APPENDICES

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

HENRY

[onh-REE, HEN-ree]

ACADIA

Robert Henry, born at Rouen, France, in c1643, came first to Canada, where he served as a domestic servant for Quentin Moral.  He was confirmed in the Catholic faith at Trois-Rivière in 1666, so he may have been a Huguenot.  He moved to Chignecto in Acadia in c1676 and two years later married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Pierre Godin dit Châtillon, a native of Québec but had also moved to Chignecto.  Robert and Marie-Madeleine were counted at Port-Royal in 1686, but by 1693 they had moved to the Minas Basin.  They eventually settled at Cobeguit.  They had 13 children, including six sons, all of whom married and started families of their own:  

Oldest son Martin dit Robert, born probably at Chignecto in c1679, married Marie, daughter of Étienne Hebert of Minas, in c1699 probably at Minas.  They had nine children, including five sons who married into the Thériot, Aucoin, Dugas, Benoit, and Thibodeaux families.  By the early 1750s, the family had moved from Cobeguit to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, probably to escape British authority.  Martin dit Robert lived into his 80s and died aboard an English vessel in late 1758 during Le Grand Dérangement.

Jean dit le Vieux, born at Chignecto or Port-Royal in c1684, married Marie, daughter of Jean Hébert, in c1717 perhaps at Cobeguit.  They, too, moved from Cobeguit to Île St.-Jean by the early 1750s.  Jean dit le Vieux survived the terrible crossing to France in late 1758 but died a few months later, probably from the rigors of the voyage, in his mid-70s.

Germain, born probably at Port-Royal in c1686, married Cécile, daughter of Michel Deveau, date unrecorded.  They also moved to Ile St.-Jean by the early 1750s.  Like his older brother Martin dit Robert, Germain also died in the terrible crossing to France in late 1758.

Pierre dit Robert, born probably at Minas in c1700, married Marguerite, daughter of Mathieu Brasseaux, at Grand-Pre in May 1736.  Unlike his older brothers, Pierre dit Robert did not take his family to Ile St.-Jean but remained in the Minas Basin.

Antoine, born probably at Minas in c1704, married Claire Hébert in c1725.  He died before May 1759 in his mid-50s.

Youngest son Joseph dit Petit Homme, born in c1707 at either Minas or Cobeguit, married Christine dite Catherine, daughter of Jean Pitre, in c1729, and died before January 1761, also in his mid-50s.  

One of Robert Henry's daughters, Madeleine dit Robert, born probably at Port-Royal in c1690, married twice, first in in c1711 then again in c1715, but not until she gave birth to an illegitimate son in November 1709 whom she named Jean-Baptiste.  The boy took his mother's surname and married Marie-Madeleine, daughter of Joseph Mius d'Azy, in c1733.  Jean-Baptiste and his family also moved to Île St.-Jean, and all of them perished aboard one of the English vessels in the terrible crossing to France in late 1758.  ...

Henry is a common name in francophone Europe.  There were at least two other Henry families in greater Acadia, probably no kin to Robert of Rouen.  Master stone mason Jean Henry dit Maillardet, born at Orvin, Switzerland, in c1726, married Anne Barbe in c1751 and settled on Île St.-Jean amongst the other Henrys.  Jean and Anne had two children, including a son, Louis-Gervais, born on Ile St.-Jean c1752. ...

Sieur Edmond Henry, born in c1728, was a master surgeon.  He settled on French-controlled island of Île St.-Pierre, south of Newfoundland, probably after Le Grand Dérangement.

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

Like most old Acadian families, Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this large family to the winds. ...  Especially destructive to the family was the deportation from Île St.-Jean in late 1758.  Entire Henry families perished in the operation. ...

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

All of the Acadian Henrys who came to Louisiana arrived aboard five of the Seven Ships from France that reached the colony in 1785.  They were especially numerous aboard the sixth ship, La Ville d'Archangel, which arrived at New Orleans in December.  ...

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

By the mid-1790s, Spanish officials were counting Acadian Henrys in the upper valley of Bayou Lafourche. ...

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

Not all of the Henrys who settled in South Louisiana were Acadians.  Henrys were in fact some of the earliest arrivals in French Louisiana.  

Nicolas Henry, native of Metz, Lorraine, and husband of Élisabeth Hamard, died at New Orleans in June 1729.  He had been in the colony at least since October 1725, when his daughter Marie-Francoise, age seven days, was buried in New Orleans.  

Another Marie-Francoise Henry, daughter of Pierre Henry and Marie-Anne Pollerman, was also a native of Metz.  She married Joseph Maire at New Orleans in June 1754, 31 years before an Acadian Henry appeared in Louisiana.  

When Acadians first came to Louisiana in the mid-1760s, Louis-Antoine Andry, whose surname sometimes was spelled Henrry, was an infantry lieutenant, a royal engineer, and eventually adjutant for the city of New Orleans.  It was Andry who led the Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil party from New Orleans to the Atakapas country in the spring of 1765, and it was Andry who surveyed the lower Bayou Teche valley all the way to the Gulf of Mexico to determine the best line of communications between the settlements on the Teche and the metropolis at New Orleans.  

Thomas Henri settled at Manchac in what is now Iberville Parish by the early 1770s.  

Jean-Marie Andry or Henrry, a hairdresser and wig maker who was native of St.-Eustache, Paris, but whose father was from Normandy, married Marie-Louise Calandrot at New Orleans in April 1776.  Children were still being born to this couple at New Orleans in the early 1800s.  

Louis-Alexandre Henry of St.-Eustache, Paris, perhaps Jean-Marie's brother, married Eleonore-Antoinette De Gony.  Their daughter, Louise, settled in the Opelousas country, where she married into the Lavergne family, who were French Canadians.  

Jean Henrique or Henry of Strasbourg, France, husband of Marguerite Noper of Strasbourg, settled first on the German Coast in what is now St. John the Baptist Parish then in the Atakapas District, now St. Martin Parish, where their son Jean-Baptiste married Marguerite, daughter of Acadian Jean-Baptiste Sonnier of St.-Jacques on the Mississippi, in August 1798.  

Meanwhile, in early 1779, the first contingent of Islenos, Spanish-speaking natives of the Canary Islands, reached Louisiana.  Some settled at San Bernard, below New Orleans, but others settled in the Bayou Manchac area of present-day Ascension Parish, a predominantly Acadian community.  Members of one Islenos family, the Henrriquess, may have gallicized their name to Henry.  

In February 1813, Jacques Henry, described as a "French immigrant, living in Iberville," died there at age 70.  

CONCLUSION

The majority of South Louisiana Henrys were Acadians, the long-suffering descendants of Robert of Rouen.  Though they were among the last of the Acadian immigrants to come to Louisiana, they proliferated there, a living testament to the Spanish government's promise that they would find a better life in Louisiana than the one they had endured in France. ...

The family's name also is spelled Anrry, Enri, Hennry, Henri, Henrico, Henrry, Hervory.

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 606, 1496-1504, 2116, 2191, 2302;  BRDR, vol. 3; NOAR, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vol. 1-B; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 3, 59, 73, 76, 105, 105, 113, 117, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 134, 154, 158, 173, 192; White, DGFA-1, 840-45; White, DGFA-1 English, 177-78; Appendix.

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, 45, calls her Angelique HENRY soeur [of Pierre].

02.  Wall of Names, 46, calls her Anne HENRY.  See also <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 154; for the fate of her family in the crossing to St.-Malo, see the footnote for her husband's profile.

03.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6L), calls her Anne-Francoise [HENRY], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Familis in Exile 1785, 2-3, calls her Anne-Francoise, son [Joseph HENRY's] fils[sic], age 3, on the embarkation list, Ana Fernanda, su [Josef HENRIQUE's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Anne-Francoise HENRY, his [Joseph HENRY's] daughter, age 3, on the complete listing, says she was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her parents & 5 siblings, & give her baptismal year in France.  

What happened to her?  

04.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Anne-Josèphe HENRY veuve Théodore TÉRIOT; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 126, shows that on the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59 her father, age 40, survived, as did sister Pélagie, age 8, brother Pierre, age 3, & uncle Charles HENRY, age 23, but her mother, age 32, died in the hospital probably at St.-Malo 27 Mar 1759, 2 months after they reached France, & brother Charles, age 5, died at sea.  

Her estimated birth year is based not on the LA censuses in which she is found but on the passenger list of one of the Five Ships of 1758.  

Her marriage at St.-Gabriel in Feb 1786 indicates that she & her daughter did not go to Bayou des Écores with the majority of the passengers from La Ville d'Archangel.  Did they go to the Baton Rouge district instead of St.-Gabriel?  They were counted at Baton Rouge in a Spanish report of Jul 1788.  Perhaps they had been there since they left New Orleans; Baton Rouge did not get its own church until 1793, so priests from St.-Gabriel would officiate at baptisms, weddings, & funerals in the Baton Rouge district until it got its own priest.  

05.  Wall of Names, 44, calls him Barthélemy HENRY.  <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 117, shows that he lost both his parents, who were 54, & 4 of his 6 siblings as a result of the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59--his mother died at sea, his father in the hospital probably at St.-Malo 18 Feb 1759, brother Thimothé, age 12, died in hospital 9 Mar 1759, sister Jeanne, age 20, died in hospital 22 Feb, sister Élisabeth, age 16, also died in hospital, 8 Mar, & sister Marie-Josèphe, age 1, died at sea; only he, brother Paul, age 24, & sister Anastasie, age 18, survived the terrible crossing.  

06.  Wall of Names, 44, calls him Barthelemy HENRY.

07.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls him Charles HENRY, & lists him with his second wife, 3 daughters, & a stepson; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 58-59, Family No. 115; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 30-31, calls him Charles HENRY, charpentier, age 51, on the embarkation list, Carlos HENRIQUE, on the debarkation list, & Charles HENRY, carpenter, age 51, on the complete listing, says he was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Beaumont with his second wife, 3 daughters, & a stepson, & the note--"This family went on to Attakapas on 18 October 1785"--& details his second marriage, including his parents' names but not his second wife's parents' names, & says son named Jean-Baptiste was born 28 Oct 1785 but gives no birthplace; BRDR, 2:376 (SJO-4, 5), his death/burial record, calls him Carlos HENRY, age 65 years & of Acadia, & gives his parents' names but not the name of either of his wives.  See also Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 95-96, Family No. 176; Winzerling Acadian Odyssey, 138, source of quote; Kinnaird, "Problems of Frontier Defense, 1792-94," 96; Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 527. 

Despite the note on the passenger list of Le Beaumont that Charles & his family went to the Atakapas district soon after they reached LA, his death/burial record & the marriage records of his daughters in BRDR, 2:376-78, show that he & his family seem to have followed the majority of the passengers on Le Beaumont to Baton Rouge, not Atakapas.  

There were 3 Charles HENRYs at Baton Rouge in 1788, but, because of the number of family members given for him in the report, I am confident it was him. 

08.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Charles HENRY; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 124, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he & his wife Francoise, age 21, & daughter Marie, age 8 months, all survived.  

09.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Charles HENRY.  See also <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 126.

I am only assuming that the Charles HENRY on the list of Acadians & inhabitants at Baton Rouge in 1788 & 1792 was this fellow, though it could very well have been the older Charles HENRY & his family, hence the ? marks.  

10.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Charles HENRY.

11.  Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Civil-Francois [HENRY], & lists him with his parents & no siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 504-05, Family No. 562, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Cyrille-Francois HENRY, gives his parents' names, says he was godson of Cyrille TÉRRIOT & Francoise CROIZOL, that his family resided at St.-Servan from 1759-72, & received permission to reside at Morlaix in Feb 1772; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 97-98, Family No. 180, calls him Cirille-Francois [HENRY], & details his family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou during the early 1770s as well as it voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, calls him Civil-Francois, son [Pierre HENRY's] fils, marin, age 18, on the embarkation list, Cecilio Franco, su [Pedro HENRIQUE's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Civil-Francois HENRY, his [Pierre HENRY's] son, sailor, age 18, on the complete listing, says he was in the 45th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his parents & no siblings, &, calling him Cyrille-Francois [HENRY], says he was born in 1767 but gives no birthplace.

12.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls her Élisabeth HENRRY, & lists her with her husband & 5 children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 113, is detailed in the footnote to her brother Joseph's profile below; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 6-7, Family No. 12, calls her Élizabeth HENRY, says she was born in 1748, gives her parents' names, details her marriage, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son Joseph-Jean AUCOIN, baptized 8 Sep 1776, St.-Similien, Nantes, son Francois-Toussaint AUCOIN, baptized 31 Oct 1778, St.-Similien, Nantes, daughter Marie-Josèphe AUCOIN, died age 8 1/2 years & buried 5 Sep 1779, St.-Martin, Chantenay, daughter Marie-Modeste AUCOIN, baptized 27 Mar 1781, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & daughter Victoire-Claire AUCOIN, baptized 20 Jun 1773, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & 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, 6-7, calls her Élisabeth HENNRY, sa [Jh AU COING's] femme, age 35, on the embarkation list, Ysabel HENRIQUE, su [Josef AUCOIN's] muger, on the debarkation list, & Élizabeth HENRY, his [Joseph AUCOIN's] wife, age 35, on the complete listing, says she was in the 17th Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her husband & 5 children, details her marriage, gives her & her husband's parents' names, & says daughter Isabelle-Jeanne was baptized in 1773 but gives no place of baptism.

13.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Isabelle HENRY.

14.  Wall of Names, 44, calls him Francoise HENRY.

15.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Francoise HENRY soeur [of Pierre].

16.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Francoise-Victoire HENRY.

17.  Wall of Names, 44, calls him Jacques HENRY.

18.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Jean HENRY; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 122, shows that he & his wife Marie, age 25, lost 2 of their 3 children in the crossing to St.-Malo, 1758-59--son Charles, age 4, & daughter Marie, age 2, both of whom died at sea, that only son Jean, age 6, survived with them.  

19.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Jean HENRY.

20.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Jean-Baptiste-Henry HENRY; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:280 (Thib.Ch.: v.1, #659), his death/burial record, calls him Jean Baptiste Theodor HENRY.  See also BRDR, 2:377, 562.

21.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6L), calls him Jean-Laurent [HENRY], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 2-3, calls him Jean-Laurent, son [Joseph HENRY's] fils, charpentier, age 19, on the embarkation list, Juan Lorenzo, su [Josef HENRIQUE's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Jean-Laurent HENRY, his [Joseph HENRY's] son, carpenter, age 19, on the complete listing, says he was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his parents & 5 siblings, & gives his birth year.  Why did he wait so long to marry?

22.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Jeanne-Francoise HENRY.

Although her marriage was recorded at the St.-Gabriel church, she probably was married in the Baton Rouge district, where her family settled.  Baton Rouge did not have its own church until 1793, so priests from St.-Gabriel officiated at baptisms, weddings, & funerals there until Baton Rouge got its own priest.

23.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6L), calls him Joseph HENRY, & lists him with his wife & 6 children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 113, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he lost his father, no age given, & 3 of his 6 siblings--brothers Alexis, age 5, & Francois, age 2, & sister Victoire, age 6, all lost at sea--that his mother, age 35, his brother Bazile, age 18, Bazile's wife Eulalie DUGAST, age 21, & sisters Anne-Marguerite-Josèphe, age 14, probably his twin, & Élisabeth, age 8, survived the crossing; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 2-3, calls him Joseph HENRY, charpentier, age 40, on the embarkation list, Josef HENRIQUE on the debarkation list, & Joseph HENRY, carpenter, age 40, on the complete listing, says he was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his wife 6 children, details his marriage, including the names of his & his wife's parents, & details the baptism or birth of son Jean-Laurent & daughter Anne-Francoise in France.  His birth year & parents' names are also from Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 96. 

24.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls him Joseph-Philipe HENRY, & lists him with his wife & 2 stepsons, Nicolas & Joseph METRA; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 504-05, Family No. 562, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Joseph-Philippe HENRY, gives his parents' names, says he was godson of Philippe VIBERT & Rosalie TRAHAN, that his family resided at St.-Servan from 1759-72, & received permission to reside at Morlaix in Feb 1772; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 97-98, Family No. 180, calls him Joseph-Philippe [HENRY], gives his parents' names, & details his family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in Poitou in the early 1770s; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 213, his marriage record, calls him Joseph-Philipe HENRY, gives his & his wife's parents' names & his wife's first husband's name, says he [Joseph-Philipe] was native of "the parish of Saint Servant, diocese of Saint Malo and resident of this parish [St.-Martin-de-Chantenay] for many years," that he was a sailor, that his wife was "native of the parish of L'Assomption in Accadie and resident of this parish for several years," that both of her parents were deceased at the time of the marriage, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Pierre HENRY, father of the groom, Jean TIBEAUDEAU, brother of the bride, Jean METRA/METRAS, brother-in-law of the bride, who signed, Pierre LAMBERT, nephew of the bride, Francois BAUDELOCHE, Joseph HÉBERT, who signed, Ollivier TRAHAN, cousin of the groom, "and several others, all of this parish"; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 97, Family No. 179, calls him Joseph-Philippe HENRY, says he was born in c1762 at St.-Servan, gives his parents' names, says he was a seaman, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names & her first husband's name, says at the time of his marriage that he was resident "of the Parish of Saint-Martin of Chantenay since many years," that she also "was resident of the Parish of Saint-Martin of Chantenay since several years," & details his family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile, 54-55, calls him Joseph-Philipe HENRY, marin, age 22, on the embarkation list, & Joseph-Philipe HENRY, sailor, age 22, on the complete listing, says he was in the 54th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with his wife & 2 stepsons, Nicolas METRA, age 3, & Joseph METRA, a nursling, details his marriage, including his & his wife's parents' names & the name of his wife's first husband, & says he & his wife were married in 1785 but gives no place of marriage.  

25.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6L), calls him Joseph [HENRY], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 2-3, calls him Joseph, son [Joseph HENRY's] fils, age 14, on the embarkation list, Josef, su [Josef HENRIQUE's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Joseph HENRY, his [Joseph HENRY's] son, age 14, on the complete listing, & says that he was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:201, 377 (SGA-14, 28, #105), his marriage record, calls him Joseph Sulia HENRIQUE, gives his parents' names & says they were from Brittany in France, gives his wife's parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Juan Lorenzo HENRIQUE (his brother), Luis BRO (soon-to-be brother-in-law), & Maria CAPDEVILLE; BRDR, 3:431 (SGA-8, 36), probably his death/burial record, calls him Joseph HENRY, gives his age, & says he "came from New Orleans, very ill."  

Does the note in his burial record mean that he was from New Orleans, or that he had been there recently & had fallen ill?

26.  Wall of Names, 35 (pl. 9L), calls her Magdeleine HENRRY, & lists her with her husband & a daughter; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 67, Family No. 124, calls her Madeleine HENRY, says she was born c1736, does not gives her or her husband's parents' names, says she married him c1759 but does not give the place of marriage, says son Jean-Baptiste DURAMBOURG, fils died age 20 & was buried 19 Feb 1781, St.-Martin, Chantenay, & details the 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, 46-47, calls her Magdeleine HENRRY, sa [Jean-Bte DURAMBOURG's] femme, age 45, on the embarkation list, & Magdelaine HENRY, his [Jean-Baptiste DARAMBOURG's] wife, age 45, on the complete listing, says she was in the 17th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with her husband & a daughter, & says she married her husband c1759 but does not give  the place of marriage.  See also Robichaux, Bayou Lafourche, 1770-98, 32, 65, 104, 164.

27.  Wall of Names, 46, calls her Magdelaine HENRY; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 173, shows the fate of her family in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, detailed in the footnote for her husband's profile.  

28.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6L), calls her Magdelene-Apolline [HENRY, & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 2-3, calls her Magdelene-Apoline, son [Joseph HENRY's] fils, à la mamelle, on the embarkation list, Magdalena Polonia, su [Josef HENRIQUE's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Magdelaine-Appoline HENRY, nursling, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her parents & 5 siblings.  

What happened to her?  

29.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Marguerite HENRY; BRDR, 3:431 (SGA-8, 80), her death/burial record, calls her Marguerite HENRY, wid. Longepee, & gives her age.

30.  Wall of Names, 43, calls her Marguerite HENRY belle fille [of Pierre HEBERT]; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 128, shows the fate of her family in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, detailed in the footnote for her mother's profile.

What happened to her?

31.  Wall of Names, 46, calls her Marguerite-Pelagie HENRY.

32.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Marguerite-Rose HENRY.  

She is sometimes called Marie-Rose or Marie.  See BRDR, 4:14.  

33.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Marguerite-Toussainte HENRY.

34.  Wall of Names, 33 (pl. 8L), calls her Marie HERVORY, & lists her with her husband, Francois ARBOURG, & 3 sons, Francois-Henry, Jean-Louis-Firmin, & Frédéric-Edouard [ARBOURG]; Hébert, D., Acadians in Exile, 12, 193, her marriage record, calls her Marie HENRY, 24 yrs. old, says she was "de St.-Michel en Acadie," & here [Le Havre] 1 1/2 yrs., gives her & her husband's parents' names, calls her husband Francois ARBOUR, 22 yrs. old of Québec, Canada, here [Le Havre] for 1 1/2 yrs., but does not give any witnesses to her marriage; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 53-54, Family No. 104, calls her Marie HENRY, says she was born in c1741 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, details her marriage, says both her parents were deceased at the time of the marriage, calls her husband Francois HAMBOURG but also spells the surname ARBOUR & ARBOURG, says he was born in c1743 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, says his mother was deceased at the time of the marriage, includes the birth/baptismal & death/records of son Louis-Nicolas HARBOURG, baptized 26 Jun 1774, Archigny, godson of Louis-Nicolas de PERUSE des CARTS & Marie-Sophie DEBOUX de VILLEMORT, died age 9 & buried 19 Dec 1782, Archigny, & son Louis-Joseph HAMBOURG, baptized 3 Jun 1778, Archigny, godson of Louis-Joseph JAUNON, surgeon, & Victoire DOUCET; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 34-35, calls her Marie HERVORY, sa [Francois ARBOURG's] femme, age 40, on the embarkation list, Maria HENRIQUE, su [Franco ARBOURG's] muger, on the debarkation list, & Marie HENRY, his [Francois HARBOURG's] wife, age 40, on the complete listing, says she was in the 17th Family aboard Le Beaumont with her husband Francois HARBOURG, califat/calker, age 45, & 3 sons, Francois-Henry HARBOURG, marin/sailor, age 18, Jean-Louis-Firmin HARBOURG, age 15, & Frédéric-Edouard HARBOURG, age 13, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names, says they were married in 1765 but gives no place of marriage, & details her son Francois HAMBOURG's marriage in LA to Marie-Jeanne DAIGLE on 27 Sep 1790 but gives no place of marriage.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Century Louisianians, 505, 526.  

Despite Arsenault's inclusion of her son Francois[-Henry] ARBOUR in the Louisiana section of his Généalogie, 2402, I can find no clear connection with her husband, Francois ARBOUR/ARBOURG/HARBOURG, & Greater Acadia.  Arsenault, Généalogie, 2055, does not list his father, Francois ARBOUR/ARBOURG/HARBOURG, père, as a son of Pierre ARBOUR dit Carrica, who was among the first to settle on Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island.  Her marriage record says that Francois was from Québec, Canada, & gives him an estimated birth year of 1743.  Two sons of Pierre ARBOUR dit Carrica, Mathurin & Dominique, moved from Île St.-Jean to the St. Lawrence valley, where they married in 1748 & 1755, respectively, so, if Francois, père was kin to Pierre dit Carrica, he would have been an older son.    

35.  Wall of Names, 45, calls her Marie HENRY soeur [of Jean HENRY].

36.  Wall of Names, 44, calls her Marie HENRY.

37.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6L), calls her Marie-Josèph [HENRY], & lists her with her parents & 5 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 96, her birth/baptismal record, calls her Marie-Josephine HENRY; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 2-3, calls her Marie-Josèphe, son [Joseph HENRY's] fils[sic], age 7, on the embarkation list, Maria Josefa, su [Josef HENRIQUE's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Marie-Josèphe HENRY, his [Joseph HENRY's] daughter, age 7, on the complete listing, & says that she was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 2:149, 377 (SGA-14, 29, #112), her marriage record, calls her Maria Josefa HENRIQUEZ (HENRY), gives her parents' names & the names of her husband's parents, says her parents were from San Similian of Nantes, Province of Brittany, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Carlos BRO (husband's brother), Pedro DOUSSET, & Margarita LANDRY.  Louis BREAUX was born in LA in Jun 1774, so he does not appear in this listing; see BRDR, 2:149, his birth/baptismal record; he was the twin of his sister Ursule.

38.  .Wall of Names, 45, calls her Marie-Joseph HENRY.

39.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls her Marie-Magdeleine [HENRY], & lists her with her father, stepmother, 2 sisters, & a stepbrother; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 58-59, Family No. 115; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 30-31, calls her Marie-Magdelaine, sa [Charles HENRY's] fille, age 21, on the embarkation list, Marie Magdalena, su [Carlos HENRIQUE's] hija, on the debarkation list, & Marie-Magdelaine HENRY, his [Charles HENRY's] daughter, age 21, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Beaumont with her father, stepmother, 2 sisters, & a stepbrother; NOAR, 6:149 (SLC, F4, 45), her death/burial record, calls her Magdalena HENRY, gives her parents' names, says she was native of Nantes, France, & spouse of FOURNIER, & gives her age at the time of her death.  

What brought her to Charity Hospital in New Orleans?

40.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Maximilien HENRY.

The birth/baptismal records of 3 of his children, dated 2 Feb 1802 & 9 Jul 1803 at St. Louis Cathedral, reveals that the family may have moved from Baton Rouge to New Orleans in the first decade of the 1800s.  It was unusual for an Acadian family to move to New Orleans.  Was he a merchant, a seaman, or some other profession that required his residence in the metropolis?  It was certainly no place for a farmer in that day.  See NOAR, 7:167 (SLC, B14, 180; SLC, B17, 29).

41.  Wall of Names, 29 (pl. 7L), calls him Pierre [HENRY], & lists him with his grandfather Charles HÉBERT & his widowed mother; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 14-15, calls him Pierre, fils de cette veuve [Marie Yte, veuve HENRY], age 14, on the embarkation list, does not include him on the debarkation list, calls him Pierre HENRY, son of this widow [Marie Yte HÉBERT, veuve HENRY], age 14, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 14th Family aboard La Bergère with his widowed mother & maternal grandfather.

What became of him?  

42.  Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Pierre HENRY, & lists him with his wife & a son; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 129, shows that in the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he & his wife Marguerite, age 29, survived the terrible crossing, but their 2 children did not--son Pierre, age 9, died at sea, & son Francois, born 2 Feb 1759, only days after they reached France, died 12 days later; Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 504-05, Family No. 562, calls him Pierre HENRY, says he was born in c1734 but gives no birthplace, gives his parents' names, details his marriage, including his wife's parents' names, says his wife was born in c1729 but gives no birthplace, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of son Francois-Guillaume, born & baptized 10 Feb 1759, St.-Servan, godson of Francois HUET & Guillemette-Pélagie SEMIDON, died age 3 days 10[sic] Feb 1759, buried next day, St.-Servan, son Pierre-Marin, born & baptized 23 Feb 1760, St.-Servan, godson of Pierre CIARDIN & Marie ROULIN, son Jean-Félix, born 17 May 1761, baptized next day, St.-Servan, godson of Michel CAISSY & Anne KIMINE, son Joseph-Philippe, born 18 Jul 1762, baptized next day, St.-Servan, godson of Philippe VIBERT & Rosalie TRAHAN, son Amant, born & baptized 15 Jul 1764, St.-Servan, godson of Amant HENRY & Marie CONVENANCE, daughter Marguerite-Sophie, born & baptized 6 Oct 1765, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Félix BRAUD & Marguerite HENRY, son Cyrille-Francois, born 19 Aug 1767, baptized next day, St.-Servan, godson of Cyrille TÉRRIOT & Francoise CROIZOL, son Francois-Michel, born & baptized 24 Feb 1769, St.-Servan, godson of Augustin BENOIST & Rosalie BEAUMONT, & daughter Adélaïde-Marie, born & baptized 31 Mar 1770, St.-Servan, goddaughter of Michel BEAUMONT & Francoise TÉRRIOT, says he & his wife "disembarked at St. Malo on January 23, 1759 from one of the 'Five ships'," & that his family resided at St.-Servan from 1759-72; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 97-98, Family No. 180, calls him Pierre HENRY, says he was born in c1728 but gives no birthplace, that he was a laborer & seaman, details his marriage but does not give his or his wife's parents' names, says he & his wife married in c1758 but gives no place of marriage, includes the birth/baptismal & death/burial records of daughter Marie-Sophie, died age 13 & buried 17 Jan 1778, St.-Martin-de-Chantenay, & son Joseph-Philippe, born c1762, St.-Servan, seaman, "resident of the Parish of Saint-Martin of Chantenay since many years," & details the family's participation in the Leigne-les-bois settlement in the early 1770s as well as its voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, calls him Pierre HENRY, laboureur, age 61, on the embarkation list, Pedro HENRIQUE, on the debarkation list, & Pierre HENRY, plowman, age 61, on the complete listing, says he was in the 45th Family aboard Le Beaumont with his wife & a son, details his marriage but gives no parents'  names, says he & his wife were married in c1758 but give no place of marriage, & says son Cyrille-Francois was born in 1767 but gives no birthplace.

Son Cyrille-Francois accompanied him & his wife to LA.  Son Joseph-Philippe went to LA with his wife & 2 stepsons on a different ship.  But what of his other children born in France--Pierre-Marin, Jean-Félix, Amant, Francois-Michel, & Adélaïde-Marie HENRY, who would have been 25, 24, 21, 16, & 15, respectively in 1785?  Did the older ones marry & remain in the mother country?  What happened to the younger ones?

43.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Pierre HENRY; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 123, shows that on the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59, he & wife Anne-Josèphe, age 22, lost their only child, son Francois-Marie, age 18 months, who died at sea.

44.  Wall of Names, 45, calls him Pierre HENRY; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 126, calls his mother Marie-Madeleine PITRE, & says she died 27 Mar 1759, age 32, soon after the family reached St.-Malo.  His marriage record in NOAR, 4:162, calls him a native of Île St.-Jean & says his mother was Marguerite PITRE, but the marriage record of his sisters Angélique & Francoise in NOAR, 4:115, & Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:420, say that their mother was Anne THIBODEAUX.  Robichaux, Acadians in St.-Malo, 920, the marriage record of Pierre HENRY & Anne THIBODEAUX, confirms that his father Pierre, père, had 2 wives.  For confirmation of the siblings' relationship, see <acadian-cajun.com>, & Wall of Names, 45.  

45.  Wall of Names, 27 (pl. 6L), calls him Pierre [HENRY], & lists him with his parents & 5 siblings; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 96, his birth/baptismal record, calls him Pierre-Similien HENRY; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 2-3, calls him Pierre, son [Joseph HENRY's] fils, age 5, on the embarkation list, Pedro, su [Josef HENRIQUE's] hijo, on the debarkation list, & Pierre HENRY, his [Joseph HENRY's] son, age 5, on the complete listing, & says that he was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Bon Papa with his parents & 5 siblings; BRDR, 3:432 (SGA-8, 36), his death/burial record, calls him Pierre HENRY, details the cause of death & location of his burial but does not provide the name of his parents.  

Because he died in St.-Gabriel, I am confident this is our man.

46.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls her Rose-Anastasie [HENRY], & lists her with her father, stepmother, 2 sisters, & a stepbrother; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 30-31, calls her Rose-Anastasie, sa [Charles HENRY's] fille, age 14, on the embarkation list, Rosa-Anastasia, su [Carlos HENRIQUE's] hija, on the debarkation list, & Rose-Anastasie HENRY, his [Charles HENRY's] daughter, age 14, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Beaumont with her father, stepmother, 2 sisters, & a stepbrother.

47.  Wall of Names, 32 (pl. 8L), calls her Ursule [HENRY], & lists her with her father, stepmother, 2 sisters, & a stepbrother; Robichaux, Acadians in Chatellerault, 58-59, Family No. 115, does not list her but gives her parents' names; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 30-31, calls her Ursule, sa [Charles HENRY's] fille, age 10, on the embarkation list, Ursula, su [Carlos HENRIQUE's] hija, on the debarkation list, & Ursule HENRY, his [Charles HENRY's] daughter, age 10, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 3rd Family aboard Le Beaumont with her father, stepmother, 2 sisters, & a stepbrother.

48.  Not in Wall of Names because of the circumstance of his birth.  Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 31, calls him Jean-Baptiste [HENRY], says he was born on 28 Oct 1785 but gives no birthplace, & gives his parents' names; BRDR, 2:377 (SGA-11, 6), his birth/baptismal record, calls him Juan Bautista HENRY, & gives his parents' names.   

He was born probably in the Baton Rouge District, where his family settled, not in St.-Gabriel, because Baton Rouge did not have a church until 1793.  Priests from St.-Gabriel officiated at baptisms, weddings, & funerals there until Baton Rouge got its own priest.  

What happened to him?

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