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. The Nicaisc family ha6 now bucn in Arncrica for ten generations. The children of Jean Baptist (1.) were almost grown before the Arcadians moved into Louisiana. He probably had grandchildren when'the Declaration of Independence was written. He certainly had great-grandchildren that served in.the Civil War.
Many of the current generation have given up the timbering and cattle farming ' of their forefathers, however, moat still remain near their ancestral ' horhe-. site in Hancock and Harrison Counties. The Nicaiees and their close relatives continue, to form a large percentage of the population in this area. The French language is dying out with the current generation, but the French cu6toms'and the "Va de bon coeur" s'pirit are etill evident and may always be a part oflthe eulture along the Gij-lf Coast.