APPENDICES

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

VINCENT

[VANH-sonh, VIN-cent]

ACADIA

Gilles Vincent dit Desmarets married Marguerite Durand on Newfoundland, part of greater Acadia, in c1683.  They settled at Plaisance, an Acadian community on the southeast end of Newfoundland now called Placentia, and had nine children, including two sons who married into the Dihars and Maisonnat families.  Two of their daughters married into the Commère dit La Chapelle and Le Manquet dit Benjamin families.  Gilles died at Port Orléans, Newfoundland, in c1722.   No member of this family emigrated to Louisiana.  

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The progenitor of the Vincents who settled in Louisiana was Pierre, born in France in c1631.  He came to Acadia by c1663, the year he married Anne, daughter of Denis Gaudet, at Port-Royal.  He and Anne had six children, including three sons, all born at Port-Royal, who created families of their own.  Their two daughters married into the Bastarache dit Le Basque and Moyse dit Latreille families.  Pierre died at Port-Royal in c1686, in his mid 50s.  

Oldest son Michel, born in c1668, married first to Marie-Josèphe, daughter of Michel Richard, at Port-Royal in c1689.  They moved to Ste.-Famillie, Pigiguit, then to nearby Grand-Pré, and had seven children, including two sons who married into the Comeau and Landry families.  Their six daughters married into the Gautrot, Boudrot, Dubois, Semer, Thibodeau, and Forest families.  Michel remarried to Anne-Marie, daughter of Jean Doiron, at Pigiguit in c1710.  She gave him 11 more children, including three sons who married into the Comeau, Bodart, and Duon families.  Their seven daughters married into the Duon, Trahan, Landry, Daigre, Saulnier, Caylan, and Bouriou families.  

Pierre, fils, sometimes called Étienne, born in c1669, married Jeanne, daughter of Guillaume Trahan, at Port-Royal in c1692.  They also moved to the Minas Basin, settling at Grand-Pré.  They had 10 children, including two sons who married into the Granger and Babin dit Barbe families.  Four of their daughters married into the La Vache, Le Blanc, Trahan, Blanchard, and Benoit families.  Pierre died probably at Grand-Pré in c1732, in his early 60s.  Some of his children moved to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, by the early 1750s.  

Youngest son Clément, born in c1674, married Madeleine, daughter of François Levron, probably at Port-Royal in c1698.  Unlike his older brothers, who moved to Minas, Clément and his family remained at Port-Royal.  He and Madeleine had a dozen children, including four sons who married into the Michel, Hébert, Gratien, Barrilleaux, and Doiron families.  Three of their daughters married into the Michel dit Le Ruine, Girouard, and Doiron families.  Clément's sons moved to Île St.-Jean, today's Prince Edward Island, by the early 1750s.  All four of them adopted their father's first name as a dit, or nickname, and many of their descendants called themselves Clément instead of Vincent. 

In 1755, descendants of Pierre Vincent could be found at Port-Royal, which the British called Annapolis Royal; Minas; and on Île St.-Jean, where some were calling themselves Clément.  

LE GRAND DÉRANGEMENT

Le Grand Dérangement of the 1750s scattered this large family even farther:  ...

LOUISIANA:  WESTERN SETTLEMENTS

Vincents were some of the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana.  The first of them came to the colony in February 1765 and followed her husband to the Attakapas District, west of the Atchafalaya Basin, but no family line came of it: 

Anne-Euphrosine, sometimes called Françoise, age 34, daughter of Michel Vincent of Grand-Pré, husband Michel Trahan, age 39, and four of their children, ages 13 to 2, reached Louisiana in February 1765 with the party from Halifax via Cap-Français, St.-Domingue, led by Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil.  After a short respite in New Orleans, during which Michel exchanged their Canadian card money for Louisiana funds, Françoise and Michel followed the Broussards to the Attakapas District, where they helped establish La Nouvelle-Acadie on the banks of Bayou Teche.  Michel Trahan died at Attakapas in January 1784, and Françoise remarried to Basile, son of fellow Acadian Pierre Landry of Pigiguit and widower of Brigitte Boudreaux, at Attakapas in May 1786.

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Not until decades after the first of them reached Louisiana did a Vincent family line emerge on the western prairies: 

Pierre Vincent, age 36, was still a bachelor when he crossed on Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships, from France, which reached New Orleans in August 1785.  It was Pierre who established the western branch of the family:      

Descendants of Pierre VINCENT (1749-1826)

Pierre, son of Joseph Vincent and Marguerite Cotard of Rivière-aux-Canards, was only 6 years old when the British exiled his family to Virginia in 1755.  The next year, he followed them to exile in England and on to France in May 1763 when they were repatriated to the mother country.  He was a 36-year-old bachelor when he sailed to Louisiana aboard Le Beaumont, the third of the Seven Ships from France, in 1785.  He did not follow his female cousins to the river settlements above New Orleans but chose, instead, to go to the Attakapas District, west of the Atchafalaya Basin, where he settled on the upper Vermilion.  In January 1788, at age 39, he married Agnès, daughter of Pierre Broussard and widow of Pierre Potier, at Attakapas.  Agnès died soon after the marriage, and Pierre remarried to Catherine, daughter of French Creole Michel Galemand of St. John the Baptiste Parish and widow of Benjamin Hargrave of Brunswick County, Virginia, at Attakapas in October 1790.  They remained on the Vermilion.  It was this second marriage that established the first and largest western line of the Acadian Vincents in Louisiana.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Trahan families.  Pierre died in Lafayette Parish in December 1826; the priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was "age over 80 years" when he died, but he was "only" 77; his succession record was filed at the Vermilionville courthouse in January.  Pierre and his second wife had seven sons, all born on the upper Vermilion.  All of them created families of their own.  Some of his sons and grandsons moved south to St. Martin and Vermilion parishes by the late 1840s, but most remained in Lafayette Parish, where their ancestor had settled.  The great majority of the Acadian Vincents of South Louisiana are descended from Pierre, his sons, and grandsons.

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Oldest son Joseph, by his second wife, born on the upper Vermilion in April 1791, married Marie Louise, called Lise, daughter of fellow Acadian Basile Landry, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1814.  Their son Joseph, fils was born on the upper Vermilion in April 1817, Laisin in August 1824 but died at age 5 in April 1830, Remise was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, at age 1 year, 1 month, in February 1827, Ursin was baptized at age 11 months in February 1829, Valsin was born in November 1829, and Sévin in April 1838.  Their daughters married into the Dronet, Landry, Rolin, and Suire families.  

1a

Joseph, fils married Adèle, daughter of French Creole Éloi Simon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1839; Adèle's mother was a Boudreaux.  Their son Éloi was born in Lafayette Parish in March 1842, Joseph III in August 1857, and Pierre near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, in November 1859.  

Éloi married cousin Marie Renée, daughter of Alexander Simon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1860; Marie Renée's mother was a Trahan.  Their son Maxilien le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in August 1861.

1b

Valsin married Joséphine, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Pierre Landry, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in November 1847.  Their son Théolin was born near New Iberia in July 1851, and Paulin in July 1855.  Valsin remarried to fellow Acadian Rosalie Elina Broussard probably in the early 1850s.  Their son Théosine was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in November 1853, and Demosthène in June 1856.  

1c

Ursin married fellow Acadian Adélaïde Landry probably in the early or mid-1850s.  Their son Jules was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in August 1861, and Dolze in January 1865.  

1d

Sévin married Marguerite Odèide, daughter of French Canadian Pierre Primeaux, at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in December 1859.  Their son Pierre Adolphe was born near Abbeville in January 1863, and Joseph Fernez in April 1865.  

2

Pierre, fils, by his second wife, born on the upper Vermilion in August 1795, married Sally, sometimes called Céleste and Sarah, daughter of Anglo American Jacob Ryan, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1811.  Their son Olivier was born on the upper Vermilion in October 1817, Émilien le jeune, also called Siméon, in March 1820, Isaac in February 1824, and Lasty was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 9 months, in November 1832.  They may also have had a son named François le jeune, who may have been Olivier.  Their daughter married into the Ledoux family.  Pierre, fils died in St. Martin Parish in May 1860; the St. Martinville priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was 80 years old when he died, but he was "only" 64. 

2a

François le jeune married fellow Acadian Sylvanie Trahan probably in the late 1830s.  Their son Joseph was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in June 1844, François, fils in October 1847, and John in November 1849.  

2b

Isaac married Anglo Creole Élisabeth Lyons probably in the early 1840s.  Their son William was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in June 1844.  

2c

Émilien le jeune married Anglo Creole Tabitha Lyons, perhaps a kinswoman of his brother Isaac's wife, probably in the late 1840s.  Their son Jean Andreson was born in Calcasieu Parish and baptized at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, age unrecorded, in June 1850, Joseph Martin was born in March 1852, Daniel in January 1853, and William Edgar in St. Landry Parish in January 1856.  

2d

Lasty married fellow Acadian Oliva Benoit probably in the late 1840s.  Their son Aladin was born near Grand Coteau, St. Landry Parish, in December 1849.  

3

Jean-Baptiste-Amédée or Aimé, also called Désiré-Jean-Baptiste, from his second wife, born on the upper Vermilion in September 1797, married Marie Amélie or Azélie, daughter of fellow Acadian Agricole Hébert, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1819, on the same day his younger brother Maximilien married there.  Jean-Baptiste-Amédée and Azélie's son Édouard was born on the upper Vermilion in March 1820, Ursin in August 1821, Osémé in 1822, Marcillien in September 1824, Pierre Valsin or Aladin, in July 1828, Gerasin in September 1830, a child, named unrecorded, perhaps a son, died a day after its birth in February 1834, Sosthène was baptized at the Vermilion church, Lafayette Parish, age 3 months, in October 1837, and Désiré was born in July 1841.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Hébert families.  Jean-Baptiste died in Lafayette Parish in November 1848; the Vermilionville priest who recorded his burial called him Désiré Jean Baptiste and said that he was 48 years old when he died, but he was 51.  

3a

Ursin married Eremise, 19-year-old daughter of fellow Acadian Augustin Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1843, and remarried to Françoise Clonise, daughter of French Creole Alexis Bertrand, at the Vermilionville church in September 1851; Françoise's mother was a Richard. 

3b

Édouard married 22-year-old Julienne, another daughter of Augustin Boudreaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in November 1843.  Their son Belzire was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in June 1853, Éloi le jeune in September 1854, Moïse in December 1855, and Care in April 1858.  Their daughter married into the Blanc family.  

Éloi le jeune married cousin Marie, daughter of fellow Acadian Eusèbe Hébert, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1865. 

3c

Osémé married Aspasie, daughter of German Creole Michel Faulk, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in August 1845; Aspasie's mother was a Broussard.  Their son Joseph Neuville was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in July 1846, Théoville in July 1848, Augustin in August 1853, and Belzire in March 1858.  Their daughter married into the Mouton family.  

3d

Pierre Valsin married Marie Alida or Azema, daughter of fellow Acadian Joseph Zéphirin Trahan, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in December 1845.  Their son Désiré le jeune was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1848, Joseph Théosime near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1851, Jules in December 1855, and Émile in July 1861.  Their daughter married into the Broussard family.  

3e

Gerasin married Marie Delphine, called Delphine, another daughter of Michel Faulk, probably in the early 1850s.  Their son Antoine was born near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in January 1861.  

3f

Sosthène married fellow Acadian Nathalie Landry at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in December 1857.  Their son Alcée was born near Abbeville in October 1861.  

3g

Désiré married fellow Acadian Marie Alexandrine Trahan at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in January 1861. 

4

Émilien, also called Maximilien, Maxilien, and Similien, from his second wife, born on the upper Vermilion in June 1800, married Marguerite, daughter of fellow Acadian Paul Trahan, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1819, on the same day his older brother Jean-Baptiste-Amédée married there.  Maximilien and Marguerite's son Émilien, fils, sometimes called Maximilien and William, was born on the upper Vermilion in March 1820, Émile in August 1824, a child, name unrecorded, perhaps a son, died at age 7 days in May 1829, Lasty was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 6 months, in March 1833, Pierre le jeune at age 1 month in September 1834 but died a few days later, Sévin le jeune was baptized at age 4 months in June 1836, Valentin at age 1 in July 1839, and Alexandre was born in August 1843.  Their daughters married into the Broussard, Lorman, Manceau, and Vincent families.  

4a

Maximilien, fils married Virginie, daughter of fellow Acadian Jean Duhon, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1838.  Their son Pierre le jeune was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 2 months, in November 1839 but died at age 2 in August 1841, Hermogène was born in November 1841, Séverin in February 1844, Jean Philosi in February 1854, Benjamin near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, in December 1854, and Alexandre in Lafayette Parish in February 1857.  

Séverin married cousin Eulalie, daughter of Alexis Vincent, at the Youngsville church, Lafayette Parish, in July 1865. 

4b

Émile married Marie Adeline, called Adeline, 17-year-old daughter of French Canadian Jean Baptiste Primeaux, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in October 1844.  Their son Fostin was born in Lafayette Parish in October 1847, and Siméon in January 1853.  

4c

Lasty married first cousin Azelima, sometimes called Zelima, daughter of his uncle Alexis Vincent, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1853; the marriage was not recorded at the Vermilionville courthouse, Lafayette Parish, until January 1864.  Their son Joseph Daima was born in Lafayette Parish the following November.  

4d

Alexandre married Elisa or Élize, daughter of French Creole Louis Simon, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in July 1865; Élize's mother was a Leger.  

5

François, by his second wife, born on the upper Vermilion in May 1802, married Marguerite Céleste, called Céleste, daughter of Spanish Creole Antoine Domingue or Domingues of Petit Anse, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in July 1820.  Their daughters married into the Bonvillain, Borel, Goula, and Miguez families.  They seem to have had no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, may not have survived.  

6

Pierre Onésime, called Onésime, from his second wife, born on the upper Vermilion in April 1807, married Marguerite, daughter of French Creole Alexis Bertrand, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish in August 1826; Marguerite's mother was a Richard.  Their son Eugène was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1828, Valentin in December 1832, Clémile in December 1835, Louis Euclide was baptized at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, age 1, in July 1839, Martin was born in May 1840, Alexis in March 1843, and Pierre Omer in May 1852. 

7

Youngest son Alexis, by his second wife, born on the upper Vermilion in April 1809, married Clotilde, daughter of French Creole Charles Manceau, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in February 1829; Clothilde's mother was a Trahan.  Their son Valentin was baptized at the Vermilionville church, age 7 months, in July 1830 but died at age 8 in January 1838, Valsin was born in June 1831, Hippolyte was baptized at age 3 months in November 1838, Jean Aladin, age unrecorded, in October 1840, Onésime le jeune was born in November 1841, Vincent in August 1846, Émile in December 1849, and Théovide in July 1852.  Their daughters married into the Broussard and Vincent families.  

7a

Valsin married first cousin Marie Uranie, called Uranie, daughter of his uncle Maximilien Vincent, at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, in May 1853.  Their son Damase was born in Lafayette Parish in February 1854, Omer in July 1856, Amédée in January 1859, and Hubert in October 1861.  

7b

Hippolyte died in Lafayette Parish in June 1861.  He was only 22 years old and did not marry.  

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A Vincent from the river moved to the western prairies in the 1820s and added another line to the family's center of settlement in St. Martin Parish: 

Descendants of Pierre-Charles VINCENT (1771-1846)

Pierre-Charles, called Charles, son of Pierre Vincent and Marguerite Cormier, born at St.-Jacques on the river in March 1771, married cousin Anne-Céleste or Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadian Antoine Labauve, at St.-Jacques in January 1797; Céleste's mother was Anne Vincent.  They settled at St.-Jacques, where most of their children were born.  Their daughters married into the David and Oubre families.  In the 1820s, Charles and Céleste moved to St. Martin Parish, where Charles died in June 1846; the priest who recorded his burial said that Charles was 79 years old when he died, but he was "only" 75; his succession record had been filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in April.  He and Marguerite had at least eight sons, two of whom died young.  Four of the ones who became adults never married, so only two of their sons created families of their own, and only one of them had sons of his own.  As a result, relatively few Vincents on the western prairies come from this line.  

1

Oldest son Joseph, born at St.-Jacques in January 1800, died there in July 1805, age 5.  

2

Martin, born at St.-Jacques in August 1803, died in St. Martin Parish in August 1842.  He was only 38 years old and did not marry.  

3

Célestin, born in St. James Parish in September 1808, died in St. Martin Parish in July 1840.  He was only 31 years old and did not marry.

4

Jean Baptiste, born in St. James Parish in July 1810, died in St. Martin Parish in June 1848.  Like his older brother Martin, he was only 38 years old when he died and did not marry.  His succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in July.  

5

Michel Raphaël, called Raphaël, born near Baton Rouge in March 1815, died in St. Martin Parish in December 1844.  He was only 29 years old and did not marry.

6

Sosthène Casimir, born in St. James Parish in March 1818, married Marie Hyacinthe, called Hyacinthe, daughter of French Creole Alexandre Judice, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in 1843; Hyacinthe's mother was a Dugas.  Their son Désiré was born in St. Martin Parish in January 1846, and Ernest in January 1852.  Their daughter married a Labauve cousin.  Sosthène remarried to Léonide, daughter of French Creole Balthazar Pellerin, at the St. Martinville church in December 1865; he was 47 years old at the time of the wedding. 

7

David, born in St. James Parish in May 1820, died at the home of brother-in-law Paul David at Fausse Pointe, St. Martin Parish, in August 1830.  He was only 10 years old.  

8

Youngest son Auguste, born probably in St. Martin Parish in the early or mid-1820s, married fellow Acadian Adélaïde Broussard, widow of Jean Baptiste Dugas, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in May 1845.  They probably had no sons.  

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Other VINCENTs on the Western Prairies

Area church and civil records make it difficult to link some Vincents on the western prairies with known Acadian lines of the family there:

Alice Vincent married Hyacinthe Olivier in a civil ceremony in St. Mary Parish in June 1841.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

Jules Vincent married Judith Delile.  Their son Ignace was born near New Iberia, then in St. Martin but now in Iberia Parish, in March 1855, Jean in May 1858, Aquine in January 1860, and Gabriel in May 1865.  

Philomène Vincent married French Creole Michel Meaux at the Abbeville church, Vermilion Parish, in December 1858.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names.  

Gédéon B. Vincent married Martha Fennessy in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in July 1861.  The parish clerk who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' names. 

LOUISIANA:  RIVER SETTLEMENTS

Four Vincents--three wives and a young bachelor--came to the colony in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue, today's Haiti, and settled not on Bayou Teche but at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river where 20 Acadians from Georgia had settled the year before:

Anne-Marie, age 52, daughter of Michel Vincent of Pigiguit, came with husband Honoré Duhon, age 49, and three children, ages 20, 18, and 16.

Anne-Marie's younger sister Marie-Josèphe dite Josette, age 26, came with her husband Claude-Amable Duhon, age 27, who was sister Anne-Marie's husband's younger brother, and a Pitre niece, age 1.  

Anne Vincent, age 27, a cousin of Anne-Marie and Josette, came with husband Antoine Labauve, age 39, and their twins sons and a nephew, ages 15 and 6.  

Pierre Vincent of Pigiguit, age 20, was the only Vincent male who came to Louisiana in the 1760s.  

Descendants of Pierre VINCENT (1745-?)

Pierre Vincent of Pigiguit came to Louisiana in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue and settled on the river.  In April 1768, at Cabanocé, he married fellow Acadian Marguerite Cormier of Chignecto.  Their daughter married into the Guidry and Lambert families.  Pierre and Marguerite had at least four sons, all born at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, but only one of them seems to have created a family of his own.  In the 1820s, this son, Charles, moved his family from St. James Parish to Bayou Teche, west of the Atchafalaya Basin, and Acadian Vincents disappeared from the river.  

1

Oldest son Jean, born at St.-Jacques in May or June 1769, probably died young.

2

Joseph, born at St.-Jacques in c1770, also probably died young.  

3

Pierre-Charles, called Charles, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in March 1771, married cousin Anne-Céleste or Célestine, daughter of fellow Acadians Antoine Labauve, at St.-Jacques in January 1797; Céleste's mother was Anne Vincent.  They settled at St.-Jacques.  Their daughters married into the David and Oubre families.  In the 1820s, Charles and Céleste moved to St. Martin Parish, where they established a second line of Acadian Vincents on the western prairies. 

4

Youngest son Félix, baptized at St.-Jacques, age unrecorded, in March 1773, probably died young.

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Another Anne, age 59, daughter of Clément Vincent of Annapolis Royal and widow of Alexandre Doiron, came to Louisiana with three of her daughters, ages 30, 20, and 16, in February 1768.  They were part of the large extended family led by brothers Alexis and Honoré Breau of Pigiguit who had been exiled to Maryland in 1755 and gathered at Port Tobacco on the lower Potomac River.  On orders from Spanish Governor Antoine de Ulloa, Anne and her daughters followed the rest of their party to the new Acadian settlement of San Luìs de Natchez on the river above Baton Rouge, across from present-day Natchez, Mississippi.  After the Spanish allowed the Acadians at Natchez to leave the settlement, Anne and her children probably moved downriver to St.-Gabriel d'Iberville. 

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The largest contingent of Acadian Vincents to reach Louisiana came on four of the Seven Ships from France in 1785, 20 years after the first of their cousins reached the colony.   Most of them went to upper Bayou Lafourche, but one of them chose to settle on the river.  However, no new family line came of it:

Anne-Marie Vincent, age 55, came with husband Charles Daigle, age 54, aboard Le Bon Papa, the first of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in July.  They settled at Manchac, south of Baton Rouge, and obviously had no more children.  

LOUISIANA:  LAFOURCHE VALLEY SETTLEMENTS

Most of the Vincents who came to Louisiana from France in 1785 chose to go to upper Bayou Lafourche, but no new family lines came of it: 

Élisabeth, or Isabelle Vincent, age 28, crossed with husband Pierre-François Le Coq, age 40, a Frenchman, and four of their children, ages 11, 9, 1, and a newborn--on Le St.-Rémi, the fourth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in September. 

Ursule Hébert, age 45, widow of  Jean Vincent, and four of her Vincent daughters--Anne-Blanche, age 23, Marie-Blanche, age 17, Jeanne-Marguerite, called Marguerite, age 12, and Flore-Adélaïde, called Adélaïde, age 11--crossed on L'Amitié, the fifth of the Seven Ships, which reached New Orleans in November.  Ursule did not remarry and died at Baton Rouge in October 1798.  Marie-Blanche married Louis, son of fellow Acadian Charles Pinet dit Pinel. at New Orleans in early December 1785, not long after they reached the colony.  Anne-Blanche married Jacques Ferre at Lafourche in March 1788.  Adélaïde married Jacques-Joseph-Nicolas, son of fellow Acadian Jean Thibodeaux, at Lafourche in November 1789 and died in Terrebonne Parish in November 1852, in her late 70s.  Marguerite married Joseph, son of French Creole Joseph Baye, at Assumption in August 1798; her succession record was filed at the Thibodauxville courthouse, Lafourche Interior Parish, in August 1822; she would have been in her late 40s that year.

NON-ACADIAN FAMILIES in LOUISIANA

Vincent is a common surname not only in France and in the Mediterranean countries but also in the British Isles, so it is no wonder that during the colonial period most of the Vincents who lived in Louisiana were not Acadians.  One of these non-Acadian members of the family came to Louisiana in its earliest days, and others were Spanish, Irish, German, even Italian, as well as French:  

Charles, son of François Vincent and Marie Samson, married Marie-Marguerite Lejeune at Old Biloxi, now in the state of Mississippi but then a part of French Louisiana, in August 1721.  

Emmanuel Viscent or Viscente, a Spaniard, married Angélique Boutiere or Loutiere.  Their daughter Marie-Antoinette was born at New Orleans in July 1755. 

Juan, son of Juan Vicente and Maria Pachot of Sorte, Catalonia, Spain, married Maria Amuthon or Amulton of Charlemont, Ireland, widow of an army major, at New Orleans in March 1767.  Juan died at New Orleans in January 1772, age unrecorded.  

____, spouse of ____ Vincent, died at St.-Jean-Baptiste des Allemands on the Upper German Coast in February 1778. 

Jean, sometimes called Vicente, son of Jean Vincent and Jeanne Godar of Bordeaux, France, married Félicité, daughter of Nicolas De Lille Dupard, at New Orleans in June 1779.  Their son Jean-Baptiste-François was born at New Orleans in November 1781.

Francis Vincent, described in his burial record as an "Irish captain of Philadelphia," died at Ascension on the river above New Orleans in August 1786.  

Alfonso Vincent of Italy married French Creole Marie St. Pierre of St.-Jacques probably in the 1790s and moved to upper Bayou Lafourche by the early 1800s.  Their son Joseph married Isabelle Rafaela Araby at the Plattenville church, Assumption Parish, in October 1816. 

Françoise, daughter of François Vincent and Marie Petit of St.-Étienne Parish, Macon, in Burgundy, "resident of this city," gave birth to daughter Delphine at New Orleans in January 1795.  The St.-Louis Parish priest who recorded the girl's baptism in March 1797 did not give her father's name.  Delphine died at New Orleans in September 1799; she was only 4 1/2 years old.  Françoise married Rodrigo, son of Antonio Barela y Castro of Braga, Portugal, at New Orleans in October 1802. 

Susan Vincent, "Catholic," married Jacob Herman, "Lutheran," at Opelousas in October 1796.  The priest who recorded the marriage did not give the couple's parents' name.  

Charles-Joseph Vincent of Monsey, Burgundy, France, married Céleste Touraquin, native of New Orleans.  Their daughter Céleste Flavia was born in the city in July 1801 but died of smallpox there in May 1802, and daughter Maria Coralia was born at New Orleans in December 1803.  

Joséphine, daughter of Jean Vincent of Bordeaux, France, and Félicienne Del Isle, married Carlos, son of Manuel Ramos of Havana, Cuba, at New Orleans in November 1801.  Witnesses to her marriage included the "general administrator of this province," the "provincial treasure," and a surgeon "of the Royal Hospital" at New Orleans, so the couple must have come from prominent families. 

Ysavel or Isabelle Vincent gave birth to daughter Maria Juana Pelagia at New Orleans in June 1802.  The St.-Louis Parish priest who recorded the girl's baptism the following November did not give her father's name. 

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During the antebellum period, more Vincents appeared in South Louisiana, some of them Anglo Americans.  Other Vincents who settled in South Louisiana were what native Louisianians called Foreign French, or they were free persons of color who may have been owned by "white" Vincents:  

Jean Vincent married Lassei Tilano.  Their son François was born in East Baton Rouge Parish in November 1826.  

Michel Vincent of Canada died at Baton Rouge in March 1828.  He was 72 years old.  One wonders if he was an Acadian Vincent whose family escaped to the St. Lawrence valley during Le Grand Dérangement. 

Gilbert, sometimes called Philibert, son of François Vincent and Fanchette Rouchonne of Creusier, Department of Alliez, France, married Marie Henriette, called Henriette, daughter of Joseph Comes, at the Donaldsonville church, Ascension Parish, in February 1829; Henrietta's mother was a Landry.  Their son Joseph Gilbert was born in Ascension Parish in October 1830, Jean Louis in June 1834, and Émile in October 1842 but died a day after his birth.  Gilbert died in Ascension Parish in July 1852; he was 58 years old.  Joseph Gilbert married cousin Marie Estelle, daughter of Marcellin Comes, at the Donaldsonville church in August 1854.  Their son Laurent Joseph was born in Ascension Parish in August 1856, and Gilbert le jeune in early 1859 but died at age 20 months in September 1860.  Joseph Gilbert died in June 1863; he was only 33 years old.  One wonders if he death was war-related. 

William G. Vincent, an Anglo American, was born at Norfolk, Virginia, in 1829.  During the Mexican-American War of 1846-47, he served as a lieutenant in the 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry.  By 1861, he had moved to New Orleans, where he worked as an auctioneer.  When war came in April 1861, he was chosen lieutenant colonel of the 1st Louisiana Regiment Volunteer Infantry under fellow Virginian Colonel Albert G. Blanchard.  The regiment went to Virginia and was posted in Lieutenant Colonel Vincent's hometown of Norfolk, where he became the regiment's colonel in September 1861.  In early 1862, he took the 1st Louisiana to eastern North Carolina, where it remained until May.  That month, the regiment traveled by train to Richmond, Virginia, where it became a part of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.  Colonel Vincent did not remain with the 1st Louisiana, however.  When the regiment was reorganized that spring, he was dropped as its colonel and returned to Louisiana to find another command in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi.  In September 1862, near Donaldsonville, Colonel Vincent was given the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Cavalry and remained its commander throughout the war.  The 2nd Louisiana Cavalry contained companies raised in St. Landry, Assumption, and Iberville parishes that were filled with Acadians, as well as a company of French Creoles from Pointe Coupee.  The regiment's entire service was in south and central Louisiana, where it fought along the Lafourche, the Atchafalaya, the Teche, and the Vermilion, and in the Red River valley campaign of spring 1864.  One of its recurrent missions was to harass and destroy anti-Confederate Jayhawkers in the prairie districts west of Vermilionville and Opelousas.  After the war, Colonel Vincent returned to New Orleans and was active in the civic and veteran affairs of his adopted city.  He died at New Orleans in October 1916, age 87.  

In July 1834, a 24-year-old "stranger" whose family name was Vincent died "at Perrins" in Assumption Parish.  

François Vincente married Marie Alvares.  Their daughter Jeanne was born in Ascension Parish in August 1841, son Francisco de Albares in January 1853, Marie was born near Raceland, Lafourche Parish, in March 1857, and Marianne died at age 3 months in May 1863.  They may have been Canary Island Isleños whose ancestors had settled in the northeastern part of the parish in the late 1770s.  

Marcel, son of Jean Vincent and Marguerite Bouchereau, born in Pointe Coupee Parish in November 1843, died at Lakeland in October 1861.  He was only 18 years old and probably did not marry.  One wonders if his death was war-related. 

Herthemise Vincent, a free woman of color, married Antoine Frilot, a free man of color, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in February 1846.  

Jean Vincent married Eugènie Guidroz.  Their son François was born in Pointe Coupee Parish in September 1845, and daughter Estelle in May 1849.  

Arnaud Vincent, a free man of color, married Arthémise Frilot, a free woman of color  Their son Adolphe married Olimpe, daughter of Henry Colson, at the New Iberia church, then in St. Martin Parish but now in Iberia Parish, in March 1848, and Jean or John married Madeleine Athalie Pinta at the New Iberia church in May 1859.  

Victor Vincent married Nancy Mantau.  Their daughter Julia Elmire was born in East Baton Rouge Parish in October 1848.  

Yet another Jean Vincent married Julia David.  Their son François was born probably in Pointe Coupee Parish in c1846 but died near Lakeland at age 18 in January 1864, and Jean Baptiste was born in January 1852 but died at age 13 in January 1864.   One wonders if the boys' deaths were war-related. 

Stakely or Stockley Vincent or Vinson married Uranie Joséphine, called Joséphine, Leonard, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in July 1859.  Their son James Breckinridge was born near Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, in September 1860.  

François Alexis, son of Antoine Vincent and Marie Hurleaud of Lyon, France, married Bazelice, daughter of Acadian Benjamin Landry, at the Paincourtville church, Assumption Parish, in January 1865.  

Félix Vincent married Nede Elisabeth.  Their son William was born near Lockport, Lafourche Parish, in May 1865.  

John Vincent married Anne _____.  Their son Henri was born near Montegut, Terrebonne Parish, in January 1866.  

Sylvaire Vincent and his wife Marie ____ had a daughter named Marie Rose in Assumption Parish in April 1866.  

Jean Pierre Vincent and his wife Clair Théodilia _____ were living at Clair Cazyou's home in Pointe Coupee Parish in May 1866 when their daughter Marie Victoria was born.  

CONCLUSION

Pierre Vincent settled early in Acadia, and four of his descendants were among the earliest Acadians to seek refuge in Louisiana.  Only two Acadian Vincent males, both named Pierre, came to the colony.  One settled at Cabanocé/St.-Jacques on the river in 1765, but his only surviving son, born at St.-Jacques, did not remain on the river.  He moved to the western prairies in the 1820s, where the other Pierre Vincent, who had come to the colony from France in 1785, had put down roots.  Most of the Acadian Vincents of South Louisiana descend from the Pierre who came from France.  All seven of his sons married, and six of them had sons of their own.  Some of them settled in St. Martin and Vermilion parishes, but most of them remained in Lafayette Parish, where their ancestor had settled.  Acadian Vincent wives from France settled on upper Bayou Lafourche in 1785, and one of them, a native of Poitou, France, died in Terrebonne Parish in November 1852, in her late 70s--but no family line emerged along the southeastern bayous, nor did Acadian Vincents return to the river before the War Between the States.    

Vincent is a common surname in a number of countries, so, during the colonial and antebellum periods, non-Acadian members of the family can be found in every part of South Louisiana, especially at New Orleans.  One family settled in Ascension Parish, and several in Pointe Coupee Parish, but none of their family lines rivaled in size those of their Acadian namesakes on the prairies.  The most prominent Vincent in antebellum Louisiana was a native of Norfolk, Virginia.  ...

The family's name also is spelled Vensent, Vicente.

Sources:  Arsenault, Généalogie, 819, 1454-61, 1991, 2396, 2611; BRDR, vols. 1a(rev.), 2, 3, 4, 5(rev.), 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; Hébert, D., South LA Records, vols. 1, 3; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, vols. 1-A, 1-B, 2-A, 2-B, 2-C, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Krick, Lee's Colonels, 329; NOAR, vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7;  <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/Duc_Guillaume.htm>, Family No. 24; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family Nos. 85, 177, 178; White, DGFA-1, 1575-85; White, DGFA-1 English, 332-34.  

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, 19, calls her Anne VINCENT.  

02.  Wall of Names, 15, calls her Anne VINCENT veuve Alexandre DOIRON.  See also White, DGFA-1, 1582.

03.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls her Anne-Blanche [VINCENT], & lists her with her widowed mother & 3 sisters; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 98, Family No. 192, calls her Anne-Blanche [VINCENT], gives her parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 68-69, calls her Anne-Blanche, sa [Ursule HÉBERT, veuve Jean VINCENT's] fille, age 23, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Anne-Blanche VINCENT, her [Ursule HÉBERT, widow Jean VINCENT]'s daughter, age 23, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 18th Family aboard L'Amitié with her mother & 3 sisters; BRDR, 2:288, 721 (ASC-2, 13), probably her marriage record, calls her Victoria VINCENT, calls her husband Jacques FERRE, does not give her or his parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Tranquille PITRE & Joseph THÉRIOT.

Was her first or second middle name Victoire?  Who else could have been the Victoire/Victoria with her widowed mother in the Valenzuéla censuses of 1788 & 1791?  

04.  Wall of Names, 26, calls her Anne-Euphrosine VINCENT; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2522; White, DGFA-1, 1579; BRDR, 1a(rev.):196 (SGA-2, 71), her birth/baptismal record, calls her Anne-Frosine VINCENT, gives her parents' names, & says her godparents were Pierre TRAHAN & Clere VINCENT; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:473, 789 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-4 1/2-90), a contract for her second marriage, dated 15 Mar 1786, calls her Marie-Froisine VINCENT, "wid. of Michael TRAHAN d'Acadie," calls her husband Basile LANDRY "of Acadie," does not give any parents' names, & says the witnesses to her marriage contract were Élie & Jacques JENNE, Mr. DUCREST, "officier Major de ce Poste (Major officer of this Post)," & Jacques FAUSTIN; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:472, 789 (SM Ch.: v.3, #115), another record of her second marriage, dated 23 May 1786, calls her Françoise VINCENT, "a widow 'natif de la Paroisse de la Vielle Habitation en Acadie' (native of the Parish of the Old Habitation in Acadia)," calls her husband Basile LANDRY, "de la paroisse de la Ste.-Famille à Piquiguy en Acadie (from the Parish of the Holy Family at Pisiguit in Acadia), calls her a major daughter & him a major son, gives her & his parents' names, says their fathers were deceased at the time of the marriage, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Amand LANDRY, Claude DUHON, Louis ROGER, & Paul TRAHAN. 

Which parish in Acadia was de la Vielle Habitation, or the Old Habitation?  St.-Jean-Baptiste on the lower river at Port-Royal was Acadia's oldest surviving "habitation" & was the colony's original church parish.  However, Anne-Euphrosine dite Françoise VINCENT was born & baptized at Grand-Pré in May/Jun 1726, not at Port-Royal/Annapolis Royal, & Grand-Pré's parish was named St.-Charles-aux-Mines or St.-Charles-des-Mines.  "Old Habitation" most likely was Rivière-aux-Canards at Minas, which also was known as "Habitant," the name of one of the rivers there.   

05.  Wall of Names, 16, calls her Marie VINCENT; Arsenault, Généalogie, 2481, 2482-83; White, DGFA-1, 1578. 

Her first name is from Arsenault & White. 

06.  Wall of Names, 28 (pl. 6R), calls her Anne-Marie VINCENT, & lists her with her husband & no children; <perso.orange.fr/froux/St_malo_arrivees/5bateaux.htm>, Family No. 85, reveals that she & her husband had no children when they survived the crossing to St.-Malo in 1758-59; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 10-11, calls her Anne-Marie VINCENT, sa [Charles D'AIGRE's] femme, age 55, on the embarkation list, Ana Maria VINCENT, su [Carlos DAIGRE's] muger, on the debarkation list, & Anne-Marie VINCENT, his [Charles DAIGLE's] wife, age 55 on the complete listing, says that she was in the 31st Family aboard Le Bon Papa with her husband & no children, & details their marriage but does not give the names of hers or his parents; BRDR, 2:720 (SGA-8, 1, #2), her death/burial record, calls her Ana Maria VINCENT, wife of Charles DEGLES, & gives her father's name but not her mother's.

07.  Wall of Names, 37 (pl. 9R), calls her Isabelle VINCENT, & lists her with husband Pierre LE COQ & children Marie, Guillaume, Victoire, & Francoise [LE COQ]; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 69, Family No. 140, calls her Élizabeth VINCENT, says she was born in c1755 but gives no birthplace, gives her parents' names, details her marriage, says both her parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, that she was "residing in the parish of Leigne-les-Bois," calls her husband Pierre-Francois LE COQ, says he was born in c1745 "in the diocese of St. Malo," gives his parents' names, says he was a seaman, that both his parents were deceased at the time of the wedding, includes the birth/baptismal record of son Guillaume LE COQ, baptized 12 May 1775, Leigne-les-Bois, godson of Guillaume DE VAUSELLE & Élizabeth VAUDESTE, Mrs. CLERQUE, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s, noting that her husband was not with them in the convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes; Robichaux, Acadians in Nantes, 123, Family No. 224, calls her Élizabeth VINCENT, says she was born in c1755 but gives no birthplace, does not give her parents' names, says she married in c1772 but gives no place of marriage, calls her husband Pierre-Francois LECOQ, says he was born in c1745 but gives no birthplace, does not gives his parents' names, says he was a seaman, includes the birth/baptismal records of son Jean-Pierre LECOQ, baptized 23 Oct 1776, St.-Similien, Nantes, & daughter Victoire LECOQ, baptized 8 Jan 1784, St.-Donatien, Nantes, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s, noting that her husband was not with them in the convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes, & the family's voyage to LA in 1785; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 56-57, calls her Ysabelle VINCENT, sa [Pierre LECOQ's] feme, age 28, on the embarkation list, & Isabelle VINCENT, his [Pierre LECOQ's] wife, age 28, on the complete listing, says she was in the 57th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi with husband Pierre LECOQ, marin/sailor, age 40, daughter Marie LECOQ, age 11, son Guillaume LECOQ, age 9, daughter Victoire LECOQ, age 1, & daughter Francoise LECOQ, à la mamelle/nursling, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents names, says she & her husband were married in 1774 but gives no place of marriage, says son Guillaume [LECOQ] was baptized in 1775 but gives no place of baptism, & that daughter Victoire [LECOQ] was baptized in 1784 but gives no place of baptism.  See also Voorhies, J., Some Late Eighteenth Louisianians, 499.  

Her husband was not Acadian but French, so in LA he was French Creole.  He was not with her & their 2 children in the convoy from Châtellerault to Nantes in Dec 1775 because, being a sailor, he probably was at sea.  Judging from the birth date of son Jean-Pierre (Oct 1776), Pierre-François probably joined her & the children at Nantes in late Dec 1775 or Jan 1776, soon after they got to the port city.  What happened to Jean-Pierre, who would have been only 9 years old in 1785?  He did not go with them to LA, so he probably died at Nantes.  

What happened to her in LA?  Did she survive the crossing from France?

08.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls her Flore-Adélaïde [VINCENT], & lists her with her widowed mother & 3 sisters; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 98, Family No. 192, calls her Rose-Adélaïde [VINCENT], gives her parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 68-69, calls her Flore-Adélaïde, sa [Ursule HÉBERT, veuve Jean VINCENT's] fille, age 11, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Flore-Adélaïde VINCENT, her [Ursule HÉBERT, widow Jean VINCENT]'s daughter, age 11, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 18th Family aboard L'Amitié with her mother & 3 sisters; BRDR, 2:694, 720 (ASC-2, 25), her marriage record, calls her Adélaïde VINCENT, calls her husband Santiago Jacques THIBODEAUX, gives her & his parents' names, says his parents were from "the Villiage of Pleudian, France," & that the witnesses to her marriage were Blas BOUDREAUX & Luis PINET; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 3:514 (Houma Ct.Hse.: Succ. #253), her succession record, calls her Adélaïde VINCENT, m. Jacques THIBODEAUX, gives her death date, & lists her children--Josette Aimée m. Jean Baptiste GALLIEN, Francois, Pierre, August, Nicolas, Leufroy, Benjamin, d.Pharolie m. d.Charles BENOIT, d.Clémence m. Jean Martin LEBLANC, & says a petition for inventory was filed on 15 Dec 1852.

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

09.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls her Jeanne-Marguerite [VINCENT], & lists her with her widowed mother & 3 sisters; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 98, Family No. 192, calls her Jeanne-Margueritte [VINCENT], gives her parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement in the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 68-69, calls her Jeanne-Margueritte, sa [Ursule HÉBERT, veuve Jean VINCENT's] fille, age 12, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Jeanne-Marguerite VINCENT, her [Ursule HÉBERT, widow Jean VINCENT]'s daughter, age 12, on the complete listing, says she was in the 18th Family aboard L'Amitié with her mother & 3 sisters, &, calling her Marguerite, details her marriage, including her & her husband's parents' names; BRDR, 2:66, 721 (ASM-2, 34), her marriage record, calls her Margarita VINCENT of Acadia, calls her husband Joseph BAYE of the Parish of St.-Tropo, Diocese of St.-Fregusa, France, gives her & his parents' names, says her parents were Acadians, & that the witnesses to her marriage were Juan Luis DAIGLE & Ambroise HÉBERT; Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:533 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: Year 1822), her succession record, calls her Marguerite Clement VINCENT m. Joseph BAILLE.    

Was Susanne part of her name?

10.  Wall of Names, 39 (pl. 10L), calls her Marie-Blanche [VINCENT], & lists her with her widowed mother & 3 sisters; Robichaux, Acadians in Châtellerault, 98, Family No. 192, calls her Marie-Blanche [VINCENT], gives her parents' names, & details the family's participation in the Poitou settlement of the early 1770s; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 68-69, calls her Marie-Blanche, sa [Ursule HÉBERT, veuve Jean VINCENT's] fille, age 17, on the embarkation list, does not include her on the debarkation list, calls her Marie-Blanche VINCENT, her [Ursule HÉBERT, widow Jean VINCENT]'s daughter, age 17, on the complete listing, & says she was in the 18th Family aboard L'Amitié with her mother & 3 sisters; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 62-63, under Lista parcial de vientitres casamientos acadianos arregalados par Navarro, 20 novembre 1785 [Partial List of 23 marriages Navarro arranged on 20 November 1785], B. Marriages celebrated 2 Dec 1785, calls her Blanca/Blanche VINCENT, says she was in the 8th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi[sic], calls her husband Luis PINEL/Louis PINET, says he was in the 5th Family aboard Le St.-Rémi[sic], &, calling her Maria VICENTE, details her marriage, calls her husband Luis PINEL of Cherbourg in Normandy, & gives her & his parents' names; NOAR, 4:249, 309 (SLC, M4, 42), her marriage record, calls her Maria VINCENTE, calls her husband Luis PINEL, "native (Cherbourg?) in Normandy," gives his & her parent's names, & says the witnesses to her marriage were Vicente LLORCA & Josef MARTINEZ.

Both she & her future husband crossed on L'Amitié, not Le St.-Rémi, so they must have missed the earlier vessel.  

11.  Wall of Names, 16, calls her Marie-Josèphe VINCENT; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 2-A:952 (SM Ch.: v.4, #778), her death/burial record, calls her Marie Josèphe VINCENT, "native of Acadie, widow of Amand DUHON, an inhabitant on Bayou Vermilion," says she was "age 98 years" when she died "at her residence," that she was buried next day "in the parish cemetery," her burial record was signed by Yve. GOPLET, but does not give her parents' names.    

12.  Wall of Names, 26, calls him Pierre VINCENT.  

13.  Wall of Names, 34 (pl. 8R), calls him Pierre VINCENT, & lists him singly; Hébert, D., Acadian Families in Exile 1785, 40-41, calls him Pierre VINCENT, garçon, tonellier, age 36, on the embarkation list, Pedro VINCENT, on the debarkation list, & Pierre VINCENT, young man, wet cooper, age 36, on the complete listing, & says he was in the 41st "Family" aboard Le Beaumont with no one else; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:119, 790 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA-v.6-#84), contract for his first marriage, calls him Pierre VINCENT, "of la Rivière Canards en Acadie, paroisse St. J-- (Joseph)," calls his wife Agnès BROUSSARD, "wid. of dec. POTIER," does not give any parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Jean BROUSSARD, Pierre BROUSSARD, Paul TRAHAN, & Alexandre Chevalier DECLOUET; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:119, 790 (SM Ch.: v.4, #11), another record of his first marriage, calls him Pierre VINCENT, "of Canada," calls his wife Agnès BROUSSARD, "of Canada," gives his & her parent's names, says his father was deceased at the time of the marriage, & that the witnesses to his marriage were Antoine TROUSAN & Joseph DUON;  Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:342, 790 (SM Ch.: Marriage Investigation: Folio C, #1), investigation for his second marriage, calls him Pierre VINCENT, "bt. in parish of St. Joseph (St. Joseph Church was eventually renamed St. Martin de Tours Church), age 29 years old, of Acadia and residing in this parish of Attakapas)," calls his wife Catherine GALEMENT, "22 yrs. old, of the Mississippi River in St. John Baptiste parish and living in this parish," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage investigation was François BOUDRAUX, 46 years old, & Benjamin ELGRAUX (HARGRAVE); Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:342, 790 (SM Ct.Hse.: OA: v.8, #52), a record of his second marriage, calls him Pierre VINCENT, "widr. of Agnès BROUSSARD, "son espouse du premier lit, sans enfants du dit lit (literally, his spouse of the first bed, or first wife, without children from this said marriage)," calls his wife Catherine GALMEN, "widow of Benoit HERGROW, native of the Province of Brunswick, Virginia," gives his & her parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were Paul TRAHAN, "cousin germain" (first cousin), François BOUDREAU, "son cousin issue de Germain (his first cousin or first cousin once removed)," Jacques FOSTEIN, "aussi cousin germain" (also a first cousin), witnesses on the part of the bride are Benjamin HERGROW (HARGRAVE), "son beaupère comme son fils ayant espouse  la dite dame Catherine GALMEN du Sr. Guillaume HERGROW, son beau frère (her father-in-law having married the said Catherine GALMEN from William HERGROW, her brother-in-law (the meaning is not too clear), Darius HERGROW, son beaufrère" (her brother-in-law), also witnessing were Pierre DARBY, Louis LOISEL, & DE LA VILLEBEUVRE; Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 1-A:342, 790 (SM Ch.: v.4, #43), another record of his second marriage, calls him Pierre VINCENT, "of Acadie, widr. of Agnès BROUSSARD," calls his wife Catherine GALEMENT, "wid. of Benedict ALGROS, gives no parents' names, & says the witnesses to his marriage were François BOUDREAUX & Benjamin ALGROS (HARGRAVE).

Quotes from brochure that accompanies the Robert Dafford Mural, Acadian Memorial, St. Martinville.  See also Jobb, The Cajuns, 223, which points out that noted Lafayette newspaperman, Jim BRADSHAW, is a descendant of this Pierre VINCENT.

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