Pierre (Savoy) Savoie (1741 - 1788)

Born 28 Feb 1741 in Chipoudy, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Louise Bourg — married 11 Jul 1772 in Point-Coupee, Louisiana

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1788 at age 47 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

PIERRE SAVOIE is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 6-L. He is listed alone.^[1]

Pierre Savoie was born 28 February 1741 to Paul Savoie and Judith Michel. He was baptized 26 June 1741 at Beaubassin. His godparents were Joseph Savoye and Marie Roy, all inhabitants of Chipoudy.^[2] Both parents were natives of Acadia, and both were deceased by the time Paul was married in Louisiana. ^[3]

1765: At age 24, he traveled from Halifax to New Orleans via Cap-Français either with or soon after the Broussard party (Feb), with his sister Anastasie Savoie and her husband. In late April, they likely accompanied the Broussard party to the lower Teche in Attakapas and then retreated back up the Teche towards the Opelousas Post during the epidemic that hit the Têche Acadians that summer and fall.^[4]

1766: He is identified in the Census of the Opelousas post as a resident of the Acadian settlement. ^[5]

1771: He is listed in the in Opelousas census as age 26[sic], living with the family of his brother-in-law Charles Comeaux (and his sister Anastasie Savoie).^[6]

11 July 1772: He married Louise Bourg, daughter of Charles Bourg and Anne Bodrot in Point-Coupee, Louisiana. ^[3]

25 October 1774: The census of the Opelousas District indicates that his household consisted of Pierre Savoie and his wife. The couple owned 30 cattle, 6 horses or mules, and 15 pigs. ^[7]

1774/1775: Daughter Scholastique is born.

1777: Pierre (age 36) and Louise (age 20) are listed with their daughter Scolastie (age 3) in the Census of Opeousas, along with 60 cattle, 12 horses, and 20 hogs. ^[8]

8 June 8 1777: He is listed as a fuselier in the Opelousas District militia. ^[9]

30 May 1779: Daughter Louise is baptized. She died shortly after in 1780.^[10].

5 Aug 1781: Son Pierre Placide is baptized when 5 months old. ^[11]

Dec 1782: Daughter Silesie dit Celeste was born.^[12]

30 July 1785: He is identified as a fusilier (i.e., a private) in the muster roll of the Opelousas militia unit.^[13]

1785: Son Hypolite is born.

18 Dec 1786: Daughter Eugenie is born.^[14]

23 March 1788: Died. He was buried the next day by Father Bernardo de Deva, priest of St. Gabriel Parish at Iberville on the Mississippi River.^[15]

10 May 1788: His succession was opened in the Opelousas Post .^[16]

Children

• Scholastique, b. after Nov 1774, m. Jean Baptiste David
• Louise, b. May 1779
• Pierre Placide, b. Mar 1781, m. Adelaide Babin
• Silesie dit Celeste, b. Dec 1782, m. Louis Guidry
• Hypolite, b. 1785, m. Marie Comeau
• Eugenie, b. 18 Dec 1786, m. Antoine Dupre and Jean Fabien Richard

Research Notes

• Steven Cormier, http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-SAVOIE-SAVOY.htm;

Pierre, younger son of Paul Savoie and Judith Michel, born probably at Chepoudy in c1741, escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and found refuge on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore. He ended up a prisoner of war in Nova Scotia in the early 1760s and came to Louisiana in 1765 with several of his siblings. He married Louise, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Bourg, at Opelousas in July 1772. Their daughters married into the David, Dupré, Guidry, and Richard families. In 1785, Pierre owned four slaves, 60 head of cattle, 12 horses, and 20 hogs. Although still a resident of the Opelousas District, he died at St.-Gabriel in the river in March 1788; he was only 47 years old; his succession record was filed at what became the Opelousas courthouse the following May; one wonders what he was doing at St.-Gabriel on the Mississippi at the time of his death. Only his older son had sons of his own, and only one of his grandsons lived long enough to marry, but the grandson had several sons of his own. Pierre and his older son settled far out on the northwestern prairies in present-day Evangeline Parish, where the line survived. Pierre's younger son settled in what became Lafayette Parish, but, except for its blood, the line died out.

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 25.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada Fonds des Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime [La Rochelle, France] : C-1207 Registres de Beaubassin - reel_c1207 MG 6 A 2 (Image 84) http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1207/84?r=0&s=6
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol 2, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese) pp.124 & 667;

   "BOURG, Louise (Charles & Anne BODROT, of St. Louis Parish, Acadia) m. 11 July 1772, Pierre SAVOIE (Paul & Judith MICHEL, both decd. & natives of St. Ann Parish, Acadia) wit: Donal Bello, Jean Dubrodes, J. Chevalier (PCP-2, part 2, 137) "

4. ↑ Steven A. Cormier, "Acadians in Gray," online, (citing Brasseaux, "Founding of New Acadia")
5. ↑ Census of the Opelousas District, April 4, 1766, AGI, ASD 2595;
6. ↑ De Ville, "Opelousas Post Census, 1771", 10
7. ↑ General Census of the Opelousas District, October 25, 1774, AGI, PPC, 189A:106-110;
8. ↑ Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts, citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300, (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Claitor's Publishing, Reprint, 2010) p. 25;

   111. Pierre SÇAVOIE, 36;

   Louise BOURG, wife, 20.

   Filles: Scolastie, 3.

   There were 60 cattle, 12 horses, and 20 hogs.

9. ↑ Muster Roll of the Opelousas Militia, June 8, 1777, AGI, PPC, legajo 161
10. ↑ Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1800, vol. 1-A, rev. ed., (Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 1996) p. 699;

    "SAVOIE, Louise (Pierre and Louise BOURQUE) bt. 30 May 1779. (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A p.16)"

11. ↑ Donald J. Hebert, "Southwest Louisiana Records, Vol. 1 1756-1810, (Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 1978) p. 510;

    "SAVOIE, Pierre Placide (Pierre & Louise BOURG) bt. 5 Aug 1781 at age 5 mths. Spons: Jean BUILBAUT & Marie SONIE. Fr. L. M. Grumeau. (Opelousas Ch: Vol. 1-A, p. 24) "

12. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);

    "SAVOIE, Silesie (Pierre & Louise BOURG) bt. 29 June 1783 at age 6 mths. Spons: Simon SOSIER? & Dorothee COMOT. Fr. L.M. GRUMEAU (Opel. Ch.: Folio OA, p.43)"

13. ↑ Full citation Needed, Muster Roll of the Opelousas Militia Unit, July 30, 1785, AGI, PPC, 187A: non-paginated
14. ↑ Murphy Miller, "Dominique Martel Family of Louisiana," citing Donald Hebert, SWLR, (Lulu.com, 2016) p. 379;

    SAVOIE, Eugenie (Pierre & Louise BOURQUE) b. 18 Dec. 1786, bt. 15 July 1787 Spons: Silvain SAUNIER & Emelie COMO - all of this parish. Fr. Joseph de ARAZENA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p. 70)

15. ↑ Hébert, SWLR, CD;

    SAVOIE, Pierre - inhabitant of this parish. d. 23 March 1788, bur. 24 March 1788 Buried by Fr. Bernardo de DEVA, priest of St. Gabriel Parish at Iberville on the Mississippi River. This act is certified by Fr. Joseph de ARAZENA on 3 June 1788. Fr. Joseph de ARAZENA (Opel. Ch.: v.1, p.5)

16. ↑ Hébert, SWLR, CD;

    "BOURG, Louise m. Pierre SAVOY. In Succ. of Pierre SAVOY dated 10 May 1788. (LSAR: Opel.: 1788)"

• Vidrine, comp., Opelousas Post, 1764-1789, 47
• Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 128;
• Acadian Memorial Database, http://www.acadianmemorial.org/ensemble_encore2/record_detail.php?id=445
• Joe Peery, Peery Genealogy: http://www.peerygenealogy.com/home/p6080.htm [Broken link as of March 2021. Originally found here: http://www.peerygenealogy.com/home/site/index.htm]