Jean Baptiste Guidry (abt. 1788 - 1825)

Born about 22 Jun 1788 in Lafourche Territory, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

Ancestors

Husband of Madeleine Reine Dugas — married 13 Jan 1806 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1825 at about age 36 in Plattenville, Assumption Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Jean Baptiste Guidry or Guedry, was baptized on 22 June 1788 in Ascension Parish. His birth day wasn't given. He was the son of Fermin Guedry & Marguerite Landry. His sponsors at baptism were Fermin Landry & Monica Guedri. The church records at this time were kept by Spanish priests and are given the Spanish spelling. (Juan Baptiste) ^[1]

By 1768 his grandfather had died and the family was in Natchez, on the way to Louisiana.^[2][3]

By 1 August 1770 he was in Ascension, Louisiana. ^[4][5]

Census: 23 Apr 1777 Donaldsonville, Ascension, LA ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "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; p. 340

   ((ASC-5, 18)

2. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796 (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 436

   Note: Document found in A.D.S., Legajo 2585.

   Text: "Acadian Families Who Came to Louisiana and Were Going to Settle at St. Louis de Natchez in the year 1768."

   Ana DE PUI, widow, age 35;

   Fermin LIEDRI [sic, for GUEDRY], son, 16;

   Juan Bte. [GUEDRY], son, 2;

   Magdalena [GUEDRY], daughter, 14;

   Monica [GUEDRY], daughter, 6;

   Isabel [GUEDRY], daughter, 3.

3. ↑ 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. Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com; pp. 457 & 459 Text: On list dated 11 Feb 1768 at New Orleans: Distribution of Lands for the Acadian Families Who Are Destined for the Town of Saint Louis of Natchez." Ana de PUI, widow with five children, on 6 arpents.

   On "List of Acadian Families Who Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Providence [sic] of Louisiana and Are Lodged in the Habitation Constructed by the King," dated 7 Feb 1768:

   Ana de PUI, age 35;

   Fermin LLEDRI [sic, for GUEDRY], 16; [this man's father]

   Juan Baupta, 7;

   Magdalena, 14;

   Monica, 6;

   Isabel, 3.

4. ↑ "1810 & 1820 federal censuses for eight Louisiana parishes, including Ascension, Assumption," Robert Bruce L. Ardoin, comp. (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977) p. 191

   Note: The 1770 census of Ascension Parish found in the Archivo General de Indias: PAPELES PROCEDENTES DE CUBA, Legajo 188-1-1.

   Text: Household #81: Anne DUPUIS, Ve. [widow] GUIDRY, age 40, listed with her children: son Firmain GUEDRY, age 18 & Jean GUEDRY, age 8; daughters Magdelaine GUEDRY, age 16 & Monique GUEDRY, age 6. They have 6 arpents of land, no livestock listed.

5. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798 (Harvey, LA: Hébert Publications, 1980) pp. 7, 18

   Text: 81. Firmin GUEDRY, [no age or animals given], 6 arpents of land "in fallow." [This may be land held in reserve by the same man listed in household #77.]

   Anne DUPUIS, Widow GUEDRY, 40, 6 arpents of land;

   Firmain GUEDRY, her son, 18;

   Jean GUEDRY, id, 8;

   Magdelaine GUEDRY, her daughter, 16;

   Monique GUEDRY, id, 6.

6. ↑ Robichaux, p. 18

   Text: 77.

   Firmin GUEDRY, 27, with 6 arpents, 10 cattle, 3 horses, 8 swine, 2 guns;

   Widow GUEDRY [Anne Madeleine DUPUIS], his mother, 44;

   Jean GUEDRY, his brother, 17;

   Marie GUEDRY, his sister, 15.