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Marguerite Perrine Crochet (1766 - 1830)

Marguerite Perrine Crochet
Born in Mégrit, Bretagne, Francemap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , and
Wife of — married 24 Nov 1785 in New Orleans, Louisiana, New Spainmap
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Mother of , , and
Died at age 64 in Lafourche, Louisiana, United Statesmap
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Biography

PELAGIE BENOIT, VEUVE YVES CROCHET is on the Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial in St. Martinville, Louisiana, on Plaque 10-L, L'Amitie arivee le 7 novembre 1785, Listed with her are her children, Jean Guillaume, Yves, Julien, Francoise, and Margueritte.[1]
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Marguerite Perrine Crochet migrated from France to Louisiana.
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Marguerite Perrine Crochet was born 23 May 1766 at Quesny, a hamlet of Mégrit, Bretagne (today Côtes-d'Armor), France, and baptized the same day at Mégrit. Her parents were French-born Yves Crochet and Acadian-born Pélagie Blanche Benoit.[2]

After the death of her father, Yves Crochet, in France, the family of five children immigrated to Louisiana on the ship l'Amitié led by her widowed mother, Pélagie Benoit.[3]

  1. Jean Guillaume Crochet,
  2. Françoise Pélagie Crochet,
  3. Marguerite Perrine Crochet,
  4. Yves Jean Crochet, and
  5. Julien Crochet.

The ship left France on 20 August 1785 and arrived at the port of New Orleans, Louisiana on 8 November 1785.[4]

About two weeks after their arrival in New Orleans, she married Joseph Adam, an immigre and fellow passenger on l'Amitié.[5]

Their known children:

  1. Marie Josephe Adam (1789)[6]
  2. Julie Adelaide Adam (1791)[7]
  3. Marcelin Adam (1793)[8]
  4. Pierre Alexandre Adam (1795)[9]
  5. Similien Adam (1798)[10]

She died in 1830 in Thibodaux, Louisiana.[citation needed]

Sources

  1. ↑ The Wall of Names at the Acadian Memorial, compiled by Jane G. Bulliard and the Wall of Names Committee (Scott, LA: Hulco, 2002) p. 39.
  2. ↑ Albert J. Robichaux, The Acadian Exiles in Saint-Malo,1758-1785: The Genealogies of the Acadian Exiles in Saint-Malo and its Environs, pt. I, vol. 1, (Eunice, LA: Hebert Publications, 1981) p. 222;
    family #276 - Marguerite-Perinne [sic] CROCHET, born 23 May 1766 at Quesny, baptized same day at Megrit, Cotes-du-Nord, France. Sponsors: Pierre CERTAIN & Marguerite BENOIST.
  3. ↑ Gérard-Marc Braud, From Nantes to Louisiana, (Lafayette, LA: La Rainette, 1999) p.100;
    BENOIST, Pélagie (44), widow of CROCHET, Yves, and her 5 children
  4. ↑ Donald J. Hébert, Acadian Families in Exile, 1785 & Exiled Acadians, an Index, (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 1995) pp. 70-71;
    TEXT: Jean CROCHET, a sailor age 24, oldest son of Pélagie BENOIT, widow of Yves CROCHET, traveling with her and four siblings as the 19th family (of 6 persons) aboard "L'Amitié."
  5. ↑ "Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4Z3-FJC : 14 January 2020), Margarita Crochet in entry for Josef Adams, 24 Nov. 1785.
  6. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-ZGW : 14 January 2020), Margarita Crochet in entry for Maria Josephe Adams, 1789.
  7. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-WNQ : 14 January 2020), Margarita Crochet in entry for Julia Adelaide Adams, 1791.
  8. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-WX9 : 14 January 2020), Margarita Crochet in entry for Marcelino Adams, 1793.
  9. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WJ-KT1 : 14 January 2020), Margarita Crochet in entry for Pedro Alexandro Adams, 1795.
  10. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WK-WP2 : 14 January 2020), Margarita Crochet in entry for Similano Adams, 1798.

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