APPENDICES

Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s

MOUTON

[MOO-tonh]

ACADIA

Jean, also called Jean-Jacques, son of Antoine Mouton, maître d'hôtel de M. de Grignan (probably the French aristocrat François de Castellane-Ornado-Adhémar de Monteil, Comte de Grignan, of Provence and Marseille) and Jeanne Merlasse or Merlarse of Marsalle or Marsal, bishopric of d'Albi, Languedoc, was born at Marseille in c1689, perhaps at the comte's château.  According to Bona Arsenault, Jean arrived at Port-Royal in c1703, when he would have been only age 14, and married Marie, 16-year-old daughter of Alexandre Girouard dit de Ru and Marie Le Borgne de Bélisle, in January 1711.  The marriage was a fortuitous one.  Marie was a granddaughter of Alexandre Le Borgne de Bélisle, former French governor of Acadia and seigneur of Port-Royal and also a descendant of former governor Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour.  Jean and Marie moved to Grand-Pré in c1712, where he earned his living as a surgeon, and then to Chignecto in c1725, where he also worked as a surgeon and where he and his family remained.  Sieur Jean, as he was addressed, and Marie had 10 children, seven sons and three daughters.  The surgeon and wife Marie died at Chignecto before Le Grand Dérangement.  Two of their daughters married into the Hébert and Richard families.  Five of their sons also created families of their own. 

Oldest son Jean, fils, born at Grand-Pré in November 1712, married Marguerite, daughter of Louis Poirier and Cécile Mignot, at Chignecto in January 1734. 

Jacques, born probably at Minas, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Caissie and Marie-Thérèse Mirande, at Chignecto in November 1734.  

Charles, born probably at Minas in c1721, married Anne, daughter of Pierre Comeau and Susanne Bézier, probably at Chignecto in c1755.  

Justinien, born at Grand-Pré in May 1721, died young.

Pierre, born at Chignecto in December 1730, survived childhood but did not marry.  He may, in fact, have died in the fighting at Restigouche in 1760. 

Salvator, born at Chignecto in c1733, married Anne, daughter of Jean Bastarache and Angélique Richard, at Annapolis Royal in January 1752 but settled at Chignecto with the rest of the clan.  

Youngest son Louis, born at Chignecto in c1737, married Marie-Modeste, another daughter of Jean Bastarache and Angélique Richard, at Restigouche in c1760 during exile.  

[For more of this family in pre- and post-dispersal Acadia and Canada, see Book Three]

In 1755, Sr. Jean Mouton's children and grandchildren could be found at Chignecto, Minas, Annapolis Royal, and on Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island.  

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One other Mouton family lived in Acadia, that of Jean Mouton dit Fleury, an artilleryman born at St.-Michel-de-Carcassonne in the south of France in 1735, and probably no kin to Sr. Jean Mouton of Marseille and Chignecto.  This younger Jean also was son of an Antoine Mouton, but his mother was Catherine Boucher.  

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

[For the family's travails during the Great Upheaval, see Book Six]

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

The Chignecto Moutons were some of the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana, but they were not among the first.  They came to the colony in 1765 and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river above New Orleans where 20 Acadians had settled the year before.  Mouton family legend insists they were among the first Acadians to settle in the colony (see, for instance, the brochure that accompanies the Robert Dafford Mural at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, which says the Moutons "Arrived with a group of twenty believed to be the earliest refugees from Acadia in Louisiana...."), but no creditable source places the Moutons with the party from Georgia who reached the colony via Mobile in February 1764.  The Moutons most likely arrived sometime in the autumn of 1765 with one of the parties from Halifax.  They were not even members of the earliest group of Acadians who reached Louisiana that year--the Broussard dit Beausoleil party, which reached New Orleans in February and went to Bayou Teche two months later.  

Nearly a dozen Moutons stepped off the ship at New Orleans in 1765:

Salvator Mouton, age 32, came with wife Anne Bastarche, age 34, and two sons--Marin, age 12; and Jean le jeune, age 11.  When they reached New Orleans, Anne may have been pregnant.  A New Orleans church record hints that she gave birth to daughter Marie-Geneviève in mid-September of that year, but the girl may have been born en route to the colony.  Marie-Geneviève was baptized at New Orleans on December 2, giving an idea of when the family actually reached the colony.  Anne died perhaps in childbirth probably at Cabanocé soon after they settled there, and Salvator remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Forest, probably a widow, at New Orleans in c1768.  Salvator died at hopital de la Nouvelle-Orleans in April 1773, age 40; his burial was recorded by the priest at St.-Jacques.  Sons Marin and Jean le jeune remained at St.-Jacques, where Marin married in January 1777.  Later that year, they followed their older cousin Jean dit Neveu to the Attakapas District, where Jean le jeune and Marie-Geneviève also created families of their own and where Marin remarried.

Louis Mouton, age 28, Salvator's younger brother, came to New Orleans with wife Marie-Modeste Bastarache, age 32, and infant daughter Anne-Charlotte, who also was baptized in the city on December 2.  They had more children in Louisiana and remained on the river.  

Jean dit Neveu Mouton, age 25, Salvator and Louis's nephew, came with wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Bastarche, age 18, and no children.  However, when they reached New Orleans, Élisabeth was pregnant.  She gave birth to daughter Marguerite-Françoise in late November, but the girl was not baptized until Christmas Day.  Jean dit Neveu and Élisabeth had more children at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.  In the 1770s, Jean and his family accompanied his younger cousins Marin and Jean le jeune to the Attakapas District.  

Descendants of Louis MOUTON (c1737-?)

Louis, seventh and youngest son of Sr. Jean Mouton and Marie Girouard, born probably at Chignecto in c1737, escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and followed his older brothers to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  He married Marie-Modeste, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Bastarache and Angélique Richard and younger sister of brother Salvator's wife Anne, in the late 1750s during exile.  They surrendered to the British at Restigouche in October 1760 and were imprisoned with older brother Salvator and his family at Fort Edward, formerly Pigiguit, for the rest of the war.  From Halifax, Louis and his wife and their infant daughter followed Salvator and his family and a nephew to Louisiana in 1765 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river, where they had more children.  Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1777.  When Louis's three nephews, including Salvator's two sons, left for the Attakapas District in c1777, Louis and Marie-Modeste remained on the river.  Their daughters married into the Theriot and Blanchard families.  Louis and his wife had no sons who created families of their own, so this family line, except for its blood, probably did not survive in the Bayou State. 

David, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1770, likely died young. 

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Sometime between 1766 and 1768, Salvador and Louis's older brother Charles Mouton, his wife Anne Comeau, their son Georges, and Anne's daughter by her first marriage, reached New Orleans from Martinique in the Caribbean Basin, where French officials had counted them at Champflore in January 1766.  They joined their Mouton kin on the Acadian Coast.  Like younger brother Louis, Charles remained on the river.  He and Anne had no more children in Louisiana.  Chares died a widower at St.-Jacques in November 1798, age 87.  Son Georges married at St.-Jacques but had no sons of his own:  

Descendants of Georges MOUTON (c1756-?; Jean)

Georges, son of Charles Mouton and Anne Comeau of Chignecto, born in c1756 during exile, followed his family to Champflore, Martinique, in the Caribbean Basin, where French officials counted them in January 1766.  They moved on to Louisiana between 1766 and 1768 and joined their Mouton kin at St.-Jacques on the river, where Georges married Rosalie-Victoire, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Gaudet and his first wife Marguerite Bourgeois, in January 1781.  Their daughter married into the Oubre family.  Georges and his wife had no sons, at least none who appear in local church records. 

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

Compared to many other Acadian families, the Moutons came "late" to the western prairies.  In c1777, Jean dit Neveu Mouton and his younger cousins Marin, Jean, and Marie-Geneviève Mouton, crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and settled in the Attakapas District.  This western branch of the family soon eclipsed that of their cousins back on the river:

Marie-Geneviève married Jean, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Guilbeau, at Attakapas in July 1783.  She died at Attakapas in August 1784, age 18. 

Descendants of Jean dit Neveu MOUTON (c1740-1802; Jean)

Jean dit Neveu, or Nephew, son of Jacques Mouton and Marguerite Caissie, born probably at Chignecto in c1740, followed his family to South Carolina aboard the British ship Cornwallis, which reached Charleston in October 1755 and evidently was one of the Acadians who returned to greater Acadia via boat the following spring..  He followed his paternal uncles Pierre, Salvator, Louis to the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore and then to Restigouche at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs.  After the fall of Restigouche in the autumn of 1760, Jean remained with his uncles' families while they were held as prisoners of war at Fort Edward, Pigiguit, in Nova Scotia.   Jean married Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of Jean Bastarache and Angélique Richard, younger sister of the wives of his uncles Salvator and Louis, probably at Fort Edward in the early 1760s.  He likely was the Jean Mouton who was counted at Fort Edward in July and August 1762 with a family of three.  After the war, they followed his uncles Salvator and Louis from Halifax to Louisiana in 1765.  A daughter, Marguerite-Françoise, was born at New Orleans in November either en route to Louisiana or soon after they reached the colony.  They followed his uncles to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river, where Spanish officials counted them in April 1766.  After his uncle Salvator died in 1773, Jean dit Neveu and Salvator's sons, Marin and Jean le jeune, crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and settled in the Attakapas District, where Spanish authorities counted them in May 1777.  By then, Neveu owned three slaves and five head of cattle.  Élisabeth died at Attakapas in April 1798, in her early 50s.  Jean dit Neveu did not remarry.  Like his cousins, Jean dit Neveu also claimed land as far west as the Mermentau River valley, but he and most of his descendants, like those of his cousins, remained in the old Attakapas District.  Jean dit Neveu died at Attakapas in August 1802; the priest who recorded the burial said that Jean was age 58 when he died; he probably was closer to 62.  All three of his sons created families of their own and settled in what became Lafayette Parish, but only two of their lines survived.  That of his oldest son Frédéric, who married a Cormier, was especially vigorous. 

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Oldest son Jean-Frédéric, called Frédéric, born probably at Cabanocé in c1769, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Cormier, fils, and his first wife Marguerite Bourg, at Attakapas in June 1788.  They settled on Bayou Vermilion and at Carencro.  Their son Jean Sylvestre, called Sylvestre le jeune, was born in May 1791, Jean-Éloi, called Éloi, was baptized at Attakapas, age 2 1/2, in May 1795, Jean-Augustin, called Augustin, was born in December 1796, Jean Florent in February 1799, Cyprien in March 1810, and Jean Ursin, called Ursin, in December 1811.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Caruthers, Comeaux, De La Corne, Girard, McBride, and Ware families.  Frédéric died "at his home" on the Vermilion in March 1815, age 46; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in July. 

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Sylvestre le jeune married Marie Euphrosine, called Euphrosine, daughter of fellow Acadians Athanase Breaux and Marie Catherine Arceneaux of Carencro, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1813.  They settled at Carencro.  Their son Frédéric Demosthènes, called Demosthenes, was born in November 1814, Jean Rosémond, called Rosémond, in February 1816, a son, name unrecorded, died the day after his birth in June 1818, Tiburce Placide or Placide Tiburce was born in April 1820, Eugène Lucien in April 1822 but died at age 7 months the following December, Jude François or François Jules, called Jules, was born in January 1824, Jean Livodé, Livodet, or Livaudais, called Livaudais, in May 1826, Joseph in c1831 but died at age 3 in October 1834, and Joseph Babilas was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in April 1833.  Sylvestre le jeune died probably at Carencro in January 1849; the Grand Coteau priest who recorded his burial said that Silvestre died "at age 60 yrs."; he was 57. 

Rosémond married cousin Marie Estelle, called Estelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Julien Comeaux and Céleste Breaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in March 1841.  Their son Pierre Auguste was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1851.  Their daughters married into the Prejean and Sonnier families. 

Jules married Azélie or Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Babineaux and Marie Cléonide Dugas, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1843.  Their son Joseph Jules or Jude, called Jules or Jude, was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1844.  Jules died in Lafayette Parish in April 1849, age 25; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in June. 

During the War of 1861-65, only son Jules, fils, called Jule in Confederate records, served as a private in Company A of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, the "Lafayette Prairies Boys," which fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  He married Anonciade or Armontiade, daughter of fellow Acadians Placide Broussard and Aurelia Broussard, at the Vermilionville church in January 1866. 

Placide married cousin Marie Rosalie Azelle or Azélie, another daughter of Julien Comeaux and Céleste Breaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1845.  They settled near Carencro.  Their child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 1 month between March and May 1847, son Joseph Alcide was born in October 1852, Kleber in April 1854, and a child, name unrecorded, died at birth in September 1859.  During the War of 1861-65, Placide evidently served in Company K of the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Reserve Corps, raised in Lafayette Parish late in the war to fight local Jayhawkers.  He survived the war. 

Demosthenes died in Lafayette Parish in November 1854, age 40.  He probably did not marry. 

Jean Livaudais, at age 39, married Marceline or Marcellite, daughter of Pierre Hernandez and Marie Domingue, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1865.  Their son Pierre Hippolyte was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1867. 

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Augustin married Marie Françoise, called Françoise, daughter of Pierre Baudoin and Marguerite Lemaire of St. Charles Parish and Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1814.  They settled on the Vermilion.  Their son Toussaint was born in November 1816, Éloi le jeune in March 1817[sic], Onésime le jeune in June 1822, another Onésime le jeune in March 1823, and a son, name unrecorded, died 4 hours after his birth in September 1828.  Their daughter married into the Chargeois family.  

Éloi le jeune married Marie, daughter of Noël Gisclard and Charlotte Frederick of St. James Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1838.  Their son Gustave was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1843.  They also had a son named Étienne.  Their daughters married into the Herpin and Richard families. 

Étienne married Remisia, Remizia, or Lemisia, daughter of fellow Acadians Joachim Broussard and Carmélite Comeaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1865.  Their son Alcée Éloi or Éloi Alcée was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1866 but died at age 3 in December 1869. 

Gustave married Eulalie, another daughter of Joachim Broussard and Carmélite Comeaux and widow of Rosémond Langlinais, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1866.  Their son Albert was born in Lafayette Parish in September 1869. 

Onésime le jeune married cousin Anathasie or Nathalie Adélaïde, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Dugas and Marie Marthe Mouton, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1841.  Their son Pierre Alse, perhaps Alcée, was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1842 but died the following August, Honoré Césaire was born in November 1843, Édouard in June 1847, Philippe Albert in August 1854, and Maurice in December 1857.  They also had a son named Jean, John A., or John O.  Their daughter married into the Gladu family. 

Jean/John O. married Alvina, daughter of fellow Acadian Onésime Boudreaux and his Creole wife Joséphine Castille, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1867.  Their son Jean Franklin was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1868. 

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Cyprien married cousin Elise or Eliza, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Dugas and Marie Marthe Mouton, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1833.  Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Bonneau, Dugas, and Richard families.  Cyprien's successions were filed at the St. Martinville and Vermilionville courthouses in March 1846; he would have been age 36 that year.  Did he father any sons? 

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Éloi, in his early 40s, married Carmelite, daughter of Jean Domingue and Bastina Enand of Lafourche Interior Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1834.  Their son Michel or Mitchel Éloi was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 1 month, in October 1835 but died at age 6 1/2 in April 1842, Étienne Raphaël or Gabriel was born in August 1839, Jean in November 1841, Jean Dermas or Darmas, called Darmas, in November 1843, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 3 in June 1848, and Joseph was born in March 1851 but died at age 11 in April 1862.  Their daughters married into the Albarado and Gilbert families.  Éloi died in Lafayette Parish in September 1851; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Éloi died "at age 60 yrs."; he was 56; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in September 1854. 

Étienne Raphaël/Gabriel married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Terence Breaux and Louise Dugas, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1858, and remarried to Eliska, daughter of fellow Acadian Rosémond LeBlanc and his Creole wife Virginie Langlinais, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1866. 

Darmas died in Lafayette Parish in March 1865.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial said that Darmas died "at age 19 yrs."; he was 22.  He probably did not marry.  Was his death war-related? 

Jean married cousin Victoire or Victorine, daughter of  Joseph Hernandez and Marie Carmélite Domingue, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1867.  Their son Jean Sidney was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1870. 

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Ursin married Sébastienne dite Bastienne, another daughter of Jean Domingue and Bastina Enand of Lafourche Interior Parish, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in May 1838.  Their son Jean Frédéric le jeune, called Frédéric, was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1840, François in December 1842, Alexandre in February 1845 but died at age 5 in May 1850, Raymond was born in January 1847 but died at age 2 1/2 in September 1849, and a child, name and age unrecorded, died in August 1851.  Their daughter married into the Hernandez family. 

Frédéric le jeune died in Lafayette Parish in June 1858, age 17 1/2, before he could marry. 

A François Mouton, age 21, died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in August 1862.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give François's parents' names, but this likely was Ursin's son.  Did François marry?  Was his death war-related? 

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Nicolas-Joseph, called Joseph, born probably at Cabanocé in c1770, married fellow Acadian Marie-Josèphe Doucet at Attakapas in January 1788.  Their daughter Émilie attended the Grand Coteau academy from April 1826, when she was 10, until July 1829.  Joseph does not seem to have fathered any sons, at least none who appear in local church records. 

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Youngest son Sylvestre, born probably at Cabanocé in c1771, married Susanne, or Suzette, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Comeaux and Anastasie Savoie, at Attakapas in October 1791  They settled at Carencro.  Their son Sylvestre, fils was born in December 1795, and Jean-Eugène, called Eugène, in August 1801.  Their daughters married into the Caruthers and Prejean families.  Sylvestre, père died at his home at Carencro in December 1814, age 43; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, the following May.   

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Sylvestre, fils died "at the home of Aurien[Aurelien] Breaux on Bayou Vermillion[sic]" in July 1817, age 21, and probably did not marry.  His succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, in August. 

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Eugène married Cidalise Eugénie, called Eugénie, 16-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Savoie and his Acadian wife Madeleine Stelly of Opelousas, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1821.  Their son Sylvestre le jeune was born near Grand Coteau in August 1825, Joseph in January 1828, Césaire in April 1835, Félix in November 1843, and Omer or Homere in December 1846.  Their daughters married into the Kidder, Richard, and Robin families. 

Joseph married Azélie Marie or Marie Azélie, daughter of Louis Taylor or Teller and his Acadian wife Mélite Leger, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1853.  Their son Joseph, fils was born near Grand Coteau in June 1860 but died at age 3 1/2 in December 1863, and Louis was born in February 1869.  Their daughter married into the Landry family. 

Félix married Clara, daughter of Jean Baptiste Kidder and Emélite Stelly, at the Arnaudville church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1866.  They remained near Arnaudville. 

Homère married Marie Louise or Louisa, daughter of Don Louis Stelly and Célanie Morin, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1870. 

Descendants of Marin dit Capuchon MOUTON (c1753-1836; Jean)

Marin, elder son of Salvator Mouton and his first wife Anne Bastarache, born at Chignecto in c1753, followed his parents and infant brother to Restigouche on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where his father and uncle fell into British hands in the autumn of 1760.  Marin and brother Jean le jeune remained with their mother while the British held their father as a prisoner of war at Fort Edward, formerly Pigiguit, in Nova Scotia.  After the war with Britain finally ended, they probably joined their fellow Acadian exiles at Halifax, from where they sailed to Louisiana in 1765.  They reached New Orleans later in the year and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river.  Their mother died at Cabanocé in c1767, and their father promptly remarried there in 1768.  Five years later, in April 1773, their father died at New Orleans.  Marin married Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Lambert and Catherine Lacroix of Mobile, at St.-Jacques in January 1777.  In c1777, Marin and younger brother Jean le jeune followed their older cousin Jean dit Neveu to the Attakapas District, where they made their fortunes.  Jean settled at Carencro, at the northern edge of the district, but Marin settled at the southern end of the district along the lower Vermilion River, south of present-day Abbeville at what became known as Mouton Cove, and at Fausse Pointe on Bayou Teche.  His daughters married into the Baudoin, Boudreaux, Hébert, and Luquet families.  In February 1815, at age 62, Marin dit Capuchon remarried to Marguerite, daughter of André Bernard and Marguerite Edelmeyer of St.-Jacques and widow of Jean Roy and Josime LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish; she was living at Fausse Pointe.  According to family tradition, Marin was called Capuchon for the hat he wore.  Along with brother Jean, who their neighbors called Chapeau, Marin acquired much land along the upper and lower Vermilion during the early antebellum period.  Marin died at Mouton's Cove in September 1836, when he was in his early 80s; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, the month of his death.  His three sons created families of their own and settled in present-day southern Lafayette and northeastern Vermilion parishes; however, his middle son's family line probably did not survive.  One historian notes that Marin's descendants remained in the Youngsville and Abbeville areas well into the 1800s.  Some of them migrated westward into Acadia and Calcasieu parishes by the late 1880s and even into southeast Texas in the early twentieth century, but most of them remained in Lafayette, St. Martin, and Vermilion parishes.

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Oldest son Marin, fils, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in October1781, married Isabelle, daughter of fellow Acadians Théodore Broussard and Henriette Trahan, at Attakapas in June 1800.  Their son Sylvestre le jeune was born at Attakapas in c1801.  Marin, fils, in his early 50s, remarried to Césaire, daughter of Pierre Baudoin and Margaret Delamain and widow of Jean Trahan, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in November 1832.  Marin, fils's succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in July 1857; he would have been age 76 that year. 

Sylvestre le jeune, by his father's first wife, married Adélaïde, 14-year-old daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste dit Mano Cormier and Pauline Martin, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1821.  Their son Sylvestre Alcide was born in Lafayette Parish in December 1832 but died at age 1 in November 1833.  They also had a son named Marin le jeune.  Their daughters married into the Merriman and Morton families. 

Marin le jeune married Marie Zulma, called Zulma, daughter of fellow Acadians Onésime Landry and Carmélite Landry, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1866.  Their son Horace was born near Abbeville in November 1868. 

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Salvator-Marin, by his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in November 1784, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Comeaux and Perpétué Broussard, at Attakapas in February 1804, and remarried to Susanne, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Charles Boudreaux and Dorothée Comeaux of Bayou Vermilion, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in August 1807.  They settled on Bayou Vermilion.  Their son Aurelien was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1808.  Called a "res. Attakapas" by the priest who recorded his burial, Salvator died in St. James Parish in October 1811, age 26; his succession was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in August 1813.  

Aurelien married Carmélite, daughter of Olivier Blanchet and Ursule Faustin, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1828.  Aurelien died in Lafayette Parish in August 1830; the priest who recorded his burial said that Aurelien was age 23 when he died, he was 21; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in June 1833.  He evidently fathered no sons. 

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Youngest son Joseph-Onésime, called Onésime, from his father's first wife, born at Attakapas in December 1798, married Aspasie, also called Tarsile, daughter of fellow Acadians Athanase Hébert and Félicité Breaux of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1815.  They settled on the lower Vermilion.  Their son Onésime, fils, perhaps also called Lesime, was born in November 1821, Placide in September 1826, Bélisaire in January 1827, and Athanase in May 1837.  They also had a son named Arvillien.  Their daughters married into the Boudreaux and Dartes families. 

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Arvillien married cousin Scholastique Cidalise, called Scolastie, daughter of fellow Acadians Augustin Boudreaux and Scholastique Hébert, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1836.  They settled near Youngsville.  Their son Placide le jeune was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in March 1838, Augustin was born in March 1844, and twins Onésime le jeune and Théodore in January 1855.  They may have had a son named Ursin Augustin.  Their daughter married an Hébert cousin. 

Augustin married Esilda, daughter of fellow Acadian Ozémé Vincent and his Creole wife Aspasie Farque, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1865, and remarried to double cousin Arminie or Herminie, daughter of fellow Acadians Eusèbe Lessin Hébert and Carmélite Hébert, at the Youngsville church in February 1868.  Their son André Neuville was born near Youngsville in November 1869. 

Ursin Augustin married cousin Félicia, daughter of fellow Acadians Euclide Bourg and Cidalise Boudreaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1870. 

3b

Onésime, fils may have married French Creole Clarisse or Laclaire Lapointe and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the mid-1840s.  Their son Placide le jeune was born in January 1849, Salvator in December 1850, Théodore in February 1853, Lessaint in December 1854, and Homère in November 1856. 

Salvator married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadians Euclide Hébert and Armeline Boudreaux, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1870. 

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Placide may have married Amelia or Azilia Meaux and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the early 1850s.  Their son Félix was born in March 1858, and Oseah in June 1863.  Placide may have remarried to fellow Acadian Julie or Julia Bourg.  Their son Placide Numa was born near Abbeville in December 1867. 

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Athanase married Clara, daughter of fellow Acadians Drosin Boudreaux and Adélaïde Duhon, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in July 1854.  Their son Omer was born near Abbeville in June 1855, and Ploucide, perhaps Placide, in December 1858. 

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Bélisaire married fellow Acadian Lezima LeBlanc and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the late 1850s.  Their son Eraste was born in April 1856. 

Descendants of Jean dit Chapeau MOUTON (c1754-1834; Jean)

Jean, younger son of Salvator Mouton and his first wife Anne Bastarache, was born at Chignecto in c1754.  Still an infant, he was taken to Restigouche on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where his father and uncle fell into British hands in the autumn of 1760.  Jean le jeune and his older brother Marin remained with their mother while the British held their father as a prisoner of war at Fort Edward, formerly Pigiguit, in Nova Scotia. After the war with Britain ended, they probably joined their fellow Acadian exiles at Halifax, from where they sailed to Louisiana in 1765.  They reached New Orleans later in the year and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river.  Their mother died at Cabanocé in c1767, and their father promptly remarried there in 1768.  Five years later, in April 1773, their father died at New Orleans.  In c1777, now in his late teens, Jean followed brother Marin, now married, and older cousin Jean dit Neveu to the Attakapas District.  It was Jean, called Chapeau for the kind of hat he wore, who established the Moutons as one of the most influential Acadian families in Louisiana.  In June 1783, at age 29, at Attakapas, he married Marie-Marthe, called Marthe, daughter of New Orleans retired surgeon Antoine Borda, a native of Châteaudun, France, and his Acadian wife Marguerite Martin dit Barnabé, who, like Jean, was a native of Chignecto.  Jean dit Chapeau and Marthe settled at Carencro.  The success of this branch of the Mouton family may be attributed not only to Jean's ambition in acquiring land and accumulating a fortune, but also to the well-educated Marthe, "who introduced her children to the French intellectual tradition, a trait retained by most of their descendants."  Jean and brother Marin purchased much of their land from the remnants of the Atakapas tribe, including an 1802 purchase of 4,251 acres near Bayou Cypress Point on the west side of the lower Vermilion River from one of the last Atakapas chiefs.  However, after Louisiana became a part of the United States, federal officials refused to certify some of the Mouton land claims.  No matter, Jean dit Chapeau became a cattleman and later a prominent sugar planter in present-day Lafayette Parish.  As early as 1812, he owned 28 slaves on his Carencro plantation.  He claimed tracts of land as far west as the Mermentau River, where he probably herded cattle.  He helped establish the village of Vermilionville, now the city of Lafayette, in 1824.  He died in Lafayette Parish, a widower, in November 1834, age 80.  He was buried in the cemetery behind the church in Vermilionville on land he had donated to the parish; the church is now the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, named in honor of Jean Mouton's patron saint.  His daughters married into the Bernard, Dugas, Guidry, Malchaux, and Potier families.  Eight of his 11 sons married, and all but one of their lines endured.  Most of Jean's sons and grandsons, especially his younger son Alexandre, did well in life, becoming prominent cattlemen, sugar planters, or cotton growers in the old Attakapas District.  Alexandre, a Democrat, served as the first popularly-elected governor of Louisiana, a grandson was briefly lieutenant governor, and another grandson became a Confederate general and died heroically during the War of 1861-65.  Jean's descendants became the quintessential "genteel Acadians"; one would be hard-pressed, in fact, to find a more distinguished family line in South Louisiana.  Interestingly, many of Jean's descendants married cousins. 

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Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, called Jean, fils, born at Attakapas in April 1784, married cousin Marie Angélique, called Angélique, daughter of fellow Acadians Claude Martin and Marie Babin, at Attakapas in June 1801.  The settled at La Grand Pointe on upper Bayou Teche and at La Butte on upper Bayou Vermilion.  Their son Jean Baptiste Sosthène, called Jean Sosthène and Sosthène Jean, was born in April 1804, and Edmond Eugène in June 1811.  Their daughter married into the Antoine and Voorhies families.  Jean, fils, at age 50, remarried to Élisabeth, or Isabelle, daughter of James Andrews or Andrus and Cécile Robertson, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in March 1834.  Their child, name unrecorded, died 4 days after its birth in October 1836.  Jean, fils, called "Jean of Mermentau River" by the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial, died in May 1837; the priest said that Jean died "at age 55 yrs."; he was 52. 

1a

Jean Sosthène, by his father's first wife, married Marie Eugénie, called Eugénie, daughter of Joseph Latiolais and Françoise Nezat of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1822.  Their son Jean Joseph Sosthène, called Joseph Sosthène and Sosthène Joseph, was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1824, Louis Alexandre Sidney, called L. A. Sidney and Sidney, in December 1826, Stanislas Correar in May 1832, Jacques Alcée or Alcide in February 1834 but died at age 6 1/2 in October 1840, and Charles Auguste was born in August 1841.  Their daughters married into the Martin, Mouton, and Olivier (French Creole, not Acadian) families.  Jean Sosthène remarried to Célestine Vavasseur at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1846.  Their son Joseph Edmond, called Edmond, was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1848, François Émile in February 1850, Eugène Emma in April 1852, and Benjamin in May 1856, when his father was in his early 50s.  Jean Sosthène died in Lafayette Parish in February 1863, age 58; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in March. 

Sidney, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marie Coralie, called Coralie, daughter of fellow Acadians Joseph Mouton and Marie Cidalise Arceneaux, his great uncle and great aunt, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1847.  Their son Joseph was born in St. Martin Parish in November 1851, Joseph Léonard in July 1853, Albert near Breaux Bridge in July 1859, Martin in Lafayette Parish in August 1856, and Charles André in September 1861 but died the following May.  Their daughter married into the Martin family. 

Joseph Sosthène, by his father's first wife, married cousin Henriette Odèïde, called Odèïde, daughter of former governor Alexandre Mouton and his first wife Célestine Zelia Rousseau, his great uncle and great aunt, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in January 1852.  Their son Alexandre le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1853, Antoine Borda in August 1855, Charles Olivier in June 1856, Frédéric in June 1858, Émile died at age 3 in February 1863, Frank was born in April 1863, Alfred in July 1866, and Sidney le jeune in July 1868.

Joseph Edmond, by his father's second wife, married Emérite, daughter of Horace Voorhies and Uranie Guidry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1870. 

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Edmond Eugène, by his father's first wife, married Eulalie, daughter of Cornelius Voorhies, père and Aimée Gradenigo of St. Landry Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1828; Edmond's sister Cidalise married Eulalie's brother Cornelius, fils.  Edmond and Eulalie's son Félix Flavius Horace, called Horace, was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1829 but died at age 14 in August 1843, Adolphe Alexandre was born in January 1831, Eugène Édouard, called Édouard, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 6 months, in May 1838, William Edgar was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1848, and Paul in April 1850 but died at age 3 1/2 in January 1854.  They also had a son named James Edmond.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Guidry families.  Edmond died in Lafayette Parish in November 1852, age 41. 

Adolphe Alexandre married Marie Elmire, called Elmire, daughter of Charles Durand and his Acadian wife Amélie LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1853.  Their son Charles Edmond was born in St. Martin Parish in September 1854 but died at age 1 in December 1855. 

Édouard, residing in Lafayette Parish, married Marie Athanaise, called Athanaise, daughter of François Vavasseur and his Acadian wife Joséphine Arceneaux, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in November 1866.  A daughter was born in August 1869 and baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, so they did not remain on the river. 

James Edmond married Héloise or Éloise, another daughter of Charles Durand and Amélie LeBlanc, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1870.  A daughter had been born the previous March, so James and Héloise may have married civilly before sanctifying the marriage at the St. Martinville church. 

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Joseph, born at Attakapas in January 1791, married Marie Cidalise, called Cidalise, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Arceneaux and Marie Anne Breaux of Carencro, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in January 1809.  They settled at Carencro.  Their son Joseph, fils was born in July 1810 but died at age 4 1/2 in January 1815, Louis Valsin was born in February 1812, Pierre Léonard in January 1815 but died at age 16 in September 1831, and Willfrid Emar or Aymar, called Aymar, was born in February 1830.  Their daughters married into the Latiolais and Mouton families.  Joseph died in Lafayette Parish in August 1835; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Joseph was age 47 when he died;  he was 44; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse the following December.

2a

Louis Valsin married Caroline, daughter of fellow Acadian Valéry Martin and his Creole wife Céleste Huval, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1828, and remarried to Marie Carmélite, called Carméite, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Dugas and Constance LeBlanc of Pont Breaux, at the St. Martinville church in November 1829.  Their son Louis Joseph or Joseph Louis was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1831, Roché in October 1832, Félix in August 1839, Jacques Antoine in September 1842, Thomas in St. Martin Parish in May 1844, Valsin Alcide, called Alcide, in Lafayette Parish in January 1847, and Henry in May 1852.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Butcher, Guidry, Martin, and Olivier (French Creole, not Acadian) families.  Louis Valsin died died in Lafayette Parish in November 1867; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Louis, père, as he called him, died "at age 55 to 60 yrs."; he was 55; his succession, calling him Louis V. and naming his second wife, was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December. 

Louis Joseph, by his father's second wife, married cousin Ophelia, daughter of fellow Acadians Charles Mouton and his second wife Creole Marie Julie Latiolais, his great uncle and great aunt, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1853.  Their son Joseph Félix was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1858 but died the following September. 

Roché, by his father's second wife, married cousin Marie Émilie, called Émilie, daughter of Alexandre Latiolais and his Acadian wife Émelia Mouton, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1858.  They settled probably near Carencro.  Their son Joseph Coklin was born in December 1860 but died at age 3 1/2 in September 1864, Louis was born in March 1862, Marie Gustave, called Gustave, perhaps a son, in February 1869 but died at age 6 months the following September, and Homere was born in March 1870. 

Alcide, by his father's second wife, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Rosémond Breaux and Geneviève Calixte Arceneaux, at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, in April 1869. 

Thomas, by his father's second wife, married Anaïse, daughter of fellow Acadians Alexandre Babin and Marie Terzille Thibodeaux, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in September 1870. 

2b

Aymar married Marie Elvina or Adelina, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Treville Bernard and Marie Euphrasie Arceneaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1851.  Their son Pierre Joseph was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1852, Alexandre died at age 4 in January 1863, and Louis Aymar was born in April 1861.  During the War of 1861-65, Aymar served in Company I of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Orleans Parish, which, under his cousin Colonel Alfred Mouton, fought at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee, in April 1862.  Aymar was not with the unit then, however.  He enlisted in Company I, a private, at Camp Bisland on the lower Teche in February 1863, age 33, probably as a conscript.  He was captured at nearby Franklin on the lower Teche in April 1863 and paroled at Port Hudson on the river in May.  He also served in Company K of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jackets Battalion Louisiana Infantry, formed in late 1863 at Simmeport.  He was present with the Consolidated 18th Regiment in January and February 1864 and may have fought with it in the Red River campaign that spring, a witness, perhaps, of his cousin Alfred's death at the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, near Mansfield, in April 1864.  Aymar received his end-of-war parole at Alexandria in June 1865 and returned to this family.

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François, born at Attakapas in November 1792, married Clémence, daughter of fellow Acadians Pierre Dugas and Annette Thibodeaux of La Butte, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1814.  Their daughter Eugénie attended the Grand Coteau academy from April 1826, when she was 11, until July 1829, and married a Bernard whose mother was a Dugas.  François "committed suicide ... at his home" in Lafayette Parish in September 1827; the priest who recorded his death said that François died "at age 38 years"; he was 34; the priest noted that François was buried "by the inhabitants of this parish in the cemetery indicated by the Pastor," which probably was away from the graves of those who had not died at their own hand.  François fathered no sons, at least none who appear in local church records, so his family line, except perhaps for its blood, probably did not survive.  

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Charles, born at Attakapas in March 1797, married Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadians Louis Dugas and Constance LeBlanc of Fausse Pointe, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1817.  They settled at La Butte.  Their son, name unrecorded, died "at the home of Mrs. François Bernard at La fausse pointe," age 1 month, in April 1818, and Charles, fils was born in February 1819.  Charles remarried to Marie Julie, called Julie, daughter of Joseph Latiolais and Marie Françoise Nezat of La Pointe, at the St. Martinville church in October 1821.  Their child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in Lafayette Parish at birth in December 1822, a son, name unrecorded, died 2 days after his birth in July 1823[sic], Charles Alexandre Homère, called Charles Homère, Charles Homer, and Homère, was born in December 1823[sic], Charles Césaire Orther or Arthur, was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 11 1/2 months, in May 1826, Pierre Joseph Ernest was born in January 1827 but died at age 2 1/2 in November 1829, Charles Eraste, called Eraste, was born in June 1828, Charles Rosémond Gesner in February 1834, Zesnaire in c1835 but died at age 2 in August 1837, and Jean Persifont was born in November 1847.  Their daughter Marie Elena "Entered Society" at the convent at Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in September 1860, age 19.  Their other daughters, also by his second wife, married into the Bienvenu and Mouton families.  Charles, père died in Lafayette Parish in April 1848, age 51. 

4a

Charles, fils, by his father's first wife, died in Lafayette Parish in August 1839, age 20.  He probably did not marry. 

4b

Charles Homère, by his father's second wife, was educated in local private schools, graduated from St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, read law, was admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1844, and practiced law in Lafayette Parish.  He married Henriette Célimene or Célimène Henriette, daughter of Lasty Dupré and Marie Berard, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1848; Céliméne was a granddaughter of former Louisiana governor Jacques Dupré.  Charles and Célimène's son Charles Kossuth was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1849, Émile Antoine in St. Landry Parish in April 1854, André or Andrew Herron in January 1855, Arthur Charles in October 1858, and Julien Jouberty in August 1860.  During the late antebellum period, Charles Homère served as appointed district attorney for the parishes of Lafayette, St. Landry, Vermilion, and Calcasieu.  He served in the Louisiana state Senate and was elected the state's fifth lieutenant governor in 1855, serving as a Democrat.  After resigning that office after March 1858, he was elected a district judge.  During the War of 1861-65, he served as aide-de-camp to his first cousin, General Alfred Mouton.  After the war, he practiced law again, in Lafayette and St. Martin parishes as well as in New Orleans.  He was elected district attorney for St. Martin and Iberia parishes, and, resuming private practice, served as attorney for the Lafayette Parish police jury.  Charles Homère, in his mid-40s, remarried to Marguerite Eméranthe or Emérite, daughter of French Creole Charles St. Maurice Olivier du Closel de Vezin and Charlotte Amynthe Berard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July or August 1867.  Their son Charles Maurice was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1868, and Jean Homère in January 1870.  They also had sons named Philip, Jérôme, and Frank T.  Charles Homrère died at Lafayette in March 1912, in his late 80s, and was buried in St. John the Evangelist Cemetery behind the cathedral. 

4c

Eraste, by his father's second wife, married Louise Corinne, called Corinne, daughter of Jean Joss Louaillier or Louiellier and Marie Carrière, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1856.  Their son Jean Jules was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1857, and Joseph Charles in November 1866.  During the War of 1861-65, Eraste served as captain of Company A of the 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, the "Lafayette Prairie Boys," raised in Lafayette Parish, which fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi (he was, in fact, the commander of the author's paternal great-grandfather's company, in which Joachim Cormier and two of his brothers, all from Carencro, served as privates).  As the birth of his third son reveals, Eraste survived the war and returned to his family. 

4d

Charles Césaire Orther, by his father's second wife, died in Lafayette Parish in September 1855, age 30.  His succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in November.  Did he marry?     

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A son, name unrecorded, died in Attakapas 8 days after his birth in March 1799. 

6

Louis le jeune, called Don Louis and Jean Louis, born at Attakapas in August 1800, married Marie dite Lulotte, daughter of fellow Acadians Jean Baptiste dit Mano Cormier and Pauline Martin of La Butte, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in February 1817.  They settled at Grand Prairie.  Their son Louis, fils, also called Don or Jean Louis, fils, was born posthumously in Lafayette Parish in November 1822.  Their daughters married into the Chaix and Creighton families.  Daughter Marie Arsène, called Arsène, attended the Grand Coteau academy from October 1828, when she was 10, until September 1830.  Don Louis died in what soon would become Lafayette Parish in September 1822, age 22.  His successions were filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the month of his death and at the Lafayette Parish courthouse at Vermilionville in April 1825. 

Don Louis, fils married Célestine, daughter of François Bordelon and Clarisse Voorhies of Avoyelles Parish, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1840.  Their child, name and age unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in Lafayette Parish in July 1840, and Erneste was born in October 1841. 

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Pierre-Treville, born at Attakapas in November 1802, died "at his parents' home" at Carencro, age 6, in October 1808. 

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Alexandre, born at Attakapas in November 1804, was educated by his mother in his early years, but as a teenager he was sent to Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., a Jesuit school, where he learned to speak fluent English.  Back in his native Louisiana, in June 1822, at age 17, Alexandre filed a succession at the St. Martinville courthouse, naming his younger brothers Émile and Césaire as his heirs.  Alexandre married Célestine Zélie or Zelia, called Zelia, daughter of French Creoles Jean Jacques Rousseau and Céleste Dupré of Opelousas and granddaughter of former Louisiana governor Jacques Dupré, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1826.  They settled at Grand Prairie on Bayou Vermilion, site of the present city of Lafayette, and at Carencro.  Their son Jean Jacques Alexandre Alfred, called Alfred, was born at Opelousas in 1829, and Alexandre Ambroise, called Ambroise, in Lafayette Parish in June 1832 but died at age 1 in July 1833.  Their daughters married into the Gardner and Mouton families.  Alexandre practiced law for a while, but he also turned to planting.  In the early 1830s, the voters of Lafayette Parish elected him to the state legislature.  He served as speaker of the House of Representatives from 1831-32, when he was not yet 30.  Wife Zelia died in November 1837 while Alexandre was serving a short term as United States Senator from 1837-38.  At age 37, Alexandre remarried to Anne Emma Kitchel, called Emma, daughter of Charles K. Gardner of New York, a former high ranking army officer and clerk of the U.S. Treasury Department, in New York City, in January 1842.  Their son Paul Joseph Julien was born in Lafayette Parish in November 1848, Georges or George Clinton in September 1853, and William Rufus King in January 1857.  They also had a son named Charles Alexandre.  Their daughter married into the Guidry family.  Alexandre, a Jacksonian Democrat, was Louisiana's first popularly-elected governor, serving from 1843 to 1846.  He became president of the state railroad commission in the early 1850s, when he was recorded as owning 91 slaves on his plantation outside of Vermilionville.  He named his Greek-revival mansion on Bayou Vermilion Île Copal for the trees that grew around it.  In the late 1850s, he led a vigilance committee against marauding cattle rustlers who preyed on local cattle herds from their hideouts in the prairies west of Vermilionville.  In early 1861, he served as president of the Louisiana secession convention, but soon afterwards, for the first time in his distinguished political career, he was defeated in a bid for office, this time for a seat in the Confederate Senate.  He survived the War of 1861-65, though it devastated him personally and financially, and died at his home near Vermilionville in February 1885, age 80.   [photo]

Oldest son Alfred, by his father's first wife, graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Class of 1850, at age 21.  He married cousin Philomène Zelia, called Zelia, daughter of Jean Sosthène Mouton, his first cousin, and his first wife Creole Marie Eugénie Latiolais, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1854.  Their son Jacques Dupré was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1855.  Alfred served as a brigadier general in the Louisiana militia before the War of 1861-65.  He owned 13 slaves on his Carencro farm in 1860.  In October 1861, Alfred was appointed colonel of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry.  Nine of the regiment's 10 companies were raised in South Louisiana, and no regiment in the Confederate army contained as many Acadians as this one.  After being wounded at Shiloh, Tennessee, in April 1862 while leading his regiment in action, Alfred was promoted to brigadier general and given a new command that he took to South Louisiana in the autumn of 1862; his old regiment, the 18th Louisiana Infantry, and its later configuration, the Consolidated 18th Louisiana Infantry, was part of the brigade.  Alfred did not survive the war--on 8 April 1864, during the Red River Campaign, he was killed in action at the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana, age 35.  A daughter, Cécilia, had been born back in Lafayette Parish only two weeks before his death.  He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Lafayette, not far from his father and grandfather.  An imposing monument in the form of an obelisk marks the general's final resting place.  A statue of him, which serves as Lafayette Parish's Confederate monument, stands in front of the parish courthouse in downtown Lafayette.  [photo]

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Antoine-Émile, called Émile, born at Attakapas in January 1807, married Marie Madeleine Gadrate, Gadrat, Gardrate, or Guadratte, called Gadrate, another daughter of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Céleste Dupré of St. Landry Parish, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in April 1828; Gadrate was a sister of Émile's older brother Alexandre's first wife Zelia.  Émile and Gadrate settled at what became known as Pointe Émile Mouton in present-day Acadia Parish.  Their son Alexandre Antoine was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 4 hours, in March 1829 but died 10 days later, Joseph Antoine Alcide, called Joseph Alcide and Alcide, was born in January 1831, Onésime Rousseau, called O. Rousseau, O. R., and Rousseau, in August 1835, Ambroise in May 1840, and Jean Jacques Alexandre le jeune in October 1843.  They also had a son named Pierre Ignace, called P. Ignace and Ignace.  Their daughter may have married a Dupré cousin.  Antoine Émile died probably at Pointe Émile Mouton in March 1865, age 58; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, the following September.  Was his death war-related? 

9a

Alcide may have married fellow Acadian Amelia Broussard in Lafayette Parish in the early 1850s, and remarried to cousin Aurelie or Aurelia, daughter of Lasty Dupré and Honton Berard, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1855.  Their son Antoine Alcide was born in Lafayette Parish in January 1858, Cornelius Ambroise in October 1859 but died at age 9 in November 1868, and Joseph was born in July 1864.  Alcide died in Lafayette Parish in January 1865; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said that Alcide died "at age 36 yrs."; he was 34; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in March.  Was his death war-related? 

9b

Onésime Rousseau married Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadians André Martin, fils and Émilie Guidry, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in April 1857.  Their son Valéry Rousseau, called V. R., was born in Lafayette Parish in July 1859 but died at age 8 (the recording priest said 10) in September 1867, Alcée was born in April 1863, David in March 1865, and André in June 1867.  Onésime Rousseau died in Lafayette Parish in October 1867; the Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who called him Rousseau, did not give any parents' names, mention a wife, or give Onésime Rousseau's age at the time of his death; he would have been 32; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in December.  One can only imagine Clarisse Martin's heartache during that terrible autumn of 1867. 

9c

Pierre Ignace married Arsène, daughter of fellow Acadian Valéry Martin and his Creole wife Lodoisca Dejean, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in June 1864.  Their son Émile Ignace was born in Lafayette Parish in April 1866, and Jean Jacques Rousseau in June 1868. 

9d

Ambroise married Marie Lodoiska, called Lodoiska, daughter of Adam Rhiel, Rhul, Ruth, or Baul and Célestine Vavasseur, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1864.  Josèphe Rhule, perhaps a son, was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1870 (but for some reason the Vermilionville priest who recorded the baptism gave only the mother's name). 

9e

Jean Jacques married Émilie, daughter of Joseph Beraud and Félicienne Dejean, at the Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in August 1864.  They settled near Arnaudville.  Their son Joseph Beraud was born in January 1866. 

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Césaire, born in St. Martin Parish in February 1809, married first cousin Clarisse, daughter of fellow Acadian David Guidry and his Creole wife Marie Modeste Borda, his uncle and aunt, at the Grand Coteau church in June 1829.  Clarisse was sister of Césaire's sister Céleste's husband Joseph Guidry.  Césaire and Clarisse remained near Grand Coteau.  Their son Guillaume or William Césaire, called William, was born in June 1831.  Césaire's succession was filed at the Opelousas courthouse, St. Landry Parish, in January 1841, probably in anticipation of his remarriage.  He remarried to Félicienne, daughter of Barthelemus Dejean and Félicité Boisdore and widow of Abraham Andrus, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1841.  Césaire died in Lafayette Parish in July 1843, age 34; his succession was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse a week after his death. 

William, by his father's first wife, married first cousin Céleste or Marie Lesima, daughter of Charles Mouton and his second wife Creole Marie Julie Latiolais, his uncle and aunt, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1852.  Their son Joseph Césaire was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1853, Charles or Joseph Latiolais in August 1857 but died at age 4 1/2 in April 1862, and Joachim William was born in October 1867.  During the War of 1861-65, William served first as captain of Company F of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, raised in Lafayette Parish, which fought in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana; the regiment for a time was commanded by William's first cousin, Colonel Alfred Mouton.  William enlisted in Company F in October 1861, age 30.  He was promoted to major in July 1862, when the regiment was at Tupelo, Mississippi.  He served on the staff of the 18th Infantry and then on the staff of the Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jackets Battalion Infantry, which was created at Simmesport, Louisiana, in November 1863.  (Confederate records also show him as a major on the staff of the 7th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, also called the 4th Louisiana Cavalry, raised in South Louisiana in March 1864.)  On 8 April 1864, the same day as the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana, in which the 18th Consolidated Infantry played a conspicuous role and in which his cousin Alfred, now a brigadier general, was killed in action, William was promoted to lieutenant colonel.  He served as second in command of the Consolidated 18th Regiment, under Colonel Joseph Collins, until the end of the war.   

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Their youngest son, name unrecorded, died in St. Martin Parish at birth in November 1816. 

Other MOUTONs on the Western Prairies

Local church and civil records make it difficult to link many Moutons in the western parishes with known lines of the family there.  The priest who served the Abbeville parish from September 1856 to January 1866, Father J. A. Poyet, was especially remiss in his recording keeping, though succeeding priests at Abbeville and those at Vermilionville could be just as negligent.  One suspects that some of the Moutons who lived on the prairies during the immediate post-war period were Afro Creoles once owned, and perhaps freed, by members of the family:

Treville, son of Florian Mouton and Katherine ____, died in Lafayette Parish "at age 4 mths." in June 1842.  Was this Florian the same as Jean Florent, son of Jean Frédéric Mouton? 

Lessaint or Lessin Mouton married Clémentine Lapointe, place and date urecorded.  Daughter Marie Félisse was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in November 1848; Belzire in December 1851, and son Onésime in July 1855.  Their daughters married into the Morton, probably Mouton, and Thibeaux families.  Was Lessaint/Lessin Acadian? 

Antoine Mouton married cousin Madeleine Mouton, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Mathilde was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in May 1851.

Marguerite Mouton's succession was filed at the Abbeville courthouse, Vermilion Parish, in 1853.  One wonders who were her parents and if she had a husband. 

Sosthène Mouton married Elisa Prejean, place and date unrecorded.  Their daughter Marie Émetile was born in Lafayette Parish in June 1855, and they may have had a son named Émile who died at age 3 in February 1863. 

Osémé Mouton married Caroline Bonnet, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Césaire was born in Lafayette Parish in May 1857. 

Mrs. Jean Mouton died in Lafayette Parish in October 1857.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial said nothing more about her identity.  One wonders which Jean Mouton her husband may have been. 

Lezima Mouton married Éloi Guidry at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in August 1859.  The priest who recorded the marriage, probably Father Poyet, did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Léon Mouton married Louise Broussard, place and date unrecorded, and settled probably in Lafayette Parish.  Their daughter married into the Landry family in 1860. 

Anastasie Mouton gave birth to son Joseph Bob in Lafayette Parish in March 1860.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name nor the mother's parents' names.  Was Anastasie Acadian? 

Azélie Mouton married Marius Guidry at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1860.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Lessin Mouton married Adélaïde Mouton, perhaps a cousin, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in May 1860.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Aspasie Mouton married fellow Acadian Jean Bernard in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in October 1860.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Onésime Mouton married Lesima, Lezima, or Lezinia Baudoin at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in April 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  Their daughter Terzile was born near Abbeville in March 1862; son Othanase, perhaps Athanase, in March 1866, Jules in May 1867, and Euphémon in April 1870. 

Anastasie Mouton married Olivier Hébert at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in September 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Belzire Mouton married Jean Baptiste Hébert at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in December 1861.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Charles O. Mouton married cousin Élodie Mouton, place and date unrecorded.  Daughter Marie Philomène was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1862.   

Amelida, daughter of Joseph Mouton, died near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, age 5, in May 1862.  The priest who recorded the burial did not give the girl's mother's name. 

Jules Mouton died near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in June 1862, age 2.  The priest who recorded Jules's burial, probably Father J. A. Poyet, did not give the boy's parents' names. 

Gadrate Mouton married Alcée Dupré at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1863.  The priest who recorded the marriage gave no parents' names.  Was Gadrate Antoine-Émile's daughter? 

Romaine, also called Auguste, Mouton married Mithelda, probably Mathilde, Plowden or Plowding, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the mid-1860s.  Their son Francis was born near Abbeville in July 1869. 

Lessin Mouton married Mélanie ____, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Thomas Mouton married Ebert[sic] Mouton, place and date unrecorded, and settled in St. Landry Parish by the late 1860s. 

Valéry Mouton married Marie Daigle, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Sosthène Mouton married Eve Philomène, place and date unrecorded, and settled near Church Point, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, by the late 1860s. 

Louisa Mouton married Henri Harrington at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1866.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Marice married Jean Baptiste Broussard in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in August 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Valérie Mouton died in Lafayette Parish in August 1868.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Valérie died "at age 2 yrs."  Will history ever know who his parents might have been? 

Amus, perhaps Amos, Mouton, fils married Odilia Johnson in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Lezeda or Lezida Mouton married Joseph Pascal 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. 

Alcée Mouton died in Lafayette Parish in November 1869.  The Vermilionville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not give any parents' names, said that Alcée died "at age 10 days." 

Walter, son of Jean Mouton and Marie ____, both deceased, married Mary Colbert, Cobbett, or Codley at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1869.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the bride's parents' names.  Their son Émile was born in St. Martin Parish in April 1869, and Amédée in December 1870. 

Marcus, son of Jean Mouton and Adélaïde Mouton, both deceased, married Belzire, daughter of Lessin Mouton, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in February 1870.  Were Jean and Marcus Acadians? 

Louis Mouton married Bernice Trahan, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Jean Baptiste was born near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in April 1870. 

Louisa Mouton married Buck Long 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. 

Célestin Mouton married Mélanie Boudreaux at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in October 1870.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  A daughter had been born near Abbeville in June 1869, so Célestin and Mélanie may have been married civilly before they sanctified the marriage at the Abbeville church. 

Frédéric Mouton married Marie ____, place and date unrecorded.  Their son Euclide was born near New Iberia, Iberia Parish, in December 1870. 

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

A Mouton family who settled near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, during the antebellum period cannot be linked by church records to any Acadian branch of the family:

Richard Mouton married Adèle, also called Harietta, Pikins or Pipkine, place and date unrecorded.  Their infant son, name unrecorded, died near St. Gabriel in March 1837, and Thomas was born in June 1838.  One wonders who were Richard's parents. 

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Moutons from France, called Foreign French by native Louisianians, came to New Orleans during the late antebellum period, but most of them did not stay: 

Jean Mouton, a 30-year-old tailor from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Cabot out of Bordeaux, France, in December 1848.  With him were "Miss" Mouton, age 25, perhaps his wife; and a 6-month-old child.  They were heading to Texas. 

Joseph Mouton, a 27-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Vesta out of Le Havre, France, in November 1849. 

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Moutons who lived in South Louisiana during the wartime and immediate post-war periods were Afro Creoles once owned, and perhaps freed, by members of the family.  Area church and civil records do not always reveal their ethnicity, but the record keepers sometimes provided tantalizing clues: 

Clairville, son of Adam Mouton and Victoire ____, married Clémentine, also called Lyda, daughter of Acadian Robin LeBlanc, at the Lockport church, Lafourche Parish, in October 1864.  Their son Joseph Clairville was born near Lockport in September 1865.   How was Adam kin to the Moutons of the western prairies? 

Sam, son of Marcellite Mouton, married Célestine, daughter of Héloise George, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in December 1867.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's fathers' names. 

Gorelias Mouton, freedman, married Amelina Comeaux, freedwoman, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in January 1868.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Célestine, daughter of Jean Mouton and Agnèle ____, married Paul, son of Baube Baube and ____ Patry, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in June 1868. 

Félicité Mouton, freedwoman, married Charles Bernard, freedman, in a civil ceremony in Lafayette Parish in June 1869.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Elisa, daughter of Charles Mouton and Céleste Bouck, married Eugène, son of Manuel Manuel and Charlotte ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1869. 

Elisa, daughter of Jean Mouton and Louise ____, married Joseph, son of Alexandre Alexandre and Aimée ____, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in December 1869. 

CONCLUSION

Moutons settled "late" in Acadia, but they were among the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana.  The first of them--two brothers and a nephew--came to New Orleans in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river, where kinsmen from Martinique joined them later in the decade.  In the late 1770s, the nephew and two of his younger cousins left the river and settled on the western prairies.  Their uncle and a cousin from Martinique remained on the river, but neither of those lines survived.  Despite their relatively small numbers and their "late" arrival on the prairies, the Moutons of Chignecto contributed significantly to the development of the old Attakapas region.  Especially influential was Jean dit Chapeau Mouton, founder of the village of Vermilionville, today's city of Lafayette, and his son Alexandre, who was Louisiana's first popularly-elected governor.  No other family exemplified more fully the expression "genteel Acadians."  During the antebellum period, Moutons from all three prairie lines--that of Jean dit Chapeau being the largest--settled in every part of Lafayette Parish, especially at Grand Prairie and Vermilionville and at Carencro, north of the village.  A few could be found in nearby St. Martin, St. Landry, and Vermilion parishes as well.  A significant number of Moutons chose non-Acadian spouses, and many of them married cousins. 

The great majority of the Moutons of South Louisiana are descendants of Sr. Jean of Marseille and Chignecto, but a few of their non-Acadian namesakes lived in the region.  During the antebellum period, at least four Moutons from France, called Foreign French by native Louisianians, came to New Orleans from Bordeaux and Le Havre, but most of them moved on to Texas.  A Mouton family lived near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in the late 1830s and may not have been Acadian.  Moutons who lived on the prairies during the immediate post-war period were Afro Creoles once owned, and perhaps freed, by members of the family.  ...

According to one historian, the Moutons of Louisiana have produced not only a governor, a U.S. Senator, and a Confederate general, but also three lieutenant governors, several U.S. congressmen, state legislators, local mayors, and other political and administrative leaders, as well as military officers, engineers, physicians, and lawyers; they, in fact, take up three double-columned pages of the Dictionary of Louisiana Biography.  They have also produced at least one computer software architect and probably more than their share of public school teachers.  ...

[For the Acadian family's Louisiana "begats," see Book Ten]

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 702, 1026-27, 2247-48, 2306, 2560-64; Baudier, The Catholic Church in LA, 358; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 11-12; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 2:250, 3:223; BRDR, vols. 2, 3, 4, 5 (rev.), 6, 10; Jane B. Chaillot, "MOUTON, Charles Homere," in DLB, 588; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 335-36, 600; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vol. 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 25, 29; Milling, Exile Without End, 41, 42; NOAR, vol. 2; Oubre, Vacherie, 75; Joseph G. Tregle, Jr., "MOUTON, Alexandre," in DLB, 587-88; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 112-13, 182-83, quotation about Jean dit Chapeau & his wife from 113; White, DGFA-1, 811, 1238-40; White, DGFA-1 English, 263. 

Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day civil parishes that existed in 1861 are in parenthesis; hyperlinks on the abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):

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. 

NOTES

01.  Wall of Names, 23, calls her Anne-Charlotte MOUTON; NOAR, 2:213 (SLC, B5, 109), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Anne-Charlotte MOUTON, gives her parents' names, says her father was Acadian, & that her godparents were Pierre SONGY, militia officer, & Charlotte RILIEUX, wife of Joseph SONGY, scrivener.

For evidence of her marriage to François-Xavier THERIOT, see the endnote to his profile. 

02.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him Charles MOUTON; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2560, the LA section, calls him Charles MOUTON, says he was born in 1720, gives his parents' names & his wife's name, says she was sans doutte daughter of Jean-Baptiste COMEAUX & Anne-Marie THIBODEAUX, says they were married in c1744 but gives no place of marriage, says he was at St.-Jacques in 1777 with his niece Marie, & list his children as George, born in 1756, but gives no birthplace; White, DGFA-1, 1239, calls him Charles MOUTON, says he was born in c1721 but give no birthplace, gives his parents' names, his wife's name, says she was daughter of Pierre COMEAU and Susanne BÉZIER & widow of Sylvain BOURGEOIS, says they were married in c1755 but gives no place of marriage, says he was at Champflore in 1766 & at Cabahannocer [St.-Jacques] in 1777, & gives his burial information; BRDR, 2:560 (SJA-4, 13), his burial record, calls him Carlos MOUTON, "age 87 years, a widower," gives his parents' names, says they were "of Acadia," but does not mention a wife.  See also De Ville, Acadian Coast, 1779, 24; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 18; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 600; Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, 25; Oubre, Vacherie, 75.  

Why did he wait so late to marry?  Were he, Anne, & her 2 children by her first marriage, who would have been ages 6 & 4 in 1755, deported from Chignecto to SC or GA?  Charles's younger brothers Louis & Salavator escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 & found refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore.  Charles evidently was not so lucky.  See Jehn for his sojourn in NY. 

What happened to son Abraham, listed at Champflore in 1766?  When did Charles, Anne, Georges, & Anne's daughter Anne-Esther BOURGEOIS reach LA?  Sometime between 1766 and 1769, the year Anne-Esther married at Cabanocé, is the best we can do with the records we have found.

03.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him George MOUTON; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2560, 2562, calls him Georges MOUTON, gives his parents' names, & information on his marriage; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 600, the Champflore list, calls him Georges MOUTON; BRDR, 2:309-10, 560 (SJA-1, 51a), his marriage record, calls him Georges MOUTON, gives his & his wife's parents' names, says all parents were Acadian, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Francois TERRIO & Joseph LEBLANC; BRDR, 4:424 (SJA-4, 58a), his burial record, calls him Georje MUTON but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also De Ville, Acadian Coast, 1779, 24; De Ville, St. James Census, 1777, 18; Oubre, Vacherie, 75.

His wife died a week after he did, & both of them outlived their only child, daughter Madeleine, who marrid an OUBRE, by 7 years. 

04.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him Jean MOUTON dit Neveu; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2561-62, the LA section, calls him Jean MOUTON dit Neveu, says he was born in 1740 but gives no birthplace, says his parents were probablement Jacques MOUTON & Marguerite CAISSY, gives his estimated marriage date, lists his children as Jean-Fréderic, born in c1765, Sylvestre in c1768, Madeleine in 1773, died 1785, & gives his death place & date; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:538 (SM Ch.: v.4, #280), his death/burial record, calls him Jean MOUTON m. to Isabelle BASTARACHE, says his parents were Jacques MOUTON & ____, & that he died "at age 58."  See also De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 11; Milling, Exile Without End, 41, 42; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 115, 416, 417.

The age given in the Attakapas census of 1777 provides an estimated birth year of c1747, which is much too late.  The age given in his burial record gives him a birth year of c1744, also probably too late.  Arsenault's birth year is followed here.  

05.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him Jean MOUTON; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2561, profile of his father in the LA section, calls him Jean & says he was born in c1755 but gives no birthplace; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2562, his profile in the LA section, calls him Jean MOUTON, says he was born in 1755 but gives no birthplace, give his parents' names, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, says her father was a surgeon, that Jean settled at Carencro, & lists his children as Jean-Baptiste, born in 1784, Marie-Modeste in c1785, Marie-Adélaïde in 1789, Joseph in 1791, François in 1792, Marie-Marthe in 1795, Charles in 1797, Louis in 1800, Pierre-Tréville in 1802 but died in 1808, Alexandre was born in 1804, Antoine in-Émile in 1807, & Césaire in 1809, but give no birthplaces; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:80, 585 (SM Ch.: v.2, #114), one of his marriage records, calls him Jean MOUTON, gives his & his wife's parents' names, says his parents were "de la Cadie" & hers were "du Attacapas," & that the witnesses to his marriage were Jean MOUTON [probably his cousin dit Neveu], Joseph LANDRY, Jean HÉBERT, & Jean GUILBAUT; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:80, 586 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-vol.3, #26), another record of his marriage, calls him Jean MOUTON, "from the parish of Prission [probably Beaubassin] in Acadie," gives his & his wife's parents' names, calls her father "surgeon," says both fathers were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Jean MOUTON, "uncle [sic, actually his first cousin]," C. MARTIN, & Alexandre Chevalier DECLOUET.

Why was he not in the Attakapas census of May 1777 with his brother Marin & his cousin Jean dit Neveu?  Where was he then?  Still living on the river?  He does not appear in an Attakapas census until Apr 1781. 

Jean was buried in St. John Catholic Cemetery, Lafayette, behind the cathedral.  His grave stone says that he died on 22 Nov 1834 at age 80 & gives his birth year as 1754, which, according to the age given for Marin in the Attakapas census of May 1777 (24, giving an estimated birth year of c1753), makes Jean dit Chapeau the younger brother of Marin dit Capuchon.  See photo.  Arsenault's birth year of 1755 for Jean only makes him younger. 

06.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him Louis MOUTON.  See also "Fort Edward, 1761-62"; "Ristigouche, 24 Oct 1760." 

07.  Wall of Names, 23, calls her Marguerite MOUTON; NOAR, 2:213 (SLC, B5, 113), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marguerite-Françoise MOUTON, gives her parents' names, says they were Acadians, & that her godparents were Raimond DUBRUEIL ROSEMONT & Margueritte DUVERGES. 

What happened to her in LA?  Did she died before the Spanish census at Cabanocé in Apr 1766? 

08.  Wall of Names, 23, calls her Marie-Geneviève MOUTON; NOAR, 2:213 (SLC, B5, 109), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Geneviève MOUTON, gives her parents' names, says her father was an Acadian, places a question mark next to 1765 in recording her birth date, & says her godparents were ____ TRUDEAU & ____ TRUDEAU; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:379-80, 588 (SM Ch.: v.2, #116), her marriage record, calls her Marie-Geneviève MOUTON, gives her parents' names, calls her a minor daughter, gives her husband's father's but not his mother's name, calls him a minor son, says all parents were "of Acadie," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Charles MOUTON, "her tutor" [& her uncle], Jean-Charles BOUDRO, Joseph BABINO, Jean MOUTON [her brother or cousin], & Charles COMMEAU; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:588 (SM Ch.: v.3, #10), her death/burial record, calls her Marie-Geneviève MOUTON m. Jean GUILLEBAUT, but does not give her parents' names or her age at the time of her death. 

09.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him Marin MOUTON; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2561, profile of his father in the LA section, calls him Marin & says he was born in c1758 but gives no birthplace; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2562, his profile in the LA section, calls him Marin MOUTON, says he was born in 1758 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, details only his first marriage, including his first wife's parents' names, & lists his children as Marin, born in 1781, Marie-Anne in 1782, Salvador in 1784, Marguerite in c1785, Marie in 1789, Julie in 1791, Aspasie in 1795, Louise in 1796, & Joseph-Onésime in 1798, but give no birthplaces; BRDR, 2:560 (SJA-1, 39), the record of his first marriage, calls him Marin MOUTON "of Acadia," calls his wife Marie Joseph LAMBERT "of des Allibamont," gives his & her parents' names, says his & her fathers were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Charles GODET & Paul DUEÉ; Hébert., D., Southwest LA Records, 3:484, his succession, gives no death or burial date.  See also De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1777, 11.

His estimated birth year is based on the age given in the Attakapas census of May 1777, one of the few enumerations in the area that included ages. 

The brochure that accompanies the Robert Dafford Mural, Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville, says:  "Marin, it is said, wore a homespun hat called a capuchon, and his descendants became known as Capuchon MOUTONs to distinguish them from descendants of Jean MOUTON, who wore a more traditional chapeau."  A number of church records refer to brother Jean MOUTON as chapeau.  See, for example, Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:638.  And Jean was called simply Chapeau MOUTON in the Attakapas census of 1785.  See De Ville, Southwest LA Families, 1785, 12.  However, this researcher has seen no primary source that calls Marin Capuchon. 

His first wife's parents' names can be found in her burial record, dated 17 Sep 1811, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:560 (SM Ch.: v.4, #715).  She was 58 years old when she died at home "on Bayou Vermillion[sic] at the place known as Petit Bayou."

His gravestone at Mouton Cove reads:  "Marin MOUTON père/Father of Mouton Cove & Capuchin MOUTONs/1758-1836."  See the Martin Guidry essay in <acadianmemorial.org/news.php?id=27>.  The 1758 birth year is from Arsenault, which, sadly, is undocumented.  Vermilion Parish was not carved out of Lafayette Parish until 1844. 

10.  Wall of Names, 23, calls him Salvador MOUTON; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2560-61, the LA section, calls him Salvador MOUTON, says he was born in c1730 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says they were from Beaubassin, details his first marriage, including his wife's parents' names, says his second wife was Anne, daughter of Joseph FOREST, but does not give her mother's names, & says they married at New Orleans in 1768 but gives no specific date; Bourgeois, Cabanocey, 171, & Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians, 425, the record of his second marriage, call him Salvatorre MOUTON, call his wife Anne FORREST, give no date for their marriage but list it under the heading "Married in New Orleans," & give no marriage witnesses; BRDR, 2:560 (SJA-1, 67), his death/burial record, calls him Salvador MOUTON, but does not give his parents' names or mention a wife.  See also "Fort Edward, 1761-62." 

Who actually was his second wife?  Was she the Anne-Marie FOREST who was the widow of Augustin LANDRY?  

If he died at the hospital in New Orleans, why was his burial recorded at St.-Jacques?

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