Corporal Joseph Landry, Sr.

1753 - 1797  (44 years)

• Name	Joseph Landry
  Title	Corporal
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1753	Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1797	Saint Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
  Died	3 Jun 1797	Saint Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States
  Person ID	I4302	OGrady Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Firmin Landry,   b. 28 Apr 1725, Village-Germain-Landry, Pisiguit, Acadie, Nouvelle-France ,   d. 3 Feb 1801, St Martinville, St Martin Parish, Spanish Louisiana  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Élisabeth-Françoise Thibodeau,   b. 31 Jan 1725, Pisquit, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. About 1769  (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1752	Grand Pre, Acadie, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Family ID	F1725	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marie-Anne Melancon,   b. 1760, Snow Hill, Worcester, Colony of Maryland, British Colonial America ,   d. 4 Nov 1805, St. Martinville, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States  (Age 45 years)
  Married	20 Jan 1775	St Martinville, St Martin, Louisiana
  Children	+ 1. Marie Elise Landry,   b. 24 Dec 1797, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 19 Feb 1878, Vermilion, Louisiana, United States  (Age 80 years)  [Birth] + 2. Cyrille Landry,   b. 7 Feb 1787, St. Martin, Louisiana, United States ,   d. 21 Aug 1839, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States  (Age 52 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F1724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph died at 47 years of age. He was the son of Firmin Landry & Francois Elizabeth Thibodeau, both of Pisiguit, Cobequid in Acadia. Joseph, at age 2 years, along with his family was exiled by the British (during the Great Expulsion) from Pisiguit Acadia to Oxford Maryland in Talbot County. He arrived in Louisiana in 1766 with widowed father, brother and sisters; settled at St. Martin Parish. He married Marie-Anne Melancon of Maryland, daughter of Paul Melancon and Marie Theriot. She was born ca. 1760, died 11-4-1805 at 45 years of age. She is buried at St. Martin Church cemetery. Children: bt. (baptized) m. (married) Elise born 1778 Joseph bt. 5-13-1779; m. Lise Labauve Agricole bt. 5-13-1779; m. Christine Labauve Marie Magdelaine born 6-29-1782 Rosalie born 2-7-1784; m. Joseph Duhon Anastasie bt. 7-15-1787 at age 2 yrs; m. Joseph Trahan Cirile (Cyrille) born 2-7-1787; m. (1) Scholastique Boudrot m. (2) Adelaide Trahan Joseph Denis (Dionisius) born 12-9-1788; m. Elizabeth Labauve Pantaleon bt. 11-11-1795 at age 5 yrs; m. Marguerite Trahan Seraphie bt. 11-11-1795 at age 2 yrs; m. Francois Bourg Maximien bt. 11-11-1795 at age 5 mos; m. Marie Domitile Thibodeau Louise Doralise (Elise) born 12-24-1798; m. Pierre Thibodeau Corporal Joseph's name is among those listed on the Monument of Commemoration at St. Martinville, La. honoring him as an officer and patriot of the American Revolution, Attakapas Militia of enlisted men...commemorating their successful march to and capture of Baton Rouge and Manchac September 1779. The monument with marker is located next to St. Martin of Tours Church. The marker was placed by Louisiana Society, Daughters Of The American Revolution. The monument was placed by Louisiana District II Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus.