 1709 - 1763 (53 years)
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| Name |
Anne-Marie Richard |
| Birth |
20 May 1709 |
Grand Pre, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
About 24 Jan 1763 |
| Person ID |
I2364 |
Laval+ |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2016 |
| Father |
Alexandre Richard, b. 1668, Port Royal Acadia, Canada d. 1709, Port-Royal, Acadie, Canada (Age 41 years) |
| Mother |
Isabelle Or Elizabeth Petipas, b. 1670, Port Royal Acadia, Canada d. 1755, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1686 |
Port Royal, Acadia |
| Family ID |
F942 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Michel Thibodeau, b. 2 May 1708, Port Royal, Acadia, (Maritime Provinces, Canada) d. 10 Jun 1770, Ste-Marie, Beauce, Québec, Canada (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Sep 1729 |
Grand Pre, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Type: Catholic |
| Family ID |
F923 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
28 Nov 2015 |
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| Notes |
- Many of the Richard families in Canada trace their ancestry to Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, who settled in Port-Royal, Acadia in the mid-1600s.This web site is intended to be a compendium of the research done on him and his descendants. Much has been published on this family in various historical books and family histories, some of it accurate, some not so accurate. As is often the case with family histories, once something is in print, it often is considered to be "gospel". It is my hope that this web site will facilitate a critical examination and discussion of the facts, legends, and myths surrounding this Richard family and to allow us Richard researchers and descendants to learn more about our origins and our relatives' contributions to early America. The best way to separate fact from fiction and to resolve conflicting information is to go back to the primary sources (see Documenting Your Genealogy Research - Guide to Citing Sources). These include records of marriages, births and baptisms, deaths and burials, census listings, Bible records, tax lists, probate and land records, etc. The information in the descendant listings on this web site will include documentation of the primary sources as much as possible, and transcriptions of many of those sources will be presented in links below. This is a working document and not necessarily definitive, since much of it is based upon information found on the Internet or in published secondary sources. It will be modified and (hopefully) improved as more researchers provide input and, most importantly, evidence.
My database currently includes 696 descendants, of whom 669 carry the Richard surname.
Historical Narrative
The land of Acadia was a originally a French colony in what is now Nova Scotia in Canada's Maritime Provinces. Since the initial settlement of Acadia by the French in 1604, control of the colony was contested by France and England, exchanging hands a number of times. England captured Acadia's capital of Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia) in 1710 and the resulting Treaty of Utrecht (1713) put control of Acadia into the hands of the British. The descendants of the French settlers of Acadia (including the Richard family) remained there, living under British rule until most of them were deported in 1755 for refusing to take an oath of loyalty to Great Britain at the outset of the last of North America's French and Indian Wars (1756-1763). Some of the Acadians escaped deportation by fleeing westward into Quebec, into the backwoods of New Brunswick, or on the various islands of the region.
Michel Richard dit Sansoucy arrived in Acadia by the early 1650s, settling in Port-Royal. (Some say that he was a soldier under Emanuel Leborgne. Can anyone provide a primary source to support that?) Shortly after arriving (ca. 1656), he married Madeleine Blanchard (daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert). They had 10 children: sons Rene, Pierre, Martin, and Alexandre, and daughters Catherine, Anne, Madeleine, Marie, Cecile, and Marguerite. The daughters married into the Brossard, Terriot, Babin, Vincent, Forest, and Leblanc families, respectively. After Madeleine Blanchard's death (sometime between 1678 and the early 1680s), Michel remarried to Jeanne Babin (daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier). Michel and Jeanne had two sons of their own: Michel and (another) Alexandre. Michel Richard dit Sansoucy died (probably in Port-Royal) between 1686 and 1693. His widow Jeanne Babin then remarried to Laurent Doucet. The Richard family lived along the Riviere-Dauphin on the right (southeast) bank upstream of Port-Royal.
Several of the children of Michel Richard and Madeleine Blanchard left Port-Royal (after his death) and moved to Grand-Pre in the Minas Basin (Baie-des-Mines). The descendants of Michel and his two wives remained (for the most part) in Acadia until the French settlers were expelled from that region by the English in the 1750s. While some of the Richard descendants later made their home in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, others settled in Quebec (primarily Nicolet County area), and some went much further abroad to Louisiana and even back to France.
Note: On this web site and in my records, I have chosen to omit the correct French accent marks (e.g., grave, acute, circumflex) since I am not fluent in the French language and am using an American English keyboard. My apologies go out to my French-Canadian cousins!
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| Sources |
- [ STEVEN A. CORMIER-AC] 2006-15, http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-RICHARD.htm (Reliability: 1).
APPENDICES
Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s
RICHARD
[REE-shard, RICH-erd]
ACADIA
Richard is a common surname in France, so it is not surprising that there were several Richards who came to Acadia:
First came Michel Richard dit Sansoucy, a young soldier born in the Saintonge region of France in c1630. He appeared at Port-Royal in the early 1650s in the entourage of Emmanuel Le Borgne de Bélisle. According to one source, Michel's dit was a regimental nickname. When his term of service ended, he remained in the colony, took up farming, obtained two grants of land from Le Borgne "at some ten to fifteen miles from the fort" on the upper Rivière au Dauphin, now the Annapolis River, and married Madeleine, daughter of Jean Blanchard, at Port-Royal in c1656. He and Madeleine had 10 children, including four sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own. Their six daughters married into the Broussard, Thériot, Babin, Vincent, Forest, and LeBlanc families. Madeleine died by c1683, when Michel remarried to Jeanne, daughter of Antoine Babin, at Port-Royal. Jeanne gave the old soldier two more children, both of them sons, also born at Port-Royal, who also created families of their own:
Oldest son René dit Beaupré, by his father's first wife, born in c1657, married Madeleine, daughter of René Landry l'aîné, at Port-Royal in c1680. They had five children, including three sons who married into the Bourgeois, Girouard, and Thériot families. Their daughter married into the Dupuis family. René died at Port-Royal, date unrecorded.
Pierre, by his father's first wife, born in c1661, married Marguerite, another daughter of René Landry l'aîné, at Port-Royal in c1686. By the early 1790s they had moved to the new settlement at Minas. In August 1714, Pierre and his family received permission to settle on French-controlled Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island. Later in the month, Pierre went to the island aboard La Marie Joseph to look at the land there, but he evidently did not like what he saw. Pierre and Marguerite had 10 children, including six sons who married into the Babin, Dugas, Granger, LeBlanc, Hébert, Gautrot, and Comeau families. Their three daughters married into the Dugas, Saint-Étienne de La Tour, Daigre, and Granger families.
Martin, by his father's first wife, born in c1665, married Marguerite, daughter of François Bourg, at Port-Royal in c1691. By the early 1690s he had taken his family to Chignecto, where they also had 10 children, including six sons who married into the Cormier, Thibodeau, Doucet, Comeau, Girouard, and Martin families. Their three daughters married into the Doucet, Caissie, Arseneau, and Cormier families. Martin died probably at Chignecto in c1748, in his early 80s.
Alexandre, by his father's first wife, born in c1668, married Isabelle, or Élisabeth, daughter of Claude Petitpas, at Port-Royal in c1690. They remained at Port-Royal, where they raised nine children, including three sons who married into the Boudrot, LeBlanc, Robichaud, and Daigre families. Their five daughters married into the Savoie, Dupuis, Bastarache, and Thibodeau families. Alexandre died at Port-Royal in October 1709, in his early 40s.
Michel dit Lafond, by his father's second wife, born in c1684, married Agnès, daughter of Germain Bourgeois, at Port-Royal in February 1707. Michel became a merchant and remained at Port-Royal. He and Agnès had eight children, including five sons who married into the Blanchard, LeBlanc, Hébert, and Richard families. Their three daughters married into the Bourgeois, Lanoue, and LeBlanc families.
Youngest son Alexandre dit Boutin, by his father's second wife, born in c1686, married Marie, daughter of François Levron, at Annapolis Royal, formerly Port-Royal, in December 1711. They, too, remained at Port-Royal and had six children, including a son who married into the Boudrot family. Their three daughters married into the Doiron, Breau, and Raymond families. Alexandre died in Massachusetts during Le Grand Dérangement, in his 70s.
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Meanwhile, another Richard, a waterman born at St.-Gilles-sur-Vie, Île d'Yeu, France, in c1646, came briefly from Canada, but he created no new Richard family line in Acadia:
In 1678, Yvon Richard signed a contract with Québec merchant Sr. Richard Denys to work three years, at 170 livres a year, for Jean Gitton, who was acting for Denys. In c1686, Yvon married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of David Doucet of St.-Sauveur, La Rochelle, France, and widow of Pierre Aigron dit Lamothe, probably in Canada; she most likely was not a descendant, or even a kinswoman, of Germain dit La Verdure. Yvon and Marie-Madeleine had no children. After she died, Yvon remarried to Françoise, daughter of Martin Durand of Quimper-Corentin, Cornouaille, Brittany, France, at Québec in February 1699. They, too, had no children, and Yvon did not return to Acadia.
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In the early 1700s, another Richard family appeared in Acadia and created at least two male lines there:
François, son of merchant Jean Richard and Anne Christin, d'Auray of Vannes, Brittany, married Anne, daughter of Jean Comeau l'aîné, at Port-Royal in October 1710. Before she died in April 1722, Anne gave François five children, including two sons, both born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own. Their two daughters married into the Orillon dit Champagne and Richard families. Six months after his first wife died, François remarried to Marie, daughter of René Martin, at Annapolis Royal in October 1722. She gave him three more children, including a son, born at Port-Royal. Their two daughters married into the Comeau and LeBlanc families. Marie remarried at Annapolis Royal in January 1735, so François had died by then.
Oldest son Joseph, by his father's first wife, born in September 1712, married Anne, daughter of François-Marie Bastarache dit Basque, at Annapolis Royal in July 1734.
François, fils, by his father's first wife, born in June 1714, married Marie-Geneviève, daughter of Jean-Baptiste David, at Annapolis Royal in October 1737.
Youngest son René, by his father's second wife, born in August 1726, married probably at Annapolis Royal in c1749, but the name of his spouse has been lost to history.
Only one member of this branch of the family emigrated to Louisiana.
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Nicholas Richard, age 38, "native of Grandville," was counted at Pétit Bras D'Or, Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island, in February 1752. He was working as a hired fisherman for Georges Diliart. Pétit Bras D'Or was not an Acadian community on the island.
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In 1755, descendants of both Michel Richard dit Sansoucy and François Richard of Vannes could be found at Chignecto and Minas, including Pigiguit, but most of them remained in the Annapolis Royal area, where their family progenitors had settled.
LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT
Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered these families even farther. ...
The Richards who were shipped to Virginia endured a fate worse than most of the other refugees deported from Minas in the fall of 1755. The Virginia governor, Robert Dinwiddie, refused to allow the 1,500 Acadians sent to him to remain in the colony. Many of the exiles died on the filthy, crowded ships anchored in Hampton Roads while the Virginia authorities pondered their fate. Acadians from one vessel were moved up to Richmond, two of the vessels were unloaded at Hampton, and two more at Norfolk. A hand full of young Acadians managed to slip away and trek overland through fields and forests and over the mountains, to French territory, but most of the exiles remained in Virginia. Finally, in the spring of 1756, Governor Dinwiddie and Virginia's House of Burgesses made their decision ... the Acadians must go! In May, the first shipment of Acadians left for England, and in two weeks all of them had gone--299 to Bristol, 250 to Falmouth, 340 to Southampton, and 336 to Liverpool--1,225 of the original 1,500. Their ordeal only worsened in the English ports, where they were treated like common criminals. In 1763, after the war with Britain finally ended, the French government consented to repatriate the survivors to France. ...
LOUISIANA: RIVER SETTLEMENTS
Richards were among the very first Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana. Six Richards and three related families, the Cormiers, Landrys, and Poiriers, 21 persons in all, left Savannah, Georgia, on 21 December 1763 aboard the Savannah Packet and sailed to Mobile, "from which place they are to go to New Orleans," proclaimed an article in the Georgia Gazette the following day. After a short stay in Mobile, which now belonged to the hated British, they reached New Orleans in February 1764--the first recorded group of Acadians to settle in present-day Louisiana. French authorities, who still controlled the colony even though it had been ceded to Spain in a secret treaty 15 months earlier, had not expected these new arrivals. The Acadians' reputation for hard work and loyalty to France and the Roman Catholic faith having preceded them, however, the colonial officials welcomed the Richards et al., gave them rice, corn, and other necessities, and pondered where to send them. After overseeing the baptism of several of their children at New Orleans--including Jean-Baptiste Richard's son Joseph--and consulting with authorities, the Acadians moved upriver to the recently-established concession of Cabanocé, later called St.-Jacques, where they settled on a bend in the Mississippi along the right, or west, bank of the river, in "the area of the vacant lands between [Nicolas] Verret's plantation and [Jacques] Jacqueline's cow ranch," at present-day Lagan, St. James Parish. Cabanocé thus became the first Acadian community in Louisiana, predating the Bayou Teche settlement by a full year:
Madeleine Richard of Chignecto, age 54, a granddaughter of Michel dit Sansoucy, came with husband Jean-Baptiste Cormier of Chignecto, age 55, and five daughters, ages 23 to 11. They remained at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.
Jean-Baptiste Richard of Chignecto, age 45, Madeleine's younger brother, came with wife Catherine Cormier, age 43, and three children--Jean-Marie, age 18, Joseph, age 8, and Rosalie, age 5. They had no more children in Louisiana. Rosalie married into the Roger family. Jean-Baptiste remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Étienne Martin and widow of Pierre Blanchard and Joseph Foret, at St.-Jacques in July 1778; Jean-Baptiste was in his late 50s at the time of the wedding. Anne gave him no more children. Jean-Baptiste owned three slaves at St.-Jacques in 1779, an impressive number among Acadians for that place and time. He died at St.-Jacques in July 1787, age 67. His younger son Joseph probably died young, but older son Jean-Marie married, remained at St.-Jacques, and created a vigorous family line that settled in the Acadian Coast parishes of St. James, Ascension, Iberville, and West Baton Rouge.
Marie-Madeleine Richard of Nappan, Chignecto, age 22, Jean-Baptiste's daughter, came with husband Jean-Baptiste Poirier of Menoudie, Chignecto, age 27, and their two sons, age 3 and 1 1/2. They also remained at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques.
Descendants of Jean-Marie RICHARD (c1746-?; Michel dit Sansoucy, Martin)
Jean-Marie, elder son of Jean-Baptiste Richard and his first wife Catherine Cormier, born probably at Chignecto in c1746, was exiled to Georgia with his family in 1755. He followed them to Louisiana in 1764 and settled with them at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where he married fellow Acadian Rosalie Bourgeois in November 1767. Spanish officials counted them on the left, or east, bank of the river at St.-Jacques in 1777. Their daughters married into the Babin, Braud, Lachaussée, and Landry families. Three of Jean-Marie's four sons created families of their own and remained on the Acadian Coast, in St. James, Ascension, and West Baton Rouge parishes, but at least one grandson settled on the western prairies.
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Oldest son Pierre, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1769, married Constance, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon LeBlanc, at St.-Gabriel in May 1790. Their son Pierre, fils was born at St.-Jacques in February 1791, Alexandre in October 1792, Michel le jeune in September 1794, Étienne in the mid-1790s, Désiré in August 1805, Benjamin in c1806, Simon Edmond in Ascension Parish in May 1810, and Édouard in St. James Parish in July 1812 but died at age 2 in September 1814. Their daughters married into the Gaudet and Poché families. Pierre died in St. James Parish in September 1849; the St. James priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Pierre died at "age 83 yrs.," but he probably was closer to 80. One of his sons married four times and settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. Another son remained in St. James.
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Étienne married Susanne, called Suzette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Melançon of Attakapas, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in July 1811. Their son Étienne, fils was born in St. James Parish in October 1813 but died at age 4 1/2 in March 1818, and Pierre Eugène, called Eugène, was born in July 1818. Étienne remarried to fellow Acadian Marie Céleste or Célestine Landry, widow of Étienne Theriot of West Baton Rouge Parish, probably in West Baton Rouge Parish in May 1822, and remarried again--his third marriage--to Élise or Élisabeth Azélie, called Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Blanchard, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1825. Their son Melon Louis Désiré, also called Louis Léon Désiré, was born near Baton Rouge in October 1825. Their daughter married a Richard cousin. Étienne remarried yet again--his fourth marriage!--to Julie or Julienne Amelie, daughter of fellow Acadian François Lejeune, at the Baton Rouge church in September 1832. Their son François Villeneuve, called Villeneuve, was born near Baton Rouge in September 1834. Their daughter married into the Bauer family. Étienne died near Baton Rouge in April 1836; the priest who recorded his burial said that Étienne died at "age ca. 40 yrs.," but he probably was a few years older. A daughter had been born to him and his fourth wife two months before he died.
Eugène, by his father's first wife, likely married Joséphine Jofferion or Jefferson. Their son Étienne Isidore was born in St. James Parish in January 1842. They were living in West Baton Rouge Parish in 1844. Eugène died in St. James Parish in June 1846; the St. James priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Eugène died at "age 26 yrs."; Pierre Eugène would have been 27 years old at the time, so this probably was him.
Louis Léon Désiré, by his father's third wife, married cousin Marie Nathalie or Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Prosper Pierre Blanchard, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1849. Louis Léon Désiré "of West Baton Rouge Parish" died in November 1853; he was only 28 years old. His family line may have died with him.
Villeneuve, by his father's fourth wife, married Marie Irma, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Labauve, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in February 1855. Villeneuve died near Brusly in August 1856; he was only a month shy of age 22. His family died with him.
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Désiré died in St. James Parish in January 1829. He was only 23 years old and did not marry.
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Michel le jeune died in St. James Parish in April 1831. The St. James priest who recorded his burial said that Michel was 34 years old when he died, but he was 36. Michel probably did not marry.
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Benjamin married first cousin Marie Elmina, Elvina, or Elmire, daughter of his uncle Jean Pierre Richard, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in September 1842; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry. Their son Joseph Benjamin, called Benjamin, was born in St. James Parish in April 1848 but died at age 5 1/2 in September 1853, and Jean Émile was born in February 1850. Their daughter married into the Guidry family. Benjamin died in St. James Parish in November 1850; the St. James priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or the name of a wife, said that Benjamin died at "age 45 years" and "left [a] wife and four children."
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Paul, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in October 1770, probably died young.
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Michel, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in December 1775, married Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Michel, at St.-Jacques in February 1795. Their twin sons Éloi and Michel, fils were born at St. James in November 1804 but Éloi died at age 4 in January 1809, a second Éloi was born in January 1810, Jean Marie le jeune, also called Henry, in March 1812, and Pierre Théogène in February 1818 but died at age 7 in February 1825. Their daughters married into the Blouin, Gaudin, LeBlanc, and Richard families. Michel, père died in St. James Parish in February 1821; he was only 45 years old. One of his sons settled on lower Bayou Teche but returned to the river. His brothers, on the other hand, remained on the river.
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Michel, fils married Cléonise, also called Eléonise, Elponise, Econile, Léonise, Louise, and Phelonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Sylvain LeBlanc, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in June 1821. They settled near the boundary between St. James and Ascension parishes. Their son Michel III was born in July 1824, Théosin in c1827 but died at age 6 in April 1833, Théogène was born in October 1828, Victor was born in November 1836, and Joseph in July 1842. They also had a son named Honorat Théodule or Théodule Honoré. Their daughters married into the Besson, Dugas, Gilbert, Guilfou or Guilfout, and Rousseau families.
Théogène may have died near Convent, St. James Parish, in November 1845. The priest who recorded the burial, and who gave the parents' names, said that Théodule Honoré, as he called him, died at "age 15 yrs.," but Théogène would have been 17.
Michel III married Laura, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Onésime Landry, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in December 1847. Their son Michel Olésime was born in Ascension Parish in August 1848 but died 8 days after his birth, Constant Gustave was born in December 1851 but died at age 2 1/2 in June 1854, and Jean or John Michel was born September 1853 but died the following February. Michel III died in Ascension Parish in August 1858; he was only 34 years old. Did his family line die with him?
Honorat Théodule, as the recording priest called him, married cousin Marie Elvania, called Elvania, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Duval Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in September 1850; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry. Their son Ignace was born in Ascension Parish in February 1853, Honorat Théodule, fils in December 1857 but died at age 8 1/2 in August 1866, and Michel N. was born in April 1864.
Joseph married Joséphine, daughter of Pierre Rougeau, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1868. Their son Pierre Joseph was born in Ascension Parish in May 1870.
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Éloi married Marie Amelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Augustin Templet, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1831. Their son Éloi Dava or Dava Éloi was born in Ascension Parish in January 1834 but died at age 9 in March 1843.
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Jean Marie le jeune married Marie Élise, called Élise and Eliza, daughter of fellow Acadian Manuel Braud, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in September 1831. They moved to the lower Bayou Teche valley later in the decade but returned to the river and settled in Ascension Parish by the late 1840s. Their son Jean Marie Mathieu was born in Ascension Parish in November 1838, Armand in Lafayette Parish in January 1842, and Lazard Augustin near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in September 1845. Their daughters married into the Baille, Baye, or Boyer, Hébert, LeBlanc, Lirette, and Rivet families, most of them on upper Bayou Lafourche, and one in St. James Parish. Jean Marie le jeune died by April 1864, when he was listed as deceased in a daughter's marriage record.
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Youngest son Jean-Pierre, born probably at St.-Jacques in c1784, married Anne Marie, called Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Melançon, at St. James in February 1804. Their son Jean Marie le jeune was born at St. James in April 1805 but died at age 4 in March 1809, Napoléon was born in June 1807, and Pierre Césaire, called Césaire, in April 1814. Their daughter married into the Bourgeois family. Jean Pierre remarried to Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Gabriel Braud of Assumption Parish, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in June 1824; Jean Pierre was 40 years old at the time of the wedding. Their son Jean Émile was born in St. James Parish in March 1829, and Joseph Émile in c1837 but died at "his sister's, Mrs. Benjamin Richard," age 10, in October 1847. Their daughters married Gaudet and Richard cousins. Jean Pierre died in St. James Parish in August 1839; he was 55 years old.
Césaire, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marie Elise or Elisa, daughter of his first cousin Étienne Richard of West Baton Rouge Parish, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in August 1843. They settled near the boundary between St. James and Iberville parishes before moving to St. Landry Parish in the early 1850s.
Joseph RICHARD (1758-?; Michel dit Sansoucy, Martin)
Joseph, younger son of Jean-Baptiste Richard and his first wife Catherine Cormier, born in Georgia in March 1758, followed his family to Louisiana in 1764. He was baptized at New Orleans in late February of 1764 and was taken to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques. One wonders if he survived childhood.
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In 1765, four Richard families, one of them led by a widow--11 more members of the family--reached Louisiana from Halifax and settled at Cabanocé, where they no doubt were warmly greeted by their cousins already there:
Joseph dit Vieux Richard of Port-Royal, age 48, came with wife Anne Blanchard of Port-Royal, age 40, three daughters--Marie-Anastasie, age 6, Rosalie, age 2, and newborn Anne-Marie--and nephew Joseph Richard le jeune, age 3. Joseph dit Vieux and Anne had another daughter in Louisiana but no sons. From St.-Jacques, they moved upriver to Ascension. Their daughters married into the Guilbeau and Landry families and settled on the western prairies. Nephew Joseph le jeune remained on the river. Joseph dit Vieux died at his son-in-law Basile Landry's home at Ascension in February 1777; Joseph was 59 years old. His line of the family, except for its blood, died with him.
Another Joseph Richard, age unrecorded, came with wife Agnès Hébert dit Manuel, age unrecorded, and two children--Louis and Marie, their ages also unrecorded. They had more children in Louisiana. Joseph remarried to a fellow Acadian at nearby Ascension in August 1772. Of the 1765 arrivals, only he created a new family line on the river, but his sons and grandsons moved on to Bayou Lafourche.
Rosalie Thibodeau of Pointe Beauséjour, Chignecto, age unrecorded, widow of Claude Richard, came with son Joseph, age unrecorded. Rosalie remarried to a Canadian at New Orleans but died by February 1768, when her second husband remarried at Cabanocé. Son Joseph left the river for the Attakapas District by the early 1790s.
Yet another Joseph Richard, this one from Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, age 29, came alone. One wonders what happened to him in the colony.
Marguerite Richard, age 20, came with husband Charles Préjean of Chepoudy, age 29. Marguerite was pregnant when they reached the colony and bore a son at New Orleans that November. In the 1770s, Marguerite and her family left the river for the western prairies.
Descendants of Joseph RICHARD, fils (c1736-; Michel dit Sansoucy, Martin)
Joseph, fils, son of Joseph Richard and his first wife Marie-Josèphe Comeau dit Grandjean, born probably at Chignecto in c1736, escaped the roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and married Agnès, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Hébert dit Manuel and widow of ____ Bourgeois, during Le Grand Dérangement. They came to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765 with two children and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where their marriage was formally recognized in November 1766. Joseph's paternal uncle Jean-Baptiste, among the first Acadians to come to Louisiana, had settled at Cabanocé the year before, which may have prompted him to settle there, too. Joseph and Agnès's daughters married into the De Rohan, Hébert, Labauve, and Martin (French Canadian, not Acadian) families, and one of them settled on the western prairies. Joseph remarried to Marie-Claire, called Claire, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Martin dit Barnabé and widow of Barthélemy Godin dit Bellefontaine, at Ascension in August 1772. Their daughter married into the Bernard (German Creole, not Acadian) and Theriot families. Only one of his four sons created a family of his own, and all of his sons settled on Bayou Lafourche.
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Oldest son Louis, by his father's first wife, born probably in Acadia during Le Grand Dérangement, may have died young.
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Joseph, by his father's first wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in January 1772, also may have died young.
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Pierre, by his father's second wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in September 1773, married Marie-Héloise, -Louise, or -Élise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Melançon of Ascension, at St.-Jacques in February 1801. Their son Simon le jeune was born at St.-Jacques in March 1802 but died 7 weeks later, Eugène-Placide, called Placide, was born in July 1803, twins Jacques and Joseph in February 1809 but Jacques died at age 1 1/2 in October 1810, and Jean Baptiste was born in c1811. Their daughter married into the Prejean family and, like her brothers, settled on Bayou Lafourche. Pierre remarried to Marie, daughter of German Creole Jean Baptiste Ory and widow of Antoine Bachelier, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in September 1814. Their son Eugène was born near Convent in November 1817 but died at age 15 in July 1833, and Pierre, fils was born in November 1820. Their daughters married into the Laiche and Tircuit families; one of them settled on upper Bayou Lafourche. Pierre, père died near Convent in October 1823; the priest who recorded his burial noted that Pierre left a "wife and seven children"; the priest also noted that Pierre died at "age 44," but he was closer to 50. Three of his sons and at least two of his daughters settled on Bayou Lafourche. His youngest son remained on the river and settled in Pointe Coupee Parish, where few other Acadians lived.
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Placide, by his father's first wife, married Marie Adèle, called Adèle, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Marin Dugas of St. James Parish, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1825. They remained on Bayou Lafourche.
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Joseph, by his father's first wife, married Rose or Rosalie, 20-year-old daughter of French Creole Nicolas Albert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1833; Rose's mother was a Bourg. They, too, remained on Bayou Lafourche.
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Jean Baptiste, by his father's first wife, married 18-year-old Azélie, another daughter of French Creole Nicolas Albert, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1833. They also remained on Bayou Lafourche.
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Pierre, fils, by his father's second wife, married Marie Doralise, called Doralise, daughter of German Creole François Oubre, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in August 1853. Their son Joseph Louis was born in St. James Parish in February 1856, Pierre Émile in Pointe Coupee Parish in March 1862, and Camille near Convent in March 1864 but died at age 1 1/2 in August 1865.
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Youngest son Simon, by his father's second wife, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in February 1775, died at St.-Jacques in October 1796. He was only 21 years old. The priest who recorded his burial called him "an orphan & single."
Joseph RICHARD (c1736?-; Michel dit Sansoucy, Michel dit Lafond?)
Joseph, son of perhaps Joseph Richard and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, born perhaps at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, in c1736, escaped the British roundup of 1755 and found refuge with other Acadian exiles on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He came to Louisiana from Halifax in 1765, still a bachelor, and settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques. One wonders if he married.
Joseph RICHARD le jeune (c1762-1827?; Michel dit Sansoucy, René dit Beaupré, Pierre dit Beaupré)
Joseph, nephew and namesake of Joseph dit Vieux Richard, born probably at Halifax in c1762, came to Louisiana with his uncle in 1765, went with him to Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, and was living with his uncle's family on the right, or west, bank of the river at Ascension in 1770. Joseph may have died near Baton Rouge in April 1827; if so, he was age "ca. 65 yrs." at the time of his death. Did he marry?
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In September 1766, a widow came to Louisiana from exile in Maryland and settled near her husband's cousins at Cabanocé:
Marie LeBlanc, age 32, widow of Joseph Richard, came with daughter Marguerite, age 6. Marguerite remained at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, where she married Joseph, son of Pripque Fagniant, perhaps a Frenchman, in July 1773.
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In July 1767, four more Richard families, one led by a widow--12 more members of the family--came to Louisiana in the second contingent of exiles from Maryland. They hoped to settle with their relatives at Cabanocé, but Spanish Governor Ulloa insisted that they settle at a new Acadian community, St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, upriver from Cabanocé. When the Maryland Acadians saw how close St.-Gabriel was to Cabanocé, they acquiesced to the arrangement. Soon Cabanocé and St.-Gabriel were being called the Acadian Coast. These new arrivals from Maryland added substantially to the number of Richards living on the Acadian Coast:
Pierre Richard of Chignecto, age 55, a widower, came with son Amand, age 23, Amand's wife Marie Breau, age 25, their two sons--Simon, age 3, and Joseph, an infant--and 12-year-old orphan Marie Boudrot. Pierre did not remarry. Amand and Marie had more children in Louisiana, including a son.
Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, age 55, widow of Joseph Richard, came with two grown sons--Simon-Henry, age 27, and Paul, age 20. Simon remained on the river, but Paul moved to the Attakapas District. Marie did not remarry.
Mathurin Richard of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, age 25, came with wife Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Landry, age 30. Mathurin and Élisabeth moved to the Opelousas District in the 1770s.
Marguerite Richard of Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit, age 24, Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc's daughter, came with husband Jean-Baptiste Forest, age 31, and two children, ages 3 and 1. Marguerite remarried to Cyrille, son of fellow Acadian Michel Rivet of Ste.-Famille, probably at St.-Gabriel in May 1770 and remained at St.-Gabriel
Madeleine Richard of Minas, age 29, came with husband Pierre Babin of Minas, age 43, a 3-year-old son, and a teenaged orphan. Madeleine remarried to Théodore, son of fellow Acadian Claude Dugas, at St.-Jacques in April 1778 and may have died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in November 1811, in her early 70s.
Élisabeth, or Isabelle, Richard, age 24, came with husband Pierre Brasseur dit Brasseux of Grand-Pré, age 25, and an infant daughter. They remained at St.-Gabriel, where Élisabeth died a widow in July 1807; she was 64 years old.
Another Marguerite Richard, age 24, came with brother Joseph, age 23. Marguerite married Jean-Baptiste, son of fellow Acadian Paul Hébert, at Ascension in June 1774 and settled at St.-Gabriel. Joseph also married, twice, and settled at Ascension.
Descendants of Simon-Henry RICHARD (c1740-1812; Michel dit Sansoucy, Michel dit Lafond)
Simon-Henry, second son of Joseph Richard and Marie-Josèphe LeBlanc, born probably at Ste.-Famille, Pigiguit in c1740, was exiled with his family to Maryland in 1755. He came to Louisiana with his widowed mother and a younger brother in 1767 and followed them to St.-Gabriel d'Iberville, where he married Marie-Rose, called Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Landry, in May 1770. Spanish officials counted them on the "right bank ascending" at St.-Gabriel in 1777. Their daughters married into the Breaux and Broussard families. Simon Henry died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1812; he was 72 years old. Three of his four sons created families of their own in Iberville Parish.
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Oldest son Simon, fils, called Simonet, born at St.-Gabriel in March 1773, married Marie Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Braud, at Ascension in January 1806. Their son Simon Marcellin, called Marcellin, was born near St. Gabriel in November 1807, Jean Henri in February 1812, and Pierre Rosémond, called Rosémond, in December 1822. Their daughters married into the Billon Morin, Braud, Hébert, Roth, and Trabaud families. Simonet died near St. Gabriel in October 1835; he was 62 years old.
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Marcellin married cousin Marie Laurenza, called Laurenza, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Léandre Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1833. Their son Charles Taylor was born in Iberville Parish in November 1848. Their daughters married into the Bonicard and Landry families.
Charles Taylor married Fidelise, daughter of Saintville Parent, at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in December 1869; Fidelise's mother was a Landry. Their son Simon Evariste was born near Gonzales in October 1870.
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Jean Henri married Marie Adèle, daughter of German Creole Sébastien Frederic, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1844; Marie's mother was a Guidry. Their son Jean Fillmore was born in Iberville Parish in November 1848. Jean Henri died in Iberville Parish in July 1850; he was only 38 years old.
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Pierre Rosémond married cousin Marguerite Ludivine, called Divine, another daughter of Charles Léandre Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1849. Their son Pierre Rosémond, fils, called Rosémond, was born in Iberville Parish in July 1850 but died at age 10 months in May 1851, and Amédée Savinien was born in October 1852 but died at age 11 months in September 1853.
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Joseph-Xavier, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in May 1777, married cousin Anne-Marie or -Marine, called Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon-Joseph Dupuis, at St.-Gabriel in 1801; Marine's mother, also, was a Landry. Their son Joseph-Magloire was born at St.-Gabriel in July 1802, Auguste-Lazare in February 1804, Louis Élie, called Élie, in August 1805, and Gédéon Philemon in August 1809 but died at age 4 in July 1813. Was Joseph Xavier the Joseph Richard who died near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, at age 30 in 1810?
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Joseph Magloire may have married Spanish Creole Marie or Mary Suarez in a civil ceremony probably in Iberville Parish during the 1820s. Their son Euphémon was born near St. Gabriel in August 1834, Edgard in October 1840, and Alcée, perhaps also called Alcide, in January 1843. Their daughters married into the Charre, Emeau, Hébert, Kenner, Leonard, Matherne, Nereau, and Sellier families, one of them on lower Bayou Teche.
Alcée, called Alcide by the recording priest, may have married cousin Angelina Richard. Their son Alcide, fils was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in September 1866.
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Élie married Maria Delia, called Delia, daughter of fellow Acadian Édouard Gaudin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in July 1831. Their son Louis Jules was born near St. Gabriel in April 1832 but died at age 3 1/2 in September 1835, and Louis was born in April 1839. Élie remarried to Célanie or Celina, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Braud and widow of Adélard Babin, at the St. Gabriel church in February 1843. Their son Paul Olivier, called Olivier, a twin, was born near St. Gabriel in July 1846.
Olivier, by his father's second wife, married Octavine, daughter of French Creole Léon Duplessis, at the Gonzales church, Ascension Parish, in March 1869; Octavine's mother was a Dupuy.
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Auguste Lazare married fellow Acadian Hélène Hébert. Their son Théophile was born near St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, in September 1834. Auguste Lazare died near St. Gabriel in July 1843; he was only 39 years old.
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Paul-Grégoire, born at St.-Gabriel in September 1779, married Henriette, another daughter of Paul Braud, at Ascension in April 1803. Their son Louis Benjamin, called Benjamin, was born near St. Gabriel in February 1804, Jérôme Trasimond, called Trasimond, in November 1805, Augustin Valéry in December 1807, an unnamed son, born in c1810, died near St. Gabriel, age 13, in November 1823, Pierre Melon was born in October 1813, Gerasime Leufroi or Leufroi Gerasime in July 1817, and Joseph Michel, perhaps also called F. Misaël, in March 1821 or 1823. Paul died near St. Gabriel in August 1832; he was only 52 years old.
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Benjamin married cousin Marie Arthémise, called Arthémise, daughter of fellow Acadian Sébastien Guidry, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in March 1832; Marie's mother, also, was a Braud. Their son Louis Émile was born near St. Gabriel in February 1832, Jules in April 1840, Adonis in April 1846 but died at age 7 1/2 in September 1853, and Paul was born in March 1852. Their daughter married into the Barbay family.
Louis Émile died "as a result of a fall down the hold of the Steamboat Belle Creole" in January 1848. The St. Gabriel priest who recorded the young man's burial said that Louis Émile died at "age 14 years, 11 months," but he was a month shy of age 16.
Jules married Marie Victoire or Victoria, called Victoria, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hotaire Orillion, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1865. They settled near the boundary between Iberville and Ascension parishes. Their son Joseph Kotman was born in September 1867, and Paul Albert in August 1869.
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Trasimond married Marie Uranie, called Uranie, daughter of François Philogène Pujol, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1833. Their son Jacques Édouard was born near St. Gabriel in June 1834 but died at age 4 in September 1838, Trasimond Alexandre was born in October 1839 but died at age 11 months in October 1840, Alexandre Élie was born in October 1841 but died at age 2 1/2 in June 1844, and a newborn infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died in July 1843. Their daughters married into the Allain, Gerber, and LeBlanc families.
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Leufroi Gerasime married cousin Marie Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Braud, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1840. Their son Joseph Albert was born near St. Gabriel in April 1841, Avit Leufroi in June 1845, and Jean Baptiste in March 1857. Their daughter married into the Grabert family.
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Joseph Michel may have died near St. Gabriel in July 1847. The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that F. Misaël, as he called him, died at "age 26 years," so this probably was Joseph Michel. Did he marry?
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Youngest son Jacques-Auguste, called Auguste, born at St.-Gabriel in February 1782, died near St. Gabriel in March 1841. The priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names, said that Auguste, "a bachelor," died at "age 58 years," so this was him. One wonders why Auguste never married.
Descendants of Amand RICHARD (c1744-1770s; Michel dit Sansoucy, Pierre, René)
Amand, son of Pierre Richard and Marguerite Granger, born probably at Minas in c1744, was exiled with his family to Maryland in 1755 and married fellow Acadian Marie Breau in the English colony in c1763. They came to Louisiana with his widowed father, two sons, and a young cousin in 1767 and settled at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville. They had more children in Louisiana, including sons. Their daughter married into the Gautreaux family. Amand died probably at St.-Gabriel by March 1777, when his wife was listed in a census there as a widow. One of his sons moved to Bayou Teche, but the others remained on the river. His first son's line was especially vigorous. His two youngest sons' lines may not have survived.
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Oldest son Simon, born in Maryland in c1764, married Scholastique, daughter of fellow Acadian Joachim dit Bénoni Mire, at St.-Jacques in January 1786. Their son Simon, fils was born at St.-Jacques in January 1787, Joseph le jeune in March 1790, Louis le jeune in March 1792, Valentin-Augustin, called Augustin, in March 1794, Jean-Baptiste in March 1799, Paul in March 1801, and Laurent-Noël or Noël-Laurent in December 1802. Their daughter married into the Gravois family. Simon remarried to Françoise, daughter of French Creole Jean Lemaire of St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands on the Upper German Coast and widow of Louis Rome, at St. James in October 1804; Simon was 40 years old at the time of the wedding. One of his sons and several of his grandsons settled on the western prairies, and another son moved to Bayou Lafourche. The others remained on the river.
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Simon, fils, by his father's first wife, married Marguerite, daughter of Hubert Janny or Janise, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in November 1808; Marguerite's mother was a Brasseaux. They remained in St. Landry Parish.
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Louis le jeune, by his father's first wife, married Marie Madeleine, called Madeleine, daughter of fellow Acadian Laurent Arceneaux, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in April 1815. Their son Michel was born near Convent in September 1816, Louis, fils in February 1833, Germain in May 1839, and Epiphore Donat in January 1842. They also had a son named Optime, unless he was Epiphore Donat. Their daughters married into the Chauvin, Duhon, Dupupet, Grégoire, Jacob, Landry, Laurent, Malarcher, and Perrin families. Louis le jeune died near Convent in October 1848; he was 56 years old.
Michel died near Convent, St. James Parish, in May 1840. He was only 23 years old and probably did not marry.
Optime married Laurentia, daughter of fellow Acadian François Dugas, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in April 1861.
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Augustin, by his father's first wife, married cousin Anne Rosalie or Roseline, daughter of Michel Richard, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1816. They settled near the boundary between St. James and Ascension parishes. Their son, name unrecorded, died at age 6 days in St. James Parish in November 1816, Augustin, fils was born in Ascension Parish in April 1820, Simon le jeune in St. James Parish in March 1822, and Privat Euphémon, called Euphémon, in Ascension Parish in August 1825. Their daughters married into the Copponex and LeBlanc families. Augustin died in Ascension Parish in December 1866; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Augustin died at "age 73 years," but he was "only" 72. Two of his sons moved to lower Bayou Teche during the late antebellum period, and a third son moved to St. Landry Parish after the War Between the States.
Simon le jeune married Célestine, daughter of French Creole Evariste Blouin, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in May 1848; Célestine's mother was an Arceneaux. They lived near the boundary between St. James and Ascension parishes. Their son Simon Thelesmar or Thelesmar Simon was born in March 1849, Joseph Augustin in August 1852, Josephe[sic] Evariste in July 1854, Joseph Oscar, called Oscar, in April 1856 but died at age 1 1/2 in October 1857, Paul was born in January 1861, Joseph Lee in February 1863, and Louis in March 1865. Their daughter married into the Guidry family in St. Landry Parish. Simon le jeune died in St. Landry Parish in September 1866; he was only 44 years old; his succession record, identifying his wife, was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in February 1867.
Thelesmar Simon married Madeleine Alida or Olida, daughter of French Creole Joseph Carrière, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1867. They remained in St. Landry Parish.
Euphémon married Eléonore, daughter of fellow Acadian Nicolas LeBlanc, at the Charenton church, St. Mary Parish, in June 1852.
Augustin, fils married Mélanie, daughter of French Creole Grégoire Bodin, at the Charenton church, St. Mary Parish, in August 1853; Mélanie's mother was a LeBlanc. They remained on the lower Teche and created a large family.
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Joseph le jeune, by his father's first wife, married Marie Clothilde, called Clothilde, daughter of French Creole Pierre Grenier, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in January 1817. Their son Joseph, fils was born near St. Gabriel in October 1817. Did this family line survive?
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Jean Baptiste, by his father's first wife, married Hortense, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier LeBlanc, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1818. Their lived in St. James Parish before moving to upper Bayou Lafourche during the 1820s.
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Paul, by his father's first wife, married Marie or Marine, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Donat Landry, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1820. Their son Louis le jeune was born near Convent in September 1821, and Éloi in November 1824. Paul died near Convent in October 1826; he was only 25 years old.
Louis le jeune married cousin Adèle, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Mire, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1843; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. Their son Louis, fils, a twin, was born near Convent in June 1846, Joseph Denys in April 1848, and Paul Césaire in August 1850. Their daughter married a Lanoux cousin. Louis le jeune died by February 1867, when he was listed as deceased in a daughter's marriage record.
Louis, fils married first cousin Emma, daughter of fellow Acadian Théodule Mire, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1869; they had to secure a dispensation for second degree of consanguinity in order to marry. Their son François Louis was born near Convent in April 1870.
Éloi married cousin Marie Osile or Odile, daughter of fellow Acadian Drosin Mire, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in February 1846. Éloi died near Convent in April 1859; the priest who recorded his marriage said that Éloi died at "age 45 years," but he was only 34. Did his family line die with him?
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Noël Laurent, by his father's first wife, married cousin Marie Joséphine, called Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Babin, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1825; Marie's mother was a Richard. Their son Laurent Telesphore, called Telesphore, was born in Ascension Parish in August 1831. Their daughters married into the LeBlanc, Mire, and Melançon families. Noël died in Ascension Parish in March 1849; he was only 46 years old.
Telesphore married cousin Silvanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Drausin Mire, at the Convent church, St. James Parish, in December 1856; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry; Telesphore's sister Scholastique married Silvanie's brother Dumesnil. Telesphore and Silvanie's child, name and age unrecorded, perhaps a son, died near Convent in October 1857, and Laurent Telesphore, fils was born in April 1860.
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Joseph, born in Maryland in March 1767 on the eve of his family's voyage to Louisiana, married Pélagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Jacques Babin, at St.-Jacques in June 1787. Three sons were born to them at St.-Jacques and Ascension. During the early antebellum period they moved to the Attakapas District and settled at L'Anse à Michaud on upper Bayou Teche. Their daughter remained on the river and married into the Bertrand (German Creole, not Acadian) family.
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Louis, born probably at St.-Gabriel in the late 1760s or early 1770s, married Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Blanchard, at St.-Jacques in October 1793, and remarried to Félicité, another daughter of Joachim dit Béloni Mire and a widow, at St.-Jacques in April 1795. He and his two wives may have been among those rare Acadian couples who had no children.
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Youngest son Désiré-Valentin or Valentin-Désiré, also called Dositée and Valéry, born at Ascension in August 1775, married Susanne, daughter of German Creole David Marks of St.-Charles des Allemands, at St.-Jacques in June 1797. Their son Valentin, fils was born at St.-Jacques in April 1798. Valentin-Désiré remarried to Anne Marguerite, called Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Babin, at St.-Jacques in July 1800; Marguerite had come to Louisiana in December 1788 with the Joseph Gravois party aboard La Brigite from Île St.-Pierre. Valentin and Marguerite's son Narcisse was born at St.-Jacques in April 1800, and Moïse in March 1805. One wonders if any of Valentin, père's sons married, and if this family line survived.
Descendants of Joseph RICHARD (c1744-1793?; Michel dit Sansoucy, Pierre, René)
Joseph, son of Claude Richard and Cécile Melançon, born probably at Minas in c1744, was exiled with his family to Maryland in 1755. He came to Louisiana in 1767, still a bachelor, and settled at St.-Gabriel d'Iberville. He married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Landry, at nearby Ascension in June 1774, but they probably were counted on the east bank of the river at St.-Gabriel in 1777. Their daughters married into the Babin, Blanchard, Landry, LeBlanc, and McDougal families. Joseph remarried to cousin Cécile, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Dupuy and widow of Joseph Breaux, at Ascension in April 1784; Cécile's mother was a Richard. Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Comeaux, Landry, and LeBlanc families. He probably was the Joseph Richard who died at St.-Gabriel in November 1793; sadly, the priest who recorded the burial did not bother to give Joseph's parents' names, mention a wife, or even give his age at the time of his death.
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Oldest son Joseph, fils, by his father's first wife, born probably at St.-Gabriel in c1777, married cousin Henriette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1812. They settled in Ascension Parish. Their son Joseph III was born in December 1813, Théodule in June 1818, Pierre Adolphe, called Adolphe, in August 1820, Jean Achille, called Achille, in August 1822, Toussaint Hainault in October 1824 or 1825, and Vital Enon in April 1828. Their daughter married into the Theriot family. Was this the Joseph Richard who died in Ascension Parish in October 1829? If so, he would have been 50 years old when he died.
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Joseph III married Marie Eugénie, called Eugénie, daughter of fellow Acadian Narcisse LeBlanc, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1834. Their twins sons Joseph IV and Narcisse were born near St. Gabriel in April 1836, Pierre Adolphe, called P. Adolphe, in June 1840, Joseph Avery, called Avery, in March 1842 but died at age 16 1/2 in October 1858, Alfred died at "age 5-6 months" in September 1843, Paul Albert, called Albert, was born in September 1844, and Alfred Vincent in August 1849 but died at age 1 1/2 in February 1851. Their daughter married into the Landry family.
Joseph IV married Flora Cécile, daughter of French Creole Pierre Misaël Lambremont, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1862; Flora's mother was a Braud.
Narcisse died in Ascension Parish in August 1866. He was only 30 years old. Did he marry?
Pierre Adolphe married Kenelia, daughter of Eugène Francis Gaiennie, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in November 1866.
Paul Albert married Louise Elizabeth, called Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Whaley or Waley, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in February 1867.
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Théodule married Marie Emelina or Melina, daughter of French Creole Pierre Dufour, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1838. Their son Louis Aimé, called L. Aimé, was born in Ascension Parish in August 1839, Joseph Armand, called Armand, in November 1841, Jean Émile in November 1857 but died a week after his birth, and Charles Rodolph Fernand was born in December 1859. Their daughter likely married into the Libano family.
Louis Aimé married Clara, daughter of French Creole Pierre Cire, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in April 1866.
Armand married Manette, daughter of Spanish Immigrant Philibert Dupuy or Dupuis, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in May 1866. Their son George Hubert was born in Ascension Parish in November 1868.
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Jean Achille married Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, daughter of Augustin Guilfout, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in January 1842. Their son Jean Achille, fils was born in Ascension Parish in June 1849. Jean Achille, père died "at New Orleans" in October 1867; the Donaldsonville priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Achille died at "age ca. 46 years"; Jean Achille would have been 45, so this probably was him. One wonders what he was doing in the city at the time of his death.
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Pierre Adolphe married cousin Marie Laura or Laure, daughter of French Creole Cyprien Mollere, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in July 1843; Marie's mother was a Landry; they had to secure a dispensation for fourth degree of consanguinity in order to marry. Their son Joseph Léonce was born in Ascension Parish in February 1847.
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Another Joseph, fils, by his father's second wife, died at St.-Gabriel 4 days after his birth in February 1785.
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Youngest son Pierre-Paul, by his father's second wife, born at St.-Gabriel in December 1787, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Brasset, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1812. Their infant, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died near St. Gabriel at birth in February 1816, and Pierre, fils was born in December 1823. Their daughter married into the Roth family. Pierre died near St. Gabriel in January 1834; the priest who recorded his burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Pierre died at "age 48 yrs.," but Pierre Paul was only 46.
Pierre, fils married Marie Amelia, called Amelia, daughter of French Creole Joseph Barthélémy Ramouin, Ramoin, or Ramon, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in April 1846; Amelia's mother was an Hébert. Their son Pierre Émile was born in Iberville Parish in January 1851 but died at age 7 1/2 in October 1858, Joseph Barthélémy was born in March 1857, Gabriel Oscar in November 1860, and Alfred Antoine in June 1864.
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In February 1768, another Richard from Maryland came to the colony as part of the extended family from Port Tobacco led by the Breau brothers of Pigiguit. Governor Ulloa sent them far upriver to Fort San Luìs de Natchez, where they did not want to go:
Anne Richard, age 43, came with husband Jean-Baptiste Dupuis, age 38, and three children, ages 16, 13, and 4. After Ulloa's successor, General Alejandro O'Reilly, allowed them to leave Natchez, they moved downriver to Ascension, much closer to their kinsmen on the Acadian Coast. Anne died a widow in Ascension Parish in November 1811; she was 86 years old.
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The largest continent of Richards to find refuge in Louisiana appeared 21 years after the first of their kinsmen had come to the colony. Nearly three dozen of them arrived aboard six of the Seven Ships from France in 1785. Most chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, but some of them settled on the river near their cousins already there:
Pierre Richard of Port-Royal, age 72, one of the oldest Acadians to emigrate to Louisiana, crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in August. With him were second wife Françoise Daigre, age 55, and four children--Anselme, age 20, Joseph, age 18, Marie-Jeanne, age 14, and Pierre-Auguste, age 11. They followed the majority of their fellow passengers to Manchac, south of Baton Rouge. Daughter Marie-Jeanne married a Daigre cousin. Pierre died at Manchac in November 1794; he was 81 years old. Oldest son Anselme did not marry, but Pierre's other sons did marry and remained on the river. Pierre was an older brother of Joseph dit Vieux, who had come to Louisiana from Halifax via St.-Domingue in 1765 and settled at St.-Jacques on the river; when Pierre reached the colony in 1785, however, his younger brother had been dead for seven years.
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Marie-Josèphe Richard, age 30, widow of Frenchman François Basset, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November. With her were a 5-year-old daughter and older sister Marie-Geneviève, age 32. Marie-Josèphe remarried to Frenchman Louis Ménard, and Marie-Geneviève married German Jean Jaineman at New Orleans soon after they reached the colony. They remained at New Orleans. Marie-Josèphe remarried again--her third marriage--to Spanish soldier José Gracia at New Orleans in July 1795. Marie-Geneviève died at New Orleans in April 1803; the priest who recorded her burial said that she was 38 or 39 years old when she died, but she was 56.
Jeanne Richard, age 40, crossed on L'Amitié with husband Joseph Benard of Russia, age 46, and three children, ages 19, 7, and 2. They went to the Isleño community of San Bernardo, south of New Orleans.
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Geneviève Richard, age 37, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in December. With her were second husband Victor Boudrot, age 55, and seven children, including a daughter by her first husband, ages 30 to infant, as well as her husband's son-in-law. They followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to the new Acadian community of Bayou des Écores, north of Baton Rouge. After leaving Bayou des Écores, perhaps after Victor died, they moved to the Fort Bute area of Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, where Geneviève remarried again--her third marriage--to Pierre, son of fellow Acadian Victor LeBlanc, in September 1787.
Marguerite-Marie Richard, age 16, crossed on La Ville d'Archangel with stepfather Joseph Hébert of Cobeguit, age 40, her mother Marguerite Daigle, age 45, and four step-siblings, ages 18 to infant. They, too, went to Bayou des Écores, and they also did not remain there. Marguerite-Marie married Jean-Raphaël, son of fellow Acadian Pierre Landry, at Lafourche in August 1789.
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The eldest and youngest of the Richard brothers from France who settled on the river did not produce new family lines, but the second brother created a line that survived in what became West Baton Rouge Parish:
Anselme RICHARD (1765-1786; Michel dit Sansoucy, René dit Beaupré, Pierre dit Beaupré)
Anselme, eldest son of Pierre Richard and his second wife Françoise Daigre, born at Morlaix, France, in February 1765, came to Louisiana with his parents and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Baton Rouge. He died at Baton Rouge in January 1786, soon after they settled there. He was only 21 years old and probably did not marry.
Descendants of Joseph RICHARD (c1767-?; Michel dit Sansoucy, René dit Beaupré, Pierre dit Beaupré)
Joseph, second son of Pierre Richard and his second wife Françoise Daigre, born on Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, in c1767, came to Louisiana with his parents and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Baton Rouge, where he married Perpétué, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Aucoin, in January 1788. Perpétué, a native of Bristol, England, had come to Louisiana aboard La Ville d'Archangel, the sixth of the Seven Ships. Spanish officials counted them at Fort Bute, Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, in 1788. Their daughter married into the Doiron family.
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Oldest son Joseph, fils, born at Manchac in November 1788, married Marie, also called Emérite, Mérite, and Myrtie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jacques Blanchard, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1813. They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. Their son Jean Baptiste was born in November 1825, Joachim Augustin in September 1827, and Fergus in December 1830. Their daughters married into the Foret and Parent families.
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Joachim Augustin married cousin Aimée or Émée, daughter of fellow Acadian Armand Blanchard, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in March 1850; they had to secure a dispensation for ___ degree of consanguinity in order to marry. They settled in West Baton Rouge Parish. Their son Augustin Rodolphe was born in February 1851, James William, called William, in April 1857 but died at age 2 in June 1859, and Joseph was born in September 1860.
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Jean Baptiste married cousin Marie Celima or Celina, daughter of fellow Acadian Bouvier Daigre, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in September 1850; they had to secure a dispensation for third degree of consanguinity in order to marry. Their son Talbert Philippe was born near Brusly in August 1851. Jean Baptiste may have died in West Baton Rouge Parish in July 1859; the Baton Rouge priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Jean Baptiste "of West Baton Rouge Parish" died at "age ca. 26 years," but this Jean Baptiste would have been 33.
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Fergus married cousin Émelie, another daughter of Armand Blanchard, at the Brusly church, West Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1855. Their son James William was born near Brusly in July 1857 but died at age 2 in June 1859.
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François-Alonso, born at Manchac in November 1791, may have died young.
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Paul-Simon, born at Manchac in May 1793, died probably at Manchac in November 1832. The priest who recorded his burial said that Paul died at "age ca. 40 yrs." He was 39 years old and probably did not marry.
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Pierre-Augustin, called Augustin, born at Manchac in March 1795, married Léonore, daughter of French Creole Bernard Dauterive, at the Baton Rouge church, East Baton Rouge Parish, in January 1828. Augustin died near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, on lower Bayou Teche, in February 1865; the priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or even mention a wife, said that Augustin died "at age 75 yrs.," but he was a month shy of 70; his succession record, indentifying his wife, was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse, St. Martin Parish, less than two weeks after his death. When did he moved from the river to Bayou Teche? Did he father any children?
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Raphaël-Benjamin, born at Manchac in February 1799, died near Baton Rouge in January 1851. The priest who recorded the burial, and who did not bother to give any parents' names or mention a wife, said that Raphaël died at "age 50 years"; Raphaël Benjamin would have been a month shy of age 52.
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Youngest son Pierre-Jean-Baptiste, born at Manchac in July 1802, also may have died young.
Pierre-Auguste RICHARD (1774-1809; Michel dit Sansoucy, René dit Beaupré, Pierre dit Beaupré)
Pierre-Auguste, called Auguste, third and youngest son of Pierre Richard and his second wife Françoise Daigre, born at Le Palais, Belle-Île-en-Mer, France in January 1774, came to Louisiana with his parents and siblings aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, in 1785 and settled with them at Baton Rouge, where he married Marie-Jeanne, daughter of French Creole Charles Dardenne of Natchitoches, in December 1796. They settled near Plaquemine in Iberville Parish. Auguste died at Plaquemine in March 1809; he was only 35 years old. His line of the family may have died with him.
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Other RICHARDs on the River
Area church and civil record make it difficult to link many Richards on the river with known Acadian lines of the family there. The priests at St. Gabriel and Donaldsonville were especially negligent in their record keeping. One suspects that some of the Richards who lived on the river during the post-war period were Afro Creoles once owned by members of the family o
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