Overview

Location

Bayou Teche, St. Martinville, St. Mary Pa., LA

Date Constructed/ Founded

ca. 1765

Associated Surnames

Broussard

Historical notes

Amand/ Armand Broussard was born in Chipody, Acadia around 1754, the youngest of ten children of Joseph "Beausoleil" Broussard and Agnes Thibodeaux. Forced into exile with his family following the Treaty of Paris, the Broussard's arrived in Louisiana in 1765. The Broussard estate became a prosperous cattle and cotton plantation by the time of Amand's death in 1818.

Associated Slave Workplaces

none

Associated Free Persons

• Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard (b.1704/0-d.1765)
• Agnes-Anne Thibodeaux (b.1706-d.1753-1801) - wife of Joseph dit Beausoleil Broussard (m.1725)

• Jean Gregoire Broussard (b.1726-d.?) - son of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard
• Joseph Gregoire "Petite Joe" Broussard (b.1729-d.?) - son of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard
• Isabelle Elizabeth Broussard (b.1730-d.?) - daughter of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard
• Raphael Broussard (b.1733-d.?) - son of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard
• Athanase/ Thimothee Broussard (b.1740/41-d.?) - son of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard
• Francois Broussard (b.1746-d.?) - son of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard
• Claude Eloy "Grand" Broussard (b.1748-d.?) - son of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard

• Amand(Armand) Broussard (b.1754-d.1818) - owner; son of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard

• Amand dit Beausoleil Broussard (b.1754-d.1818) - son of Joseph Beausoleil and Agnes T. Broussard

• Helen Landry Broussard (b.1757-d.1774) - first wife of Armand Broussard (m.1771)
• Eloy Josaphat Armand Broussard (b.1771-d.1836) - son of Armand and Helen L. Broussard

• Anne Benoit Broussard (b.1758-d.1830) - second wife of Armand Broussard (m.1775)
• Edouard Armand Broussard (b.1777-d.1830) - son of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Christine Broussard (b.1779-d.?) - daughter of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Scholastique Broussard (b.1782-d.1827) - daughter of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Anne Dit "Nannon" Broussard (b.1784-d.1814) - daughter of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Nicholas-Armand dit Beausoleil Broussard (b.1786-d.?) - son of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Eloi Amand Broussard (b.1788-d.1832) - son of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Suzanne Broussard (b.1790-d.?) - daughter of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Marie Louisa Felonise Broussard (b.1792-d.?) - daughter of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Julia Broussard (b.1795-d.1843) - daughter of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Rosemond Broussard (b.1799-d.1820) - daughter of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Camille Broussard (b.1801-d.1846) - daughter of Armand and Anne B. Broussard
• Pierre Broussard (b.1804-d.1805) - son of Armand and Anne B. Broussard

Associated Enslaved Persons

1813 Slaves owned by Nicolas Broussard

From the Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1718-1820 database

• Amy - age 14; black; sold to John Meriman; notes: This slave is given as payment for purchase of a tract of land on Bayou Teche 2X40 arpents, also due 200 dollars in cattle

1818 Slaves of the Broussard Estate

From the Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1718-1820 database. Sold after the death of Armand Broussard.

• Adelaide - black; purchased by Nicolas Loisel

1819 Slaves owned by Josaphat Broussard

From the Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1718-1820 database

• mother (30)
• Adam - age 3; mulato rouge; purcahsed from Ursin Carlin

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none reported yet

Miscellaneous Information

• none

References

• Afro-Louisiana History and Genealogy 1718-1820 database, http://www.ibiblio.org/laslave/fields.php
• Rootsweb World Connect Project, Slack, Myers, Isely, Schniede(r)went Family Tree
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette Department of Sociology and Anthropology: Early Acadian Archaeological Project, http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mar4160/2002fieldschool.html

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