Acadian HEBERT family history
BRIAN COMEAUX
This is not as good as Tim HEBERTS'S page, but maybe its a starting
point.
BGC
nationaliste acadien/acadian nationalist
http://www.cma-la99.com
site officiel du CONGRES MONDIAL ACADIEN-LOUISIANE 1999
HÉBERT FAMILY
The first Acadian census, in 1671, mentions two Hébert families. The
first was that of Anthoine Hébert and his wife, Geneviève Lefranc, and
the second was that of the widow of Estienne Hébert, Marie Gaudet. Due
to the number of certificates of marriage dispensation that still exist,
it has been possible to determine that Anthoine and Estienne Hébert were
brothers. They were the sons of Jacques Hébert and Marie Juneau of
Balesmes, in the present day French department of Indre-et-Loire near
the city of Tours. They came to Port-Royal around 1648 during the
governorship of Charles de Menou d'Aulnay, whose French seigneurie was
not far from Balesmes. D'Aulnay's business agent, Emmanel LeBorgne,
sieur du Coudray, recruited colonists from D'Aulnay's seigneurie and the
surrounding towns as colonists for Acadie.
Anthoine was apparently married before his departure and came to
Port-Royal with his wife. Estienne married within a year of his arrival
to Marie Gaudet, the daughter of Jehan Gaudet and Françoise-Marie
Daussy. They were two of the earliest Acadian settlers.
Estienne and Marie Gaudet had ten children, five boys and five girls.
The five girls, in order of their birth, were Marie (b. 1650, m. 1666
Michel DeForest), Marguerite (b. 1652, m. 1670 Jacques-Nicolas
LePrince), Françoise (b. 1661, m 1679 Jean Commeau), Catherine (b. 1663,
m. 1679 Philippe Pinet dit Bellefeuille), Martine (b. 1665, m. 1682
Nicolas Barrilot (Barrileaux)). The five boys were first twins Emmanuel
(b. 1653, m. 1679 Andrée Brun), Estienne (b. 1653, m. 1678 Jeanne
Commeau), and thereafter Jehan (Jean) (. b. 1658, m. 1691 Jeanne
Douaron), Michel (b. 1666, m. 1691 Isabelle Pellerin), and Anthoine (b.
1670, m. 1690 Jeanne Corporon, m. 1737 Anne Orillon dite Champagne).
The second Hébert brother to come to Acadia, Anthoine, had only three
children with his wife, Geneviève Lefranc. The two sons were both named
Jehan (Jean), one born in 1649 and who disappeared from the Acadian
censuses after 1671, apparently leaving no descendants. The second son,
Jehan le cadet was born in 1653 and married Anne Doucet, the daughter of
Pierre Doucet and Henriette Pelletret at Port- Royal in 1676. Their
only daughter, Catherine, was born in 1656 and married Jacques LeBlanc,
the son of Daniel LeBlanc and Françoise Gaudet in 1673.
Some of the descendants of Emmanuel Hébert, one of the twin sons of
Estienne Hébert and Marie Gaudet, were among the many Hébert families
who eventually made their way to Louisiana following the deportation.
Emmanuel and his wife, Andrée Brun, settled near Port-Royal. Emmanuel
likely inherited the farm of his father. This was Andrée Brun`s second
marriage. She was widowed from Germain Thérriot and had three children,
two boys and a girl, from her first marriage. By the census of 1693,
Emmanuel had become one of the most prosperous inhabitants of the
Port-Royal region. He had 30 arpents in cultivation and owned 20 head
of cattle and 15 swine.
Emmanuel Hébert and Andrée Brun had six children, five boys and one
girl. The girl was named Marguerite. She was born in 1681 and married
Jean-Pierre Thibodeau, the son of Pierre Thibodeau and Jeanne Thérriot
(Thériot). The five sons were Guillaume (b. 1680, m. ca. 1706 name
unknown, m. 1711 Marie-Josephe Dupuis), Jean dit Emmanuel (b. 1683 at
Port-Royal, m. 1704 Magdeleine Dugas, the daughter of Claude Dugas and
Françoise Bourgeois), Jacques (b. 1684 at Port-Royal, m. 1706 to
Marguerite Landry, the daughter of Pierre Landry and Magdelaine
Robichaud), Alexandre (b. 1686, m. 1712 to Marie-Josephte Dupuis, the
daughter of Pierre Dupuis and Magdelaine Landry) and Martin (b. 1687,
disappeared from census of 1701).
Jean dit Emmanuel, his wife, Magdeleine Dugas, and their family helped
to found the Memramcook-Chipoudy region in present day New Brunswick,
Canada. One of their sons, Jean-Baptiste, married Claire Robichaud, the
daughter of Charles Robichaud. Eventually a feud erupted between the
Héberts and their allies, the Cyrs (Suire) against the Blanchard
family. One of the Cyr boys, Jean-Jacques, married the second daughter
of Jean dit Emmanuel, named Marie-Josephe. Jean-Jacques Cyr and his
wife, and two of her younger brothers, Michel (m. Élisabeth Benoît) and
Bélony (m. Jeanne Savoie, daughter of François Savoie), encroached on
land along the Memramcook River claimed by the Blanchard family. It was
no doubt therefore a Blanchard who gave the Hébert settlement the rather
unflattering name of Butte à Pétard. Finally, one of the sons of Jean
dit Emmanuel, Amand, married Madeleine Richard the daughter of Michel
Richard dit Beaupré. Madeleine`s brother, Jean- Baptiste was an ally of
the Blanchard family, and this marriage began a process of
reconciliation between the Blanchards and the Héberts in the Memramcook
valley just a few years before the British invasion of 1755.
Five Hébert families and two single Hébert men were among the earliest
Acadian arrivals in Louisana. The five families were all settled along
the first Louisiana Acadian coast in St. James Parish, while the two
single men settled in the Attakapas country by 1766. One of the five
St. James Parish families was headed by Claire Robichaud, the widow of
Jean-Baptiste Hébert of Memramcook. In 1767, nine more Hébert families
arrived in Louisiana from exile in Maryland and settled near present day
St. Gabriel in Iberville Parish.
One of the Hébert families that arrived from Maryland, provided
Louisiana with its fifteenth governor. Paul-Octave Hébert, the
great-great-great-great grandson of the original Estienne Hébert was
Louisiana`s fifteenth governor from 1853-1856. He was born and raised
on a sugar plantation a few miles downriver from Plaquemine in Iberville
Parish. His father was named Paul Hébert ( m. 1817 Eugénie Hamilton).
A number of Héberts eventually settled along the Bayous Teche and
Vermilion. At least one of the sons of Jean dit Emmanuel Hébert (m.
Magdelaine Dugas) of Memramcook, Bélony was one of these settlers. He
and his wife, Jeanne Savoie, and at least two of his sons, Joseph-Pepin
(m. 1771 Madeleine Trahan) and Jean-Charles (M. 1773 Madeleine
Robichaud), settled along the Bayou Vermilion. Many of their
descendants still live along the Bayou in Lafayette and Vermilion
parishes.
Another line of Attakapas region Héberts was launched by three sons of
Jean-Baptiste Hébert and Claire Robichaud who migrated to Bayou Teche in
the late 1760s. Jean- Baptiste II (m. 1768 Théotiste Hébert) lived near
St. Martinville. His brothers, Joseph (m. 1762 Françoise Hébert) and
Mathurin (m. 1787 Catherine Doré) lived near Fausse Pointe.
Jean-Baptiste II later moved nearer to his brothers. Some of their
grandsons eventually moved west into Calcasieu Parish, thus establishing
the Hébert name there.
Eighteen Hébert families arrived with the Acadians from France in
1785. Most of these families settled in the Lafourche and Terrebonne
regions. One of the largest of these families was headed by Jean-Pierre
(m. Suzanne Pitre). Jean-Pierre was the son of René dit Gros Hébert.
René was the son of Jehan le cadet and the grandson of Anthoine Hébert
and Geneviève Lefranc. His sons settled along Bayou Lafourche near
Thibodaux. Bobby Hébert, ex-NFL quaterback is a descendant of
Jean-Pierre Hébert and Suzanne Pitre. Another family that arrived in
1785, headed by Joseph (m. 1786 Marie-Jeanne Durembourg) settled in
present day Terrebonne Parish along Bayous Terrebonne and Petit Caillou.
Today, the Hébert family is one of the largest in Louisiana. There are
concentrations of the family throughout Acadiana, but especially in
Lafayette, Vermilion, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.
If you have historical or genealogical information on the Acadian Pitre,
Préjean, Mouton or LeBlanc families or other Acadian families, please
contact the CONGRES MONDIAL ACADIEN LOUISIANE 1999 at C.P. 3804;
Lafayette, LA 70502-3804. If you are interested in participating in the
organization of a family reunion for the 1999 CMA, please contact the
same address or call (318)234-6166 or toll free from the US and Canada
at (888)526-1999.
This Acadian family history is sponsored by the CONGRES MONDIAL ACADIEN-
LOUISIANE 1999 and its commercial partners, OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER, THE LOUISIANA LOTTERY, ACADIAN AMBULANCE AND AIRMED
SERVICES, the LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT, the TERREBONNE PARISH
GOVERNMENT, and THE FONDATION CODOFIL.
Tim Hebert
In the recent posting on HEBERTs, which also appeared in Damon Veach's
column last month, there were several points that need
clarification/correction.
1) Antoine & Etienne were not children of Jacques & Marie Juneau.
The misconception began with Father Adrien Bergeron's article
entitled
"Deux grandes familles acadiennes" [Memoires de la Societe genealogique
canadienne- francaise (Vol. VI, No.8, Oct 1955, pp. 393-394)]. Father
Bergeron tried to say that Antoine and Etienne were
brothers of a Jacques HEBERT, son of Jacques and Marie JUNEAU. The
following year, Father Archange Godbout showed the connection to be
incorrect (Vol.VII, No. 2, April 1956, pp. 122-123). An examination of
Jacques' (the son) marriage contract showed his name to be HABERT, not
HEBERT. Godbaut's article also shows evidence (derived from marriage
dispensations) that Antoine and Etienne were indeed brothers.
Steve White, of the CEA, sent me a letter in which he said the
origin of Acadian HEBERTs can be summed up in one word: unknown.
2) Anthoine was apparently married before his departure and came to
Port-Royal with his wife.
This is a guess by DeSaulniers, who also says that they left
children
behind in France. Because of the wife's age, he also suggests that
Antoine was her 2nd husband. But there is no evidence of when they were
married.
3) Benony and Jeanne Savoie settled along Bayou Vermilion.
Actually, they are believed to have died in Canada and never
came to
Louisiana; though it is correct that their sons Joseph-Pepin and Jean
Charles settled in that area. Benony and Jeanne were living near the
Miracmichi River in New Brunswick in 1761, but they are not in any
Canadian or Louisiana censuses after that. [Francois Hebert and Marie
Anne Mouton and Their Descendants, by L'Association des Hebert du Monde,
1998]
4) Pierre Hebert’s name as Jean Pierre.
His marriage license, the passenger ship list, census records,
etc. all
state that his name is just Pierre.
5) (Jean) Pierre was the son of Rene dit Gros Hebert.
Actually, Pierre was the son of Jean and Claire Dugas. Jean was
the
son of Pierre and Jeanne Landry. Pierre was the son of Jean and
Anne Doucet. And Jean was Antoine’s son.
6) His (Pierre's) sons settled along Bayou Lafourche near Thibodaux.
Pierre settled his family north of Baton Rouge in 1785, but the
sons
moved to Labadieville (which is near Thibodaux) in 1794 after a
hurricane devastated the village.
7) Bobby Hebert descends from Pierre and Suzanne Pitre.
Actually, the L’Association Hebert printed his Hebert
descendancy (it’s
online at the website) and his Hebert line in
Louisiana starts with Joseph Ignace (son of Jean, son of Rene, ...).
Tim
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Some of my WebSites ...
ACADIAN-CAJUN GENEALOGY
http://www.geocities.com/~timhebert/
THE HEBERT FAMILY
http://www.geocities.com/~timhebert/hebert.htm
TERREBONNE PARISH, LA - HISTORY & GENEALOGY
http://www.rootsweb.com/~laterreb/
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE - UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/louisiana-conference/
ARCHIVES & HISTORY - LA CONF - UM CHURCH
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/history/
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH - HOUMA, LA
http://www.gbgm-umc.org/houma/
Denis Beauregard
Tim Hebert <heb...@cheerful.com> wrote:
Tim Hebert <heb...@cheerful.com> écrivait:
>In the recent posting on HEBERTs, which also appeared in Damon Veach's
>column last month, there were several points that need
>clarification/correction.
>
>1) Antoine & Etienne were not children of Jacques & Marie Juneau.
> The misconception began with Father Adrien Bergeron's article
>entitled
>"Deux grandes familles acadiennes" [Memoires de la Societe genealogique
>canadienne- francaise (Vol. VI, No.8, Oct 1955, pp. 393-394)]. Father
>Bergeron tried to say that Antoine and Etienne were
>brothers of a Jacques HEBERT, son of Jacques and Marie JUNEAU. The
>following year, Father Archange Godbout showed the connection to be
>incorrect (Vol.VII, No. 2, April 1956, pp. 122-123). An examination of
>Jacques' (the son) marriage contract showed his name to be HABERT, not
>HEBERT. Godbaut's article also shows evidence (derived from marriage
>dispensations) that Antoine and Etienne were indeed brothers.
> Steve White, of the CEA, sent me a letter in which he said the
>origin of Acadian HEBERTs can be summed up in one word: unknown.
Adrien Bergeron himself says that in "Le Grand Arrangement des
Acadiens au Quebec" that this is a youth error, i.e. even the
original author recognizes his mistake.
Denis
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Tom Peeler
BRIAN COMEAUX wrote:
> This is not as good as Tim HEBERTS'S page, but maybe its a starting
> point.
>
> BGC
> nationaliste acadien/acadian nationalist
> http://www.cma-la99.com
> site officiel du CONGRES MONDIAL ACADIEN-LOUISIANE 1999
>
> HÉBERT FAMILY
>
> The first Acadian census, in 1671, mentions two Hébert families. The
> first was that of Anthoine Hébert and his wife, Geneviève Lefranc, and
> the second was that of the widow of Estienne Hébert, Marie Gaudet.
<snip>
And now the He'berts sell BMW motorcycles in Baton Rouge.
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