Henriette Legendre (abt. 1751 - 1798)

Born about Feb 1751 in Isle Royale, Acadie

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Benoit — married 9 Feb 1768 in Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1798 at about age 47 in East Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Biography

Daniel Benoit is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 6 Right, Le Bon Papa. Listed with him is his wife Henriette Legendre and their daughter also named Henriette.^[1]

Henriette was born in 1751. She is on the census taken by le Sieur de la Roque at Isle St. Jean in 1752, age 18 months. ^[2][3]

Francois and Marguerite and three children including Henriette, Francois and Anastasie were deported in 1758 to St-Malo, France. Henriette was the only child to survive the voyage.^[4]

She married Daniel Benoit (1748-1825) on 9 February 1768 at St. Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. ^[5]

Children:

1. Daniel Henri BENOIT 1769-1774
2. Jeanne Eleonore Anastasie BENOIT 1772-1772
3. Henriette Reine BENOIT 1778-1843

On September 1784 she and her husband and their daughter are on the Census taken at Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France.^[6]

On list from NANTES:

Daniel BENOIT, with wife Henriette LE GENDRE, 1 daughter, for a total of 3 in family.

The family of three debarked at the Port of New Orleans on 29 July 1785 to begin their new life.^[7]

Henriette LEGENDRE, age 32, wife of Daniel BENOIT, traveling with him and a daughter as the 26th family (of 3 persons) aboard "Le Bon Papa."

She passed away in 1798. ^[8]

Henriette, age 46 years, widow of Daniel BENOIT, buried 17 Feb 1798 (SJO-4, 11).

Research

Parents need profiles. Francois Alexandre LEGENDRE

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. 27
2. ↑ Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785 - Gérard-Marc Braud - Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999 - A genealogical approach. - p. 190

   Born around 1751.

3. ↑ Placide Gaudet, REPORT CONCERNING CANADIAN ARCHIVES FOR THE YEAR 1905; 1600-1800; vol. II, part A, original a Sessional Paper no. 18 of the Archives, reprinted Heritage Books, 1994; p. 133
4. ↑ "Rolle des habitans de l'Isle St Jean débarqués à St Malo le 23 janvier 1759 des 5 paquebots anglois le Yarmouth, la Patience, le Mathias, la Restoration et le John et Samuel," Fonds de l'inscription maritime de Saint-Servan (France): C-4619, MG6 C2, Library and Archives Canada, Roll of the " Five English ships " (Yarmouth, Patience, Mathias, Restoration, John Samuel) disembarked at Saint-Malo on January 23, 1759 image 217, accessed 9/23/2023

   181
   LE GENDRE François, de Meillac, 36 ans,
   LE BEAUVE Marguerite, acadienne, 32 ans
   LE GENDRE Henriette, 8 ans, fille
   LE GENDRE François, 5 ans, fils, + en mer
   LE GENDRE Anastasie, 2 ans, fille, + en mer

5. ↑ "Les Acadiens en France--Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785"; Gérard-Marc Braud; Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999; p. 39; p. 190
6. ↑ Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Jacqueline K. Voorhies - Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 497

   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).

7. ↑ Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995; pp. 8-9
8. ↑ Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803 - Diocese of Baton Rouge; Baton Rouge, LA, 1980; p. 491