Louis William Steven (abt. 1750 - 1800)

Born about 1750 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Colony

Husband of Marie Weibert — married about 1774 in Boston, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Husband of Marie Landry — married 25 Jan 1779 in Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, France

Husband of Marie Babin — married 2 Jan 1783 in Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, France

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1800 at about age 50 in Louisiana Colony

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Biography

Louis Stivin is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana Plaque 6 Right, Le Bon Papa. Listed with Louis is his wife Marie Babin; two children Louis and Marie; and Francois Babin, his wife's brother.^[1]

Louis Steven, son of Stanislaus Steven and Anne Colcein, was born about 1749 in Boston, Massachusetts Colony. He became a seaman and eventually married an Acadian woman in France, joining with the Acadians in 1785 as they emigrated to Louisiana. ^[2]

Marriage

Marriage (1) Marie WEIBERT, in Boston, Massachusetts Colony^[3]

Marriage (2) Marie LANDRY 25 Jan 1779 in Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[4][5]

Children

1. Louis Andre STEVEN c: 4 Apr 1781 in Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, France

Marriage (3) Marie Simon BABIN 2 Jan 1783 in Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[6][7]

Children

1. Marie Desiree STEVEN c: 3 Sep 1783 in Chantenay, Loire-Atlantique, France
2. ----- STEVEN b: Bef 29 Jul 1785; died at sea during the crossing to Louisiana
3. Genevieve STEVEN b: 1 Feb 1787 in , Iberville, LA c: 10 Oct 1788 in St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA
4. Joseph STEVEN b: 2 Dec 1790 in Iberville, LA c: 18 Sep 1791 in St. Gabriel, Iberville, LA
5. Anne Sophie STEVEN c: Abt 1792 in New Orleans, Orleans, LA
6. Alexander STEVEN b: 15 Feb 1794 in Assumption, LA c: 21 Apr 1794 in Plattenville, Assumption, LA

Residence

Census: Sep 1784 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France ^[8]

Immigration: 29 Jul 1785 New Orleans, Orleans, LA

Passenger on Spanish ship Le Bon Papa which left France, led by Captain Pelletier, on Tuesday, May 10, 1785 and debarked in New Orleans, July 29, 1785.^[9]

Louis STEBENS , sailor - 36 [b. 1749]

Marie BABIN, wife - 18 [b. 1767]

Louis STEBENS, son - 3 [1782] Note: his child from a previous marriage

Marie STEBENS, daughter - 2 [1783]

A son STEBENS - not baptized [1785] he died before arriving in Louisiana

Francois BABIN, wife's brother, sailor - 16 [1769]

Residence 12 Sep 1785 New Orleans, LA ^[10]

Event: Land Ownership 1791, West Baton Rouge, Louisiana ^[11]

Probate: 2 Dec 1829 Thibodaux, Lafourche, LA ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial; Wall of Names Committee; Jane G. Bulliard, Chair; second edition, 2015; Bodemuller The Printer, USA; p. 28.
2. ↑ The Acadian Exiles in Nantes, 1775 – 1785; Albert J. Robichaux; Author, 1978; p. 153

   Louis-William STEBENS, born about 1749 in the Parish of Toussaint in Boston, son of Stanislas STEBENS & Anne COLCEIN. A seaman, resident of the Parish of St. Martin of Chantenay for 6 months at the time of his 2nd marriage. Married 1st, probably in Boston, to Marie WEIBERT. He married 2nd on 25 Jan 1779 at St. Martin of Chantenay to Marie LANDRY, daughter of Benjamin & Marguerite BABIN; one child? He married 3rd on 2 Jan 1783 to Marie BABIN, daughter of Simon & Anastasie TERRIOT; daughter Marie born 1783. With his 3rd wife and two children [sic], plus brother-in-law Francois BABIN, he was aboard "Le Bon Papa" bound for Louisiana.

   Also on p. 177 is text of marriage record.

3. ↑ The Acadian Exiles in Nantes, 1775 – 1785; Albert J. Robichaux; Publication: Author, 1978; pp. 177 & 153

   Text: "...Wilam Stebens, native of the parish of Toussaint of the city of Boston, widower of Marie Weibert, major son of Stanel Stebens and Anne Colcein, resident for six months of this parish, considering the permission to marry him notwithtanding the residency of a year of Mr. Legrand, vicar, date the twenty-second instant signed: de Boissieu, vicar general on the one hand; and MARIE LANDRY, major daughter of deceased Benjamin Landry and deceased Marguerite Babin, native of the parish of L'Assomption in Accadie and resident of this parish for several years. ..."

4. ↑ source: #N&P p. 235

   Text: Married in St-Martin church.

5. ↑ From Nantes to Louisiana, The history of Acadia: the odyssey of an exiled people; Gérard-Marc Braud; English translation: Julie Fontenot Landry; Publication: La Rainette; Lafayette, Louisiana; p. 84

   Text: William STEBENS married on 25 Jan 1779 at St. Martin of Chantenay to Marie LANDRY.

6. ↑ source: #N&P p. 235

   Text: Married in St-Martin church.

7. ↑ Title: From Nantes to Louisiana, The history of Acadia: the odyssey of an exiled people; Author: Gérard-Marc Braud; English translation: Julie Fontenot Landry; Publication: La Rainette; Lafayette, Louisiana; p. 84

   Text: William STEBENS married on 2 Jan 1783 at St. Martin of Chantenay to Marie BABIN.

8. ↑ Title: Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796; Author: Jacqueline K. Voorhies; Publication: Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973; p. 511

   Text: On list of "Acadians in France, September 1784," document in A.D.S. Legajo 2575, which shows the Acadian families who want to go to Louisiana to establish themselves at the expense of His [Spanish] Catholic Majesty.

   On list from Nantes:

   Louis STEVEN, with wife Marie BABIN, 1 son, 1 daughter, plus Simon BABIN (in the young [unmarried] adult column), and 1 orphan, for a total of 6 in family.

9. ↑ Passenger List for Le Bon Papa Note: This page contains the transcribed list and the actual images of the ship list.
10. ↑ Le Raconteur; Le Comité des Archives de la Louisiane; Baton Rouge: Page: vol. XXXII, no. 3 (Sep 2012), p. 167 From Papeles procedentes de Cuba, Legajo 604A, abstracted and transcribed in article on "Spanish Correspondence on the Settlement and Welfare of the 1785 Acadians" by Judy Riffel.

    Text: On 12 Sep 1785, folio 51: Simon BABIN, wife of Luis STIBIN [sic, for STEVEN]. Acadians of the "Bon Papa" expedition arriving from France, ask to be aggregated with their respective families.

11. ↑ Chronicles of West Baton Rouge; Elizabeth Kellough & Leona Mayeux; Baton Rouge, LA: Kennedy Print Shop, 1979; p. 92

    Text: According to a Spanish document, Louis STEVENS and his wife acquired a Land Grant of 8 arpents frontage on the Mississippi River, 1/2 league below the fort, near lands of Francois BABIN and Jean Baptiste DUGAS. On 3 Oct 1791 he sold the land to Etienne HEBERT.

12. ↑ Source: #SLR1 p. 29

    Text: Marie BABIN, married (1) Louis STIEVEN; married (2) Charles FOURNIER. Children listed from 1st marriage: Marie STIEVEN married to Michel BOURGEOIS; Anne STIEVEN married to deceased Jean Charles BROUSSARD; Genevieve STIEVEN married to Donnat LANDRY; Joseph STIEVEN; deceased Alexandre STIEVEN married to deceased ELISABETH Hortense LEDAY. Children from 2nd marriage: Marcellin FOURNIER. In inventory dated 2 Dec 1829 (Thib.Ct.Hse.: Succ.: 1829).

• Source: SLR1 South Louisiana Records, vol. 1, 1794-1840; Donald J. Hebert; Publication: Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1978; Contains church and civil records of Lafourche & Terrebonne Parishes.

• Source: N&P Acadiens en France; Nantes et Paimboeuf, 1775-1785; Gérard-Marc Braud; Nantes, France: Ouest Éditions, 1999