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Note: He is also listed in some places as "Don Juan Francisco Jose Gaston Vives".
1. Juan Vincent Vives had the honorary title of Don. The title can be passed down to all direct dependents, including females. He was a physician. Don Juan brought a group of Canary Islanders to help colonize Louisiana for Spain. He established the town of Valenzuela on Bayou Lafourche. He continued practicing medicine in Louisiana and was known as a "circuit" doctor, traveling up and down Bayou Lafourche treating patients. He died at his home, Belle Alliance, a few miles below Donaldsonville. There is an Historical Marker on Bayou Lafoourche, near the site of Belle Alliance Plantation. The sign reads as follows:
VALENZUELA DANS LAFOURCHE
Founded under Spanish Rule c. 1778 by Canary Islanders, later joined by Acadians and others. Post believed to be site of "Belle Alliance Plantation," 841 acre grant to Don Juan Vives, early Spanish physician, officer in the Galvez Expedition.
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2. A professor from Valencia, Spain wrote a book on the Bouligny family and included a chapter on the Vives family. He lists the birth date as Dec. 14, 1751 and his name as Juan Francisco Vicente Vives. This data was obtained from an email from Catherine Robertson Prokop, who is the Secretary of the Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana domiciled in Baton Rouge.
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3. In 1779 Dr. Juan Vives, from Spain, is hired by the governor to examine Canary Islanders who settled on Bayou Lafourche. Andres Jung who reinforced the levee system three years ago gets the contract to settle the Islenos. (ref. Encyclopedia Louisiana)
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4. In the Census of 1789, Don Juan Vives and Marguerite Bujueaux are listed as owning:
9 arpents of land, 10 salves, 200 quarts of corn, 26 head of cattle, 12 horses, and 11 hogs.
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5. From the book by Dr. Vicente Ribes, "Comerciantes, Esclavos y Capital Sin Patria" the act of baptism for Juan Vives is as follows (translated):
Wednesday, the fifteenth of December of the year 1751, I, Dr. Vicente Ruiz, Vicario temporal of the parochial church of the city of Denia, baptized according to the ritual of Our Holy Roman Catholic Mother Church Juan Francisco Vicente, son of Juan Vives and of Francisco Planells, married to each other, grandson by way of the father, of Jaime Vives and of Josepha Lacombe, and by way of the morher, of Augustin Planells and of Clara Cortes. Sponsors were Francisco Gisbert and Maria Gorgoll. He was born on day fourteen of said month and year. A.P.A.D., Libro de bautismos.
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6. At baptism of son, Juan Nicolas, Juan Vincente is listed as Captain of Militia.
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7. Juan (Jean) Vincent, doctor of medicine, died at age 68 yrs. at his home in Assumption Parish.
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8. Sep 1766 StJ, Asc, Asp, Lf born c1751, probably Pigiguit; daughter of Joseph BUJOLE & Anne LEBLANC; sister of Anne, Augustin, Félicité-Perpétué, & Marie-Madeleine; exiled to MD 1755, age 4; in report on Acadians at Oxford, MD, Jul 1763, age 12, called Margte. BIGEOS, with parents & siblings; arrived LA 1766, age 15; in Cabanocé census, 1769, right [west] bank, called Margueritte BUJEUX, age 18, with parents, siblings, & uncle Joseph LANDRY; in Ascension census, 1770, right [west] bank, called Margueritte BUJEAU, age 19, with parents & siblings; married, age 19, (1)Joseph, publican, son of Augustin CONSTANT & Jeanne CORT of d'Arbone, bishopric of St.-Étienne, France, 1 Aug 1770, St.-Jacques; in Ascension census, 1777, right [west] bank, called Margueritte BUJEAUX, age 26, with husband Joseph CONSTANT age 38, sons Paul CONSTANT age 6, Augustin CONSTANT age 4, daughter Anne CONSTANT age 3, parents, & siblings;married, age 29, (2)Don Juan, physician & lieutenant of militia, son of Juan VIVES & Francisca PLANETTE of Cario, Reynade, Valencia, Spain, 8 Feb 1780, Ascension, now Donaldsonville; in Ascension/Valenzuéla census, 1788, right [west] bank, called Margueritte BUJEAUX, age 35, with husband Don Juan VIVES age 31, sons Paulle CONSTANT age 16, Auguste CONSTANT age 13, Antoine VIVES age 7, Landry VIVES age 5, [daughters] Constance CONSTANT age 12, Clarice VIVES age 3, 10 slaves, 9 arpents, 200 qts. corn, 24 horned cattle, 15 horses, 40 swine; in Ascension/Valenzuéla census, 1791, right [west] bank, called Margrithe BIJEAU, age 40, with husband Don Juan VIVES age 35, sons Auguste [CONSTANT] age 18, Antoine [VIVES] age 10, Chevaillier [VIVES] age 2, Pol Augustin [VIVES] age 2, daughters Anne [CONSTANT] age 16, Carmelite [VIVES] age 7, 17 slaves, 10 arpents, 25 qts. rice, 500 qts. corn, 40 horned cattle, 15 horses, 12 swine; in Valenzuéla census, 1795, called Margarita BIJEAU, age 44, with husband Don Juan VIVES age 39, sons Augusto [CONSTANT] age 23, Antonio [VIVES] age 15, Juan [VIVES] age 7, Pablo [VIVES] age 5, daughters Constancia [CONSTANT] age 21, Carmelita [VIVES] age 12, & Carmelita[sic, VIVES] age 10; in Valenzuéla census, 1797, called Margueritte BUJEAU, age 46, with husband Don Juan VIVES age 40, sons Auguste [CONSTANT] age 24, Antonio [VIVES] age 16, Juan [VIVES] age 10, Pablo [VIVES] age 6, & daughter Carmelitte [VIVES] age 12, 20 slaves; in Valenzuéla census, 1798, called Margueritte, no surname given, age 46, with husband Don Juan VIVES age 41, sons Auguste [VIVES] age 23, Antonio [VIVES] age 17, Juan [VIVES] age 9, Pablo [VIVES] age 7, & daughter Carmelitte [VIVES] age 14, 13/60 arpents, 26 slaves; died [buried] Ascension 21 Jun 1806, age 55
http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-BIJEAU-BUJOLE.htm#Margu erite BIJE
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9. Don Juan Vives
Residence: Valenzuela, LaFourche Parish, Louisiana
Evidence: Sidney A. Marchand, "An Attempt to Re-Assemble the Old Settlers in Family Groups" (Baton Rouge", family group no. 694, cites the marriage of Don Juan Vives (son of Juan Vives and Francisca Planez and a lieutenant of militia at Valenzuela, LaFourche Parish) and Marguerite Bujol (daughter of Joseph Bujol and Anna LeBlanc and widow of Joseph Constant) in 1780.
Note: The published diocesan records transcribe Marguerite's name inaccurately as "Planette", but the original document clearly sows a 'z' and two vertical creases in the paper.
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10. Birth: circa 1754 (based on his stated age at time of death) royal city of Cario, Province of Valencia, Spain. Again the published diocesan records mis-transcribe this place as "Cario, Reynade, Valencia." The original actually reads "Cario Reyna de Valencia."
Evidence: Marriage record (translated from Spanish), Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 2 (1770-1803) (Baton Rouge: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1980), pp. 168 & 722 (citing ASC-1,139
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11. Burial: 11 May 1822 Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana
Evidence: Burial record, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 4 (1820-1829) (Baton Rouge: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1983), p. 550 (citing ASC-4,155). The record calls him "Jean Vincent, age 68 yrs., doctor of medicine," and notes that he died at home.
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Marriage To: Marguerite Bijeaud (Bujol), 8 February 1780 Ascension Church, Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
Evidence: Marriage record (translated from Spanish), Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 2 (1770-1803), pp. 168 & 722 (citing ASC-1,139)
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10. (From "First Settlers of the Louisiana Territory", Vol. 11, Ericson Books, Ingmire Publishers, 1983, Page 129)
Decisions of the Board of Commissions for the Eastern District of the Territory of Orleans of Land Claims Registered in the Books of Bela Hubbard, Deputy Register for the County of La Fourche.
1803
No. 79 - Juan Vives claims a tract of land, situated on the left bank of the bayou La Fourche in the county of La Fourche, containing thirteen arpents in front, and forty arpents in depth, and bounded on the upper side by land of Lorenzo Acosta, and on the lower by land of Antonio Martinez.
The land was surveyed in the year 1790, in favor of thle claimant, who obtained a complete grant for the same from the Intendant General of the province in the year 1801, and the same having been inhabited and cultivated ever since the year 1790, until on and after the 20th December, 1803.
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Hon. Numa Vives is one of the foremost planters of Assumption parish, La.,
being the owner of Cecelia plantation, which is located nine miles below
Donaldsonville. He was born in this parish on Belle Alliance plantation,
July 7, 1828, to H. Vives, also a native of the parish, who at one time
owned a part of Belle Alliance plantation. He died at about the age of
sixty-four years. His father, Dr. Don Juan Vives, was a native of Spain
and a medical practitioner until his death, which occurred when he was very
advanced in years. He received his medical education in his native land,
and after coming to America was a justice of the peace for some time,
receiving his commission from the Spanish authorities who then ruled this
region. One of his brothers was a general and was commander and governor
of Cuba. Hon. Numa Vives is the elder of two brothers now living, the
other member being Edward Vives who lives in this parish. The subject of
this sketch was educated in Cape Girardeau, Mo., but was forced to leave
this excellent institution of learning before completing his course on
account of his eyes. He returned home and commenced planting on what is
now Delia plantation, and this, in connection with Cecelia plantation,
amounts to 3,000 acres of very fine land. On each plantation is an
excellent sugar-house and the most of the land is well tilled. He is a
democrat in politics, and on this ticket was elected to the state
legislature from Assumption parish on two different occasions and has since
served as a member of the police jury since the election of F. T. Nicholls
to the governorship of Louisiana. Mr. Vives is a fine linguist and speaks
three languages fluently: Spanish, French and English. In 1849 he was
married to Miss Mary Truxillo, of this parish, by whom he became the father
of four daughters and two sons, two of the daughters being married. One of
the sons is a successful practicing physician and the other is equally
successful as a planter.
Biographical and Historical Memoires of Louisiana, (vol. 2), p. 436.
Published by the Goodspeed Publishing Company, Chicago, 1892.
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(Encyclopedia Louisiana)
In 1779 Dr. Juan Vives from Spain, is hired bly the governor to examine Canary Islanders who settled on Bayou Lafourche. Andres Julng, who reinforced the levee system three years ago, gets the contract to settle the Islanders.
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Don Juan Vives
Residence: Valenzuela, La Fourche Parish, Louisiana
Evidence: Sydney A. Marchand, "An Attempt to Re-Assemb;e the Old Settlers in Family Groups." Family group 694 sites the marriage of Don Juan Vives (son of Juan Vives and Frances Planez and a lieutenent of militia at Valenzuela, La Fourche Parish) amd Marguerite Bujol (daughter of Joseph Bujol and Anna LeBlanc and widow of Joseph Constant) in 1780.
Note: The published diocesan records transcribe Marguerite's name ilnacculrately as Planette, bult the original document clearly shows a 'z' and two vertical creases in the paper.
Birth: circa 1754 (based on his stated age at the time of death) royal city of Cario, Provence of Valencia, Spain.
Again, the published diocesan records mis-transcribe this place as Cario, Renade, Valencia. The original actlually reads Cario Reyna de Valencia.
Evidence: marriage record (translated from Spanish), Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 2 (1770-1803) (Baton Rouge: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1980), pp. 168 & 722 (citing ASC-1,139).
Burial: 11 May 1822, Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
Evidence: Burial record, Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 4 (1820-1829) (Baton Rouge: Diocese of Baton Rouge, 1983), p. 550 (citing ASC-4,155). The record calls him "Jean Vincent, age 68 yrs., doctor of medicine," and notes that he died at home.
Marriage to: Marguerite Bijeaud (Bujol), 8 February 1780, Ascension Church, Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
Witnesses: Antonio Maxent, Commandanr of Valenzuela, and Geronimo LeBlanc.
Evidence: Marriage record (translated from Spanish), Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol. 2 (1770-1803), pp. 168 & 722 (citing ASC-1,139.
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His military discharge papers say that he saw no combat. He served as Lieutenant beginning Nov. 30, 1779 and served 11 years, 2 months, 12 days. He became First Lieutenant with rank of Captain on Feb. 12, 1792 and served 4 months 19 days. Total Service until June of 1792: 11 years, 7 months, and 1 day.
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HISTORICAL NOTES ON "VIVES"
"Don Juan Vincent Vives was born in Denia Provence of Valencia, Spain, of pure Caucasian or blue-eyed race, about 1754. His parents, Don Juan Vives and Francesco Planez were also of this Province. Don Juan was the 1st of the line to come to America. His brother, Joseph, was captain general and governor of Cuba. His other brother, Antoine, was a Bishop of Paris, France and his sister was Superior of Notre Dame Convent in Paris.
The King of Spain, Charles III, knighted him in recognition for his public services, conferring the title "Don" to his name, which title is passed on to the direct descendants. As a further reward, a large tract of land lying in what is now the greater part of Assension Parish, Louisiana, was granted to him. This consisted of 13 arpents front on Bayou Lafourche about 4 miles from Donaldsonville and went back to a depth of 80 arpents to the site of present-day Belle Alliance, and which is believed to have been the location of the village "Valenzuela."
Don Juan received his medical education in Spain, and practiced this profession until his death on May 11, 1822,at the age of 68 years. After coming to America he received a commission as Justice of the Peace from the Spanish authorities who then ruled this region.
Sometime during the year 1774, Don Juan Vives, in connection with the planned effort of the Government of Spain, moved a colony of about 69 people from Spain to the land grant in Ascension Parish. Several thousand acres of land was cleared and the settlement was christened "Valenzuela." The Parish Church was known as the Church of the Assumption. Settlers who had spent more than 30 years in an odyssey that led them to Nova Scotia, England, France and finally to Valenzuela on the banks of Bayou Lafourche in 1785, where they made their home. The Assumption Church records began in 1793 and the 41 items now on deposit in the Archives represent one of the most complete collections of parochial records in the Diocese. The records run in an uninterrupted sequence from 1793 to the present.
On Feb. 8, 1780 Don Juan married Marguerite Bujol (Bujeaux) by whom he became the father of 4 sons and 1 daughter, who lived to rear families and help settle Louisiana. The records indicate that there were 2 other daughters, Anna Marguerite, born April 8, 1784, and Marie Clara, born January 20, 1786, who evidently died in infancy.
When trouble developed between the Spaniards and the English, who had established themselves by fortifying a fort at Baton Rouge, Dr. Don Juan Vives organized a company of militia from the settlers of Valenzuela and was made Captain. This company was successful in routing the English from the Louisiana Territory.
This battle was the only battle of the American Revolution fought outside the original 13 Colonies. General George Washington, while in his winter quarters at Morristown, New Jersey, wrote Don Bernardo de Galvez, then Spanish Governor of Louisiana, a letter of commendation for his success at the Battle of Baton Rouge. A bronze marker, erected by the Daughters of tile American Revolution, stands on the site of this battle, which is near the Old Capital Building in Baton Rouge.
Dr. Don Juan Vives and his sons were very active in building up this part of Louisiana, and were among the 1st to raise sugar cane and make sugar on a commercial basis. They were highly respected and loved.
Dr. Hypolite Vives, son of Dr. Don Juan Vives, served with distinction as a surgeon at the Battle of Baton Rouge and was commissioned a Lieutenant.
Honorable Numa Vives was one of the foremost planters of Assumption Parish, having owned Cecelia Plantation, located 9 miles below Donaldsonville. He was born on Belle Alliance Plantation July 7, 1828, son of Hypolite Vives, who owned a part of Belle Alliance, which was part of the original Spanish Land Grant given to his father, Don Juan Vives. Numa Vives was educAted in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, but did not complete his studies due to poor eyesight. On returning home, he commenced planting on Delia Plantation, and this, in connection with Celia Plantation, made a total of 3,000 acres under cultivation. He was a Democrat politically and was elected to the State Legislature on 2 different occasions, having served as a member of the Police Jury during the Governorship of F. T. Nicholls. He was a fine linguist and spoke 3 languages fluently: Spanish, French and English. In1848 he married Miss Mary Truxcillo. Of this marriage there were 4 boys and 5 girls. One of the sons was a successful practicing physician nd another a successful Planter, the other 2 having died in childhood.
Lieutenant Edward Vives, another son of Dr. Hypolite Vives, was second in command of Company "H" 28th Louisiana Volunteers, Confederate Army. He fought through the Battle of Vicksburg and the siege following. Prior to the Civil War, Lt. Edward Vives was a large plantation owner and a sugar operator, but the war depleted his entire fortune. Upon his release from the army, he devoted his life to politics and was the 1st sheriff elected in Assumption Parish, which office he held for years."
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