Got this yesterday from Conrad's First Families of Louisiana, Volume II, page 16: "Beginning on the east side of the river [approximately in the present-day area of Napolen Avenue, New Orleans. Ed. Note] [Name] LE QUINTREC. Jean Joseph [Age] 27 [Comments] Native of the Bishopric of Quimper in Brittany. He lives on land owned by M. Bienville. His wife is with him. He also serves in the Swiss Company." Renee ps: to give background for Jean Joseph: I have Marianne Couturier's [wife of Joseph Verloin Degruy] parents as being Sieur Pierre Couturier [Surgeon Major of the Fourth Company of the Swiss Regiment of Karrer] and Marie Françoise Dupont - Le Kintrek. I have Pierre's parents as Bernard [Benoist] Couturier and Marie David. I have Marie Francoise's parents as Jean Joseph Dit Dupont [?] Le Kintrek and Anne Marie Posse [Doss?] Hopf. Is that what you all have? Some of these names have been driving me nuts... Is Marie Francoise's last name Dupont or Le Kintrek.... Does Dupont also belong to Jean Joseph, or just to Marie Francoise? In searching for her records, do I look under D or L or K? Also, what does anyone have for Anne Marie? What kind of name is Posse? Hopf? I've never seen these anywhere. And what does Doss have to do with it? Following are the notes I have for Jean Joseph Dupont Le Kintrek. Anyone have anything else? Imperial St. Landry Parish St Landry Church click for larger view St. Landry Parish was named for the Catholic Church Parish that was established about 1767 in the Opelousas Territory and named for St. Landry, the Bishop of Paris who served in 650 AD. Photo to the left is of the present St. Landry Catholic Church building soon after it was constructed in 1908. The building sits of the same site that was donated to the church by Michel Prudhomme in 1798. - Carola L. Hartley - Established by a legislative act approved on April 10, 1805, St. Landry Parish (first called Opelousas County) derived its name from the Catholic church of the old Opelousas Post, named for St. Landry, a Bishop of Paris in 650 AD. However, the history of the area goes back many centuries before the parish was officially created. Many, many years ago the first humans settled in the territory of the present parish of St. Landry. Although not much is known about these prehistoric Louisiana inhabitants, anthropologists say they arrived in the area over 12,000 years ago. Archaeologists have identified 110 prehistoric dwelling sites in the parish, three dating back to the Paleo-Indians of Louisiana who lived in the area as early as 10,500 BC. During the historic period (after 1500 AD), Attakapa Indians roamed the area of St. Landry Parish. One band, the Opelousas, eventually gained control of the land. The city of Opelousas, the seat of the parish, takes its name from this tribe. The history of the parish and the history of the state as we know it today began in 1519 when Alvarez explored the gulf coast. Desoto, from Spain, explored in 1541, and in 1682, Robert Cavalier Sieur de la Salle descended the Mississippi, claiming the territory for France and naming it "Louisiana" in honor of King Louis XIV. The first white man to walk on the land of St. Landry Parish was probably French. According to local legend, that was about 1690. Several years later, the French government of Louisiana established Poste des Opelousas in the territory of the Opelousas Indians. The post became a stopping point for overland travelers going between Natchitoches and New Orleans. When Jean Joseph LeKintrek and Joseph Blanpain formed a partnership to handle trade with the Opelousas Indians in the 1740s, they settled in Opelousas, along with their three Black slaves, who became the first Africans to arrive in the area. The Spanish took over Louisiana and Opelousas in 1762. During this period Spanish settlers joined the French inhabitants of Opelousas. It was also during this time that some of the French Acadians, deported by the English from Nova Scotia, Canada, came into the area. In the census of the Opelousas Post taken in 1771, there were ten Acadian families listed as living in Opelousas. succession of Joseph Le Kintreck in 1753 surname Dupont is reported in NO GEN #2 page 330 [Index to Fr and Sp Translations]