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Individual:
From The LeBlanc Legacy:
Desire LeBlanc, who was born ca. 1717 at Grand Pre, Acadia, died in Ascension Parish, La. on March 5, 1777. Desire married ca. 1740 to his first cousin, Marie Magdelaine Landry. She was born in Acadia , ca. 1723 and was the daughter of Jean Landry and Claire Le Blanc. Marie Magdelaine Landry, the widow LeBlanc married (SECOND) to Pierre Landry dit Perriot a Jacques.
Desire, Marie Magdelaine, and their children: Isaac, Marie, Jerome, Magdelaine, Elizabeth, Desire, Anne, Ozite, Benjamine, and Anselme were in exile at Oxford, Maryland, in 1763. In the 1768 and 1769 Census Records of St. James Parish, La., Desire and his wife, MarieMagdelaine were listed as settlers, living onthe right bank of the Mississippi River. They were listed as inhabitants in the 1770 Census of Ascension Parish, La.
Ascension Parish, La. Civil records dated November 18, 1777 state that Commandant Louis Judice went to the farm of the deceased Desire LeBlanc to make an inventory of Desire's estate. The inventory included: a farm of 8 arpents, a house on dirt 35' x 16' surrounded by and covered with pickets and small storehouse on dirt 20' long. Desire's total estate was valued at $1623.00. Desire's children, who were present at the taking of the inventory were: Simon, Isaac, Jerome, and Desire. Also present were his son-in-laws: Joseph Landry, Silvan LeBlanc, Joseph Babin, and Paul Braud. On February 26, 1778 there was a public sale of the moveable property of Desire LeBlanc. The total amount of the sale was $232.00. Desire's minor children present at the sale were: Ozite, Benjamin, Anselme, and Gregorie. This document of sale stated that the widow, Marie Magdelain Le Blanc was a resident of La Fourche des Chetimaches.
The 1769 Census of Acadians in Louisiana states that Dezire LeBlanc (age 52 yr) lived on the Right (West) Bank of the Mississippi River, near St. James Parish or present day Donaldsonville. Other members of his household were his wife, Marie Landry (46 yr), son Dezire (16 yr), son Benjamin (9 yr), son Enselme (6 yr), son Gregoire (5 mos.), daughter Izabelle (18 yr), daughter Marine (11 yr), daughter Ozitte (9 yr), and nephew Augustin Broussard (20 yr).
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