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The parents for Michel Richard dit Beaupre dit Sansoucy have been misleading. He is listed as having the parents: Jean-Andre Richard and Huguette Poirier Jean-Andre Richard and Huguette Gougeon Andre Richard and Michelle Paulin Andre-Guillaume Richard ----------------------------- The family of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Marie Madeleine BLANCHARD [44814] RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, Michel (.. RICHARD & .. [85669]), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1630 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : from Saintonge according to GAAQ (information not reliable) (Origine : de Saintonge selon GAAQ (information non fiable))

• married about 1656, from Port-Royal (bim 178) (Acadie)

BLANCHARD, Marie Madeleine (Jean & Radegonde LAMBERT [84239]), born about 1643 (rec. 1671), died between census 1678 and 1684 Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie) 1) Alexandre, married about 1690 Isabelle PETITPAS 2) Anne, married about 1685 Germain THÉRIAULT 3) Catherine, married about 1678 François BROSSARD puis BROUSSARD 4) Cécile, married about 1692 Pierre FOREST 5) Madeleine, born about 1671 (rec. 1671 : 5 sem.), 1670 (rec. 1678), 1673 (rec. 1686) or 1671 (rec. 1693) Port-Royal (Acadie), died after 1729-07-10 Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles-des-Mines) (Acadie), married before census 1686 Charles BABIN 6) Marguerite, married about 1698 Jean LEBLANC 7) Marie Josèphe, married about 1689 Michel VINCENT 8) Martin, married about 1691 Marguerite BOURG 9) Pierre, married about 1686 Marguerite LANDRY 10) René, married about 1680 Madeleine LANDRY

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The family of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Jeanne BABIN [47428] RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, Michel (.. RICHARD & .. [85669]), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1630 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : from Saintonge according to GAAQ (information not reliable) (Origine : de Saintonge selon GAAQ (information non fiable))

• married about 1683, from .. (Acadie)

BABIN, Jeanne (Antoine & Marie MERCIER [85440])

     1) Alexandre, married Port-Royal (Acadie) 1711-12-26 Marie LEVRON
     2) Michel, married Port-Royal (Acadie) 1707-02-25 Agnès BOURGEOIS

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-------------------- The family of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Marie Madeleine BLANCHARD [44814] RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, Michel (.. RICHARD & .. [85669]), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1630 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : from Saintonge according to GAAQ (information not reliable) (Origine : de Saintonge selon GAAQ (information non fiable))

• married about 1656, from Port-Royal (bim 178) (Acadie)

BLANCHARD, Marie Madeleine (Jean & Radegonde LAMBERT [84239]), born about 1643 (rec. 1671), died between census 1678 and 1684 Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie)

     1) Alexandre, married about 1690 Isabelle PETITPAS
     2) Anne, married about 1685 Germain THÉRIAULT
     3) Catherine, married about 1678 François BROSSARD puis BROUSSARD
     4) Cécile, married about 1692 Pierre FOREST
     5) Madeleine, born about 1671 (rec. 1671 : 5 sem.), 1670 (rec. 1678), 1673 (rec. 1686) or 1671 (rec. 1693) Port-Royal (Acadie), died after 1729-07-10 Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles-des-Mines) (Acadie), married before census 1686 Charles BABIN
     6) Marguerite, married about 1698 Jean LEBLANC
     7) Marie Josèphe, married about 1689 Michel VINCENT
     8) Martin, married about 1691 Marguerite BOURG
     9) Pierre, married about 1686 Marguerite LANDRY
     10) René, married about 1680 Madeleine LANDRY

Bibliographie : Dictionnaire généalogique des familles acadiennes (White); Acadian Church Records; Déclarations de Belle-Île-en-Mer; Dictionnaire des Acadiens d'Archange Godbout; Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens (Arsenault); http://www.umoncton.ca/etudeacadiennes/centre/cea.html; Mémoires (Société généalogique canadienne-française)

http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/044/044814.php -------------------- The parents for Michel Richard dit Beaupre dit Sansoucy have been misleading. He is listed as having the parents: Jean-Andre Richard and Huguette Poirier Jean-Andre Richard and Huguette Gougeon Andre Richard and Michelle Paulin Andre-Guillaume Richard

The family of Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY and Marie Madeleine BLANCHARD [44814] RICHARD dit SANSOUCY, Michel (.. RICHARD & .. [85669]), ploughman (laboureur), born about 1630 (rec. 1671, rec. 1686), died between 1686 and census 1693 Port-Royal (Acadie) Him : Origin : from Saintonge according to GAAQ (information not reliable) (Origine : de Saintonge selon GAAQ (information non fiable))

• married about 1656, from Port-Royal (bim 178) (Acadie)

BLANCHARD, Marie Madeleine (Jean & Radegonde LAMBERT [84239]), born about 1643 (rec. 1671), died between census 1678 and 1684 Port-Royal (bim) (Acadie) 1) Alexandre, married about 1690 Isabelle PETITPAS 2) Anne, married about 1685 Germain THÉRIAULT 3) Catherine, married about 1678 François BROSSARD puis BROUSSARD 4) Cécile, married about 1692 Pierre FOREST 5) Madeleine, born about 1671 (rec. 1671 : 5 sem.), 1670 (rec. 1678), 1673 (rec. 1686) or 1671 (rec. 1693) Port-Royal (Acadie), died after 1729-07-10 Grand-Pré (Saint-Charles-des-Mines) (Acadie), married before census 1686 Charles BABIN 6) Marguerite, married about 1698 Jean LEBLANC 7) Marie Josèphe, married about 1689 Michel VINCENT 8) Martin, married about 1691 Marguerite BOURG 9) Pierre, married about 1686 Marguerite LANDRY 10) René, married about 1680 Madeleine LANDRY http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/044/044814.php

-------------------- Michel arrived in Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuel LeBorgne and Guilbault around 1652 with St. Mas, the representative of LeBorgne. Michel was first married to Madeleine Blanchard in 1656 at Port Royal. She was born in 1643 at Port Royal, the daughter of Jean Blanchard and Radegonde Lambert. The children born to this couple were

Rene, born 1657; Pierre, 1661; Catherine, 1663; Martin, 1665; Alexandre, 1668; Anne and Madeleine, 1670; Marie, 1674; Cecile, 1676; and Marguerite, 1679. Michel remarried in 1683 to Jeanne Babin, daughter of Antoine Babin and Marie Mercier. Children of the second marriage were

Alexandre, born 1686, and Michel, born 1684. Michel I died in 1687.

Martin , fourth child of Michel and Madeleine, was born in 1665 at Port Royal. Martin married in 1690 at Beaubassin, Acadia, Marguerite Bourg. She was born in 1667 the daughter of Francois Bourg and Marguerite Boudreaux.

Alexander Richard , son of Martin and Marguerite, was born in 1692 at Quebec. Alexander married in 1722 at Beaubassin a Marie Madeleine Thibodeaux. She was born in 1703 the daughter of Jean Pierre Thibodeaux and Marguerite Hebert.

After the Expulsion from Acadia in 1755, Opelousas and the Attakapas District of Louisiana became the chief centers of Richard families in Louisiana during the eighteenth century and remain so today. There the clan was begun by two Richard brothers, Pierre and Victor , sons of Alexander and Madeleine. Pierre came with his wife Marguerite Dugas and children, whereas Victor did not marry until 1772. Both settled as farmers and stockmen in the Bellevue prairies south of Opelousas. Pierre and his six sons were the main forebearers of the Richards of southwest Louisiana, producing far more progency than his brother Victor, who reared only one son. -------------------- Michel arrived in Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuelle Borgne and Guilbeaux in 1652. He was a soldier in the garrison of PortRoyal.