“ Alexis COMMAUX
. born about 1733
. (see family #252) “5481

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“ CLAUDE LEBLANC, 1723, fils de Jean et de Jeanne Bourgeois, marié à Cobequid, le 9 octobre 1748, à Marie-Josephe Longuespée, fille de Louis et d’Anne Brasseau; en deuxième noces, à Saint-Servan, de Saint-Malo, en février 1763, à Marie Guedry, fille de Pierre et de Marguerite Brasseau, de Port-Royal; et en troisièmes noces, à Saint-Malo, en 1768, à Dorothée Richard, fille de François et de Marie Martin, veuve d’Alexis Comeau. Enfants issus du premier mariage: Jean, 1752; Hélène, 1759; Joseph, 1760; Pierre, 1762. Il était à Cobequid en 1752, à Louisbourg en 1758, à Saint-Malo en 1759, à Belle-Île-en-Mer en 1765 et de nouveau à Saint-Malo en 1768. Il s’embarque sur La Bergère pour la Louisiane, avec sa famille, en 1785. “

Translation:
“ CLAUDE LEBLANC, 1723, son of Jean and of Jeanne Bourgeois, married at Cobequid, 9 October 1748, to Marie-Josephe Longuespée, daughter of Louis and of Anne Brasseau; a second time at Saint-Servan of Saint-Malo in February 1763 to Marie Guedry, daughter of Pierre and of Marguerite Brasseau of Port-Royal; and a third time at Saint-Malo in 1768 to Dorothée Richard, daughter of François and of Marie Martin, widow of Alexis Comeau. Children issued from first marriage: Jean, 1752; Hélène, 1759; Joseph, 1760; Pierre, 1762. He was at Cobequid in 1752, at Louisbourg in 1758, at Saint-Malo in 1759, at Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1765 and again at Saint-Malo in 1768. He embarked on the La Bergère for Louisiana with his family in 1785. “5156

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“ m - Charles-Benjamin Mius, dit d’Azy, naquit en 1728, vers la fin de mars ou au début d’avril, quant il fut “ondoyé à la maison du Sr Ponbomcour au cap sable par pierre Landry le père habitant dud. lieu”. Les cérémonies du baptême lui furent suppléées le 2 janvier 1730 à Port-Royal, lorsqui’il est dit âgé d’un an et 9 mois, son père étant décédé trois semaines plus tôt. Il épousa Marie-Josephte Guidry, fille d’Augustin et de Jeanne Hébert (7). En 1752, on trouve ce couple à l’île Saint-Jean, à la Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, avec deux enfants, Marie-Josephte, âgée de 2 ans, et Nastay ou Anastasie, âgée d’un an. Il y avait en plus, avec eux, Marguerite Pélagie Brau, âgée de 6 ans, qui devait être une enfant adoptée. Au recensement pris en juillet et août 1753 à l’île Royale, on trouve au Bras-du-Sud de la baie des Espagnols, aujoud’hui Sydney, Benjamin Mieux, avec sa femme, un garçon et trois filles; il possède un boeuf, un cochon et une truie; il a douze toises en jardin, c’est-à-dire à peu près 76 pieds our 23 mètres (a).

Le 23 janvier 1759, débarquait à Saint-Servan Marie-Josephte Guidry, ayant perdu en mer toute sa famille, à savoir Charles-Benjamin Mius, son mari, sa fille Marie-Josephte, âgée de 10 ans, Anastasie, âgée de 8 ans, Jean-Baptiste, âgé de 6 ans, Véronique, âgée de 4 ans, et Firmin, âgé de 2 ans. Elle devait se marier de nouveau, le 18 février 1763, à Saint-Servan, à Claude LeBlanc, originaire de Grand-Pré, fils de Jean et de Jeanne Bourgeois, et veuf d’Anne-Josephte Longuépée, fille de Louis et d’Anne Brasseau, de Cobequid. Encore à Saint-Servan, le 21 juin 1768, Claude LeBlanc épousait en troisièmes noces Dorothée Richard, fille de François et de Marie Martin, et veuve d’Alexis Comeau, décédé à Saint-Servan le 12 avril 1767 à l’âge de 35 ans. Le 21 mai 1785, cette famille partait sur La Bergière pour la Louisiane.

(7) p. 1004
Placide Gaudet, dans ses généalogies acadiennes en dépôt à Ottawa, et Bona Arsenault, (op. cit., vol. II, p. 879), ont pensé que Marie-Josephte Guidry, épouse de Charles-Benjamin Mius (à Joseph I, dit d’Azy), était fille de Pierre et de Marguerite Brasseau. Cependant à son deuxième mariage, fait à Saint-Servan en 1763, elle est dite fille d’Augustin Guédry et d’Anne Lejeune. Malgré cela, nous pensons qu’il a erreur ici pour Augustin Guidry et Jeanne Hébert. Il y eut bien Anne Le Jeune, épouse de Claude Guidry, celui-ci se mariant en secondes noces à Saint-Servan en 1762 à Anne Moyse, veuve de Joseph LeBlanc, mais leurs filles étaient trop jeunes pour qu’aucune d’entre elles n’eût pu être l’épouse de Charles-Benjamin Mius. Augustin Guidry et Jeanne Hébert, qui étaient justement de Cobequid dans le temps à peu près que Charles-Benjamin s’est marié, avaient en effet une fille du nom de Marie-Josephte, jumelle d’Héléne, qui naquirent à Boston le 9 janvier 1723 et furent baptisées à Grand-Pré le 26 septembre suivant par le Père Félix Pain. C’est au même endroit également qu’était née quelqeus mois plus tôt, mais avant le 26 octobre, leur cousine Judith Guidry, fille de Paul Guidry et d’Anne Mius (a). Ces naissances eurent lieu à Boston au cours de la guerre dite de Lovewell, (Lovewell’s War), entre les gens de la Nouvelle-Angleterre et les Amérindiens, ceux de la Côte-de-l’Est compris, qui débuta à l’été de 1722 pour durer trois ans. Un certain nombre d’Amérindiens furent amenés à Boston en captivité, et avec eux sûrement des Acadiens, en particulier ceux que nous venons de mentionner.

Ajoutons que ce qui confirme que cette Marie-Josephte Guidry, fille de Augustin et de Jeanne Hébert, était bien l’épouse de Charles-Benjamin Mius, est qu’il y avait entre les deux un peu plus de cinq ans de différence d’âge. Or le recensement de 1752, qui fut pris au cours de la seconde moitié de l’année, leur donne une différence de six ans, l’épouse étant dite alors âgée de 30 ans, Jeanne Hébert ayant en effet donné naissance le 9 janvier 1723 à Maire-Josephte.

1004
(a) - Recensement de Plaisance, etc., aux Arch. des Colonies, Série G1, vol. 467, f. 558 de la copie des Arch. publ. du Canada.
(b) - Rieder-Rieder, The Acadians in France, Vol. III - Archives of the Port of Saint Servan, (Metairie, Louisiana, 1973), pp. 39 et 40.

1028
(a) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1906, vol. II, 1re Partie, p. 44 de l’éd. fr.; p. 45 de l’éd. ang. “

Translation:
“ m - Charles-Benjamin Mius, dit d’Azy, born in 1728 about the end of March or at the beginning of April, when he was “privately baptized at the house of Sr Ponbomcour at cap sable by pierre Landry le père inhabitant of said place”. The baptism ceremonies for him were supplied the 2nd of January 1730 at Port-Royal when he is called age of one year and 9 months, his father having died three weeks earlier. He married Marie-Josephte Guidry, daughter of Augustin and of Jeanne Hébert (7). In 1752 we find this couple at Ile Saint-Jean at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse with two children, Marie-Josephte, age of 2 years, and Nastay or Anastasie, age of one year. There was there in addition, with them Marguerite Pélagie Brau, age of 6 years, who must have been an adopted child. In the census taken in July and August 1753 at Île Royale, we find at Bras-du-Sud on the Baie des Espagnols, today Sydney, Benjamin Mieux with his wife, a boy and three daughters; he has a cow, a pig and a sow; he has twelve fathoms in garden, that is to say, almost 76 feet or 23 meters (a).

The 23rd of January 1759 Marie-Josephte Guidry disembarked at Saint-Servan, having lost at sea all her family, namely, Charles-Benjamin Mius, her husband, her daughter Marie-Josephte, age of 10 years, Anastasie, age of 8 years, Jean-Baptiste, age of 6 years, Véronique, age of 4 years, and Firmin, age of 2 years. She was married again, the 18th of February 1763, at Saint-Servan, to Claude LeBlanc, originally from Grand-Pré, son of Jean and of Jeanne Bourgeois, and widower of Anne-Josephte Longuépée, daughter of Louis and of Anne Brasseau, of Cobequid. Again at Saint-Servan, the 21st of June 1768, Claude LeBlanc wed in a third marriage Dorothée Richard, daughter of François and of Marie Martin, and widow of Alexis Comeau, died at Saint-Servan the 12th of April 1767 at the age of 35 years. The 21st of May 1785 this family departed on La Bergière for Louisiana.

(7) p. 1004
Placide Gaudet in his Acadian genealogies deposited at Ottawa and Bona Arsenault (op. cit., vol. II, p. 879) have considered that Marie-Josephte Guidry, wife of Charles-Benjamin Mius (from Joseph I, dit d’Azy) was the daughter of Pierre and of Marguerite Brasseau. However in her second marriage, done at Saint-Servan in 1763, she is called daughter of Augustin Guédry and of Anne Lejeune. In spite of that, we think that there is an error here as regards Augustin Guidry and Jeanne Hébert. There was certainly Anne Le Jeune, wife of Claude Guidry, the latter marrying a second time at Saint-Servan in 1762 to Anne Moyse, widow of Joseph LeBlanc, but their daughters were too young in order that any of them could have been able to be the wife of Charles-Benjamin Mius. Augustin Guidry and Jeanne Hébert, who were precisely at Cobequid during the approximate time that Charles-Benjamin Mius is married, had in fact a daughter with the name of Marie-Josephte, twin of Hélène, who were born at Boston the 9th of January 1723 and were baptized at Grand-Pré the 26th of September following by Père Félix Pain. This is at the same place also that was born several months earlier, but before the 26th of October, their cousin Judith Guidry, daughter of Paul Guidry and of Anne Mius (a). There births took place at Boston during the war called Lovewell’s (Lovewell’s War) between the people of New England and the Indians, those from the East Coast included, which began in the summer of 1722 lasting three years. A certain number of Indians were brought to Boston in captivity and with them certainly some Acadians, in particular those that we happen to mention.

Let’s add that what confirms that this Marie-Josephte Guidry, daughter of Augustin and of Jeanne Hébert, was indeed the wife of Charles-Benjamin Mius, is that there was between the two a little more than five years difference in age. Now the census of 1752, which was taken during the second half of the year, ascribes to them a difference of six years, the wife being called then 30 years of age, Jeanne Hébert having in fact given birth the 9th of January 1723 to Marie-Josephte.

1004
(a) - Recensement de Plaisance, etc., at the Arch. des Colonies, Série G1, vol. 467, f. 558 of the copy from the Arch. publ. du Canada.
(b) - Rieder-Rieder, The Acadians in France, Vol. III - Archives of the Port of Saint Servan, (Metairie, Louisiana, 1973), pp. 39 and 40.

1028
(a) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1906, vol. II, 1st Part, p. 44 of the French ed.; p. 45 of the English ed. “4525

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“ Role of the Acadian families embarqued on the royal frigate La Dorothee. Captain Lavenant

. . .

34. Alexis Coumot
Dorothe Coumot
Jean Coumot
Claire Coumot
Marguerite Coumot
Joseph Coumot
Jean Coumot
Magdaleine Coumot
Mathurin Coumot

. . .

I acknowledge having received, by order of M. de la Rochette, aboard the royal corvette La Dorothee the Acadian families named in the proceeding role whom I promise to deliver at Saint Malo to M. Isarn Commissaire des Classes as soon as possible. On board La Dorothee May 17, 1763. Lavenant“5472

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“ On May 16, the 218 Acadians of Southampton sailed for Morlaix aboard the corvette l’Ambition. On May 26, the 160 from Bristol (then camping in Southampton) also departed for Morlaix on the frigate Dorothée. On the same day, the 158 Acadians of Falmouth left on the transport Fauvette but for St-Malo. And on June 8, commissioner Langton finally permitted the remaining 217 Acadians of Liverpool to break camp for St-Malo, but only upon payment of all their debts. These embarked on the transport l’Esturgeon.(23) In all 378 were sent to Morlaix and 375 to St-Malo. They all arrived, safe, but exhausted in their respective ports of Morlaix and St-Malo. The ministry immediately provided them with some temporary quarters in the barracks of each city but made no provisions for sanitation. The Acadians, worn out by the long road journey of many days, were oppressed to the breaking point by the intense heat and discomfort of the unhealthily overloaded transports.(24) They had hardly arrived when the scourge of their lives, smallpox, attacked them again, and again their number was decimated.(25)

(23) Colonies, Serie B, CXVII, ff. 41-43m 83, 89, 106, 107, 120, 157, 257, 278, 454, A. N.
(24) Mémoire et Documents, Angleterre, June, 1778, XLVII, f. 23, A. A. E.
(25) Mémoire et Documents, Angleterre, June, 1778, XLVII, f. 23, A. A. E. “5473

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“ Alexis Commaux, Dorothee Richard, his wife and Jean-Baptiste Commaux, their son disembarked at St-Malo from England on May 23, 1763 from the ship, La Dorothee. This family resided in the following parishes:

St-Servan 1763 - 1767

In 1768, Dorothee Richard, widow of Alexis Commaux is listed as being a resident of Belle-Île-en-Mer with her new husband, Claude LeBlanc. “5172

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“ Claire Landry, widow of Claude Commaux and her children: Marguerite and Jean Commaux disembarked with the family of Alexis Commaux, son of Claire Landry, at St-Malo from England on May 23, 1763 from the ship, La Dorothee. She resided with her family in the following parishes:

St-Servan 1763 - 1772 “5474

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“ MARIE-JOSEPHE COMMAUX
. born about 1750
. daughter of Eustache COMMAUX and Madeleine RICHARD
. died April 17, 1769 at the age of 19 years
. buried April 18, 1769
. (St. Servan, I.-et-V.)

Marie-Josephe Commaux disembarked wit the family of Alexis Commaux at St. Malo from England on May 23, 1763 from the ship, La Dorothee. Until her death, she resided in the following parishes:

. St. Servan 1763-1769 “5482

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“ JOSEPH BOUDRAULT & MARGUERITE SAPIN

JOSEPH BOUDRAULT, minor son of deceased Michel and of deceased Claire Comault and MARGUERITE SAPIN, minor daughter of deceased Jean and of Cecile Gautro, both natives of Acadie, diocese of Quebec and residents of this parish, have married in this Church this twenty-seventh day of June after the three proclamations of their future marriage canonically made without opposition and considering the decrees of marriage of the two parties by authority of the jurisdiction of the Venerable Chapter of St. Malo under date of the eleventh of June 1763 and signed Grissaut, sworn clerk: the nuptial benediction was administered to them by me undersigned Cure of this parish in presence of Pierre Noel, uncle of the bride; Alexis Coumault, cousin of the groom; Francois Boudrault, cousin of the bride; Simon Pitre, cousin of the groom and others, of whom have signed:

/s/ Pierre Noel /s/ Joseph Boudrau

/s/ Francois Boudros /s/ Th: Morin, Cure

. ST. SERVAN
. 27 June 1763 “5483,5484

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“ PIERRE DUGAS & MARIE MAGDELEINE VINCENT

PIERRE DUGAS, major son of deceased Claude and of deceased Jeanne Bourg, widower of Isabelle Bourg, native of the parish of Saint Pierre in Acadie, diocese of Quebec and resident of Saint-Suliac in this diocese, and MARIE MAGDELEINE VINCENT, major daughter of deceased Pierre and of Marie Granjen, widow of Joseph Bro, native of the parish of L’Assumption in Acadie and resident of this parish, were married in the Chapel of Saint Pierre of this parish the ninth day of January 1764 after the three proclamations of their future marriage canonically made without opposition both in this parish and in that of Saint Suliac, considering a judgment of the Officiality of Saint Malo under date of the sixth of December 1763 which declares the said Marie Magdeleine Vincent widow of Joseph Bro: considering also a dispensation of affinity of third degree granted to the said Dugas and Vincent by My Lord, the Bishop of Saint Malo under date of the fifteenth day of December 1763 and signed Jean Joseph, Bishop of Saint Malo. The nuptial benediction was administered to them by me undersigned Cure of this parish in presence of Simon Vincent, brother of the bride; Germain Vincent, brother of the bride; Alexis Como, cousin of the groom; Jean Brau, cousin of the groom and others who have assured us the aforesaid residence and liberty of the parties, and of whom have signed:

/s/ Jean Breau /s/ F: M: Navet, Cure

. ST. SERVAN
. 9 January 1764 “5485,5476

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“ CLAUDE LEBLANT & DOROTHEE RICHARD

CLAUDE LEBLANT, major son of deceased Jean and of deceased Jeanne Bourgeois, native of the parish of Grand-Pre in Acadie, diocese of Quebec, widower of Marie Guedry, and resident of the parish of Sauzon on Belle-Île-en-Mer, diocese of Vannes, and DOROTHEE RICHARD, major daughter of deceased Francois and of deceased Marie Martin, widow of Alexis Commo, native of the parish of Port Royal in Acadie and resident of our parish, have married in this Church this twenty-first day of June 1768 after the three proclamations of their future marriage canonically made without opposition, both in this parish and in that of Sauzon, residence of the said Leblant: the nuptial benediction was administered to them by me undersigned Cure of this parish in presence of Pierre Robicho, Prudent Boudrau, cousins of the groom; Jean Baptiste Commo, brother-in-law of the bride; Jean Landry, cousin of the bride, and others who have assured us the aforesaid residence and liberty of the parties and of whom have signed:

/s/ Jean Commeaux /s/ F: M: Navet, Cure

/s/ Jean Landri

. ST. SERVAN
. 21 June 1768 “5162,5115

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“ JEAN BAPTISTE COMMEAU MARIE MADELEINE LANDRY

The twenty-first January 1783, after the publication of only one bann canonically made both in this parish and in that of Saint Similien, in virtue of the dispensation of the degree of consanguinity which exists between Jean Baptiste Commeau and Marie Madeleine Landry of third to third degree, the said dispensation granted by My Lord, the Bishop, dated seventeenth instant, signed by Reverend Chapteuil, vicar general, insinuated and verified and signed by Rouille, canon secretary and by Bascher; also in virtue of the dispensation of two other banns granted by My Lord, the Bishop, dated the twentieth January present year, signed by Reverend Chapteuil, vicar general, insinuated and verified and signed by Rouille, canon secretary and Urvoi, priest. Betrothed, I undersigned vicar, have given the nuptial benediction to JEAN BAPTISTE COMMEAU, born in England and residing in the parish of Saint Similien of this city, major son of deceased Alexis Commeau and Dorothée Richard; and MARIE MADELEINE LANDRY, born at Boulogne-en-Mer in the province of Picardie and resident of this parish, minor daughter of Jean Landry and deceased Blanche LeBlanc. The ceremony made in the presence of the father of the bride who did not sign as well as the bride; Simon Landry; Jean, Basil and Alexis Henry, cousins of the said groom, undersigned; Henry - surname.
“Madeleine” interlined approved

/s/ Simon Landri /s/ Jean Baptiste Como

/s/ Jn. Henry /s/ B. Henry

/s/ Alexes Henry /s/ Joseph Le Franc, priest, vicar

Saint Jacques of Nantes
January 21, 1783 “5466

None

Alexis Comeau
Alexis Commaux
Alexis Commo
Alexis Commeau
Alexis Como
Alexis Coumault

“ FRANÇOIS RICHARD (124), né vers 1686, fils de Jean Richard, marchand de vin de la ville d’Auray, en Bretagne, et d’Anne Christin, marié à Port-Royal, le 29 octobre 1710, à Anne Comeau, fille de Jean et de Françoise Hébert, et, en secondes noces, à Port-Royal,le 26 octobre 1722, à Marie Martin, fille de René et de Marie Meunier. Enfants issus du premier mariage: Joseph, 1712; François, 1714; Jean-Baptiste, 1716; Anne, 1718; Marie-Josephe, 1720. Enfants issus du second mariage: Madeleine, 1723; René, 1726; Dorothée, 1728.

124. Il est l’ancêtre de la seconde souche de Richard établie en Acadie. “

Translation:
“ FRANÇOIS RICHARD (124), born about 1686, son of Jean Richard, wine merchant from the village of Auray in Bretagne, and of Anne Christin, married at Port-Royal 29 October 1710 to Anne Comeau, daughter of Jean and of Françoise Hébert, and a second time at Port-Royal 26 October 1722 to Marie Martin, daughter of René and of Marie Meunier. Children issued from the first marriage: Joseph, 1712; François, 1714; Jean-Baptiste, 1716; Anne, 1718; Marie-Josephe, 1720. Children issued from the second marriage: Madeleine, 1723; René, 1726; Dorothée, 1728.

124. He is the ancestor of the second founder of Richard established in Acadia. “5468

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“ CLAUDE LEBLANC, 1723, fils de Jean et de Jeanne Bourgeois, marié à Cobequid, le 9 octobre 1748, à Marie-Josephe Longuespée, fille de Louis et d’Anne Brasseau; en deuxième noces, à Saint-Servan, de Saint-Malo, en février 1763, à Marie Guedry, fille de Pierre et de Marguerite Brasseau, de Port-Royal; et en troisièmes noces, à Saint-Malo, en 1768, à Dorothée Richard, fille de François et de Marie Martin, veuve d’Alexis Comeau. Enfants issus du premier mariage: Jean, 1752; Hélène, 1759; Joseph, 1760; Pierre, 1762. Il était à Cobequid en 1752, à Louisbourg en 1758, à Saint-Malo en 1759, à Belle-Île-en-Mer en 1765 et de nouveau à Saint-Malo en 1768. Il s’embarque sur La Bergère pour la Louisiane, avec sa famille, en 1785. “

Translation:
“ CLAUDE LEBLANC, 1723, son of Jean and of Jeanne Bourgeois, married at Cobequid, 9 October 1748, to Marie-Josephe Longuespée, daughter of Louis and of Anne Brasseau; a second time at Saint-Servan of Saint-Malo in February 1763 to Marie Guedry, daughter of Pierre and of Marguerite Brasseau of Port-Royal; and a third time at Saint-Malo in 1768 to Dorothée Richard, daughter of François and of Marie Martin, widow of Alexis Comeau. Children issued from first marriage: Jean, 1752; Hélène, 1759; Joseph, 1760; Pierre, 1762. He was at Cobequid in 1752, at Louisbourg in 1758, at Saint-Malo in 1759, at Belle-Île-en-Mer in 1765 and again at Saint-Malo in 1768. He embarked on the La Bergère for Louisiana with his family in 1785. “5156

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“ m - Charles-Benjamin Mius, dit d’Azy, naquit en 1728, vers la fin de mars ou au début d’avril, quant il fut “ondoyé à la maison du Sr Ponbomcour au cap sable par pierre Landry le père habitant dud. lieu”. Les cérémonies du baptême lui furent suppléées le 2 janvier 1730 à Port-Royal, lorsqui’il est dit âgé d’un an et 9 mois, son père étant décédé trois semaines plus tôt. Il épousa Marie-Josephte Guidry, fille d’Augustin et de Jeanne Hébert (7). En 1752, on trouve ce couple à l’île Saint-Jean, à la Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse, avec deux enfants, Marie-Josephte, âgée de 2 ans, et Nastay ou Anastasie, âgée d’un an. Il y avait en plus, avec eux, Marguerite Pélagie Brau, âgée de 6 ans, qui devait être une enfant adoptée. Au recensement pris en juillet et août 1753 à l’île Royale, on trouve au Bras-du-Sud de la baie des Espagnols, aujoud’hui Sydney, Benjamin Mieux, avec sa femme, un garçon et trois filles; il possède un boeuf, un cochon et une truie; il a douze toises en jardin, c’est-à-dire à peu près 76 pieds our 23 mètres (a).

Le 23 janvier 1759, débarquait à Saint-Servan Marie-Josephte Guidry, ayant perdu en mer toute sa famille, à savoir Charles-Benjamin Mius, son mari, sa fille Marie-Josephte, âgée de 10 ans, Anastasie, âgée de 8 ans, Jean-Baptiste, âgé de 6 ans, Véronique, âgée de 4 ans, et Firmin, âgé de 2 ans. Elle devait se marier de nouveau, le 18 février 1763, à Saint-Servan, à Claude LeBlanc, originaire de Grand-Pré, fils de Jean et de Jeanne Bourgeois, et veuf d’Anne-Josephte Longuépée, fille de Louis et d’Anne Brasseau, de Cobequid. Encore à Saint-Servan, le 21 juin 1768, Claude LeBlanc épousait en troisièmes noces Dorothée Richard, fille de François et de Marie Martin, et veuve d’Alexis Comeau, décédé à Saint-Servan le 12 avril 1767 à l’âge de 35 ans. Le 21 mai 1785, cette famille partait sur La Bergière pour la Louisiane.

(7) p. 1004
Placide Gaudet, dans ses généalogies acadiennes en dépôt à Ottawa, et Bona Arsenault, (op. cit., vol. II, p. 879), ont pensé que Marie-Josephte Guidry, épouse de Charles-Benjamin Mius (à Joseph I, dit d’Azy), était fille de Pierre et de Marguerite Brasseau. Cependant à son deuxième mariage, fait à Saint-Servan en 1763, elle est dite fille d’Augustin Guédry et d’Anne Lejeune. Malgré cela, nous pensons qu’il a erreur ici pour Augustin Guidry et Jeanne Hébert. Il y eut bien Anne Le Jeune, épouse de Claude Guidry, celui-ci se mariant en secondes noces à Saint-Servan en 1762 à Anne Moyse, veuve de Joseph LeBlanc, mais leurs filles étaient trop jeunes pour qu’aucune d’entre elles n’eût pu être l’épouse de Charles-Benjamin Mius. Augustin Guidry et Jeanne Hébert, qui étaient justement de Cobequid dans le temps à peu près que Charles-Benjamin s’est marié, avaient en effet une fille du nom de Marie-Josephte, jumelle d’Héléne, qui naquirent à Boston le 9 janvier 1723 et furent baptisées à Grand-Pré le 26 septembre suivant par le Père Félix Pain. C’est au même endroit également qu’était née quelqeus mois plus tôt, mais avant le 26 octobre, leur cousine Judith Guidry, fille de Paul Guidry et d’Anne Mius (a). Ces naissances eurent lieu à Boston au cours de la guerre dite de Lovewell, (Lovewell’s War), entre les gens de la Nouvelle-Angleterre et les Amérindiens, ceux de la Côte-de-l’Est compris, qui débuta à l’été de 1722 pour durer trois ans. Un certain nombre d’Amérindiens furent amenés à Boston en captivité, et avec eux sûrement des Acadiens, en particulier ceux que nous venons de mentionner.

Ajoutons que ce qui confirme que cette Marie-Josephte Guidry, fille de Augustin et de Jeanne Hébert, était bien l’épouse de Charles-Benjamin Mius, est qu’il y avait entre les deux un peu plus de cinq ans de différence d’âge. Or le recensement de 1752, qui fut pris au cours de la seconde moitié de l’année, leur donne une différence de six ans, l’épouse étant dite alors âgée de 30 ans, Jeanne Hébert ayant en effet donné naissance le 9 janvier 1723 à Maire-Josephte.

1004
(a) - Recensement de Plaisance, etc., aux Arch. des Colonies, Série G1, vol. 467, f. 558 de la copie des Arch. publ. du Canada.
(b) - Rieder-Rieder, The Acadians in France, Vol. III - Archives of the Port of Saint Servan, (Metairie, Louisiana, 1973), pp. 39 et 40.

1028
(a) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1906, vol. II, 1re Partie, p. 44 de l’éd. fr.; p. 45 de l’éd. ang. “

Translation:
“ m - Charles-Benjamin Mius, dit d’Azy, born in 1728 about the end of March or at the beginning of April, when he was “privately baptized at the house of Sr Ponbomcour at cap sable by pierre Landry le père inhabitant of said place”. The baptism ceremonies for him were supplied the 2nd of January 1730 at Port-Royal when he is called age of one year and 9 months, his father having died three weeks earlier. He married Marie-Josephte Guidry, daughter of Augustin and of Jeanne Hébert (7). In 1752 we find this couple at Ile Saint-Jean at Pointe-à-la-Jeunesse with two children, Marie-Josephte, age of 2 years, and Nastay or Anastasie, age of one year. There was there in addition, with them Marguerite Pélagie Brau, age of 6 years, who must have been an adopted child. In the census taken in July and August 1753 at Île Royale, we find at Bras-du-Sud on the Baie des Espagnols, today Sydney, Benjamin Mieux with his wife, a boy and three daughters; he has a cow, a pig and a sow; he has twelve fathoms in garden, that is to say, almost 76 feet or 23 meters (a).

The 23rd of January 1759 Marie-Josephte Guidry disembarked at Saint-Servan, having lost at sea all her family, namely, Charles-Benjamin Mius, her husband, her daughter Marie-Josephte, age of 10 years, Anastasie, age of 8 years, Jean-Baptiste, age of 6 years, Véronique, age of 4 years, and Firmin, age of 2 years. She was married again, the 18th of February 1763, at Saint-Servan, to Claude LeBlanc, originally from Grand-Pré, son of Jean and of Jeanne Bourgeois, and widower of Anne-Josephte Longuépée, daughter of Louis and of Anne Brasseau, of Cobequid. Again at Saint-Servan, the 21st of June 1768, Claude LeBlanc wed in a third marriage Dorothée Richard, daughter of François and of Marie Martin, and widow of Alexis Comeau, died at Saint-Servan the 12th of April 1767 at the age of 35 years. The 21st of May 1785 this family departed on La Bergière for Louisiana.

(7) p. 1004
Placide Gaudet in his Acadian genealogies deposited at Ottawa and Bona Arsenault (op. cit., vol. II, p. 879) have considered that Marie-Josephte Guidry, wife of Charles-Benjamin Mius (from Joseph I, dit d’Azy) was the daughter of Pierre and of Marguerite Brasseau. However in her second marriage, done at Saint-Servan in 1763, she is called daughter of Augustin Guédry and of Anne Lejeune. In spite of that, we think that there is an error here as regards Augustin Guidry and Jeanne Hébert. There was certainly Anne Le Jeune, wife of Claude Guidry, the latter marrying a second time at Saint-Servan in 1762 to Anne Moyse, widow of Joseph LeBlanc, but their daughters were too young in order that any of them could have been able to be the wife of Charles-Benjamin Mius. Augustin Guidry and Jeanne Hébert, who were precisely at Cobequid during the approximate time that Charles-Benjamin Mius is married, had in fact a daughter with the name of Marie-Josephte, twin of Hélène, who were born at Boston the 9th of January 1723 and were baptized at Grand-Pré the 26th of September following by Père Félix Pain. This is at the same place also that was born several months earlier, but before the 26th of October, their cousin Judith Guidry, daughter of Paul Guidry and of Anne Mius (a). There births took place at Boston during the war called Lovewell’s (Lovewell’s War) between the people of New England and the Indians, those from the East Coast included, which began in the summer of 1722 lasting three years. A certain number of Indians were brought to Boston in captivity and with them certainly some Acadians, in particular those that we happen to mention.

Let’s add that what confirms that this Marie-Josephte Guidry, daughter of Augustin and of Jeanne Hébert, was indeed the wife of Charles-Benjamin Mius, is that there was between the two a little more than five years difference in age. Now the census of 1752, which was taken during the second half of the year, ascribes to them a difference of six years, the wife being called then 30 years of age, Jeanne Hébert having in fact given birth the 9th of January 1723 to Marie-Josephte.

1004
(a) - Recensement de Plaisance, etc., at the Arch. des Colonies, Série G1, vol. 467, f. 558 of the copy from the Arch. publ. du Canada.
(b) - Rieder-Rieder, The Acadians in France, Vol. III - Archives of the Port of Saint Servan, (Metairie, Louisiana, 1973), pp. 39 and 40.

1028
(a) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1906, vol. II, 1st Part, p. 44 of the French ed.; p. 45 of the English ed. “4525

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“ Role of the Acadian families embarqued on the royal frigate La Dorothee. Captain Lavenant

. . .

34. Alexis Coumot
Dorothe Coumot
Jean Coumot
Claire Coumot
Marguerite Coumot
Joseph Coumot
Jean Coumot
Magdaleine Coumot
Mathurin Coumot

. . .

I acknowledge having received, by order of M. de la Rochette, aboard the royal corvette La Dorothee the Acadian families named in the proceeding role whom I promise to deliver at Saint Malo to M. Isarn Commissaire des Classes as soon as possible. On board La Dorothee May 17, 1763. Lavenant“5472

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“ On May 16, the 218 Acadians of Southampton sailed for Morlaix aboard the corvette l’Ambition. On May 26, the 160 from Bristol (then camping in Southampton) also departed for Morlaix on the frigate Dorothée. On the same day, the 158 Acadians of Falmouth left on the transport Fauvette but for St-Malo. And on June 8, commissioner Langton finally permitted the remaining 217 Acadians of Liverpool to break camp for St-Malo, but only upon payment of all their debts. These embarked on the transport l’Esturgeon.(23) In all 378 were sent to Morlaix and 375 to St-Malo. They all arrived, safe, but exhausted in their respective ports of Morlaix and St-Malo. The ministry immediately provided them with some temporary quarters in the barracks of each city but made no provisions for sanitation. The Acadians, worn out by the long road journey of many days, were oppressed to the breaking point by the intense heat and discomfort of the unhealthily overloaded transports.(24) They had hardly arrived when the scourge of their lives, smallpox, attacked them again, and again their number was decimated.(25)

(23) Colonies, Serie B, CXVII, ff. 41-43m 83, 89, 106, 107, 120, 157, 257, 278, 454, A. N.
(24) Mémoire et Documents, Angleterre, June, 1778, XLVII, f. 23, A. A. E.
(25) Mémoire et Documents, Angleterre, June, 1778, XLVII, f. 23, A. A. E. “5473

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“ Alexis Commaux, Dorothee Richard, his wife and Jean-Baptiste Commaux, their son disembarked at St-Malo from England on May 23, 1763 from the ship, La Dorothee. This family resided in the following parishes:

St-Servan 1763 - 1767

In 1768, Dorothee Richard, widow of Alexis Commaux is listed as being a resident of Belle-Île-en-Mer with her new husband, Claude LeBlanc. “5172

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“ Claire Landry, widow of Claude Commaux and her children: Marguerite and Jean Commaux disembarked with the family of Alexis Commaux, son of Claire Landry, at St-Malo from England on May 23, 1763 from the ship, La Dorothee. She resided with her family in the following parishes:

St-Servan 1763 - 1772 “5474

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“ CLAUDE LEBLANT & DOROTHEE RICHARD

CLAUDE LEBLANT, major son of deceased Jean and of deceased Jeanne Bourgeois, native of the parish of Grand-Pre in Acadie, diocese of Quebec, widower of Marie Guedry, and resident of the parish of Sauzon on Belle-Île-en-Mer, diocese of Vannes, and DOROTHEE RICHARD, major daughter of deceased Francois and of deceased Marie Martin, widow of Alexis Commo, native of the parish of Port Royal in Acadie and resident of our parish, have married in this Church this twenty-first day of June 1768 after the three proclamations of their future marriage canonically made without opposition, both in this parish and in that of Sauzon, residence of the said Leblant: the nuptial benediction was administered to them by me undersigned Cure of this parish in presence of Pierre Robicho, Prudent Boudrau, cousins of the groom; Jean Baptiste Commo, brother-in-law of the bride; Jean Landry, cousin of the bride, and others who have assured us the aforesaid residence and liberty of the parties and of whom have signed:

/s/ Jean Commeaux /s/ F: M: Navet, Cure

/s/ Jean Landri

. ST. SERVAN
. 21 June 1768 “5162,5115

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“ ROLL OF THE TRULY ACADIAN FAMILIES - SEPTEMBER 15, 1772

. . .

JEAN BAPTE. COUMEAU, son of Dorothee Richard, cousin of the preceding Jean, of St-Malo “5467

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“ JEAN BAPTISTE COMMEAU MARIE MADELEINE LANDRY

The twenty-first January 1783, after the publication of only one bann canonically made both in this parish and in that of Saint Similien, in virtue of the dispensation of the degree of consanguinity which exists between Jean Baptiste Commeau and Marie Madeleine Landry of third to third degree, the said dispensation granted by My Lord, the Bishop, dated seventeenth instant, signed by Reverend Chapteuil, vicar general, insinuated and verified and signed by Rouille, canon secretary and by Bascher; also in virtue of the dispensation of two other banns granted by My Lord, the Bishop, dated the twentieth January present year, signed by Reverend Chapteuil, vicar general, insinuated and verified and signed by Rouille, canon secretary and Urvoi, priest. Betrothed, I undersigned vicar, have given the nuptial benediction to JEAN BAPTISTE COMMEAU, born in England and residing in the parish of Saint Similien of this city, major son of deceased Alexis Commeau and Dorothée Richard; and MARIE MADELEINE LANDRY, born at Boulogne-en-Mer in the province of Picardie and resident of this parish, minor daughter of Jean Landry and deceased Blanche LeBlanc. The ceremony made in the presence of the father of the bride who did not sign as well as the bride; Simon Landry; Jean, Basil and Alexis Henry, cousins of the said groom, undersigned; Henry - surname.
“Madeleine” interlined approved

/s/ Simon Landri /s/ Jean Baptiste Como

/s/ Jn. Henry /s/ B. Henry

/s/ Alexes Henry /s/ Joseph Le Franc, priest, vicar

Saint Jacques of Nantes
January 21, 1783 “5466

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At the baptism of Jean-Baptiste Comeau, son of Jean-Baptiste Comeau and Marie-Madeleine Landry, on 8 December 1783 in Nantes at St. Similien the godparents were Claude LeBlanc, grandfather, who could not sign his name, and Dorothée Richard, wife of LeBlanc and grandmother, who could not sign her name.5173

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“ ACADIANS IN FRANCE September, 1784

Copy of the list of the Acadian families who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of his Catholic Majesty.*

. . . .

Claude LeBlanc (head of family), Dorothé Richard (wife), no sons or daughters, 2 in total family

. . . .

* This document is found in Archivo General De Indias, audiencia De Santa Domingo (A.D.S.), Legajo 2575. Two separate lists of the Acadians and allied families who left France in 1785 to come to Louisiana, have already been published.
The first publication documented with Spanish archival material is Oscar William Winzerling, Acadian Odyssey (Baton Rouge, 1955), pp. 199-206. The second publication, relying entirely on French archival documents is Milton P. Rieder Sr. and Norma Gaudet Rieder, editiors, The Crew and Passenger Registration Lists of the Seven Acadian Expeditions of 1785, (Metairie, La. 1965).
The roll of the Acadian families appearing in the present compilation is documented by a third source. It is felt that it provides a valuable addition to the already published lists and corroborates that information. “5138,5143

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“ LA BERGERE

Departed France May 12, 1785
Arrived Louisiana August 15, 1785

. . . .

List of the Acadian passengers named to embark on the ship, La Bergere, going to New Orleans in Louisiana

. . . .

(15) CLAUDE LEBLANC, 62, ploughman
Dorothee Richard, 50, wife
Claire Landry, 75, belle-mere of the wife “5151

(Note: ‘Belle-mere’ is translated as ‘mother-in-law’.)

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“ Liste des passagers acadiens nommés pour l’embarges dans le Navire la Bergere attant a la Nouvelle Orleans dans la Louisiane

. . . .

15e
Claude LeBlanc ............Laboureur 62
3. Dorothée Richard sa femme ........ 50
Claire Landry belle mere à la femme .... 75 “

Translation:
“ List of Acadian passengers named in order to embark from the Ship la Bergere going to New Orleans in Louisiana

. . . .

15th
Claude LeBlanc ............ Ploughman 62
3. Dorothée Richard his wife ........... 50
Claire Landry mother-in-law of his wife .... 75 “5153

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“ 286 - LEBLANC Claude

. . . .

N.B.: Claude LEBLANC et sa 3ème femme sont partis de Nantes sur la Bergère (no 15), le 14 Mai 1785. A séjourné en Bretagne (La Gouesnière, St-Mélior des Ondes, St-Servan) de 1759 à 1773 et à Belle-Île-en-Mer (famille no 23).

N.B.: Claude LEBLANC and his 3rd wife left Nantes on le Bergère (no 15) on 14 May 1785. Had been living in Brittany (La Gouesnière, St. Mélior-des-Ondes, St-Servan) from 1759 to 1773 and in Belle-Île-en-Mer (family no. 23). “5174

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Dorothée Richard
Dorothee Richard
Dorothé Richard
Dorothe Coumot