APPENDICES

Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764-early 1800s

ACHÉE

[ah-SHAY]

ACADIA

Michel Haché dit Gallant, born to probably Pierre Haché and an unidentified Indian woman in c1653, came to Acadia from Canada as a young servant of Michel Le Neuf de La Valliere, the seigneur of Chignecto, in c1678.  Michel dit Gallant married Anne, daughter of Chignecto pioneer Thomas Cormier, in c1690.  Around 1720, probably to escape British authority in Nova Scotia, Michel dit Gallant became a pioneer himself when he moved his family from Chignecto to what the French called Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island.  According to one historian, Michel Haché dit Gallant was "one of the island's first European settlers."  He built his new home on a red sandstone cliff now called Rocky Point, overlooking a promising harbor that came to be known as Port-Lajoie, across the channel from today's Charlottetown, the capital of the province of Prince Edward Island.  Michel dit Gallant and Anne had 12 children.  Their daughters married into the Poirier, Rassicot, Prétieux, Jacqueline dit Lorraine, Duval, and Belliveau families.  Michel dit Gallant's seven sons, all born at Chignecto, created families of their own, and most of them moved with their father to Île St.-Jean:  

Oldest son Michel dit Gallant, fils, born in c1691, married Madeleine, daughter of Jacques LeBlanc, at Grand-Pré in  October 1711.  They had 13 children, including four sons who married into the Gravois, Blanchard, Comeau, and Hébert families.  Michel dit Gallant, fils's daughters married into the Savoie, Saulnier, Doucet dit Maillard, Girouard, Doucet, and Cormier families.  Michel dit Gallant, fils returned to Chignecto in c1734, while his brothers and their families remained on Île St.-Jean, at Port-Lajoie, Rivière du Nord-Est, Tracadie, and St.-Pierre-du-Nord.  

Joseph dit Gallant, born in c1693, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Gaudet, at Beaubassin in July 1721.  He commanded at Port-Lajoie until his death in 1746; he was 53 years old.

Jean-Baptiste dit Gallant, born in c1696, married Anne-Marie or Marie-Anne, daughter of Élie Gentil, at Beaubassin in February 1719.  

Charles dit Gallant, born in c1698, married Geneviève, daughter of Pierre Lavergne, at Port-Royal in February 1727.  

Pierre dit Gallant, born in c1701, married Cécile, another daughter of Pierre Lavergne, in c1726.  

Francois dit Gallant, born in c1707, married Anne, daughter of Francois Boudreau, at Port-Lajoie in June 1735.  

Youngest son Jacques dit Gallant, born in c1712, married Marie-Josèphe, another daughter of Francois Boudreau, at Port-Lajoie on the same day his brother Francois dit Gallant married his wife's sister.  

Michel dit Gallant, père, the progenitor of this large family, died after falling through the ice on one of Île St.-Jean's rivers in the spring of 1737; he was 74 years old.

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this family to the winds: 

Several Haché families, mostly from Chignecto but at least two from Île St.-Jean, escaped the British forces who tried to deport them and found refuge at Restigouche, at the head of the Baie des Chaleurs.  Charles dit Gallant was there in 1760-61 with brother Jacques dit Gallant.  After the war, Charles moved back to Île St.-Jean, but Jacques and two of his sons moved on to Île Miscou, at the entrance of the Baie des Chaleurs in present-day northeastern New Brunswick.  Nephew Michel III was captured at Restigouche in late 1760 and held as a prisoner of war at Fort Cumberland, formerly French Fort Beauséjour, near where his family had lived at Chignecto.  Released after the war, he and his family settled at Grand-Digue on Shediac Bay, present-day New Brunswick, where he died in c1768.  His brother Pierre escaped to Pointe-du-Lac, near Trois-Rivières, Québec, during the war, where his widow remarried in c1768.  Two other Hachés, Jean and Louis, were at Restigouche in the early 1760s.  Typical of most, if not all, Acadian families, these Acadiennes of Canada lost touch with their Cadien cousins hundreds of miles away, and until the Acadian reunions of the twentieth century, they may even have forgotten the others existed. 

The many Hachés who remained on Île St.-Jean enjoyed the benefit of living in a French possession while their kinsmen in Nova Scotia were driven into exile.  Their respite from British oppression was short-lived, however.  After the fall of the French fortress at Louisbourg in July 1758, the victorious British swooped down upon Île St.-Jean, rounded up most of its Acadian habitants, and deported them to France later in the year.  During the deportation, Marguerite Haché, her second husband, Robert Hango dit Choisy, and their three children were lost at sea on the British transport Violet that sank in a mid-Atlantic storm in December 1758.  Jacques Haché lost three of his seven children--daughters Henriette, age 4, Louise, no age given, and N., an infant born at sea--aboard the British transport Supply that left the Gut of Canso in late November 1758 and did not reach St.-Malo until early March 1759.  Pierre Haché and his wife Marie Doiron, age 28, lost all four of their children--sons Pierre, age 7, Ambroise, age 3, and Michel, age 6 months, and daughter Marguerite-Louise, age 5--aboard one of the Five Ships that left Canso in late November 1758 and reached St.-Malo in late January 1759; Marie survived the crossing only to die in the hospital probably at St.-Malo at the end of January.  Marie-Anne Haché, age 26, wife of Francois Chiasson, lost her husband and all three of their children aboard one of the Five Ships. ...

The Hachés who survived the terrible deportation of 1758-59 lived in France for over a quarter century, enduring along with hundreds of other Acadians the indignities of life in the mother country.  Louis, son of Jean-Baptiste Haché of Chignecto, joined the crew of the French corsair, Le Francais, in November 1760.  The Royal Navy captured the vessel soon after it left harbor, and the British held Louis and his fellow crewmembers as prisoners of war until May 1763.  A number of Hachés, including Louis and his second wife, were part of the Leigne-les-bois venture in the Poitou region that frustrated dozens of Acadian families in the early 1770s.  When the venture failed, they retreated with other Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where they subsisted as best they could on government handouts or on what little work they could find. ...

In the early 1780s, the Spanish government offered the Acadians in France a chance for a better life in faraway Louisiana.  A number of Hachés agreed to take it.  

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Several Haché families emigrated to Louisiana aboard two of the Seven Ships of 1785:

Orphaned sisters Hélène, age 21, Marie-Josèphe, age 16, and Élisabeth, or Isabelle, age 8, daughters of Joseph Haché and Marie Dumont of Île St.-Jean, sailed aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July 1785.  Hélène and Élisabeth followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to the St.-Gabriel de Manchac/Baton Rouge area, on the river above New Orleans.  Marie-Josèphe may have remained at New Orleans.  She married Antonio Ramirez of San Bernardo, an Isleno community south of the city, and died there, age 20, probably as a result of childbirth, in August 1790.  Hélène married fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste, son of Étienne-Michel David, at St.-Jacques, downriver from Manchac, in October 1788.  Élisabeth married French Creole Joseph, son of Francois-Claude Callandrot, at St.-Jacques in May 1794.

Marie, orphaned daughter of Antoine Haché of Île St.-Jean, age 19, sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Bon Papa with the family of Jean-Baptiste Dugas.  She followed them to the St.-Gabriel de Manchac/Baton Rouge area, where she married Charles-Mathurin, called Mathurin, son of fellow Acadian exile in France Ignace Usé, in November 1786.

Also aboard Le Bon Papa was Anne Boudreau, widow of Jacques Haché of St.-Pierre-du-Nord, Île St.-Jean, and her daughters Marie-Jeanne Haché, age 15, and Marguerite-Marie Haché, age 11, both born in St.-Servan, France.  They, too, settled at Manchac, where Marie-Jeanne married French Creole Francois, son of Charles Sevin of St.-Malo, probably at Baton Rouge in June 1787.  Marie-Jeanne remarried to Simon, son of Simon Babin and widower of Marie-Madeleine Lejeune and Anne Quimine, at the Thibodeauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1822.

In November 1785, L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, reached New Orleans.  Aboard were three Haché families, including the first males of the family to reach the colony.  The family of Louis, son of Jean-Baptiste Haché and Marie-Ange Gentil of Chignecto, was led by Louis's second wife, Francoise Doucet, age 46; he did not take L'Amitié to the colony but came later.  With Francoise were son Pierre-Charles, age 10, and three orphans, niece Marie-Anne Haché, age 19, and nephews Pierre-Alexis Haché, age 16, and Joseph-Francois Haché, age 10.  Marie-Anne married Frenchman Louis-Antoine, son of Louis Charrié of Nior, Poitou, at New Orleans in December 1785; Louis-Antoine also had crossed aboard L'Amitié.  After a brief respite in New Orleans, Francoise and her charges, along with Marie-Anne and her husband, followed the majority of the passengers from their ship to the Acadian community of Ascension, on the river above New Orleans.  In December 1790, Marie-Anne remarried to Canadian Pierre, son of Pierre de St. Angel of Québec, at Ascension.  Nine years later, after she had moved to the upper valley of Bayou Lafourche, Marie remarried again to another Canadian, Michel, son of Michel Barré of Montréal, in May 1799. 

Anne Olivier, age 64, widow of Jean-Baptiste Haché, and her grand-niece, Madeleine-Apolline Haché, age 10, also came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié.  They did not go to Ascension, however, but settled, instead, at San Bernardo, on the river below New Orleans.  

The other Haché family that crossed on L'Amitié was led by Jean-Baptiste-Charles, 22-year-old son of Jean-Charles Haché and his second wife Marie Hébert of Île St.-Jean.  Jean-Baptiste-Charles had been born in Chantenay, a suburb of Nantes.  His 20-year-old wife, Marie-Modeste Pinet dit Pinel, also had been born in France.  With them were Jean-Baptiste-Charles's sister Marie-Bonne, age 18, his brother Frédéric, age 15, and his infant daughter, Martina, or Martine, who had been born a week before the ship's departure from Paimboeuf, the port of Nantes, in August (Martine was one of the Acadian infants baptized at New Orleans in late 1785 who was named in honor of Louisiana intendant Martin Navarro, whom the Acadians adored).  This family also went to Ascension, where Jean-Baptiste-Charles died in c1786; he was only 24 years old and fathered no sons.  Sister Marie-Bonne did not remain at Ascension but crossed the Atchafalaya Basin to the Atakapas District, where she married Joseph dit Tito, son of Alexis St. Germain of Fort Chartres, Illinois, in August 1788.  Brother Frédéric never married.  Jean-Baptiste-Charles's widow, Marie-Modeste, settled in the upper valley of Bayou Lafourche, where she remarried to fellow Acadian Jean-Francois, called Francois, son of Augustin Benoit, in September 1789.  Jean-Baptiste-Charles's daughter Martine Haché survived childhood and married fellow Acadian exile from France Jean-Baptiste, son of Olivier Thibodeaux and widower of Marie-Rose Damour, at Assumption, on the upper Lafourche, in November 1804.  Martine died in Lafourche Parish, farther down the bayou, in July 1861; she was 75 years old.  She was one of the last of the Acadian immigrants in Louisiana to join our ancestors. 

All of the Acadian Haché/Achées in Louisiana descend from two cousins who came to Louisiana in 1785:  Pierre-Alexis Haché followed his uncle Louis to the upper valley of Bayou Lafourche, where younger cousin Pierre-Charles, Louis's only son, also settled.   

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Not all of Pierre-Charles's descendants remained on Bayou Lafourche.  Two of his sons, Urbin and Rosémond, "returned" to the river during the early antebellum period.  

Descendants of Urbin ACHÉE (1798-1836)

Urbin, oldest son of Pierre-Charles Achée and Marie-Melanie Bourgeois, born at Assumption on upper Bayou Lafourche in September 1798, seems to have married three times, first to Azelie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Landry, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1820, then to Carmelite Placencia or Plaisance, and finally to Marguerite Domitile, called Domitile, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Dupuy, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in March 1829.  He settled in Iberville Parish, where he died in December 1836; he was only 32 years old.  His daughters by his third wife married into the Geinglins, Housiaux, and LeBlanc families.  One of his sons, the only one who survived childhood, moved to St. Martin Parish in the late 1800s.  

1

Oldest son Louis Urbin, by his first wife, was born in Assumption Parish in July 1821 but died at age 15 months in October 1822.  

2

Narcisse, by his second wife, was baptized at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, at age 4 months in July 1829 and may not have survived childhood.

3

Pierre, by his third wife, born in Iberville Parish in October 1831, married Marie or Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Narcisse Hébert, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in June 1854.  After the War Between the States they settled in St. Martin Parish.  

4

Youngest son Joseph was born in March 1836 but died a week after his birth.  

Descendants of Rosémond ACHÉE (?-?)

Rosémond, a younger son of Pierre-Charles Achée and Marie-Melanie Bourgeois, born probably in Assumption Parish in the early 1810s, married Marie Claire, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Doiron, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1834 and settled on the river.  Their children, including a number of sons, were born in Iberville Parish. 

1

Their oldest son, name not recorded, died an infant at St. Gabriel in August 1835. 

2

Sébastien, born in September 1839, died at age 1 in October 1840. 

3

Valsin was born in December 1840.  

4

Rosémond, fils, was born in November 1842.  During the War Between the States, Rosemond served in Companies A and C of the 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry, front-line units raised in East Baton Rouge Parish that served in Louisiana; he deserted his unit late in the War and fell into the hands of the Federals.  

5

Théodule, or Jules, born in March 1845, married Evelina, daughter of Jérôme Toups, at the St. Gabriel church in April 1864.  During the War Between the States, Jules also served in Companies A and C of the 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry; he, too, deserted his unit in the last days of the War.  He remarried to Marie Uranie, daughter of Omer Antoine Langlois, at the St. Gabriel church in September 1867. 

6

Youngest son Émile was born in December 1846.  

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

During the late 1780s and early 1790s, Spanish officials were counting Hachés on upper Bayou Lafourche, which became a significant center of family settlement:

Louis Haché joined his wife Francoise Doucet at Ascension and settled at Assumption, on the upper Lafourche.  Louis and Francoise had no more children in Louisiana, so Louis's line was carried on by his only son, Pierre-Charles, who had been born in France.  

Also with Louis and Francoise were two Haché nephews, orphans Pierre-Alexis and Joseph-Francois, the youngest sons of Louis's older brother Pierre.  Pierre-Alexis remained on the Lafourche, but Joseph-Francois left the valley after he married and settled in the Teche valley, west of the Atchafalaya Basin.  Two of Louis's grandsons settled in Iberville Parish, on the Mississippi River, in the early 1800s.  But most of the Achées remained in the Lafourche valley, in Assumption and Lafourche parishes.  

Descendants of Pierre-Alexis ACHÉE (1768-c1818)

Pierre-Alexis, sometimes called Alexis, older son of Pierre Haché and his third wife, Madeleine Daigle or Dingle, was born at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, France, in March 1768.  He came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with his paternal aunt, Francoise Doucet, wife of uncle Louis Haché, and two siblings, younger brother Joseph-Francois and older half-sister Marie-Anne.  After his uncle Louis reached the colony, Pierre and his brother followed his uncle and aunt to Ascension, on the river above New Orleans, and settled in the upper valley of Bayou Lafourche.  Pierre married Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian exile in France Louis Dantin, at Assumption, on the upper Lafourche, in June 1795.  Anne also had crossed to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié.  Pierre-Alexis and Anne settled in what became Interior and then Lafourche Interior Parish, where he died in the late 1810s; his succession record was filed at the Thibodeaxville courthouse in July 1818; he would have been 50 years old that year.  His daughters married into the Ledet, Malbrough, Pitre, Roger, and Usé families.  The majority of Acadian Achées in Louisiana are descended from Pierre Alexis and his oldest son.  

1

Oldest son Jean-Pierre, baptized at Assumption in December 1796, married Rosalie Ayraud or Aymond.  They settled on the upper Lafourche in Ascension Parish and then later moved down bayou to Lafourche Interior Parish.  Joseph Oscar, also called Oscar J., was born in Ascension Parish in November 1833, Pierre Théard in April 1835, Jean Marie Louis in St. James Parish in April 1837, Jean Léopold, called Léopold and Jean Marie Leon, in Ascension Parish in February 1839, Belisaire Clément, in St. James Parish in September 1840, Jérôme Kleber or Clebert, called Clebert, in June 1842, Benjamin Elphege, called Elphege, in Ascension Parish in November 1846, Pierre Ernest in July 1848 but died in Lafourche Interior Parish at age 2 1/2 in February 1851, Francois Silvestre was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1851, William Prosper in Ascension Parish in June 1852, Lucien Augustin in July 1853, and Antoine Anatole in November 1855.  Their daughter married into the Munch family.  In August 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish, counted six slaves--2 males and 4 females, all black, ranging in age from 40 years to 9 months--on Jean Pierre Achée's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District.  

1a

Joseph Oscar married Elina, daughter of Joseph Simoneaux and widow of Terence LeBlanc, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in May 1857; Elina's mother was a Bergeron.  Their son Joseph Samuel was born in Assumption Parish in October 1858.  During the War Between the States, Joseph Oscar served in Company H of the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, a front-line unit raised in Assumption Parish that fought in Louisiana; in March 1864, he was captured along with his unit at Henderson Hill during the Red River Campaign; he spent some time in a U.S. army hospital at New Orleans, so he may have been wounded in action, and was exchanged the following July.  After the War, Joseph Oscar may have crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and moved to St. Martin Parish, where he remarried to Amelie Courville, date and place unrecorded.  Their daughters were born near Breaux Bridge, on the upper Bayou Teche in St. Martin Parish. 

1b

Pierre Théard may have married Natalie Quarantin.  Their son Osémé was born near Paincourtville, Assumption Parish, in February 1853.  Pierre remarried to Rosalie Amanda, daughter of fellow Acadian Amand Bernard, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in September 1855.  Their son Louis Philibert was born near Labadieville, Assumption Parish, in November 1858, and Joseph William Bélisaire in August 1866.  

1c

Jean Léopold married Marie Adolphine, daughter of Jean Baptiste Pitre, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1859.  Two years later, during the War Between the States, Jean Léopold served as a sergeant in Company K of the 8th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Ascension Parish.  His unit went to Virginia, where he was seriously wounded in the Battle of Malvern Hill in July 1862.  Hhe was sent to hospitals at Lynchburg and Danville to recuperate.  In November 1862, he was placed on a list of soldiers unfit for duty, demoted to private, and discharged for disability.  

1d

Bélisaire Clément served in Company G of the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Lafourche Parish that fought gallantly in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana.  

1e

Clebert married Aimée, daughter of John Burnes, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1864. 

2

Jean-Baptiste, born in c1798, married Marie Ursule, daughter of French Creole Antoine Boutary, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1820; Marie Ursule's mother was an Hébert.  In December 1850, the federal census taker in Lafourche Interior Parish counted 2 slaves--a 30-year-old black male, and a 27-year-old black female--on J. B. Achée's farm at Thibodeaux.  Jean Baptiste died in Lafourche Parish in August 1855; the Thibodeaux priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Baptiste was 62 years old when he died, but he probably was closer to 57.  He seems to have fathered no sons.  

3

Achille, born in January 1799, probably died young.  

4

Célestin, born in March 1805, may have died young.  

5

Youngest son Joseph Francois, sometimes called Francois, born in July 1818, married Marie Clarisse, daughter of Maurice Simoneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1833; Marie's mother was Landry.  They moved to Lafayette Parish in the old Atakapas District.  

Descendants of Pierre-Charles ACHÉE (1774-1831)

Pierre-Charles, only son of Louis Haché and his second wife, Francoise Doucet, was baptized at Châtellerault, Poitou, France, in November 1774.  He came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with his mother and three orphaned cousins.  When his father reached the colony, he followed his parents to Ascension and settled with them in the upper Bayou Lafourche valley, where he married Marie-Melanie, daughter of fellow Acadian Michel Bourgeois of St.-Jacques, in c1797.  Marie was a native of Louisiana.  They settled at Assumption, where most of their children, including many sons, were born.  Pierre Charles died in Assumption Parish in July 1831; he was 58 years old.  

1

Oldest son Urbin, born at Assumption in September 1798, married Azelie, 18-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Benjamin Landry, at the St. James church, St. James Parish, in January 1820, and settled in Iberville Parish, on the river.  

2

Louis le jeune, born at Assumption in November 1799, probably died young.  

3

Francois-Marie, born at Assumption in May 1801, may have died young.

4

Pierre Sylvain or Simon, called Simon, born at Ascension in December 1805, married Colette, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1834.  Their son Désiré Simon was born in Assumption Parish in May 1837, Aurestile Forestal in December 1838, Joseph Gervile in September 1842, Simon Pierson, called Pierson, in September 1846, Constant Camille in December 1854, and Ernest Adrien in March 1860.  Their daughter married into the Barbier family.  In August 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 49-year-old black male--on Simon Achée's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District.  

Pierson married Marguerite Bennett and moved to St. Mary Parish, on lower Bayou Teche, in the late 1800s.  

5

Onésime, born at Ascension in November 1806, married Marie Zeolide, called Zeolide, daughter of fellow Acadian Lubin LeBlanc, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1828.  Their son Joseph Séverin, called Séverin, was born in Assumption Parish in February 1841 but died at age 8 in July 1849, and Paul Théolin or Théophile, called Théophile, was born in January 1848.  Their daughter married into the Dugas family.  

Théophile married Alida, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Blanchard, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1867. 

6

Marcellin, born at St.-Jacques  in January 1811, may have died young.  

7

Rosémond, born probably was in Assumption Parish in the early 1810s, married Marie Claire, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Doiron, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in November 1834 and settled in Iberville Parish on the river.  

8

Youngest son Zéphirin, born in Assumption Parish in August 1815, may have died young.

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

One of the Haché brothers who came to Louisiana with his paternal aunt in 1785, Joseph-Francois, settled at first with his aunt and siblings in the upper valley of Bayou Lafourche before moving to the Atakapas District in the early 1800s, where he established a western branch of the family that died out early.   Other Achées from the Lafourche valley and the river parishes, including Joseph-Francois's namesake nephew, also settled in the old Atakapas District in the early 1800s, but none of them established roots there until the late 1800s.  

Descendants of Joseph-Francois ACHÉE l'aîné (1772-1831)

Joseph-Francois, also called Joseph dit Canawche, younger son of Pierre Haché and his third wife, Madeleine Daigle or Dingle, was born at St.-Servan, near St.-Malo, France, in June 1772.  He came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with his paternal aunt, Francoise Doucet, wife of uncle Louis Haché, and two siblings, older brother Pierre and older half-sister, Anne-Marie.  After his uncle Louis reached the colony, Joseph-Francois and his brother followed his aunt and uncle to Ascension and settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Joseph-Francois married Anne-Geneviève, called Geneviève, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste LeBlanc, at Ascension in January 1803.  Geneviève had been born on Belle-Île-en-Mer, France, and had come to Louisiana also as an orphan, with four of her siblings, aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships.  Joseph-Francois and Geneviève did not remain at Ascension but crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and settled at Fausse Pointe, on Bayou Teche, in the early 1800s.  Geneviève died at Fausse Pointe in August 1812; she was only 30 years old.  Theirs daughter married into the Daigle, Hébert, and L'ascange or Lascoureiges families.  Joseph Francois remarried to Anastasie, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Guilbeau and widow of Donat Breaux, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1819.  She seems to have given him no more children.  Joseph Francois died in Lafayette Parish in December 1831; the priest who recorded his burial said that Joseph was 55 years old when he died, but he was 59.

Only son Jean-Pierre, by his first wife, born at Assumption in September 1804, survived childhood and accompanied his family to the Atakapas District, but he may not have married.  If so, his line of the family, except for its blood, would have died with him.   

Joseph François ACHÉE le jeune (1818-1859)

Joseph François le jeune, sometimes called Francois and Pierre, youngest son of Pierre Alexis Achée and Anne Dantin, and nephew of Joseph Francois Achée l'aîné of Lafayette Parish, was born in Assumption Parish in July 1818.  He married Marie Clarisse, called Clarisee, daughter of French Creole Maurice Simoneaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1833; Marie's mother was Landry.  In the 1840s, Joseph Francois settled in the old Atakapas District near his namesake uncle.  Joseph Francois le jeune died in St. Martin Parish in September 1859; he was only 41 years old.  He seems to have fathered no sons.  

Descendants of Pierre ACHÉE (1831-?)

Pierre, son of Urbin Achée and his third wife, Marguerite Domitile Dupuy, and grandson of Pierre Charles Achée, was born in Iberville Parish in October 1831.  He seems to have been the only one of his father's four sons to survive childhood.  He married Marie or Marine, daughter of fellow Acadian Narcisse Hébert, at the Plaquemine church, Iberville Parish, in June 1854.  After the War Between the States, Urbin and Marie settled in St. Martin Parish, where their daughter Marie Virginia or Virginie, called Virginie, born near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in March 1864, married Joseph Ernest, son of Ernest Cormier, at the St. Martinville church in January 1881; the priest who recorded the marriage noted that Pierre and Marie were deceased at the time of the wedding.  

1

Oldest son Jean Silentiel or Silezian, born in Iberville Parish in May 1856, died "at the point across from Plaquemine" at age 6 months the following November.  

2

Pierre Rudolphe, born near Plaquemine in February 1859, may have married Mathilde Lopez.  

3

Apollinaire was born near Plaquemine in July 1861.  

Descendants of Simon Pierson ACHÉE (1846-?)

Simon Pierson, called  Pierson, son of Simon Achée and Colette Landry of Assumption Parish and grandson of Pierre Charles Achée, was born in Assumption Parish in September 1846.  He married Marguerite Bennett and settled in St. Mary Parish, on the lower Bayou Teche, in the late 1800s.  

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

At least one Frenchman with a similar-sounding surname lived on the western prairies in the early 1800s.  Other Haché/Achées may have been descendants of the Haché's of Acadia, but church records are unclear about their connection to them:

Benjamin Désire Achet of Boullert, Department du Cher, France, died in St. Martin Parish in November 1828.  He was 40 years old.  The priest who recorded his burial said nothing about a wife and children, so he may have left no heirs. 

René Jean Baptiste, son of Pierre Hacker and Marie Louise Mahe-Desportas of New Orleans, married Émile Léocade, daughter of Samuel Charles Meyer and widow of Ursin Gonsoulin, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in December 1835.  They crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and moved to the New Iberia area, where they raised a large family.  The New Iberia priests tended to call René Jean Baptiste an Achée or Haché, but he was neither.  

Marie Dechamp married a Dr. Haché at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1846. 

John Haché married Lena Chultz.  Their son James Barnet was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in December 1856.  

Hilaire Haché, born in c1844, married Thérèse Louis.  Their daughter Marie Philomène was born near Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, in August 1879.  Hilaire died near Arnaudville in September 1889; he was 45 years old.  

CONCLUSION

Hachés were among the early settlers of Acadia, but they came "late" to Louisiana.  In fact, if the Spanish government had not coaxed over 1,500 Acadians in France to emigrate to the colony, there probably would be no Achée/Hachés in the Bayou State, at least not Acadians. 

Seventeen of them came to the colony on two of the Seven Ships from France in 1785, most of them females.  One wife followed her husband to San Bernardo below New Orleans in present-day St. Bernard Parish, but the rest of them settled on the river above the city at Manchac and Ascension.  In the 1790s, two Haché cousins--from whom all of the Acadian Acheés in Louisiana descend--moved from Ascension to upper Bayou Lafourche settled in present-day Assumption Parish.  Although some of their descendants returned to the river in the early 1800s, the Lafourche valley remained the largest center of family settlement.  Lafourche valley Achées also moved to the old Atakapas District during the early antebellum period, but not until after the War Between the States did a line of the family set down roots on the western prairies.  A few non-Acadian Hachés appear in South Louisiana records, but they never came close to matching the number of Acadian Achées.  

Judging from the number of slaves they owned during the late antebellum period, the Achées participated only peripherally in the South's plantation economy.  Jean Pierre Achée of Assumption Parish owned six slaves in 1850.  His younger brother Jean Baptiste, also of Assumption Parish, held two slaves that year.  But no Achée owned enough slaves to be considered a planter. 

At least seven Achée sons served Louisiana in uniform during The War Between the States, and all of them survived the conflict.  Two brothers, Rosemond and Jules Achée of Iberville Parish, deserted their unit, the 9th Battalion Louisiana Infantry, in the final days of the war, but their cousins served honorably.

During the war, successive Federal incursions devastated the Lafourche valley, where most of the Acadian Achées still lived.  Confederate foragers also plagued the area when the Federals were not around.  ...

In Acadia, the family's name was spelled Galland, Hachey, and Larché dit Gallant as well as Haché dit Gallant (haché, by the way, is French for hatchet).  It evolved from Haché dit Gallant to Haché-Gallant to Haché and finally to Achée in Louisiana, where it is also spelled Achais, Acher, Ahhe, Hachet, Hachez, Hacker.  

Sources:  1850 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Assumption Parish; Arsenault, Généalogie, 983-88, 1659, 2097-2116, 2237, 2302, 2350-51, 2505-07; BRDR, vols. 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vol. 1, 2, 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4, 5, CD; Jobb, The Cajuns, 162, source of quote; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family Nos. 18, 20; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Tamerlan.htm>, Family No. 5; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 62, 108, 116, 130; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 50-53; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 78-82; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 428-40; White, DGFA-1, 791-94; White, DGFA-1 English, 162-63.  

Settlement Abbreviations 
(present-day parishes that existed during the War Between the States in parenthesis; hyperlinks on the abbreviations take you to brief histories of each settlement):

For a chronology of Acadian Arrivals in Louisiana, 1764-early 1800s, see Appendix.

The hyperlink attached to an individual's name is connected to a list of Acadian immigrants for a particular settlement and provides a different perspective on the refugee's place in family and community. 

NOTES

01.  Wall of Names, 40 (pl.10R), calls her Marie HACHÉ, & lists her with her husband & 4 children; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2100, 2108, calls her Anne-Marie HACHÉ-GALLANT, says she was born in 1750, gives her parents' names, & details her marriage; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 9, calls her Anne-Marie HACHÉ, says she was born c1749, gives her parents' names, & details her marriage; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 74-75, calls her Marie HACHÉ, sa [Jean-Charles BENOIT's] femme, age 34, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie HACHÉ, his [Jean-Charles BENOIT's] wife, age 34, on the complete listing, says she was in the 36th family aboard L'Amitié with her husband & 4 children, details her marriage, & says son Paul-Frédéric [BENOIT] was born in 1775 in but gives no birthplace.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 503; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 151.  

English Turn was part of the St.-Bernard settlement below New Orleans.

02.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl.6R), calls her Élisabeth [HACHÉ] soeur [of Élènne HACHÉ], & lists her with her 2 sisters (but indents her name as though she were the daughter of sister Marie-Josèphe, doubtlessly a typo); Arsenault, Généalogie, 2507, calls her Elizabeth HACHÉ, says that she was born in 1777, & that her parents were from Île St.-Jean; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls her Élisabeth, sa [Élènne HACHÉ's] soeur, age 8, on the embarkation list, Isabel, su [Helena HACHÉ's] hermana, on the debarkation list, & Élisabeth HACHÉ, her [Hélène HACHÉ's] sister, age 8, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 30th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her 2 sisters; BRDR, 2:1, 171 (SJA-2, 24), her marriage record, calls her Isabella ACHÉ, gives her parents' names, says they were from France, calls her husband's parents Claudio Francisco CALANDROT & Maria ROSSETALON, of France, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph TÉRRIOT, Juan TÉRRIOT, & Pablo BOURGOIS.  The birth/baptismal record of son Jean-Baptiste, dated 7 Aug 1802, in BRDR, 2:171 (SJA-3, 244), calls Joseph's parents Francisco Claudio CALANDROT & Maria TALLONS, followed here.

03.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls him Fréderick HACHÉ, frère [of Jean-Charles], & lists him with his brother, sister, & sister-in-law; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 50, Family No. 98, calls him Frédéric [HACHÉ], gives his parents' names, & details his father's family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 78-79, Family No. 148, calls him Frédéric [HACHÉ], gives his parents' names, & details his family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 68-69, calls him Frederic HACHE, frère au dit [of Jean-Charles HACHÉ], journalier, age 15, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Frédéric HACHÉ, his [Jean-Charles HACHÉ's] brother, day laborer, age 15, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 17th Family aboard L'Amitié with his brother, sister, & sister-in-law; BRDR, 5(rev.):1 (SGA-8, 234), his death/burial record, calls him Frédéric ACHÉE, does not gives his parents' names or mention a wife, & says he was 80 years old when he died.  See also Robichuax, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 33, 52, 78.  

His parents being from Île St.-Jean is taken from his brother Jean-Baptiste-Charles's profile in Arsenault, Généalogie, 2506-07.

If he never married, why not?  

04.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls her Élènne HACHÉ, & lists her with her 2 sisters; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2507, calls her Hélène HACHÉ, says that she was born in 1764, & that her parents were from Île St.-Jean; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls her Élènne HACHÉ, fille, age 21, on the embarkation list, Helena HACHÉ, soltera, on the debarkation list, & Hélène HACHE, single woman, age 21, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 30th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her 2 sisters; BRDR, 2:1, 226 (SJA-2, 5), her marriage record, calls her Elena ACHÉ, gives her parents' names, her husband's parents' names, says they were from Acadia, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Ambrosio MARTEN & Rosalia MARTEN; BRDR, 4:1 (SMI-8, 51), her death/burial record, calls her Heneine ACHÉ, age 60, does not give her parents' names or mention a husband, says she "d. on grounds of Mr. MATHER, a widow with three children."

She was the only one of her sisters who married a fellow Acadian.  One sister married a French Creole, the other a Spaniard, probably an Isleno from the Canary Islands.

05.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls him Jean-Charles HACHÉ, & lists him with his wife, a brother, & a sister; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2506-07, calls him Jean-Charles HACHÉ, says he was born in 1762 at Chantenay, France, gives his parents' names, says his mother was his father's second wife, that they were from Ile St.-Jean, details his marriage, gives his wife's name but not her parents' names, says he was on LA in 1785 with brother Frédéric & sister Marie-Bonne, details his burial, says his widow remarried to Francois BENOIT, & says his only child was Martine, born in c1785 but gives no birthplace; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 50, Family No. 98, calls him Jean-Baptiste-Charles [HACHÉ], gives his parents' names, & details his father's family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 78-79, Family No. 148, calls him Jean-Baptiste-Charles [HACHÉ], gives his parents' names, & details his father's family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 68-69, calls him Jean-Charles HACHÉ, marin, age 22, on the embarkation list, Juan Carlos HACHÉ, on the debarkation list, & Jean-Charles HACHÉ, sailor, age 22, on the complete listing, says he was in the 17th Family aboard L'Amitié with his wife, a brother, & a sister, & lists the implements the Spanish gave him after he reached LA.  See also Robichuax, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 31.  

How did he die at such a young age?  His daughter Martina/Martine, born at Nantes or Paimboeuf in Aug 1785, a week before the family sailed to LA, lived until Jul 1861 and may have been the last Acadian immigrant to LA to join our ancestors.  

06.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Joseph HACHÉ, son [Francoise DOUCET's] mineur; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2506, calls him Joseph-Francois HACHÉ, says he was born in 1772 but gives no birthplace, son of Pierre HACHÉ & his second wife Anne DUMONT of Île St.-Jean, gives his wife's name, her birthplace, her parents' names, & says that Joseph-Francois married again at St. Martinville, gives his wife's name & birthplace, her parents' names, but gets the mother-in-law's name wrong, the date, & place of marriage, & says his children, all from his first marriage, were Jean-Pierre, born in 1804, Marie, born in c1806, & Rosalie, born in c1808, but gives no birthplaces; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 438-40, Family No. 489, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph-Francois HACHÉ, gives his parents' names, calls his mother Madeleine DINGLE, his [father's] third wife, says he was godson of Joseph GRANGER & Marguerite BENOIST, & that his family resided at St.-Servan from 1760-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 82, Family No. 82, calls him Joseph [HACHÉ], gives his parents' names, calls his mother Madeleine DAIGLE, says his father was born in c1724 but gives no birthplace, that his father was a seaman, that his mother was born in c1734 but gives no birthplace, that she died age 50 & was buried 10 Oct 1784, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, that his siblings were Guillaume, Louis, Pierre, Marie, & Francoise-Madeleine, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 78-79, calls him Jh HACHÉ, son [Francoise DOUCET's] mineur, Joseph HACHÉ, her [Francoise DOUCET's] minor; BRDR, 2:1, 465 (ASM-2, 76), the record of his first marriage, calls him Joseph HACHÉE of St. Malo, says his parents were Pedro HACHÉE, decd., & Magdalena DAIGLE, & the witnesses to his marriage were Ambroise HÉBERT & Joseph LE BLANC; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-B:449, 464, the record of his second marriage, calls him Joseph HACHE, widower from a first marriage to Genevieve LEBLANC, says he was native of Nantes, his parents were Pierre HACHÉ & Magdeleine DAIGLE, gives the correct name for his new mother-in-law, says both his wife's parents' were deceased at the time of the wedding, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Charles HÉBERT, Louis DUGAS, Joseph BABIN fils, & Pierre LABAUVE; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 3:2 (Laf. Ch.: v. 3, p. 7), his death/burial record, calls him Joseph ACHER m. (2)Anastasie BRAU, does not give his parents' names or his first wife's name, & says he was 55 years old when he died.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 497. 

His marriage record & Robichaux are followed here in the matter of who were his parents.  His mother, Madeleine DAIGLE or DINGLE, was born at Notre-Dame, Louisbourg, Îe Royale, daughter of Jacques DAIGLE or DINGLE & Marguerite LANDRY.  

For a clue as to when he moved to the Atakapas, see the birth/baptismal record of daughter Celestine Adélaïde, born 9 Nov 1810, baptized 27 Feb 1811, Atakapas, now St. Martinville, in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-B:353 (SM Ch: v.6, #1079).  This is clearly Joseph's daughter because he is called Joseph HACHÉ of St. Malo, son of Pierre HACHÉ & Magdeleine DAIGLE.  

07.  Not in Wall of Names.  Arsenault, Généalogie, 2098, his father's profile in the Île St.-Jean section, says his parents were married at Beaubassin 20 Feb 1719, moved to Port-Lajoie, Ile St.-Jean, in 1722, then to Louisbourg in 1727, where Louis was born in 1741, that his father, son of Michel HACHÉ-GALLANT & Anne CORMIER of Beaubassin, died in c1752, that his widowed mother, daughter of Elie GENTIL & Cecile MARTIN, was at St.-Servan, France, in 1765 & 1766, in Poitou in 1773, at Nantes in 1775, & died in c1784, probably Nantes; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2101, his profile in the Île St.-Jean section, again insists he was born in 1741, & details his 2 marriages; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2505, his profile in the LA section, calls his wife Francois DOUCET veuve Louis HACHÉ, implying that she was a widow when she came to LA, & says his children were, from his first marriage, Louis, born in 1766, & Marguerite-Yvonne in 1767, from his second marriage, Jean-Francois, born in 1771, Osite-Francoise-Thomase in 1772, Pierre-Charles in 1775, Joseph in 1776, Ange-Frédéric in 1777, Barbe-Michel in 1779, & Jean-Francoise in 1781, but gives no birthplaces; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 437-38, Family No. 488; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 81-82, Family No. 153, calls him Louis HACHÉ.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 503; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 51, 76, 125, 180.  

His wife & son came to LA on L'Amitié, but he is not listed on the passenger list of that ship or any of the other 7 ships; however, there is no question that he made it to LA.  So when exactly did he get there?  Arsenault, p. 2505, calls his wife a widow, but she just did not go to LA with him.  Judging from the amount of corn & cattle he had at Ascension in 1791, he could have settled in the colony before 1785.  However, his appearance on the Spanish list of Acadians at Nantes, France, in Sep 1784 with his wife & 2 sons reveals that he probably came to LA on one of the 7 ships but somehow his name was not recorded on any of the passenger rolls.  

 Of his 9 children, only 1, Pierre-Charles, made it to LA.  

08.  Wall of Names, 40, calls her Magdeleine-Apauline but gives no surname nor the relationship with Anne OLIVIER veuve HACHÉ, with whom she is listed; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2505, calls her Madeleine-Appoline, says she was born in 1775 & was the daughter of Anne OLIVIER's niece, hence her grand-niece; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 80, calls her Madeleine-Appoline HACHE, niece of Anne OLIVIER, widow of Jean-Baptistie HACHE; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 74-75, calls her Magdeleine-Apauline, no surname given, sa fille jedis(sic) [Anne OLIVIER's] niece, Magdeleine-Apolline HACHÉ, daughter of her [Anne OLIVIER's] niece.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 505.

09.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6R), calls her Margueritte [HACHÉ], & lists her with her widowed mother & a sister; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2506, calls her Marguerite HACHÉ, & says she was born in 1774; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 51, Family No. 100, calls her Marguerite [HACHÉ], & details her family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 80, Family No. 150, calls her Marguerite [HACHÉ], & details her family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 4-5, calls her Margueritte, sa [Anne BOUDREAU, veuve HACHÉ's] fille, age 11, on the embarkation list, Margarita, su [Anne BODREAU', viuda HACHÉs] hija, on the debarkation list, & Marguerite HACHÉ, her [Anne BOUDREAUX, widow HACHÉ's] daughter, age 11, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 11th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her widowed mother & a sister; BRDR, 6:1 (SMI-4, 194), her death/burial record, calls her Marguerite HACHEE, age 76 yrs. born in France, but does not give her parents' names or mention a husband.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 497.  

Did she ever marry?

10.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6R), calls her Marie HACHÉ, sa mineure, & lists her with the family of Jean-Baptiste DUGAST; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2507, calls her Marie HACHÉ, says she was born in 1766, & that her parents were Antoine HACHÉ & Marie CLÉMENCEAU of Île St.-Jean; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 78, Family No. 147, calls her Marie HACHÉ, says her father was born c1735, son of Jean-Baptiste HACHÉ & Marie GENTIL, married her mother c1759, her mother was born c1742, died at age 40, & was buried 21 Nov 1782, St.-Martin, Chantenay, but gives no death/burial date for her father, & details the family's participation in the failed Grand Ligne settlement in Poitou; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 6-7, calls her Marie HACHÉ, sa mineur, age 18, on the embarkation list, Maria HACHÉ, huerfana, on the debarkation list, & Marie HACHÉ, a minor child, orphan, age 18, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 15th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with the family of Jean-Baptiste DUGAT; BRDR, 2:1, 385, her marriage record, calls her Marie ACHE, gives her parents' names, but gives no witnesses.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 497, 527; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 49, 73, 124.  

What was her relationship, if any, to Jean-Baptiste DUGAS & his wife Marie GROSSIN, with whom she traveled to LA?  

Calling Marie ACHÉE the wife of Charles-Mathurin USÉ is a process of elimination.  There were 3 Acadian immigrants to LA named or called Marie ACHÉE. An important piece of the puzzle is that Charles-Mathurin & Marie were married at St.-Gabriel, where most of the Le Bon Papa passengers settled.  Also, the age for this Marie ACHÉE in the passenger list of Le Bon Papa matches the ages of the wife of Charles-Mathurin USÉ in the various censuses in which they are found.  The fact that 2 & eventually all 3 of the Marie ACHÉEs lived in the same community & were similar in age does not help, but so it goes sometimes with our Acadians.  

11.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6R), calls her calls her Marie [HACHÉ], & lists her with her widowed mother & a sister; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2506, calls her Marie HACHÉ, & says she was born in 1770; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 51, calls her Anne HACHÉ?; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 80, calls her Anne HACHÉ? & Marie HACHÉ; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 4-5, calls her Marie, sa [Anne BOUDREAU, veuve HACHÉ's] fille, age 15, on the embarkation list, Maria HACHÉ, su [Ana BODREAU, viuda HACHÉ's] hija, on the debarkation list, & Marie HACHÉ, her [Anne BOUDREAUX, widow HACHÉ's] daughter, age 15, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 11th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her widowed mother & a sister; BRDR, 2:1, 671 (PCP-19, 11), the record of her first marriage, calls her Jeanne ACHET of St.-Malo, calls her parents Charles ACHET & Anne BOUDROTE, gives her husband's parents' names, says they, too, were from St.-Malo, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Charles DAIGLE, Étienne PELLETIER, Pierre DUGAT, & Francois DUGUE; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:260 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1812),  her first succession inventory, probably following the death of her first husband, calls her Marie HACHÉ, native of St.-Malo, France, 53 yrs. old, but does not give her parents' names or the name of her husband; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:31, 260 (Thib.Ch.: v. 1, p. 25), the record of her second marriage, calls her Marie HACHÉ of St.-Malo, France, wid. of Francois SEVIN, calls her parents Jacques [HACHÉ] & Anne BOUDREAUX, says that both of her parents were deceased at the time of the marriage, says her husband also was from St.-Malo, France, & was widower of Anne Louise GUIMIRE; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:260 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1833), her final succession inventory, calls her Marie HACHÉ, m. (1) d.Francois SEVIN, m. (2)d.Simon BABIN, does not give her parents' names, lists her children by her first husband, & gives her death date.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 497; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 49, 72, 124.

Only her first marriage record calls her father Charles.  Other records call her father Jacques.  See, for example, Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 51, Family No. 100; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 79-80, Family No. 150; Hébert, D., p. 5; the birth/baptismal records of 4 of her children in BRDR, 2:671, which call her Marie BUCHE of Baton Rouge (PCP-7, 35), Maria ACHET (ASM-1, 84), Maria HACHÉ (ASC-5, 75), & Maria ACCHET (ASM-1, 84), the latter listing the maternal grandparents of the child as Santiago (that is, Jacques) ACCHET & Ana BOUDRAUX, Acadians.  Please remember that these are Spanish records, hence the odd spellings of French names.  Why did the priest at Pointe-Coupée in 1787 call her father Charles?  Is Charles an inadvertent repetition of the groom's father's first name, & thus a typo in the BRDR?  The Assumption birth/baptismal record for daughter Maria Remigia, dated 12 Apr 1797 in BRDR, 2:671 (ASM-1, 84), proves to my satisfaction that the wife of Francois SEVIN was Marie ACHÉE, daughter of Jacques.  

12.  Wall of Names, 41, calls her Marie HACHÉ, son [Francoise DOUCET's] mineur; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 438-40, Family No. 489, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Anne HACHÉ, gives her parents' names, says her mother was Anne DUMONT, his [her father's] second wife, that she was the goddaughter of Jacques HACHÉ & Anne JACQUEMIN, & that her family resided at St.-Servan from 1760-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 82, Family No. 154, calls her Marie [HACHÉ], gives her father & stepmother's names, says her siblings were Guillaume, Louis, Pierre, Joseph, & Francoise-Madeleine, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 78-79, calls her Marie HACHE, son [Francoise DOUCET's] mineur, Marie HACHE, her [Francoise DOUCET's] minor; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 62-63, under Lista parcial de vientitres casamientos acadianos arregalados par Navarro, 20 novembre 1785 [Partial List of 23 marriages Navarro arranged on 20 November 1785], A. Marriages celebrated on 20 November 1785, calls her Marie HACHÉ (daughter of Francisca DOUCET, widow of HACHÉ), says she was in the 54th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi[sic], calls her first husband Louis-Antoine CHARRIÉ, immigrant, &, calling her Mariana HACHÉ, details her marriage, calls her husband Luis Antonio CHARRIER of Poitou, & gives her & his parents' names; NOAR, 4:57, 159, the record of her first marriage, calls her Mariana HACHÉ, says her parents were Pedro HACHÉ & Ana DUMOND, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Josef MARTINEZ & Vicente LLORCA; BRDR, 2:1, 658, the record of her second marriage, calls her Maria HACHÉ, a widow, says her parents were Pedro HACHÉ & Ana DUMONT, & the witnesses to her marriage were Luis HACHE & Vincente NU...EN; BRDR, 2:1, 65, the record of her third marriage, calls her Maria HACHEE, widow of Pedro ST. ANGE, of Nantes, France, says her parents were Joseph HACHÉE & Ana DUMON DE DEL, & the witnesses to her marriage were Joseph HÉBERT & Simon GUILLOT.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 503; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 48, 50, 73, 127, 166.  

Because of their similar status as orphans & the closeness of their ages, note how easy it is to confuse this Marie ACHÉE with the 2 Marie ACHÉEs who came to LA on Le Bon Papa.  However, this Marie ACHÉE is easy to distinguish because of her many marriages.  

13.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls her Marie-Bonne HACHÉ soeur au dit [Jean-Charles], & lists her with 2 brothers & a sister-in-law; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 50, Family No. 98, calls her Bonne [HACHÉ], gives her parents' names, & details her father's family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 78-79, Family No. 148, calls her Bonne [HACHÉ], gives her parents' names, & details her father's family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 68-69, calls her Marie-Bonne HACHÉ, soeur au dit [Jean-Charles HACHÉ], age 18, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie-Bonne HACHÉ, his [Jean-Charles HACHÉ's] sister, age 18, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 17th Family aboard L'Amitié with 2 brothers & a sister-in-law; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:391, 724 (SM Ch.: v.4, #20), her marriage record, calls her Marie HACHÉ, gives her & her husband's parents' names, says her father was native of Cherbourg in Normadie, his father was "of Illinois," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Antoine NEZAT & Frédrique HACHÉ (her brother, who was only 18 at the time & lived a good distance away in Ascension).

The birth/baptismal records of a number of her children in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A, calls her father Jean-Charles HACHÉ.  

14.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls her Marie-Josephe [HACHÉ] soeur [of Élènne HACHÉ], & lists her with her 2 sisters; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2507, calls her Marie-Josèphe HACHÉ, says she was born in 1774, & that her parents were from Île St.-Jean; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 8-9, calls her Marie-Josèphe, sa [Élènne HACHÉ's] soeur, age 16, on the embarkation list, Marie Josefa, su [Helena HACHÉ's] hermana, on the debarkation list, & Marie-Josèphe HACHÉ, her [Hélène HACHÉ's] sister, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 30th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her 2 sisters; NOAR, 4:1 (SBSB, F1, 9), her death/burial record, calls her Maria Josepha ACHÉ, native of St. Malo in Brittany, says she was 20, & was the spouse of Antonio RAMIREZ.  

Was Antonio a San Bernardo Isleno, or Canary Islander?  Did she go to St.-Gabriel with her sisters?  Or did she meet Antonio in New Orleans before the Le Bon Papa passengers left the city, marry him, & go with him to San Bernardo?  If so, where is their marriage record?  A daughter, Antonia Maria del Carmen, was born to them, died an infant, & was buried at San Bernardo 6 Sep 1789.  See NOAR, 4:258 (SBSB, F1, 7).  Perhaps Marie-Josèphe died from complications of childbirth the following Aug.  

15.  Not in Wall of Names because of the circumstance of her birth.  NOAR, 4:1 (SLC, B9, 394), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Martina ACHER, says her parents were Juan Carlos ACHER & Maria ____, & her godparents were Gilberto LEONARD & Maria Magdalena PI___ [PINET, probably her aunt]; BRDR, 3:1, 820 (ASM-2, 99), her marriage record, calls her Martina HACHÉE (ACHÉE), says her parents were Juan HACHÉE & Maria Modesta PENEL/PINEL, & the witnesses to her marriage were Pedro Santiago GAUBERT & Ambroise HÉBERT; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 4:311, her death/burial record, calls her Martine HACHÉ & notes her marriage to Jean-Baptiste.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 31, 52, 78, 129, 163. 

Martina was one of the Acadian children whose honorary godfather was LA Spanish intendant Martin NAVARRO.  In this case, Intendant NAVARRO was not present for the baptism but served as sponsor in absentia.  See notation in Appendix;

She must have been a tough little girl to have survived the long sea voyage--80 days--at such a tender age & gone on to marry & have children; most of the Acadian babies of '85 did not survive childhood.  For evidence that she bore children, see BRDR, 3:820-21; & Hébert, D., 1:500-01, 505-06, 511, the birth/baptimal records of sons Jean-Marie THIBODEAUX (born Nov 1806), Joseph Eutreville[Treville] THIBODEAUX (born Jan 1831), & daughters Maria Pelagie THIBODEAUX (born Sep 1809), Maria Abdela[Adele] THIBODEAUX (born Jan 1812), Judith Clementine THIBODEAUX (born Dec 1816), Judith Pélagie THIBODEAUX (born Jan 1819), Élisabeth THIBODEAUX (born Aug 1821), Céleste Celema THIBODEAUX (born Jan 1824), & Pauline THIBODEAUX (born Jan 1828).  In most of these baptismal records she is called Martine.  As the succession record of her husband in Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1:505, reveals, she was the mother of 14 children in May 1836, age 51, when her husband's estate was inventoried.  In 2 of her daughters' marriage records she is called Marthe instead of Martine.  Sometimes she is called Marline.  See Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1:507, 508, 511.  In nearly all of these records, her surname is given as HACHÉ, so, in her case, the evolution to ACHÉE must have been a slow one.

She was one of the last of the Acadian immigrants in LA to join our ancestors. 

16.  Wall of Names, 41, calls him Pierre HACHÉ, son mineur; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2506, calls him Pierre HACHÉ, says he was born at St.-Servan, France, in 1768, son of Pierre HACHÉ & his second wife Anne DUMONT of Ile St.-Jean, was the brother of Joseph-Francois HACHÉ, gives his wife's name, her native city, & her parents' names, & says his children were Jean-Pierre, born in 1796, Jean-Baptiste, born in c1798, Argile, born in 1799, Rosalie, born in 1800, Carmelita, born in 1801, Francois, born in c1805, Adélaïde, born in c1808, Clémence, born in 1812, & Eugenie, born in 1815, but gives no birthplaces; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 438-40, Family No. 489, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre HACHÉ, gives his parents' names, calls his mother Madeleine DINGLE, his [father's] third wife, says he was the godson of Alexis GAUTROT & Marie MELANSON, & that his family resided at St.-Servan from 1760-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 82, Family No. 154, calls him Pierre [HACHÉ], gives his parents' names, calls his mother Madeleine DAIGLE, says his father was born in c1724 but gives no birthplace, that his father was a seaman, that his mother was born in c1734 but gives no birthplace, that she died age 50 & was buried 10 Oct 1784, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, that his siblings were Guillaume, Louis, Joseph, Marie, & Francoise-Madeleine, & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 78-79, calls him Pre HACHÉ, son [Francoise DOUCET's] mineur, Pierre HACHÉ, her [Francoise DOUCET's] minor; BRDR, 2:2, 220 (ASM-2, 13), his marriage record, calls him Pedro ACHÉE, gives his & his wife's parents' names, calls his mother Magdalena DAIGLE of Nantes, France, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Louis DANTIN (kinsman of his wife), Juan Bautista CAZEBON, & Pierre ACHÉ (probably his cousin).  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 497; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 65, 103, 121, 180.  

His marriage record & Robichaux's studies of the Acadians in France are followed here in the matter of who were his parents.  His mother, Madeleine DAIGLE or DINGLE, depending on the source, was born at Notre-Dame, Louisbourg, Îe Royale, daughter of Jacques DAIGLE or DINGLE & Marguerite LANDRY.  

He is called Pierre Alexis in the birth/baptismal records of 1 of his daughters, dated 22 Jul 1817, in BRDR, 3:1 (ASM-8, 93), in the marriage record of 2 more of his daughters, who married the same day, 4 May 1819, in BRDR, 3:2 (ASM-7, 53), in the marriage record of son Jean Baptiste, dated 10 Jan 1820, in BRDR, 4:1 (ASM-7, 71), as well as in his succession records, cited above.  The marriage record of daughter Eugenie, dated 26 Jun 1854, in Hébert, D., South LA Records, 3:257 (Thib.Ch.: v. 4, #553), calls him Alexis.  

17.   Wall of Names, 41, calls him Pierre HACHÉ; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2505, 2506, calls him Pierre & Pierre-(Charles) HACHÉ, says he was born in 1775, names his parents & their settlement in Acadia, names his wife & her parents' names & settlement in LA, speculates on his year of marriage, followed here, & lists his children as Louis, born in 1799, Urbain in 1800, Francois-Marie in 1801, Onesime in c1805, & Simon in c1810, but gives no birthplaces; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 53, & Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 82, call him Pierre HACHÉ.  However, Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 52, his birth/baptismal record, followed here, calls him Pierre-Charles HACHÉ; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 78-79, calls him Pre HACHÉ, son [Francoise DOUCET's] fils, Pierre HACHÉ, her [Francoise DOUCET's] son.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 503; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 51, 76, 125, 180. .

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