Antoine Pillet (abt. 1724)

Born about 19 Apr 1724 in Kaskaskia, Pays des Illinois, la Louisiane française, Nouvelle-France

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Biography

Antoine Pillet dit Lasonde was likely born on 19 Apr 1724 in Kaskaskia, Pays des Illinois, la Louisiane française, Nouvelle-France to Pierre Pillet dit Lasonde^[1][2][3] and Marie Madeleine Boisron.^[4][5]. He was baptized on 20 Apr 1724 at Immaculeé Conception de Notre-Dame at Kaskaskia.^[4] His godparents were Antoine Bausseron and Françoise La Brise.^[4]

He married Marie Boudreau dit Graveline. ^[6]

According to documents related to the settlement of his father's estate and census data, Antoine was living in Opelousas Territory in 1768^[1], 1774^[2], 1776^[3], and 1777^[7].

Census Data

1777 Census of Opelousas Post ^[7], Family 64

- Antone Pillet, age 60; 20 cattle, 15 horses, 20 hogs, 15 sheep

- Marie Louise Graveline, wife [sic], 96 [sic]

- Antoine, son, 25

- Francois, son, 14

- Slaves: 12

Research Notes

Source record abstracts:

1774 Acknowledgement Antoine Pillet dit Lasonde^[2]

Date: 31 Oct 1774

Execution place: Kaskaskia

Acknowledgement by attorney Jacques François Conand on behalf of Antoine Pillet dit Lasonde, habitant of the Appelloussas, of receipt from Joseph Placy, habitant of this village [Kaskaskia], of all property belonging to him from the estate of his late father, Pierre Pillet

Witnesses:

Louis Lonval

Louis Bomer

Notary: Vieault Lemerance

1776 Petition Antoine Pillet dit Lasonde^[3]

Date: 21 Dec 1776

Execution place: Kaskaskia

Petition to De Rocheblave

Attorney: Joseph Plasi

Petitioner: Antoine Pillet dit Lasonde, at Appelousas

Father: late Pierre Pillet dit Lasonde, died in this village [Kaskaskia]

Notary: Francois Carbonneaux

1948 Kaskaskia under the French regime Baptism Antoine Pillet^[4]

Birth date: 19 Apr 1724

Name: Antoine

Father: Pierre Pillet

Mother: Magdelaine Boiron

Baptismal date: 20 Apr 1724

Godfather: Antoine Bausseron

Godmother: Françoise La Brise

1948 Kaskaskia under the French regime Father Pierre Pilet dit Lasonde^[5]

Pierre Pilet dit Lasonde

Wife: Catherine Marie Madeleine Boisron (surname also spelled Boiraud, Bovron, and Bosseron)

2 May 1737 granted four arpents of land at Prairie du Rocher, from the hills to the Mississippi River

9 Jul received another arpent

Children:

1. Jean Baptiste, d. 27 Aug 1721, age 6 weeks

2. Jean Baptiste, d. 4 Nov 1722, age 3 months

3. Antoine, bap. 19 Apr 1724

4. Marie Louise

mar. (1st) Alphonse Paul Rheaume 30 Jan 1743, son of Simon and Élisabeth Rheaume

mar. (2nd) Jean Baptiste Marquis 12 Jan 1751

a. Marie Louise [Marquis], mar. Joseph Crely 28 May 1768

5. Marie Barbe, mar. Michel Danis 29 Jul 1742, son of Charles Danis and Dorothée

a. Michel, bap. 16 Apr 1760

b. Pélagié, bap. 18 July 1762

6. Madeleine, mar. Jean Baptiste Milot 23 Jan 1747, son of Jean Baptiste Milot and Marianne

a. François, b. 19 Jun 1759

b. Marie Thérèse, b. 31 Jul 1760

c. Félicité, b. 16 Dec 1761.

d. Pélagié, mar. Pierre Gueret dit Dumont 9 Feb 1763

7. Angélique, mar. Jean Baptiste Crely, son of Jean Baptiste Crely and Françoise Aiet 2 Sep 1755

a. Antoine, b. 16 Sep 1759

b. Jerome, bap. 5 May 1759

Possibly same Angélique Pilet dit Lasonde, mar. [2nd] Gabriel Aubuchon, d. 1 Aug 1776 at Kaskaskia

a. Joseph, mar. Marie Kiercereau 3 March 1794

b. Charles, b./d. 1776.

Possibly another daughter of Pierre Pilet and Catherine, Dorothée Pilet b. 1739, d. 8 Sep 1764, mar. Jean Baptiste Olivier 14 Feb 1759, son of Jean Olivier and Marthe

a. Nicolas, b. 13 Jun 1759

b. Elisabeth, b. 13 Dec 1760

c. Rosalie, b. 15 Feb 1763. mar. Joseph Lapierre 17 Mar 1780 at St. Louis (Registre de la Paroisse; Tanguay, VI, 168)

1981 Kaskaskia Manuscripts Calendar Antoine Lasonde^[1]

p 749, entry 68:9:29:1

Date: 29 Sep 1768

Letter from Plasy to Antoine Lasonde at the Apelousas

Re: administration of the estate of Lasonde's late father

Executed at Kaskaskia

Orig. source: (2pp. C. C. [Randolph County, Illinois Circuit Court] File 3, A40)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "The Kaskaskia Manuscripts: 1708–1816: A Calendar of Civil Documents in Colonial Illinois," Lawrie Cena Dean and Margaret Kimball Brown, 1981, Illinois State Archaeological Survey; Kaskaskia Manuscripts Typescript, p 749 (PDF p 783); (PDF : accessed 6 June 2021); Kaskaskia Manuscripts, Antoine Lasonde, original documents held by the Clerk of Randolph County in Chester, Illinois.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "Kaskaskia manuscripts, 1714-1816," images, FamilySearch (image : accessed 15 June 2021), Commercial papers, XI-XII 1748-1797, Acknowledgement Antoine Pillet dit Lasonde, 31 Oct 1774, Com. XI, Item 72, p 1 of 2, image 181 of 597; Film 956813, DGS 8203153.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "Kaskaskia manuscripts, 1714-1816," images, FamilySearch (image : accessed 6 June 2021), Miscellaneous documents, I-VIII 1781-1796, Petition Antoine Pillet dit Lasonde, 21 Dec 1776, Misc. doc. V25B, p 1 of 4, image 233 of 370; Film 956799, DGS 8423137.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Belting, Natalia Maree. Kaskaskia under the French regime, Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1948. p 79, Baptism Antoine Pillet: citing Memoir on Louisiana, Archives Nationales, Colonies, G I, 412:5, ff; via Internet Archive (image : accessed 11 June 2021).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Belting, Natalia Maree. Kaskaskia under the French regime, Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1948. pp 97-98, Father Pierre Pilet dit Lasonde via Internet Archive (image : accessed 3 June 2021).
6. ↑ Hébert, Rev. Donald J., "Southwest Louisiana Records (1750 - 1900)". Rayne, LA: Hebert Publications, 1999-2000. CD 101.
   • LACASE, Charles - born at Beaumont near Quebec, Canada (Charles LACASSE-CASSE & Marie-Joseph FILTEAU - from the said place) m. between 28 Aug. to 7 Oct. 1761 Felicite LANGLOIS (Augustin & Marie BOUDREAU dit Graveline married secondly to Antoine PILET dit Lasonde from Prairie du Rocher) [Source: "La Population des Forts Francais d'Amerique" by Marthe FARIBAULT-BEAUREGARD, v.2, p.227] (Fort de Chartres, Illinois - St. Anne)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Winston De Ville, Southwest Louisiana Families in 1777: Census Records of Attakapas and Opelousas Posts (Ville Platte, Louisiana, 1987) citing Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, at the General Archives of the Indies in Seville, Spain; legajo 2358, folios 258 -300

Acknowledgements

• http://www.hnparker41.com/HNP_i/i4665.htm#1
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LC7K-PDK