Pierre Daspit St. Amand, Sr.

Abt 1729 - Abt 1784  (55 years)

• Name	Pierre Daspit St. Amand  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	Abt 1729	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Abt 6 Oct 1784	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [7]
  Residence	1785	Des Allemands, St Charles, Louisiana, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I440	Hollier & Dufilho
  Last Modified	29 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Captain Jean Francois Daspit de St. Amand,   b. 1690, Toulouse, France ,   d. Nov 1729, Vidalia, Concordia, Louisiana, USA  (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marie Francoise Dubuisson,   b. 6 Sep 1700,   d. 1738, Louisiana, USA  (Age 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	13 Apr 1722	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [4, 8]
  Family ID	F289	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Living
  Last Modified	29 May 2022
  Family ID	F476	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Marie Anne Carmouche,   b. 14 Nov 1734, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, USA ,   d. 22 Mar 1775, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 40 years)
  Married	1749	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA   [4]
  Children	1. Anne Daspit St. Amand,   b. Abt 1751,   d. Abt 19 Feb 1773, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 22 years)  [natural]   2. Marie Francois Daspit St. Amand,   b. 23 Jan 1753, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  [natural] + 3. Pierre Daspit St. Amand, Jr.,   b. 19 Jan 1755, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 22 Sep 1837  (Age 82 years)  [natural] + 4. Michel Daspit St. Amand,   b. 29 Sep 1756, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 9 May 1813, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 56 years)  [natural] + 5. Jean Francois Daspit St. Amand,   b. 8 Jun 1759, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 1810  (Age 50 years)  [natural]   6. Alexandre Daspit St. Amand,   b. 3 Feb 1761, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 1831, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  (Age 69 years)  [natural] + 7. Rosalie Genevieve Daspit St. Amand,   b. 17 Dec 1762, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	29 May 2022
  Family ID	F137	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1729 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Married - 1749 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Died - Abt 6 Oct 1784 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Residence - 1785 - Des Allemands, St Charles, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Pierre Daspit St. Amand (Pierre #1) was the son of Jean Francois Daspit St. Amand and Marie Francoise du Buisson (See above) also referred to in some places as John Pierre. According to the account cited earlier, Pierre Daspit came to Louisiana when he was forced to leave France due to an "unfortunate duel and disastrous affairs". In another location the following is recorded: "The tradition is that Pierre, Sr. came to Louisiana from France, bringing with him his three sons - Pierre, Antoine and Alexandre. They came just before the French Revolution (1789)." The "tradition" cited above does not however reconcile with a number of other facts which appear to be fairly well established. First of all, the family records indicate that the information on Pierre's children is from St. Louis Cathedral records. While it it is possible that these refer to births in France, it is more likely the births were in Louisiana. Pierre's last will was dated New Orleans, 1780 and he died in 1784 also suggests an earlier date of arrival in Louisiana. In the history of the COTEAU DE FRANCE that was written by Clement Bourgois Jr., there are several other important facts mentioned (although their source is not). This documents notes that the Daspit de St. Amand came from France in about 1715. At also mentions that Dominique, the son of Jean Francois Daspit had a son named Antoine who was born in 1757 and married Eulalie Zeringue in 1790. (Antoine will become an important individual in the Coteau de France and the Lanfear affair). Based on this then, Antoine is not Pierre's son but his cousin. One supposition on the part of the author is that the circumstances cited in Dr. Lugano's translation surrounding Pierre's coming to Louisiana may actually refer to Jean Francois who is referred to as Jean Pierre in some documents. The one point that tends to corroborate the "tradition" cited above is the fact that Pierre(#2)'s will (see translation below) states that Antoine is his brother. Pierre (#1) was married first to Marie Anne Carmouche. Their children were: Anne Daspit St. Amand - born in 1751 Marie Francoise Daspit St. Amand - born in 1753 Pierre Daspit St. Amand (Pierre #2, also Pierre Jr.) - born in 1755 Michel Daspit St. Amand - born in 1756 Jean Francois Daspit St. Amand - born in 1759 Alexandre Daspit St Amand - born in 1761 Rosalie Genevieve Daspit St. Amand - born in 1762 The family records indicate that the above information is from St. Louis Cathedral records and that, of the above, only Pierre, Michel & Jean Francois and Alexandre left heirs. [7] After the death of Marie Anne Carmouche, Pierre (#1) married Marian Leroux-Courcier, the widow of August Courcier by whom she had two daughters, Adele and Celeste[8]. Madame Leroux-Courcier was the governess from New Orleans who had been employed to teach Pierre (#1)'s children. Adele married Marcel (or Marcellus) Daspit. Pierre (#1)'s will is on file in Spanish at Cabildo. The will mentions five commissions received from the Spanish Government, among them a captain's and a colonel's commission. There is a family tradition that Pierre (#1) was known as "the general". The tradition is that for services rendered the Spanish Crown he received a grant of some five thousand acres of territory known as the Coteau de France. NOTE: The above information on Pierre (#1 or Pierre Sr.) is from a memo with the following note: March 19, 1933 The above memo was given to me by Edna who found same among Uncle Isaac's papers. It is not known from what source it was obtained. V. N. D.[9] Source: Daspit, Patrick, Coteau de France (Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, August 1999), www.fluckers.com/family/daspit/

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Abstracts of Civil Records: 1770-1803. [S351] Coteau de France, Daspit, Patrick, (Location: Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin; Date: August 1999;). [S456] Louisiana Census, 1791-1890, Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). Record for Pierre St.Amand [S351] Coteau de France, Daspit, Patrick, (Location: Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin; Date: August 1999;), "Jean Francoise Daspit de St. Amand - Present". [S796] Curry, Thomas, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, Volume 10, 61-68. [S291] Nolan, Charles E., Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1718-1831, Charles E. Nolan, (Name: Archdiocese of New Orleans; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana; Date: 1989;), vol. 4 (1784-1790), p. 277, entry for Pedro St. Amant (Reliability: 1). ST. AMAND Pedro, 55 yr., i. Oct. 6, 1784 (SLC, F2, 1) [S291] Nolan, Charles E., Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, 1718-1831, Charles E. Nolan, (Name: Archdiocese of New Orleans; Location: New Orleans, Louisiana; Date: 1989;), vol. 4 (1784-1790), p. 277, entry for Pedro St. Amant. ST. AMAND Pedro, 55 yr., i. Oct. 6, 1784 (SLC, F2, 1) [S796] Curry, Thomas, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, Volume 10, 64. No. 119, fol. 40. Jean François de St. Amand, with Marie Françoise Dubuisson. In the year 1722, 13th April, I, the undersigned, curate of New Orleans, have received the mutual consent of marriage of Jean François St. Amand Daspic [sic], son of Jacques Daspic, and of Dominique Bordelière, his father and mother, and of Marie Françooise Dubuisson, daughter of Leon Dubuisson of of Mariane Canop, her father and mother, in presence of Pierre Dreux, of Martharine Dreux, of Pierre Alexis Desjardins, of François Quasido, and of Claude Pierre Hyronée, who have signed; with me also signed St. Amand, Dreux, M. Dreux, and J. Richard, curate.