Roger, I'll second Andy's email. Thank you for the information and the time involved; I haven't had a chance to look through it yet but will as soon as I can. Thanks, Neal..... --- Roger Rozendal <ROGROZ@swbell.net> wrote: > FIRST ACADIANS IN LOUISIANA 1764 > > The first documented Acadians to arrive in Louisiana > were noted in a > letter dated 6 April 1764 from DAbbadie, > Director-General of > Louisiana, to Duke of Choiseul-Stanville , Secretary > of the French > Navy in Paris. DAbbadie wrote four Acadian > families of twenty > persons have arrived from New York during the month > of February last. > [1] > > > Elton Oubre using church records, census data, and > land records > identified the four families and 20 individuals > as[2] [numbers were > assigned by Oubre]: > > Jean[-Baptiste][3] Poirier (No. 1) > > Madeleine Richard (No. 2), his wife > > Jean-Baptiste Poirier (No. 10), their son > > Joseph Poirier (No. 9), their son > > > > Jean-Baptiste Richard (No. 3) > > Catherine Cormier (No. 4), his wife > > Joseph Richard (No. 11), their son > > Rosalie Richard (No. 14), their daughter > > > > Jean-Baptiste Cormier (No. 7) > > Magdeleine Richard (No. 8), his wife > > Anastasie Cormier (No. 13), their daughter > > Marie Cormier (No.19), their daughter > > Marguerite Cormier (No. 15), their daughter > > [Marie-]Anne Cormier (No.16), their daughter > > Madeleine Cormier (No. 20), their daughter > > > > Olivier Landry (No. 5) > > Cécile Poirier (No. 6), his wife > > Jean-Antoine Landry (No. 12), their son > > Joseph Landry (No. 17), their son > Marie Landry (No. 18), their daughter > > In light of new information that has recently been > obtained, the > earlier work on these four families has been > reviewed. > > The new information is: > 1) An item found in the [Savannah] Georgia Gazette > dated December 22, > 1763 by Lucie Consentino: > In the GEORGIA GAZETTE dated December 22, 1763[4] is > found: > > Yesterday more of the Acadians, in number about 21, > went in a vessel > for Mobile, from which place they are to go to New > Orleans. > > Sailed for Mobile > Dec. 21, Sloop Savannah Packet, John Somerville > [Master] > > 2) 29 June 1766 Cabaanocé Lower Coast census[5] > (Verrets Company) > found by Donald J. Arceneaux. > > The review indicates Elton Oubres list of 20 > members of the four > families is correct, but should include one more for > a total of 21. > The additional member would be: Jean Richard, son of > Jean-Baptiste > Richard and Catherine Cormier (age 22 in 29 June > 1766 census) who > married 7 November 1767[6] Rosalie Bourgeois). > > > Further posts will be the history of each of the > four families as it > has been compiled, tracing the families from > imprisonment in Georgia, > arrival in Louisiana and their settlement patterns > through 1777. > > As an aside, note how close-knit this group of > families were. > > Cécile Poirier, wife of Olivier Landry, was the > sister of Jean- > Baptiste Poirier who was married to Madeleine > Richard, daughter of > Jean-Baptiste Richard and Catherine Cormier; > Jean-Baptiste Richard > was a brother to Madeleine Richard who was married > to Jean-Baptiste > Cormier, who was a cousin to Catherine Cormier. > > [1] Brasseaux, Carl A. ed. QUEST FOR A PROMISED LAND > p. 16. > [2] Oubrie, Elton J. VACHERIE, ST. JAMES PARISH, > LOUISIANA: HISTORY > AND GENEALOGY pp. 68-69. > [3] The information in [ .] is personal > interpretation. > [4] No. 38, p. 2. [Microprint American Antiquarian > Society, > Worchester, Mass. 1968] > [5] 29 JUNE 1766 CABAANOCÉ LOWER COAST CENSUS AGI, > PAPELES DE CUBA, > Legajo 202, folio 225. > [6] CABAANOCÉ MARRIAGES AGI, PAPELES DE CUBA, Legajo > 187A, folio 206 . > > Roger A. Rozendal > rogroz@swbell.net > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to ACADIAN-CAJUN-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com