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Remy dit Bourginon Poissot (1706 - abt. 1788)

Remy dit Bourginon Poissot
Born in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, Francemap
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Husband of — married 30 Apr 1737 in Natchitoches, Louisianamap
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Died about at about age 81 in Natchitoches Parish, Louisianamap
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Biography

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Remy Poissot migrated from France to Louisiana.
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Remy Poissot was born 8 October 1706 in Dijon, France and baptized the following day at Notre Dame de Dijon.[1] The father's name appears to read Mamel Poissot and the mother's surname is Pongey with her first name as Lessanne or Pussanne or something similar. Remy's marriage record indicates his father was named Mammes Poisot, royal notary at Stratsbourg[sic] and his mother was named Marie[2], but the occupation of his father in the baptism record appears to be Cuissenier, which might be cook.

Remy Poissot came to Louisiana as a soldier, as noted by his marriage record and the baptism record for his son Remy, which indicated he was in Macarty's Company.[3] By the time of the 27 January 1766 French Census of Natchitoches, he was a Lieutenant.[4] His name appears as Lt. Dn. Rami Poasso on the 8 Jun 1772 Militia Roll of Natchitoches, where he was second in command under Capt. Dn. Luis Borme.[5] He does not appear on later available militia rolls.[6]

Remy married Anne Marie Philippe on 30 April 1737 in Natchitoches.[2] [7]

As noted in the census records below, Remy owned slaves. A 25 February 1774 census of slave owners showed he owned 26 total slaves, including 2 native children.[8] Oddly, the numbers were a little different in the tax record for slaveholders. It appears that native slaves weren't taxed, yet he was taxed for a total of 25 slaves.[9] In 1775 Remy freed 6-year old Agnes.[10] [11] Young Agnes was the daughter of Remy's son Athanase and Francoise, a slave of Pierre Derbanne.[12] Available details on other slaves owned by Remy can be found here.


A FindaGrave Memorial suggests he died in 1788[13] and this profile currently indicates he died 4 Jan 1788. However, there is no record for this death in Elizabeth Shown Mills' publications cited throughout this profile. The last record found is the burial of one of his mulatto slaves on 10 December 1787.[14]

Census Records

  • 27 Jan 1766 French Census of Natchitoches[4]
  • 6 May 1766 Spanish Census of Natchitoches [15]
POISSOT, Lieutenant of the Militia and his household had grown as there were now 2 men bearing arms, 1 woman, 1 older boy (probably the other male able to bear arms), and a younger boy. He also had a total of 17 slaves, 50 arpents of frontage, 8 horses, 30 cattle, 20 hogs and sheep, and 5 guns.[16]


Known Children

  1. Remy Poissot, Jr., baptized 17 June 1738[3] and wed Louise Cavé on 4 July 1767[17]
  2. Marie Anne Poissot, born 3 July 1740 and wed Jacques Lambre in 1759
  3. Marie Francoise Poissot, born 28 Sep 1742 who wed Jean Baptiste Brevelle, Jr. in 1760
  4. Marie Catherine Poissot, born 26 June 1744
  5. Athanase Poissot
  6. Pierre Poissot, baptized 4 Jun 1748[18] He was buried 9 April 1749.[19]
  7. Pierre Poissot, baptized 9 Mar 1750[20]
  8. Julien Poissot, baptized 16 January 1752[21]

Sources

  1. ↑ Archives départmentales de la Côte-d'Or at archives.cotedor.fr. Registres paroissiaux et état civil. Dijon-Actes (BMS puis NMD)-Collection communale-Toutes paroisses-FRAD021EC 239/039 Registres paroissiaux et/ou d'état civil : 1706 - 1707. Image 134 of 568. Hyperlink to image. Entry is on the bottom left.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977), p.20. Text:
    153. REMY POISOT dit BOURGUIGNON
    MARIE PHILIPPE
    April 30, 1737, after three bans, marriage of Remy Poissot dit Bourguignon, soldier, aged 28 years, son of Mammes Poisot, royal notary at Stratsbourg and Marie _____[sic] his wife . . . and . . . Marie Philippe, widow of deceased Jacques Dupre, aged 30. Witnesses: Rene Dubos (s) and Francois Manne (s), habitants of this post.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977): p.15. Text:
    107. REMY POISOT
    June 17, 1738, baptism of Remy, legitimate son of Remy Poisot dit Bourgignon, soldier in the company of Mr. Macarty, of Dijon in Burgundy, parish of Our Lady, and Anne Marie Philippe, German. Godparents: Henry Riche (x) [Triche] and Angelique Dumont (x).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mills, Elizabeth Shown & Ellie Lennon. "1766 French Census of Natchitoches." Natchitoches Colonials- A Source Book: Censuses, Military Rolls & Tax Lists 1722-1803 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2017): p.46-47.
    Mr. POISSOT, Lieutenant of the Militia, 1 married man, 1 married woman, 1 boy, 1 negro man slave, 2 negro woman slaves, 2 Indian female slaves, 4 firearms, 2 sidearms, 50 horned cattle, 50 horses, 8 pigs.
  5. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown & Ellie Lennon. "1772 Militia Roll of Natchitoches." Natchitoches Colonials- A Source Book: Censuses, Military Rolls & Tax Lists 1722-1803 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2017): p.66.
  6. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown & Ellie Lennon. "1780 Militia Roll of Natchitoches." Natchitoches Colonials- A Source Book: Censuses, Military Rolls & Tax Lists 1722-1803 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2017): p.80-83.
  7. ↑ Catholic Church, St. Francois (Natchitoches, LA). Parish Registers, 1729-1796. Microfilm #8130851 at familysearch.org (New Orleans, LA: Southern Microfilm Co.): citing image 29 of 447 at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSV5-TSRC-W?i=28&cat=70089
  8. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown & Ellie Lennon. "1774 Census of Natchitoches Slaveowners." Natchitoches Colonials- A Source Book: Censuses, Military Rolls & Tax Lists 1722-1803 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2017): p.70-71. Summary:
    Monsr. Remis POISSEAU: 10 Negro or Mulatto Males, 6 Negresses or Mulattresses, 8 Negro or Mulatto children under age of 12, 2 Indian Children under age 12.
  9. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown & Ellie Lennon. "1774 Census of Natchitoches Slaveowners." Natchitoches Colonials- A Source Book: Censuses, Military Rolls & Tax Lists 1722-1803 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2017): p.76. Summary:
    Dn. Remigio POISOT: 13 Negro Males, 9 Negro Females, 2 Mulatto Males, 1 Mulatto Female, 25 Total Number, Taxed 200 reales.
  10. ↑ Natchitoches Parish Clerk of Courts Index to French Colonial Archives 1732-1819. Bundle 1775, Agnes, a slave, of Remy Poissot, Emancipation, #1093.
  11. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977): p.402. Text:
    3389. NICOLAS AUGUSTIN [METOYER]
    AGNES [POISSOT] *
    August 22, 1792, after one ban, marriage of Nicolas Augstin, free mulato, son of Maria Theresa, free negra, native of this parish . . . and . . . Agnes, free mulata, native of this parish, daughter of Francisca, negra slave of Monsieur Derbanne. Witnesses: Joseph Langlois, free mulato, Nicolas Piqueri, free mulato (s), Nicolas, free negro (x), and Pedro, Indio (x).
    *Mme. Metoyer's surname appears in such later records as Marriage of Elisé Roques and Marie Susette Metoyer, June 26, 1820, Register 11. She was purchased and manumitted, at the age of six, by Athanase and Remi Poissot; see Docs. 1052 and 1093, French Archives, Office of the Clerk of Court, Natchitoches.
  12. ↑ Mills, Gary B. and Elizabeth Shown Mills. The Forgotten People: Cane River's Creoles of Color, rev.ed. (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2013): see index, particularly p.93-94, 106, 315n16, 319n54
  13. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 01 December 2018), memorial page for Lieut Remy “Bourguinon” Poisot, Sr (9 Oct 1706–1788), Find A Grave: Memorial #95375347, citing Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA, maintained by Judith Davison (contributor 46480605) .
  14. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977): p.162. Text:
    1375. ANONYMOUS
    December 10, 1787, burial of a mulàtre of Mr. Poissot.
  15. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown & Ellie Lennon. "1766 Spanish Census of Natchitoches." Natchitoches Colonials- A Source Book: Censuses, Military Rolls & Tax Lists 1722-1803 (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2017): p.54-55.
  16. ↑ Voorhies, Jacqueline K. "Borme's Company." Some Late Eighteenth-Century Louisianans, (Lafayette, LA: University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1973): p.153.
  17. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977): p.121. Text:
    991. REMY POISOT
    LOUISE CAVÉ
    July 4, 1767, marriage of Remy Poisot (x), legitimate son of Remy Poisot and Anne Marie Philippe, habitant and native of this parish . . . and . . . Louise Cavé, legitimate daughter of Francois Cavé and Marie Jeanne Brunet, native of New Orleans. 2 bans. Witnesses: Poisot (s) Basilliot (s), Robert Dupre (x), Josephe Verger (x), and Etienne Verger (x).
  18. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977): p.36. Text:
    290. PIERRE POISOT
    June 4, 1748, baptism of Pierre, legitimate son of Remy Poisot (s) and Marie Philippe, habitants. Godparents: Pierre Bossier (s) and Marie LaCroix (x).
  19. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977): p.50. Text:
    394. PIERRE [POISSOT]
    April 9, 1749, burial of Pierre, aged one year or about, child of Mr. Bourguignon [Remy Poisoot].
  20. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977): p.39. Text:
    313. PIERRE POISSOT
    March 9, 1750, baptism of Pierre, legitimate son of Remis Poisot (s), habitant, and Anne Marie Philippe Marthe. Godparents: Pierre Alorge (s), Sergeant, and Jeanne [Chever dite] Dufrene.(x).
  21. ↑ Mills, Elizabeth Shown. Natchitoches (Vol. II) Abstracts of the Catholic Church Registers of the French and Spanish Post of St. Jean Baptiste des Natchitoches in Louisiana: 1729-1803 (New Orleans, LA: Polyanthos, 1977): p.65. Text:
    529. JULIEN POISOT
    January 16, 1752, baptism of Julien, legitimate son of Remy Poisot dit Bourguignon (s) and Marie Philippe. Godparents: Mr. Rondin (x), lieutenant, and Jeanne Guedon (x).
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The given name of his mother is Susanne in his baptism record

The father's occupation mre cuisenier for maître cuisinier I guess master cook

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