Marie Josephe Guillot (abt. 1723 - aft. 1795)

Born about 1723 in Cobeguit, Acadia, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Alexis Breau — married 1752 in Acadie

Descendants

Died after 1795 after about age 72 in Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

Alexis Brod is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 10 Left L'Amitie, Arrivee le 7 Novembre 1785. Listed with Alexis is his spouse Marie Guillot and their daughter Margueritte, his neveu Fabien Guillot, and his cousin Jean Gotreau. ^[1]

Marie Joseph Buillot, daughter of Rene Guillot and Marguerite Doiron, was born about 1723 in Cobeguit, Acadia ^[2] She was recorded on the La Roque census at Pointe Prime, Isle Saint-Jean (present-day Prince Edward Island) with her father and brother Jean-Baptiste, both widowed, and Jean-Baptiste's children. ^[3]

Marie Josephe married Alexis Breau, son of Pierre and Anne Francoise Dupuis about 1752 in Acadia. Page: BREAU #30^[4]They had 6 children:

1. Charles BREAU b: Abt 1753 in, Acadia
2. Elisabeth BREAU b: Abt 1754 in, Isle St. Jean, Acadia
3. Fabien BREAU b: Abt 1756 in Isle St. Jean, Acadia
4. Elisabeth Renee BREAU b: 11 May 1759 in Trigavou, Cotes d'Armor, France c: 11 May 1759 in Trigavou, Cotes d'Armor, France
5. Pierre BREAU b: 24 Aug 1762 in Trigavou, Cotes d'Armor, France c: 24 Aug 1762 in Trigavou, Cotes d'Armor, France
6. Marguerite Blanche Breau b: 27 May 1765 in Trigavou, Cotes d'Armor, France c: 27 May 1767 in Trigavou, Cotes d'Armor, France

Residence

Alexis Braud, Marie Guillot, his wife and their children: Charles, Madeleine, Anne, Marie and Victoire were deported by the British from Acadia. They disembarked at St. Malo on March 9, 1759 from the British ship, du Supply. They resided at Trigavou, Brittany, France, 1759-1773. Their youngest 3 children were born in Trigavou, Cotes d'Armor, France. ^[5]

Census: Sep 1784 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[6]

In 1785, she immigrated to Louisiana, along with her husband Alexis, daughter Marguerite, one nephew, and one cousin. They departed La Rochelle, France, aboard the L'Amitié, a merchant vessel chartered by the Spanish government to transport Acadian exiles to New Orleans. The ship arrived in New Orleans on November 7, 1785. Passenger Ship List-L'Amitie

Alexis BRAUD, day laborer - 61

Marie GUILLOT, wife - 62

Marguerite BRAUD, daughter - 20

Fabien GUILLOT, nephew, sailor - 23

Jean GAUTROT, cousin, sailor - 22

They settled along Bayou Lafourche, probably near Thibodaux.

Census: Dec 1795 , Lafourche, LA ^[7]

She died sometime after the census of Lafourche, Louisiana which took place Dec 1795.

Sources

1. ↑ Title: The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Author: Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; Personal Copy. p. 39.
2. ↑ Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version; Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, Inc.; Page: BREAU #30 2nd spouse

   Text: Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT, daughter of René (2) GUILLOT & Marguerite DOIRON, born around 1723

3. ↑ Report Concerning Canadian Archives for the Year 1905, Volume II (Ottawa: Printed by S.E.Dawson, 1905), 1752 La Roque Census, p. 122 image 274. A transcription of the original census, in French, can be found at Census Transcription of Original Record “Recensement de l'Isle Royal et de Isle Saint-Jean ” p. 454-455, Image 458-459

   Herné Guillot, ploughman, native of Doix, bishopric of Angers, aged 59 years.

   He has Marie Joseph Guillot, his daughter, aged 29 years.

   Jean Baptiste Guillot, native of l'Acadie, aged 31 years.

   He has one son and two daughters:-

   Charles Olivier, aged 6 years.

   Elisabeth, aged 4 years.

   Marie Joseph, aged 2 years.

   And in stock, two cows and one calf. The land upon which they are settled is situated as in the preceding cases. It was given to them verbally by Monsieur de Bonnaventure. On it they have made a clearing for the sowing of four bushels of wheat in the coming spring.

4. ↑ Title: Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes: 1715 à 1780; Author: Stephen A. White; Publication: Moncton, NB: Centre d'Études Acadiennes, draft version; Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, Inc.; p.
5. ↑ Title: Acadians in Exile in Saint Malo 1758-1785; Author: Albert J. Robichaux; Publication: Hebert Publications, Eunice, Louisiana 1981; Vol 1; Personal Copy; p. 161-164.
6. ↑ Title: Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Author: Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Publication: Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; Source published by Karen Theriot Reader, RootsWeb.com, Inc.; p. 499

   Text: On the list of the Acadian families "who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His Catholic Majesty, dated Sep 1784 (cited as A.D.S. Legajo 2575).

   On list from NANTES:

   Alexis BRAUD, with wife Marie GUILLOTTE, 1 daughter, for a total of 3 in family.

7. ↑ Title: Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798; Author: Albert J. Robichaux, Jr.’ Publication: Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980; Personal Copy; General Census of the Habitants of Valenzuela of Lafourche, Two Thousand Sixty-four Persons; April 10, 1797; /s/ N, Verret; (Original: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 215A); p. 65

   Text: Alexos BRAUX, age 72;

   Maria GUIOT, 74.