Joseph (Leblanc) LeBlanc (1748 - 1764)

Born 5 Aug 1748 in Grand-Pré, Acadie, Colony of Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Died 12 Aug 1764 at age 16 in Bretagne, France

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Biography

Joseph Leblanc was born 5 Aug 1748. He was the son of Jean Leblanc and Marie Landry. He was baptized the following day at Saint Charles des Mines, Grand-Pré, Acadia. His godparents were Simon Leblanc and Marguerite Hebert.^[1]

On 5 September 1755, his father Jean-Baptiste was imprisoned along with hundreds of other Acadian men at the St. Charles des Mines church in Grand-Pré. On a list of prisoners, he was said to live in the village of Jean Terriot with 6 sons and 1 daughter (spouses were not included on the list), and owned 4 bullocks, 7 cows, 9 young cattle, 30 sheep, 11 hogs, and 2 horses. His property and livestock became forfeit to the crown, and his family was required to prepare for deportation within 30 days. ^[2][3]

On 27 October 1755, Jean-Baptiste, his wife Marie, and their children Jean-Baptiste, Joseph, Pierre and 4 unnamed children (3 boys, 1 girl) were deported to Virginia where the Acadians were held over winter. The administrators of the colony were not welcoming to these Frenchmen who spoke a different language and worshiped differently. The following spring, on the Bobby Goodridge, they were deported again, from Virginia to Portsmouth, England where they arrived on 23 June 1756. From there they were sent to Southampton, England where they were detained for 7 years until the signing of the Treaty of Paris. ^[3]

In exile at Southampton, England, his father married Marguerite Celestin. ^[3]

In 1763 the Acadians detained in England were finally released and repatriated to France. They boarded the ship L'Ambition in Southampton, England, bound for Saint-Malo. ^[3]

They were counted in 1763 on a list of French neutrals delivered by Edw. Noble to Sieur de la Rochette at Southampton, England.^[4]

1. Baptiste LE BLANC, 36;
2. Jean LE BLANC, 15; (estimated year of birth 1748)
3. Joseph LE BLANC, 13; (estimated year of birth 1750)
4. Pierre LE BLANC, 9; (estimated year of birth 1754)
5. Marguerite LE JEUNE, 27. (a relative?)

Joseph, his father, his stepmother and 3 siblings disembarked at St. Malo from England on 22 May 1763 from the ship L'Ambition.^[4]

1. Batiste LeBLAN
   
2. Margueritte LeBLAN
   
3. Jean LeBLAN
   
4. Joseph LeBLAN
   
5. Pierre LeBLAN
   
6. Moise LeBLAN
   

"They resided in Saint-Énogat, France from 1763 to 1765, when they went to Belle-Isle-en-Mer. Jean gave a declaration there at Keruest on 25 Feb 1767."^[4]

He died on 12 August 1764 in Bretagne, France and was buried the next day in Saint-Énogat, Bretagne (now Ille-et-Vilaine department), France. ^[5][3]

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Fonds de la paroisse catholique Saint-Charles-des-Mines (Grand-Pré, N.-É.) - 1869; Canadiana, Heritage, Parish registers: Nova Scotia : C-1869 (Image 535): https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c1869/535?r=0&s=4
2. ↑ Lucie Leblanc Consentino, Acadian & French-Canadian Ancestral Home, "Deportees of Grand-Pré - 1755," citing Collection of the Nova Scotia Historical Society 1870-1884 - Journal of John Winslow, volumes 1-4; "Grand-Pré, September the 15th 1755," line # 43,

   Village Jean Terriot, Jean Batiste Leblan, 6 sons 1 daughter (spouses were not included on the list), 4 bullocks, 7 cows, 9 young cattle, 30 sheep, 11 hogs, 2 horses.

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Paul Delaney. La liste de Winslow expliquée. (Moncton, N.-B.: Éditions Perce-Neige, 2020 - Kindle Edition), p. 225
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Karen Theriot Reader Jean Baptiste François LeBlanc citing Albert J. Robichaux, THE ACADIAN EXILES IN ST. MALO; 1758-1785; pt 1, vol. II, Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981; pp. 565-566, family #639?

   Jean-Baptiste LEBLANC, born 29 Oct 1725 [sic] at St. Charles-des-Mines, Acadie, son of Francois & Jeanne HEBERT. Sponsors: Jacques LEBLANC & Marie BABIN, wife of Rene RICHARD. He married 1st on 8 Nov 1745 at St. Charles-des-Mines to Marie LANDRY, daughter of Jean & Madeleine MELANSON; three children. Jean married 2nd on 10 Aug 1758 in Southampton, England to Marguerite CELESTIN called BELLEMERE; two children. He and his 2nd wife and four children disembarked at St. Malo from England on 22 May 1763 from the ship "L'Ambition." They resided in St. Enogat, France from 1763 to 1765, when they went to Belle-Isle-en-Mer. Jean gave a declaration there at Keruest on 25 Feb 1767.

5. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, The Acadian Exiles in St. Malo: 1758-1785; pt 1, vol. II, (Eunice, LA, Hebert Publications, 1981) pp. 565-566, family #639

See also:

• Geneanet.org, Karen Theriot Reader's Family Tree, page for Joseph