Family of Jean Baptiste Duon (dit Lyonnais) I & Agnès Herbert

Personal Details
- Jean Baptiste Duon (dit Lyonnais) I
  Jean was born about 1684 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
  - Birth Notes
    - HAS: Lyon, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France
  He died on May 15th, 1746 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
  - Death Notes
    - THE WRECK OF THE TIBEL
      
      Jean-Baptiste Duon arrived in Acadia very shortly before its definite conquest by Sir Francis Nickelson in 1710. He was called "Lyonnais," because he was from Lyon, France. According to the registration of his marriage, which took place in Port Royal in 1713, we know that his parents were Jean-Louis Duon and Jeanne Clemenceau and that his wife was Agnes Hebert, daughter of Antoine Hebert and Jeanne Corporon. In Annapolis, he became a merchant. In 1727, he was commissioned to act as notary public. Not doing well in business, he left Annapolis in 1725 and established himself, it seems, in Cape Breton. That is when he started to deal in merchandise with Louisbourg.
      
      In 1728, we find him as Captain of a vessel of 90 tons, the "Union," on his way to Cape Breton, coming from Quebec, with flour, biscuits, wheat, etc.
      
      It must have been very shortly after this date that he acquired another vessel, the "Tibel." His fourth son and fifth child was Abel. His name is about always given in different documents, even while he was in exile in Massachusetts, as "P'tit Bel", "P'tit" for "Petit" (small), and "Bel" for "Abel." It could be that this was the only name that his neighbours knew him by; one of the Acadians originally from Pubnico, but exiled in France, from where she writes to her sister-in-law, refers to his as "tibelle" (sic). This name that Jean-Baptiste Duon gave to his vessel would make us believe that he had it built purposely for himself. If not, he surely changed the name in honor of his son, after buying it. He was to lose it on the South Shore.
      
      Born in Port Royal May 12, 1722, Abel Duon was sent to Massachusetts in exile in April of 1756 with the Acadians living in Barrington and vicinity, where he married, in Marblehead, only a few months later, Anne d'Entremont, daughter of Jacques d'Entremont and of Marguerite Amirault, and sister to Joseph, Paul and Benoni who settled in West Pubnico at the return from exile. Abel Duon came back with them, and finally established himself also in West Pubnico (see sketch No. 34). He is the ancestor of those who now go by the name of d'Eon.
      
      With regard to the wreck of the Tibel, we only have one single document which mentions it, and it is not an original but a copy. Louis A. Surette (see sketch No. 46), through his mother who was the daughter of Joseph d'Entremont, came in possession of many documents regarding the early families who settled in Pubnico after the Expulsion. After his death, most of these documents passed into the hands of Henri Leander d'Entremont. They now belong to the St. Peter's parish, West Pubnico, and are stored in the vault of the Bishop's House, in Yarmouth. Some of these documents had been copied by had by my uncle Henri Leander d'Entremont. The document, dealing with the Tibel is one of them. This copy is in my possession. Follows its English translation, from the French.
      
      "At Cape Sable, village of Bacquarau. I testify of having given authorization to Charles Amiraux who resides here, and to six persons, of their confreres, to go and search along this coast and try to salvage what they can from the wreckage of the brigantine vessel the tibelle (sic), which, on its way to Louisbourg, being loaded, wrecked in the vicinity of Cap Ourse. This is to reward them for the troubles that they had and for the care that they took to look for us along the coast where we were without assistance or help from anyone, and even being in the risk of falling into the hands of the Indians. Wherefore I have signed the present certificate. (signed) Baduhon."
      
      "Baduhon" is put for Baptiste Duhon; among the French people, the name Jean-Baptiste is often given simply as "Baptiste"; here it abbreviated by "Ba." But what is most interesting here is the way that he signs his family name, DUHON. Would this really be the right spelling of the name, which usually is given in history as DUON? We know that there is a rule which says that the best way to know how a name should be spelled is to see how those who bore it spelled it. Nevertheless, in the Nova Scotia Archives, his name is about always given as DUON. We have also of him more that once the signature DUON.
      
      "Charles Amiraux" who was living in the Baccaro region, was the son of François Amirault, the first of the name in Acadia. Knowing those who at the time were living in the region, and they were few, we can easily identify the "six other persons."
      
      The wreck took place in the vicinity of "Cap a Ours," (Bear's Cape), a name which is given usually, in old documents, as "Port-à-Ours" (Bear's Port). This place-name became "Port Le Bear," and finally, according to local spelling, "Port L'Hebert" and, according to documents, "Port Hebert."
      
      Because the Tibel was on the South Shore, on its way to Louisbourg, we can be sure that it was coming either from the Bay of Fundy or from the New England States. The Acadians were forbidden to trade with the "enemy," in Cape Breton, which was a French territory at the time. Nevertheless, we are told that there was a great deal of clandestine trade going on with the island, especially between Boston and Louisbourg. From the Acadian peninsula, it was especially products of the farm which found their way to Cape Breton, including livestock for the livelihood of the colony. Boston furnished, among other things, tools, building materials, household utensils.
      
      The seven Acadians, having been authorized to take whatever they wanted from the wreckage, it would have been interesting to know what they took, that which might have given us a clue as to the place that the vessel was coming from; but those objects are not mentioned. It could have been Port Royal or other Acadian settlements along the Bay of Fundy, as Jean-Baptiste Duon had returned to Annapolis, where we find him in 1732 and the following years as rent collector.
      
      It is not said neither how the seven Acadians learned of the wreck. Jean-Baptiste Duon says that he and his crew were rescued by them.
      
      As you see, what we have regarding the wreckage of the Tibel is very scanty. We know about it merely from a private note, which is only the copy of an original. But it is enough for us to know that there was a vessel to which was given the name of the ancestor of the d'Eons of our region, and that it wrecked close to our shores.
  Agnès Herbert
  Agnès was born in 1698 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. She died at the age of 114 on September 1st, 1812 in Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Children
- Jean Baptiste Duon (fils) II
  Jean was born on June 24th, 1714 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
  - Birth Notes
    
    http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-DUHON.htm
    
    Link to more family.
    
    2. JEAN BAPTISTE4 DUHON (JEAN BAPTISTE DIT LYONNAIS3, JEAN LOUIS2, MATHIEU1) was born June 24, 1714 in Port Royal, Nova Scotia, and died 1758. He married MADELEINE VINCENT January 23, 1736 in Riviere Aux Canards, Nova Scotia, daughter of MICHAEL VINCENT and ANNE DOIRON. She was born 1714 in Pisiquit, Nova Scotia, and died September 05, 1782 in Nantes, France.
    
    Children of JEAN DUHON and MADELEINE VINCENT are:
    10.     i.           MARIE MAGDALEN5 DUHON, b. November 09, 1740, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia; d. April 05, 1785, Chantenay, France.
    11.     ii.           HONORE DUHON, b. 1741, Port Royal, Nova Scotia.
    12.     iii.           MARGUERITE DUHON, b. 1741.
  He died about 1758.
  Honoré Duhon
  Honoré was born on July 24th, 1716 in Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  - Birth Notes
    
    LOUISIANA: RIVER SETTLEMENTS
    
    Duhons were among the earliest Acadians to immigrate to Louisiana. Three families of Duhons reached New Orleans in 1765 from Halifax via St.-Domingue. They settled in the Acadian community of Cabanocé/St.-Jacques, now St. James Parish, on the river above New Orleans. ...
    
    The next contingent of Acadian Duhons reached Louisiana 20 years after the first ones arrived. They came aboard four of the Seven Ships from France that reached New Orleans in 1785. ...
    
    One family, that of Honoré Duhon, did not choose to settle on the river above New Orleans, in the upper Lafourche valley, or on the prairies west of the Atchafalaya Basin, where most of their fellow Acadians lived, but went to the Islenos community of San Bernado, now St. Bernard Parish, on the river below the city. ...
    
    LOUISIANA: WESTERN SETTLEMENTS
    
    By the mid-1770s, some of the Duhons from St.-Jacques crossed the Atchafalaya Basin and settled in the Atakapas District, creating a western branch of the family. ...
    
    CONCLUSION
    
    In Louisiana, the family's named evolved from Duon to Duhon. The family's name also is spelled D'Eon, D'Huan, Douhone, Duan, Duhans, Dujon, Duons, Duyon.
    
    Sources: Arsenault, Généalogie, 535-37, 1158-59, 2335, 2481-86; White, DGFA-1, 581-84; White, DGFA-1 English, 125.
  He died at the age of 67 on December 31st, 1783 in Donaldsonville, Ascension, Louisiana.
  - Death Notes
    
    Honoré Duon #179 b. 24-JUL-1716, m. ABT 1742, in Port Royal, Nova Scotia, Anne MARIE Vincent #188, (daughter of Michel Vincent #3722 and Anne-Marie Doiron #3723).
    
    a.    Marie Josephine Duon #189 b. 20-JUN-1744.
    
    b.    Anne Perpetue Duon #190 b. 28-MAR-1747.
    
    c.    Jean-Baptiste II Duon #191 b. 28-MAR-1747.
    
    d.    François Duon #2915 b. Abt 1748.
    
    e.    Marie Duon #2916 b. Abt 1749.
    
    f.    Pierre Duon #2917 b. Abt 1750.
    
    http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/r/a/Donald-E-Trahan/GENE49-0002.html#CHILD2
    
    3. HONORE4 DUHON (JEAN BAPTISTE DIT LYONNAIS3, JEAN LOUIS2, MATHIEU1) was born July 24, 1716 in Port Royal, Nova Scotia, and died December 31, 1783 in Donaldsonville, LA. He married ANNE MARIE VINCENT 1742 in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, daughter of MICHAEL VINCENT and ANNE DOIRON. She was born 1712 in Pisiquit, Nova Scotia.
    
    Children of HONORE DUHON and ANNE VINCENT are:
    i. MARIE JOSEPHE5 DUHON, b. 1744.
    ii. ANN PERPETUE DUHON1, b. 1745; m. VICTOR BLANCHARD.
    13.
    iii. JEAN BAPTISTE DUHON, b. 1747, Acadia; d. November 17, 1805.
    14.
    iv. FRANCOIS DUHON, b. 1748, Nantes, France; d. November 1789, Donaldsonville, LA.
    v. MARIE DUHON, b. 1749.
    vi. PIERRE DUHON, b. 1750.
    vii. CHARLES DUHON, b. 1752; m. MARIE LANDRY.
    viii. JACQUES DUHON, b. 1762.
    ix. MARIE FRANCOISE DUHON, b. February 25, 1764.
  Jeanne Duon
  Jeanne was born on March 29th, 1718 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
  - Birth Notes
    
    Jeanne Duon #180 b. 29Mar/3 Apr1718, Port Royal, m. François Mius #1987, b. 19 Mar 1703, "Cap Sable", Nova Scotia, (son of Joseph (d'Azy) Mius #1884 and Marie-Jeanne Amirault #1885) d. Between 1766/75.
    
    a.    Anne Mius #1988 m. Julien Frontain #1993.
    
    b.    Isabelle "Elisabeth" Mius #1989 m. 1764, Amand "Oncle Amand" LeBlanc #1994, (son of Jean-Simon LeBlanc #1995).
    
    c.    Jean "Jean-Pierre" Mius #1990 m. Anne Doucet #1997.
    
            (1)    ANNE MIUS #2369 m. DOMINIQUE MIUS #2370, b. 22 Nov 1809, PORT ROYAL, YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA,CANADA, (son of PAUL MIUS #2402 and MARIE LEBLANC #2403).
    
        (a)    FLORENT MIUS #2371 b. EEL BROOK, YARMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA, m. ANNE ELIZIBETH DULAIN #2372.
    
        (b)    BASILE MIUS #2400 m. FRANCOISE DULAIN #2401.
    
    d.    Basile Mius #1991.
    
    e.    Marie-Suzanne Mius #1723 b. About 1758, m. Michel Doucet #1722, b. Oct.27, 1754, (son of Joseph (à Claude) Doucet #1705 and Anne Agnés (à Pierre) Surette #1706) d. April 29, 1830.
    
             (1) Rosalie Doucet #1724 m. Jean-Baptiste Thibault #1731, (son of Yves (Ephrem) Thibault #1730 and Marguerite Deveau #1727).
    
        (a)    Marie Thibault #1732 m. Pierre III Robichaud #1748, (son of Pierre II Robichaud #1747 and Marie Rose (Rosalie) Corporon #1740).
    
    f.    Benjamin Mius #1992.
  She died at the age of 40 in 1758.
  - Death Notes
    
    Excerpt from RESTRICTIONS AND PENALTIES IN DAYS OF YORE
    
    Let us take, for example, dancing. Some of you, in this day and age, might be astonished to learn how the ecclesiastical authorities and even some good people were madly against it. Just before the American Revolution, for example, Jeanne Duon, widow of François Mius, came back from exile and settled with her son Ben in what the French people call, for that reason, "La Pointe-des-Ben" (Muise's Point). January 2, 1777, her daughter Isabelle writes to her from Pubnico, saying that she has heard that she, her mother, allowed dancing in her house, even on Sundays. Moreover, "I hear of the bad use that you have made of the clothing of my deceased sister Cecile; instead of selling them so that people might have prayed to deliver her from purgatory, you have let my other sister make use of them to go to the ball and amusements and serve the devil."
  Pierre Duon
  Pierre was born on March 28th, 1720 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
  - Birth Notes
    
    Pierre Duon b. 28-MAR-1720, Port Royal, baptized 30 Mar 1720, m. (1) 15 Nov 1745, in Grand Pré (or Port Royal), Angélique Aucoin, (daughter of Martin Aucoin and Cathérine Thériot) d. Before 1757, m. (2) Abt 1757, in Bristol, England, Marguerite Aucoin, b. c.1728, (daughter of Joseph Aucoin and Anne Trahan) m. (3) Catherine Theriot. He was on the passenger list of the "Southampton" (or a ship from Southampton, England) bound for France in 1763. He also was on the list of arrivals at St. Malo, France in 1763, aged 40 [sic] years. He was still at St. Malo in 1772, aged 49 [sic] years, from where he returned to Nova Scotia (with Broussard, Doiron, Lamarre, and Vincent), settling in Pomquet. He would be the ancestor of the DeYoung and Duyon of the Pomquet area. His age at his first marriage on 15 Nov, 1745, listed as 21 years old.
  He died in Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  Abel Duon (dit Tibel)
  Abel was born in May 1722 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
  - Birth Notes
    
    Abel Duon #31 b. 15/17May 1722, Port Royal, Nova Scotia, m. 1758, in Mass., U.S.A., Anne d'Entremont #32, b. 1732, (daughter of Jacques II MIUS d'ENTREMONT #33 and Marguerite Amirault #34). Abel died 29-JAN-1807, West Pubnico, Nova Scotia.
    
    a. Marie Duon #168 b. 1757, m. Abt 1785, Pierre III Surette #93, b. 1749/50, (son of Pierre II Surette #57 and Catherine Breau #58) d. 1 Oct 1824.
    
         (1) Augustin Surette #95 b. 1792, Pubnico, m. 23 Oct 1815, Françoise Rosalie Pothier #96, b. 1791, (daughter of Charles AMAND Pothier #1652 and Marguerite d'Entremont #1653).
    
        (a)    Jean-Baptiste "Zonzi" Surette #97 b. 28 Oct 1816, m. 16 Nov 1850, Marie Henriette Amirault #98, b. 28 Jul 1826, (daughter of Frédéric Amirault #274 and Marie "Anne" Henriette d'Entremont #275). Marie: "La Vieille Lanlette"
        (b)    Eléonice (Louise?) Surette #273 m. Maximin Duon #272, (son of Cyprien Duon #83 and Thècle d'Entremont #84).
    
        (c)    Symphorien Surette #818 b. 29 Sep 1826, m. Rosalie Duon #294, (daughter of Jean Duon #77 and Elizabeth Boudreau #78).
        (d)    Pierre Désiré Surette #858 b. 1 Aug 1834, m. (1) 11 Nov 1857, Marie Anne Babin #859, (daughter of Gervais Babin #2911 and Elizabeth Thibodeau #2912) m. (2) Anne Elizabeth d'Entremont #3867.
        (e)    Hélène Surette #3150 m. Zacharie Surette #3149, (son of Paul-François Surette #1661 and Julie d'Entremont #1662).
        (f)    Archange "Archange Lagarette" Surette #781 b. 15 Aug 1822, m. 7 Jan 1848, Rosalie Duon #326, (daughter of Paul Duon #41 and Victoire Boudreau #42).
        (g)    Marguerite Surette #4109 m. Jean "Jonne" d'Entremont #1132, (son of Hilaire d'Entremont #1125 and Anne Pothier #1127). Jean: "John" pronounced as "Jonne"
  - Death Notes
    
    Abel Duon, the ancestor of the d'Eons of Pubnico, who had married in exile Anne d'Entremont, sister to Joseph, Paul and Benoni, went first towards Amirault's Hill, settling definitely in West Pubnico on 1769 with three children.
    
    http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/2700/story34.htm
  Jean Jacques Duon
  Jean was born on April 26th, 1724 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. He died at the age of 8 on April 23rd, 1733.
  
  Euphrosine Duon
  Euphrosine was born on September 23rd, 1725 in Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died at the age of 31 in October 1756 in Plymouth, England.
  Louis Basile Duon
  Louis was born on April 11th, 1727.
  - Birth Notes
    
    Louis Basile Duon #184 b. 11-APR-1727, m. Marie Joseph Comeau #195, (daughter of Augustin Comeau #193 and Jeanne Lev? #194).
    
    a. Denise Duon #196 m. Jean LeBlanc #201, (son of René II LeBlanc #199 and Isabelle "Elizabeth" Melanson #200).
    
    (1) Son of Jean LeBlanc #202 m. Hortense Brossard #203.
    
    (a) Dudley J. LeBlanc #204.
  Francois Duon
  Francois was born on February 20th, 1729 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia and his christening took place on February 21st, 1729.
  - Birth Notes
    
    6. FRANCOIS4 DUHON (JEAN BAPTISTE DIT LYONNAIS3, JEAN LOUIS2, MATHIEU1) was born January 20, 1729 in Port Royal, Nova Scotia. He married ISABELLE LANDRY.
    
    Children of FRANCOIS DUHON and ISABELLE LANDRY are:
        i.           MARIE JULIA5 DUHON.
        ii.           ANNE ADELAIDE DUHON.
        iii.           COSTAIN DUHON.
        iv.           LANDRY DUHON.
        v.           FRANCOIS DUHON.
  Cyprien Duon
  Cyprien was born on April 18th, 1730 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia.
  - Birth Notes
    
    In 1765, Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul Stainville settled some 78 families of Acadians on Belle-Isle-en-Mer. Due to livestock epidemics, crop failure, drought, and local resistance the colony failed in 7 years and many Acadians moved back to St. Malo and Morlaix. Some moved down to Nantes. Still, a few stayed on and there are people today at the island with Acadian lineages.
    One of the most notable events of this settlement was the set of declarations. Brittany had them record their origin from France. The pastors took down declarations whereby Acadians recorded their genealogy and history. The declarations have been published in the Reiders' The Acadians in France, V. II.
    
    Cyprien Duon (b. 1729) & Margueritte Landry (b. 1735); Calastren, Bangor;
  Rosalie Duon
  Rosalie was born on January 31st, 1733.
  Charles Claude Duon
  Charles was born on May 11th, 1734 in Port Royal, Acadie, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia and his baptism took place there on May 30th, 1734.
  - Birth Notes
    
    born 29 May 1734, baptized 30 May 1734, Port-Royal; son of Jean-Baptiste DUHON dit Lyonnais & Agnès HÉBERT; brother of Claude-Amable & Honoré; married, age 25, Marie-Josèphe PRÉJEAN, daughter of Charles PRÉJEAN & Francoise BOUDREAUX, c1759, Halifax; arrived LA 1765, age 31;
    
    in Cabanocé census, 1766, right [west] bank, JUDICE's Company, Cabanocé Militia, called Carlos & Charles-Claude DUYON, age 30[sic], with wife Marie age 26, son Jean-Baptiste age 6, & daughter Marguerite age 2, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 cattle, 0 sheep, 2 hogs, 1 gun;
    
    in Cabanocé census, 1769, occupying lot number 38, right [west] bank, called Charles DUAN, age 35, with wife Marie age 33, sons Jean-Baptiste age 9, Michel age 10 mos., & daughter Margueritte age 5;
    
    in Ascension census, 1770, right [west] bank, called Charles D'HUAN, age 36, head of family number 7, with wife Marie-Joseph age 34, sons Jean-Baptiste age 10, Michel age 2, daughter Margueritte age 6, & 6 arpents; moved to Atakapas District;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1777, called Charle DUON, age 48, head of family number 98, with wife Marie-Josèphe age 40, sons Baptiste age 14, Michel age 9, Charle age 5, daughters Marguerite age 12, Marie-Rose age 6, & Magdeleine age 2, 0 slaves, 35 cattle, 5 horses, 6 hogs, 0 sheep;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1781, called Charles DUONS, with 7 individuals, 80 animals, no arpents listed;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1785, called Ch DUHON, with 6 free individuals, 0 slaves; on Atakapas militia list, Aug 1789, called Carlos DUHON
  He died at the age of 59 on June 12th, 1793 in Donaldson, St James Parish, Louisiana, USA.
  Claude Amable Duon
  Claude was born on February 16th, 1736 in Port Royal, Acadia, Nova Scotia, Canada and his baptism took place there on February 16th, 1736.
  - Birth Notes
    
    born & baptized 16 Feb 1736, Port-Royal; sometimes called Amable; son of Jean-Baptiste DUHON dit Lyonnais & Agnès HÉBERT; brother of Charles & Honoré; married, age 21, Marie-Josèphe VINCENT, daughter of Michel VINCENT & Anne-Marie DOIRON of Pigiguit, & sister of brother Honore's wife Anne-Marie, Miramichi, c1757; went to Martinique before going to LA 1765, age 27;
    
    in Cabanocé census, 1766, right [west] bank, JUDICE's Company, Cabanoce Militia, called Claudio DUYON, age 28, with wife Marie age 27, & orphan Paul DUYON [probably JEANSONNE] age 12, 0 slaves, 6 arpents, 0 cattle, 0 sheep, 1 hog, 2 guns;
    
    in Cabanocé census, 1769, occupying lot number 39, right [west] bank, called Claude DUAN, age 32, with Marie-Josèphe age 38, & orphan Paul JEANTONNE [JEANSONNE] age 14;
    
    in Ascension census, 1770, right [west] bank, called Claude D'HUAN, age 34, head of family number 8, with wife Marie-Josèph age 39, niece Francoise SPITRE [PITRE] age 6, & 6 arpents; moved to Atakapas District;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1777, called Claude DUON, age 45[sic, probably 39], head of family number 97, with wife Josephe BLANCHARD[sic] age 40, son Firmin age 6, & orphan [niece] Francoise Nord-este(sic) [PITRE] age 12, 0 slaves, 20 cattle, 4 horses, 6 hogs, 0 sheep;
    
    in Atakapas census, 1781, called Claude DUONS, with 4 individuals, 76 animals, no arpents listed; in Atakapas census, 1785, with 3 free individuals, 1 male slave
  He died at the age of 75 on December 14th, 1811 in St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA.

Jean Baptiste Duon (dit Lyonnais) I & Agnès Herbert

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