Judith Guédry (1722)

Born 1722 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Cousin — married 12 Nov 1737 in Grand Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

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Biography

"Judique Guedery" was born in 1722. She was the daughter of Paul Guidry and Anne d'Entremont. ^[1] In 1722, in early summer, Paul was captured by the English with his brothers Claude, Philippe and Augustin, and apparently their families. This along the east coast of Acadia during Drummer's War. They were first sent to New Hampshire, then later to Boston and finally released in the fall of 1723. At least two children, Augustin and Jeanne's child Marie Josephe, and Paul and Anne's child Judith, were born in Boston.

When she was 16, she married Jean Cousin, age 21, son of Gui Cousin and Charlotte M____ 12 Nov 1737 at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia.^[2][3][4] Their marriage was registered at Grand Pré, while Jean and Judith lived in Merligueche, Acadie.

In April 1752, a French official counted them at Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, today's Cape Breton Island. The census taker noted that Jean was age 35, that his wife, age 30, was a "native of Boston," and that "They have settled in the Colony for two years and have rations for that time." ^[5][6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, geneanet.org Judith Guedry citing: "Louisiana Confederate Soldier Burial Database"[escompte.fr/denis/sauzon/index.html denis sauzon index] (Broken Link as of 16 May 2023)- p. 1 of 6 The Guedry-Labine Family, "Survival of a Family," by Marty Guidry.

   Born in late 1722 while her parents were in captivity in Boston. The English set them free in 1723. Governor Shute of Massachusetts had issued a declaration of war on 25 Jul 1722, in retaliation for the early summer raid by the Indians of Maine who were retaliating for the seizing of their highest chief Joseph d'Abbadie de Saint-Castin and the destruction of their village.

2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 716): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/716?r=0&s=4
3. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge - Diocese, 1999, - The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA. - pp. 52 & 88

   Jean COUSIN, age ca. 21, of the parish of Dol in Bretagne [France], son of Gin COUSIN, deceased & Charlotte M. [sic], married on 13 Nov 1737 to Judique GUIRIDY, age ca. 16, daughter of Paul GUERIDY & Anne MIUS, living at Merliques [Merligueche] on the east coast. Witnesses: At. DUPLESSIS [signed, priest writes Antoine DUPLICI, master surgeon]; Germain [omitted, priest writes Germain LEJEUNE]; Jean LEBER [signed, priest writes Jean LHÉBERT; Joseph LANDRY; groom signed, bride made X (SGA-2, 186-187).

4. ↑ Institut Généalogique Drouin: Registres du Fonds Drouin: Acadie: St-Charles-les-Mines 1737 Marriage Registration
5. ↑ acadiansingray Cousin
6. ↑ acadian-home 1752 Acadian Census
7. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 45-46. The original census, in French, can be found at Census Original Version “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” Image 120

   The Baye Des Espagnols: Jean Cousin, navigator, native of St. Malo, aged 35 years, married to Jude Kedry, native of Boston, aged 30 years. Benomy, aged 9 years - Jean Baptiste, aged 5 years - Marie la Blanche, aged 7 years - Marie Madeleine, aged 2 years. They own one ox, two cows, two pigs and six fowls; one boat. The dwelling they occupy was granted only verbally by Messieurs Desherbiers and Prevost. They have made a small clearing on it where they have grown a large quantity of beans and turnips and have besides a large piece of fallow land, about five or six arpents in extent. They have no meadow land.

See also:

• http://www.acadian-home.org/ACADIA%201708%20Census.pdf Indian census of 1708, pgs 55 - 56.
• http://www.acadian-home.org/1752laroque.pdf Census of Ile Royale, pgs 21.
• Survival of a Family--The Family of Paul Guedry dit Jovial and Anne Mius d'Etremont d'Azit de Pobomcoup.