Jump to content

Joseph Broussard: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Tag: Reverted
Monkbot (talk | contribs)
Bots
3,695,952 edits
m Task 20: replace {lang-??} templates with {langx|??} ‹See Tfd› (Replaced 1);
 
(42 intermediate revisions by 36 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Leader of the Acadian people in Acadia (1702–1765)}}
{{for|the rice grower and miller in southeast Texas|Joseph Eloi Broussard}}
{{for|the rice grower and miller in southeast Texas|Joseph Eloi Broussard}}
{{Infobox military person
{{Infobox military person
| name = Joseph Broussard
| name = Joseph Broussard
| image =
| image =
| birth_date = 1702
| birth_date = {{birth year|1702}}
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1765|1702}}
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1765|1702}}
| birth_place = [[Port-Royal_(Acadia)|Port-Royal]], [[Acadia]], [[New France]]<br>{{smaller|(present-day [[Annapolis Royal]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada)}}
| birth_place = [[Port-Royal (Acadia)|Port-Royal]], [[Acadia]], [[New France]]<br>{{smaller|(present-day [[Annapolis Royal]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada)}}
| death_place = [[Loreauville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]], [[Iberia Parish]], [[Louisiana (New Spain)|Louisiana]], [[New Spain]]<br>{{smaller|(present-day Loreauville, [[Louisiana]], U.S.)}}
| death_place = [[Loreauville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]], [[Iberia Parish]], [[Louisiana (New Spain)|Louisiana]], [[New Spain]]<br>{{smaller|(present-day Loreauville, [[Louisiana]], U.S.)}}
| placeofburial = Unknown location near Loreauville, Louisiana
| placeofburial = Unknown location near Loreauville, Louisiana
| nickname = ''Beausoleil''
| nickname = Beausoleil
| allegiance = [[Acadia]]
| allegiance = {{flagicon image|Royal Flag of France.svg}} [[Acadia]]
| branch = [[Military history of the Acadians|Acadian militia]]
| branch = [[Military history of the Acadians|Acadian militia]]
| serviceyears =
| serviceyears =
Line 32: Line 33:
}}
}}


'''Joseph Broussard '''(1702–1765), also known as '''Beausoleil''' ({{lang-en|Beautiful Sun}}), was a leader of the [[Acadians|Acadian people]] in [[Acadia]]; later [[Nova Scotia]], [[Prince Edward Island]], and [[New Brunswick]]. Broussard organized a [[Military history of the Mi’kmaq people|Mi'kmaq]] and [[Military history of the Acadians|Acadian militia]]s against the British through [[King George's War]], [[Father Le Loutre's War]] and during the [[French and Indian War]]. After the loss of Acadia to the British, he eventually led the first group of Acadians to southern Louisiana in present-day [[United States]]. His name is sometimes presented as Joseph Gaurhept Broussard; this is likely the result of a transcription error.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://bayoutechedispatches.blogspot.com/2012/04/middle-name-or-clerical-error-joseph.html| title = Middle Name or Clerical Error?: Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and 'Gaurhept', Shane K. Bernard| accessdate=2012-06-28}}</ref> Broussard is widely regarded as a hero and an important historical figure by both Acadians and Cajuns.
'''Joseph Broussard''' (1702–1765), also known as '''Beausoleil''' ({{langx|en|Beautiful Sun}}), was a leader of the [[Acadians|Acadian people]] in [[Acadia]]; later [[Nova Scotia]], [[Prince Edward Island]], and [[New Brunswick]]. Broussard organized [[Military history of the Mi’kmaq people|Mi'kmaq]] and [[Military history of the Acadians|Acadian militia]]s against the British through [[King George's War]], [[Father Le Loutre's War]] and during the [[French and Indian War|Seven Years' War]]. After Acadia was captured by the British, he eventually led the first group of Acadians to southern Louisiana in the present-day [[United States]]. His name is sometimes presented as Joseph Gaurhept Broussard; this is likely the result of a transcription error.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://bayoutechedispatches.blogspot.com/2012/04/middle-name-or-clerical-error-joseph.html| title = Middle Name or Clerical Error?: Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and 'Gaurhept', Shane K. Bernard| date = 3 April 2012| access-date=2012-06-28}}</ref> Broussard is widely regarded as a hero and an important historical figure by both Acadians and Cajuns.


==Life==
==Life==
Broussard was born in [[Port-Royal_(Acadia)|Port-Royal, Nova Scotia]] in 1702 to Jean-François Broussard and Catherine Richard. His father came from [[Poitiers]] and his mother was born in Port Royal. He lived much of his life at Le Cran (present-day [[Stoney Creek, New Brunswick|Stoney Creek]], [[Albert County, New Brunswick]]), along the [[Petitcodiac River]] with his wife Agnes and their eleven children.
Broussard was born in [[Port-Royal (Acadia)|Port-Royal, Acadia]], in 1702 to Jean-François Broussard and Catherine Richard. His father came from [[Poitiers]] and his mother was born in Port Royal. He lived much of his life at Le Cran (present-day [[Stoney Creek, New Brunswick|Stoney Creek]], [[Albert County, New Brunswick]]), along the [[Petitcodiac River]] with his wife Agnes and their eleven children.
He died at the age of 63, which was old for the time.


During [[Father Rale's War]], Broussard participated in a raid on [[Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia]] (1724).<ref>James Laxer, ''The Acadians: In Search of a Homeland,'' Anchor Canada Press, p. 103</ref>
During [[Father Rale's War]], Broussard participated in a raid on [[Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia]] (1724).<ref>James Laxer, ''The Acadians: In Search of a Homeland,'' Anchor Canada Press, p. 103</ref>


===King George's War===
===King George's War===
{{See also|History of the Acadians}}
During [[King George's War]], under the leadership of French priest [[Jean-Louis Le Loutre]], Broussard began actively resisting the British occupation of Acadia. Broussard's forces often included [[Mi'kmaq people|Mi'kmaq]] allies in their resistance against the British. In 1747 he participated in and was later charged for his involvement with the [[Battle of Grand Pré]]. (see [[History of the Acadians]])<ref name="www2.umoncton.ca">{{cite web| url =http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/etudacad/1755/index.cfm?id=010505000&lang=en&style=G&admin=false&linking=| title =History:1755-Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil (c. 1702-1765)| accessdate =2009-03-14| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20090520171929/http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/etudacad/1755/index.cfm?id=010505000&lang=en&style=G&admin=false&linking=| archivedate =2009-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Brodhead|first=John Romeyn|author-link=John Romeyn Brodhead|title=Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York|volume=Vol. 10|location=Albany|publisher=Weed, Parsons and Co.|date=1858|url=https://archive.org/details/documentsrelativ10brod|page=[https://archive.org/details/documentsrelativ10brod/page/155 155]}}</ref>
During [[King George's War]], under the leadership of French priest [[Jean-Louis Le Loutre]], Broussard began a resistance movement against British rule in Acadia. Broussard's forces frequently included [[Mi'kmaq people|Mi'kmaq militia]], long-time allies of the Acadians. In 1747 he participated in and was later charged for his involvement with the [[Battle of Grand Pré]].<ref name="www2.umoncton.ca">{{cite web| url =http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/etudacad/1755/index.cfm?id=010505000&lang=en&style=G&admin=false&linking=| title =History:1755-Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil (c. 1702-1765)| access-date =2009-03-14| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090520171929/http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/etudacad/1755/index.cfm?id=010505000&lang=en&style=G&admin=false&linking=| archive-date =2009-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Brodhead|first=John Romeyn|author-link=John Romeyn Brodhead|title=Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York|volume=10|location=Albany|publisher=Weed, Parsons and Co.|date=1858|url=https://archive.org/details/documentsrelativ10brod|page=[https://archive.org/details/documentsrelativ10brod/page/155 155]}}</ref>


===Father Le Loutre's War===
===Father Le Loutre's War===
During [[Father Le Loutre's War]], after the construction of [[Fort Beausejour]] in 1751, Broussard joined [[Jean-Louis Le Loutre]] at Beausejour. In an effort to stop the British movement into Acadia, in 1749 Broussard was involved in one of the first raids on [[Raid on Dartmouth (1751)|Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]] which resulted in the deaths of five British settlers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grenier|first=John|title=The Far Reaches of Empire: War in Nova Scotia, 1710-1760|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVG5h6G5fWMC&pg=PP1|year=2008|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3876-3|page=150|ref=harv}}</ref> The following year, Broussard was in the [[Battle at Chignecto]] and then shortly afterward he led sixty Mi'kmaq and Acadians to attack Dartmouth again, in what would be known as the [[Raid on Dartmouth (1751)|"Dartmouth Massacre"]] (1751). Broussard and the others killed twenty British civilians and took more prisoners.{{sfnp|Grenier|2008|p=160}} Cornwallis temporarily abandoned plans to settle Dartmouth.{{sfnp|Grenier|2008|p=161}}
During [[Father Le Loutre's War]], after the construction of [[Fort Beausejour]] in 1751, Broussard joined [[Jean-Louis Le Loutre]] at Beausejour. In an effort to stop the emigration of British settlers into Acadia, in 1749 Broussard was involved in one of the first raids on [[Raid on Dartmouth (1751)|Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]] which resulted in the deaths of five British settlers.<ref>{{cite book|last=Grenier|first=John|title=The Far Reaches of Empire: War in Nova Scotia, 1710-1760|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVG5h6G5fWMC&pg=PP1|year=2008|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|isbn=978-0-8061-3876-3|page=150}}</ref> The following year, Broussard was in the [[Battle at Chignecto]] and then shortly afterward he led sixty Mi'kmaq and Acadians to attack Dartmouth again, in what would be known as the [[Raid on Dartmouth (1751)|"Dartmouth Massacre"]] (1751). Broussard and the others killed twenty British settlers and took a few as prisoners.{{sfnp|Grenier|2008|p=160}} Cornwallis temporarily abandoned plans to settle Dartmouth.{{sfnp|Grenier|2008|p=161}}


In late April 1754, Beausoleil and a large band of Mi'kmaq and Acadians left Chignecto for Lawrencetown. They arrived in mid-May and in the night opened fired on the village. Beausoleil killed and scalped four British settlers and two soldiers. By August, as the raids continued, the residents and soldiers were withdrawn to Halifax.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Dianne|title=Heroes of the Acadian Resistance: The Story of Joseph Beausoleil Broussard and Pierre II Surette 1702-1765|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4ZiQ2udL94C&pg=PA110|year=2011|publisher=Formac|location=Halifax|isbn=978-0-88780-978-1|pages=110–111}}</ref>
In late April 1754, Beausoleil and a large band of Mi'kmaq and Acadians left Chignecto for Lawrencetown. They arrived in mid-May and in the night opened fire on the village. Beausoleil killed and scalped four British settlers and two soldiers. By August, as the raids continued, the residents and soldiers were withdrawn to Halifax.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Dianne|title=Heroes of the Acadian Resistance: The Story of Joseph Beausoleil Broussard and Pierre II Surette 1702-1765|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4ZiQ2udL94C&pg=PA110|year=2011|publisher=Formac|location=Halifax|isbn=978-0-88780-978-1|pages=110–111}}</ref>


[[File:CaptureOfAlcideAndLys.jpg|thumb|right| [[Action of 8 June 1755|Capture of French ships Alcide and Lys]] off Newfoundland. The ships were carrying war supplies for Acadians and Mi'kmaq]]
[[File:CaptureOfAlcideAndLys.jpg|thumb|right| [[Action of 8 June 1755|Capture of French ships Alcide and Lys]] off Newfoundland. The ships were carrying war supplies for Acadians and Mi'kmaq]]
In the [[Action of 8 June 1755]], a naval battle off [[Cape Race]], Newfoundland, on board the French ships Alcide and Lys were found 10,000 scalping knives for Acadians and Indians serving under Chief [[Jean-Baptiste Cope]] and Acadian Beausoleil as they continue to fight Father Le Loutre's War.<ref>{{cite book|last=Raddall|first=Thomas Head|authorlink=Thomas Head Raddall|title=Halifax, warden of the north|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07tPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1|year=1948|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|page=45}}</ref>
In the [[action of 8 June 1755]], a naval battle off [[Cape Race]], Newfoundland, on board the French ships Alcide and Lys were found 10,000 scalping knives for Acadians and Indians serving under Chief [[Jean-Baptiste Cope]] and Acadian Beausoleil as they continue to fight Father Le Loutre's War.<ref>{{cite book|last=Raddall|first=Thomas Head|author-link=Thomas Head Raddall|title=Halifax, warden of the north|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=07tPAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1|year=1948|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|page=45|isbn=9780771072468 }}</ref>


Broussard was also active in the fight against Lieutenant Colonel [[Robert Monckton]] in the [[Battle of Beausejour]].{{sfnp|Grenier|2008|p=171}}
Broussard was also active in the fight against Lieutenant Colonel [[Robert Monckton]] in the [[Battle of Beausejour]].{{sfnp|Grenier|2008|p=171}}


===French and Indian War===
===Seven Years' War===
With Le Loutre imprisoned after the [[Battle of Beausejour]], Broussard became the leader of an armed resistance during the [[expulsion of the Acadians]] (1755&ndash;1764), leading assaults against the British on several occasions between 1755 and 1758 as part of the forces of [[Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot]].<ref name="www2.umoncton.ca"/>
With Le Loutre imprisoned after the [[Battle of Beausejour]], Broussard became the leader of the Acadian resistance to the [[expulsion of the Acadians]] (1755&ndash;1764), leading assaults against the British on several occasions between 1755 and 1758 as part of the forces of [[Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot]].<ref name="www2.umoncton.ca"/>
After arming a ship in 1758, Broussard traveled through the upper [[Bay of Fundy]] region, where he attacked the British. His ship was seized in November 1758. He was then forced to flee, travelling first to the [[Miramichi Valley|Miramichi]] and later imprisoned at [[Fort Edward (Nova Scotia)|Fort Edward]] in 1762. Finally, he was transferred and imprisoned with other Acadians in [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]].
After arming a ship in 1758, Broussard traveled through the upper [[Bay of Fundy]] region, where he attacked British settlements. His ship was seized in November 1758. He was then forced to flee, travelling first to the [[Miramichi Valley|Miramichi]] and later imprisoned at [[Fort Edward (Nova Scotia)|Fort Edward]] in 1762. Finally, he was transferred and imprisoned with other Acadians in [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]].


===Arrival at Louisiana===
===Arrival at Louisiana===
Released in 1764, the year after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Broussard left Nova Scotia, along with his family and hundreds of other Acadians, to [[Saint-Domingue]] (present-day Haiti).<ref>Shane K. Bernard. "Cajuns and their Acadian ancestors: a young reader's history", 2008, University Press of Mississippi, p. 31, {{ISBN|978-1-934110-78-2}}</ref> Unable to adapt to the climate and diseases that were killing Acadians, he led the group to settle in [[Louisiana]].<ref>C. A. Pincombe and E. W. Larracy, ''Resurgo: The History of Moncton, Volume 1'', 1990, Moncton, p. 30 {{fv|date=July 2015}} {{ISBN|0969463405}}</ref>
Released in 1764, the year after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Broussard left Nova Scotia, along with his family and hundreds of other Acadians, to [[Saint-Domingue]] (present-day Haiti).<ref>Shane K. Bernard. "Cajuns and their Acadian ancestors: a young reader's history", 2008, University Press of Mississippi, p. 31, {{ISBN|978-1-934110-78-2}}</ref> Unable to adapt to the climate and diseases that were killing Acadians, he led the group to settle in [[Louisiana]].<ref>C. A. Pincombe and E. W. Larracy, ''Resurgo: The History of Moncton, Volume 1'', 1990, Moncton, p. 30 {{failed verification|date=July 2015}} {{ISBN|0969463405}}</ref>


He was among the first 200 [[Acadians]] to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the ''Santo Domingo''.<ref>[http://www.carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/LafayetteParish/Broussard.htm "Broussard named for early settler Valsin Broussard"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521212233/http://www.carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/LafayetteParish/Broussard.htm |date=2009-05-21 }}</ref> On April 8, 1765, he was appointed militia captain and commander of the "Acadians of the [[Atakapa]]s" the area around present-day St. Martinville, La.<ref name="www2.umoncton.ca"/> Not long after his arrival, Joseph Broussard died near what is now [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]] at the presumed age of 63. The exact date of his death is unknown, but it is assumed to have been on or about October 20, 1765. Many of his descendants live in southern Louisiana and Nova Scotia.
He was among the first 200 [[Acadians]] to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the ''Santo Domingo''.<ref>[http://www.carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/LafayetteParish/Broussard.htm "Broussard named for early settler Valsin Broussard"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521212233/http://www.carencrohighschool.org/LA_Studies/ParishSeries/LafayetteParish/Broussard.htm |date=2009-05-21 }}</ref> On April 8, 1765, he was appointed militia captain and commander of the "Acadians of the [[Atakapa]]s" the area around present-day [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]].<ref name="www2.umoncton.ca"/> Not long after his arrival, Joseph Broussard died near what is now [[St. Martinville, Louisiana|St. Martinville]] at the presumed age of 63. The exact date of his death is unknown, but it is assumed to have been on or about October 20, 1765. Many of his descendants live in southern Louisiana and Nova Scotia.


==Descendancy==
==Descendancy==
Broussard's children and grandchildren generally remained in Louisiana, integrating into the [[History of slavery in Louisiana|slave-owning]] upper classes of the colony.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.acadianmemorial.org/ensemble_encore2/record_detail.php?id=2749 |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Record Detail |website=The Acadian Memorial Database |publisher=Acadian Memorial Foundation, Inc. |access-date=4 October 2020 |quote=They owned 700 semi-wild beef cattle and 60 domesticated cattle. They also owned the following slaves: Thomas, 50 years old; Leuder, 23 years old; Martin, 19 years old; Jean-Louis, 11 years old; Célestin, 7 years old; Charles, 5 years old; Godfrey, 4 years old; Charlotte, 42 years old; Hélène, 25 years old; Félicité, 23 years old; Madeleine, 17 years old; Angélique, 16 years old; Pte. Félicité, 10 years old; Marie, 7 years old; Messite, 4 yeaers old; Clarisse, 2 years old; and Hortense, 1 year old.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=De Ville |first=Winston |date=1987 |title=Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OKIGQAACAAJ |quote=71. Joseph BROUSSARD, 47; Marguerite SÇAVOIS, wife, 35. Garcons: Joseph, 3; Francopis, 1. Filles: Marguerite, 12; Luedivine, 10; Nastasie, 8; Magdeleine, 6. Slaves: 3. There were 100 cattle, 20 horses, and 20 hogs.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Conrad |first=Glenn R. |date=1993 |title=Land Records of the Attakapas District: Attakapas-St. Martin Estates, 1804-1818, Part 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvFGYgEACAAJ |pages=171–176 |isbn=9780940984806 |quote=Estate No. 288, appraised at $42,562.82, including 28 slaves, and numerous tracts of land. His only child by the 1st marriage petitioned that all property given to other members of the [2nd] family "be carried into the inventory and appraisment and valued as other property of the succession of the said deceased." There were 11 heirs.}}</ref> His 21st-century descendants include [[Tina Knowles|Célestine "Tina" Knowles]] ([[Married and maiden names|née]] Beyoncé), her two daughters [[Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé]] and [[Solange Knowles|Solange]], and also her four grandchildren Jules, Blue, Sir, and Rumi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/a-peek-into-blue-ivy-cart_b_1200346.html |title=A Peek into Blue Ivy Carter's Past |first= |last= |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=January 12, 2012 |accessdate=January 14, 2012}}</ref>
Broussard's children and grandchildren generally remained in Louisiana, integrating into the [[History of slavery in Louisiana|slave-owning]] upper classes of the colony.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.acadianmemorial.org/ensemble_encore2/record_detail.php?id=2749 |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Record Detail |website=The Acadian Memorial Database |publisher=Acadian Memorial Foundation, Inc. |access-date=4 October 2020 |quote=They owned 700 semi-wild beef cattle and 60 domesticated cattle. They also owned the following slaves: Thomas, 50 years old; Leuder, 23 years old; Martin, 19 years old; Jean-Louis, 11 years old; Célestin, 7 years old; Charles, 5 years old; Godfrey, 4 years old; Charlotte, 42 years old; Hélène, 25 years old; Félicité, 23 years old; Madeleine, 17 years old; Angélique, 16 years old; Pte. Félicité, 10 years old; Marie, 7 years old; Messite, 4 yeaers old; Clarisse, 2 years old; and Hortense, 1 year old.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=De Ville |first=Winston |date=1987 |title=Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8OKIGQAACAAJ |quote=71. Joseph BROUSSARD, 47; Marguerite SÇAVOIS, wife, 35. Garcons: Joseph, 3; Francopis, 1. Filles: Marguerite, 12; Luedivine, 10; Nastasie, 8; Magdeleine, 6. Slaves: 3. There were 100 cattle, 20 horses, and 20 hogs.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Conrad |first=Glenn R. |date=1993 |title=Land Records of the Attakapas District: Attakapas-St. Martin Estates, 1804-1818, Part 2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvFGYgEACAAJ |pages=171–176 |publisher=Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana |isbn=9780940984806 |quote=Estate No. 288, appraised at $42,562.82, including 28 slaves, and numerous tracts of land. His only child by the 1st marriage petitioned that all property given to other members of the [2nd] family "be carried into the inventory and appraisment and valued as other property of the succession of the said deceased." There were 11 heirs.}}</ref> His 21st-century descendants include [[Tina Knowles|Celestine "Tina" Knowles]] and her two daughters [[Beyoncé]] and [[Solange Knowles|Solange]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-02|title=Beyonce's Acadian Roots|url=https://www.tfcg.ca/beyonces-acadian-roots|website=THE FRENCH-CANADIAN GENEALOGIST}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/a-peek-into-blue-ivy-cart_b_1200346.html |title=A Peek into Blue Ivy Carter's Past |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |publisher=[[AOL]] |date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=January 14, 2012}}</ref>


==Modern cultural references==
==Modern cultural references==
{{No references|section|date=November 2023}}
The [[Cajun music]] group [[BeauSoleil]] is named after him.
The [[Cajun music]] group [[BeauSoleil]] is named in honor of Broussard.


A New Brunswick group "Beausoleil Broussard" was very popular in the 1970s.
A New Brunswick group "Beausoleil Broussard" was very popular in the 1970s.


He is a character in the novel ''Banished from Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard, Grand-Pre, Acadia, 1755'' (2004) by Sharon Stewart.
Broussard is a character in the novel ''Banished from Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard, Grand-Pre, Acadia, 1755'' (2004) by Sharon Stewart.


A dramatized, historically inaccurate version of Beausoleil is featured in the Acadian novel ''Pélagie-la-Charette,'' by Antonine Maillet.
A dramatized, historically inaccurate version of Beausoleil is featured in the Acadian novel ''Pélagie-la-Charrette,'' by [[Antonine Maillet]].


Part of his militant Acadian hero story is told in the documentary feature "Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart" by Acadian director Phil Comeau.
Part of his militant Acadian hero story is told in the documentary feature "Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart" by Acadian director Phil Comeau.
Line 85: Line 87:
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite DCB |first=C. J. |last=d’Entremont |title=Brossard, Beausoleil, Josepth |volume=3 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/brossard_joseph_3E.html}}
* {{cite DCB |first=C. J. |last=d’Entremont |title=Brossard, Beausoleil, Josepth |volume=3 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/brossard_joseph_3E.html}}
* {{cite book|last=Faragher|first=John Mack|authorlink=John Mack Faragher|title=A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland|url=https://archive.org/details/greatnoblescheme00fara|url-access=registration|year=2005|publisher=W.W Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-05135-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Faragher|first=John Mack|author-link=John Mack Faragher|title=A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland|url=https://archive.org/details/greatnoblescheme00fara|url-access=registration|year=2005|publisher=W.W Norton & Company|isbn=978-0-393-05135-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Jobb|first=Dean W.|title=The Acadians: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gc6OplM0jsAC&pg=PP1|year=2005|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-73961-7}} &ndash; published in the United States as ''The Cajuns: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph''
* {{cite book|last=Jobb|first=Dean W.|title=The Acadians: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gc6OplM0jsAC&pg=PP1|year=2005|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-73961-7}} &ndash; published in the United States as ''The Cajuns: A People's Story of Exile and Triumph''
* {{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Dianne|title=Heroes of the Acadian Resistance: The Story of Joseph Beausoleil Broussard and Pierre II Surette 1702-1765|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4ZiQ2udL94C&pg=PP1|year=2011|publisher=Formac|location=Halifax|isbn=978-0-88780-978-1}}
* {{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Dianne|title=Heroes of the Acadian Resistance: The Story of Joseph Beausoleil Broussard and Pierre II Surette 1702-1765|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4ZiQ2udL94C&pg=PP1|year=2011|publisher=Formac|location=Halifax|isbn=978-0-88780-978-1}}
Line 101: Line 103:
[[Category:French Canadian people of the French and Indian War]]
[[Category:French Canadian people of the French and Indian War]]
[[Category:People deported from Canada]]
[[Category:People deported from Canada]]
[[Category:French slave owners]]
[[Category:18th-century pirates]]
[[Category:18th-century pirates]]
[[Category:1702 births]]
[[Category:1702 births]]
[[Category:1765 deaths]]
[[Category:1765 deaths]]
[[Category:People of Colonial Spanish Louisiana]]
[[Category:People from Colonial Spanish Louisiana]]
[[Category:People from Albert County, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:People from Albert County, New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Date of death unknown]]
[[Category:Date of death unknown]]
[[Category:Date of birth unknown]]
[[Category:Date of birth unknown]]
[[Category:People of Father Le Loutre's War]]
[[Category:Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)]]

Latest revision as of 16:08, 26 October 2024

For the rice grower and miller in southeast Texas, see Joseph Eloi Broussard.
Joseph Broussard
Nickname(s)Beausoleil
Born1702 (1702)
Port-Royal, Acadia, New France
(present-day Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Died1765 (aged 62–63)
St. Martinville, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, New Spain
(present-day Loreauville, Louisiana, U.S.)
Buried
Unknown location near Loreauville, Louisiana
Allegiance Acadia
Service / branchAcadian militia
RankCaptain
Battles / warsFather Rale's War

King George's War

Father Le Loutre's War

French and Indian War

Other workLed Acadians to Louisiana. Militia captain of the Acadians of the Atakapas[1]

Joseph Broussard (1702–1765), also known as Beausoleil (English: Beautiful Sun), was a leader of the Acadian people in Acadia; later Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. Broussard organized Mi'kmaq and Acadian militias against the British through King George's War, Father Le Loutre's War and during the Seven Years' War. After Acadia was captured by the British, he eventually led the first group of Acadians to southern Louisiana in the present-day United States. His name is sometimes presented as Joseph Gaurhept Broussard; this is likely the result of a transcription error.[2] Broussard is widely regarded as a hero and an important historical figure by both Acadians and Cajuns.

Life

[edit]

Broussard was born in Port-Royal, Acadia, in 1702 to Jean-François Broussard and Catherine Richard. His father came from Poitiers and his mother was born in Port Royal. He lived much of his life at Le Cran (present-day Stoney Creek, Albert County, New Brunswick), along the Petitcodiac River with his wife Agnes and their eleven children.

During Father Rale's War, Broussard participated in a raid on Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia (1724).[3]

King George's War

[edit]
See also: History of the Acadians

During King George's War, under the leadership of French priest Jean-Louis Le Loutre, Broussard began a resistance movement against British rule in Acadia. Broussard's forces frequently included Mi'kmaq militia, long-time allies of the Acadians. In 1747 he participated in and was later charged for his involvement with the Battle of Grand Pré.[1][4]

Father Le Loutre's War

[edit]

During Father Le Loutre's War, after the construction of Fort Beausejour in 1751, Broussard joined Jean-Louis Le Loutre at Beausejour. In an effort to stop the emigration of British settlers into Acadia, in 1749 Broussard was involved in one of the first raids on Dartmouth, Nova Scotia which resulted in the deaths of five British settlers.[5] The following year, Broussard was in the Battle at Chignecto and then shortly afterward he led sixty Mi'kmaq and Acadians to attack Dartmouth again, in what would be known as the "Dartmouth Massacre" (1751). Broussard and the others killed twenty British settlers and took a few as prisoners.[6] Cornwallis temporarily abandoned plans to settle Dartmouth.[7]

In late April 1754, Beausoleil and a large band of Mi'kmaq and Acadians left Chignecto for Lawrencetown. They arrived in mid-May and in the night opened fire on the village. Beausoleil killed and scalped four British settlers and two soldiers. By August, as the raids continued, the residents and soldiers were withdrawn to Halifax.[8]

Capture of French ships Alcide and Lys off Newfoundland. The ships were carrying war supplies for Acadians and Mi'kmaq

In the action of 8 June 1755, a naval battle off Cape Race, Newfoundland, on board the French ships Alcide and Lys were found 10,000 scalping knives for Acadians and Indians serving under Chief Jean-Baptiste Cope and Acadian Beausoleil as they continue to fight Father Le Loutre's War.[9]

Broussard was also active in the fight against Lieutenant Colonel Robert Monckton in the Battle of Beausejour.[10]

Seven Years' War

[edit]

With Le Loutre imprisoned after the Battle of Beausejour, Broussard became the leader of the Acadian resistance to the expulsion of the Acadians (1755–1764), leading assaults against the British on several occasions between 1755 and 1758 as part of the forces of Charles Deschamps de Boishébert et de Raffetot.[1] After arming a ship in 1758, Broussard traveled through the upper Bay of Fundy region, where he attacked British settlements. His ship was seized in November 1758. He was then forced to flee, travelling first to the Miramichi and later imprisoned at Fort Edward in 1762. Finally, he was transferred and imprisoned with other Acadians in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Arrival at Louisiana

[edit]

Released in 1764, the year after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, Broussard left Nova Scotia, along with his family and hundreds of other Acadians, to Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti).[11] Unable to adapt to the climate and diseases that were killing Acadians, he led the group to settle in Louisiana.[12]

He was among the first 200 Acadians to arrive in Louisiana on February 27, 1765, aboard the Santo Domingo.[13] On April 8, 1765, he was appointed militia captain and commander of the "Acadians of the Atakapas" the area around present-day St. Martinville.[1] Not long after his arrival, Joseph Broussard died near what is now St. Martinville at the presumed age of 63. The exact date of his death is unknown, but it is assumed to have been on or about October 20, 1765. Many of his descendants live in southern Louisiana and Nova Scotia.

Descendancy

[edit]

Broussard's children and grandchildren generally remained in Louisiana, integrating into the slave-owning upper classes of the colony.[14][15][16] His 21st-century descendants include Celestine "Tina" Knowles and her two daughters Beyoncé and Solange.[17][18]

Modern cultural references

[edit]

The Cajun music group BeauSoleil is named in honor of Broussard.

A New Brunswick group "Beausoleil Broussard" was very popular in the 1970s.

Broussard is a character in the novel Banished from Our Home: The Acadian Diary of Angelique Richard, Grand-Pre, Acadia, 1755 (2004) by Sharon Stewart.

A dramatized, historically inaccurate version of Beausoleil is featured in the Acadian novel Pélagie-la-Charrette, by Antonine Maillet.

Part of his militant Acadian hero story is told in the documentary feature "Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart" by Acadian director Phil Comeau.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d "History:1755-Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil (c. 1702-1765)". Archived from the original on 2009-05-20. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
  2. ^ "Middle Name or Clerical Error?: Joseph Broussard dit Beausoleil and 'Gaurhept', Shane K. Bernard". 3 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  3. ^ James Laxer, The Acadians: In Search of a Homeland, Anchor Canada Press, p. 103
  4. ^ Brodhead, John Romeyn (1858). Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York. Vol. 10. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co. p. 155.
  5. ^ Grenier, John (2008). The Far Reaches of Empire: War in Nova Scotia, 1710-1760. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-8061-3876-3.
  6. ^ Grenier (2008), p. 160.
  7. ^ Grenier (2008), p. 161.
  8. ^ Marshall, Dianne (2011). Heroes of the Acadian Resistance: The Story of Joseph Beausoleil Broussard and Pierre II Surette 1702-1765. Halifax: Formac. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0-88780-978-1.
  9. ^ Raddall, Thomas Head (1948). Halifax, warden of the north. McClelland & Stewart. p. 45. ISBN 9780771072468.
  10. ^ Grenier (2008), p. 171.
  11. ^ Shane K. Bernard. "Cajuns and their Acadian ancestors: a young reader's history", 2008, University Press of Mississippi, p. 31, ISBN 978-1-934110-78-2
  12. ^ C. A. Pincombe and E. W. Larracy, Resurgo: The History of Moncton, Volume 1, 1990, Moncton, p. 30 [failed verification] ISBN 0969463405
  13. ^ "Broussard named for early settler Valsin Broussard" Archived 2009-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ "Record Detail". The Acadian Memorial Database. Acadian Memorial Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 4 October 2020. They owned 700 semi-wild beef cattle and 60 domesticated cattle. They also owned the following slaves: Thomas, 50 years old; Leuder, 23 years old; Martin, 19 years old; Jean-Louis, 11 years old; Célestin, 7 years old; Charles, 5 years old; Godfrey, 4 years old; Charlotte, 42 years old; Hélène, 25 years old; Félicité, 23 years old; Madeleine, 17 years old; Angélique, 16 years old; Pte. Félicité, 10 years old; Marie, 7 years old; Messite, 4 yeaers old; Clarisse, 2 years old; and Hortense, 1 year old.
  15. ^ De Ville, Winston (1987). Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts. 71. Joseph BROUSSARD, 47; Marguerite SÇAVOIS, wife, 35. Garcons: Joseph, 3; Francopis, 1. Filles: Marguerite, 12; Luedivine, 10; Nastasie, 8; Magdeleine, 6. Slaves: 3. There were 100 cattle, 20 horses, and 20 hogs.
  16. ^ Conrad, Glenn R. (1993). Land Records of the Attakapas District: Attakapas-St. Martin Estates, 1804-1818, Part 2. Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 171–176. ISBN 9780940984806. Estate No. 288, appraised at $42,562.82, including 28 slaves, and numerous tracts of land. His only child by the 1st marriage petitioned that all property given to other members of the [2nd] family "be carried into the inventory and appraisment and valued as other property of the succession of the said deceased." There were 11 heirs.
  17. ^ "Beyonce's Acadian Roots". THE FRENCH-CANADIAN GENEALOGIST. 2021-12-02.
  18. ^ "A Peek into Blue Ivy Carter's Past". The Huffington Post. AOL. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2012.

Further reading

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Broussard&oldid=1253552358"