Louis
MOUTON
Born
abt. 1737
,
Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Died
abt. 1817
,
Louisiana, USA
Parents & Family of Louis MOUTON
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Born: abt. 1737 in Beaubassin, Acadia (Fort Lawrence)
Father:
Jean MOUTON
Mother:
Marie Josephe GIROUARD
Maternal grandparents:
Alexandre GIROUARD
, Marie Madeleine LEBORGNE DE BELISLE
Louis was deported as part of the Acadian Exile / Grand Derangement around 1755.
Learn more: What Was The Acadian Expulsion of 1755? Unraveling the Grand Dérangement
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Louis married Marie Modeste BASTARACHE abt. 1760 in Acadia . The couple had (at least) 3 children.
Marie Modeste BASTARACHE was born 28 April 1733 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada (Port Royal, Acadia). Marie Modeste died 13 August 1818 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. Marie Modeste was the child of Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Angélique RICHARD.
Louis MOUTON died abt. 1817 in Louisiana, USA.
1765 • Acadian immigrants of, Louisiana, USA
Louis Mouton, age 28, Salvator's younger brother, came with wife Marie-Modeste Bastarache, age 32, and infant daughter Anne-Charlotte. The Moutons most likely arrived by ship at New Orleans sometime in autumn of 1765 with one of the parties from Halifax.
Thanks to Deb Thomas Sheldon
Louis Mouton, age 28, Salvator's younger brother, came with wife Marie-Modeste Bastarache, age 32, and infant daughter Anne-Charlotte. The Moutons most likely arrived by ship at New Orleans sometime in autumn of 1765 with one of the parties from Halifax.
Thanks to Deb Thomas Sheldon
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Spouse & Children of Louis MOUTON
Louis MOUTON married 
Marie Modeste BASTARACHE
Marriage date: abt. 1760
Marriage place: , Acadia
Marie Modeste BASTARACHE was the child of Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Angélique RICHARD
Marie Modeste BASTARACHEMarriage date: abt. 1760
Marriage place: , Acadia
Marie Modeste BASTARACHE was the child of Jean BASTARACHE dit BASQUE and Angélique RICHARD
Children of Louis MOUTON and Marie Modeste BASTARACHE
Anne Charlotte Modeste MOUTONBorn: 15 February 1764, New Orleans, Territory of Orleans
Died: 31 August 1819, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Died: 31 August 1819, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
David MOUTONBorn: abt. 1770, , Territory of Orleans
Died: ,
Died: ,
Elizabeth MOUTONBorn: 6 February 1774, St James, St James, Territory of Orleans
Died: 31 August 1844,
Died: 31 August 1844,
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Grand Derangement
From Steven Cormier's Acadians in Gray
acadiansingray.com
Appendices/ Mouton
Brothers Pierre, Salvator, and Louis and their families escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and fled to Restigouche on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where Louis married a sister of brother Salvator's wife in October1760. With them was Jean dit Neveu, or the Nephew, son of older brother Jacques, whose family had gone to South Carolina. The Moutons' refuge at Restigouche did not last long. In the summer of 1760, after the fall of Québec City the previous autumn and Montréal earlier that year, the British attacked the fortification at Restigouche, the last French stronghold still standing in North America. The French and Acadians at Restigouche held out until autumn, when they were compelled to surrender to overwhelming force. Pierre Mouton died in the fighting, but Salvator and Louis survived and became prisoners of war. The British held them in Fort Edward, overlooking the...Read full story
From Steven Cormier's Acadians in Gray
acadiansingray.com
Appendices/ Mouton
Brothers Pierre, Salvator, and Louis and their families escaped the British roundup at Chignecto in 1755 and fled to Restigouche on the Gulf of St. Lawrence shore, where Louis married a sister of brother Salvator's wife in October1760. With them was Jean dit Neveu, or the Nephew, son of older brother Jacques, whose family had gone to South Carolina. The Moutons' refuge at Restigouche did not last long. In the summer of 1760, after the fall of Québec City the previous autumn and Montréal earlier that year, the British attacked the fortification at Restigouche, the last French stronghold still standing in North America. The French and Acadians at Restigouche held out until autumn, when they were compelled to surrender to overwhelming force. Pierre Mouton died in the fighting, but Salvator and Louis survived and became prisoners of war. The British held them in Fort Edward, overlooking the...Read full story
1764 Birth of ChildAnne Charlotte Modeste MOUTON was born 15 February 1764, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
1774 Birth of ChildElizabeth MOUTON was born 6 February 1774, St James, St James, Louisiana, USA
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Last updated: 6/21/2023 11:59:09 AM
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