Paul Babin (abt. 1766)

Born about Dec 1766 in Maryland Colony

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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, the family, including Paul is settled on 6 arpents of land in St. Gabriel, Louisiana with his wife and one son.^[4]

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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.