Francois Dupuis (abt. 1729 - 1788)

Born about 28 May 1729 in Saint-Onge, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Ancestors

Husband of Perinne Champagne — married 1762 in German Coast, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Descendants

Died 7 Oct 1788 at about age 59 in Cote Des Allemands, Louisiana

Biography

Francois Dupuis was reportedly born May 28, 1729 ^{[citation needed]} in Saintonge, France, but if his full name is Antoine Francois then he may be the son of Jacques (mother not named) that was baptized on June 4, 1729 in France. ^[1]

Francois Dupuis died in 1788. ^[2][3]

He was buried October 15th at the estimated age of 70 years.^[4]

Known Children

1. Antoine baptized May 28, 1775.^[5]
2. Jean Baptiste born February 2, 1774 and baptized February 20, 1774.^[6]
3. Margueritte baptized October 22, 1778.^[7]
4. Francoise died Oct. 24, 1788 and buried the next day.^[8] Mentioned in father's succession as being 25 years old in 1788 so born about 1763.
5. Andre- mentioned in father's succession as being 17 years old in 1788 so born about 1771.

Sources

1. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records, Volume 1, 1718-1750, Earl C. Woods and Charles E. Nolan, editors (New Orleans: Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1987) p.92.

   DUPRE Antoine Francois (Jacques), b. June 4, 1729 (AN, B 1729, 101)

2. ↑ Abstracts of St. John the Baptist Parish Civil Records 1757-1798 by Judy Riffel. (BR, LA: Le Comite des Archives de la Louisiane, 2003) p.128-131. Paragraph format of text by D. Storz to aid legibility] Text:

   8, 11, 12, 19, and 22 October 1788, 2-24 December 1789, 14 January 1790, 1 February 1790, 16 May 1790, 30 December 1791, 18 March 1788, 20 and 30 October 1788, 6 and 16 January 1789, 3 May 1789, 13 and 21 March 1790, 11, 18, and 25 April 1790, 9 July 1790, and 11 January 1791, No. 59 [French and Spanish, 63]

   Inventory of the movable property and immovable effects of the late Francois DUPUIS made by Jean Btpe. Rodrigue and Antoine Borne, appraisers appointed by Mauric O'Conor in presence of Francoise, his daughter, aged 25; Andre, his son, aged 17, and Antoine Delatte [s/ Delattre], friend and relative. DUPUIS died intestate 7 October 1788 leaving several minor children. Slaves listed are Regine with her two children, Marie, 7, and Louis, 2. Debts are due Dufrene of the Acadian [Coast], who declares to have paid the deceased; Henry Villarre/Villarde; Jean Lignac; Jean Bpte Lagrange; Pierre Bouvie; Albert, who declares to owe nothing to the deceased; Antoine Shofe; Blanchard; Monet; Jean Portie; Nicolas Vicner; and Louis Michell. Debts are due to Gabriele Rouffat of the AcadianCoast; Mr. Mallard, surgeon for treatment of his daughter; Mr. Duhart; Mari Jeanne, negress; funeral expenses for the deceased and his daughter; Flammy blacksmith; Mr. Peytavin; Mrs. Ive Berthlote; and Mrs. Lignac for care of the deceased and his daughter in their illness.

   Proces verbal of the sale at public auction of the habitation of the late Francois Dupuis held 12, 19, and 22 October 1788 by Jille Quentin, auctioneer appointed by Maurice O'Conor. Antoine Borne, Antoine Delatte, and Jacques Estaire, cousins of the minor orphans, petition 11 October 1788 to sell the land which consists of 4 arpents of frontage on the left bank of the river ascending around 14 leagues from New Orleans, bounded below by Antoine Delatte and above by Jean Bpte. Rodrigue. Bidders are Jean Bpte. Rodrigue, Mrs. Rousselle, Antoine Borne, and Jacques Estaire. The winner is BORNE at 4,210 piastres. Mathias Roussel is security. Witnessed by Joseph Perret and Daniel pain. [Note: Two pages not filmed by GSU.]

   Proceedings in New Orleans dated 2-24 December 1789 before Governor Estevan Miro and recorded by Pedro Pedesclaux, Notary Public, regarding the petition filed by Mariana PUJOLLE, Widow MASSON, resident of the German Coast but currently in New Orleans, who ten years earlier took into her care Margarita DUPUY, the infant daughter of Mrs. Dupuy, who had died, and raised her as her own. Due to the death of the child's father, Franco. Dupuy, she asks for an order to continue as the child's adoptive mother and tutor. She names Luis Pin as security. Her petition is approved and referred to O'Conor. Act of tutorship dated 14 January 1790 before O'Conor of Marguerite DUPUY, daughter of the late Francois Dupuy. By virtue of a decree from Governor Miro and the approval of his auditor, Lezdo. Postigo dated 19 December 1789, Widow MASSON, Marianne PUJOLE [s/ PUJOLLE], is named tutrix of Marguerite Dupuy and the child's inheritance is put in her hands. She names Noel Perret, Lieutenant of the Militia, as security. Witnessed by Pierre Bossie, Sublieutenant of the Militia, and Jean Bpte. Barree. Act of tutorship dated 14 January 1790 of Antoine DUPUY, minor child of Francois Dupuy, in presence of Antoine Borne, Antoine Delatte [s/ Delattre], and Antoine Foltz [s/ Folse], cousins of the minor; and Antoine Weber [s/Webre], Joseph Perret, and Thomas Becnel, neighbors. They name Antoine Borne as tutor and Joseph Perret as subrogate tutor. The child's inheritance is placed in Borne's hands. Declaration dated 1 February 1780 by Andre Dupuy, son of the late Francois Dupuy, around 18, naming as his tutor Antoine Folse, who names Antoine Borne as security. Witnessed by Pierre Dupuy and Jn. Duhart. Declaration dated 16 May 1790 by Pierre Dupuy that he received from O'Conor his share of the estate of his late parents. Witnessed by Pierre Pero [s/Perrot].

   Undated list of money received by Pierre Dupuy from the succession of his late father. Lists amounts paid to Paul David; Jean Blaye, his employee; Jean Marie; and Ponse Lassagne. Undated list of amounts Mr. Borne owed to the estate. Decaration dated 30 December 1791 by Andre Dupuy that he recieved from Antoine Folse, his curator, his share of the estate of his late parents. Witnessed by Pierre Vermillon [s/ Pedro Marmillion], Lieutenant of the Militia, and Jean Duhart. A copy of Andre Dupuy's preceding declaration. [Note: The following items were not filmed by GSU.] Account of the Francois Dupuy with Haydel and Flemming dated 18 March 1788. Account of St. Martin and Duhart for items delivered to Antoine Borne 20 October 1788. Receipt dated 30 October 1788 from T.H. Malard to Antoinne Borne. Receipt of Maryanne, free negro, to Antoine Borne. Promissory note dated 6 January 1789 at Baton Rouge by Pierre UDPUIS to Gabriele Roufalle. Witnessed b J.B. Amiot and Andre Dupruit. Note by Estevan Miro t O'Connor dated 16 January 1789 that Pierre Dupuy owes money to Roufat. Receipt dated 3 May 1789 by J.H. Malard to Antoine Borne. Request dated 13 March 1790 of Pierre Dupuis before Noel Soileau, Commandant of Avoyelles, asking Mr. Auconorre to pay a sum of money to Jean Marie, his employee. Requested[sic] dated 13 March 1790 of Pierre Dupuis before Noel Soileau, Commandant of Avoyelles, asking Mr. Auconorre to pay a sume of money to Jean Blage, his employee. Receipts dated 21 March 1790; 11, 18, and 25 April 1790; and 9 July 1790 from Maurice O'Conor to Antoine Borne. Receipt dated 11 January 1791 of Antoine Borne to O'Conor. Witnessed by Jn Duhart. List of accounts to O'Conor from 21 March 1790. Two undated lists of amounts.

   21-22 October 1788 and 27 June 1795, No. 60 [French, 21]

   Sale at public auction of the moeable and immovable proeprty of the late Francois DUPUIS made by Gilles Cantin, auctioneer appointed by Maurice O'Conor, with the consent of the relatives of the minor children. Buyers are Antoine Treguer, Mathias Rousselle security; Sebastian Loupe, Xtoph Haydelle security; Widow Weber, Antoine Weber security; Antoine Delatte; Mr. Maloin; Jacques Troxler, Joseph Perrette security; Jean Legnac, Jean Treguer security; Antoine Delatte, Jn. Rodrigue security; Jean Legnac, Antoine Foltz security; Ambroise Born, Jacques Troxler security; Mr. Degruise, Louis Pain security; Antoine Treguer; Sebastian Louppe/Loup/ Loupe; Charles Perrette, Pierre Perrette security; Pierre Perrett, Joseph Perret security; Jacques Estaire, Antoine Delatte security; Mathias Rousselle, Jacques Estaire security; Agustin Pain, Pierre Perrete security; Jean Bpte Rodrigue, Antoine Delatte security; Antoine Foltz, Jacques Estaire security; Louis Pain, J. Bte Degruise security; Jean De Noye, Antoine Foltz security; J. Bte. Degruise; Mr. Malarre; Bpte. Lagrange; Francois Weber, Jean Teguer security; Francois Waldrick; Alfonse Perrette, Charles Perret security; Antoine Delatte; Joseph Perrette, Jacques Troxler security; Jean Treguer, Mathias Rousselle security; Antoine Borne, J. Bte Rodrigue security; Charles Perrette; Pierre Perrette; Pierre Loupe, Sebasian Loupe security; Jean Maier, Louis Romelle security; Jean Jacques Haidelle/Haidelle, Antoine Borne security; Louis Michel, Antoin Delatte security; Jean Legnac, Antoine Delatte security; Chrisophe Rousselle, Mathias Roussel security; and Mathias Rousselle.

   Slaves and their buyers are: Regine with her two children, Marie, around 7, and Louis, around 2, creoles to Jacques ESTAIRE, Antoine Delatte security. The habitation is purchased by Antoine BORNE for 4,210 piastres, Mathias Roussell security. Witnessed by Antoine Delatte [s/ Delattre] and Antoine Borne [signed by Louis Pain for him], cousins and neighbors of the minor children; Jacques Troxler; and Joseph Perrett [s/Perret]. Also includes accounting of the proceeds of the sale. Declaration dated 27 June 1795 by Ant. DUPUIE before Manuel Andry that he received from Ant. Borne, his tutor, his share of the proceeds of his late parents' succession. Witnessed by Louis De Grand Mont and Firmain Songy.

3. ↑ SAINT-JEAN-BAPTISTE DES ALLEMANDS- Abstracts of the Civil Records of St. John the Baptist Parish with Genealogy and Index 1753-1803 by Glenn R. Conrad. University of Southwestern Louisiana: Lafayette, LA, 1972,

   p.111, Text:

   No.4 dated October 8, 1788. INVENTORY OF THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE FRANCOIS DUPUIS. Francois Dupuis died Oct. 7, 1788, and left several children. O'Conor went to his farm to take an inventory of his belongings. Inventory taken by Jean -Baptiste Rodrigue and Antoine Borne in the presence of Francoise Dupuis(25) and Andre Dupuis (17), children of the deceased; and Antoine Delatte, relative and friend of the deceased. Debts owed to the deceased by: Dufresne, Henry Villarrre (Vllars), Jean Lignac, Baptiste Lagrange, Pierre Bouvie, Albert, Antoine Shof (Schaf), Blanchard, Monnet, Jean Porter, Nicolas Vicner. Debts owed by the deceased to: Gabriel Roussat and Duhart.

   p.121-123, Text:

   No. 58 dated October 8, 1788. INVENTORY OF THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE FRANCOIS DUPUIS. Francois Dupuis died Oct. 7, 1788. An inventory of his effects is taken by Jean-Baptiste Rodrigue and Antoine Borne in the presence of Francoise Dupuis (25), daughter of the deceased, and Andre (17) son of the deceased, and Antoine Delatte, a relative. Debts owed by the deceased to: Dufrene (of St. James), Henry Villarre (Villars), Jean Lignac, Baptiste Lagrange, Pierre Bouvie, Antoine Shofe (Schaf), Blanchard, Monet, Jean Portie, Nicolas Vicner, Antoine Borne. Debts owed to the deceased by: Henry Villards, Louis Michel. To be paid fromt he succession are debts owed to Fleming, Peytavin, Yves Berthelot and Madame Lignac.

   Tutorship, Feb. 1, 1790. Andre Dupuy, son of the late Francois Dupuy, aged about 18 years, names, in the presence of Pierre Dupuy, Antoine Borne, Jean Duhart, Antoine Folse to be his tutor and Antoine Borne to be his surrogate tutor.

   Receipt, May 16, 1790. Pierre Dupuy declares, in the presence of Pierre Perret, that he has received from O'Conor the amount due him from the succession of his late parents. In the settlement of Pierre's share of the estate mention is made of Paul David, Jean Blaye (Blaise), Jean Marie, and Ponce Lassaigne.

   Public Sale of the Farm of the late Francois Dupuy, Oct. 11, 1788. Antoine Borne, Antoine Delatte and Jacques Estaire (Echetaire or Seiger), cousins of the minor Dupuis children, declare that the Dupuis children are unable to work their father's farm and therefore petition that it be sold. Petition granted. The farm is 4 arpents wide by the customary depth, bounded below by the property of Antoine Delatte and above by that of Jean-Baptiste Rodrigue. Bids submitted by: Jacques Estaire and Antoine Borne. Sold to Antoine Born, Oct. 22, 1788, for 4210 piastres. Borne names Mathias Roussel as bondsman. Witnesses: Antoine Delatte, Joseph Perret and Daniel Pain.

   No. 59 Missing

   No. 60 dated October 21, 1788. PUBLIC SALE OF THE EFFECTS OF THE LATE FRANCOIS DUPUIS. Buyers and their bondsmen were: Antoine Treguer (Tregre), Mathias Roussel, Sebastian Loup, Christophe Haydelle, Widow Weber, Antoine Weber, Antoine Delatte, Malouin (Cantin), Jacques Troxler, Joseph Louis Pain, DeGruys, Charles Perret, Jacques Estaire (Echetaire or Steiger), Augustin Pain, Pierre Perret, Jean-Baptiste Rodrigue, Malarre, Baptiste Lagrange, Francois Weber, Francois Waldrick, Pierre Loup, Jean Maier (Mayer), Jean-Jacques Haidelle, Louis Michel. Witnesses: Antoine Delatte, Joseph Perret and Louis Pain signing for Antoine Borne.

   Receipt, June 27, 1795. Antoine Dupuis declares to Andry, in the presence of Louis de Grandmont and Firmain Songy, that he has received from Antoine Borne, his tutor, the amount due him from the succession of his father.

   No. 3 (bis) dated October 21, 1788. PUBLIC SALE OF THE EFFECTS OF FRANCOIS DUPUIS. Duplicate of 88:60 with the following addenda.

   Receipt, Dec. 30, 1791. Andre Dupuy declares to O'Conor, in the presence of Pierre Vermillon and Jean Duhart, that he has received from Antoine Folse, his tutor, the sum due him from the succession of his father. (Note: Vermillon was in fact Pierre Marmillon who signed his name "Pedro Marmillion.")

   Tutorship, Jan. 14, 1790. Mariane Pujole (Pujau), Widow Masson, declares to O'Conor that she has a decree from Governor Miro naming her tutor of Marguerite Dupuy, daughter of the late Francois Dupuis. Thus, in the presence of Pierre Bossie and Jean-Baptiste Barre, O'Conor remits to Widow Masson Marguerite Dupuy's share of her father's succession.

   Tutorship, Jan. 14, 1790. Antoine Borne, Antoine Delatte and Antoine Folse, cousins of Antoine Dupuy, the minor child of Francois Dupuy, together with Antoine Weber, Joseph Perret and Thomas Becnel, petition O'Conor that a tutor and surrogate tutor be named for the minor child. Antoine Borne is named tutor and Joseph Perret surrogate tutor..

4. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records Volume 4, 1784-1790. Earl C. Woods and Charles E. Nolan, editors. Archdiocese of New Orleans: New Orleans, 1989. p.110, Text:

   DUPUI Francisco, 70 yr., i. Oct. 15, 1788 (SJBED, F1, 20)

5. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records Volume 3, 1772-1783. Earl C. Woods and Charles E. Nolan, editors. Archdiocese of New Orleans: New Orleans, 1989. p.111, Text:

   DUPUIS Antoine (Francois and Perine Champagne), b. May 28, 1775, s. Antoine Delattre and Mariane Heidel (SJBED, B1, 25)

6. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records Volume 3, 1772-1783. Earl C. Woods and Charles E. Nolan, editors. Archdiocese of New Orleans: New Orleans, 1989. p.111, Text:

   DUPUIS Jean Batise (Francois and Perine Champagne), b. Feb. 20, 1774, bn. Feb. 2, 1774, s. Jean Batise Champagne and Charlote Ouvre (SJBED, B1, 13)

7. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records Volume 3, 1772-1783. Earl C. Woods and Charles E. Nolan, editors. Archdiocese of New Orleans: New Orleans, 1989. p.111, Text:

   Margueritte (Francois and Perinne Champagne), b. Oct. 22, 1778, s. Ambroise Borme and Marguerite Rousel (SJBED, B1, 40)

8. ↑ Archdiocese of New Orleans Sacramental Records Volume 4, 1784-1790. Earl C. Woods and Charles E. Nolan, editors. Archdiocese of New Orleans: New Orleans, 1989. p.110, Text:

   DUPUI Francisca (Francisco and Perine [o]), i. Oct. 25, 1788, d. Oct. 24, 1788 (SJBED, F1, 20)

Acknowledgements

This profile was created from an unsourced family tree handed down to Vicki (Chaudoir) Chicola.