Joseph Vincent Carlin (bef. 1730 - 1809)

Born before 1730 in Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Pitou-Charentes, France

Husband of Francoise L'ange (Carterouge) Carlin — married 6 May 1774 in New Orleans, Spanish Louisiana

Descendants

Died 30 Dec 1809 after age 79 in Franklin, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Joseph Carlin migrated from France to Louisiana.

Fusillier Joseph Carlin served with Spanish Militia, Poste des Opelousas during the American Revolution.

Joseph Carlin has Italian Roots.

Joseph Vincent (Guissepe Vincenzo) Carlin was born around 1730 son of Joseph Vincent Carlini Sr (<1712 - ) and Marie (Gerbanati) Carlini (<1722 - >1740). The location of his birth is given as Saintes, Charente-Maritime, Pitou-Charentes, France and alternatively, Genoa, Italy.

Joseph Carlin was the only child of the marriage between Joseph Carlini, Sr. and Marie Gerbanti of Rome, Italy as Marie died in 1740. Joseph was born in the Department of Sainte Charente-Maritime, town of Nantes, France, a port city on the Loire.

His half-brother was Francois (Carlini) Carlin (~1742 -~1780).

Joseph (~33) married Francoise L'ange Carterouge (~25) (~1748 - 1815) on 6 May 1774 at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Spanish Louisiana. There was a Blessing of his Marriage 6 May 1774 on Bore Plantation, Bayou Des Allemands, Parish of St. Charles, Louisiana, New Spain. Their children were:

• Dionisio Carlin (<1767 - >1827)
• Celestin Carlin (1768 - 1806)
• Honore Carlin (~1771 - 1845)
• Alexis Maxy Carlin (1773 - 1838)^[1]
• Eugene Pierre Carlin (1775 - 1849)^[2]
• Dorethea (Carlin) Bowles (1780 - <1833)^[3]

Joseph was named guardian of his niece, Marie Therese Carlin daughter of his half-brother, Francois Carlin and Marie Anne Sauvagin, 30 January 1784.

Joseph Carlin arrived in New Orleans from Saintes, France as a French Soldier between April 1758 and 1 January 1759. He served in Gasmont's Co.^[4][5] On 9 December 1759, he is recorded amonth those going upriver to the German Coast under the command of Frederick Darensbourg.

In July 1762, he is on the muster roll of troops stationed at Fort Chartres, Illinois, a French settlement on the Mississippi River, north of Kaskaskia. It was founded in 1720 and taken by the British in 1765.

Joseph then joined the Spanish Militia in the late 1760's when Louisiana was a Spainsh possession.

Listed among those in Gasmont's military company detached from New Orleans on January 1, 1759; under the command of Karl Friedrich D'Arensbourg (q.v.), December 9, 1759, going to Fort des Allemands on the German Coast;

on the muster roll of troops at Fort de Chartres in Illinois, July 1762;

on the general roll of Louisiana troops in military service on January 1, 1763;

in militia company commanded by Jacques Villeré (q.v.), April 1766;

Discharged from the French Army on August 8, 1769^[6]

20 June 1774, Joseph is on the list of the Company of militiamen of Attakapas in the year 1789:

Giuseppe Vincenzo Carlini.

PARENTS - Father - Joseph Vincent /Carlini/ Sr. and Mother Marie /Gerbananti/

MARRIAGES (1) - Spouse Francoise L'ange /Carterouge/

Joseph was discharged from the Spanish militia on June 20, 1774, as listed in the Spanish Colonial Records, Archives of the Indies, Seville, Spain. He was a Sergeant under the command of Governor Galvez, Officer Augustin Grevemberg, Captain Jacques Sorrel, May 10, 1777.

Joseph went to work on the Etienne Bore plantation in St. Charles Parish after his discharge from the Army in 1763, end of the Seven-Year War between France and England.

He bought additional property in the parish in October 1770; sold property and removed to the Attakapas District in late 1772 or during 1773. Acquired property on Bayou Teche and received a land grant in February 1774.

Joseph Carlin appears to be the first settler on Bayou Teche. He received a land grant from the Spanish government in 1784, which he occupied continuously until his death. His descendants were prominent land and slave owners in that area for several generations.

An article published in Harpers Magazine dated 1886, by reporter Charles Dudley Warner, stated that Joseph received a Spanish Land grant on Lake Peigneur on a Salt dome (looks like Avery Island - a mountain in the middle of a prairie.) It was later called Jefferson Island, currently located in Iberia Parish Louisiana. The grant was for 25 arpents, 40 arpents deep, made by Governor Esteban Miro and received by Joseph on February 1784. The article states that the Carlins were probably on the island as early as 1772-73, as Alexis is shown to be born in Attakapas in December 1773. Joseph sold his lands on the Mississippi in May 1772.

In December, 1813 Joseph Andrus testified that he knew the Carlins lived there the prior 31 years, and from the appearance of the houses and fruit trees, the land must have been inhabited and cultivated for several years thereto. (The Island was also called Orange Island.)

Joseph (Giuseppe) died on 30 Dec 1809 in Franklin, St. Mary, Louisiana, United States aged ~69 and he is buried on his son's (Honore) plantation.^[7]

CARLIN, Joseph - father of Honnore CARLIN d. 30 Dec. 1809 at his residence on lower Bayou Teych, bur. 30 Dec. 1809, buried on property of Honnore CARLIN. A certification signed on 31 Dec. 1809 by neighbors of the residence of Fanchon [Francois] LANGE, on lower Bayou Teych found Mr. Joseph CARLIN ill for seven days. He died that night and was buried on the other side of the Bayou [Teche] on property of Honnore Carlin, one of the sons of the deceased. Signed: Eugene CARLIN, E. BOWLES, BOULEE, Denis CARLIN, Louis LOGAN. Fr. Gabriel ISABEY (SM Ch.: v.4, #610 & 623)

Research Notes

- Southwest Louisiana Records, vol. 1-A, 1750-1800 - Donald J. Hébert - Rayne, LA, Hebert Publications, 1996 - Church and civil records. - p.161 - Named on granddaughter Emerantine CARLIN's baptism in 1799 as Joseph CARLIN of France [not Italy]. On grandson Hyacinte CARLIN's baptism in 1799, called "of Venice." - Annotated Abstracts of the Successions of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Louisiana - Mary Elizabeth Sanders - 1972; reprinted by Pelican Publishing, 2002 - Comprises vol. I of series. Covers years 1811-1834. - p. 1 - Militia Census of 1792 for Attakapas (Vol. I), lists Joseph CARLIN as 50 in that year.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth of son Alexis Carlin: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
   citing FHL microfilm: 6010598; Record number: 1105;
   FamilySearch Record: HSRW-74PZ (accessed 24 April 2023)
   Alexis Carlin born to Joseph Carlin on 5 Dec 1773 in Louisiana, United States.
2. ↑ Birth of son Eugene Carlin: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
   citing FHL microfilm: 6010598; Record number: 1118;
   FamilySearch Record: HSRB-WX6Z (accessed 24 April 2023)
   Eugene Carlin born to Joseph Carlin in Mar 1775 in Louisiana, United States.
3. ↑ Birth of daughter Dorothee Carlin: "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934"
   citing FHL microfilm: 6010598; Record number: 1116;
   FamilySearch Record: HSR7-HVZM (accessed 24 April 2023)
   Dorothee Carlin born to Joseph Carlin on 10 Jun 1780 in Louisiana, United States.
4. ↑ Southwest Louisiana Records Vol. 1B 1801-1810 Rev. Donald J. Hebert, 153; DAR Patriot Index - Volume 1, 44
5. ↑ Louisiana Troops 1720 - 1770; 6. Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianians Census Records 1758-1796 translated and compiled by Jacqueline K. Voorhies, 75 thru 78
6. ↑ Conrad
7. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #51780381 (accessed 24 April 2023)
   Memorial page for Joseph Carlin (1742-30 Dec 1809), citing Carlin Cemetery, Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Margie Luke (contributor 47278646).

*Conrad, Glenn R., "Wilderness Paradise," Attakapas Gazette, XIV (1979); Walter Prichard, et al., eds., "Southern Louisiana and Southern Alabama in 1819: The Journal of James Leander Cathcart," Louisiana Historical Quarterly, XXVIII (1945).

• Title: Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900: compact disk #101; Author: Donald J. Hébert; Publication: Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001
• Miscellaneous Carlin files and papers

See also:

• Ancestors of Roy Perry Theriot [1]