+FRENCH JUNGLE DYNAMICS+ >18th century miss, valley< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >the previous discoveries of +GARIC-SAUCIER+ and +ROY-SAUCIER+ >marriages are certainly fascinating to our degruy family interests >in 18th century new orleans >and mobile, alabama< ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PERRY-SAUCIER+ >now in a footnote in"francois saucier, engineer of fort de chartres" in the "frenchmen and frenchways in the mississippi valley" book i find ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +JEAN FRANCOIS PERRY+ >native of france residng in 18th century cahokia, illinois the first husband of +ADELAIDE SAUCIER+ >of cahokia daughter of j.b. saucier born in mobile in 1752, son of +FRANCOIS SAUCIER+ >kings surveyor-engineer and designer builder of the famed fort chartres >and friend of our very own< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +ANTOINE JEAN BAPTISTE +VALENTIN VERLOIN-deGRUY+ >lord du-magny fouchard< (1715-1759) (sometime degruyverloin) >("PATRIARCH EXTRAORDINAIRE")< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >explorer/military officer/discoverer of +KING'S CROWN AGENT+ >lead mines for his childhood friend< +FRENCH KING LOUIS XV+ (1710-1774) >who he grew up with at versailles< where he inherited the diamond +HIS FATHER WINNER OF+ +ORDER OF ST. LOUIS+ >necklace that he converted to +KING'S GIFT+ >formal dress shirt buttons< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +WHICH HE GAVE TO HIS 4 SONS+ >and which can be seen in the portrait of his great grand- >son in our living room<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRANCOIS VERLOIN deGRUY+ father of +JAMES VERLOIN deGRUY+ father of +LUCIE VERLOIN deGRUY+ wife of +EUGENE RAY (1st)+ (my grandparents) ^^^^^^^^^^^ +PERSPECTIVE OVERVIEW+ >this family connection of lord valentin verloin degruy with the perrys in +PERRYS OF VERSAILLES+ +AND CHAMAGNE+ >new orleans and the wilds of >illinois-missouri country< +WAS PROFOUND+ ^^^^^^^^^^ 1)>remember father perry officiated at the wedding of antoine and marie therese aufrere in new orleans. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2) gerard perry, antoine's brother-in-law, was apparently an energetic persona +MINDFUL OF LAFITTE &+ +J.B. VALENTIN deGRUY+ >sailing the atlantic to trade in france and spain where he "lost his shirt." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3) antoine's aufrere father in law made trips back to paris and may have +PERRY'S AS WELL+ >capitalised on antoine's royal >connections at versailles<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +PERE DAGOBERT HEAD PRIEST OF+ +ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL IN 1750+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >was another strong degruy family link +MARGUERITE DAGOBERT+ (merovingian blood) +GUILLAUME deVERLOING+ >back via versailles and magny fouchard >to the heart of french royal history< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +FRANCOIS SAUCIER+ >early talent a a draftsman is shown by a drawing he made of the plan of the +NEW ORLEANS VIEUX CARRE+ >he made when he was 16 years old. +DATED MAY 12, 1728+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >in 1737 he surveyed bienville's land at new orleans which became several +deGRUY RELATED PLANTATIONS+ (i have written much re: these.. >heart of uptown new orleans< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >SAUCIER WELCOMED ANTOINE J.B.V. (packs of rabid night dogs) >VERLOIN deGRUY'S SHIP UPON >spring of 1739< +ITS ARRIVAL IN NEW ORLEANS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >verloin-degruy and saucier were part of the large french army sent in the +SUMMER OF 1739+ >upstream to battle the chickasaws< +NEAR MEMPHIS TENN.+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SIEUR de NOAILLES de AIME+ >as i have written, antoine's shipmate reresenting, like antoine, royal court interests became a new leader in the +FRENCH STRUGGLE TO CONTROL+ +THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ to be continued.. gene ray, san diego, california