Paul Hebert (1712 - 1805)

Born 13 Apr 1712 in Saint-Charles-des-Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France

Ancestors

Husband of Marguerite Josephe Melanson — married 14 May 1736 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1805 at age 93 in Saint Gabriel, Louisiana, Orleans Territory

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Biography

PAUL HEBERT is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, Plaque 3 Right. Listed with him is his wife, Marguerite Melanson, and their children: Anne, Ignace, Marie, Jean Baptiste, Amand, Marguerite and Paul. Also listed is an orpheline, Marie Blanchard.^[1]

Paul Hebert was born in 1712, a son of Guillaume Hebert and Marie Dupuis. He was baptized the day after his birth at Saint Charles des Mines in Grand-Pré, Acadie. His godparents were Jacques Hebert and Cecile Dupuis ^[2][3]

When he was 24, Paul married Marguerite Josephe Melancon, age 18, daughter of Philippe Melanson and Marie Dugas, on 14 May 1736 at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadie. ^[4][3]

His known children were:

1. Pierre Paul Hebert (1737 - 1806)
2. Joseph Hebert (~1740 - 1799)
3. Charles Hebert (1741 - 1806)
4. Marie Magdeline (Hebert) Hébert (1743 - 1815)
5. Anne Marie Hebert (1745 - ~1825)
6. Ignace Hebert (1747 - ~1790)
7. Marie Hebert (1749 - )
8. Jean Baptiste Hebert (c.1751)
9. Amant Valery Hebert (>1753 - 1817)
10. Antoine Hebert (>1756 - <1767)
11. Paul Hebert (>1758 - <1796)
12. Marguerite Hebert (1760 - 1846)

On 5 September 1755, Paul was imprisoned along with hundreds of other Acadian men at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand-Pré. On a list of prisoners, he was said to live in the village des Michel (Hébert) (now Avonport, Nova Scotia) with 7 sons and 3 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 4 bullocks, 7 cows, 17 young cattle, 40 sheep, and 15 hogs. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[5][6]

On 27 October 1755, Paul, Marguerite-Josèphe and their children (Joseph, Charles, Ignace, Jean-Baptiste, Amand, Antoine, Marie-Madeleine, Anne-Marie, Marie, and an unnamed son) were deported to Maryland aboard the Ranger. ^[6] They were detained there until the end of the war in 1763. That year, the family was listed on a census in Georgetown, Maryland. ^[7][8]

With no home to return to, they accepted the Spanish government's offer to Acadian refugees to homestead Spain's newly-acquired Louisiana territory. They were counted soon after their arrival on 27 July 1767 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jean Baptist was 16.^[9] A few weeks later they had arrived at their allotted land in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. He was included on the "List of the Acadian Families That Have Come to Establish Themselves in This Province of Louisiana, and an Account of Their Belongings," as Juan Bauptista, age 16 years.^[10]

Paul Hebert died in 1805 and was buried at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, Iberville, Louisiana.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 18.
2. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 69): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/69?r=0&s=5
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748: The Registers of St. Charles aux Mines in Acadia, from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, Louisiana, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese, 1999) pp. 100-101
   • Paul Hebert (Guillaume Hebert and Marie Joseph Dupuis ) bn. 13 April 1712, bt. 14 April, 1712 spo. Jacques Hebert and Cecille Dupuis (SGA-1,36)
   • Paul Hebert, age ca 24 (Guillaume Hebert, decd. and Marie Joseph Dupuy) m. 14 May 1736 Josephe Marguerite Melancon, age 18 (Philippe Melancon and Decd. Marie Dugas) wit. A. BOURG [signed, priest writes Alexandre BOURG , notaire]; Jaques HÉBERT; Jean MELANSON [signed]; Joseph TERIOT [signed]; Pierre DOUCET [signed]; groom signed Paul HÉBAIRE, bride made X (SGA-2, 199).
4. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 706): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/706?r=0&s=4
5. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand-Pré - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand-Pré, September the 15th 1755," line # 336,

   Paul heberr, village des Michel, 7 sons and 3 daughters (spouses were not included on the list), 4 bullocks, 7 cows, 17 young cattle, 40 sheep, 15 hogs

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 326
7. ↑ Gregory A. Wood, A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: 1755-1899, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995) p. 132.
8. ↑ Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies, (Covington, KY: Author, 1977) pp. 131 & 150.

   Recensement des habitans Neutres de L'acadie détenus à Georgetown En Maryland ... Paul Hebert, Marg'te son epouse, Joseph Hebert, Magd'ne et anne Hebert, Ignace et Marie Hebert, JB'te et Amant Hebert, Antoine et Paul Hebert, Marg'te Hebert ...

   Census of Neutral Acadian Inhabitants Detained at Georgetown in Maryland... Paul Hebert, Marguerite his wife, Joseph Hebert, Madeleine and Anne Hebert, Ignace and Marie Hebert, Jean Baptiste and Amant Hebert, Antoine and Paul Hebert, Marguerite Hebert...

9. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians: Census Records of the Colony, 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973) p. 430

   On "List of Acadians Who Came to Louisiana to Be Established in the Year 1767," signed by Julian Alverez, in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 114: 4.

   Pablo HIBER, age 50;

   Margarita, 50;

   Ygnacio, son, 20;

   Jean Bte., son, 16;

   Armand, son, 14;

   Pablo, son, 3;

   Ana, daughter, 22;

   Maria, daughter, 18;

   Margarita, daughter, 7;

   Maria BLANCHARD, 13.

10. ↑ 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

    Originals in Seville, Spain: General Archives of the Indies, Section 5, Government, Audiencia of Santo Domingo, Legajo 2585.

    pp. 80 & 81: Pablo HEVER (Paul HÉBERT), his wife, seven children and an orphan girl, on 8 arpents of land.

11. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 3, 1804-1819, (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1982) p. 424

    Paul HEBERT, age 90 years (sic), buried on 26 Jul 1805 (SGA-8, 37).

• BIRTH-CHRISTENING-PARENTS-MARRIAGE-CENSUS-DEATH-BURIAL: Stephen A. White, DICTIONNAIRE GENEALOGIQUE DES FAMILLES ACADIENNES; 1636-1714; Moncton, New Brunswick, Centre d'Etude s Acadiennes, 1999, 2 vols.; p. 835; Source cited by Karen Theriot Reader

He was on the 1763 census at Georgetown, MD. On 1767 list of arrivals in LA, age 50 years.

• BIRTH-NAME-MARRIAGE-CHILDREN-RESIDENCES-CENSUS: Title: Acadians in Maryland; Gregory A. Wood, Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland, USA. p. 130-131

Paul Gaston: There is some age discrepancy, but a Paul Hebert, son of Guillaume/Marie Josephe Dupuis, was born 13 April 1712 (SGA-1, 36). At age 24, 14 May 1736, Paul married Josephe Marguerite Melancon, age 18, daughter of Philip/Marie Dugas, deceased (SGA-2, 199). Paul's siblings Ignace and Marguerite (wife of Bellony LeBlanc) are also at Georgetown, 1763.

1767: 50 yrs. old; 8 arpents of Land

Marguerite: 1767: 50 Yrs. old

also listed children: Joseph, Marie Madeleine, Anne Marie, Ignace, Marie, Jean Baptiste, Amant Valery, Antoine (not listed in household), Paul, Marguerite and Marie Blanchard, age 13, an orphan living in household.

See also:

• Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader family tree, page for Paul Gaston HEBERT