Jacques
Fontenot
Sr
Born in Fort Toulouse, Des Alibamons, Nouvelle-France
Ancestors 
Son of Philippe Fontenot
and Marie Jeanne Brignac
Brother of
Michel Philippe Fontenot, Marianne Fontenot, Joseph Philippe Fontenot, Charles Fontenot, Marie Josephe Fontenot, Simon Phillipe Fontenot, Francois Philippe Fontenot, Marguerite Philippe Fontenot, Pierre Louis Fontenot, Magdelaine Philippe (Fontenot) Desmarets, Paul Fontenot and Marie Jeanne Fontenot
Husband of
Eulalie (Doucet) Fontenot
— married
about 1777 in Opelousas, St. Landry, Louisiana, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Genevieve Jacques Fontenot, Augustin Jacques Fontenot, Alexandre Fontenot, Louis Jacques Fontenot, Alexis Fontenot, Julien Fontenot, Celeste Jacques (Fontenot) Saucier, Eugenie Fontenot, Eloise Fontenot, Mary Louise (Fontenot) St Germain, Catherine Fontenot, Marie Mary (Fontenot) Rougeau, Jean Baptiste Fontenot and Jacques Fontenot
Died
at about age 48
in Opelousas, Louisiana, Nouvelle-France
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Biography
Jacques Fontenot Sr has French origins.
Jacques Fontenot, son of Philippe Fontenot and Marie Jeanne Brignac, was born c.1753 at French Fort Toulouse in the pays d'Alibamons, Nouvelle-France. In 1763 when France lost most of its New World holdings to England and decommissioned Fort Toulouse, most of its French inhabitants, including his family, migrated west to Louisiana.
He married Eulalie Doucet at the Opelousas Post in Louisiana in 1777.[1]
Known Children
- Genevieve Fontenot (c.1778), married (1) Baptiste Riviere; married (2) Augustin Gradenigo[2]
- Auguste Jacques Fontenot (c.1780), married Emelie Aucoin[3]
- Alexandre Fontenot (c.1782)
- Louis Jacques Fontenot (1785)
- Julien Fontenot (1789), married Celeste Fontenot
- Catherine Fontenot (c.1797), married Antoine Jacques Baptiste Fontenot[4]
- Celeste Fontenot (c.1791), married Louis Saucier
- Marie Fontenot[5]
- Mary Louise Fontenot b. 1797, married Charles St. Germain
Census Data
Listed in the 1777 census twice. Once with parents and once with wife. Or is this two different people?
- 1777 Census of Opelousas Post [1] Family 29
- - Philippe Fontenaut, age 60; 8 cattle, 0 horses, 4 hogs, 0 sheep
- - Marie Brignac, wife, 55
- - Louis, son, 25
- - Jacque, son, 23
- - Philippe, son, 12
- - Joseph, son, 8
- - Marguerite, daughter, 10
- 1777 Census of Opelousas Post [1], Family 41
- - Jacques Fontenaut, age 24; 5 cattle, 0 horses, 4 hogs, 0 sheep
- - Eulalia Doucet, wife, 15
He died at his home at Grand Prairie, and was buried in Opelousas, St Landry Parish, Louisiana. Did not receive sacraments (last rights) as no one called a priest. [citation needed]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts (Ville Platte, Louisiana, 1987) citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300
- ↑ Hebert, SWLR CD:
- FONTENOT, Genevieve Jaques - native of this parish; widow of dec. Baptiste RIVIERE (major daughter of dec. Jacques & dec. Ulalie DOUCET) m. 17 Sept. 1822 Augustin GRADENIGO - widower of dec. Elisabeth CLERMONT, native of Pensacola and resident in this parish (major son of Jean - from Venise [Venice] in Italy & Marguerite CREPS - native of la Mobile) Wits: Jaques DUPRE, Jean Marie DEBAILLON, Etienne DELAMORANDIERE. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI (Opel.Ch.: v.1-B, p.402-A)
- ↑ Hebert, SWLR CD:
- FONTENOT, Eugenie (Auguste Jacques & Emelie AUCOIN) b. 21 March 1817, bt. 31 Aug. 1817 Pats: Jacques FONTENAU & Ulalie DUSSET; Mats: Jean Baptiste AUCOIN & Marie FORET; Spons: Jacques FONTENAU fils [Jr.] & Carmelite FONTENAU. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI (Opel. Ch.: v.2, p.110)
- ↑ Hebert, SWLR CD:
- FONTENOT, Cyprien (Antoine Jaques Baptiste & Catherine FONTENOT) b. 3 Aug. 1831, bt. 6 Nov. 1831 Pats: Jaques Baptiste FONTENOT & Rosalie JANSONNE; Mats: Jaques FONTENOT & Ulalie DOUCET; Spons: Lufroy RATTEL [RITTER] & Apollonie LEDOUX. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI (Opel. Ch.: v.3, p.186)
- FONTENOT, Joseph (Antoine & Chaterine Jacques FONTENAU) b. 16 April 1818, bt. 18 Oct. 1818 Pats: Jacques FONTENAU & Rosalie JEANSON; Mats: Jaques FONTENAU & Ulalie DOUSSET; Spons: Jaques FONTENAU & Ugenie FONTENAU. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI (Opel. Ch.: v.2, p.148)
- FONTENOT, Jean Baptiste (Antoine & Chaterine FONTENOT) b. 18 Jan. 1820, bt. 25 June 1820 Pats: Jacques FONTENOT & Rosalie JEANSONNE; Mats: Jacques FONTENOT & Ulalie DOUSSET; Spons: Jean Baptiste FONTENOT & Marie FONTENOT. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI (Opel. Ch.: v.2, p.203)
- ↑ Hebert, Rev. Donald J. Southwest Louisiana Records (1750-1900), Compact Disc. ("SWLR CD") (Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 2000): Text:
- ROUGEAU, Severin - native of Oppellousas (major son of Jean Baptiste & Elisabeth LEDE) m. 21 May 1822 Marie FONTENOT - native of this parish (major daughter of Jaques & Ulalie DOUSSET) Wits: Jaques FONTENOT fils [Jr.], Caliste ROUGEAU, Alexis FONTENOT. Fr. Flavius Henri ROSSI (Opel.Ch.: v.1-B, p.393)
Acknowledgments
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DNA Connections
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~0.78%
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~0.78%
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Categories: Fort Toulouse | 1777 Census, Opelousas, Louisiana | Louisiana Families
Julien Louis Jacques, the youngest, was born decades after the deaths of both Jacques and Eulalie. He now has sources that substantiate his c.1841 DOB, so he needs to be disconnected from Jacques and Eulalie. Just going by the way the priests often used to add a father's name to a child's as their way of keeping things straight, I would guess that Louis Jacques Fontenot might be the actual father, and start researching there.