Jean-Baptiste Rachal I (1766 - abt. 1832)

Born 28 Aug 1766 in Natchitoches Post, Louisiana, Spanish Louisiana

Ancestors

Husband of Marie Pelagie (Brevel) Rachal — married 19 Dec 1791 in Natchitoches,la.

Descendants

Died about 1832 at about age 65 in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

NOTE: There is confusion in this family since most of the males tend to take the name Barthelemy through several generations. The records of these two brothers can get mixed up.

JEAN BAPTISTE RACHAL August 28, 1766, baptism of Jean Baptiste, born August 27, legitimate son of Barthelemy Rachal and Marie Francoise Lamalathy. Godparents. Jean Lambre and Marie Anne Poissot. ^[1] He married Marie Pelagie Brevelle on December 19, 1791, after 2 bans, legitimate daughter of Jean Baptiste Brevel and Marie Francoise Poissot, a native of the parish. Witnesses. Guerboi (s), La Verdalay (s), Gaspar Fiolle (x), Louis Barthelemy Rachal (s).

Witness to his brother's wedding to Magdeleine Grillet January 7, 1800. Note the witness and the groom both are named Barthelemi and are said to be brothers. They both married women from the Grillet family.

On January 7, 1800, after three bans, Barthelemi Rachal, native of the parish, legitimate son of Barthelemy Rachal and Marie Francoise Lamalathi, his widow, and Magdeleine Grillet, legitimate daughter of Marin Grillet and Marie Louise Brevel, a native of this post. Witnesses: Bernard Hissoura; Antoine Grillet, her brother; Barthelemi Rachal, his brother, Louis Lamalathie, his uncle. ^[2]

BARTHELEMY RACHAL

July 15, 1768, baptism of Barthelemy, born July 14, legitimate son of Barthelemy Rachal and Marie Francoise Lamalathi; godparents: Jacob Lambre and Marie Jeanne Levasseur. ^[3]

Married MARIA FRANCISCA GRILLET, November 24, 1785, native of this parish, legitimate daughter of Marin Grillet and Maria Francisca Brevel. 3 bans. Witnesses: Andres David (s), Santiago La Vesseur (x), Remigio Totin (s), Gaspar Fiol (x). ^[4]

Sources

• Source: NATCH Title: Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803; Compiler: Elizabeth Shown Mills; Volume II; Cane River Creole Series; Polyanthos, New Orleans; 1977; copy in possession of Jacqueline Girouard

1. ↑ Source: #NATCH # 883; p. 108
2. ↑ Source: #NATCH p. 413 # 3439.
3. ↑ Source: #NATCH #933; p. 113
4. ↑ Source: #NATCH # 1094 & 3384; pp. 141 & 401

• "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2C-CVG : 1 December 2015), Jean B Rachal, 1810.