Person:Marie Theriot (8)

Marie Theriot
d.Sep 1787 , St. Martin, LA
m. 16 Nov 1734
  1. Marie Theriot1736 - 1787
  • HPaul Melanson1730 - Bet 1769 & 1770
  • WMarie Theriot1736 - 1787
m. Abt 1755
Facts and Events
Name Marie Theriot
Alt Name TERIO, TERRIOT TERIOT
Gender Female
Birth[1] 26 Jan 1736 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Christening[2] 30 Jan 1736 Grand Pré, Acadie, Nouvelle-France
Marriage Abt 1755 , , , Acadiato Paul Melanson
Census[5] 1763 Snow Hill, Worcester, MD
Census[6][7] 14 Sep 1769 Cabahannoce, St. James, LA
Census[8][9][10][11] 1 Aug 1770 , Ascension, LA
Census[12] 1777 Attakapas, St. Martin, LA
Death? Sep 1787 , St. Martin, LA
Burial[3][4] 29 Sep 1787 St. Martinville, St. Martin, LA

!LAND: On 10 April 1774, she sold her land to Jean Baptiste Mellhomme and shortly thereafter moved to Attakapas with 2nd husband Amand Prejean.

References
  1. Gregory A. Wood. Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, A. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995)
    p. 172.

    Marie TERRIOT, daughter of Germain & Marguerite BOUDROT, married to Paul MELANSON; five children.

  2. Diocese of Baton Rouge. Catholic Church Records, vol. 1a: Acadian Records, 1707-1748. (Diocese, 1999,)
    p. 187.

    Marie TERIOT, daughter of Germain & Marguerite BOUDROT, born 26 Jan 1736, baptized 30 Jan 1736. Sponsors: Claude BOUDROT & Marie LEBLANC. Recorded in St. Gabriel Church (SGA-2, 153).

    Acadian records from Grand Pré, carried into exile to St. Gabriel Church of Iberville, LA.

  3. Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 1-A, 1750-1800. (Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1996)
    p. 67.

    Marie [BLANCHARD, record actually has Marie BLANZON] [sic, should be MELANCON, her 1st married name] buried 29 Sep 1787 at age about 50 years. Recorded by Fr. Josef Antonio MASEDA at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, St. Martinville, LA (SM Ch.: v.4, #12).

    When married or the 2nd time, she was the widow of Paul MELANCON.

  4. Donald J. Hébert. Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk number 101. (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001).

    BLANCHARD [sic], Marie - [record actually has Marie BLANZON] of Canada "casada con" [married with] Aman PREJEAN bur. 29 Sept. 1787 at age "como de singuenta" [about 50 yrs.] Fr. Josef Antonio MASEDA (SM Ch.: v.4, #12)

    In Spanish, "como de singuenta [sic]" probably for "como de siguiente" which means "like the following" or as in the following entry.

  5. Gregory A. Wood. Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, A. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995)
    p. 172.

    On the 1763 census of Snow Hill, MD, her husband was head of a household of 6 persons.

  6. Jacqueline K. Voorhies. Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796. (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973)
    p. 481.

    Paul MELANCON, age 39, with his wife Marie THÉRIOT, age 33, and four children, in household of 7 persons which includes his brother-in-law Bazille LANDRY [½brother of wife Marie], age 19. They live on 6 arpents of land, with 6 head of cattle, 1 horse, 26 pigs, and 1 musket.

  7. Gregory A. Wood. Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, A. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995)
    p. 172.

    On the 1769 census of Cabanocey [St. James], LA, Marie was 33 years old.

  8. Jacqueline K. Voorhies. Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians; Census Records of the Colony 1758-1796. (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973)
    p. 276.

    In household #58: Marie THÉRIOT (widow MELANCON), age 34, listed with her five children and brother-in-law [sic, this is her half-brother] Bazile LANDRY, age 19.

  9. Gregory A. Wood. Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, A. (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, 1995)
    p. 172.

    On the 1770 census at Ascension [LA], she was 34.

  10. Albert Robichaux. Colonial Settlers along Bayou Lafourche, 1770-1798. (Harvey, LA: 1974. 2nd printing Hébert Publications, 1980)
    p. 6.

    Marie THERIOT, widow MELANCON, age 34 on the 1770 census of Ascension on the left bank of the River. She was head of household #58, living on 6 arpents of land, with five children and Bazile LANDRY, age 19, "her brother-in-law."

  11. Robert Bruce L. Ardoin, comp. Louisiana Census Records, vol. III. (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1977)
    p. 189.

    Household No. 58, on Land not conceded, around 50 arpents from the river. Marie THERIOT, widow MELANCON, age 34. On 6 arpents of land, with 3 head of cattle, 1 horse, 25 hogs, and 1 gun. Her five children are listed [Anne is not there], plus Bazile LANDRY, "Beau frere," no age given [sic, age 19].
    On the 1 August 1770:Marie Theriot, widow Melanson 34Jean Baptiste, son 11Philippe, son 19Paul, son 2 monthsMagdelaine, daughter 13Marie, daughter 8

  12. Winston De Ville. Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777. (Ville Platte, LA: author, 1987)
    p. 11.

    Marie TERRIER [sic], age 43, wife of Amant PREGEANT, 54, in family #49 at Attakapas Post. They have 30 cattle and 7 horses. There are seven children, plus Francois SOUDRIC, age 45. [The two youngest are of the current marriage.] (Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts, original found in legajo 2358, folios 258-300, Papeles procedentes de Cuba, at General Archives of the Indies in Seville.)