Blaise Jean LeJeune

Blaise LEJEUNE, France, Vital Records Index
Record type: Marriage: Mar 11 1773 - Lafourche des Chitimachas (aujourd'hui Donaldson), Ascension, Louisiane, États-UnisBride: Josephe Marie BREAUX

• Sources:
  • "Acadians Aboard English ship Britannia, 1769" - http://www.acadiansingray.com
    • At Baie-des-Espagnols, Île Royale, Apr 1752, age 2
    • Moved to Lunenburg/Mirliguèche, Colony of Nova Scotia, Oct 1754
    • Imprisoned on Georges Island, Halifax, Sep 1755
    • Exiled to Edenton, Province of North Carolina, Dec 1755, aboard sloop Providence, age 5
    • Moved to Province of Maryland, c1760
    • In report on Acadians at Port Tobacco, Province of Maryland, Jul 1763, orphan
    • Departed Port Tobacco, Province of Maryland, 5 Jan 1769, aboard English schooner Britannia
    • Lost in the Gulf of Mexico & held by Spanish at La Bahia, Spanish Texas
    • Arrived Natchitoches Post, la Luisiana, 24 Oct 1769, overland from Spanish Texas, age 19
    • Settled below Bayou Plaquemine, St.-Gabriel District, la Luisiana with other Acadian exiles from the Britannia, Apr 1770
    • Opelousas, La Luisiana census, 1774, with 1 unnamed
    • Opelousas, La Luisiana census, 1777, age 27
    • Opelousas, La Luisiana census, 1785, called Bse
    • Opelousas, La Luisiana census, 1788, Bellevue
    • On Opelousas militia list, Jul 1789, fusilier
    • Opelousas, La Luisiana census, 1796, Faquetaic District

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• Notes:
  • Arrived in current day Louisiana on 24 Oct 1769, age 19

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for LOUISIANA. DAR Ancestor # A069435

Grand Derrangement-------Exiled to Maryland then onto Opelousas Louisiana

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Birth: 1751 Death: 1812 Louisiana, USA

Blaise & Marie married in Ascesion Catholic Church in Donaldsonville, La. Diocese of Baton Rouge. Department of the Archives. 1800 S. Acadian Thruway. Baton Rouge, La. 70821 - Vol 1 Pg 125

Blaise, who married in 1773 to Marie-Josephe Breaux, obtained land on both the upper Bayou Plaquemine Brulee (southwest of Opelousas Post) and in the Faquetaique Prairie (near Eunice), both areas becoming centers of the largest line of Lejeune descendants, which was further propagated by Blaise's five sons.

Bayou Blaise LeJeune was named after him. He also started a community called Youngsville, La.

The Colonists by Gladys DeVillier's: BLAS LeJEUNE; MARIA JOSEPHA BREAUX. Juan Bautista - baptized May 10, 1778; born December 15, 1777; Godparents, Maturin Richard and Magdalina Raydre. Hilario - baptized July 28, 1782; three months old Godparents, Blas LeJeune, his brother, represented by Mathurin Richard, and Magdalina Benoit. Jose - baptized July 2, 1780; five months old; Godparents, Jose LeJeune and Susana Thibaudo. Celeste - baptized June 4, 1786; born January 11, 1783; Godparents, Senor Duralde and Celeste Chretien. Maria Angelica - baptized November 5, 1786; born August 13, 1786; Godparents, Jose LeJeune and Maria Magdalina Bro. JOSE LeJEUNE; __________ RAITRE. Jose - two years old; buried October _ , 1802.

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Parents:

 Jean-Baptiste Lejeune (1728 - 1763)

 Marguerite Trahan Lejeune (1731 - 1757)

Spouse:

 Marie Josephine Breaux LeJeune (1750 - 1818)

Children:

 Jean Blaise LeJeune (1775 - 1848)*

 Joseph Ozier Lejeune (1780 - 1825)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Saint Landry Church Cemetery Opelousas St. Landry Parish Louisiana, USA