Ninth Generation

430. Joseph Belair FONTENOT was born about 1732 in Mobile (Mobile County), Alabama, USA.¹⁶⁸⁵ He and his family are believed to have lived in the are between Washington and present-day Ville Platte (Louisiana).¹³³¹ Joseph Bellair Fontenot and Marie Jeanne Brignac appeared in the 1777 Census in Opelousas with the following children: Joseph (15), Louis (12), Jacques (8), Pierre (6), Fran�oise (2). Joseph was listed as 45 years of age. Marie Jeanne was listed as Marie Josephe, age 40. The family had 2 slaves. They also owned 100 cattle, 7 horses, and 12 hogs.He died on 15 October 1790 in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA.^{1331,1685,1686} An inventory of his estate took place on 16 October 1790. ^1,3066Inheritors listed in a document dated July 1791 related to his succession: Marie Josephe, wid. Terrebonne m. Louis Fontenot; Clair m. Joseph Guillory; Marie Jeanne m. Louis Guillory; Augustin; Lucas, widr of Severino DeSoto.¹⁶⁸⁷ Marie Jeanne BRIGNAC and Joseph Belair FONTENOT¹⁵⁵⁸ were married.

431. Marie Jeanne BRIGNAC was born about 1737 according to one source but I don't believe that it's correct.¹³³⁰ She was buried on 24 June 1801 at Saint Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA.^1,1688 The inventory and auction of her estate took place on 23 July 1801 at Opelousas. ^1,3065

Children were:

215	i.	Marie Josephe FONTENOT.
	ii.	Charles Charlot Belaire FONTENOT was born about 1758.
	iii.	Claire FONTENOT was born about 1760. She died about 1804 at the age of 44.
	iv.	Marie Jeanne FONTENOT was born on 6 June 1762 in Mobile (Mobile County), Alabama, USA. She died before November 1843 at the age of 81.
	v.	Lucas FONTENOT died about 10 December 1790 in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA. He was buried on 10 December 1790 in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA.
	vi.	Joseph FONTENOT was born about 1762.
	vii.	Augustin FONTENOT was born about 1765. He died in 1821 at the age of 56.
	viii.	Louis FONTENOT was born about 1765.
	ix.	Jacques FONTENOT was born about 1769.
	x.	Louis FONTENOT was born on 10 April 1770 in Louisiana, USA.¹⁶⁸⁹ He was baptized on 28 April 1771 in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA.¹⁶⁹⁰
	xi.	Pierre Joseph FONTENOT was born on 21 October 1772 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.¹⁶⁹¹ He was baptized on 10 May 1773 in (Pointe Coupée Parish), Louisiana, USA.¹⁶⁹¹
	xii.	Marie Francoise FONTENOT was born about 1775. She died on 16 September 1786 at the age of 11 in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA. She was buried on 17 September 1786 in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA.
	xiii.	Marie Louise FONTENOT was born on 20 November 1777. She was baptized on 22 February 1778 in Opelousas (St. Landry Parish), Louisiana, USA.