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JEAN GUEDRY, 1730, fils de Paul et d’Anne Mius d’Azit, marié, vers 1755, à Marie LeBlanc. Enfants: Jean, 1757; Alexandre, 1760; Joseph, 1763; Marie-Marguerite, 1765; Jacques, 1767; Marie-Josephe, vers 1770. Il était à Ristigouche, à la baie des Chaleurs, en 1760; prisonnier des Anglais, à Halifax, de 1760 à 1763. Il était à Miquelon en 1766 et en France vers 1767. Il s’embarque sur le Beaumont, à destination de la Louisiane, le 11 juin 1785, avec sa femme, ses fils Jean et Jacques, ainsi que sa fille Marie-Josephe. “

Translation:
“ PORT-ROYAL

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JEAN GUEDRY, 1730, son of Paul and of Anne Mius d’Azit, married about 1755 to Marie LeBlanc. Children: Jean, 1757; Alexandre, 1760; Joseph, 1763; Marie-Marguerite, 1765; Jacques, 1767; Marie-Josephe, about 1770. He was at Ristigouche at the Bay des Chaleurs in 1760; prisoner of the English at Halifax from 1760 to 1763. He was at Miquelon in 1766 and in France about 1767. He embarked on the Beaumont bound for Louisiana 11 June 1785 with his wife, his sons Jean and Jacques as well as his daughter Marie-Josephe. “5567


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“ E3 Jean Anselme Guidry (dit Grivois) b. 1730 m. 1755 Marie LeBlanc at Prince Edward Island. This family was at Ristigouche on the Bay des Chaleurs in 1760, a prisonnier of the English in Halifax from 1760 to 1763 (Ft. Beausejour) (7) at Miquelon in 1766, in France around 1767, at Rochefort, France in 1772. Listed as a carpenter when he sailed to LA, on Le Beaumont (family #25) on June 11, 1785 with his wife and children, Jean, Jacques, and Marie Joseph. He acquired a land grant and settled in St. James Parish. Listed in the census of Lafourche des Chitimachas on January 1, 1791 age 60 with wife Marie LeBlanc age 60 and no children. Listed in census of Valenzuela in Lafourch in December 1795 age 68 with wife Marie LeBlanc age 64. Listed in census of Valenzuela 1797 age 69 with wife Marie age 65. Listed in census of Lafourche in 1798 as age 69 with wife Marie age 68.

1. Jean Fermin (Fabien) Guidry (81) b. 1757 m. 1786 Celeste Boudreaux.
Listed as a carpenter, had a land grant in St. James, resident of Bayou Lafourche in 1791.
2. Alexandre b. 1760
3. Joseph b. 1763
4. Marie Marguerite b. 1765
5. Jacques b. 1767
6. Marie Joseph b. 1770

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(7) *Note: I found a statement which said that in 1775 Jean Sr. & Marie were part of the Acadian families taking part in the second convoy leaving Nantes, France for New Orleans. The list, however, says Jean, Sr. and Jean, Jr. were absent. In 1763 Jean Anselme, his wife and two oldest children were prisoners of war at Fort Beausejour on August 24, 1763 (see Dudley LeBlanc’s “The Acadians”. “5569

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“ Jean Anselme (D3) and his wife, Marie Leblanc, were held prisoners by the English in Halifax for a number of years during the expulsion. Anselme (as Jean was called) was probably captured at Mirligueche when Captain Sylvanus Cobb removed the settlers in 1752. Anselme’s name is among a list of 374 names of Acadian prisoners at Fort Beausejour dated August 24, 1763. This list was sent to the Duc de Niverois with an appeal for help in obtaining their release from captivity. Most of these French people had moved from Acadia before the exile and were captured on the Memramcook and Peticodiac Rivers. Some were from Cocagne and Miramichi. It is possible Anselme Guidry was part of the majority of self-exiled although there is a possibility as well that he was one of the settlers rounded up at Mirligueche in 1752. While at Fort Beausejour, the English considered the French settlers to be prisoners of war and refused to allow them to leave. In 1764 Anselme and other Acadians were offered land by the English but Anselme and most of the others refused and left for the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon. Anselme lived for a while on Miquelon and then went on to France as had done Pierre. We find him again on June 11, 1785, when he and his wife, along with their children Jean, Jacques, and Marie Joseph, boarded the ship Beaumont bound for Louisiana. Anselme had spent some 20 years in France where he received 6 cents per day assistance from the French King and had been part of several unsuccessful attempts organized by the French Government to resettle the Acadians in various places including the effort of resettlement at Grand Lane, near Châtellerault. “4770

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Marie-Josephe Guédry
Marie Josephe Guidry