a few more Marriage Contract references Eula Please Thank the cousine who shared the text. I misplaced my LA Marriage Dispensations. I will check them when I find them. I had problems finding people in Conrad's First Families of Louisiana. Anyone have better luck? Anyone got any other references? Anyone have anything different? ========================== Modified Register for Henry LeBlanc First Generation 1. Henry LeBlanc died before 1725. Henry married Seruanne Le Marie. They had the following children: + 2 F i. Francoise Lorence LeBlanc LaurenceFrancoise Lorence LeBlanc Laurence. + 3 F ii. Marianne LeBlancMarianne LeBlanc. + 4 F iii. Setuanne Perinne LeBlanc LaurenceSetuanne Perinne LeBlanc Laurence. 5 F iv. Cecille LeBlanc. Cecille married[1] Antoine Brusle, son of Antoine Brusle and Catherine Marchand, on 8 Jan 1725. Second Generation 2. Francoise Lorence LeBlanc Laurence[2,3] (Henry) was born in of, St-Laurent, St-Malo, Ile-et-Vilaine, France. BIOGRAPHY: Louisiana Marriage Contracts: A Compilation of Abstracts from Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana During the French Regime, 1725-1758 (New Orleans, 1980) by Alice Daly Forsyth and Ghislaine Pleasonton FRENCH COLONIAL LOUISIANA MARRIAGE CONTRACTS June 26, 1734 LOUIS RENE FRANCOIS de MANE, Ecuyer, son of RENE de MANE, Ecuyer and of Dame THERESE CHARLOTTE de BLANCHY, native of St. Bouchard in Touraine parish of St John with Dame FRANCOISE LAURENCE LE BLANC widow of the deceased Sieur JOSEPH deLERY CHAUVIN de LERY This marriage to be solemnized in the Holy Roman Apostolic Mother Church, with the required publications Consenting for the named de MANE, CLAUDE DELERY, FAZENDE, HUGUALT, JOSEPH AUBERT, surgeon And for the lady named, BRUSLE, LAFRENIERE, her brother-in-law, Sieur ALEXANDRE LALOIRE, clerk, FAZENDE, FLEURIAU, also CESARE, brother and cousin of Sieur DELERY, also BOISCLAIR, DELERY, children of DELERY, MONY, Mr and Madame PETIT de LEVILLIERS and Sieur and Dame de MOUY Signing DeMANE, JEAN CHAREAU, FRANCOISE LORANCE LEBLANC, BRUSLE, JOSEPH AUBERT, LAFRENIERE, ALEXANDRE LALOIR, DE LERY BOISCLAIR, HENRY, CESEUEUR LAFRENIERE, DUVAL DEMOUY, PETIT De LIVILLIERS, MALBEC de LIVILLIERS, FLEURIAU, FAZENDE, DELERY, ROSSARD, Notary . Note This marriage was annulled August 20, 1737 . Louisiana Marriage Contracts: A Compilation of Abstracts from Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana During the French Regime, 1725-1758 (New Orleans, 1980) by Alice Daly Forsyth and Ghislaine Pleasonton FRENCH COLONIAL LOUISIANA MARRIAGE CONTRACTS Annulment of Marriage August 20, 1737 RENE FRANCOIS de MANNE and LAURENCE LE BLANC On this 20th day of August of 1737, Dame LAURENCE Le BLANC, widow of the deceased Sieur JOSEPH De LERY, in the absence of a Notary, gave the following information to the Reverend Father PHILIPPE, a Capuchin Priest, to be relayed to the Most Illustrious Monsignor, the Bishop of Quebec, that a marriage which took place at New Orleans on June 26, 1734 with Sieur de MANNE of the Troops, known to the public in France under the name of FLEURY. be annulled. It is known the named de MANNE called FLEURY was married in France and the wife was still living last year (1736), and that he has two children at Belle Isle en Mer in Brittany, this information certified by ....LA FRANCE, widow RICORDEAU who was Director of tobacco, Sieur BACHEOT, surgeon Major at Natchez. In consequence, Dame LAURENCE Le BLANC, widow of Sieur JOSEPH CHAUVIN de LERY, presented on the 27th of January, 1738, a request demanding a deposition from these persons for the Counsellors, ant on the 29th of January, 1738, Sieur MAHEU de LARMAISON, pay commissioner for the Navy of the Le Rodot, ordered Sieur PEIGUET, Captain of Le Comte Maurepas of LaRochelle, to locate the wife and two children of FLEURY at Belle Isle in Brittany, and if found to send an answer to Louisiana by said vessel. . Francoise married (1) Joseph Chauvin Delery[4], son of Pierre Chauvin and Marthe Autreuil Hautreux, on 27 May 1726[5] in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. Joseph was born 14 Apr 1674 in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec. He died 19 Aug 1732 in of Chapitoulas and was buried[6] 20 Aug 1732 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. BURIAL: ADNO v 1 p 49 Chauvin Joseph, Surnamed (dit)De Lery, Resident of Chaptoulas, i Aug 20, 1732 (SLC, B1, 77) ADNO v 1 p 158 Le Blanc Francoise Lorence [@laurence](dec Henry & Seruanne Le Marie) Native of St-Laurent, Diocese of St-Malo m Joseph Chauvin Delery, May 27, 1726 (SLC, M1, 106) ADNO v 1 p 49 Chauvin Joseph of Montreal in Canada(?)widower of Hypolite Mercier dec at LaRochelle m Francois Lorence [@lawrence] Le Blanc May 26 1726 w. Brusle Councillor of the superior Council of this Province and the brides brother-in-law, Fleuriaux [@Fleuriau] procurator general at the same council, Fassind, Councillor bothj cousins in the second degree by affinity through their spouces, Cecille Le Blanc , Helene Desmorieres [@morieres], PelagieDesmorieres [@Moriere], Seruanne Le Blanc, De LaTour, Rossard, Malbre, R Duval (SLC, M1, 106) Joseph and Francoise had the following children: + 6 F i. Christine Chauvin DeleryChristine Chauvin Delery. 7 F ii. Laurence Chauvin was christened[7,8] 25 Jun 1730 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. Baptism: ADNO v 1 p 49 Chauvin Laurence [fem] (Joseph Chauvin Delery & Francoise Laure(*) Le Blanc b June 25, 1730 (AN, 1703, 113) 8 F iii. Marguerite Chauvin. Marguerite married (1) Dominque Verbois De. Dominque died before 14 Aug 1759. Marguerite also married[9] (2) Bernard DeVerger on 14 Aug 1759 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. + 9 M iv. Francois ChauvinFrancois Chauvin. Francoise also married[10] (2) Guillaume deCloches de St-Agnet, son of Pierre deCloches de St-Agnet and Anne Planne deCap, on 3 May 1738. Louisiana Marriage Contracts: A Compilation of Abstracts from Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana During the French Regime, 1725-1758 (New Orleans, 1980) by Alice Daly Forsyth and Ghislaine Pleasonton FRENCH COLONIAL LOUISIANA MARRIAGE CONTRACTS May 3, 1738 Messire GUILLAUME de CLOCHES, Chevalier de ST. AGNET, son of the deceased Messire PIERRE de CLOCHE, Seigneur Baron de ST. AGNET, and of Dame ANNE DeCap PLANNE, a native of St. Agnet, Archbishopric of Turier in Berne with Dame FRANCOISE LAURENCE LE BLANC, widow of JOSEPH CHAUVIN DELERY, a resident of the Chapitoulas. Signing as witness for Sieur ST. AGNET, at this act - Monsieur de BIENVILLE, Chevalier of the Military Order of St. Louis, Governeur of this Province, Chevalier de LEOBOY, SALMON, Judge of the Superior Council of this Province, de NOYAN, BENAC, MEMBREDE, Captain of the Troops. And for the Demoiselle LE BLANC Widow DELERY - Mr. NICOLAS CHAUVIN de la FRENIERE, Counsellor Judge of this Province, her brother-in-law, Mr. FLEURIAU. ....of the Ring, her cousin, EDME de la (FRENIERE) her brother-in-law and Mademoiselle DENOYAN. A promise this marriage to be solemnized in the Holy Roman Apostolic Catholic Church. Signing - The Chevalier DE ST. AIGNET, LORANCE LEBLANC, BIENVILLE, LEUBOY, DENOYAN SALMON, LE BLANC de la LOIRE, FAUCON DUMANOIR, HELEN FASENDE, LAFRENIERE, Widow LEFEBVRE, FAZENDE, The Chevalier D'ORGON, DELERY, FLEURIAU, JOUSSET LA LOIRE, SALMON, MEMBREDE, DE BENAC, MALBEC de LIVILLIERS, BRANTIN, ROUMIER, SIMARS de BELLILE, Aid to the Major, CHALLINETTE DUMANOIR, COUSTILHAS, NOYAN, FAUCON Widow DELERY, HENRY Notary. Francoise also married[11] (3) Henry deMontaut Ayme, son of Joseph Hector deMontaut and Marguerite deRolandet, on 22 Nov 1744. Louisiana Marriage Contracts: A Compilation of Abstracts from Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana During the French Regime, 1725-1758 (New Orleans, 1980) by Alice Daly Forsyth and Ghislaine Pleasonton FRENCH COLONIAL LOUISIANA MARRIAGE CONTRACTS November 22, 1744 HENRY AYME ELIZABETH de MONTAUT de MONBERAUT, son of the deceased Messire JOSEPH HECTOR de MONTAUT Marquis de MONBERAUT and of the deceased Dame MARGUERITE de ROLANDET (?), his father and mother, native of (blurred - unable to decipher). with Dame FRANCOISE LAURENCE LeBLANC, widow of the deceased Messire AGNET. Entered into the records of the Superior Council on 4 May 1748. Signing - HENRY AIME ELIZABETH MONTAUT de MONBERAUT, FRANCOISE LORANCE LEBLANC, VAUDREUIL, HELENE DEMORIERE FASENDE, ARLUT TIXERAND, NOYERS, LOUBOEY, ALEXANDRE VIELLE, TIXERAND, DE BENAC, LE Ch. MACARTY, JOSEPH BRUSLE, MARGUERITE DELERY, FLEURIAU, CHANTALON, LAURENCE CHAUVIN, LEBLANC DELALOIRE, FASENDE, LENORMAND, CANTRELLE, DELLILE, GARIC , Notary. Henry and Francoise had the following children: 10 M v. Louis Augustin deMontaut was born 8 Jan 1747 and was christened[12] 13 Aug 1750 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. 11 F vi. Elizabeth Sabine Joseph deMontaut was born 25 Feb 1749 and was christened[12] 13 Aug 1750 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. 3. Marianne LeBlanc (Henry). Marianne married Claude Jousset Josette La Loire, son of Jean-Baptiste Jousset de la Loire and Marianne Nadot Nadaud, on 26 Feb 1725[13] in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. Claude was born 1704. He died 1776. ADNO v 1 p 158 Le Blanc Marianne(dec Henry Le Blanc & Suranne Le Marie) m Claude Jousett La Loire, Feb 26, 1725 (SLC, M1, 80) ADNO v 1 p 137 Jousset Claude (dec Jean Baptiste Jousset de la Loire [former] resident of Montreal & Marianne Nadot) m Marianne Le Blanc feb 26 1725 w Boisbriant, commandant general of this colony & knight of the Military Order of St-Louis; de la Chaise, royal commissioner; Brusle, councillor of the Superior Council of the province & the bride's beau-frere; Fasende [@faisende], Fleuriau, the bride's first cousin & councillor of the same superior Council; Demande; Perine La Marie; Cecille Le Blanc, Louise Manade; Heleine Demorier; Pelagie Demoriere; Serunne Le Blanc; Rossard Chartier de Baulne; Prat; Dalcour (SLC M1 80)) Claude and Marianne had the following children: 12 F i. Cecile Francoise Jousset. Cecile married[14] Jacque Corbin Bachemain on 25 Jan 1764 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. 13 F ii. Marieanne Jousset. Marieanne married[15,16] Gabriel Adrien Tisserant, son of Louis Tisserant and Marie Marguerite Arlut, on 26 Nov 1747. 4. Setuanne Perinne LeBlanc Laurence (Henry). Setuanne married[17] Bernard Alexandre Vielle on 25 Jun 1726 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. ADNO v 1 p 158 Le Blanc Serunna Perinne Laurence(dec Henry [former] magazine custodian & Seruanne LeMarie) m Bernard Alexandre [@Alexandre Bernard] Vielle, june 25, 1726 (SLC, M1, 108) ADNO v 1 p 255-256 Viel Bernard Alexandre [@Alexandre Bernard] (pierre, Burgher of Paris & Elizabeth Le Blanc) of Paris, Head surgeon of New Orleans m Seruanne Perinne Laurence Le Blanc Jene 25, 1726 w Brusle; Chauvin de Lery, the bride's brother-in-law; Fassend [@fassinde] the brides first cousin by affinity; Dumanoir; Prat; Perault; Ste-Thereze; P Demanade (SLC M1 108) Bernard and Setuanne had the following children: 14 M i. Alexandre Antoine Viel was christened[18] 1 Mar 1730. Baptism: Alexandre Antoine (Bernard Alexandre & Serune Perine Lam{our?] b March 1, 1730 (AN, B 1730 111) Third Generation 6. Christine Chauvin Delery (Francoise Lorence LeBlanc, Henry). Christine married (1) Guillaume Denes Antoine, son of Pierre Denes. Guillaume was buried[19] 11 Apr 1746 in St Charles Borremeo Church, Destrehan, St Charles, LA. They had the following children: 15 F i. Marguerite Denes was born about 1742 in German Coast, LA. She died about 1781. Marguerite married[20] Francois Martin, son of Jacques Pierre Martin and Marie Filent, on 8 Nov 1762 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. Francois was born about 1740 in St-Maragrin, Saintange, France. He died Jul 1801 in Pointe-a-la-Hache, Plaquemines, LA. 16 M ii. Jean Denes was christened[21] 18 Apr 1745 in St Charles Borremeo Church, Destrehan, St Charles, LA. Jean married[22] Marie-Joseph Sauvage, daughter of Pierre Sauvage and Marie Jeanne Agnes Leonard, on 20 Aug 1764 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. Marie-Joseph was born in of Luxembourg, St-Blaise Parish, Diocese of Trier. Christine also married[23] (2) Jean Lafrance d'Argent, son of Lafrance d'Argent and Anne, on 21 May 1748 in St Charles Borremeo Church, Destrehan, St Charles, LA. Jean was born about 1720. He died before 1756. ADNO v 1 p 145 La France Jean (dec [o] & Anne [o]), native of New Orleans, Diocese of Quebec m Christine Chovin surname [dit] Delery May 21 1748 w LeBorne Sr, George LeBorne Jr, Jean Baptiste LeBorne (SCB, B1, 50) ADNO v 1 p 49 Chauvin Christine (dec [o] Chovin, surname [dit] Delery & Francoise [o], Native of New Orleans, diocese og Quebec, widow of Guilleaume Denes m Jean LaFrance may 21 1748 (SCB, B1, 50) Jean and Christine had the following children: 17 F iii. Marie-Josephe Lafrance was christened[24] 19 Mar 1749 in St Charles Borremeo Church, Destrehan, St Charles, LA. Baptism: ADNO v 1 p 145 La France Marie Josephe (Jean & Christine Chovin) b March 19 1749 s Jean Simon Dreger Jr & Marguerite Golois (SCB B1 55) 18 M iv. Jean-Baptiste Lafrance was christened[25] 2 Jul 1754 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. He died about 1819. Jean-Baptiste married Fansoneta Jeanne Tassin, daughter of Pierre Tassin and Jeanne Daubard. Fansoneta was born 21 Dec 1755. She died 21 Dec 1775. 19 F v. Marie Jeanne Lafrance was christened[26] 12 Apr 1755 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. 9. Francois Chauvin (Francoise Lorence LeBlanc, Henry). Francois married[27] Marie Delachaise on 26 Jun 1763 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. They had the following children: 20 F i. Marie Louise Chauvin was born 14 Jul 1770 and was christened[28] 31 Jul 1770 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. 21 M ii. Nicholas Chauvin was born 9 Jan 1769 and was christened[29] 30 Jan 1769 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. 22 M iii. Nicholas Francois Chauvin was born 26 Aug 1764 and was christened[30] 2 May 1765 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. 23 F iv. Rose Chauvin was born 15 Dec 1766 and was christened[31] 20 Sep 1767 in St Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Orleans, LA. Appendix A - Sources 1. Forsyth, Alice Daly & Ghislaine Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts, Polyanthos, New Orleans, LA, p 1 Brusle Antoine Cecille LeBlanc. 2. Forsyth & Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts, p 13 deMane Louis Francoise LeBlanc. 3. Forsyth & Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts, p 54 deMane Louis Francoise LeBlanc. 4. Mgr Cyprien Tanguay, <I>Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles CanadiennesTanguay</I>, v 1 p 123 Chauvin Pierre. 5. Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, v 1 p 49, 158 (SLC M1 109). 6. ADNO, v 1 p 49 (SLC, B1, 77). 7. ADNO, v 1 p 49 (AN, 1730, 113). 8. Glenn R Conrad, First Families of Louisiansa, v 2 p 147 Baptized Nerw Orleans 1730. 9. ADNO, v 2 p 53, (SLC B4 14). 10. Forsyth & Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts, p 69 deCloches Guillaume Francoise Laurence LeBlanc. 11. Forsyth & Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts, p 129 deMontaut Henry Francoise Laurence LeBlanc. 12. ADNO, v 1 p 75 (SLC B2 192). 13. ADNO, v 1 p 137, 158 (SLC, M1, 80). 14. ADNO, v 2 p 61, 156 (SLC B5 173 & M2 1). 15. Forsyth & Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts, p 194 Tisserant Gabriel Marieanne Josset. 16. Forsyth & Pleasonton, Louisiana Marriage Contracts, p 194 Tisserant Gabriel Marianne Josset. 17. ADNO, v 1 p 158, 255-256 (SLC M1 108). 18. ADNO, v 1 p 255 (AN, B 1730 111). 19. ADNO, v 2 p 76 (SCB B1 39) . 20. ADNO, v 2 p 85, 198 (SLC B4, 72). 21. ADNO, v 2 p 76 (SCB B1 33) . 22. ADNO, v 2 p 86, 250-251 (SLC B5 180 & M2 9). 23. ADNO, v 1 p 49, 145 (SCB, B1, 50). 24. ADNO, v 1 p 145 (SCB B1 55). 25. ADNO, v 2 p 162 (SLC B3 23). 26. ADNO, v 2 p 162 (SLC B3 39). 27. ADNO, v 2 p 53 (SLC B5 171). 28. ADNO, v 2 p 53-54 (SLC B6 86). 29. ADNO, v 2 p 54 (SLC B6 39). 30. ADNO, v 2 p 54 (SLC B5 91). 31. ADNO, v 2 p 54 (SLC B6 6).