Jean-Baptiste Arsenault

• Sources:
  • "The BROUSSARD dit Beausoleil Party to the Attakapas District, 1765" - http://www.acadiansingray.com
    • On list of Acadian prisoners at Halifax, Aug 1763, called Jean Arcenos
    • On list of Acadians who exchanged card money in New Orleans Apr 1765, called Jean Arceneau
    • Cabanocé, La Luisiana census, 1766, listed as Juan Arsenaud, age 38
    • Cabanocé, La Luisiana census, 1769, age 40
    • St.-Jacques, La Luisiana census, 1777, age 47
    • St.-Jacques, La Luisiana census, 1779, listed as Jean Arseneaux

      ---

• Notes:
  • Arrived in current day Louisiana in Feb 1765, age 37

    ---

Jean, elder son of Pierre Arseneau and Marguerite Hébert and brother of Joseph and Pierre, was born at Pointe Beauséjour, Chignecto, in c1728. He married Judith Bergeron probably at Chignecto perhaps before Le Grand Dérangement of 1755 They were counted as prisoners at Halifax in August 1763. Jean came to Louisiana with the Broussard dit Beausoleil party in February1765. With him were his wife and four sons. They followed the Broussards to the Bayou Teche valley that spring but retreated to Cabanocé that autumn to escape an epidemic that devastated the Teche valley community. They remained on the river, where they had more children, including two more sons. Their daughter married into the Clouâtre and Tomlette families. Jean did fairly well at St.-Jacques; in March 1779, Spanish officials counted three slaves on his farm along the river. Jean died at St.-Jacques in January 1800; the priest who recorded his burial said that Jean was 75 years old when he died, but he was closer to 72.

http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-ARCENEAUX.htm#ARCENEAUX