APPENDICES

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

GUILLOT

[GEE-yot]

ACADIA

Marie Guillot, parentage undetermined, married Jean Moisan on Newfoundland in c1690.  She died at Newfound a few years later.  

Pierre, son of Sr. Jean Guiot or Guyot, was born at Bayonne, France, in c1677.  In 1709, he was a habitant, fisherman, and cabaretier at Plaisance, Newfoundland.  He married Marie-Francoise, daughter of Pierre Baudry, at Plaisance in April 1790 and died at St.-Esprit, Newfoundland, in November 1744, age 67.   He and his wife had 11 children, 7 sons and 4 daughters.  His oldest daughter married into the Horquellard family at St.-Esprit, but the spouses of his other children are lost to history.  None of Pierre's descendants immigrated to Louisiana.  

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Two brothers, Henri Guillot, born in c1693, and René Guillot dit L'Angevin, born in c1695, reached Acadia from Doix, France, soon after the colony fell into the hands of the British for the final time in 1713.  They settled at Minas and then moved to Cobeguit.  

Henri, whose wife's name is lost to history, fathered two children, son René le jeune, born in c1722, and daughter Marie-Josèphe, born in c1723.  René le jeune, whose wife's name also is lost to history, fathered at least one child, daughter Marie-Rose, born in c1751.  By 1752, they had moved to French-controlled Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, probably to escape British authority.  This line of the family, except for its blood, probably ended with Henri's passing.  

Henri's brother René dit L'Angevin married Marguerite Doiron probably at Minas in c1719.  They, too, moved to Cobeguit, and in the late 1740s or early 1750s they also moved to Île St.-Jean.  They had at least four children, including three sons who created families of their own.  The descendants of René l'aîné' and his sons were the ones who emigrated to Louisiana:

Oldest son Jean-Baptiste, born at Grand-Pré in December 1720, married Marie-Madeleine Arsement of L'Assomption, Pigiguit, in c1745 and settled at L'Assomption.  They had at least three children, including a son, Charles-Olivier, born at Pigiguit in c1746.  By 1752, Jean-Baptiste was a widower and living at Pointe-Prime, Île St.-Jean, with his son Charles-Olivier and daughters Élisabeth and Marie-Josèphe.  Jean-Baptiste remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Louis Bourg, on Île St.-Jean in c1754.

Ambroise, born probably at Cobeguit in c1728, married Théotiste, daughter of  Francois Daigle of Pigiguit, on Île St.-Jean in February 1751.  The following year, Ambroise and Théotiste were living at Pointe-au-Boulleau on the island with infant daughter Marguerite-Blanche.  

Youngest son René, fils, born probably at Cobeguit in c1731, married Marie-Rose, another daughter of Francois Daigle, on Île St.-Jean in February 1751 .  The following year, René, fils, and Marie-Rose were living at Anse-de-la-Boullotierre on the island.  René, fils remarried to Francoise Bourg, widow of Joseph Naquin, at St.-Suliac, France, in August 1760.

By 1755, descendants of René Guillot l'aîné no longer lived on peninsula Acadia.  They could be found, instead, in various communities on Île St.-Jean.  

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

Since they lived in territory controlled by the French, the Guillots of Île St.-Jean escaped the British roundup of the Acadians in Nova Scotia in the fall of 1755.  Le Grand Dérangement caught up to them with a vengeance, however, with the fall of the French fortress at Louisbourg in July 1758.  Later in the year, the victorious British rounded up most of the Acadians on Île St.-Jean and transported them to France.  Marie-Josèphe Guillot, sister of Jean-Baptiste, Ambroise, and René, fils, crossed on the British transport Supply, which left Acadia in late November but did not reach St.-Malo until early March 1759.  With Marie-Josèphe, age 37, was her husband Alexis Breaux, age 36, and seven children, six daughters and a son.  Marie, Alexis, and five of their children--daughters Madeleine, age 13, Anne, age 11, Marie, age 9, Victoire, age 8, and son Charles, age 6--survived the terrible crossing, but three of their children--daughters Élisabeth and Saban, ages not given, and another daughter named Élisabeth, born soon after they reached St.-Malo--did not survive the ordeal.  The two older girls died at sea, and the newborn died probably in a St.-Malo hospital in late May 1759, only 11 days old.  Jean-Baptiste Guillot, age not given, his second wife Marguerite Bourg, age 38, and six of their children sailed on one of the five English transports that left the Gut of Canso in late November and reached St.-Malo in late January 1759.  Marguerite and two of the children--Charles-Olivier, age 12, and Marie-Josèphe, age 6--survived the crossing, but Jean-Baptiste and four of the children--sons Jean-Baptiste, fils, age 3, and Thomas, age 4, and daughters Euphrosine, age 13 months, and Isabelle, age 7--died at sea.  Brother Ambroise Guillot, age 30, his wife Théotise Daigle, age 33, and five of their children, also crossed on one of the Five Ships.  Ambroise, Théotiste, and a daughter, Marguerite-Blanche, age 7, survived the crossing, but the other four children--daughter Gertrude, age 5, and sons Paul, age 4, Fabien, age 2, and Charles, age not given--died at sea.  Youngest brother René Guillot, age 27, his wife Marie-Rose Daigle, age 26, and two sons, Jean-Charles, age 3 or 4, and Alexis, an infant, also endured the crossing to France aboard one of the five English transports.  René survived, but Marie-Rose and his young sons did not.  The boys died at sea, and Marie-Rose, no doubt weakened from the rigors of the terrible crossing, died in the hospital at St.-Malo in early March 1759, less than two months after she and René reached France.  

The Guillots who survived the terrible deportation lived in France for over a quarter of a century, enduring along with hundreds of other Acadians the indignities of life in the mother country.  Jean-Baptiste Guillot's widow, Marguerite Bourg, remarried to Jean Metra, a German-Frenchman from Lorraine, in February 1765 at Pleudihen, near St.-Malo.  In November 1766, at nearby Trigavou, Marguerite's 19-year-old stepson Charles-Olivier Guillot married Madeleine-Josèphe, daughter of Olivier Boudreaux, also survivors of the terrible crossing to St.-Malo.  Charles-Olivier and Madeleine-Josèphe had at least four children in France, all born and baptized at Trigavou:  Isidore-Francois, born in September 1767, Jean-Michel in September 1769, and Simon-Francois in February 1772, and Élisabeth-Madeleine, in February 1774. Judging from the place of daughter Élisabeth-Madeleine's birth, Charles-Olivier may not have taken his family to the Poitou region in 1773 to participate in what the Acadians called the Leigne-les-bois settlement.  However, he and his family were counted at Nantes in September 1784, where the Poitou Acadians had retreated after the the Poitou venture failed.  

Ambroise Guillot, his wife Théotiste Daigle, and their surviving daughter, Marguerite-Blanche, also settled at Trigavou, near St.-Malo.  Ambroise and Théotiste had at least six more children in France, all born and baptized at Trigavou:  Anne-Gertrude, born in May 1760, Paul in March 1762, Fabien-Amateur in November 1763, Jean-Baptiste in June 1766, Dominque in March 1768, and Geneviève-Anne in April 1770.  In 1773, Ambroise took his family to the Poitou region as part of the Leigne-les-bois settlement, where he and hundreds of other Acadians would farm on land owned by a powerful French nobleman.  When the Leigne-les-bois venture collapsed in 1775, Ambroise retreated with his family and the majority of the Poitou Acadians to the port city of Nantes, where they survived as best they could.  Evidently oldest son Paul did not join them; in November 1780 he married a local girl, Marie, daughter of Gabriel Sauvion, at Archigny, a town that was part of the Leigne-les-bois venture; their son Dominique was baptized at Archigny in August 1784.  Ambroise's son Jean-Baptiste married Jeanne, probably a sister of Marie Sauvion, at Archigny c1783; their daughter Jeanne was baptized at Archigny in March 1784.  Ambroise, Théotiste, and their other children remained in the Nantes area, even after the Spanish government offered them a chance to emigrate to Louisiana.  The exception was Ambroise's son Fabien-Amateur, who went to Louisiana with relatives.  

Meanwhile, Ambroise's brother René, fils, soon after his wife died, remarried to Francoise Bourg, perhaps a kinswoman of Marguerite Bourg, at St.-Suliac, near St.-Malo, in August 1760.  They had at least eight children, all born and baptized at Trigavou, before Francoise died:  Jean-Charles, born in June 1761, Alexis in July 1762, Marie-Rose in November 1763, Pierre in September 1765, Francoise-Gertrude in March 1767, René-Francois in May 1769, Isabelle-Julie in June 1771, and Anne-Marguerite in July 1773.  Later that year, René took his family to Poitou as part of the Leigne-les-bois settlement.  Youngest daughter Isabelle-Julie died in December 1773 at age 3 and was buried at Châtellerault.  Francoise, age 35, died in September 1774 and was buried at nearby Archigny.  When the Leigne-les-bois venture collapsed in 1775, René did not join the majority of his fellow Acadians, including brother Ambroise, who retreated to Nantes.  Oldest son Jean-Charles married a young Frenchwoman, Jeanne, daughter of Silvain Clerc of Archigny, at nearby Cenan in July 1779.  René and his family were living at Cenan in June 1781 when René died there at age 50.  His children, some of them grown by now, probably remained in the Poitou region, except for son Pierre, who followed some of his relatives to Louisiana.  

When the Spanish government offered the Acadians in France the chance for a better life in faraway Louisiana, only a hand full of Guillots agreed to take it.  

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

The Guillots who left France sailed to Louisiana aboard three of the Seven Ships of 1785.  They all settled in the Acadian community of Ascension, also called Lafourche des Chitimachas, on the river above New Orleans, near the confluence with Bayou Lafourche:

Francoise Guillot, age 19, crossed on La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships, alone.  She married Paul, son of fellow Acadian Joseph Thériot, at Ascension in October 1786.  Paul was a native of nearby St.-Jacques, his parents having come to the colony 20 years earlier.  Francoise followed Paul to the Atakapas District, west of the Atchafalaya Basin, and then to the Opelousas District, north of Atakapas, where he died in the 1810s and she in the early 1820s.  

Charles-Olivier Guillot, age 38, wife Marie-Josèphe Boudrot, age 40, and three children--Jean-Michel, age 14, Simon-Francois, age 12, and Élisabeth-Madeleine, age 10--crossed on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships.  

Charles-Olivier's aunt, Marie-Josèphe Guillot, age 62, her husband Alexis Breau, age 61, their daughter Marguerite Breau, age 20, Alexis's cousin Jean-Charles Gautrot, age 22, and Marie-Josèphe's nephew Fabien-Amateur Guillot, age 20, crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  

All four of the young Guillot men who came to Louisiana--Charles-Olivier's sons Jean-Michel and Simon-Francois, and his nephews Fabien-Amateur and Pierre--married at Ascension.  In February 1786, Fabien married first to Théotiste Daigle, probably a French Creole who, strangely enough, bore the same name as his mother.  His wife died soon after their marriage, and he remarried to Anne, daughter of fellow Acadian Prosper Giroir, at Ascension in c1787.  Anne had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships from France.  Jean-Michel married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre-Olivier Pitre and widow of French Creole Michel Goudreaux, in November 1789.  Marie-Rose also had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, so Jean-Michel may have remembered her on the voyage from France.  Simon-Francois married Anastasie-Céleste-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dugas, in May 1792.  Anastasie also had crossed from France aboard Le St.-Rémi.  Pierre married Isabelle-Olive, daughter of Anselme Pitre, in December 1792.  Isabelle-Olive also had sailed aboard Le St.-Rémi.  

The only other Guillot to make the crossing was another of Marie-Josèphe's nephews, Pierre Guillot, who would have been 20 in 1785.  Pierre cannot be found on any of the passenger lists of the Seven Ships expedition, but reliable sources place him in France in the 1770s.  A Spanish census taker counted him on the left, or east, bank of the river at Ascension in 1788, so he doubtlessly came to Louisiana from France, probably in 1785 with his kinfolks. 

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

During the late 1780s and early 1790s, Spanish officials were counting Acadian Guillots on upper Bayou Lafourche:  

Charles-Olivier Guillot's daughter Élisabeth-Madeleine married Ambroise-Mathurin, son of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Hébert, at Assumption, on the upper Lafourche, in November 1796; Ambroise-Mathurin also had come to Louisiana from France aboard Le St.-Rémi.  Charles-Olivier and Madeleine-Josèphe had no more children in Louisiana, but in the decades that followed, Charles-Olivier's two nephews and especially his two sons filled the Lafourche valley with Acadian Guillots.  

Descendants of Fabien-Amateur GUILLOT (1763-1834)

Fabien-Amateur, son of Ambroise Guillot and Théotiste Daigle, was born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in November 1763.  He came to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with a paternal aunt, an uncle-in-law, and two cousins, and followed them to Ascension, where he married Anne-Josèphe, daughter of Prosper-Honoré Giroir, in February 1786 and re-validated the marriage at the Assumption church in September 1797.  Anne had come to Louisiana aboard La Bergère, the second of the Seven Ships.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Fabien had children only by his second wife, including seven sons, four of whom created families of their own, but only three of them seem to have had sons to perpetuate the line.  All of Fabien's sons remained in Assumption Parish, where some of them became prosperous planters.  His daughters married into the Bourque and Blanchard families.  Fabien died in Assumption Parish in October 1834; he was 72 years old.  

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Oldest son Fabien-Thomas, sometimes called Thomas and Thomas-Fabien, baptized at Ascension in May 1787, married Apolline or Pauline, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Aucoin, at the Donaldson church, Ascension Parish, in May 1809.  Their son Thomas Isidore, called Isidore, was born in Assumption Parish in March 1810, Joseph Jean, a twin, in January 1814, Charles Guillaume in July 1820, Ursin Louis in August 1822, and Jean Baptiste in December 1827.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Blanchard, and Ozelet families.  Fabien Thomas died in Assumption Parish in September 1830; he was only 43 years old. 

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Isidore married Constance Eulalie, called Eulalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Giroir, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1831.  Their son Zephirin was born in Assumption Parish in August 1842, Adrien Aubin in March 1844, and Jérôme Émile in September 1846.  Their daughters married into the Giroir, Landry, and Templet families.  Isidore died in Assumption Parish in November 1853; he was 44 years old.  

Isidore's 15-year-old daughter Élise Octavie, called Octavie, gave birth to a son, Pierre Eugene, in Assumption Parish in June 1854; the priest who recorded the boy's baptism did not give the father's name.

During the War Between the States, Zephirin served in Company H of the 29th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a front-line unit raised in Assumption Parish that fought valiantly at Vicksburg, Mississippi.  Zephirin married third cousin, Élisabeth, daughter of fellow Acadian Damas Giroir, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in December 1867.  

During the War Between the States, Adrien served in the same unit as his older brother Zephirin.  Adrien married third cousin Eveline, daughter of Alexandre Guillot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1867.  Their son Nicolas Numa was born in Assumption Parish in December 1867.  

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Ursin married fourth cousin Josephine, daughter of fellow Acadian Alexandre Daigle, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in June 1844.  Their son Edouard Augustave, also called Eusilien, was born in Assumption Parish in March 1845 but died at age 6 in July 1851, Joseph Ernest was born in March 1856, Adam Arture in May 1857, and Joseph Evariste near Pierre Part, Assumption Parish, in February 1866.  Their daughter married into the Mabile family.  

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Joseph Jean married second cousin Célestine, daughter of his father's first cousin Louis Giles Guillot, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1846.  Their son Amadeo Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in January 1849, and Francois Xavier Albert in December 1850.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish, counted 7 slaves--3 males and 4 females, all blacks, ranging in age from 40 to 3, a 38-year-old male labeled "idiotic" and a 16-year-old male called "insane," all living in a single house--on Jos. T. Guillot's farm in the parish's Ward 3; this was probably Joseph Jean. 

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Charles also married a second cousin, Eleonore, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1846, and remarried twice, first to third cousin Marie, daughter of Martin Blanchard, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1849, and then--his third marriage--to second cousin Marie, daughter of French Creole Ouvert Simoneaux, at the Paincourtville church in January 1852; Marie Simoneaux's mother was a Bourg.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 2 slaves--a male and a female, both blacks, both 30 years old--on Charles Guillot's farm in the Bruly St. Martin area of the parish's Ward 11.  

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Jean Baptiste married Adorestine, daughter of Godfroi Breaux, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1852.  

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Jean-Baptiste, baptized at Ascension in May 1788, probably died young.

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Joseph, born at Ascension in September 1789, married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Landry, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1814.  Their son Théodule Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in December 1815, and Joseph Evariste, called Evariste, in c1819.  Their daughter married into the Mabile family.  Joseph remarried to Clémence, daughter of French Creole Simon Simoneaux dit Neve, at the Plattenville church in June 1826; Clémence's mother was a Daigle.  In September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--a 32-year-old black male--on Joseph Guillot's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District.  Joseph died in Assumption Parish in August 1855; he was 66 years old.  

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Théodule married Zepheline Christine, another daughter of Simon Simoneaux and widow of Hilaire Bourg, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1839; Zepheline was Théodule's stepmother's sister.  Their son Joseph Justinien was born in Assumption Parish in February 1845, and Pierre Luc in November 1850.  Their daughters married into the Breaux and Grandin families.  In September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 3 slaves--1 male, age 35, 1 female, age 35, and a 1-year-old female, all black--on Joseph T. Guillot's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District; this was probably Théodule Joseph.  

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Evariste married Fideline, daughter of fellow Acadian Olivier Dugas, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1843.  Their son Joseph Émile, called Émile, was born "posthumously" in Assumption Parish in December 1845.  Their daughter married into the Navarre family.  Evariste died in Assumption Parish in May 1845; he was only 26 years old.  

Émile married Josephine, daughter of Hermogene Aycock, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in December 1868.  

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Another son named Jean-Baptiste, born at Assumption in 1792, married Eugenie, daughter of fellow Acadian Servant Templet, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1814.  They seem to have had no sons.  No matter, Jean Baptiste was a man of substance.  In September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 16 slaves--10 males and 6 females, 14 blacks and 2 mulattoes, ranging in age from 40 to 3--on J. B. Guillot's farm in the Second Congressional District.   Jean Baptiste died in Assumption Parish in February 1859; he was 66 years old.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 19 slaves--14 males and 5 females, 17 blacks and 2 mulattoes, ranging in age from 55 to 1, living in 3 houses--on Widow J. B. Guillot's farm in the parish's Ward 3.  

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Louis-Ambroise, born at Assumption in March 1795, died at age 1 in March 1796.  

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Louis-Giles, born at Assumption in September 1798, married Cléonise, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Hébert, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1817.  Their son Alexandre Leandre was born in Assumption Parish in January 1820, Louis Lazare, called Lazare, in September 1824, and Ursin Edouard, called Edouard, in October 1836.  Their daughters married the Aucoin and Guillot families.  In early September 1850, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 15 slaves--8 males and 7 females, 13 blacks and 2 mulattoes, ranging in age from 67 to 2--on Louis Guillot's farm in the parish's Second Congressional District.  Louis Giles died in Assumption Parish in 1853; he was 54 years old.  

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Alexandre married cousin Malvina, daughter of fellow Acadian Timothée Hébert, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1843.  Their son Thomas Anatole, called Anatole, was born in Assumption Parish in December 1845, Oscar Alexandre in September 1850, Elphege Alexandre in February 1853, Flegy Augustin in November 1855, Hyacinthe Alcée, called Alcée, in August 1858 but died at age 6 in August 1864, Omer Marcellin was born in June 1861, and Alphone Rémond in January 1864.  Their daughter married a Guillot cousin.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted 28 slaves--16 males and 12 females, 27 blacks and 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 60 years to 6 months, living in 7 houses--on A. Guillot and Company's plantation in the parish's Ward 3; this probably was Alexandre.  He also held 3 more slaves--a 36-year-old mulatto female, a 12-year-old black male, and an 8-year-old black female--on another holding in Ward 3.  

During the War Between the States, Anatole served in Company H of the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, a front-line unit raised in Assumption Parish that fought in Louisiana.  Anatole was only 16 1/2 years old when he enlisted in September 1862.  

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Lazare married Ernestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Firmin Aucoin, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in July 1848; Lazare's wife was his sister Marine's husband's sister.  Their son Louis Ernest was born in Assumption Parish in February 1853, Firmin Edgar in February 1855, and Francois Xavier in December 1862.  In June 1860, the federal census taker in Assumption Parish counted a single slave--an 18-year-old black female--on Lazare Guillot's farm in the parish's Ward 3. 

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Edouard married third cousin Carmelite, daughter of Damas Giroir, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1859.  Their son Sosthene Evariste, called Evariste, was born in Assumption Parish in November 1861 but died at age 2 in March 1864, Augustin Leon Edouard was born in May 1863, and Achille Oleus in February 1866.  

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Youngest son Mathurin Eugene, called Eugene, born at Assumption in November 1804, died there in September 1847.  He probably never married.  

Descendants of Pierre GUILLOT (1765-?)

Pierre, son of René Guillot and his second wife Francoise Bourg, was born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in September 1765.  He came to Louisiana probably in 1785 aboard one of the Seven Ships from France and settled at Ascension, where he married Isabelle-Olive, daughter of fellow Acadian Anselme Pitre, in December 1792.  Isabelle-Olive had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Their daughters married into the Bonamour, Larousse, Pitre, and Poirier families.  Pierre and Isabelle-Olive had four sons, but only one of them married.  This son, Jean-Baptiste, remained in Assumption Parish and had at least two sons, but they may not have created families of their own.  If so, this line of the Acadian Guillots, except for its blood, would have died with them.  

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Oldest son Zenon-Florentin was born at Assumption in July 1798 and probably died young.  

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Jean Baptiste, born at Assumption in February 1803, married Marie Adeline, called Adeline, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Barrilleaux, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1833.  Their son Leopold Thelesphore was born in Assumption Parish in November 1835, and Alexandre Théophile in March 1837.  Their daughter married into the Foret family.  Jean Baptiste died in Assumption Parish in February 1839; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Baptiste was 33 years old when he died, but he was 36.  

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Urbain Louis was baptized at Ascension in March 1808 at age 8 months old and died in St. James Parish, age 18, in October 1825.  He probably never married.   

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Youngest son Pierre Paul, born in Assumption Parish in January 1810, died there in September 1853.  He was 44 years old and probably never married.

Descendants of Jean-Michel GUILLOT (1769-1827)

Jean-Michel, sometimes called Michel, elder son of Charles-Olivier Guillot and Madeleine-Josèphe Boudrot, was born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in September 1769.   He came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with his parents and siblings and followed them to Ascension, where he married Marie-Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre-Olivier Pitre and widow of French Creole Michel Godreaux, in November 1789.  Marie-Rose also had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche and had seven sons, six of whom created families of their own.  Their daughters married into the Fable and Richard families.  Jean-Michel's sons settled in Lafourche Interior Parish, down the bayou from Assumption, where Jean-Michel died in September 1827; he was 58 years old.  Some of his descendants returned to Assumption Parish, and a few moved down into Terrebonne Parish, but most of them remained in Lafourche Interior, which became simply Lafourche Parish in 1853.  Most of the Acadian Guillots of South Louisiana descend from Jean-Michel and his fecund sons.  

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Oldest son Olivier, born at Ascension in August 1790, married Anne-Marguerite, daughter of Spanish Creole Luis Juncal or Oncale of Galicia, Spain, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1809; Anne-Marguerite's mother was a Dugas.  Their son Valery Delphi was born in Assumption Parish in August 1810, Fergus Olivier Michel in January 1812, Eugène Leon Pierre in c1814, Marcellus in December 1815, Olivier Severin, called Severin, in November 1821, and Lange Landry in February 1823.  Their daughters married into the Clément, Guillot, and Thibodeaux families.  In September 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted 2 slaves--a 16-year-old black female, and a 14-year-old black male--on Olivier Guillot's farm in the parish's Ward 6, next door to son Valery.  Olivier, no doubt surrounded by children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren, died in Lafourche Parish in May 1867; the priest who recorded his burial said that Olivier was 82 years old when he died, but he was "only" 76.  

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Valery married Marie Artemise, daughter of French Creole Joseph Morvant, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1833; Marie Arthémise's mother was a Bernard.  Their son Jean Treville, called Treville, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1834, Jean Aurelien, called Aurelien, in August 1839, Jean Andreci, called Andreci or Odreci, in March 1846, and Joseph Théophile in February 1852 but died at age 19 in September 1870 before he could marry.  Their daughters married into the Adam, Hébert, and Mire families.  In December 1850, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted a single slave--a 16-year-old black female--on Valery Guillot's farm.  In September 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted a single slave--a 16-year-old mulatto male--on Valery Guillot's farm in the parish's Ward 6, next door to his father's place.  

Treville married Mathilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Hilaire Clément, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in February 1854.  Their son Jean Furci was born in Lafourche Parish in December 1856, Jean Treville, fils in June 1862, and Joseph in February 1865.  

Aurelien married cousin Aloisia, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Mire, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1862; Aloisia's brother was Jean Aurelien's sister's husband, and Aloisa's mother was a Guillot.  Their son Joseph was born in Lafourche Parish in April 1868, and Émile Félix in August 1869.  

Odreci married cousin Marie, daughter of Vasseur Guillot, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in February 1870.  

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Fergus married Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Noël Thibodeaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1835.  Their son Marcellus was born probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in c1836 but died at age 22 in November 1858, probably unmarried, Jean Baptiste Cletus was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1847 but died at age 13 months in June 1848, Adam Simeon was born in Assumption Parish in March 1852, and Joseph Clodomir, called Clodimir, in Lafourche Parish in September 1859.  Their daughters married into the Adam, Gros, and Thibodeaux families.  

Clodimir married cousin Marie Zulma, called Zulima, daughter of Joseph Albert, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in January 1867; Zulima's mother, also, was a Thibodeaux.  Their son Justilien Alfred was born in Lafourche Parish in October 1868.  

1c

Eugène married Marie Élise or Élisabeth, called Élise, Élisabeth, or Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Boudreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in January 1836.  Their son Severin Eugène was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1837, Jean Orestile Evariste, called Evariste, in September 1838, and Jean Nicolas Émile, called Émile, in December 1841.  Their daughters married into the Calligan, Guillot, and Picou families.  Eugène died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1850; he was only 35 years old.  

Severin Eugène married Clarisse Honorine, called Honorine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Thibodeaux, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1858.  Their son Eugene Maxilien was born in Lafourche Parish in April 1860, and Joseph Désire in Assumption Parish in March 1865.  

Émile married Adolestine or Dorestine, daughter of Jean Pierre Gros, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in August 1860; their marriage also was recorded at the Thibodeaux courthouse in July 1861; Adolestine's mother was an Hébert.  Their son Charles Orville was born in Assumption Parish in September 1863.  

Evariste married Azema, daughter of Adam Percle, at the Labadieville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1862; their marriage was recorded also at the Thibodeaux courthouse.  Their son Adam Joseph was born in Assumption Parish in December 1865.  

1d

Marcellus married Marie Azelie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Thibodeaux, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1839.  Their son Achilles Ernest Marcellus was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1841, Joseph in January 1844, Leonard in August 1845, Jean Ernest in June 1850, Eugene Edouard in March 1852, and Evariste le jeune in October 1853.  

1e

Severin married first cousin Pauline, 17-year-old daughter of his uncle Isidore Francois Guillot, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1840.  Their son Severin Teller was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1841, Skylen was baptized at the Thibodeaux church in July 1850, Victor Elibudy was born in February 1852, Isidore Anatole in May 1854, Severin Théophile in July 1857, and Jean Baptiste Abdon in July 1859.  Their daughter married into the Hébert family.  By 1861, Severin and his family had moved to the Chacahoula area of Terrebonne Parish, southwest of Thibodeaux, where a daughter was born in October 1861. 

1f

Lange married Marie Célesie, called Célesie and sometimes Olezime, 21-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Mire, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1843.  Their daughters married into the Bourgeois and Jenkins families.  Lange remarried to Marie Melasie, daughter of Narcisse Bourgeois and widow of his cousin Théophile Guillot, at the Thibodeaux church in April 1855.  Their son Joseph Nelson was born in Lafourche Parish in September 1861, and Olivier Aurestile or Aristide Olivier in October 1863.  In July 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish, counted 8 slaves--3 males and 5 females, 7 blacks and 1 mulatto, ranging in age from 27 to 1, living in 2 houses; the 5-year-old male mulatto may have been a runaway--on Lange Guillot's farm in the parish's Ward 8.  Lange died in Lafourche Parish in January 1864; he was only 40 years old.  

2

Jean-Charles, sometimes called Charles, born at either Ascension or Assumption in the early 1790s, married Théodora Marianne Carmelite, daughter of French Creole Mathurin Daunis of St.-Brieu, France, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in February 1812; Théodora's mother was a Bourg.  Their son Francois Gaetan was born in Assumption Parish in August 1815, and Victor Stanislas in April 1817.  Their daughter married into the Bourg family.  Jean Charles died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1827, only in his 30s.  

2a

Victor married Rose Virginie, 19-year-old daughter of Anglo-American John Calhoun, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1840; Rose Virginie's mother was a Boudreaux.  Their son Jean Charles Victor was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1841 but died at age 8 months the following September, Émile was born in 1842 but died at age 10 months in July 1843, and Victor, fils was born in November 1845 but died at age 5 weeks.  Victor remarried to Cécile, daughter of Jean Baptiste Henry, at the Thibodeaux church in February 1849.  Their son Trasimond Joseph was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1849 but died at age 3 in July 1852, Joseph Théophile was born in June 1852, another son named Trasimond was born in August 1854, Victor le jeune in September 1856, and Joseph Aubert in January 1862.  Their daughter married into the Belanger family. 

2b

 Francois married Marie Severine, called Severine, daughter of Benjamin Malbrough, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1841.  Their son Charles Martial was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1842, Joseph in November 1844 but died the day after his birth, Zenon Numa was born in July 1849 but died at age 2 in May 1851, Oleus Omere was born in September 1854, and Francois Myrtille near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in August 1867.  

3

Isidore-Francois, also called Francois-Isidore, born at Assumption in March 1794, married Marie Félicienne, daughter of fellow Acadian Baptiste Bernard, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1814.  Their son Isidore Hotere, sometimes called Jean Isidore, was born in Assumption Parish in January 1816, Vasseur Isidore in December 1816, Evariste Basile in Lafourche Interior Parish in June 1818, Telesphore in June 1820, Francois Treville in December 1821 but died at age 5 in May 1826, and Michel Noël, sometimes called Noël, was born in March 1823.  Their daughters married into the Bernard (French Creole not Acadian), Guillot, and Thibodeaux families.  Isidore-Francois died in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1834; he was only 40 years old.  

3a

Vasseur married Marie, 20-year-old daughter of Spanish Creole Fernand Esteve, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in November 1837.  Their son Jean Baptiste Ange was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1838, Francois Isidore  in February 1840, and Louis Joseph in August 1848.  Their daughter married a Guillot cousin.  

Vasseur's son Francois married Domithilde, daughter of fellow Acadian Hilaire Clément, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in November 1865.  Their son Adrien Jean was born in Lafourche Parish in February 1867.  

3b

Isidore Hortere married first cousin Euphrosine, sometimes called Frosine, 20-year-old daughter of his uncle Olivier Guillot, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1838.  Their son Victorin Elder, called Elder, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1840, Jean Baptiste Isidore in May 1841, Octave in April 1846, Jean in December 1847, Oleus Joseph Cletus in October 1850, Maxile Ulysse in November 1852, Théophile Aurelien in February 1857, and Olivier in July 1861.  They also had a son named Jean Evariste, called Evariste, born probably in the late 1840s.  Their daughters married into the Aucoin, Bernard, Esteve, Jenkins, and Thibodeaux families.  Isidore Hortere died in Lafourche Parish in February 1867; he was 51 years old.  

Jean Evariste married Honorine, daughter of fellow Acadian Honoré Thibodeaux, in a civil ceremony in Lafourche Parish in March 1869.  

3c

Evariste Basile married Élise, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Thibodeaux, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1839.  Their son Evariste Théodomie was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1840, Isidore Émile Ulysse in December 1841, and Émile in February 1850.  

3d

Telesphore married cousin Rosalie, daughter of Olivier Guillot, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1841.  Their son Jean Baptiste Octave, called Octave, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1845.  Rosalie died in May 1845; she was only 20 years old.  Their daughter married into the Aucoin family.  Telesphore remarried to Marie Modeste, called Modeste, daughter of Jean Pierre Thibodeaux, at the Thibodeaux church in October 1846.  Their son Philippe Emilius was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in August 1849, Alfred Oleusne in October 1854, and Isidore Aurelien in May 1856.  Telesphore died in Lafourche Parish in 1857; he was only 37 years old.  

3e

Michel Noël married Marie Seraphine, called Seraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Charles Aucoin, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in October 1850.  Their son Eugene Gustave Noël was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1851.  Michel died in Lafourche Parish in May 1853; he was only 30 years old.  

4

Jean-Pierre, born probably at Assumption c1795, married Marie Eleonore, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean-Baptiste Hébert, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in November 1816.  Their son Pierre Michel, called Michel, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1828.  Their daughters married into the Adam, Mire, and Morvant families.  Jean Pierre died in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1832; he was only 36 years old.  

Michel married Zéolide, another daughter of Hilarie Clément, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in July 1849.  Their son Joseph Thomas was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1852, and Joseph Alphone in August 1866.  

5

Jean-Baptiste, baptized at Assumption in April 1797, married Hortence Pélagie, called Pélagie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Richard, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1820.  Their son Firmin Victor was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in September 1824 but died at age 9 in October 1833, Théosophile or Théophile was born in February 1826, and Joseph Joachim in July 1836.  Their daughters married into the Babin, Bourgeois, Gaudet, and Hébert families.  Jean Baptiste died in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1837; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean Baptiste was 36 years old when he died, but he was 40.  

5a

Théophile married Marie Melasie, 17-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Narcisse Bourgeois, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in April 1845.  Their son Paul Jean Baptiste, called Jean Baptiste, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in February 1848, and Louis Prosper, called Prosper, in October 1849.  Théophile died in Lafourche Interior Parish in July 1851; he was only 25 years old; his wife remarried to his cousin, Lange Guillot, four years later.  

Jean Baptiste married cousin Adela, daughter of Jean Baptiste Laine, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in February 1869; Adela's mother, also, was a Bourgeois.  Their son Joseph Théophile was born in Lafourche Parish in January 1870.  

Prosper married Hermina, daughter of Canary Islander Augustin Hernandez, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in January 1870.  Their son Joachim was born in Lafourche Parish in October 1870.  

5b

Joseph Joachim married Marguerite Ursuline, daughter of fellow Acadian Ursin Babin, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in September 1855.  Their son Joseph Jean Baptiste was born in Lafourche Parish in September 1858, and Camille Omer in July 1865.  

6

Narcisse-André, sometimes called André-Narcisse, baptized at Assumption in May 1799, married second cousin Anne Rosalie, called Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Pierre Bourg, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1819.  Their son Marcelin Narcisse was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in April 1820, Pierre Fremin in July 1821, Louis Lubin, sometimes called Lubin and Urbin, in August 1829, Leonard Lambert, sometimes called Eleonard, in Assumption Parish in April 1833, and Francois in March 1844.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Caballero, Conio, Elbrece, Gautreaux, and Marengo families.  Narcisse-André died in Assumption Parish in February 1847; he was 48 years old.  

6a

Louis Lubin married cousin Seraphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Baptiste Bourg, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1849.  Their son Ursin was born in Assumption Parish in October 1849 but died at age 3 months the following February, Alphonse Adam was born in Terrebonne Parish in August 1856, Seraphin Michel in December 1858, Narcisse Paul in May 1861, and Jean Louis Jean Pierre near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in November 1864.  

6b

Léonard married fellow Acadian Sylvanie LeBlanc in a civil ceremony Terrebonne Parish in February 1862.  Their son Jean Félicien was born near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in June 1864, and Joseph Émile in c1866.  Léonard remarried to Josephine, daughter of fellow Acadian Francois Thibodeaux, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in February 1869.  

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Youngest son Louis-Jean-Baptiste, born at Assumption in June 1800, probably never married.  

Descendants of Simon-Francois GUILLOT (1772-1849)

Simon-Francois, younger son of Charles-Olivier Guillot and Madeleine-Josèphe Boudrot, was born at Trigavou, France, near St.-Malo, in 1772.   He came to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785, with his parents and siblings and followed them to Ascension, where he married Anastasie-Céleste-Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dugas, in May 1792.  Anastasie also had come to Louisiana aboard Le St.-Rémi.  They settled on upper Bayou Lafourche.  Simon-Francois and Anastasie had only a single son before she died at Assumption, on the upper Lafourche, in the 1790s.  Their only daughter married into the Riviere family.  In April 1799, Simon-Francois remarried to Rose, daughter of fellow Acadian Benoît Comeaux, at Assumption.  Rose had come to Louisiana aboard L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships.  Their daughters married into the Aupied, Dantin, Leriche, Levron, Mayet, Navarre, and Tauzin families.  Rose gave Simon-Francois four more sons, all of them, like his first son, born at Assumption, but only two of them created families of their own.  Simon-Francois settled farther down the bayou in Lafourche Interior Parish, where his older brother Jean-Michel had settled.  Simon-Francois died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1849; he was 76 years old. 

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Oldest son Jean-Pierre, by his first wife, born in Assumption Parish June 1793, married Marie Renée, called Renée, daughter of fellow Acadian Servant-Mathurin Lejeune, at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in April 1817.  Their son Zenon Marcellus was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1820, and Pierre Ursin or Ursin Pierre in January 1832.  Jean Pierre and Renée also had a son named Valsin, born probably in Lafourche Interior Parish in the early 1840s.  Their daughters married into the Breaux, Naquin, and Sanches families.  In December 1850, the federal census taker in Lafourche Interior Parish counted a single slave--a 15-year old black female--on Jean Pierre Guillot's farm.  Jean Pierre died in Lafourche Parish in December 1869; he was 76 years old. 

1a

Zenon married Émilie, called Carmelite, Emelitte or Melitte, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Dantin, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in May 1841.  Their son Joseph Paulin, called J. Paulin and Paulin, was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in January 1845, Joseph Franklin or Joseph Francois in December 1848 but died at age 2 in February 1851, Joseph Livode, called Livode, was born in October 1851 but died at age 3 1/2 in March 1855, and Joseph was born in September 1853.  Their daughter married into the Folse family.  Zenon's wife Émilie died in a yellow fever epidemic in October 1853 soon after son Joseph was born; she was only 30 years old.  Zenon remarried to Carmelite's sister, Odille Dantin, at the Thibodeaux church in December 1855.  In September 1860, the federal census taker in Lafourche Parish counted 3 slaves--a 30-year-old female, an 11-year-old female, and a 10-year-old male, all black--on Zenon Guillot's farm in the parish's Ward 2.  

Joseph Paulin married Caroline, daughter of German Creole Terence Toups, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in February 1866.  Their son Louis Albert was born in Lafourche Parish in February 1867, Joseph Ferduci in January 1869, and Charles Henri in July 1870.  

1b

Ursin Pierre married Adela Odilia, daughter of fellow Acadian Simon Bergeron, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in July 1853.  

1c

Valsin married Helena, daughter of Anglo Joseph Dickerson, at the Houma church, Terrebonne Parish, in June 1869.  Their son Jean Pierre le jeune was born in Lafourche Parish in June 1870.  

2

Jean Hippolyte, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in November 1806, probably did not marry.

3

Isidore Hippolyte, or Hippolyte Isidore, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in December 1810, married Marguerite Azelie, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Noël Victor Boudreaux, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1832.  Their son Joseph Eloi was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in December 1835, Arsene Marcellus, called Marcellus, in December 1836, and Théodule Gerasime, called Gerasime, in February 1840.  Their daughter married into the Dupont family.  Isidore Hippolyte died in Lafourche Interior Parish in March 1846; he was only 35 years old.  

3a

Marcellus married double cousin Marie, daughter of Eugene Guillot, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in September 1856; Marie's mother, also, was a Boudreaux.  Their son Marc Sylvère was born in Assumption Parish in October 1865.  

3b

Joseph married Clementine, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Hébert, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in May 1859.  Their son Ernest was born in Lafourche Parish in April 1860, and Osémé Delphin in December 1862.  

3c

Gerasime married double cousin Josephine, another daughter of Eugène Guillot, at the Thibodeaux church, Lafourche Parish, in May 1861.  

4

Eugène, by his second wife, was born in Assumption Parish in August 1815 and probably did not marry.

5

Youngest son Arselin Sébastien, by his second wife, born in Assumption Parish in January 1818, may have died young.  

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

Most of the Guillots of South Louisiana were Acadians, but some of them were French immigrants who had come to the colony decades before their Acadian namesakes arrived in 1785.  At least one Guillot family of South Louisiana was Foreign French:

Louise-Francoise, daughter of Simon Guillot and Agathe Martin of Paris, married Charles, fils, son of Charles Davion of St.-Prix, France, at New Orleans in August 1720, only two years after the city was founded by the sieur de Bienville.  Charles was a soldier stationed at Fort St.-Jean-Baptiste, Natchitoches.  And there they remained. 

Guillots were counted at Biloxi, then part of French Louisiana, in 1721, and along the lower Mississippi River in 1726 and 1731, but they probably left no descendants in the colony.  

Jean Guillot of Limoges, France, married Marie-Angélique Prevost in New Orleans in 1736, but they do not seem to have left any descendants.  

René-Jacques Guiot, a soldier in de Gauvier's company, Louisiana troops, died at Pointe Coupée, on the river above New Orleans, evidently where he was stationed, in September 1745.  His burial record says nothing of his parents, birthplace, or a wife and children.  

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The largest family of French-Creole Guillots settled in Pointe Coupée, one of the oldest settlements in French Louisiana, and moved west to the Avoyelles prairie:  

Descendants of Pierre GUILLOT dit Dufresne (?-?)

Pierre Guillot dit Dufresne of Rheims, France, who sometimes spelled his surname Guiot, married Pointe Coupée native Marguerite Richard, a French Creole, not an Acadian, probably at Pointe Coupée in the 1740s.  His children were born at Pointe Coupée.  In the mid-1780s, Pierre dit Dufresne moved his family northwest to the Avoyelles prairie.  Some of his grandsons moved south into the old Opelousas District.    

1

Oldest son Jean-Pierre, baptized at the Pointe Coupée church in July 1751, died at Pointe Coupée in October 1775.  He probably never married. 

2

Joseph, born in January 1754, married Francoise Dardenne at Pointe Coupée in the late 1770s.  Their son Joseph, fils was born at Pointe Coupée in c1783, Alexandre in c1784, and Zenon probably at Avoyelles in June 1789.  

2a

Alexandre married Élise, daughter of Joseph Carmouche of Avoyelles, in the Opelousas District in January 1803.  Their son Joseph le jeune was born probably in the Opelousas District in the 1800s or 1810s.  

Joseph le jeune married Manette, daughter of Zenon Gailleau, at the Opelousas church. St. Landry Parish, in January 1835. 

2b

Zenon married Seconde, daughter of Antointe Lachenette of Avoyelles, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1809.  

3

Jean-Baptiste dit Dufresne, born  in July 1757, died at age 22 months in May 1759.

4

Georges dit Ferret, born in August 1760, married Marguerite, daughter of Pierre Landreneau, probably at Avoyelles in February 1787.  Their son Georges, fils was born probably at Avoyelles in October 1788. 

5

Youngest son Mathurin, born in May 1763, married Francoise, daughter of Claude Juneau, at Pointe Coupée in the 1780s.  Their son Augustin was born probably at Avoyelles in July 1786, Alexis in March 1788, and Célestin was baptized by the Pointe Coupée priest probably at Avoyelles in January 1793.  

Célestin married Marguerite Guillory and died in St. Landry Parish in the late 1830s.  

In September 1850, the federal census taker in Avoyelles Parish counted a single slave--a mulatto male, age 40--on widow Celia Guillot's farm.  The same census taker counted 2 slaves--a 22-year-old black male, and a 14-years-old black female--on another Widow Guillot's farm.  They probably were the wives or daughters of Pierre dit Dufresne's descendants.   

Jean Baptiste Guillot, probably a descendant of Pierre dit Dufresne, married Johanna Quebedeau in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in October 1858.  

In June 1860, the federal census taker in Avoyelles Parish counted a single slave--a 16-year-old black female--in the household of Francois Guillot.  In early July, the same census taker counted a single slave--a 49-year-old mulatto--on Widow Célestin Guillot's homestead.  Célizie Guillot, just down the road, owned a single black female slave, age 50.  Not far distant on the Avoyelles prairie, Pierre Guillot held 6 slaves--all black, 3 males and 3 females, ranging in age from 36 to 3, living in a single house.  The following October, the federal census taker in Avoyelles counted 3 slaves--a 65-year-old male, a 50-year-old female, and a 25-years-old male, all black and all living under the same roof--on Valery Guillot's farm.  

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Another, older, Pointe Coupée family, the Guéhos from Brittany, who sometimes spelled their surname Guihot, Guio, or Guiot, are easily confused with the Guillots of Pointe Coupee, Avoyelles, and Opelousas.  A Guého birth was recorded in the church at New Orleans as early as April 1733.  

Descendants of Pierre GUIOT or GUÉHO dit Le Jeunesse (?-?)

Pierre Guiot or Guého dit La Jeunesse, son of Pierre Guiot and Catherine La Mirande of Bonneval, Beauce, Brittany, France, was the widower of Marie-Louise Ozenne when he remarried to Marie-Jeanne, daughter of Jean-George Poché, at Pointe Coupée in January 1741.  Pierre dit La Jeunesse remarried to Jeanne-Adrienne, daughter of Francois Riche, at Pointe Coupée, in August 1759.  Pierre dit La Jeunesse died at Pointe Coupée in April 1768; the priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give his age.  

1

Older son Jean-Pierre, called Pierre, by his first wife, born at Pointe Coupée in November 1749, married Marie-Félicité, called Félicité, daughter of Francois Berluchaud, at Pointe Coupée in May 1774.  Their son François was baptized at Pointe Coupée in August 1775, Pierre, fils in January 1778 but died in the Opelousas District at age 10 in April 1789, and Alexandre was baptized at Opelousas in February 1791.  

Francois returned to Pointe Coupée, where he married Marianne, daughter of French Creole Pierre Bergeron of Pointe Coupée, at Pointe Coupée in February 1795.  Their son François, fils was born at Pointe Coupée in February 1805, Terence in February 1806, Valérien in July 1811, and Vincent in August 1813.  Francois, père died in Pointe Coupee Parish in March 1852; he was 83 years old.  

Francois, fils married Clarissa, daughter of French Creole Francois David, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in September 1825. 

Francois Guého, perhaps a son of Francois, fils, married Julie Prosper probably in Pointe Coupee Parish in the 1850s.  Their son Émile was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in December 1858.  

Terence married cousin Eloise, daughter of French Creole Hippolyte Bergeron, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in April 1827.  

Vincent married Desirée, daughter of Cyprien Gremillion, at the Pointe Coupee church, Pointe Coupee Parish, in May 1832.  Vincent died at his home on Bayou Grosse-Tete, Pointe Coupee Parish, in February 1852; he was only 30 years old.  

Valerien married Irma Gremillion in a civil ceremony in Pointe Coupee Parish in the 1830s.  Their twin sons Valerien, fils and Vincent le jeune were born in Pointe Coupee Parish in September 1844, and Léonce in February 1849.  

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Younger son Louis dit Lejeunesse, by his second wife, born at Pointe Coupée in March 1768, married Geneviève, daughter of French Creole Michel Lejeune of Pointe Coupée and widow of Joseph Jeanise, at Pointe Coupée in May 1774.  They remained at Pointe Coupée.  

Omer or Oscar Guého married Émilie Guého, probably a cousin, in the 1850s.  Their son Terence was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in January 1858, Oscar in August 1860, and Edmond in December 1861.  

St. James Guého married Prudence Guého in a civil ceremony probably in Pointe Coupee Parish in the 1850s.  Their son Arthur was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in March 1861.  

No Guého appears on a Louisiana or Confederate unit roster in the War Between the States, so male members of the family were either too old,  too young, too feeble, or too privileged for wartime service. 

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Many non-Acadian Guillots settled in Louisiana after their Acadian namesakes reached the colony in 1785, including Foreign French who arrived after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803:  

Joseph, son of Joseph Guillot and Francoise Simon of Sambrieu, Savoy, France, was a resident of New Orleans when he married New Orleans native Catalina, daughter of Jean Paillet, in January 1801.  Their son Joseph Francois was born at New Orleans in February 1802. 

One family of non-Acadian Guillots settled at St. Gabriel in east Iberville Parish, a largely Acadian community on the river below Pointe Coupee.  Antoine Granger Guillot was widower of Marie Louise Langlois when he remarried to Marguerite, daughter of Antoine Rebol and widow of Guillaume Blake, at the St. Gabriel church, Iberville Parish, in June 1816; Marguerite's mother was a Doiron.  Clarisse Renée, a daughter by Antoine Granger Guillot's first wife, had been baptized at age four months at the St. Gabriel church back in April 1807, so Antoine Granger most likely was a native of France who came to Louisiana while it was still a colony.  He seems to have fathered no sons.  

W. C. Guillot, a 35-year-old merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Venus out of Le Havre, France, in April 1826.  

Barthélemy, son of Jacques Guillot and Benoîte Duhon of Lyon, France, married Delphine Antoinette, called Antoinette, daughter of French Creole Sylvain Tregle, at the Thibodauxville church, Lafourche Interior Parish, in February 1832.  Their son Francois Velleinse was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in November 1832, and Barthélemy, fils in June 1834, so non-Acadian Guillots settled among their Acadian namesakes in the Lafourche valley.  

A non-Acadian, perhaps a Foreign Frenchman, whose surname resembled that of the Guillots, also settled on the Lafourche.  In the 1830s, Célestin Guyot married Anglo Marie Élisabeth, called Élisabeth, Ferguson probably in Lafourche Interior Parish.  Their son Eugène Joseph was born in Lafourche Interior Parish in May 1845.  Their daughters married into the Chiasson, Dantin, Darden, and Picou families.  Célestin died in Lafourche Interior Parish in October 1847; the priest who recorded his burial did not bother to give his parents' names or his age at the time of death; a petition for a family meeting was filed at the Thibodeaux courthouse in March 1851.  

Philip Guillot, a 38-year-old carpenter from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Pennsylvania out of Mexico in January 1836.  

Ysidor Guillot, a 24-year-old baker from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Venezia out of Havana, Cuba, in September 1836.  

Claude Guillot, a 36-year-old baker from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Alexander out of Le Havre in November 1837.  A few days later, Jean Guillot, a 51-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Marengo out of Le Havre.  

F. Guillut, a 29-year-merchant from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Chieftain out of Havana in March 1838.  That same month, J. B. Guyot, a 40-year-old laborer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Bonny Boat out of Santiago de Cuba.  

Charles G. Guillot, a 62-year-old trader from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Cora out of Tampico, Mexico, in March 1839.  With him was Virginia Guillot, age 30, probably his daughter.  

Louis Guiot, a 22-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Salem out of Le Havre in November 1839.  

____ Guyot, a 31-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Vaillant out of Bordeaux, France, in April 1840.  With him was his wife, also a French native, age 23.  

L. M. Guillot, a 19-year-old native of France, occupation unrecorded, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Châteaubriand out of Bordeaux in April 1841.  

Baptiste Guillot, a 47-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Vesta out of Le Havre in June 1846.  With him was wife Francoise, age 40, and their children Marie, age 13, Emerentine, age 9, Claude, age 8, Francois, age 5, and Pierre, age 4.  

Guillaume Guillot, a 45-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Rome out of Le Havre in March 1848.  He was heading to Texas.  

August Guyot, a 26-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Moselle out of Le Havre in July 1848.  

Jean Guillot, a 49-year-old farmer from France, reached New Orleans aboard the ship Hargrave out of Le Havre in February 1849.  With him was wife Marie, age 50, also a native of France.  

Guillots, some of them perhaps Foreign French, others French Creoles, lived in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes in the decade before the War Between the States.  Several of them owned slaves.  In late August 1850, the federal census taker in Ward 2, Orleans Parish, which included the city of New Orleans, counted 9 slaves--5 blacks and 4 mulattoes, 3 males and 6 females, ranging in age from 42 to 3--in J. A. Guillotte's household.  In late August, the federal census taker in Ward 5, also part of the city, counted 2 slaves--a 32-year-old mulatto female and an 18-year-old black female--in Edward Guillot's household.  In Ward 7, also in the city, in late September, the federal census taker counted 6 slaves--3 blacks and 3 mulattoes, 3 males and 3 females, ranging in age from 50 to 4--in Jh, probably John, Guillot's household.  In the same ward, in late October, the census taker counted a single 36-year-old black male slave owned by E. Guillotte.  In early June 1860, the federal census taker in Jefferson Parish, just upriver from New Orleans, counted 8 slaves--7 blacks and 1 mulatto, 6 males and 2 females, ranging in age from 75 to 5, living in 3 houses--on J. C. Guillotte's farm.  The following month, the federal census taker in Ward 2, Orleans Parish, the city of New Orleans, visited the household of J. A. Guillotte again and counted only 5 slaves this time--2 blacks and 4 mulattoes, 1 male and 4 females, ranging in age from 45 to 6.  

CONCLUSION

Guillots settled late in Acadia, and 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 Acadian Guillots in the Bayou State.  Le Grand Dérangement and settlement schemes in France devastated this Île St.-Jean family, but the hand full of Acadian Guillots who made it to Louisiana in 1785 found peace and comfort finally in the Bayou Lafourche valley.  By the 1850s, a few of them had slipped south into Terrebonne Parish, one of them as far west as Chacahoula, near Bayou Black, but most of them remained along the upper stretches of the bayou where their immigrant ancestors had settled.  

Meanwhile, non-Acadian Guillots who had settled at Pointe Coupee as early as the 1740s moved northwestward into the Avoyelles prairie in the mid-1780s, and some of them moved south into the Opelousas District, where they still could be found in the late 1850s.  Foreign-French Guillots found a home in New Orleans as well as on the river above the city and also along the Lafourche.  

Judging by the number of slaves held by Guillots during the late antebellum period, a few members of this family, especially in Assumption Parish and the city of New Orleans, lived very comfortably as businessmen and farmers.  In 1850, Acadian Jean Baptiste Guillot held 16 slaves on his farm in Assumption Parish.  Louis Guillot, on the farm next door, held 15.  Ten years later, Acadian Alexandre Guillot of Assumption Parish owned 31 slaves on two holdings along Bayou Lafourche.  His aunt, Eugènie Templet, widow of Jean Baptiste Guillot, held 19 slaves in the same parish.  But most of the Guillots, Acadian and French Creole, owned no slaves on their simple farms in the bayou and prairie parishes.  

Dozens of Guillots served Louisiana in uniform during the War Between the States.  At least four of them died in Confederate service.  Ambroise Guillot of Company A, 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery, a conscript probably from Assumption Parish, died of disease at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in November 1862.  G. B. Guillot of Company K(2nd), Crescent Regiment Louisiana Infantry, another conscript, joined the company in November 1862 at Camp Pratt, near New Iberia, and died in a hospital at New Iberia a few weeks later.  J. B. Guillot of Company D, 26th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, enlisted in the Lafourche Parish unit in March 1862 and died in a hospital at Mississippi Springs, Mississippi, the following July.  O. Guillot of Company C, 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, a conscript assigned to this unit in October 1862, died the following month probably in a New Iberia hospital, another victim of disease. 

During the war, successive Federal incursions devastated the Bayou Lafourche valley.  Confederate foragers also plagued the area when the Federals were not around.  

After the war, Acadian and French Creole Guillots began to move even farther from the homes of their immigrant ancestors.  One scholar speculates that the Guillots of Rapides Parish today descend from the Guillots of Avoyelles.  Some of the Avoyelles Guillots who settled in the Opelousas area may have moved south into present-day Lafayette Parish, but most of the Guillots who now live in Lafayette, and especially in Iberia Parish, south of the Hub City, are descendants of Acadian Guillots who migrated west from Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.  A recent count of Guillots in Louisiana found more of them living west of the Atchafalaya Basin than east of it.  A substantial number of them also live in the New Orleans area, descendants not only of Foreign-French Guillots but also of Acadian and French Creole members of the family who left their farms and succumbed to the material economy of the twentieth century.   

The family's name also is spelled Diotte, Guiau, Guihote, Guilleau, Guillote, Guillotte, Guilloz, Guyllotte, Guyot.

Sources:  1850 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Assumption, Avoyelles, Lafourche, & Orleans parishes; 1860 U.S. Federal Census, Slave Schedules, Assumption, Avoyelles, Jefferson, Lafourche, & Orleans parishes; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1493-94, 2504-05; Brasseaux, Foreign French, 1:259, 260, 262, 2:149, 151, 3:138; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 1b, 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Burton & Smith, Colonial Natchitoches, 28; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; NOAR, vols. 1, 7; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 8; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 92, 93; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 47-50; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 387-93, 621, 908; Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43; West, Atlas of LA Surnames, 84-85, 170-71; White, DGFA-1, 783-84.  

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, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Charles-Olivier GUILLOT, & lists him with his wife & 3 children; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1494, calls him Charles-Olivier GUILLOT, says he was born in 1746 but gives no birthplace, in a footnote says nous ignorons le nom de son épouse about his mother, & that his father's first cousin, René, married Marie-Madeline ARSEMENT c1750, which other records do not support; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 92, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he was 1 of only 3 survivors in a family of 8, that his father, age not given, died at sea, as did his half-brothers Jean-Baptiste, age 3, & Thomas, age 4, sister Isabelle, age 7, & half-sister Euphrosine, age 13 months, & that he, his step-mother, Marguerite BOURG, age 38, & sister Marie-Josèphe, age 6, were the only survivors of the crossing; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 908, his marriage record, calls him Charles GUILLOT, a minor son, says his parents were Jean-Baptiste [GUILLOT] & Marie-Madeleine ARSEMANE, that he was native of L'Assomption in Acadie & resided in the parish of Trigavou, gives his wife's parents' names, says she, too, was native of L'Assomption & residents of Trigavou, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Ollivier BOUDRO [father of the bride], René GUILLOT [his uncle or second cousin], Ambroise GUILLOT [his uncle], Alexis BRO [his uncle-in-law], & Pierre BOUDROT, none of whom signed; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 390, Family No. 479, calls him Charles-Olivier GUILLOT, gives his parents' names, says his father was born in c1720 but gives no birthplace, that his parents married in c1745 but gives no place of marriage, & that his father remarried in c1754 but gives no place of marriage; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 389-90, Family No. 478, calls him Charles-Olivier GUILLOT, says he was born in c1746 at l'Assomption, which was Pigiguit, gives his parents' names, says he disembarked with his mother at St.-Malo on 23 Jan 1759 from one of the Five Ships, that he resided at Trigavou 1759-72, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, & includes the birth/baptismal records of son Isidore-Francois, born & baptized 8 Sep 1767, Trigavou, godson of Olivier BOUDROT & Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT, son Jean-Michel, born & baptized 29 Sep 1769, Trigavou, godson of Charles BRAUD & Victoire HÉBERT, son Simon-Francois, born & baptized 18 Feb 1772, Trigavou, godson of Jean LYONAIS & Jeanne LEMOINE, & daughter Élisabeth-Madeleine, born & baptized 26 Feb 1774, Trigavou, goddaughter of Tranquille PITRE & Marguerite BRAUD; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 48-49, calls him Charles-Oliver GUILLOT, charpentier, age 39, on the embarkation list, & Charlies-Olivier GUILLOT, carpenter, age 38, on the complete listing, says he was in the 26th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his wife & 3 children, details his marriage, including his parents' names but not his wife's parents' names, does not give place of marriage, & says son Jean-Michel was born in 1769 & son Simon-Francois in 1772 but give no birthplaces. 

Quote from brochure that accompanies the Robert Dafford Mural, Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville.  His is figure number 23 in the mural.  

02.  Wall of Names, 40 (pl. 10L), calls him Fabien GUILLOT neveu [of Alexis BROD], & lists him with his uncle, aunt, & 2 cousins; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 387-89, Family No. 477, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Fabien-Amateur GUILLOT, gives his parents' names, says he was godson of Pierre DUGAST & Marguerite GUILLOT, & that his family lived at Trigavou from 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 72-73, calls him Fabien GUILLOT, son [Alexis BROD's] neveu au dit, marin, age 23, on the embarkation list, Fabian GUILLOT, on the debarkation list, & Fabien GUILLOT, his [Alexis BRAUD's] nephew, sailor, age 23, on the complete listing, says he was in the 29th Family aboard L'Amitié with his uncle, aunt, & 2 cousins, that, calling him Fabien-Amateur GUILLOT, he was born in 1763 but gives no birthplace, & lists the implements the Spanish gave him after he reached LA; BRDR, 2:219, 348 (ASC-1, 166), the record of his "first" marriage, calls him Fabian GUILLOT, calls his wife Théotiste DAIGLE, which, oddly, was his mother's name, does not give his or her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Étienne DUPUIS & Simon DUGAS; BRDR, 2:323, 348 (ASM-2, 27), the record of his "second" marriage, calls him Fabian GUILLOT, says he married on 3 Sep 1797 but that the marriage was a re-validation, does not give his or his wife's parents' names, says he & his wife shared 3rd degree consanguinity, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Ambroise HÉBERT & Joseph HÉBERT; BRDR, 5(rev.):285 (ASM-3, 248), his death/burial record, calls him Fabien GUILLOT, age 72 yrs., says he died yesterday but does not gives his parents' names or his wife's name.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 41, 50, 173.  

His estimated birth year is taken not from the passenger list of L'Amitié but from an average of the ages given in the Ascension censuses of 1788 & 1791 & the Assumption census of 1795.  

As Robichaux's study of the Acadians in St.-Malo, cited above, reveals, he was the only member of his large immediate family (11 children) to go to LA.  He certainly made up for it there.  Many LA GUILLOTs are his direct descendants.  

Thanks to the sloppy record keeping of the Ascension priest in Feb 1786, we have no idea who were his first wife's parents or what was her ethnicity.  Was she an Acadian DAIGLE/DAIGRE or a French Creole one?  No Théotiste DAIGLE/DAIGRE appears in Wall of Names.  Was she born in LA to an Acadian immigrant?  Not likely.  The only Acadian DAIGLE/DAIGRE who came to LA before 1785 was a female; all other Acadian DAIGLE/DAIGREs came in 1785, so she could very well have been a French Creole, not an Acadian.  One wonders, in fact, if this marriage record is "real."  His mother's name, after all, was Théotiste DAIGLE.  I would guess that this is a corruption of the actual record, & that in the transcription of the actual record by the editors of BRDR, the bride's name was substituted for the groom's mother's name.  Perhaps his one & only marriage was to Anne GIROIR.  

03.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls her Francoise GUILLOT, & lists her singly; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 391-93, Family No. 480, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Francoise-Gertrude GUILLOT, gives her parents' names, says her godparents were Dominique GUÉRIN & Victoire BRAUD, & that her family resided at Trigavou from 1759-72; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 12-13, calls her Francoise GUILLOT, fille, age 19, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Francoise GUILLOT, single woman, age 19, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 10th Family aboard La Bergère with no one else; BRDR, 2:111, 348 (ASC-2, 5), the record of her first marriage, calls her Francoise GUILLOT, calls her husband Félix BOUDREAU, does not give her or his parents' names but says they were Acadian, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Pierre GUILLOT [her brother] & Pierre LANDRY; BRDR, 2:535, 691-92 (ASC-2, 7), the record of her second marriage, calls her Francisca MELANÇON[sic], "of Acadia & widow of Filis BUDRO," calls her husband Paul TÉRRIO, does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Pierre BOURQUE & Thomas TÉRRIO [his brother].

Her father was from Anse-de-la-Boulloteirre, Île St.-Jean, & had come to France in 1758-59 aboard one of the Five Ships with his first wife, Marie-Rose DAIGLE.  See Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, cited above. 

Though she was listed singly on the La Bergère passenger list, Francoise may have come to LA with her older brother Pierre, who does not appear on any of the Seven Ships passenger lists but settled at Ascension & on upper Bayou Lafourche. 

Was her first husband the Félix BOUDREAUX who came to LA aboard Le St.-Rémi in Sep 1785 with his wife Madeleine HÉBERT & who remarried to Luce-Perpétué BOURG, widow of Pierre HÉBERT, at Ascension in Aug 1787?  See BRDR, 2:111 (ASC-2, 9).  He would have been 55 in 1786, more than twice Françoise GUILLOT's age.  He is also called the widower of Magdalena HEVERT [HÉBERT] in the Aug 1787 marriage record.  Moreover, his wife Madeleine HÉBERT was on buried 23 Oct 1786.  See BRDR, 2:366 (ASC-1, 200b).  This makes no sense; a man is not allowed to marry a week before his wife dies, so he is probably not the one.  However, the only other Félix BOUDREAUX I have found in LA at the time was Félix-Marie BOUDREAUX, who would have been a year old in 1786!  We can thank the priest at Ascension--again--for not listing the parents of the bride & groom in a marriage record. 

Arsenault, Généalogie, 2595, profile for Paul THÉRIOT of the Atakapas/Opelousas area, calls his wife Francoise GUILLOT, & says they were married in c1780 at St.-Martinville.  But the Francoise GUILLOT who came to LA in 1785 could not have been in France & in the Atakapas District at the same time.  Arsenault unfortunately does not list her parents' names, so, considering the marriage year he gives, his information is suspect.  However, although Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 1-A, has no marriage record for this couple, several birth/baptismal records in 1-A:742-43, all from the church at Atakapas Post, now St. Martinville, confirm the marriage between Paul THÉRIOT & this Francoise GUILLOT & even provide her parents' names & her birthplace.  The baptismal dates for their children are 7 Dec 1788 for son Joseph (SM Ch.:v.4, #331), 22 Mar 1793 for son Paul (SM Ch.:v.4, #616), 21 Jun 1795 for son Julien (SM Ch.: v.4, #715), 15 Nov 1797 for son Martin (SM Ch.: v.5, #17), & 6 Aug 1800 for daughter Marie-Marthe (SM Ch.: v.5, #300), with the earliest birth date that of son Joseph, born 28 Mar 1788.  So Paul THÉRIOT & Francoise GUILLOT were married probably at Ascension before Dec 1788.  The mystery is solved by looking at the MELANÇON family section in BRDR, vol. 2, cited above, which lists Francoise as a member of that family.  Evidently someone--more likely the befuddled priest at Ascension, or, less likely, the compilers of BRDR--confused the groom's mother's name with the bride's name.  Paul THERIOT's mother was ... Francoise MELANÇON.

Paul THÉRIOT came to LA in 1765 from Halifax as a teenager with his widowed mother & 3 brothers.  They settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, just downriver from Ascension.  By the early 1790s, however, while he was living on upper Bayou Teche west of the Atchafalaya Basin, 2 of his brothers had moved to southern edge of the Baton Rouge District.  

04.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls her Isabel [GUILLOT], & lists her with her parents & 2 brothers; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 389, Family No. 478, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Élizabeth-Madeleine GUILLOT, & says her godparents were Tranquille PITRE & Marguerite BRAUD; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 48-49, calls her Isabel, sa [Charles-Olivier GUILLOT's] fille, age 10, on the embarkation list, & Isabelle GUILLOT, his [Charles-Olivier GUILLOT's] daughter, age 10, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 26th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her parents & 2 brothers; BRDR, 2:349, 354 (ASM-2, 22), her marriage record, dated 22 Nov 1796, calls her Ysabel Magdalena GUILLOT, gives her & her husband's parents' names, & says both sets of parents were from Acadia, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan GUILLAN & Bernard TERRIOU.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45.

The date in her marriage record may be wrong.  If they were married in Nov 1796, why is he still counted with his parents in the Assumption census of Apr 1797? 

05.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Jean-Michel [GUILLOT], & lists him with his parents & 2 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 389, Family No. 478, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Jean-Michel GUILLOT, & says his godparents were Charles BRAUD & Victoire HÉBERT; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 48-49, calls him Jean-Michel, son [Charles-Olivier GUILLOT's] fils, age 14, on the embarkation list, & Jean-Michel GUILLOT, his [Charles-Olivier GUILLOT's] son, age 14, on the complete listing, says he was in the 26th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 2 siblings, & that he was born in 1769 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:348, 594 (ASC-2, 26), his marriage record, calls him Juan Miguel GUILLAU, gives his & his wife's parents' names & his wife's first husband's name, says his parents were from St.-Brigit Parish, St.-Malo, & his wife's parents were from St.-Julian Parish, St.-Malo, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Simon GUILLOT [his brother] & Chale GUILOT [his father]; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:255 (Thib.Ch.: v. 1, p. 36), his death/burial record, calls him Jean Michel GUILLOT, says he died at age 58yrs, but does not give the names of his parents or wife; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:255 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: year 1827), his inventory record, calls him Jean GUILLOT m. d.Marie PITRE, & lists his children as Olivier, Isidore, Jean Pierre, Narcisse, Jean Baptiste, Marie Carmelite m. George FABRE, Héloise m. Basile Hyacinth RICHARD, d. Jean Charles m. Théodore[sic] DANNIS.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45, 54, 81, 118, 162.

06.  Wall of Names, 40 (pl. 10L), calls her Marie GUILLOT, & lists her with her husband, a daughter, a nephew, & a cousin; Arsenault, Généalogie, 1493, 1494, calls her Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT, provides her birth year, her parents' names, & calls her husband Alexis BRAULT but does not give a marriage year; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Supply.htm>, Family No. 8, show the fate of her family in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, detailed in the footnote to her husband's profile; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 161-63, Family No. 193, calls her Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT, says she was born in c1722 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, says she married in c1745 but gives no place of marriage, calls her husband Alexis BRAUD, says he was born in c1722 but gives no birthplace, says he was a ploughman & carpenter, gives his parents' names, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Madeleine BRAUD, born in c1746 but gives no birthplace, daughter Anne BRAUD, born in c1748 but gives no birthplace, daughter Marie BRAUD, born in c1749 but gives no birthplace, died age about 15 on 16 Nov 1764, buried next day, Trigavou, daughter Victoire BRAUD, born in c1750 but gives no birthplace, daughter Élizabeth BRAUD, died at sea during crossing to France, 1759, son Fabien BRAUD, died at sea during crossing to France, 1769, daughter Élizabeth-Renée BRAUD, born & baptized 11 May 1759, Trigavou, goddaughter of René GUILLOT & Julienne LOUET, died age 12 days on 22 May 1759, buried next day, Trigavou, son Pierre BRAUD, born & baptized 24 Aug 1762, Trigavou, godson of Martin DAIGLE & Anne BRAUD, died age 5 on 15 May 1767, buried next day, Trigavou, & daughter Marguerite-Blanche BRAUD, born & baptized 27 May 1765, Trigavou, goddaughter of Charles-Olivier GUILLOT & Madeleine BRAUD, says she, her husband, son Charles, & daughters Madeleine, Anne, Marie, & Victoire BRAUD "disembarked at St.-Malo on March 9, 1759 from the ship, du Supply, & that the family resided at Trigavou from 1759-72; ; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 72-73, calls her Marie GUILLOT, sa [Alexis BROD's] femme, age 62, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie GUILLOT, his [Alexis BRAUD's] wife, age 62, on the complete listing, says she was in the 29th Family aboard L'Amitié with her husband, a daughter, a nephew, & a cousin, &, calling her Marie-Josèphe GUILLOT, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, says they were married in c1745 but gives no place of marriage, & says [nephew] Fabien-Amateur GUILLOT was born in 1763 but gives no birthplace.  

07.  Wall of Names, 36 (pl. 9L), calls him Simon-Francois [GUILLOT], & lists him with his parents & 2 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 389, Family No. 478, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Simon-Francois GUILLOT, & says his godparents were Jean LYONAIS & Jeanne LEMOINE; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 48-49, calls him Simon-Francois, son [Charles-Olivier GUILLOT's] fils, age 12, on the embarkation list, & Simon-Francois GUILLOT, his [Charles-Olivier GUILLOT's] son, age 12, on the complete listing, says he was in the 26th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his parents & 2 siblings, & that he was born in 1772 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:254, 349 (ASC-2, 47), the record of his first marriage, calls him Simon GUILLOT, gives his & his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Charles GUILLOT [his father] & Luys JUNCAL; BRDR, 2:201, 349 (ASM-2, 40), the record of his second marriage, calls him Simon GUILLOT of St.-Malo & widower of Anastasia Céleste Maria DUGAT, gives his wife's parents' names but not his, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Juan GUILLOT [his brother] & Paul-Dominque BOUDRAUX; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 2:181 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #597), his death/burial record, calls him Simon GUILLOT m. Julie COMMAUX, but does not include his parents' names; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 2:182 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ. #138), record of a family meeting, calls him Simon GUILLOT, & lists his child as d.Hypolite m. Marguerite BOUDREAUX--her second husband is Joseph FAYTE, but says nothing of his other children  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 45.

08.  Not in Wall of Names.  Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 392, Family No. 480, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre GUILLOT, gives his parents' names, & says his godparents were Pierre BOUDROT & Victoire BRAUD; BRDR, 2:349, 593 (ASC-2, 50), his marriage record, calls him Pedro GUILLOT, does not gives his or his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Pierre BOURQUE & Juan VINES.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 43, 60, 93, 135, 175.

His parents' names can be found not only in Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo but also in daughter Véronique-Clémence's birth/baptismal record in BRDR, 2:349 (ASM-1, 197), dated 5 Apr 1801, & calls them Reynaldo GUILLOT & Francisca BOURQUE.  Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 391, Family No. 480, says his father, René GUILLOT, was born c1726 but gives no birthplace, son of René GUILLOT & Marguerite DOIRON, was a ploughman, that he married his first wife, Marie-Rose DAIGLE, born 31 Mar 1732, St.-Charles-des-Mines, daughter of Francois DAIGLE & Marie BOUDROT, on 15 Feb 1751 on Île St.-Jean, that his first wife died 11 Mar 1759, age 26, at the hospital in St.-Malo, doubtlessly from the rigors of the crossing to St.-Malo, & that his father remarried to Francoise BOURG, born c1739 but no birthplace & no parents' names given, widow of Joseph NAQUIN, on 5 Aug 1760 at St.-Suliac, France, & that he had 9 half- & full siblings born in Acadia or France from c1755 to 1773, none of whom immigrated to LA; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 49-50, Family No. 97, says his father, René GUILLOT, was born c1731 but gives no birthplace, son of René GUILLOT & Marguerite DOIRON, was a ploughman, that he married his first wife, Marie-Rose DAIGLE, born 31 Mar 1732, St.-Charles-aux-Mines, daughter of Francois DAIGLE & Marie BOUDROT, on 15 Feb 1751 on Île St.-Jean, that this first wife died 11 Mar 1759, age 26, at the hospital in St.-Malo, that his father married his mother, Francoise BOURG, no parents' names given, born c1739 but gives no birthplace, widow of Joseph NAQUIN, on 5 Aug 1760 at St.-Suliac, France, that she died age 35 & was buried 28 Sep 1774 at Archigny, Vienne, that his father died age 50 & was buried 28 Jun 1781, Cenan, Poitou, & that he had 4 siblings born at Trigavou between 1761 & 1771, none of whom immigrated to LA.  His father's death at Archigny, Poitou, in 1774 shows that he & his family were part of the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s.  

Is such a thoroughly documented Acadian immigrant from France not in Wall of Names because he is not on any of the Seven Ships passenger lists?  

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