Ignace Babin (1742 - abt. 1791)

Born 1742 in Acadie

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Breau — married about 1766 in Province of Maryland [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Josèphe Landry — married 3 Feb 1778 in St. James, Spanish Louisiana

Died about 13 Nov 1791 at about age 49 in Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

Ignace Babin is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Plaque 1 Left. Listed with him are his wife Marguerite Breau and their son Paul. ^[1]

Ignace Babin, son of Pierre Babin and Marie Landry, was born in Acadie about 1742. He is found on the census of 7 July 1763 in Port Tobacco, Charles, Maryland, where he and his family had been deported by the British in 1755. ^[2] By 27 July 1767, he had emigrated from Maryland to New Orleans, Louisiana, and was being given settlement assistance by the Spanish government who then owned Louisiana.^[3] In August 1767, he is settled on 6 arpents of land in St. Gabriel, Louisiana with his wife and one son.^[4]

He married Marguerite Breau about 1766, probably in Maryland.^[5]

Children:

1. Paul BABIN b: Abt Dec 1766 in MD
2. Joseph BABIN b: 22 Dec 1768 in Pointe Coupee, LA c: 1 May 1769 in Pointe Coupee, LA
3. Marie Anne BABIN b: Abt 1775 in Manchac, Iberville, LA

Marguerite died after the birth of Marie Anne and Ignace next married Marie Josèphe Landry 3 February 1778 in St. James, Louisiana.^[6]

Children:

1. Pierre Paul BABIN c: 8 Dec 1779 in St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA

Residence

Census: 7 Jul 1763 Port Tobacco, Charles, MD ^[2]

Census: 27 Jul 1767 New Orleans, Orleans, LA ^[3]

Census: Aug 1767 St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA ^[4]

Ignace died and was buried 13 November 1791 at St. Gabriel Cemetery, present-day Iberville Parish. ^[7]

Research Notes

The inclusion of Ignace as a brother of Jean Baptiste Babin on the presented evidence was open to question. A record found should settle the matter.

The records of Spanish court proceedings for the Baton Rouge district during their time of rule over the St. Gabriel area and much of what is now southeast Louisiana were translated and transcribed as a WPA project beginning in 1936. They were divided into 18 volumes and microfilmed as the Spanish West Florida Records, 1782-1810. In Volume 2, p. 428, there is document of a land sale from "Jean Baptiste Babin and Elizabeth Leblanc." In the description of the parcel is the phrase, "...bounding on one side with the lands of Ignace Babin, my brother...."

I'm aware of two sets of these translated microfilmed documents. One is in the Special Collections room of the Baton Rouge Main Library. The other is at the Louisiana State Archives at the Secretary of State office building in Baton Rouge.

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by the Wall of Names Committee, Jane G. Bulliard, Chair (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller The Printer, USA, 2015) p. 10
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) pp. 135 & 152

   Text: No. 442

   "Etat des gens neutrals acadiens qui sont a Portabaco. En Maryland"

   Marie Babin, veuve, Jean Babin, Ignace Babin, Marie Babin ....

   ("State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are at Portabaco in Maryland"

   Marie BABIN, widow, Jean BABIN, Ignace BABIN, Marie BABIN.)

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796 (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 433

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

   29.

   Ignacio BOBEN, age 25;

   Margarita, 28;

   Pablo, son, 7 months.

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} R. E. Chandler, End of an Odyssey: Acadians Arrive in St. Gabriel, Louisiana Louisiana Historical Association, vol. XIV, no. 1 (winter 1973), pp. 69-87; Note: Originals in Seville, Spain: General Archives of the Indies, Section 5, Government, Audiencia of Santo Domingo, Legajo 2585; pp. 80 & 85

   Text: Ignacio BAVIN (Ignace BABIN), with his wife and one son, on 6 arpents of land.

   On "List of the Acadian Families That Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Province of Louisiana and an Account of Their Belongings:"

   Ignacio BOBEN, age 25 years, with 1 trunk;

   Margarita, age 28;

   Pablo, age 7 months.

5. ↑ Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780 (Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes) cited by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com; Page: BREAU #11 d. Note: No place given.

   Text: She married around 1766 Ignace BABIN, son of Pierre & Marie LANDRY.

6. ↑ "Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records"; Catholic Church; Vol 2, 1770-1803; Contains Baptismal, marriage and burial entries taken from some 46 registers housed in the Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge; pp. 46 & 99;

   Ignace BABIN, widower of Marguerite BREAU (parents not given), married on 3 Feb 1778 to Marie Joseph BLANCHARD [sic], widow of Joseph BLANCHARD (parents not given). Witnesses: Paul BABIN; Anselme LANDRY; Firmain BLANCHARD. Recorded at St. James Catholic Church, St. James, LA (SJA-1, 46a).

7. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol 2, 1770-1803, compiled by the Catholic Church (Baton Rouge, LA: Archives of the Diocese of Baton Rouge) p. 56.

   Ignacio, spouse of Maria Josefa Landri, bur. 13 Nov. 1791 (SGA-8, 16, #78

• Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader’s Family Tree, Page for Ignace Babin
• LDS family tree - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MWP7-KRK

Acknowledgements

Karen Theriot Reader Rootsweb.com.

Jacqueline Girouard