Anne FOREST
Abt 1729 - 1788 (~ 59 years)-
Name Anne FOREST [1, 2] Born Abt 1729 [3] Gender Female Died 6 Nov 1788 Louisiana, USA 
[4] Person ID I4827 King Gardner Genealogy Last Modified 17 Jan 2022
Family 1 Pierre BABIN, b. Abt 1727, d. Bef 5 Feb 1766, Port au Prince, Saint Domingue, West Indies (Age ~ 39 years) Married Abt 1753 [5] Last Modified 17 Jan 2022 Family ID F2132 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Étienne BUGEAUD, b. Abt 1724, Pisiguit, Acadia , d. Bef 7 Oct 1786, Donaldsonville (was Ascension), Ascension Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age ~ 62 years) Married 1767 Cabahannocer, St. James Parish, Louisiana, USA [6] Last Modified 17 Jan 2022 Family ID F2111 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Pierre Babin and Anne Forest resided in Pisiguit when daughter Marie was born. See Notes for Pierre Babin, husband of Anne Forest, for a transcript of Marie Forest's marriage recording her as "native de Lacadia Parroisse la sainte famille". Was Anne Forest born in and a resident of Pisiguit?
The surviving Grand Pré Parish Registers have been transcribed and are available online. There are no Forest baptisms, only 6 Forest marriages (3 in or before 1718), and only 1 Forest burial in the Grand Pré register. There seem to be few Forest's residing in Grand Pré; so Anne Forest, wife of Pierre Babin, may have been born and a resident of Pisiguit.
The Dictionnaire Généalogique des Familles Acadiennes 1636-1714 (Pages 630-631) records the first Forest in Acadia as Michel (Gereyt) (de) Forest who married Marie Hébert and had four sons: Michel, Pierre, René, and Jean-Baptiste. Likely, all four sons were born in Port Royal as Michel (Gereyt) (de) Forest is recorded in the 1671, 1678, and 1686 Censuses of Port Royal. The DGFA also records "Redevances payees par les habt de Pgt [Pisiguit] en 1754: village des Forest … payee par Claude Benoit", indicating a Forest presence in Pisiguit.
The DGFA records sons Michel and Pierre in the 1714 Census of Pisiguit (Pages 633 and 635), son René in the 1714 Census of Port Royal (Page 637), and son Jean-Baptiste in the 1703, 1707, and 1714 Censuses of Beaubassin (Pages 639-640). Assuming Anne Forest was born in and a resident of Pisiguit, it is likely she is the daughter of sons Michel or Pierre.
The DGFA (Page 632) records Michel (de) Forest marrying twice and having 2 married sons:
1. Jean-Baptiste, son of Marie Petitpas, married Madeleine Célestin dit Bellemère October 24 1718 in Grand Pré
2. Jacques, son of Marie Célestin dit Bellemère, married Claire Vincent July 2 1731 in Grande Pré
Jacques Forest and Claire Vincent are less likely candidates to be the parents of Anne Forest, wife of Pierre Babin and Étienne Bugeaud, as their year of marriage in 1731 is slightly after Anne Forest's approximate year of birth about 1729.
The DGFA (Page 634) records Pierre (de) Forest marrying Cécile Richard and having 1 son Pierre who married Madeleine Babin January 10 1718 in Grand Pré.
If Anne Forest, wife of Pierre Babin and Étienne Bugeaud, is the daughter of Pierre Forest and Madeleine Babin, she is the granddaughter of Vincent Babin and Anne Thériot. The likeliest parents of Pierre Babin are Jean Babin and Marguerite Bourg also making Pierre Babin the grandson of Vincent Babin and Anne Thériot. It seems unlikely Pierre Babin and Anne Forest were first cousins as this would require a second degree consanguinity dispensation.
Assuming Anne Forest, wife of Pierre Babin and Étienne Bugeaud, was born in and a resident of Pisiguit, then she can be the daughter of:
1. Jean-Baptiste Forest and Madeleine Célestin dit Bellemère
2. Jacques Forest and Claire Vincent
3. Pierre Forest and Madeleine Babin
Of these, Jean-Baptiste Forest and Madeleine Célestin dit Bellemère seem most likely.
- Pierre Babin and Anne Forest resided in Pisiguit when daughter Marie was born. See Notes for Pierre Babin, husband of Anne Forest, for a transcript of Marie Forest's marriage recording her as "native de Lacadia Parroisse la sainte famille". Was Anne Forest born in and a resident of Pisiguit?
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Sources - [S1283] 1769 Census of Donaldson, Ascension, Louisiana (Transcript), Lillian Bourgeois, (Name: Cabanocey: The History, Customs, and Folklore of St. James Parish; Location: Pelican Publishing; Date: 1998;), Page 175.
Records Estienne Bujeau age 45, Anne Forest wife age 40, Pierre Bujeau son age 14, Jean son 1, Magdelaine daughter age 8, Marie daughter age 8, Joseph Babain step-son age 14, and Charles step-son age 9. Source for first name - [S1285] Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Series 106 Legajo 187B Page 206.
Source Book not viewed. Records "Etat Des acadiens qui ce sont marie depuis le commencement de l'Etablissement de Kabahannossé...acadiens marie a la ville--1767... Etienne Bujol et margueritte [sic] forrest…". Source for maiden surname - [S1283] 1769 Census of Donaldson, Ascension, Louisiana (Transcript), Lillian Bourgeois, (Name: Cabanocey: The History, Customs, and Folklore of St. James Parish; Location: Pelican Publishing; Date: 1998;), Page 175.
Records Estienne Bujeau age 45, Anne Forest wife age 40, Pierre Bujeau son age 14, Jean son 1, Magdelaine daughter age 8, Marie daughter age 8, Joseph Babain step-son age 14, and Charles step-son age 9. Source for approximate year of birth - [S1284] Louisiana Ancestor Charts and Tables 1600-1900 Volume V, Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society, (Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana; Date: 1997;).
Source Book not viewed. Records "Ana Forest, married 1757 to Etienne Bujol, died 6 Nov 1788", but does identify where Anne Forest died. Source for date of death and assumed state of death - [S1279] Histoire et Généalogie des Acadiens 1625-1810, Bona Arsenault, (Name: Edition Lemeac 6 Volumes; Location: Montréal; Date: 1978;), Page 1321 (Pisiguit).
Source Book not viewed. States "Pierre BABIN, born around 1730, son of Joseph and Anne LANDRY, married around 1753 to Anne FOREST (no parents given); two sons". Source for approximate year of marriage - [S1285] Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Series 106 Legajo 187B Page 206.
Source Book not viewed. Records "Etat Des acadiens qui ce sont marie depuis le commencement de l'Etablissement de Kabahannossé...acadiens marie a la ville--1767... Etienne Bujol et margueritte [sic] forrest…". Source for year and place of marriage
- [S1283] 1769 Census of Donaldson, Ascension, Louisiana (Transcript), Lillian Bourgeois, (Name: Cabanocey: The History, Customs, and Folklore of St. James Parish; Location: Pelican Publishing; Date: 1998;), Page 175.