Marie Anne Babin (abt. 1730 - 1801)

Born about 1730 in Pisiguit, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Amand Melanson — married about 1751 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1801 at about age 71 in Iberville, Louisiana, New France

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Biography

Amand Melanson is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 5 Left. Listed with him is his spouse Anne Babin and 5 children: Joseph, Anne, Simon, Mathurin and Olivier.^[1]

Marie Anne Babin was born in 1730 in Acadia, some say Pisiguit though her estimated birthdate and location varies. Her parents are thought to be Jean Babin and Marguerite Bourg. ^[2]

She married Amand Melanson around 1751 in Acadie. ^[2]

Their children were: ^[2]

1. Joseph Amand MELANSON ca 1752-1791/
2. Unknown MELANSON ca 1755-
3. Anne MELANSON ca 1760-1813
4. Marguerite MELANSON ca 1762-/1767
5. Simon MELANSON ca 1764-1810
6. Mathurin MELANSON ca 1766-
7. Olivier MELANSON ca 1767-
8. Felicite Melancon
9. Louis Gregoire Melancon
10. Marguerite Constance Melanson

The family was deported to Maryland in 1755. On 7 July 1763 Amand and Marie-Anne were recorded on a census in Baltimore, Maryland with their children Joseph, Anne and Marguerite. ^[3]

They immigrated to Louisiana in 1767. ^[4]

She died in November 1801 and was buried on 7 November, 1801 in Gabriel, Iberville.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 22
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Marie-Anne Babin citing Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes: 1715 à 1780, (Moncton, NB: Centre d'études acadiennes, draft version) MELANSON #14 e No place given for marriage.
3. ↑ Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) pp. 145 & 158

   "a l'ile de Baltimord [sic], Etat de gens neutrals Acadiens qui sont a Baltimore En Maryland"

   marque + de Amand Mellancon, Anne Babin mon epouse, Joseph Mellancon, Anne Mellancon, Marguerite Mellancon .... 5

   "at the isle of Baltimord, State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are at Baltimore in Maryland"

   Mark of Amand MELLANCON, Anne BABIN my wife, Joseph MELLANCON, Anne MELLANCON, Marguerite MELLANCON.

4. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 434

   On "LIST OF ACADIAN FAMILIES WHO CAME TO LOUISIANA TO BE ESTABLISHED [sic] IN THE YEAR 1767" signed by Julian Alverez, found in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 114: 40.

   Aman LANSON (MELANÇON), age 39;

   Ana, 37;

   Joseph LANSON, son, 15;

   Simon LANSON, son, 3;

   Maturin LANSON, son, 1½;

   Olibie, LANSON, son, 3 months;

   Ana LANSON, daughter, 7.

5. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803 (Baton Rouge, LA, 1980) p. 42

   Anne BABIN, age 79 years, widow of Armand MELANCON, was buried 7 Nov 1801 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Iberville, LA (SGA-8, 25, #143).

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