Simon LeBlanc (1741 - 1780)

Born 1741 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Anne Arseneau — married 9 Nov 1767 in Lafourche-des-Chitimachas, Spanish Louisiana

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1780 at about age 39 in St. James, Spanish Louisiana

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Biography

Desire LeBlanc is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 4 Right. Listed with him is his wife Marie Landry and 11 children: Marie, Simon, Isaac, Jerome, Isabelle, Desire, Marine, Ozite, Benjamin, Anselme and Gregoire. ^[1]

Born in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France in 1741, son of Désiré & Marie-Madeleine LANDRY, Simon LeBlanc was about 14 when the Acadians were expelled by the British in 1755-56. His family was deported to the English colony in Maryland, where they were detained until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763.

He evidently married Marie Josephe Landry there c.1759, and had a son the following year.^[2] Possibly his wife and child did not survive long enough to immigrate to Spanish Louisiana-- at least they are not listed with Simon on the Acadian Memorial. But one respected researcher has them in Louisiana, with a second son.^[3] The second child's birth in New Orleans in December of 1766 ^{[citation needed]} suggests they arrived there from Maryland not long before that date. Marie Josephe Landry evidently died shortly after this birth. Perhaps the child -- or both children -- died as well. Their brief time in Louisiana could account for their not having been noticed by the Wall of Names Committee.

Simon married at St. James, Louisiana on 6 November 1767 to Anne ARCENEAUX (widow of Barthelemy BERGERON), daughter of Jean & Marie HEBERT; four children were listed on the document.^[4][5][6]

Children of the marriage:

1. Marie Anne LeBlanc b: Abt 1768 in LA
2. Antoine Alexandre Simonet LeBlanc (1770)^[7]
3. Edouard LeBlanc (1772)^[8]
4. Anne Constance LeBlanc c: 3 Apr 1774 in St. James, LA
5. Anne Henriette Antonia LeBlanc b: 30 Aug 1777 in St. James, LA c: 19 Dec 1777 in New Orleans, LA
6. Benjamin Simon LeBlanc (c.1780)^[9]

In 1769 he occupied lot number 9 on the west bank of the Mississippi at St. James. An orphan, Marguerite BERGERON, born 1763, lived with [them?]. ^{[citation needed]} On 23 January 1770 he was counted on the census in Cabahannocer (Lower), St. James, Louisiana.^[10] In 1777 Jean CAISSY, dit ROGER, also lived with him. Simon settled in Assumption parish.^[11][12] He served in the Spanish Louisiana Militia in Lafourche des Chetimachas, Louisiana in 1779.^[13]

Simon LeBlanc died before 10 June 1780 in Louisiana.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, editors (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller The Printer, 2015) p. 21
2. ↑ Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) pp. 144 & 157

   Text: 445

   "Recensement des habitants Neutres de Lacadie détenus a Oxford, En Maryland"

   Simon Le Blanc, Marie Josephe son epouse, Paul Le Blanc .... 3

   "Census of the Neutral Inhabitans [sic] of Acadia Detained at Oxford, in Maryland"

   Simon LE BLANC, Marie Josephe his wife, Paul LeBlanc.

3. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader:

   Marriage 1 Marie Josephe LANDRY about 1756

   Children:

   1. Paul LeBlanc b: Bef 7 Jul 1763 in Oxford, Talbot, MD
   2. Barthelemy LeBlanc b: 5 Dec 1766 in New Orleans, LA c: 6 Dec 1766 in New Orleans, LA.
4. ↑ Sidney A. Marchand, Sr., An Attempt to Re-Assemble the Old Settlers in Family Groups (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor’s Publishing Div., 1965) p. 2

   Text: Marriage contract executed before JUDICE, Commandant of the Acadians at Kabahanoce (Q-713).

5. ↑ Lillian C. Bourgeois, Cabanocey: ... (New Orleans, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1998) p. 171

   Text: On "List of the Acadians Married Since the Establishment of Kabahannossé (Cabahannocer):"

   Simon LE BLANC married on 6 Nov 1767 to Anne ARSENEAUX.

6. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796 (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 424 Text: "LIST OF THE ACADIANS WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KABAHANOSSÉ," citing Papeles procedentes de Cuba, legajo 187-I-A, appended to a letter dated 14 Feb 1768, written by Louis JUDICE to the governor.

   Simon le BLANC & Anne ARSENEAUX.

7. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-86C : 14 January 2020), Simon Leblanc in entry for Antoine Alexandre Leblanc, 1770.
8. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-MJR : 14 January 2020), Simon Leblanc in entry for Eduardo Leblanc, 1772.
9. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-8TF : 14 January 2020), Simon Leblanc in entry for Simon Benjamin Leblanc, christening, 1780.
10. ↑ Bourgeois, Cabanocey, p. 180

    Census of the first Acadian Coast; Right bank from Sieur Piroteau's to Sieur Ducroix's Soldiers

    Text: Simon LeBlanc, age 28, Acadian, Married.

11. ↑ Bona Arsenault, Histoire et Genealogie des Acadiens,1625-1810 (Ottawa: Editions Lemeac, 1978) p. 2537 (Louisiana); Source courtesy Karen Theriot Reader, Rootsweb.com
12. ↑ Winston De Ville, The Parish of St. James in the Province of Louisiana: Abstracts from the Spanish Census of 1777 (Ville Platte, LA, Author, 1987) (Note: Genealogical Abstracts from the Spanish Census of 1777, citing Archives of the Indies, Papeles procedentes de Cuba; legajo 190; folios 192-205) p. 7

    Census: 1 Jan 1777 Cabahannocer (Lower), St. James, LA

    Text: Simon LE BLANC, age 35, listed with his wife Anne BERGERON [sic, maiden name was ARSENEAU--BERGERON was her 1st husband's surname], age 31, and their three children: Alexandre, age 7; Edouard, age 5; and Constance, age 3.

13. ↑ Winston De Ville, The Acadian Coast in 1779 (Ville Platte, Louisiana; Author, 1993) p. 29

    Text: On list made by Louis JUDICE of men age 14 to 42 at la Fourche capable of bearing arms; citing General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain, PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA, Legajo 192, folios 522-523): Simon LEBLANC

14. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 2, 1770-1803 (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge) p. 461

    Note: Simon LE BLANC, father of Simon Benjamin, is listed as deceased on child's baptismal record (SJA-1, 62a).

See Also:

• http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=larousse&id=I052382

Acknowledgments

Karen Theriot Reader Rootsweb.com.

Jacqueline Girouard