Michel RICHARD dit SANSOUCY
Biography

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"Family Info: Acadian Descendants by Janet Jehn, Acadian Genealogy Exchange


Birth: Abt 1630 in St Georges, St Ange, La Rochelle, Seine et Marne, St Onge, France


Death: BET 1686 AND 1689 in Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, Acadi
Note: per Declarations De Belle iLe en Mer.


Immigration: Abt: 1651 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada)


Note: Abt. 1651 Acadia with the expedition of Emmanuel Le Borgne and De Guilbault ; he was with sieur De St Mas, representative of Le Borgne.


Event: Military Abt: 1651 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada) , Soldier in the garrison of Port Royal, perhaps a soldier under the command of the sieur LaBorgne De Belle Isle.


Occupation: Laborer 1671 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada) 5 10


Census: 1671 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada), age 41, laborer, Magdeleine Blanchard 28, 7 children. 15 cattle, 14 sheep, 14 arpents of land in 2 places.


Census: 1678 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada), Michel Richard, Madelaine Blanchard, 4 boys age 22 to 10, 5 girls age 8 to 1, 21 sheep, 10 arpents.


Census: 1686 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada), age 56, Jeanne Babin, 18. 6 children, age 19 to 2, 5 married. 2 guns, 12 arpens worked land, 16 cattle, 30 sheep, 8 pigs, 2 guns.


Census: 1703 Port Royale, Acadia (Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada), 2 sons of the widow of Michel Richard (Jeanne Babin remarr. to Laurent Doucet) capable of carrying arms.


Today the surname Richard is a very common name both in French and Anglo form. During the settlement of Louisiana, several individuals named Richard were among the earliest of the area. This particular line of Richards of interest here date back to Michel Richard dit Sancoucy , born in 1630 at Saintonge, France. He was the son of Andre Richard.
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 Québec. 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.
from: Landrydtuff Website, Dr. Don Landry & Jim Landry. Downloaded: 29 Apr 2002 www.landrystuff.com/ prejean.htm"



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