Register of Deaths at Old Fort Biloxi, MS 1720-1723
1720-17231 By WINSTON DE VILLE pub. in the NGSQ, Vol. 55, No. 1, March 1967
Transcribed for Genealogy
Trails by K. Torp
ON AUGUST 21, 1727, Jacques de la Chaise, the
French king's commissioner in Louisiana, sent a routine report to
the French court. With his message, he included a list compiled on
April 1, 1727 by Father Raphael de Luxembourg, Capuchin, and
vicar-general in Louisiana for the bishop of Quebec, of "those who
died at Old Fort Biloxi2 during the administration of M.
Davion3 from August 8, 1720." Although it records only deaths for four years,
the document is of significant value to genealogists and historians
working in French Louisiana, as no church records exist in
present-day Biloxi for this early period. Some notations for Biloxi
do appear in the ecclesiastical records of Mobile and New Orleans,
but they are so meager as to be of little use.
The names appear here
as spelled in the Library of Congress transcript, with the date of
death following each entry.
1 The original is in the Archives des Colonies,
Paris, indexed Gl 412:I-3vo. Transcript in the Library of
Congress. 2 Originally called Fort Maurepas by Iberville
and founded by him in 1699 — the oldest settlement in French
Louisiana. The site was on the eastern shore of Biloxi Bay. 3 Possibly Father Antoine Davion, one of the
Canadian priests brought to Louisiana to help establish missions.
1720
August
Pierre Breval, 8
>
Pierre, Demolisse, 13
Antoine Chapuy, convict, 14
Cadet, 15
>
Louis
Requette, 17
Michel Boutville, 19
Guillaume Pindelique, 22
Cottinot, soldier, 25
Duval, soldier, 27
>
Nicolas Marchand, 30
Alain Usel, 31
September Urbain Carret, 2
La
Condamine, soldier, 3
Jacques Suicheg, 3
Mariane Darosee, 3 Claude le Roux, 4
Catherine Philipine, 5
Henry Philipe, 6
Francois Bergeron, soldier, 8
Jullien Gauthier, 8
Nicolas Gibers, 10
Niveaux, the wife of, 10
Guillaume Le Belle, 11
Edme de Fer, 11
La
Rose, 12
Jean Morvany, 13 Pierre Louvart, 17 >
J.
B. Matter, 17
Jacques Bermont, convict,
17 Michel Saogt, convict, 18 Jacques Masson, soldier, 19 Adrian Joseph Corban, 20 Guillaume Guerit, convict, 20 Pierre Raymon, convict, 21 Jean Havet, 22 Thomas
Forinat, 23 Francois Lermine, convict, 23 Rene Guildret, 23 Jean
Duchenet, 23 Pierre Alexandre, 23 Frederica Paul Daustrice, 24
December Jerome Dubois,
soldier, 9 Jacques Arselle, soldier, 9 Charles Martelle Macon, 9 Salamon Diacre, 9 Antoine Aubier, 10 Antoine, Belain, 10 Jean Austrone, 11 Barre, a child of, 11 Marguerite Vachon, wife of deceased Courteau,
12 Marguerite Batement, wife of Alexandre,
12 Rene L'Anglois, 13 Chapelier, soldier, 13 Marie Couteau, wife of Lyonnois, 13 Francois Bourdy, 13 Francois Galochet, 13 Jean Culvar, 16 Marguerite Dupuys, 16 Le Vesrier, 16 Pierre
Calliet, soldier, 19 Henry Thomas, soldier,
19 Jacques de Han, volunteer, 20 Nicolas Rigaulet, soldier, 20 Antoine Pilau, the wife of, 20 Cordier, the wife of, 20 [ed. note: written "la
femme du Cordier"] Pierre Laverdure, child,
21 Ollivier Daniel, convict, 24 Pierre Picart, corporal, 24 La Roche, patron de chaloupe, 24 Pierre Pinart, 24 Pierre Poissiere, 25 Voisin, 25 Francois
Hubert, 25 Jacques Parisien, the wife of, 25
Jacques Martin, silk-mercer, 28 1721 January Pierre Voisin, soldier, 6 Francois La Boissiere, soldier, 6 Francois Imbert, soldier, 7 Gille Vincent, 9 Adrian
Breton, 11 Hayt, Jr., the wife of, 11 Claude Metier, 13 Requiem, the wife of, 14 Charles Martin, worker, 16 Levesque, 16 Nicolas
Hem, 20 Elizabeth Morn, child, 20 Antoine Grimalle, 22 Jean Dubois, 27 Jean
Vaneuil, the wife of, 27 Morisseaux, 28 Francois, fille, 28 Antoine Primart, 30 Francois Gilles, soldier, 30
February Marguerite Lamballe,
1 Marie Colombelle, 1 Jeanne Guerelle, 3 Trevillon, soldier in Le Blanc's company, 4 Thomas du Fresne, 6 Romennau, convict, 17 Antoine Divier, from the region of Artois,
21
March Francois Bellisle,
soldier, 2 Jacques Parisien, soldier, 10
Bernard Dufour, soldier, 11 Francois Dessessarts, store-keeper for the
Company, 13 Jean Simonin, convict, 13 Marie Courte, 25
April Marguerite, 3 Gabriel
Dubuisson, fille, 16 years, 26
May Jean Allain, edge-tool maker, 24 Louis Le Beau, carpenter, 25 Andre Dutillet, 22 years, 25
June Charles Bernard, 21
Simon l'Epron, carpenter, 21
July Angelique Arlut, 10
August Anne Rougeaut, 22 Nicolas Duverger, 24
September Jean Risbourg,
convict, 20 years, 1 Louise Reyon, German,
4
October La Lancette, soldier
and frater, 11 Jean Balnon, 19 Durand, 23 Lalo,
Monsieur, ensign, 24 Mathieu Braquigny,
patron de chaloupe,25 Marie, 28 Pierre Sauce, 28 La
Beaurepert, fille of the Convent, 30 Philipe Michel, daughter of Pierre Vernier,
30 Jean Doublain, 31
November Pierre Lavalle, 3 Nicolas Vivier, 7 Pierre Barpier, 9 Marguerite La Ville, wife of Henry LaVille,
soldier, 23
December Izac Coudray, soldier, 33 years, 18 Jean Devin, edge-tool maker, 46 years, 18 Anne, wife of Jacques Baudac, 20 Denis Jacquotot, lawyer at the Parliament of
Paris, 25 Anne Le Bar, wife of Jacques Gouy,
30 years, 26 1722 January Francois Gouane, about 15 years, 6 Marie Melanie, arrived on the Ballaine, 7 Jacques Boissimond, patron, 7 Dominique Belsaguy, 35 years, of Bayonne, 13 Valtre Querol, 4o years, from Prague,Bohemia,
22
February Marie Netche, widow of
Trobas, German, 4o years, 4 Noel Lainaul,
Swiss, 5 Jean Jannette, wife of Jacques
Savignon, 20 years, 24 Marie Pistolle, wife
of Cristophe Brie, 42 years, 25 Vincent Le
Clerc desaunay, officer on the Mazieres Concession, 25 Jacques Keron, sailor, 25 years, 28 Prime Hibert, German, 3o years, 28
March Marie Angelique,
daughter of Robert Blanquet, 2 Nicolas
Jourdan, cadet in the troops, about 28 years, 13 Magdelaine, Balser, wife of Jean Balser, about
40 years, 14 Jean Catherine d'Oublant, 16 Laurent Elie, German, 20 years old, 18 Jeanne Gouron, wife of Jean Fuma, about 28
years, 20 Marie Louise, daughter of Aime
Baron, 28 Jean Beranrd (Bernard?) Miol,
29
April Catherine Joseph
Rogue, from Douery in Flanders, 30 Cristophe
Boie, about 4o years, from Orleans, 11
August Pierre Villete, store-keeper for the Company,
7 Nicolas Audriot, major in the troops,
13
September Jean Cariere,
habitant, 35 years, 19 October Pierre
Blanpin, Jr., 9 Anne, daughter of Francois
Triboulote, 11
November Marie Francoise, wife of Jean Vieil, sailor, 20
years, 14 Jean Quartier, about 35 years, of
Bezier, 27 Michel Fores, wet cooper from La
Rochelle, about 22 years, 31
June Marie Penil, wife of Henry, soldier, 33 eyars,
25
July Marie Jubit, wife of
Guillaume Guitton, baker, 18
August Marie Joseph Javotte, 19 Louis Pierre Roy, 25
September De la Combe, Sieur,
officer in Le Blanc's company, 4
