Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s
[onh-REE, HEN-ree]
ACADIA
Robert Henry or Henri, born at Rouen, France, in c1643, came first to Canada, where he served as a domestic servant for Quentin Moral. He was confirmed in the Catholic faith at Trois-Rivières in 1666, so he likely had been a Huguenot. He moved to Chignecto in c1676 and two years later married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Godin dit Châtillon and Jeanne Rousselière also of Canada who had moved to Chignecto. Robert and Marie-Madeleine were counted at Port-Royal in 1686, but by 1693 they had moved to the Minas Basin. They eventually settled at Cobeguit. They had 13 children, including six sons, all of whom married. Five of their daughters married into the Doiron, Pitre, Druce, Radoux, Pinet, and Guérard families.
Oldest son Martin dit Robert, born probably at Chignecto in c1679, married Marie, daughter of Étienne Hébert of Minas, probably at Minas in c1699. They had nine children, including five sons who married into the Thériot, Aucoin, Dugas, Benoit, and Thibodeau families. Their three daughters married into the Carret, Breau, and Aucoin families. By the early 1750s, the family had moved from Cobeguit to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, probably to escape British authority. Martin dit Robert lived into his 80s and died during Le Grand Dérangement.
Jean dit le Vieux, born at Chignecto or Port-Royal in c1684, married Marie, daughter of Jean Hébert, perhaps at Cobeguit in c1717. They, too, moved from Cobeguit to Île St.-Jean by the early 1750s. Jean dit le Vieux also died during Le Grand Dérangement.
Germain, born probably at Port-Royal in c1686, married Cécile, daughter of Michel Deveau, date unrecorded. They also moved to Ile St.-Jean by the early 1750s. Like his older brother Martin dit Robert, Germain also died during Le Grand Dérangement.
Pierre dit Robert, born probably at Minas in c1700, married Marguerite, daughter of Mathieu Brasseur, at Grand-Pre in May 1736. Unlike his older brothers, Pierre dit Robert did not take his family to Île St.-Jean but remained in the Minas Basin.
Antoine, born probably at Minas in c1704, married Claire Hébert in c1725. He died before May 1759 in his mid-50s.
Youngest son Joseph dit Petit Homme, born at either Minas or Cobeguit in c1707, married Christine dite Catherine, daughter of Jean Pitre, in c1729, and died before January 1761, also in his mid-50s.
One of Robert Henry's daughters, Madeleine dit Robert, born probably at Port-Royal in c1690, married twice, first to Englishman Benjamin Druce in c1711 then to Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Redoux in c1715--after she had given birth to an illegitimate son in November 1709 whom she named Jean-Baptiste. The boy took his mother's surname and married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Joseph Mius d'Azy and Marie Amireau, in c1733. Jean-Baptiste and his family also moved to Île St.-Jean. Madeleine dit Robert settled with her second husband at St.-Esprit, Île Royale, where she was counted in February 1752, a widow again.
[For more of this family in pre- and post-dispersal Acadia and Canada, see Book Three]
In 1755, descendants of Robert Henry of Rouen could be found on Île St.-Jean and Île Royale, as well as at Minas. Those who may have remained at Cobeguit escaped from there to Île St.-Jean when Le Grand Dérangement commenced.
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Henry is a common name in francophone Europe. There were other Henrys in greater Acadia who were not kin to Robert of Rouen:
Jeanne Henry, born in France in c1656, married Jean, son of Jean Gaudet and widower of Francoise Comeau, at Port-Royal in c1680. Jeanne died at Port-Royal before 1693. She probably was not kin to Robert of Rouen.
Charles, son of Jean Henry and Jeanne Yvel, was born at Megrit near St.-Malo in c1708. In his early 40s, he married Jeanne, daughter of Antoine Perez and Marianne Pons, at Louisbourg, Île Royale, in January 1752. One wonders what he did for a living and what happened to them when the British came in 1758..
Jean Henry dit Maillardet or Maillardé, described as a stone mason, master tailor, and ploughman, born at Orvin, Switzerland, in c1726, married Anne Barbe, a fellow Swiss from Bienne, in c1751. They likely were so-called Foreign Protestants who settled first at Halifax before deserting to Port-La-Joye on Île St.-Jean. Jean and Anne had two children, including a son, Louis-Gervais, born at Port-La-Joye only 17 days after a French official counted the family there in August 1752. One wonders what was their fate in 1758.
Sieur Edmond Henry, born in c1728, was a master surgeon. He settled on the French-controlled island of Île St.-Pierre, south of Newfoundland, probably after Le Grand Dérangement.
LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT
[For the family's travails during the Great Upheaval, see Book Six]
LOUISIANA: RIVER SETTLEMENTS
Henrys were among the early settlers of Acadia, but they came "late" to Louisiana. All of the Acadian Henrys who emigrated to the colony--at least 48 of them--arrived aboard five of the Seven Ships from France in 1785. Many of them chose to settle on the river:
A family and a wife crossed on Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July. They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge:
Joseph Henry, age 42, crossed with wife Cécile Breau, age 39, and six children--Jean-Laurent, age 19, Joseph-Suliac, age 14, Marie-Josèphe, age 7, Pierre-Similien, age 5, Anne-Françoise, age 3, and infant Madeleine-Apolline. They remained at Manchac and Baton Rouge and had another daughter but no more sons. Daughter Marie-Josèphe married into the Breaux family and settled on the river, as did her brothers. Marie-Josèphe died a widow near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1854, in her late 70s. Anne-Françoise and Madeleine-Apolline probably died young.
Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Henry, age 37, crossed with husband Joseph Aucoin, age 37, and five children, ages 11 to 3. They moved to upper Bayou Lafourche in the 1790s, where Élisabeth died in her early 40s and her husband remarried.
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Two families and a wife crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August. They followed most of the passengers from their ship to Baton Rouge:
Pierre Henry, age 61, crossed with wife Marguerite Trahan, age 54, and son Cyrille-François, age 18. The elderly couple had no more children in Louisiana.
Charles Henry of Cobeguit, age 53, crossed with third wife Marie LeBlanc, age 45, three daughters by earlier wives--Marie-Madeleine, called Madeleine, age 23, Rose-Anastasie, age 14, and Ursule, age 10--and stepson Charles Robichaux, age 17. Marie was pregnant on the voyage; their son Jean-Baptiste was born at Baton Rouge in October. Charles and Marie remained at Baton Rouge, where he died in April 1794; the priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was age 65 when he died, but he was closer to 62. Daughter Ursule settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.
Marie Henry, age 40, crossed with husband François Arbour of Québec, age 45, and three sons, ages 18, 15, and 13. They remained at Baton Rouge.
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Henrys were especially numerous aboard the sixth ship, La Ville d'Archangel, which reached New Orleans in December. They followed the majority of their fellow passengers to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, present-day Thompson's Creek, in the New Feliciana District north of Baton Rouge. Three of the passengers, Jean, Charles, and Pierre, were brothers. Some families moved downriver to Baton Rouge during the late 1780s, if they had not gone there in the first place. In 1794, two hurricanes devastated the bayou-side community, and most of the rest of the Acadians who had remained at Bayou des Écores abandoned the settlement, some moving all the way down to upper Bayou Lafourche:
Madeleine Henry, age 58, crossed with husband Charles Thibodeau, age 63, and fives children, ages 22 to 15. Most of her children married at Bayou des Écores, and some of them moved on to the upper Lafourche.
Anne Henry, age 52, Madeleine's sister, crossed with husband Charles Pitre, age 56, and three children, ages 19, 15, and 11.
Charles Henry, age 49, Anne and Madeleine's brother, crossed with wife Marguerite-Josèphe Thériot, age 50, his mother-in-law Françoise Guérin of Cobeguit, age 75, his sister-in-law Marie Thériot, age 52, and three children--Marie-Josèphe, age 22, Jean-Baptiste-Théodore, age 18, and Jeanne-Françoise, age 17. They also settled at Baton Rouge and had no more children in Louisiana. Marie-Josèphe married into the Daigle family, and Jeanne-Françoise married a Robichaux. They moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, as did brother Jean-Baptiste-Théodore.
Jean Henry, fils, age 53, crossed with wife Marie Pitre, age 53, his unmarried sister Marie, age 55, and three children--Maximilien, age 24, Élisabeth, or Isabelle-Modeste, age 21, and Marie-Rose, age 18. They settled at Baton Rouge and had no more children in Louisiana. Daughter Élisabeth married into the Theriot and Longuépée families, and Marie-Rose into the Arbour family. They remained on the river. Maximilien married at St.-Jacques on the Acadian Coast, settled at Baton Rouge, and may have lived at New Orleans in the early 1800s before returning to Baton Rouge.
Pierre Henry, age 51, Jean, fils's brother, crossed with wife Marguerite-Josèphe Bourg, age 48, and son Jean-Vincent, age 21.
Charles Henry, age 49, Jean, fils and Pierre's brother, crossed with wife Françoise Hébert, age 47, and three children--Françoise-Victoire, age 15, Marguerite-Toussainte, age 13, and Charles, fils, age 9. They settled at Baton Rouge. Charles, père died by July 1788, when wife Françoise was listed in a Baton Rouge census as a widow. Daughter Françoise-Victoire married into the Usé family, and Marguerite-Toussainte married a Broussard. They remained on the river. Charles, fils also remained on the river and may have died young.
Barthélemy Henry, age 41, crossed with wife Anne Bourg, age 39, and four children--François-Barthélemy, age 15, Jacques-François, age 12, Barthélemy-Charles, age 9, and Marie-Jeanne, age 3. Barthélémy and Anne had more children in Louisiana and moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Marguerite-Josèphe Henry, age 40, crossed with husband Ambroise Longuépée, age 52, and a 20-year-old son. They moved to Baton Rouge.
Another Marguerite-Josèphe Henry, age 35, crossed with the family of her mother Susanne Pitre of Cobeguit, age 55, her stepfather Pierre Hébert of Cobeguit, age 50, and six step- and half-siblings, ages 24 to 11. Marguerite-Josèphe may not have married.
Marguerite-Pélagie Henry of Cobeguit, age 34, crossed with husband François-Xavier Bourg of Cobeguit, age 44, Charles Bourg of Cobeguit, age 51, one of her husband's cousins, Charles's wife Marguerite LeBlanc of Rivière-aux-Canards, age 40, and seven children, some hers and some only his from a previous, ages 15 to infancy. They moved on to the upper Lafourche.
Anne-Josèphe Henry of Pigiguit, age 33, Marguerite-Pélagie's sister and widow of Théodore Thériot, crossed with a 4-year-old daughter. Anne-Josèphe remarried to Jean-Baptiste, son of fellow Acadian Alexandre Boudreaux, at either Manchac or Baton Rouge in February 1786, so she and her daughter may have gone there instead of to Bayou des Écores. They moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche in the 1790s.
Pierre Henry of Île St.-Jean, age 28, full brother of Anne-Josèphe, crossed with two Henry half-sisters--Françoise, age 23, and Angélique, age 21. Pierre, Françoise, and Angélique married fellow passengers at New Orleans soon after they reached the colony. Françoise wed Joseph, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Aucoin, and Angélique wed François-Étienne, son of fellow Acadian Pierre Hébert in January 1786. Both families moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, as did half-brother Pierre.
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Many of the Henrys from France remained on the river, settling in what became West Baton Rouge, Iberville, and Ascension parishes:
Descendants of Charles HENRY (c1732-1794; Robert)
Charles, son of Joseph dit le Petit Homme Henry and Christine dite Catherine Pitre, born at Cobeguit in c1732, followed his family to Île St.-Jean in the early 1750s and married Françoise-Josèphe Thériot probably on the island. The British deported them to France in 1758. They landed at Cherbourg; however, Françoise-Josèphe may not have survived the crossing or died soon after they reached France. Charles remarried to Marie-Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian René Bernard, at Cherbourg in January 1761. Charles worked as a sailor in France. In the early 1770s, he and his second wife were part of an Acadian settlement scheme in the interior of Poitou and, after the scheme failed, retreated with other Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where Charles remarried again--his third marriage--to fellow Acadian Marie LeBlanc, widow of Charles Robichaud, at nearby St.-Martin de Chantenay in October 1784. With four children, including three daughters from Charles's second wife and stepson Charles Robichaud, fils, they sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed most of their fellow passengers to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge. Marie had been pregnant on the voyage; a son was born to them at Manchac. Charles's daughters by his second wife married into the Boudreaux, Bourgeois, Dubois, and Fournier families and settled on the river and on upper Bayou Lafourche. Charles died at Baton Rouge in April 1794; the priest who recorded the burial said that Charles was age 65 when he died, but he was closer to 62.
Jean-Baptiste, by his father's third wife, born at Manchac in October 1785, married Marie Christine, called Christine, daughter of fellow Acadians François Alexandre Daigre and Rose-Adélaïde Bourg, probably at Baton Rouge in the early 1800s. Their son François was born near Baton Rouge in July 1809, and Jean Baptiste, fils, also called Jean Marie, in December 1813. Their daughter married a Daigre cousin. Jean Baptiste, père died in Iberville Parish in June 1832; the St. Gabriel priest who recorded the burial said that Jean Baptiste was age 45 when he died, but he was 46.
François married Marie Aureline, called Aureline, daughter of fellow Acadian Grégoire Alexis Lejeune and his Creole wife Marie Tardit of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in April 1837. They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. Their son Evariste was baptized at the Baton Rouge church, age 5 months, in December 1838, and Bélisaire, age unrecorded, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in July 1841. Their daughter married into the Labauve family. François remarried to Julie Amelie Lejeune, widow of Étienne Richard of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church in September 1844. Their son Élie Anatole was born in West Baton Rouge Parish in July 1846. In August 1850, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted 4 slaves--all female, all black except for 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 40 to 5--on François Henry's farm. In July 1860, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted 4 slaves again--a male and 3 females, all black, ages 25 to 1 1/2--on François Henry's farm. François, at age 56, remarried--his third marriage--to Ernestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Louis Robichaux and his Creole wife Modeste Prosper and widow of Jean Baptiste Rosémond Aucoin, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in November 1865. She gave him another daughter.
During the War of 1861-65, Evariste, by his father's first wife, served in Company H of the 4th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in West Baton Rouge Parish, which fought in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia. Evariste was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 and may not have returned to his unit. Evariste married Marie Eléonore, daughter of André Lemoine and his Acadian wife Virginie Daigre, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1865. Their son Paul Ernest was born near Brusly in November 1869. Evariste worked as a store clerk after the war.
During the War of 1861-65, Bélisaire, by his father's first wife, served in the Orleans Guard Battalion Louisiana Infantry and in Company A of the 30th Regiment/Battalion Louisiana Infantry, raised in Orleans Parish, which fought in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. Bélisaire was captured near Atlanta, Georgia, in August 1864. The Federals sent him to Louisville, Kentucky, before transferring him to the prisoner-of-war compound at Camp Chase, Ohio, where he was held for the rest of the war. He was released from Camp Chase in early June 1865. Bélisaire married Rose Letaive probably in West Baton Rouge Parish after he returned from the war.
Jean Marie married cousin Julienne Celima, Celina, or Céline, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Marc Henry and Hermenegilde Gaudin of Ascension Parish, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in November 1842. Their daughters married into the Sanchez and Swear families. Jean Marie may have fathered no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, probably did not survive.
Descendants of Maximilien HENRY (1760-; Robert, Martin dit Robert, Jean dit Le Neveu)
Maximilien, son of Jean Henry, fils and Marie Pitre, was born at Pleurtuit, near St.-Malo, France, in May 1760. Still a bachelor, he sailed with his parents and sisters to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Bayou des Écores. He married Adélaïde, daughter of Saturnin Bruno and his Acadian wife Scholastique Léger, at St.-Jacques on the river in October 1792. Spanish officials counted them at Baton Rouge soon after their marriage. During the late 1790s and early 1800s, they lived for a time in New Orleans before returning to the Baton Rouge area. Their daughter married into the Mahier family.
Louis-Isidore, called Isidore, born in September 1800 and baptized at New Orleans in February 1802, married fellow Acadian Arthémise Daigre at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in March 1841. Their son Théodule was born near Baton Rouge in October 1841, Oscar in July 1843, Louis Largus in September 1844, and Jean Baptiste in November 1847.
Descendants of Jean-Vincent HENRY (1764-?; Robert, Martin dit Robert, Jean dit Le Neveu)
Jean, son of Pierre Henry and Marguerite-Josèphe Bourg, born at Créhen, near Pleurtuit, France, in December 1764, was still a bachelor and his family's only remaing child when he sailed with his parents to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel. He followed them to Bayou des Écores. He may have been the Jean Henry who married ____ Rigart and settled downriver at Ascension.
Jean Marc married Hermengilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard Godin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in June 1816. Their son Julien was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1821, so they may have lived for a time on Bayou Lafourche. Their daughters married into the Brasset or Brasseaux, Comeaux, and Henry families.
Jean-Laurent HENRY (1765-?; Robert, Martin dit Robert, François)
Jean-Laurent, eldest son of Joseph Henry and Cécile Breau, was born at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in August 1765. In the early 1770s, his family was part of a failed settlement scheme in Poitou. He retreated with them to the port city of Nantes in early 1776, accompanied them to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Manchac. He married Marine, daughter of fellow Acadians Hyacinthe Landry and Marguerite Landry of Manchac, at nearby Ascension in November 1803; he was in his late 30s at the time of the wedding. Marine was a native of Louisiana. One wonders if they were that rare Acadian couple who had no children.
Descendants of Joseph-Suliac HENRY (1770-1804; Robert, Martin dit Robert, François)
Joseph-Suliac, second son of Joseph Henry and Cécile Breau, was born at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France, in August 1770. In the early 1770s, he participated with his parents in a failed Acadian settlement scheme in Poitou and retreated with them to the port city of Nantes. He went with them to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Manchac, where he married Marie-Rosalie, called Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Charles Comeaux and Cécile Dugas, in February 1800. Rosalie was a native of Louisiana. Joseph-Suliac died at Manchac in August 1804; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph "came from New Orleans, very ill," and was 30 years old when he died, but he was 34. One wonders if he, too, died of yellow fever, like his younger brother Pierre-Similien, who died of the dreaded disease in early September of that year.
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Older son Joseph-Similien, born at Manchac in December 1800, married Marie Séraphine, called Séraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Arsène Breaux and Marie-Genevève Daigre, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1826. Their son Joseph, fils was born near St. Gabriel in February 1832, Oscar in July 1841, and Eugène Denis died in October 1842, age 2 weeks. Their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Roth, and Trahan families. Joseph Similien remarried to Marie Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Landry and Eulalie Daigre and widow of Valéry Trahan, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1845 or 1846. In July 1850, the federal census taker in Iberville Parish counted 11 slaves--6 males and 5 females, all black except for 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 80 to 1--on Joseph Henry's farm next to A. Breaux, perhaps his former father-in-law. In July 1860, the federal census taker in Iberville Parish counted 6 slaves--2 males and 4 females, all black, ages 50 to 24, living in 6 houses--on Joseph Henri's farm.
Joseph, fils, by his father's first wife, married Ernestine, daughter of fellow Acadians Laurent Daigre and Céleste Trahan, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1853. Joseph, fils died near St. Gabriel in February 1855, age 23. His family line probably died with him.
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Younger son Joseph, born posthumously at St.-Gabriel in October 1804, may have died young.
Pierre-Similien HENRY (1779-1804; Robert, Martin dit Robert, François)
Pierre-Similien, third and youngest son of Joseph Henry and Cécile Breau, was born at St.-Similien, Nantes, France, in May 1779. He sailed with his family to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Manchac, where he married Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Dupuis and Élisabeth Benoit, in September 1803. Adélaïde was a native of Louisiana. Pierre-Similien died of yellow fever "on [his] father's plantation" at Manchac in September 1804, age 25.
Cyrille-François HENRY (1767-?; Robert, Germain)
Cyrille-François, son of Pierre Henry and Marguerite Trahan, was born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, in August 1767. In the early 1770s, he participated with his parents in a failed settlement scheme in Poitou and retreated with them to the port city of Nantes. He went with his now elderly parents to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Baton Rouge, where they were counted in 1788. He may not have married.
Charles HENRY, fils (c1776-?; Robert, Martin dit Robert, Jean dit Le Neveu)
Charles, fils, son of Charles Henry and Françoise Hébert, was born in France in c1776. He sailed with his family to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Bayou des Écores. He probably was one of the children in his widowed mother's household at Baton Rouge in 1788 and may have died young.
Other HENRYs on the River
Area church and civil records make it difficult to link many Henrys on the river with known Acadian lines of the family there. Considering the commonality of the surname, one wonders if some of them were even Acadian. One suspects that some of the Henrys who lived on the river, especially in Pointe Coupee Parish, during the post-war period were Afro Creoles who had been owned and set free by members of the Henry family, or, more likely, were sons, daughters, or grandchildren of slaves or free men of color named Henry:
George Henry married Marie Madeleine Valsinger probably at Baton Rouge by the 1810s. Their son Michel Henry Paul was born at Baton Rouge in September 1821.
John Henry married Loviana Henry, place and date unrecorded. Was he the John Henry who died near Baton Rouge in November 1855? If so, he was age 64 when he died.
James Henry's son Louis, born in c1825, was baptized at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, age 7, in April 1832. Was James actually Jacques, son of Barthélémy Henry?
John Henry married Nora ____, place and date unrecorded. Their son John, Jr. was born in St. James Parish in March 1858 but died in June 1859. Was John, Sr. an Acadian Henry?
In August 1860, the federal census taker in West Baton Rouge Parish counted 6 slaves--1 male and 5 females, all black, ranging in age from 34 to 3, and living in 2 houses--on R. J. Henry's farm.
Henri Henry married Carmélite ____, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Marie Lucie was born in Ascension Parish in May 1865.
Henri Henry married Mary ____, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Marie Henriette was born in Ascension Parish in February 1866.
Emma Henry gave birth to daughter Mary Emma near Baton Rouge in January 1866. The priest who recorded the baptism did not give the father's name nor the mother's parents' names.
Doralie Henry married Charles Gilbert at the Vacherie church, St. James Parish, in April 1867. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names, so one wonders if Doralie was an Acadian Henry.
Clément, son of Mary Henri or Henry, married Sophie Ginvais or Gravois, daughter of Sophie ____, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in January 1868. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's fathers' names. Their son Jean Baptiste Clément was born near Convent in October [1869].
Bastien Henri married Angèle or Angela Gravois, place and date unrecorded. Their son Henri was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in March 1868.
Charles Henry married Augustine Water, place and date unrecorded. Their son Charles, fils was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in May 1868.
Henriette Henry "of this Parish" married Jean Louis Louis "of this Parish" at the Vacherie church, St. James Parish, in June 1868. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names, but he did note that the marriage legitimized the couple's two sons, ages 4 1/2 and 3.
Henry Henry married Marie Eulalie ____, place and date unrecorded. Their son Joseph was born in St. James Parish in September 1868.
Charles Henry married Eulalie Jasmin at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in April 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Désiré[e], 19-year-old daughter of Désiré Henry and Angelina ____, married Joseph E., 20-year-old son of Jacques Dorval, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in April 1869.
Edda Henri or Henry gave birth to son Joseph near Convent, St. James Parish, in July 1869. The priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.
Marguerite Henry married Jules Laurent at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in September 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Amelie Henry married John Lee at the Pointe Coupee church in December 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names, but he did note that the marriage legitimized the couple's 12 children, ages 30 to 4.
Thomas Henri married Jeanne Leveille, place and date unrecorded. Their son Jean Baptiste was born near Convent, St. James Parish, in November 1869.
Vincent Henry married Adelina Robillard at the Pointe Coupee church in December 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Désiré Henry married Angeline Bailey at the Pointe Coupee church in February 1870. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Léon Henry married Pauline Dorval at the Pointe Coupee church in February 1870. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Sylvain, son of Henry Henry and Eléonore ____, married Zulmé, daughter of Pierre Boude and Marie Joseph, at the Vacherie church, St. James Parish, in May 1870.
Jules Henry married Marguerite Henry, place and date unrecorded. Son Albert was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in August 1870.
Frank Henry died in Ascension Parish in September 1870. The Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Frank died at "age 4 years."
LOUISIANA: LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS
Some of the Henrys who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche.
Pierre Henry, age 14, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August. With him was his mother Marie-Yvette Hébert, age 33, and his widowed maternal grandfather Charles Hébert, age 61. One wonders what became of Pierre in the Spanish colony.
Madeleine Henry, age 45, crossed on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September. With her were husband Jean-Baptiste Darembourg, age 61, and an 18-year-old daughter.
Joseph-Philippe Henry, age 22, crossed on Le St.-Rémi with wife Marie-Josèphe Thibodeau, age 32, and two Metra stepsons, ages 3 and 1. The couple had a child of their own in Louisiana, a daughter who survived to create a family of her own. One of the Metra stepsons, Nicolas, fils, married an Acadian Bergeron at Assumption in April 1804 and created a family of his own.
The Henrys who went directly to Bayou Lafourche created no new family lines there:
Descendants of Joseph-Philippe HENRY (1762-1853; Robert, Germain)
Joseph-Philippe, son of Pierre Henry and Marguerite Trahan of Île St.-Jean, was born at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, France in July 1762. In the early 1770s, he participated with his parents in a failed Acadian settlement in Poitou and retreated with them to the port city of Nantes, where he married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Thibodeau and Hélène Gautrot and widow of Nicolas Metra, at nearby St.-Martin de Chantenay in April 1785. They sailed to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, in 1785. With them were two of Joseph's stepsons, Nicolas and Joseph Metra; Joseph was still an infant and either died on the voyage or soon after reaching the colony. Joseph-Philippe and his little family followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to upper Bayou Lafourche. He and Marie-Josèphe had another child in Louisiana. Their daughter married into the Boudreaux family. Joseph Philippe died perhaps in Lafourche Parish and was buried near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in October 1853 "during [a] yellow fever epidemic"; the priest who recorded the burial said that Joseph Philippe died at "age ca. 95 years"; he was 91 and one of the last of the Acadian immigrants in Louisiana to join our ancestors. He seems to have had no sons who lived long enough to marry, so his line of the family, except for its blood, died with him.
Pierre HENRY (c1771-?; Robert, ?)
Pierre, son of ____ Henry and Marie-Yvette Hébert, was born in France in c1771. He followed his widowed mother and maternal grandfather, Charles Hébert, to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, in 1785. They went to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Pierre may have died young.
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During the late 1780s and the 1790s, Henrys who had settled on the river moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche, creating a second center of family settlement. During the antebellum period, the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley Henrys outnumbered their cousins on the river:
Marguerite Pélagie Henry of Pigiguit, wife of Xavier Bourg, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1822, in her early 70s.
Ursule Henry, widow of Jean Constant Boudreaux and wife of Louis Dubois, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1822. The Thibodauxville priest who recorded her burial said that she was age 42 when she died, but she was closer to 47.
Anne Josèphe Henry of Pigiguit, sister of Marguerite Pélagie and widow of Jean Baptiste Boudreaux, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1840. The Thibodauxville priest who recorded her burial said that she was age 100 when she died, but she was 92.
Descendants of Barthélémy HENRY (1745-?; Robert, Martin dit Robert)
Barthélémy, son of Pierre Henry and Anne Aucoin, born in Acadia in c1745, was living with his parents at Anse-de-la-Boullotierre on Île St.-Jean in 1752. He followed his family to France in 1758-59 and lived with them in the St.-Malo area. He married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Bourg and Ursule Hébert of Minas, at St.-Énogat, across from St.-Malo, in February 1770. He, his wife, and four children sailed to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed most of their fellow passengers to Bayou des Écores. By 1795, they had moved to upper Bayou Lafourche. They had more children in Louisiana.
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Oldest son François-Barthélémy, born at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, near St.-Malo, France, in December 1770, followed his family to Bayou des Écores but evidently did not marry.
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Jacques-François, born at La Ville Ger, near Pleudien-sur-Rance, in September 1772, died in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1835. The priest who recorded the burial said that Jacques was age 60 when he died; he was 62. He does not seem to have married.
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Barthélémy-Charles, born at La Ville Ger in May 1775, married cousin Jeanne-Anne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Bourg and his second wife Anne-Josèphe Daigle, at Assumption in August 1798. Their son Jean-Baptiste le jeune was born at Assumption in November 1799, Marcellin François in August 1810, and Théodule in August 1813. They also had a son named Basile. Their daughters married into the Lapeyrouse, Richard, and Thibodeaux families. Barthélémy died in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1847; the priest who recorded his burial said that Barthélémi, as he spelled his name, died "at age 70 yrs.," but he was 72; a request for a succession inventory was filed at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1848.
Jean-Baptiste le jeune married Marie Eve, called Eve, Eudes, and Sophie, daughter of François Percle and Marie Louise Triche of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1818. Their son Apollinaire was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1820 but died at age 4 1/2 in September 1824, Henri Jean was born in December 1822, Jean Baptiste Marcellin or Marcellus, called Marcellus, in December 1824 but died at age 13 months in January 1826, Jean Baptiste Maximin, called Jean, was born in February 1827, Georges Adam in August 1828, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 1 month in December 1829, and Jean Baptiste, fils died at age 4 months in May 1834. Their daughter married into the Guidry family. Jean Baptiste le jeune died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1847, age 47.
Jean Baptiste Maximin married cousin Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Auguste Bourg and Julie Bourg, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1848. Their son Henri Oscar was born in Assumption Parish in November 1855, and Joseph in March 1868.
Georges Adam married Marie Céleste, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Boudreaux and Mélanie Gautreaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1855, and remarried to Marie, daughter of Jean Lacoste and Marie Lacoste, at the Attakapas Canal church, Assumption Parish, in April 1864.
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Youngest son Jean-Baptiste, baptized probably at Bayou des Écores, age 6 months, in August 1788, married Julienne, daughter of Pierre Percle and Seice Naitre of St. John the Baptist Parish, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1812. Their son Jean Baptiste Zéphirin was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1822, Sylvère Hermogène in December 1828, and Marcellin in April 1834. Their daughters married into the Borne, Boudreaux, and Talbot families. In July 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 6 slaves--2 males and 4 females, all black except for 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 40 to 6--on Jean Bte. Henri's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District. In June 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted a single slave--a 23-year-old black female--on Baptiste Henry's farm; was this Jean Baptiste? In August 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 3 slaves--a male and 2 females, all black, ages 45, 43, and 23--on Jean Bte Henry's farm in the parish's Ward 6 along Bayou Lafourche.
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Jean Baptiste Zéphirin died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1849. The priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Baptiste died "at age 25 yrs."; he was 27. He did not marry.
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Sylvère married Adelina, daughter of Augustin Fremin and his Acadian wife Fanny Hébert, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1859. Their son Henri Eugène was born near Labadieville in October 1862, Joseph Émile in February 1865, and Léonce Robin in December 1867.
Descendants of Pierre HENRY, fils (c1756-1826; Robert, Jean dit le Vieux)
Pierre, fils, son of Pierre Henry and his first wife Marie-Madeleine Pitre, born probably on Île St.-Jean in c1756, followed his family to France in 1759-59 and lived with them in the St.-Malo area. He sailed to France with two younger half-sisters aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785. All three of them married fellow passengers at New Orleans soon after they reached the colony. Pierre married Marie-Françoise-Jeanne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Longuépée and Marie-Françoise Bourg, in January 1786 and followed his in-laws to Bayou des Écores. In the 1790s, they moved on to upper Bayou Lafourche. Their daughter married into the Bouquet family. Pierre died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1826, age 70.
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Older son Pierre-Joseph-Marie, born at Assumption in October 1797, probably died young.
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Younger son Faustin Isidore, born at Assumption in October 1805, married Brigitte Matilde, daughter of André Ourbane and Marie Jacob of St. John the Baptiste Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1826. Their son André Isidore was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1828, and Pierre Zéphirin in May 1832 but died at age 12 in September 1844. Faustin died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1833, age 28.
André married Marie Elvina, called Elvina and Vina, daughter of André Kerne and Marie Madeleine Borne, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1848. Their son Joseph Sosthène was born near Paincourtville in August 1851, André, fils in September 1853, and Joseph Drosin in April 1855. Their daughter married into the Guillot family on lower Bayou Teche. André, père died near Paincourtville in January 1856; the priest who recorded his burial said that André died at "age 25 years"; he was 27.
Descendants of Jean-Baptiste-Théodore HENRY (1766-1834; Robert, Jean dit le Vieux)
Jean-Baptiste-Théodore, son of Charles Henry and Marguerite-Josèphe Thériot, born at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, near St.-Malo, France, in July 1766, sailed to Louisiana with his parents, sisters, maternal grandmother, and a maternal aunt aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and followed them to Bayou des Écores. Spanish officials counted him at Baton Rouge in 1788 and 1792. He married Marie-Félicité, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean-Baptiste Boudreaux and his first wife Marie-Modeste Trahan of Nantes, at Baton Rouge in January 1794. Marie-Félicité had come to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships. Later in the decade, they moved to upper Bayou Lafourche, where Jean-Baptiste-Théodore remarried to Anne-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Naquin and Anne Doiron of St.-Malo, at Assumption in July 1803. Their daughter married into the Boudreaux family. Jean-Baptiste-Théodore died in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1834, age 67; a succession inventory was filed at the Houma courthouse, Terrebonne Parish, in June 1847.
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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste-Théodore, fils, by his father's first wife, born near Baton Rouge in November 1795, married cousin Marie Rose, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Boudreaux and Marguerite Ludivine Pitre, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1817. Their son Léandre Guillaume was baptized at the Plattenville church, age unrecorded, in September 1821, and Marcellin Basile was born in March 1822. They also had a son named Maximin. Their daughters married into the Darce, Guillot, Lenain, and Trone families. Jean Baptiste Théodore, fils remarried to Rosalie Madeleine, daughter of François Boudeloche and his Acadian wife Madeleine Trahan, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1836. Jean Baptiste Théodore, fils died in Terrebonne Parish in August 1842, age 46; a petition to appoint a legal representative, as well as his succession inventory, were filed at the Houma courthouse in March 1844.
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Marcellin Basile, by his father's first wife, married Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Thadée Landry and Anastasie Dugas, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1841, and remarried to Esther, daughter of George Mars and Adeline Pascal, in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in December 1856. Their son Jean Baptiste Octave was born near Montegut in January 1865.
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Léandre, by his father's first wife, married Élise or Lisa Aurelia, daughter of fellow Acadians Drausin Bergeron and Constance Arcement, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1846; the marriage also was recorded in Terrebonne Parish. Their son Jean Baptiste le jeune was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1850, Trasimond Lubin in March 1853, Joseph Oleus in Terrebonne Parish in November 1854, Magloire Onésie in October 1862, Henri Wolsey in June 1864, Oleus near Montegut in August 1866, and Adam Séraphin in September 1869.
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Maximin, by his father's first wife, married Marie Élise, Elisa, or Liza, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Marcellin Landry and Carmelite Rosalie Savoie, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1853. Their son Joseph Manillien was born in Terrebonne Parish in March 1854, Augustave Alydore near Montegut in October 1865, and Théophile Joseph in July 1870.
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François-Constant, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in 1797, married Louise Euphémie, called Euphémie, daughter of Jean Dupré and his Acadian wife Ive Naquin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1818. Their son François Magloire or Magloire François, called Magloire, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1820, Mathurin Léon, called Léon, in February 1822, Victor Drosa or Drosin, called Drosin, in December 1823, Éloi Clément in November 1825, Urbin Euchariste in April 1826, Marcellin Sylvain, called Sylvain, in January 1827, and François Eugène Félicien Eusèbe in February 1838. They also had a son named Marcellus. Their daughters married into the Authement and Porché families.
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Magloire married Eulalie, another daughter of Joseph Marcellin Landry and Carmélite Rosalie Savoie, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1841. Their son Noël Jourdain, called Jourdain, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1844, Éloi Eugène in Terrebonne Parish in December 1847, Thomas Clodomir in December 1850, and Duval in September 1858. Their daughter married into the Milere and Trosclair families.
Jourdain married Mary Émilie, called Émilie, daughter of Adam Trosclair and Nathalie Gaspard, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in July 1866. Their son Augustave was born near Montegut in November 1867.
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Sylvain married Geneviève Victorine, daughter of Jérôme Authement and Marie Faule, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in April 1850. Their son Oscar Pierre was born in Terrebonne Parish in January 1858. Sylvain remarried to Rosalie, another daughter of Adam Trosclair and Nathalie Gaspard of Terrebonne Parish, at the Houma church in May 1863. Their son François Ovilier was born in Terrebonne Parish in April 1864.
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Léon married Celina, another daughter of Jérôme Authement and Marie Faule, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1850. Their son Léonce Lovinci was born probably in Terrebonne Parish in July 1852, Orestile François in October 1854, and Lorenzor Sulvena in March 1857.
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Marcellus married cousin Elisa or Lisa, daughter of fellow Acadian Stanislas Boudreaux and his Creole wife Mélanie Dupré, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in June 1853; the marriage also was recorded in Terrebonne Parish. Their son Eusèbe Trasimond was born in Terrebonne Parish in August 1856. They moved to St. Mary Parish on lower Bayou Teche later in the decade and returned to the Terrebonne valley by the late 1860s.
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Drosin may have married fellow Acadian Marguerite Bourgeois and settled in Assumption Parish by the mid-1850s.
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Éloi Clément, called Trasimous Clément by the recording priest, may have married Maria Sapa in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in June 1860.
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Urbin married Lusia, daughter of Fortunate Vitto and Cléonise Waguespack, at the Montegut church, Terrebonne Parish, in April 1866; Urbin was 40 years old at the time of the wedding. Urbin may have remarried to Marie Domingue soon after his first marriage. If so, their son Adam Cilesse was born near Montegut in December 1869.
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Charles-Magloire, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in July 1799, married Mélanie Fortune, another daughter of Jean Dupré and Ives Naquin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1820. Their son Jean Rosémond was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1823, Armand Marcellus in April 1825, and Hilaire Mathurin in September 1827.
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Hilaire married Élisabeth, daughter of Creoles François André Dubois and Geneviève Durocher, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in September 1850. Their son Joseph Fabien was born in Terrebonne Parish in January 1854, Jean Armand in November 1856, Étienne in April 1858, and Charles Magloire near Montegut in November 1864.
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Armand married cousin Félicité, daughter of Basile Dupré and Adèle Leonard, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in June 1854. Their son Armand Ernest was born in Terrebonne Parish in May 1856.
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Guillaume-Célestin, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in September 1800, may have died young.
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David-Valéry, by his father's first wife, born at Assumption in August 1802, may have died young.
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Youngest son Jean Baptiste, by his father's second wife, born in Assumption Parish in July 1812, also may have died young.
Other HENRYs in the Lafourche/Terrebonne Valley
Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some Henrys in the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley with known Acadian lines of the family there. One suspects that some of the Henrys who lived in the Bayou Lafourche valley during the post-war period were Afro Creoles who had been owned and set free by members of the Henry family, or, more likely, were sons, daughters, or grandchildren of slaves or free men of color named Henry:
Alexandre Henry married Elina Bertrand, perhaps a fellow Acadian, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Emélina was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1833.
Alexander Henry married Acadian Rosalie Chiasson in a civil ceremony in Terrebonne Parish in May 1847. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. Son George Washington was born in Terrebonne Parish in December 1849, and daughter Joséphine Malvine in March 1851.
François Henry married Acadian Rosalie Hébert, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Mathilde Odile was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1851.
Thomas Henry died "during [a] yellow fever epidemic" in Lafourche Parish in September 1853, age 42. The Thibodaux priest who recorded the burial did not give Thomas's parents' names or mention a wife, so Thomas may not have been an Acadian Henry.
Jean Baptiste, son of Marie Henry, was born in Terrebonne Parish in August 1858. The Houma priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.
Marcellin Henry married Acadian Gertrude Landry, place and date unrecorded, and settled in Lafourche Interior Parish. Their daughters married into the Landry and Martin families in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes during the early and late 1860s. Marcellin's son Oville married Mélasie, daughter of Acadians Evariste Mire and Pauline Boudreaux, at the Chacahoula church, Terrebonne Parish, in June 1868.
Joseph Henri, or Henry, married Acadian Mélasie Savoie, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Joséphine Eve was born near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, in May 1866.
Joseph, son of Adélaïde Min Henry, was born in Assumption Parish in March 1867. The Plattenville priest who recorded the boy's baptism in September of that year did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names.
Joseph Henry married Marie Hortense ____ at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1867. The marriage record is virtually indecipherable, so the couple's parents' names may be lost to history.
Guillaume Henri died near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1868. The priest who recorded the burial did not give Guillaume's parents' names, mention a wife, or give his age at the time of his death.
Ovile Henry married Mélasie Mire, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Marguerite Ovilia was born in Terrebonne Parish in March 1869.
Francis, son of Henri Henry and Célestine Gabriel, married Sarah, also called Cora, daughter of Justine Mavigne Guillot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the bride's father's name.
Adam Henry, age 22, married 18-year-old Julienne Brown, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in August 1869. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Jules Henri, or Henry, married Louise Verret, place and date unrecorded. Their son James was born near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in May 1870.
LOUISIANA: WESTERN SETTLEMENTS
Not until the eve of the War of 1861-65 did an Acadian Henry family settle west of the Atchafalaya Basin, but they did not remain:
Descendants of Marcellus HENRY (?-; Robert, Jean dit le Vieux, Charles, Jean-Baptiste-Théodore, )
Marcellus, son of François Constant Henry and Louise Euphémie Dupré, born probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in the 1820s, married cousin Elisa, daughter of fellow Acadian Stanislas Boudreaux, at the Thibodaux church, Lafourche Parish, in June 1853; Elisa's mother, also, was a Dupré; the marriage was recorded in Terrebonne Parish as well. Later in the decade, they moved to St. Mary Parish on lower Bayou Teche--the only Acadian Henrys to live west of the Atchafalaya Basin before the War of 1861-65--but they returned to the Montegut area of Terrebonne Parish by the mid-1860s.
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Older son Eusèbe Trasimond was born in Terrebonne Parish in August 1856.
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Philemon was born near Pattersonville, St. Mary Parish, in March 1860.
NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA
Most of the Henrys who settled in South Louisiana were not Acadians. Henrys, including French and Germans, were some of the earliest arrivals in French Louisiana, and Spanish Enrriques and Hennriques, including Isleños from the Canary Islands, settled in Louisiana during the late colonial period:
Nicolas Henry, native of Metz, Lorraine, and husband of Élisabeth Hamard, died at New Orleans in June 1729. He had been in the colony at least since October 1725, when his daughter Marie-Françoise, age seven days, was buried at New Orleans.
Louise Henry died at New Orleans in August 1731, age 3. The priest who recorded the burial did not give her parents' names. Was she a daughter of the now-deceased Nicolas Henry?
Another Marie-Françoise Henry, daughter of Pierre Henry and Marie-Anne Pollerman, also was a native of Metz. She married Joseph, son of Nicolas Maire of St.-Die, near Toul, France, at New Orleans in June 1754, and remarried to Nicolas, son of Pierre Dufour of Gourfaleur, near Coutances, France, at New Orleans in January 1761. Nicolas was a soldier in Grandchamps's Company. Nicolas, still a soldier and now in La Perierre's Company, remarried at New Orleans in April 1766, so Marie-Françoise had died by then.
When Acadians came to Louisiana in the mid-1760s, Louis-Antoine Andry, whose surname sometimes was spelled Henrry, was an infantry lieutenant, a royal engineer, and eventually adjutant for the city of New Orleans. It was Andry who led the Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil party from New Orleans to the Attakapas country in the spring of 1765, and it was Andry who surveyed Bayou Teche all the way to the Gulf of Mexico to determine the best line of communications between the settlements on the Teche and the metropolis at New Orleans.
Thomas Henri married Marie-Barbe Orinne and settled at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, by the early 1770s. Their son Jean-Thomas was born probably at Manchac in September 1772 and baptized at St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands on the Upper German Coast a few months later.
Jean, son of Gaspar Henrich and Anne-Marie Jacob, married Catherine-Marguerite, daughter of fellow German Jacque Nachbar, at St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands on the Upper German Coast in May 1774. Their son Jean, fils was baptized at St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands, age unrecorded, in January 1775, and Jean-Jacob at New Orleans in February 1787.
Jean-Marie, son of Jacques Andry or Henrry and Mariane Bellamy, a hairdresser and wig maker born at St.-Eustache, Paris, but whose father was from Normandy, married Marie-Louise, daughter of François-Claude Calandron or Calandrot of Paris, at New Orleans in April 1776; Marie-Louise's mother was a Talon from Mobile in present-day Alabama. Son François was born at New Orleans in November 1796. A daughter married into the Tonau or Tonneau family. Son Louis-Alexandre le jeune, born probably in the city during the late 1770s, married Henriette, daughter of Jean Baptiste Carraby, probably at New Orleans in the late 1790s. They moved to St. Landry Parish by the 1810s.
Louis-Alexandre Henry of St.-Eustache, Paris, perhaps Jean-Marie's brother, married Eléonore-Antoinette De Gony probably at New Orleans in the 1770s. Their daughters married into the Fosie and Lavergne families. Daughter Louise, who married French Canadian Célestin Lavergne at New Orleans in March 1800, settled at Carencro on the northern edge of the Attakapas District. Her succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in November 1855.
During the late 1770s, the first contingent of Isleños, Spanish-speaking natives of the Canary Islands, reached Louisiana. Some settled at San Bernardo, below New Orleans; at Valenzuéla on upper Bayou Lafourche; and at Galveztown on the Amite River in present-day Ascension Parish. Simon, son of Juan Henrriques and Maria Hernandez of the Canary Islands, married fellow Spaniard Mariana Garrido, widow of Juachin Sierra, at New Orleans in October 1778. Their son Francisco Simon was born probably in the city in January 1781. Simon and other Henrriques may have Gallicized their surname to Henri or Henry.
Mateo Enrrique or Enriquez married Josepha Ydalga, place and date unrecorded. Their son Antonio was born probably at New Orleans in November 1781, and Juan Enrique in June 1793.
Marie, daughter of Henrique Henry and Marie ____, married Jean, son of Florencia Clarhg, at Natchez (perhaps Fort San Luìs de Natchez, across the river from present-day Natchez, Mississippi) in March 1796.
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A German from the Rhine River valley settled at St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands on the Upper German Coast before moving to the Attakapas District in the 1790s:
Descendants of Jean HENRIQUE or HENRY (?-)
Jean, son of Adam or Martin Henrique or Henry and Barbra Hofman of Manheim, Rhine Palatinate, Germany, married Catherine Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of James Nopper of Strasbourg, and moved to the Attakapas District by the 1790s. Their daughter married into the Miller and Ring families. Jean remarried to Marie, native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of Jacques Richard and widow of Thomas Camel, at Attakapas in August 1799; Marie probably was not Acadian.
Jean-Baptiste, also called John, from his first wife, born at St.-Jean-Baptiste in August 1778 and baptized the following January by the "Curé of LaFourche," present-day Donaldsonville, married Marguerite, daughter of Acadian Jean-Baptiste Sonnier of St.-Jacques on the river, at Attakapas in August 1798. They settled on Lake Palourde, at Grand Bois, and at Catahoula in what became St. Martin and St. Mary parishes. Their son Jean-Baptiste III was born at Attakapas in October 1803, Peter or Pierre in March 1806 but died at age 5 in December 1811, Ursin was born in February 1808 but died at age 5 "at his parents' home" at Catahoula in June 1813, François or Nicolas Théodore or Théodule, called Théodule, was baptized at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, age 1, in April 1811 but died at age 19 months the following November, and François Valmont was born in April 1816. Their daughters married into the Davis, Gashe, and Stephenson families.
François Valmont married Anastasie Gashe in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in June 1838. Their son Jean was born in December 1839 and baptized at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, the following October, Justinien François, born in c1841, was baptized at the Pattersonville church, St. Mary Parish, age 6 years, 8 months, in July 1848, and Martial was born in March 1851 and baptized at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, the following August.
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During the antebellum period, non-Acadian Henrys, who, if they were French, would have been called Foreign French by native Louisianians, emigrated to New Orleans from France and England:
____ Henry, a 35-year-old sailor from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Water Witch out of Tampico, Mexico, in July 1837.
François Henry, a 31-year-old laborer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Vernon out of Le Havre, France, in July 1837.
Élisabeth Henri, a 33-year-old laborer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Rubicon out of Le Havre in November 1837. Also aboard the same ship were Clémence Henris, age 8, and Louisa Henri, age 7, perhaps her daughters.
Jean-Marie Henry, a 43-year-old cabinet maker from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Ann Penhallon out of Bordeaux, France, in January 1838.
Jacques Henri, 17-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Ville de Paris out of Le Havre in October 1838.
Ariz Henri, a 48-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Charles out of Le Havre in May 1839. On the same vessel were other Henrys, probably members of his family--Élizabeth, age 38, Anne, age 30, Pierre-Paul, age 29, Barbe, age 8, and Marie, age 6 months.
____ Henry, a 38-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Indiana out of Le Havre in October 1839.
Nickolas Henry, a 59-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Mozart out of Le Havre in April 1840. On the same ship was Louise Henry, age 13, probably his daughter.
S. Henry, a 20-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Vesta out of Le Havre in November 1846.
James Henry, a 35-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Bornholm out of London, England, in November 1846.
Paul Henry, a 42-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Leonidas out of Le Havre in June 1847.
Louis Henry, a 30-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Simoleon out of Le Havre in July 1847.
L. Henry, a 32-year-old coachman from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Cato out of Marseille, France, in January 1849.
Louis Henry, a 43-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Hargrave out of Le Havre in February 1849. With him was wife Véronique, age 43, and daughters Véronique, age 9, Marie, age 7, and Lucie, age 5.
Édouard Henry, a 21-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Oregon out of Le Havre in October 1849.
Robert Henry, a 35-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Manchester out of Le Havre in December 1849. Aboard the same ship was Agnès Henry, age 32, probably his wife.
Joseph Henry, a 28-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Charlemagne out of Le Havre in October 1850.
François Henry, a 19-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Cazach or Carrah out of Le Havre in June 1851.
Claude Henry, a 44-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Elizabeth Hamilton out of Le Havre in January 1852. With him was his family--Marie Henry, age 44, probably his wife, Thérèse, age 17, Henry, age 15 (that's right, Henry Henry), Louis, age 13, and Anne, age 7.
"Mr." Henry, an 8-year-old native of France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Niagara out of Le Havre in July 1852. One wonders if this was his correct age.
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Also during the antebellum and into the post-war period, more non-Acadian Henrys and Henris, including Foreign French, French Creoles, Germans, and Anglo Americans, settled in many South Louisiana communities, especially in St. Landry Parish. Some of them were Afro Creoles either owned by members of the Henry family, or, more likely, descendants of slaves or free men of color with the given name of "Henry":
Jacques Henry, described by the priest who recorded his burial as a "French immigrant, living in Iberville," died there in February 1813, age 70.
John Henry married Mary Teller in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in November 1816. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the parents' names. The Tellers, or Taylors, of St. Landry, were Germans who had come to the colony from Maryland during the late colonial period.
Hannah Henry, "over 21 yrs. old," married Martin Lenore, also "over 21 yrs.," in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in May 1817. One wonders if Hannah was a daughter of Jean Baptiste, or John, Henry of Lake Palourde.
____ Henry, "an old man from Germany, known only with the name Henry," died in St. Martinville "at the home of Marie Declouet, a "negresse libre near the church," in August 1820, "at age about 70 yrs." He was buried the following day "in the parish cemetery."
Eléonore Henry married ____ Lapeyrouse probably in St. Landry Parish before June 1825, when his succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse. The parish clerk who recorded the succession did not give any parents' names.
Martha Henry married Anglo-American John Sloan in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1831. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Sara Rosanne, daughter of John Henry of South Carolina, married John, son of John Akers of "Detroit of Canada," at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1827, and remarried to William Yaws in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in November 1834.
Pierre Henry de Chalas married Anne Eliza Édouard probably in St. Martin Parish by the late 1830s.
Samuel Henry married Eugénie Watkings, place and unrecorded. Daughter Joanis Mary was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1850.
In July 1850, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted 3 slaves--all females, all black, ages 38, 35, and 10--in François Henry's household in Ward 4 of the First Municipality of the city of New Orleans. The same census taker counted a single slave--a 20-year-old male mulatto--in Hortz Henry's household, and 2 slaves--a 36-year-old black male and a 30-year-old black female--in P. D. Henry's household.
In July 1850, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted a single slave--a 30-year-old mulatto female--in M. Henry's household in Ward 1 of the Third Municipality of the city of New Orleans.
In October 1850, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted a single slave--a 27-year-old black female--in Widow ___ Henry's household in Ward 5 of the First Municipality of the city of New Orleans.
In November 1850, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted 3 slaves--a male and 2 females, all black, ages 45, 23, and 8--in Henrietta Henry's household in the parish's Third Representative District.
François Henri married Anastasie Gacher, place and date unrecorded. Son Martial was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in March 1851.
John G. Henry married Célestina Provost, place and date unrecorded. Their son William was born near Baton Rouge in July 1851.
Janotte Henry, "widoe[sic] of omitted," died in Ascension Parish in August 1851, age 78. The Donaldsonville priest who recorded her burial did not give any parents' names.
James Henry died in St. Martin Parish, age 1, in June 1853. The St. Martinville priest who recorded the burial did not give the boy's parents' names.
Louis Henry married Emérante Meche, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Céleste was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in January 1855; Augustine in March 1857, Lucinde in May 1861, and son O'Neal in May 1864.
John Henry married Catherine Flynn, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Anne was born in Ascension Parish in March 1855.
Élie Norbert Henry married Louis Mathilde Michon, place and date unrecorded. Their son John, described as a free man of color, married Lise, daughter of Domonville Dejean, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1855.
Mary Melinda Henry married Oran Elliot in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February 1856. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Robert W. Henry's succession was filed at the Franklin courthouse, St. Mary Parish, in April 1857.
Daniel Henry, "slave of Rosémond Simoneaux, [and] a native of Virginia 'after Halifax [County?],' son of Pauly ___ and Issac ____," was baptized at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, age 56, in June 1857.
In June 1860, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted a single slave--a 12-year-old black male--in Widow J. Henry's household in the 5th Ward of the city of New Orleans. The same census taker counted 2 slaves--a 40-year-old black female and a 23-year-old black male--in Widow Manuel Henri's household.
In June 1860, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted a single slave--a 5-year-old black female--in Rose Henri's household in the 6th Ward of the city of New Orleans. A month later, the same census taker counted a single slave--a 15-year-old mulatto female--in M. Henry's household.
In June 1860, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted a single slave--a 45-year-old black female--in A. D. Henry's household in the 7th Ward of the city of New Orleans.
In 1860, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted a single slave--a 50-year-old mulatto male--in Jules Henry's household in the 8th Ward of the city of New Orleans.
In June 1860, the federal census taker in Orleans Parish counted a single slave--a 22-year-old black female--in W. M. Henry's household in the 11th Ward of the city of New Orleans.
In 1860, the federal census taker in Lafayette Parish counted 3 slaves--2 males and a female, all black, ages 45, 35, and 12--on Mrs. Mary Henry's farm in the parish's western district.
Horace T. Henri, probably Henry, married Hannah Augusta Henry, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Théodosia was born near Houma, Terrebonne Parish, in March 1861. They were Episcopalians, a hint that they were Anglo-Americans, not Acadians or French Creoles.
Louis Henry married Stephen Laughlin in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in April 1861. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
During the War of 1861-65, Bernard Henry, recorded as a resident of Bayou Chicot, served in Company F of the 8th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in St. Landry Parish, which fought in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania--one of General R. E. Lee's Louisiana Tigers. He enlisted at Camp Moore, Tangipahoa Parish, in June 1861 at age 19 and followed his unit to Virginia, where he received a discharge for disability in February 1862. Despite his previous service, and facing the specter of conscription, Bernard served also in Company B of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, also raised in St. Landry Parish, which fought in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana. He enlisted at Camp L-View, Louisiana, in March 1863 but was absent sick at Camp Taylor the following summer. He may not have returned to his unit. Benard, as he was called, married Rachel Peters in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in October 1865. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. One wonders if Bernard was a son of Baptiste Henry of St. Landry Parish.
André Henry married Marie Émilienne Meyer at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1862. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. Their daughter Mélanie was born near Abbeville in February 1863, and son Louis in February 1866.
Jean Henry married Beth Woguen, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Henriette was born near Ville Platte, then in St. Landry but now in Evangeline Parish, in May 1862.
Isaac, son of Caroline Henri, was born in Terrebonne Parish in November 1863. The Houma priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name or the mother's parents' names. One wonders if Caroline was an Afro Creole.
Patrick, son of John Henry and Nancy Davy, married Amelie, daughter of French Creole Godfroid Hollier, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in March 1864.
François, son of Célestine Henry, was born at Math. Birdsall's, near Raceland, Lafourche Parish, in March 1864. One wonders if Célestine was a slave or former slave.
Patrick, son of John Henry and Nancy Davy, married Amelie Hollier at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in March 1864.
Auguste Henry married Melina Figurant, widow of Louis Vidrine, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in December 1864. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Simon or Sam Henry married Julienne Schot, Schott, or Choate, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Rosa was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in August 1865, and Joanna in March 1868.
Benjamin Henry married Susan Cole in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1865. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Sosthène Henry, born at Dilile, France, in 1808, died at Cook's Landing, near Lakeland, Pointe Coupee Parish, in September 1865, age 57. The priest who recorded the burial did not give Sosthène's parents' names or mention a wife.
Clarissa or Clara Henry married Patrick Dinoly, perhaps Donnelly, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1865. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Benard or Ben Henery or Henry married Rachel Piter or Peters in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in October 1865 and settled near Ville Platte, then in St. Landry but now in Evangeline Parish. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
John Henri, probably Henry, married Marie Anna Lyall, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, by the late 1860s.
Étienne Henry's succession was filed at the Abbeville courthouse, Vermilion Parish, in 1866.
Adèle, daughter of Cyprien Henry and Léontine _____, married Charles, fils, son of Charles Pain, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1866.
Désiré Henry, freedman, married Emma Guilbeau, freedwoman, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in August 1866. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
John Henry married Annette Bourque in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in October 1866. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
William Henri, probably Henry, married Elizabeth Harrison at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in November 1866. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. William, like his wife, probably was Anglo-American.
Anatole Henry married Angelina Nelson, widow of James Price, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1867. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Hippolyte, son of Spensy Henry and Lise Philippe, married Denise, daughter of Valinde Laville and Henriette ____, at the Ville Platte church, then in St. Landry but now in Evangeline Parish, in April 1867.
James Henry married Rosette Carlin in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in July 1867. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Henry Henry married Marguerite Rider, place and date unrecorded. Their son Ernest was born near Eunice, St. Landry Parish, in September 1867.
Dr. Arsène Victor Henry died at Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, in December 1867. The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Arsène Victor died "at age 55 yrs." His succession, calling him a "Dr.," was filed at the Opelousas courthouse the day of his death.
Alexandre Henry married Caroline Lefevre, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Joséphine was born near Brashear, now Morgan, City, St. Mary Parish, in January 1868, and Caroline in July 1870.
Nancy Henry married Charles N. Richmond in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1868. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
John, son of Louis Henry and Emma Meuh, married Adeline, daughter of Samuel Kushard or Kuchard, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in July 1868.
Sophie, daughter of Henry Henry and Estelle Salom, married Sam, son of Georges Barre and Betsy ____, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in July 1868. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Spencer Henry married Célise Prieu Philippe in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in September 1868. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Augustine, affranchi, or person of color, daughter of Juliette Henry, married Joseph, also affranchi, son of Alexandre Semer and Lucie ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1868.
Alfred Henry married Dorothea Jones, place and date unrecorded. Their son John was born near Washington, St. Landry Parish, in November 1868.
André Henry married Émilie Abshire, place and date unrecorded. Their son André, fils was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1868.
Célestine Henry married Zénon Antoine at the Washington church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Rachel Ann Henry married Elmus Campbell in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February1869. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Louis Henry died near Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, in June 1869. The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Louis died "at age 25 yrs."
Mary Anaïse Henry married John M. Smith in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in July 1869. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Antoine Henri or Henry, widower, married Adeline or Adelina E. Guillory, a widow, at the Washington church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1869.
John, son of Henry Henry and Madeleine ____, married Clarisse, daughter of Jones Jones and Mary ____, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1869.
Evans, son of Robert Henri, probably Henry, and Venus ____, was born near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in September 1869.
Angèlle Henry married Ezake Charles at the Charenton church, St. Mary Parish, in October 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Valérien Henry married Marie Domingue in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1869. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Jane Henri, probably Henry, widow of John Curtis, married Peter Light in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in November 1869. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Cyprien Henry married Camiluis White in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in November 1869. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Azélie, daughter of Henri Henry and Françoise ____ "of Lafayette" married Aurelien, son of Daniel Daniel and Charlotte ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage noted that the bride's father was deceased at the time of the wedding.
John Henry married Marie Anthony at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
Norbert, son of Justin Henry and Marie Javotte, married Pamela, daughter of Louis Louis and Charlotte ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage noted that the couple's parents were deceased at the time of the wedding.
Roseline, daughter of Henry Henry and Élisabeth ____, married Louis, son of Jean Louis Jean Louis and Catherine ____, at the St. Martinville church in November 1869. The priest who recorded the marriage noted that the groom's parents were deceased at the time of the wedding.
Elizabeth Henry, daughter of Henry McQuire and Rosalie Philippe, married Honoré, son of Frédéric Miller and Clarisse Premen or Prenier, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1870.
John Henry married Marie Anna Lyall, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Françoise was born near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, in January 1870.
Heleine Henri or Henry married Valerin Charles at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in March 1870. The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
John, son of Henri Henri or Henry and Pauline ____, married Eulalie, daughter of Charles Charles and Élise ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1870. The priest who recorded the marriage noted that the groom's father and the bride's mother were deceased.
Jean Henry married Adveline Cachat, place and date unrecorded. Daughter Odiliawas born near Poupeville, now Rayne, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in June 1870.
Jean Pierre Henry married Marie Jeanne ____ in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1870. The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.
James Henri, probably Henry, married Sale, perhaps Sally, Woods, place and date unrecorded. Their son William Henri was born near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in August 1870.
Virginie, daughter of Henry Henry and Virginie ____, married Charlot Jean Louis, daughter of J. L., probably Jean Louis Jean Louis and Junon ____, at the New Iberia church, Iberia Parish, in August 1870.
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A French Creole family from New Orleans settled in St. Landry Parish during the early antebellum period:
Descendants of Louis Alexandre HENRY (?-)
Louis Alexandre, son of Jean Marie Henry of St.-Eustache Parish, and Marie-Louise Calandron or Calandrot, born at New Orleans in the late 1700s, married Henriette, daughter of Jean Baptiste Carraby of New Orleans, probably in the city. They moved to St. Landry Parish by the 1810s.
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Older son François, born in St. Landry Parish in August 1816, may have died young.
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Younger son Adolphe Célestin, born in St. Landry Parish in November 1818, also may have died young.
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A mysterious German or Swedish family named Henry appeared in the Opelousas area during the early 1810s:
Descendants of _____ HENRY (?-)
_____, son of Georges Henry and Sara ____ of "Hustin Hombri," Germany, married Rebecca, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and daughter of George Poulin of South Carolina, and was living in St. Landry Parish by the 1810s. The Opelousas priest who recorded son Manuel's baptism in 1813, Father Michel Bernard Barrière, formerly of Attakapas, described the boy's father as "a 'Rouleur ou Saxon ou Suedois" (Wanderer or a Saxon [northwest Germany] or Swedish); as I could not understand him well as he gave me these (grandparent's) names; I wrote what he told me, this man 'a donné ses enfants ca et la' (gave his child here and there); they are placed with various inhabitants families. ..."
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Oldest son Manuel was born in c1808 and baptized at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, age 5, in November 1813. Father Barrière noted that at the time of his baptism Manuel was "being reared at André Verani [a resident of Plaquemine Brûlé]." Manuel married Mirtyle P., daughter of Acadian Pierre Nicolas Foret, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1836. They had a son named Émile M., probably Manuel. Their daughter married into the Soileu and Fontenot families. Manuels's succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in February 1847; he would have been in his late 30s that year. In October 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 2 slaves--a 30-year-old female & a 12-year-old female, color not recorded--on the Widow Manuel Henry's farm.
Émile M. married Caroline, daughter of French Creole Noël Jean Baptiste Soileau, at the Ville Platte church, then in St. Landry but now in Evangeline Parish, in May 1869. They settled near Eunice.
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Louis was born in St. Landry Parish in June 1813. In his lengthy description of the family appended to brother Manuel's baptismal record, Father Barrière added: "... and this one--Manuel Henry--is brother, so they tell me, of Louis Henry baptized above. ..." Louis married French Creole Emérante or Mérande, also called Aimée, Meche probably in St. Landry Parish by the early 1840s and settled near Grand Coteau, at the southern edge of St. Landry Parish. Their son Pierre Aladin was born near Grand Coteau in August 1847, Louis, fils in November 1849, and O'Neal in May 1864. They also had a son named André.
André married Amelie or Emilia, daughter of Acadian Victor Treville Landry, at the Church Point church, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in August 1868. Their son Alcée was born near Church Point in June 1869.
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Jean Baptiste, called Baptiste, baptized at the Opelousas church, age 2 in March 1814, may have married Elizabeth Anderson in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1832. Their son Benjamin was born in St. Landry Parish in April 1841, and Bennet, perhaps Bernard, in April 1845. Their daughter married into the Cole family.
During the War of 1861-65, Benjamin, recorded as a resident of Bayou Chicot, served in Company F of the 8th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in St. Landry Parish, which fought in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania--one of General R. E. Lee's Louisiana Tigers. Benjamin enlisted in June 1861 at Camp Moore, Tangipahoa Parish, and reported sick at Culpeper, Virginia, that summer. He returned to his unit and was wounded in action at Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, during the Chancellorsville Campaign in May 1863. He again returned to his unit and surrendered with it at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, in April 1865. Soon after he returned from Virginia, Benjamin married Susan Cole in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1865.
CONCLUSION
Henrys settled early in Acadia, but they came "late" to Louisiana. In fact, if the Spanish government had not coaxed over 1,500 Acadians in France to emigrate to the colony, there probably would be no Acadian Henrys in the Bayou State today. Ten families came from France aboard five of the Seven Ships of 1785. They settled on the river at Bayou des Écores, Baton Rouge, and Manchac, and on upper Bayou Lafourche. By the mid-1790s, many had left the river and resettled on Bayou Lafourche, some of them down bayou into what became Lafourche Interior and Terrebonne parishes. As a result, during the antebellum period, the southeastern bayous and the coastal marshes became the larger center of Henry family settlement. One Terrebonne valley family moved to lower Bayou Teche during the late antebellum period, the only Acadian Henry family to live west of the Atchafalaya Basin before the War of 1861-65, but they returned to the Montegut area of Terrebonne Parish by the mid-1860s.
Henry is a common surname not only in France, but also in the rest of Europe, so it should be no surprise that non-Acadians with the name and its various spellings settled in colonial Louisiana as early as the 1720s. Most of them lived at New Orleans, but a few of them moved to the western prairies during the late colonial and early antebellum periods and settled in what became St. Landry, St. Martin, and St. Mary parishes. Meanwhile, throughout the antebellum and into the post-war period, Foreign-French, German, and Anglo-American Henris and Henrys settled in many communities of South Louisiana. Some of them were Afro Creoles either owned by members of the Henry family, or, more likely, children or grandchild of slaves or free men of color named Henry; they were especially numerous on the western prairies and in Pointe Coupee Parish.
Judging by the number of slaves they owned during the late antebellum period, the Henrys of South Louisiana, both Acadian and non-Acadian, participated only peripherally in the South's antebellum plantation economy. The largest slaveholder in the family--Acadian Joseph Similien Henry of Iberville Parish--held 11 slaves in 1850 but only six a decade later.
Dozens of Henrys, both Acadian and non-Acadian, served Louisiana in uniform during the War of 1861-65. ...
The family's name also is spelled Anrry, Enri, Hanry, Hennry, Henrico, Henriquez, Henrry, Hervory. [For the Acadian family's Louisiana "begats," see Book Ten]
Sources: 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Assumption, Iberville, Orleans, St. Landry, & West Baton Rouge parishes; 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Assumption, Iberville, Lafayette, Lafourche, Orleans, & West Baton Rouge parishes; Arsenault, Généalogie, 606, 1496-1504, 2116, 2191, 2302; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 1:270-71, 2:160-61, 3:144-45; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; De La Roque "Tour of Inspection," Canadian Archives 1905, 2A:39, 41, 72, 77-78, 80-83, 117, 119, 121, 124-25; NOAR, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 192-94; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Mouhot, "Emigration of the Acadians from France to LA," 145, source of quotation; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 3, 59, 73, 76, 104, 105, 113, 117, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 134, 154, 158, 173, 192; Richey, Tirailleurs, 235; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 58-59; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 94-98; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 480-507; Tate & De Ville, Baton Rouge & New Feliciana; White, DGFA-1, 840-45; White, DGFA-1 English, 177-78.
Settlement Abbreviations
(present-day civil parishes that existed in 1861 are in parentheses; hyperlinks on the
abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):
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Ascension |
Lafourche (Lafourche, Terrebonne) |
Pointe Coupée |
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Assumption |
Natchitoches (Natchitoches) |
SB | San Bernardo (St. Bernard) | ||
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Attakapas (St. Martin, St. Mary, Lafayette, Vermilion) |
San Luìs de Natchez (Concordia) |
St.-Gabriel d'Iberville (Iberville) |
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Bayou des Écores (East Baton Rouge, West Feliciana) |
New Orleans (Orleans) |
St.-Jacques de Cabanocé (St. James) |
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Baton Rouge (East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge) |
Opelousas (St. Landry, Calcasieu) |
For a chronology of Acadian Arrivals in Louisiana, 1764-early 1800s, see Appendix.
The hyperlink attached to an individual's name is connected to a list of Acadian immigrants for a particular settlement and provides a different perspective on the refugee's place in family and community.
| Name | Arrived | Settled | Profile |
| Angélique HENRY 01 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp | born 15 May 1763, La Moysias, baptized same day Pleurtuit, France; daughter of Pierre HENRY of Cobeguit & his second wife Anne THIBODEAUX; sister of Françoise, half sister of Anne-Josèphe, Marguerite-Pélagie, & Pierre; at Pleurtuit 1763-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 21, traveled with siblings; married, age 21, François-Étienne, son of Pierre HÉBERT & his second wife Susanne PITRE, 3 Jan 1786, New Orleans, soon after they reached LA on the same ship; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Angela HENNRY, age 30, with husband & no children; in Valenzuela census, 1797, age 31[sic], with husband & no children; in Valenzuela census, 1798, called Angélique, no surname given, age 35, with husband & no children |
| Anne HENRY 02 | Dec 1785 | BdE | born c1730, Cobeguit?; daughter of Jean HENRY dit le Vieux & Marie HÉBERT; sister of Charles & Madeleine; married, age 22, Charles, son of Joseph PITRE & Isabelle BOUDREAUX, 7 Feb 1752, Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 21, with husband & no children; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 29; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 52[sic] |
| Anne-Françoise HENRY 03 | Jul 1785 | StG | baptized 20 May 1781, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; daughter of Joseph HENRY & Cécile BREAUX; sister of Jean-Laurent, Joseph-Suliac, Madeleine-Apolline, Marie-Josèphe, & Pierre-Similien; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 3; never married? |
| Anne-Josèphe HENRY 04 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, StG, BR, Asp, Lf | born c1748, probably Pigiguit; daughter of Pierre HENRY of Cobeguit & his first wife Marie-Madeleine PITRE of l'Assomption, Pigiguit; sister of Marguerite-Pélagie & Pierre, half sister of Angélique & Françoise; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 10; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-72; married, age 29, (1)Théodore, son of François THÉRIOT & Françoise GUÉRIN of Cobeguit, 4 Feb 1777, Pleurtuit; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 33[sic], widow, head of family; married, age 37, (2)Jean-Baptiste, son of Alexandre BOUDREAUX & Marie-Madeleine VINCENT of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, & widower of Marie-Modeste TRAHAN, 27 Feb 1786, probably Manchac; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with husband & 4 unnamed children; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1798, called Anne, no surname given, age 46[sic], with husband, 1 stepson, 1 daughter, & 1 stepdaughter; died Lafourche Interior Parish 25 Feb 1840, age 100[sic], a widow |
| Barthélémy HENRY 05 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp | born c1745, Cobeguit?; son of Pierre HENRY & Anne AUCOIN; at Anse-de-la-Boullotière, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 7; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 14; at St.-Suliac, France, 1759-61; at Pleurtuit, France, 1761-62; at Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France, 1763; at St.-Suliac 1763-70; married, age 25, Anne-Radegonde, daughter of Alexandre BOURG & Ursule HÉBERT, 20 Feb 1770, St.-Énogat, France; at Pleudihen 1770-72; on list of Acadians at St.-Malo, France, Sep 1784, called Barthélémi HENRI, with wife, 3 unnamed sons, & 1 unnamed daughter; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 41, head of family, no occupation listed; in New Feliciana census, 1793, called Barthélémy HENRY, with "one old male, one old wife, one young male child, two middle male children"; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Bartholomé HENNRY, age 52, with wife Ana age 50, sons Santiage age 22, Bartholomé age 19, & Juan Bautista age 8; in Valenzuela census, 1797, age 53, with wife Anne age 51, sons Jacques age 23, Barthélémy age 20, & Jean-Baptiste age 9, 0 slaves; in Valenzuela census, 1798, called Barthélémy, age 54, with wife Anne age 54, sons Jacque age 24, Barthélémy age 22, & Jean-Baptiste age 9, 6/40 arpents, 0 slaves |
| Barthélémy-Charles HENRY 06 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp, Lf | born 16 May 1775, La Ville Ger, baptized same day, Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France; son of Barthélémy HENRY & Anne BOURG; brother of François-Barthélémy, Jacques-François, & Marie-Jeanne; on list of Acadians at St.-Malo, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 9; in New Feliciana census, 1793, unnamed, with parents & brothers; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Bartholomé, age 19, with parents & brothers; in Valenzuela census, 1797, age 20, with parents & brothers; in Valenzuela census, 1798, called Barthélémy, age 22, with parents & brothers; married, age 22, Jeanne-Anne of Pleudihen, daughter of Jean BOURG & his second wife Anne-Josèphe DAIGLE, 27 Aug 1798, Assumption, now Plattenville; died Lafourche Interior Parish 27 Jul 1847, age 70[sic]; request for succession inventory dated 6 Jan 1848, Lafourche Interior Parish courthouse |
| Charles HENRY 07 | Aug 1785 | BR | born c1732, Cobeguit; son of Joseph dit le Petite Homme HENRY & Christine dite Catherine PITRE; brother of Marie; married (1)Françoise-Josèphe, daughter of Joseph THÉRIOT and Françoise MELANÇON, probably Île St.-Jean; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 20, with wife & no children; deported from Île St.-Jean to Cherbourg, France, 1758-59; carpenter; married, age 29, (2)Marie-Madeleine, daughter of René BERNARD & Marguerite HÉBERT, 27 Jan 1761, Très-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Oct 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, with no wife & 3 unnamed daughters; married (3)Marie LEBLANC, widow of Charles ROBICHAUX, 29 Oct 1784, St.-Martin de Chantenay, France; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 51[sic], head of family that "paid its way"; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, called Carlos ANRRY, with unnamed wife [Marie], 5 unnamed children, 7 1/2 units corn, 1/2 unit rice; on list of inhabitants of Baton Rouge, Nov 1792; died [buried] Baton Rouge 9 Apr 1794, age 65[sic] |
| Charles HENRY, père 08 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR | born c1736; son of Jean HENRY dit Le Neveu & Marie-Madeleine THÉRIOT; brother of Jean, Marie, & Pierre; at Rivière-du-Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 16; married, age 20, Françoise, daughter of Joseph HÉBERT & Isabelle BENOIT, 4 Oct 1756, Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 23; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 49, head of family, no occupation listed; died before Jul 1788, when his wife was listed at Baton Rouge as a widow |
| Charles HENRY 09 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR | born 27 Oct 1736, Cobeguit, baptized 3 Jul 1737, Grand-Pré; son of Jean HENRY dit le Vieux & Marie HÉBERT; brother of Anne & Madeleine; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 15; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Charles HENRY, frère de Charles, age 23; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-61; married, age 25, Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of François THÉRIOT & Françoise GUÉRIN, 8 Jan 1761, St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France; at St.-Servan 1761-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 49, head of family, no occupation listed; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, called Carlos ANRRY, with unnamed wife [Marguerite-Josèphe], 5 unnamed children, 7 1/2 units corn, 1/2 unit rice?; on list of inhabitants of Baton Rouge, Nov 1792? |
| Charles HENRY, fils 10 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR | born c1776, France; son of Charles HENRY & Françoise HÉBERT; brother of Françoise-Victoire & Marguerite-Toussainte; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 9; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with widowed mother, siblings, & other relatives? |
| Cyrille-François HENRY 11 | Aug 1785 | BR | born 19 Aug 1767, baptized next day, St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France; son of Pierre HENRY & Marguerite TRAHAN; brother of Joseph-Philippe; at St.-Servan 1767-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France Oct 1775; sailor; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & brothers; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 18; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with parents |
| Élisabeth/Isabelle HENRY 12 | Jul 1785 | StG, Asp | born c1748, Cobeguit?; daughter of François HENRY & Marie DUGAS; sister of Joseph & Marguerite-Josèphe; at Grande-Ascension, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, called Elizabeth, age 4; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Élisabeth, age 8; married, age 22, Joseph, son of Paul AUCOIN & Marie LEBLANC, 29 May 1770, St.-Suliac, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-76; in Fourth Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Mar 1776; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Élisabeth, with husband, 2 unnamed sons, & 3 unnamed daughters; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 35[sic]; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1791, left bank, called Isabelle HENRI, age 42, with husband, 3 sons, & 6 daughters; died by Dec 1795, when her husband was listed in the Valenzuela census without a wife |
| Élisabeth/Isabelle-Modeste HENRY 13 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR | born & baptized 29 May 1765, Pleurtuit, France; daughter of Jean HENRY & Marie PITRE; sister of Marie-Rose & Maximilien; at Pleurtuit 1765-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 21; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with brother Maximilian ANNRY (HENRY)[sic] & sister; married, age 24, (1)Ambroise, son of Joseph THÉRIOT & Françoise MELANÇON, & widower of Anne-Madeleine GRANGER, 20 Dec 1788, Bayou des Écores or Baton Rouge; married, age 34, (2)Janvier-Pierre, son of Ambroise LONGUÉPÉE & Marguerite HENRY, 30 Dec 1798, Baton Rouge |
| François-Barthélémy HENRY 14 | Dec 1785 | BdE | born 4 Dec 1770, baptized next day, Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France; son of Barthélémy HENRY & Anne BOURG; brother of Barthélémy-Charles, Jacques-François, & Marie-Jeanne; on list of Acadians at St.-Malo, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 15; in New Feliciana census, 1793, unnamed, with parents & brothers |
| Françoise HENRY 15 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp | born & baptized 2 Nov 1761, Pleurtuit, France; daughter of Pierre HENRY of Cobeguit & his second wife Anne THIBODEAUX; sister of Angélique, half sister of Anne-Josèphe, Marguerite-Pélagie, & Pierre; at Pleurtuit 1759-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 23, traveled with siblings; married, age 23, Alexis-Joseph, son of Joseph AUCOIN & his first wife Marie-Josèphe HÉBERT, 3 Jan 1786, New Orleans, soon after they reached LA on the same ship; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Francisca HENRRY, age 34, with husband, 3 brothers-in-law, 1 son, & 1 daughter; in Valenzuela census, 1797, age 35, with husband, 3 brothers-in-law, 1 son, & 1 daughters; died before Jan 1798, when her husband was listed in the Valenzuela census without a wife |
| Françoise-Victoire HENRY 16 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR, StJ | born 2 Feb 1769, Jouvente, baptized next day, Pleurtuit, France; daughter of Charles HENRY & Françoise HÉBERT; sister of Charles, fils & Marguerite-Toussainte; at Pleurtuit 1769-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 15; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with widowed mother, siblings, & other relatives?; married, age 21, Jean-Baptiste, son of Ignace USÉ & his second wife Cécile BOURG, 10 Nov 1791, probably Baton Rouge; died [buried] St.-Jacques 8 Jul 1796, age 26 |
| Jacques-François HENRY 17 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp, Lf | born 27 Sep 1772, La Villeaubel, baptized same day, Pleudihen-sur-Rance, France; son of Barthélémy HENRY & Anne BOURG; brother of Barthélemy-Charles, François-Barthélemy, & Marie-Jeanne; on list of Acadians at St.-Malo, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 12; in New Feliciana census, 1793, unnamed, with parents & brothers; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Santiago, age 22, with parents & brothers; in Valenzuela census, 1797, age 23, with parents & brothers; in Valenzuela census, 1798, called Jacque, age 24, with parents & brothers; never married?; died Lafourche Interior Parish 15 Jun 1835, age 60[sic] |
| Jean HENRY 18 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR | born c1731, Cobeguit?; son of Jean HENRY dit Le Neveu & Marie-Madeleine THÉRIOT; brother of Charles, Marie, & Pierre; married, age 22, Marie, daughter of Joseph PITRE & Isabelle BOUDREAUX, 25 Jan 1752, Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 21, with wife & no children; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 30[sic]; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 53, head of family, no occupation listed |
| *Jean-Baptiste HENRY 48 | Aug 1785 | BR | sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, in utero; born 28 Oct 1785, baptized 5 Mar 1786, probably Baton Rouge; son of Charles HENRY & his third wife Marie LEBLANC; half-brother of Marie-Madeleine, Rose-Anastasie, & Ursule, & half-brother of Charles ROBICHAUX; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with parents & siblings; married Marie Christine, called Christine, daughter of François Alexandre DAIGLE & Rose-Adélaïde BOURG, probably Baton Rouge, early 1810s |
| Jean-Baptiste-Théodore HENRY 20 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR, Asp, Lf | born & baptized 27 Jul 1766, St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France; called Baptiste; son of Charles HENRY & Marguerite-Josèphe THÉRIOT; at St.-Servan 1766-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 18, no occupation listed; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, called Juan Bta. ANRRY, with no wife, 2 unnamed children, 3 units corn, 1/4 unit rice; on list of inhabitants of Baton Rouge, Nov 1792, called Batiste; married, age 27, (1)Marie-Félicité, daughter of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & his first wife Marie-Modeste TRAHAN of St.-Similien, Nantes, France, 15 Jan 1794, Baton Rouge; moved to Lafourche valley; married, age 36, (2)Anne-Marie, daughter of Charles NAQUIN & Anne DOIRON of St.-Malo, France, 26 Jul 1803, Assumption, now Plattenville; died Lafourche Interior Parish 29 Sep 1834, age 67; succession inventory dated 2 Jun 1847, Terrebonne Parish courthouse |
| Jean-Laurent HENRY 21 | Jul 1785 | StG, Asc | born & baptized 3 Aug 1765, St.-Suliac, France; son of Joseph HENRY & Cécile BREAUX; brother of Anne-Françoise, Joseph-Suliac, Madeleine-Apolline, Marie-Josèphe, & Pierre-Similien; at St.-Suliac 1765-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-76; in Fourth Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Mar 1776; carpenter; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 19; married, age 38, Marine, daughter of Hyacinthe LANDRY & Marguerite LANDRY of St.-Gabriel, 21 Nov 1803, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; died [buried] Ascension Parish, 28 Oct 1822, age 56 |
| Jean-Vincent HENRY 19 | Dec 1785 | BdE | born 12 Dec 1764, Créhen, baptized next day, Pleurtuit, France; son of Pierre HENRY & Marguerite-Josèphe BOURG; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 21, no occupation listed; married _____ RIGART? |
| Jeanne-Françoise HENRY 22 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR | born & baptized 21 Mar 1769, St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France; daughter of Charles HENRY & Marguerite-Josèphe THÉRIOT; at St.-Servan 1769-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 17; moved to Baton Rouge District; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with parents & siblings?; married, age 24, Charles, son of Charles ROBICHAUX & Marie LEBLANC, 14 Feb 1792, probably Manchac; died by May 1801, when her husband remarried at Baton Rouge |
| Joseph HENRY 23 | Jul 1785 | StG | born c1743, Cobeguit?; son of François HENRY & Marie DUGAS; brother of Élisabeth/Isabelle & Marguerite-Josèphe; at Grande-Ascension, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 10; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 14; at St.-Suliac, France, 1759-72; carpenter; married, age 21, Cécile, daughter of Antoine BREAUX & Cécile BOURG, 15 May 1764, St.-Suliac; in Poitou, France, 1773-76; in Fourth Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Mar 1776; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, with wife, 3 unnamed sons, & 3 unnamed daughters; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 40[sic], head of family; died St. Gabriel 30 Aug 1821, age 78 |
| Joseph-Philippe HENRY 24 | Sep 1785 | Asp, Lf | born 18 Jul 1762, baptized next day, St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France; called Philippe; son of Pierre HENRY & Marguerite TRAHAN of Île St.-Jean; brother of Cyrille-François; at St.-Servan 1762-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Oct 1775; sailor; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & 3 unnamed brothers; married, age 23, Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Pierre THIBODEAUX & Hélène GAUTREAUX of l'Assomption, Pigiguit, & widow of Nicolas METRA, 26 Apr 1785, St.-Martin de Chantenay, France; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 22, head of family (his elderly parents & a younger brother had crossed earlier on Le Beaumont & gone to Baton Rouge); in Valenzuela census, 1788, right bank, called Phillippe HENRY, 23, with wife Marie age 30, stepson Nicolas METRATS age 5, 6 arpents, 30 qts. corn, 1 swine; in Valenzuela census, 1791, right bank, called Philiphe HENRI, age 28, with wife Marie age 40, stepson Nicolas MAITRA age 9, daughter Rosalie age 13[sic, actually 3], 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 qts. rice, 100 qts. corn, 2 horned cattle, 2 horses, 2 swine; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Phelipe HENNRY, age 32, with wife Maria age 40, stepson Nicolas METTRA age 13, [cousin, engagé?] Pedro BOURQUE age 25, daughter Rosalia age 8; in Valenzuela census, 1797, called Philippe, age 33, with wife Marie age 41, stepson Nicolas METRA age 14, daughter Rosalie age 9, 0 slaves; in Valenzuela census, 1798, called Joseph-Phillipe, age 36, with wife Marie age 45, [step]son Nicolas [METRA] age 16, daughter Rosalie age 10, 3/40 arpents; died of yellow fever perhaps Lafourche Parish, buried Assumption Parish 16 Oct 1853, age 95[sic] # |
| Joseph-Suliac HENRY 25 | Jul 1785 | StG | born & baptized 11 Aug 1770, St.-Suliac, France; son of Joseph HENRY & Cécile BREAUX; brother of Anne-Françoise, Jean-Laurent, Madeleine-Apolline, Marie-Josèphe, & Pierre-Similien; at St.-Suliac 1770-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-76; in Fourth Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Mar 1776; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 14; married, age 29, Marie-Rosalie, called Rosalie, daughter of Jean-Charles COMEAUX & his first wife Cécile DUGAS, 17 Feb 1800, St.-Gabriel; died [buried] St.-Gabriel 30 Aug 1804, age 30[sic]? |
| Madeleine HENRY 26 | Sep 1785 | Asp | born c1740, Grand-Pré; daughter of Antoine HENRY & Claire HÉBERT; at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, Île Royale, Mar 1752, age 18; deported to France, 1758-59; married, age 19, Jean-Baptiste, son of Pierre DAREMBOURG & Marie MAZEROLLE of Île St.-Jean, 29 May 1759, Très-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, France; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Magdeleine, with husband & 1 unnamed daughter; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in Second Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Nov 1775; sailed to LA on Le St.-Rémi, age 45; in Valenzuela census, 1788, right bank, called Magdeleinne, age 60[sic], with husband & no children; in Valenzuela census, 1791, right bank, called Madelaine HENRI, age 80[sic, probably 50], with husband & no children; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Magdalena HENNRY, age 55, with husband & no children; in Valenzuela census, 1797, called Magdeleinne, no surname given, age 56, with husband & no children; in Valenzuela census, 1798, called Magdelenne, no surname given, age 80[sic], with husband & no children |
| Madeleine HENRY 27 | Dec 1785 | BdE | born c1726, Cobeguit?; daughter of Jean HENRY dit le Vieux & Marie HÉBERT; sister of Anne & Charles; married, age 25, Charles dit Charlie, son of Philippe THIBODEAUX & Élisabeth VINCENT, 1 Feb 1751, Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 26; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 30[sic]; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 58 |
| Madeleine-Apolline HENRY 28 | Jul 1785 | StG | born c1784, probably Nantes, France; daughter of Joseph HENRY & Cécile BREAUX; sister of Anne-Françoise, Jean-Laurent, Joseph-Suliac, Marie-Josèphe, & Pierre-Similien; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings?; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, an infant; died young? |
| Marguerite-Josèphe HENRY 29 | Dec 1785 | BdE, StG | born c1744, Cobeguit?; daughter of François HENRY & Marie DUGAS; sister of Élisabeth/Isabelle & Joseph; at Grande-Ascension, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, called Margueritte Joseph, age 7; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 13; married, age 19, Ambroise, son of Louis LONGUÉPÉE & Anne BRASSEAUX, 8 Feb 1763, St.-Suliac, France; at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, 1763-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 40; moved to St.-Gabriel; died [buried] St.-Gabriel 27 Jun 1816, age 66[sic] |
| Marguerite-Josèphe HENRY 30 | Dec 1785 | BdE | born c1751, probably Ile St.-Jean; daughter of Jean-Baptiste-Olivier HENRY & Susanne PITRE; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, called Margueritte, age 18 mos.; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, called Marguerite-Josèphe, age 8; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-60; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 35, traveled with mother & stepfather Pierre HÉBERT & family; never married? |
| Marguerite-Pélagie HENRY 31 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Lf | born c1750, probably Pigiguit; daughter of Pierre HENRY of Cobeguit & his first wife Marie-Madeleine PITRE; sister of Anne-Josèphe & Pierre, half-sister of Angélique & Françoise; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 9; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-72; married, age 31, François-Xavier, called Xavier, son of Charles BOURG & Cécile MELANÇON of Cobeguit, & widower of Élisabeth LEBLANC, 31 Jul 1781, Pleurtuit; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 34; moved to Lafourche valley; died Lafourche Interior Parish 15 Oct 1822, age 70[sic] |
| Marguerite-Toussainte HENRY 33 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR | born 1 Nov 1772, baptized next day, Pleurtuit, France; daughter of Charles HENRY & Françoise HÉBERT; sister of Charles, fils & Françoise-Victoire; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 13; on report of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, with widowed mother, siblings, & other relatives?; married, age 19, François, son of Charles BROUSSARD & his first wife Bonne-Jacqueline-Françoise-Catherine CATELLE, 7 Feb 1791, probably Baton Rouge |
| Marie HENRY 34 | Aug 1785 | BR | born c1741, Cobeguit?; daughter of Joseph HENRY dit le Petit Homme & Christine dit Catherine PITRE; sister of Charles; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 19?; married, age 24, François, fils of Québec, son of François ARBOUR & Thérèse DESCOTEAUX, 25 Nov 1765, Notre-Dame, Le Havre, France; in Poitou, France, 1773-82; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, called Marie HENRI, with husband & 3 unnamed sons; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 40[sic]; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with husband & 3 unnamed children |
| Marie HENRY 35 | Dec 1785 | BdE? BR? | born c1730, Cobeguit?; daughter of Jean HENRY dit Le Neveu & Marie-Madeleine THÉRIOT; sister of Charles, Jean, & Pierre; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 22; deported to from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, 1758-59, age 29; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 55, traveled with brother Jean's family; never married? |
| Marie-Jeanne HENRY 36 | Dec 1785 | BdE? | born & baptized 19 Feb 1782, St.-Énogat, France; daughter of Barthélémy HENRY & Anne BOURG; sister of Barthélémy-Charles, François-Barthélémy, & Jacques-François; on list of Acadians at St.-Malo, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & brothers; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 3; not in New Feliciana census, 1793, with the rest of her family, so she probably died young |
| Marie-Josèphe HENRY 37 | Jul 1785 | StG | baptized 24 Feb 1777, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; daughter of Joseph HENRY & Cécile BREAUX; sister of Anne-Françoise, Jean-Laurent, Joseph-Suliac, Madeleine-Apolline, & Pierre-Similien; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 7; married, age 23, Louis, son of Joseph-Charles BREAUX & Marie-Josèphe LANDRY, 29 Jul 1800, St.-Gabriel; died [buried] Iberville Parish 23 Nov 1854, age 78[sic], a widow # |
| Marie-Josèphe HENRY 38 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR, NO, Asp, Lf | born & baptized 22 May 1762, St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France; daughter of Charles HENRY & Marguerite-Josèphe THÉRIOT; at St.-Servan 1762-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 22; moved to Baton Rouge District; married, age 23, Édouard, son of Simon-Pierre DAIGLE & his first wife Marie-Madeleine THÉRIOT of Morlaix, France, 23 Oct 1786, probably Baton Rouge; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with husband & 1 unnamed infant; moved to New Orleans & then to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Maria, age 30[sic], with husband, 3 sons, & 1 daughter; in Valenzuela census, 1797, called Marie, age 31[sic], with husband, 3 sons, & 1 daughter; in Valenzuela census, 1798, called Marie, no surname given, age 34, with husband, 3 sons, 2 daughters, & "orphan" Jean MIRE |
| Marie-Madeleine HENRY 39 | Aug 1785 | BR, NO | born & baptized 15 Jan 1762, Tres-Ste.-Trinité, Cherbourg, France; called Madeleine; daughter of Charles HENRY & his second wife Marie-Madeleine BERNARD; sister of Rose-Anastasie & Ursule, half-sister of Jean-Baptiste, stepsister of Charles ROBICHAUX; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, Oct 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed father & sisters; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 21[sic]; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with father, stepmother, & siblings; married, age 28, Charles, son of Joseph FOURNIER & Marie ROUSSEAU of St.-Thomas, Québec, 6 Jul 1790, probably Baton Rouge; died Charity Hospital, New Orleans, buried 17 May 1797, age 40[sic] |
| Marie-Rose HENRY 32 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR | born 12 Jul 1768, Créhen, baptized same day, Pleurtuit, France; called Rose; daughter of Jean HENRY & Marie PITRE; sister of Élisabeth/Isabelle-Modeste & Maximilien; at Pleurtuit 1768-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 18; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with brother Maximilian ANNRY (HENRY)[sic] & sister; married, age 29, Frédéric-Édouard, son of François ARBOUR & Marie HENRY of Le Havre, France, 11 Sep 1798, Baton Rouge |
| Maximilien HENRY 40 | Dec 1785 | BdE?, BR, NO, BR | born 25 May 1760, probably Pleurtuit, France; son of Jean HENRY & Marie PITRE; brother of Élisabeth/Isabelle-Modeste & Marie-Rose; at Pleurtuit 1760-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 24, no occupation listed; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, called Maximilian ANRRY (HENRY)[sic], with no wife or children, 2 unnamed sisters, 4 1/2 units corn, 1/4 unit rice; married, age 31, Adélaïde, daughter of Saturnin BRUNO & Scholastique LÉGER of Lafourche, 31 Oct 1792, St.-Jacques; on list of inhabitants of Baton Rouge, Nov 1792; at New Orleans early 1800s; returned to Baton Rouge |
| Pierre HENRY 41 | Aug 1785 | Asp? | born c1771, France; son of _____HENRY & Marie-Yvette HÉBERT; sailed to LA on La Bergère, age 14, traveled with widowed mother & widowed maternal grandfather, Charles HÉBERT; died young? |
| Pierre HENRY 42 | Aug 1785 | BR | born c1734, probably Minas; son of Germain HENRY & Cécile DEVEAU; at Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 18; married, age 19, Marguerite, daughter of Claude TRAHAN & Marie TILLARD, 12 Feb 1753, Port-La-Joye; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 27; plowman; at St.-Servan-sur-Mer, France, 1759-72; in Poitou, France, 1773-75; in First Convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, France, Oct 1775; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, called Pierre HENRI, with wife & 4 unnamed sons; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 61[sic, probably meant 51], head of family; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, called Pedro ANRRY (HENRY)[sic], with unnamed wife [Marguerite], 1 unnamed child [son Cyrille-François, age 21], 4 1/2 units corn, 0 units rice |
| Pierre HENRY 43 | Dec 1785 | BdE | born c1734, Cobeguit?; son of Jean HENRY dit Le Neveu & Marie-Madeleine THÉRIOT; brother of Charles, Jean, & Marie; at Rivière-de-l'Ouest, Île St.-Jean, Aug 1752, age 18; married, age 22, Marguerite-Josèphe, daughter of Charles BOURG & Cécile MELANÇON, 13 May 1756, Port-La-Joye, Île St.-Jean; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 25; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 51, head of family, no occupation listed |
| Pierre HENRY 44 | Dec 1785 | BdE, Asp, Lf | born c1756, probably Île St.-Jean; son of Pierre HENRY of Cobeguit & his first wife Marie-Madeleine PITRE; brother of Anne-Josèphe & Marguerite-Pélagie, half-brother of Angélique & Françoise; deported from Île St.-Jean to St.-Malo, France, aboard one of the Five Ships 25 Nov 1758, arrived St.-Malo 23 Jan 1759, age 3; at Pleurtuit, France, 1759-72; sailed to LA on La Ville d'Archangel, age 28, traveled with half sisters, no occupation listed; married, age 29, Marie-Françoise-Jeanne, daughter of Jean LONGUÉPÉE & Marie-Françoise BOURG, 12 Jan 1786, New Orleans, soon after they reached LA on the same ship; in New Feliciana census, 1793, called Pierre HENRY, with "one middle male, one middle wife, one young female child"; moved to Lafourche valley; in Valenzuela census, 1795, called Pedro HENNRY, age 40, with wife Maria age 27, & daughter Mariana age 5; in Valenzuela census, 1797, age 41, with wife Marie age 28, & daughter Marianne age 3, 0 slaves; in Valenzuela census, 1798, age 40[sic], with wife Marie age 30, daughter Marie age 8, & son Joseph age 1, 3/45 arpents, 0 slaves; died Lafourche Interior Parish 23 Mar 1826, age 71 |
| Pierre-Similien HENRY 45 | Jul 1785 | StG | baptized 21 May 1779, St.-Similien, Nantes, France; son of Joseph HENRY & Cécile BREAUX; brother of Anne-Francoise, Jean-Laurent, Joseph-Suliac, Madeleine-Apolline, & Marie-Josèphe; on list of Acadians at Nantes, Sep 1784, unnamed, with parents & siblings; sailed to LA on Le Bon Papa, age 5; married, age 24, Adélaïde, daughter of Jean-Baptiste DUPUIS & Élisabeth BENOIT, 19 Sep 1803, St.-Gabriel; "died of yellow fever, bur. on father's plantation," St.-Gabriel, 2 Sep 1804, age 25? |
| Rose-Anastasie HENRY 46 | Aug 1785 | BR, StJ, Lf | born c1771, France; daughter of Charles HENRY & his second wife Marie-Madeleine BERNARD; sister of Marie-Madeleine & Ursule, half-sister of Jean-Baptiste, stepsister of Charles ROBICHAUX; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed father & sisters; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 14; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with father, stepmother, & siblings; married, age 23, Joseph-Paul, son of Paul BOURGEOIS & Rosalie LEBLANC, 25 Feb 1794, St.-Jacques; moved to Bayou Lafourche in the 1810s; died by Nov 1816, age 45, when her husband remarried in Lafourche Interior Parish |
| Ursule HENRY 47 | Aug 1785 | BR, Asp, Lf | born c1775, France; daughter of Charles HENRY & his second wife Marie-Madeleine BERNARD; sister of Marie-Madeleine & Rose-Anastasie, half-sister of Jean-Baptiste, & stepsister of Charles ROBICHAUX; on list of Acadians at Nantes, France, Sep 1784, unnamed, with widowed father & unnamed sisters; sailed to LA on Le Beaumont, age 10; on list of Acadians at Baton Rouge, 1788, unnamed, with father, stepmother, & siblings; moved to Lafourche valley; married, age 25, (1)Jean-Constant, son of Jean-Baptiste BOUDREAUX & Marie-Modeste TRAHAN, 28 Apr 1800, Assumption, now Plattenville; married, age 38, (2)Louis, son of Jacques DUBOIS & Marie MICHEL, 4 Jan 1813, Assumption; died Lafourche Interior Parish 12 Dec 1822, age 42[sic] |
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