“ PORT-ROYAL

. . . .

PAUL GUEDRY dit GRIVOIS (1), né en 1701, fils de Claude et de Marguerite Petitpas, marié, vers 1720, à Anne Mius d’Entremont. Enfants: Jacques, 1724; Jean, 1730; Marguerite, 1732; Thomas, 1733; Pierre, 1741; Paul, 1742; Jean, dit P’tit Jean, 1743; Françoise, 1750.

(1) Il portait le nom de Grivois dans les registres de Port-Lajoie, en 1749, ce nom est aussi devenu Grivas. “

Translation:
“ PORT-ROYAL

. . . .

PAUL GUEDRY dit GRIVOIS (1), born in 1701, son of Claude and of Marguerite Petitpas, married about 1720 to Anne Mius d’Entremont. Children: Jacques, 1724; Jean, 1730; Marguerite, 1732; Thomas, 1733; Pierre, 1741; Paul, 1742; Jean, dit P’tit Jean, 1743; Françoise, 1750.

(1) He carried the name of Grivois in the registers of Port-Lajoie in 1749, this name also has become Grivas. “4788

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“ PORT-ROYAL

. . . .

PAUL GUEDRY dit GRIVOIS (54), 1701, fils de Claude et de Marguerite Petitpas, marié, vers 1720, à Anne Mius d’Azit, de Pobomcoup, sans doute la fille de Philippe, fils, et de Marie, une sauvagesse qu’il avait épousée. Enfants: Judith, 1721; Jacques, 1724; Jean, 1730; Marguerite, 1732; Thomas, 1733; Paul, 1742; Petit-Jean, 1743; François, 1749. Il a aussi demeuré à Mirliguoèche, sur les côtes de l’Est. Il était à la baie des Espagnols, au Cap-Breton, en 1752.

(54) Certains de ses descendants portent les noms de Grivois et de Grivas. “

Translation:
“ PORT-ROYAL

. . . .

PAUL GUEDRY dit GRIVOIS (54), 1701, son of Claude and of Marguerite Petitpas, married about 1720 to Anne Mius d’Azit of Pobomcoup, without doubt the daughter of Philippe, fils and of Marie, a Savage whom he had wed. Children: Judith, 1721; Jacques, 1724; Jean, 1730; Marguerite, 1732; Thomas, 1733; Paul, 1742; Petit-Jean, 1743; François, 1749. He also lived at Mirliguoèche on the East Coast. He was at the Bay des Espagnols at Cap-Breton in 1752.

(54) Certain of his descendants carry the names of Grivois and of Grivas. “4766

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“ E5 Joseph Guidry (28) b. 1735 m. 1767 Elizabeth (Isabelle) Madelaine Comeau. (b. 1737 d. 1821) d. 1815 at St. James Parish, LA. Joseph is believed to be the first Guidry to settle in Louisiana; arrived around 1765 at the first Acadian Coast (St. James Parish) and believed to be part of group led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil who ventured to Santo Domingo (Haiti) before coming to LA. In 1766, a Joseph Guidry, age 32, is reported to have belonged to the militia of St. James, LA and was a participant of the Revolutionary War. A list of Militia of St. James in 1770 lists Joseph age 37 and married and living on the left (descending) bank of the Mississippi River. Joseph and Elizabeth were still living in the census of 1810 at St. James Parish. I believe that this was that Joseph. He died in 1815 at 85 years old.

1. Donat b. 1769
2. Joseph b. 1770
3. Alexandre b. 1773
4. Felicite b. 1774
5. Eulalie Judith b. 1776
6. Pierre b. 1779
7. Alexandre ???
8. Jean Baptiste b. 1780 ?? m. 1807 Marguerite Comeau
9. Francois b. 1783 “5618

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“ 9 - Anne Mius.
Anne Mius naquit en 1705, même si le recensement de 1752 la ferait naître en 1709. Elle épousa Paul Guidry, dit Gravois, né en janvier 1701; par erreur le recensement de 1708 le fait naître en 1702 et celui de 1752 en 1705. Il fut baptisé par le Père Félix Pain le 8 septembre 1705. Il était le frère de Jean-Baptiste, époux de Madeleine Mius, qui devait être pendu à Boston en 1726. Cette famille fera sa résidence à Merliguesh, comme celle de Jean-Baptiste, son frère. Les Guidry étant dit parfois Labrador, nous nous demandons si ce qui est indiqué comme la ferme de Labrador, (Labrador’s Farm), propriété de Paul Labrador, que l’on trouve sur une carte de Merliguesh de 1753, ne se rapporterait pas à notre Paul Guidry. Aussi ce qui est donné ailleurs comme la maison de Labrador, (Labrador’s House), devait nécessairement étre la maison qui se trouvait sur cette ferme (a). Nous parlerons davantage des Labrador au chapitre 35ième.

Ce fut leur fille Judique qui naquit à Boston en 1722 (b), comme nous avons déjà dit. Agée de 16 ans, demeurent à “Merligues à la coste de l’Est”, cette Judique Guidry épousera le 12 novembre 1737, à Grand-Pré, Jean Cousin, âgé d’environ 21 ans, capitaine de navire marchand et pilote pour le roi à Louisbourg, fils de feu Guy Cousin et de Charlotte M., de l’évêché de Dol, en Bretagne. Le recensement de 1752 le dit natif de Saint-Malo. Notons que Bona Arsenault a tort de placer cette famille à Pobomcoup et de dire que le mariage eut lieu à Port-Royal (c). Une fille de ce couple, du nom de Madeleine, était à Cherbourg en 1767, non mariée, dite “de Louisbourg, fille de Jean ... et de Judith Guédry qui étoit fille d’un Anne Dantremont, parente des Cydessus” d’Entremont réfugiés à Cherbourg (d). On remarquera qu’elle se dit de Louisbourg, quoiqu’au recensement de 1752 la famille de Jean Cousin fût à la baie des Espagnols, aujourd’hui le havre de Sydney.

Marguerite, une autre fille de Paul Guidry et d’Anne Mius, née en 1732, épousa à la baie des Espagnols le 11 février 1754

le Sr Jules César Félix de la Noue, fils de feu haut et puissant Seigneur Messire Toussaint Marie de la Noüe, Chevalier au Parlement de Bretagne, et de dame Marie Madeleine Prassac, natif de la paroisse de Quaissais, évêché de St. Brieux, [quand] Damoiselle Marguerite Guédry, fille de Paul Guédry et de noble dame Anne D’Entremont, natifs de la paroisse Ste Croix en la Cadie, [est dite avoir eu pour mère] une fille d’une Sauvagesse concubine de Mius D’Entremont, Acadien.

C’est pour cette dernière raison que M. d’Ailleboust, commandant de l’île Royale, avait non seulement refusé au sieur de La Noüe la permission de contracter ce mariage, mais lui avait même défendu de retourner à la baie des Espagnols. Le sieur de La Noüe présenta alors sa démission au commandant, qui ne voulut pas l’accepter. Mais le Père Hyacinthe Lefèvre, Récollet, du Port-Dauphin, fit le mariage malgré la défense de l’autorité civile, qui pour cela le déclara “clandestin, scandaleux et abusif et annulé” (a). M. d’Ailleboust fit mettre le sieur Bogard de La Noüe en prison et ensuite le fit passer en France. Le ministre d’autre part suggéra que le missionnaire qui avait fait le marriage soit également renvoyé en France, ce qui arriva en cette même année 1754, apprenons-nous de M. Joubert, capitaine aux troupes de la Marine, qui, dans une lettre du 15 septembre 1754, disait à M. de Surlaville:

Le chevalier La Noüe est passé par order de la Cour, en France, ainsi que le moine.

Le ministre suggérait en plus que la fille et la famille de Paul Grivois soient envoyées au Canada. Ecrivant le premier juillet 1754 à MM. de Drucour et Prévost, il dit:

Rien de plus irrégulier et de plus dangereuse conséquence que le mariage du Sr Bogard de la Noue. M. D’Aillebout a bien fait de le faire arrêter, et le roi approuvera qu’il soit renvoyé en France. Pourront envoyer au Canada la fille et la famille de Paul Grivois. Il est à désirer que le missionnaire qui s’est prête à la célébration de ce mariage puisse être renvoyé en France, et il convient que la justice s’explique sur la nullité d’un mariage si contraire à toutes les règles (a).

Déjà sous-lieutentant de grenadiers dans Bresse en 1743, enseigne de la Lieutenance-Colonelle dudit régiment en 1744, lieutenant au même corps en 1745, enseigne en second à l’île Royale en 1750, son mariage de février 1754 n’empêcha pas le chevalier de La Noüe d’être fait enseigne en pied le premier avril suivant. Après être passé en France, il dut revenir à l’île Royale, car le 20 février 1758 on trouve:

Ordre pour faire servir le Sr Bogard de la Noüe, enseigne à l’île Royale, en qualité de lieutenant à la Louisiane (b).

Dans une liste de lieutenants en pied de l’île Royale, allant de 1747 à 1763, on trouve le Chev. de La Noüe Bogard retiré (c). Quant à sa légitime épouse, nous ne savons pas ce qu’elle devint; nous ne savons même pas si elle put vivre avec son mari, malgré les protestations de l’autorité civile.

Quant à ses parents, ils avaient fait baptiser un enfant à Port-Lajoie le 19 novembre 1749. Au recensement de la baie des Espagnols, île Royale, en 1752, il est dit qu’ils y étaient depuis le mois d’août 1750. Ils ont alors avec eux cinq garçons et une fille (d). Durent-ils s’exiler au Canada après le mariage de leur fille? Nous n’avons rien trouvé à leur sujet après ce mariage.

1016
(a) - Winthrop Bell, The “Foreign Protestants” and the Settlement of Nova Scotia, (University of Toronto Press, 1961), p. 431.
- Collection Northcliffe, p. 24 de l’éd. fr.; p. 22 de l’éd. ang.
(b) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. II, 1re Partie, p. 44 de l’éd. fr.; p. 45 de l’éd. ang.
(c) - Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens, (Le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique, Québec, Canada, 1965), vol. II, p. 876.
(d) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. II, 3ième Partie, p. 202 de l’éd. fr.; p. 144 de l’éd. ang.

1017
(a) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. I, VIe Partie, pp. 492-3.
(b) - Rameau de Saint-Père, Une Colonie Féodale en Amérique. L’Acadie. (1604-1881), (Paris, Librairie Plon, imprimeurs-éditeurs. - Montréal, Granger Frères, libraires-éditeurs. - 1889), vol. II, p. 376, en transcrivant cet extrait des registres du Greffe du Conseil supérieur de Louisbourg, a fait un certain nombre d’erreurs, ce qu’a copié Gaston du Boscq de Beaumont, dans Les Derniers Jours de l’Acadie, 1748-1758, p. 113, en note.

1018
(a) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. I, VIe Partie, p. 195.
(b) - Gaston du Boscq de Beaumont, Les Derniers Jours de l’Acadie, 1748-1758, pp. 111-113.
- Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. I, VIe Partie, p. 505.
(c) - J. S. McLennan, Louisbourg, (1918), p. 343.
(d) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. I, 1ière Partie, p. 45 de l’éd. fr.; p. 46 de l’éd. ang. “

Translation:
“ 9 - Anne Mius.
Anne Mius was born in 1705, even if the census of 1752 would make her born in 1709. She wed Paul Guidry, dit Grivois, born in January 1701; in error the census of 1708 makes him born in 1702 and that of 1752 in 1705. He was baptized by Père Félix Pain the 8th of September 1705. He was the brother of Jean-Baptiste, husband of Madeleine Mius, who had to be hung at Boston in 1726. This family will makes its residence at Merliguesh, as that of Jean-Baptiste, his brother. The Guidry were sometimes called Labrador, we ask ourselves if that which is shown as the farm of Labrador (Labrador’s Farm), property of Paul Labrador, that we find on a map of Merliguesh from 1753, did not refer to our Paul Guidry. Also that which is given elsewhere as the house of Labrador (Labrador’s House) must necessarily be the house which is on that farm (a). We talk more about Labrador in the 35th chapter.

It was their daughter Judique who was born at Boston in 1722 (b) as we have already said. Sixteen years of age, living at “Merligues on the East Coast”, this Judique Guidry married the 12th of November 1737 at Grand-Pré Jean Cousin, about 21 years old, captain of a merchant-ship and pilot for the king at Louisbourg, son of the deceased Guy Cousin and of Charlotte M., of the bishopric of Dol in Bretagne. The census of 1752 called him native of Saint-Malo. Notice that Bona Arsenault is wrong to place this family at Pobomcoup and to say that the marriage took place at Port-Royal (c). A daughter of this couple with the name of Madeleine was at Cherbourg in 1767, unmarried, called “from Louisbourg, daughter of Jean ... and of Judith Guidry who was daughter of an Anne Dantremont, relative of the Above” d’Entremont refugees at Cherbourg (d). We noted that she called herself from Louisbourg, although in the census of 1752 the family of Jean Cousin was at the Baie des Espagnols, today the port of Sydney.

Marguerite, another daughter of Paul Guidry and of Anne Mius, born in 1732, wed at Baie des Espagnols the 11th of February 1754

Sr Jules César Félix de la Noue, son of the late and important and powerful Seigneur Messire Toussaint Marie de la Noüe, Chevalier at the Parliament of Bretagne, and of dame Marie Madeleine Prassac, native of the parish of Quaissais, bishopric of St. Brieux, (while) Damoiselle Marguerite Guédry, daughter of Paul Guédry and of noble lady Anne D’Entremont, natives of the parish of Ste Croix in la Cadie, (is said to have had for a mother) a daughter of a Savage concubine of Mius D’Entremont, Acadian.

It is said for that last reason M. d’Ailleboust, commandant of Île Royale, had not only refused to Sieur de La Noüe permission to contract that marriage, but had even forbidden him to return to Baie des Espagnols. Sieur de La Noüe offered then his resignation to the commandant, who did not want to accept it. But Père Hyacinthe Lefèvre, Récollet, of Port-Dauphin, married them in spite of the resistance of the civil authority, which for that declared it “underhanded, scandalous and improper and annulled” (a). M. d’Ailleboust put Sieur Bogard de La Noüe in prison and afterward made him go to France. The minister of another place suggested that the missionary who had married them be also returned to France where he arrived in the same year 1754, we learn from M. Joubert, captain of the troops of the Navy, who, in a letter of 15 September 1754, said to M. de Surlaville:

The Chevalier La Noüe is taken by order of the Court to France at the same time as the friar.

The minister suggested in addition that the daughter and family of Paul Grivois be sent to Canada. Writing the first of July 1754 to MM. de Drucour and Prévost, he says:

Nothing more irregular and of more dangerous consequence than the marriage of Sr Bogard de la Noue. M. D’Aillebout has rightly stopped the thing and the king approved that he be returned to France. Should send to Canada the daughter and the family of Paul Grivois. He desires that the missionary who has lent himself to the celebration of that marriage be returned to France and he agrees that justice is cleared up about the nullity of a marriage if contrary to all the laws (a).

Already sub-lieutenant of the grenadiers in Bresse in 1743, ensign of the Lieutenant Colonel of the said regiment in 1744, lieutenant of the same corps in 1745, second ensign at Île Royale in 1750, his marriage of February 1754 prevented the Chevalier de La Noüe from being made ensign on foot the first of April following. After being sent to France, he had to return to Île Royale because the 20th of February 1758 we find:

Order served Sr Bogard de la Noüe, ensign at Île Royale, in rank of lieutenant at Louisiana (b).

In a list of lieutenants on foot at Île Royale going from 1747 to 1763 we find the Chev. de La Noüe Bogard retired (c). As for his legitimate wife, we do not know what became of her; we do not even know if she was able to live with her husband in spite of the protests of the civil authority.

As for her parents, they had a child baptized at Port-Lajoie the 19th of November 1749. In the census of Baie des Espagnols, Île Royale in 1752, it is said that they were there since the month of August 1750. They have at that time with them five boys and one girl (d). Did they have to exile themselves to Canada after the marriage of their daughter? We have found nothing on their account after that marriage.

1016
(a) - Winthrop Bell, The “Foreign Protestants” and the Settlement of Nova Scotia, (University of Toronto Press, 1961), p. 431.
- Collection Northcliffe, p. 24 of the Fr. ed.; p. 22 of the Eng. ed.
(b) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. II, 1st Part, p. 44 of the Fr. ed.; p. 45 of the Eng. ed.
(c) - Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens, (Le Conseil de la Vie française en Amérique, Québec, Canada, 1965), vol. II, p. 876.
(d) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. II, 3rd Part, p. 202 of the Fr. ed.; p. 144 of the Eng. ed.

1017
(a) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. I, 6th Part, pp. 492-3.
(b) - Rameau de Saint-Père, Une Colonie Féodale en Amérique. L’Acadie. (1604-1881), (Paris, Librairie Plon, imprimeurs-éditeurs. - Montréal, Granger Frères, libraires-éditeurs. - 1889), vol. II, p. 376, in transcribing that extract from the registers of the Clerk’s Officer of the Superior Council of Louisbourg, has made a certain number of errors which Gaston du Boscq de Beaumont has copied in Les Derniers Jours de l’Acadie, 1748-1758, p. 113, in note.

1018
(a) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. I, 6th Part, p. 195.
(b) - Gaston du Boscq de Beaumont, Les Derniers Jours de l’Acadie, 1748-1758, pp. 111-113.
- Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. I, 6th Part, p. 505.
(c) - J. S. McLennan, Louisbourg, (1918), p. 343.
(d) - Rapport concernant les Arch. Can. pour l’année 1905, vol. I, 1st Part, p. 45 of the Fr. ed.; p. 46 of the Eng. ed. “4702

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“ TOUR OF INSPECTION MADE BY THE SIEUR DE LA ROQUE. CENSUS. 1752.

CENSUS OF THE SETTLERS IN THE BAYE DES ESPAGNOLS.

. . . .

Paul Guedry, ploughman, native of la Cadie, aged 45 years. Married to Anne Mus, native of la Cadie, aged 43 years. They will have been in the Baye des Espagnols two years at the commencement of August, and have been given rations for that time.
They have five sons and one daughter: --
Jean aged 22 years;
Thomas, aged 19 years;
Paul, aged 10 years;
Petitjan, aged 9 years;
François, aged 2 years;
Margueritte, aged 20 years;
The dwelling in which they are settled was given them by Messieurs Desherbiers and Prevost. They have cleared land of about two arpents in extent, where they have grown cabbage, turnips and beans in abundance. In addition, they have a good deal of fallow land where they will sow seed this year. “4800

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“ - NOTE INFORMATIVE -

La tournée d’inspection La Roque, en 1752, a fait l’inventaire suivant en ce qui concerne les familles Guildry demeurant alors sur l’Isle Saint-Jean: en voici l’énumération:
Pte-à-la-Jeunesse: Charles Guédry + Magdeleine Hébert: deux enfants .........................
Baie-aux-Espagnols: Paul Guédry + Anne Mius d’Entremont: six enfants .........................
Ibidem: Joseph Guédry + Marie-Josephte Benoit: trois enfants .......................................
Rivière-de-Miré: Joseph Guédry: célibataire, âgé de 20 ans .............................................
Anse-au-Matelot: Claude Guédry + Anne Terriot: trois enfants .......................................
Bédec: Jacques Guédry dit Griovye + Brigitte Le Jeune: trois enfants .............................
N.B. - Vous aurez sans doute remarqué qu’a l’encontre de nos Acadiens de Saint-Jacques de l’Achigan, les Guildry-Labine, ils se nomment Guédry.

Translation:
“ - INFORMATIONAL NOTES -

The journey of the La Roque survey in 1752 has made the following inventory with regard to the Guildry families living at that time on Ile Saint-Jean: here is the enumeration:
Pte-à-la-Jeunesse: Charles Guédry + Magdeleine Hébert: two children ...................................
Baie-aux-Espagnols: Paul Guédry + Anne Mius d’Entremont: six children ................................
Same: Joseph Guédry + Marie-Josephte Benoit: three children ...............................................
Rivière-de-Miré: Joseph Guédry: single, age of 20 years .........................................................
Anse-au-Matelot: Claude Guédry + Anne Terriot: three children .............................................
Bédec: Jacques Guédry dit Grivoye + Brigitte Le Jeune: three children ...................................
N.B. - You will have with doubt observed that contrary to our Acadians of Saint-Jacques de l’Achigan, the Guildry-Labine, these are called Guédry. “4829

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“ Recensement Général des habitans des Ports et havres de l’Isle Royale . . . fait en Juillet et Aoust 1753.

. . . .

Bras du Ouest

. . . .

Paul Grivois Hommes 1; Femmes 1; Garçons 5; Filles 1; Boeufs 2; Vaches 2; Veaux 2; Cochons 4; Truyes 4; Arpts de terre defrichée 3; Toises 269. “

Translation:
“ General Census of the inhabitants of the ports and harbors of Île Royale . . . made in July and August 1753.

. . . .

Bras de Ouest

. . . .

Paul Grivois Men 1; Women 1; Boys 5; Girls 1; Oxen 2; Cows 2; Calves 2; Pigs 4; Sows 4; Arpents of cleared land 3; Fathoms 269. “4822

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“ CENSUS OF THE MILITIAS AND OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE COLONY OF LOUISIANA IN THE YEAR 1766

. . . .

DISTRICT OF THE POINTE

Census and list of the Militiamen and Acadian householders recently established at the Atakapas according to the survey of April 25, 1766.

. . . .

Joseph Guidry 0 Women, 0 Teenage Boys, 0 Men, 0 Boys, 0 Girls, 0 Slaves “5606,5608

Note: District of the Pointe was in the vicinity of present-day Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, LA.

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“ THE EARLIEST SETTLERS IN AND AROUND LA POINTE, NOW BREAUX BRIDGE

According to the census of 1766, on April 25 of that year, seventeen militiamen and householders, headed by Reynard Trahan, were settled at “Bayou Tortue”; fourteen militiamen, headed by Olivier Thibodeau, were settled at “La Manque”; and sixteen militiamen, headed by Jean-Baptiste Broussard, were settled at “La Pointe.” The other fifteen at La Pointe were Mathurin, Simon, Theodore and Silvestre Broussard; Magdalene, Paul, Baptiste and Charles Thibodeau; Joseph Pepin Hebert; Charles Babineau; Jean Trahan; Joseph Guidry; Michel Bernard; Jean Boudreau and Charles Guilbeau. Apparently Olivier Thibodeau and Jean-Baptiste Broussard came to the Attakapas pursuant to a contract which they and six other Acadian heads of families executed at New Orleans on April 4, 1765, with Captain Bernard Dauterive for the purpose of raising cattle in partnership, the initial herd to be supplied by Dauterive. These six others were Joseph Broussard and his son Victor, Alexandre Broussard (father of Jean-Baptiste), Jean Dugas, Joseph Guilbeau, and Pierre Arceneau. “5609

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“ BREAUX BRIDGE C15

The city of Breaux Bridge was first called “La Pointe.” According to the census of 1766, on April 25 of that year, seventeen militiamen and householders, headed by Reynard Trahan, were settled at “Bayou Tortue”; fourteen militiamen, headed by Olivier Thibodeau, were settled at “La Manque”; and sixteen militiamen, headed by Jean-Baptiste Broussard, were settled at “La Pointe.” The other fifteen at La Pointe were Mathurin, Simon, Theodore and Silvestre Broussard; Magdalene, Paul, Baptiste and Charles Thibodeau; Joseph Pepin Hebert; Charles Babineau; Jean Trahan; Joseph Guidry; Michel Bernard; Jean Boudreau and Charles Guilbeau. “5604

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“ GUIDRY (GUEDRY)

. . . .

Guidrys were among the earliest Acadian refugees to come to Louisiana, one Joseph Guedry probably being among the group that arrived in early 1765, led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil. (2) Going first to the Attakapas, Joseph Guédry finally settled along the Mississippi in Ascension Parish, where he married (1769) Elizabeth Comeau, (3) beginning a long line of descendants, most of whom obtained small farms on the east bank of the river in St. James Parish. (4)

(2) Voorhies, Jacqueline K. 1973. Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colonly, 1758-1796. Lafayette, La.: USL Center for Louisiana Studies, 124 (1766 Census of Attakapas).
(3) Voorhies, Jacqueline K. 1973. Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colonly, 1758-1796. Lafayette, La.: USL Center for Louisiana Studies, 424.
(4) Diocese of Baton Rouge. 1978-84. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records. 5 vols. Baton Rouge: Catholic Church of Baton Rouge, vols. 2-4.
ASP. American State Papers: VIII. Public Lands. vols. 2-4, 1834; vols 5-7, 1860; vol. 8, 1861. 2:275 “4578

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“ LIST OF THE ACADIANS MARRIED SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KABAHANNOSSE (CABAHANNOCER)

. . . .

Joseph Guedry Elizabeth Commeaux May 19, 1767 “5642,5634,5643

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“ MILITIA OF THE FIRST ACADIAN COAST January 23, 1770

. . . .

LEFT BANK
FROM SIEUR DUPART’S TO GERMAIN BERGERON’S

. . . .

Joseph Guedry 37 Acadian Married “597,5621

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“ Acadianos. Listas de las Comps de Milicias.

. . . .

Année 1770

Acadienes. Premiere Compagnie.

Rollo des hommes en Etat de Servir dans La premiere Compagnie des Milices de la Cotte des Acadiens, que Commence La rive Gauche Sur La Vacherie du Sieur Dupart, et finit chez Germain Bergeron, Comprennant cinc Lieues un quart, et a la rive Droite chez Le Nommé Piroteau, jadis appartenante a Pierre Charpentier, et finit sur une Terre en frietre du Sieur Ducroix, Comprennant la meme distance de cinq Lieues un quart, dont le point Centric ou d’Union doit etre a la Rive Droite, chez Le Sieur Verret. Viz aviz de Joseph martin, distant de L’Extremité d’Enbas de Trois Lieues, et de celle d’entrant deux Lieues un quart.

Noms des pesonnes

Rive Droite.

Officiers.

dn. Nicolas Verret Capitaine.

. . . .

Fusillier. Age (annees), Patrie, Etat, Metier, Distance du Centre d’Vnien (Ligues)

. . . .

Rive Gauche

. . . .

Joseph Guidry, 37, Accadie, Ydem.

. . . .

A la Cotte des Accadiens le 23 Janvier 1770. “

Note: The term ‘Ydem’ above stands for ‘Marie, no distance given’.

Translation:
“ Acadians. Roll of the Militia Companies

. . . .

Year 1770

Acadians. First Company.

Roster of men in State of Service in The First Company of Militia of the Acadian Coast, that
Begins on The Left bank On The Vacherie of Sieur Dupart, and ends at the home of Germain Bergeron, Encompassing five and one quarter Leagues, and on the Right bank at the home of The Mentioned Pirouteau, formerly belonging to Pierre Charpentier, and ends on cleared Land belonging to Sieur Ducroix, Encompassing the same distance of five and one quarter Leagues, of which the Central point or meeting place should be on the Right Bank, at the home of Sieur Verret, opposite Joseph martin, distance from its Fartherest point Below of Three Leagues, and “at the entrance” two and one quarter Leagues.

Names of the persons

Right Bank.

Officers.

dn. Nicolas Verret Captain

. . . .

Fusiliers. Age (years), Native Land, Condition, Profession, Distance from the Centre d’Vnion (Leagues)

. . . .

Left Bank

. . . .

Joseph Guidry, 37, Acadia, Same

. . . .

At the Acadian Coast 23 January 1770. “597,5644,5619

Note: The term ‘Ydem’ above stands for ‘Marie, no distance given’ (i.e., married, no distance given).

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“ MILITIA AT WHAT IS NOW ST. JAMES JULY 1770

. . . .

Joseph Guedry, 32 Acadian “5614

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“ Année 1770

Accadiens. (1)

Premiere Compagnie.

Rollo des hommes en Etat de Servise dans la premiere compagnie des milices de la Coste des accadiens qui commencent a la rive Gauche sur la vacherie du Sieur dupart, et finit par en haut sur le village des pacanas, et á la rive droitte sur l’habitation du nomme pivoteau Jadis appartenant a pierre Charpentier, et finit par en haur chez el commé Bazille prejeun, dont le point Centric ou d’union doit etre á la Rive droitte chez le Sieur verret viz á viz de joseph martin.

Noms des pesonnes Age, Patrie, Etat

Officiers

Don Nicolas verret Capitaine.

. . . .

Soldats

. . . .

joseph Guidry, 32, accadie, mariee

. . . .

Acadianos.

. . . .

(1) There is nothing to indicate what htis list really is: draft, memorandum, or what: no signatures. “


Translation:
“ Year 1770

Acadians. (1)

First Company.

Roster of men in State of Service in the first company of militia of the acadian Coast which
begins on the Left bank on the vacherie of Sieur dupart and ends above on the village of the pecans, and on the right bank on the residence of the mentioned pivoteau Formerly belonging to pierre Charentier, and ends above at the home of the of mentioned Bazille prejeun, of which the point Centric or of the union must be on the right bank at the home of Sieur verret, opposite joseph martin.

Names of the persons Age, Native Land, Condition

Officers.

Don Nicolas verret Captain

. . . .

Soldiers

. . . .

Joseph Guidry, 32, Acadia, married

. . . .

(1) There is nothing to indicate what this list really is: draft, memorandum, or what: no signatures. “597,5645

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“ 1777. JOSEPH GUIDRY, 42 ans, marié en 1767 à Elizabeth Comeaux, 36 ans. Il demeure sur la rive est du Mississipi. Enfants: Donat, 8; Joseph, 7; Alexandre, 5; Félicité, 3; Judith, 1 an. “

Translation:
“ 1777. JOSEPH GUIDRY, 42 years, married in 1767 to Elizabeth Comeaux, 36 years. He lived on the east side of the Mississippi River. Children: Donat, 8; Joseph, 7; Alexandre, 5; Félicité, 3; Judith, 1 year. “5626

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“ CENSUS OF ACADIAN COAST - 1777

January 1, 1777 . . . General Census of the inhabitants who are established in the environs of the Parish of St. James at Cabahannocer on both sides of the river . . . .

. . . .

LEFT BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

. . . .

Joseph Guedry 42
Elizabeth Coumeau, wife 36
Donat, son 8
Joseph, son 7
Alexandre, son 5
Felicité, daughter 3
Judice, daughter 1 “5624,5627

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“ JOSEPH GUIDRY, 1735, fils d’Augustin et de Jeanne Hébert, marié en 1767 à Elizabeth Comeaux, née en 1741, et en secondes noces, à Saint-Jacques, le 24 mai 1773, à Monique Dupuis, fille de Jean et d’Anne Breaux. Enfants issus du premier mariage: Donat, 1769; Joseph, 1770; Alexandre, 1772. Enfants issus du second mariage: Félicité, 1774; Judith, 1776. Il était à l’Ascension, en 1776. “

Translation:
“ JOSEPH GUIDRY, 1735, son of Augustin and of Jeanne Hébert, married in 1767 to Elizabeth Comeaux, born in 1741, and in a second time, at Saint-Jacques 24 May 1773 to Monique Dupuis, daughter of Jean and of Anne Breaux. Children of the first marriage: Donat, 1769; Joseph, 1770; Alexandre, 1772. Children of the second marriage: Félicité, 1774; Judith, 1776. He was at Ascension in 1776. “4513

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“ Marriage Contract:

Jean Femillien Guedry, son of Jean Guedry and of Marie LeBlanc, native of Acadia, Diocese of Quebec; Celeste Boudreaux, daughter of the late Pierre Boudreaux and of deceased Magdelaine Bourg, native of Acadia, same diocese. Appearing for the groom are Joseph Guedry, his uncle, and Joseph Caillote, his cousin; for the bride are Jean Delaune, her friend, and Abroise Martin, also her friend; and assisted by Christophe Delaune, who reared her. The bride brings to the marriage 100 piastres, which has been confirmed by Sieur Delaune. The groom brings 100 piastres, confirmed by his father.
/S/ Miguel Cantrelle, Jean Femiliene Guedry, Christophe Delaune, Joseph Callouet
/M/ Jean Guedry, Jean Delaune, Celeste Bourdreaux, Ambroise Martin, Joseph Guedry

1786-148
Feb. 24
pp 29-32
#296 “5575,5576

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“ Sale:

Jean Guedry pere, established at Bayou LaFourche des Chetimaches, declares he has sold to Jacques Guedry, his son, land of 6 arpents. It is bounded below by land of Joseph Guedry, and above by that of Dame Widow Martin. The amount of the sale is 300 piastres.
Witnesses: Bernard Andry, Jean Baptiste ___?___
/S/ Miguel Cantrelle, Jacques Guedry

1786-182
Nov. ?
pp 295-297
#322 “5577,5578

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“ Sale:

Joseph Guedry, accompanied by his wife, Izabelle Coumeaux, declares he has sold to Jean Guedry, his brother, 6 arpents of fallow land, situated above his establishment, and adjoining the land of Dame Widow Martin. The amount of sale is 100 piastres, which have been paid.
Witnesses: Jean Baptiste Rougier, Auguste Verret
/S/ Miguel Cantrelle
/M/ Izabelle Coumeaux, Joseph Guedry, Jean Guedry

1787-200
Mar. 26
pp 391-392
#339 “5579,5580

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Witnesses at the marriage of Pierre Guédry, son of Joseph Guédry and Isabelle Commeau, to Rosalie Denis, daughter of Louis Denis and Marie Anne Bouche, on 11 October 1809 in St. James Parish, LA were Joseph Guedry, father of the groom; Louis Denis, father of the bride; and Jean Baptiste Pertuis. NOTE: Presented two children, Pierre age 2 yrs. and Charles age 6 mos.5646,5647

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Sponsors at the baptism of Pierre Guédry, son of Pierre Guédry and Rosalie Denis, on 11 October 1809 in St. James Parish, LA were Joseph Guedry and Isabelle Poirier.5648,5649

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“ This Joseph Guidry and his wife were still living in 1810 and were listed on the census of St. James Parish. “5534

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Witnesses at the marriage of Anastasie Guédry, daughter of Donat Guédry and Rosalie Bourg, and Louis Lubilavish, son of Nicolas Lubilavish and Marie Louise Nazione, on 25 November 1811 in St. James Parish, LA were Donat Guideri; Joseph Guideri, her paternal grandfather, and Alexis Bourg.5605,5607

In Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens4513 Bona Arsenault errs in stating the Joseph Guidry, born in 1735 and married to Elizabeth Comeaux, was the son of Augustin Guidry and Jeanne Hébert. This Joseph Guidry was, in fact, the son of Paul Guédry and Anne-Marie Mius d’Entremont dit d’Azy as evidenced by many other sources. Furthermore, he attributes some of the children (Donat, Joseph and Alexandre) to the marriage of Joseph Guidry and Elizabeth Comeaux and some of the children (Félicité and Judith) to the marriage of Joseph Guidry and Monique Dupuis. All five of these children were born of Joseph Guédry, son of Paul Guédry and Anne-Marie Mius d’Entremont dit d’Azy, and Elizabeth Comeaux. A different Joseph Guidry married Monique Dupuis and he was the son of Augustin Guédry and Jeanne Hébert.

Joseph Thomas Guédry
Thomas Guedry
Joseph Guedry
Joseph Guidry
Thomas Guidry
Joseph Guideri
Josef Guedry
Josef Gedery
Joseph Guedrie

“ E5 Joseph Guidry (28) b. 1735 m. 1767 Elizabeth (Isabelle) Madelaine Comeau. (b. 1737 d. 1821) d. 1815 at St. James Parish, LA. Joseph is believed to be the first Guidry to settle in Louisiana; arrived around 1765 at the first Acadian Coast (St. James Parish) and believed to be part of group led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil who ventured to Santo Domingo (Haiti) before coming to LA. In 1766, a Joseph Guidry, age 32, is reported to have belonged to the militia of St. James, LA and was a participant of the Revolutionary War. A list of Militia of St. James in 1770 lists Joseph age 37 and married and living on the left (descending) bank of the Mississippi River. Joseph and Elizabeth were still living in the census of 1810 at St. James Parish. I believe that this was that Joseph. He died in 1815 at 85 years old.

1. Donat b. 1769
2. Joseph b. 1770
3. Alexandre b. 1773
4. Felicite b. 1774
5. Eulalie Judith b. 1776
6. Pierre b. 1779
7. Alexandre ???
8. Jean Baptiste b. 1780 ?? m. 1807 Marguerite Comeau
9. Francois b. 1783 “5618

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“ LIST OF THE ACADIANS MARRIED SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KABAHANNOSSE (CABAHANNOCER)

. . . .

Joseph Guedry Elizabeth Commeaux May 19, 1767 “5650,5643

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“ 1777. JOSEPH GUIDRY, 42 ans, marié en 1767 à Elizabeth Comeaux, 36 ans. Il demeure sur la rive est du Mississipi. Enfants: Donat, 8; Joseph, 7; Alexandre, 5; Félicité, 3; Judith, 1 an. “

Translation:
“ 1777. JOSEPH GUIDRY, 42 years, married in 1767 to Elizabeth Comeaux, 36 years. He lived on the east side of the Mississippi River. Children: Donat, 8; Joseph, 7; Alexandre, 5; Félicité, 3; Judith, 1 year. “5626

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“ CENSUS OF ACADIAN COAST - 1777

January 1, 1777 . . . General Census of the inhabitants who are established in the environs of the Parish of St. James at Cabahannocer on both sides of the river . . . .

. . . .

LEFT BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

. . . .

Joseph Guedry 42
Elizabeth Coumeau, wife 36
Donat, son 8
Joseph, son 7
Alexandre, son 5
Felicité, daughter 3
Judice, daughter 1 “5624,5627

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“ Sale:

Joseph Guedry, accompanied by his wife, Izabelle Coumeaux, declares he has sold to Jean Guedry, his brother, 6 arpents of fallow land, situated above his establishment, and adjoining the land of Dame Widow Martin. The amount of sale is 100 piastres, which have been paid.
Witnesses: Jean Baptiste Rougier, Auguste Verret
/S/ Miguel Cantrelle
/M/ Izabelle Coumeaux, Joseph Guedry, Jean Guedry

1787-200
Mar. 26
pp 391-392
#339 “5579,5580

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“ JOSEPH GUIDRY, 1735, fils d’Augustin et de Jeanne Hébert, marié en 1767 à Elizabeth Comeaux, née en 1741, et en secondes noces, à Saint-Jacques, le 24 mai 1773, à Monique Dupuis, fille de Jean et d’Anne Breaux. Enfants issus du premier mariage: Donat, 1769; Joseph, 1770; Alexandre, 1772. Enfants issus du second mariage: Félicité, 1774; Judith, 1776. Il était à l’Ascension, en 1776. “

Translation:
“ JOSEPH GUIDRY, 1735, son of Augustin and of Jeanne Hébert, married in 1767 to Elizabeth Comeaux, born in 1741, and in a second time, at Saint-Jacques 24 May 1773 to Monique Dupuis, daughter of Jean and of Anne Breaux. Children of the first marriage: Donat, 1769; Joseph, 1770; Alexandre, 1772. Children of the second marriage: Félicité, 1774; Judith, 1776. He was at Ascension in 1776. “4513

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Sponsors at the baptism of Philemon Guédry, son of Santiago Guédry and Maria Bonvilin, on 2 August 1795 in St. James Parish, LA were Henrique Thibodeaux and Isabella Comaux.5651,5652

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Sponsors at the baptism of Celestina Guédry, daughter of Josef Guédry and Margarita Vincent, on 10 July 1796 at St. James Parish, LA were Pedro Henry and Isabella Comaux. Paternal grandparents were Josef Guedry and Isabella Comaux. Maternal grandparents were Pedro Vincent and Margarita Cormier.5270,5653

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Sponsors at the baptism of Josef Gaudet, son of Josef Gaudet and Felicitas Guedry, on 9 July 1798 in St. James Parish, LA were Donato Guedry and Isabella Comaux. Paternal grandparents were Josef Godet and Margarita Bourgeois. Maternal grandparents were Josef Guedry and Isabella Comaux.5654,5655

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Sponsors at the baptism of Marie Clemence Guédry, daughter of Donat Guédry and Rosalie Bourg, on 22 July 1804 in St. James Parish, LA were Francois Veda and Isabelle Como.5656,5657

In Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens4513 Bona Arsenault errs in stating the Joseph Guidry, born in 1735 and married to Elizabeth Comeaux, was the son of Augustin Guidry and Jeanne Hébert. This Joseph Guidry was, in fact, the son of Paul Guédry and Anne-Marie Mius d’Entremont dit d’Azy as evidenced by many other sources. Furthermore, he attributes some of the children (Donat, Joseph and Alexandre) to the marriage of Joseph Guidry and Elizabeth Comeaux and some of the children (Félicité and Judith) to the marriage of Joseph Guidry and Monique Dupuis. All five of these children were born of Joseph Guédry, son of Paul Guédry and Anne-Marie Mius d’Entremont dit d’Azy, and Elizabeth Comeaux. A different Joseph Guidry married Monique Dupuis and he was the son of Augustin Guédry and Jeanne Hébert.

Elizabeth Comeaux
Isabelle Comeaux
Elizabeth Commeaux
Elizabeth Comeau
Elizabeth Madelaine Comeau
Isabelle Madelaine Comeau
Elizabeth Anne Coumeaux
Izabelle Coumeaux
Issabelle Coumeau
Hisabelle Como
Isabelle Como
Isabella Como
Isabel Como
Elisabette Caumo
Isabella Comaux
Isabelle Comaux
Anna Comaux
Isabelle Commaux
Isabella Comux
Isabelle Comot
Marguerite Comeaux
Isabelle Commeau