Jean-Francois Broussard

• Sources:
  • "The First Nominal Census (1769) of Colonial Settlers in Southwest Louisiana"; compiled by Donald Joseph Arceneaux; Provincial Press, Claitor's Publishing Division, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; www.ProvincialPress.us & www.Claitors.com.
  • "The BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil Party to the Attakapas District, 1765" - http://www.acadiansingray.com
    • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1766, Bayou Queue[sic] de Tortue, listed as Franco.
    • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1769, age 23
    • Took oath of allegiance to Spanish monarch 9 Dec 1769 & made his mark
    • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1771, age 25
    • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1774
    • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1777, age 30
    • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1781
    • Attakapas, La Luisiana census, 1785, listed as F. Broussard
    • On Attakapas militia list, Aug 1789, listed as Francisco Brusard

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• Notes:
  • Arrived in current day Louisiana in Feb 1765, age 19
  • Twin with Françoise Broussard

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Francois, second son of Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and Agnes Thibodeau, born probably at Petitcoudiac in 1746, followed his parents into exile in present-day southeastern New Brunswick, his widowed father into imprisonment in Nova Scotia, and on to Louisiana in 1764-65. Francois married Pelagie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Landry, at Atakapas in 1770. They settled on the lower Vermilion near present-day Abbeville, where Francois served as a syndic. Their daughters married into the Duhon, Landry, Meaux and Thibodeaux families. Francois died at his home on the Vermilion in May 1819; the priest who recorded his burial said that Francois was "age about 78 years" when he died, but he was closer to 73.

born c1746, probably Petitcoudiac; son of Joseph BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil & Agnès THIBODEAUX; brother of Amand, Claude, Francoise his twin, Isabelle, Madeleine, Marguerite, & Victor; probably held at Halifax with his parents, 1760-63; arrived LA Feb 1765, age 20, in party from Halifax via St.-Domingue led by his father; in Attakapas census, 1766, Bayou Queue[sic] de Tortue, called Franco. (gardener), with no one else in his household; married, age 24, Pélagie LANDRY, daughter of Charles LANDRY & Marie LEBLANC, c1770; settled on lower Vermilion, where he served as syndic; in Attakapas census, 1771, age 25, with unnamed wife [P%C3%A9lagie] age 26, brother Amant age 22, Isabelle [probably sister-in-law Hélène] LANDRY age 19, unnamed boy [son Odilon] age 2 months, unnamed girl [?] age 8, 0 slaves, 28 cattle, 7 horses, 12 arpents without title; in Attakapas census, 1774, with unnamed wife [P%C3%A9lagie], 2 unnamed children, 0 slaves, 36 cattle, 6 horses & mules, 10 pigs, 0 sheep; in Attakapas census, 1777, age 30, head of family number 70, with wife Pélagie age 28, sons Olidont age 6, Théophile age 4, Jean age 2, & orphan Élizabeth BROUSSARD age 14, 0 slaves, 79 cattle, 9 horses, 5 hogs, 0 sheep; in Attakapas census, 1781, with 13 unnamed individuals, 170 animals, & 49 arpents; in Attakapas census, 1785, called F. BROUSSARD, with 8 free unnamed individuals, 1 male slave, 1 female slave; on Attakapas militia list, Aug 1789, called Francisco BRUSARD; died "at his home at Vermillion" 15 May 1819 "at age about 78[sic] years", buried next day "in the parish cemetery"

Francois Broussard was born in 1741, Acadia. He died on May, 15, 1819 in St. Martin Parish, LA (SM CH V4 #1251).

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