Isaac LeBlanc (abt. 1763 - 1826)

Born about 1763 in Baltimore, Province of Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Felicite (Melancon) Melanson — married 13 Nov 1786 in Saint-Gabriel, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died Sep 1826 at about age 63 in St. Gabriel, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

BONAVENTURE LEBLANC is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 4 Right. Listed with him is his wife Marie Terriot and 5 children: Joseph, Anne, Marie Madeleine, Esther and Hyacinthe. ^[1]

Isaac LeBlanc was born in exile about 1763. He was the son of Bonaventure LeBlanc and Marie-Josèphe Thériot who had been deported from Grand-Pré to Maryland in 1755.

At the end of the Seven Years’ War in 1763, thousands of Acadians detained in the Anglo-American colonies were freed. The majority emigrated to Québec or to French-controlled territories such as the Antilles, France, Saint- Pierre-et-Miquelon and Louisiana between the years 1763 and 1769. They chose to immigrate to Louisiana in July 1767. ^[2]

On 27 July 1767 in St. Gabriel, Isaac (listed as Jacinto age 4), his parents and siblings appeared on a list of families who came to Louisiana in the year 1767. ^[3][4]

On 13 November 1786, in St. Gabriel, Iberville, he married Marie Félicité Melanson, daughter of Amand Melanson and Marie-Anne Babin. ^[5]

Children; ^[6]

1. Victoire LE BLANC 1787-1828
2. Marie Clothilde LE BLANC 1788-
3. Maximilien LE BLANC 1791-1848
4. Marie Rose LE BLANC 1793-
5. Marie Adelaide LE BLANC 1795-
6. Marie Marguerite LE BLANC 1798-
7. Felicite Adeline LE BLANC 1800-
8. Marie Delphine LE BLANC 1801-
9. Arthemise LE BLANC 1804-
10. Hortense LE BLANC 1807-

He died in 1826. He was buried on 27 September 1826 in St. Gabriel. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial"; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 20.
2. ↑ Steven A. Cormier, Acadians in Gray, APPENDICES: Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800sm LE BLANC Bonaventure LeBlanc
3. ↑ Gregory A. Wood, A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995)

   On "List of Acadian Families who came to Louisiana to be established in the Year 1767." At St. Gabriel, LA he was 40 years old, with 8 arpents of land, and one additional child since 1763.

4. ↑ Jacqueline K. Voorhies, Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973 ) p. 431

   On "LIST OF ACADIAN FAMILIES WHO CAME TO LOUISIANA TO BE ESTABLISNED [sic] IN THE YEAR 1767" signed by Julian Alverez, found in the Papeles procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 114: 13.

   Buena Bentura BLANCO (LEBLANC), age 40;

   Maria BLANCO, wife, 40;

   Josef BLANCO, son, 16;

   Jacinto BLANCO, son, 4;

   Ana BLANCO, daughter, age 14;

   Maria Magdalena BLANCO, daughter, age 10;

   Ester BLANCO, daughter, age 6.

5. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1980) pp. 467 & 534-535

   Isaac LE BLANC, son of Bonaventura & Marie TERIOT, married on 13 Nov 1786 to Felicite MELANCON, daughter of Aman & Ana BABIN. Witnesses not given. Recorded in St. Gabriel Church, Iberville, LA (SGA-14, 6, #14).

6. ↑ Geneanet.org. Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree. Page for Isaac LeBlanc
7. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, vol. 4, 1820-1829, (Diocese, 1983 - p. 350)

   Isaac LE BLANC, age 63, buried 27 Sep 1826 at St. Gabriel Church (SGA-8, 129).

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