Jean Baptiste Landry (1720 - 1783)

Born 12 May 1720 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Blanche LeBlanc — married 1751 in Acadie

Husband of Anne Michel — married 21 Oct 1777 in Saint-Nicolas, Nantes, Bretagne, France

Descendants

Died 11 Aug 1783 at age 63 in Nantes, France

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Biography

Jean Baptiste was born on 12 May 1720 and baptized on 16 June 1720 in Grand-Pré.^[1] He was the son of René Landry and Marie-Madeleine Melanson. His godparents were François Landry and Jeanne Melanson.^[2][3]

Around 1751 he married Marie-Blanche LeBlanc, daughter of Charles LeBlanc and Marie Gautrot). ^[2]He was on the 1752 (LaRoque) census, age 51 years (sic); on 1766 census at St-Servan, age 44 years; on 1772 census at St-Malo, age 50 years.

Children:

1. Marguerite Geneviève Landry, b. 1753
2. Marguerite Gertrude Landry, b. ca 1753,
3. Étienne Landry, b. 19 Jul 1755, Grande-Anse, Ile St-Jean
4. René Landry, b. 17 Nov 1757, Port-Lajoie, Ile-St-Jean
5. Jean Frédéric Gabriel Landry, b. 29 Dec 1759, Boulogne-sur-Mer
6. Marie Louise Landry, b. 16 Nov 1761, Boulogne-sur-Mer
7. Marie Madeleine Marguerite Landry, b. 7 Aug 1763, Boulogne-sur-Mer
8. Marie Luce Marguerite Landry, b. 22 Nov 1764, Boulogne-sur-Mer
9. Firmin Grégoire Landry, b. 17 Apr 1766, Boulogne-sur-Mer
10. Marguerite Gertrude Landry, b. 31 Jul 1768, St-Servan-sur-Mer
11. Isabelle Bertranne Landry, b. 12 Apr 1771, St-Hélen, Côtes-d'Armor

They were listed in the 1752 La Roque census at Grande-Anse, Isle Saint-Jean with their nephew Charles Landry and their niece Theodose Boudrot.^[4]

They were deported from Isle Saint-Jean to Boulogne-sur-Mer, France where they disembarked on 26 December 1758.^[5]

1766 Aboard the Hazard from Boulogne to Saint-Servan ^[5]

1766 Census Saint-Servan ^[2]

1772 Census Saint-Malo ^[2]

6 Mar to 13 Mar 1776 Fourth Convoy leaving Châtellerault for Nantes ^[2]

Marie Blanche passed away in June 1777 at Nantes. Jean-Baptiste married Anne Michel, daughter of Louis MIchel and Marguerite Forest, widow of Joseph Dubois and Félix LeBlanc, on 21 October 1777 in Nantes at the age of 57 (his parents were named) (Register of St-Nicolas of Nantes). ^[6]

He passed away on 11 August 1783 at Saint-Jacques de Nantes and was buried there the next day.^[2][6]

Research Notes

• Mother Marie Guilbeau removed.

• Hebert says: born in 1713 (Jean was said to be about 44 years old on the List of St-Servan, Dec 1759)

• 26 Dec 1758, deported to Boulogne-sur-Mer ^{[citation needed]} conflicts with 1766 date

Sources

1. ↑ Paroisse de St. Charles des Mines, Grand Pré, Acadie, Québec Province, digital images, Héritage, Genealogy collection, Library and Archives Canada, reel C-1869, "Parish Registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869," roll 1, Image 129, Jean Baptiste Landry Baptism, 16 June 1720, accessed December 2020. This register is a transcript written around 1895 of the original registers currently held at the Baton Rouge Diocese Archives in Louisiana, USA.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Karen Theriot Reader Page for Jean-Baptiste Landry citing:
   • Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etudes Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 948, #(93):

     Jean-Baptiste LANDRY, son of René & Marie-Madeleine MELANSON, was born/baptized (Grand Pré Register) on 12 May/16 Jun 1720. Sponsors: François LANDRY & Jeanne MELANSON. </li>

3. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Acadian Records, Revised - Registers of St. Charles Aux Mines in Acadia. Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1999, vol. 1a Revised, p. 111

   Jean Baptiste Landry (Rene Landry and Marie Magdelaine Melansob) bn. 12 May, 1720, bt. 16 June 1720 spo. Francois Landry and Jeanne Melanson (SGA-2,19)

   </li>
4. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 113, Image 255. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” Image 426

   Jean Landry, ploughman, native of l'Acadie, aged 51 years (sic), he has been in the country two years. Married to Marie Lablanche, native of l'Acadie, aged 24 years. They have Charles Landry, their nephew, aged 19 years, and Théodose Boudrot, their niece, aged 15 years.

   And in stock, three oxen, five cows, two heifers, one horse, and one ewe.

   The land upon which they are settled is situated at the further end of the Grande Anse, it was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of four bushels of wheat.</li>

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Marcel Walter Landry Page for Jean-Baptiste Landry at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed December 2020 citing:
   • Boulogne-sur-Mer 26 December 1758 - Internet, Bruno Haffreingue, (http://brhaffre.free.fr/ 2008), http://brhaffre.free.fr/les_179.htm.
   • 1766 from Boulogne to Saint-Servan. Boulogne-sur-Mer - Internet, Bruno Haffreingue, (http://brhaffre.free.fr/ 2008), http://brhaffre.free.fr/la_liste_de_St_Servan.htm.</li>
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN NANTES; 1775-1785; Harvey, LA, Author, 1978; p. 105, family #194

   "Jean LANDRY, born about 1717 in the Parish of Saint-Charles [Grand-Pré] in Acadie, son of René LANDRY & Madeleine MELANSON. He married 1st about 1752 to Blanche LEBLANC; daughter Marie-Madeleine born about 1764 in Boulogne-sur-Mer. He and his first wife and a family of 5 persons were in the Fourth Convoy leaving Chatellerault for Nantes from 6 Mar to 13 Mar 1776. He married 2nd on 21 Oct 1777 at Saint-Nicolas of Nantes to Anne MICHEL, daughter of Louis MICHEL & Marguerite FOREST, widow of Félix LEBLANC and a resident of the Parish of Saint-Nicolas at Bignon Lestard."</li></ol>

See also:

• Landry website
• https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/family-tree/person/tree/158116833/person/132136130921/facts?ssrc=&queryId=8ac6b01ce4c21fb31edaf27387bdb2b1&ml_rpos=5 (no sources)
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