Acadians who arrived in
New Orleans in 1764
Pages xix-xx of Volume 2 of the Archdiocese
of New Orleans Sacremental Records (ADNO) reads in part:
"...Albert Robichaux, Jr., historian of
the Acadians in exile, has shown that the first four Acadian Families arrived
in New Orleans from New York in February, 1764. On February 26, three
Acadian children were baptized at St. Louis Church: Jean Antoine Landry,
Joseph Richard, and Joseph Poirier. Four days later, Jean Baptiste
Poirier was baptized there. The Acadian ancestry, in these cases and in
many other, was not noted by the priests..."
Below are the ADNO, v.2 entries:
Page 167: Landry [@Landri]
Jean Antoine (Olivier and Cecile Poiriez),
b. Feb. 26, 1764, bn. Nov. 13, 1760, s. Antoine Olivier and Magdeleine Brazier
(SLC, B5, 40)
Page 229: Poirez [@Poiriez, Poirrer,
Poirrier] Note: Page xx mentions Joseph & Jean Baptisite, but a 3rd child
(Francois) with the same parents was baptized on March 6, 1765:
Francois (Jean & Magdeleine Richard), b.
March 6, 1765, bn. March 6, 1765, s. Jean Richard and Cecile Poirrier (SLC,
B5, 84)
Jean Baptiste (Jean & Magdeleine
Richard), b. March 1, 1764, bn. May 20, 1760, s. Jean Baptiste Deville
Degouitin [@Deville] and Marianne Couturie [@Couturier] (SLC, B5, 40)
Joseph (Jean & Magdeleine Richard), b.
Feb. 26, 1764, bn. June 12, 1762, s. Jean Richard, the infant's grandfather,
and Marie Colmier, the infant's maternal first cousin (SLC, B5, 40)
Page 238: Richard
Joseph (Jean and Catherine Colmier), b.
Feb. 26, 1764, bn. March 24, 1748 [sic], s. Jean Richard, the infant's
brother, and Magdeleine Richard, the infant's aunt (SLC, B5, 40)
Note: Some sources state that
Charles Mouton arrived with the 1764 group; however, according to Acadians in
Exile by Fr. Hebert, p. 600, Charles Mouton was in Martinique on January 1,
1766. Charles Mouton arrived after the April 9, 1766 census of Cabanocey.
The following section is posted with
permission of Roger A. Rozendal who researched the records available to identify
the First Acadian Families to Arrive in Louisiana in 1764.
FIRST ACADIANS IN LOUISIANA
The first documented Acadians to arrive in Louisiana were noted in a letter
dated 6 April 1764 from DıAbbadie (Director-General of Louisiana) to the Duke of
Choisel-Stanville (Secretary of the French Navy) in Paris (Brasseaux etal ³Quest
for a Promised Land" p. 16). DıAbbadie wrote "four Acadian families numbering
twenty persons, who came here from New York during the month of February last."
For location where the 1764 arrivals were settled, see
Arrival of the Acadians.
From an analysis of church records, Albert J. Robichaux, Jr. identified the four
families and 18 of the individuals as (Louisiana Genealogical Register, December
1985 p. 323):
Jean Poirier
Madeleine Richard, his wife
Jean Baptiste Poirier, their son
Joseph Poirier, their son
Michel Poirier, of unknown relationship
Jean Richard
Catherine Cormier, his wife
Joseph Richard, their daughter (sic)
Rosalie Richard, their daughter
Jean-Marie Richard, their son
Jean-Baptiste Cormier
Marie-Magdeleine Richard, his wife
Anastasie Cormier, their daughter
Marie Cormier, their daughter
Marguerite Cormier, their daughter
Olivier Landry
Cecile Poirier, his wife
Jean-Antoine Landry, their son
Roger Rozendal's research of the 8 April 1766 census of VERRETıS COMPANY
identified the following listing:
Verret, father 1 Woman, 1 Teenage Boy, 1 Boy, 4 Slaves
Ollivie Landry, 1 Woman, 1 Boy, 1 Girl
Joseph Landry, 1 Man, 1 Boy
Pedro Bourg, 1 Man, 1 Boy
Baptista Cormie, father, 1 Woman, 3 Girls
Juan Cormie, 1 Man, 1 Boy
Joseph Richard, 1 Woman, 1 Boy, 1 Girl
Juan Richard, 1 Man, 1 Boy
Juan Richard, 1 Woman, 1 Boy, 1 Girl
Juan Poirier, 1 Woman, 1 Man, 1 Boy
and so on (later arrivals)
Roger's research indicates those listed above may be:
Nicolas Verret, age 41
Marie-Josephe Cantrelle, age 33
Jacques, age 13
Louis, age 6
Olivier Landry, age 38
Cecile Poirier, age 41 (sister of Jean Poirier)
Marie, age 14 (one of missing original 20)
Jean-Antoine, age 5
Joseph Landry, age 16 (one of missing original 20) living with father Olivier
Landry Pierre (not Michel) Poirier, orphan, age 3 (Abraham/Agnes Belliveau),
cousin of Cecile & Jean Poirier, living with Olivier Landry & Cecile Poirier.
Pierre Bourg, age 13, orphan, later arrival-May 1765?, living with Jean-
Baptiste Cormier Jean-Charles Bourg, age 7, brother of Pierre living with Jean-Baptiste
Cormier
Jean-Baptiste Cormier, age 57
Madeleine Richard, age 50? (sister of Jean Richard)
Anne (Marie), age 20
Marguerite, age 14
Anastasie, age 13
Jean-Baptiste Cormier, Jr, age 32 (later arrival in Louisiana with Joseph
Broussard) Boy ?, both living with Jean-Baptiste Cormier, Sr.
Joseph Richard, age 30 (later arrival?) (nephew of Jean Richard) Agnes Hebert,
age ? Boy, age ? Marie, age 1
Jean-Marie Richard, age 21 (son of Jean Richard and living with him) Boy, age ?
living with Jean Richard
Jean Richard, age 47 (brother of Madeleine Richard)
Catherine Cormier, age 45
Rosalie, age 10
Joseph age ?, (bt. 26 Feb 1764 in New Orleans)
Jean Poirier, age 33 (brother of Cecile Poirier)
Madeleine Richard, age 24 (daughter Jean/Catherine Cormier)
Jean-Baptiste, age 6,
Francois 1 (born after arrival)
(Joseph b. 12 Jun 1762 bt. 26 Feb 1764 in New Orleans is not in 1766
census-died?)
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