Following is an exchange between Jerry Freyder and me over the original question I posted to Degruy-L back on April 6th: 1] My Message: Subject: Antoine in a Pery baptismal record Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:23:14 -0500 From: Degruy List Admin <degruylist@earthlink.net> To: Degruy-L@rootsweb.com Hi, Saw this in ANOSR #12 [1751-1771] Pery Francois Valentin [Gerard and Francoise Aufrere], b. July 19, 1756, bn. Oct. 31, 1755, s. Antoine Valentin DEGRUY VERLOINS, officer of the detached troops in this colony, and Francoise Helene PELLERIN, sp. MACARTY [@DE MACARTI], captain of the troops [SLC, B3, 60]. Anyone have information on Gerard and Francoise Aufrere and how they link to us.... how linked to Marie Therese? I thought her parents were Antoine Francois Aufrere and Marie Mathurine Guillemet [Guilmot] dit La Lande.... So... who are Gerard and Francoise Aufrere... and what is Antoine's relationship to them????????? Anybody know? Anyone have Antoine in the records of other affiliated names? Renée 2] Jerry's response 4/10/05 10:17 PM: Hi Renee, I have the children of Francois "Antoine" Aufrere and Marie Maturine Guillemot dit La Lande as: 1. Francoise Therese Aufrere married Sieur Gerard Pery on February 1732, nine children 2. Paul Antoine Aufrere born Bef. November 17, 1727, died November 17, 1727 3. Marie Therese Aufrere born December 29, 1728, died Aft. December 17, 1792, married Antoine Valentin Verloin- de Gruy and Joseph des Mazilliers du Suau de la Croix Sr. 4. Antoine Alexandre Aufrere born Abt. February 3, 1731 in New Orleans, died between Bet. 1772 - 1793 5. Francois Aufrere born about April 1732 The following are my notes for Sieur Gerard Pery, militia officer: 1738, December 11 - Joseph Blanpain formed a partnership with Joseph Le Kintreck (Le Quintrek), called Dupont, who was custodian of the prisons in New Orleans. They agreed to trade pelts, horses, bear grease and tallow with the Opelousas and Attakapas Indians and Gerard Pery. 1740, April 21 - A contract strengthening the partnership between Blanpain and Le Kintreck was signed in Opelousas. 1740, September 17 - Gerard Pery bought the (to be Jumonville) plantation in present day Chalmette, La. from the succession of Bertrand Jaffre, called La Liberte', who had died in March of that year having named Pery as executor of his estate. The plantation was probably bought with Pery's wife's funds, (Francoise Therese d'Aufrere) for on August 7, 1755, she had petitioned Monsieur d'Auberville, of the Superior Council, to permit her to sell the property. Jaffre was granted a concession for the land on April 22, 1729, only the second man to own the property. 1764, November 5 - On 1873, May 21 - A map of T.12S.R.13E, drawn by E. W. Foster, shows the land of C. Devilliers in section 40. It crosses Bayou Bienvenu in New Orleans East and was granted to G. Pery [Sieur Gerard Pery?] on November 5th, 1764. 1795 - "Renato de Kernion" sold the Chalmette, La. Jumonville Plantation to Charles Philippe Coulon Jumonville de Villiers. de Kernion had bought the same plantation on August 22, 1789, from the succession of Charlotte Lalande d'Apremont, widow of Pierre Chabert. The property had been bought by Chabert, a former captain of infantry in the service of France, from Sieur Gerard Pery and his wife in 1765. The following are my notes for Francoise Therese Aufrere: 1731, July 28 - Louis Joseph Verret's godparents were Louis Filidor & Francoise Aufrere. 1748, October 19 - Godparents of Pierre Jacques Revoil were Jacques Masicot [Massicot] and Francoise Aufrere [Francoise Therese d'Aufrere], spouse of Perry [Sieur Gerard Pery] [signs as F. Pery] (SLC, B2, 136). 3] Jerry also sent this 4/10/05 11:02 PM: Hi Renee, Thought you might be interested in this: Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser, September 30, 1997 Port Barre was early trading post by Jim Bradshaw Port Barre, at the point where Bayou Courtableau flows into Bayou Teche, was the site of a French trading post 250 years ago. It was here that Jean Joseph LeKintreck traded whiskey for furs brought to him by Indians of the countryside. LeKintreck was one of the coureurs de bois who were among the first Europeans to come to Acadiana in search of trade. His practices -- especially that of trading whiskey to the Indians -- did not always sit well with the government authorities in New Orleans, but they had neither the mind nor the muscle to do much about it. LeKintreck was born in Brittany in 1689 and arrived in Louisiana sometime before 1716. By the time he ventured into the Opelousas territory, he had been involved in exploration, trapping, and trading expeditions in Louisiana for some 20 years. He'd claimed land on the Mississippi River above New Orleans, married Anne Marie Baftz, and had fathered several children. He had also managed to acquire the title Sieur and the alias "Dupont." LeKintreck's enterprise was prompted by the semi-nomadic Opelousas Indians themselves, who, in 1733, petitioned Gov. Bienville to send traders to the district. They offered pelts, tallow, and horses, and promised to "settle in villages like other nations." The government didn't think too much of the idea but LeKintreck thought he might be able to turn a profit in Opelousas trade. He found a partner in Joseph Blanpain, another veteran trader, and a backer in New Orleans merchant Gerard Pery. LeKintreck and Blanpain agreed to furnish Pery with furs and with "whatever tallow and bear's grease our trade may produce." The traders broke their contract with Pery before their Opelousas enterprise really got started (indeed, LeKintreck served as jailer at the New Orleans prison in 1738), but by 1740 LeKintreck and Blanpain were ready to see what the Opelousas district would bring. They left New Orleans that spring, traveling up the Mississippi River to Plaquemine, then west across the Atchafalaya Basin to the junction of bayous Teche and Courtableau. Then they went northwest on the Courtableau to the site of present-day Washington, before traveling overland onto the prairie to find the wandering Opelousas Indian traders. The site they chose as their trading post was at the point where the bayous meet in present-day Port Barre. The Indian trade did, in fact, turn a profit, and LeKintreck, then 52 years old, decided to move his family to the area. LeKintreck's first wife, Anne Baftz, died in 1747, and he remarried to Catherine Menu, the widow of Jacques Courtableau (père). She was a native of Paris who had come to New Orleans in 1720 aboard La Baleine, a ship carrying deported women. Her son by her first marriage was Jacques Guillaurne Courtableau, who also had a reputation as a trader. He soon formed an alliance with LeKintreck and expanded his association when he married LeKintreck's daughter, Marguerite. She was the widow of Claude Desbordes and the mother of five children. LeKintreck died in 1753, but Courtableau continued trading. His expeditions took him to what later would become Calcasieu Parish, and further west into Spanish Texas. By 1756, Courtableau had amassed a fortune in land, cattle, and slaves, and had become the largest landowner and planter in the area. His home on Bayou Teche near Bayou Marie Croquant served as the first church in the area and was a center for visiting church and government officials. Although some historians believe his titles were self-proclaimed, Courtableau was Capitaine de Quartier des Opelousas, and was recognized as being one of the first officials in the Opelousas territory. In 1765, Courtableau gave land grants to 32 Acadian immigrants who came to the Opelousas district. That same year, he sold 8,800 arpents of land, including the site of the first trading post, to Charles Barre. The post later became known as Barre's Landing, and then Port Barre. It was a busy port during the steamboat days of the early 1800s. http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=%22Gerard+Pery%22&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D740a2a2158230546%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3D%2522Gerard%2BPery%2522%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.carencrohighschool.org%252Fla_studies%252FParishSeries%252FStLandryParish%252FPortBarre.htm%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPResults%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carencrohighschool.org%2Fla_studies%2FParishSeries%2FStLandryParish%2FPortBarre.htm <http://search.netscape.com/ns/boomframe.jsp?query=%22Gerard+Pery%22&page=1&offset=0&result_url=redir%3Fsrc%3Dwebsearch%26requestId%3D740a2a2158230546%26clickedItemRank%3D1%26userQuery%3D%2522Gerard%2BPery%2522%26clickedItemURN%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.carencrohighschool.org%252Fla_studies%252FParishSeries%252FStLandryParish%252FPortBarre.htm%26invocationType%3D-%26fromPage%3DNSCPResults%26amp%3BampTest%3D1&remove_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.carencrohighschool.org%2Fla_studies%2FParishSeries%2FStLandryParish%2FPortBarre.htm> 4. My Response to Jerry Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:16 PM > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Degruy List Admin <mailto:degruylist@earthlink.net> > To: Gerald Freyder <mailto:gfreyder@worldnet.att.net> ; > cmj@acsalaska.net <mailto:cmj@acsalaska.net> > Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:16 PM > Subject: Re: Antoine in a Pery baptismal record] > > This is fabulous, Jerry.... Thanks so much.... I'm forwarding this > to Celine to see how she wants to handle it. She can cut and paste > your email and put it into the History category under > Transcription of Printed Material.... or she can just say that you > submitted the link and let folks click on the link... I'll leave > it up to her since she handles figuring out what takes up less > space on the site. Whatever she does... she will give you credit > for submitting the information. It's important for the other > Degruy researchers to get the idea that this is a "collaboration" > web site.... and we need to see other names than just Celine and > Renée!!!! > This article has made a lot of my confusions clearer. Still have > some though > What was that Dupont all about.....how did that get in there if it > wasn't his real name...? So did LeKintreck have an official > "concession" from the King? > > And what is with this Anne Marie.... I have never seen so many > different surnames for one individual as Anne Marie.... we have > Posse Hopf, we have Doss; I've seen Bopf And now we have Baftz? > Does anyone have any information on this????? Who was she? Where > did she come from? and What was her REAL last name????? > I'll answer your other email tomorrow. Time to go to bed now! > Again thanks.... > Renee > 5. Jerry to Renée 4/11/05 12:17 AM Hi Renee, Jean Joseph \Le Kintreck\ dit DuPont Sr. was born abt 1694 and was a native of the Bishopric of Quimper in Brittany. He was married three times. His first wife is easy to confuse with his second. She was Anne Marie Pose' and was buried on October 17, 1733. They had one child, Marie "Francoise" \Le Kintrek\ dit DuPont born Bef. July 15, 1728. She married Pierre Couturier on December 19, 1744. Jean Joseph Le Kintreck, called DuPont (his children simply used the name DuPont), remarried Ann Marie (Baftz) Popff, who may have been the sister of Daniel (Boftz Haup Pofp) Popff. Daniel was born in 1704 in Germany and was among the German Coast settlers in 1740, then moved his family to Pointe Coupee. As all of the German names, it was slaughtered by the local French, who would just as well rename him something French than try to spell his name. I do not have Marie Anne's parents, but she is probably related to Daniel Popff. Incidently, Daniel remarried my wife's ancestor, Veronique Wesle, another German settler, on January 11, 1751 in St. Charles Parish (German Coast), so it was probably Veronique that moved to Pointe Coupee with Daniel. Veronique Wesle was the widow of Bernard Wick when she married Daniel. Bernard and Veronique had my wife's ancestor, Marguerite Wick, who was born to this couple in Ingleheim, Germany. Marguerite married Jean Hans Adam (Jean Baptiste) Edelmeier, and this name was changed to Lemaire when one of his descendants moved to the St. Martinville area. These are my notes for Le Kintreck: Also see Le Kintrek 1720, August 20 - Jean Joseph DuPont was bound for Louisiana and the St. Catherine Concession on the "Loire" from Lorient. 1724 - Census of the German Coast listed him as age 27, native of the Bishopric of Quimper in Brittany. He lived on land owned by M. Bienville and served in the Swiss army. His wife was with him. 1738, December 11 - Joseph Blanpain formed a partnership with Joseph Le Kintreck (Le Quintrek), called Dupont, who was custodian of the prisons in New Orleans. They agreed to trade pelts, horses, bear grease and tallow with the Opelousas and Attakapas Indians and Gerard Pery. 1740, April 21 - A contract strengthening the partnership between Blanpain and Le Kintreck was signed in Opelousas. 1746, May 20 - Godparents at the St. Louis Church baptism of Francoise Couturier were Jean Joseph Le Kintrek and Marguerite Le Kintrek (SLC B2, 68). 1748, February 4 - Godparents of Marguerite Julite Deborde [probably desBordes] were Joseph Le Kintreck and Catherine Lemenu [probably Catherine Menu, his third wife] (SLC, B2, 117). Obviously, Le Kintreck, called DuPont, was one of the "movers and shakers" of early Louisiana. Jerry Freyder From Renée to the List Renee's comment: I have seen in other records that he was DuPont called LeKintreck. How do we figure out whether it is DuPont called LeKintreck or LeKintreck called Dupont!!!