Pierre Rivet (abt. 1753 - abt. 1830)

Born about 1753 in Acadie

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Anne Josephe Breau — married 3 Feb 1777 in St. James, Louisiana, New Spain

Descendants

Died about May 1830 at about age 77 in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Etienne Rivet is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 5 Right. Listed with him are 4 of his children; Etienne, Francois, Pierre and Theodore.^[1]

Pierre Rivet was born about 1753 in Acadia, probably in the Rivet village near Pisiquid. His parents were Etienne Rivet and Claire Forest.

When the British began to deport the Acadians in 1755 during le Grand Dérangement, a very young Pierre and his family were loaded onto the deportation ship Dolphin with about 230 other Acadians. The ship left Pisiquid with three other transports in late October 1755, sailing in a convoy from the Minas Basin area for exile in the British colony of Maryland.^[2][3] The ship arrived at Annapolis, Maryland, in Chesapeake Bay on 30 November 1755, and the family was soon sent on to their final destination at Upper Marlborough.^[4][5] When their exile was ended by treaty in 1763, they were enumerated at Upper Marlborough on the Acadian census of 7 July 1763.^[6][7] They eventually departed with other Acadian and German families aboard the Britain on 5 January 1769 from Port Tobacco, Maryland, bound for Louisiana. After a difficult journey of almost ten months, they finally arrived at Natchitoches, Louisiana, on 24 October 1769.^{[8] [9]} From there, they were given supplies and sent downriver to settle in Iberville Parish. Pierre was about 16 years old.

At about 24 years of age, Pierre married Anne Josephe Breau, daughter of Simon Breau and Marguerite Landry, on 3 February 1777. The marriage was recorded at St. James Church in St. James Parish.^[10] Pierre was serving with the Colonial militia that year in Iberville Parish.^{[11] [12]}

Together, Pierre and Anne had eight children:

1. Anne Marine Rivet, b. 6 Feb 1778
2. Marie Anne "Henriette" Rivet, b. 21 Nov 1779
3. Pierre Rivet, b. 13 Feb 1783
4. Auguste Rivet, b. 8 Mar 1785
5. Louis Rivet, b. 5 Sep 1789
6. F. Xavier Rivet, b. about 1791
7. Jerome Rivet, b. 8 Mar 1792
8. Marie Cleonie Rivet, b. 13 Apr 1794

Pierre was enumerated as the head of a family in Iberville Parish during the first U.S. census for Louisiana in 1810. Their home was located on the right bank [West bank] of the Mississippi River. The early censuses didn't enumerate each individual, but based on age groupings and information known from other sources, this household probably included their five youngest children. (The three older children were married with their own households by then.) They also owned one slave.^[13]

By 1820, their son Jerome had married and moved into his own home. They had one female slave in the household.^[14]

Pierre died on or before 8 May 1830, when he was buried at St. Gabriel cemetery in Iberville Parish.^[15]

Sources

1. ↑ Wall of Names Committee, Jane G. Bulliard, Chair, The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, second edition (USA: Bodemuller The Printer, 2015), p. 24
2. ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Society, Report and Collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, for the years 1882-1883, Volume III, pages 71-196, "Journal of Colonel John Winslow, of the Provincial Troops, while engaged in removing the Acadian French Inhabitants from Grand Pré, and the neighbouring settlements, in the autumn of the year 1755" (Halifax, Nova Scotia: The Morning Herald Office, 1883); may be viewed online at https://archive.org/details/collectionsofnov01novauoft (file contains volumes I-III, see PDF pp. 377-502). This is a transcript from the original manuscript journal, March 1880, in the library of the Historical Society of Massachusetts, pp. 169-178
3. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, Acadian & French Canadian Ancestral Home, accessed 06 Oct 2016, article "The Chronology of the Deportations and Migrations of the Acadians 1755-1816," by Paul Delaney
4. ↑ The Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, MD, 04 Dec 1755, page 3, col. 1, "Annapolis, December 4"; may be viewed online at http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc4800/sc4872/001279/html/m1279-0830.html
5. ↑ Acadianswerehere.org, article "Acadians in Lower Marlboro and Upper Marlboro", http://acadianswerehere.org/acadians-in-lower-marlboro-and-upper-marlboro.html, accessed 29 Feb 2016
6. ↑ Janet Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies (Covington, KY: Author, 1977), pp. 141, 155;

   "Etat des neutrals acadiens qui sont au haut Marlborough" ["State of the Neutral Acadians Who Are in Upper Marlborough"], Etienne Rivette veuf [widower], Etienne Rivette, François Rivette, Jean Rivette, Pierre Rivette, Théodore Rivette .... 6

7. ↑ Lucie LeBlanc Consentino, acadian-home.org, accessed 23 Oct 2010, article "Acadians in Maryland." Gives a summary of the deportation ships and a transcript of the 1763 Maryland census.
8. ↑ Lawrence Kinnaird, editor, Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the year 1945; Volume II: Spain in the Mississippi Valley, 1765-1794; Part I: The Revolutionary Period, 1765-81 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949); may be viewed online at archive.org, pp. 135-142
9. ↑ Gregory A Wood, A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the 18th & 19th Centuries (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1995), pp. 35-36
10. ↑ Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records ("DOBR") (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese Archives, 1978-2007), vol. 2, pp. 143, 635;
    • BRAUD, Anne (Simon & Marguerite Landry) m. 3 Feb. 1777, Pierre RIVETTE (Estienne & Claire Foret) (both parties of Acadia) wit. Pierre Breaux, Thedore Rivette, Joseph Marie Landry (SJA-1, 39)
    • RIVET, Pierre (Estienne & Claire Forest) m. 3 Feb. 1777, Anne BREAUX (Simon & Marguerite Landry) (both parties of Acadia) wit. Pierre Breaux & Thedore Rivette (SJA-1, 39)
11. ↑ L. C. Landry Jr., compiler, Louisiana Colonial Militia Lists, Coast of Iberville (Baton Rouge, LA: Genealogical Register, unk.); Pierre is on the following militia lists .. 6 Mar 1777 Parish of St. Gabriel - Piere Rivette, Married, age 23; Piere Rivette, Married, age 24
12. ↑ Dudley J. LeBlanc, The Acadian Miracle (Lafayette, LA: Evangeline Publishing, 1966), p. 414; list of "Militia at about What is Now Plaquemine in 1777:" Age 23, Pierre RIVETTE
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 17 September 2021), household of Pierre Rivet, Iberville, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 168, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 10; FHL microfilm 181,355;

    household members [and estimated identities]:

    - 1 free white male over 45 [Pierre (57)]

    - 2 free white females over 45 [Anne (56), 1 unidentified]

    - 4 free white males 16-26 [Auguste (25), Louis (21), Xavier (19), Jerome (18)]

    - 1 free white female 10-16 [Cleonie (16)]

    - 1 slave [unidentified]

    Notes: The unidentified white female over 45 could be Anne's mother, or some other relative.

14. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed 17 September 2021), household of Pierre Rivet, Iberville, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 72, NARA microfilm publication M33 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 31; FHL microfilm 181,357;

    household members [and estimated identities]:

    - 1 free white male over 45 [Pierre (67)]

    - 1 free white female over 45 [Anne (66)]

    - 3 free white males 26-45 [Auguste (35), Louis (31), Xavier (29)]

    - 1 free white female 16-26 [Cleonie (26)]

    - 1 female slave 26-44 [unidentified]

15. ↑ DOBR, vol. 5, p. 514;

    RIVET, Pierre, bur. 8 May 1830 (SGA-8, 179)