Jean Baptiste Leger (1770 - 1848)

Born 17 Feb 1770 in Cherbourg, Normandie, France

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Ann Savoie — married 9 Aug 1796 in Opelousas, St Landry, Louisiana

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1848 at age 78 in Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Marie Angelique Pinel veuve Michel Leger is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 6 Right Le Bon Papa arrivee le 29 Juillet 1785. Listed with her are two children Louis and Jean.^[1]

Jean Baptiste Leger, age 15, and his brother Louis, age 19, came to Louisiana from France with their mother, Angélique Pinet, widow of Michel Léger, aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the "Seven Ships of 1785," which reached the port of New Orleans in late July, 1785. After older brother Michel joined them in New Orleans, they crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Opelousas District.

Eleven years later in 1796 Jean married Marie Anne Savoie at St. Landry Church in Opelousas, Louisiana.^[2] Known children of the marriage:

1. Marie Elisa Leger, b: 09 AUG 1796 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA
2. Marguerite Sidalise Leger (1797)
3. Marie Emeranthe Leger (1799)
4. Carmelite Leger (1802)
5. Susanne Leger (1805)
6. Jean Valerie Leger (1807-1853)
7. Dosithé Leger (1809-1865)
8. Arsene Leger (1812-1848)
9. Adelaide Leger (1813)
10. Joachim Leger (1816-1882)
11. Celestine Leger (1818)
12. Roy Leger, b: 1819 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA
13. Azelima Leger, b: 01 DEC 1826 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA; m. 1 Dec 1846 George John Tromp; Succ: 23 Feb 1875 (Crowley Ct. Hse.)

In 1810 he was counted on the St. Landry Parish Census: Jean Leger, 2 males, 5 females, 1 slave.^[3]

In 1820 he was counted on the St. Landry Parish Census: Jean Bte Leger.

He died in 1848 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana,^[4] and was buried at St. Charles Borromeo Cemetery in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, editors, (Opelousas, LA: Bodemuller, 2015) p. 6
2. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications):
   • LEGER, Jean (Michel & Angelique PINET - of LaRochelle, France) m. 9 Aug. 1796 Marie SAVOY (Jean & Marie BOUTIN) Wits: Silvain SONNIER, Michel LEGER, Cyrille THIBEAUDO, Michel BLANCHETE . Fr. Pedro de ZAMORA (Opel. Ch.: v.1-A, p.67)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK8P-PVM3 : accessed 15 October 2020), Jean Leger, Opelousas, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 315, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 181,355.
4. ↑ Hebert, SWLR CD:
   • LEGER, Jean d. 29 July 1848 at age 78 yrs. (GC Ch.: v. 1, p. 76)
   • LEGER, Jean Sr. Succ. dated 14 Sept. 1849 (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Succ. # 1448)
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 October 2020), memorial page for Jean Baptiste Leger (17 Feb 1770–29 Jul 1848), Find A Grave: Memorial #177233636, citing St Charles Borromeo Cemetery, Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Terry (contributor 47192381).