Odanak Families

Registe

Last updated 03-Sep-00

Possible Family Origin: St. Regis; probably Western Abenaki [Day 1981]
Other Possibly Spellings: Regisse, Regis
Other Places Where Family Name Appears: Saint Regis, Becancour
Other Notes: Louis Registe appears on the Odanak roster of 1812 veterans with heirs in 1844 and on 1829 list.
Francois Abenaki bapt. Jun-1796, s/o Francois Regis Abenaki & Marie Anne Abenaki. Widow of Jean Baptiste Regisse was at Odanak in 1841.

Last updated 03-Sep-00

Possible Family Origin: French [Day 1981]
Other Possibly Spellings: Ranville, Renville, Rainville
Other Places Where Family Name Appears: Lake George NY
Other Notes: Gilbert Rinville b.abt 1829 (a white man according to Day) m. Catherine Msadoquis and had son Peter in Canada abt. 1859. This family is listed as Native 'fancy basket makers' in Lake George NY census 1892.

Last updated 19-Jan-01

Possible Family Origin: Unknown [Day 1981]
Other Possibly Spellings: Sabadis (Saint Jean Baptiste)
Western Abenaki pronunciation: Zabadis
Other Places Where Family Name Appears: Adirondacks, also a very common first name and family name appearing in many places and associated with most Wabanaki bands.
Other Notes: John Sabattis, Joseph Sabattist, and John Battist served in Jacob Bayley's American company during the Revolution. Our research on the Durham Band suggested that Sabatis, the Durham grantee, was actually Jean Baptiste Alamkassat.
See Alamkasset for more
Obituary - Mrs. Anne Fuller a St.Francis/Adirondack Sabatis family descendant
Battist (Sabattis) Family of Vermont

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Last updated 03-Sep-00

Possible Family Origin: Unknown [Day 1981], French Acadian [NL]
Other Possibly Spellings: Sendenis, St.Denys, probably also Dennis and Denys
Other Places Where Family Name Appears: Lake Champlain, Saint-Jean PQ Canada, possibly Missisquoi
Other Notes:Jean Baptiste St. Deny b.abt.1768 was s/o Pierre & Marie Ursule Ounlomassin. He m.(1) Marie A. Benoit? and (2) Marie Cecile. His dau. Marie Elizabeth (Isabelle) m. 1812 to Joachim Basile Taksus.
P. St. Dennis appears on the Odanak roster of 1812 veterans with heirs in 1844. This is probably Pierre that m. 1814 to Marie Josephte.
Susan Sendenis appears with a son (b. abt 1835) from 1841 to 1852.

Last updated 03-Sep-00

Possible Family Origin: Unknown [Day 1981] Missisquois [NL]
Other Variations: Tanagit, Morriseau, Mousseu, Morrison
Other Places Where Family Name Appears: N/A
Other Notes: Joseph m. Agnes Portneuf. One dau. was Sophie Morriseau b.abt.1824, m. 1846 to Theophile Panadis. Another dau. was Marie Anne Sanagit m.1848 to Michel Tahamont. Marie Anne is called 'Mousseau or Morisson' at the time of her second marriage, widow of Michel Duhamel!

Last updated 03-Sep-00

Possible Family Origin: Western Abenaki name; possibly Connecticut River [Day 1981]
Other Possibly Spellings: Sasiboitte, Sasilnitte, Saziboite
Probable Native Name: sazíboít 'river dweller' [Day 1981]
Other Places Where Family Name Appears: Drummondville
Other Notes: Sasiboite is recorded in 1822 census with 4 adult women and 3 children in the household. 'Mere' Sasaboite appears the same year with 2 other adult women in the household. Joseph Sasiboit (1799-1858) apears in 1822 with 3 adult women and 1 child. Stazelle Sasiboit is a minor? living alone in 1822.
L. Sasiboite appears on the Odanak roster of 1812 veterans with heirs in 1844. This is probably Joseph Laurent Sasiboite and possibly the same person as Joseph Sasiboite who is listed from 1822 to 1852.
One female was Anastasie Helen 'Stazelle' Saziboit who m. John Lawless (a white man?) at Durham PQ Canada. They lived at Durham.
Another female was Marie Agatha Sasiboit (1797-1871). She m. 1815 to Laurent Tahamont.

Last updated 02-Sep-00

Possible Family Origin: Unknown [Day 1981], probably Maliseet [NL]
Other Places Where Family Name Appears: St. Johns NB, Maine as Penobscot family name.
Other Notes: Pierre Stanislas is listed in 1822.
Jean/John 'Piloakaus' Stanislas is listed in ducuments from 1829 to 1867. He m. 1826 Anastasie Alamkassat, at which time he is given of St. John NB. The 1861 census has his birth place as New Brunswick.
Stanislas is a common given name in the Panadis family so there might be a relationship.
John and John Jr. attended Moor's Charity School & Dartmouth College