Martin Benoni Pitre (1767 - 1851)

Born 6 May 1767 in St. Suliac, Ille Et Vilaine, France

Ancestors

Husband of Jeanne Dantin — married 21 Jan 1786 in New Orleans, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1851 at age 84 in Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Martin Benony Pitre is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 12 Right 'La Caroline" Arrivee le 12 Decembre 1785. Listed with Martin is Joseph Hebert, his brother and Marie Hebert, his sister. They were the children of Martin's mother's 1st husband so half siblings.^[1]

Martin Benoni Pitre was born on May 06, 1767 in Ille Et Vilaine, France and baptised at St. Suliac. His parents were Paul Hypolite Pitre and Marguerite Louise Valet. ^[2][3]

Martin Belloni PITRE, born 6 May 1767 at St. Malo, France, son of Paul Hypolite & Marguerite Louise VALET, came to LA in 1785 as a carpenter.

Martin emigrated to Louisiana from France debarking from La Caroline" on 17 Dec 1785 at the Port of New Orleans.^[4][5]

As with many other Acadians who arrived in New Orleans, Martin stayed there while tending to personal matters, not the least of which was finding a spouse. He married Jeanne Dantin on January 21, 1786 at St. Louis Church in New Orleans.^[6] They settled in Lafourche where they are enumerated by Spanish officials on the census of 1788.^[7] 33

Text: Martin PITRE, age 20, living with his wife Jeanne DANTIN, 19, Joseph his brother, 15, and his sister Marie, 12 in household of 4 persons. They have 6 arpents of land, 30 quarts of corn, 1 head cattle, and 4 hogs.

In 1795, Martin, age 28 and Juana Dantin, age 28 have a daughter Felicitas, age 3.^[7]

Together they had these known children:

1. Felicite Pitre
2. Joseph Leonard
3. Jean Pierre Louis Pitre
4. Louis Auguste Pitre
5. Louis Achille Pitre
6. Mathurin Pitre
7. Francois Basile Pitre
8. Hypolite Pitre

1. Josephe Elinore Pitre
2. Madeleine Marie Pitre
3. Arthemise Pitre

He died on November 21, 1851 in Thibodaux, Louisiana, United States. ^[8]

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. 45
2. ↑ Thot, Archives en ligne Ille-et-Vilaine, Registres paroissiaux et état civil, 10 NUM 35314 78, SAINT-SULIAC, 1767, Baptêmes/Mariages, COMMUNE, image 12 of 22 Martin Benoni Baptism Record
3. ↑ Karen Theriot Reader, geneanet.org, citing: Audrey B. Westerman, FIRST LAND OWNERS AND ANNOTATED CENSUS OF LAFOURCHE INTERIOR PARISH, LA; 1810; Houma, LA, Terrebonne Genealogical Society, 1995; No. 336;
4. ↑ From Nantes to Louisiana, The history of Acadia: the odyssey of an exiled people; Gérard-Marc Braud; English translation: Julie Fontenot Landry; La Rainette; Lafayette, Louisiana; p. 85

   Text: In Nantes on 29 Jun 1785 Martin PITRE, Marie & Joseph HÉBERT (minors) applied for "permission to leave for Louisiana." Their mother was Louise VALLETTE, wife of Jean JAUNAI, widow of Paul PITRE & Charles HÉBERT. Notary was BRIAND, Jr.

5. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index, (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995) - pp. 84-85 & 108-109

   Martin PITRE, age 22 [sic, he was probably only 18], with his [half-]siblings Joseph HÉBERT & Marie HÉBERT, traveled as the 13th family (of 3 persons) aboard "La Caroline." They embarked in France on 19 Oct 1785 and debarked at Louisiana on 17 Dec 1785.

6. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records; Reverend Monsignor Earl C. Woods, editor, New Orleans, 1989; Volume 4, 1784-1790; pp. 72 & 251

   Text: Martin PITRE, son of Pablo & [illegible], native of St. Malo, married 21 Jan 1786 to Juana DANTEIN, daughter of Luis & Maria [illegible], native of St. Malo. Witnesses: Vicente LLORCA; Josef MARTINEZ (SLC, M5, 45).

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche", 1770-1798; Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980; pp, 33 & 52(Original: Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 215A)
8. ↑ South Louisiana Records, vol. 3, 1851-1860; Donald J. Hebert; Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, (1979, 2nd ed. 1985, Claitor's Publishing, Baton Rouge, LA.); Contains church and civil records of Lafourche & Terrebonne Parishes; p. 412

   Text: Martin PITRE died 21 Nov 1851 at age 88 years [sic] (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #792).