Jean-Baptiste (Leblanc) LeBlanc (1725 - 1782)

Born 29 Oct 1725 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Landry — married 8 Nov 1745 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Husband of Marguerite Celestin — married 10 Aug 1758 in Southampton, Hampshire, England

Descendants

Died 17 Sep 1782 at age 56 in Chantenay, Bretagne, France

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Biography

Jean Baptiste Leblanc, son of François Leblanc and Jeanne Hébert, was born 29 October 1725, and baptized the same day at St. Charles aux Mines Parish, Grand Pré, Acadia.^[1][2][3]

When he was 21, Jean Baptiste married Marie Landry, age 20, daughter of Jean Landry and Magdeleine Melanson 8 November 1745 at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia.^[4] Children :^[5]

1. Jean Baptiste Leblanc (1747 - ~ ) Grand-Pré
2. Joseph Leblanc (1748 - ~ ) ^[6]
3. Pierre Leblanc, (1753 - ~ ) St-Charles-des-Mines
4. Unknown son LEBLANC, b. before 1755
5. Unknown son LEBLANC, b. before 1755
6. Unknown son LEBLANC, b. before 1755
7. Unknown daughter LEBLANC, b. before 1755

On 5 September 1755, Jean-Baptiste 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 of Jean Terriot with 6 sons and 1 daughter (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 4 bullocks, 7 cows, 9 young cattle, 30 sheep, 11 hogs, and 2 horses. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[7][8]

On 27 October 1755, Jean-Baptiste, his wife Marie, and their children Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, Pierre and 4 unnamed children (3 boys, 1 girl) were deported to Virginia where the Acadians were held over winter. The administrators of the colony were not welcoming to these Frenchmen who spoke a different language and worshiped differently. The following spring, on the Bobby Goodridge, they were deported again, from Virginia to Portsmouth, England where they arrived on 23 June 1756. From there they were sent to Southampton, England where they were detained for 7 years until the signing of the Treaty of Paris. ^[8]

In exile at Southampton, England, Jean Baptiste (32) married Marguerite Celestin (23) (1735 - 1782) on 10 August 1758, daughter of Jacques and Marie Landry.^[3]. Children: ^[5]

1. Moïse b. 29 Sep 1761, Southampton
2. Marie Marguerite b. 5 Apr 1764, St-Énogat
3. Joseph b. 19 Mar 1766, Le Palais, Belle-Ile-en-Mer
4. Jacques Hippolyte b. 13 Mar 1768, Bangor, Belle-Ile-en-Mer
5. François Marie b. 27 Mar 1770, Bangor, Belle-Ile-en-Mer
6. Marie Madeleine b. 25 Jan 1773, Bangor, Belle-Ile-en-Mer
7. Anne Geneviève b. 2 Jun 1775, Bangor, Belle-Ile-en-Mer
8. Marie 1763- (Uncertain existence)^[9]

In 1763 the Acadians detained in England were finally released and repatriated to France. They boarded the ship L'Ambition in Southampton, England, bound for Saint-Malo.^[3]

They were counted in 1763 on a list of French neutrals delivered by Edw. Noble to Sieur de la Rochette at Southampton, England.^[10]

1. Baptiste LE BLANC, 36;
2. Jean LE BLANC, 15; (estimated year of birth 1748)
3. Joseph LE BLANC, 13; (estimated year of birth 1750)
4. Pierre LE BLANC, 9; (estimated year of birth 1754)
5. Marguerite LE JEUNE, 27. (a relative?)

"He and his 2nd wife and four children disembarked at St. Malo from England on 22 May 1763 from the ship L'Ambition.^[10]

1. Batiste LeBLAN
   
2. Margueritte LeBLAN
   
3. Jean LeBLAN
   
4. Joseph LeBLAN
   
5. Pierre LeBLAN
   
6. Moise LeBLAN
   

"They resided in St. Enogat, France from 1763 to 1765, when they went to Belle-Isle-en-Mer. Jean gave a declaration there at Keruest on 25 Feb 1767."^[10]

Jean Baptiste died on 17 September 1782 at 58 years of age and was interred the next day in Chantenay, Bretagne (now Loire-Atlantique department) France.^[3]

Marguerite also died in 1782, leaving several young orphans. Marguerite and Jean-Baptiste's children emigrated to Louisiana, except for Marie Marguerite who died in France.

Research Notes

These two Jean Baptiste LeBlancs are very similar and hard to keep sorted.

• Jean Baptiste LeBlanc 1724-1802 was the son of Jean Simon LeBlanc and Jeanne Dupuis. He married Marie Josephe Landry, daughter of Charles Landry and Marie Josephe Girouard, on 19 January 1750.
• THIS Jean Baptiste LeBlanc, 1725-1782, was the son of Francois LeBlanc and Jeanne Hebert. He married Marie [middle name confusion Josephe? or Madeleine?] Landry, daughter of Jean Baptiste Landry dit Jane and Madeleine Melancon, on 8 November 1745. She died in exile in Virginia. Her husband Jean-Baptiste and three sons were then shipped to Southhampton, continuing their exile.

Sources

1. ↑ 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 219): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/219?r=0&s=4
2. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records: The Registers of St Charles Aux Mines in Acadia 1707-1748, volume 1a, revised (Diocese of Baton Rouge Archives: Baton Rouge, La., 1999), p. 134, cites SGA-2, 62, baptism, Jean Baptiste Leblanc
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} White, Stephen A. Patrice Gallant, and Hector-J Hébert, Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (Moncton, N.-B.: Centre d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton, 1999) p. 1000
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 779): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/779?r=0&s=4
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Marcel Walter Landry Jean Baptiste LeBlanc at Généalogie des Landry à travers le monde, accessed July 2020
6. ↑ Birth of son Joseph Leblanc: "Canada, Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896"
   FamilySearch Record: V5MK-Q4B (accessed 11 February 2023)
   Joseph Leblanc born to Marie Landry on 5 Aug 1748 in Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
7. ↑ 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 # 43,

   Village Jean Terriot, Jean Batiste Leblan, 6 sons 1 daughter (spouses were not included on the list), 4 bullocks, 7 cows, 9 young cattle, 30 sheep, 11 hogs, 2 horses.

8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 225
9. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader Marie LeBlanc at Geneanet
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Karen Theriot Reader Jean Baptiste François LeBlanc citing Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-1785; pt 1, vol. II, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; pp. 565-566, family #639?

    Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC, born 29 Oct 1725 [sic] at St. Charles-des-Mines, Acadie, son of Francois & Jeanne HEBERT. Sponsors: Jacques LEBLANC & Marie BABIN, wife of Rene RICHARD. He married 1st on 8 Nov 1745 at St. Charles-des-Mines to Marie LANDRY, daughter of Jean & Madeleine MELANSON; three children. Jean married 2nd on 10 Aug 1758 in Southampton, England to Marguerite CELESTIN called BELLEMERE; two children. He and his 2nd wife and four children disembarked at St. Malo from England on 22 May 1763 from the ship "L'Ambition." They resided in St. Enogat, France from 1763 to 1765, when they went to Belle-Isle-en-Mer. Jean gave a declaration there at Keruest on 25 Feb 1767.

See also:

• http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Leblanc_Jean-Baptiste&pid=430668&lng=en