Marianne Elizabeth Benoit (abt. 1743 - bef. 1772)

Born about 1743 in Fort Conde, Mobile, La Louisiane, Nouvelle-France

Wife of Pierre Rochon — married 10 Aug 1770 in Mobile, French Territory

Descendants

Died before 28 May 1772 before about age 29 in New Orleans, Luisiana, Nueva España

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Biography

Marianne Benoit has French origins.

Marianne Benoit is a part of US Black heritage.

Marianne was born an enslaved person. She had an interracial marriage with Pierre Rochon, and from them were born 5 children.

Notes

Marianne Elizabeth Benoist [Benoit]

French African Louisiana Creole Ancestry

BIRTH: about 1754 ;of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana [Mulatto slave]

BURIAL : 28 May 1772 ;St. Louis Ch., New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana ^[1]

Parents:

• Father: Theodore Benoist [Benoit]
• Mother: Maria Perez

Spouse:

• Pierre Rochon : 1717-1764 Occupation: Mobile's first shipbuilder, a naval store supplier, and a planter
• Freed by Pierre, she married him after death of his first wife Catherine Peau (Paux).

Marriage: 10 August 1770 ; Immaculate Concept. Church, Mobile, British Territory . Note: "One bann announced; dispensed with two. Pierre Rochon, native of Mobile, widower of Catherine Peaux (Paux), son of Charles Rochon and Henriette Colon. Marianne Elizabeth Benoist, native of La Grenade,¹ daughter of Theodore Benoist and Marie (Pelagie? Pala-a?) Perez. Witnesses signing: (Louis) A(uguste) Rochon, brother of the groom; Alex(andre) McIntosh, Indian trader;² (Francois Louis) Mazurier or Masurier; Azemare;³ Lusser, one of the Lusser-Bourras sons." ^{[2] [3]}

Children

• Charles Rochon 1758-Unknown
• Charlotte Rochon 1760-Unknown
• Isabel Rochon 1762-Unknown
• Alexis Rochon 1764-Unknown
• Claudine Rochon 1766-Unknown
• Rose Rochon 1767-Unknown

Sources

• Ancestor of noted TV and news journalist Suzanne Malveaux: "Black Like Me," ; Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr : (Season 4, Episode 6). PBS. 07 Nov 2017.

1. ↑ 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.68, Text:

   BENOIT Elizabeth, Widow Rochon, 18 yr., i. May 28, 1772 (SLC,F1,4)

2. ↑ Love's Legacy: The Mobile Marriages Recorded in French, Transcribed, with Annotated Abstracts in English, 1724-1786 by Jacqueline Olivier Vidrine. University of Southwestern Louisiana: Lafayette, LA, 1985, p.359. Text:

   Mob. mb I:50b-2

   August 10, 1770

   One bann announced; dispensed with two.

   Pierre Rochon, native of Mobile, widower of Catherine Peaux (Paux), son of Charles Rochon and Henriette Colon.

   Marianne Elizabeth Benoist, native of La Grenade,¹ daughter of Theodore Benoist and Marie (Pelagie? Pala-a?) Perez.

   Witnesses signing: (Louis) A(uguste) Rochon, brother of the groom; Alex(andre) McIntosh, Indian trader;² (Francois Louis) Mazurier or Masurier; Azemare;³ Lusser, one of the Lusser-Bourras sons.

   1. Although several places in France are named Grenade, the Carribean Island Grenada was probably meant. A French colony since the seventeenth century, it had been taken by the English in 1762.

   2. Probably the brother of Scotsmen John and William, and uncle of William McIntosh of New York.

   3. It cannot be Jean Louis Azemar. He died in the fall of 1768. This may be his widow, Julienne La Brosse, or a son-perhaps Paul.

3. ↑ [(ARCHDIOCES OF NEW ORLEANS SACRAMENTAL RECORDS, Vol 3 pg 20 Love's Legacy: The Mobile marriages, recorded in French, transcribed, with annotated abstracts in English,, pg 359")]

See Also:

• Family Tree:http://www.nosorigines.qc.ca/GenealogieQuebec.aspx?genealogy=Marianne-Elisabeth_Benoit&pid=573481&lng=en
• Membership Required: Family Tree:http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/marianne-elisabeth-benoist_131987854
• Family Tree: http://www.frenchcreoles.com/Early%20Creole%20Homes/Beginnings%20Files/SimonRochon.pdf
• Family Tree:https://www.myheritage.com/names/pierre_rochon