Roy Genealogy by way of Canada

Roy Genealogy by way of Canada A Roy from Canada via Detroit and Illinois settled at Pointe Coupée during the 1740s. Two of his sons moved to the Opelousas prairies in the 1780s. During the early antebellum perisome of his grandsons settled at  Atakapas, but most of his descendants remained in St. Landry Parish. No other Roy family in Louisiana, Acadian or non-Acadian, equaled this one in numbers: Descendants of Joseph ROY dit Châtellerault (c1709-1761) Joseph dit Châtellerault, son of Emond Roy and Marie-Anne Janvier, born at Ste.-Anne, near Québec, Canada, in c1709, got his dit from his paternal grandfather, Michel Roy dit Châtellerault, who came from Poitou to Canada in the late 1670s. Joseph "first worked out of Detroit, then settled for a time in Kaskaskia, Illinois," where he married Marie-Madeleine Perthuis. After his wife's death, Joseph drifted down to Pointe Coupée, where he remarried to Pérrine, daughter of Nicolas Lacour of Natchez, in January 1744. Their daughters married into the Goudeau, Guilcrest or Gilchrist, Hébert (French Creole, not Acadian), and Leonard families. Joseph dit Châtellerault died at Pointe Coupée in October 1761; the priest who recorded his burial did not give Joseph's age at the time of his death, but he probably was in his early 50s. One of his daughters settled at Ascension. His two married sons moved to the Opelousas prairies by the 1780s, where they created vigorous lines of the family. Oldest son Pierre died at Pointe Coupée in October 1748. The priest who recorded his burial said that Pierre was 10 years old when he died, but, judging from his parents' marriage date, he probably was younger. Joseph-Noël, born at Pointe Coupée in May 1745, married Marie-Louise, daughter of Gaspard Bélonie of New Orleans, at Pointe Coupée in July 1769, and remarried to Anne, called Manette and Nanette, daughter of French Creole Nicolas Bordelon, at Pointe Coupée in May 1770. They moved to Grand Prairie, north of present-day Opelousas, in the 1780s. Their son Joseph-Noël, fils was born at Pointe Coupée in May 1771, Jean-Baptiste was baptized at Pointe Coupée, age unrecorded, in November 1775, Valerien, also called Valéry, at age 6 months in March 1781, Leufroi was born probably at Opelousas in c1782, and another Joseph was born in February 1784 but died at age 9 in August 1793. They also had a son named Solastie or Lastie. Their daughters married into the Bordelon, Dupré, Nezat, and Wyble families. Joseph, fils served as major domo, or trustee, of the Opelousas church. His first succession record, which called him a widower, was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in October 1807. Joseph, fils, described as a "native of Pointe Coupee and inhabitant of this parish of St. Landry for about 40 years," died "at his home at a place called 'Le vieux vilage (the Old Town) and received all the sacraments with sentiments of a very strong faith and great piety" in January 1817; he was 71 years old; his final succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in February 1818 Two of his sons settled in St. Martin Parish, but his other sons and most of his grandsons remained in or returned to St. Landry Parish. A few of his descendants married Acadians, but most of them married Creoles and fellow French Canadians. They were especially fond of spouses from the Nezat and Fontenot families. Joseph-Noël, fils, by his second wife, married Euphrosine, called Frosine, daughter of French Creole Joseph Carriere, at Opelousas in 1794 and settled on La Prairie Carriere in what became St. Landry Parish. Their son Valerien le jeune, called Valière, was baptized at Opelousas, age unrecorded, in March 1798, a child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at age 6 weeks in January 1810, Joseph-Noël III was born October 1811, and Pierre in November 1814. Their daughters married into the Arnaud, DeVillier, Nezat, and Wyble families. Joseph III's succession and estate records were filed at the Opelousas courthouse in December 1824 and January 1825; he would have been in his early 50s. Valière married Sophie Coulon, daughter of French Creole Francois Coulon DeVillier of Petit Bois, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in January 1818. Their son Valière, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in February 1818, Valéry le jeune in November 1824, Joseph le jeune in August 1829, Lastie le jeune in March 1831, and Louis, a twin, in May 1836. Their daughters married into the Dejean, DeVillier, Hollier, Ney, Nezat, and Wyble families. Valière, père remarried to first cousin Marie Euphonie or Fannie, called Fannie, daughter of his uncle Solastie Roy and widow of Sosthène Arceneaux, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in June 1843; he was in his 40s and she in her 30s. Fannie died near Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, in February 1849; she was only 39 years old; her succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse in April; she gave him no more children. Valière, père remarried again--his third marriage--to Marie Divine, called Divine, daughter of French Creole Clément Hollier, at the Opelousas church in July 1850; he was 52 years old. Their son Armogaste or Armogatine was born in St. Landry Parish in May 1851 but died at age 5 1/2 in September 1856, and Victor Henry Landry was born in February 1859 when his father was in his early 60s. In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted a single slave--a 50-year-old mulatto female--on Valière's Roy's farm. Valière died in St. Landry Parish in September 1860; the priest who recorded his burial said that Valière was 64 years old when he died; his succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse 2 days after his death. Valéry le jeune, by his first wife, married cousin Théotiste, 15-year-old daughter of Valéry Roy l'aîné at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1842. In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 2 slaves--a 23-year-old female and a 1-year-old female, both black--on Valéry Roy's farm next to Widow N. Roy's plantation. Valéry le jeune may have remarried to French Canadian Carmelite or Ermeline Istre probably at Grand Coteau. If so, their son Valéry, fils was baptized at the Vermilionville church, Lafayette Parish, age 4 months, in June 1861, Cyprien le jeune was born near Grand Coteau in December 1862, and Joseph le jeune in Lafayette Parish in May 1865. Joseph le jeune, by his first wife, married Catherine Séraphine, called Séraphine, daughter of Thomas Wadswatts Farrar, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in May 1851. Their son Henri was born in St. Landry Parish in February 1854, and Charles Jefferson in October 1856. Joseph Noël III married Uranie, daughter of French Creole ____ Bordelon, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1835. Joseph Noël III's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in January 1838; he would have been only 27 years old that year. Their daughter married into the Carriere and Langlois families. Joseph and Uranie had no sons, so this line of the family, except for its blood, did not continue. In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 2 slaves--a 22-year-old black male, and a 10-year-old black males--on Widow Joseph Roy's farm; this may have been Uranie Bordelon. Pierre, soon after his mother died, petitioned the parish court for emancipation in November 1834. He married Octavie, daughter of French Creole Damonville Dejean, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1853; he was 39. Their son Joseph Lucien was born in St. Landry Parish in October 1854, and Jean Paul in November 1860. Solastie, by his second wife, married Marie, daughter of Pierre Nezat of Layrac, France, probably at Atakapas in c1803. They settled at L'Anse des Charpentiers in the Atakapas District. Their child, perhaps a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in August 1807, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 9 days September 1811, twins Alexandre and Pierre were born in October 1812, Solastie Cyprien, called Cyprien, in November 1814, a son, name unrecorded, died at age 5 months in October 1820, Solastie Linville, called Solastie and Lastie, fils, was born in April 1823, and Pierre Linville in c1826 but died at age 6 1/2 in November 1833. Their daughters married into the Arceneaux, Caillier, Domengeaux, Guidry, and Roy families. Solastie, "born in Opel." the recording priest noted, died in St. Martin Parish in March 1836; the priest said that Solastie was 61 years old when he died; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the day before he died. Cyprien married first cousin Marie Celina, called Celina, daughter of his uncle Leufroi Roy, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in October 1838. Their son Cyprien Solastie, fils, called Lasty, was born in St. Martin Parish in October 1840 but died at age 8 in November 1848, and Leufroi le jeune was born in October 1844. Their daughter married into the Chiasson family. Cyprien remarried to French Creole Séraphine Sezan, widow of Leufroi Mora, in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in August 1857; Cyprien was in his early 40s. He remarried again--his third marriage--to Acadian Adolphine Guilbeau in a civil ceremony in St. Martin Parish in September 1859; he was in his mid-40s. Their son Francois Adrien was born near Arnaudville, St. Landry Parish, in June 1860, Pierre Cyprien in August 1861, Joseph Osémé in October 1862, and Joseph Lucien in February 1865. In 1860, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 7 slaves--5 males and 2 females, all black except for 2 mulattoies--ranging in age from 22 to 1--on Cyprien Roy's farm. Leufroi le jeune, by his first wife, married Ursule, daughter of Francois Mathieu, at the Breaux Bridge church, St. Martin Parish, in November 1865; Ursule's mother was a Trahan. In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Martin Parish counted 8 slaves--5 males, 3 females, all black, ranging in age from 35 to 2--on Alexr Roy's farm. Alexandre married Palmire, daughter of Acadian Placide Thibodeaux and widow of Antoine Arnaud, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in April 1858; he was 45 years old. They settled at Breaux Bridge. Their son Louis died at age 1 in January 1860. In June 1860, the federal census taker in St. Martin Parish counted 13 slaves--7 males and 6 females, all black, ages 75 to 7, living in 4 houses--on Alexandre Roy's farm; she was his brother Cyprien's widow. Alexandre remarried to Marie Aspasie, called Aspasie, daughter of Acadian Jean Louis Bernard and widow of J. Guilbeau, at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1861; he was in his late 40s. Their son Alexandre Demeval was born near Breaux Bridge in July 1862. In June 1860, the federal census taker in St. Martin Parish counted 11slaves--6 males and 5 females, 5 blacks and 6 mulattoes, ranging in age from 46 to 1--on Solasty's Roy's farm; this may have been Solastie, fils, who may not have married. Valéry, by his second wife, married Brigitte, another daughter of Pierre Nezat, at Atakapas in October 1804. They settled on Bayou Teche. Their son Jean Valéry was born at Atakapas in September 1805, Pierre Ulgère, called Ulgère, in May 1807, Sosthène in December 1821, and Nicolas Alcide, called Alcide, in June 1827. Their daughters married into the Landry, Nezat, Ozere, Rider, Roy, and Valin families. Valéry's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in April 1836; he would have been 56 years old that year. His sons returned to St. Landry Parish. Pierre Ulgère married double cousin Annette or Nanette Zelia or Zeline, 17-year-old daughter of French Creole Alexandre Nezat, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in September 1831; Nanette's mother was a Roy. Their son Pierre Ulgère, fils was born in St. Landry Parish in November 1832, Paul Émile in March 1840, Joseph le jeune in June 1841, Paul Alexandre, called Alexandre, in September 1845, Jean Baptiste Ernest in February 1849, and Henri Omer in February 1852. Their daughters married into the Bernard and Nezat families. In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 14 slaves--7 males and 7 females, all black, ranging in age from 60 to 2--on Pre. Ulgèr Roy's farm next to Widow N. Roy's plantation. Joseph le jeune married Félicienne, daughter of French Creole Honoré, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1859. Pierre Ulgère, fils married Azema, daughter of Jules Mestric or Mistric, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1865. Alexandre married cousin Philomène, daughter of French Creole Alexandre Nezat, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in December 1865. Sosthène died in St. Landry Parish in January 1845. He was only 23 years old and probably did not marry. Alcide died in St. Landry Parish in November 1864. The priest who recorded his burial said that "Alces" died "at age 35 yrs.," but he was 37. He probably did not marry. Leufroi, by his second wife, married Delphine, daughter of French Creole Nicolas Guénard, at the St. Martinville church, St. Landry Parish, in June 1811. They also settled at L'Anse des Charpentiers. Their son Leufroi, fils was born in February 1814, a son, name unrecorded, died at birth in June 1821, another son, name unrecorded, died at age 5 months in August 1830, and yet another son, name unrecorded, died at age 1 in October 1832. Their daughters married into the Dutel or Duteil and Roy families. Leufroi died in St. Martin Parish in October 1842; he was 61 years old and a widower; his succession record was filed at the St. Martinville courthouse the following December. Leufroi, fils married Adeline, daughter of French Creole Jean Caillier, at the St. Martinville church, St. Martin Parish, in June 1838. Leufroi, fils died the following August. His family line died with him. Jean Baptiste died in St. Landry Parish in October 1842. He was 67 years old and may not have married. Noël-Jacques, born at Pointe Coupée in December 1749, married French Creole Pérrine Bordelon probably at Pointe Coupée. Their son Noël-Jacques, fils, was baptized at Pointe Coupée, age unrecorded, in December 1775, Jean-Baptiste-Noël was baptized at Opelousas, age 4 months, in June 1780, and Joseph was born in November 1791. Their daughters married into the Bogard, Fontenot, and Moreau families. Noël died at Opelousas in January 1792; he was only 43 years old; his succession record was filed at what became the Opelousas courthouse in March. His descendants remained in what became St. Landry Parish. Noël Jacques, fils married Céleste or Célestine, daughter of Michel Wyble, at Opelousas in November 1802. Their son Noël III had been born at Opelousas in July 1802, Cyprien was born in St. Landry Parish in November 1808, Michel was baptized at the Opelousas church, age 2, in September 1812, Euphrosin, called Frosin, was born in February 1813 and baptized at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, age 32, in April 1845, Louis, called Don Louis Noël, was born in November 1824, Francois in February 1828, and Syphroi in October 1829. Their daughters married into the Bergeau, Frugé, Lasage, Miller, and Teller families. In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 30 slaves--14 males and 16 females, all black, ranging in age from 100 to 2--on Widow N. Roy's plantation; this may have been Céleste Wyble; her plantation was between the farms of Pre. Ulgèr and Valéry Roy. Noël III married Eugènie, daughter of French Creole Louis Menard of New Orleans, at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in February 1826. Their son David was born in St. Landry Parish in February 1831, Joseph near Grand Coteau in October 1840, Francois near Opelousas in November 1844, and Sylvanie near Grand Coteau in August 1853. Their daughters married into the Fontenot, Maillard or Mayer, and Trahan families. Noël's succession record was filed at the Opelousas courthouse in August 1861; he would have been 59 years old that year. David married fellow French Canadian Adeline Istre in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1854. Their son Eugène Dorsin was born near Grand Coteau in January 1857, David Donce in November 1858, and Joseph Dorsele in April 1860. Michel married Désirée, daughter of Italian Creole Francois Marcantel, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in February 1831, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, in October 1843. Their son Désiré was born in St. Landry Parish in December 1831, Michel, fils in January 1834, Édouard in August 1841, Duprélong in August 1846, Théodule near Grand Coteau in May 1849, and Arthur near Opelousas in December 1859. Their daughter married into the Courville family. Édouard married Lezida Pascalie, daughter of French Canadian Pierre Bertrand, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in August 1861. Euphrosin married Marie Carmelite, called Carmelite, Angélique, and Julie, daughter of German Creole Jean Miller, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1845; Carmelite's mother was a Boutin. Their son Euphrosin, fils had been born in St. Landry Parish in October 1833, André in May 1835, and Firmin in September 1850. Don Louis married Céleste or Célestine Belaire, daughter of French Creole Augustin Charles Fontenot, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in January 1845, and sanctified the marriage at the Grand Coteau church, St. Landry Parish, the following November. Their son Don Louis, fils was born near Grand Coteau in October 1845, and Félicien in July 1862. They were living in the Church Point area, then in St. Landry but now in Acadia Parish, in the early 1850s. Louis, fils may have married Aimée Clay at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, in August 1860. Syphroi married Agnès Aureline, called Aureline, daughter of French Canadian Pierre Bertrand, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in June 1848. Their son Pierre Syphroi was born near Grand Coteau in February 1850, Noël Arcade in August 1852, Francois Philomène near Opelousas in February 1859, and Pierre Frosin Jean Baptiste in June 1861. Jean Baptiste Noël married Francoise, daughter of French Creole Pierre Doucet, at Opelousas in February 1806. Their son Jean Baptiste, fils was baptized at the Opelousas church, St. Landry Parish, age 3 months, in December 1811, and Pierre was born in February 1814. Their daughters married into the Bello and Lambert (Slavic, not Acadian) families. Jean Baptiste Noël died in St. Landry Parish in November 1829; he was 50 years old. Jean Baptiste, fils married Elise or Lise, daughter of Acadian Charles Pitre, in a civil ceremony in St. Landry Parish in November 1834. Their son Jean Baptiste Armas was born in St. Landry Parish in October 1837, Iras Jean Baptiste in November 1840, and Arthur Jean Baptiste in March 1847. Their daughters married into the Comeaux and Stagg families. In October 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 14 slaves--7 males and 7 females, all black, ranging in age from 40 to 1--on Jn. Bte. Roy's farm. Pierre may have married French Creole Hortense Cléophine or Théophile Dupré in a civil ceremony in St. Landry parish in May 1839 or 1840. Their son Pierre Aurelien was born in St. Landry Parish in March 1841, Joseph in October 1842, Charles Arthur in November 1846, and Achille Ovide in May 1850. In November 1850, the federal census taker in St. Landry Parish counted 3 slaves--all female, all mulattoes, ages 24, 12, and 5--on Pierre  posted by steven cormier greyacadian@aol.com