Jean François Decuir (1704 - 1771)

Born 1704 in Merge, Diocese of Treves, France

Ancestors

Husband of Geneviève Mayeux — married 5 Nov 1743 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, New France

Descendants

Died 9 Jan 1771 at about age 67 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, New Spain

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Biography

Jean François Decuir has French origins.

Jean Francois Decuir, son of Albert Decuir and Marie Catherine Domer, was born c.1704 in Mirge, Treves, Burgundy, France.^[1]

From a contributer:

According to the account at the St. Francis of Pointe Coupée Cemetery where Pierre [Jean Francois?] was buried, his father, the patriarch Albert de Guire, had contracted to be a miner with his wife and five children the twenty-second of October, 1719, for six years.

In the history of Genevieve Mayeux DeCuir, buried at the same cemetery, it is said that her husband, Pierre [Jean Francois?], was of humble origin and came to Louisiana in 1720 as a young worker destined for the Law concession on the Arkansas River.

He is listed as being on board the ship Profound which set sail from LaRochelle, France on June 10, 1720 and arrived at Biloxi on September 16, 1720. Pierre [Jean Francois?] first settled at the John Law Concession at the Arkansas Post. The Post on the Arkansas River was established by Henri de Tonti in 1689.^[2]

He married Genevieve Mayeux on 5 November 1743 in St. Francis Church, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana.^[1]

Children of Jean Francois Decuir and Genevieve Mayeux:

1. Pierre Decuir (1744-1788)^[3]
2. Genevieve Decuir (1746-1757)
3. Francois Decuir (c.1747-1808)^[4]
4. Marguerite Decuir (c.1749-1815)
5. Jeanne Decuir (1751-1751)
6. Joseph Antoine Decuir (1752-1822)
7. Marie Magdeleine Decuir (1755-1836)
8. Jean Paul Decuir (1757-1794)
9. Marie Anne Decuir (1758-1805)
10. Jean Baptiste Decuir (1769-1860)^[5]

They were counted on the French census of 1745, taken at Pointe Coupee Post, with one child.^[3]

Jean Decuir, 36

Genevieve Mahyeux, wife, 17

Pierre Decuir, 16 mos.

He died in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana before the marriage of his son Francois on 1 May 1773, on which record he is listed as deceased.^[4] He was buried at St Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery, in Pointe Coupee, Louisiana.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records, Vol 1b, Point Coupee Records, 1722-1769 (Baton Rouge, LA: Diocese of BR) pp. 47 & 48: DECUIR;
   • Jean François DECUIR, son of Albert DECUIRE & Marie Catherine DOMER, native of Merge, France, Diocese of Trèves (presently Merzig, Diocese of Trier, Germany), married 5 Nov 1743 to Genevieve MAYEUX, daughter of Pierre MAYEUX & Marie SELLIER, of New Orleans. Witnesses: Albert DESCUIR, father of the groom; Pierre MAYEUX, father of the bride; Jacques DECOUX, brother-in-law of the groom; François MAYEUX, brother of the bride; J. HERBERT (PCP-1, 48) & (PCP-2, 28).
   • Francois Descuirs (Jean Francois, native of Mirge, France, Diocese of Treves [presently Merzig, Diocese of Trier, Germany], and Genevieve Mayeux] bn. not given bt. 22 Nov. 1747 spo. Francois Mayeux and Marie Anne Cheval, wife of Pierre Germain (PCP-1,84] also (PCP-2,34)
2. ↑ Guillory-632, via private message to Girouard-4019 in August 2018; citing "the account at the St. Francis of Pointe Coupée Cemetery where Pierre [Jean Francois?] was buried."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Barron, "Census of Pointe Coupee Louisiana, 1745 Louisiana; Inhabitants of Pointe Coupee; US GenWeb, Submitted by: Cathy (Lemoine) Sturgell; Date: 3/12/2005
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Donald J. Hébert, Southwest Louisiana Records, 1750-1900, compact disk #101 ("SWLR CD"), (Rayne, LA: Hébert Publications, 2001; reprints by Claitor's Publications);

   DECUIR, Francois of PC (dec. Jean DESCUIRE & Genevieve MAIEUX) m. 1 May 1773 Marie LABBE of PC, living at Atakapas (Jean & Jeanne Julie OZENNE) Wits: Jean LABBEE, Julie Ozenne DUCREST, FUSELIER de la Claire, Joseph DESCUIR, BERARD, BERNARD, DAUTERIVE, Sorel Louis GREVEMBER, J. B. GREVEMBER, J. BARRE, Francois GREVEMBER, Barthelemy GREVEMBER, Baptiste MAIEUX, ALKEN. Fr. IRENEE (SM Ch.: v.1, p. 36)

5. ↑ "Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2WV-XQD : 14 January 2020), Jean Decuir in entry for Jean_baptiste Decuir, 1770.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 9 June 2021, memorial page for Jean Francois Decuir (1704–9 Jan 1771), Find A Grave: Memorial #121416553, citing Saint Francis of Pointe Coupee Church Cemetery, Pointe Coupee, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Ric 4849 (contributor 48282444).

See also:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Post

  My Genealogy Home Page:Information about Jean Francois Decuir Jean Francois Decuir

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile DeCuir-9 created through the import of Tom Roland Family Tree.ged on May 6, 2012 by Tom Roland.