Marie Claire Josephe Martin (abt. 1734 - 1797)

Born about 8 Feb 1734 in Port Royal , Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Barthélemy Godin — married about 1760 in Acadie

Wife of Joseph Richard — married 24 Aug 1772 in Ascension Catholic Church, Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1797 at about age 63 in St. James Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

Barthelemy Godin dit Belle Fontaine is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 3 Right. Listed with him is his wife Marie Martin. ^[1]

Marie Claire Josephe Martin was born in 1734 in Port Royal Nova Scotia. She is the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Martin and Marie Brun.

• Birth: (8 February 1734) Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse
• Baptism: (12 April 1734) Port Royal, Annapolis, Nouvelle-Écosse ^[2]

She was age 32 on the census of 9 April 1766 taken at Cabanocey, Louisiana; however, according to Bona Arsenault, she had a sister named "Marie Josephe", born about the same time, who apparently didn't marry or have children. Date is an estimate.^[3]

Around 1755, the British began expelling the Acadians. Some were imprisoned at Halifax and were released from there after the treaty of 1764 was signed.

About 1760, Marie Claire married Barthelemy Godin dit Belle Fontaine in Acadia. ^[4] Children:

1. Louis Gaudin 1767–​
2. Barthelemy Gaudin 1769–1774
3. Marguerite Gaudin 1770-

How the couple travelled to Louisiana hasn't been researched but we find the couple living in Cabanocey, Louisiana on 8 April 1766 with 5 arpents of land.^[5]Marie and Barthelemy are on the 14 September 1769 Census of Lower "Cabahannocer" on the left bank of the Mississippi River. They have two sons, Louis and Barthelemy.^[6]

After Barthelemy died and on 24 Aug 1772, Marie married Joseph Richard, son of Joseph & Maria Coumos. Her parents are named in the marriage record: "Jean Baptiste [Martin] & Marie BRUNE".^[7][8] Children:

1. Jean Pierre Marie Richard 1773–1842 ​
2. Simon Richard 1775–
3. Marguerite Richard 1777–1852

On 1 January 1777, the Census of the area now called St. James, enumerated Marie Martin and Joseph Richard and their combined families plus two additional children born to their marriage.^[9]

Joseph RICHARD, 41;

Marie MARTIN, his wife, 41;

Louis [GODIN], "son fils" [her son], 10;

Pierre, "son fils" [his (their) son], 3;

Simon, "son fils" [his (their) son, 2;

Marie, his daughter, 10;

Roze, his daughter, 7;

Francoise, his daughter, 7;

Angelique, his daughter, 5.

She died after 3 April 1782 in Louisiana. Land record showing Joseph is a widow.^[10]

• Death: (30 August 1797) St James Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Burial: (31 August 1797) St James, St James, Louisiana, United States ^[11]

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. 17
2. ↑ Marie Joseph Martin, "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896" Citation "Nova Scotia Births and Baptisms, 1702-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XL5S-D4V : 5 December 2014), Marie Joseph Martin, 08 Feb 1734; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. ↑ Bona Arsenault, HISTOIRE ET GENEALOGIE DES ACADIENS; 1600-1800; Ottawa, Editions Lemeac, 1978, vols. 2-6; p. 680 (Port Royal);
4. ↑ ""Liste des familles et individus qui ont demeuré à Halifax entre 1759 et 1764; LeBlanc, Ronnie-Gilles

   Married around 1760 [place not given].

5. ↑ Cabanocey", Lillian C. Bourgeois; New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957; reprinted Pelican Publ., 1998 p. 167

   Census: 9 APR 1766, Cabahannocer, St. James, Louisiana

   Text: Barthelemy Bellefontaine, 31 with 5 arpents of land, 1 gun; Marie Martin, wife 32.

6. ↑ Cabanocey", Lillian C. Bourgeois; New Orleans: Pelican Publishing, 1957; reprinted Pelican Publ., 1998 p. 177 Original in Archivo General de Indias, Papeles procedentes de Cuba, legajo 187A, folio 220-231. On the Left Bank, Mississippi River

   No. 104 Barthelemy GODAIN, called BELFONTAINE, 32;

   Marie MARTIN, wife, 34;

   Louis, son, 2;

   Barthelemy, son, 7 months.

7. ↑ Catholic Church Records, vol. 2, 1770-1803 - Diocese of Baton Rouge - Baton Rouge, LA, 1980; pp. 521 & 622

   Joseph RICHARD (widower of Anne MANUEL), son of Joseph & Maria COUMOS [sic], married on 24 Aug 1772 to Claire Maria MARTIN (widow of Bartolome GODIN), daughter of Jean Baptiste [Martin] & Marie BRUNE. Witnesses: Joseph BAPTISTE; Paul MARTIN. Recorded at Ascension Catholic Church, Donaldsonville, LA (ASC-1, 119).

8. ↑ Joseph Richard and Claire Maria Martin, "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906" Citation "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VK18-N62 : 4 December 2014), Joseph Richard and Claire Maria Martin, 24 Aug 1772; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 976.3 K29C V.2.
9. ↑ "The Parish of St. James in the Province of Louisiana": Abstracts from the Spanish Census of 1777; Winston De Ville; Ville Platte, LA, Author, 1987; Note: Genealogical Abstracts from the Spanish Census of 1777. Original in: Archives of the Indies, Papeles procedentes de Cuba; legajo 190; folios 192-205; p. 12
10. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, Geneanet.org; updated 2019 citing: "St. James Parish, Louisiana, Colonial Records, 1782-1787"; Eileen Larré Behrman, trans.; MacBean Press, 1981; Accessed on 14 October, 2019; p. 3,

    1782-8 & 9, vol. I

    No. 184, p. 37

    Spanish Document: Certificate pertaining to the habitation of the Widow GAUDIN, bounded on one side to land of Francois PART, and the other to that of Pedro PART.

    /S/ Leonardo MAZNAGE

    and

    No. 185, pp. 37-46

    Sale: Habitation belonging to the widow of Barthelmy GAUDIN and her minor children. Land is 4 arpents front, bounded on one side by Olliver PART and on the other by Pierre PART. Sale announced by Francois LANDRY and bids were made by Joseph ARSENEAUX, Jean Baptiste BERGERON, and Joseph RICHARD. :Sold to Joseph RICHARD, husband of the widow, for 220 piastres.

    Witnesses: Jacques CANTRELLE, Nicolas VERRET

    /S/ Miguel CANTRELLE

11. ↑ Marie Josephe Martin - Published information: Burial record or certificate: burial: 31 August 1797; Louisiana, United States

See also:

• Lillian C. Bourgeois, Cabanocey (Pelican Pub. Co., 1957), Wisconsin Historical Society Library, 1769 Census of the Acadian Coast, Family #104, p. 177.
• Lillian C. Bourgeois, Cabanocey (Pelican Pub. Co., 1957), Wisconsin Historical Society Library, 1777 Census of the Acadian Coast, p. 186.
• Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 2 (Catholic Church of Baton Rouge), Wisconsin Historical Society Library, RICHARD p. 622.