Joseph Broussard (abt. 1726 - 1788)

Born about 1726 in Chepoudy, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Anastasie LeBlanc — married about 1753 in Acadie

Husband of Marguerite Savoie — married 1763 in Acadie

Descendants

Died 19 Dec 1788 at about age 62 in St. Martinville, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

JOSEPH BROUSSARD is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 2, right. Listed with him is his wife Marguerite Savoie and two children: Rene and Marguerite.^[1]

Joseph, dit Petit Jo Broussard, son of Joseph Broussard, dit Beausoleil, and Agnès Thibodeau, was born about 1726 in Chipoudy, Acadie.^[2] During the Seven Years' War when the British decided to take Acadia from the Neutral French residents, Joseph's family and other Acadians, led by his father, Beausoleil, avoided the forced deportations of 1755 by fleeing to the woods. They endured starvation and exposure to the elements before they were eventually imprisoned at Halifax for the duration of the war.

Petit Jo had married around 1753, not long before the "grand derangement," to Anastasie LeBlanc, daughter of Rene and Anne Terriot.^[3] They had two children, Rene and Anastasie Broussard. His wife, Anastasie LeBlanc, died by 1757, whether in childbirth or as a direct result of the Acadian expulsion is unknown. Their son survived the ordeal, but their daughter Anastasie did not. It is unknown whether she died with her mother, but she certainly had died by the time her father and brother immigrated to Louisiana.^[1]

After their release from Halifax by the Treaty of Paris in 1763, a group of about 200 Acadians waited for Beausoleil to serve an extra year, working to earn passage to a new home. On his release, they first sailed from Halifax to Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), but eventually, in February 1765, they debarked at the port of New Orleans, and were granted land in the Attakapas Territory of Spanish Louisiana.^[4]

Joseph married a second time around 1763, during that year of working and waiting to leave Halifax, to Marguerite Savoie; they eventually had nine children, but only the first one was born by the time they reached Louisiana in 1765.^[1]

Petit Jo was living at the Attakapas Post in 1769 with his second wife, Marguerite Savoie, his son by his first marriage and three daughters by his second. The baby was named for the half-sister she never knew.^[5]

In 1771 they were still living at Attakapas, Louisiana. Their son was not counted on the census, but the three girls were.^[6]

Joseph Broussard served with Attakapas Militia, Louisiana Militia during the American Revolution.

Joseph Broussard is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A015183.

Joseph Broussard is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-122117
Rank: Patriotic

and he and his family were counted on the census of 4 May 1777 living at Attakapas.^[10]

Joseph dit Petit Jo Broussard died in St. Martinville, Louisiana, and was buried there on 20 December 1788.^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 14
2. ↑ Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1740-1900, vol.1 ("SWLR"), (Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 1974) BROUSSARD: (book version) pp. 97, 134
   • Joseph (Petit Jo) BROUSSARD, son of Joseph dit Beausoleil & Agnes THIBODEAU, born at Chipoudy, Acadia around 1726.
   • Joseph BROUSSARD, married to Marguerite SAVOIE , buried 20 Dec 1788 at age 62 years.
3. ↑ Stephen A. White, Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes (Moncton, New Brunswick: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, 1999) p. 548.

   Joseph BROUSSARD, son of Joseph & Agnès THIBODEAU, married around 1754 [crossed out in manuscript edition, and around 1753 substituted] to Anastasie LE BLANC, daughter of René & Anne THÉRIOT.

4. ↑ Donald J. Arceneaux, The Initial Acadian Settlement (Archived Link): A New Look at the Initial Acadian Settlement Location in the Attakapas, online at AttakapasGazette.org.
5. ↑ Donald Joseph Arceneaux, Attakapas Post in 1769--The First Nominal Census of Colonial Settlers in Southwest Louisiana (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Claitor's Publishing Division, 2014) p. 22:

   Family # 24:

   Joseph Broussard, 41,

   his wife [identified by the compiler on p. 37 as Marguerite Savoye, citing SWLR, 1A, p. 141];

   Rëné; his son 15;

   Marguerite, his daughter, 4;

   Lucdivine 2;

   Anastasie, his new-born daughter;

   Rëné le Blanc, 17; [possible brother of his first wife?]

   Anne Tibodeau, 14 [possible maternal cousin?]

   Oxen: 2; Cows: 8, Suivant: 8; Bulls and heifers: 8; Horses: 5, Suivant: 1; Pigs: 15.

6. ↑ Winston De Ville, Attakapas Post: The Census of 1771 (BR, LA: Claitor's Publishing, 2010) citing transcription of Papales Procedentes de Cuba (in the Archives of the Indies, Seville, Spain, Legajo 188C) p. 11

   Joseph BROUSSARD, age 47, with

   wife age 35. Also in household is

   Rene LE BLANC, age 18;

   Nanette THIBODAU, age 16;

   Louis LEVRON dit Luci, age 49.

   There are three girls, ages 5, 3 , and 2. They have 45 cattle, 10 horses and 4 sheep, on 12 arpents of land, without title.

7. ↑ Winston DeVille, Marriage Contracts of the Attakapas Post, 1760-1803 (St. Martinville, LA: Attakapas Historical Assoc., 1966) pp. 63, 66.

   "1774 Census of Attakapas" by Jane Guillory Bulliard & Leona Trosclair David.

   No. 164:

   Joseph BROUSSARD

   sa femme;

   with 6 children,

   80 cattle, 8 horses or mules, and 15 hogs.

8. ↑ Attakapas Gazette 1966-1994 (Attakapas Historical Association and the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana) Carl A. Brasseaux, editor; Attakapas Gazette Online; vol. X, no. 1 (spring 1975), p. 16

   Listed on the roster of "La Compagnie de Milice des Attakapas" dated 1 May 1777. On C. Robert Churchill, "S.A.R. Spanish Records: Spanish-English War 1779-1783," pp. 289-290.

9. ↑ Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, vol 5 (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) p. 24.

   "Etat de Revue de la Compagnie de Milice des Attakapas," dated 1 May 1777 (cites Archivo General de Indias, in Seville, Spain; PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA; legajo 161)

   Joseph BROUSSARD.

10. ↑ Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Claitor's Publishing, 2010) citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300) p. 13.

    71. Joseph BROUSSARD, 47;

    Marguerite SÇAVOIS, wife, 35.

    Garcons: Joseph, 3;

    Francois, 1.

    Filles: Marguerite, 12;

    Luedivine, 10;

    Nastasie, 8;

    Magdeleine, 6.

    Slaves: 3. There were 100 cattle, 20 horses, and 20 hogs.

11. ↑ Rev. Donald J. Hebert, Southwest Louisiana Records 1740-1900 ("SWLR"), CD #101 (Baton Rouge, LA: Claitor's Publications Division, 2001) and vol. 1, p. 134, book version.

    Joseph BROUSSARD, married to Marguerite SAVOIE , buried 20 Dec 1788 at age 62 years. He died of "fluxion de Peche" (chest flu or pneumonia). Fr. Bernardo de DEVA at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville, Louisiana (SM Ch.: v. 4, #37).

12. ↑ Hebert, SWLR CD, and vol. 1, p. 134. :

    Joseph BROUSSARD married to Marguerite SAVOY was buried in Dec 1788, succession record dated 8 Nov 1800 at St. Martin Parish Courthouse, St. Martinville (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-19-157).

    "Enfant du premier lit" [child from the first marriage {literally the first bed}]

    1. Rene BROUSSARD

    "Enfants du second lit" [children of the second marriage {literally the second bed}]

    1. Marguerite m. Jean BERNARD
    2. Louise m. Jean BROUSSARD
    3. Astazie m. Michel BROUSSARD
    4. Magdeleine m. Francois BERNARD
    5. Elfroy [Eloi] BROUSSARD