Biography

Jean Baptiste Becquet was born on October 24, 1725 in Fort-des-Chartres, Louisiane, Nouvelle-France, son of Jean Baptiste Becquet and Catherine Barreau. He was baptized that same day at Sainte-Anne-de-Chartres Roman Catholic Church, his godparents were Antoine Boisseau and Marie Françoise ....vers.^[1]

Jean Baptiste (36) married Marie Francoise Dodier (daughter of Ange Gabriel Dodier and Marie Francoise Millet) in April, 1762 at Sainte-Anne-de-Chartres. Together they had at least 3 children that we know of.

Jean Baptiste died in late October 1797 in St. Louis, Louisiane, Nueva España. He was laid to rest on the 31st, a Tuesday, at St. Louis Catholic Cemetery.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ baptême "Parish registers, 1695-1843 (abridged transcript)" Catholic Church. Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée-Conception (Kaskaskia, Illinois) (Main Author), (img300/862 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV5-53PT-F)
2. ↑ sépulture Church records, 1766-1993" Catholic Church. Basilica of St. Louis, King of France (A.D. 1770) (Old Cathedral) (St. Louis, Missouri), Douglas, Antoinette, (added author) Collet, Oscar W. (added author), Genealogical Society of Utah, (img.836/1,135 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS73-99QK-X) Marriages, 1933-1993 Burial index, 1770-1840 Burials, 1781-1847

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of rfedele.ged on 22 September 2010.
• Earliest Registers of First Catholic Church in St. Louis (Births and Baptisms recorded at the Old Cathedral, the Basilica of St. louis, King of France, the first church n St. Louis). Register of Notre-Dame-de-la-Conception; Kaskaskia; 1725; p. 15

see also

Find A Grave: Memorial #38712511 lieu de repos de Jean Baptiste Bequette Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri