17; White, DGFA-1, 596-607,
1542;
White, DGFA-1 English, 126-27;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 37, 50, 114-16; Books One, Four, Five, Six,
Eight, & Ten;
Dupuis/Dupuy family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
375.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 770-84, 1284-85, 1511-28,
1664, 2581-83; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:159-60, 162-63;
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 386, 627; <islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 57, 68, 79,
81, 93, 96, 109, 175, 177, 204, 206, 235, 249, 251, 267;
<perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 36, 84, 88, 125, 144, 161, 162, 163, 164,
165, 166, 185, 186;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux,
Acadians in Châtellerault, 87-90; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes,
149-51; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 353, 703-18;
White,
DGFA-1, 1402-12; White, DGFA-1
English 293-95; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Robichaux family page.
For more on Prudent Robichaud,
see Books Two & Five.
For son Louis dit Prudent's relationship with the
British at Fort Anne during King George's War, see Book Two.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
376.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 710-11; White, DGFA-1, 1277-78; White, DGFA-1 English,
271-72; Books One, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Pellerin family page.
Arsenault, 710, insists François was an older brother of Étienne Pellerin,
but White, DGFA-1, followed here, shows otherwise.
377.
See
Arsenault, Généalogie, 702, 1020-26; White,
DGFA-1, 1219-30; White, DGFA-1 English, 259-61;
Books One & Two.
Canadian Morins settled in
LA. One wonders if any of them were members of this
particular family.
378.
See Arsenault, Généalogie,
897-908, 1657, 2219-20, 2272-74, 2458-59; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:143-44, 148; "Fort Cumberland,
24 Aug 1763"; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile,
78-79;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 234, 236; Milling, Exile
Without End, 41-42; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 53, 57, 58, 62, 152, 156, 182;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760";
Robichaux, Acadians in
Châtellerault, 26; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 40-41;
Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 198-202;
White, DGFA-1, 347-58; White, DGFA-1 English,
78-80; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Chiasson family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
379.
See Arsenault, Généalogie,
500-01, 946-47, 1143-50, 1368-74, 1557-58, 2228, 2328-32, 2467-69; De La Roque,
"Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:15, 84-85,
103, 106, 112, 116, 119, 128, 115;
Hébert, Acadians in Exile, 89, 93-97, 196, 324, 556-58,
562, 565;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn,
Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 15-16, 65-66, 69, 150, 175, 217; Milling, Exile Without End, 21,
41, 44; NOAR, vols. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>,
Family Nos. 23, 24, 25; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 17, 63, 64, 65, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 84, 85, 91, 93, 165, 169, 180;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 28-29; Robichaux, Acadians in
Nantes, 43-49, 68, 89, 111-12; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo,
38-39, 114-15, 141-44, 153-54, 203, 231-53, 316, 344,
359-60, 387-89, 391-93, 533, 554-55, 753-55; White,
DGFA-1, 157, 759, 446-52, 697, 1236; White, DGFA-1 English, 100;
Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 110-11; Books
One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Daigre/Daigle family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
380.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 678-85, 1013, 2370,
2550-53;
Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations";
De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905,
2A:155; "Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 21, 316-20, 556, 581;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 25, 193, 217,
249, 251-52; White,
DGFA-1, 737, 1125-40; White, DGFA-1 English,
219, 243-46; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Martin
family page. See also note
336, above.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
381.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 628-34, 2535;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>; Jehn,
Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 176, 204, 234-35, 249;
Milling,
Exile
Without End,
10-12, 30-32; "Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; White, DGFA-1, 958-60; White, DGFA-1 English,
204; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Lanoux
family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
382.
See Arsenault,
Généalogie, 494-95, 1366-68; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:49, 75;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 86;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 252; White, DGFA-1, 411-17;
White, DGFA-1 English, 92-93; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Corporon family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all of
its omissions and mis-attributions, burdening us with more than the usual
confusion in his treatment of this family. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
383.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 595-99, 2237, 2502-04;
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 173; Jehn,
Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 26, 231, 252;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760";
White, "Acadians
on the St. John River 1755-1760," in <acadian-home.org>; White,
DGFA-1, 780-82; White, DGFA-1 English, 159; Books One, Five, Six,
Eight, & Ten;
Guilbeau family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
384.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 481, 886-95, 2583-84; De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:79, 101, 144-45;
"Fort Cumberland, 24 Aug 1763"; Hébert, D., Acadians
in Exile, 63, 389, 584, 587-88, 620, 627;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies,
26, 154, 217, 233, 273, 276, 281, 308, 319; Milling, Exile Without End,
21, 41, 45; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>,
Family Nos. 90, 95, 158, 176;
"Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760"; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 83-84, 182-85,199-200, 374-76, 449-50, 591-92;
White, DGFA-1, 305-12,
1115-16, 1418-19; White, DGFA-1 English,
68-69, 297; Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 25, 166;
Books One, Two, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Roger/Caissie family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
385.
See
Arsenault, Généalogie, 845-46;
White, DGFA-1, 160-61;
White, DGFA-1 English, 35; Book One.
386.
See
Arsenault, Généalogie, 500, 929-46, 2220, 2223-28,
2276-77, 2297, 2467;
White, DGFA-1, 433-38;
White, DGFA-1 English, 96-97; Books One & Five.
394.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 738-49, 1423-27, 2573-74;
De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905,
2A:114-16, 120;
<islandregister.com/1752.html>;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 155, 218; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 128;
Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 592;
White, DGFA-1, 1077-82; White, DGFA-1 English,
232-33; Wood, Acadians in Maryland, 118-19; Books One, Four, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Prince/LePrince family page.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
398. See Arsenault,
Généalogie, 791; d'Entremont, "Serreau (Sarreau), de Saint-Aubin,
Jean," in DCB, 2:604-05; White, DGFA-1, 1463-66; White, DGFA-1
English, 307-08; Books One & Five.
408.
Quotation about Joseph dit Bellefontaine from
Braud, From Nantes to LA, 25. See
also Arsenault, Généalogie, 579,
1632-43, 2494-96;
Brasseaux, ed., Quest for the Promised Land,
129n172; Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations";
"Fort Edward, 1761-62";
Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 149;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 149, 151; Robichaux, Acadians
in St.-Malo, 363, 623-24, 1011;
White, "Acadians
on the St. John River 1755-1760," in <acadian-home.org>; White, DGFA-1, 740-50; White, DGFA-1
English, 153-54;
Books One, Five, Six, Eight, & Ten;
Godin/Gaudin &
Part/Apart
family pages.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
For the most solid treatment of the
Ste.-Anne-du-Pays-Bas massacre of Feb-Mar 1759, see White's essay on the
Acadians of Rivière St.-Jean; Book Five. Interestingly, Hodson, Acadian Diaspora,
a recent treatment of the Acadian Grand Dérangement, does not even
mention the incident.
410.
Quotations from George MacBeath, "Damours (d'Amours)
de Freneuse, Mathieu," in DCB, 1:245-46,
&
online;
De Ville, Mississippi Valley Mélange, 2:19.
See also Arsenault, Généalogie, 1626-32, 2469-70; F.
Grenier, "Damours (d'Amours) de Chauffours, Mathieu,"
in DCB, 1:245,
&
online;
Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 251; A. J. E. Lunn, "Denys de Bonaventure,
Simon-Pierre," DCB, 2:177,
&
online;
White, DFGA-1, 453-66 (D'Amours de Chaufours); White,
DGFA-1 English,
100-01 (D'Amours de Chaufours); Books One, Five, Six, Eight, &
Ten;
Louvière/Damour family page.
MacBeath, 1:246, adds these interesting
details to the family's history: Mathieu, fils's widow,
Louise Guyon, "moved to Port-Royal ... when the governor,
Monbeton[sic] de Brouillan, established his headquarters there.
There seems little doubt that during the years she was at Port-Royal she
was on intimate terms both with the governor and with Sieur
[Simon-Pierre] Denys de Bonaventure, a prominent naval captain [and Brouillan's second in command]. This caused her to be one of the
most talked about persons in New France." Evidently her notoriety
did not hurt her standing among the New French elite. "In 1708 she
was sent to Quebec and there received in high social circles.
Three years later, she reappeared at Port-Royal, now in English control,
having crossed the Bay of Fundy in a birch-bark canoe in mid-winter with
only an Indian and her youngest son to help. She was given
permission to settle there. Soon afterwards a force of English
soldiers was ambushed and that same evening Mme Damours was taken to
safety by a French force, adding weight to the suspicion that she had
only returned to Port-Royal to serve the French cause." See also
Lunn.
Keep in mind that, beginning with the third generation
of this family, the author relies largely on Bona Arsenault's research with all
of its omissions and mis-attributions. Not until Stephen White publishes his
DGFA-2 can the "complete" genealogy of this Acadian family be recounted
with any confidence.
411.
See
Arsenault, Généalogie, 1646-47;
Salagnac, "Abbadie de Saint-Castin,
Jean-Vincent, d'," in DCB, 2:4-7;
Salagnac, "Abbadie de Saint-Castin,
Bernard-Anselme," in DCB, 2:3-4;
Salagnac, "Abbadie de Saint-Castin,
Joseph," in DCB, 3:3; White, DGFA-1, 1-9,
456; White, DGFA-1 English,
1-2; Books One, Two, & Five.
White, DGFA-1 English, 2,
says Bernard-Anselme was "Lieutenant of the Marine assigned
to Canada" on 11 Jan 1716. According to biographer
Salagnac, 2:4, Bernard-Anselme was in France at the time &
did not return to North America.
413.
See
Arsenault,
Généalogie, 482-83; White, DGFA-1, 339-41; White,
DGFA-1 English, 76-77; Book One.
428. See
Conrad, Attakapas Domesday Book, 35, 47-48; De La Roque, "Tour
of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:6; De Ville, French
Troops in LA, 1745, 15-35; De Ville, LA Troops 1720-1770, 124; De
Ville, Mississippi Valley Mélange, 2:14; Krause,"Goutin,
François-Marie de," in DCB, 3:264-65; Pothier, "Goutin,
Mathieu de," in DCB, 2:257-58; White, DGFA-1, 756-59, 1508-09;
White, DGFA-1 English, 155-56; notes
21 &
246a, above; Books, Two, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, & Ten;
De Goutin family page.
451.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 1608-09;
Delaney, "Chronology of the Deportations";
De La Roque, "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives
1905, 2A:47, 118; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile,
433; <islandregister.com/1752.html.>; White, DGFA-1, 1565-67;
White, DGFA-1 English, 331;
Books One & Five.
454.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 668, 2305-06; Hébert, D.,
Acadian in Exile, 307-08; White, DGFA-1, 1099-1100;
White, DGFA-1 English, 237; Book One.
For Loppinots in colonial LA with no
demonstrable kinship ties to Jean-Chrysostôme
of French Acadia, see NOAR, vols 2.
470.
See Arsenault, Généalogie, 606-07; Griffiths, From Migrant to Acadian,
447; Hodson, Acadian Diaspora, 104; Étienne Taillemite, "Jacau
(Jacault, Jacob) de Fiedmont," Louis-Thomas," in
DCB,
online; White, DGFA-1,
867-68;
White, DGFA-1 English, 183; Books One & Two.
See White, DGFA-1, 867, for a more
accurate birth year for Louis-Thomas than can be found in his biography
by Taillemite.
Griffiths, 447, says that Louis-Thomas
"left an account, from a military perspective, of the fall of Beauséjour
and Gaspereau, which, as [John Clarence] Webster [in The Forts of
Chignecto: A Study of the Eighteenth Century Conflict Between France and
Great Britain in Acadia,, 58-60, published in 1930] points out,
sought to place the blame everywhere except upon his own shortcomings as
the man in charge of the defences of the fort for the two previous
years." (One should not wonder, then, why he eventually
became a governor & major-general.) Taillemite, whose biography of Louis-Thomas
borders on hagiography, offers no criticism of his performance at Chignecto.
489. See Arsenault, Généalogie,
543-44; White, DGFA-1, 411, 620-21; White,
DGFA-1 English, 93, 130; Books One & Five.
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